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- Page 1 945PL-M7 Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........1 BEFORE YOU START .................1 PACKAGE CHECKLIST ..............1 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES ............2 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ............3 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT ...............4 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....5 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) .......5 FAN HEADERS ...................7 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY ............8 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS.............10 CHAPTER 3:... -
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
945PL-M7 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION BEFORE YOU START Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below: Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting. Always disconnect the computer from power outlet before operation. -
Page 4: Motherboard Features
Motherboard Manual MOTHERBOARD FEATURES SPEC LGA 775 Supports Hyper Transport/ Execute Disable Bit/ Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron Enhanced Intel SpeedStep®/ Intel Extended D processor up to 3.8 GHz Memory 64 technology 533 / 800 MHz Chipset Intel 945PL Intel ICH7 ITE IT8712F... -
Page 5: Rear Panel Connectors
Audio Jack Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection Board Size 219 (W) x 236 (L) mm Micro ATX form Factor Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove Windows 2000 / XP Support support for any OS with or without notice. -
Page 6: Motherboard Layout
Motherboard Manual MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT JKBMS1 JATXPWR2 JATXPWR1 LGA775 CPU1 JCFAN1 945PL JRJ45USB1 Super JAUDIO1 JAUDIO2 PCI-EX16 JSPDIF_IN1 JCMOS1 (optional) JCI1 PCI-EX1_1 BIOS CODEC BAT1 JSFAN1 JSPDIF_OUT1 JCDIN1 Intel PCI1 ICH7 PCI2 JPANEL1 IR (optional) Note: ■ represents the 1 pin. -
Page 7: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation
945PL-M7 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) 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 8 Motherboard Manual Step 2: Look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation. Step 2-1: Step 2-2: Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then lower the lever to locked position to complete the installation.
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Page 9: Fan Headers
945PL-M7 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header... -
Page 10: Installing System Memory
Motherboard Manual INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY A. Memory Modules 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. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated. - Page 11 945PL-M7 C. Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module must meet the following requirements: Install memory module of the same density in pairs, shown in the following table. Dual Channel Status DDR2_A1 DDR2_B1...
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Page 12: Connectors And Slots
Motherboard Manual CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality. - Page 13 945PL-M7 PCI-Ex16: PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally. PCI-Ex1_1: PCI-Express x1 slots PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.
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Page 14: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup12
Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS 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”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed... - Page 15 945PL-M7 ATX Power Source Connector: JATXPWR1 JATXPWR1 allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. Assignment Assignment +3.3V +3.3V -12V +3.3V Ground Ground PS_ON Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PW_OK Standby Voltage+5V +12V +12V Ground +3.3V JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit.
- Page 16 Motherboard Manual JUSB3/JUSB4: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel This header allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be connected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader. Assignment +5V (fused) +5V (fused) USB- USB-...
- Page 17 945PL-M7 JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the variaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc. Assignment Left Channel Input Ground Ground Right Channel Input JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header...
- Page 18 Motherboard Manual JCI1: Chassis Open Header This connector allows system 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. Assignment Case open signal Ground JSATA1~JSATA4: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 4 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA2.0spec and with transfer rate of 3.0GB/s.
- Page 19 945PL-M7 JSPDIF_IN1 (optional): Digital Audio-in Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header. Assignment SPDIF_IN Ground...
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Page 20: Chapter 4: Useful Help
Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP DRIVER INSTALLATION NOTE After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup Driver CD into your optical drive and install the driver for better system performance. You will see the following window after you insert the CD The setup guide will auto detect your motherboard and operating system. -
Page 21: Award Bios Beep Code
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 22 Motherboard Manual 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 23: Troubleshooting
945PL-M7 4.4 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don’t illuminate, fan securely plugged in. inside power supply does not turn Replace cable. Contact technical support. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. -
Page 24: Chapter 6: Warpspeeder
Motherboard Manual WARPSPEEDER™ CHAPTER 6: 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 25: Installation
945PL-M7 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 26: Warpspeeder
Motherboard Manual 6.4 W ™ PEEDER 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. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the little tray icon or you can right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure. - Page 27 945PL-M7 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 features as follows: a. Display the CPU Speed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
- Page 28 Motherboard Manual 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 29 945PL-M7 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. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment.
