Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TForce 945P Biostar
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Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual i FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to compl y with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protecti on against harmful interfe rence i n a res identia l instal lation .
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual ii P ACKAGE C HECKLIST ..................................................................................... I CHAPTER 1: INTRO DUCTION ...................................................... 1 1.1 M OTHERBOARD F EA TURES .
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 M OTHERBOARD F EATURES CPU Supports LGA 775. Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor and Cele ron D. Supports Dual Core CPU Supports Pentium D Supports Core2Duo (For V er 2.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 2 Gigabit Ethernet LAN PHY : RTL 81 10S-32 / 81 10SC. Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1GB/s auto-negotiation. Internal On-board Slots and Connectors 1 floppy connector. 1 PCI-Express x16 slot. 2 PCI-Express x1 slots.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 3 1.2 L AYOUT AND C OMPONENTS (V ER 1.X) DDR2_A 1 DDR2_A 2 DDR2_B 1 DDR2_B 2 FDD 1 IDE 1 PCI-Ex1_ 1 PCI-Ex1_ 2 PC I -E x1 6 PCI1 PC I2 PCI3 JP ANEL1 JUSB4 .
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 4 1.3 L AYOUT AND C OMPONENTS (V ER 2.X) DDR2_A 1 DDR2_A 2 DDR2_B 1 DDR2_B 2 FDD 1 IDE 1 PCI-Ex1_ 1 PCI-Ex1_ 2 PC I -E x1 6 PCI1 PC I2 PCI3 JP ANEL1 JUSB4 JUSB3 JATXPWR1 JCFAN1 JATXPWR2 JAUDIO1 JA UDI O6 JDDRII_2.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 5 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 I NSTALLING C ENTRAL P ROCESS ING U NIT (CPU) A. Central Processing Unit (CPU) Speci al Notice: Remove Pin Cap before installati on, and make g ood preservation for future use.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 6 Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly , and then lower the lever to locked position to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan and heatsi nk assembly on the CPU and buckle it on the retention frame.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 7 2.2 S YSTEM M EMORY DDR2 _ A 1 DDR2 _ A 2 DDR2 _ B 1 DDR2 _ B 2 A. DDR 2 Modules 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pre ssing the ret aining clip s outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 8 C. Dual Channel Memory installati on T o trigger the Duo Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module must meet the following requirements: Ins.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 9 2.3 P ERIPHERALS A. Card and I/O Slots: Floppy Disk C onnector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk con nector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided flopp y drive ribbon cables.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 10 Peripheral Component Inte rconnect Slots: PC I1~PCI3 This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 11 B. Connectors and Headers: How to setup Jumpers The illustration shows ho w to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “closed”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 12 A TX Power Source Connector: JA TXPWR2 By connecting JA TXPWR2, it will provide + 12V to CPU power circuit. Pin Assign ment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 2 1 4 3 4 Ground Power Sour ce Header for PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse: J KBV1 Pin 1-2 Close: +5V for PS/2 keyboard and m ouse.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 13 Front Panel A udio-out He ader: JAU DIO6 This connector will allow user to connect with the front audio output headers on the PC case.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 14 CD-ROM Audio-in Connector: JCDIN1 This connector allows user to connect the au dio source from a variety of devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV tuner card etc.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 1 5 JP ANEL1: Header for Front Panel Facilities This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Po wer LED, Sleep button, speaker Connectio n. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front p anel switch functions.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 16 JP ANEL1: Header for Front Panel Facilities (V er 2.0 only) This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Po wer LED, Sleep button, speaker Connectio n. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front p anel switch functions.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 1 7 Serial A T A Connectors: JSA T A1~JSA T A4 With the SA T A Controller provi ded in the chipset, this motherboard supports 4 channel SA T A II connectors. It satisfies the SA T A 2.0 spec with transfer rate of 3.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 18 Clear CMOS Header: JCMOS1 By placing the jumper on pin 2-3, it allo ws user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follo w the procedures to avoid damag in g the motherboard.