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I915P-A7 PCI-ED

I91PL-A7 PCI-ED

Step 3:

Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete

the installation.

Step 4:

Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN

power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

2.2 FAN

EADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan
wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer.

Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to
pin#1.

JC FAN1: Powe r Source for CPU Fan

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 Power
3

FAN RPM rate sense

Smart Fan Control

JSFAN1/JSFAN2: Powe r Source for System Fan
(JSFAN2 is optional.)

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2

Smart Fan Control

FAN RPM rate sense

Note:

The JCFAN1, JSFAN1 and JSFAN2 support system cooling fan with

Smart Fan Control utility. They support 4-pin and 3-pin head connectors.
When connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red

wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire
is Ground and should be connected to GND.

Summary of Contents for I915P-A7

Page 1: ...erference 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 merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication o...

Page 2: ...2 FAN Headers 10 2 3 Installing System Memory 11 2 4 Connectors and Slots 11 Chapter 3 Headers Jumpers Setup 12 3 1 How to Setup Jumpers 12 3 2 Detail Settings 12 Chapter 4 Useful Help 17 4 1 Award BIOS Beep Code 17 4 2 Extra Information 17 4 3 Troubleshooting 19 Chapter 5 WarpSpeeder 20 5 1 Introduction 20 5 2 System Requirement 20 5 3 Installation 21 5 4 WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 pa...

Page 3: ...Southbridge Intel ICH6 Dimensions ATX Form Factor 29 35cm L x 24 4cm W Operating System Supports Windows 98SE Windows 2000 Windows Me and Windows XP I915P A7 PCI ED System Memory Supports Dual Channel DDR with 8 banks in total Supports DDR333 and DDR400 Supports 256Mb 512Mb and 1G Mb DDR technologies for x8 and x16 non ECC DDR devices Registered DIMMs are not supported Maximum DRAM address decode ...

Page 4: ...e SS and Double Side DS Memory type Please be aware of memory module installation rules or it may cause the system fail to boot up DIMM Socket Memory ModuleCombination Total Memory Size DDRA1 SS x SS DS x DDRA2 x SS SS x DS Max is 1GB DDRB1 SS x SS DS x DDRB2 x SS SS x DS Max is 1GB Slots Three 32bit PCI bus master slots One PCI Express PCI E x 16 slot PCI Express 1 0a compliant Maximum theoretica...

Page 5: ...e Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function IEEE 1394 Chip optional Chip VIAVT6307 Supports two 1394A Firewire ports up to 400Mb s individually Serial ATA Controller integrated in ICH6 Supports 4 Serial ATA SATA ports Integrated AHCI controller Compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifica...

Page 6: ... with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88Mbytes 1 SPDIF in connector supports digital audio in function optional 1 1394Aheader supports 1 front panel 1394A Firewire port optional 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports at front panel 4 serial ATA connectors support 4 SATAdevices Back Panel I O Connectors 4 USB 2 0 ports 1 Serial port COM2 is optional 1 Parallel Printer port 1 RJ 45 LAN jack 1 PS 2 Mouse K...

Page 7: ...ed Software Supports Warpspeeder 9 th Touch WINFLASHER and FLASHER 1 2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 S PDIF 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 IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 optional Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 optional ...

Page 8: ...SBV3_1 JA TXPWR1 JCFAN1 JATX PW R2 JAUDIO1 JAUDI OF1 Super I O JC L1 JC MOS 1 SA TA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 Codec JCDIN1 JS P DI F_OUT1 J S P DIF_IN1 optional JS FAN1 LAN IEEE1394 Chip optional BAT1 BIOS JSFA N 2 opt ional JKBMS1 Par allel Port JPRNT1 COM1 COM1 COM2 JCOM2 optional J1394_USB1 JRJ45USB1 Intel ICH6 LGA775 CPU1 JCOM1 PCI1 PCI EXTREME Intel 915P or Intel 915PL Note represents the 1 st pin ...

