Zotac G41 series, User Manual

Page 1: ...CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE RECEIVER CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO TELEVISION TECHNICIAN NOTE Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B requirements or using an unshielded peripheral data cable could also result in harmful interference to radio or television reception The user is cautioned that any cha...

Page 2: ... pin ATX 12V Power PW2 13 Hard Disk Connector IDE 14 SPK Header SPK 14 serial Port Header COM 14 Front Panel Header FP1 15 USB Headers 16 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD 16 F_Audio Header 17 SPDIF Out Header Optional 17 Connecting Serial ATA Cables 18 Fan Connectors 18 Expansion Slots 19 PCI Slots 19 PCI Express x16 Slots 19 Jumper Settings 20 Configuring the BIOS 21 Enter BIOS Setup 21 Main Menu ...

Page 3: ...te Procedure 38 Installing Drivers and Software 39 Drivers Installation 40 REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER SETUP 47 Getting Started 47 Sound Effect 47 Environment Simulation 47 Equalizer Selection 48 Frequently Used Equalizer Setting 48 Karaoke Mode 48 Mixer 49 Playback control 49 Recording control 50 Audio I O 51 Speaker Configuration 52 Connector Settings 53 S PDIF 53 Speaker Calibration 54 Microphone 5...

Page 4: ...DDRII800 v Maximum memory size 8GB q USB 2 0 Ports v Supports hot plug and play v Eight USB 2 0 ports four rear panel ports four from onboard USB headers v Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to 480Mbps transmission rate q Onboard Serial ATA II v Independent DMA operation on four ports v Data transfer rates of 3GB S q Onboard Lan RTL8103E RTL8111C v PCI Express base specification1 0a compliant v Complian...

Page 5: ...cs Rendering Enhancements v Up to 2048x1536 75 Hz refresh v VGA DVI port output support q PCI Express Interface v PCI Express Generation 1 1 compatible v Support frequency of 1 25 GHZ resulting in 2 5GB S each direction per lane v Clock spread spectrum capability q Expansion Slots v One PCI Express X16 slot v 2 PCI bus master slots ...

Page 6: ...ve Connector 11 COM Port Header 12 PCI Slots 13 SPDIF Out Header 14 FrontAudio Header 15 PCI Express x16 Slot 16 Backpanel Connectors 17 4 pinATX_12V Power Connector 18 CPU Fan Connector 19 CPU Socket 20 North Bridge 21 DDRII DIMM Sockets 120 240 121 LOTES R E O E V M Lithium cell CR2032 3V SC8 120 240 121 North Bridge South Bridge F Audio _ PW2 SYS_ FAN PW1 SATA1 SPDIF COM FP1 SPK1 USB2 USB1 IDE ...

Page 7: ...ctor Lan Port with LEDs to indicate status Yellow Light Up Blink 10 Mbps Link Activity Yellow and Green Light Up Blink 100 Mbps link Activity 8 Port 2 Channel 4 Channel 6 Channel 8 Channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Mic In Orange Center Subwoofer Center Subwoofer Black Rear Speaker Out Rear Spe...

Page 8: ...talling the CPU v Installing the CPU fan v Installing the memory q Installing the motherboard q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire electric shock and injury always follow basic safety precations Remember to remove power from your computer by disconnecting the AC main source before removing or installing any equipment from to the computer chassis ...

Page 9: ...Lift the load plate There is a protective socket cover on the load plate to protect the socket when there is no CPU installed 3 Remove the protective socket cover from the load plate 4 Remove the processor from its protective cover making sure you hold it only by the edges It is a good idea to save the cover so that whenever you remove the CPU you have a safe place to store it 5 Align the notches ...

Page 10: ...your fan assembly Installing Memory DIMMs Your new motherboard has two 1 8V 240 pin slots for DDR2 memory These slots support 256 MB 512 MB 1GB 2GB 4GB DDR2 technologies There must be at least one memory bank populated to ensure normal operation Use the following the recommendations for installing memory See Figure1 for the location of the memory slots q One DIMM You can install the DIMM into any ...

