Foxconn G43MX-K manual

G43MX Series Motherboard User ’ s Manual[...]

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Declaration of conformity HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMP ANY L TD 66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT , T AIPEI HSIEN, T AIW AN, R.O.C. declares that the product Motherboard G43MX/G43MX-K is in conformity with (reference to the specication under which conformity is declared in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive) ■ EN 55022[...]

Declaration of conformity T rade Name: FOXCONN Model Name: G43MX/G43MX-K Responsible Party: PCE Industry Inc. Address: 458 E. Lambert Rd. Fullerton, CA 92835 T elephone: 714-738-8868 Facsimile: 714-738-8838 Equipment Classication: FCC Class B Subassembly T ype of Product: Motherboard Manufacturer: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMP ANY L TD Address[...]

Installation Precautions Please carefully read the following procedures to install your computer : ■ It is suggested to select high-quality , certied fans in order to avoid damage to the motherboard and CPU due to high temperature. Never turn on the computer if the CPU fan is not properly installed. ■ We cannot guarantee that your system can[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Product Introduction Product Specications .................................................................. 2 Layout ........................................................................................... 4 Back Panel Connectors ................................................................ 5 Chapter 2 Hardwar[...]

Frequency Control ................................................................ 54 Limit Setting .......................................................................... 55 V oltage Control ..................................................................... 57 Fan Control ......................................................................[...]

T ha n k y o u f o r b u y i ng F ox c o nn G 43 M X S e r i es m ot h e r bo a r d . Foxconn products are engineered to maximize computing power, providing only what you need for break-through performance. With advan ced ov erclo cking capab ility and a range of conn ec- ti v it y fe a tu re s f or to da y m ul t i- me d ia c o mp ut i ng r e qu i[...]

1 2 1-1 Product Specications CPU Support LGA775 socket Intel ® CPU: Core TM 2 Quad / Core TM 2 Extreme / Core TM 2 Duo / Pentium ® Dual-Core / Celeron ® Dual-Core / Celeron ® processors Support 45nm processors Front Side Bus 1333/1066/800MHz FSB Chipset North Bridge: Intel ® G43 Chipset South Bridge: Intel ® ICH10 Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR2 D[...]

1 3 1 x TPM connector Back Panel 1 x PS/2 keyboard port Connectors 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x VGA port 1 x Parallel port 1 x DVI-D port 4 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x RJ-45 LAN port 7.1-channel Audio ports (G43MX) 5.1-channel Audio ports (G43MX-K) Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System fan speed detection CPU/Syst[...]

1 4 1-2 Layout 8 17 22 1 9 1 1 24 13 7 1. 4-pin A TX 12V Power Connector 2. SYS_F AN Header 3. North Bridge: Intel ® G43 Chipset 4. PCI Express x16 Slot 5. PCI Express x1 Slot 6. PCI Slot 7. CD_IN Connector 8. Front Audio Connector 9. S/PDIF Out Connector 10. TPM Connector 1 1. Front USB Connector 12. South Bridge: Intel ® ICH10 13. Front Panel C[...]

1 5 1-3 Back Panel Connectors 1. PS/2 Mouse Port Use the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse. 2. PS/2 Keyboard Port Use the lower port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard. 3. Parallel Port This connector provides printer port interface. 4. VGA Port T o connect with external display devices, such as monitor or LCD display . 5. DVI-D Port The [...]

1 6 7. Audio Ports For the denition of each audio port, please refer to the table below : Audio ports of G43MX : Port 2-channel 4-channel 5.1-channel 7.1-channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Microphone In Microphone In Microphone In Microphone In Orange - - Center/[...]

This chapter introduces the hardware installation process, including the installation of the CPU, memory , power supply , slots, pin headers and the mounting of jumpers. Caution should be exercised during the installation of these modules. Please refer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter careful[...]

2 8 2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler Install the CPU Locate the alignment keys on the motherboard CPU socket and the notches on the CPU. LGA775 CPU Socket Pin-1 Corner of the CPU Socket LGA775 CPU Notch Pin-1 triangle marking of CPU Alignment Key y Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU : ■ Make sure that the motherbo[...]

2 9 Follow the steps to install the CPU onto the CPU socket : 1. Remove protective socket cover . 2. Release the CPU socket lever . 3. Lift the metal cover on the CPU socket. 5. W h e n C P U is p r o pe r ly s e at e d , replace the metal cover and push the CPU socket lever back to its locked position. 4. Check Pin-1 marking (triangle) with the Pi[...]

