AOpen I865GM-7L User Manual

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start ..........................................................3

1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................4

1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................4

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ............................................... 5

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................5

2.2 Specification ............................................................................................... 6

2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................7

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation ............................................................... 8

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................8

3.2 Installation You Have to Know.......................................................................9

Installing CPU ............................................................................................ 9

Installing CPU Fan .....................................................................................10

Connecting CPU and System Fans ...............................................................1 1

Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12

Maximum The Performance of the Dual Channel............................................13

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................14

Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................15

Connecting ATX Power Cables.....................................................................16

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ........................................................... 17

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................17

Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................18

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................19

Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot ..............................................................21

Connecting IrDA........................................................................................22

10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported (1000Mbps for i865Gm-7L)........................23

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Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................24

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect...................................................................25

Connecting Front Audio..............................................................................26

Connecting COM2......................................................................................27

Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................28

Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................29

Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........................................30

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i865Gm-7L/7N) .............................................31

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i865PEm-7N/i800Pm-7N)................................32

LED Indication ..........................................................................................33

3.4 Jumper Settings ........................................................................................ 34

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities ................................................... 35

Other Useful Features ................................................................................35

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 36

Introduction .............................................................................................36

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .......................................37

How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................37

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................38

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers ................................................................... 40

6.1 Installing Drivers ....................................................................................... 41

6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 42

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 43

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 44

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................45

Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................45

Technical Support......................................................................................46

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1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start

First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products.
Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal
needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance
to the quality of all our products.

This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it
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1.2 Features of This Manual

To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain
conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently:

Note

Warning / Caution

Warning

Tip

Warning

This contains knowledge you should know in process
of assembling, or some helpful tips.

Please be careful when you see this mark. It
highlights mistakes that occur often during
assembling, or something you need to pay attention
to.

This tip tells you some useful information that will
make your installation smoothly.

1.3 Safety Information

Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit
before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an object
that is of ground connection or with metal surface.

Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting.

Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please
make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard
or other components.

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Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

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1. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 16. IrDA Connector

2. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 17. COM2 Connector

3. SYSFAN1 Connector 18. AGP Protection LED

4. LGA775 CPU Socket Supporting Intel
FC-LGA4 CPU

5. Intel 865G/865PE/848P/ICH5 Chipsets 20. AGP 8X Graphics Slot

6. CPUFAN Connector 21. USB 2.0 Connectors X 2

7. 184-pin DIMMs X 2 22. Diehard BIOS Lite

8. FDD Connector 23. Serial ATA Ports X 2

9. 24-pin ATX Power Connector 24. SYSFAN2 Connector

10. IDE Connectors x 2 25. Front Panel Connector

11. Realtek Gigabit PCI LAN Chip (for i865Gm-7L)
Realtek 10/100 PCI LAN (for 7N series)

12. CD_IN Connector 27. Case Open Connector

13. Realtek AC’97 CODEC 28. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

14. Front Audio Connector 29. BOOT LED

15. S/PDIF Connector

19. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots X 3

26. STBY LED

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2.2 Specification

Here are the main specifications of your motherboard.

Models I865Gm-7L/7N I865PEm-7N I800Pm-7N

CPU

Chipset

Main Memory

Graphics

IDE & SATA

LAN

Sound

USB

Slots

Back Panel
I/O

On Board
Connector

BIOS

Board Size

Intel LGA775 CPU
Socket T
800/533MHz
Intel 865G
Intel ICH5
Dual Channel Mode DDR
400/333/266MHz
DDR DIMM x 2
DIMM Type:
128/256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory: 2GB
Integrated VGA Engine in
chipset
AGP 8X slot
Support ADD card
Integrated ATA100 and
Serial ATA Controller
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB
[by 48 bits LBA Spec.]
Realtek Gigabit PCI
LAN Controller (7L)
10/100 PCI LAN (7N)
Realtek AC'97 CODEC
onboard, support Dolby
Digital system and 5.1
Channel
Integrated in chipset
USB2.0 x 8
AGP x 1
PCI x 3
PS/2 Keyboard x 1
PS/2 Mouse x 1
USB Port x 4
LAN Port x 1
VGA Port x 1
COM Port x 1
Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1
Line_In x 1
MIC_In x 1
Front Panel x 1 / Front Audio x 1 / CPU FAN x 1 / System FAN x 1 / Chassis FAN x 1
Power FAN x 1 / Power Temperature Connector x 1 / Case Open Connector x 1
CD_IN x 1 / IrDA x 1 / COM2 x 1 / USB Port x 4
Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM
BIOS
244 mm x 210 mm 244 mm x 210 mm 244 mm x 210 mm

