IEI Technology IMB-9454G-R40, User Manual

Page 1: ...Technology Corp User Manual MODEL IMB 9454G R40 Micro ATX Motherboard with Intel Core 2 Duo Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D CPU with a 533 800 1066 MHz FSB VGA Dual PCIe GbE SATA 3Gb s USB 2 0 Audio and...

Page 2: ...I II IMB 9454G R40 Page II Revision Date Version Changes 1 February 2011 4 00 Updated for R40 version December 2006 2 0 Added Intel Core 2 Duo to the supported CPU list September 2006 1 0 Initial rele...

Page 3: ...s arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All r...

Page 4: ...ensions 8 2 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions 9 2 3 CPU SUPPORT 9 2 3 1 Intel Core 2 Duo 9 2 3 2 Intel Pentium D 10 2 3 3 Intel Pentium 4 10 2 3 4 Intel Celeron D 10 2 4 ON BOARD CHIPSETS 11 2 4...

Page 5: ...ral Interface Connectors 21 3 1 3 Rear Panel Connectors 23 3 1 4 On board Jumpers 23 3 2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS 24 3 2 1 Audio Connector 24 3 2 2 Audio CD in Connector 25 3 2 3 Audio AUX in Co...

Page 6: ...2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 59 4 2 1 Installation Notices 59 4 3 UNPACKING 60 4 3 1 Unpacking Precautions 60 4 3 2 Checklist 61 4 4 IMB 9454G MOTHERBOARD INSTALLATION 61 4 5 SOCKET LGA775 CPU INSTA...

Page 7: ...ion Changes 78 5 1 5 BIOS Menu Bar 78 5 2 MAIN 78 5 3 ADVANCED 80 5 3 1 CPU Configuration 81 5 3 2 IDE Configuration 82 5 3 2 1 IDE Master IDE Slave 84 5 3 3 Floppy Configuration 88 5 3 4 Super IO Con...

Page 8: ...LAN INSTALLATION 128 6 5 REALTEK AUDIO DRIVER ALC655 INSTALLATION 133 6 6 INTEL MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER INSTALLATION 136 A BIOS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 139 A 1 BIOS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 140 B WATCHDOG...

Page 9: ...l Connector Location 32 Figure 3 10 GPIO Connector Location 33 Figure 3 11 HD Audio Connector Location 34 Figure 3 12 IDE Device Connector Location 35 Figure 3 13 IR Connector Location 36 Figure 3 14...

Page 10: ...4 9 Connection of IDE Connector 70 Figure 4 10 Jumper 72 Figure 4 11 Jumper Locations 73 Figure 6 1 InstallShield Wizard Preparation Screen 122 Figure 6 2 Welcome Screen 122 Figure 6 3 License Agreeme...

Page 11: ...hield Wizard Extracting Files 134 Figure 6 20 Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting 134 Figure 6 21 Audio Driver Setup Preparation 135 Figure 6 22 Audio Driver Digital Signal 135 Figure 6 23 Aud...

Page 12: ...outs 28 Table 3 10 FDD Connector Pinouts 30 Table 3 11 Front Panel Audio Connector Pinouts 31 Table 3 12 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 32 Table 3 13 GPIO Connector Pinouts 33 Table 3 14 HD Audio Conne...

Page 13: ...ble 3 31 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector LEDs 53 Table 3 32 PS 2 Connector Pinouts 54 Table 3 33 External Serial Port Pinouts 55 Table 3 34 Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 56 Table 3 35 External USB Connecto...

Page 14: ...BIOS Menu 9 ACPI Configuration 98 BIOS Menu 10 General ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration 99 BIOS Menu 11 APM Configuration 100 BIOS Menu 12 MPS Configuration 103 BIOS Menu 13 USB Configur...

Page 15: ...1 1 1 IMB 9454G R40 Page 1 1 Introduction Chapter 1...

Page 16: ...pplications Marine GPS and transportation applications Financial retail and kiosk applications 1 1 2 IMB 9454G Benefits Some of the IMB 9454G benefits include Dual core Intel processor support DDR2 me...

Page 17: ...D CPUs Supports a maximum front side bus FSB speed up to 1066MHz Supports up to 4GB of 400MHz 533MHz or 667MHz of DDR2 memory Comes with two high performance gigabit Ethernet GbE controller Supports...

Page 18: ...ctor 1 x GPIO connector 1 x IDE Interface connector 1 x IR interface connector 2 x PCI slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 1 x PCI Express x1 slot 1 x PCI Express power connector 1 x Power connector 1 x RS...

