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 (2)  Keyboard/USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP1/JP3, JP5 

When setting Enabled you can using keyboard by key in password/USB device to power 
on system. 

   

  

 

JP1  2-3 closed  K/B Power ON Enabled 

JP1    1-2 closed    K/B Power ON Disabled (Default)

 

JP3  2-3 closed  USB Power On Enabled 

JP3    1-2 closed    USB Power On Disabled (Default)

 

JP3 

1

3

JP3 

1

3

JP1 

1

3

JP1 

1

3

JP5  2-3 closed  USB Power On Enabled 

JP5    1-2 closed    USB Power On Disabled (Default)

 

JP5 

1

3

JP5 

1

3

 

2-3  Install CPU 

2-3-1  Glossary  

Chipset (or core logic) 

- two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between 

the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.  

Processor slot/socket 

- the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the 

motherboard. 

Slot

 (AGP, PCI, ISA, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.  

AGP

 - 

A

ccelerated 

G

raphics 

P

ort - a high speed interface for video cards; runs at 1X 

(66MHz), 2X (133MHz), or 4X (266MHz).  

PCI

 - 

P

eripheral 

C

omponent 

I

nterconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound 

cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.  

PCI

 

Express

P

eripheral 

C

omponent 

I

nterconnect Express- a high speed interface for video 

cards, sound cards, network interface cards, and modems 

Serial Port 

- a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems. 

Parallel

 

Port

 - a low speed interface typically used for printers. 

PS/2 

- a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards. 

USB

 - 

U

niversal 

S

erial 

B

us - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards, 

scanners, and some digital cameras. 

Sound

 (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and 

speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices. 

LAN

 (interface) - 

L

ocal 

A

rea 

N

etwork - the interface to your local area network. 

BIOS

  (

B

asic 

I

nput/

O

utput 

S

ystem) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and 

establish the relationship between the various components.  

Driver

 - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or 

other software. 

Processor

 - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for doing 

the "computing" in "personal computer"  

Front Side Bus Frequency - 

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated 

by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS. 

CPU L2 Cache - 

the flash memory inside the CPU, normally Athlon CPU has 256K or above, 

while Duron  will have 64K. 

Summary of Contents for 915GDBR3A

Page 1: ...03 915GDB Rev 3 0 Release date November 2004 Trademark Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time witho...

Page 2: ...DARD CMOS FEATURES 31 3 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 32 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 34 3 6 1 PCIEXPRESS ROOT PORT FUNCTION 35 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 36 3 7 1 ONBOARD IDE FUNCTION 36 3 7 2 ONBOARD DE...

Page 3: ...SPDIF IN SPDIF OUT Adaptor 5 Cable for 1394 Ports One port 5 Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port 5 915GDBG 915PDBG User s Manual Intel Pentium 4 Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology p...

Page 4: ...plexed Digital display channels Support with ADD2 Card Advanced Digital Display The 915GDBG 915PDBG motherboard including Fast Ethernet PCI LAN chip support 10Mb s 100Mb s 1Gb s Base transfer rate The...

Page 5: ...r rate up to 150 MB s Serial ATA IDE SiS 180 RAID Controller provide two Serial ATA ports support 150Mb s data transfer rate and one Parallel ATA133 port support 133Mb s data transfer rate Support Ult...

Page 6: ...3 7570 PCMark2004 System CPU Memory 3774 4296 4640 Graph HDD 1053 3173 Content Creation Winstone 2004 26 7 Business Winstone 2004 20 4 Winbench 99 V2 0 Business Hi end Disk Winmark99 7350 33100 Busine...

Page 7: ...P3 8 CH AC 97 Audio Codec PCI EXPRESSx16 CD Audio W83627THF I O Chip PCI Slot PC99 Back Panel K B Power ON Jumper JP1 USB Port LAN Connector PS2 KB Mouse Port Audio Connector PCI EXPRESSx1 USB Port Co...

Page 8: ...y Connector 40 pin Block P 23 SATA1 6 Serial ATA Port Connector 7 pin Block P 24 Only for 915GDBG Headers Header Name Description Page AUDIO Line Out MIC Headers 9 pin Block P 24 USB3 USB4 USB Port He...

Page 9: ...oard s Jumper Setting 1 CMOS RAM Clear 3 pin JP4 A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1 2 pins of JP4 to store the CMOS data To clear the CMOS follow the pr...

Page 10: ...l Component Interconnect Express a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems Serial Port a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems Pa...

Page 11: ...FAN is working correctly otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN if necessary To install a CPU first turn off your system and...

Page 12: ...ve PnP Cap Pick Place Cap i With left hand index finger and thumb to support the load plate edge engage PnP cap with right hand thumb and peel the cap from LGA775 Socket while pressing on center of Pn...

Page 13: ...depressing larger retention tab and peeling the cover away 3 Set and reserve the land side cover aside Note Always keep the land side cover on the processor when not in the socket 4 Visually inspect t...

Page 14: ...old load lever side 3 Lift the package straight up and away 4 Assemble processors land side cover immediately to prevent contamination i While holding the processor by the 3 corners the other hand lif...

Page 15: ...ect for Mode2 Mode3 and Mode5 failures Note Refer to the Test Module for detail visual inspections 6 Assemble LGA775 socket PnP cap i Secure Hook the back side of PnP cap ii Snap down the front side t...

Page 16: ...sink 6 Actuate fasteners While holding HS to prevent tilting press down on fastener caps with thumb to install and lock Repeat with remaining fasteners 7 Inspection Verify the fasteners are properly s...

Page 17: ...wise 90degrees to the un locked position A flat bladed screwdriver may be used if required 3 Pull up on fastener caps to unseat 4 Manually remove HS with gentle twist motion 5 To re assemble the HS r...

