Intel I945P manual

TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. These specifications are subject to change without notice. Manual Revision 1.0 October 25, 2005 Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel i945P / i945PL i945P / i945PL i945P / i945PL i945P / i945PL i945P / i945PL mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard[...]

ii DISCLAIMER OF W ARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO W ARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE F ACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED W ARRANTY . THE MANUF ACTURER EXPRESSL Y EXCLUDES ALL OTHER W ARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY , FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRI[...]

iii P ost P or t F r equently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix in this manual. P O S T CO DE P ro b l em S o lut i on FFh o r CFh 1 .BI O S c hip inse r te d inco rr e c tly 2. I n c orr ect BI OS u p d a t e v er si on 3 . M [...]

iv T able of Contents Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ...................................................... 1- 1 Mainboard Features ................................................... 1- 2 System Block Diagram ............................................. 1 - 5 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification ...............................[...]

v Power BIOS Features ................................................ 4-19 Defaults Menu ........................................................... 4-22 Supervisor/User Password Setting ... ......................... 4- 2 3 Exit Selecting .............................................................. 4 - 2 4 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driv[...]

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Introduction Page 1-1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Package Contents Contents A. Mainboard B. User ’ s manual C. Floppy drive cable D. HDD drive cable E . CD (drivers and utilities) F . I/O Shield G. S-A T A II data and power cable Optional Items H. Extra USB2.0 port cable I . ThermoStick cable If you need the optional item, please contact your deal[...]

Introduction Page 1-2 1-2 Mainboard Fea tur es Brief Introduction Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processors The Pentium 4 processor is designed to deliver performance across applications and usages where end-users can truly appreciate and experience the performance. The Pentium 4 processor delivers this world-class performance for consumer enthusiasts and b[...]

Introduction Page 1-3 Ultra A T A100 The mainboard provides an Ultra A T A100 Bus Master IDE controller . This controller supports Ultra A T A100 protocols which are ideal to support demand- ing applications such as real-time video, multimedia, and a high performance operating system. A new IDE cable is required for Ultra A T A100. Hardware Monitor[...]

Introduction Page 1-4 Special Features & Magic Health Reports your system hardware status for every boot-up to help detect faults early. Monitor hardware status including CPU temperature, CPU/Memory/ Chipset voltage, fan RPM speed for chassis fan, CPU fan & Power supply fan. & EZ-Boot Simply press “ESC” to select your bootable devic[...]

Introduction Page 1-5 1-3 System Block Diagram[...]

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Specification Page 2-1 Section 2 SPECIFICA TION Mainboard Specification Processor  Socket LGA775 for Intel ® Celeron D ® 3xx series, Intel ® Pentium 4 ® 5xx/ 6xx series, P4EE up to 3.8+GHz  Support 533/800/1066MHz front-side bus (533/800MHz FSB for i945PL chipset)  Support Intel Pentium D ® with Dual core processor  Support Intel ?[...]

Specification Page 2-2 IDE  One IDE interface (up to 2 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, A T A-66/100 support from embedded IDE controller USB  Eight USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel) S-A T A II  Four S-A T A II ports with up to 300MB/s bandwidth from ICH7 LAN  One Gb Ethernet from R[...]

Specification Page 2-3 BIOS  Flash EEPROM with A ward Plug&Play BIOS  Support ACPI S3 (Suspend T o RAM) mode in ACPI compliant O/S  Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection  Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot-up Peripheral Interfaces ) At Rear Panel  PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports ?[...]

Specification Page 2-4 Special Features  Support KBPO function – Keyboard power on, turn on the computer from keyboard  Support W ake-On-LAN by PME  Support USB resume in S3  Onboard Post Port LED display for system debugging  Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and PCI/PCI-E  PowerBIOS for excellent overclocking feat[...]

Installation Page 3-1 Mainboard Layout Section 3 INST ALLA TION Note: Depending on the model you purchased, some components are optional and may not be available.[...]

Installation Page 3-2 Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System Memory 3-4. VGA card installation 3-5. Device Connectors 3-1 CPU Installation Step 1 Open load plate ( A ) , DO NOT touch socket contacts ( B ). Step 2 Remove protective cover ([...]

Installation Page 3-3 Step 3 Remove the processor from the protective cover. Do not touch the bottom of the processor. The processor cover should not be discarded. Always replace the processor cover if the processor is removed from the socket. Step 4 Hold the processor with thumb and index fingers as shown. Ensure fingers align to the socket cutout[...]

Installation Page 3-4 3-2 Jumper Settings 1 Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS JCMOS: Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS. Settings: 1-2: Enabled (S3 enabled) 2-3: Disabled[...]

