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Installing the Motherboard

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Follow these instructions to install an add-on card:

1

Remove a blanking plate from the system case corresponding to the

slot you are going to use.

2

Install the edge connector of the add-on card into the expansion slot.

Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot.

3

Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case with a screw.

For some add-on cards, for example graphics adapters and network
adapters, you have to install drivers and software before you can begin
using the add-on card.

Summary of Contents for 945GCT-M3

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Page 3: ...tested and found to comply with the limits for 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...

Page 4: ...adian Interference causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilieur du Canada AbouttheManual The manual consist...

Page 5: ...a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM SATA Hard Drive 21 Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive 22 Connecting I O Devices 23 Connecting Case Components 25 Front Panel Header 27 Chapter 3 29 Using BIOS 29 About the Set...

Page 6: ...Safe Defaults Option 47 Load Optimized Defaults Option 47 Set Password 48 Save Exit Setup 48 Exit Without Saving 48 Updating the BIOS 49 Chapter 4 51 51 51 51 51 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 51 About t...

Page 7: ...mode assuming DDR2 667 MHz High resolution graphics via one PCI Express slot intended for Graphics Interface is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1 0a The ICH7 Southbridg...

Page 8: ...orting up to eight USB 2 0 ports Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100 66 33 Supports DDR2 667 533 400 DDR SDRAM with Dual channel architec ture Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs Up to 1 GB...

Page 9: ...ents Direct Sound 3DTM compatible Dolby Digital Encoder output for consumer electronic applica tion 8 channel of DAC support 24 20 16 bit PCM format for 7 1 audio solution Support 192K 96K 48K 44 1KHz...

Page 10: ...Options The motherboard comes with the following expansion options One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphic Interface One PCI Express x1 slot Two 32 bit PCI v2 3 compliant slots One 40 pin IDE low profile...

Page 11: ...12 PANEL1 Front panel switch LED header 13 JLPC Low pin count header 14 USB1 2 Front Panel USB headers 15 1394A2 IEEE 1394a header 16 BIOS_WP BIOS flash protect jumper 17 COM2 Onboard Serial port head...

Page 12: ...6 IntroducingtheMotherboard Memo...

Page 13: ...hat your case supports all the features required Secondly this motherboard supports one floppy diskette drive and two enhanced IDE drives Make sure that your case has sufficient power and space for al...

Page 14: ...han one pin are numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins The illustrations show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper...

Page 15: ...on Setting default CLR_CMOS 3 pin CLR_CMOS 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR CMOS Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn off the system BIOS_WP 2 pin 1 CLR_CMOS BIOS_WP PROTECT FLASH OPEN WRITE UNPROTECT SHORT...

Page 16: ...utomatically determines the CPU clock frequency and system bus frequency for the processor You may be able to change the settings in the system Setup Utility We strongly recommend that you do not over...

Page 17: ...lever CPU is locked completely F Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU G Fasten the cooling fan supporting base onto the CPU socket on the motherboard H Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU fa...

Page 18: ...h the latches on each side of the DIMM slot down 3 Align the memory module with the slot The DIMM slots are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed c...

Page 19: ...nix HY5PS12821 Kingston Nanya NT5TU64M8AE 37B Ramaxel Elpida E5108AG 5C E Ramaxel 5PB32D9DCN Ramaxel 6AD11D9GCT Samsung K4T51083QC Samsung K4T51083QF ZCD5 512 MB Twinmos Elpida E5108AB 5C E Apacer Eip...

Page 20: ...carefully If the card is not Plug and Play you may have to manually configure the card before installation This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component...

Page 21: ...o use 2 Install the edge connector of the add on card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 3 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case w...

Page 22: ...connectors are use to support the new Serial ATA devices for the highest date transfer rates 3 0 Gb s simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly It elimi nates limitations of the current Paral...

Page 23: ...its 3 MIC_BIAS MicrophonePower 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by Analog Audio Circuits 5 AUD_F_R Right Channel audio signal to Front Panel 6 AUD_RET_R RightChannelAudiosignaltoReturnfromFrontPanel 7 REVD...

Page 24: ...on IRDA Infrared header The motherboard supports an Infrared IRDA data port Infrared ports allow the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as print...

Page 25: ...port connector optional Connect a serial port extension bracket to this header to add a second serial port to your system 1 DCDB Data Carrier Detect 2 SINB SerialInput 3 SOUTB UART B Serial Output 4...

Page 26: ...onal header that provides an S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface output to digital multimedia device through optical fiber or coaxial connector JLPC Low pin count header optional 9 VCC3 10 FWH1 13 P...

