Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product I945P-A7 Biostar
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I945P-A7 i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These li mits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residenti al installation.
Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: In troducti on .......................................................... 1 1.1 Motherboard Features .......................................................... 1 1.2 Package Che cklist ..................................
I945P-A7 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 M OTHERBOARD F EATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports L G A 775. Supports Intel Pentium 4 processo r up to 3.8GHz. Supports Intel Pentium D p rocessor .
I945P-A7 2 System Memory Supports dua l channel DDR2 up to 8 banks. Support s DDR2 533 (26 6 MHz) / 667 (333MHz) for a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 10.7 GB/s. Supports 256 -Mb, 512-Mb, or 1G-Mb DDR technolog ies for x8 and x16 devices. Support s non-ECC DIMMs.
I945P-A7 3 Serial ATA Controller integrate d in ICH7 R. Support s Serial A T A 2.0 specification. Dat a transfer rate up to 3GB/s. Support s 4 Serial A T A (SA T A) devices. - Intel Advanced Host Controller (AHCI). - Integrated RAID 0,RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 cap abilities (only for Rev 1.
I945P-A7 4 Internal On-board I/O Connectors and Headers 1 IDE connector support s 2 hard disk devices. 1 front panel header suppo rts front pan el facilities. 1 CD-in connector support s 1 CD-ROM audio-in device. 1 front audio header support s front panel audio-out fun ction.
I945P-A7 5 6 audio p orts support 8 +2 channels audio-out facilities. (ALC882). C O M 1 PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse USB x2 Giga LAN USB x2 COM1 Parallel Center/Left Rear Side Line-in Line-out MIC-i n Notice for ALC882 Codec: 1.
I945P-A7 6 B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI Supports USB Function. Software Support s W arpspeeder™, 9th T ouch™, WINFLASHE R™ an d FLASHER™.
I945P-A7 7 1.3 L AYOUT AND C OMPONENTS DDR2_A1 DDR2_A 2 DDR2_B1 DDR2_B 2 FDD1 IDE1 PCI-Ex1_1 (for v1.0) PCI-Ex1_2 (for v1.0) PCI-Ex16 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 JPANEL1 J1394A 1 (optional) J1394PWR1 (optional) JA.
I945P-A7 8 Pin Cap CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 I NSTALLING C ENTRAL P ROCESS ING U NIT (CPU) CPU1 Codec C O M 1 Step 1: Pull the lever sideways a way from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Special Notice: Remove Pin Cap before installation, and make good preservation for future use.
I945P-A7 9 Step 2: Look for the black cut edg e on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point forwards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation. S tep 2-1: S tep 2-2: Step 3: Hold the CPU do wn firmly , and then close the lever to complete the installation.
I945P-A7 10 2.2 FAN H EADERS These fan headers support cooling-fan s built in the computer . The fan cable and connector may be different a ccordi ng to the fan manufacturer . Connect the fan cable to the connector while mat ching the black wire to pin#1.
I945P-A7 11 2.3 I NSTALLING S YSTEM M EMORY DDR2_A1 DDR2_A2 DDR2_B1 DDR2_B2 Codec C O M 1 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the ret aining clip s outward.
I945P-A7 12 2.4 C ONNECTORS AND S LOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a st andard floppy disk connector that supports 36 0 K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector su ppo rts the provide d floppy drive rib bon cables.
I945P-A7 13 PCI-Ex16: PCI-Express x16 Slot - PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. - Maximum theoretical realized bandwid th of 4GB/s simultaneousl y per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB /s totally . PCI-Ex1_1/PCI-Ex1_2: PCI-Express x1 slots (Only for Rev 1.0) - PCI-Express 1.
I945P-A7 14 PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equip ped with 3 st andard PCI slo t s. PCI st and s for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bu s st andard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is desig nated as 32 bit s.
I945P-A7 15 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 H OW TO S ETUP J UMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed 3.
I945P-A7 16 JATXPWR2: ATX Po wer Connector By connecting this connector , it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit. Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 3 4 1 2 Code c C O M 1 4 Ground JSPDIF_OUT 1: Digital Audio- out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output hea der.
I945P-A7 17 J1394A1 (o pt ional): Hea d er for 1 394 Firewire Port at Front Panel Pin Assignment 1 A+ 2 A- 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 B+ 6 B- 7 +12V 8 +12V 9 Key 1 2 9 10 Code c C O M 1 10 Ground J1394PWR1 (opt iona l): Power So urce for 1394 Firewire Port This header allows user to connect the digital image device, like DV , D8, or V8, etc.
I945P-A7 18 4 Right channel input.
I945P-A7 19 JAUDIOF1: F ront Panel Au dio Header This header allo ws user to connect the front audio o utput cable with the PC front panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors.
I945P-A7 20 JKBV1: Power Source Header fo r PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse 1 3 Pin 1-2 Cl ose +5V for PS/2 key board and mouse. 1 3 Code c C O M 1 1 3 Pin 2-3 c lose PS/2 keyboard and mouse are powered by +5V st andby voltage.
I945P-A7 21 SATA1~SATA4: Seri al ATA Co nnect ors The motherboard has a PCI to SA T A Controller w ith 4 channels SA T A interface, it satisfies the SA T A 2.
I945P-A7 22 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allo ws user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the proced ures to avoid damaging the motherboard. 1 3 Pin 1-2 Close: Normal Operation (default).
I945P-A7 23 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 A WARD BIOS B EEP C ODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by t wo short beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad High-low siren soun d CPU ove.
I945P-A7 24 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown aut omatically aft er po wer on system for seconds, that means the CPU prot e ction function ha s been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.
I945P-A7 25 4.3 T ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in.
I945P-A7 26 CHAPTER 5: DUAL VIDEO FUNCTION Note: Dual Video Function is only for Rev 1.0. 5.1 R EQUIREMENT S Only Windows XP supp orts Dual V ideo function. T wo identical graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified. The graphics card driver should support NVIDIA SLI technology .
I945P-A7 27 F r o n t v i e w S i d e v i e w S tep 5: T o securely fix the connector between two graphics cards, a retention bracket must be inst alled. S tep 5-1: Remove any of the brac ket cover between the two graphics cards. S tep 5-2: Align and insert the retention b racket into th e slot and the n fix it with a screw .
I945P-A7 28 CHAPTER 6: WARPSPEEDER™ 6.1 I NTRODUCTION [W arpS peeder™], a new powerful co ntrol utility , features three user-friendly functions inclu ding Overclock Manager , Overvolt age Manager , and Hardware Monitor .
I945P-A7 29 6.3 I NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and the n the following dialo g will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default proce dure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup pro ced ure, it means setup is completed.
I945P-A7 30 6.4 [W ARP S PEEDER ™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the T ray Icon utility is l aunched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows T askb ar . This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [W arpS peeder™] Utility .
I945P-A7 31 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [W ar pS peeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’ s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains features as follows: a. Display the CPU S pee d, CPU external cloc k, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
I945P-A7 32 3. Voltage Panel Click the V oltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighte d and the V oltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increa se CPU core voltage a nd Memory voltage or not.
I945P-A7 33 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to lef t as the following figure.
I945P-A7 34 c. “Auto-overclock button”: Us er can click this button and [W arpS peeder™] will set the best and st able pe rformance and frequency automatically . [W arpS peeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using W atchdog function.
I945P-A7 35 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlig hted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and det ail information in hint s of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
I945P-A7 36 Note: Because the overclock, overvolt ag e, and hardware monitor featu re s are controlled by several separate chip set, [W arpS peeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chip set is not on board, the correlative button in Main p anel will be di sabled, but will not interfere other panels’ functions.
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