TABLE OF CONTENT
USER’S NOTICE................................................................................ ii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION.............................................. 1
COOLING SOLUTIONS ................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION OF 845GDA/845GDAL MOTHERBOARD
1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD ............................................... 2
1-2 SPECIFICATION .................................................................... 3
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST............................................................. 4
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING ................................ 5
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS........................................ 7
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................... 7
2-3 INSTALL CPU ........................................................................ 8
2-3-1 GLOSSARY .................................................................. 8
2-3-2 ABOUT INTEL PENTIUM 4 478-PIN CPU.......................... 9
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY................................................................ 10
2-5 EXPANSION CARD ................................................................. 10
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION .............
11
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD.................................
11
2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD.......
11
2-5-4 AGP SLOT ............................................................................
12
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS....................................................... 13
2-6-1 CONNECTORS ......................................................................
12
2-6-2 HEADERS.............................................................................
16
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ........................................... 19
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP.................................................................. 20
3-2 GETTING HELP ..................................................................... 20
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................... 21
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES................................................. 22
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES .................................................. 23
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ............................................ 25
3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS............................................. 26
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.................................................. 27
3-7-1 ONBOARD IDE FUNCTION ............................................ 27
3-7-2 ONBOARD DEVICE FUNCTION...................................... 28
3-7-3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION ................................... 29
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP............................................... 30
3-8-1 PM TIMER RELOAD EVENTS........................................ 31
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