Intel LGA775 CPU
Socket T
800/533MHz
Intel 865PE
Intel ICH5
Dual Channel Mode DDR
400/333/266MHz
DDR DIMM x 2
DIMM Type:
128/256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory: 2GB
AGP 8X slot AGP 8X slot

Integrated ATA100 and
Serial ATA Controller
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB
[by 48 bits LBA Spec.]
Realtek 10/100Mbps PCI
LAN chip

Realtek AC'97 CODEC
onboard, support Dolby
Digital system and 5.1
Channel
Integrated in chipset
USB2.0 x 8
AGP x 1
PCI x 3
PS/2 Keyboard x 1
PS/2 Mouse x 1
USB Port x 4
LAN Port x 1
COM Port x 1
Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1
Line_In x 1
MIC_In x 1

Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM
BIOS

Intel LGA775 CPU
Socket T
800/533MHz
Intel 848P
Intel ICH5
Single Channel Mode DDR
400/333/266MHz
DDR DIMM x 2
DIMM Type:
128/256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory: 2GB

Integrated ATA100 and
Serial ATA Controller
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB
[by 48 bits LBA Spec.]
Realtek 10/100Mbps PCI
LAN chip

Realtek AC'97 CODEC
onboard, support Dolby
Digital system and 5.1
Channel
Integrated in chipset
USB2.0 x 8
AGP x 1
PCI x 3
PS/2 Keyboard x 1
PS/2 Mouse x 1
USB Port x 4
LAN Port x 1
COM Port x 1
Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1
Line_In x 1
MIC_In x 1

Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM
BIOS

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2.3 Block Diagram

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p

Intel

LGA775

CPU

(for i865Gm series only)

VGA Onboard

AGP 8X Slot

(i865Gm series support ADD card)

800/533MHz
System Bus

AGP bus

Intel

865G/

865PE/848P

chipset

DIMM Sockets x2

DDR400/333/266 Dual Channel RAM Up to 2GB

(i800Pm-7N supports Single Channel Mode only)

Realtek

Gigabit/

10/100

LAN Chi

(Gigabit LAN is for i865Gm-7L)

Floppy Disk
Drive

PCI Bus

32-bit PCI Slots x3

150MB/s

Serial ATA Ports x2

ATA
33/66/100

IDE Drives x 4

RealTek

AC97

CODEC

ICH5

4Mbits Flash
EEPROM

LAN connect
Com

onent

USB Ports x8

Serial Ports x2

Parallel Port

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Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Hardware

q

Installation

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure

2. Installing CPU
Fan & System Fan

3. Installing
Memory Module

4. Installing HD,
CD-ROM and
SATA Disk, etc

5. Connecting Front
Panel Cable

1. Installing CPU

6. Connecting ATX
Power Cable

12. Installing Drivers &
Utilities

11. Installing
Operating System
(such as, Windows XP)

8. Installing Other

Devices (USB, Front
Audio, etc)

7. Installing AGP & PCI
Cards

10. Loading
Default BIOS,
Setting CPU

uency

Fre

9. Connecting
Back Panel Ports
(Keyboard,
Mouse, etc)

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3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This socket supports FC-LGA4 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package
developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in.
Pull CPU socket lever and plate up.

1. Remove plastic cap from CPU socket plate.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper

interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the
socket.

3. Press down the CPU socket plate and lever to finish CPU installation.

Warning: If you do not match the CP U
socket Pin 1 and CPU golden arrow well,
you may damage the CPU. And please don’t
touch CPU socket pins when installing CPU.

Note: It’s strongly recommended by

Intel to use thermal paste properly to avoid
over-heat generated from Prescott CPU .

