MS-9A19 Fanless Box PC
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MS-9A19 Safety Instructions ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ Always read the safety instructions carefully. ￭ Make sure that the power voltage is within its safety range and has beenadjusted properly to the value of 100~240V before connecting the equipmentto the power inlet. ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ Keep this User’s Manual for future reference. Keep this equipment away from humidity. Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up.
▍ PREFACE FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
MS-9A19 WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement ENGLISH To protect the global environment and as an environmentalist, MSI must remind you that...
▍ PREFACE ESPAÑOL MSI como empresa comprometida con la protección del medio ambiente, recomienda: Bajo la directiva 2002/96/EC de la Unión Europea en materia de desechos y/o equipos electrónicos, con fecha de rigor desde el 13 de agosto de 2005, los productos clasificados como “eléctricos y equipos electrónicos” no pueden ser depositados en los contenedores habituales de su municipio, los fabricantes de equipos electrónicos, están obligados a hacerse cargo de dichos productos al termino de su período de v
MS-9A19 TÜRKÇE Çevreci özelliğiyle bilinen MSI dünyada çevreyi korumak için hatırlatır: Avrupa Birliği (AB) Kararnamesi Elektrik ve Elektronik Malzeme Atığı, 2002/96/EC Kararnamesi altında 13 Ağustos 2005 tarihinden itibaren geçerli olmak üzere, elektrikli ve elektronik malzemeler diğer atıklar gibi çöpe atılamayacak ve bu elektonik cihazların üreticileri, cihazların kullanım süreleri bittikten sonra ürünleri geri toplamakla yükümlü olacaktır.
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Chapter 1 Overview Thank you for choosing the MS-9A19, an excellent industrial computer system from MSI. The MS-9A19 eliminates the noise and the risk of fan’s failure by wide heatsink as fanless solution. Furthermore, it supports VESA wall-mount interface for various scenarios like digital signage, thin client, and POS with affordable expenditure, which not only meets the demand of Industrial applications but also fulfills the needs of companies, governments, and institutes for general applications.
▍ OVERVIEW Packing Contents Power Adapter MS-9A19 System Power Cord SATA Cable HDD Screw Set Bracket User’s Manual Driver/Utility Disk ■ The above illustrations are for reference only and your packing contents may slightly vary depending on the model you purchased.
MS-9A19 System Overview External View Internal View 2 5 3 1 4 1-3
▍ OVERVIEW 1 SO-DIMM Slot 2 Mini PCI-E Slot 3 Serial Port Cable 4 USB Bracket 5 SATA Ports Front View 1 2 3 Rear View 6 4 5 1-4 7 8
MS-9A19 1 Serial Port 2 Power Button/LED 3 USB Port 4 Serial Port 5 DVI-I Port 6 Gigabit LAN Jack 7 USB Port 8 Power Jack The serial port is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends/ receives 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector. Press the power button to turn the system on or off. The power LED glows when the system is turned on and goes off when the system is shut down.
▍ OVERVIEW System Specifications Processor ■ Intel Atom N270 low power processor FSB ■ 533/ 400 MHz Chipset ■ North Bridge: Intel 945GSE chipset ■ South Bridge: Intel ICH7M chipset Memory ■ 1 DDR2 533/667 SO-DIMM slot (200 pins / 1.
MS-9A19 Power Supply ■ 36 watt power adapter with active PFC ■ Input: 100-240V~, 50-60Hz, 1.
▍ OVERVIEW Mainboard Layout MS-9856 v1.
Chapter 2 System Assembly This chapter provides you with the information on system assembly procedures. While doing the installation, be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures. For some components, if you install in the wrong orientation, the components will not work properly. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. Static electricity may damage the components. Important Always unplug the power cord before installing any components.
▍ System Assembly Installation Tools A Phillips (crosshead) screwdriver and a flathead screwdriver, can be used to do most of the installation. Choose one with a magnetic head would be better. Pliers, can be used as an auxiliary tool to connect some connectors or cables. Forceps, can be used to pick up tiny screws or set up the jumpers. Rubber gloves, can prevent yourself from being incised and suffering the static charge.