Installation Page 3-5 JPCIE1~JPCIE2: PCI-E slot Control Jumper These jumpers redirect the PCI-E signals from PCI-EXP2 and PCI-EXP3 to the PCI-EXP4 connector. This allows 4x bandwidth on PCI-EXP4 slot to cater for higher bandwidth cards such as VGA and RAID connectors. Settings: 1-2: PCI-E x4 mode (Default) 2-3: PCI-E x1 mode JPCIE1 JPCIE2 Set both [...]

Installation Page 3-6 3-3 System Memor y Configuration The mainboard accommodates four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets. • Supports up to 4GB of 400/533/667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2GB and 400/ 533MHz for i945PL chipset support only). • Supports dual channel memory interface. • Supports non-ECC memory and non-Registered DIMMs only. • SPD (Serial Presence D[...]

Installation Page 3-7 Memory configurations supported: M M I D 1 ) t i b - 4 6 ( M M I D 2 ) t i b - 8 2 1 ( M M I D 3 ) t i b - 8 2 1 ( M M I D 4 ) t i b - 8 2 1 ( 1 # M M I DS D / S SS D / S SS D / S SS D / S SS D / S SS D / S S 2 # M M I DS D / S SS D / S SS D / S SS D / S SS D / S SS D / S S 3 # M M I DS D / S SS D / S SS D / S SS D / S SS D / [...]

Installation Page 3-8 3-4 VGA Card Installation  When installing the VGA card, make sure the card edge connector is fully inserted into the slot and the clicker is locked properly. <Figure 10>  T o install a single VGA card in Single Mode, insert the VGA into the "PCI-EXP1" VGA slot. (labeled on the board) <Figur e 9> Si[...]

Installation Page 3-9  “PCI-EXP4” VGA slot operates at PCI-E x4 bandwidth, the following table of VGA cards have been tested compatible with this slot. PCI-E VGA Card nVidia Gef or ce ASU S G eFo rc e 6600 GT 128MB ASU S G eFo rc e 6600 TD 128M B ASU S G eFo rc e 6200 TD 128M B MSI G eforce 6200T C 64MB Proli nk GeFo rce 6600GT 128MB Proli n[...]

Installation Page 3-10 3-5 Device Connectors The I/O back panel for this mainboard is shown below. When installing the mainboard into the computer case, use the bundled I/O shield to protect this back panel. <Figur e 13> - I/O Ports USB2.0 x 4 ports Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard RJ45 LAN COM S/PDIF-out Coaxial Jack 7.1 Audio Channel [...]

Installation Page 3-11 FDD : Floppy Controller Connector This connects to the floppy disk drive. IDE1: A T A-66/100 IDE Connector This mainboard is equipped with 1 IDE connectors to support up to 2 A T A-100 IDE drives. It supports PIO and DMA mode operations for maximum data transfer rate of 100MB/sec per channel. PW1 IDE1 FDD PW12 PW1: 24-pin A T[...]

Installation Page 3-12 CD-IN: CD Audio_IN Connector The CD-IN connector is used to receive audio from a CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card. CD_IN_Le ft 1 CD_IN_Ri ght CD_Referenc e CFP A : Front Panel Audio Connector This audio connector connects to the audio jacks located on the front panel. Refer to your case manual to match the pin-out names. 1[...]

Installation Page 3-13 CUSB3 CUSB4 CUSB3/CUSB4: Four USB 2.0 ports This mainboard includes additional USB2.0 ports, identified by 10-pin connector. If you wish to use the additional USB ports, install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then insert its cables to this 10-pin connector. CAUTION ! If you purchased a separate USB cable make sur[...]

Installation Page 3-14 CFP: Front Panel Connector      HD_LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed.      PWR_LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis      RST This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of[...]

Installation Page 3-15 3-6 T T T T T her her her her her mo Stic mo Stic mo Stic mo Stic mo Stic k Function (Optional) k Function (Optional) k Function (Optional) k Function (Optional) k Function (Optional) This mainboard is equipped with a digital thermometer capability to monitor any temperature. This is useful for measuring heat on peripherals s[...]

Installation Page 3-17 3-9 ACPI S3 (Suspend T o RAM) Function This mainboard supports the STR (Suspend T o RAM) power management scheme by maintaining the appropriate power states in the RAM interface signals. The power source to the RAM is kept active during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides many Energy Saving F[...]

