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Biostar 945P-A7A Owner's Manual

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2. Motherboard Manual PCI Ex16 PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB s simultaneously per direction for an aggregate of 8GB s totally PCI Ex1_1 PCI EX1_2 PCI Express x1 slots PCI Express 1 0a compliant Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB s per direction 500MB s in total PCI Express supports a raw bit rate of 2 5Gb s on the data pins 2X bandwidth over the traditional architecture E PCI Ex16 en El PCI Ex1_1 ge gH Li PCI Ex1_2 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 i TI O E a 8 L1 Dem TT 12 945P A7A 945PL A7A 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 jumper is close if not that means the jumper is open Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL
3. 23 5 3 Installation n eie eee eet eh rete dete gets 24 5 4 Warp peede r 4 eee a 25 Appendencies SPEC In Other Language 30 German neos aa eA Sa 31 EARS 33 Italian Re bee et id ede 35 Spanish O 37 Portuguese iii des 39 Polish 0 ees A 41 RUSSIAN pna mee a am edad ed ied 43 ARABIC 001010101010 45 JAPANESE waz z ee oa e an aaa 47 945P A7A 945PL A7A CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 11 BEFORE YOU START Thank you for choosing our product Before you start installing the motherboard please make sure you follow the instructions below m Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting W Always disconnect the computer from power outlet before operation W 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 W Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the rear side of the board unless necessary Hold the board on the edge do not try to bend or flex the board m Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the case after installation Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment m Keep the computer from dangerous area such as heat source humid air and water 12 PACKAGE CHECKLIST e FDD Cable X 1
4. 1 1 3 Motherboard 2 1 4 Rear Panel Connectors 3 15 Motherboard Layout 945 4 1 6 Motherboard Layout 945PL A7A 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 2 1 Installing Central Processing Unit CPU 6 2 2 FAN H ad r tit 8 2 3 Installing System Memory 9 2 4 Connectors and SlotSs sss 11 Chapter 3 Headers amp Jumpers Setup 13 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 13 3 2 Detail Settings cose Ld ede cH det 13 TChapter 4 Useful Help 19 4 1 Driver Installation Note 19 4 2 Award BIOS Beep 20 4 3 Extra Information 20 4 4 Troubleshooting 22 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder 23 5 1 Introduction ooo lee erede eins 23 5 2 System
5. 205 X 305 Windows 2000 Biostar 05 OS 44 945 878 945PL A7A Super 1 0 IDE SATA 100 10 945 7 LGA 775 GlalkuIntel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron DA Gas 3 8 dida Intel Core2Duo 8 0 ae Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 1066 800 533 Intel 945 Intel ICH7 43 DDR2 DIMM 2 ee DDR US ae DIMM 1 256 512 4 R 0 66725 533 ee
6. x3 945PL A7A Fente PCI Express x16 Fente PCI Express 1 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 systeme Embase d ouverture de chassis 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 205mm 1 X 305 mm H Windows 2000 XP Biostar se r serve le droit d ajouter ou de supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans pr avis 2 x3 21 21 x4 x1 21 21 2 x3 Motherboard Manual 945P A7A 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 systeme Embase d ouverture de chassis 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 Fich
7. Jo 945 7 945PL A7A 1 6 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT 945PL A7A JKBMS1 3 eje JAUDIO1 E E i JCDIN1 JATXPWR1 FDD1 4 Note represents the 1 Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPU M On 8 gH Eh FREY O EDS 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 945P A7A 945PL A7A 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 fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then lower the 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 ret
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9. Ver 8 0 Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMM x 2 DIMM 128 256 512 amp 1 DDR2 2 DDR DDR2 400 533 ITE 8712F ITE Smart Guardian Ultra DMA 33 66 100 PIO 04 3 0 SATA 2 0 Realtek 8100 10 100 RUSSIAN 945 7 LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium Celeron 3 8 Intel Core2Duo
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11. 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter gt Cache Setup gt Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup Virus Warning Hyper Threading Technology Quick Power On Self Test Boot Up HumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For 05 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Small LogoCEPA Show Summary Screen Show tl Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 945 7 BIOS Manual CPU FEATURE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Thermal Management TM2 Bus Ratio TH2 Bus VID Limit CPUID MaxUal Function Execute Disable Bit Virtualization Technology ti Move Enter Select 2 PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help 5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time The Choices 4Min 8Min 16Min default 32Min Thermal Management Allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 default Thermal Monitor2 Notes The choices will be different according to your CPU features TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency Bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when
12. Klawiatura 5 2 Mysz PS 2 x1 Port szeregowy x1 Port drukarki x1 Port LAN Port USB x4 Gniazdo audio x3 205 mm S X 305 mm W Windows 2000 XP Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania lub odwotywania obstugi dowolnego systemu operacyjnego bez powiadomienia systemu operacyjnego bez powiadomienia Gniazdo PCI Express x16 Gniazda Gniazdo PCI Express x1 x2 Gniazdo PCI x3 Ztacze napedu dyskietek Ztacze IDE Ztacze SATA x4 Ztacze panela przedniego Przednie ztacze audio 21 Z cze wej cia CD x1 Z cze wyj cia S PDIF x1 Z cza Z cze g wkowe wentylatora wbudowan procesora x1 e Z cze g wkowe wentylatora systemowego x1 Z cze g wkowe otwarcia obudowy opcja x1 Z cze g wkowe kasowania CMOS Z cze USB x2 Z cze zasilania 24 pinowe Ztacze zasilania 4 pinowe Klawiatura 2 Mysz PS 2 x1 Port szeregowy x1 Back Panel Port drukarki x1 1 0 Port LAN Port USB x4 Gniazdo audio x3 Wymiary 205 mm S X 305 mm W ptyty Obsluga Windows 2000 systemu Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania operacyjn lub odwolywania obstugi dowolnego ego Motherboard Manual 945P A7A ALC 655 Kodek 6 kanatowe wyjscie audio dzwiekowy AC 97 w wersji 2 3 42 945 878 945PL A7A 945PL A7A LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron 3 8 Mpoueccop Intel Core2Duo
13. VIRUS WARNING This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated HYPER THREADING TECHNOLOGY This option allows you to enable or 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 of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Disabled Normal POST Enabled default Enable quick POST BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys GATE A20 OPTION 13 945P A7A BIOS Manual Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING When a key is held down the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured The Choices Disabled d
