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Biostar 945P-A7B Owner's Manual

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2. 23 5 3 Installation ri 24 5 4 WarpSpeede ede ote eed 25 Appendencies SPEC In Other Language 32 German 32 Frant A AR a CS 34 ne 36 Danish sas Spa ni 38 Portuguese oiu reinlesen 40 Polisi 4 sno ente a re RR eir Deer e ira 42 RUSSIA N IM 44 ARABIC ee 46 945 6 87 8 945PL A7B CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 BEFORE YOU START Thank you for choosing our product Before you startinstalling the motherboard please make sure you follow the instructions below E Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting E Always disconnect the computer from power outlet before operation Before you take the motherboard out from anti static bag ground yourself properly by touching any safely grounded appliance or use grounded wrist strap to remove the static charge m Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the rearside of the board unless necessary Hold the board on the edge do not try to bend or flex the board E Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the case after installation Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment Keep the computer from dangerous area such as heat source humid air and water 12 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 Users Manual X 1 Serial ATA Cable X 1 Fully Setup
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4. gi ed 05 8 ila Y ed UJ 8 054 47 LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium Celeron D processor up to 3 8 GHz Hyper Thre ading Execute Disable Bit Enha nced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMMZ rv x2 DIMMIX 256 512MB 8 1GB DDREH R N EX X RGB TATU 3 NDDRXEN EVa DDR2 400 533 0 8712F H W4 7 77 ABE A 0 7 7 ITED TAT HT 47 Y 72 32 Ultra DMA 33 66 10 Ay E Mode 0 40 K MES ZAATA1Y 253 0 65 707 SATA Z a 01 o Realtek 8100 10 100 Mb s4 hxTVI gt 3 Y P ERRE ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X 5 12 ANMAT 4477 6 X Z1 YYWL 7T 4477 WER 5 X Intel 774 Y A FTARDHR N Motherboard Manual JAPANEE 945P A7B 945PL A7B LGA 775 Intel Core2 Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D processor up to 3 8 GHz Hyper Thre ading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945 Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMM 2 m y h x 4 amp DIMMIX 256 512MB 8 1GB DDR VF R
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7. OS Motherboard Manual ARABIC 945PL A7B 945P A7B 775 Core2Duo Pentium 4 1 3 8 Pentium D Celeron D ae Hyper Thr eadi ng Execute Disable Bit Enha nced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology ji los 1066 800 533 Intel 945P Intel ICH7 4 eDDR2 DIMM 2 DDR SDIMME si 453 1 2 256 51 4 lage 00 2 667 533 e DDR 8712F 1425 Smart Guar dian ITE 1 DE iji BuUltra 33 66 100 PIO Mode 0 4 SaisSerial ATAJASA 3 0 0 ATA 5 Realtek 81 00C 100 10 Adi
8. 128 256 512M5 8 115 DDR2 2 DDR DDR2 400 533 ITE 8712F 11 Smart Guardian Ultra 33 66 100 PIO 0 4 3 0 SATA 2 0 Realtek 8100 10 100 ALC861VD VER 6 ALC888 VER 5 Motherboard Manual RUSSIAN LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 CPU Pentium D Celeron D 3 8 Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 Intel 945 Intel ICH7
9. O O1 D D D JATXPW R2 ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Assignment 12V 12V Ground Ground 15 Ronald 5 Motherboard Manual JUSB3 JUSB 4 Headers for USB 2 0 Ports at Front Panel This motherboard provides 2 USB 2 0 headers which allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel and also can be connected with internal USB devices USB card reader Assignment 5V fused 5V fused USB USB USB USB Ground Ground Key NC D 5 JUSB3 JUSB4 2 10 1 0 N O1 JAUDIO F1 Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connectthe front audio output cable with the PC frort panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors 3 5 Assignment Mic Left Ground Mic Right in GPIO Right line in Jack Sense Front Sense Key Left line in Jack Sense JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio sourcefrom the v ariaty devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input 1 945P A7B 945PL A7B JCMOSI Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please careful
10. The setup guide will auto detect your motherboard and operating system Note If this window didn t show up after you insert the Driver CD please use file browser to locate and execute the file SETUPEXE under your optical drive A Driver Installation To install the driver please click on the Drivericon The setup guide will list the compatible driver for yourmotherboard and operating system Click on each device driver to launch the installation program B Software Installation To install the software please click on the Software icon The setup guide will list the software available for your system dick on each software title to launch the installation program C Manual Aside the paperback manual we also provide manual in the Driver CD Click on the Manual icon to browse for available manual Note You will need Acrobat Reader toopenthe manual file Please download the latest version of Acrobat Reader software from http www adobe com products acrobat readstep 2 html 19 Motherboard Manual 4 2 AWARD BIO SBEEP CODE Beep Sod Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found orvideo beeps memory bad High low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically ne Short beep when system boot up No error found during POST ong beeps every other second o DRAM detected or install 4 3 EXTRA INFORMATION A BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS
11. DDR2 DIMM x 4 DIMM 128 25 6 512115 8 1 2 4 DDR DDR2 533 667 8712 11 Smart Guardian Ultra 33 66 100 0 4 3 0 SATA 2 0 Realtek 8100 10 100 ALC861VD VER 6 ALC888 VER 5 X Super 1 0 Ha 5 1 VER 6 X 5 1 VER 6 X 7 1 VER 5
12. TYPEMATIC RATE CHARS SEC Sets the rate atwhich a keystroke is repeated when you hold the keydown The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 TYPEMATIC DELAY MSEC Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 and 1000 SECURITY OPTION This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the systemonline and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A passwordis required for the systemto boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply ifpasswords are set fromthe Setup main menu APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting ffomthe BIOS to theoperating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS VERSION CONTROL FOROS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 14 ofthe Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported bythe operation systemrunning on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 OS SELECT FOR DRAM gt 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 13 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual SMALL LOGO EPA SHOW This itemallows you to select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when systemboot up Disabled No Small Logo shows when system boots up SUMMARY
13. 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest ofthis manual is intended to guide you through the process ofconfiguring your systemusing Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 ofthe EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 10 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification ACPI It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification developed by Microsoft Intel and Toshiba 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intd PCI Periphera
14. o de 03005 at 3 0 Gb s Compatibilidade com a especifica o SATA vers o 2 0 Realtek 81000 Auto negocia o de 10 100 Mb s Capacidade semi full duplex ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X Saida de audio de 5 1 canais VER 6 X Saida de audio de 7 1 canais VER 5 X Suporta a especifica o Intel High Defi nition Audio Motherboard Manual PORTUGUESE 945P A7B 945PL A7B LGA 775 Processador Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D at 3 8 GHz Suporta as tecnologias Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memory 64 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945 Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Monitoriza o do hardware Controlador da velocidade da ventoinha Fun o Smart Guardian da ITE Ranhuras DIMM DDR2 x4 Cada m dulo DIMM suporta uma mem ria DDR2 de 256 512 MB amp 1 GB Capacidade m xima de mem ria 4GB M dulo de mem ria DDR de canal duplo Suporta m dulos DDR2 533 667 Controlador IDE integrado Modo Bus master Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Suporta o modo 0 4 Controlador Serial ATA integra do Velocidades de transmiss o de dados at 3 0 Gb s Compatibilidade com a especifica o SATA vers o 2 0 Realtek 81 00C Auto negociac o de 10 100 Mb s Capacidade semi full duplex ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X Saida de udio de 5 1 canais VER 6 X Saida de udio de 7 1 canais VER 5 X Suporta a especificac o Intel High Definition Audio FSB C
15. 1 6V 1 7V 1 8V FSB Termination Voltage The Choices 1 2 default 13 1 4 1 5V CPU CLOCK RATIO This itemallows you to select the CPU Ratio Min 8 Max 50 Key in a DEC number The Choices 8X default 35 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual CPU CLOCK This itemallows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over docking Min 100 265 Key in a DECnumber The Choices 100MHZ default Special Notice Ifunfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods ofbooting up the system Method 1 Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMSI 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS datawill be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB ofthe processor PCIE Clock select The Choices Upto CPU default Fixed 100 Manual PCIE Clock This item will activated only when PCIE Clock Select is set to Manual The Choices Min 100 200 Key in a DEC number PCI Clock The Choices 33 33 Mhz default 33 80 Mhz 34 29Mhz 34 78 Mhz 35 29Mhz 35 82 Mhz 36 36 Mhz 36 92 Mhz 37 50Mhz It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and dock in default setting If the CPU and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or damage 36