Installation Page 3-17 3-9 ACPI S3 (Suspend T o RAM) Function This mainboard supports the STR (Suspend T o RAM) power management scheme by maintaining the appropriate power states in the DDR SDRAM interface signals. The power source to the DDR SDRAM is kept active during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides many Ene[...]

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BIOS Page 4-1 Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will [...]

BIOS Page 4-2 The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provide[...]

BIOS Page 4-3 4-2 Advanced BIOS Fe atur es Selecting the “ADV ANCED BIOS FEA TURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer ’ s default values for the board. Pressing the [F1] key displays a help message for the selected item. Figur e[...]

BIOS Page 4-4 Hyper-Threading T echnology Enables the CPU Hyper-Threading T echnology . Options: Enables, Disabled.      It is recommend to enable Hyper-Threading T echnology on system with Windows XP and Linux 2.4 and disabling it for legacy OS. First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system fro[...]

BIOS Page 4-5 functionality. APIC is an Intel chip that provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) for its Pentium systems. Options: Enabled, Disabled. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability The S.M.A.R.T . (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance. S.M.A.R.T. Software r[...]

BIOS Page 4-6 DRAM Timing Selectable For setting DRAM T iming, select By SPD to follow Intel PC DDR SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Specification. Options: Manual, By SPD. CAS Latency Time This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after a Column Address Strobe (CAS) signal before data can be read. Options: 5, 4, 3, 6, Auto. DRAM RAS# to CA[...]

BIOS Page 4-7 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figur e 5: Integrated Peripherals Realtek Lan Boot ROM Enable/disable the onboard Realtek Lan Boot ROM for booting from LAN. Options: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Express Function Scroll to PCI Express Function and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: PCIEX-2 Slot / PCIEX-3 Slot / PCIEX-4 Slot PCI-E [...]

BIOS Page 4-8 Chipset IDE Devices Scroll to Chipset IDE Devices and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Delay For HDD (Secs) This item allows you to set longer time stand by before system Scan HDD at post screen. Some HDD may need a longer stand by time before it can be detected. Options: 0 ~ 15. IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode all[...]

BIOS Page 4-9 support Ultra DMA-33/66/100, select Auto to enable UDMA mode by BIOS. Options: Auto, Disabled. *** Chipest Serial A T A Setting *** Chipest Serial A T A This sets the mode of SA T A. Combined mode will force SA T A to replace one of the traditional IDE Primary or Secondary ports. Enhanced mode allows Serial A T A to work simultaneousl[...]

BIOS Page 4-10 USB Keyboard Support Enable/Disable support for USB keyboard under DOS. Options: Auto, Enabled, Disabled. USB Mouse Support Enable/Disable support for USB mouse under DOS. Options: Enabled, Disabled. High Definition Audio (Intel ® High Definition Audio Controller) This item allows you disable the on-chip Audio. Options: Auto, Disabl[...]

BIOS Page 4-11 Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. Options: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP+EPP. EPP Mode Select This field allows the user to select the EPP mode for parallel port mode. Options: EPP1.9, EPP1.7. ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode. Options: DMA1, DMA3.[...]

BIOS Page 4-12 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’ s absolutely necessary . Figur e 6: Power Management ACPI Su[...]

BIOS Page 4-13 PCI Express PME PCI-E device PME function. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Power Management Use this to select your Power Management selection. The default is User define. Max. saving : Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode. Min. saving : Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode. User de[...]

BIOS Page 4-14 W ake-Up by PCI Card An input signal form PME on the PCI card awakens the system from S3 suspend state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Power On by Ring When enabled, any modem activity awakens the system from soft-off state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. USB Wake-Up From S3 This item allows a USB device to wake-up the system from S3 suspe[...]

BIOS Page 4-15 4-6 PNP/PCI/PCI-E Configuration This page lets the user to modify the PCI/PCI-E IRQ signals when various PCI/ PCI-E cards are inserted. W ARNING: Conflicting IRQ’s may cause system unable to locate certain devices. Figur e 7: PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Resources Controlled By Determines what controls system PNP/PCI resources. The [...]

BIOS Page 4-16 Interrupt requests are shared as shown below: 4-7 PC Health Status Figur e 8: PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST (Power On Self T est). Options: Enabled, Disabled. A T N IB T N IC T N ID T N IG T N I o i d u A V 1 I C P V 2 I C P V I C P3 V P X [...]

BIOS Page 4-17 Current System/CPU T emperature Displays the current system/CPU temperature. Thermo Stick T emperature Displays the current thermo Stick temperature. Current CPU/Chassis/Power F AN Speed Displays the current speed of the CPU, chassis, and power fan speed in RPMs. VDimm The voltage level of the DRAM. Chipset V oltage The voltage level[...]

