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AOpen i945Ga-PHS User Manual

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Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................4
1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................5
1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................5
Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ............................................... 6
2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................6
2.2 Specification ...............................................................................................7
2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................8
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation ............................................................... 9
3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................9
3.2 Installation You Have to Know..................................................................... 10
Installing CPU ...........................................................................................10
Installing CPU Cooler .................................................................................11
Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................12
Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................13
Maximum The Performance of the Dual Channel............................................14
Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................15
Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................16
Connecting ATX Power Cables .....................................................................17
3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ........................................................... 18
Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................18
Connecting Serial ATA II ............................................................................19
Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................20
Connecting PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot....................................................22
Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot..................................................................23
Connecting IrDA........................................................................................24
Connecting Game Port ...............................................................................25
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents ................... 1 1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start............4 1.2 Features of This Manual ................5 1.3 Safety Information ..................5 Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ..........6 2.1 How does your motherboard look like?............6 2.2 Specification ....................7 2.3 Block Diagram ....................8 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation ...............
  • Page 2 Connecting CD_IN ..................31 Connecting COM Port .................32 Connecting Case Open ................33 Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........34 Colored Coded Back Panel (for i945Ga-PHS) ..........35 Colored Coded Back Panel (for i945Pa-PFS) ..........36 LED Indication ..................37 3.4 Jumper Settings ..................38 Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities........... 39 4.1 Other Useful Features ................
  • Page 3 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..............51 Chapter 8 Technical Support ..............52 Model Name and BIOS Version..............53 Register Your Motherboard .................53 Technical Support..................54...

  • Page 4: A Thank-You Note Before You Get Start

    We regret not informing about any changes in usage standards and other related information. AOpen reserves the right of altering or modifying the content of this manual. In case of any mistakes or incorrect descriptions, which include those on the products, AOpen makes no guarantee or commitments.

  • Page 5: Features Of This Manual

    1.2 Features of This Manual To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently: Note This contains knowledge you should know in process of assembling, or some helpful tips.

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Introduction To This Motherboard

    6. PCI Express x16 Graphics slot 23. Game port 7. LGA775 CPU Socket supporting Intel FC-LGA4 24. IEEE 1394 Connector X 1 8. Intel 945G / ICH7 (i945Ga-PHS) 25. COM2 Connector Intel 945P / ICH7 (i945Pa-PFS) 9. 240-pin DDRII DIMMs x 4 26.

  • Page 7: Specification

    2.2 Specification Here is the main function of your motherboard. Models i945Ga-PHS i945Pa-PFS Intel FC-LGA4 CPU Intel FC-LGA4 CPU Socket T Socket T 533/800/1066MHz 533/800/1066MHz Chipset Intel 945G/ICH7 Intel 945P/ICH7 Dual Channel Mode DDRII Dual Channel Mode DDRII DDRII 400/533/667...

  • Page 8: Block Diagram

    System Bus PCI Express x16 PCI Express x 1 500MB/s Graphics Slot Slot x 2 Intel Support ADD2 Card 945G / 945P (for i945Ga-PHS) Chipset Standard Video AC’97 CODEC DDRII DIMM x 4 Dual Channel DDRII 400/533/667 SDRAM Up to 4GB...

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Chapter 3 Hardware Installation 3.1 Quick Installation Procedure 12. Installing Drivers & 1. Installing CPU Utilities 11. Installing Operating System 2. Installing CPU (such as, Windows Fan & System Fan 10. Loading Default BIOS, Setting CPU 3.

  • Page 10: Installation You Have To Know

    3.2 Installation You Have to Know Installing CPU This socket supports FC-LGA4 CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in. Pull CPU socket lever and plate up. Remove plastic cap from CPU socket plate.

  • Page 11: Installing Cpu Cooler

    Installing CPU Cooler 1. Gently put down the CPU fan on CPU socket with four sticks aiming correctly to the four mounting holes. Mounting Mounting hole hole 2. Press down four fixing sticks into the holes one by one. Make sure the sticks are firmly fixed into the holes.

