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- Page 1 VP-MB945G Copyright All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the company.
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Page 2: User Manual
VP-MB945G ® Intel 945G & ICH7 ® ® Support Socket 775 Intel Pentium Extreme Edition/ ® ® Pentium 4 Extreme Edition/ Pentium ® ® Pentium 4/Celeron D Processor User Manual Enabling the Hyper-Threading Technology, your computer system is required to have components as the following: ®... - Page 3 Things You Have To Know The images and pictures in this manual are for reference only and may vary from the product you received depending on specific hardware models, third party components and software versions. This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips. Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ............ 1 ....................... 1 NTRODUCTION ....................... 2 PECIFICATION ....................5 ONFIGURATION Layout of VP-MB945G ................... 5 ................... 6 ARDWARE NSTALLATION CPU Processor Installation................6 Memory Installation: DIMM1/2/3/4..............7 Back Panel Configuration................9 Connectors..................... 11 Front Panel Headers: SW/LED, PWRLED, SPEAKER........ -
Page 5: Chapter 1. Getting Started
Sony/Philips Digital Interfaces (SPDIF) output/input function (Optional). The VP-MB945G also comes with an onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN chip. There is a LAN port on the back panel of your case that you can directly plug into an Internet cable. -
Page 6: Specification
Mainboard VP-MB945G Specification CPU: Support Socket 775 ® ® ® ® Support Intel Pentium Extreme Edition/ Pentium 4 Extreme Edition/ Pentium ® ® Pentium 4/ Celeron D Processor Support Hyper-Threading Technology Support 1066 MHz/ 800 MHz/ 533 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) Frequencies Chipset: ®... -
Page 7: Fdc Connector
Mainboard VP-MB945G FDC Connector: Support to set up to two floppy disk drives Support 360KB/ 720KB/ 1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88MB IDE Connector: One IDE connectors Supports up to two IDE devices Supports Ultra ATA 66/100 Supports high capacity hard disk drives... -
Page 8: Shadow Ram
Mainboard VP-MB945G BIOS: Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Support APM1.2 Support ACPI 2.0 power management Green Function: Supports Phoenix-Award™ BIOS power management function Supports system-wake-from-power-saving-mode by keyboard or mouse touching Shadow RAM: Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS... -
Page 9: Configuration
Mainboard VP-MB945G Configuration Layout of VP-MB945G... -
Page 10: Hardware Installation
Mainboard VP-MB945G Hardware Installation This section will assist you in quickly installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage the system’s components. CPU Processor Installation ® ® ® ® This mainboard supports Intel... -
Page 11: Memory Installation: Dimm1/2/3/4
Memory Installation: DIMM1/2/3/4 The VP-MB945G provides two DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets which allowing you to install 240-pin, unbuffered non-ECC, DDRII 667/ 533/ 400 SDRAMs. It also supports Dual Channel Technology and allows you installing a total memory capacity of 2 GB. - Page 12 Mainboard VP-MB945G How to enable Dual-Channel DDRII: This mainboard provides Dual-Channel functionality for the two DIMM sockets. Enabling Dual-Channel can significantly increase your data access rates. DIMM1 and DIMM2 share one channel. For enabling Dual-Channel, you have to install two memories in the DIMM sockets at the same time;...
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Page 13: Back Panel Configuration
Mainboard VP-MB945G Back Panel Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Ports: KB/MS This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse port and a PS/2 keyboard port. The pin assignments are described below. PS/2 Mouse Assignment Assignment Data +5 V (fused) No connect... - Page 14 Mainboard VP-MB945G D-SUB Connector: VGA Your VGA monitor can attach directly to this VGA connector. USB Ports/LAN Port: USB, USB/LAN There are four onboard USB 2.0/ 1.1 ports on the back panel. These USB ports are used to attach with USB devices, such as keyboard, mice and other USB supported devices.