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17. Driver CD X 1 Rear I O Panel for ATX Case X 1 USB 2 0 Cable X1 optional S PDIF Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 optional Motherboard Manual MOTHERBOARD FEATURES 13 945P A7B 945PL A7 B LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D processor up to 3 8 GHz Supports Hy per Thre ading Execute Disable Bit Enha nced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 ITEIT8712F H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function DIMM Slots x 2 Each DIMM supports 256 512MB amp 1GB DDR2 Max Memory Capicity 2GB Dual Channel Mode DDR 2 memory module Supports DDR2 400 533 Integrated I DE Controller Ultra DMA 33 100 Bus Master Mode supports PIO Mode 0 4 Integrated Seri al ATA Controller Data transfer rates upto 3 0 Gb s SATA Version 2 0 specification compliant Realtek RTL 8100C 10 100 Mb s auto negotiation Half Full duplex capability ALC861VD Ver 6 x ALC888 Ver 5 x 5 1channels audio out Ver 6 x 7 1channels audio out Ver 5 x Intel High Definition Audi o support LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D processor up to 3 8 GHz Supports Hy per Thre ading Execute Disable Bit Enha nced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memor y 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 ITEIT8712F H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function DIMM Slots
18. Enhanced Intel Spee dStep Extende d Memor y 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 Gniazda DDR2 DIMM x 4 Kazde gniazdo DIMM obstuguje mo duty 256 51 2118 oraz 1GB 2 Maks wielko pami ci 4GB Modu pami ci DDR z trybem podw jnego kana u Obs uga DDR2 533 667 ITE 8712F Monitor H W Kontroler pr dko ci wentylatora Funkcja ITE Smart Guardian Zintegrowany kontroler IDE Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Tryb Bus Master obs uga PIO tryb 0 4 Zintegrowany kontroler Serial ATA Transfer danych do 3 0 Gb s Zgodno ze specyfikacj SATA w wersji 2 0 Realtek 81 00C 10 100 Mb s z automatyczna negocjacja szybkosci Dziatanie w trybie potowicznego dupleksu ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X 5 1 kanalowe wy j cie audio V ER 6 X Procesor FSB Chipset Pamiec gt wna Super 1 0 Kodek dzwiekowy 7 1 kanatowe wyj cie audio VER 5 X Obs uga Intel High Definition Audi o 945P A7B 945PL A7B 945P A7B 945PL A7 Gniazdo PCI Express x 16 Gniazdo PCI Express x 1 Gniazdo PCI Z cze nap du dyskietek Z cze IDE Z cze SATA Z cze panela przedniego Przednie z cze audio Z cze wej cia CD Z cze wyj cia S PDIF Z cze g wkowe wentylatora procesora Z cze g wkowe wentylatora systemowego Z cze g wkowe otwarcia obudowy opcja Z cze g wkowe kasowania CMOS Z cze USB Z cze zasilania 24 pinowe Z cze zasilan
19. Kanal Audioausgabe VER 5 X Unterst tzt Intel High Definition Audio Motherboard Manual APPENDENCIES SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE GERMAN 945P A7B 945PL A7 B LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D Prozessoren mit bis zu 3 8 GHz Unterst tzt Hyper Thre ading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Hardware berwachung L fterdrehzahl Controller Smart Guar dian Funktion von ITE DDR2 DIMM Steckpl tze x 4 Jeder DIMM unterst tzt 128 256 512MB 8 FSB Chipsatz Super E A Arbeitsspeic 1GB 2 Max 4GB Arbeitsspeicher Dual Kanal DDR Speich ermodul Unterst tzt DDR2 533 667 Integrierter ID E Controller Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Modus Unterst tzt PIO Modus 0 4 Integrierter Serial ATA Controller Datentransferrate bis zu 3 0Gb s Konform mit der SATA Spezifikation Version 2 0 Realtek 8100 10 100 Mb s A uto Negotiation Halb Vollduplex Fun ktion ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X her Audio Code 5 1 Kanal Audioausgabe VER 6 X 7 1 Kanal Audioausgabe VER 5 X Unterst tzt Intel High Definition Audio c 32 945P A7B 945PL A7B 945P A7B 945PL A7 B PCI Express x16 Steckplatz PCI Express 1 Steckplatz PCI Steckplatz Diskettenlaufwerk anschluss IDE Anschluss SATA Anschluss Fronttafelanschluss Front Audioanschluss CD IN Anschluss S PDIF Eingangsanschluss CPU L
20. Press Enter Itenlelp gt Onboard Device Press Enter gt Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level gt tl gt zMove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 18 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual ONCHIP IDE DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device DE HDD Block Mode Enabled Enabled DE DMA transfer access n Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Menu Level gt gt DE Primary Master PIO Auto DE Primary Slave PIO Auto If vour IDE hard drive DE Primary Master UDMA Auto supports block mode DE Primary Slave UDMA Auto select Enabled for n Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled automatic detection of DE Secondary Master PIO Auto the optimal number of DE Secondary Slave PIO fiuto block read writes per DE Secondary Master UDMA fiuto sector the drive can DE Secondary Slave UDMA fiuto support m a SATA Mode IDE On Chip Serial ATA Enhanced Mode SATA PORT Speed Settings Disabled PATA IDE Mode Primary t4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Ifyour IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection ofthe optimal number ofblock mode most new drives do select Enabled
21. SCREEN SHOW This itemallows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means systemconfiguration and PCIdevice listing The choices Enabled Disabled default 14 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features ofthe chipset installed on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM It also coordinates communications with the PCIbus The default settings that came with yoursystemhave been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that thesettings have been changed incorrectly W Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup oenix AwardB Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD CAS Latency Time Auto DRAM RAS to CAS Delay Auto Menu Level b DRAM RAS Precharge Auto Precharge dealy CtRAS Auto System Memory Frequency Auto SLP_S4 Assertion Width 4 to 5 Sec System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled gt PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter ti Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE When synchronous DRAM is installed the number ofclock cycles ofCAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CAS LATENCY TIME When synchronous DRAM is installed the number
22. Spee dStep optimis e de m moire tendue 64 Motherboard Manual FRANCE 945P A7B 945PL A7B LGA 775 Processeurs Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D jusqu 3 8 GHz Prend en charge les technologies Hyper Thre ading d ex cution de bit de d sactivation Intel Spee dStep optimis e de m moire tendue 64 Bus frontal 533 800 1066 MHz 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Moniteur de mat riel Contr leur de vitesse de ventilateur Fonction Gardien intelligent de Fentes DDR2 DIMM x 2 Chaque DIMM prend en charge des DDR2 de 256 512 Mo et 1Go Capacit m moire maximale de 2 Go Module de m m oire DDR mode double voie Prend en charge la DDR 2 400 533 Contr leur IDE int gr Mode pri ncipale de Bus Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Prend en charge le mode PIO 0 4 Contr l eur Seri al ATA int gr Taux de transfert jusqu 3 0 Go s Conforme la sp cification SATA Version 2 0 Realtek 8100C 10 100 Mb s n gociation a utomatique Half Full duplex capabilit ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X Sortie audio 5 1 voies VER 6 X Sortie audio 7 1 voies VER 5 X Prise en charge de l audio haute d finition Intel Intel 945P Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Moniteur de mat riel Contr leur de vitesse de ventilateur Fonction Gardien intelligent de Fentes DDR2 DIMM x 4 Chaque DIMM prend en char ge des DDR de 256 512 Mo et 1Go Capacit m m
23. a better system performance However ifany program writes to this memory area a systemerror may result The Choices Enabled default Disabled VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE Select Enabled allows caching ofthe video BIOS resulting a bettersystemperformance However ifany program writes to this memory area a systemerror may result The Choices Disabled default Enabled MEMORY HOLE AT 15M 16M You can reserve this area ofsystemme mory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannotbe cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area ofsystemme mory usually2 discussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled 16 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual PCI EXPRESS ROOT PORT FUNC Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 2 PCI Express Port 3 Menu Level gt gt PCI E Compliancy Mode ti Move EnterzSelect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults PCI Express Port 1 2 3 This itemallows you to selecttheP CI Express Port The Choices Auto default Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode This itemallows you to select thePCI E Compliancy Mode The Choices v1 0a default v1 0 17 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 5 Integrated Peripherals W Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device
24. actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different fro mthis manual W Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Quit F9 Menu in BIOS 1 4 z Select Item Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features ofthe BIOS 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and P Cloptions PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor thehardware ofyoursystem Frequency Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not
25. cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 JCFANI CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 4 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 1 2 12V 3 RPMrate sense 4 Smart Fan Control Pin Assignment Ground 12V JSFANI FAN RPMrate 3 1 sense NP Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 4 pin and 3 pin head connector When connecting with wires onto connectors please note that the red wire is the positi ve and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND Motherboard Manual 2 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY Memory Modules m R Z Q LO 5 e 5 DDR2_B2 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining dips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such thatthe notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot M LIT au 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is propery seated 1 945P A7B 945PL A7B B Memory Capacity For 945P A7B DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Size Location DDR2 A1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDR2_A2 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max memory 468 DDR2_B1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDR2_B2 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 For 945PL A7B DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Total Memory Size Size Location DDR2_A1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max memory 2GB DDR2_B1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channelf unction of the motherboard the memory modu
26. enable ordisable FDD COM and LPT port under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled PCI PIRQ A D You can select to enable or disable PCI PIRQ A D under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled 28 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual POWER MANAGEMENT This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Saving default Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD PowerDown 15 min Max Saving Maximu mpower management only available 1 CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define Allow you to set each mode individually When not disabled each ofthe ranges is fom 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from1 15 min and disable VIDEO OFF METHEOD This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank This sdection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to thevideo buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS default Initial display power management signaling VIDEO OFF IN SUSPEND This determines the manner in whichthe monitoris blanked The Choices Yes default No SUSPEND TYPE Select the Suspend
27. for automatic detection ofthe optimal number ofblock read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled def ult Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This itemallows you to enableor disable the IDE transfer access The Choices Enabled def ult Disabled On chip Primary PCI IDE This itemallows you to enableor disable the primary secondary IDE Chamel The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each ofthe IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for cach device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 and Mode4 19 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual On chip Secondary PCI IDE This itemallows you to enableor disable the primary secondary IDE Channel The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 f nctionality can be implemented ifit is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled SATA Mode This itemallows you to choose SATA
28. ld Pt fer mm sans mers 25 Motherboard Manual 2 Main Panel If you dick the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please referto the following figure the utility s first window you will see isMain Panel Main Panel contains features as follows a Displaythe CPU Speed CPU external dock Memory dock AGP dock and PCI dock infomation b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking gt overdock percentage from 100 110 96 Panther running gt overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overclock percentage from 120 above 2 Veale AG cube 66 9 eda Wo chi GLOCK MHz PCI CLOCK MHz OVER CLOCK MEMORY x 32 7 pencenta e 100 Hardware Monitor Button 2 Over clock percentage 100 Overclock Bulion Voltage Button E O 1146 AM 26 945P A7B 945PL A7B 3 Voltage Pane Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can dedde to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overdocking we recommend you dick the option Yes wo 2200 27 Motherboard Manual 4 Overclock Panel Clickthe Overclock but
29. or BIOS is invaded by virus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS the following message is shown after boot up the system it means the BIOS contents are corrupted In this Case please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS 1 Make a bootable floppy disk 2 Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 3 Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website Copy AWDFLASH exe and respectively BIOS into floppy disk Insert the bootable disk into foppy drive and press Enter System will boot up to DOS prompt Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt xxxx means BIOS name System will update BIOS automatically and restart 9 The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly AR 20 945P A7B 945PL A7B B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds that means the CPU protection function has been activated When the CPU is overheated the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU and the system may not power on again In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply fo
30. properly change the voltage and clock may cause the CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system confirmation message willbe displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults lt Y N gt Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility Y ou will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual Set User Password Ifthe Supervisor Password is not set then the User P assword will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password Ifthe Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Enter Password Save amp ExitSetup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will bedisplayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT lt Y N gt Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will bedisplayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving lt Y N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgradebios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY lt Y N gt Y 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Man
31. x 4 Each DIMM supports 256 512MB amp 1GB DDR2 Max Memory Capicity 4GB Dual Channel Mode DDR 2 memory module Supports DDR2 533 667 Integrated IDE Controller Ultra DMA 33100 Bus Master Mode supports PIO Mode 0 4 Integrated Serial ATA Controller Data transfer rates upto 3 0 Gb s SATA Version 2 0 specification compliant Realtek RTL 8 100C 10 100 Mb s auto negotiation Half Full duplex capability ALC861VD Ver 6 x ALC888 Ver 5 x 5 1 channels audio out Ver 6 x 7 1 channels audio out Ver 5 x Intel High Definition Audio support Chipset Super 1 0 945P A7B 945PL A7B 945P A7B 945PL A7 B PCI Express x 16 slot PCI Express x 1 slot PCI slot Floppy connector IDE Connector SATA Connector Front Panel Connector Front Audi o Connector CD in Connector S PDIF out connector CPU Fan header System Fan header Chassis open header optional Clear CMOS header USB connector Power Connector 24pi n Power Connector 4pin PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Serial Port Printer Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack Ver 6 x Audio Jack Ver 5 x PCI Express x 16 slot PCI Express x 1 slot PCI slot Floppy connector IDE Connector SATA Connector Front Panel Connector Front Audi o Connector CD in Connector On Board S PDIF out connector Connector CPU Fan header System Fan header Chassis open header optional Clear CMOS header USB connector Power Connector 24pin Power Connector 4pin PS 2 Keyboar
32. 4 Alloggi DIMM DDR2x 2 CiascunDIMM supporta DDR2 256 512MBe Ciascun DIMM supporta DDR2 256 512MBe Memoria 16GB 1GB principale Capacit massima della memori a 4GB Capacit massima della memoria 2GB Modulo di memoria DDR a canale do ppio Modulo di memoria DDR a canale doppio Supporto di DDR2 533 667 Supporto di DDR2 400 533 Controller IDE i ntegrato Controller IDE i ntegrato Modalit Bus Master Ultra DMA 33 66 Modalit Bus Master Ultra DMA 33 66 100 100 Supporto modalit PIO Mode 0 4 Supporto modalit PIO Mode 0 4 Controller Serial ATA integrato Controller Serial ATA integrato Velocit di trasferimento dei dati fino a 3 0 Velocit di trasferimento dei dati fino a 3 0 Gb s Gb s Compatibile specifiche SATA Versione 2 0 Compatibile specifiche SATA Versione 2 0 Realtek 8100C Realtek 8100C Negoziazione automatica 10 100 Mb s Negoziazione automatica 10 100 Mb s Capacit Half Full Duplex Capacit Half Full Duplex ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X Uscita audio 5 1 canali VER 6 X Uscita audio 5 1 canali VER 6 X Uscita audio 7 1 canali VER 5 X Uscita audio 7 1 canali VER 5 X 945P A7B 945PL A7B 945 7 945PL A7B Alloggio PCI Express x16 Alloggio PCI Express 1 Alloggio PCI Connettore flo ppy Connettore IDE Connettore SATA Connettore pannello frontale Connettore audio frontale Connettore CD in Connettore output SPDIF Collettore ventolina CPU Coll
