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- Page 1 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tes ted and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital devic e, purs uant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ..............3 Motherboard Features ..........3 Package Checklist............7 Layout and Components..........8 Chapter 2: Hardware Information ..........9 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)......9 FAN Headers..............10 Installing System Memory ...........11 Connectors and Slots ...........11 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup........12 How to Setup Jumpers..........12 Detail Settings.............12 Chapter 4: Useful Help............... -
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION OTHERBOARD EATURES A. Hardware Supports LGA 775. Supports single Intel Pentium 4 processor. Supports Intel Celeron D processor. Front Side Bus at the following frequency ranges: 533 MT/s (133 MHz Core Clock) 800 MT/s (200 MHz Core Clock) Supports Hyper-Threading Technology. - Page 4 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED System Me mory Supports Dual Channel DDR with 4 banks only. Supports DDR333 and DDR400. Supports 256Mb, 512Mb, and 1G-Mb DDR technologies for x8 and x16 non-ECC DDR devices. Registered DIMMs are not supported.
- Page 5 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED Chip: RTL8100C Supports 10 Mb/s, and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation. Half/Full duplex capability. Supports ACPI power management. On-board AC’97 Sound Code c Chip: ALC655 Support 6 channels. Supports S/PDIF-Out and S/PDIF-In (optional) functions. Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.
- Page 6 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED Inte rnal On-board I/O Conne ctors and Heade rs 1 IDE connector supports 2 hard disk devices. 1 front panel header supports front panel facilities. 1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audio-in device. 1 SPDIF-out connector supports digital audio-out function.
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Page 7: Package Checklist
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI. Supports USB Function. Bundle d Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9 Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. ACKAGE HECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 S/PDIF Cable X 1 User’s Manual X 1... -
Page 8: Layout And Components
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED AYOUT AND OMPONENTS JCFAN1 JATX PW R2 JKBMS1 JKB V 1 JCOM1 LGA775 CPU1 JCO M2 ( op tiona l) J1394_USB1 JA TXPWR1 JSFA N 2 JU S BV1 ( opt iona l) Intel 915P JRJ45USB1... -
Page 9: Chapter 2: Hardware Information
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INFORMATION (CPU) NSTALLING ENTRAL ROCESSING Special Notice: Remove Pin Cap before installation, and make good preservation for future use. When the CPU is removed, cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won’t be damaged. -
Page 10: Fan Headers
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation. -
Page 11: Installing System Memory
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED NSTALLING YSTEM EMORY 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. 2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly... -
Page 12: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP OW TO ETUP UMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. - Page 13 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED JKBV1: Powe r Source Heade r for PS/2 Ke yboard and Mouse Assignment Description +5V f or PS/2 key board and mouse. Pin 1-2 close PS/2 mouse and keyboard are +5V Standby powered with +5V standby Voltage v oltage.
- Page 14 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED JCDIN1: CD-RO M Audio-in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variety devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.. Assignment Left channel input Ground Ground Right channel input...
- Page 15 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED J1394PWR1: Powe r Source for 1394 Fire wire Port (optional) This header allows user to connect the digital image device, like DV, D8, or V8, etc. Assignment Description +3.3V SB +3.3V SB for 1394 chipset. Pin 1-2 close +3.3V f or 1394 chipset.
- Page 16 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED JCL1: Chassis O pen Message He ade r This connector allows sy stem to monitor PC case open status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot-up.
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Page 17: Chapter 4: Useful Help
BIOS contents are corrupted. In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: 1. Make a bootable floppy disk. 2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website. - Page 18 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.
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Page 19: Troubleshooting
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don’t illuminate, f an securely plugged in. inside power supply does not turn Replace cable. Contact technical support. Indicator light on key board does not turn on. -
Page 20: Chapter 5: Warpspeeder
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ NTRODUCTION [WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage. -
Page 21: Installation
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. - Page 22 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand.
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Page 23: Warpspeeder™] Includes 1 Tray Icon And 5 Panels
I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED ™] PEEDER INCLUDES TRAY ICON AND PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. - Page 24 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains fe ature s as follows: Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
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- Page 26 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not.
- Page 27 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure. O ve rclock Panel contains the these features: “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz...
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- Page 29 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [WarpSpeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [WarpSpeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the [WarpSpeeder™] utility will restore to the hardware default...
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- Page 31 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
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- Page 33 I915P-A7 PCI-ED I91PL-A7 PCI-ED Note : Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [WarpSpeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’...
- Page 34 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS SETUP BIOS Setup ................ 1 1 Main Menu..................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features ................6 3 Advanced BIOS Features................9 4 Advanced Chipset Features................14 5 Integrated Peripherals .................. 16 6 Power Management Setup ................21 7 PnP/PCI Configurations ................
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Page 35: Bios Setup
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. - Page 36 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU.
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Page 37: Main Menu
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>... - Page 38 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed Input/ Output features. Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play”...
- Page 39 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User”...
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Page 40: Standard Cmos Features
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the<PgUp>... - Page 41 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.
- Page 42 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All, but Keyboard the POST process and All, but Diskette notify you. All, but Disk/ Key...
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Page 43: Advanced Bios Features
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup CPU FEATURE Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time. The Choices: 4, 8, 16 (default), 32. - Page 44 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Thermal Management Allow you to choose the thermal management method of your monitor. The Choices:Thermal Monitor 1 (default), Thermal Monitor2. Notes:The choices will be different according to your CPU features. TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency.
- Page 45 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual BOOT SEQ & FLOPPY SETUP First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, HPT370, Disabled, Enabled.
- Page 46 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual CPU L3 Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. HYPER-THREADING TECHNOLOGY This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper-Threading.
- Page 47 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual SECURITY OPTION This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility. System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility.
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Page 48: Advanced Chipset Features
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. - Page 49 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete, and the DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance.
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Page 50: Integrated Peripherals
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode... - Page 51 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. On-chip Primary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDEChannel.
- Page 52 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual ONBOARD DEVICE PCI Express Root Port Func, PCI Express Port This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port. The Choices: Auto (default), Enabled, Disabled. PCI-E Compliancy Mode This item allows you to select the PCI-E Compliancy Mode.
- Page 53 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support. Enabled Enable USB Mouse Support. Disabled (default) Disable USB Mouse Support. AC97 Audio This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Audio.
- Page 54 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
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Page 55: Power Management Setup
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power Management Setup ACPI & WAKE UP EVENTS... - Page 56 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM S1 & S3 POS+STR...
- Page 57 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Hot Key Power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password. The Choices: Ctrl-F1 (default), Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5,Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, and Ctrl-F12. POWER After PWR-Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs.
- Page 58 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1.HDD Power Down. 2.Suspend Mode. There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings Min.
- Page 59 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Suspend Mode The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system. The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour.
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Page 60: Pnp/Pci Configurations
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. - Page 61 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual IRQ RESOURCES This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the “Press Enter” tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts.
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Page 62: Pc Health Status
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices: 60... -
Page 63: Frequency/ Voltage Control
I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual 9 Frequency/ Voltage Control Figure 9. Frequency/ Voltage Control CPU CLOCK RATIO The Choices: 8X (default), 9X, 10X, 11X, 12X, 13X, 14 X, 15X, 16X, 17X, 18X, 19X, 20 X, 21 X, 22 X, and 23X. - Page 64 I915P-A7 PCI-ED & I91PL-A7 PCI-ED BIOS Manual Method 2: Press the <Insert> key and Power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing the <Insert> key until the power-on screen showed. This action will boot-up the system according to FSB of the processor.