Intel 945GC manual

User’s Manual Intel 945GC/945GZ/945GCT/945GZT Socket LGA775 Processor Mainboard Intel 945 Series Rev: 1.10, Oct 2007 P/N: 88EN945GC1[...]

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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................ 3 1.1 Package Checklist ............................................................................................... 3 1.2 Specications ..............................................................................................[...]

- 3 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Package Checklist Thank you for choosing our product. Please check the following packing and accessories, if there is any br oken or part missing, please contact with your franchiser . • HDD Cable X 1 • Serial A T A Cable X 1 • Rear I/O P anel X 1 • User's Manual X 1 [...]

- 4 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 1.2 Specications CPU - LGA775 socket for I ntel ® Core TM 2 Duo/Pentium ® D/P entium ® 4/ Celeron ® D Processors - FSB 1333MHz/1066MHz(for Intel 945GC -A2 Chipset Only) 、 800MHz/ 533MHz - Hyper Threading T echnology Chipset - Based on Intel 945GZ/945GC/945GC- A2 + ICH7 - ICH7: Intel FW82801GB VGA -[...]

- 5 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 1.3 Mainboard Layout 1.3.1 Intel 945GC(V1.0) (This picture is only for reference)[...]

- 6 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 1.3.2 Intel 945GC(V2.0) (This picture is only for reference)[...]

- 7 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 1.4 Connecting Rear Panel I/O Devices The rear I/O part of this mainboard provides the f ollowing I/O ports: • PS/2 Mouse: Connect to PS/2 mouse. • PS/2 Keyboard: Connect to PS/2 keyboard. • LPT: Connect to printer or other devices that support this communication protocol. • COM: Connect to external[...]

- 8 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2.1 Choosing a Computer Chassis • Choose a chassis big enough to install this mainboard. • As some features for this mainboard ar e implemented by cabling connectors on the mainboard to indicators and switches or buttons on the chassis, make sure y our chassis supports all the f[...]

- 9 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 2.3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the mainboard supports the CPU . 2. Please tak e note of the one indente d corner of the CPU. If you install the C PU in the wrong direction, the CPU will not insert pr[...]

- 10 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 2.3.2 Installation of the CPU Cooler For pr oper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU Cooler . 2.4 Installation of Memory Modules T his m ainbo ard p rovi des t wo 240 -pin DDRII (Doub le Da ta R ate) DIMM s lots (Inte l945G C(V2. 0) provides 4x) , and supports Dual Chan[...]

- 1 1 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 2.5 Connecting Peripheral Devices 2.5.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors The FDD connector connects up to two oppy drives with a 34-wire, 2-connector oppy cable.Connect the single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to the FDD on the board, the two connectors on the other end to the oppy[...]

- 12 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Chapter 3 Jumpers & Headers Setup 3.1 Checking Jumper Settings • For a 2-pin jumper , plug the jumper cap on both pins will make it CLOSE (SHOR T ). Remove the jumper cap, or plug it on either pin (reserved f or future use) will leave it at OPEN position. • For 3-pin jumper , pin 1~2 or pin 2~3 can[...]

- 13 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 3.4 FAN Power Connectors These connectors each provide power to the cooling fans installed in y our system. CF AN or CF AN1: CPU Fan P ower Connector SYSF AN1: System F an Power Connector SYSF AN2: System F an Power Connector (Optional) 3.5 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers HDD_LED (Hard Driver[...]

- 14 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 3.6 Additional USB Port Headers 3.7 Front Panel Audio Connection Header This header provides the connection to audio connector at front panel. Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data 0- 4 Data 1- 5 Data 0+ 6 Data 1+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 10 NC HD Audio: Pin No. Denition 1 MIC2_L 2 AGND 3 MI[...]

- 15 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 3.8 Internal Audio Connectors Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector . 3.9 ATX Power Input Connectors This mainboard provides two power connectors to connect power supplier . C D I N _ 1 Pin No. Denition 1 CD-L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD-R GND GND + + 12V 12V 1 2 3 4 + . + + + + + . . 3 3 V 12V 12V [...]

- 16 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Utility BIOS stands for B asic Input and Output System. It was once called ROM BIOS when it was stored in a Read-Only Memory (ROM) chip . Now manu fac tu rer s woul d like to stor e BIOS i n EEPROM which means Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory . BIOS used in this s eries of mai[...]

- 17 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility ► Standard CMOS Features ► Advanced BIOS Features ► Advanced Chipset Features ► Integrated Peripherals ► Power Management Setup ► PnP/PCI Configurations ► PC Health Status ► Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set [...]

- 18 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual • PC Health Status This setup page is the System auto detect temper ature, voltage, fan, speed. • Frequency/Voltage Control This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency r atio. • Load Fail-Safe Defaults F ail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system par ameters which the system would be [...]

- 19 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 4.5.3 Standard CMOS Features ・ Date (mm:dd:yy) This item sets the date you specify (usually the current date) in the f ormat of [Month], [Date],and [Y ear]. ・ Time (hh:mm:ss) This item sets the time you specify (usually the current time) in the f ormat of [Hour], [Minute],and [Second]. ► IDE Channel [...]