14. m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Item Help Resources Controlled By PCI UGA Palette Snoop Maximum Payload Size tl gt zMove Enter Select PU PDzUalue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults INIT DISPLAY FIRST This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choices PCI Slot default PCIEx RESOURCES CONTROLLED BY By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts The Choices Auto default Manual 32 945P A7A BIOS Manual IRQ RESOURCES This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts 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 assignedto PCI Device IRQ 11 assignedto PCI Device IRQ 12 assi
15. HDD Cable X 1 User s Manual X 1 Serial ATA Cable X 1 Fully Setup 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 945PL A7A LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium Celeron D processor up to 3 8 GHz Intel Core2Duo Processor For Ver 8 0 only Supports Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 MHz Intel 945PL Intel 7 ITE 118712 H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function DIMM Slots x 2 Each DIMM supports 256 512MB 8 1GB DDR2 Max Memory Capicity 2GB Dual Channel Mode DDR2 memory module Supports DDR2 400 533 Integrated IDE Controller Ultra DMA 33 100 Bus Master Mode supports PIO Mode 0 4 Integrated Serial ATA Controller Data transfer rates up to 3 0 Gb s SATA Version 2 0 specification compliant Realtek RTL 8100C 10 100 Mb s auto negotiation Half Full duplex capability ALC655 6 channels audio out AC 97 Version 2 3 PCI Express x 16 slot Motherboard Manual MOTHERBOARD FEATURES 945P A7A LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D processor up to 3 8 GHz Intel Core2Duo Processor For Ver 8 0 only Supports Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 ITE 118712 H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart
16. JisUltra DMA 33 66 100 ese PIO Mode 0 4 113 5 US 3 0 0 Realtek 8100C 100 10 ALC655 ALC 8 Al 6 45 AE 945 7 7 3 2 PCI Express x16 PCI Express x 458 PCI SATA CD IN S PDIF GIS CMOS USB 24 os 25 2 PS 2 USB dia 5 X 305 Windows 2000 XP Y 81051631
17. Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand 24 945 7 945PL A7A 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 Windows Taskbar 11 33 4M This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeederT 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 will close Tray Icon utility if selected Lanoch Utility Exit fu Motherboard Manual 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder utility will be invoked Please refer to the following figure the utility s first window you will see is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels c With a user friendly Status Animation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking gt overclock percentage from 10
18. Ver 8 0 Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 Intel 945P Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMM 4 DIMM 128 256 512 amp 1 2 4 DDR DDR2 533 667 8712 Smart Guardian Ultra 33 66 100 PIO 04 3 0 SATA 2 0 Realtek 8100 10 100 CPU FSB M Super 1 0 IDE SATA
19. Mejorado Tecnolog a Extended Memory 64 533 800 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Monitor hardware Controlador de velocidad de ventilador Funci n Guardia inteligente de ITE Ranuras DIMM DDR2 x 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 Integrado 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 ALC 655 ALC 658 Salida de sonido de 6 canales AC 97 Versi n 2 3 21 Ranura PCI Express 6 SPANISH 945 7 LGA 775 Procesador Intel Pentium 4 Pentium Celeron D hasta 3 8 GHz Procesador Intel Core2Duo solamente para Ver 8 0 Admite Hyper Threading Bit de deshabilitaci n de ejecuci n Intel SpeedStep Mejorado Tecnolog a 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 DDR2 x 4 Cada DIMM admite DDR2 de 256 512MB y 1GB Capacidad m xima de memoria de 4GB M dulo de memoria DDR de canal Doble Admite DDR2 533 667 Controlador IDE integrado Modo bus maestro Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Soporte los Modos 0 4 Controlador ATA Serie Integrado Tasas de trans
20. 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 of the 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 SMD 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 1 0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification ACPD It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification developed by Microsoft Intel and Toshiba 945P A7A BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral 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 PgUp gt and lt PgDn 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 prog
21. Porta USB Tomada de udio 205 mm L X 305 mm A Windows 2000 XP A Biostar reserva se o direito de adicionar ou remover suporte para qualquer sistema operativo com ou sem aviso pr vio Codec de som Ranhuras Conectore s na placa Entradas Sa das no painel traseiro Tamanho da placa Sistemas operativos suportado s 40 945 878 945PL A7A 945PL A7A LGA 775 Procesor Intel Pentium 4 Pentium Celeron D do 3 8 GHz Procesor Intel Core2Duo wy cznie dla Ver 8 0 Obstuga Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 Gniazda DDR2 DIMM x 2 Ka de gniazdo DIMM obs uguje modu y 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 8100C 10 100 Mb s z automatyczn negocjacj szybko ci Dzia anie w trybie po owicznego pe nego dupleksu POLISH 945P A7A LGA 775 Procesor Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D do 3 8 GHz Procesor Intel Core2Duo wy cznie dla Ver
22. fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the 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 each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 and Mode4 On chip Secondary PCI IDE 20 945P A7A BIOS Manual This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDE Channel The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it 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 item allows you to choose SATA Mode The Choices IDE default RAID AHCI On Chip Serial ATA This item allows you to choose Disabled disabled SATA Controller Combined Mode PATA and SATA are combined max of 2 IDE drivers in each channel Enhanced Mode enabled both SATA and PATA max of 6 IDE drivers are supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode The Choices Default default Auto Combined Mode Enhanced Mode and SATA only SATA PORT Speed Settings This item allows you to set SATA PORT Speed The Choices
23. 0 Go s Conforme a la sp cification SATA Version 2 0 Realtek 8100C 10 100 Mb s n gociation automatique Half Full duplex capability ALC 655 ALC658 Sortie audio a 6 voies AC 97 Version 2 3 FRANCE 945P A7A LGA 775 Processeurs Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D jusqu a 3 8 GHz Processeurs Intel Core2Duo Seulement pour Ver 8 0 Prend en charge les technologies Hyper Threading d ex cution de bit de d sactivation Intel SpeedStep optimis e de m moire tendue 64 533 800 1066 MHz 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 charge des DDR de 256 512 Mo et 1Go Capacit m moire maximale de 4 Go Module de m moire DDR mode double voie Prend en charge la DDR2 533 667 Contr leur IDE int gr Mode principale de Bus Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Prend en charge le mode PIO 0 4 Contr leur Serial ATA int gr Taux de transfert jusqu a 3 0 Go s Conforme a la sp cification SATA Version 2 0 Realtek 8100C 10 100 Mb s n gociation automatique Half Full duplex capability ALC 655 ALC658 Sortie audio a 6 voies AC 97 Version 2 3 UC Bus frontal Chipset Super E S M moire principale IDE SATA Codec audio 33 2 x3 21 21 x4 2
