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945P-A7

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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 Panel for ATX Case X 1

USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)

S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional)

IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 (optional)

Retention Bracket X 1 (optional)

Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional)

Dual Video Bridge (BRI-2) Connector X 1 (optional)

Summary of Contents for 945P-A7

Page 1: ...l 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 fitnes...

Page 2: ...nectors and Slots 11 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 14 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 14 3 2 Detail Settings 14 Chapter 4 Useful Help 21 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 21 4 2 Extra Information 21 4 3 Troubleshoo...

Page 3: ...echnology EIST Supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology Intel EM64T WARNING Warranty will be void if the pin protection cap is not i n place to pr otect the socket pin when sending this mai nboard...

Page 4: ...512MB 1GB 1 Max is 4GB On Board IDE IDE1 One on board connector supports 2 devices Supports PIO Mode 0 4 Supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Mode Extended IDE Controller optional Chip ITE8211 with...

Page 5: ...Dual Feature This special function supports Dual Video two graphic cards Note Please read Chapter 5 for detail inf ormation IEEE 1394 Chip optional Chip VIAVT6307 Supports two 1394 Firewire ports wit...

Page 6: ...o ports support 8 2 channels audio out facilities PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse USB x2 LAN USB x2 CO M1 COM Pri nter port Center Left Rear Side Line i n Line out MIC in Notice for ALC882 Codec 1 When conne...

Page 7: ...erial 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 IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 optional Retention Bracket X 1 optional Serial ATA...

Page 8: ...l J1 394PWR1 option al JATXPW R1 JCFAN1 JATXPWR2 AUDIO 1 8 2C H JAUDIOF1 Super I O JC I 1 JCMO S1 SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 Cod ec JCDIN1 JSPDIF_ OUT1 JSPDIF_I N1 optio nal JSFAN2 10 100 LAN IEEE1394 Ch...

Page 9: ...COM 1 Step 1 Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Special Notice Remove Pin Cap before installation and make good preservation for future...

Page 10: ...U will fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 2 2 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 heatsin...

Page 11: ...1 Ground 2 Power 3 FAN RPM rate sense 1 4 JCFAN1 COM 1 4 Smart Fan Control JSFAN2 System Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V JSFAN2 3 1 COM 1 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 and JSFAN2 reser...

Page 12: ...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 sl...

Page 13: ...1 2 34 33 COM 1 IDE1 Hard Disk Connector IDE2 and IDE3 are optional The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 functionalit...

Page 14: ...total PCI Express supports a raw bit rate of 2 5Gb s on the data pins 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture PCI EX PCI Extreme Slot PCI Extreme slot is a special design for PCI Express in...

Page 15: ...ponent 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 designat...

Page 16: ...in opened Pin closed Pin1 2 closed 3 2 DETAIL SETTINGS JATXPWR1 ATX Power 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...

Page 17: ...2 COM 1 4 Ground JSPDIF_OUT1 Digital Audio out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 1 3 COM 1 3 Ground JSPDIF_IN1 optiona...

Page 18: ...r allows user toconnect the digital image dev ice like DV D8 or V8 etc 1 3 Pin 1 2 Close 3 3V for 1394 chipset Default 1 3 COM 1 1 3 Pin 2 3 close 3 3V SB for 1394 chipset JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio in Conne...

Page 19: ...ludes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switchf unctions 1 23 24 SLP PWR_LED On Off IR IR RST HLED SPK 2 COM...

Page 20: ...is function Power on system via keyboar d and mouse JKBV1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 JUSB3 JUSB4 Front USB Headers This motherboard prov ides 2 USB 2 0 headers which allows user to connect...

Page 21: ...1 Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS saf e setting and the CMOS data please carefully f ollow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard 1 3 Pin...

Page 22: ...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 Pin Assignment 1 Case open sig...

Page 23: ...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 1 Make a bootable f...

Page 24: ...n In this case please double check 1 The CPU cooler surface is placed evenly with the CPU surface 2 CPU fan is rotated normally 3 CPU fan speed is fulfilling with the CPU speed After confirmed please...

Page 25: ...controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the driv e type in the standard CMOS setup 2 Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking...

Page 26: ...terface Step 2 Insert the first one graphics card into the yellow slot PCI Ex16 Step 3 Insert the second graphics card into the white slot PCI EX Notice Make sure both the graphics cards are seated in...

Page 27: ...mation Also in the About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsets In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically show...

Page 28: ...following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked theTray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and im...

Page 29: ...nsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder 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 litt...

Page 30: ...s a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b ContainsAbout Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Buttons for invoking respective panels c With a use...

Page 31: ...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 wan...

Page 32: ...r the ability to do real time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous especially when the ov erclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you v erify ev ery...

Page 33: ...the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the...

Page 34: ...hlighted 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 c...

Page 35: ...re 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 interfe...

Page 36: ...1 1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 15 5 Integrated Peripherals 18 6 Power Management Setup 25 7 PnP PCI Configurations 31 8 PC Health St...

Page 37: ...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 Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports th...

Page 38: ...ing the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move...

Page 39: ...the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of th...

Page 40: ...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 Optimiz...

Page 41: ...t the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Save Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displa...

Page 42: ...tandard 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 PgUp or PgDn keys to select...

Page 43: ...sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter...

Page 44: ...ey Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displa...

Page 45: ...945P A7 BIOS Manual 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup...

Page 46: ...he 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 the on die sensor goes from...

Page 47: ...d 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 CPU...

Page 48: ...in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logic...

Page 49: ...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 defaul...

Page 50: ...lt 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 Cho...

Page 51: ...Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup 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 LA...

Page 52: ...rtion width of the SLP S4 signal to guarantee the DRAM has been safely power cycled The Choices 4 to 5 Sec default SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at...

Page 53: ...T PORT FUNC 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 Complian...

Page 54: ...945P A7 BIOS Manual 18 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals...

Page 55: ...fault 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...

Page 56: ...r 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 On...

Page 57: ...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...

Page 58: ...e 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 Th...

Page 59: ...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 y...

Page 60: ...arallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices...

Page 61: ...7 BIOS Manual 25 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 Figure 6 Power Management...

Page 62: ...ces S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 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 st...

Page 63: ...this function During Enabled Choose the Date and Time 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 w...

Page 64: ...ry 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 and LPT port under this item The Choices Disabled default...

Page 65: ...de 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allows 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...

Page 66: ...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 B...

Page 67: ...y experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations INIT DISPLAY FIRST This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first Th...

Page 68: ...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...

Page 69: ...uter 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...

Page 70: ...lect the CPU Ratio The Choices 8X default 9X 10X 11X 12X 13X 14 X 15X 16X 17X 18X 19X 20 X 21 X 22 X and 23X CPU VOLTAGE REGULATOR This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator The Choices Defa...

Page 71: ...r the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the Insert key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pres...

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