Biostar 945PL-M7 Owner's Manual

945PL-M7 Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device,

Motherboard Manual 8 2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY A. Memory Modules DDR2_A1DDR2_B11. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Alig

945PL-M7 9 C. Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module must meet the following r

Motherboard Manual 10 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 36

945PL-M7 11 PCI-Ex16: PCI-Express x16 Slot - PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. - Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per dire

Motherboard Manual 12 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper c

945PL-M7 13 ATX Power Source Connector: JATXPWR1 JATXPWR1 allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. 1121324 Pin As

Motherboard Manual 14 JUSB3/JUSB4: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front

945PL-M7 15 JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM,

Motherboard Manual 16 JCI1: Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will

945PL-M7 17 JSPDIF_IN1 (optional): Digital Audio-in Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header. Pin

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ... 1 1.1 BEFORE YOU START ...

Motherboard Manual 18 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION NOTE After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup Dr

945PL-M7 19 4.2 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad Hig

Motherboard Manual 20 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function

945PL-M7 21 4.4 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not t

Motherboard Manual 22 CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER™ 6.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functio

945PL-M7 23 6.3 INSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow

Motherboard Manual 24 6.4 WARPSPEEDER™ 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right si

945PL-M7 25 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s f

Motherboard Manual 26 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to

945PL-M7 27 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to l

945PL-M7 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BEFORE YOU START Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please mak

Motherboard Manual 28 c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequenc

945PL-M7 29 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 f

Motherboard Manual 30 APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE GERMAN Spezifikationen CPU LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D Prozessoren mit

945PL-M7 31 Spezifikationen IDE-Anschluss x1 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 2 IDE-Laufwerke SATA-Anschluss x4 Jeder Anschluss unterstützt 1 SATA-La

Motherboard Manual 32 FRANCE SPEC UC LGA 775 Processeurs Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D jusqu'à 3,8 GHz Prend en charge les technologie

945PL-M7 33 SPEC Connecteur SATA x4 Chaque connecteur prend en charge 1 périphérique SATA Connecteur du panneau avant x1 Prend en charge les équip

Motherboard Manual 34 ITALIAN SPECIFICA CPU LGA 775 Processore Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D fino a 3.8 GHz Supporto di Hyper-Threading / E

945PL-M7 35 SPECIFICA Connettore IDE x1 Ciascun connettore supporta 2 unità IDE Connettore SATA x4 Ciascun connettore supporta 1 unità SATA Conn

Motherboard Manual 36 SPANISH Especificación CPU LGA 775 Procesador Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D hasta 3,8 GHz Admite Hyper-Threading / Bi

945PL-M7 37 Especificación Conector disco flexible X1 Cada conector soporta 2 unidades de disco flexible Conector IDE X1 Cada conector soporta 2

Motherboard Manual 2 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES SPEC CPU LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D processor up to 3.8 GHz Supports Hyper Transpo

Motherboard Manual 38 PORTUGUESE ESPECIFICAÇÕES CPU LGA 775 Processador Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D até 3,8 GHz Suporta as tecnologias Hy

945PL-M7 39 ESPECIFICAÇÕES Conector SATA x4 Cada conector suporta 1 dispositivo SATA Conector do painel frontal x1 Para suporte de várias funçõe

Motherboard Manual 40 POLISH SPEC Procesor LGA 775 Procesor Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D do 3,8 GHz Obsługa Hyper-Threading / Execute Disa

945PL-M7 41 SPEC Złącze IDE x1 Każde złącze obsługuje 2 urządzenia IDE Złącze SATA x4 Każde złącze obsługuje 1 urządzenie SATA Złącze panela prz

Motherboard Manual 42 RUSSIAN СПЕЦ. CPU (центральный процессор) LGA 775 Процессор Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D до 3.8 ГГц Поддержка технол

945PL-M7 43 СПЕЦ. Разъём SATA x4 Каждый разъём поддерживает 1 устройство SATA Разъём на лицевой панели x1 Поддержка устройств на лицевой панели Вх

Motherboard Manual 44 ARABIC تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا LGA 775 تﺎﺠﻟﺎﻌﻡIntel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D ﺑ ددﺮﺘ ﻳ ﻰﻟإ ﻞﺼ8.3 ﺰﺕﺮه ﺎﺠﻴﺝ ت

945PL-M7 45 تﺎﻔﺻاﻮﻤﻟا ﺔﻥﺮﻡ صاﺮﻗأ كﺮﺤﻡ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ دﺪﻋ1 ﻢﻋﺪﻳ ﻦﻴآﺮﺤﻡ صاﺮﻗﻸﻟ ﺔﻥﺮﻤﻟا ﺬﻔﻨﻡIDE دﺪﻋ1 ﻢﻋﺪﻳ ﻞآ ﺬﻔﻨﻡ ﻦﻴﻨﺙا ﻦﻡ ةﺰﻬﺝأ IDE ﺬﻔﻨﻡSATA دﺪﻋ4 ﻢﻋﺪﻳ

Motherboard Manual 46 JAPANESE 仕様 CPU LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D processor up to 3.8 GHz Hyper-Threading / Execute Disable Bit /

945PL-M7 47 仕様 PCI Express x 1スロット x1 フロッピーコネクタ x1 各コネクタは2つのフロッピードライブをサポートします IDEコネクタ x1 各コネクタは2つのIDEデバイスをサポートします SATAコネクタ x4 各コネクタは1つのSATAデバイスをサポ

945PL-M7 3 SPEC CD-in Connector x1 Supports CD audio-in function S/PDIF out connector x1 Supports digital audio out function S/PDIF in connec

945PL-M7 BIOS SETUP i BIOS Setup... 2 1 Main Menu...

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 2BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to m

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 3PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specif

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 4 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you t

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 5Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input/ Output feature

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 6Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 72 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 8Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : d

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 9 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key Select the situa

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 10 3 Advanced BIOS Features  Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup CPU FEATURE Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CP

Motherboard Manual 4 1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT DDR2_A1DDR2_B1FDD1PCI-EX1_1PCI-EX16PCI1PCI2JPANEL1JATXPWR1JCFAN1JATXPWR2JCI1JCMOS1SATA1SATA3SATA2SATA4COD

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 11TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency. Bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die se

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 12CPU L3 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (de

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 13First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selecte

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 14GATE A20 OPTION Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller cont

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 15SMALL LOGO (EPA) SHOW This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows. Enabled (default) “Small Logo” shows when

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 164 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 17 DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 18PCI Express Root Port Func, PCI Express Port 1/ 2/3/4/5/6 This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port. The Choices: A

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 195 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 20IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access. The Choices: Enabled (default), Dis

945PL-M7 5 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Special Notice: Remove Pin Cap before installation, and ma

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 21ONBOARD DEVICE USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 22Onboard RAID BIOS The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Onboard 1394 The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Onboard

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 23Onboard IR Function The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 24 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 25ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (defau

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 26Hot Key Power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password. The Choices: Ctrl-F1 (default), Ctrl-F2

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 27Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the follow

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 28Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system. The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Mi

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 297 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a s

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 30IRQ RESOURCES This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the in

Motherboard Manual 6 Step 2: Look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 318 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Health Status CPU FAN Control The Choice “smart” can make your CPU FAN to reduce noice.

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 329 Frequency/ Voltage Control  Figure 9. Frequency/ Voltage Control CPU CLOCK RATIO The Choices: 8X (default),

945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 33Method 2: Press the <Insert> key and Power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing the <Insert> key unt

945PL-M7 7 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to t