  • Page 12: Installing Cpu And System Fans

    Installing CPU and System Fans Plug the CPU fan cable to the 4-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector. +12V Sensor SYSFAN1 Connector SENSOR +12V +12V CPUFAN Connector Sensor SYSFAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so...

  • Page 13: Installing Memory Modules

    Installing Memory Modules DIMM slots are designed in black and navy blue which are very easy to recognize. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Pin 1 Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will clip to hold the...

  • Page 14: Maximum The Performance Of The Dual Channel

    Maximum The Performance of the Dual Channel To obtain the highest performance of Dual Channel, the configuration of DIMM must meet the following conditions. Matched DIMM configuration in each channel ● Same density (128MB~1GB) As long as you insert memory modules of same density into Channel 1 (DIMM A1 &...

  • Page 15: Connecting Ide And Floppy Cables

    Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables Connect the 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Pin 1 FDD Connector Pin 1 Primary Primary Slave (2nd) Master (1st)

  • Page 16: Connecting Front Panel Cable

    Connecting Front Panel Cable Attach the power LED, speaker and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your housing, which is a 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel.

  • Page 17: Connecting Atx Power Cables

    Connecting ATX Power Cables This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown below. Make sure you plug them in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 24-pin connector. +12V +12V Ground...

  • Page 18: Other Installation For Your Reference

    3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency Setting CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage automatically during power-on. It’s not necessary to set CPU core voltage. Setting CPU Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design;...

  • Page 19: Connecting Serial Ata Ii

    Connecting Serial ATA II To connect a serial ATA II disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect two ends of the serial ATA II cable to the serial ATA II header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable.

  • Page 20: Adjusting Your Hard Disk Setting

    Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting Except its original 1 set of parallel IDE, this motherboard supports the latest serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after having them installed, the problem may lie in the BIOS setting.
  • Page 21 If you desire to change the default setting, press Enter for selection list: Disabled: You can choose this item if there are only traditional IDE hard disks had been installed on your system. Disabling this item will also cancel the detection of serial ATA hard disks during POST, which will theoretically speed up your boot-up time a little bit;...

  • Page 22: Connecting Pci Express X16 Graphics Slot

    Connecting PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot i945Ga-PHS / i945Pa-PFS provides a PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot, a red slot having the latest PCI Express x 16 specification on motherboard. The PCI Express x 16 is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. Traditionally AGP used both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 8X AGP, and the data transfer rate could achieve 2.1GB/s.

  • Page 23: Connecting Pci Express X 1 Slot

    Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot This motherboard provides two PCI Express x 1 slots, which are located between the PCI Express x 16 and traditional PCI slot. In order to go with the step of today’s and tomorrow’s processors, PCI Express x 1 provides higher I/O bandwidth.

  • Page 24: Connecting Irda

    Connecting IrDA The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports both HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).

  • Page 25: Connecting Game Port

    Connecting Game Port This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard. Pin1 JBB1 JAB1...

  • Page 26: Gigabit Lan Supported

    Gigabit LAN Supported On the strength of Realtek Gigabit LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on the top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link mode;...

  • Page 27: Connecting Usb2.0

    Connecting USB2.0 This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or chassis front panel.

  • Page 28: Connecting 1394

    Connecting 1394 With IEEE1394 Chip on board (Agere 1394), having its data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, this interface can connect to devices that require high data transferring performance such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use appropriate cables to connect IEEE1394 devices.

  • Page 29: Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect

    Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an AC’97 (Realtek ALC880) CODEC, which supports the latest 7.1 Channel with high quality of audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. This motherboard provides 7.1 Channel ports shown as below. Picture represents the standard location of all speakers in 7.1 Channel sound tracks.

  • Page 30: Connecting Front Audio

    Connecting Front Audio If the housing is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable.

  • Page 31: Connecting Cd_In

    Connecting CD_IN This connector is designed to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. AUX-IN Connector...

  • Page 32: Connecting Com Port

    Connecting COM Port i945Ga-PHS / i945Pa-PFS provides serial ports. i945Ga-PHS have two serial ports on the motherboard. Also, i945Pa-PFS have two serial ports, one is on the back panel, and the other is on the motherboard. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.

  • Page 33: Connecting Case Open

    Connecting Case Open The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you.