BIOS Page 4-18 SmartFan Function Scroll to SmartFan Function and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Smart CPU F AN Function This item selects how the fan speed should be set. Full speed fixes fan speed at100% duty cycle. Control the Fan by Duty-Cycle directly . By T emperature calculates the fan speed according to different temperat[...]

BIOS Page 4-19 4-8 Po wer BIOS Fe atures This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking. W arning : Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components. W e recommend you leave these parameters at their default values for proper operation. Figur e 9: PowerBOIS Featur e[...]

BIOS Page 4-20 CPU CLOCK/SPEED Enables you to increment the CPU’ s clock generator at 1MHz step. This works together with CPU Clock Ratio (below) to set the CPU operating frequency. CPU Clock Generator x CPU Clock Ratio = CPU Frequency For example, if you have a processor that is rated at 2.4GHz and the clock genera- tor is 200MHz, then 200MHz x [...]

BIOS Page 4-21 PCI Freq Sel Enables you to select the PCI Frequency. Options: Sync., 37.5MHz, 40MHz, 33.3MHz. System Memory Frequency Enables you to select a ratio of the DDR2 DRAM to match the installed DRAM frequency . W e recommend that you leave this item at the default value. Options available depend on system FSB. CPU Clock Ratio Use this ite[...]

BIOS Page 4-22 Chipset V oltage This item allows you to adjust the Chipset voltage. Options: -0.00V to +0.30V in 0.1V increments. W e recommend that you leave this at the default value. VDIMM V oltage This item allows you to adjust the DIMM slot voltage. Options: +0.00V, +0.05V, +0.10V, +0.15V, +0.22V, +0.27V, +0.32V, +0.37V. W e recommend that you[...]

BIOS Page 4-23 4-10 Super visor/User Pass word Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus. user password: only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus. When you select t[...]

BIOS Page 4-24 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your[...]

Drivers Installation Page 5-1 Section 5 DRIVER INST ALLA TION Easy Driver Installation Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM and the main menu screen will appear. The main menu displays links to the supported drivers, utilities and software. Method 1 This item installs all drivers automatically. Method 2 This item allows you to install the drivers [...]

Drivers Installation Page 5-2 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide  Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "Sound Manager" utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs. This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user-guide to setup "Sound Manager". For more detailed i[...]

Drivers Installation Page 5-3 Speaker Configuration: <Figure 3> 3 . This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode is selected. Figure 3 above shows the phone jack setup for 8 channel mode. 4 . This page lets you test the 3D Positional Audio features. 3D Audio Demo: <Figur e 4>[...]

Drivers Installation Page 5-4 <Figure 6> SPDIF: 6 . This page shows S/PDIF-Out function on your system. S/PDIF-Out: Choose the type of audio source that will appear on the S/PDIF- out connector. 5 . This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software. T o remove "Sound Manager" icon from W indows T ask bar, unch[...]

Drivers Installation Page 5-5 7 . This mainboard is equipped with jack re-tasking feature for Front Panel audio. Simply plug Microphone/ Line-out into any front panel jack and it will work. <Figure 7> Audio Wizard: 8 . Figure 8 below shows the back panel audio. The Jack sensing capability will warn you if a wrong jack is plugged and will guid[...]

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Appendix A-1 Appendix A A-1 Flashing the BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk. Note: The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other pr[...]

Appendix A-2 5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file. 6. T o confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming. 7. The BIOS update is finished. xxxxx.bin F1 : Reset F10 : Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXXX XXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXXX XXXX 8. Keep this BIOS floppy disk for future use.[...]

Appendix B-1 Appendix B B-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION CF h T est CMOS R/W functionality . C0h Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers C1h Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) C3h Expand c[...]

Appendix B-2 18h Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). 19-1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. 1C h Reserved 1Dh Initial EARL Y_PM_INIT switch. 1 E h Reserved [...]

Appendix B-3 43h T est 8259 functionality . 4 4 h Reserved 45-46h Reserved 4 7 h Initialize EISA slot 4 8 h Reserved 4 9 h 1 . Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2 . Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4A-4Dh Reserved 4E h 1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 . Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CP[...]

Appendix B-4 6E h Reserved 6Fh 1. Initialize floppy controller 2 . Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. 70-72h Reserved 7 3 h (Optional Feature) Enter A WDFLASH.EXE if : -A WDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -AL T+F2 is pressed 7 4 h Reserved 7 5 h Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. 7 6 h Reserved 7 7h Detect s[...]