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945P-A7B/945PL-A7B BIOS Manual

ON BOARD DEVICE

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 you to enable or disable to support

Onboard AC97

Audio.

The Choices: Auto

(default), Disabled.

Summary of Contents for 945P-A7B

Page 1: ...ference 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 merchantabilit...

Page 2: ...2 FAN Headers 9 2 3 Installing System Memory 10 2 4 Connectors and Slots 12 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 14 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 14 3 2 Detail Settings 14 Chapter 4 Useful Help 19 4 1 Driver I...

Page 3: ...st strap to remove the static charge 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 Do not...

Page 4: ...odule Supports DDR2 533 667 DIMM Slots x 2 Each DIMM supports 256 512MB 1GB DDR2 Max Memory C apicity 2GB Dual C hannel Mode DDR 2 memory module Supports DDR2 400 533 IDE Integrated I DE Controller Ul...

Page 5: ...Chassis open header optional x1 Clear CMOS header x1 Clear CMOS header x1 USB connector x2 USB connector x2 Power Connector 24pi n x1 Power Connector 24pi n x1 On Board Connector Power Connector 4pin...

Page 6: ...USBX2 USBX2 LAN COM1 Line In Line Out Mic In Center Rear Side Printer Port Since the audio chip supports Intel High Definition Audi o Specification the function of each audi o jackcan be defined by s...

Page 7: ...P A7B FDD1 IDE1 PEX1_1 PEX1_2 PEX16_1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 JPANEL1 JATXPWR1 JCF AN1 JATXPWR2 JAUDIO 1 JAUDIOF1 Super I O JCI1 Optional JCMOS1 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 Codec JCDIN1 JSPDIF_OUT JSFAN1 10 100 LA...

Page 8: ...FDD1 IDE1 PEX1_1 PEX1_2 PEX16_1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 JPAN EL1 JATXPWR 1 JCF AN 1 JATXPW R2 JAUDIO2 JAUDIOF1 Super I O JCI1 Op tion al JC MOS1 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 Codec JC DIN1 JSPD IF_O UT JSFAN1 10 10...

Page 9: ...ial 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...

Page 10: ...The CPU 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 h...

Page 11: ...pin 1 JCFAN1 CPU Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 1 4 JCFAN1 4 Smart Fan Control JSFAN1 System Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V JSFAN1 3 1 3 FAN RPM rate sense Not...

Page 12: ...r 945P A7B DDR2_B1 DDR2_B2 On ly for 945P A7B 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 Inse...

Page 13: ...GB C Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channelf unction of the motherboard the memory module must meet the following requirements Install memory module of the same density in pairs...

Page 14: ...nector supports the prov idedf loppy drive ribbon cables 1 2 34 33 IDE1 Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that prov ides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra D...

Page 15: ...transf er 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 ov er the traditional PCI architecture PEX16_1 PEX1_1 PEX1...

Page 16: ...pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button and speaker connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions 1 SLP PWR_LED On Off RST HLED SPK 8 9...

Page 17: ...3V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 PW_OK 9 StandbyVoltage 5V 10 12V 11 12V 12 2 x 12 Detect 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 Ground 16 PS_ON 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 13 1 24 12 2...

Page 18: ...AUDIOF1 Front Panel Audio Header This header allows user to connect the front audio output cable with the PC f ront panel It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors Pin Assignment 1 Mic...

Page 19: ...2 3 Close Clear CMOS data Clear CMOS Procedures 1 Remov e AC power line 2 Set the jumper to Pin 2 3 close 3 Wait f orf ive seconds 4 Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close 5 Power on the AC 6 Reset your desi...

Page 20: ...terf ace it satisfies the SATA 2 0 spec and with transfer rate of 3Gb s Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX SATA4 SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 1 7 4 7 Ground JSPDIF_OUT Digital Audio out Connect...

Page 21: ...ion 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 installati...

Page 22: ...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 floppy disk 2 Dow...

Page 23: ...again 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 pl...

Page 24: ...disk 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 bre...

Page 25: ...information 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 synchronicall...

Page 26: ...the 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 a...

Page 27: ...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 little tray ico...

Page 28: ...ollows 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...

Page 29: ...ill 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 y...

Page 30: ...e user 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 e...

Page 31: ...ry If 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 t...

Page 32: ...related to overclocking You can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor features are controlled b...

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Page 34: ...her Dual Kanal DDR Speichermodul Unterst tzt DDR2 533 667 DDR2 DIMM Steckpl tze x 2 Jeder DIMM unterst tzt 256 512MB 1GB DDR2 Max 2GB Arbeitsspeicher Dual Kanal DDR Speichermodul Unterst tzt DDR2 400...