CPU socket plate

Socket Pin 1

CPU socket
lever

Golden
arrow

Plastic cap

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Installing CPU Fan

1. Gently put down the CPU fan on CPU socket with four sticks aiming correctly
to the four mounting holes.

Mounting

hole

2. Press down four fixing sticks into the holes one by one. Make sure the
sticks are firmly fixed into the holes.

Mounting

hole

Fixing
stick

Note: The picture above may look different from the product
you purchased.

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Connecting CPU and System Fans

Plug the CPU fan cable to the 4-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan,
you can also plug chassis fan in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.

SYSFAN2 Connector

SENSOR
GND
+12

SYSFAN1 Connector

CPUFAN Connector

Note: Some CPU fans
do not have sensor pin so
that they cannot support fan
monitoring.

SENSOR
GND
+12

GND

+12

SENSOR
PWM

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Installing Memory Modules

Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down
firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.

Tab

Pin 1

Key

Note: The tabs of the
DIMM slot will clip to hold the
DIMM in place when the DIMM
touches the slot’s bottom.

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Maximum The Performance of the Dual Channel

To obtain the highest performance of Dual Channel, the configuration of DIMM
must meet the following conditions.

Matched DIMM configuration in each channel

● Same density (128MB~1GB)

● Same DRAM bus width (x8 or x16)

● Either single-sided or double-sided

Note: Using memory modules of different
chip and density will cause system unstable.

When dual channel mode is successfully enabled, the screen will show “Dual
Channel Mode Enabled” while entering POST screen.

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Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connect the 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy
connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong
orientation may cause system damage.

Primary
Master (1st)

Primary
Slave (2nd)

Pin 1

FDD Connector

Pin 1

Secondary
Master (3rd)

ATA 66/100 IDE Connector

Secondary
Slave (4th)

IDE 1 (Primary)

IDE 2 (Secondary)

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Connecting Front Panel Cable

Attach the power LED, speaker and reset switch connectors to the corresponding
pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED
will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing, which is a 2-pin female
connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power
switch connector marked SPWR.

NC
NC

+5
HDD LED
HDD LED

+5

+5

GND

NC
SPEAKER

Front Panel Connector

Power
GND

Power LED­GND
Power LED+
NC
GND

GND
RESET
GND

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Connecting ATX Power Cables

This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown
below. Make sure you plug them in the right direction. We strongly recommend
you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 24-pin connector.

Foolproof latch

Note: If your chassis
supports only a 20-pin ATX
power cable, please face the
foolproof latch and plug the
20-pin ATX power ca bl e

leftwards into the on-board
24-pin ATX power connector
as shown leftwards.

+12V
+12V
Ground
Ground

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3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference

e

r

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency

Setting CPU Core Voltage

This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage
automatically during power-on and the range is from 0.8375V to 1.6V. It’s not
necessary to set CPU core voltage.

Setting CPU Frequency

This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design; you can set CPU frequency by 1MHz
stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS. CPU Core Frequency = CPU FSB clock
x CPU Ratio. However, all CPU now sold in market belong to "Fixed Multiplier".
That means users can not adjust the CPU Ratio but change CPU FSB clock to
achieve overclocking only.

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setup

(Users will do the overclocking at their own risks!!)

CPU Ratio 8x, 10x… 24x, 25x, 26x, 27x, 28x
CPU FSB (Adjustment

manually)

Processor Number Processor Frequency FSB CPU Ratio Cache
5 Series
580 4.00G 800MHZ 20x 1MB L2

570 3.80G 800MHZ 19x 1MB L2
560 3.60G 800MHZ 18x 1MB L2
550 3.40G 800MHZ 17x 1MB L2
540 3.20G 800MHZ 16x 1MB L2
530 3.00G 800MHZ 15x 1MB L2
520 2.80G 800MHZ 14x 1MB L2
3 Series

350 3.20G 533MHZ 24x 256K L2
345 3.06G 533MHZ 23x 256K L2
340 2.93G 533MHZ 22x 256K L2
335 2.80G 533MHZ 21x 256K L2

Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be faster CPU on th

market by the time you received this installation guide. This table is kindly fo

your references only.