Page 19: ...descriptions of each specification can be found in Chapter 2 Detailed Specifications SPECIFICATION CPUs Supported Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D FSB 533 800 1066MHz Chipsets Northbridge Intel 945...

Page 20: ...Digital I O 4 input 4 output by super I O Audio Interfaces One Audio Codec 97 AC 97 version 2 3 connector Ethernet Dual Realtek RTL8111E for PCI Express GbE BIOS AMI flash BIOS Power ATX power Physica...

Page 21: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 7 2 Detailed Specifications Chapter 2...

Page 22: ...This chapter describes the specifications and on board features of the IMB 9454G in detail 2 2 Dimensions 2 2 1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below Length 243 84mm Width 243...

Page 23: ...D 2 80 to 3 60 GHz 1 to 2 MB 1066 MHz LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 2 66 to 3 80 GHz 1 to 2 MB 800 MHz LGA775 Intel Celeron D 2 13 to 3 2 GHz 256 to 512 KB 533 MHz LGA775 Table 2 1 Supported CPUs 2 3 1 Intel...

Page 24: ...tel EM64T Intel Speedstep technology allows tradeoffs to be made between performance and power consumption The Execute Disable Bit feature allows memory to be marked as executable or non executable 2...

Page 25: ...some of the features of the Intel 945G and the Intel ICH7 chipsets For more information on these two chipsets please refer to the Intel website 2 4 2 Intel 945G Northbridge Chipset The Intel 945G nort...

Page 26: ...bay Integrated LAN controller o Supports IEEE 802 3 o 10 100 Mb s Ethernet support AC Link for audio and telephony CODECs Power management logic o Supports ACPI 3 0 o PCI CLKRUN and PME support SMBus...

Page 27: ...ing on PCI using DAC protocol is supported 2 8 GbE Ethernet The two GbE controllers Realtek RTL8111E on the IMB 9454G R40 CPU card connect to two 10 100 1000Mb s Ethernet RJ 45 LAN ports on the rear p...

Page 28: ...the following specifications Supports PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB s Supports Ultra ATA 100 devices with data transfer rates up to 100MB s 2 9 3 Floppy Disk Drive FDD The IMB 9454G motherboard support...

Page 29: ...r external The USB interfaces support USB 2 0 2 14 BIOS The IMB 9454G uses a licensed copy of AMI BIOS The features of the flash BIOS used are listed below SMIBIOS DMI compliant Console redirection fu...

Page 30: ...k Sensing 14 318MHz 24 576MHz PLL to eliminate crystal 12 288MHz BITCLK input Integrated PCBEEP generator to save buzzer Interrupt capability Three analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume co...

Page 31: ...ower Consumption Table 2 2 shows the power consumption parameters for the IMB 9454G when a 2 93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 processor is running with four 1GB 800MHz DDR2 DIMM modules Voltage Current 5V...

Page 32: ...g 1 x Mini jumper pack 1 x Utility CD 1 x Quick Installation Guide 2 18 2 Optional Accessory Items The items shown in the list below are optional accessory items are purchased separately FDD cable USB...

Page 33: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 19 3 Connectors and Jumpers Chapter 3...

Page 34: ...ipheral interface connector locations Section 3 1 2 lists all the peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 3 1 1 3 1 1 IMB 9454G Layout Figure 3 1 shows the on board peripheral connectors backp...

Page 35: ...DIMM socket 240 pin slot DDR21 DDR2 DIMM socket 240 pin slot DDR22 DDR2 DIMM socket 240 pin slot DDR23 DDR2 DIMM socket 240 pin slot DDR24 Fan connector CPU 4 pin header FAN1 Fan connector System 3 pi...

Page 36: ...ial port connector 3 10 pin header COM4 Serial port connector 4 10 pin header COM5 Serial port connector 5 10 pin header COM6 SATA drive connector 1 7 pin SATA connector SATA1 SATA drive connector 2 7...

Page 37: ...45 connector LAN USB2A Keyboard Mouse connector 6 pin mini din connector KBMS1 Serial port connector DB 9 male connector 3IN1_DSUB1B Parallel port connector DB 25 female connector 3IN1_DSUB1A USB 2 0...

Page 38: ...is outside of the chassis This section has complete descriptions of all the internal peripheral connectors on the IMB 9454G 3 2 1 Audio Connector CN Label CN4 CN Type 8 pin header 2x4 CN Location See...

