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USER’S NOTICE................................................................................ ii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION.............................................. 1
COOLING SOLUTIONS ................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF 845CA/845CAL 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 MOTHERBAORD'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 ................................................................. 11
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION .............
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2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD.................................
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2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD.......
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2-5-4 AGP SLOT ............................................................................
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2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS....................................................... 13
2-6-1 CONNECTORS ......................................................................
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2-6-2 HEADERS.............................................................................
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2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ........................................... 20
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP.................................................................. 21
3-2 GETTING HELP ..................................................................... 22
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................... 22
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES................................................. 23
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES .................................................. 25
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ............................................ 27
3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS............................................. 28
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.................................................. 28
3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION ............................................... 29
3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION ......................................... 30
3-7-3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION ...................................... 31
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP............................................... 32
3-8-1 PM TIMER RELOAD EVENTS........................................ 34
3-9 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP .......................................... 34
3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES ......................................................... 35
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