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Intel PMG41-D2 manual

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  • Page 1

    USER'S MANUAL Of Intel G41 Express Chipset & Intel ICH7 Chipset Based M/B for LGA 775 Qu ad Core Ready Intel Core Processor Family PMG41-D2 MB: Re v: 1.0 Manual: Rev: EG100 Release date: Nov ., 2009 Trademark: * Specifications and Information contained in this docume ntation are furnished for information use only , and are subject to chang[...]

  • Page 2

    ii C H A P T E R 1 INTRODU CTION OF IN T E L G 4 1 MOTHERBOARD SERIES 1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD .................................................................................... 1 1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD .................................................... 2 1-2 SPECIFIC A T ION....................................................[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 Introduction of Intel G41 Motherboard Series 1-1 Features of motherboard The Intel G41 chipset motherboard series are based on the latest In te l G41 Express Chi p se t and Intel IC H7 Chipset tech nology which su pports the in novative 65 nm a nd 90 n m I n te l ® Pentium® 4 Processor ， C el er on 4x x Processor, Dual-Core Intel® [...]

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    2 1-1.1 Special Features of Motherboard CPU Thermal Throttling Technology ---(The CPU Overheat Protection Technology) To prevent the increasing heat from dam age of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technol ogy will f orce CPU to enter partially idle mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operat[...]

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    3 1-2 Specification Spec Description Design z Micro ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 24.5*18c m Chipset z Intel G41 Mem ory Contro ller Hub (MC H) Chipset z Intel 82801GB I/O Contro ller Hub (ICH7) Chipset CPU Socket (LGA775 ) z Support 45nm and 6 5nm Quad-Core, Dual -Core Intel® Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo processors, Intel® Penti um Dual Core, In[...]

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    4 1-3 Item Checklist 5 Intel G41 Platform Processor Chipset based motherboard 5 Cable for IDE 5 CD for motherboard utilities 5 Cable for Serial ATA Port 5 Intel G41 Platform Processor Chipset motherboard User’s Manual 5 Back panel 1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting ATX 12V Power Connector Front Panel Connector ATX Power Connector CPU Socket [...]

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    5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Install LGA 775 Supported Intel Processor This motherboard provides a 775-pin surface m ount, LGA775 Land Grid Array socket, referred to as the LGA775 socket supports Inte l Pentium 4 processor in the 775 Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA) package technology. The CPU that comes with the mot[...]

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    6 1. One DIMM Module ----Plug in DIMM1 2. Two DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1 an d DIMM2 for Dual channel function For Dual channel Limited! 3. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 & DIMM2 4. DIMM1 & DIMM2 must be the same type, sam e size, and same frequency for dual channel function. Install DDR2 [...]

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    7 2-3 Expansion Cards The G41 motherboard series of f e r one PCI-Exp ress x16 graphics slot of 8Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which gets 7 times o f bandwidth more than AGP 8X and it’s up to a peak concurrent bandwidth of 16Gbyte/sec at full speed to guarantee the ultimate GPU computing perf ormance. One PCI Express x1 [...]

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    8 Chapter 3 Connectors, Headers & Jumpers Setting 3-1 Connectors (1) Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole[...]

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    9 (6) Audio Line-In, Lin-Out, MIC Connector: SURROUND1 This Connector is 3 phones Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, and MIC Line-out: (GREEN) Audio output to speaker Line-in: (BLUE) Audio input to sound chip MIC: (PINK) Microphone Connector (7) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FLOPPY Th i s connector supports the pr ovided floppy drive ribbon cab l[...]

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    10 (9) Serial-ATA Port connector: SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3/ SATA4 • These connectors support the provided Serial ATA and Serial ATA2 IDE hard disk cable to connecting the motherboard and serial ATA hard disk. (10) Serial COM Port: COM1 C O M 1 i s t h e 9 - p i n c o nn e c t or . T h e O n - b o ar d s er i a l p o r t c an b e d isabled through BI[...]

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    11 3-2 Headers (1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO This header is connected to Front Pane l Line-out, MIC connect or with cable. (2) USB Port Headers (9-pin) : USB2 / USB3 These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug. By attaching an option USB cable, your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixe[...]

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    12 (7) Power switch: PWR BTN This 2-pin connector connects to the case- mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the system. (8) FAN Power Headers: SY SFAN1, SYSFAN2 (3-pin), CPUFAN (4-pin) These connectors support coolin g fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different . The red wire should be [...]

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    13 (10) Parallel Port header (25-pin): PARALLEL The On-board Parallel Port can be di sabled through the BIOS SETUP. . (11) SPDIF Out header: SPDIF Out The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to exte rnal speakers or co mpressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital in[...]

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    14 Chapter 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION Check your package and there is A CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility p rograms. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you whic h hardware is installe d, and which DRIVERS needed so that your system[...]

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    15 Windows XP Windows 2000 From MENU you may make as selections: 1. INF install Intel INF chipset s ystem driver 2. VGA install VGA chipset driver 3. LAN install LAN Driver 4. SOUND install Audio driver 5. BROWSE CD to browse th e contents of the CD[...]

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    16 4-1 INF: Install Intel INF Chipset System Driver Windows VISTA/ 7 Windows XP Windows 2000[...]

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    17 4-2 VGA: VGA Driver Windows VISTA/ 7 Windows XP Windows 2000[...]

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    18 4-3 LAN: LAN Driver Windows VISTA/ 7 Windows XP Windows 2000[...]

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    19 4-4 SOUND: Install Audio Driver Windows VISTA/ 7 Windows XP Windows 2000[...]

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    20 4-5 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS STEP 1. Prepare a boot floppy disc . (You may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A: click OK) STEP 2. Download upgrade tools and the latest BIOS files of the motherboard from official website and then make a copy of it to your bootable floppy disk after decompressing these files STEP 3. Insert the disk into A: star[...]