Page 9: ...uture 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 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle Step 2 Look for the black cut edge on socket and the white dot on CPU should point wards this black cut edge The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation Step 2 1 Step 2 2 ...

Page 10: ...able to the connector while matching the black wire to pin 1 JCFAN1 Power Source for CPU Fan Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 Power 3 FAN RPM rate sense 1 4 4 Smart Fan Control JSFAN1 JSFAN2 Power Source for System Fan JSFAN2 is optional Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 Smart Fan Control 1 3 3 FAN RPM rate sense Note The JCFAN1 JSFAN1 and JSFAN2 support system cooling fan with Smart Fan Control utility They sup...

Page 11: ...it Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 5 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 functionality The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to four hard disk drives PCI1 PCI3 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expan...

Page 12: ...onnectors JATXPWR1 This connector allows user to connect 24 pin power connector on the ATX power supply JATXPWR2 By connecting this connector it will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PW_ON 20 5V 9 Standby Voltage 5V 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 1 12 ...

Page 13: ...SB_19341 and JRJ45USB1 JUSBV3_1 5V for USB ports at front panel JUSB3 JUSB4 1 3 Pin 2 3 close 5V standby Voltage JUSBV1 USB ports at JUSB_19341 and JRJ45USB1 are powered by 5V standby voltage JUSBV3_1 USB ports at front panel JUSB3 JUSB4 are powered by 5V Note In order to support this f unction Power on system v ia USB dev ice JUSBV1 JUSBV3_1 jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2 3 individually JUS...

Page 14: ... 2 13 14 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Mic in center 2 Ground 3 Mic power Bass 4 Audio power 5 Right line out Speaker out Right 6 Right line out Speaker out Right 7 Reserv ed 8 Key 9 Left line out Speaker out Left 10 Left line out Speaker out Left 11 Right line in Rear speaker Right 12 Right line in Rear speaker Right 13 Left line in Rear speaker Left 14 Left line in Rear speaker Left JSPDIF_OUT...

Page 15: ...t Pin Assignment 1 A 2 A 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 B 6 B 7 12V 8 12V 2 1 10 9 Key 10 Ground JCMOS1 ClearCMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard Assignment 1 3 Pin 1 2 close Normal Operation Def ault 1 3 Pin 2 3 close Clear CMOS data Clear CMOS Procedures 1 Remove...

Page 16: ...X 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX 1 7 7 Ground Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 This 24 pin connector includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED Sleep button speaker and IrDA Connection It allows user to connect the PC case s front panel switch functions 1 2 23 24 SLP PWR_LED On Off IR IR RST HLED SPK Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function 1 5V 2 Sleep control 3 N A 4 Ground Sleep button 5 N A 6 N A ...

Page 17: ... will help to 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 floppy disk 2 Download the Flash Utility AWDFLASH exe from the Biostar website www biostar com tw 3 Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website 4 Copy...

Page 18: ...power on 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 please follow steps below to relief the CPU protection function 1 Remove the power cord from power supply for seconds 2 Wait for seconds 3 Plug in the power cord and boot up the system Or you ca...

Page 19: ...disk to 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 breaking down at any time System only boots f rom optical driv e Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible 1 Back up data and applications f iles ...

Page 20: ...chipset 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 synchronically shown on our main panel Moreover to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system ...

Page 21: ...fault procedure to install 2 When you see 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 and immediately launched after you click Finish button Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in ...

Page 22: ...I915P A7 PCI ED I91PL A7 PCI ED 22 this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand ...

Page 23: ...lity is responsible 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 little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon...

Page 24: ...res as follows 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 user friendly StatusAnimation it can represent 3 overclock percentage stages Man walking overclock percentage from 100 110 Panther running overclock percentage from 110 120 Car racing overcl...

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Page 26: ...utton will 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 you want to get the best performance of overclocking we recommend you click the option Yes ...

Page 27: ...n provide 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 ev ery speed you overclock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto ov erclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result f ory ou b Recovery Dialog button Pop u...

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Page 29: ...m registry 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 to the Recovery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library...

