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 P5I945P(G) series mainboard

 QDI Utility CD

 1HD ribbon cable

 User’s manual

  I/O shield

  1 FDD cable

  USB cable(option)

Summary of Contents for P5I945P

Page 1: ...al damages arising out of the use or the possibility of such damages All trademarks are the property of their respec tive owners If you need any further information please visit our web site www qdigr...

Page 2: ...2000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current 16A per phase EN 61000 3 3 A1 2001 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3...

Page 3: ...Mainboard Manufacturer QDI TECHNOLOGY HK Limited Address 23Floor Lincoln House Taikoo Place 979 King s Road Quarry Bay HONG KONG Supplementary Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC...

Page 4: ...Audio available on 8Amainboard 6 Dual channel introduce 7 ATX 12V Power Supply Connectors Power Switch 9 Hard Disk LED Connector HD_LED 9 Reset Switch RESET 9 Power LED Connector PWR_LED 9 FanConnecto...

Page 5: ...CONTENTS Chapter 3 BIOS Description 17 AWARD BIOS Description 19 Appendix QDI Ulitity CD 30 Using 4 6 ChannelAudio 41 Selecting 8 Channel Setting 46 Layout...

Page 6: ...sion cards RAM or other system peripherals otherwise your mainboard and RAM might be seriously damaged Note This manual is suitable for P5I945P G series of mainboards Each mainboard is carefully desig...

Page 7: ...technologies together with AC 97 audio 6 channel or High Definition Audio 8 channel 4 SATA option 8 USB 2 0 ports and ATA100 66 give customers an advanced multimedia solu tion at reasonable price It p...

Page 8: ...ble on K mainboard LAN interface built in on board USB 2 0 USB 2 0 compliant operates at 480Mbps Provides 8 USB 2 0 ports Onboard I O One floppy port supporting up to one 3 5 floppy drives with 1 44M...

Page 9: ...agement Supports ACPI power status S0 full on S1 power on suspend S3 suspend to RAM option S4 suspend to Disk depends on OS and S5 soft off Main Expansion Slots and Connectors Slot Port Quantity Descr...

Page 10: ...t chart for locations of all jumpers external connectors slots and I O ports Furthermore this section lists all necessary connector pin assignments for your reference The par ticular state of the jump...

Page 11: ...Port Connector COM1 and VGA Port Only for P5I945G The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer The serial port COM1connector can be connected to a serial port d...

Page 12: ...Front speskers the Back Left Right jack can be connected to the rear speakers and the Center Woofer jack can be connected to the center speaker and woofer Microphone function is offered by F_AUDIO Con...

Page 13: ...DIMM2 To using dual channel DDR CHA_DIMM1 CHB_DIMM1 is a combination CHA_DIMM2 CHB_DIMM2 is the other combination The following figure il lustrates the dual channel DDR installation 1 two same memory...

Page 14: ...InstallationInstructions P5I945P G 8 2 four same memory CHA_DIMM1 CHA_DIMM2 CHB_DIMM1 CHB_DIMM2 CHA_DIMM1 CHA_DIMM2 CHB_DIMM1 CHB_DIMM2...

Page 15: ...er switch POWER SW should be connected to a momentary switch When powering up your system first turn on the mechanical switch of the power supply if one is provided then push once the power switch Whe...

Page 16: ...ll light up in turn please refer to the following table to learn the POST status LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 LED5 status blink off off off off CPU damaged BIOS chip absent or damaged on off off off off system...

Page 17: ...SB cable optional to provide additional four USB ports The serial port COM2 is not available on the back panel Therefore we provide a 9 pin header Infrared Header IrDA optional This connector supports...

Page 18: ...y standard CD audio connector it can be connected to a CD ROM drive through a CD audio cable CD_IN CD Right Channel Common CD Left Channel SPDIF SPDIF out GND 1 GND SPDIF in 3 3V 5V SPDIF Connector Th...

Page 19: ...on With speed of up to 300Mbps you can connect Serial ATA cable to Serial ATA hard disk Front IEEE 1394 port F_1394 optional Besides one 1394 port on the back panel the mainboard also have one 10 pin...

Page 20: ...or the earphone When the FrontAudio is absent Pin5 and Pin6 Pin9 and Pin10 must be short connected For the mainboard supporting ALC880 please use HDA front audio panel for F_AUDIO function F_AUDIO for...

Page 21: ...white line Pin1 referring to the mainboard s silkscreen Jumpers with three pins will be shown as to represent pin1 pin2 1 2 closed and to represent pin2 pin3 2 3 closed Jumper Symbol Description Repr...

Page 22: ...as CIH virus you will be unable to flash the BIOS to the mainboard in this status TheDMI DesktopManagementInterface systeminformationsuchastheCPUtype speed memory size and expansion cards will be dete...

Page 23: ...ARD BIOS Setup program that provides a Setup utility for users to modify the basic system configuration The information is stored in CMOS RAM so it retains the Setup information even if the power is t...

Page 24: ...rsion 8 60aq from the directory Utility located on QDI Utility CD to your new bootable diskette 3 Download the updated BIOS file from the Website http www qdigrp com Please be sure to download the sui...

Page 25: ...se the arrow keys to select among the items and press the Enter key to accept or enter the sub menu Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Setup The basic CMOS settings included in Standard CMOS Features ar...

Page 26: ...OMP write pre compensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors MODE HDD access mode QDI Innovation Features This section describes QDI innovation EASY technology Advanced BIOS Features This se...