Page 39: ...tor Pinouts 3 2 2 Audio CD in Connector CN Label CD IN1 CN Type 4 pin headers 1x4 CN Location See Figure 3 3 CN Pinouts See Table 3 5 The 4 pin header connects to audio sources such as CD DVD ROM opti...

Page 40: ...nouts See Table 3 6 The AUX in connector supports additional audio sources Figure 3 4 Audio AUX in Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 AUX IN_L 2 GND 3 GND 4 AUX IN_R Table 3 6...

Page 41: ...2 GND 3 12VDC 4 12VDC Table 3 7 CPU 12V Power Connector Pinouts 3 2 5 Fan Connectors CN Label FAN1 FAN2 and FAN3 CN Type 3 pin header CN Location See Figure 3 6 CN Pinouts See Table 3 8 and Table 3 9...

Page 42: ...8 Figure 3 6 Fan Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 12V 3 Linear control 4 Fan Sensor Table 3 8 CPU Fan Connector Pinouts PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 Linear control 3 Fan Sensor Table 3 9 S...

Page 43: ...s See Table 3 10 The floppy disk connector FDC1 is connected to a floppy disk drive Figure 3 7 FDD Connector Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GROUND 2 REDUCE WRITE 3 GROUND 4...

Page 44: ...GROUND 32 SIDE 1 SELECT 33 GROUND 34 DISK CHANGE Table 3 10 FDD Connector Pinouts 3 2 7 Front Panel Audio Connector CN Label CN3 CN Type 10 pin header 2x5 CN Location See Figure 3 8 CN Pinouts See Ta...

Page 45: ...Table 3 11 Front Panel Audio Connector Pinouts 3 2 8 Front Panel Connector CN Label CN2 CN Type 14 pin header 2x7 CN Location See Figure 3 9 CN Pinouts See Table 3 12 The front panel connector connect...

Page 46: ...DESCRIPTION 1 ACPILED 2 SPEAKER 3 N C 4 N C 5 ACPILED 6 N C 7 ATX POWER BUTTON 8 SPEAKER 9 GND 10 N C 11 IDE LED 12 RESET SW 13 IDE LED 14 GND Table 3 12 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 3 2 9 GPIO Conne...

Page 47: ...onnector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 5V 3 Output 3 4 Output 2 5 Output 1 6 Output 0 7 Input 3 8 Input 2 9 Input 1 10 Input 0 11 NC 12 NC Table 3 13 GPIO Connector Pinouts 3...

Page 48: ...IN1 10 12V 11 DUMMY NET 12 N A 13 DUMMY NET 14 3VDUAL 15 DUMMY NET 16 GND Table 3 14 HD Audio Connector Pinouts 3 2 11 IDE Connector CN Label IDE1 CN Type 40 pin header 2x20 CN Location See Figure 3 1...

Page 49: ...RESET 2 GND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 GND 20 N C 21 IDE DRQ 22 G...

Page 50: ...e 3 15 IDE Connector Pinouts 3 2 12 IR Interface Connector CN Label IR1 CN Type 5 pin header 1x5 CN Location See Figure 3 13 CN Pinouts See Table 3 16 The integrated infrared IrDA connector supports b...

Page 51: ...ot CN Label PCIE1 CN Type 36 pin header 2x18 CN Location See Figure 3 14 CN Pinouts See Table 3 17 PCIe x1 expansion devices can be inserted into the PCIe x1 slots Figure 3 14 PCI Express x1 Slot Loca...

Page 52: ...13 GND B13 REFCLK A14 HSOp 0 B14 REFCLK A15 HSOn 0 B15 GND A16 GND B16 HSIp 0 A17 PRSNT 2 B17 HSIn 0 A18 GND B18 GND Table 3 17 PCI Express x1 Slot Pinouts 3 2 14 PCI Express x16 Slot CN Label PCIE2 C...

Page 53: ...7 A69 HSIn 12 A7 JTAG3 A28 GND A49 GND A70 GND A8 JTAG4 A29 HSIp 3 A50 RSVD A71 GND A9 JTAG5 A30 HSIn 3 A51 GND A72 HSIp 13 A10 3 3v A31 GND A52 HSIp 8 A73 HSIn 13 A11 3 3v A32 RSVD A53 HSIn 8 A74 GN...

Page 54: ...HSOn 13 B9 JTAG1 B30 RSVD B51 HSOn 8 B72 GND B10 3 3Vaux B31 PRSNT 2 B52 GND B73 GND B11 WAKE B32 GND B53 GND B74 HSOp 14 B12 RSVD B33 HSOp 4 B54 HSOp 9 B75 HSOn 14 B13 GND B34 HSOn 4 B55 HSOn 9 B76 G...