MS-9A19 Removing the Chassis Cover Step 1: Locate and remove the screws on the rear panel. Step 2: Remove the 9 screws on the top.
▍ System Assembly Step 3: Push the chassis cover gently outwards. Step 4: The system fan has been preinstalled in the system. Disconnect the fan power connector and put the chassis cover aside for later use.
MS-9A19 Installing Memory Step 1: Locate the SO-DIMM slot. Step 2: Align the notch on the DIMM with the key on the slot and insert the DIMM into the slot at a 45-degree angle. Step 3: Push the DIMM gently downwards until the slot levers click and lock the DIMM in place. Step 4: To uninstall the DIMM, flip the slot levers outwards and the DIMM will be released instantly. Important You can barely see the golden finger if the DIMM is properly inserted in the DIMM slot.
▍ System Assembly Installing the Wireless LAN Card Step 1: Break open the antenna hole on the rear panel. Step 2: Insert the antenna connector into the hole and tighten it with a hex nut. Step 3: Connect the external WLAN antenna.
MS-9A19 Step 4: Locate the mini PCI-E slot and remove the LAN card screw preinstalled on the mainboard. Step 5: Insert the wireless LAN card into the mini PCI-E slot at a 45-degree angle. Step 6: Push the card gently down and fasten it with screw. Step 7: Connect the antenna cable to the wireless LAN card.
▍ System Assembly Installing the Hard Disk Drive Step 1: Insert the HDD into the HDD bracket with screw holes aligned. Step 2: Place the rubber washers on the screw holes of the HDD bracket. Step 3: Tighten the four screws to fix the HDD to the bracket. Important Please make sure the HDD is properly and completely fixed to the bracket.
MS-9A19 Step 4 Connect the SATA signal & power cable to the HDD. Step 5: Locate the SATA ports and the HDD power connector on the mainboard. Connect the SATA power cable to the HDD power connector. Step 6: Connect the SATA signal cable to the SATA port.
▍ System Assembly Replacing the Chassis Cover Step 1: Connect the fan power connector. Step 2: Place the chassis cover onto the chassis and push it inwards until it fits into the chassis.
MS-9A19 Step 3: Fasten the 9 screws on the top of the chassis. Step 4: Tighten the 9 screws on the rear panel.
▍ System Assembly Connecting the Brackets Step 1: Remove the four screws on the top of the chassis (as indicated by yellow circles). Step 2: Fasten the brackets to the chassis with the chassis screws.
MS-9A19 Mainboard Jumpers COM Port Power Jumper: JCOMP1 These jumpers specify the operation voltage of the onboard serial ports. 2 4 1 3 JCOMP1 2 4 1 3 VCC5 2 4 1 3 +12V 2 4 1 3 VCC5 1 3 2 4 +12V Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from an external battery to keep the data of system configuration. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on.
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use. You may need to run the Setup program when: ■ An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up, and requests you to run SETUP. ■ You want to change the default settings for customized features.
▍ BIOS SETUP Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press key to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button. You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing , , and keys.
MS-9A19 Control Keys <↑> Move to the previous item <↓> Move to the next item <←> Move to the item in the left hand <→> Move to the item in the right hand Select the item Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu <+/PU> Increase the numeric value or make changes <-/PD> Decrease the numeric value or make changes General Help Load Optimized Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults Save all the CMOS changes and exit Getting Help After
▍ BIOS SETUP The Menu Bar ▶ Main Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc. ▶ Advanced Use this menu to setup the items of special enhanced features. ▶ Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices. ▶ Security Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords. ▶ Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbridge and Southbridge. ▶ Power Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.
MS-9A19 Main ▶ System Time This setting allows you to set the system time. The time format is . ▶ System Date This setting allows you to set the system date. The date format is , . ▶ Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA1/2 [Type] Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select [Manual], [None] or [Auto] type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category.
