ECS GF7100PVT-M, User Manual

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Page 3: ... tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful inter ference to r...

Page 4: ...t appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada AbouttheManual The manual consists of the following Chapter 1 Introducing the Motherboard Chapter 2 Installing the Motherboard Chapter 3 Using BIOS Chapter 4 Using the Motherboard Software Describes features of the motherboard Go to H page 1 Describes installation of motherboard comp...

Page 5: ...pers 8 Checking Jumper Settings 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 10 Front Panel Header 12 InstallingHardware 13 Installing the Processor 13 Installing Memory Modules 15 Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM SATAHard Drive 18 Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive 19 Installing Add on Cards 20 Connecting Optional Devices 22 ConnectingI ODevices 25 Chapter 3 27 Using BIOS 27 About the Setup ...

Page 6: ...ssword 43 Save Exit Setup 43 Exit Without Saving 43 Chapter 4 45 45 45 45 45 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 45 About the Software CD ROM 45 Auto installing under Windows 2000 XP Vista 45 Running Setup 46 ManualInstallation 50 UtilitySoftwareReference 50 Chapter 5 51 51 51 51 51 SettingUpNVIDIARAIDConfiguration 51 Setting Up a Non Bootable RAIDArray 51 Setting Up a Bootable RAIDArray 54 ...

Page 7: ...ghly integrated high performance Hyper Threading peripheral controller unmatched by any other single chip device controller This motherboard supports up to 8 GB of system memory with Single Channel DDR2 800 667 533 MHz High resolution graphics via one PCI Express x16 slot USB 2 0 and SATA support with RAID function There is an advanced full set of I O ports in the rear panel including PS 2 mouse a...

Page 8: ... 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB Memory Audio Optional The onboard Audio provides the following features 7 1 2 Channel High Definition Audio Codec All DACs support 192K 96K 48K 44 1KHz DAC sample rate High quality analog differential CD input Meets Microsoft WHQL WLP 3 0 audio requirements Direct Sound 3DTM compatible The NVIDIA MCP73PV is a single chip with proven reliability an...

Page 9: ...rt One VGA port One DVI port Four USB ports One LAN port optional Audio jacks for microphone line in and 8 channel line out The motherboard has a full set of I O ports and connectors This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133 100 66 33 Mb s One PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface One PCI Express x1 slot Two 32 bit PCI v2 3 compliant slots One IDE connector supp...

Page 10: ...4 IntroducingtheMotherboard Motherboard Components ...

Page 11: ...ve connector 5 ATX_POWER Standard 24 pin ATX power connector 6 IDE1 IDE connector 7 SATA1 4 Serial ATA connectors 8 LPT1 Onboard parallel port header 9 PANEL1 Front Panel Switch LED header 10 SPK Speaker header 11 1394A1 IEEE 1394a header 12 F_USB1 3 Front Panel USB headers 13 CLR_CMOS1 Clear CMOS jumper 14 CD_IN CD Audio In connector 15 AUDIO1 Front Panel Audio header 16 SPDIF_OUT1 SPDIF out head...

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Page 13: ...t your case supports all the features required Secondly this motherboard supports one or two floppy diskette drives and two enhanced IDE drives Make sure that your case has sufficient power and space for all drives that you intend to install Most cases have a choice of I O templates in the rear panel Make sure that the I O template in the case matches the I O ports installed on the rear edge of th...

Page 14: ...than one pin are numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins The illustrations show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper is SHORT If you remove the jumper cap or place the jumper cap on just one pin the jumper is OPEN This illustration shows a 3 pin jumper Pins 1 and 2 are SHORT SHORT OPEN Do not over tighten the scre...

Page 15: ...beled To avoid the system instability after clearing CMOS we recommend users to enter the main BIOS setting page to Load Optimized Defaults and then Save Exit Setup Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description Setting default CLR_CMOS1 3 pin CLEAR CMOS 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn the system off CLR_CMOS1 1 ...

Page 16: ...n and 24 pin power cables can both be connected to the ATX_POWER connector With the 20 pin power cable just align the 20 pin power cable with the pin 1 of the ATX_POWER connector However using 20 pin power cable may cause the system to become unbootable or unstable because of insufficient electricity A mini mum power of 300W is recommended for a fully configured system 20 pin power cable 24 pin po...