- Page 30 Motherboard Manual “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 setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.
- Page 31 945PL-M7 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 32: Appendencies: Spec In Other Language
Motherboard Manual APPENDENCIES: SPEC IN OTHER LANGUAGE ERMAN Spezifikationen LGA 775 Unterstützt Hyper-Threading / Execute Disable Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Bit / Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel Celeron D Prozessoren mit bis zu 3,8 Architecture-64 / Extended Memory 64 Technology 533 / 800 MHz Chipsatz... - Page 33 PS/2-Tastatur PS/2-Maus Rückseiten- Serieller Anschluss LAN-Anschluss USB-Anschluss Audioanschluss Platinengrö 219 mm (B) X 236 mm (L) ße. Biostar behält sich das Recht vor, ohne OS-Unterst Windows 2K / XP Ankündigung die Unterstützung für ein ützung Betriebssystem hinzuzufügen oder zu entfernen.
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Page 34: France
Motherboard Manual RANCE SPEC Prend en charge les technologies LGA 775 Hyper-Threading / d'exécution de bit de Processeurs Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium désactivation / Intel SpeedStep® optimisée/ D / Celeron D jusqu'à 3,8 GHz d'architecture Intel 64 / de mémoire étendue 64 Bus frontal 533 / 800 / 1066 MHz Chipset Intel 945PL... - Page 35 Port LAN arrière Port USB Fiche audio Dimension s de la 219 mm (l) X 236 mm (H) carte Support Biostar se réserve le droit d'ajouter ou de Windows 2K / XP supprimer le support de SE avec ou sans préavis.
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Page 36: Italian
Motherboard Manual TALIAN SPECIFICA LGA 775 Supporto di Hyper-Threading / Execute Disable Processore Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium Bit / Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Architettura D / Celeron D fino a 3.8 GHz Intel 64 / Tecnologia Extended Memory 64 533 / 800 MHz Chipset Intel 945PL... - Page 37 Porta LAN posteriore Porta USB Connettore audio Dimension 219 mm (larghezza) x 236 mm i scheda (altezza) Sistemi Biostar si riserva il diritto di aggiungere o operativi Windows 2K / XP rimuovere il supporto di qualsiasi sistema supportati operativo senza preavviso.
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Page 38: Spanish
Motherboard Manual PANISH Especificación Admite Hyper-Threading / Bit de deshabilitación LGA 775 de ejecución / Intel SpeedStep® Mejorado / Intel Procesador Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium Architecture-64 / Tecnología Extended Memory D / Celeron D hasta 3,8 GHz 533 / 800 MHz Conjunto Intel 945PL Intel ICH7... - Page 39 Conector de sonido Tamaño de 219mm. (A) X 236 Mm. (H) la placa Soporte de Biostar se reserva el derecho de añadir o retirar el sistema Windows 2K / XP soporte de cualquier SO con o sin aviso previo. operativo...
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Page 40: Portuguese
Motherboard Manual ORTUGUESE ESPECIFICAÇÕES LGA 775 Suporta as tecnologias Hyper-Threading / Processador Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium Execute Disable Bit / Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® D / Celeron D até 3,8 GHz / Intel Arquitecture -64 / Extended Memory 64 533 / 800 MHz Chipset Intel 945PL Intel ICH7... - Page 41 Porta USB Tomada de áudio Tamanho 219 mm (L) X 236 mm (A) da placa Sistemas A Biostar reserva-se o direito de adicionar ou operativos Windows 2K / XP remover suporte para qualquer sistema operativo suportado com ou sem aviso prévio.
