Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1 1.1 Thank-you Note Before You Get Start.............................................................3 1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................4 1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................4 Table of Contents Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ............................................... 5 2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................5 2.2 Specification ...............................................................................................6 2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................7 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation ............................................................... 8 3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................8 3.2 Installation You Have to Know.......................................................................9 Installing CPU ............................................................................................ 9 Installing CPU Fan .....................................................................................10 Connecting CPU and System Fans ...............................................................11 Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12 Maximum The Performance of the Dual Channel............................................13 Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................14 Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................15 Connecting ATX Power Cables .....................................................................16 3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ........................................................... 17 Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................17 Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................18 Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................19 Connecting PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot...................................................21 Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot..................................................................22 Connecting IrDA........................................................................................23 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported ...............................................................24 1 Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................25 Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect ...................................................................26 Connecting Front Audio ..............................................................................27 Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........................................28 Connecting Game Port ...............................................................................29 Connecting CD_IN .....................................................................................30 Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................31 Colored Coded Back Panel (for i915Ga­E) ....................................................32 Colored Coded Back Panel (for i915Pa­E) .....................................................33 LED Indication ..........................................................................................34 3.4 Jumper Settings ........................................................................................ 35 Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities................................................... 36 SilentTek ­ Noise is Gone!..........................................................................36 Other Useful Features ................................................................................39 Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 40 Introduction .............................................................................................40 How To Use Phoenix-AwardTM BIOS Setup Program .......................................41 How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................41 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................42 Vivid BIOS technology ...............................................................................44 Chapter 6 Installing Drivers ................................................................... 45 6.1 Installing Drivers....................................................................................... 46 6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 47 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 48 Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 49 Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................50 Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................50 Technical Support......................................................................................51 2 1.1 Thank-you Note Before You Get Start First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products. Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance to the quality of all our products. This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it well for your future reference. If you lost your printed manual, you may also go to our website at http://www.aopen.com to download the updated file. Now, we would like to invite you to personally experience this user-friendly manual and all of the powerful functions this AOpen product offers. The logos of Adobe and Acrobat are the registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. The logos of AMD, Athlon, and Duron are the registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. The logos of Intel, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, III and Pentium 4 are the registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. The logos of nVidia are the registered trademarks of nVidia Corporation. 