FSB = 100MHz-400MHz by 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking

Note:
Some CPU
fans do not
have sensor
pin so that
they cannot
support fan
monitoring.

Warning: Intel 865G/865PE/848P chipset support maximum 800MHz (200MHz*4)

system; higher clock setting may cause ser ious system damage.

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Connecting Serial ATA

To connect a serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect
two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial ATA header on the motherboard and
the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable.
Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers
to define a master or slave disk. When serial ATA hard disks are installed on serial
ATA ports, the one connected on Port 0(SATA 1) will be set as the first boot device
automatically. Please note that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function.

SATA1 SATA2

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Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting

Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard supports the latest
serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed serial ATA hard
disks on your operating system after having them installed, the problem may lie
in the BIOS setting. You can simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work
properly.

After installing your hard disks properly, you can directly go to BIOS setting
screen for adjustment. Simply pressing “Integrated Peripherals
IDE Device Æ On-Chip Serial ATA” to choose your preferable mode. If you
have no intention of changing its original setting, the default would be Auto.

Æ

OnChip

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If you desire to change the default setting,
press Enter for selection list:

Disabled:

there are only traditional IDE hard disks
had been installed on your system.
Disabling this item will also cancel the
detection of serial ATA hard disks during
POST, which will theoretically speed up

your boot-up time a little bit; however,
please remember to re-adjust the setting here if you want to use serial ATA hard
disk later.

Auto:

This is factory default setting on this motherboard. Basically, if your system
functions properly, it is unnecessary to change it. The system will automatically
recognize the first hard disk on IDE1 as first boot device.

Note: Please be informed that when you are using Windows98/ME with
the capacity of all six hard disks being installed, the Auto mode will not
function properly. It is because Windows98/Me is not able to energize
Enhanced Mode to detect all hard disks.

Combined Mode:

installed at the same time, then you can choose this mode. Under this mode, you
can randomly choose either IDE hard disks or serial ATA had disk as your first boot
device. But please note, serial ATA will exist with IDE in a mapping way, which
means it will occupy one of the IDE Channel and leave you one IDE Channel only.

Enhanced Mode:

Windows.NET Server), it is highly recommended that you select Enhanced Mode.
Under this mode the system will detect all six devices (traditional IDE x 4, Serial
ATA x 2) completely and function perfectly. But please note that traditional IDE is
set to first boot device under this mode.

Note: According to practical lab tests of us, there are no obvious
problems or mistakes happened when we set this mode under
Windows2000 operating system; however, it is not recommended by
Intel.

If you have traditional IDE hard disks and serial ATA hard disks

If you are using the latest operating system (say, Windows XP,

You can choose this item if

SATA Only:

This mode also allows you to select booting sequence from Port0 (SerialATA1) or
Port1 (SerialATA2).

You may select this mode if you install serial ATA hard disks only.

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Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot

This motherboard provides an AGP 8X slot, a sky blue slot having the latest AGP
specification on motherboard. The AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for
high-performance 3D graphic. Traditionally AGP used both rising and falling edge
of the 66MHz clock for 4X AGP, and the data transfer rate could achieve 66MHz x
4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. Now AGP is moving to AGP 8X mode, which is upgraded
to 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 =2.1GB/s. For i865Gm-7L/7N, the AGP slot can
automatically recognize an AGP or a Multiplexed Intel DVO Output depending on
which cards being inserted, such as AGP, or ADD (AGP Digital Display) cards. With
an ADD card implemented to this slot, Multiplexed Intel DVO output will provide
high-speed digital connection for digital displays or TV-OUT functionality.

Warning: It is strongly

recommended not adjust AGP/PCI
voltage/clock when you connect
SATA device. It is because when
the voltage/clock for AGP/PCI is
adjusted, the SATA clock cannot
remain at 100MHz, and the system
will therefore be unstable.

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Warning: It is

strongly recommended
not install a 3.3V AGP
card, which is not
supported by Intel 865G
/ 865PE / 848P chipsets
on this motherboard.