Page 27: ...tup freely PASSWORD DISABLED If you have selected System in Security Option of BIOS Features Setup menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system reboots or any time you try to enter...

Page 28: ...n when system boots show up Disabled Close this function RecoveryEasyII Setting Menu language Select English Select RecoveryEasyII Interface menu Chinese language Hotkey for Null Backup Recovery inter...

Page 29: ...rocessor Max 50 core frequency If a Ratio locked processor is installed this item will be hidden This item is only for users understanding all the CPU parameters CPU Voltage Normal 0 0125V Set CPU vol...

Page 30: ...able Hyper Threading Technology Disabled Disabled Hyper Threading First Second Third Disabled Select your boot device priority It could Boot Device Floppy be Floppy Hard disk CDROM USB FDD USB ZIP USB...

Page 31: ...tup Menu The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning Item Option Description ACPI function Enabled Enable ACPI function Disabled Disable this function ACPI Suspend Ty...

Page 32: ...DE drives are supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode SATA PORT Speed Disabled Invalidate SATA port speed Setting Force GENI Set SATA port speed Force GENII PATAIDE Mode Primary Select PA...

Page 33: ...with hotkey Mouse move Power on by moving mouse Mouse click Power on by clicking mouse Anykey Power on with anykey Button only Power on by power button KB Power ON Enter Enter keyboard password Passw...

Page 34: ...Parallel Port Mode SPP Define the parallel port mode EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Set ECP Mode Use DMA 1 or 3 1 PWRON After OFF The system remains OFF ON Former PWR Fail ON state when the AC po...

Page 35: ...n automatically Disabled Invaliate this function Shutdown Temperature 600 C 1400 F The system will shut down automatically 650 C 1490 F under the ACPI OS when the CPU 700 C 1580 F temperature reaches...

Page 36: ...ivers in order and you need to restart your computer until all the drivers are installed A Chipset software B USB2 0 Driver optional C Network Driver optional D Audio Driver optional E DirectX F Onboa...

Page 37: ...high resolution 640x480 or 800x600 image display and full screen top right corner or bottom right corner display It also supports simultaneous display of logo and sign on message of the BIOS testing...

Page 38: ...o the turbo switch in front panel 2 Switch on power to the system and press the Del key to enter BIOS setup 3 Enter QDI Innovation Features menu then enable the Turbo Function item and select the Turb...

Page 39: ...und kann so innerhalb von wenigen Sekunden den Boot Prozess abschlie en Bei nderungen am System beispielsweise nach dem Einbau eines neuen Prozessors mussdeshalbzuvordieBootEasy Funktiondeaktiviertwer...

Page 40: ...e el procesador en el socket y conecte el ventilador del procesador en el conector de su placa base QDI P5I945P G marcado como CPUFAN 6 Insertelosm dulosdememoriaenlosbancosdememoriaDIMMdesuplacabaseQ...

Page 41: ...cio correcta para que el sistema operativo pueda iniciarse 5 Despu s de la instalaci n del sistema operativo aseg rese que no hay conflictos con ning n dispositivo de su sistema 6 Entonces despu s del...

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Page 43: ...Installation du syst me 1 D marrer le syst me en pressant l interrupteur de fonctionnement de l unit centrale de l ordinateur 2 Presser la touche Suppr du clavier afin d entrer dans le menu de BIOS 3...

Page 44: ...ant l ordre pr d finit et de red marrer le syst me apr s avoir effectu l installation de tous les pilotes Applications contenues dans le dossier A Chipset software B USB2 0 Driver optional C Network D...

Page 45: ...ossa sul cavo deve essere inserita nellapposito connettore in corispondezza del pin 1 9 Conettere la mainboard con il cavo di alimentazione proveniente dall alimentatore il connettore dell interuttore...

Page 46: ...odo facile e veloce Dovreste installare i driver nella seguente succesione finito cio bisogna far ripartire il personal computer A Chipset software B USB2 0 Driver optional C Network Driver optional D...

Page 47: ...nnel Audio Function You can start to use the 4 6 channel audio functionAfter the driver is installed completely The first you can connect 4 or 6 speakers to the audio output connector Then open utilit...

Page 48: ...G 42 6 Channel Analog Audio Output Description Both Line In and MIC are converted to Line Out function under 6 channel configuration Line Out Front channels Line Out Rear Channels Line Out Center Sub...

Page 49: ...ck the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Select any surround sound effect you prefer from the Environment pull down menu under the Sound Effect tab 3 Click the Speaker Conf...

Page 50: ...y speaker fails to sound then check whether the cable is inserted firmly to the connector or replace the bad speakers with good ones Testing Each Speaker The following window appears 1 Click the audio...

Page 51: ...function is applied only for 2 channel audio opera tion so make sure channel mode is selected in the No of Speakers column before playing KaraOK Playing KaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the window...

Page 52: ...ick on the SoundEffect to display the Realtek Audio ControlPanel Sound Effect TheALC 880 allows you to set your listening enviorment adjust the equlizer set the karaoke for your listening pleasure To...

Page 53: ...or record settings 3 click the Exit button on the upper ring hand corner of the window to exit Audio I O The option allows you to set audio input and output To set the audio I O 1 from the RealtekAud...

Page 54: ...the sound moving path or environment 3 click the Exit button on the upper ring hand corner of the window to exit Microphone The option allows you to set microphone effect To start the microphone 1 fro...

Page 55: ...o the socket until it fits in place The CPU will only fit in the correct orientation 3 WhentheCPUisinplace push down the load plate and the socket lever to se cure the CPU The lever clicks on the side...

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