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 19 Header for Memory V oltage Customize: JDDR = 2.3V (JDDRII_2.2V in V er 2.0) When processing Memory Vo ltage Overclocking, please place the jumper to pin1-2 closed. The Default setting is Pin 2-3 Closed. 1 3 Pin 1-2 close: Enable memory voltage customize.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 20 CHAPTER 3: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE 3.1: T-P OWER I NTRODUCT ION Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is desig ned for overclock users. Based on many precise test s, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has developed this ultimate overclock engine to rai se system performance.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 21 3.2: T-P OWER BIOS F EATURE A. Overclocking Naviga tor Engine (O.N.E.): ONE provides two powerful overclocking engin es: MOS and AOS for both Elite and Casual overclockers. Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 22 CPU Overclock Setting: CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU V oltage Control. TheChoices: StartUp (default) (Min=1.1000V, Max=2.0000V, wi th an interval of 0.0250V). FSB Termination Voltage The Choices:1.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 23 Automatic Overclock System (A.O.S.) For beginners in overclock field, BET had developed an eas y , fast, and powerful feature to in crease the system performance, named A.O.S. Based on many tests and experiments, A.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 24 V12 T ech Engine: This setting will raise about 25%~30% of whole system performance. B. CMOS Reloading Program (C.R. P.): It allows users to save different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM. Users are able to reload any saved CMOS se tting for customizing system configurations.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 2 5 C. Memory Integration Test (M.I.T.): This function is under “Overclocking Navigat or Engine” item.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 26 D. Self Recovery System (S.R.S.): This function can’t be seen under T - Power BIOS setup; and is always on whenever the system starts up. However , it can preve nt system hang-up due to inappropr iate overclock actions.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 27 3.3 T-P OWER W INDOWS F EATURE A.Hardware Monitor: T -Power Hardware monitor allo ws users to monitor system voltage, temperature an d fan speed accordingly . Additionally , a rescue action will be taken by the program automatically while the system faces an abno rmal condition.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 28 CPU Temperature This column configures the CPU temperatur e. There is a waveform to represent the status of CPU temperature. By adjusting , users can easily configure the upper limit of CPU temperature for system operating.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 29 CPU/Battery Voltage i. VCore This item displays the CPU voltag e, represented by a light blu e line. Users can set the upper and lower limit by adjusting to monitor the CPU operating vol tage.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 30 B. Overclocking Configurations This diagram is designed for T -series Overclocking utility . Friendly interface and s olid overclock features are the major concept of this utility . Graphic 1 will appear when activating this utility .
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 31 CPU Overclocking Settings: By adjusting can configure three items for CPU over clocking. A. CPU Frequency Range: 133MHz~450MHz. Interval: 1MHz. B. CPU Ratio Range: 4~25. Interval: 1. C. CPU V oltage Range: 1.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 32 PCI Overclocking Setting: This diagra m shows presen t PCI working status and he lps to monitor PCI peripherals working status.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 33 C. Smart Fan Function When Smart Fan Function is activated, screens will pop-up to illustrate the fan speed information. i. CPU Te mperature: Show current CPU temperature. ii. CPU Fan speed: Show current CPU Fan speed.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 34 v. Auto: If the green indicator is li t up, the Smart Fan Function is “On” (Default Setting). Click on this button again to close Smart Fan Function, and a screen as below would pop-up.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 3 5 D. Live Update When Live Update program is activated, a screen will pop up to illustrate BIOS related information. i. Link to Internet: Click on this button will link to Biostar website and BIOS file will be downloaded.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 36 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 D RIVER I NSTALLA TION N OTE After you inst alled your operating syste m, please insert the Fully Setup Driver CD into your optical drive and inst all the driver for better system performance.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 3 7 Manual Aside from the paperback manual, we also provide manual in the Driver CD. Click on the Manual icon to browse for available manual. Note: Y ou will need Acrobat Reader to open the manual file. Please download the latest version of Acrobat Reader software from http://www.