Page 55: ...module Figure 3 16 PCIe x16 Power Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 12V 2 GND 3 GND 4 5V Table 3 20 PCIe x16 Power Connector Pinouts 3 2 16 Power Connector CN Label PWR1 CN Type 24 pin connecto...

Page 56: ...ion PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PWR_OK 20 5V 9 5VSB 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11...

Page 57: ...uts See Table 3 22 The CN1 serial port connector connects to an RS 422 or RS 485 serial port devices Figure 3 18 RS 422 485 Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 TXD1 2 TXD1 3 RXD1 4 RXD1 Table 3 22...

Page 58: ...See Table 3 23 The serial ports connectors connect to RS 232 serial port device Figure 3 19 Serial Port Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 DCD 2 DSR 3 RXD 4 RTS 5 TXD 6 CTX 7...

Page 59: ...cation See Figure 3 20 CN Pinouts See Table 3 24 The four SATA drive connectors are connected to four SATA 3Gb s drives SATA 3Gb s drives transfer data at speeds as high as 3Gb s Figure 3 20 SATA Driv...

Page 60: ...connector connects to the S PDIF audio module which bears S PDIF digital output S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is a newest audio transfer file format which allows the user to enjoy digital audi...

Page 61: ...N Location See Figure 3 22 CN Pinouts See Table 3 26 The 6 pin SPI Flash connector is used to flash the BIOS Figure 3 22 SPI Flash Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 SPI_VCC 2...

Page 62: ...d Platform Module connector is a device with a controller that is used to check authenticity of digital signs and keys as well as other encryption and security functions Figure 3 23 TPM Connector Loca...

Page 63: ...4 CN Type 8 pin header 2x4 CN Location See Figure 3 24 CN Pinouts See Table 3 28 One 2x4 pin connector provides connectivity to two USB 2 0 ports The USB ports are used for I O bus expansion Figure 3...

Page 64: ...peripheral connectors on the rear panel are 3 x Audio jacks 1 x CRT connector 2 x RJ 45 Ethernet connectors 1 x Keyboard mouse connector 1 x Serial port connector 1 x Parallel port connector 4 x USB 2...

Page 65: ...el configurations this port can also connect to front speakers Microphone Pink Connects a microphone Figure 3 26 Audio Connector 3 3 2 CRT Connector CN Label 3IN1_DSUB1C CN Type 15 pin female connecto...

Page 66: ...CN Type RJ 45 CN Location See Figure 3 25 labeled number 4 and 6 CN Pinouts See Table 3 30 The IMB 9454G is equipped with two built in GbE Ethernet controllers The controllers can connect to the LAN t...

Page 67: ...31 SPEED LED ACT LINK LED STATUS DESCRIPTION STATUS DESCRIPTION OFF 10Mbps connection OFF No link ORANGE 100Mbps connection YELLOW Linked GREEN 1Gbps connection BLINKING Data Activity Table 3 31 RJ 45...

Page 68: ...NC 8 NC 3 GND 9 GND 4 5V 10 5V 5 L_KCLK 11 L_MCLK 6 NC 12 NC Table 3 32 PS 2 Connector Pinouts 3 3 5 Serial Port Connectors CN Label 3IN1_DSUB1B CN Type DB 9 CN Location See Figure 3 25 labeled numbe...

Page 69: ...READY DSR 7 REQUEST TO SEND RTS 8 CLEAR TO SEND CTS 9 RING INDICATOR RI Table 3 33 External Serial Port Pinouts 3 3 6 Parallel Port Connector CN Label 3IN1_DSUB1A CN Type DB 25 CN Location See Figure...

Page 70: ...12 PAPER EMPTY 13 PRINTER SELECT 14 AUTO FORM FEED 15 ERROR 16 INITIALIZE 17 PRINTER SELECT LN 18 GND 19 GND 20 GND 21 GND 22 GND 23 GND 24 GND 25 GND Table 3 34 Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 3 3 7...

Page 71: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 57 PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5 VCC 2 USBD0 6 USBD0 3 USBD0 7 USBD0 4 GND 8 GND Table 3 35 External USB Connector Pinouts...

Page 72: ...Page 58 IMB 9454G R40 Page 58 4 Installation and Configuration Chapter 4...

Page 73: ...und 4 2 Installation Considerations NOTE The following installation notices and installation considerations should be read and understood before the motherboard is installed All installation notices p...