2 10 Install the CPU Cooler Follow the s teps bel ow to correctly install the CPU co oler on the motherbo ard. (The followi ng procedures use Foxconn cooler as the example.) 1. Apply and spread an even thermal grease on the surface of CPU. 2. Pl ace the four bolts of t he CPU co oler to the ho les of the moth erb oar d, pus h them strai ght down fr[...]

2 1 1 2-2 Install the Memory Dual Channel Memory Conguration This motherboard provides two DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel T echnology . When memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory in your system. T wo DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels : Channel 0 : DIMM1 Channel 1 : DIMM2 The combinations[...]

2 12 Installing a Memory If you take a look at fron t side of mem ory mod ule, it has asymm etric pin cou nts on both sides sep arate d by a notch in the middle, so it can only t in one direction. Follow the steps below to correctly install your memory modules into the sockets. Step 1: Spread the clips at both ends of the memory socket. Place th[...]

2 13 2-3 Install an Expansion Card Follow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot. 1. Locate an expansion slot that supports your card. Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis back panel. 2. Align the card with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot. 3. Make sure the met[...]

2 14 2-4 Install other Internal Connectors Power Connectors This motherboard uses an A TX power supply . In order not to damage any device, make sure all the devices have been installed properly before applying the power supply . 24-pin A TX power connector : PWR1 PWR1 is the A TX power supply connector. Make sure that the power supply cable and pi[...]

2 15 Front Panel Connector : FP1 This motherboard includes one connector for connecting the front panel switch and LED Indicators. Hard Disk LED Connector (HDD-LED) Connect to the chassis front panel IDE indicator LED. It indicates the active status of the hard disks. This 2-pin connector is directional with +/- sign. Reset Switch (RESET -SW) Att a[...]

2 16 INTR GND INTRUDERJ 1 Audio Connector : F_AUDIO The audio connector supports HD Audio standard. It provides the Front Audio output choice. TPM Connector : TPM The TPM (Trusted Platform Module) provides the ability to the PC to run applications more secure and to make transactions and communication more trustworthy . Note: The TPM module is purc[...]

2 17 Audio Connector : CD_IN CD_IN is a Sony standard audio connector , it can be connected to a CD/DVD-ROM drive through a CD/DVD audio cable. S/PDIF Connector : SPDIF_OUT The connector is used for S/PDIF output. Fan Connectors : CPU_F AN/SYS_F AN There are two main fan headers on this motherboard. The fan speed can be controlled and monitored in [...]

2 18 2-5 Jumpers For some featur es needed, user s can chang e the jumper sett ings on this moth erboard to modify them. This section explains how to use the various functions of this motherboard by changing the jumper settings. Users should read the following content carefully prior to modifying any jumper setting. Description of Jumpers 1. For an[...]

Since BIOS could be updated some other times, the BIOS information described in this manual is for reference only . We do not guarantee the content of this manual will remain consistent with the newly released BIOS at any given time in the future. Please visit our website for updated manual if it is available. This chapter tells how to change syste[...]

3 20 Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance. Power on the computer , when the message " Press <Del> to enter Setup, <ESC> to boot menu " appears at the bottom of the screen, you can press &l[...]

3 21 ► Power Management Setup All the items related with Green function features can be set up through this menu. ► PnP/PCI Configuration PCI/PnP features, such as graphics card select and bus master ...etc. can be modied through this option. ► PC Health Status This setup enables you to read/change fan speeds, and displays temperatures and[...]

3 22 System Information This sub-menu is used to set up the standard BIOS features, such as the date, time, oppy drive and so on. Use the arrow up/down keys to select an item, then use the <+> or <-> keys to change the setting. ► System Time This item allows you to congure the desired time. Use [ENTER], [T AB] or [SHIFT -T AB] t[...]

3 23 ► Keyboard Th e s ys t em b o ot w i ll n o t st o p fo r a k e yb oa r d er r or i f y ou en ab l ed t h is i t em . ► Mouse Th e s ys t em b o ot w i ll n o t st o p fo r a m o us e e rr or if y o u en a bl ed th is it em . ► Floppy Th e s ys t em b o ot w i ll n o t st o p fo r a f l op py er ro r i f y ou e n ab le d t hi s i te m . [...]