Page 27: ...O port connector IDE1 IDE Connector This motherboard supports four high data transfer SATA ports with each runs up to 3 0 Gb s To get better system performance we recommend users connect the CD ROM to...

Page 28: ...he SATA power cable to the SATA hard drive and connect the other end to the power supply Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cabl...

Page 29: ...to any firewire device Optional LAN Port Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer to the Network USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Audio Ports Use the audio jack...

Page 30: ...d This motherboard may adopt 6 channel audio ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio de vices The first jack is for stereo line in signal The second jack is for stereo line out signal The thi...

Page 31: ...or to ATX1 5 Connect the auxiliary case power supply connector to ATX12V 6 Connect the case cooling fan connector to CHS_FAN 24 pin power cable When installing 4 pin power cable the latches of power c...

Page 32: ...er Connector Pin Signal Name Function 1 GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Groun...

Page 33: ...interface The LED will also show activity for devices connected to the SCSI hard drive activity LED connector Power Sleep Message waiting LED Connecting pins 2 and 4 to a single or dual color front p...

Page 34: ...28 InstallingtheMotherboard Memo...

Page 35: ...settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Before using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations for Setup Uti...

Page 36: ...S navigation keys are listed below Using BIOS When you start the Setup Utility the main menu appears The main menu of the Setup Utility displays a list of the options that are available A highlight in...

Page 37: ...ster IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors BaseMemory 640K ExtendedMemory 65535K Total Memor...

Page 38: ...ck Addressing Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive If you choose IDE Channel 2 3 Master the item only have Large and Auto Dri...

Page 39: ...tt CPUs Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Enables you to set the delay time before the CPU enters auto thermal mode Thermal Management Enab...

Page 40: ...nology transitions Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen TM2 Bus VID 0 8375V This item represents the voltage of the throttled performanc...

Page 41: ...e how many millisec onds must elapse before a held down key begins generating repeat characters Security Option Setup If you have installed password protection this item defines if the password is req...

Page 42: ...DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD The value in this field depends on performance parameters of the installed memory chips DRAM Do not change the value from the factory setting unless you install new memor...

Page 43: ...only DRAM RAS to CAS Delay Auto This field allows you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Disabled gives faster perfor man...

Page 44: ...DD Block Mode Enabled ATA66 100 Cable Msg Enabled IDE DMA transfer access Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto ID...

Page 45: ...ect which PIO mode is best or select a PIO mode from 0 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Auto This mainboard supports UltraDMA technology which provides faster access to IDE devices If you ins...

Page 46: ...ort Plug and Play Azalia AC97 Audio Select Auto Enables or disables the onboard Azalia AC 97 audio function Disable this item if you are going to install a PCI audio add on card Onboard LAN Device Ena...

Page 47: ...ress and interrupt request IRQ for onboard serial port 1 COM1 UART 2 Mode Controller 2F8 IRQ3 This item allows users to enable or disabled the onboard UART2 mode control UART 2 Select Normal This fiel...

Page 48: ...t can use DMA3 or DMA1 SPP allows data output only Extended Capabilities Port ECP and Enhanced Paral lel Port EPP are bi directional modes allowing both data input and output ECP and EPP modes are onl...

Page 49: ...er ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface you can create a software power down In a software power down the system can be resumed by Wake Up Alarms This item lets you install a sof...

Page 50: ...arm will power on your system every day at the specified time Reload Global Timer Events Global Timer power management events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a pow...

Page 51: ...em disabled INT Pin 1 8 Assignment Auto Identifies the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to a device connected to the PCI interface of your system Maximum Payload Size 4096 This item specifies the m...

Page 52: ...utdown Temperature Disabled Enables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the sy...

Page 53: ...t may be greater than the performance level of the components such as the CPU and the memory You can cause fatal errors or instability if you install the optimized defaults when your hardware does not...

Page 54: ...Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to ab...

Page 55: ...m the manufacturer s Web site Copy these files to the bootable device 5 Turn off your computer and insert the bootable device in your com puter You might need to run the Setup Utility and change the b...

Page 56: ...50 Using BIOS Memo...

Page 57: ...software CD ROM that is included in the motherboard package contains all the drivers and utility programs needed to properly run the bundled products Below you can find a brief description of each sof...

Page 58: ...ms such as Windows 2000 XP Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using In install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking the file and then f...

Page 59: ...ons are recommended 4 Click Next run the Installation Wizard An item installation screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items Drivers and software are automatically ins...

Page 60: ...perating system subfolder If the driver you want to install does not have a setup program browse to the operating system subfolder and locate the readme text file README TXT or README DOC for informat...

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