Page 74: ...ontact with the PCB circuit connector pins or its components 4 3 Unpacking NOTE If any of the items listed below are missing when the IMB 9454G is unpacked do not proceed with the installation and con...

Page 75: ...llation Guide 1 x FDD cable optional 1 x USB cable optional If one or more of these items are missing please contact the reseller or vendor the IMB 9454G was purchased from and do not proceed any furt...

Page 76: ...onnection 4 5 Socket LGA775 CPU Installation 4 5 1 CPU Selection HT Functionality Requirements Enabling Hyper Threading Technology on your system requires meeting all of the platform requirements list...

Page 77: ...Intel LGA775 Socket WARNING When handling the CPU only hold it on the sides DO NOT touch the pins at the bottom of the CPU To install Socket LGA775 CPU onto the IMB 9454G follow the steps below Step...

Page 78: ...e load plate towards the opposite direction See Figure 4 3 Figure 4 3 Open the CPU Socket Load Plate Step 3 Inspect the CPU socket Make sure there are no bent pins and make sure the socket contacts ar...

Page 79: ...4 4 Figure 4 4 Insert the Socket LGA775 CPU Step 8 Close the CPU socket Close the load plate and engage the load lever by pushing it back to its original position Secure the load lever under the reten...

Page 80: ...5 IEI LGA 775 Cooling Kit The IEI LGA775 CPU cooling kit CF 520 shown in Figure 4 5 comprises a CPU heat sink and a cooling fan NOTE Do not wipe off accidentally or otherwise the pre sprayed layer of...

Page 81: ...e solder side of the PCB align the support bracket to the screw threads on heat sink that were inserted through the PCB holes See Figure 4 6 Figure 4 6 Securing the Heat sink to the PCB Board Step 5 T...

Page 82: ...WARNING The board supports DDR2 DIMM modules only DDR1 and DDR2 are not compatible If a DDR1 DIMM module is installed the system may be damaged and become inaccessible Please only use DDR2 DIMM module...

Page 83: ...handles have automatically locked the memory module into place Figure 4 8 Figure 4 8 Locking the DIMM Module Step 3 To remove the memory module push both handles outward and the memory module is eject...

Page 84: ...otherboard follow the instructions below Step 1 Find the IDE flat cable in the kit that came with the motherboard Step 2 Connect one end of the cable to the IDE connector on the motherboard A keyed pi...

Page 85: ...ive connector on the other end Follow the instructions below to connect a floppy disk drive to the motherboard Step 1 Plug the 26 pin FPC cable connector into FDC1 Make sure that the red wire correspo...

Page 86: ...at slides over the pins to connect them To CLOSE SHORT a jumper means connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip from a jumper Figure...

Page 87: ...set the system BIOS information To do this use the jumper cap to close pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds then reinstall the jumper clip back to pins 1 and 2 If the CMOS Settings Wrong message is displaye...

Page 88: ...as an RS 232 serial port or an RS 422 RS 485 serial port The selection options are shown in Table 4 4 JP4 DESCRIPTION Short 1 2 RS 232 Default Short 2 3 RS 422 RS 485 Table 4 4 JP4 Jumper Settings 4...

Page 89: ...el USB connectors provide easier and quicker access to external USB devices The rear panel USB connector is a standard connector and can easily be connected to other USB devices 4 8 4 Serial Connectio...

Page 90: ...Page 76 IMB 9454G R40 Page 76 5 AMI BIOS Setup Chapter 5...

Page 91: ...the screen 0 If the message disappears before restart the computer and try again 5 1 2 Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items press ENTER to select use the and keys to change entries press...

Page 92: ...uration is made CMOS defaults Use the jumper described in Chapter 3 5 1 5 BIOS Menu Bar The menu bar on top of the BIOS screen has the following main items Main Changes the basic system configuration...

Page 93: ...cted BIOS information o Version Current BIOS version o Build Date Date the current BIOS version was made o ID Installed BIOS ID Processor Displays auto detected CPU specifications o Type Names the cur...

Page 94: ...ting the wrong values in the sections below may cause the system to malfunction Make sure that the settings made are compatible with the hardware CPU Configuration see Section 5 3 1 IDE Configuration...

Page 95: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 81 BIOS Menu 2 Advanced 5 3 1 CPU Configuration The CPU Configuration menu BIOS Menu 3 shows detailed CPU specifications and CPU configuration options...