Page 11: ... make all the connections prior to this step or to secure the motherboard and then make all the connections It is normally easier to secure the motherboard first Use the following procedure to install the I O shield and secure the motherboard into the chassis Note Be sure that the CPU fan assembly has enough clearance for the chassis covers to lock into place and for the expansion cards Also make ...

Page 12: ...pin ATX power PW1 v 4 pin ATX 12V power PW2 q Connecting Internal Headers v Hard Disk Connector IDE v SPK Header SPK v Serial Port Header COM v Front panel header FP1 v USB Headers v Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD v F_Audio Header v SPDIF Out Header Optional q Serial ATA II q Chassis Fans q Expansion slots q Jumper settings See Figure 1 to locate the connectors and jumpers referenced in the follo...

Page 13: ...mly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure 1 12 13 24 4 pin ATX 12V Power PW2 PW2 the 4 pin ATX 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU Align the pins to the connector and press firmly until seated 1 2 3 4 PW1 Pin Definition Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 PWROK ...

Page 14: ...trol ler that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 function You can connect up to two hard disk drives CD ROM 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices SPK Header SPK SPK 1 Serial Port Header COM COM 1 2 9 10 1 IDE SPK Pin Definition Pin Signal 1 VCC 2 NC 3 NC 4 SPK COM Pin Definition Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND 10 N...

Page 15: ...rs to the corresponding pins q PWR SW Attach the power button cable from the case to these two pins Pressing the power button on the front panel turns the system on and off rather than using the power supply button q HDD LED Attach the hard disk drive indicator LED cable to these two pins The HDD indicator LED indicates the activity status of the hard disks q RST SW Attach the Reset switch cable f...

Page 16: ...nternal header con nectors onboard 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD FDD 1 USB Pin Definition Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VCC 6 USBP1 2 VCC 7 GND 3 USB...

Page 17: ...ment on the mainboard header To find out if the chassis you are buying supports a front audio connec tor please contract your dealer 120 240 121 LOTES R E O E V M Lithium cell CR2032 3V SC8 120 240 121 SPDIF Out Header Optional This header provides a SPDIF Sony Philips Digi tal Interface output to digital multimedia device through coaxial connector 2 1 10 9 F_Audio 1 SPDIF F_Audio Pin Definition P...

Page 18: ...TA II interface allows up to 3GB S data transfer rate 120 240 121 LOTES R E O E V M Lithium cell CR2032 3V SC8 120 240 121 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 4 SATA 3 1 1 1 1 Fan Connectors There are two fan connectors on the motherboard The fan speed can be detected and viewed in the PC Health Status section of the CMOS Setup CPU FAN Connector GND 12V Sense Control SYS FAN Connector Sense 12V GND SATA Pin Defini...

Page 19: ... cards such as a LAN card USB card SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specifications When installing a card into the PCI slot be sure that it is fully seated Secure the card s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover PCI Express x16 Slots There is one PCI Express x16 slot reserved for graphics or video cards The band width of the x16 slot is u...

Page 20: ... chapter whenever in doubt Close Open Default setting Notice Be sure to save the CMOS setting when exit the CMOS If the CPU is frequency multiplier locked no CPU speed change will be seen even if the frequency multiplier setting in CMOS setup is changed 1 2 JP1 CMOS Clear Jumper JP1 Selection 1 2 Normal 2 3 CMOS Clear 1 1 If you want to clear the system configuration use the JP1 Clear CMOS Jumper ...

Page 21: ...e Use the following procedure to verify change BIOS settings 1 Power on the computer 2 Press the Del key when the following message briefly displays at the bottom of the screen during the Power On Self Test POST Press F1 to continue DEL to enter Setup Pressing Del takes you to the Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Note It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS settings...

Page 22: ...onfigure power management power on and sleep features q PnP PCI Configurations Use this menu to modify the system s Plug and Play and PCI configurations q Pc health status Use this menu to monitor the real time system status of your PC q Frequency Voltage control Use this menu to adjust frequency Voltage The following items on the CMOS Setup Utility main menu are commands rather than submenus q Lo...