24. 1 2 1 E Normal Operation Default 3 1 9 o L 12 22 In 2 ose Cee Fey ooN Clear CMOS data EE mg X Clear CMOS Procedures Remove AC power line Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close Wait for five seconds Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close Power on the AC Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data Sa D Chassis Open Header 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 A Pin Assignment B O 1 Case open signal 1 2 O Le ET 7 Motherboard Manual JSATA1 JSATA4 Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4channels SATA interface it satisfies the SATA 2 0 spec and with transfer rate of 5 SATA1 3 o 20 D 5 Assignment Ground TX TX Ground RX RX Ground SATA2 SATA4 O Bb J N JSPDIF OUTI Digital Audio out Connectors This connector allows user to connect the bracket SPDIF output input header Pin
25. Assignment 5V SPDIF OUT1 Ground Na 18 ED 945 7 945PL A7A TCHAPTER 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 performance You will see the following window after you insert the CD 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 SETUP EXE under your optical drive A Driver Installation To install the driver please click on the Driver icon The setup guide will list the compatible driver for your motherboard 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 click on each software title to launch the installation program C Manual Aside from 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 to open the manual file Please download the latest version of Acrobat Reader software from http www adob
26. DDR ITE 8712 ik Smart Guardian ITE Ji Ultra DMA 33 66 100 eye PIO Mode 0 4 A 13 5 3 0 0 AGU SATA Realtek 8100C 100 10 ALC655 ALC 658 6 ARABIC 945PL A7A LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron Dix 3 8 Intel Core2Duo 8 0 Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 800 35533 Intel 945PL Intel 7 23 DDR2 DIMM 453 ee DDR2 pe DIMM 1 Sas 256 512 2 Culi R 0 0 533 400 e DDR Ges ITE 8712F iu Smart Guardian ITE Sais
27. Disabled default Force GEN I Force GEN II PATA IDE Mode This item allows you to choose PATA IDE Mode The Choices Primary default Secondary 21 945 7 BIOS Manual ON BOARD DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller USB 2 0 Controller USB Reyboard Support USB Mouse Support Onboard ACI Audio Onboard RAID CITE8211 Onboard RAID BIOS Onboard 1394 Onboard LAN Onboard Lan Boot ROM ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This entry is to enabled disabled EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support If the BIOS has high speed USB support built in the support will automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support Disabled default Disable USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support Disabled default Disable USB Mouse Support Onboard AC97 Audio This item allows
28. Enabled default Disabled VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Disabled default Enabled MEMORY HOLE AT 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2 discussed their memory requirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled 17 945 7 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 PCI E Compliancy Mode 11 Enter Select PU PDzUalue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults PCI Express Port 1 2 3 This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port The Choices Auto default Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode This item allows you to select the PCI E Compliancy Mode The Choices v1 0a default v1 0 18 945 7 BIOS Manual 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt Onboard Device 0 tl gt ezMove Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Va
29. LAN Codec 21 x2 x3 21 x4 2 x4 x3 945PL A7A AC 9775 7 3 PCI Express x162 0 y N PCI Express x167 0 y N PCIA O y FOUYE AATY IDETA7 SATA1 AY 7 70r AN lt 7 FOYhA FAAAATY CD Y 24793 S PDIF7 7 p1 79 CPU7 7 YAY WATATYWAMVE Ly Lrtq 7vweSvwy T7rav 5 71 7 47 USB1 7 BRIZZ y 24E 2 7 46 5 2 PS 2 7 A LyUTMWR h ZIZI LANh USBR h A TAAY YT 205 mm X 305 mm Windows 2000 XP Biostar LED R b 0517 R h EAS BRL ET gt 2 x4 2 x4 x3 Motherboard Manual 945P A7A 97 1 2 2 3 PCI Express x162 0 y N PCI Express x162 0 y N PCIA y FOYE AATYV IDETA7 SATA1 AY 7 707 21 77 707 2 7217 CD 2479 S PDIF7 71479 CPU7 FAY Y VATDITINYT FEA ATV Y AT YAY 5 71 7 7 24E ER 2 4 7 7 ALA PS 2E rR PS 2 7 A UPRP ZIR USBi h A TFAAV YD 205 mm X 305 mm A Windows 2000 XP Biostar LE OF R b LILOSYR h 7 19 MERA EARL ET gt Auyh 4 ARE 1473 LEAN 1 0 RYA X OSH R 48 945P A7A B
30. controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard IR Function This item allows you to disabled or enabled Onboard IR Function The Choices Disabled default 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices IrDA default AS KIR SCR 24 945P A7A BIOS Manual UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which VO Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC 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 EC
31. modo PIO 0 4 Controlador Serial ATA integrado Velocidades de transmiss o de dados at 3 0 Gb s Compatibilidade com a especifica o SATA vers o 2 0 Realtek 8100C Auto negociac o de 10 100 Mb s Capacidade semi full duplex PORTUGUESE 945 7 LGA 775 Processador Intel Pentium 4 Pentium Celeron D at 3 8 GHz Processador Intel Core2Duo apenas para os modelos Ver 8 0 Suporta as tecnologias Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Monitorizac o do hardware Controlador da velocidade da ventoinha Func 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 maxima de memoria 4 GB M dulo de memoria DDR de canal duplo Suporta m dulos DDR2 533 7 Controlador IDE integrado Modo Bus master Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Suporta o modo PIO 0 4 Controlador Serial ATA integrado Velocidades de transmiss o de dados at 3 0 Gb s Compatibilidade com a especifica o SATA vers o 2 0 Realtek 8100C Auto negociac o de 10 100 Mb s Capacidade semi full duplex FSB Chipset Especifica o Super I O Mem ria principal IDE SATA 2 x3 21 x4 945PL A7A ALC 655 Saida de audio de 6 canais AC 97 Vers o 2 3 Ranhura PCI Expre
32. provide 12V to CPU power circuit 2 Assignment 12V 12V Ground Ground Bs gt hon ES EE mom 14 945 7 945PL A7A JUSB3 JUSB4 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 Assignment 5V fused 5V fused USB USB USB USB Ground Ground Key NC 2 o JUSB3 JUSBA internal USB devices like USB card reader JKBV1 Power Source Headers for PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse ojo E 3 1 Pin 1 2 close Default 5V for PS 2 keyboard and mouse o 3 1 Pin 2 3 close PS 2 keyboard and mouse are powered by 5V standby voltage In order to support this function Power on system via keyboard and mouse JKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 Motherboard Manual J
33. snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated Motherboard Manual B Memory Capacity For 945P A7A the maximum memory capacity is 4GB rr DDR Module Total Memory Size ocation DDR2_A1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDR2_A2 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 945P Chipset DDR2_B1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max memory 4GB DDR2_B2 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 For 945PL A7A the maximum memory capacity is 2GB gie socket DDR Module Total Memory Size ocation DDR2_A1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Max memory 2GB DDR2_B1 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 10 945 7 945PL A7A 2 4 CONNECTORS AND 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 types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables O 33 1 m en AES p 5 34 2 IDE1 Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 functionality The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 1 5 IDE1 A 40 39
34. the Date and Time The Choices Enabled Disabled default 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 item allows you to choose the power on function The Choices Button Only default Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right 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 Ctrl F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 28 945 7 BIOS Manual RELOAD TIMER EVENTS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Reload Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or RAID 1 function under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled FDD COM LPT Port You can select to enable or disable FDD COM an
35. the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot 0 255 Key in a DEC number The Choices 0X default TM2 Bus VID Represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot Min 0 8375V 1 6000 Key in a DEC number The Choices 0 8375V default Limit CPU ID MaxVal Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3 it should be disabled for Win XP The Choices Disabled default Enabled 10 945 7 BIOS Manual Function CPU Function select The Choices Auto default Disabled Execute Disable Bit When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Virtualization Technology When enabled a VMM can utilize the additional hardware Capabilities provided by vanderpool Technology The Choices Enabled default Disabled CACHE SETUP Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Cache Setup 11 Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU L3 Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to increase memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache 11 945 7 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 De
36. 0 110 Panther running gt overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overclock percentage from 120 above 26 945 7 945PL A7A 3 Voltage Panel 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 decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overclocking we recommend you click the option Yes Motherboard Manual 4 Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure ewes Rout o Syren Dedal Sein MHz Sutton MHz But WEB IHH Bonon 825 nem Overclock Panel contains the these features 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop up the following dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do a fail safe re
37. 000 XP Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema operativo senza preavviso x1 x2 x3 x4 2 x4 x3 Motherboard Manual 945P A7A ALC 655 Uscita audio 6 canali AC 97 Versione 2 3 Alloggio PCI Express x16 Alloggio PCI Express x1 Alloggio PCI Connettore floppy Connettore IDE Connettore SATA Connettore pannello frontale Connettore audio frontale Connettore CD in 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 205 mm larghezza x 305 mm altezza Windows 2000 XP Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema operativo senza preavviso Codec audio Alloggi Connettori su scheda I O pannello posteriore Dimension i scheda Sistemi operativi supportati 36 945 878 945PL A7A 945PL A7A LGA 775 Procesador Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D hasta 3 8 GHz Procesador Intel Core2Duo solamente para Ver 8 0 Admite Hyper Threading Bit de deshabilitaci n de ejecuci n Intel SpeedStep
38. 45P Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Monitoraggio hardware Controller velocita ventolina Funzione Smart Guardian di ITE Alloggi DIMM DDR2 x 4 Ciascun DIMM supporta DDR2 256 512MBe 1GB Capacita massima della memoria 4GB Modulo di memoria DDR a canale doppio Supporto di DDR2 533 667 Controller IDE integrato Modalita Bus Master Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Supporto modalita PIO Mode 0 4 Controller Serial ATA integrato Velocita di trasferimento dei dati fino a 3 0 Gb s Compatibile specifiche SATA Versione 2 0 Realtek 8100C Negoziazione automatica 10 100 Mb s Capacita Half Full Duplex CPU FSB Chipset Super I O Memoria principale IDE SATA 2 x3 x1 x4 2 x4 x3 945PL A7A ALC 655 Uscita audio 6 canali AC 97 Versione 2 3 Alloggio PCI Express x16 Alloggio PCI Express x1 Alloggio PCI Connettore floppy Connettore IDE Connettore SATA Connettore pannello frontale Connettore audio frontale Connettore CD in 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 205 mm larghezza x 305 mm altezza Windows 2
39. 8 0 Obs uga Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 Gniazda DDR2 DIMM x 4 Ka de gniazdo DIMM obs uguje modu y 256 512MB oraz 1GB DDR2 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 8100C 10 100 Mb s z automatyczn negocjacj szybko ci Dzia anie w trybie po owicznego pe nego dupleksu Procesor FSB Chipset Pami g wna Super 1 0 IDE SATA NN 945PL A7A ALC 655 6 kanatowe wyjscie audio AC 97 w wersji 2 3 Gniazdo PCI Express x16 Gniazdo PCI Express x1 x2 Gniazdo PCI x3 Ztacze napedu dyskietek Ztacze IDE Ztacze SATA x4 Ztacze panela przedniego Przednie ztacze audio Z cze wej cia CD x1 Z cze wyj cia S PDIF x1 Z cze g wkowe wentylatora procesora 21 z cze g wkowe wentylatora systemowego 21 Z cze g wkowe otwarcia obudowy opcja x1 Z cze g wkowe kasowania CMOS Z cze USB x2 Z cze zasilania 24 pinowe Ztacze zasilania 4 pinowe
40. 945 878 945PL A7A Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to 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 or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor s approval in writing The content of this user s manual 15 subject to be changed without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 0 0 08 1 1 1 Before You 1 1 2 Package Checklist
41. AUDIOFI Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC front panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors n Assignment Mic in center Ground Mic power Bass Audio power Right line out Speaker out Right Right line out Speaker out Right Reserved Key Left line out Speaker out Left 2 1 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in Rear speaker Right SE Emas 12 Right line in Rear speaker Right Left line in Rear speaker Left Left line in Rear speaker Left a o o o W a 13 14 JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variaty devices like CD ROM DVD ROM PCI sound card PCI TV turner card etc Pin Assignment n 1 Left Channel Input Ground Ground 4 Right Channel Input Hooo WN 16 945 878 945PL A7A JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard 3 1
42. 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 PCI options PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system 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 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 A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults lt Y N gt N Set Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password 945 7 BIOS Manual Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervis
43. Guardian function DIMM Slots x 4 Each DIMM supports 256 512MB 8 1GB DDR2 Max Memory Capicity 4GB Dual Channel Mode DDR2 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 up to 3 0 Gb s SATA Version 2 0 specification compliant Realtek RTL 8100C 10 100 5 auto negotiation Half Full duplex capability ALC655 6 channels audio out AC 97 Version 2 3 PCI Express x 16 slot 1 3 FSB Chipset Super I O Main Memory IDE SATA 10 100 LAN Sound Codec Slots 945 878 945PL A7A x2 x3 x4 21 2 x4 x3 Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove 945PL A7A PCI Express x 1 slot PCI slot Floppy connector IDE Connector SATA Connector Front Panel Connector Front Audio Connector CD in Connector S PDIF out connector CPU Fan header System Fan header Chassis open header optional Clear CMOS header Chassis open header USB connector Power Connector 24pin Power Connector 4pin PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Serial Port Printer Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack 205 W x 305 L mm Windows 2000 XP support for any OS with or without notice LAN HA Line Inv g EE Es O Line
44. IOS Manual BIOS SC nissan I Main 01010 aw 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 6 Advanced BIOS Features 000101010000 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 16 5 Integrated Peripherals ses 19 6 Power Management 1 1 1 26 7 PnP PCI Configurations ses 32 8 PC Health Status 34 9 Frequency Control oe EA 36 945P A7A BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration 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 custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Pentium 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 of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup
45. P Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 POWER After PWR Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs Off Leaves the computer in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs The Choices Off default On Former Sts 25 945 7 BIOS Manual 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features m Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup gt ACPI amp Wake Up Events Press Enter gt Reload Timer Events Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft 0ff by PWR BTTH Intruder Detection ti Move Enter Select PU PDzUalue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 26 945 7 BIOS Manual ACPI amp WAKE UP EVENTS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility ACPI amp Wake Up Events ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring Resume by Alarm POWER Function KB Power Password Hot Rey Power ti Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Default
46. S model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one 5 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8 1 If you use Windows XP you do not need to install DirectX 8 1 Motherboard Manual 5 3 INSTALLATION 1 Execute the setup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Next button and follow the default procedure to install InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for WarpSpeeder The InstallShieldR Wizard will install WarpSpeeder on your computer To continue click Next 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 WarpSpeederT utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click Finish button InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing WarpSpeeder on your computer
47. SETTINGS JPANEL1 Front Panel Header This 22 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions PWR_LED HLED Header EB E a optional m eas E Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function Speaker os connector 6 NA NA 1 3 5 7 Speaker 8 PowerLED Power LED Power LED 11 HDD LED Power LED 1 Ky bud IRRX optional Reset control OMA IrDA Connector 1 1 19 21 5V IRTX optional E a Pin L3 7 Speaker 9 HDD LED ard drive LED 19 21 1 di 3 Motherboard Manual JATXPWRI ATX Power Source Connector This connector allows user to connect 24 pin power connector on the ATX power supply Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 18 wil 6 5V em 7 Ground 8 PW OK 9 Standby Voltage 5V 10 12V 11 12V e 12 2 x 12 Detect 13 3 3V 14 12V e 15 Ground 16 PS 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 Ground JATXPWR2 ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector it will
48. 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 installed in the system The Choices Auto default 2 3 4 5 6 16 945P A7A BIOS Manual DRAM RAS PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices Auto default 2 3 4 5 6 PRECHARGE DELAY TRAS This item controls the number 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 FREQUENCY This item allows you to select the Memory Frequency The Choices Auto default 400Mhz 533Mhz 667Mhz SLP 548 ASSERTION WIDTH This item sets the minimum assertion width of the 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 of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices
49. ans the CPU protection function has been activated When the CPU is over heated 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 5 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 for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Plug in the power cord and boot up the system Or you can 1 Clear the CMOS data See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again Solution Make sure power cable 1 securely plugged in Replace cable Contact technical support Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the 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 15 extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time Back up data and applications files Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks Review system s equipment Make sure correct information is in setup Set master slave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select cor
50. ation Halb Vollduplex Funktion ALC 655 CPU FSB Chipsatz Super E A Arbeitsspeic her IDE SATA Audio Code 1 2 x3 21 x4 2 x4 x3 945PL A7A 6 Kanal Audioausgabe AC 97 Version 2 3 PCI Express x16 Steckplatz PCI Express x1 Steckplatz PCI Steckplatz Diskettenlaufwerkanschluss IDE Anschluss SATA Anschluss Fronttafelanschluss Front Audioanschluss CD IN Anschluss S PDIF Eingangsanschluss CPU L fter Sockel System L fter Sockel Geh use offen Sockel optional Geh use offen Sockel 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 205 mm B X 305 mm L Windows 2000 XP Biostar beh lt sich das Recht vor ohne Ank ndigung die Unterst tzung f r ein Betriebssystem hinzuzuf gen oder zu entfernen 2 x4 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 2 x4 x3 Motherboard Manual 945P A7A 6 Kanal Audioausgabe AC 97 Version 2 3 PCI Express x16 Steckplatz PCI Express x1 Steckplatz PCI Steckplatz Diskettenlaufwerkanschluss IDE Anschluss SATA Anschluss Fronttafelanschluss Front Audioanschluss CD IN Anschluss S PDIF Eingangsans
51. boot Recovery Options Please select a recovery option that will decide what kind of restoring you want to do after system fail safe reboot Options Group Restore to Hardware Default CPU Clock Value 28 945 878 945PL A7A Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically WarpSpeeder M 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 utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder will proceed a testing for current frequency If the 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 M utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is required And please make sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is required for Dire