Page 96: ...e CPU manufacturer Brand String Lists the brand name of the CPU being used Frequency Lists the CPU processing speed FSB Speed Lists the FSB speed Cache L1 Lists the CPU L1 cache size Cache L2 Lists th...

Page 97: ...ed Disable all ATA IDE ports No Primary Secondary IDE mode is presented for configuration Compatible DEFAULT Up to 6 HDDs can be used four for SATA and the other for PATA IDE If this option is selecte...

Page 98: ...devices are available IDE Master and IDE Slave When entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of the auto detected IDE devices The following IDE devices are...

Page 99: ...The size of the device LBA Mode Indicates whether the LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not Block Mode Block mode boosts IDE drive performance...

Page 100: ...ied channel This setting should be used if an IDE hard disk drive is attached to the specified channel CD DVD The CD DVD option specifies that an IDE CD ROM drive is attached to the specified IDE chan...

Page 101: ...r to and from the device occurs multiple sectors at a time PIO Mode Auto The PIO Mode option selects the IDE PIO Programmable I O mode program timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable...

Page 102: ...detects if the hard disk drive supports S M A R T Use this setting if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Disabled Select this value to prevent the BIOS from using the SMART feature Enable...

Page 103: ...pes of the floppy drive installed in the system The following configuration options are available Disabled default 360 KB 5 1 2 MB 5 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 2 88 MB 3 5 3 4 Super IO Configuration The Super...

Page 104: ...Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 DEFAULT Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3E8 and the i...

Page 105: ...IRQ4 Serial Port 2 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 I O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode Normal Allows BIOS to s...

Page 106: ...smission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode ECP The parallel port operates in the extended capabilities port ECP mode The ECP mode supports bi directional communication between...

Page 107: ...rial port 3 10 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 10 11 DEFAULT Serial port 3 IRQ address is 11 Serial Port4 Address 2E8 This option allows BIOS to select the base addresses for serial port 4 Disabled No ba...

Page 108: ...selection sets the interrupt address for serial port 5 10 Serial port 5 IRQ address is 10 11 DEFAULT Serial port 5 IRQ address is 11 Serial Port6 Address 2E0 This option allows BIOS to select the base...

Page 109: ...ing temperature fan speeds and system voltages BIOS Menu 8 Hardware Health Configuration FAN 1 Mode Setting Full On The FAN 1 Mode Setting has the following options Full On DEFAULT If selected there a...

Page 110: ...c Mode If selected the following options will appear with values that can be configured Temperature 2 Limit of OFF Temperature 2 Limit of Start Temperature 2 Limit of Full Fan 2 Start PWM Slop PWM 2 0...

Page 111: ...mperatures The following system temperatures are monitored o CPU Temperature o System Temperature Fan Speeds The CPU cooling fan speed is monitored o Fan1 Speed o Fan2 Speed o Fan3 Speed Voltages The...

Page 112: ...standard Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Windows XP all comply with ACPI No Disables the ACPI support for the OS This selection should be disabled if the OS does not support ACPI Yes DEFAULT Enables the A...

Page 113: ...g used S1 POS DEFAULT The system enters S1 POS sleep state The system appears off The CPU is stopped RAM is refreshed the system is running in a low power mode S3 STR The system enters a S3 STR sleep...

Page 114: ...accesses the advanced power management features Disabled Disables the Advanced Power Management APM feature Enabled DEFAULT Enables the APM feature Power Button Mode On Off The Power Button Mode BIOS...

Page 115: ...Enabled The Resume on Ring BIOS option specifies if the system will be roused from a suspended or standby state when there is activity on the RI ring in modem line That is the system will be roused b...

Page 116: ...tting the alarm the computer will turn itself on from a suspend state when the alarm goes off Resume On PCI Express WAKE Enabled The Resume On PCI Express WAKE BIOS option specifies if the system will...

Page 117: ...tiprocessor Specification MPS for OS option to specify the MPS version to be used 1 1 MPS version 1 1 is used 1 4 DEFAULT MPS version 1 4 is used 5 3 9 USB Configuration Use the USB Configuration menu...

Page 118: ...sted are Module Version x xxxxx xxxxx USB Devices Enabled The USB Devices Enabled field lists the USB devices that are enabled on the system USB Function 8 USB Ports Use the USB Function BIOS option t...

Page 119: ...enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard does not become available until a USB compatible operating system is fully booted with all USB drivers loaded When this option is enabled any attached U...

Page 120: ...Storage Device Configuration menu BIOS Menu 14 to configure USB mass storage class devices BIOS Menu 14 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Device The Device field lists the USB devices that are co...