  • Page 34: Connecting S/Pdif (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)

    Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output.

  • Page 35: Colored Coded Back Panel (For I945Ga-Phs)

    Colored Coded Back Panel (for i945Ga-PHS) The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, S-Video, VGA Port, USB, AC’97 sound and Parallel Ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

  • Page 36: Colored Coded Back Panel (For I945Pa-Pfs)

    Colored Coded Back Panel (for i945Pa-PFS) The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, USB, AC’97 sound and Parallel Ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP RJ45 Rear SUR...

  • Page 37: Led Indication

    LED Indication LED indication including Standby LED and BOOT LED are AOpen’s considerate designs that aim at providing you friendly system information. STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard, giving you a convenient indication check the system power status in circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode.

  • Page 38: Jumper Settings

    3.4 Jumper Settings This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse JP28 Keyboard / Mouse wake-up function. Wakeup Jumper Disable Enable (Default) JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper Normal Clear CMOS (Default) JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

  • Page 39: Chapter 4 Special Features And Utilities

    Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities 4.1 Other Useful Features With excellent design ability of R&D team, AOpen boasts for its various powerful and handy features that come with our product like follows. You are welcomed visit...

  • Page 40: Chapter 5 Setting Bios

    AOpen’s R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS settings of this motherboard. However, some default settings of BIOS cannot fine-tune those sections that controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide you and help you to configure some other settings.

  • Page 41: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program

    5.2 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, press <Enter> key to select, and use <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program.

  • Page 42: Definition Of Power Master

    BIOS setting page. Once you get into BIOS setting page, please select the Frequency/voltage control to set up the Power Master. You will have three modes to select what you want via BIOS setting. When you get the new motherboard from Aopen, the default is Automatic mode.

  • Page 43: Automatic Mode

    Automatic Mode Once you enable this mode, Power Master will detect your processor true loading automatically. When the processor loading is heavy, Power Master will raise your processor’s clock frequency to meet your requirement. On the contrary, when the processor is in low loading, Power Master will drop the clock frequency to reduce the noise from processor fan.

  • Page 44: Silent Mode

    Silent Mode Once you enable this mode, Power Master will detect your processor true loading automatically. In order to provide you the quietest working environment, you can choose this mode. In this mode, the processor clock frequency will be lower and the noise from processor fan might be very silent.

  • Page 45: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment

    5.5 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to convenience for users, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it help you complete the flash process automatically.
  • Page 46 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all applications before you start the upgrades. Download the latest version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (Ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/) Unzip the downloaded BIOS package (ex: WSGMAXII102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.

  • Page 47: Vivid Bios Technology

    Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen!

  • Page 48: Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

    Click and done. Yes. EzInstall makes installation easy and even foolproof! After putting in the CD, you will be prompted with AOpen welcome page and our branches information. First, click on the install driver ICON at left side for necessary drivers.

  • Page 49: Installing Drivers

    6.1 Installing Drivers As you may see from the Installing driver page, EzInstall had picked up necessary for your motherboard. All you have to do is just click on the “GO”, and no more steps afterward, of all listed drivers, grey checks indicate necessary drivers; you cannot click them off.

  • Page 50: Installing Utilities

    6.2 Installing Utilities Installing Utilities is virtually the same as installing drivers. AOpen provides you many friendly and powerful utilities to manage your system. You may find lots of fabulous utilities listed there, and all you have to do is to click on the “GO”, then it will install the utilities to your system right away without complicated steps.

  • Page 51: Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Chapter 7 Troubleshooting...

  • Page 52: Chapter 8 Technical Support

    Gold Member of Club AOpen so as to ensure quality service in the future. In order to maintain the best service to every customer of us, we recommend you to follow the procedures below and seek help from our branches according to the region you buy the product.

  • Page 53: Model Name And Bios Version

    Gold member of Club AOpen, and to ensure high service quality and priority from AOpen. You will also have a chance to play slot machine game to win prize from AOpen. Please prepare the following information before you start: Model Name, Part Number (P/N), Serial Number (S/N) and Purchase Date.

  • Page 54: Technical Support

    Technical Support...

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