52. chluss CPU L fter Sockel System L fter Sockel Geh use offen Sockel optional Geh use offen Sockel 5 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 205 mm B X 305 mm L Windows 2000 XP Biostar beh lt sich das Recht vor ohne Ank ndigung die Unterst tzung f r ein Betriebssystem hinzuzuf gen oder zu entfernen Steckpl tze Onboard An schluss R ckseiten E A Platinengr Be OS Unterst utzung 32 945 878 945PL A7A 945PL A7A LGA 775 Processeurs Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D jusqu a 3 8 GHz Processeurs Intel Core2Duo Seulement pour Ver 8 0 Prend en charge les technologies Hyper Threading d ex cution de bit de d sactivation Intel SpeedStep optimis e de m moire tendue 64 533 800 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 moire DDR mode double voie Prend en charge la DDR2 400 533 Contr leur IDE int gr Mode principale de Bus Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Prend en charge le mode PIO 0 4 Contr leur Serial ATA int gr Taux de transfert jusqu a 3
53. ct3D rendering 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the 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 Motherboard Manual 6 About Panel Click the about button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure In this panel you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility 66 3 Vi gt CK ETT 207 0 Mite yao 440 QDS 12m Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not on board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder M utility more robust APPENDENCIES SPEC IN OTHER 30 945 878 945PL A7A 945PL A7A LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D Prozessoren mit bis zu 3 8 GHz Intel Core2Duo Prozessoren nur f r Ver 8 0 Unterst tzt Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel Sp
54. d 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 29 945P A7A 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 Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allow you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges is from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable VIDEO OFF METHEOD This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video 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 which the monitor is blanked The Choices Yes default No SUSPEND TYPE Select the Suspend Type The Choices S
55. e audio 205mm 1 X 305 mm Windows 2000 XP Biostar se r serve le droit d ajouter ou de supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans pr avis Fentes Connecteu embarqu E S du panneau arri re Dimension s de la carte Support SE 34 945 878 945PL A7A 945PL A7A LGA 775 Processore Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D fino a 3 8 GHz Processore Intel Core2Duo solo per Ver 8 0 Supporto di Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Tecnologia Extended Memory 64 533 800 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Monitoraggio hardware Controller velocita ventolina Funzione Smart Guardian di ITE Alloggi DIMM DDR2 x 2 Ciascun DIMM supporta DDR2 256 512MBe 1GB Capacita massima della memoria 2GB Modulo di memoria DDR a canale doppio Supporto di DDR2 400 533 Controller IDE integrato Modalita Bus Master Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Supporto modalit PIO Mode 0 4 Controller Serial ATA integrato Velocita di trasferimento dei dati fino a 3 0 Gb s Compatibile specifiche SATA Versione 2 0 Realtek 8100C Negoziazione automatica 10 100 Mb s Capacita Half Full Duplex ITALIAN 945P A7A LGA 775 Processore Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D fino a 3 8 GHz Processore Intel Core2Duo solo per Ver 8 0 Supporto di Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Tecnologia Extended Memory 64 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 9
56. e com products acrobat readstep2 html Motherboard Manual 4 2 AWARD BIOS CODE Beep Sound Meaning Video card not found or video card memory bad CPU overheated System will shut down automatically 4 3 EXTRA INFORMATION One long beep followed by two short beeps High low siren sound One Short beep when system boot up No error found during POST Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or install A BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus the Boot Block function will help to restore BIOS If 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 Make a bootable floppy disk Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 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 floppy drive and press Enter System will boot up to DOS prompt Type Awdflash xxxx bf sn py r in DOS prompt means BIOS name System will update BIOS automatically and restart The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly 1 2 NOAA 945 878 945PL A7A B CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds that me
57. eedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 MHz Intel 945PL Intel 7 ITE 8712F Hardware Uberwachung L fterdrehzahl Controller Smart Guardian Funktion von ITE DDR2 DIMM Steckpl tze x 2 LANGUAGE GERMAN 945P A7A LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D Prozessoren mit bis zu 3 8 GHz Intel Core2Duo Prozessoren nur f r Ver 8 0 Unterst tzt Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Hardware berwachung L fterdrehzahl Controller Smart Guardian Funktion von ITE DDR2 DIMM Steckpl tze x 4 Jeder DIMM unterst tzt 128 256 512MB amp Jeder DIMM unterst tzt 256 512MB amp 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 Auto Negotiation Halb Vollduplex Funktion ALC 655 1GB DDR2 Max 4GB Arbeitsspeicher Dual Kanal DDR Speichermodul Unterst tzt DDR2 533 667 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 Auto Negoti
58. efault Enabled TYPEMATIC RATE CHARS SEC Sets the rate at which 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 system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to 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 if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC MODE Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS VERSION CONTROL FOR OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running 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 052 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 14 945P A7A BIOS Manual SMALL LOGO EPA SHOW This item allows you to select whether the Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when system boot up Disabled No Small Logo shows when syst
59. em boots up SUMMARY SCREEN SHOW This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The choices Enabled Disabled default 15 945 7 BIOS Manual 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the 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 PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly m Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD CAS Latency Time DRAM RAS to CASH Delay DRAM RASH Precharge Precharge dealy tRAS System Memory Frequency 544 Assertion Width System BIOS Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M 16M gt PCI Express Root Port Func ti Move Enter Select PU PDzUalue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F Optimized Defaults DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CAS LATENCY TIME When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices Auto default 3 4 5 6 DRAM RAS TO CAS DELAY
