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HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Motherboard Specifications, MS-7184

(AmethystM)
 Motherboard specifications table

 Motherboard layout and photos

 Clearing the CMOS settings

Motherboard specifications table

Part / Feature Specification / Support

Motherboard Motherboard manufacturer's name: MSI MS-7184

description HP/Compaq name: AmethystM-GL6E

Socket: 939
CPU/Processor
Supports AMD Athlon 64 X2 (up to 4800+) and Sempron (up to 3200+) processors

System bus 2000 MegaTransfers/second or 1600 MegaTransfers/second depending on the processor

Northbridge: ATI RS482

Chipset
Southbridge: ATI SB400

The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of
the board automatically
BIOS features The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard
specifications
Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD

Form factor Micro-ATX: 24.4cm X 24.4cm

Four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

Supports dual channel, eight memory banks DDR 333/400 DDR DIMMs
Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMMs

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Maximum HP/Compaq approved memory is 4 GB* without ECC
Memory
 NOTE:

*Actual available memory may be less

One PCI Express x16 graphics

Expansion slots Three PCI
One SCSI connector for PCI Extender Card for two additional PCI slots (optional)

Video graphics Integrated

2 SATA connectors
Serial ATA
Each connector supports 1 serial ATA-150 disk drive

Controller: AC-97
Onboard audio or Realtek ALC658C 6-channel CODEC chipset
audio card
Location: Integrated

Realtek 8100C
Onboard LAN
10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller

One PS/2 mouse

One PS/2 keyboard
One VGA
One Parallel
Back panel I/0 One IEEE 1394
One RJ-45 networking port
Three audio connectors: line in, line out, and microphone
Four USB (2.0)
One S/PDIF out

Internal connectors
One floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
Two IDE connectors for up to four IDE devices
Two serial ATA ports for up to two SATA devices
One PCI Express x16 graphics slot
Three PCI slots
One PCI extender board connector
Four USB 2.0 ports on two headers
One CD audio input header
One auxiliary audio input header
One headphone-out header
One IEEE1394a header
One CPU fan connector
One system (chassis) fan connector

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 NOTE:

Motherboard specifications are subject to change without notice.

Motherboard layout and photos

1. Mouse
2. Parallel
3. 1394 port
4. LAN
5. Line-In
6. Line-Out
7. Microphone
8. SPDIF-Out
9. USB 2.0
10. USB 2.0
11. VGA
12. Keyboard

Clearing the CMOS settings

 CAUTION:

Do not change any jumper setting while the computer is on. Damage to the motherboard can result.

This jumper allows you to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS. You can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup
parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data. The button cell battery powers the RAM data in CMOS, which includes system setup information
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such as system passwords.

1. Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord.

2. Temporarily set the jumper labeled "JCMOS1" to pins 2-3.

3. Plug the power cord and turn on the computer.

4. Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re-enter/reset any custom BIOS settings.

 CAUTION:

Except when clearing the RTC RAM, never remove the cap from the default position. Removing the cap causes system boot failure!

1. JCMOS1
2. Keep Data
3. Clear Data

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