Connecting IrDA

The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with
this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows Direct Cable
Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices
and printers. This connector supports both HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and
ASK-IR (56Kbps).

Install an infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared
function from BIOS Setup, UART Mode, you can use this function. Please make
sure you connect correct orientation when plugging IrDA module.

Pin 1

1

NC

+5V

IR_TX

IrDA Connector

KEY
GND
IR_RX

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10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported (1000Mbps for i865Gm-7L)

With the strength of Gigabit LAN controller on board, i865Gm-7L motherboard
provides 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45
connector is located on the top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED
indicates link mode; it lights in yellow when linking to network. The left hand side
LED indicates the transfer mode and will light in green when data is transferring
at 100Mbps (never lights while at 10Mbps), but will light in orange when
transferring in Gigabit’s mode. To enable or disable this function, you may simply
adjust it through BIOS. To enable LAN wakeup function, you have to set the
“Wake on PCI Card” enable in the BIOS “Power Management Setup” section.

Transferring (Left)

Green 100Mbps

Orange Gigabit mode

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Linking (Right)

Yellow

Connecting USB2.0

This motherboard provides eight USB2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as
mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the back panel.
You can use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or
chassis front panel.

SBD6-

SBD6+

1 2

+5V

GND

KEY

9

USB Connector

Pin 1

+5V
SBD7­SBD7
GND
NC

10

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Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

This motherboard comes with a Realtek AC’97 CODEC (ALC655), which supports
high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effect, bringing you a brand new audio
experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC655, you're able to
use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any
external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the
Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel. Picture
below represents the standard location of all speakers in 5.1 Channel sound
tracks. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green “Speaker out”
port, rear speakers’ plug to the blue “Line in” port and both of the center and
subwoofer speakers to the red “MIC in” port.

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Connecting Front Audio

Y

_

_

If the housing is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to
connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please
remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the
cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if you housing doesn’t have an audio
port on the front panel.

Pin 1

AUD MIC BIAS
AUD

AUD_FPOUT_L

MIC

AUD

FPOUT_R

NC

Front Audio Connector

AUD_GND
AUD_VCC
AUD_RET_R
KE
AUD_RET_L

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Connecting COM2

This motherboard provides two serial ports. One is on back panel connector, and
the other is on-board connector. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back
panel of chassis.

Pin 1

1
DOD#
SOUT

GND

R1#

RTS#

2

Sin
DTR#
CTS#
DSR#

COM Connector

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Connecting CD_IN

This connector is designed to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive
to onboard sound.

R

GND
GND

L

CD-IN Connector

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Connecting Case Open

r

The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To
make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this
header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is
triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform
you. Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis;
you may purchase an extra sensor, attach it on your chassis and make a good use
of this function.

Pin 1

1

Senso

GND

Chassis Intrusion Connector

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Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format,
which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to
enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you
can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which
bears S/PDIF digital output. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown,
one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products,
and the other for optical connector with better audio quality. Same as outputs,
you can also connect RCA or optical audio products to input connectors on the
module and have the voice or music come out from your computer. However, you
must have a S/PDIF supported speaker/amplifier/decoder with S/PDIF digital
input/output to connect to the S/PDIF digital input/output to make the most out
of this function.

Pin 1

5

SPDIF IN
GND

SPDIF OUT
KEY

+5V

1

S/PDIF Connector

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

(Optical)

(RCA)

S/PDIF
Cable

S/PDIF Module
(User Upgrade Optional)

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Colored Coded Back Panel (for i865Gm-7L/7N)

The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, RJ-45 LAN connector,
VGA connector, COM1 port, Printer, USB, and AC’97 sound ports. The view angle
of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

PS/2 Mouse
Connector

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

RJ45
LAN Jack

Line-IN

PS/2 Keyboard
Connector

COM 1 Port

VGA Port USB 2.0

Ports

USB 2.0
Ports

Speaker Out

MIC-In

PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which use a PS/2 plug.
PS/2 Mouse: For PC-Mouse, which use a PS/2 plug.
Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP printer.
COM1 Port: To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial

devices.