- 20 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual IDE HDD Auto-Detection This item allows you to detect the par ameters of IDE drives by pressing <Enter> key . The parameters will be shown on the screen automatically . IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave,SATA Channel 1~4 When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE or SA T A hard dr[...]

- 21 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features ► CPU Feature ► Hard Disk Boot Priority Virus Warning CPU L1 & L2 Cache CPU L3 Cache Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock [...]

- 22 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Limit CPUID MaxVal When set to [Enabled], this item limits the CPUID maximum value to 3, which is usually required for older OS lik e Windows NT4.0. C1E Function This item appears only for certain processors with the C1E (Enhanced Halt State) Function. When set to [Enabled], the processor will further redu[...]

- 23 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual ・ Security Option This item determines when the system will prompt for password - every time the system boots or only when enters the BIOS setup. [Setup]: The password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup . [System]: The password is requir ed each time the computer boots up. Note:   Don’t f[...]

- 24 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 4.5.5 Advanced Chipset Features ・ SLP_S4# Assertion Width Av ailable options:[4 to 5 Sec],[3 to 4 Sec],[2 to 3 Sec],[1 to 2 Sec] ・ System BIOS Cacheable Av ailable options: [Enabled],[Disabled] ・ Memory Hole At 15M-16M Y ou can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is[...]

- 25 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual • Back to Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu ・ PEG/Onchip VGA Control This option is for controlling the integr ated graphics. ・ On-Chip Frame Buffer Size This option is for setting the VGA memory size. ・ DVMT Mode Av ailable Options:[Fixed],[DVMT], [Both]. Generally , DVMI is the best choice, th[...]

- 26 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual ► OnChip IDE Device Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: IDE HDD Block Mode Enable this eld if your IDE hard drive supports block mode. Block mode enables BIOS to automatically detect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the drive can support. It also improves the speed[...]

- 27 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA (Auto) Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device. This mainboard supports UltraDMA technology , which provides faster access to IDE devices. If you install a device that supports UltraDMA, change the appropriate item on this list to Auto . Y ou may have to i[...]

- 28 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual USB Controller This option enables or disables the USB controller . USB 2.0 Controller This option enables or disables the USB 2.0 controller . USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to se lect [ BIOS] for using USB k eyboa rd in DOS envir onmen t, or [OS] in OS environment. USB Mouse Support This item [...]

- 29 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual [Mouse Left]: Double click the mouse left button to power on the system. [Mouse Right]: Double click the mouse right button to power on the system. [Any KEY]: Use any keyboard k eys to power on the system. [Button Only]: Use only the power button to power on the system. [Keyboard 98]: Use the power-on butt[...]

- 30 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 4.5.7 Power Management Setup ・ ACPI Function This item allows you to Enabled/Disabled the Adv anced Conguration and P ower Management (ACPI). ・ ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select ACPI Suspend T ype. ・ Power Management This option is for choose ACPI mode (or gr ade) etc. Min Saving If[...]

- 31 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual ・ Video off Method ・ Video Off In Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The choices are Y es Video will off and No Video always on. ・ Suspend Type This item allows you to select ACPI Suspend T ype. ・ MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use. Def[...]

- 32 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 4.5.8 PnP PCI Conguration ・ Init Display First This setting species which graphics car d is your primary graphics adapter . W e suggest you to keep the def ault setting. ・ Reset conguration data Usually you'd better keep this set ting [Disabled]. ・ Resource controlled by The plug and pl[...]

- 33 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 4.5.9 PC Health Status ・ Smart FAN Control This item allows you to control the CPU fan speed. When set to [Enabled], the f ollowing items become selectable. ・ FAN Target Temperture This item sets the temperature mark f or the “Smart F an” function to take ef fect. ・ FAN Min Speed This item sets t[...]

- 34 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual 4.5.10 Frequency/Voltage Control ・ System Memory Control Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu. Y ou may manually set the DRAM timing parameters through its sub-items, or leav e them at their default settings according to the SPD (Serial Pr esence Detect) data stored in the DRAM. ・ CPU Voltage R[...]

- 35 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N 4.5.11 Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option opens a dialog box that lets you install f ail-safe defaults for all appr opriate items in the Setup Utility: Press <Y> and the <Enter> to install the defaults. Pr ess <N> and then <Enter> to not install the[...]

- 36 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? Y T o disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message will conrm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter BIOS Setup freely . PASSWORD DISABLE[...]

- 37 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual Chapter 5 Driver Installation Check your package and there is Driver CD included. This CD consists of all dirvers you need. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which drivers needed so that your system can function pr operly . Insert [...]

- 38 - Intel 945 Series User's Manual When you choose Mainboard Driver installation Utility , the drivers menu should appear as below: (This picture is only for r eference) From the Drivers MENU you ma y make 4 selections: 1. Intel Chipset Installtion Utility 2. Intel Chipset VGA Graphics Driver 3. LAN Driver 4. Audio Driver Back <- Intel C[...]