Page 35: ...hen Sockel x1 CMOS l schen Sockel x1 USB Anschluss x2 USB Anschluss x2 Stromanschluss 24 polig x1 Stromanschluss 24 polig x1 Onboard An schluss Stromanschluss 4 poli g x1 Stromanschluss 4 poli g x1 R...

Page 36: ...le de m m oire DDR mode double voie Prend en charge la DDR 2 533 667 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 m oire...

Page 37: ...al Embase d ouverture de ch ssis x1 optional Embase d effacement CMOS x1 Embase d effacement CMOS x1 Connecteur USB x2 Connecteur USB x2 Connecteur d alimentation 24 broches x1 Connecteur d alimentati...

Page 38: ...orto di DDR2 533 667 Alloggi DIMM DDR 2 x 2 CiascunDIMM supporta DDR2 256 512MB e 1GB Capacit massima della memori a 2GB Modulo di memoria DDR a canale doppio Supporto di DDR2 400 533 IDE Controller I...

Page 39: ...OS x1 Collettore cancellazione CMOS x1 Connettore USB x2 Connettore USB x2 Connettore alimentazione 24 pin x1 Connettore alimentazione 24 pin x1 Connettori su scheda Connettore alimentazione 4 pi n x1...

Page 40: ...memoria DDR de canal Doble Admite DDR2 533 667 Ranuras DIMM DDR 2 x 2 Cada DIMM admite DDR 2 de 256 512MB y 1GB Capacidad m xima de memoria de 2GB M dulo de memoria DDR de canal Doble Admite DDR2 de 4...

Page 41: ...Cabecera de borrado de CMOS X1 Cabecera de borrado de CMOS X1 Conector USB X2 Conector USB X2 Conector de alimentaci n X1 24 patillas Conector de alimentaci n X1 24 patillas Conectore s en placa Conec...

Page 42: ...ulos DDR2 533 667 Ranhuras DIMM DDR2 x2 Cada m dulo DIMM suporta uma mem ria DDR2 de 256 512 MB 1 GB Capacidade m xima de mem ria 2 GB M dulo de mem ria DDR de canal duplo Suporta m dulos DDR2 400 533...

Page 43: ...a do chassis opcional x1 Conector para limpeza do CMOS x1 Conector para limpeza do CMOS x1 Conector USB x2 Conector USB x2 Conector de alimenta o 24 pi nos x1 Conector de alimenta o 24 pi nos x1 Conec...

Page 44: ...E 8712F Monitor H W Kontroler pr dko ci wentylatora Funkcja ITE Smart Guardian ITE 8712F Monitor H W Kontroler pr dko ci wentylatora Funkcja ITE Smart Guardian IDE Zintegrowany kontroler IDE Ultra DMA...

Page 45: ...arcia obudowy opcja x1 Z cze g wkowe kasowani a CMOS x1 Z cze g wkowe kasowani a CMOS x1 Z cze USB x2 Z cze USB x2 Z cze zasilania 24 pi nowe x1 Z cze zasilania 24 pi nowe x1 Z cza wbudowan e Z cze za...

Page 46: ...33 800 1066 533 800 1066 Intel 945P Intel ICH7 Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMM x 4 DIMM 128 256 512 1 DDR2 4 DDR DDR2 533 667 DDR2 DIMM x 2 DIMM 128 256 512 1 DDR2 2 DDR DDR2 400 533 Super I O ITE 87...

Page 47: ...IDE x1 SATA x4 SATA x4 x1 x1 x1 x1 CD x1 CD x1 S PDIF x1 S PDIF x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 CMOS x1 CMOS x1 USB x2 USB x2 24 x1 24 x1 4 x1 4 x1 PS 2 x1 PS 2 x1 x1 x1 LAN x1 USB x4 Ver 6 x x3 Ver 5 x x6 PS 2...

Page 48: ...able Bit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 800 1066 533 800 1066 Intel 945P Intel ICH7 Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 DDR2DIMM 4 DIMM DDR 2 256 512 1 4 DDR DDR 533 667 DDR2DIMM 2 DIMM...

Page 49: ...press 1 x16 PCI Express 1 x1 PCI Express 2 x1 PCI Express 2 PCI 3 PCI 3 1 1 IDE 1 IDE 1 SATA 4 SATA 4 1 1 1 1 CD IN 1 CD IN 1 S PDIF 1 S PDIF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CMOS 1 CMOS 1 USB 2 USB 2 24 1 24 1 4 1 4 1...

Page 50: ...64 Technology FSB 533 800 1066 MHz 533 800 1066 MHz Intel 945P Intel ICH7 Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 DDR2 DIMM x 4 DIMM 256 512MB 1GB DDR 4GB DDR DDR2 533 667 DDR2 DIMM x 2 DIMM 256 512MB 1GB DDR 2GB DDR...