Page 23: ...set q Auto The system can auto detect the hard disk when booting up q Manual When you set the channel to Manual and change Access Mode to CHS you can then enter the number of cylinders heads Precomp landing zone and sector Video Use this option to choose the mode of Video as EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Standard CMOS Features Menu The Standard CMOS Features menu is used to configure the standard CMO...

Page 24: ...rompts you q No Errors System boot does not stop for any detected errors q All But Keyboard System boot does not stop for keyboard errors but does stop for all other errors q All But Diskette The system boot does not stop for a diskette error but will stop for all other errors q All But Disk Key The system boot does not stop for diskette or Keyboard error but will stop for all other errors Memory ...

Page 25: ...om the CMOS Utility Setup screen Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose To go back to the previous menu press Esc CPU Feature Press Enter to display the CPU Feature menu q PPM Mode Use this option to choose the mode of PPM q Limit CPUID MaxVal Use this option to ena...

Page 26: ...through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose q Boot Other Device With the option set to Enable the system boots from some other device if the first second third boot devices fail q Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks q Boot Up NumLock Status This option allo...

Page 27: ...nction to enable or disable the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIC If you disable this option you also disable the MPS Version Control for OS option q MPS Version Control For OS Use this function to select the Multi Processor Specification MPS version that BIOS passes to the operating system Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options q Full Screen LOGO Show This ...

Page 28: ...on to enable or disable memory hole at 15M 16M function q PCI Express Root Port Func Use this option to define PCI Express root port q Disable MCHBAR MMIO Use this option to enable or disable MCHBAR MMIO q PEG Onchip VGA Control Use this option to choose PEG control or onchip VGA control q On Chip Frame Buffer Size Use this option to set the frame buffer size q DVMT Mode Use this option to enable ...

Page 29: ... the Integrated Peripherals menu q OnChip IDE Device Use this option to set on chip IDE function q Onboard Device Use this option to enable or disable onboard Azalia AC97 Audio Select q Super IO Device Use this option to set power on function onboard serial port and onboard parallel port q USB Device Setting Use this option to set USB device ...

Page 30: ...IOS if S3 Resume Use this option to set the type of running VGABIOS q Power Management Use this option to set the mode for Power Management q Video Off Method Use this option to set a Method for Video off q Video Off In Suspend Use this option to set the type of video off in suspend q Suspend Type Use this option to choose suspend type q MODEM Use IRQ Use this option to set the mode of using IRQ q...

Page 31: ...Resume by Alarm Determines whether to power on the system at a desired time If enable set the date and time as following v Date of Month Alarm Turn on the system at a specific time on each day or on a specific day in a month v Time hh mm ss Alarm Set the time at which the system will be Powered on automatically q HPET Support Use this option to enable or disable HPET Support if enable HPET Mode di...

Page 32: ...e default setting is Disabled q Resources Controlled By This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to define if the BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and plug and play compatible devices or if you can manually select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields Select Auto ESCD if you want the BIOS to automatically populate these fields If you select Manual so you can assign ...

Page 33: ...ure q CPU Fan Speed Control Use this option to control the CPU fan speed Configuring the BIOS q INT pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment Use these options to set the mode of INT pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment q Maximum Payload Size This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to set the maximum TLP payload size in bytes for the PCI Express devices Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scro...

Page 34: ... to detect PCI clk q Spread Spectrum Use this option to set Spread Spectrum q CPU Clock Use this option to set CPU clock q DDR2 Voltage Use this option to set DDR2 Voltage q CHIPSET Voltage Use this option to set chipset voltage Frequency Voltage Control Select Frequency Voltage Control from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the system Monitor menu ...

Page 35: ... Load Fail Safe Defaults or Load Optimized Defaults and then press the Y key to load the optimal BIOS default settings The BIOS defaults settings helps the system to operate in optimum state Always load the Optimized defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values ...