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Page 42: Polish
Motherboard Manual OLISH SPEC Obsługa Hyper-Threading / Execute Disable Bit / LGA 775 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel Procesor Procesor Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Architecture-64 / Extended Memory 64 Celeron D do 3,8 GHz Technology 533 / 800 MHz Chipset Intel 945PL Intel ICH7... - Page 43 Mysz PS/2 Back Panel Port szeregowy Port LAN Port USB Gniazdo audio Wymiary 219 mm (S) X 236 mm (W) płyty Obsluga Biostar zastrzega sobie prawo dodawania lub systemu Windows 2K / XP odwoływania obsługi dowolnego systemu operacyjn operacyjnego bez powiadomienia.
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Page 44: Russian
Motherboard Manual RUSSIAN СПЕЦ. Поддержка технологий Hyper-Threading / (централь LGA 775 Execute Disable Bit / Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® ный Процессор Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium / Intel Architecture-64 / Extended Memory 64 процессор D / Celeron D до 3.8 ГГц Technology 533 / 800 МГц... - Page 45 ввода-вы USB-порт вода Гнездо для подключения наушников Размер 219 мм (Ш) X 236 мм (В) панели Biostar сохраняет за собой право добавлять Поддержк Windows 2K / XP или удалять средства обеспечения для OS с а OS или без предварительного уведомления.
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Page 46: Arabic
Motherboard Manual ARABIC اﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺎت ﺕﺪﻋﻢ ﺕﻘﻨﻴﺎتHyper-Threading / Execute Disable Bit / LGA 775 اﻟﻤﻌﺎﻟﺠﺔ وﺣﺪة Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel ﻡﻌﺎﻟﺠﺎتIntel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / اﻟﻤﺮآﺰﻳﺔ Architecture-64 / Extended Memory 64 Technology Celeron D ﺝﻴﺠﺎ هﺮﺕﺰ ﺼﻞ إﻟﻰ ﻳ... - Page 47 945PL-M7 اﻟﻤﻮاﺻﻔﺎت اﻟﻤﺮﻥﺔ ﻟﻸﻗﺮاص ﻡﺤﺮآﻴﻦ ﻳﺪﻋﻢ ﻋﺪد ﻡﻨﻔﺬ ﻡﺤﺮك أﻗﺮاص ﻡﺮﻥﺔ أﺝﻬﺰة ﻡﻦ اﺙﻨﻴﻦ ﻡﻨﻔﺬ آﻞ ﻳﺪﻋﻢ ﻋﺪد ﻡﻨﻔﺬ SATA أﺝﻬﺰة ﻡﻦ واﺣﺪ ﻡﻨﻔﺬ آﻞ ﻳﺪﻋﻢ ﻋﺪد SATA ﻡﻨﻔﺬ اﻷﻡﺎﻡﻴﺔ اﻟﻠﻮﺣﺔ ﺕﺠﻬﻴﺰات ﻳﺪﻋﻢ ﻋﺪد ﻡﻨﻔﺬ اﻟﻠﻮﺣﺔ اﻷﻡﺎﻡﻴﺔ اﻷﻡﺎﻡﻴﺔ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻮﺣﺔ اﻟﺼﻮت...
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Page 48: Japanese
Motherboard Manual JAPANESE 仕様 Hyper-Threading / Execute Disable Bit / LGA 775 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron Architecture-64 / Extended Memory 64 D processor up to 3.8 GHz Technology をサポートします 533 / 800 MHz チップセッ... - Page 49 945PL-M7 仕様 PCI Express x 1スロット 各コネクタは2つのフロッピードライブをサポートし フロッピーコネクタ ます IDEコネクタ 各コネクタは2つのIDEデバイスをサポートします SATAコネクタ 各コネクタは1つのSATAデバイスをサポートします フロントパネルコネクタ フロントパネル機能をサポートします フロントオーディオコネクタ フロントパネルオーディオ機能をサポートします CDインコネクタ CDオーディオイン機能をサポートします S/PDIFアウトコネクタ デジタルオーディオアウト機能をサポートします オンボード S/PDIFインコネクタ (オプション) x1 デジタルオーディオイン機能をサポートします コネクタ CPUファンヘッダ CPUファン電源装置(スマートファン機能を搭載) システムファンヘッダ システムファン電源装置 シャーシオープンヘッダ シャーシ侵入検出機能 CMOSクリアヘッダ 各コネクタは2つのフロントパネルUSBポートをサポ USBコネクタ ートします 電源コネクタ(24ピン) 電源コネクタ(4ピン) PS/2キーボード...