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All rights reserved. 3 1.2 Features of This Manual To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently: Note This contains knowledge you should know in process of assembling, or some helpful tips. Warning / Caution Warning Please be careful when you see this mark. It highlights to. mistakes that occur often during assembling, or something you need to pay attention Tip Warning This tip tells you some useful information that will make your installation smoothly. 1.3 Safety Information Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an object that is of ground connection or with metal surface. Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting. Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard or other components. 4 Chapter Introduction to This Motherboard Motherboard Chapter 2 2 Introduction to This 2.1 How does your motherboard look like? 15 17 19 21 22 23 25 27 29 30 6 14 16 18 20 2 4 1 3 5 24 26 28 8 10 12 7 9 11 13 1. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 2. COM2 Connector 3. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 4. SYSFAN1 Connector 5. 6. 6. 7. 8. PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot LGA775 CPU Socket supporting Intel FC-LGA CPU Intel 915G/ICH6 (i915Ga-E) Intel 915P/ICH6 (i915Pa-E) 16. Front Audio Connector 17. PCI Express x 1 Slots x 2 18. S/PDIF Connector 19. Marvell Gigabit PCI Express LAN Chip 20. IRDA Connector 21. Game Port Connector 22. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x 3 23. Diehard BIOS Lite 24. USB2.0 Connectors x 2 25. Case Open Connector 26. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper 27. Floppy Connector 28. SYSFAN2 Connector 29. Front Panel Connector 30. Serial ATA Ports X 4 8. CPUFAN Connector 9. STBY LED 10. 184-pin DIMMs x 4 11. BOOT LED 12. ATX Power Connector 13. ATA 100 IDE Connector 14. CD_IN Connector 15. Onboard HD Audio Codec 5 2.2 Specification Here is the main function of your motherboard. Models Chipset Main Memory i915Ga-E Intel 915G/ICH6 Dual Channel Mode DDR DDR 400 and DDR 333 DDR DIMM x 4 DIMM Type : 256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory : 4GB Integrated VGA Engine in chipset PCI Express x 16 graphics slot support ADD2 card Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA Controller Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.] Marvell Gigabit PCI Express LAN Chip Azalia Codec on-Board support Dolby Sound System up to7.1 Channel and above Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8 PCI Express x1 slots x 2 PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot x 1 PCI slots x 3 PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1 USB Port x 4, LAN Port x 1, VGA Port x 1, COM Port x 1, Printer Port x 1 Speaker_Out x 1, Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1 Side SUR x 1, Rear SUR x 1 Center/Subwoofer x 1 Floppy Drive Connector x 1 IDE Channel: ATA100 x 1 Serial ATA Channel x 4 Front Panel x 1 Front Audio x 1 CPU FAN x 1,System FAN x 1, Chassis FAN x 1 Power FAN x 1 Power Temperature Connector x 1 Case Open Connector x 1 S/PDIF Connector x 1 Game Connector x 1 CD_IN x 1, IrDA x 1, COM2 x 1, USB2.0 Connectors x 2 Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS 305 mm x 244 mm i915Pa-E Intel 915P/ICH6 Dual Channel Mode DDR DDR 400 and DDR 333 DDR DIMM x 4 DIMM Type : 256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory : 4GB PCI Express x 16 graphics slot Graphics IDE LAN Sound USB Slots Back Panel I/O On Board Connector BIOS Board Size Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA Controller Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.] Marvell Gigabit PCI Express LAN Chip Azalia Codec on-Board support Dolby Sound System up to7.1 Channel and above Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8 PCI Express x 1 slots x 2 PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot x 1 PCI slots x 3 PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1 USB Port x 4, LAN Port x 1 COM Port x 2, Printer Port x 1 Speaker_Out x 1, Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1 Side SUR x 1, Rear SUR x 1 Center/Subwoofer x 1 Floppy Drive Connector x 1 IDE Channel: ATA100 x 1 Serial ATA Channel x 4 Front Panel x 1 Front Audio x 1 CPU FAN x 1,System FAN x 1, Chassis FAN x 1 Power FAN x 1, Power Temperature Connector x 1 Case Open Connector x 1 S/PDIF Connector x 1 Game Connector x 1 CD_IN x 1, IrDA x 1, COM2 x 1, USB2.0 Connectors x 2 Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS 305 mm x 244 mm 6 2.3 Block Diagram PCI Express x 1 Slots x 2 PCI Bus Socket T Intel LGA775 CPU 32-bit PCI Slot x3 150MB/s Serial ATA Ports x4 ATA 33/66/100 IDE Drives x 2 533/800 MHZ System Bus VGA Onboard (i915Ga-E) Intel 915G (i915Ga-E) 915P (i915Pa-E) chipset PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot Support ADD2 Card (for i915Ga-E) Azalia CODEC DIMM Sockets x4 DDR 333/400 Dual Channel RAM Up to 4GB ICH6 Marvell Gigabit LAN Chip USB Ports x8 Floppy Disk Drive 4Mbits Flash EEPROM LAN connect Component Parallel Port Serial Ports x2 7 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation 3.1 Quick Installation Procedure Chapter 3 Hardware Installation 1. Installing CPU 12. Installing Utilities Drivers & 2. Installing CPU Fan & System Fan 11. Installing Operating System (such as, Windows XP) 10. Loading Default BIOS, Setting CPU Frequency 3. Installing Memory Module 4. Installing HD, CD-ROM and SATA Disk, etc 9. Connecting Back Panel Ports (Keyboard, Mouse, etc) 8. Installing Other Devices (USB, Front Audio, etc) 5. Connecting Fr ...