945P-A7 i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to
945P-A7 8 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 f
945P-A7 9 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
945P-A7 10 2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY DDR2_A1DDR2_A2DDR2_B1DDR2_B2COM1 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM
945P-A7 11 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.
945P-A7 12 PCI-Ex16: PCI-Express x16 Slot - PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. - Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per directi
945P-A7 13 PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Compon
945P-A7 14 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUM PE RS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is plac
945P-A7 15 JATXPWR2: ATX Power Connector By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit. Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V
945P-A7 16 J1394A1 (optional): Header for 1394 Firewire Port at Front Panel Pin Assignment 1 A+ 2 A- 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 B+ 6 B- 7 +12V 8 +12V 9 K
945P-A7 17 AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the f ront audio output cable with the PC f ront panel. It will disable
Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: Introduction ...1 1.1 Motherboard Features...
945P-A7 18 JKBV1: Power Source Header for PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse 13 Pin 1-2 close (Default) +5V for PS/2 keyboard and mouse. 13COM1 13 Pin 2
945P-A7 19 SATA1~SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4 channels SATA interf ace, it satisfies the SATA 2.0
945P-A7 20 JCI1: Chassis Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to
945P-A7 21 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short beeps Video card not found or v ide
945P-A7 22 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been a
945P-A7 23 4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, f an inside power supply does not turn
945P-A7 24 CHAPTER 5: DUAL VIDEO FUNCTION 5.1 REQUIREMENTS Only Windows XP supports Dual Video function. Two identical graphics cards that are NVI
945P-A7 25 CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER™ 6.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions includin
945P-A7 26 6.3 INSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the
945P-A7 27 6.4 [WARPSPEEDER™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON A ND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little
945P-A7 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES CPU Supports LGA 775. Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 3.8GHz. Supports Intel
945P-A7 28 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s firs
945P-A7 29 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
945P-A7 30 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left
945P-A7 31 c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatic
945P-A7 32 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 foll
945P-A7 33 Note : Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide
945P-A7 BIOS SETUP i BIOS Setup...1 1 Main Menu...
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 1 BIOS Setup Introduction T his manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. T he Setup program allows users t
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 2 PCI Bus S uppo rt This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus spec
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 3 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
945P-A7 2 System Memory Supports dual channel DDR2 up to 8 banks. Supports DDR2 533 (266MHz) / 667 (333MHz) for a theoretical maximum bandwidth of
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 4 Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input/ Output feature
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 5 Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 6 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 7 Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : d
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but Diskette All, but Disk/ Key Select the situa
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Fig ure 3. Advance d BIOS Setup
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 10 CPU FEATUR E Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time. The
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 11 C1E Function CPU C1E Function select. The Choices: Auto (default) Execute Disable Bit When disabled, forces the XD feature fl
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 12 Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 13 VIRUS WARNING This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk
945P-A7 3 Serial ATA Controller integrated in ICH7. Supports Serial ATA 2.0 specification. Data transfer rate up to 3GB/s. Supports 4 Serial A
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 14 SECURITY OPTION This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMO
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 15 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 16 DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the r
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 17 PCI EXPRESS ROOT PORT FUNC PCI Express Port 1/ 2/3 This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port.
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 18 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 19 ONCHIP IDE DEVICE IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read /
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 20 On-chip Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDE Channel. The Cho ices:
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 21 ON BOARD DEVICE USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 22 Onboard RAID <ITE8211> This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard RAID (ITE8211). The Choices: Enabled
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 23 S UPE R IO DE VICE If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Super IO Device” labe l and then press the enter k
945P-A7 4 1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning function. 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 24 Onboa rd Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O Address. The C
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 25 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 26 ACPI & WAKE UP EVENTS ACPI Functio n This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 27 Wake-Up by PCI card When you select “Enable”, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full On state. The Choices:
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 28 RELOAD TIMER EVENTS Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or RAID
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 29 POWER MANAGEMENT This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directl
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 30 SUSPEND MODE The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system. The Choices: Disabled (default), 1
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 31 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a s
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 32 IRQ RESOURCES T his submenu will a llow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 33 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE This item allows you to set up the CP U shutdown T em
945P-A7 5 1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User’ s Manual X 1 Serial ATA Cable X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 Rear I/O Pa
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 34 9 Frequency Control Fig ure 9. Frequenc y Control CPU CLOCK RATIO This item allows you to select the CPU Ratio. The Cho
945P-A7 BIOS Manual 35 CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking. The Choices: 100MHZ (default). Special Notice: If u
945P-A7 6 1.3 LAYOUT AND COM P ONE N TS DDR 2_A1DDR2 _A2DDR 2_B1DDR2 _B2FDD1IDE1PCI-Ex1_1 (optional)PCI- Ex1_ 2 (o ptio na l)PCI-Ex 16PC
945P-A7 7 Pin Cap CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Co decCOM1 St
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