Page 17: ...12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PWRGD 20 5V 9 5VSB 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 3V 24 Ground SYS_FAN System Cooling FAN Power Connector Pin Signal Name Function 1 GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor CPU_FAN FAN Power Connector Pin Signal Name 4 12V 3 12V 2 Ground 1 Ground 1 GND System Ground 3 Sense Sensor 4 Control C...

Page 18: ... waiting indication Hard Drive Activity LED Connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted LED provides visual indication that data is being read from or written to the hard drive For the LED to function properly an IDE drive should be connected to the onboard IDE interface The LED will also show activity for devices connected to the SCSI hard drive activity LED connector Pin Signal Function Pin...

Page 19: ...Processor This motherboard automatically determines the CPU clock frequency and system bus frequency for the processor You may be able to change these settings by making changes to jumpers on the motherboard or changing the settings in the system Setup Utility We strongly recommend that you do not over clock processors or other components to run faster than their rated speed On most motherboards t...

Page 20: ... lever CPU is locked completely F Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU G Fasten the cooling fan supporting base onto the CPU socket on the motherboard H Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU fan connector Please refer to the CPU cooling fan user s manual for more detail installation procedure CPU Installation Procedure The following illustration shows CPU installation components 1 To achie...

Page 21: ...rrectly The slot latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 6 Install any remaining DIMM modules Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accommodates two 240 pin unbuffered DIMMs and supports DDR2 800 667 533 DDR2 SDRAM Do not remove any memory module from its antistatic packaging until you are ready to install it on the motherboard Handle the modules only by their edges ...

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Page 24: ...rboard features four SATA connectors supporting a total of four drives SATA refers to Serial ATA Advanced Technology Attachment is the standard inter face for the IDE hard drives which are currently used in most PCs These connectors are well designed and will only fit in one orientation Locate the SATA connectors on the motherboard and follow the illustration below to install the SATA hard drives ...

Page 25: ...ng the single end to the onboard floppy connector connect the remaining plugs on the other end to the floppy drives correspondingly Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive The motherboard has a floppy diskette drive FDD1 interface and ships with a diskette drive ribbon cable that supports one or two floppy diskette drives You can install a 5 25 inch drive and a 3 5 inch drive with various capacities Th...

Page 26: ...l PCI Express graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Speci fication revision 1 1 PCI1 2 Slots This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards which for the most part is a supplement of the older ISA bus standard The PCI slots on this board are PCI v2 3 compliant The PCI Expres...

Page 27: ...to use 2 Install the edge connector of the add on card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 3 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case with a screw For some add on cards for example graphics adapters and network adapters you have to install drivers and software before you can begin using the add on card ...

Page 28: ...t elimi nates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface But maintains register com patibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX 7 Ground Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name AUDIO1 Front Panel Audio header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access Pin Signal Name Function 1 POR...

Page 29: ...rt 0 Negative Signal 4 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 Negative Signal 5 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Positive Signal 6 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 Positive Signal 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground 9 Key Nopin 10 NC Notconnected Function Pin Signal Name 1394A1 IEEE 1394a header optional Connect this header to any device with IEEE 1394a interface SPDIF_OUT1 SPDIF out header This is an optional header that provides an S PDIF Sony Ph...

Page 30: ...R 3 PD1 16 INIT 4 PD2 17 SLCTIN 5 PD3 18 Ground 6 PD4 19 Ground 7 PD5 20 Ground Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 8 PD6 21 Ground 9 PD7 22 Ground 10 ACK 23 Ground 11 BUSK 24 Ground 12 PE 25 Ground 13 SLCT 26 Key CD_IN CD Audio In connector 4 CD_R CD Audio in right channel Pin Signal Name Function 1 CD_L CD Audio in left channel 2 GND Ground 3 GND Ground Function Pin Signal Name ...

Page 31: ... the following note for specific port function definition The above port definition can be changed to audio input or audio output by changing the driver utility setting PS2 Mouse Use the upper PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 pointing device PS2 Keyboard Use the lower PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 keyboard Serial Port Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mouse COM1 or fax modems VGA Port Co...

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Page 33: ...Power Management features The settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Before using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations for Setup Utility options The Standard Configuration A standard configuration has already been set in the Setup Utility However we recommend that you read this chapter in case you nee...

Page 34: ... Loads an optimized setting for better performance ESC Exits the current menu mnlk Enter Select CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2007 American Megatrends Inc f f f f v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2007 American Mega trends Inc f Move F10 Save ESC Exit Value Enter Select F9 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help f f f Standard CMOS Setup Advanced Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Integrated Peripherals Power Ma...