33. 45P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 8 PC Health Status W Figure 8 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Fan Control Smart CPU Fan Off C 16 CPU Fan Start C 241 Menu Level gt CPU Fan Full speed C 55 Start PWM Value 64 Slope PWM 1 PWM value C Shutdown Temperature Disabled Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled F5 Previous Ualues F Optimized Defaults CPU FAN Control The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reducenoise The Choices Smart default Always On CPU Fan Off lt C gt Ifthe CPU Temperature is lower than the set value FAN will turn off The Choices Min 0 Max 127 Key in a DEC number CPU Fan Start lt C gt CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value The Choices Min 0 Max 127 Key in a DEC number CPU Fan Full speed C gt When CPU temperature is reach theset value the CPU f n will work under Full Speed The Choices Min 0 Max 127 Key in a DEC number Start PWM Value When CPU temperature arrives to the set value the CPU f n will work under Smart Fan Function mode The range is from 0 127 with an interval ofl The Choices Min 0 Max 127 Key in a DEC number 33 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual Slope PWM Increasing the value ofslope PWM will raisethe speed ofCPU fan The Choices 1 PWM Value C default 2 PWM Value C 4 PWM Value C 8 PWM Value C 16P WM ValueC SHUTD
34. 46 9 4tv PS 2 PS 2 7 A VUFULAR b LANK h USBR h AT 44 YY 7 Ver 6 x ATA AY 7 Ver 5 x 205 mm X 305 mm Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar RD R h LILOSY R b 4 EJN 15819 o ERE BRL ET NAIL OS N 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual BIOS SEIDEN 1 1 Main Menu PEE 3 2 Standard CMOS Features sese cenere 6 3 Advanced BIOS 00001 8 4 Advanced Chipset Features 151 15 5 Integrated 18 6 Power Management 25 7 PnP PCI Configurations 31 8 PC Health 010 33 9 Frequency ee 35 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup programallows users to modify the basic systemconfiguration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a customversion ofan industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intd Pentium
35. 9456 87 5 945PL A7B Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules T hese 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 There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respectto the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part orin whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendors approval writing The content of this users manual is subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this users manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction A dd 1 11 Before You Salt oro Rai 1 12 Package Checklist 1 13 Motherboard Fea
36. Fente PCI Connecteur de disquette Connecteur IDE Connecteur SATA Connecteur du panneau avant Connecteur Audio du panneau avant Connecteur d entr e CD Connecteur de sortie S PDIF Embase de ventilateur UC Embase de ventilateur syst me Embase d ouverture de ch ssis optional Embase d effacement CMOS Connecteur USB Connecteur d alimentation 24 broches Connecteur d alimentation 4 broches Clavier PS 2 Souris PS 2 Port s rie Port d imprimante Port LAN Port USB Fiche audio Ver 6 x Fiche audio Ver 5 x 205mm 1 X 305 mm H Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar se r serve le droit d ajouter ou de supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans pr avis Dimension Motherboard Manual ITALIAN 945P A7B 945PL A7B LGA 775 LGA 775 Processore Intel Core 2Duo Pentium 4 Processore Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D fino a 3 8 GHz Pentium D Celeron D fino a 3 8 GHz Supporto di Hyper ng Supporto di Hyper T hreadi ng Execute Disable Bit Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Tecnologia Extended Memory 64 Tecnologia Extended Memory 64 533 800 1066 MHz 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel 945PL Chipset Intel ICH7 Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F ITE 8712F Monitoraggio hardware Monitoraggio hardware Super 1 0 Controller velocit ventolina Controller velocit ventolina Funzione Smart Guardian di ITE Funzione Smart Guardian di ITE Alloggi DIMM DDR2x
37. Mode The Choices IDE default RAID AHCI On Chip Serial This itemallows you to set theonboard SATA controller The Choice Enhanced Mode default Auto Combined Mode Disabled SATA only SATA PORT Speed Settings This itemallows you to set SATA PORT Speed The Choices Disabled default Force GEN I Force GEN II PATA IDE Mode This itemallows you to choose PATA IDE Mode The Choices Primary default Secondary 20 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual ON BOARD DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Menu Level gt gt USB Mouse Support Disabled Onboard ACI Audio Auto Onboard RAID CITE8211 Enabled Onboard RAID BIOS Enabled Onboard 1394 Enabled Onboard LAN Enabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F7 0 F5 Previous Values ptimized Defaults USB Controller Select Enabled ifyour system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and youhaveUSB peripherals The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This entry is to enabled disabled EHCI controlleronly This BIOS itselfmay may not have high speed USB support Ifthe BIOS has high speed USB support built in the support will automatically tum on when high speed device were attached The Choice Enabled default Disabled
38. Modo bus maestro Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Soporte los Modos PIO 0 4 Controlador ATA Serie Integra do Tasas de transferencia de hasta 3 0 Gb s Compatible con la versi n SATA 2 0 Realtek 8100C Negociaci n de 10 100 Mb s Funciones Half Full d plex ALC861VD VER 6 ALC888 VER 5 X Conjunto de chips S per E S Memoria principal Red Local C decs de Salida de sonido de 5 1 canales VER 6 X Salida de sonido de 7 1 canales VER 5 X Soporte de sonido Intel de Alta Definici n sonido 945P A7B 945PL A7B 945P A7B 945PL A7 B Ranura PCI Express x16 Ranura PCI Express x1 Ranura PCI Conector disco flexible X1 Conector IDE X1 Conector SATA 4 Conector de panel frontal X1 Conector de sonido frontal X1 Conector de entrada de CD X1 Conector de salida S PDIF X1 Cabecera de ventilador de C PU X1 Cabecera de ventilador de sistema X1 Cabecera de chasis abierto opcional X1 Cabecera de borrado de CMOS X1 Conector USB 22 Conector alimentaci n X1 24 patillas Conector de alimentaci n 4 patillas Teclado PS 2 Rat n PS 2 Puerto serie Puerto de impresora Puerto de red local Puerto USB Conector de sonido Ver 6 x Conector de sonido Ver 5 x 205 mm A X 305 mm H Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar se reserva el derecho de a adir o retirar el soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo 39 Ranura PCI Express x16 Ranura PCI Express 1 Ranura PCI Cone
39. N After PWR Fail Off t4 Move Enter Select PU PDzUalue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled ifyour systemhas a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it Ifinstall and FDC or the systemhas no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding intermpt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Parallel Port This itemallows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which 1 0 Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3 BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP The Choices SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port 23 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Chamel for theport The Choices 3 default 1 POWER After PWR Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power f
40. OWN TEMPERATURE This itemallows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This itemonly effective under Windows 98 ACPImode The Choices 65 C 140 F 70 C 149 F 75 C 158 F Disabled default SHOW H W MONITOR IN POST Ifyou computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The itemoffers several delay time to select you want The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU VCORE NB SB VOLTAGE 3 3V 5 0V DDR VOLTAGE 5V SB VOLTAGE BATTERY Detec thesystem s voltage status automatically CURRENT CPU TEMP This field displays the current temperatureofCPU CURRENT CPU FANSPEED This field displays the current speed ofCPU fan CURRENT SYS FANSPEED This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan 34 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 9 Frequency Control W Figure 9 Frequency Control Phoenix fiuardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Uoltage StartUp Item Help Memory Voltage 1 900 NB SB Voltage 1 5 VJ Menu Level gt FSB Termination Voltage 172101 CPU Clock Ratio 8 XI CPU Clock 100MHz 1 PCIE Clock select Upto CPU PCI clock 33 33Mhz1 F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Voltage This itemallows you to select CPU Voltage Control The Choices StartU p default 0 01 2 V 0 787V Memory Voltage The Choices 190V default 2 00V 2 10V 2 20V 2 30V 2 40V 2 50V 2 60V NB SB Voltage The Choices 1 5V default
41. Type The Choices Stop Grant default Pw On Suspend 29 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual MODEM USE IRQ This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA SUSPEND MODE The itemallows youto select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour default HDD POWER DOWN When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All otherdevices remain active The Choices Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min default SOFT OFF BY PWR BTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the systemto enterthe Soft Off state when the systemhas hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default INTRUDER DETECTION This itemallows you to enableor disable intruder detection The Choices Disabled default Enabled 30 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a systemwhich allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itsdfuses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any chang
