Biostar I945P-A7 Owner's Manual

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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
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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - 945P-A7

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

Page 2 - Table of Contents

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

Page 3 - CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

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

Page 4 - 10/100 LAN

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

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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.

Page 6 - Back Panel I/O Connectors

945P-A7 12 PCI-Ex16: PCI-Express x16 Slot - PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. - Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per directi

Page 7 - 1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

945P-A7 13 PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Compon

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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

Page 9 - Special Notice:

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

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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

Page 11 - 2.2 FAN HEADERS

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

Page 12 - 2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: Introduction ...1 1.1 Motherboard Features...

Page 13 - 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS

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

Page 14 - PCI-EX: PCI-Extreme Slot

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

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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

Page 16 - 3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

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

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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

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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

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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

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945P-A7 25 CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER™ 6.1 INTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions includin

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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

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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

Page 23 - CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

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

Page 24 - B. CPU Overheated

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

Page 25 - 4.3 TROUBLESHOOTING

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

Page 26 - 5.3 THINGS TO NOTICE

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

Page 27 - WARPSPEEDER™

945P-A7 31 c. “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatic

Page 28 - 6.3 INSTALLATION

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

Page 29 - 1. Tray Icon:

945P-A7 33 Note : Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide

Page 30 - 2. Main Panel

945P-A7 BIOS SETUP i BIOS Setup...1 1 Main Menu...

Page 31 - 3. Voltage Panel

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

Page 32 - 4. Overclock Panel

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

Page 33 - 5. Hardware Monitor Panel

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

Page 34 - 6. About Panel

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

Page 35 - Note :

945P-A7 BIOS Manual 4 Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input/ Output feature

Page 36 - 945P-A7 BIOS SETUP

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

Page 37 - 945P-A7 BIOS Manual

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

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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

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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

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945P-A7 BIOS Manual 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features  Fig ure 3. Advance d BIOS Setup

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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945P-A7 BIOS Manual 18 5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

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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 /

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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:

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945P-A7 BIOS Manual 21 ON BOARD DEVICE USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and

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945P-A7 BIOS Manual 22 Onboard RAID <ITE8211> This item allows you to enable or disable to support Onboard RAID (ITE8211). The Choices: Enabled

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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

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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

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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

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945P-A7 BIOS Manual 25 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation

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945P-A7 BIOS Manual 26 ACPI & WAKE UP EVENTS ACPI Functio n This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power

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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:

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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

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945P-A7 BIOS Manual 29 POWER MANAGEMENT This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directl

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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945P-A7 7 Pin Cap CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Co decCOM1 St

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