Page 35: ...art your computer If your motherboard has a Flash BIOS jumper reset the jumper to protect the newly installed BIOS from being overwritten The computer will restart automatically Using BIOS When you start the Setup Utility the main menu appears The main menu of the Setup Utility displays a list of the options that are available A highlight indicates which option is currently selected Use the cursor...

Page 36: ...tility SATA3 Not Detected SATA4 ATAPI CDROM f f mnlk Move F10 Save ESC Exit Enter Select Value F9 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help Drive A 1 44 MB 31 2 Primary IDE Master Slave SATA 1 4 f Your computer has one IDE channel which can be installed with one or two devices Master and Slave In addition this motherboard supports four SATA channels and each channel allows one SATA device to be installed...

Page 37: ...ogy system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S M A R T software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled Use this item to set the onboard SATA IDE channel to be disabled IDE or RAID Press Esc to return to the Standard CMOS Setup page Type Auto Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify If th...

Page 38: ...aults F1 General Help Move mnlk Thermal Management Enabled Quick Power on Self Test Enabled Enable this item to shorten the power on testing POST and have your system start up faster You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly f f Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled Enhanced Halt C1E Enabled Intel XD Bit Disabled Intel EIST Enabled Intel Virtu...

Page 39: ...r mode APIC provides symmetric multi processing SMP for sys tems allowing support for up to 60 processors Boot Up Numlock Status On This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started fHard Disk Drives Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Hard Disk Drives 1st Drive WDC WD1600JS 22MHB0 Help Item Specifies the boot sequence fro...

Page 40: ...nce from the availabledevices F10 Save ESC Exit Value Enter Select F9 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help Move mnlk CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2007 American Megatrends Inc RemovableDrives Press Esc to return to the Advanced setup page CD DVD Drives 1st Drive PIONEER DVD RW DVR Help Item Specifies the boot sequence from the availabledevices F10 Save ESC Exit Value Enter Select F9 Optimized ...

Page 41: ... 3 25GB Memory Remap Feature Enabled Dual Monitor Function Disabled VGA Share Memory Auto Detect Auto This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA display application Share Memory size 128MB This item displays the VGA Share Memory Value Press Esc to return to the main menu setting page This item is a switch to turn on off the Dual Monitor function If it is enabled p...

Page 42: ...ard LAN Function Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Serial Port1 Address 3FB IRQ4 Serial Port1 Mode Normal Parallel Port Address 378 Parallel Port Mode ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel DMA3 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 USB Controller Enabled Legacy USB Support Enabled DISABLED disables the integrated IDE Controller Enabled enablestheinte grated IDE Controller SATA Mode select SATA Mode Use this item to selec...

Page 43: ...SB Support Enabled Use this item to enable or disable support for legacy USB devices Setting to Auto allows the system to detect the presence of USB device at startup If detected the USB controller legacy mode is enabled If no USB device is detected the legacy USB support is disabled USB Controller Enabled This item enables the USB controller Leave this at the default Enabled if you want to connec...

Page 44: ...ted Resume By USB S3 Disabled This item allows you to enable disable the USB device wakeup function from S3 S4 mode Resume By PS2 KB S3 Disabled This item enable or disable you to allow keyboard activity to awaken the system from power saving mode Resume By PS2 MS S3 Disabled This item enable or disable you to allow mouse activity to awaken the system from power saving mode PWRON After PWR Fail Po...

Page 45: ...d Defaults F1 General Help Move mnlk PCI E PCI PC Health Status On motherboards support hardware monitoring this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages temperatures and fan speeds System Hardware Monitor Smart Fan Function Press Enter ShutdownTemperature Disabled CPUTemperature 42 C 107 F SystemTemperature 31 C 87 F CPU Fan Speed 2647 RPM System Fan Speed N A CPU Vcore 1 280V V...

Page 46: ...n voltage Shutdown Temperature Disabled This item nables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down System Component Characteristics These items display the monitoring of the overall inboard hardware health events such as System CPU temperature CPU DIMM voltage CPU system fan speed etc CPU Fan Speed CPU Temperature System Temperature System Fan Speed VDIMM CPU Vco...

Page 47: ...Enabled When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM PCI slots CPU LDT BSEL Select Auto Manufacturer Intel RatioAutual Value 9 Manufacturer Intel These items show the brand of the CPU installed in your system Ratio Status Ratio Actual Value 9 These items show the Locked ratio status and the actual ratio of the CPU installed in your system These items is used to select ...

