AOpen I915Ga-E Manual de usuario

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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

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

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 i915Ga–E) ....................................................32

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i915Pa–E).....................................................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-Award™ 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

Technical Support......................................................................................51

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.

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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

Warning / Caution

Please be careful when you see this mark. It

highlights mistakes that occur often during

assembling, or something you need to pay attention

to.

Warning

Tip

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.

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

1. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 16. Front Audio Connector

2. COM2 Connector 17. PCI Express x 1 Slots x 2

3. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 18. S/PDIF Connector

4. SYSFAN1 Connector 19. Marvell Gigabit PCI Express LAN Chip

5. PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot 20. IRDA Connector

6. LGA775 CPU Socket supporting Intel FC-LGA

6. CPU 21. Game Port Connector

7. Intel 915G/ICH6 (i915Ga-E)

8. Intel 915P/ICH6 (i915Pa-E) 22. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x 3

8. CPUFAN Connector 23. Diehard BIOS Lite

9. STBY LED 24. USB2.0 Connectors x 2

10. 184-pin DIMMs x 4 25. Case Open Connector

11. BOOT LED 26. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

12. ATX Power Connector 27. Floppy Connector

13. ATA 100 IDE Connector 28. SYSFAN2 Connector

14. CD_IN Connector 29. Front Panel Connector

15. Onboard HD Audio Codec 30. Serial ATA Ports X 4

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.2 Specification

Here is the main function of your motherboard.

Models i915Ga-E i915Pa-E

Chipset Intel 915G/ICH6 Intel 915P/ICH6

Main

Memory

Dual Channel Mode DDR

DDR 400 and DDR 333

DDR DIMM x 4

DIMM Type : 256/512MB & 1GB

Max Memory : 4GB

Dual Channel Mode DDR

DDR 400 and DDR 333

DDR DIMM x 4

DIMM Type : 256/512MB & 1GB

Max Memory : 4GB

Graphics Integrated VGA Engine in chipset

PCI Express x 16 graphics slot

support ADD2 card

PCI Express x 16 graphics slot

IDE

Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA

Controller

Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA

Spec.]

Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA

Controller

Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA

Spec.]

LAN Marvell Gigabit PCI Express LAN Chip Marvell Gigabit PCI Express LAN Chip

Sound Azalia Codec on-Board support Dolby

Sound System up to7.1 Channel and

above

Azalia Codec on-Board support Dolby

Sound System up to7.1 Channel and

above

USB Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8 Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8

Slots PCI Express x1 slots x 2

PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot x 1

PCI slots x 3

PCI Express x 1 slots x 2

PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot x 1

PCI slots x 3

Back Panel

I/O

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

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

On Board

Connector

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

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

BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS

Board Size 305 mm x 244 mm 305 mm x 244 mm

2.3 Block Diagram

Intel

915G

(i915Ga-E)

915P

(i915Pa-E)

chipset

DIMM Sockets x4 DDR 333/400

Dual Channel RAM

Up to 4GB

Socket T

Intel

LGA775

CPU

533/800 MHZ

System Bus

Support ADD2 Card

(for i915Ga-E)

VGA Onboard

(

i915Ga-E

)

ICH6

32-bit PCI Slot

PCI Bus

Serial ATA Ports

150MB/s

IDE Drives x 2

Azalia

CODEC

ATA 33/66/100

4Mbits Flash

EEPROM

Parallel Port

Serial Ports x2

USB Ports x8

Floppy Disk

Drive

PCI Express x 16

Graphics Slot

Marvell

Gigabit

LAN Chip

LAN connect

Com

onent

PCI Express x 1

Slots x 2

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure

1. Installing CPU

2. Installing CPU

Fan & System Fan

3. Installing

Memory Module

4. Installing HD,

CD-ROM and

SATA Disk, etc

6. Connecting ATX

Power Cable

5. Connecting F

ont

Panel Cable

7. Installing PCI Express x16

Graphics cards & PCI Express

x 1 cards & PCI Cards

8. Installing Other

Devices (USB, Front

Audio, etc)

9. Connecting

Back Panel Ports

(Keyboard,

Mouse, etc)

10. Loading

Default BIOS,

Setting CPU

Fre

uenc

11. Installing

Operating System

(such as, Windows

XP)

12. Installing Drivers &

Utilities

3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This socket supports Intel FC-LGA4 CPU, which is the latest CPU package

developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in.

Pull CPU socket lever and plate up.

1. Remove plastic cap from CPU socket plate.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper

interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the socket.

3. Press down the CPU socket plate and CPU socket lever to finish CPU

installation.

Plastic cap

Socket Pin 1

Golden

arrow

CPU socket

lever

Warning: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and CPU golden arrow well,

you may damage the CPU. And please don’t

touch CPU socket pins when installing CPU.

Note: It’s strongly recommended by

Intel to use thermal paste properly to avoid

over-heat generated from Prescott CPU.

CPU socket plate

Installing CPU Fan

1. Gently put down the CPU fan on CPU socket with four sticks aiming correctly

to the four mounting holes.

Mounting

hole

Mounting

hole

2. Press down four fixing sticks into the holes one by one. Make sure the

sticks are firmly fixed into the holes.

Fixing

stick

Note: The picture above may look different from the product

you purchased.

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