þ IDE to SATA HDD Power cable x 2 þ COM port cable with bracket x 1 þ CD for motherboard driver & utility þ GA-9ITDW user’ s manual þ I/O Shield x1 WARNING! Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.
Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor — 30.5cm x 33cm Extend ATX size form factor, 8 layers PCB. Motherboard — GA-9ITDW Motherboard — Dual socket 604 for Intel FC-PGA Xeon (Nocona) processor ® suopprts from 2.8G to 4.0 G and upper —...
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard Audio — ALC 655 IEEE1394A — TI TSB43AB23 SCSI Controller — Adaptec 7902W chipset — Supports Host RAID RAID 0, 1 and 10 data protection — Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds — Features LBA and Extended Interrupt 13 drive translation in...
Hardware Installation Process Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Install the Centr al Processing Unit ( CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3- Install expansion cards Step 4- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet w ires, and power supply Step 5- Setup BIOS softw are Step 6- Install supporting software tools Step3...
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Before installing the processor , adhere to the following warning: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.
Hardware Installation Process Step 1-2:CPU Heat Sink Installation Before installing the CPU Heat Sink , adhere to the following warning: 1.Please use Intel approved cooling fan. 2.We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink. (The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard 4. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to 3. Fasten the heatsink supporting-base onto the the CPU fan connector, than install CPU socket on the mainboard. complete.
Hardware Installation Process Step 2: Install memory modules Before installing the processor and heatsink, adhere to the following warning: When DIMM LED is ON, do not install/remove DIMM from socket. Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one notches. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard 1. The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module v ertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it dow n. DDR1/3/5 are Channel A, DDR2/4/6 are Notch Channel B.
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Hardware Installation Process Table 1. Supported DIMM Module Type Technology Organization SDRAM Chips/DIMM 256MB 8MB x 8 x 4 bks 16MB x 4 x 4bks 512MB 16MB x 8 x 4bks 32MB x 4 x 4bks 32MB x 8 x 4bks 64MB x 4 x 4bks Table 2.
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Step 3: Install expansion cards 1. Read the related expansion card’ s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your server’ s chassis cover, necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.
Hardware Installation Process Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 4-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector ØThis connector supports standard P S/2 (6 pin Female) keyboard and PS/2 mouse. PS/2 K eyboard Connector (6 pin Female) v Parallel Port, Serial Port (COMA)
GA-9ITDW Motherboard w USB / 1394 Connectors Ø Connects the IEEE1394 devices t o this connector. IEEE 1394 connector x USB/ LAN Connecotrs Ø Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker..etc.
Connector Introduction Step 4-2 :Connectors Introduction U V W A) ATX1 Q) WOL1 B) ATX2 R) WOR1 C) ATX3 S) SPDIF_IO_1 D) IDE1 T) SUR_CEN1 E) IDE2 U) AUX_IN1 F) F_USB1 V) CD_IN1 G) F_USB2 W) F_Audio1 H) F_Panel X) CPU_FAN0 I) SATA1 Y) CPU_FAN1 J) SATA0...
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard A) ATX 1 ØThis connector (ATX +12V) is used only for CPU0 Core Voltage. Pin No. Definition P12V-CPU0 P12V-CPU0 B ) ATX2 (ATX Power Connector) AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard.
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Connector Introduction C) ATX3 ØThis connector (ATX +12V) is used for both CPU1/0 Core Voltage. Pin No. Definition P12V_CPU1 P12V_CPU1 P12V_CPU0 P12V_CPU0 D / E) IDE1 / IDE2 Connector(Primary/Secondary] Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side w ith the Pin1.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard F) F_USB1 (Front USB1 Connector, Yellow ) Be careful w ith the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment w hile y ou connect the front USB cable. Please contact y our nearest dealer for optional front USB cable.
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Connector Introduction I / J) SATA1/SATA2 (Serial ATA Connectors) You can connect the Serial ATA dev ice to this connector, it prov ides y ou high speed transfer rates (150MB/sec). Pin No. Definition SATA1 SATA2 K /L) SCSI1 / SCSI2 (SCSI Connector) SCSI1 SCSI2...
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard H) F_Panel (2X10 Pins connector) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment above. FP_PWR_BTN# PWRLED_O FP_PWR FP_SPKR PWRLED_G HD_LED+...
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Connector Introduction M) IR1 Make sure the pin 1 on the IR dev ice is aling w ith pin one the connector. To enable the IR/CIR function on the board, y ou are required to purchase an option IR module. To use IR function only, please c onnect IR module to Pin1 to Pin5.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard O) FDD1 (Floppy Connector) Please connect the floppy driv e ribbon cables to FDD. It supports 360K,720K,1.2M,1.44M and 2.88Mby tes floppy disk ty pes. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side w ith the Pin1.
