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Preface Preface Copyright This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected under international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the author . V ersion 1.0 Disclaimer The information in this documen[...]
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ii Preface Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interfer- ence that may cause undesired operation Canadian Department of Communications Th[...]
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iii Chapter 2 7 7 7 7 7 Installing the Motherboard 7 Safety Precautions...........................................................................7 Choosing a Computer Case............................................................7 Installing the Motherboard in a Case............................................7 Checking Jumper Settings..........[...]
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iv Integrated Peripherals.......................................................34 Power Management Setup.................................................35 PCI/PnP Setup...................................................................36 PC Health Status...............................................................37 Fr equency/V oltage Contr ol[...]
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1 Introducing the Motherboard Chapter 1 Introducing the Motherboard Introduction Thank you for choosing the G45T -M2 motherboard. This motherboard is a high performance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the LGA775 socket Intel ® Y orkfield/W olfdale/Core ™ 2 Quad/Core ™ 2 Duo/Pentium ® Dual-Core (E21XX series)/Celeron ® Dual[...]
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2 Introducing the Motherboard Feature • Accommodates Intel ® Y orkfield/Wolfdale/Core ™ 2 Quad/Core ™ 2 Duo/ Pentium ® Dual-Core (E21XX series)/Celeron ® Dual-Core/Celeron ® 4xx processors • Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz • Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU The motherboard uses an LGA775 type of Intel ® [...]
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3 Introducing the Motherboard Onboard LAN (optional) Audio (optional) The motherboard comes with the following expansion options: • One PCI Express x 16 slot for Graphic Interface • One PCI Express x1 Slot • T wo 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots • Six 7-pin SA T A connectors Expansion Options • One DVI port • One VGA port • One Paralle[...]
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4 Introducing the Motherboard • Power management • Wake-up alarms • CPU parameters • CPU and memroy timing BIOS Fir mware This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following: The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds. 1. Some hardware specific[...]
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5 Introducing the Motherboard Motherboard Components T able of Motherboard Components This concludes Chapter 1. The next chapter explains how to install the motherboard. LABEL COMPONENTS LGA775 so cket for Intel ® Yorkfiel d /W ol fd al e/ Co re TM 2 Quad/ Core TM 2 Duo/ Pent iu m ® Dual -Core (E21X X seri es)/ Cel eron ® Du al -Cor e/Cel er on [...]
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6 Introducing the Motherboard Memo[...]
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7 Installing the Motherboard Chapter 2 Installing the Motherboard Safety Precautions • Follow these safety precautions when installing the motherboard • Wear a grounding strap attached to a grounded device to avoid dam- age from static electricity • Discharge static electricity by touching the metal case of a safely grounded object before wor[...]
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8 Installing the Motherboard Checking Jumper Settings This section explains how to set jumpers for correct configuration of the motherboard. Setting Jumpers Use the motherboard jumpers to set system configuration options. Jumpers with more than one pin are numbered. When setting the jumpers, ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pin[...]
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9 Installing the Motherboard Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the motherboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings Jumper T ype Description Setting (default) CLR_CMOS 3-pin CLEAR CMOS 1-2: NORMAL 2-3: CLEAR OPEN: WRITE UNPROTECT SHOR T : WRITE PROTECT BIOS PROTECT 2-pin BIOS_WP Before clearing the CMOS[...]
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10 Installing the Motherboard Installing Hardware Installing the Processor Caution: When installing a CPU heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you DO NOT scratch the motherboard or any of the surface- mount resistors with the clip of the cooling fan. If the clip of the cooling fan scrapes across the motherboard, you may cause serious damage to t[...]
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11 Installing the Motherboard A. Read and follow the instructions shown on the sticker on the CPU cap. B. Unload the cap · Use thumb & forefinger to hold the lifting tab of the cap. · Lift the cap up and remove the cap completely from the socket. C. Open the load plate · Use thumb & forefinger to hold the hook of the lever , pushing down[...]
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12 Installing the Motherboard Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accomodates four memory modules. It can support four 240-pin DDR2 800/667. The total memory capacity is 16 GB. Y ou must install at least one module in any of the four slots. Each module can be installed with 4 GB of memory; total memory capacity is 16 GB. DDR2 SDRAM memory mo[...]
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13 Installing the Motherboard T able A: DDR2 (memory module) QVL (Qualified V endor List) The following DDR2 800/667 memory modules and combination have been tested and qualified for use with this motherboard. Typ e Size Vendor Module Name Infineon HYS64T325001 HU-3-A HYB18T256 256 MB Ramaxel 5 NB31 D9DCG A-DATA AD29608A88-3E G A-DATA M2OAD5G3H 316[...]
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14 Installing the Motherboard Type Size Vendor Module Name NPC NCPT7AUD R-25M48 Kingston KHX6400D2ULK2/2G Kingston KVR800D2N5/1G Ramaxel E5108AHSE-8E-E 0705098L1 Samsung ZCE7 K4T510830E Transcend TQ123PGF8T0709 1 GB UMAX U2S12D30TP-8E Aeneon AET03R25DC 0732 Aeneon AET860UD00-2 5DC08X Apacer AM4B5808CQJS8E 0747D Apacer 78.A1GA0.9 K4 A-DATA RED A-DAT[...]