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Page 31: ...n will be highlighted 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 can also get the mainboard s BIOS model and the Version number of WarpSpeeder utility ...

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Page 33: ...atures are 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 interfere other panels functions This property can make WarpSpeeder utility more robust 03 24 2005 ...

Page 34: ...IOS Setup 1 1 Main Menu 3 2 Standard CMOS Features 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features 9 4 Advanced Chipset Features 14 5 Integrated Peripherals 16 6 Power Management Setup 21 7 PnP PCI Configurations 26 8 PC Health Status 28 9 Frequency Voltage Control 29 ...

Page 35: ...ne tuning of 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 the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specif...

Page 36: ...program by 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 Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes ...

Page 37: ...ept and enter 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 the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for r...

Page 38: ... 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 clock may cause the CPUor M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for thi...

Page 39: ...assword 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 be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Upgrade BIOS This sub...

Page 40: ...he items in Standard 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 the value you want in each item Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup ...

Page 41: ... to enter the 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 the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 i...

Page 42: ...ll but Disk Key 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 Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ...

Page 43: ...7 PCI ED BIOS Manual 9 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup CPU FEATURE Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time The Choices 4 8 16 default 32 ...

Page 44: ...The Choices 0X default TM2 Bus VID Represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot The Choices 0 8375 default Limit CPU ID Max Val Set limit CPU ID maximum vale to 3 it should be disabled for Win XP The Choices Disabled default Enabled Execute Disable Bit The Choices Enabled Disabled default Disabled HARD DISK BOOT PR...

Page 45: ...ed default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they Have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Disabled Enabled defau Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices NO default Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If...

Page 46: ...l POST Enabled default Enable quick POST BOOT UP NUMLOCKSTATUS Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys GATE A20 OPTION Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING When a key is held down the keystr...

Page 47: ...Enabled default 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 Choices 1 4 default 1 1 OS SELECT FOR DRAM 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 SMALL LOGO EPA SHOW This i...

Page 48: ...d incorrectly 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 LATENCY TIME When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices Auto default DRAM RAS TO CAS DELAY This field let you insert...

Page 49: ...s item sets the minimum assertion width of the SLP S4 signal to guarantee the DRAM has been safely power cycled SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled default Disabled VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE Select Enabled al...

Page 50: ...ck transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled ...

Page 51: ...econdary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDEChannel The Choices Enabled Default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard dr...

Page 52: ... 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 USB Keyboard...

Page 53: ...1 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard RAID BIOS The Choices Disabled default Enabled Onboard 1394 The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM The Choices Disabled default Enabled Super IO Device If you h...

Page 54: ... of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal AS KIR IrDA default UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port contro...

Page 55: ...tup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up power down features Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI WAKE UP EVENTS ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ...

Page 56: ...on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The Choices Enabled Disabled default USB KB MS Wake Up From S3 This item allows you to enable or disabled USB keyboard wake up from S3 The Choices Disabled Default Enabled Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled y...

Page 57: ...r in the power off state On Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs The Choices Off default On Former Sts RELOAD TIMER EVENTS Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or RAID 1 function under this item The Choices Disabled default Enabled FDD COM LPT Port You can select to enable or ...

Page 58: ... sl CPU s Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Define default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank The Choices DPMS default VIDEO OFF IN SUSPEND This determines the manne...

Page 59: ...o buffer HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk drive will power down and after a set 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 BTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the syst...

Page 60: ...ongly recommended that only 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 The Choices Onboard AGP PCI Slot default RESOURCES CONTROLLED BY By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the rel...

Page 61: ...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 to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watch for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the...

Page 62: ...in POST If you computer 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 5 0V 5V SB Voltage Battery Detect the system s voltage status automatically Current CPU Temp This field displays the current temperature of CPU Current CPU FAN Speed This field dis...

Page 63: ...This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator The Choices Default Default AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU CLOCK This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking Special Notice If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting...

Page 64: ...sly after that keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen showed This action will boot up the system according to FSB of the processor It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage ...

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