3 24 Central Control Unit ► Spread Spectrum If you enabled this function, it can signicantly reduce the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) generated by the system, so to comply with FCC regulation. But if overclocking is activated, you had better disable it. ► Smart Power LED Smart Power LED is a feature built on your motherboard to indicate[...]

3 25 V oltage Options ► CPU V oltage Setting This option is used to change the CPU voltage in a step of 6.25mV . The voltage can be incremented from +1.1V to +1.58V . ► DIMM V oltage Control This option is used to change the DIMM voltage in a step of 50mV . The voltage can be incremented from +50mV to +600mV . ► NB V oltage Control This optio[...]

3 26 Advanced BIOS Features ► CPU Conguration Press <Enter> to go to its submenu. ► Boot Device Priority This option is used to select the priority for boot devices. After pressing <Enter>, you can select the device using the Up/Down arrow keys, and change the device priority using <+> or <->; you can exit this menu b[...]

3 27 CPU Conguration ► C1E Function C1E represents Enhanced HAL T State. It is a feature which Intel CPU uses to reduce power consumption when in halt state. C1E drops the CPU's multiplier and voltage to lower levels when a HL T (halt) command is issued. This item is used to enable/disable the C1E support. ► Hardware Prefetcher The proc[...]

3 28 ► Execute Disable Bit This item is used to enable/disable the Execute Disable Bit feature. Intel's Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system. Execute Disable Bit allows the processor to classify areas in memory by where applic[...]

3 29 Advanced Chipset Features ► North Bridge Conguraion / South Bridge Conguration Press <Enter> to go to its submenu. North Bridge Conguration ► Video Function Congure Press <Enter> to go to its submenu. ► Memory Remap Feature This item is used to enable/disable memory remapping around memory hole. PCI doesn't a[...]

3 30 occupy that 3.5-4GB address space and re-map it into the 4.0-4.5 address space. The RAM doesn't care because it's just an array of storage cells, it's up to the memory controller to as sociate addresses with those storage cells. Of course, that only works if you're using a 64-bit (or 32bit physical address extension (P AE) [...]

3 31 Video Function Congure ► DVMT Mode Dynamic Video Memory T echno logy ( DVMT) dynamic ally a llocates syste m memo ry for use as video memory to ensure the most efcient use of available resources for maximum 2D/3D graphics performance. The amount of video memory allocated depends upon the amount requested by the operating system. When t[...]

3 32 South Bridge Conguration ► SMBUS Controller The System Management Bus is a specic implementation of an I 2 C bus. The SMBus speci- cation describes the data protocols, device addresses, and electrical requirements that are superimposed on the I 2 C bus specication. The SMBus is used to physically transport com - mands and informa[...]

3 33 Integrated Peripherals ► OnChip A T A Devices/OnBoard Devices/SuperIO Configuration/USB Configuration Press <Enter> to go to relative submenu. OnChip A T A Devices ► SA T A#1 Configuration SA T A#1 are the SA T A ports 1, 2, 3, 4 of the motherboard. This item allows you select the mode of the SA T A ports. Setting values are: [Disabl[...]

3 34 level interface for a Host Controller for Serial A T A. The specication includes a description of the hardware/software interface between system software and the host controller hardware. AHCI provides more advanced features including SA T A features, but some SA T A drives may not support AHCI, unless they are labeled with AHCI support in [...]

3 35 T rusted Computing ► TCG/TPM Support T rusted Computing Group (TCG) members develop and promote open, vendor-neutral, industry standard specications for trusted computing building blocks and software interfaces across multiple platforms. TP M (T rusted Platform Module) is a specication promoted by TCG. A T rusted Platform Module offers[...]

3 36 SuperIO Conguration ► OnBoard Floppy Controller This item is used to enable/disable Floppy Controller . ► Serial Port1 This item is used to enable/disable the onboard serial port1. ► IrDA Function This item is used to enable/disable onboard infrared chip function. ► IrDA Duplex Mode This item enables you to determine the transfer mo[...]

3 37 USB Conguration ► Legacy USB Support This item is used to enable the support for USB devices on legacy OS. If you have a USB keyboard or mouse, set to enabled. ► USB 2.0 Controller Mode This item is used to set the transmission rate mode of USB 2.0. Setting values are : [High Speed] in 480Mbps; [Full Speed] in 12Mbps. ► BIOS EHCI Hand[...]