42. US WARNING This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that isused to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector Ifthis function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on thescreen and sound an alarmbeep Disabled default Virus protectionis disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated HYPER THREADING TECHNOLOGY This option allows you to enableor disabled CPU Hyper Threading Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 x OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology The Choices Enabled default Disabled QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST Enabling this option will cause an abridged version ofthe Power On Sel Test P OST to execute after you power up the computer Disabled Normal POST Enabled default Enable quick POST 12 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS Selects theNumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Of Numpad is arrow keys GATE 20 OPTION Select ifchipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in thekeyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING When akey is held down thekeystioke will repeat at arate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled thetypematic rate and typematic delay can be configured The Choices Disabled default Enabled
43. USB Keyboard Support This itemallows you to enableor disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support Enabled Enable USBKeyboard Support Disabled default Disable USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support This itemallows you to enableor disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled default Disable USB Mouse Support Onboard AC97 Audio This itemallows you to enableor disable to support Onboard AC97 Audio The Choices Auto default Disabled 21 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual Onboard RAID lt ITE8211 gt This itemallows you to enableor disable to support Onboard RAID ITE8211 The Choice Enabled default Disabled Onboard RAID BIOS This itemallows you to enableor disable Onboard RAD BIOS The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard 1394 This itemallows you to enableor disable to support Onboard 1394 contrller The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN This itemallows you to enableor disable the Onboard LAN The Choice Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN BootROM Decide whetherto invokethe boot ROM ofthe onboard LAN chip The Choice Disabled default Enabled 22 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual SUPER 10 DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Parallel Port 3783 1807 Level gt gt Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 PWRO
44. ail or interrupts occurs Off Leaves the computer in the power offstate On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt ocaurs The Choices Off default On Former Sts 24 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your systemto utilize energy conservation and power up power down fatures W Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Press Enter Press Enter Min Saving DPMS Yes Stop Grant 31 Item Help gt Menu Level Instant 0ff 1 Disabled gt ACPI Wake Up Events gt Reload Timer Events Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off by PWR BTIN Intruder Detection F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 25 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual ACPI amp WAKE UP EVENTS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility ACPI amp Wake Up Events Enabled S1 POS Item Help gt Menu Level gt Disabled Disabled Disabled BUTTON ONLY Enter Ctr1 F1 ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring Resume by Alarm POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This itemdisplays the status ofthe Adva
45. ard Manual OOo 5 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please dick Next button and followthe default procedure to install abr ramen Lan fiu add entra Im urn panier ee ee on ads To cc 2 When you see the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you dick Finish button Vest a a E cope Zaig ha krachen EP goce burgos Lip Ly Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 2 945P A7B 945PL A7B 5 4 WARPSPEEDER 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of WindowsTaskbar MO 11 33 aM This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder M Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke WarpSpeeder directly from the little tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will dose Tray Icon utility if selected Lanoch Utility
46. ci n Intel Spee dStep Mejorado Tecnologia Extended Memory 64 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 8712F Monitor hardware Controlador de velocidad de ventilador Funci n Guardia inteligente de ITE Ranuras DIMM DDR2x 2 Cada DIMM admite DDR2 de 256 512MB y 1GB Capacidad m xima de memoria de 2GB M dulo de memoria DDR de canal Doble Admite DDR2 de 400 533 Controlador IDE integrado Modo bus maestro Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Soporte los Modos 0 4 Controlador ATA Serie Integra do Tasas de transferencia de hasta 3 0 Gb s Compatible con la versi n SATA 2 0 Realtek 81000 Negociaci n de 10 100 Mb s Funciones Half Full duplex ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X Salida de sonido de 5 1 canales VER 6 X Salida de sonido de 7 1 canales VER 5 X Soporte de sonido Intel de Alta Definici n Motherboard Manual SPANISH 945P A7B 945PL A7B LGA 775 Procesador Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D hasta 3 8 GHz Admite Hyper T hreadi ng Bit de des habilitaci n de ejecuci n Intel SpeedStep Mejorado Tecnologia Extended Memory 64 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Monitor hardware Controlador de velocidad de ventilador Funci n Guardia inteligente de ITE Ranuras DIMM DDR 2 x 4 Cada DIMM admite DDR 2 de 256 512MB 168 Capacidad m xima de memoria de 4GB M dulo memoria DDR de canal Doble Admite DDR2 533 667 Controlador IDE integrado
47. ctor disco flexible X1 Conector IDE X1 Conector SATA X4 Conector de panel frontal X1 Conector de sonido frontal X1 Conector de entrada de CD X1 Conector de salida S PDIF X1 Cabecera de ventilador de C PU X1 Cabecera de ventilador de sistema X1 Cabecera de chasis abierto opcional X1 Cabecera de borrado de CMOS X1 Conector USB 22 Conector de alimentaci n X1 24 patillas Conector de alimentaci n 4 patillas Teclado PS 2 Rat n PS 2 Puerto serie Puerto de impresora Puerto de red local Puerto USB Conector de sonido Ver 6 x Conector de sonido Ver 5 x 205 mm A X 305 mm H Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar se reserva el derecho de a fiadir o retirar el soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo LGA 775 Processador Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D at 3 8 GHz Suporta as tecnologias Hyper Threa ding Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memory 64 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Monitoriza o do hardware Controlador da velocida de da ventoinha Fun o Smart Guardian da ITE Ranhuras DIMM DDR2 x2 Cada m dulo DIMM suporta uma memoria DDR2 de 256 512 MB amp 1 GB Capacidade maxima de memoria 2 GB M dulo de memoria DDR de canal duplo Suporta m dulos DDR2 400 533 Controlador IDE inte grado Modo Bus master Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Suporta o modo PIO 0 4 Controlador Serial ATA integrado Velocidades de transmiss
48. d PS 2 Mouse Serial Port Back Panel Printer Port 1 0 LAN port USB Port Audio Jack Ver 6 x Audio Jack Ver 5 x Board Size 205 W x 305 mm 205 W x 305 L mm Windows 2000 XP VISTA Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS with or without notice support for any OS with or without notice Motherboard Manual 14 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS VER 6 x PS 2 Mouse Printer Port A Line In Surround Line Out Mic In 1 Bass Center 1 1 USBX2 USBX2 1 1 15 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS VER 5 A PS 2 Mouse Printer Port LAN O esse O PS 2 COM1 USBX2 USBX2 Keyboard Center Line In Rear Line Out side O Men Since the audio chip supports Intel High Definition Audio Specification the function of each audio jackcan be defined by software The input output function of each audio jacklisted above represents the default setting However when connecting external microphone to the audio port please use the Line In blue and Mic In Pink audio jack 945P A7B 945PL A7B 16 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT FOR VER 6 Only for 945P A7B Only for 945P A7B DDR 2_B2 DDR 2_A2 JRA5 USB1 oo Bo oo oo DD Du BO BD DO JCDIN1 5 1 9 St SATA1 SATA3 Fe 11 Optional ae JPANEL1 1322 JSP DIF_QUT Ep Ju No
49. e XD feature flag to always retum 0 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Virtualization Technology When enabled aVMM can utilize the additional hardware Capabilities provided by vanderpool Technology The Choices Enabled default Disabled CACHE SETUP Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Cache Setup Menu Level 24 ti Move Enter Select PU PDzUalue Fi10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU L3 Cache Depending onthe CP U chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache 10 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual BOOT SEQ amp FLOPPY SETUP Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Menu Level bb Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Report No FDD For WIN 95 ti Move EnterzSelect PU PD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Hard Disk Boot Priori M etup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Pri Slave Sec Master Menu Level 212 Sec Slave USBHDDO Use lt t gt or lt i gt to USBHDD1 select a device then USBHDD2 press lt gt to move it Bo