Page 51: ...ATA x4 x1 x1 x1 x1 CD x1 CD x1 S PDIF x1 S PDIF x1 CPU x1 CPU x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 CMOS x1 CMOS x1 USB x2 USB x2 24 x1 24 x1 4 x1 4 x1 I O PS 2 x1 PS 2 x1 x1 x1 LAN x1 USB x4 Ver 6 x x3 Ver 5 x x6 PS 2 x1 P...

Page 52: ...Setup 1 1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 8 4 Advanced Chipset Features 15 5 Integrated Peripherals 18 6 Power Management Setup 25 7 PnP PCI Configurations 31 8 PC Hea...

Page 53: ...g of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your systemusing Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS support...

Page 54: ...using 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 M...

Page 55: ...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 ofthe BIO...

Page 56: ...ursystem 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 cl...

Page 57: ...is set 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 bedi...

Page 58: ...PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Main Menu Selections This tableshows theselections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description...

Page 59: ...ions Driv e A Driv e B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Select the ty pe of f loppy disk drive installed in your sy stem Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Key bo...

Page 60: ...945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 8 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup...

Page 61: ...fferentaccording to your CPU features TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency Bus ratio ofthe throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on diesensor goes fromnot hot to hot Min 0 Max...

Page 62: ...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 Disa...

Page 63: ...FLOPPY SETUP Hard Disk Boot Priority These BIOS attempt to load theoperating systemfro mthe device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave USBHDD...

Page 64: ...nabled default Report NO FDD for Win95 This itemallows you to select YES NO to Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices NO default YES VIRUS WARNING This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning featu...

Page 65: ...key is held down before it begins to repeat thekeystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 and 1000 SECURITY OPTION This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the systemonline and...

Page 66: ...Small Logo shows Enabled default Small Logo shows when systemboot up Disabled No Small Logo shows when systemboots up SUMMARY SCREEN SHOW This itemallows you to enable disable the summary screen Summ...

Page 67: ...gure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE When synchronous DRAM is installed the number ofclock cycles ofCAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CAS LATENCY...

Page 68: ...minimumassertion width ofthe 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 al...

Page 69: ...ESS ROOT PORT FUNC PCI Express Port 1 2 3 This itemallows you to select thePCI Express Port The Choices Auto default Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode This itemallows you to select thePCI E Compl...

Page 70: ...945P A7B 945PL A7B BIOS Manual 18 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals...

Page 71: ...led default Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This itemallows you to enableor disable the IDE transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled On chip Primary PCI IDE This itemallows you to enableo...

Page 72: ...E 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 itemallows you to choose...

Page 73: ...lt in the support will automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support This itemallows you to enableor disable the USB Keyboard Leg...

Page 74: ...r disable to Onboard RAID BIOS The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard 1394 This itemallows you to enableor disable to support Onboard 1394 contrller The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard...

Page 75: ...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 Aut...

Page 76: ...POWER After PWR Fail This setting specifies whether your systemwill reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs Off Leaves the computer in the power offstate On Reboots the computer Former Sts Rest...

Page 77: ...5PL A7B BIOS Manual 25 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your systemto utilize energy conservation and power up power down features Figure 6 Power Manage...

Page 78: ...he Choices 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 BIOSto initializethe VGA card when systemwakes up from S...

Page 79: ...g Enabled Choose the Date and Time The Choices Enabled Disabled default Date of Month Alarm You can choose which month the systemwill boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour minute and se...

Page 80: ...Secondary RAID 0 or RAID 1 function underthis item The Choices Disabled default Enabled FDD COM LPT Port You can select to enable ordisable FDD COM and LPT port under this item The Choices Disabled de...

Page 81: ...ach mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges is from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from1 min to 15 min and disable VIDEO OFF METHEOD This option determines the man...

Page 82: ...hen enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity All otherdevices remain active The Choices Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 M...

Page 83: ...that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations INIT DISPLAY FIRST This itemallows you to decideto activewhetherPCI Slot oron chip VGA firs...

Page 84: ...ibility However the color information coming fromthe VGA controlleris drawn fromthe palette tableinside the VGA controllerto generatethe proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is...

Page 85: ...a DEC number CPU Fan Start CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value The Choices Min 0 Max 127 Key in a DEC number CPU Fan Full speed When CPU temperature is reach the...

Page 86: ...5O C 158O F 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 itemoffers several delay time to select you want T...

Page 87: ...ces StartUp default 0 012V 0 787V Memory Voltage The Choices 1 90V default 2 00V 2 10V 2 20V 2 30V 2 40V 2 50V 2 60V NB SB Voltage The Choices 1 5V default 1 6V 1 7V 1 8V FSB Termination Voltage The C...

Page 88: ...the Insert key and Power button simultaneously after that keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB ofthe processor PCIE Clo...

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