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  • Page 1 MX945GM-D User’ s Manual Revision 1.0 http://www.bcmcom.com...
  • Page 2 This manual is created and written by BCM Technical Dept., but not limited, to the information from the MX945GM-D External Production Specifications, and MX945GM-D Specifications. If any comments, suggestions, or errors on this manual, please write an e-mail to support@bcmcom.com.
  • Page 3 Compliance & Certificate & & ISO 9001 Certificate: This device was produced in our plant with advanced quality system certified by DNV QA Ltd. in according to ISO 9001. This Certificate is valid for: DESIGN & MANUFACTURE OF MOTHERBOARD AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS. CE Declaration: CE marking is a visible declaration by the manufacturer or his authorized representatives that the electrical equipment to which it relates satisfies all the provisions of the 1994 Regulations.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENT MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ITEM CHECK LIST CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION FEATURES OF MX945GM -D SPECIFICATION SYSTEM DIAGRAM CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS THE JUMPER/ CONNECTOR LOCATION INSTALL CPU INSTALL DDRII MEMORY MODULE POWER SUPPLY 2-5-1 ATX 20-PIN POWR CONNECTOR: ATX1 2-5-2 ATX 12V POWER CONNECTOR: JPW1 BACK PANEL 2-6-1 MOUSE/KEYBOARD CONNECTOR...
  • Page 5 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS 3-11 FREQUENCY/ VOLTAGE CONTROL 3-12 LOAD FAIL-SAFE/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 3-13 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD...

  • Page 6: Manual Revision Information

    MX945GM -D Quick Installation Guide MX945GM -D User’s Manual on CD (Digital Format) MX945GM -D Device Drivers on CD 80 wire ATA66/100 IDE cable x1 SATA cable x2 SATA Power cable x2 CPU Heatsink x1 I/O Shield for MX945GM -D MX945GM-D...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    SATA ports, one PCI slot, and eight USB ports which support USB 1.1/ 2.0 standard performance, stability and reliability requirements. The MX945GM-D Mini ITX Board is a valuable and it is suitable for all the industry ® applications, which also well support with the Windows 2000/ XP and Linux operating systems.

  • Page 8: Specification

    - Parallel port x1, Serial port x4 (Three on header) - USB 2.0 connector x6, (2 on header) - Audio connector CD-In - Audio connector Line-Out - Award (Phoenix PNP BIOS) BIOS - APM /ACPI compliant - ATX standard 20-pin power connector Power MX945GM-D...

  • Page 9: System Diagram

    1-3 System Diagram MX945GM-D Mainboard Diagram MX945GM-D...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Install Expansion cards (If there is any) Connect IDE and Floppy cables, Front Panel /Back Panel cables Connect ATX Power cables Power-On and Load Optimal settings under BIOS Save the BIOS setting and reboot 10. Install Operating System 11. Install device drivers and Utility MX945GM-D...

  • Page 11: The Jumper/ Connector Location

    2-2 The Jumper/ Connector Location MX945GM-D...

  • Page 12: Install Cpu

    Be sure there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s heatsink and Chassis FAN is working correctly. Otherwise, it may cause the processor and mainboard overheat and damage. Install additional auxiliary cooling fan in the system chassis, if necessary. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 13: Install Ddrii Memory Module

    2-4 Install DDRII Memory Module The MX945GM-D provides two DIMM slots for 240-pins Dual Channel DDRII 533/667 DIMM, which supports the memory size up to 4GB. Since DDRII modules are not interchangeable with DDRI and DDRII standard is not backward compatible, only DDRII memory module is allowed to be installed in DIMM slots (“DIMM1”...

  • Page 14: Power Supply

    2-5 POWER SUPPLY The MX945GM-D supports ATX power supply for the power system. Before connecting the power supply connector, always make sure that all components are installed properly in order to avoid damage to the mainboard or components. 2-5-1 ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: ATX1 ATX Power Supply connector is a 20-pins connector comply with Intel ATX standard.

  • Page 15: Back Panel

    16 bytes FIFOs. A serial mouse or other serial devices can be connected to the serial port directly. 2-6-5 USB Ports: The OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus port is designed for connecting USB devices to the board. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 16: Lan (Rj-45) Jacks

    Line-In (blue audio jack): Or “ Side-surround Out” in 5.1 channel mode. Line-In is used for external CD player, or other audio devices. Line-Out (green audio jack): Connector for speakers or headphones. MIC-In (pink audio jack): Or “Center-LEF” in 5.1 channel mode, MIC-In is used for microphones. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 17: Jumper And Connector

    CONNECTORS 2-7-1 IDE Connector: IDE1 The MX945GM-D has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66/100 controller that provides PIO modes 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 66/100 function. The “IDE1” connector can be connected to IDE devices like IDE HDD & CD-ROM.