Page 18: ...clean remaining material picture 6 6 Be careful to remove material from gaps between processor and load plate 7 For thermal grease removal use Step 4 6 TIM and Grease Removal from Heat sink Note Remo...

Page 19: ...ed Use Shop Intel to order spare fasteners http www shop intel com To remove a damaged fastener Note Protective gloves are not required for this procedure Rotate the black pin counterclockwise until i...

Page 20: ...ote the keying notch feature Tilt the prong to insert into the heatsink leg Holding the white prong without bending it push the black pin on from the bottom until you hear a single click Damaged Attem...

Page 21: ...MB 1 0GB Bank 2 3 DIMM2 DDRDDR266 DDR333 DDR400 DDR SDRAM Module X1 64MB 1 0GB Bank 4 5 DIMM3 DDRDDR266 DDR333 DDR400 DDR SDRAM Module X1 64MB 1 0GB Bank 6 7 DIMM4 DDRDDR266 DDR333 DDR400 DDR SDRAM Mo...

Page 22: ...MHz to ensure system stability 2 5 Expansion Cards WARNING Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your...

Page 23: ...for PCI Steering 11 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 4 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 N A Numeric Data Processor 14 5 Primary IDE Channel 15 1 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available fo...

Page 24: ...on the back of the ATX power supply turned on the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Press this switch again will turn off the power to...

Page 25: ...le connector The On board Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP Please refer to Chapter 3 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP section for more detail information 8 Audio Line In Lin Out MIC Su...

Page 26: ...isk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings Pin...

Page 27: ...on this channel may drop 14 Serial ATA Port connector SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 SATA6 This connector support the provided Serial ATA IDE hard disk cable to connecting the motherboard and serial AT...

Page 28: ...PEAK This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker See the figure below 5 Power LED PWR LED The Power LED is light on while the system power is on Connect the Power LED from the system cas...

Page 29: ...E This feature requires that Wake On LAN or Ring In Wake up is enabled Wake On LAN Headers WOL 1 3 5VSB G ND WO L 10 FAN Power Headers SYSFAN1 SYSFAN2 3 pin CPUFAN 4 pin These connectors support cooli...

Page 30: ...p to use the IR function IR infrared module Headers IR Pin1 G ND IR RX NC VCC 5 IRTX 2 5 6 12 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN CDIN are the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD R...

Page 31: ...system will then run power on test While the test are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you...

Page 32: ...ght to choose in the main menu the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press...

Page 33: ...User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 3 1 Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations Adv...

Page 34: ...PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Thr June 15 2004 Time hh mm ss 11 02 35 IDE...

Page 35: ...e None Access Mode The settings are Auto Normal Large and LBA Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp write precomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors 3 5 Advanced BI...

Page 36: ...2 cache memory ECC error check correction Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If this is set to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip...

Page 37: ...pt OS Select For DRAM 64MB Allows OS2 to be used with 64MB or DRAM Settings are Non OS 2 default and OS2 Set to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced...

Page 38: ...annot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements The settings are Enabled and Disabled Delay Transaction The...

Page 39: ...r IO Function Please refer to section 3 7 3 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI Slot or AGP VGA first The settings are PCI Slot AGP Slot 3 7 1 Onboard IDE Functio...

Page 40: ...de Block mode is also called block 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...

Page 41: ...onboard I O chip this functions uses Onboard Parallel Port There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that Provides Standard ECP and EPP features It has the following option D...

Page 42: ...ed and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select ACPI Suspend Type The setting are S1 POS S3 STR Video Off in Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The cho...

Page 43: ...1 PM Timer Reload Events CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software PM Timer Reload Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled...

Page 44: ...mally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused suc...

Page 45: ...lth in Post Enabled Current System Temperature 25 C Current CPU Temperature 38 C Magic Duct Temperature 38 C SYSFAN Speed 5000 rpm CPUFAN Speed 5000 rpm Magic Duct FAN Speed 4000 rpm Vcore 1 71V Vcc3...

Page 46: ...PCI clock and Spread Spectrum The settings are Enabled Disabled Host Clock at Next Boot This item allows you to select CPU frequency step by step increasing The choice are 533MHz CPU 133MHz 350MHz 800...

Page 47: ...ter 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 abort...

Page 48: ...D ROM drive or click START click RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive The intel915 serial chipset driver only support Windows 2000 and Windows XP OS From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may mak...

Page 49: ...3 This license agreement appear click Yes the readme information appear click Next 4 Select if you want computer re started click Finish 4 2 VGA install Intel 915G VGA Driver 1 Click VGA when MAGIC IN...

Page 50: ...art Computer Click FINISH 4 3 SOUND install ALC880 AC97 Codec Audio Driver 1 Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT When Realtek High Definition Audio driver windows appear 3 Click F...

Page 51: ...tek RTL8110S Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver 1 Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2 Click finish and select restart computer 4 5 RAID Install SIS 180 RAID Driver and Utility 1 Click RAID in MAGIC IN...

Page 52: ...een formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS STEP 2 After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD ROM STEP 3 Copy all the files from SiS SiS180 Disk to floppy diskette Once you have...

Page 53: ...ck next 3 Click FINISH and restart your computer 4 After executing Winbond Hardware Doctor it supports system voltage Fan speed and CPU SYSTEM Temperature Because this is a On time Monitoring program...

Page 54: ...nd Micro internet security installshield wizard windows appear 3 This is license agreement select I Accept the terms and Click NEXT 4 Click NEXT and Enter your Customer Information Click NEXT or choos...

Page 55: ...1 Prepare a boot disc you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A click OK STEP 2 Copy utility program to your boot disc You may copy from DRIVER CD X FLASH AWDFLASH EXE or download from our...

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