Page 36: ...king BIOS changes When the Password Check item is set to System you must enter the supervisor password or user password at system startup and when entering BIOS Setup v User Password When the Password Check item is set to System you must enter the supervisor password or user password at system startup to continue system boot In BIOS Setup you must enter the supervisor password if you wish to make ...

Page 37: ...nges to the CMOS and exits the BIOS Setup program Press N or Esc to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu Exit Without Saving Press Enter on this item and press the Y key This exits the BIOS Setup without saving the changes made in BIOS Setup to the CMOS Press N or Esc to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu ...

Page 38: ...WDFLASH ENTER 4 Enter the file name of the new BIOS 5 The question Do you want to save BIOS Y N is displayed Press N if there is no need to save the existing BIOS Press Y if a backup copy of the existing BIOS is needed A file name has to be assigned to the existing BIOS binary file 6 The message Press Y to program or N to exit is displayed Type Y ENTER 7 Wait until the flash update is completed 8 ...

Page 39: ...board supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista capable The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional software The CD that has been shipped with your Intel G41 motherboard contains the following software and drivers q Software Installation Utility q Intel Graphics Driver q HDA sound driver q Realtek PCIE network Driver Installing Drivers and Software ...

Page 40: ...et Motherboard Drivers Installation 1 Insert the Intel G41 driver CD after loading your operating system Waiting for one minute you can see below interface 2 Follow the below for Software Installation Utility Installing ...

Page 41: ...41 3 Follow the below for Intel graphics drive Installing Installing Drivers and Software ...

Page 42: ...42 Intel G41 Chipset Motherboard ...

Page 43: ...43 Installing Drivers and Software ...

Page 44: ...44 Intel G41 Chipset Motherboard 4 Follow the below for HDA sound driver installing ...

Page 45: ...45 Installing Drivers and Software 5 Follow the below for Realtek PCIE network driver installing ...

Page 46: ...46 Intel G41 Chipset Motherboard At last you can open below page that provides information about the hard ware devices on this motherboard and check whether finish your installa tion ...

Page 47: ...ear Sound Effect After clicking on the Sound Effect tab 3 sections Environment Equalizer and Karaoke are available for selection Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy different sound experience by pulling down the arrow totally 23 kinds of sound effect will be shown for selection Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager also provides five popular settings Stone Corridor Bathroom Sewer pipe Arena ...

Page 48: ...ntly used for your quick enjoyment How to Use Other than the buttons Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home by simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range Vocal ...

Page 49: ...to you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume control This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed total 13 items to be chosen Advanced controls Enable playback multi streaming ...

Page 50: ... mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Advanced control is a Microphone Boost icon Once this item is checked you will find advanced icon beside Front Pink In Mic Volume With this the input signal into Front Pink In Mic Volume will...

Page 51: ...s Instead now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output i e playback function or input i e Recording function we call this Retasking Audio I O aims to help you setting jacks as you wish Moreover other than blue to blue pink to pink the way that you used to do Audio I O would guide you to other right jacks that can also serve as microphone speaker headphone 6 Channel or 8 Channel ...

Page 52: ...op up for your selection Please select the device you are trying to plug in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device If not correct Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the correct jack 6 Channel or 8 Channel ...

Page 53: ...so called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would automatically pop up when device plugged in S PDIF Short for Sony Philips Digital Interface a standard audio file transfer format S PDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one devi...

Page 54: ...VD Audio Output Source Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc will come out through S PDIF Out Speaker Calibration After you have successfully plugged in speakers and assigned to the right jacks you are only one more step to go to enjoy the intended sound We provide Speaker Calibration to help you check if the speakers are located in the correct position ...

Page 55: ... You will get the best quality if you chose 90 position which we recommend you to use this ef fectively means that you speak right into the microphone Note A Stereo Microphone is required when using Beam Forming function Acoustic Echo Cancellation This function prevents playback sound from being recorded by microphone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function ...

Page 56: ... The section 3D Audio Demo grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way Information This section provides information about your current system audio device 291 MA103 00 ...