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 38 4.3 E XTRA I NFORMATION A. BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by a virus, the Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS. If the following message is shown after boot-up of the system, it means the BIOS contents are corrupted.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 39 B. CPU Overheated If the system shuts down automatically after power on of system for a few seconds t hat means the CPU p rotection function has been activated. When the CPU is overheated, the mothe rboard will shut down automatically to avoid damaging the CPU, and the system will not power on again.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 40 4.4 T ROUBLESHOOTI NG Problem 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 keybo ard does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 41 GERMAN CPU Unterstützt LGA 775. Unterstützt Intel Pentium 4-Prozessoren und Celer on D. Unterstützt Dual-Core-CPU Unterstützt Pentium D Unterstützt Core2Duo (nur für V er 2.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 42 10/100/1000 LAN Realtek 81 10S-32 / 81 10S C, Unterstützt 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s und 1GB/s Auto-Negotiation. Interne integrierte Steckplätze und Anschlüsse 1 Diskettenlaufwerkanschluss. 1 PCI-Express x16-S teckplatz.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 43 FRENCH Processeur Prise en charge de LGA 775. Prise en charge des processeurs Intel Pentiu m 4 et Celeron D. Prise en charge CPU Dual Core. Prise en charge de Pentium D Prise en charge de Core2Duo (Seulem ent pour V er 2.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 44 IDE 1 connecteurs sur carte permettant la prise en charge de 2 périphériques. Prise en charge PIO mode 0-4, Block Mode et mode bus maître Ultra DMA 33/66/100. 10/100/1000 LAN RTL 81 10S- 32 / 81 10SC, Prise en cha rge d e l 'au to-né goci ation 10Mo/s, 100Mo/s et 1G o/s.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 4 5 ITALIAN CPU Supporto LGA 775. Supporto processore Intel Pentium 4 ed C eleron D. CPU Dual Core. Supporto Pentium D Supporto Core2Duo (solo per V er 2.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 46 10/100/1000 LAN Realtek RTL 81 10S-3 2 / 81 10 SC, Supporto negoziazione automatica a 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s e 1GB/s. Connettori e alloggiamenti interni integrato 1 connettore floppy 1 alloggiament o PCI-Express x16.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 4 7 SPANISH Procesador Compatible con LGA 775. Compatible con el procesador Intel Pentium 4 y Celeron D. Admite procesador de núcleo dual. Compatible con Pentium D Compatible con Core2Duo (solamente para V er 2.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 48 Códec de audio AC’97 Procesador: ALC6 55, admite 6 canales. 10/100/1000 LAN Realtek RTL 81 10S-32 / 81 10 SC, Admite negoci ación automática a 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s y 1 GB/s. Conectores y ranuras integrados e internos 1 conector de disco extraíble.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 49 PORTUGUESE CPU Suporta o socket LGA 775. Suporta um processador Intel Pentium 4 e Celeron D. Suporta uma CPU dual core.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 50 Codec de som AC'97 Chip: ALC655, suporta 6 canais. 10/100/1000 LAN Realtek RTL 81 10S-3 2 / 81 10 SC, Suporta a especificação de auto negociação de 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s e 1GB/s. Conectores e ranhuras internos na placa Existência de um conector para unidade de disqu etes.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 51 POLAND PROCESOR Obs ł uga LGA 775. Obs ł uga procesoró w Intel Pentium 4 i Celeron D. Procesor dwurdzeniowy (Dual Core).
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 52 Kodek d ź wi ę ku AC’97 Chip: ALC 655, obs ł uga 6 kana ł ów . 10/100/1000 LAN Realtek RTL 81 10S-32 / 81 10 SC S, Obs ł uga szybko ś ci 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s oraz 1GB/s z automatyczn ą negocjacj ą .
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 53 RUSSIAN Процессор Поддерживае т LGA 775. Поддерживае т процессо ры Intel Pentium 4 и Celeron D.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 54 10/100/1000 LAN Realtek 81 10S-32 / 81 10SC, Поддерживае т автома тическое опреде ление ск орости 10 Мбит / с , 100 Мбит / с и 1 Гбит / с .
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 5 5 ARABIC ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا ةﺪﺣو ) CPU ( ﻢﻋﺪﺗ LGA 775 . ﺞﻟﺎﻌﻣ ﻢﻋﺪﺗ Intel Pentium 4 . & Celeron D جودﺰﻤﻟا ﺐﻠﻟا تاذ ﺔﻳﺰآﺮﻤﻟا ﺔﺠﻟﺎﻌﻤﻟا تاﺪﺣ و ﻢﻋد .
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 56 تﻮﺹ ةﺮﻔﺵ AC’97 ﺔﺤﻳﺮﺸﻟا : 655 ALC , تاﻮﻨﻗ ﻲﻧﺎﻤﺛ ﻢﻋﺪﻳ .
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 5 7 JAPANESE CPU LGA 775 をサポート。 Intel Pentium 4 プロセッサをサポート。 デュアコア CPU をサポート。 Pentium D をサポート。 Core2Duo をサポート。 (V er 2.
Biostar T-Series TForce 945P User’s Manual 58 ITE 「スマート・ガーディアン」機能 AC’97 オーディオ サウンド・コデック チップ : ALC655, 6 チャンネルをサポ.
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