Page 121: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 107 BIOS Menu 15 Boot 5 4 1 Boot Settings Configuration Use the Boot Settings Configuration menu BIOS Menu 16 to configure advanced system boot options...

Page 122: ...ed up the boot process Disabled No POST procedures are skipped Enabled DEFAULT Some POST procedures are skipped to decrease the system boot time Quiet Boot Disabled Use the Quiet Boot BIOS option to s...

Page 123: ...ys on the keyboard press the Number Lock key located on the upper left hand corner of the 10 key pad The Number Lock LED on the keyboard lights up when the Number Lock is engaged On DEFAULT Allows the...

Page 124: ...DEFAULT Cannot be booted from a remote system through the LAN Enabled Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN 5 4 2 Boot Device Priority Use the Boot Device Priority menu BIOS Menu 17 to s...

Page 125: ...from the available devices is selected If the 1st Drive option is selected a list of available HDDs is shown Select the first HDD the system boots from If the 1st Drive is not used for booting this op...

Page 126: ...e 1st Drive is not used for booting this option may be disabled BIOS Menu 18 Removable Drives 5 4 5 CD DVD Drives Use the CD DVD Drives menu to specify the boot sequence of the available CD DVD drives...

Page 127: ...hown Select the first CD DVD drive the system boots from If the 1st Drive is not used for booting this option may be disabled 5 5 Security Use the Security menu BIOS Menu 19 to set system and user pas...

Page 128: ...he default for this option is Not Installed If a user password must be installed select this field and enter the password After the password has been added Install appears next to Change User Password...

Page 129: ...y on the system AC 97 Audio Only DEFAULT The audio specification is set to AC 97 CODEC only All Disabled All the audio specifications are disabled OnBoard LAN1 Enabled The OnBoard LAN1 option enables...

Page 130: ...LT The onboard LAN2 device automatically detected and enabled 5 6 1 North Bridge Configuration Use the NorthBridge Configuration menu BIOS Menu 21 to configure the northbridge chipset BIOS Menu 21 Nor...

Page 131: ...ead the spec sheet of the DIMMs on boot up and then adjust the memory timing parameters accordingly Disabled DRAM timing parameters are manually set using the DRAM sub items Enabled DEFAULT DRAM timin...

Page 132: ...8MB Use the Internal Graphic Mode Select option to specify the amount of system memory that can be used by the Internal graphics device Disable Enable 1MB 1MB of memory used by internal graphics devic...

Page 133: ...changes made to the system Discard Changes Use the Discard Changes option to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS configuration setup program Load Optimal Defaults Use the Load Optimal Defaults...

Page 134: ...Page 120 IMB 9454G R40 Page 120 6 Software Drivers Chapter 6...

Page 135: ...allation RealTek Audio Driver ALC655 Installation SATA Driver Installation All drivers can be found on the CD that came with the motherboard To install the drivers please follow the instructions in th...

Page 136: ...G R40 Page 122 Figure 6 1 InstallShield Wizard Preparation Screen Step 3 The Welcome window in Figure 6 2 appears next Figure 6 2 Welcome Screen Step 4 Click NEXT and the license agreement shown in Fi...

Page 137: ...S The Readme in Figure 6 4 appears Figure 6 4 Readme Information Step 6 Click YES The driver is installed on the computer After the installation is complete the installation complete screen shown in F...

Page 138: ...please follow the steps below Step 1 Insert the Utility CD that came with the motherboard into the system CD drive Step 2 Open the X 2 VGA WIN2K_XP directory where X is the system CD drive and double...

Page 139: ...5 Figure 6 6 Starting Install Shield Wizard Screen Step 4 The Preparing Setup window appears next Figure 6 7 Figure 6 7 Preparing Setup Screen Step 5 A Welcome screen shown in Figure 6 8 appears Click...

Page 140: ...VGA Driver Installation Welcome Screen Step 6 A license agreement shown in Figure 6 9 appears Read through the license agreement Figure 6 9 VGA Driver License Agreement Step 7 Accept the terms and con...

Page 141: ...mation screen shown in Figure 6 11 appears Figure 6 11 VGA Driver Installation Complete Step 9 The confirmation screen shown in Figure 6 11 allows user to restart the computer immediately after the in...

Page 142: ...54G R40 Page 128 6 4 Realtek LAN Driver for GbE LAN Installation To install the Realtek LAN driver please follow the steps below Step 1 Open Windows Control Panel Figure 6 12 Figure 6 12 Access Window...