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Page 15: Connectors
Mainboard VP-MB945G Connectors Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDC The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector (FDC) that supports 360KB/720KB/ 1.2MB/1.44MB/2.88 MB floppy disk drives using a FDD ribbon cable. Primary IDE Connector: IDE1 The mainboard provides one IDE connector that supports Ultra ATA 66/100 IDE devices. You can attach a maximum of two IDE devices, such as hard disk drive (HDD), CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc. -
Page 16: Front Panel Headers: Sw/Led, Pwrled, Speaker
Mainboard VP-MB945G SATA Channel 0 Master = SATA1 SATA Channel 0 Slave = SATA3 SATA Channel 1 Master = SATA2 SATA Channel 1 Slave = SATA4 Front Panel Headers: SW/LED, PWRLED, SPEAKER SW/LED Assignment Function Assignment Function HDD LED (+) - Page 17 Mainboard VP-MB945G Hard Drive LED Header (Red): HD_LED If your case front panel has a hard drive LED cable, attach it to this header. The LED will flicker when there is hard disk drive activity. Reset Switch Header (Blue): RST_SW This header can be attached to a momentary SPST switch (reset button) cable on your case front panel.
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Page 18: Headers & Jumpers
Mainboard VP-MB945G Headers & Jumpers Front USB Headers: USB2/3 This mainboard provides four onboard USB 1.1/2.0 ports (back panel) that attach to USB devices. There are two additional USB headers that can be connected by cables to four more USB ports on the front panel of your case giving you a possible 8 USB ports. - Page 19 Mainboard VP-MB945G Assignment Assignment GPI 1 GPI 2 GPI 3 GPI 4 GPI 5 GPI 6 GPI 7 GPI 8 GPI 9 GPI 10 GPI 11 GPI 12 GPI 13 GPI 14 GPI 15 GPI 16 Assignment Assignment GPO 1...
- Page 20 Mainboard VP-MB945G USB Power Selection Headers: JP4 USB devices attached to USB ports on the back panel of your computer case can awaken the system from sleep mode. In order to enable this functionality, you must adjust the jumper caps on JP4 header for +5V or +5V Standby mode.
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Page 21: Audio Configuration
Mainboard VP-MB945G Clear CMOS Jumper: JP1 The “Clear CMOS” function is used when you cannot boot your system due to some CMOS problems, such as a password is forgotten. This jumper allows you to reset the CMOS configurations, and then reconfigure it. -
Page 22: Pin Assignment
Mainboard VP-MB945G connectors will be provided on the SPDIF Card and which are convenient you to output or input audio format files between your system and the SPDIF styled players. SPDIF Assignment Assignment SPDIF out Ground SPDIF in Front Audio Header: FRONT AUDIO If your case front panel has audio ports, you can connect them to the Front Audio Header of this mainboard. -
Page 23: Slots
Mainboard VP-MB945G Slots PCI-Express x16 Interface slot: PCI-E1 The PCI-E1 slot is the PCI-Express x16 interface slot which can be supported up to x16 mode. It is recommended that you insert a graphics card onto the PCI-E1 slot which the interface is capable for PCI-E x16 specification. -
Page 24: Power Supply Attachments
Mainboard VP-MB945G Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector: ATX_PWR, ATX_12V This mainboard provides two ATX power connectors, a 24-pin ATX_PWR connector and a 4-pin ATX_12V connector. You must use a power supply that has both of these connectors and both connectors must be attached before the system is powered on. -
Page 25: Chapter 2. Bios Setup
Mainboard VP-MB945G Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the BIOS firmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The configuration information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by battery after power-down. -
Page 26: Main Menu
Mainboard VP-MB945G Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous option Down arrow Move to next option Left arrow Move to the option on the left (menu bar) Right arrow Move to the option on the right (menu bar) Main Menu: Quit without saving changes... - Page 27 Mainboard VP-MB945G Option Options Description Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ Date mm dd yy automatically changes when you set the date. Time hh: mm: ss Set the current time of the system. IDE Channel 0 Options contained in sub menu.