VGA Connector: To connect with PC monitor.
RJ-45 LAN Port: To connect Ethernet for home or office use.
USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices.
Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier.
Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player.
MIC-In: For Microphone.

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Colored Coded Back Panel (for i865PEm-7N/i800Pm-7N)

The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, RJ-45 LAN connector,
COM1 port, Printer, USB, and AC’97 sound ports. The view angle of drawing
shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

PS/2 Mouse
Connector

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

RJ45
LAN Jack

Line-IN

PS/2 Keyboard
Connector

COM 1 Port

USB 2.0
Ports

USB 2.0
Ports

Speaker Out

MIC-In

PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which use a PS/2 plug.
PS/2 Mouse: For PC-Mouse, which use a PS/2 plug.
Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP printer.
COM1 Port: To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial

devices.

RJ-45 LAN Port: To connect Ethernet for home or office use.
USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices.
Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier.
Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player.
MIC-In: For Microphone.

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LED Indication

LED indication including AGP LED, Boot LED and Standby LED are AOpen’s
considerate designs that aim at providing you friendly system information.

AGP LED aims to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over voltage
of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard
will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from
being burnt out. Please note that if you install an AGP card with 3.3V, which is not
supported by Intel 865G/865PE/848P chipset, the AGP LED on the motherboard
will light up to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage.

BOOT LED will keep blinking when you power the system on and when your
system is under POST (Power-On Self Test). After POST diagnoses everything all
right and finishes the booting, the LED will stay on otherwise it will remain
flashing to warn you that mistakes have occurred during POST

STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard, giving you a
convenient indication check the system power status in circumstances such as
power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM
mode.

AGP LED

BOOT LED

STBY LED

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3.4 Jumper Settings

JP28 Keyboard / Mouse
Wakeup Jumper

This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse
wake-up function.

JP14 Clear CMOS Data

1 1

Disable

(Default)

JP28 KB/Mouse Wakeup
Jumper

1 1

Clear CMOS

JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper

You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To
clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR3.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR3.

Enable

Normal

(Default)

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Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

Other Useful Features

With excellent design ability of R&D team, AOpen boasts for its various powerful
and handy features that come with our product like follows. You are welcomed
to visit our technical website to learn more about those features.

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside

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Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

Introduction

System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu; this menu
allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into
the 128 bytes CMOS area (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset).

The Phoenix-Award BIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is
a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical
low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel
ports.

AOpen’s R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS settings of this
motherboard. However, some default settings of BIOS cannot fine-tune those
sections that controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide
you and help you to configure some other settings.

To enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST (Power-On Self Test) screen
is shown on your monitor.

Note: Because BIOS code is the most often
changed part on motherboard, the BIOS
information contained in this manual may be
different from the BIOS version that comes with
your motherboard.

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How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program

Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose,
press <Enter> key to select, and use <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to
change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS
setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in
the Phoenix-AwardBIOS setup program.

Key Description

Page Up or + Change setting to next value or increase the value.

Page Down or - Change setting to previous value or decrease value.

Enter Select the item.

Esc In main menu: Quit without saving any changes.

In sub menu: Exit current menu to main menu.

Up Arrow Highlight previous item.

Down Arrow Highlight next item.

Left Arrow Move the light bar to left side of menu.

Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu.

F6 Load Setup Default setting value from CMOS.

F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS.

F10 Save changed settings and exit setup program.

How To Enter BIOS Setup

After finishing the jumper settings and connecting cables, you can power on and
enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test) and choose
"Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.

Del

Warning: Please avoid of using “Load
Turbo Defaults”, unless you are certain your
system components (CPU, SDRAM, HDD, etc.)
are good enough for turbo setting.

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BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment

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With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash
wizard ---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to convenience for users, EzWinFlash
combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you
have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it help
you complete the flash process automatically. EzWinFlash detects your
motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from
any possible failure. Moreover, EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to
go with any windows platform you might be using, no matter if you’re using
Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or Windows XP.

In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating
environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language
function to provide easier way for user in changing BIOS setting.