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Connector Introduction Q) WOL1 (Wake on LAN) This connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL. Note: If your are using this connector, please enter CMOS Setup, and set Wake Up On Ring function to “Enabled”.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard S)SPDIF_IO_1 The SPDIF output is capable of prov iding digital audio to ex ternal speakers or compressed AC3 data to an ex ternal Dolby Digital Decoder. Use this feature only w hen y our stereo sy stem has digital input function.
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Connector Introduction U) AUX_IN1 ( AUX In Connector) Connect other dev ice(such as PCI TV Tunner audio out)to the connector. Pin No. Definition AUX-L AUX-R V) CD_IN1 (CD IN,Black) Connect CD-ROM or DVD-ROM audio out to the connector. Pin No. Definition CD-L CD_R...
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard W) F_Audio1 (Front Audio connector) If y ou w ant to use Front Audio connector, y ou must remov e 5-6, 9-10 Jumper. In order to utilize the front audio header, y our chassis must hav e front audio connector. Also please make sure the pin assigment on the cable is the same as the pin assigment on the MB header.
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Connector Introduction Z) PXH_FAN1 (Intel 6700 PXH FAN connector) If you installed wrong direction, the Chip Fan will not work. Sometimes will damage the Chip Fan. (Usually black cable is GND) Pin No. Definition FAN_Power (+12V) a /b) SYS_FAN/3 (System Fan Connector) This connector allow s y ou to link w ith the cooling fan on the sy stem case to low er the sy stem temperature.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard c) FRONT FAN (Front Fan Connector) This connector allow s y ou to link w ith the cooling fan on the sy stem case to low er the sy stem temperature. Pin No. Definition FAN_Power (+12V) FAN_TACH d) CI1 (CASE OPEN) This 3 pin connector allow s y our sy stem to enable or disable the “case open”...
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Connector Introduction e) SCSILED1 You c an connec t the SCSI indicativ e LED of y our SCSI add-on card to this connec tor, w hic h can indic ate w hether the SCSI dev ice is activ e or not. Pin No.
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Jumper Setting 1) JP2 (Password Skip Function) 1-2 close: Normal (Default) 2-3 close: Skip Supervisor Password in BIOS setup menu 2) JP3 (Clear CMOS Function) You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper. Default value doesn’ t include the “Shunter” to prevent from improper use this jumper. To clear CMOS, temporarily short 1-2 pin.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard 3) JP5 (Power LED ON/Off Function) Close: Normal (Default) Open: Disable Power LED indication 4) PWR_JP1 (F_USB1 connector USB power source selection) 1-2 close: P5V_DUAL (Default) 2-3 close: P5V...
BIOS Setup Chapter 3 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program. The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
GA-9ITDW Motherboard GETTING HELP Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. 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.
BIOS Setup Main Once you enter A ward BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Adv anced PC Health...
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard C Time The times format is set in <hour>, <minute> and <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24- hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. C IDE HDD Auto Detection Press [Enter] to auto-detect the HDD’ s size, head, etc on this channel.
BIOS Setup C Drive A The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A that has been installed in the computer. No floppy driv e installed 8None 8360K, 5 5.25 inch PC-ty pe standard driv e; 360K by te capacity . 81.2M, 5 5.25 inch AT-ty pe high-density driv e;...
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Advanced Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Adv anced PC Health Seccurity Defaults Ex it 4Adv anced BIOS Feature Item Help 4Integrated Peripherals 4Pow er Management Setup higf: Mov e Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Sav e...
BIOS Setup C DRAM Data Integrity Mode Set DRAM mode at ECC. 8ECC C Hard Disk Boot Priority These three fields determines which type of device the system attempt to boot from after BIOS Post completed. Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. If the first device is not a bootable device, the system will seek for next available device.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard CQuick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Pow er On Self Test (POST) after y ou pow er on the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS w ill shorten or skip some check items during POST.
BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Adv anced Integrated Peripherals Item Help 4OnChip IDE Dev ice 4OnBoard Dev ice 4Super I/O Dev ice higf: Mov e Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Sav e ESC: Ex it F1: General Help F5: Prev ious Values F7: Optimized Defaults F8: Q-Flash...
GA-9ITDW Motherboard OnChip IDE Device Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Adv anced OnChip IDE Dev ice Item Help IDE HDD Block Mode [Enabled] IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled] OnChip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] IDE Primary Master PIO [Auto]...
BIOS Setup C IDE DMA Transfer Access Enabled Enable IDE DMA transfer access. (Default value) Disable this function. 8Disabled COnChip Promary PCI IDE Enabled Enable the function of On-chip primary PCI IDE. (Defualt value) Disable this function. 8Disabled CIDE Primary Master PIO Auto Auto detect the IDE primary master PIO.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard COnChip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Enabled the function of Oc-chip secondary PCI IDE. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. CIDE Secondary Master PIO Auto Auto detect the IDE secondary master PIO. (Default value) 8Mode 0 Select Mode 0 as IDE secondary master PIO.
