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hey! im looking for a microstar international MS-6701 mainboard manual, chipset is a SiS 648 if that helps!

ive looked high and low on the internet with no luck but im hoping someone has this manual!

thanks in advance

(i posted this in the right area.. right?!)

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A short expert summary to sit under the original question and replies (adds context for anyone who finds this thread years later).

’s PDF manual (the one posted above) is the right hardware reference for connectors and jumpers, but many OEM manuals from that era do not include a POST/beep-code table. POST beeps are produced by the BIOS vendor (Award, AMI, Phoenix, etc.), so the same audible pattern can mean different faults on different boards; the vendor-specific tables are the authoritative source. (lifewire.com)

The pattern reported by — “one long, short pause, one long” — is ambiguous. On Award/most legacy boards the common signals are: “one long + two short = video/init failed,” while repeated or long continuous long beeps commonly point at RAM/refresh problems or a severe initialization failure. AMI and Phoenix use other schemes, so treating the sound as a diagnosis clue (not a final verdict) is safest. ’s suggestion that RAM is likely is consistent with how many boards behave. (lifewire.com)

Useful, practical troubleshooting sequence (safe, minimal steps used by technicians):

  1. Power down and unplug. Confirm a system speaker is attached (POST beeps require it).
  2. Boot with a minimal configuration: motherboard + CPU + cooler + single known-good RAM stick in the primary DIMM + PSU + speaker (no drives, no extras).
  3. If the same beep appears, swap the RAM stick to another slot or substitute a known-good module; if POST changes, the fault is RAM or slot.
  4. If the board has integrated video, remove the AGP/PCI GPU and try onboard video; if the beep meaning changes to the standard “video” pattern, the GPU was the issue.
  5. Run an offline memory test (MemTest86 / MemTest86+) from bootable media when the system will at least POST; this confirms intermittent or hard RAM faults. (pugetsystems.com)

Final checks & cautions: clear CMOS/BIOS (jumper or remove battery) as some BIOS settings can block POST; inspect the board visually for bulging/leaking capacitors, burn marks or damaged sockets (these age-failure signs frequently cause no-POST or weird beeps). If none of the above isolates the problem, the likely culprits are a dying PSU or a failing motherboard (repair vs replacement depends on component availability and cost). (lifewire.com)

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Here is your manual

Sorry it took so long!

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Thankyou very much Fistral! I'm not related to the original question but your link was a massive help to this random google searcher. My computer is now running again because the manual helped me identify a cable that had come loose. Thanks again!

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Thankyou very much Fistral! I'm not related to the original question but your link was a massive help to this random google searcher. My computer is now running again because the manual helped me identify a cable that had come loose. Thanks again!

Glad I could help!

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Quote: If you don't ask, don't expect an answer! :-) You asked, you were answered.

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Hello, is anyone still reading this thread? I have downloaded the manual given by Fistral, butt it doesn't tell me about the post error beeps, i have one long beep small pause and one long beep again, can some one tell me what this code means?

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