- Page 50 945PL-M7 BIOS SETUP BIOS Setup..................2 1 Main Menu....................4 2 Standard CMOS Features................7 3 Advanced BIOS Features................10 4 Advanced Chipset Features................. 16 5 Integrated Peripherals ................. 19 6 Power Management Setup................24 7 PnP/PCI Configurations................29 8 PC Health Status ..................31...
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Page 51: Bios Setup
945PL-M7 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 52 945PL-M7 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 53: Main Menu
945PL-M7 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> to accept and enter the sub-menu. - Page 54 945PL-M7 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” and PCI options.
- Page 55 945PL-M7 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” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.
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Page 56: Standard Cmos Features
945PL-M7 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> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. - Page 57 945PL-M7 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 58 945PL-M7 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 Base Memory...
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Page 59: Advanced Bios Features
945PL-M7 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 60 945PL-M7 BIOS Manual TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency. Bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor goes from not hot to hot. The Choices: 0X (default). TM2 Bus VID Represents the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor goes from not hot to hot.
- Page 61 945PL-M7 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. BOOT SEQ & FLOPPY SETUP HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items.
- Page 62 945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 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. Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments.
- Page 63 945PL-M7 BIOS Manual GATE A20 OPTION Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20. Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20. TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller.
- Page 64 945PL-M7 BIOS Manual SMALL LOGO (EPA) SHOW This item allows you to select whether the “Small Logo” shows. Enabled (default) “Small Logo” shows when system boot up. Disabled No “Small Logo” shows when system boots up. SUMMARY SCREEN SHOW This item allows you to enable/disable the summary screen. Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing.
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Page 65: Advanced Chipset Features
945PL-M7 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. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly. - Page 66 945PL-M7 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. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
- Page 67 945PL-M7 BIOS Manual PCI Express Root Port Func, PCI Express Port 1/ 2/3/4/5/6 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.
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Page 68: Integrated Peripherals
945PL-M7 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 (most new drives do), select... - Page 69 945PL-M7 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 IDE Channel.
- Page 70 945PL-M7 BIOS Manual ONBOARD DEVICE USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled USB 2.0 Controller This entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. This BIOS itself may/ may not have high speed USB support.
- Page 71 945PL-M7 BIOS Manual Onboard RAID BIOS The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Onboard 1394 The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Onboard LAN This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.
- Page 72 945PL-M7 BIOS Manual Onboard IR Function The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip. The Choices: IrDA (default), AS KIR, Normal. UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission.
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Page 73: Power Management Setup
945PL-M7 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 ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). - Page 74 945PL-M7 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 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state.
- Page 75 945PL-M7 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. RELOAD TIMER EVENTS Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1 You can select to enable or disable Primary or Secondary RAID 0 or RAID 1 function under this item.
- Page 76 945PL-M7 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 77 945PL-M7 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 78: Pnp/Pci Configurations
945PL-M7 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 79 945PL-M7 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. This is only configurable when “Resources Controlled By”...
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Page 80: Pc Health Status
945PL-M7 BIOS Manual 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status CPU FAN Control The Choice “smart” can make your CPU FAN to reduce noice. The Choices: Always On, Smart(default). Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only... -
Page 81: Frequency/ Voltage Control
945PL-M7 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. CPU Voltage Regulator This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator The Choices: Default (default). - Page 82 945PL-M7 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 It’s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting. If the CPU...
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