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Page 28: Advanced Bios Features
Mainboard VP-MB945G Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select hard disk boot priority. CD-ROM Boot Priority Select hard CD-ROM boot priority when you plug a CD-ROM drive onto your system. First /Second/Third Boot Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device. -
Page 29: Thermal Management
Mainboard VP-MB945G CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal Select the delay time before thermal activation from high temperatures. Options: 4 Min, 8 Min, 16 Min (Default), 32 Min Thermal Management This option will monitor the CPU thermal to prevent the CPU damage with high temperature. -
Page 30: Advanced Chipset Features
Mainboard VP-MB945G Options: Disabled (Default), Enabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) The rate of a character repeated needs. Options: 6 (Default), 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30 Typematic Delay (Msec) The delay values before keystrokes begin to repeat. Options: 250 (Default), 500, 750, 1000. - Page 31 Mainboard VP-MB945G DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This option allows you to select a delay time between the CAS and RAS strobe signals. It only applies when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. This option is adjustable only when “DRAM Timing Selectable”...
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Page 32: Dvmt Mode
Mainboard VP-MB945G Options: 1 MB, 8 MB (Default) DVMT Mode This option allows you to set the DVMT Mode. DVMT is an enhancement of the UMA concept, wherein the graphics driver allocates memory as needed for running graphics applications. The graphics driver is cooperatively using this memory with other system components. -
Page 33: System Memory Frequency
Mainboard VP-MB945G This option displays the CPU Host frequency. You can set it from 266 to 400. The default depends on your CPU frequency. The default for this option depends on the CPU installed. CPU Clock Ratio This option is display only if the CPU has not been set to a locked state by the CPU manufactory. If your CPU is locked, you will not be able to adjust the “CPU Clock Ratio”. -
Page 34: Peripherals
Mainboard VP-MB945G Peripherals Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI slot or a PCIE slot. Options: PCI Slot (Default), Onboard, PCIEx OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors read/ write. -
Page 35: Onboard Device
Mainboard VP-MB945G master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100, select “Auto” to enable BIOS support. Options: Auto (Default), Disabled ***OnChip Serial ATA Setting*** On-Chip Serial ATA This field allows you to select the on-chip Serial ATA operating mode which will determine how you will use your Serial ATA drives with the other standard IDE drives. -
Page 36: Onboard Fdc Controller
Mainboard VP-MB945G Options: Enabled (Default), Disabled USB 2.0 Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB 2.0 device installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you install a USB 1.1 device. -
Page 37: Onboard Parallel Port
Mainboard VP-MB945G UR2 Duplex Mode Select the transmission mode used by the IR interface. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous bi-directional transmission. Half-duplex mode permits transmission in only one direction at a time. This option is configurable only if “UART Mode Select” is set to “IrDA”. Options: Half (Default), Full Onboard Parallel Port Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the onboard parallel port. -
Page 38: Power Management
Mainboard VP-MB945G Power Management The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation features as well as power-up/ power-down options. ACPI Suspend Type The option allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system. -
Page 39: Video Off Method
Mainboard VP-MB945G Suspend Mode = 1 minute HDD Power Down = 1 minute 3. User Defined (Default) This option allows you to set each mode individually. When this option is enabled, each of the ranges is from 1 minute to 1 hour except for HDD Power Down, which ranges from 1 minute to 15 minute and includes a “disable”... - Page 40 Mainboard VP-MB945G Wake Up Control If you highlight the “Wake Up Control” label and then press the enter key, it will display a submenu with the following options. PCI PME Wake Up This option will also cause the system to wake up with any onboard LAN activity.
