Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PMG41-D2 Intel
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USER'S MANUAL Of Intel G41 Express Chipset & Intel ICH7 Chipset Based M/B for LGA 775 Qu ad Core Ready Intel Core Processor Family PMG41-D2 MB: Re v: 1.
ii C H A P T E R 1 INTRODU CTION OF IN T E L G 4 1 MOTHERBOARD SERIES 1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD .................................................................................... 1 1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ............................
1 Chapter 1 Introduction of Intel G41 Motherboard Series 1-1 Features of motherboard The Intel G41 chipset motherboard series are based on the latest In te l G41 Express Chi p se t and Intel IC H7 Chi.
2 1-1.1 Special Features of Motherboard CPU Thermal Throttling Technology ---(The CPU Overheat Protection Technology) To prevent the increasing heat from dam age of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technol ogy will f orce CPU to enter partially idle mode from 87.
3 1-2 Specification Spec Description Design z Micro ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 24.5*18c m Chipset z Intel G41 Mem ory Contro ller Hub (MC H) Chipset z Intel 82801GB I/O Contro ller Hub (ICH7) .
4 1-3 Item Checklist 5 Intel G41 Platform Processor Chipset based motherboard 5 Cable for IDE 5 CD for motherboard utilities 5 Cable for Serial ATA Port 5 Intel G41 Platform Processor Chipset motherbo.
5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Install LGA 775 Supported Intel Processor This motherboard provides a 775-pin surface m ount, LGA775 Land Grid Array socket, referred to as the LGA775 socket supports Inte l Pentium 4 processor in the 775 Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA) package technology.
6 1. One DIMM Module ----Plug in DIMM1 2. Two DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1 an d DIMM2 for Dual channel function For Dual channel Limited! 3. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 & DIMM2 4. DIMM1 & DIMM2 must be the same type, sam e size, and same frequency for dual channel function.
7 2-3 Expansion Cards The G41 motherboard series of f e r one PCI-Exp ress x16 graphics slot of 8Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which gets 7 times o f bandwidth more than AGP 8X and it’s up to a peak concurrent bandwidth of 16Gbyte/sec at full speed to guarantee the ultimate GPU computing perf ormance.
8 Chapter 3 Connectors, Headers & Jumpers Setting 3-1 Connectors (1) Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case.
9 (6) Audio Line-In, Lin-Out, MIC Connector: SURROUND1 This Connector is 3 phones Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, and MIC Line-out: (GREEN) Audio output to speaker Line-in: (BLUE) Audio input to sound chi.
10 (9) Serial-ATA Port connector: SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3/ SATA4 • These connectors support the provided Serial ATA and Serial ATA2 IDE hard disk cable to connecting the motherboard and serial ATA hard disk. (10) Serial COM Port: COM1 C O M 1 i s t h e 9 - p i n c o nn e c t or .
11 3-2 Headers (1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO This header is connected to Front Pane l Line-out, MIC connect or with cable. (2) USB Port Headers (9-pin) : USB2 / USB3 These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug.
12 (7) Power switch: PWR BTN This 2-pin connector connects to the case- mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the system. (8) FAN Power Headers: SY SFAN1, SYSFAN2 (3-pin), CPUFAN (4-pin) These connectors support coolin g fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different .
13 (10) Parallel Port header (25-pin): PARALLEL The On-board Parallel Port can be di sabled through the BIOS SETUP. . (11) SPDIF Out header: SPDIF Out The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to exte rnal speakers or co mpressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder.
14 Chapter 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION Check your package and there is A CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility p rograms.
15 Windows XP Windows 2000 From MENU you may make as selections: 1. INF install Intel INF chipset s ystem driver 2. VGA install VGA chipset driver 3. LAN install LAN Driver 4.
16 4-1 INF: Install Intel INF Chipset System Driver Windows VISTA/ 7 Windows XP Windows 2000.
17 4-2 VGA: VGA Driver Windows VISTA/ 7 Windows XP Windows 2000.
18 4-3 LAN: LAN Driver Windows VISTA/ 7 Windows XP Windows 2000.
19 4-4 SOUND: Install Audio Driver Windows VISTA/ 7 Windows XP Windows 2000.
20 4-5 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS STEP 1. Prepare a boot floppy disc . (You may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A: click OK) STEP 2. Download upgrade tools and the latest BIOS files of the motherboard from official website and then make a copy of it to your bootable floppy disk after decompressing these files STEP 3.
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