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Biostar I915P-A7 User Manual

Biostar i915p-a7 motherboard: user guide
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I915P-A7
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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the
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  • Page 1 I915P-A7 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.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup........15 How to Setup Jumpers............15 Detail Settings ................15 Chapter 4: Useful Help ............21 Award BIOS Beep Code ............21 Extra Information ..............21 Troubleshooting..............23 Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™..........24 Introduction ................24 System Requirement .............24 Installation................25 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels..26...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Dimensions ATX Form Factor: 24.3cm(W) x 29.35cm (L) Main Memory Supports DDR333 and DDR400. Supports 256Mb, 512Mb, and 1G-Mb DDR technologies for x8 and x16 non-ECC DDR devices. Maximum DRAM address decode space of 4GB (assuming 32bit addressing.) Registered DIMMs are not supported.
  • Page 4 Slots Three 32bit PCI bus master slots. Three PCI-Express x1 slots: Bandwidth 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s Totally. PCI Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins. 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture. Note: 1. If PCI-Express x1 card is used when installing XP operation system, Do Not leave PCI-EX1_1 slot in blank.
  • Page 5 I915P-A7 IEEE 1394 Chip (optional) Chip: VIA VT6307. Supports two 1394 Firewire ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s. On-board AC’97 Sound Codec Chip: ALC655 Support 6 channels. Supports S/PDIF-Out and S/PDIF-In (optional) functions. Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification. On-board IDE Supports 2 IDE disk drives.
  • Page 6 1 1394A header supports 1 front panel 1394A Firewire port (optional). 1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning function. 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. 2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports. 4 serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devices.

  • Page 7: Package Checklist

    Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI. Supports USB Function. Software Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WINFLASHER™ and FLASHER™. Offers the highest performance for Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc. ACKAGE HECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User’s Manual X 1...

  • Page 8: Layout And Components

    JAUDIOF1 PCI-Ex1_1 Intel PCI-Ex1_2 SATA4 SATA3 ICH6 BIOS BIOS (optional) PCI-Ex1_3 SATA1 SATA2 JSPDIF_IN1 JCMOS1 JSPDIF_OUT1 (optional) JCL1 PCI1 BAT1 IDE3 J1394PWR1 (optional) (optional) IEEE1394 Chip PCI2 (optional) IDE2 J1394A1(optional) (optional) JPANEL1 JSFAN1 PCI3 Note: ■ represents the 1 pin.
  • Page 9 K. JUSB3/JUSB4: Headers for USB 2.0 port at front panel. JUSBV3_1: Power source for JUSB3/JUSB4. M. J1394A1: Header for 1394 Firewire port at front panel (optional). N. JSFAN1: Power source header for system fan. O. JPANEL1: Front panel facilities header.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point wards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.
  • Page 11 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 12: Fan Headers

    These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan wiring and plug may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. JCFAN1: Power Source for CPU Fan...

  • Page 13: Memory Module Installation

    NSTALLATION 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 into the slot until the retaining chip...

  • Page 14: Connectors And Slots

    (IDE2/IDE3 are optional.) The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100 functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to four hard disk drives.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup

    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”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed...
  • Page 16 “JUSBV1/ JUSBV3_1” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3 individually. 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.

  • Page 17: Jcdin1 Cd-Ro M Audio-In Connector

    Left channel input Ground Ground Right channel input JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio-out Header This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with the PC front panel. It will disable the output on back panel audio connectors. Assignment Assignment...
  • Page 18 10 Ground JCL1: Chassis Open Message 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...
  • Page 19 I915P-A7 JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard. Assignment Normal Operation (Default). Pin 1-2 close Clear CMOS data.
  • Page 20 I915P-A7 Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions. PWR_LED On/Off HLED Assignment Function Assignment Function...

  • Page 21: Chapter 4: Useful Help

    NFORMATION A. BIOS Update After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus, the Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS. If the following message is shown after boot-up the system, it means the BIOS contents are corrupted.
  • Page 22 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. In this case, please double check: 1.

  • Page 23: Troubleshooting

    System only boots from optical drive. Back up data and applications Hard disk can be read and applications files. can be used but booting from hard disk Reformat the hard drive. is impossible. Re-install applications and data using backup disks.

  • Page 24: Chapter 5: Warpspeeder

    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

    I915P-A7 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™] Includes 1 Tray Icon And 5 Panels

    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 I915P-A7 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 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. The default setting is “No”. If you want to get the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the...
  • Page 29 Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button. Or, you can just click Auto overclock button and let [WarpSpeeder™] automatically gets the best result for you.
  • Page 30 DirectDraw, Direct3D and DirectShow tests, the DirectX 8.1 or newer runtime library is required. And please make sure your display card’s color depth is High color (16 bit) or True color( 24/32 bit ) that is required for Direct3D rendering.
  • Page 31 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.
  • Page 32 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’...

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