50. ed options 360K 5 25 in Select the ty pe of floppy 1 2M 5 25 in disk drive installed in your sy stem 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All but Key board the POST process and All but Diskette notfy you All but Disk Key Base Memory N A Displays the amount of detected during boct up N A Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 3 Advanced BIOS Features W Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter b Cache Setup Press Enter gt Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Press Enter Menu Level gt Virus Warning Disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up HumLock Status 0n Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0S 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB 0 2 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Summary Screen Show Disabled tl gt zMove Enter Select PU PD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit FizGeneral Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual CPU FEATURE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Delay Prior t
51. es to the default settings W Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Resources Controlled By Auto Menu Level PCIZUGA Palette Snoop Disabled Maximum Payload Size 4096 tl gt zMove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit FizGeneral Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults INIT DISPLAY FIRST This item allows you to decideto active whether PCI Slot oron chip VGA first The Choices PCI Slot default PCIEx RESOURCES CONTROLLED BY By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect thesystem resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the userwill need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be surethat there are no IRQ DMA and 1 0 port conflicts The Choices Auto default Manual 31 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual IRQ RESOURCES This submenu will allow you to assign each systemintermpt type depending on the type ofdevice using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the systeminterrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assignedt
52. ettore ventolina sistema Collettore apertur a telaio optional Collettore cancellazione CMOS Connettore USB Connettore alimentazione 24 pin Connettore alimentazione 4 pin Tastiera PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Porta seriale Porta stampante Porta LAN Porta USB Connettore audio Ver 6 x Connettore audio Ver 5 x 205 mm larghezza x 305 mm altezza Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema operativo senza preavviso 37 Alloggio PCI Express x16 Alloggio PCI Express 1 Alloggio PCI Connettore floppy Connettore IDE Connettore SATA Connettore pannello frontale Connettore audio frontale Connettore CD in i Connettore output SPDIF Collettore ventolina CPU Collettore ventolina sistema Collettore apertura telaio optional Collettore cancellazione CMOS Connettore USB Connettore alimentazione 24 pin Connettore alimentazione 4 pin Tastiera PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Porta seriale Porta stampante Porta LAN Porta USB Connettore audio Ver 6 x Connettore audio Ver 5 x 205 mm larghezza x 305 mm altezza Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere 0 rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema operativo senza preavviso 1 0 pannello posteriore Dimension LGA 775 Procesador Intel Core 2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D hasta 3 8 GHz Admite Hyper T hreadi ng Bit de des habilitaci n de ejecu
53. fter Sockel System L fter Sockel Geh use offen Sockel optional CMOS l schen Sockel USB Anschluss Stromanschluss 24 polig Stromanschluss 4 poli g PS 2 Tastatur PS 2 Maus Serieller Anschluss Druckeranschluss LAN Anschluss USB Anschluss Audioanschluss Ver 6 x Audioanschluss Ver 5 x 205 mm B X 305 mm L Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar beh lt sich das Recht vor ohne Ank ndigung die Unterst tzung f r ein Betriebssystem hinzuzuf gen oder zu entfernen 33 PCI Express x16 Steckplatz PCI Express x1 Steckplatz PCI Steckplatz Diskettenlaufwerk anschluss IDE Anschluss SATA Anschluss Fronttafela nschluss Front Audioa nschluss CD IN Anschluss S PDIF Ei nga ngsanschluss CPU L fter Sockel System L fter Sockel Geh use offen Sockel optional CMOS l schen Sockel USB Anschluss Stromanschluss 24 polig Stromanschluss 4 polig PS 2 Tastatur PS 2 Maus Serieller Anschluss Druckeranschluss LAN Anschluss USB Anschluss Audioanschluss Ver 6 x Audioanschluss Ver 5 x 205 mm B X 305 mm L Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar beh lt sich das Recht vor ohne Ank ndigung die Unterst tzung f r ein Betriebssystem hinzuzuf gen oder zu entfernen R ckseiten E A Platinengr LGA 775 Processeurs Intel Core 2D uo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D jusqu 3 8 GHz Prend en charge les technologies Hyper Threading d ex cution de bit de d sactivation Intel
54. hipset Especificag 80 Super 1 0 40 945P A7B 945PL A7B 945P A7B 945PL A7 B Ranhura PCI Express x16 Ranhura PCI Express x1 Ranhura PCI Conector da unidade de disquetes Conector IDE Conector SATA Conector do painel frontal Conector de udio frontal Conector para entrada de CDs Conector de sa da S PDIF Conector da ventoinha da CPU Conector da ventoinha do sistema Conector para detec o da abertura do chassis opcional Conector para limpeza do CMOS Conector USB Conector de alimenta o 24 pinos Conector de alimenta o 4 pinos Teclado PS 2 Rato PS 2 Porta s rie Porta para impressora Porta LAN Porta USB Tomada de audio Ver 6 x Tomada de audio Ver 5 x 205 mm L X 305 mm A Windows 2000 XP VISTA A Biostar reserva se o direito de adicionar ou remover suporte para qualquer sistema operativo com ou sem aviso pr vio 41 Ranhura PCI Express x16 Ranhura PCI Express x1 Ranhura PCI Conector da unidade de disquetes Conector IDE Conector SATA Conector do painel frontal Conector de udio frontal Conector para entrada de CDs Conector de sa da S PDIF Conector da ventoinha da CPU Conector da ventoinha do sistema Conector para detec o da abertura do chassis opcional Conector para limpeza do CMOS Conector USB Conector de alimenta o 24 pinos Conector de alimenta o 4 pinos Teclado PS 2 Rato PS 2 Porta s rie Porta para impressora Porta LAN Porta USB To
55. ia 4 pinowe Klawiatura PS 2 Mysz PS 2 Port szeregowy Port drukarki Port LAN Port USB Gniazdo audio Ver 6 x Gniazdo audio Ver 5 x 205 mm S X 305 mm W Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania lub odwotywania obstugi dowolne go Gniazdo PCI Express x 16 Gniazdo PCI Express x 1 Gniazdo PCI Z cze nap du dyskietek Z cze IDE Z cze SATA Z cze panela przedniego Przednie z cze audio Z cze wej cia CD Z cze wyj cia S PDIF Z cze g wkowe wentylatora procesora Z cze g wkowe wentylatora systemowego Z cze g wkowe otwarcia obudowy opcja Z cze g wkowe kasowania CMOS Z cze USB Z cze zasilania 24 pinowe Z cze zasilania 4 pinowe Klawiatura PS 2 Mysz PS 2 Port szeregowy Port drukarki Port LAN Port USB Gniazdo audio Ver 6 x Gniazdo audio Ver 5 x 205 mm S X 305 mm W Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania lub odwotywania obstugi dowolne go systemu operacyjnego bez powiadomienia systemu operacyjnego bez powiadomienia 43 LGA 775 Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D 3 8 Hy per Thre ading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMM x 2 DIMM
56. l Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt P gUp gt and P gDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Increase the numeric val ue or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Ext Current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F7 key Load the opti mized defaults F10 ke Save all the CMOS changes and exit 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOSIM CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select ftom several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu 1 WARNING For better system performance the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated The BIOS information described in this manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is for your reference only The
57. le must meet the following requirements Install memory module of the same density in pairs shown in thefollowing table For 945P A7B Embed o x 9 x X 0 Enabled o o o o For 945PL A7B Dual Channel Status DDR2 A DDR2 B1 Deed o X Disabled X 9 Embed 0 9 O means memory installed X means memory not installed The DRAM bus width of the memory module must be the same x8 or x16 11 Motherboard Manual 2 4 CONNECTORSAND SLOTS FDD1 Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk ty pes This connector supports the prov idedfloppy drive ribbon cables IDE1 Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 functionality The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slav e driv e soy oucan connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 40 39 12 945P A7B 945PL A7B PEX16_1 PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 468 5 simultaneously per direction for an aggregate of 8GB s totally PEX1_1 PEX1_2 PCI Express x1 Slots PCI Express 1 0a compliant Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB s per direction 5001 8 5 in total PCI Exp
58. ly follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard o o mi Pin 1 2 Close Normal Operation Default Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS data X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Waitforfive seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data DIPYN Chassis O pen Header Optional This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status If the signal has been triggered it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot up Pin Assignment 1 Case open signal 2 Ground 17 Motherboard Manual SATA1 SATA4 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with Achannek SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 2 0 spec and with transfer rate of 3Gb s SATA1 SATA3 u v E 7 4 1 SATA2 3 5 Assignment Ground TX TX Ground RX RX Ground SATA4 ND JSPDIF OUT Digital Audio out Connectors This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Pin Assignment 5V SPDIF_OUT Ground Na Io 945 7 945PL A7B CHAPTER 4 USEFUL HELP 4 1 DRIVER INSTALLATION NOTE After you installed your operating system please insert the Fully Setup Driver CD into your optical drive and install the driver for better system perfomance You will see the following window after you insert the CD
