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Intel G31 Motherboard

PC health Status

Select 

PC health Status

 from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press 

Enter

 to 

display the System Monitor menu. 

 

All of the values shown in are dynamic and change as the speed and voltages of the 

various components change with system usage.

Shutdown Temperature

  Use this option to set shutdown temperature

CPU Fan Speed Control

  Use this option to control the CPU fan speed

Summary of Contents for G31 series

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Page 2: ...ONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE RECEIVER CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO TELEVISION TECHNICIAN NOTE Connecting this device to peripheral devices...

Page 3: ...in ATX 12V Power PW2 13 Hard Disk Connector IDE 14 SPK Header 14 serial Port Header COM 14 Front Panel Header 15 USB Headers 16 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD 16 F_Audio Header 17 SPDIF Out Header Op...

Page 4: ...e Procedure 41 Installing Drivers and Software 42 Drivers Installation 43 REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER SETUP 51 Getting Started 51 Sound Effect 51 Environment Simulation 51 Equalizer Selection 52 Frequentl...

Page 5: ...2 0 Ports v Supports hot plug and play v Eight USB 2 0 ports four rear panel ports four from onboard USB headers v Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to 480Mbps transmission rate q Onboard Serial ATA II v...

Page 6: ...to 2048x1536 75 Hz refresh v VGA DVI HDMI VGA port output support Optional q PCI Express Interface v PCI Express Generation 1 1 compatible v Support frequency of 1 25 GHZ resulting in 2 5GB S each di...

Page 7: ...tor 11 COM Port Header 12 PCI Slots 13 SPDIF Out Header 14 FrontAudio Header 15 PCI Express x16 Slot 16 Backpanel Connectors 17 4 pinATX_12V Power Connector 18 CPU Fan Connector 19 CPU Socket 20 North...

Page 8: ...Port with LEDs to indicate status Yellow Light Up Blink 10 Mbps Link Activity Yellow and Green Light Up Blink 100 Mbps link Activity 8 Port 2 Channel 4 Channel 6 Channel 8 Channel Blue Line In Line I...

Page 9: ...ng the CPU v Installing the CPU fan v Installing the memory q Installing the motherboard q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire electric shock and inju...

Page 10: ...ift the load plate There is a protective socket cover on the load plate to protect the socket when there is no CPU installed 3 Remove the protective socket cover from the load plate 4 Remove the proce...

Page 11: ...fan assembly Installing Memory DIMMs Your new motherboard has two 1 8V 240 pin slots for DDR2 memory These slots support 256 MB 512 MB 1GB 2GB 4GB DDR2 technologies There must be at least one memory b...

Page 12: ...make all the connections prior to this step or to secure the motherboard and then make all the connections It is normally easier to secure the motherboard first Use the following procedure to install...

Page 13: ...pin ATX power PW1 v 4 pin ATX 12V power PW2 q Connecting Internal Headers v Hard Disk Connector IDE v SPK Header v Serial Port Header COM v Front panel header v USB Headers v Floppy Disk Drive Connect...

Page 14: ...d Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure Table 1 PW1 Pin Assignments Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5...

Page 15: ...ntrol ler that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function You can connect up to two hard disk drives CD ROM 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices 1 PIN Assign...

Page 16: ...name on the connectors to the corresponding pins q PWR SW Attach the power button cable from the case to these two pins Pressing the power button on the front panel turns the system on and off rather...

Page 17: ...ts that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis Figure 2 The motherboard also contains two 10 pin internal header con nectors onboard 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of you...

Page 18: ...ard header To find out if the chassis you are buying supports a front audio connec tor please contract your dealer PIN Assignment 1 MIC2 L 2 GND 3 MIC R 4 ACZ DET 5 Front Audio R 6 Reserved 7 FAVDIO J...

Page 19: ...port the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 3GB S data transfer rate 120 240 121 LOTES R E O E V M Lithium cell CR2032 3V SC8 120 24...

Page 20: ...cards such as a LAN card USB card SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specifications When installing a card into the PCI slot be sure that it is fully seated Secure the card s metal bracket...

Page 21: ...odules are set correctly Refer to this chapter whenever in doubt Notice 1 Be sure to save the CMOS setting when exit the CMOS 2 If the CPU is frequency multiplier locked no CPU speed change will be se...

Page 22: ...Use the following procedure to verify change BIOS settings 1 Power on the computer 2 Press the Del key when the following message briefly displays at the bottom of the screen during the Power On Self...

Page 23: ...d data in a red box is highlighted for selection q Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration q Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the advanced system fe...

Page 24: ...ting changes and exit setup Standard CMOS Features Menu The Standard CMOS Features menu is used to configure the standard CMOS information such as the date time HDD model and so on Use the Page Up and...