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Page 41: Hardware Monitor
Mainboard VP-MB945G Hardware Monitor Smart FAN Control This item allows you to select the “Smart Fan Control” that monitors the CPU temperature and intelligently adjusts the CPUFAN speed to maintain safe temperature for your CPU. In addition, the Smart Fan Control can reduce noise levels by lowering fan speeds during low activity to provide you a most comfortable and quiet environment. -
Page 42: Exit Menu
Mainboard VP-MB945G Load System Default Settings Load System Default Settings. Load System Turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings. Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries. Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries. -
Page 43: Chapter 3: Software Setup
Mainboard VP-MB945G Chapter 3: Software Setup Software List Category Platform ® Windows 2000 /XP Intel Chipset INF ® Windows 2000 /XP Realtek Lan Driver ® Windows 2000 /XP Realtek Audio Driver ® Windows 2000 /XP Intel VGA Driver ® Windows 2000 /XP Microsoft DirectX9.0c... - Page 44 Mainboard VP-MB945G Intel Chipset INF – It provides all drivers for the functions which built in both the Northbridge/ Southbridge. Realtek LAN Driver – It provides the driver of Realtek Network. Realtek Audio Driver – It provides the driver of Realtek AC’97 Audio CODEC.
- Page 45 Mainboard VP-MB945G Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 – Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader program, you can browse files with PDF styled. Trend PC-Cillin 2005 – It provides the software of Trend PC-Cillin 2005 (Anti-virus program). Drive Clone –It provides the software of Drive Clone which is used to back up or clone hard drives or partitions.
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Page 46: Chapter 4: Troubleshooting
Mainboard VP-MB945G Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the system. Power light does not illuminate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are not lit. Causes: 1. Power cable is unplugged. 2. Defective power cable. - Page 47 Mainboard VP-MB945G Problem 4: System only boots from the CD-ROM. The hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from the hard disk is impossible. Causes: Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted. Solutions: Back up data and applications files. Reformat the hard drive. Re-install applications and data using backup disks.
- Page 48 Mainboard VP-MB945G Problem 10: Keyboard failure. Causes: Keyboard is disconnected. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboard if you continue to experience problems. Problem 11: No color on screen. Causes: 1. Faulty Monitor. 2. CMOS incorrectly set up. Solutions: 1. If possible, connect monitor to another system. If no color appears, replace monitor.
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Page 49: Appendix I: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect Setup
Mainboard VP-MB945G Appendix I: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect Setup Channels Setup 1. After starting your system, click the Sound Effect Manager icon from the tool bar on the desktop. You can also find the icon by going to Start-> Setting -> Control Panel. -
Page 50: Appendix Ii: Abs Card Setup
Mainboard VP-MB945G Appendix II: ABS Card Setup Introduction The ABS system provides your system with a recovery BIOS backup when your onboard BIOS has been damaged beyond system boot capability. Preparation and Setup You should prepare a boot floppy disk and have it ready in case of such BIOS failures. Otherwise you will have to find another computer to make the boot floppy disk from. - Page 51 Mainboard VP-MB945G Place the boot floppy disk (from the “Preparation and Setup” section) into the floppy drive and turn on your system. Note: If your system is not setup to use the floppy drive as the first boot drive, you must enter the BIOS setup utility and make the appropriate adjustments.
- Page 52 Mainboard VP-MB945G 8. The initial AWARD BIOS FLASH screen (shown below-left) will appear and prompt you with the message, “Do you want to save BIOS?” Type “N” (Note: Typing “Y” is only used when saving the BIOS from the onboard BIOS to the floppy disk).
- Page 53 Mainboard VP-MB945G 10. During the next boot sequence, enter the BIOS utility program (Note: During the boot sequence you will be given a chance to enter the BIOS utility by pressing the “DEL” key on most systems). Load the system with the default settings, and save the changes before exit the BIOS utility program. Then the onboard BIOS recovery procedures are completed at this time.
- Page 54 Mainboard VP-MB945G 11. After you have recovered your onboard BIOS, you can choose to remove or not remove the ABS Card from the mainboard. If you do choose to remove the ABS Card from the mainboard, make sure that the system is powered off before you remove the card.
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