3 38 Power Management Setup ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard interfaces enabling OS-directed conguration, power management, and thermal management of mobile, desktop, and server platforms. It denes ve sleeping states, they are : S1 - The S1 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state. [...]

3 39 computer before it entering STR will be saved in memory , and the computer can quickly return to previous state when the STR function wakes. ► Power On after Power Fail This item is used to set which state the PC will take with when it resumes after an AC power loss. ► Resume by PME This item is used to enable/disable the PCI / PCIE device[...]

3 40 PnP/PCI Conguration ► Initial Graphics Adapter This item is used to select which graphics controller is used as the primary boot device. ► PCI IDE BusMaster This item is used to enable/disable PCI IDE busmaster function. Select [Enabled], BIOS uses PCI busmastering for read/write to IDE drives. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-20[...]

3 41 PC Health Status ► CPU / System T emperature The CPU / System temperature are detected and displayed by the system. ► CPU Fan / System Fan Speed The CPU fan / System fan speed are detected and displayed by the system. ► VCore / Memory 1.8V / Vcc +3.30V / +12.0V The current voltages are detected and displayed by the system. ► Case Open [...]

3 42 BIOS Security Features ► Change Supervisor Password This item is used to install or change supervisor password. After you input Supervisor password, it then will ask you to input user password optionally . If you have installed the supervisor password, the following items will appear: ► User Access Level This item is used to set user acces[...]

3 43 Load Optimal Defaults Optimal defaults are the best settings of this motherboard. Always load the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values. Select this option and press Enter , it will pop out a dialogue box to let you load the defaults. Select <OK> and then press <Enter> to load the defaults. Sele[...]

The utili ty CD that came with the mother board conta ins usefu l soft ware and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features. This chapter includes the following information: ■ Utility CD content ■ Install driver and utility ■ FOX ONE ■ FOX LiveUpdate ■ FOX LOGO ■ FOX DMI Note : Because each module is independent, so th[...]

4 45 Utility CD content This mothe rboard comes with one CD. Y ou can simpl y put it in to you r CD/DVD-RO M driv e, and the main menu will be displayed on your PC screen to guide you how to install. 1. Install Driver Use these options to install all the drivers for your system. Y ou should install the drivers in order , and you need to restart you[...]

4 46 Install driver and utility 1. Install Driver Y ou must click "Intel Chipset Driver" to install it rst. After that, you can click ”One Click Setup” to install all the other drivers left, or you can click on each individual driver to install it manually . 2. Install Utility Y ou can select the specic utility to install. Manua[...]

4 47 FOX ONE FOX ONE is a powerful utility for easily modifying system settings. It also allows users to monitor various temperature values, voltage values, frequencies and fan speeds at any time. With FOX ONE, you can : ■ Modify system performance settings, such as the CPU and memory bus speeds, CPU voltages, fan speeds, and other system perform[...]

4 48 1. Main Page T oolbar Use the toolbar to navigate to other pages. Alert Lamp When the system is in healthy state, the color of alert lamp is green. When the system is in abnormal state, the alert lamp color is red. Switch Button Click this button, it will simplify the whole FOX ONE control panel to a smaller information bar (i.e. Simple Mode) [...]

4 49 Skin Button There are more choices of FOX ONE screen panels. Click this button, you can select your favorite skin (FOX ONE Panel). Exit Click this button to exit the program. Minimum Click this button to drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray located at the lower right corner of your screen. Homepage Click this button to visit Foxconn motherb[...]

4 50 Conguration This menu allows you to congure : 1). Monitor interval (ms) : This is to dene the interval of different messages of system settings which are to be displayed on Simple Mode screen. Minimum value is 1 second. 2). Simple Mode : T o select which message of system settings are to be displayed in the Simple Mode. Messages such [...]

4 51 Step 1 : Click Calibration icon, a message pops out to ask for continue. Select Y es. Step 2 : After data is collected, it will ask you to restart your computer now . Later on, when the FOX ONE program is activated, and F .I.S. feature (in CPU Page) is also enabled, FOX ONE will automatically adjust your CPU clock according to your system load[...]

4 52 2. CPU Page - CPU Control This page lets you select (or overclock) CPU clock to meet the current performance level of the system. The fastest and suitable CPU clock running for current system can be calculated by FOX ONE automatically or manually input by yourselves. Manual : Y ou can press the up/down button to adjust your CPU clock. Auto : C[...]