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15 Installing the Motherboard Expansion Slots Installing Add-on Cards The slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the motherboard’ s features and capabilities. With these ef ficient facilities, you can in- crease the motherboard’ s capa[...]
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16 Installing the Motherboard Follow these instructions to install an add-on card: 1 Remove a blanking plate from the system case corresponding to the slot you are going to use. 2 Install the edge connector of the add-on card into the expansion slot. Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot. 3 Secure the metal bracket of the c[...]
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17 Installing the Motherboard Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’ s optional devices: F_AUDIO: Front Panel Audio header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line- out ports for easier access. SPDIF_OUT : SPDIF out header This is an optional hea[...]
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18 Installing the Motherboard F_USB1~4: Front Panel USB headers The motherboard has four USB ports installed on the rear edge I/O port array . Additionally , some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind of case, use auxiliary USB connector to connect the front-mounted ports to the motherboard. Please make sure [...]
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19 Installing the Motherboard COM1: Onboard serial port header Connect a serial port extension bracket to this header to add a second serial port to your system. 1 DCDB Data Carrier Detect 2 SINB Serial Input 3 SOUTB U ART B Serial Output 4 DTRB U ART B Data T er minal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSRB Data Set Ready 7 RTSB RART B Request to Send 8 CTSB Cl[...]
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20 Installing the Motherboard SA T A cable (optional) SA T A power cable (optional) Installing a SA T A Hard Drive About SA T A Connectors Y our motherboard features six SA T A connectors supporting a total of six drives. SA T A refers to Serial A T A (Advanced T echnology Attachment) is the standard inter - face for the IDE hard drives which are c[...]
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21 Installing the Motherboard Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive Y ou must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 (color) edge of the cable corr esponds to the pin 1 of the I/O port connector . FDD 1 : Floppy Disk Connector Connect the single end of the floppy connector to the onboard floppy connector firstly , and then connect the remaining [...]
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22 Installing the Motherboard Connecting I/O Devices The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports: PS2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device. PS2 Keyboard Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard. Parallel Port (LPT1) Use LPT to connect printers or other parallel communica (Optional) tions devices[...]
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23 Installing the Motherboard Connecting Case Components After you have installed the motherboard into a case, you can begin connecting the motherboard components. Refer to the following: 1 Connect the CPU cooling fan cable to CPU_F AN . 2 Connect the system cooling fan connector to SYS_F AN . 3 Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the F[...]
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24 Installing the Motherboard A TX12V1: A TX 12V Power Connector Pi n Signal Name 4 +12V 3 +12V 2 Ground 1 Ground Users please note that the fan connector supports the CPU cooling fan of 1.1A ~ 2.2A (26.4W max) at +12V . A TX_ POWER1: A TX 24-pin Power Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 +3.3V 13 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 14 -12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 +[...]
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25 Installing the Motherboard Front Panel Header The front panel header (F_P ANEL) provides a standard set of switch and LED headers commonly found on A TX or Micro A TX cases. Refer to the table below for information: Pin Signal Function Pin Signal Function 1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED(+) 2 F P PWR/SLP *MSG LED(+) 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk LED( - ) 5 RST_S[...]
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26 Installing the Motherboard Memo[...]
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27 Introducing the Motherboard Chapter 3 Using BIOS About the Setup Utility The computer uses the latest “American Megatrends Inc.” BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play . The CMOS chip on the motherboard contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the motherboard BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup Utility displa[...]
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28 Introducing the Motherboard BIOS Navigation Keys The BIOS navigation keys are listed below: CMOS Setup Utility -- Copyright (C) 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. f f f f v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Mega trends, Inc. f Press the delete key to access the BIOS Setup Utility . : Move F10: Save ESC: Exit +/-/: V alue Enter : Select F9:[...]
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29 Introducing the Motherboard S tandard CMOS Setup This option displays basic information about your system. Date Wed 06/18/2008 Time Alarm (hh:mm:ss) 00:01:55 f S A T A 1 Not Detected S A T A2 Hard Disk S A T A 3 Not Detected S A T A 4 Not Detected S A T A 5 Not Detected S A T A 6 Not Detected Help Item f f f CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 19[...]
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30 Introducing the Motherboard LBA/Large Mode (Auto) Use this item to set the LAB/Large mode to enhance hard disk performance by optimizing the area the hard disk is visited each time. Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) (Auto) If the feature is enabled, it will enhance hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer . PIO Mode[...]
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31 Introducing the Motherboard Limit CPUID MaxV al (Disabled) This item can support Prescott CPUs for old OS. Users please note that under NT 4.0, it must be set “Enabled”, while under W inXP , it must be set “Disabled”. Advanced Setup This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Handle this page with caution. Any changes [...]