  • Page 18: Fan Poewr Connectors: Sysfan1/ Cpufan1

    Install additional auxiliary cooling fan in the system chassis, if necessary. 2-7-4 Front Panel Connector: JFP1 The MX945GM-D provides one front panel connector for the connection to the front panel switches and LEDs. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 19: Front Panel Audio Connector: Jaud1

    Line-Out connector on the back panel will not function. 2-7-6 Front USB Connectors: F_USB1/ F_USB2 The MX945GM-D provides two standard USB 2.0 headers. USB 2.0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps, which is 40 times faster than the USB1.1, and is ideal for connecting high-speed USB peripherals such as USB HDD, digital cameras,...

  • Page 20: Floppy Disk Drive Connector: Fdd1

    2-7-7 Floppy Drive Connector: FDD1 The MX945GM-D provides a standard floppy drive connector that supports 1.44M floppy disk types. JUMPER 2-7-8 Clear CMOS Jumper: CLR_CMOS1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard which as a power supply from external battery to maintain the system configuration data.

  • Page 21: Install Pci Card

    IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 * IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 * PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port Numeric Data Processor 14 * Primary IDE Channel 15 * Secondary IDE Channel * These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 22: Pci Interrupt Request Routing

    If install PCI card on shared PCI slot, make sure that the PCI card driver supports “Shared IRQ” or the card doesn’t need IRQ assignment. Otherwise, conflicts will arise between two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or the PCI card inoperable. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 23: Starting Up The System

    For ATX power supply, user can press ATX power switching after exiting or shutting down the operating system. If user uses Windows 9X, click “Start” button, click “Shut down” and then click “Shut down the computer?” The power supply should turn off after windows shut down. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 24: Chapter 3 Introducing Bios

    Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window, press <Esc>. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 25: The Main Menu

    Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize the system’s performance. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify the settings for integrated peripherals. Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify the settings for power management. MX945GM-D...
  • Page 26 Use this menu to set the Supervisor password. Set User Password Use this menu to set the User password. Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 27: Standard Cmos Features

    Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only. Month The month from Jan. through Dec. Date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys. Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS. Time The time format is <hour><minute><second>. MX945GM-D...
  • Page 28 If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None” Access Mode The settings are Auto Normal, Large, and LBA. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors MX945GM-D...

  • Page 29: Advanced Bios Features

    Disabled (default)No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector of hard disk partition table. MX945GM-D...
  • Page 30 Complied with PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system. MPS Version Control For OS This field allows user to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used for the operating system. User needs to select MPS version. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 31: Advanced Chipset Features

    Use this field to select the mode of the digital monitor used. Available options: [Fixed Mode][DVMT Mode][Both]. DVMT/FIXED Memory Size Specify the size of DVMT memory to allocate for video memory. NOTE: It is not recommended to change these settings unless the user is familiar with the chipset. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 32: Integrated Peripherals

    Onboard Serial Port 1/2/3/4 Select an address for the serial ports. The settings are: Disabled, 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, 2E8. Serial Port 1/2/3/4 Use IRQ Select an interrupt for the serial ports. The settings are: IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ9, IRQ10, IRQ11. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 33: Onboard Ide Function

    Combine Mode PATA and SATA will be combined. Max of 2 IDE drives in each channel are available. Enhanced Mode PATA and SATA will both be enabled. Max. of 6 IDE drives are supported. SATA PORT Speed Settings This setting controls the speed of the SATA port. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 34: Onboard Device Function

    Onboard LAN Device 1/2 This setting controls the onboard LAN1 and LAN2 devices. Onboard LAN 1/2 Boot ROM These items enable or disable the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup. Select [Disabled] will increase the boot process. MX945GM-D...

  • Page 35: Onboard Super Io Function

    This item allows user to enable/ disable onboard floppy disk controller function. Available options are Enabled and Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1/2 These items specify the base I/O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2. It has the following option: Disabled 3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 MX945GM-D...

  • Page 36: Power Management Setup

    “wake up” event occurs. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN When enabled, turning the system off with the on/off button places the system in a very low- power-usage state, with only enough circuitry receiving power to detect power button activity or MX945GM-D...
  • Page 37 This item specifies whether the system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs. Available options are: Off Leaves the system in the power off state. Leaves the system in the power on state. Former-sts Restore the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurred. MX945GM-D...
  • Page 38 F7:Standard Defaults Init Display First This setting specifies which VGA device is set as the primary source of graphic. Available options are: PCI Slot The system initializes the PCI graphic card first. Onboard The system initializes the onboard graphic first. MX945GM-D...
  • Page 39 Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item allows user to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. The settings are: Disabled, 60°C / 140°F, 65°C / 149°F, 70°C / 158°F and 75°C / 167°F. MX945GM-D...
  • Page 40 Load Optimized Defaults When press <Enter> on this option, a confirmation dialog box with a message will be displayed as follow: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N Pressing <Y> loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. MX945GM-D...
  • Page 41 User determines when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. MX945GM-D...

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