4 53 Y ou can see the system is raising CPU clock until the system hangs. Push RESET button on the front panel of your system to restart the computer . Run FOX ONE program again, it will inform you the previous test found that 255MHz is the recommended CPU clock for your system. Click Y es to apply it to your system. Now , your system is running at[...]

4 54 FOX Intelligent Stepping (F .I.S., Optional) Select FOX Intelligent Stepping will allow your system to automatically adjust your CPU clock rate based on different system loadings. For example, if you select Power Gaming, CPU clock will be driven to run at its maximum speed. While in Energy Saving, CPU will lower down its speed to a minimum. Th[...]

4 55 4. Limit Setting 4.1 Limit Setting - CPU T emperature This page lets you to set CPU high limit temperature and enable the alert function. 4.2 Limit Setting - System T emperature This page lets you to set system high limit temperature and enable the alert function. Go to Limit Setting page Set high limit by dragging the lever Show current CPU t[...]

4 56 4.3 Limit Setting - CPU Fan This page lets you to set CPU fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function. 4.4 Limit Setting - System Fan This page lets you to set system fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function. Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever Show current CPU fan rpm value Enable alert function when the CPU fan runs slower tha[...]

4 57 4.5 Limit Setting - F AN1 Fan This page lets you to set F AN1 fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function. 5. V oltage Page - V oltage Control (Optional) This page lets you set CPU voltage, memory voltage and North Bridge voltage manually . CPU voltage can be stepped up/down by a unit of 12.5mV , while memory is 0.05V/step, and North Bridg[...]

4 58 6. Fan Page - Fan Control This page lets you enable Smart Fan function or set the fan speed by manual. When Smart Fan is selected, you must use a 4-pin CPU cooler in your system. Go to Fan page Set fan speed by dragging the lever Enable or disable smart fan function Apply the changes[...]

4 59 FOX LiveUpdate FOX LiveUpdate is a useful utility to backup and update your system BIOS, drivers and utilities by local or online. Supporting Operating Systems : ■ Windows 2000 ■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Using FOX LiveUpdate : 1. Local Update 1-1 Local Update [...]

4 60 1-2 Local Update - Backup This page can backup your system BIOS. Y ou can click “Backup”, and key in a le name, then click “Save” to nish the backup operation. The extension of this backup le is ".BIN" for Award BIOS and ".ROM" for AMI BIOS. Default directory is "C:DesktopMy Documents" in Window[...]

4 61 2. Online Update 2-1 Online Update - Update BIOS This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new BIOS from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation. 2-2 Online Update - Update Driver This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it wil[...]

4 62 2-3 Online Update - Update Utility This page lets you update utilities from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new utilities from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation. Browse detailed information Install the selected driver Close the window Select the driver to update Click here Current information Sear[...]

4 63 2-4 Online Update - Update All This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it will search all new BIOS/drivers/utilities from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation. Click here Current information Search all new BIOS/ drivers/utilities from Internet Browse detailed BIOS information [...]

4 64 3. Congure 3-1 Congure - option This page lets you set auto search options. After you enable the auto search function, FOX LiveUpdate will start its searching from Internet and if any qualied item found, it will pop out a message on the task bar to inform you to do the next step. Double click on the icon as show below , you can see th[...]

4 65 When you enable "Auto Search FOX LiveUpdate", if your FOX LiveUpdate version is older , it will auto search from internet and prompt you to install the new version. 3-2 Congure - System This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the FOX LiveUpdate utility . Click here Set the location of download [...]

4 66 3-3 Congure - Advance This page lets you select to ash BIOS / Boot Block and clear CMOS. If you choose Flash Boot Block, it means BIOS is not protective, and you must make sure the ash process is continuous and without any interruption. 4. About & Help This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate. Click here Select which [...]

4 67 FOX LOGO FOX LOGO is a simple and useful utility to backup, change and delete the boot time Logo. The boot Logo is the image that appears on screen during POST (Power-On Self-T est). Y ou can prepare a bitmap image (1024x768) le, then use FOX LOGO to open it and change the boot time Logo. Boot time Logo will be displayed if you enable the B[...]

4 68 FOX DMI FOX DMI is a full Desktop Management Interface viewer , and it provides three DMI data formats : Report, Data Fields and Memory Dump. With DMI information, system maker can easily analyze and troubleshoot your mother- board if there is any problem occurred. Supporting Operating Systems : ■ Windows 2000 ■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-b[...]