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BIOS Setup C On-Chip Serial ATA Setting 4 SATA Mode This category can be adjust only when your system is enhanced the SATA controller. SATA as IDE mode. (Default value) RAID SATA as RAID mode. 4 On-Chip Serial ATA Auto Auto arrange by BIOS.
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Onboard Device Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Adv anced Onboard Dev ice Item Help USB Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB Key board Support [Disabled] USB Mouse Support [Disabled] AC97 Audio [Auto] AC97 Modem [Auto]...
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BIOS Setup CUSB Keyboard Support Enable USB Key board Support. 8Enabled Disable USB Key board Support. (Default v alue) 8Disabled CUSB Mouse Support Enable USB Mouse Support. 8Enabled Disable USB Mouse Support. (Default v alue) 8Disabled CAC97 Audio Auto-detect AC97 Audio (Default v alue) 8Auto Disable AC97 Audio.
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard COnboard H/WSCSI Enable onboard H/W SCSI. (Default v alue) 8Enabled Disable this function. 8Disabled...
BIOS Setup Super I/O Device Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Adv anced Super I/O Item Help Onboard FDC Controller [Disabled] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3] UART Mode Select [Normal] x UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]...
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GA-9ITDW Motherboard COnboard Serial Port 2 BIOS w ill automatically setup the port 2 address. 8Auto Enable onboard Serial port 2 and set IO address to 3F8. 83F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and set IO address to 2F8. (Default v alue) 82F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and set IO address to 3E8.
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BIOS Setup CParallel Port Mode Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port. (Default v alue) 8SPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. 8EPP Using Parallel port as Ex tended Capabilities Port. 8ECP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. 8ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as Normal.
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Power Management Setup Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Adv anced Pow er Management Setup Item Help ACPI Function [Enabled] ACPI Susoend Ty pe [S3(STR)] Soft Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-Off] PME Ev ent Wake Up [Disabled] Wakeup On Ring...
BIOS Setup C ACPI Suspend Type Set suspend ty pe to Pow er On Suspend under ACPI OS. 8S1(POS) 8S3 (STR) Set suspend ty pe to RAM under ACPI OS. (Default Value) C Soft-off by PWR-BTT N Press pow er button then Pow er off instantly . (Default) 8Instant-off 8Delay 4 Sec.
GA-9ITDW Motherboard C Power On Function 8Passw ord Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Key board Pow er On Passw ord. 8Hot Key Press specified Hot Key s (Described in the follow ing category ) to pow er on sy stem.
BIOS Setup PC Health Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Adv anced PC Health Seccurity Defaults Ex it Item Help 4Temperature 4Voltage 4FAN Halt On Reset Case Open Status [Disabled] ø Case Opened Case Open Warning [Disabled] igf: Mov e Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Sav e ESC: Ex it F1: General Help...
GA-9ITDW Motherboard C Halt On The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. 8NO Errors The sy stem boot w ill not stop for any error that may be detected and y ou w ill be prompted.
BIOS Setup Security Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Adv anced PC Health Seccurity Defaults Ex it Set Superv isor Passw ord Item Help Set User Passw ord Passw ord Check [Setup] higf: Mov e Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Sav e ESC: Ex it F1: General Help F5: Prev ious Values...
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Defaults Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Adv anced PC Health Seccurity Defaults Ex it Load Optimized Defaults Item Help higf: Mov e Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Sav e ESC: Ex it F1: General Help...
BIOS Setup Exit Phoenix -Aw ard WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Adv anced PC Health Seccurity Defaults Ex it Sav e & Ex it Setup Item Help Sav e & Turn Off Ex it Without Sav ing higf: Mov e Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Sav e ESC: Ex it F1: General Help...
Driv er Installation Revision History Chapter 5 Driver Installation Intel Chipset Software Installation Utilities Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a series of Setup Wizard dialog boxes. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.
Driv er Installation Broadcom BCM5751 Driver Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a series of Setup Wizard dialog boxes. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Serial ATA RAID Driver Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a series of Setup Wizard dialog boxes. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.
Driv er Installation Adapetc SCSI Driver Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a series of Setup Wizard dialog boxes. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Realtek Audio Driver Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.
Driv er Installation DirectX 9.0 Driver Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe. Installation Procedures: 1.
GA-9ITDW Motherboard Revision History Chapter 6 Appendix Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Advanced Power Management Accelerated Graphics Port Audio Modem Riser Advanced Communications Riser BIOS Boot Specification BIOS Basic Input / Output System Central Processing Unit...
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Appex dix Acronyms Meaning Input / Output IOAPIC Input Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller Industry Standard Architecture Local Area Network Logical Block Addressing Light Emitting Diode Megahertz MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface Memory Translator Hub Memory Protocol Translator Network Interface Card Operating System Original Equipment Manufacturer PCI A.G.P.
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