60. ention frame Connect the CPU FAN power cable into the JCFAN1 This completes the installation Motherboard Manual 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 cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 JCFANI CPU Fan Header 1 o JCFAN1 I ME 4 ES Pin Assignment LA 1 Ground E 2 Power 3 FAN RPM rate sense O Q 4 Smart Fan O Control EEE mms JSFANI System Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground U E 2 12V JSFAN1 3 FAN RPM rate sense gz gH DER DG 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 positive and should be connected to pin 2 and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND 945 7 945PL A7A 2 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip
61. ferencia 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 ALC 655 ALC 658 Salida de sonido de 6 canales AC 97 Versi n 2 3 Ranura PCI Express x16 1 FSB Conjunto de chips S per E S Memoria principal IDE SATA Red Local C decs de sonido Ranuras 22 23 X1 X1 X4 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X2 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X4 3 945PL A7A Ranura PCI Express x1 Ranura PCI Conector disco flexible Conector IDE Conector SATA Conector de panel frontal Conector de sonido frontal Conector de entrada de CD Conector de salida S PDIF Cabecera de ventilador de CPU Cabecera de ventilador de sistema Cabecera de chasis abierto opcional Cabecera de borrado de CMOS Conector USB Conector de alimentaci n 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 205 mm A X 305 mm H Windows 2000 XP Biostar se reserva el derecho de a adir o retirar el soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo x2 X1 X4 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X1 X2 X1 X1 X1 X1 3 Motherboard Manual 945 7 Ranura PCI Express 1 Ranura PCI Conector disco flexible Conector IDE Conector SATA Conecto
62. gned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA PALETTE SNOOP Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers that are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watch for the Write 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 the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the 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 the data 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 maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express device The unit is byte The Choice 4096 default 128 256 512 1024 2048 33 945 7 BIOS Manual 8 PC Healt
63. h Status m Figure 8 Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Show H W Monitor in POST ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU FAN Control The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noise The Choices Smart default Always On SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices 600C 1400F 650C 1490F 700C 1580F Disabled default SHOW H W MONITOR IN POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers 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 Detect the system s voltage status automatically CURRENT CPU TEMP This field displays the current temperature of CPU 34 945P A7A BIOS Manual CURRENT CPU FAN SPEED This field displays the current speed of CPU fan CURRENT SYS FAN SPEED This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan 35 945 7 BIOS Manual 9 Frequency Control m Figure 9 Frequency Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Voltage T DDR Voltage Regulator CPU Clock Enter Select PU PD Val
64. isable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMMZ rv 2 DIMM 256 512MB 8 1GB DDR amp h BLK X AE2GB FrYvAnt NDDRXEN EY 2 JV DDR2 400 533 ZH rh N ITE 8712F 7 phu 7 97 ITED Ay 7 17 1 KE KGIDE1Y Ultra DMA 33 66 1001A72A7E F PIO Mode 05 424 k BAY 7 NATATY p u 7 253 0 Gb HbD7 Y RE SATA 3 Y a 12 015 HEM gt Realtek 8100C 10 100 Mb s4 xT gt I gt 3 2g ALC 655 EF ANMATTA JAPANESE 9456 7 LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D processor up to 3 8 GHz Intel Core2Duo Processor Ver 8 0 DA Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMMZ rv x4 256 512MB 8 1GB DDR h TA X E1 4 TATU FYYWLUE FDDRZXEJEV1 JV DDR2 533 667 R ITE 8712F phu 7 97 ITED 17 hA FATY 1 M GIDEIY Ultra DMA 33 66 1005 A 9 PIO Mode 05 424 k KAY ZLATA1Y 2 53 0 Gb D7 Y ARE SATA 2 3 y2 0 RIC HEM Realtek 8100C 10 100 Mb s4 hx T gt I gt 3 DE ALC 655 SFX AANMATA FSB FIZZY X1YXE Super 1 0 IDE SATA 10 100
65. lues F7 Optimized Defaults 19 945 7 BIOS Manual ONCHIP IDE DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device DE HDD Block Hode Enabled DE DMA transfer access n Chip Primary PCI IDE DE Primary Master PIO DE Primary Slave PIO DE Primary Master UDMA DE Primary Slave UDMA n Chip Secondary PCI IDE DE Secondary Master PIO DE Secondary Slave PIO DE Secondary Master UDMA DE Secondary Slave UDMA M et SATA Mode On Chip Serial ATA SATA PORT Speed Settings PATA IDE Mode t4 Move EnterzSelect PU PD Ualue 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 If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled On chip Primary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDE Channel The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output
66. or Password If the 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 Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT lt Y N gt Y Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving lt Y N gt N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY lt Y ND Y 945 7 BIOS Manual 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Time hh mm ss IDE Channel Master IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive Drive B Video Halt On ti Move Enter Select PU PDzUalue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults 945P A7A BIOS Manual Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Descri
67. out Mic In 1 ELE e Base Center USB x2 USB x2 x2 x3 x4 2 x4 x3 945 7 PCI Express 1 slot PCI slot Floppy connector IDE Connector SATA Connector Front Panel Connector Front Audio Connector CD in Connector S PDIF out connector CPU Fan header System Fan header Chassis open header optional Clear CMOS header Chassis open header USB connector Power Connector 24pin Power Connector 4pin PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Serial Port On Board Connector Back Panel Printer Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack 1 0 Board Size 205 W x 305 L mm Windows 2000 XP Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS with or without notice REAR PANEL CONNECTORS PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Parallel COM1 Keyboard 05 Support 1 4 Motherboard Manual 1 5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT 945P A7A JATXPWR2 UNAS JATXPWR1 JAUDIOF1 E E JCDIN1 IR JUSB4 JPANEL1 optional FDD1 mcoc moco JSPDIF_OUT1 Note represents the 1 pin
68. ption Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Set the system internal clock Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of detailed options Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Select device the default video Options dd yy Options are in its sub menu Options are in its sub menu Options are in its sub menu Options are in its sub menu 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Item Date Time IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video 945P A7A BIOS Manual Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All but Keyboard the POST process and All but Diskette notify you All but Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 945 7 BIOS Manual