Page 48: ... errors or instability if you install the optimized defaults when your hardware does not support them If you only want to install setup defaults for a specific option select and display that option and then press F9 Press Esc to return to the main menu setting page Supervisor Password This page helps you install or change a password CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2007 American Megatrends Inc ...

Page 49: ...box appears select OK to discard changes and exit or select Cancel to return to the main menu User Password This page helps you install or change a password Help item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2007 American Megatrends Inc User Password Press Esc to return to the main menu setting page User Password Not Installed F10 Save ESC Exit Value Enter Select F9 Optimized Defaults F1 General Help M...

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Page 51: ...w you can find a brief description of each software program and the location for your motherboard version More information on some programs is available in a README file located in the same directory as the software Before installing any software always inspect the folder for files named README TXT INSTALL TXT or something similar These files may contain important information that is not included ...

Page 52: ... such as Windows 2000 XP Vista Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using In install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking the file and then following the instructions on the screen Exit The EXIT button closes the Auto Setup window Application Tab Lists the software utilities that are available on the CD Read Me Tab Displays the path fo...

Page 53: ...ation screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items 1 Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence Follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart a few times to complete the installation 2 During the Windows Vista Driver Auto Setup Procedure users should use one of the following two methods to install the driver aft...

Page 54: ...all the next driver until you finish all drivers installation Method 2 Disable UAC User Account Control For administrator account only Standard user account can only use Method 1 Disable Vista UAC function before installing drivers then use CD driver to install drivers it will continue to install drivers after system restart without running blocked programs Follow these instructions to Disable Vis...

Page 55: ...49 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 2 Select Classic View 3 Set User Account 4 Select Turn User Account Control on or off and press Continue ...

Page 56: ...e operating system subfolder and locate the readme text file README TXT or README DOC for information on installing the driver or software for your oper ating system Utility Software Reference All the utility software available from this page is Windows compliant They are provided only for the convenience of the customer The following software is fur nished under license and may only be used or co...

Page 57: ...ootable RAID Array for instructions on configuring the RAID array in BIOS See sections on using the MediaShield RAID Manager for details on configuring non bootable RAID from Windows Setting Up the BIOS Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals see Figure 2 1 then press Enter The Integrated Peripherals window appears Figure 2 2 Integrated Peripherals Window Figure 2 1 BIOS CMOS Setup Uti...

Page 58: ...ort can only be used for non RAID applications In the example in Figure 2 3 three SATA ports are enabled so the non bootable RAID array can include up to 3 SATA disks If there is a disk Connected to SATA 2 Secondary it can not be used for RAID Press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC reboots Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows This section describes how to run the setup ap...

Page 59: ...lected You must install the NVIDIA IDE driver in order to enable NVIDIA RAID If you do not install the NVIDIA IDE driver NVIDIA RAID will not be enabled Click Next and then follow the instructions After the installation is com pleted be sure to reboot the PC After the reboot initialize the newly created array 3 4 5 ...

Page 60: ...d Peripherals see Figure 2 5 then press Enter The Integrated Peripherals screen or a screen similar to it appears Figure 2 6 Integrated Peripherals Screen Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config see Figure 2 6 Press Enter Start your computer then press Delete to enter the BIOS setup The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility screen appears Figure 2 5 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 61: ...a disk Connected to SATA 2 Secondary it can not be used for RAID 7 Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F10 when prompted and proceed to set up the NVIDIA RAID BIOS as described in the next section The PC reboots Press F10 to save the configuration and exit Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS The NVIDIA RAID BIOS set up lets you choose the RAID type and which hard drives you want to make part of the...

Page 62: ...OS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk By default this is set to Mirroring To change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box either Mirroring Striping Spanning Stripe Mirroring or RAID 5 Selecting the ...

Page 63: ...rray screen after two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks Figure 2 9 MediaShield Utility Array Disks Assigned Completing the RAID BIOS Setup Figure 2 10 Clear Disk Data Prompt After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk array prompt appears 1 ...

Page 64: ...ping Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents press C At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press F10 to exit the RAID setup 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press B to specify the array as bootable Press En...

Page 65: ... this section is not relevant If that is not the case or you are trying to install a new version of Windows then you will need an NVIDIA RAID driver F6 install floppy Check to see if one came with your system If not you can create one by downloading the appropriate driver package and following the steps in this section Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appear The Wind...

Page 66: ... XP Installation Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed then take out the floppy Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is completely installed it is recommended that you install the ForceWare software in order to access the MediaShield RAID Management tool Note Each time you...