USER'S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii
COOLING SOLUTIONS ........................................................................................................iii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION OF P31 EXPRESS AND ICH7 MOTHERBOARDS
1-1
1-1.1
1-2
SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3
1-3
PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4
1-4
2-1
2-2
2-3
INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8
2-3-1
GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 8
2-3-2
2-3-3
2-4
INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 19
2-5
EXPANSION CARD ............................................................................................................. 20
2-5-1
2-5-2
2-5-3
PCI-EXPRESS SLOT.............................................................................................. 21
2-6
CONNECTORS, HEADERS ................................................................................................ 22
2-6-1
CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 22
2-6-2
HEADERS ............................................................................................................... 25
2-7
3-1
ENTERING SETUP .............................................................................................................. 29
3-2
GETTING HELP ................................................................................................................... 29
3-3
THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 30
3-4
STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ........................................................................................ 31
3-5
ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 32
3-6
3-7
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ......................................................................................... 34
3-7-1
ONBOARD IDE FUNCTION ................................................................................ 35
3-7-2
3-7-3
3-8
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 38
3-9
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION .............................................................................................. 39
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS.......................................................................................................... 40
3-12 PASSWORD SETTING ........................................................................................................ 41
4-1
4-2
4-3
4-4
4-5
4-6
HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 48
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