Page 143: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 129 Step 2 Double click the System icon Figure 6 13 Figure 6 13 Double Click the System Icon...

Page 144: ...e Manager Figure 6 14 Figure 6 14 Double Click the Device Manager Tab Step 4 A list of system hardware devices appears Figure 6 15 Figure 6 15 Device Manager List Step 5 Double click the listed device...

Page 145: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 131 Step 6 The Device Driver Wizard appears Figure 6 16 Click NEXT to continue Figure 6 16 Search for Suitable Driver...

Page 146: ...Page 132 IMB 9454G R40 Page 132 Step 7 Select Specify a Location in the Locate Driver Files window Figure 6 17 Click NEXT to continue Figure 6 17 Locate Driver Files...

Page 147: ...river files location menu window appears Click NEXT to continue The driver is installed Step 0 6 5 RealTek Audio Driver ALC655 Installation To install the Realtek Audio driver please follow the steps...

Page 148: ...llShield Wizard Extracting Files Step 2 The Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup prepares the InstallShield Wizard Figure 6 20 Figure 6 20 Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting Step 3 The Setup Status scre...

Page 149: ...21 Audio Driver Setup Preparation Step 4 At this stage the Digital Signal Not Found screen appears Figure 6 22 Click YES to continue Figure 6 22 Audio Driver Digital Signal Step 5 The audio driver ins...

Page 150: ...6 24 Figure 6 24 Audio Driver Installation Complete Step 7 The confirmation screen offers the option of restarting the computer now or later For the settings to take effect the computer must be restar...

Page 151: ...ears Click NEXT to continue the installation Step 5 A license agreement shown in appears Read through the license agreement Step 6 The Uninstallation Warning window appears Click on the NEXT button to...

Page 152: ...installation process is complete a confirmation screen shown in appears Step 11 The confirmation screen shown in allows user to restart the computer immediately after the installation is complete or t...

Page 153: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 139 A BIOS Configuration Options Appendix A...

Page 154: ...Auto 86 Block Multi Sector Transfer Auto 87 PIO Mode Auto 87 DMA Mode Auto 88 S M A R T Auto 88 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled 88 Floppy A 1 44 MB 3 89 Serial Port1 Address 3F8 IRQ4 90 Serial Port1 Mode...

Page 155: ...Fan 2 Start PWM 96 Slop PWM 2 0 PWM 1 PWM Default 2 PWM 4 PWM 8 PWM 16 PWM 32 PWM or 64 PWM 96 FAN 3 Mode Setting Full On 96 Temperature 3 Limit of OFF 96 Temperature 3 Limit of Start 97 Temperature...

Page 156: ...isplay Mode Force BIOS 109 Bootup Num Lock On 109 Display System Configuration Disabled 109 Boot From LAN Support Disabled 110 Change Supervisor Password 113 Change User Password 114 Audio Controller...

Page 157: ...IMB 9454G R40 Page 143 B Watchdog Timer Appendix B...

Page 158: ...IOS function call INT 15H is used to control the Watchdog Timer INT 15H AH 6FH Sub function AL 2 Sets the Watchdog Timer s period BL Time out value Its unit second is dependent on the item Watchdog Ti...

Page 159: ...em resets Example program INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP MOV AX 6F02H setting the time out value MOV BL 30 time out value is 48 seconds INT 15H ADD THE APPLICATION PROGRAM HERE CMP EXIT_AP 1 is t...

Page 160: ...Page 146 IMB 9454G R40 Page 146 C External AC 97 Audio CODEC Appendix C...

Page 161: ...r panel of the motherboard The phone jacks include 1 A LINE input shared with surround output 2 A MIC input shared with Center and LFE output 3 A LINE output 4 A MIC input line C 1 2 Driver Installati...

Page 162: ...p 1 Install the audio CODEC driver Step 2 Click either The Sound Effect Manager icon in the Notification Area of the system task bar see Figure D 2 or The Sound Effect Manager icon in the Control Pane...

Page 163: ...s may have different sound manager appearances The following section describes the different configuration options in the Sound Effect Manager C 2 2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options The Soun...

Page 164: ...d options The Sound Effect Manager loaded onto the system may only have some of the options listed above Below is a brief description of the available configuration options in the Sound Effects Manage...

Page 165: ...eakers settings Speaker Test Each speaker connected to the system is tested individually to see if the 4 channel or 6 channel audio operates properly S PDIF In S PDIF Out These functions are currently...