59. mada de audio Ver 6 x Tomada de audio Ver 5 x 205 mm L X 305 mm A Windows 2000 XP VISTA A Biostar reserva se o direito de adicionar ou remover suporte para qualquer sistema operativo com ou sem aviso pr vio Ranhuras Entradas Sa das no LGA 775 Procesor Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D do 3 8 GHz Obstuga Hy per Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel Spee dStep Extende d Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 Gniazda DDR 2 DIMM x 2 Kazde gniazdo DIMM obstuguje mo duty 256 512MB oraz 1GB DDR2 Maks wielko pami ci 2GB Modu pami ci DDR z trybem podw jnego kana u Obs uga DDR2 400 533 ITE 8712F Monitor H W Kontroler pr dko ci wentylatora Funkcja ITE Smart Guardian Zintegrowany kontroler IDE Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Tryb Bus Master obs uga PIO tryb 0 4 Zintegrowany kontroler Serial ATA Transfer danych do 3 0 Gb s Zgodno ze specyfikacj SATA w wersji 2 0 Realtek 81000 10 100 Mb s z automatyczn negocjacj szybko ci Dzia anie w trybie po owicznego pe nego dupleksu ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X 5 1 kana owe wyj cie audio VER 6 X 7 1 kana owe wyj cie audio VER 5 X Obs uga Intel High Definition Audio Motherboard Manual POLISH 945P A7B 945PL A7B LGA 775 Procesor Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D do 3 8 GHz Obs uga Hy per Thre ading Execute Disable Bit
60. nced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The itemallows youto selectthe suspend type underthe ACPIoperating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend 3 STR Suspendto RAM SI amp 53 POS STR Run VG ABIOS if 53 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOSto initidizethe VGA card when systemwakes up from S3 state The systemtime is shortened ifyou disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So ifthe AGP driver ofthe VGA card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally ornot function after S3 The Choices Auto default Yes No 26 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual Wake Up by PCI card When you select Enable a P ME signal from P CI card returns the systemto On state The Choices Enabled Disabled default Power On by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft offstate The Choices Enabled Disabled default USB KB MS Wake Up From S3 This itemallows you to enable or disabled USB keyboard wake up fomS3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled Choose the Date and Time The Choices Enabled Disabled defa
61. o PCI Device IRQ 11 assignedto PCI Device IRQ 12 assignedto PCI Device IRQ 14 assignedto PCI Device IRQ 15 assignedto PCI Device PCI VGA PALETTE SNOOP Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers that are not VGA compatible take the output froma VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming fromthe VGA controlleris drawn fromthe palette tableinside the VGA controllerto generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette ofthe VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watch for the Wnte access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to thepalette will not show up onthe ISA bus ifthe PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop thedata on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Disabled default disable the function Enabled enable the function MAXIMUM PAYLOAD SIZE Set the maximu m TLP payload size for the P CI Express device The unit is byte The Choice 4096 default 128 256 512 1024 2048 32 9
62. o Thermal 16 Min Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 TH Bus Ratio 0 Menu Level gt gt TM2 Bus VID 0 83750 Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled C1E Function Auto Execute Disable Bit Enabled Virtualization Technology Enabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FZ F5 Previous Values Optimized Defaults Delay Prior to Thermal Set this itemto enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specifiedtime The Choices 4Min 8Min 16Min default 32Min Thermal Management Allow you to choosethe thermal management method ofyour monitor The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 default Thermal Monitor Notes The choices will be differentaccording to your CPU features TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency Bus ratio ofthe throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on diesensor goes ffomnot hot to hot Min 0 Max 255 Keyin a DEC number The Choices 0X default TM2 Bus VID Represents the voltage ofthe throttled performance statethat willbe initiated when the on diesensor goes fromnot hot to hot The Choices 0 8375 V default Min 0 83 75 V Max 1 6000 Limit CPU ID Max Val Set limit CPU ID maxi mum vale to 3 it should be disabled for Win XP The Choices Disabled default Enabled 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual Function CPU CIE Function select The Choices Auto default Disabled Execute Disable Bit When disabled forces th
63. o the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder M will proceed a testing for current frequency Ifthe testing is ok then the current frequency will be saved into system registry If the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShowtests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make surey our display card s color depth is High color 16 bi or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Direct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Pane Clickthe Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure In this panel you can get the real time status information of your system The information will be refreshed every 1 second 29 Motherboard Manual 6 About Panel Clickthe about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up asthe following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail infomation in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Versi
64. ofclock cydes ofCAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices Auto default 3 4 5 6 DRAM RAS TO CAS DELAY This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installedin the system The Choices Auto default 2 3 4 56 15 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual DRAM RAS PRECHARGE Ifan insufficient number ofcycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fil to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed inthe system The Choices Auto default 23 4 5 6 PRECHARGE DELAY TRAS This item controls thenumber of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge delay The Choices Auto default 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SYSTEM MEMORY FREQ UENCY This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency The Choices Auto default 400Mhz 53 3 Mhz 667 Mhz SLP 54 ASSERTION WIDTH This item sets the minimumassertion width ofthe SLP S4 signal to guarantee the DRAM has been safely power cycled The Choices 4 to 5 Sec default 3 to 4 Sec 2 to 3 Sec 1 to 2Sec SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE Selecting Enabled allows you caching ofthe system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting
65. oire maximale de 4 Go Module de m m oire DDR mode double voie Prend en charge la DDR 2 533 667 Contr leur IDE int gr Mode principale de Bus Ultra 33 66 100 Prend en charge le mode 0 4 Contr l eur Serial int gr Taux de transfert jusqu 3 0 Go s Conforme la sp cification SATA Version 2 0 Realtek 81 00C 10 100 Mb s n gociation automatique Half Full du ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X Sortie audio 5 1 voies VER 6 X Sortie audio 3 7 1 voies VER 5 X plex capabilit Prise en charge de l audio haute d finition Intel Chipset Super E S 945P A7B 945PL A7B 945 7 945PL A7B Fente PCI Express x16 Fente PCI Express x1 Fente PCI Connecteur de disquette Connecteur IDE Connecteur SATA Connecteur du panneau avant Connecteur Audio du panneau avant Connecteur d entr e CD Connecteur de sortie S PDIF Embase de ventilateur UC Embase de ventilateur syst me Embase d ouverture de ch ssis optional Embase d effacement CMOS Connecteur USB Connecteur d alimentation 24 broches Connecteur d alimentation 4 broches Clavier PS 2 Souris PS 2 Port s rie Port d imprimante Port LAN Port USB Fiche audio Ver 6 x Fiche audio Ver 5 x 205mm 1 X 305 mm H Windows 2000 XP VISTA Biostar se r serve le droit d ajouter ou de supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans pr avis 35 Fente PCI Express 6 Fente PCI Express x1
66. on number of WarpSpeeder utility P Booster Version 0 9 5 9 151 12058 leal 04551 qo lt 122224 Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipsetis not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder utility more robust NN 945P A7B 945PL A7B This page is intentionally left blank 31 775 Intel Core2Duo Pentium 4 Pentium Celeron D Prozessoren mit bis zu 3 8 GHz Unterst tzt Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extende d Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Hardware berwachung L fterdrehzahl Controller Smart Guar dian Funktion von ITE DDR2 DIMM Steckpl tze x 2 Jeder DIMM unterst tzt 256 512 8 1GB DDR2 Max 2GB Arbeitsspeicher Dual Kanal DDR Speichermodul Unterst tzt DDR2 400 533 Integrierter IDE Controller Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Modus Unterst tzt PIO Modus 0 4 Integrierter Serial ATA Controller Datentransferrate bis zu 3 0Gb s Konform mit der SATA Spezifikation Version 2 0 Realtek 8100C 10 100 Mb s A uto Negotiation Halb Vollduplex Fun ktion ALC861VD VER 6 X ALC888 VER 5 X 5 1 Kanal Audioausgabe VER 6 X 7 1