69. r de panel frontal Conector de sonido frontal Conector de entrada de CD Conector de salida S PDIF Cabecera de ventilador de CPU Cabecera de ventilador de sistema Cabecera de chasis abierto opcional Cabecera de borrado de CMOS Conector USB Conector de alimentaci n 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 205 mm A X 305 mm H Windows 2000 XP Biostar se reserva el derecho de a adir o retirar el soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo Conectore 5 placa trasero de E S Tama o de la placa Soporte de sistema operativo 38 945 878 945PL A7A 945PL A7A LGA 775 Processador Intel Pentium 4 Pentium Celeron D at 3 8 GHz Processador Intel Core2Duo apenas para os modelos Ver 8 0 Suporta as tecnologias Hyper Threading Execute Disable Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 533 800 MHz Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 ITE 8712F Monitorizac o do hardware Controlador da velocidade da ventoinha Func o Smart Guardian da ITE Ranhuras DIMM DDR2 x2 Cada m dulo DIMM suporta uma mem ria 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 integrado Modo Bus master Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Suporta o
70. ram by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Move to the item on the left menu bar Move to the item on the right menu bar PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value 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 Exit Current page and return to Main Menu 945 7 BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOSTM CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu 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 actual BIOS information and settings on board may be slightly different from this manual m Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS 1 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS 945P A7A
71. rect drive types Call the drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives Motherboard Manual 4 4 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable 1 No power to the system at all Power light don t illuminate fan inside power supply does not turn j2 on 2 Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on System inoperative Keyboard lights are on power indicator lights are lit and hard drive is spinning System does not boot from hard disk drive can be booted from optical drive System only boots from optical drive Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk 2 is impossible Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Cannot boot system after installing 1 second hard drive 22 945 878 945PL A7A CHAPTER 5 WARPSPEEDER WarpSpeeder 5 1 INTRODUCTION WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three user friendly functions including Overclock Manager Overvoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Overclock 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 helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smartly 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 BIO
72. s ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices 51 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM SI amp 53 POS STR Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state The system time is shortened if you disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So if the AGP driver of the VGA card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 The Choices Auto default Yes No 27 945P A7A BIOS Manual Wake Up by PCI card When you select Enable a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full 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 off state The Choices Enabled Disabled default USB KB Wake Up From S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB keyboard wake up from 53 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
73. ss 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 udio 205 mm L X 305 mm A Windows 2000 XP A Biostar reserva se o direito de adicionar ou remover suporte para qualquer sistema operativo com ou sem aviso pr vio 2 x4 Motherboard Manual 945 7 655 Sa da de udio 6 canais AC 97 Vers o 2 3 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
74. top Grant default PwrOn Suspend 30 945P A7A 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 item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system The Choices Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour HDD POWER DOWN When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 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 SOFT OFF BY PWR BTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default INTRUDER DETECTION This item allows you to enable or disable intruder detection The Choices Disabled default Enabled 31 945 7 BIOS Manual 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows 1 0 devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses 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 changes to the default settings
75. ue F10 Save ESC Exit FizGeneral Help Enter Select PU PDzUalue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU CLOCK RATIO This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio Min 8 Max 50 Key in a DEC number The Choices 8X default CPU VOLTAGE REGULATOR This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator The Choices Default default 5 15 DDR VOLTAGE REGULATOR This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator The Choices 1 8V default 1 9V 2 0V 2 1V 36 945P A7A BIOS Manual CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking Min 100 Max 232 Key in a DEC number The Choices 100 MHZ default Special Notice If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the COMS data by setting the 51 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will 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 of the processor It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or damage 37
76. vice Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Report Ho FDD For WIN 95 ti Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults etup Utility Priority Pri Master Item Help 1 PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults 2 da 4 JE 6 8 These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDDO USBHDDI USBHDD2 and Bootable Add in Card 12 945P A7A BIOS Manual First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP 100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Disabled Enabled default Report NO FDD for Win95 This item allows you to select YES NO to Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices NO default YES
77. you to enable or disable to support Onboard AC97 Audio The Choices Auto default Disabled 22 945P A7A BIOS Manual Onboard RAID lt ITE8211 gt This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard RAID ITE8211 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard RAID BIOS This item allows you to enable or disable to Onboard RAID BIOS The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard 1394 This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard 1394 contrller The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Disabled default Enabled 23 945 7 BIOS Manual SUPER DEVICE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard IR Function UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA PURON After PWR Fail ti Move EnterzSelect PU PDzUalue F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F 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 if your system has a floppy disk

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