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32 Introducing the Motherboard 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device (Hard Disk Drive/CD/DVD/1st FLOPPY DRIVE) Use this item to determine the device order the computer used to look for an operating system to load at start-up time. The devices showed here will be different depending on the exact devices installed on your motherboard. APIC Mode (Enabled) This item[...]
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33 Introducing the Motherboard Advanced Chipset Setup This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Handle this page with caution. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer . Configure DRAM Timing by SPD (Enabled) Press <Esc> to return to the main menu setting page. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2008, Am[...]
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34 Introducing the Motherboard Integrated Peripherals This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. Integrated Peripherals Onboard SA TA Mode Enhanced Onboard LAN Function Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Onboard AUDIO Function Enabled S[...]
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35 Introducing the Motherboard Power Management Setup This page sets up some parameters for system power management operation. Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend. Help Item CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S3 (STR) Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Instant Off PWRON After[...]
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36 Introducing the Motherboard Press <Esc> to return to the main menu setting page. Resume on RTC Alarm (Disabled) The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system’ s R TC (realtime clock). Use the items below this one to set the date and t[...]
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37 Introducing the Motherboard PC Health S tatus On motherboards support hardware monitoring, this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speeds. -=- System Hardware Monitor-=- Smart Fan Function Press Enter CPU T emperature :47°C/1 16°F System T emperature : 22°C/71° F CPU FAN Speed : 3479 RPM SYS FAN [...]
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38 Introducing the Motherboard Press <Esc> to return to the PC Health Status page. ECS supports the latest PECI host technology . While using W olfdale or Y orkfield CPU, the original images of the BIOS item “PC Health Status” and “Smart F AN Function” will be replaced by PECI mode and negative number . (The max data from PECI is zer [...]
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39 Introducing the Motherboard Press <Esc> to return to the main menu setting page. Frequency/V oltage Control This page enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have in- stalled in your system. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2008, Am[...]
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40 Introducing the Motherboard Supervisor Password (Not Installed) This item indicates whether a supervisor password has been set. If the password has been installed, Installed displays. If not, Not Installed displays. Change Supervisor Password (Press Enter) Y ou can select this option and press <Enter> to access the sub menu. Y ou can use t[...]
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41 Introducing the Motherboard Save & Exit Setup Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility . When the Save and Exit dialog box appears, select [OK] to save and exit, or select [Cancel] to return to the main menu. User Password (Not Installed) This item indi[...]
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42 Introducing the Motherboard Updating the BIOS Y ou can download and install updated BIOS for this motherboard from the manufacturer ’ s W eb site. New BIOS provides support for new peripherals, improve- ments in performance, or fixes for known bugs. Install new BIOS as follows: 1 If your motherboard has a BIOS protection jumper , change the se[...]
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43 Using the Motherboard Software Chapter 4 Using the Motherboard Software Auto-installing under Windows XP/V ista If the Auto-install CD-ROM does not work on your system, you can still install drivers thr ough the file manager for your OS (for example, W in- dows Explorer). Refer to the Utility Folder Installation Notes later in this chapter . The[...]
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44 Using the Motherboard Software Setup T ab Setup Click the Setup button to run the software installation program. Select from the menu which software you want to install. Browse CD The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allows you to open Windows Explorer and show the contents of the support CD. Before installing the software f[...]
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45 Using the Motherboard Software 2. Click Next. The following screen appears: 3. 4 . Click Next run the Installation Wizard. An item installation screen appears: 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items. 1. Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence. Follow the onscreen instructions, confirm commands and allo[...]
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46 Using the Motherboard Software Follow these instructions to Disable V ista UAC function: 1. Go to Control Panel . Method 1. Run Reboot Setup Windows V ista will block startup programs by default when installing drivers after the system restart. Y ou must select taskbar icon Run Blocked Program and run Reboot Setup to install the next driver, unt[...]
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47 Using the Motherboard Software 2. Select Classic View . 3. Set User Account . 4. Select Turn User Account Control on or off and press Continue .[...]
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48 Using the Motherboard Software Manual Installation Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive and locate the P A TH.DOC file in the root directory . This file contains the information needed to locate the drivers for your motherboard. Look for the chipset and motherboard model; then browse to the directory and path to begin installing the drivers. Most d[...]
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49 Using the Motherboard Software HDMI Audio Setting SOP OS: XP system 1. Control Panel-->Sound and Audio Device Properties 2 . b. Audio--> Sound playback--> Default device--> HDMI Auido Output a. Audio--> Sound playback--> Default device--> HD Auido Output 3 . b. User Playback HDMI speaker function working a. User Playback Aud[...]
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50 Using the Motherboard Software OS: Vista system Control Panel--> Soundback--> Sound--> Digital Output Device (HDMI) --> Set Default 1. Volume --> Playback 2. Digital Output Device (HDMI) --> Set Default --> OK User HDMI Playback function working[...]
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51 Using the Motherboard Software 3. Speaker --> Set Default --> OK User Speaker Palyback function working 4. SPDIF-Out --> Set Default --> OK User SPDIF-Out Playback function working This concludes chapter 4.[...]
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52 Using the Motherboard Software Memo[...]