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Intel PM945GC-478 manual

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  • Page 1

    Intel PM945GC-478 Mainboard User ’ s Manual Rev: EG1.0 Date: 2008.1[...]

  • Page 2

    1 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 1.1 Chipset Introduction · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 1.2 Specification · · · · · · ·[...]

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    2 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Chipset Intr oduction Intel 945GC Chipset The Intel 945GC chipset supports the latest PC technologies such as Socket 478 CPU, dual-channel DDRII memory archit ectur e and PCI Expr ess x16 graphics card interface. Intel Graphics Medi a Accelerator 950 pr ovides a significant incr ease in graphics performan ce. 6 high-spe[...]

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    3 -Built-in Powerful Integrated Graphics Integrated display function tec hnologies without extend VGA card Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Contr oller -Pr ovides one channel connecting two IDE drives Supports Ultra A T A66/100/133synchronous DMA modes - Pr ovides 2 channel connecting 2 SA T A drives with speed up to 150MB/S -I/O: 1 floppy port support fo[...]

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    4 Chapter 3 Mainboard Locations 82945GC[...]

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    5 Chapter 4 Installations 4.1 Jumper Setting and Slot Clear CMOS Jumper setting 1-2 (Default) Normal 2-3 Clear CMOS Audio: Fr ont panel Jumper setting PIN Function PIN Function 1 MIC+ 2 Gr ound 3 Vbias 4 AuD_Vcc(A VCC) 5 AuD_R_Out 6 R_Out Back 7 N.C. 8 Key 9 AuD_L_Out 10 L_Out Back SA T A: PIN Jumper setting PIN SA T A1 Function PIN SA T A2 Functio[...]

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    6 Connectors PS/2(Bottom) PS/2 Keyboard(Purple) PS/2(T OP) PS/2 Mouse Header(Gr een) R_USB1 USB1/2 Connector Port F_USB2 USB3/4 Connector Port F_USB3 USB5/6 Connector Port LPT Printer Connector Port COM1 Serial Port COM1 Connector port VGA On-board VGA connector LINE OUT/ LINE IN/MIC Audio Output/Audio Input/Micr ophone IDE Primary/Secondary IDE po[...]

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    7 5.1 Main menu Y ou can use cursor arrow ke ys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. Press the Es cape key to leave the setup utility . Press the F9 key to go back to menu in BIOS. Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of it ems with installed value that you can use cursor a[...]

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    8 Setup the best performance values in system  Set Supervisor Password Setup supervisor password in system  Set User Password Setup user password in system  Save & Exit Setup Setup save and exit, pr ess Y to save and exit  Exit W ithout Save Setup Exit without Save and exit, pr e ss N to without save and exit 5.2 S tandard CMOS Feat[...]

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    9  To t a l M e m o r y 5.3 Advanced BIOS Featur es  C P U F e a t u r e D e f a u l t : P r e s s E n t e r D e l a y P r i o r t o T h e r m a l D e f a u l t : 1 6 M i n T h e r m a l M a n a g e m e n t D e f a u l t : T h e r m a l M o n i t o r 1 L i m i t C P U I D M a x V a l D e f a u l t : D i s a b l e d C 1 E F u n c t i o n D e f[...]

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    10 becomes drive B and dr ive B becomes drive A.  Boot Up Floppy Seek Default: Enabled  Boot Up NumLock S tatus Default: On  G a t e A 2 0 O p t i o n D e f a u l t : Normal  T y p e m a t i c R a t e S e t t i n g D e f a u l t : Disabled T ypematic Rate ( c h a r s / s e c ) D e f a u l t : 6 T ypematic Delay ( M s e c ) D e f a u l t[...]

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    11 PCI Expr ess port 3 Default: Auto PCI Expr ess port 4 Default: Auto PCI Expr ess port 5 Default: Auto PCI Expr ess port 6 Default: Auto PCI-E Compliancy Mose Default: vl.oa **VGA Setting**  PEG/Onchip VGA Contro1 Default: Auto  On-chip Frame Buffer Size Default: 8MB  D V M T M o d e D e f a u l t : D V M T  F I X E D M e m o r y S i [...]

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    12  Onboard Device Default: Pr ess Enter  USB Controller Default: Enabled  USB 2.0 Contr oller Default: Enabled  USB Keyboard Support Default: Disabled  USB Mouse Support Default: Disabled  Azalia/AC97 Audio select Default: Auto  Onboard LAN contr oller Default: Enabled  BIOS ROM Write Protect Default: Enabled  Onboard La[...]

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    13 Setup UAR T mode select  UR2 Duplex Mode Default: Half  Onboard Parallel port Default: 378 / IRQ7 Setup select parallel port  P a r a l l e l P o r t M o d e D e f a u l t : S P P Setup parallel port mode  E C P M o d e U S E D M A D e f a u l t : 3  PWRON After PWR=Fail Default: off 5.6 Power Management Setup  ACPI Function De[...]

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    14  F D D , C O M , L P T P o r t D e f a u l t : D i s a b l e d  P C I P I R Q [ A - D ] # D e f a u l t : D i s a b l e d 5.7 Set Supervisor Password & Set User Password If you highlight this item and press Enter , a dialog box appears that you can enter a supervisor passw ord. Y ou can enter no mor e than six letters or numbers. Pr es[...]