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Page 2: Electronic Emission Notices
Electronic Emission Notices WARNING! Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Table of Contents Motherboard Specifications ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Motherboard Layout------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 Hardware Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Safety Instructions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Preparing the Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Installing the CPU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Installing the CPU Fan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Installing Memory DIMMs -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Installing the Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Installing the I/O Shield ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Connecting Cables and Setting Switches ------------------------------------------------ 11... - Page 4 Table of Contents NorthBridge/MCP79 Configuration --------------------------------------------------- 22 SouthBridge Configuration -------------------------------------------------------------- 22 PC Health Menu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Exit Menu----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Installing Drivers and Software -------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Drivers Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 HDMI SETUP ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup ------------------------------------------------------------ 29 Getting Started ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Sound Effect -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Environment Simulation ------------------------------------------------------------ 29...
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Page 5: Motherboard Specifications
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Motherboard Specifications q Chipset v NVIDIA ® MCP7A Series q Size v mini ITX form factor of 6.7 inch x 6.7 inch q Microprocessor support v LGA 775 socket for Intel ® Core 2/Pentium ® /Celeron ® Series v Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz q Operating systems: v Supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit, Windows Vista 32bit/64bit and Windows 7... - Page 6 Motherboard Specifications q Onboard Graphics support v Integrated 300 MHz DAC for analog displays with resolutions up to 1920x1440 at 75 Hz. v Integrated GeForce 9xxx Series GPU, Supports DX10 v VGA/DVI-D/HDMI output support (optional) q PCI Express Interface v PCI Express Generation 2.0 compatible v 5 GHz support, for a total bandwidth of 5 Gbps per direction per lane v Wake up function is supported v Clock spread spectrum capability...
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Page 7: Motherboard Layout
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Motherboard Layout Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figure 2 shows the back panel connectors. 13 14 15 16 Chipset C FAN1 SATA3 SATA1 FP S1 SATA2 PCIE1 Figure 1. Board Layout 1. 24-pin ATX Power Connector-PW1 11. - Page 8 Rear Panel Figure 2: Backpanel connectors 1. PS/2 keyboard connector 2. USB Connectors 3. HDMI Port 4. SPDIF Out(Coaxial / Optical) 5. DVI Connector (Support DVI-D) 6. eSATA Connector 7. Port 2-Channel 4-Channel 6-Channel Blue Line-In Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Green Line-Out Front Speaker Out...
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Page 9: Hardware Installation
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The topics covered in this section are: q Preparing the motherboard v Installing the CPU v Installing the CPU fan v Installing Memory DIMMs q Installing the motherboard q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions... -
Page 10: Preparing The Motherboard
Hardware Installation Preparing the Motherboard The motherboard shipped in the box does not contain a CPU and memory. You need to purchase these to complete this installation. Installing the CPU Be very careful when handling the CPU. Make sure not to bend or break any pins on the back. -
Page 11: Installing Memory Dimms
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Installing Memory DIMMs Your new motherboard has two 1.5V 240-pin slots for DDR3 memory. These slots support 1 GB/2 GB/4 GB DDR3 technologies. There must be at least one memory bank populated to ensure normal operation. Use the following recommendations for installing memory. -
Page 12: Installing The Motherboard
Hardware Installation Installing the Motherboard The sequence of installing the motherboard into the chassis depends on the chassis you are using and if you are replacing an existing motherboard or working with an empty chassis. Determine if it would be easier to make all the connections prior to this step or to secure the motherboard and then make all the connections. -
Page 13: 24-Pin Atx Power Connector-Pw1
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard 24-pin ATX Power Connector-PW1 PW1 is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board next to the DIMM slots. Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard. -
Page 14: Speaker Header-Spk
Hardware Installation Speaker Header-SPK Serial Port Header-COM COM-Pin Definition SPK-Pin Definition Signal Signal Signal SPK- 9 10 9 10 9 10 USB Headers This motherboard contains six USB 2.0 USB-Pin Definition ports that are exposed on the rear panel Assignment PIN Assignment of the chassis (Figure 2). -
Page 15: Front Panel Header-Fp1
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Front panel header-FP1 The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables. q PWRLED Attach the front panel power LED cable to these two pins of the connector. The Power LED indicates the system’s status. -
Page 16: Front Audio Header-Fp_S1
Hardware Installation Front Audio Header-FP_S1 The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front Audio supports re-tasking function. FP_S1-Pin Definition Assignment Assignment MIC2(L) Reserved FAVDIO-JD MIC(R) Key(No pin) -ACZ-DET Front Audio(L) -
Page 17: Fan Connectors
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Fan Connectors There are two fan connectors on the motherboard. The fan speed can be detected and viewed in the item “MCP HW Monitor” which is inside PC Health of the CMOS Setup. CPU FAN Connector SYS FAN Connector Sense +12V... -
Page 18: Configuring The Bios
Configuring the BIOS Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software. Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance. -
Page 19: Main Menu
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Main Menu This menu gives you an overview of the general system specifications. The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu. Note: Users please note that the data in gray is non-changeable, and the others are for selection. q AMI BIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. q Processor Display the auto-detected CPU specification. -
Page 20: Advanced Menu
Configuring the BIOS Advanced Menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the setting for the CPU and other system devices. Press <enter> to display the configuration options: CPU Configuration The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically detects. -
Page 21: Ide Configuration
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA controller. This item allows you to set the SATA to SATA/RAID/AHCI mode. This item will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. q IDE Detect Time Out The item allows you to select the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. -
Page 22: Boot Menu