▍ BIOS SETUP 3-6 [Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)] Any selection except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block [PIO Mode] Indicates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/Output) [DMA Mode] Indicates the type of Ultra DMA [S.M.A.R.T.] This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure.
MS-9A19 Advanced ▶ CPU Configuration 3-7
▍ BIOS SETUP ▶ Max CPUID Value Limit The Max CPUID Value Limit BIOS feature allows you to circumvent problems with older operating systems that do not support the Intel Pentium 4 processor with Hyper-Threading Technology. When enabled, the processor will limit the maximum CPUID input value to 03h when queried, even if the processor supports a higher CPUID input value. When disabled, the processor will return the actual maximum CPUID input value of the processor when queried.
MS-9A19 ▶ PCI/PCIE Device Configuration ▶ USB Functions This setting specifies the operation mode of the onboard USB controller. ▶ USB 2.0 Controller This setting enables/disables the onboard USB controller. ▶ Audio Controller This setting enables/disables the onboard audio controller. ▶ LAN Option ROM The items enable or disable the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup. Selecting [Disabled] will speed up the boot process.
▍ BIOS SETUP ▶ Super IO Configuration ▶ Serial Port 1/2/3/4/5/6 Address, Serial Port 3/4/5 IRQ Select an address and a corresponding interrupt for the specified serial ports. ▶ Serial Port 3/4/5 Mode These settings specify the operation mode of the specified serial ports. ▶ Watch Dog You can enable the system watch-dog timer, a hardware timer that generates either an NMI or a reset when the software that it monitors does not respond as expected each time the watch dog polls it.
MS-9A19 ▶ Hardware Health Configuration These items display the current status of all monitored hardware devices/ components such as voltages, temperatures and all fans’ speeds.
▍ BIOS SETUP ▶ GPIO Configuration ▶ GP 60/ 61/ 62/ 63/ 64/ 65/ 66/ 67 Data These settings configure special GPIO data.
MS-9A19 Boot ▶ 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system. ▶ Try Other Boot Devices Setting the option to [Enabled] allows the system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device. ▶ Hard Disk Drives, CD/DVD Drives, USB Drives These settings allow you to set the boot sequence of the specified devices.
▍ BIOS SETUP Security ▶ Supervisor Password / Change Supervisor Password Supervisor Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility. These settings allow you to set or change the supervisor password. ▶ User Password / Change User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot. These settings allow you to set or change the user password. ▶ Boot Sector Virus Protection This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses.
MS-9A19 Chipset ▶ Internal Graphics Mode Select The field specifies the size of system memory allocated for video memory. ▶ DVMT Mode Select Intel’s Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) allows the system to dynamically allocate memory resources according to the demands of the system at any point in time. The key idea in DVMT is to improve the efficiency of the memory allocated to either system or graphics processor. It is recommended that you set this BIOS feature to DVMT Mode for maximum performance.
▍ BIOS SETUP ▶ Boot Display Device Use the field to select the type of device you want to use as the display(s) of the system. ▶ Force LVDS Inactive This setting determines whether to force the LVDS inactive or not.
MS-9A19 Power ▶ ACPI Aware O/S This setting enables/disables ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support for Operating System. Set to [No] if your OS doesn’t support ACPI and set to [Yes] if ACPI is supported. ▶ Suspend Mode This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating system supports ACPI, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 (POS) or S3 (STR) fashion through the setting of this field.
▍ BIOS SETUP ▶ USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4 This setting allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from the S3/S4 sleep state. ▶ Resume On LAN This field specifies whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of onboard LAN is detected. ▶ Resume On PME# When setting to [Enabled], the feature allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any event on PME (Power Management Event).
MS-9A19 Exit ▶ Save Changes and Exit Save changes to CMOS and exit the Setup Utility. ▶ Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility. ▶ Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility. ▶ Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the mainboard. ▶ Load Failsafe Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance.