Page 25: ...o detect the hard disk when booting up q Manual When you set the channel to Manual and change Access Mode to CHS you can then enter the number of cylinders heads Precomp landing zone and sector Video...

Page 26: ...Extended Memory BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST q Total Memory This value represents the total memory of the system Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS...

Page 27: ...26 Intel G31 Motherboard Note Note that all data in white is for information only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highlighted for selection...

Page 28: ...o enable or disable the function of Limiting CPUID MaxVal q CIE Function Select CPU CIE function q CPU C State Capability Use this option to enable or disable CPU C State Capability q Execute Disable...

Page 29: ...skip certain test while booting which reduces the time needed to boot the system q First Second Third Boot Device Use this option to set the priority sequence of the devices booted at power on Use the...

Page 30: ...ct System to require a password to access the CMOS Setup screen and when the system boots q APIC Mode Use this function to enable or disable the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIC If you...

Page 31: ...option to enable or disable the System BIOS Cacheable q Memory Hole At 15M 16M Use this option to enable or disable memory hole at 15M 16M function q PCI Express Root Port Use this option to define P...

Page 32: ...Integrated Peripherals menu q OnChip IDE Device Use this option to set on chip IDE function q Onboard Device Use this option to enable or disable onboard IEEE1394 and GIGA BIT PCIE LAN q Super IO Dev...

Page 33: ...ACPI Function This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to enable or disable the ACPI function q ACPI Suspend Type Use this option to choose ACPI suspend type q Run VGABIOS if S3 Re...

Page 34: ...or disable wake up by PCI card q Power On by Ring Use this option to enable or disable power on by ring q USB KB Wake Up From S3 Use this option to enable or disable USB KB Wake up from S3 q Resume b...

Page 35: ...ard and PCIEx q Reset Configuration Data This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or disable the resetting of Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup Se...

Page 36: ...on Use PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA Bus architecture q PCI VGA Palette Snoop This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows...

Page 37: ...ss Enter to display the System Monitor menu All of the values shown in are dynamic and change as the speed and voltages of the various components change with system usage q Shutdown Temperature Use th...

Page 38: ...BIOS q CPU Clock Ratio Unlock Use this option to set the ratio of CPU clock Frequency Voltage Control Select Frequency Voltage Control from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the s...

Page 39: ...s Enter on this item and then press the Y key to load the optimal BIOS default settings The BIOS defaults settings helps the system to operate in optimum state Always load the Optimized defaults after...

Page 40: ...Password Check item is set to System you must enter the supervisor password or user password at system startup and when entering BIOS Setup v User Password When the Password Check item is set to Syste...

Page 41: ...nges to the CMOS and exits the BIOS Setup program Press N or Esc to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu Exit Without Saving Press Enter on this item and press the Y key This exits the BIOS Setup withou...

Page 42: ...H ENTER 4 Enter the file name of the new BIOS 5 The question Do you want to save BIOS Y N is displayed Press N if there is no need to save the existing BIOS Press Y if a backup copy of the existing BI...

Page 43: ...perating system The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista capable The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional software The CD that has been shipped with...

Page 44: ...tion 1 Insert the Intel G31 driver CD after loading your operating system Waiting for one menute you can see blow interface 2 Follow the below for Software Installation Utility Installing Installing D...

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Page 46: ...45 Installing Drivers and Software 3 Follow the below for Intel graphics drive Installing...

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Page 48: ...47 Installing Drivers and Software 4 Follow the below for HDA sound driver installing...

Page 49: ...48 Intel G31 Motherboard 5 Follow the below for RTL8101E PCIE network driver installing...

Page 50: ...49 Installing Drivers and Software...

Page 51: ...50 Intel G31 Motherboard At last you can open below page that provides information about the har ware devices on this motherboard and check whether finish your installa tion...

Page 52: ...ar Sound Effect After clicking on the Sound Effect tab 3 sections Environment Equalizer and Karaoke are available for selection Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy different sound experie...

Page 53: ...used for your quick enjoyment How to Use Other than the buttons Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mod...

Page 54: ...o you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following...

Page 55: ...single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced contr...

Page 56: ...Instead now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output i e playback function or input i e Recording function we call this Retasking Audio I O aims to help you setting jacks as you wish M...

Page 57: ...for your selection Please select the device you are trying to plug in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is...

Page 58: ...o called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device wo...

Page 59: ...io Output Source Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc will come out through S PDIF Out Speaker Calibration After you have successfully plugged in speakers and...

Page 60: ...You will get the best quality if you chose 90 position which we recommend you to use this ef fectively means that you speak right into the microphone Note A Stereo Microphone is required when using Be...

Page 61: ...section 3D Audio Demo grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way Information This section provides information about your c...

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