Configuring the BIOS Boot Menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Press <enter> to display the configuration options: Boot Settings Configuration The items allow you to configure Boot settings. Press <enter> To display the configuration options: q Quick Boot Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some power on self tests while booting... -
Page 23: Chipset Menu
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Chipset Menu The chipset menu items allow you to change the advanced chipset settings. Press <enter> to display the sub-menu: NorthBridge/MCP79 Configuration The items allow you to configure north bridge features, including Memory, Graphic, Video, and so on. SouthBridge Configuration The items allow you to configure south bridge features, including USB, HDA, PCIE Port, Onboard Lan/1394, CPU GTL REF, and so on. -
Page 24: Pc Health Menu
Configuring the BIOS PC Health Menu The PC Health menu items allow you to monitor the parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speeds. Press <enter> to display the sub-menu: CPU SmartFan Control This item allows you to enable and disable the control of the CPU fan speed by changing the CPU temperature. -
Page 25: Save Changes And Exit
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Save Changes and Exit Select this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the BIOS Setup and exit the BIOS Setup. When the diolog box [Save configuration changes and exit setup?] appears, select [OK] to save and exit, or select [Cancel] to return to the main menu. -
Page 26: Installing Drivers And Software
Installing Drivers and Software Installing Drivers and Software Note: It is important to remember that before installing the driver CD that is shipped in the kit, you need to load your operating system. The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit, Windows Vista 32bit/64bit and Windows 7 32bit/64bit. The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional software. The CD that has been shipped with your NVIDIA MCP7A motherboard contains the following software and drivers: Drivers Installation 1. - Page 27 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard 3. Follow the below to install the HDA sound driver.
- Page 28 Installing Drivers and Software At last, you can open the right page that provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard, and check whether finish your installation.
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Page 29: Hdmi Setup
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard HDMI SETUP 1. You can connect HDMI device to the HDMI port directly, or connect to DVI port by a DVI - HDMI dongle. 2. Enter Control Panel, double click “Sounds and Audio Devices”, select “NVIDIA HDMI Audio”... -
Page 30: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup
Installing Drivers and Software Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup Getting Started After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed (insert the driverCD and follow the on-screen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear: Sound Effect After clicking on the “Sound Effect”... -
Page 31: Equalizer Selection
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Equalizer Selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. In standard 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz are available: Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience at audio field, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equalizer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment. -
Page 32: Mixer
Installing Drivers and Software Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” functions into the Mixer page. This gives you the advantage to you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool. Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output. -
Page 33: Recording Control
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone (stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) playing. At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously. -
Page 34: Audio I/O
Installing Drivers and Software Audio I/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from before, for each jack, they are not limited to perform certain functions. Instead, now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output (i.e. playback) function or input (i.e. -
Page 35: Speaker Configuration
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Speaker Configuration Step 1: Plug in the device in any available jack. Step 2: Dialogue “connected device” will pop up for your selection. Please select the device you are trying to plug in. If the device is being plugged into the correct jack, you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device. -
Page 36: Connector Settings
Installing Drivers and Software Connector Settings Click to access connector settings Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in √ Once this option is checked, when front headphone is plugged, the music that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped. Disable front panel jack detection (option) √... -
Page 37: Speaker Calibration
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Output Sampling Rate √ 44.1KHz: This is recommended while playing CD 48KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby. 96KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD-Audio. Output Source √ Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as .wav, .mp3, .midi etc) will come out through S/PDIF-Out. -
Page 38: Microphone
Installing Drivers and Software Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo Cancellation” are both enabled. Noise Suppression If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan inside PC, is too loud? Try “Noise Suppression”, which allows you to cut off and suppress disturbing noise. -
Page 39: Audio Demo
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Audio Demo The section “3D Audio Demo” grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound. The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way. Information This section provides information about your current system audio device. -
Page 40: Sata Raid User Manual
SATA RAID User Manual SATA RAID User Manual SATA RAID User Manual Setting up the BIOS 1. Setting your computer, then press Delete to enter Bios Setup Utility. 2. Use the arrow keys to select Ad- vanced menu, and then select the item “IDE Configuration”. -
Page 41: Entering The Raid Bios Setup
GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1. After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software promptint you to press F10. 2. The NVIDIA RAID Utility – Define a New Array window appears 3. In the RAID Mode field, use the UP or Down ARROW key to select a RAID Mode. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0) and Stripe Mirroring (RAID 0+1), Spanning(JBOD) and RAID 5. -
Page 42: Installing The Raid Drives
SATA RAID User Manual 7. After that, then Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear. If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array and press B.The Boot section will show Yes. 8. - Page 43 GeForce 9300/9400 ITX Series Motherboard 2. Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appear. 3. Specify the NVIDIA drivers. (1) Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter. (2) Select “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER” and then press Enter.
- Page 44 SATA RAID User Manual (3) Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. (4) Select “NVIDIA Nforce Storage Controller” and then press Enter. 4. Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation. Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed, then take out the floppy.
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