67. otable Add in Cards up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu CS cad Os CM JE MD 0 ti Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults These BIOS attempt to load the operating system fro mthe device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pn Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USBHDDI USBHDD2 and Bootable Add in Card 11 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual First Second Third Boot Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these itens The Choices Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD 1158 7212 USB CDROM LAN Disabled Boot Other Device When enabled BIOS will try to load the operating system ffom other device when it failed to load fromthe three devices above The Choices Enabled default Disabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows youto swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine ifthey have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takesto boot up The Choices Disabled Enabled default Report NO FDD for Win95 This itemallows you to select YES NO to Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices NO default YES VIR
68. oting from hard disk 2 is mpossible Cannot boot system after installing econd hard drive 22 945P A7B 945PL A7B CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDERTM 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overdock Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click The Overvoltage Manager on the other hand helpsto powerup CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smarty indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on ourmain panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder M technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed thatis either the original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows DirectX DiredX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system indudes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 23 Motherbo
69. r seconds 2 Waitfor seconds 3 Plugin the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clearthe CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 21 Motherboard Manual 4 4 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution Make sure power cable is securely plugged in Replace cable Contact technical support No power to the system at all Power light don t illuminate fan inside power supply does not turn 2 on Indicator light on key board does not turn on System inoperative Keyboard lights Using even pressure on both ends of are on power indicator lights are lit the DIMM press down firmly until the and hard drive is spinning module snaps into place Check cable running from disk to disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time Back up data and applications files Ref ormat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks Set master slave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call the drive manufacturers f or compatibility with other drives System does na boot from hard disk drive can be bootedfrom optical drive System only boots from optical drive Hard disk can be read and applications an be used but bo
70. ress supports a raw bit rate of 25Gb s on the data pins 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture PEX16 1 PEX1 2 PCII PCI3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits 13 Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 3 HEADERS amp JUMPERS SETUP 3 1 How TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumperis close if not that means the jumperis Pin opened Pin dosed Pin1 2 dosed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JPANELI Front Panel Header This 16 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button and speaker connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions q Function Pin Assignment SI butto Speaker SE connecbr Power LED HDD LED Power LED Power LED Hard drive LED HDD LED SAVE Power LED Power button Reset control AP aal didi 1 945P A7B 945PL A7B JATXPWRI ATX Power Source Connector This connector allows user to connect 24 pin power connector on the ATX Assignment 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5 Ground 5V Ground PW_OK StandbyVoltage 5 12V 12V 2 x 12 Detect 3 3V 12V Ground PS_ON Ground Ground Ground 5V 5V 5V 5V Ground power suppl 3 5
71. te represents the 1 pin Motherboard Manual 17 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT FOR VER 5 Only for 945P A7B Only for 945P A7B DDR2 E DDR2 A2 n D a a D D a a D D SATAS Ortioral a cpu SPAN JOMOSI SATA2 SATM 522 Act JPANEL1 ES ALA Note m represents the 1 pin EE 945P A7B 945 PL A7B CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU Special Notice Remove Pin Cap before installation and make good preservation for future use When the CPU is removed cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won t be damaged Pin Cap Step 1 Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Motherboard Manual Step 2 Look for the triangular cut edge on socket and the golden dot on CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge The CPU will fitonly in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then lowerthe lever to locked position to complete the installation Step 4 Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembly on the CPU and buckle it on the retention frame Connectthe CPU FAN power cable into the JCFAN1 This completes the installation 945P A7B 945PL A7B 2 2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling fans built in the computer The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan
72. ton in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overdock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure C 1 _ evet Peston o v a ww m Eit MHz Button IS Suton MOS nem O wrdock Panel contains the these features 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3M Hz button provide user the ability to do real time overdock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify ev ery speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or youcan just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result fory ou b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe reboot Pace seit er opten hal ME MR seco you ani lo do altar scien Lail cafa Upiioni Bicup K Reis bo Hard D esu CPLI Clock Valle 2 945P A7B 945PL A7B Auto overclock button User can dick this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically WarpSpeeder utility will execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will do fail safe reboot by using Watchdog function After reboot the WarpSpeeder M utility will restore to the hardware default setting orload the verified best and stable frequency according t
73. tures 2 14 Rear Panel Connectors 6 4 15 Rear Panel Connectors Ver 5 4 16 Motherboard Layout for Ver 6 5 17 Motherboard Layout for Ver 5 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 7 2 1 Installing Central Processing Unit CPU 7 22 FAN Header nennen el 9 2 3 Installing System Memory acae acea cie aa 10 2 4 Connectors and Jots 12 Chapter 3 Headers amp J umpers Setup 14 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 14 3 2 Detail ides ci ARN 14 Chapter 4 Useful Help 19 4 1 Driver Installation Note 19 4 2 Award BIOS 20 4 3 Extra Information 20 4 4 Troubleshooting 22 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder 23 5 1 Introduction e ete rore tere hal e an neo EL 23 52 System Requirement
74. ual 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlightthe itemand then usethe lt P gUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you wantin each item W Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Nov 13 2006 Item Help Time Chh mm ss ds Is Menu Level gt IDE Channel O Master IDE Channel O Slave Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Halt On All But Keyboard F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Main Menu Selections This tableshows theselections that you can make onthe Main Menu Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Channel 0 Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the sub menu cf detailed options 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual Options Descripioo IDE Channel 0 Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu cf detailed options IDE Channel 1 Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enterthe sub menu cf detailed options IDE Channel 1 Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enterthe sub menu cf detail
75. ult Date of Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour minute and second the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this function will work POWER ON Function This itemallows you to choose the power on function The Choices Button Only default Password Hot Key Mouse Move Click Mouse Double Click Any Key Keyboard 98 KB POWER ON Password Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password Hot Key Power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password The Choices Ctr F1 default Ctd F2 Ctrl F3 CtH F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctil F7 Ctri F8 Ctil F9 Ctd F10 Ctrl Fl 1 and CtH F12 27 945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual RELOAD TIMER EVENTS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Reload Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE O Disabled Menu Level gt gt Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIR A D Disabled ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fil Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or RAID 1 function underthis item The Choices Disabled default Enabled FDD COM LPT Port You can select to

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