Caution: You are taking a risk of BIOS flash
failure when you update your system. If your
motherboard is working stable, and there are no
major bugs to be fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we
recommend that you DO NOT upgrade your BIOS.
If you intent on upgrade PLEASE MAKE SURE you
get the right BIOS revision for your motherboard
model so as to avoid an

ossible failure.

Note: The model name on this BIOS picture is for reference only. It may
not be the same model with your motherboard.

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You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash according to
following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all applications
before you start the upgrades.

Download the latest version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site.
(Ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/)

Unzip the downloaded BIOS package (ex: WSGMAXII102.ZIP) with WinZip
(http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.

Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WSGMAXII102.EXE &
WSGMAXII102.BIN.

Double click WSGMAXII102.EXE; EzWinFlash will detect the model name and
BIOS version of your motherboard. If you collect wrong BIOS, you will not be
allowed to proceed with the flash steps.

You may select a preferred language in main menu, then click [Start Flash] to
begin the BIOS upgrade procedure.

EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will
pop up to ask you to restart Windows. Click [YES] to reboot Windows.

Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup screen; choose "Load Setup Defaults",
then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!

It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any applications
during FLASH PROCESS.

Warning: The new BIOS upgrade will
permanently replace your original BIOS set ting
when flashing. You may need to reconfigure the
BIOS setting before your system goes back to
work as normal.

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Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

You may think that installing drivers and utilities would be a repeated task of
going through those installation wizards and steps-by-steps. Now, you will be
surprised with how “Ez” EzInstall could do. Without wizards or steps, all you have
to do is to do one click and then it’s done. Click and done. Yes. EzInstall makes
installation easy and even foolproof!

After putting in the CD, you will be prompted with AOpen welcome page and our
branches information.

First, click on the install driver ICON at left side for necessary drivers.

Second, click on the install utility ICON at left side for preferred utilities.

Practically, it’s done. But you may also browse CD contents, Readme to get more
information or just exit the CD installation.

Install
driver

Click to install
online manual

Install
utility

Browse CD
Contents

Readme

AOpen
branches
information

Exit CD

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6.1 Installing Drivers

As you may see from the Installing driver page, EzInstall had picked up necessary
for your motherboard. All you have to do is just click on the “GO”, a n d no m o r e
steps afterward, of all listed drivers, grey checks indicate necessary drivers; you
cannot click them off. Red checks can be disabled if you don’t want to install them
now.

Press the icon will prompt the
“Install Driver” page. You
may also press “Back” to
return to the Main page.

Once clicking “GO”, EzInstall will run the installing procedure
automatically, and prompt a reboot dialog (Some drivers or
utilities may skip the reboot part).

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6.2 Installing Utilities

Installing Utilities is virtually the same as installing drivers. AOpen provides you
many friendly and powerful utilities to manage your system. You may find lots of
fabulous utilities listed there, and all you have to do is to click on the “GO”, t h en
it will install the utilities to your system right away without complicated steps.

Press the icon will
prompt the “Install
Utilities” page for your
selection. You may also
press “Back” to get back
to the Main page.

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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

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Chapter 7 Troubleshootin

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Chapter 8 Technical Support

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Chapter 8 Technical Support

Dear Customer,

Thanks for choosing AOpen products. We invite you to register at

http://www.aopen.com

to become a Gold Member of Club AOpen so as to
ensure quality service in the future. In order to maintain the best service to every
customer of us, we recommend you to follow the procedures below and seek help
from our branches according to the region you buy the product. With your help,
we can then continue to provide efficient and the best quality service to every
customer.

Thanks very much for your understanding!

AOpen Technical Supporting Team

Europe

AOpen Computer b.v.

Tel: [phone]
Email: Su

Germany

AOpen Computer GmbH.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Europe Email: [e-mail]
Pacific Rim: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/default.htm
China: http://www.aopen.com.cn/tech/default.htm
Germany: http://www.aopencom.de/tech/default.htm
America: http://usa.aopen.com.tw/tech/default.htm
Japan: http://aopen.jp/tech/index.html

[e-mail]

China

艾爾鵬國際貿易(上海)有限公司
Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Japan

AOpen Japan Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Pacific Rim

AOpen Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

America

AOpen America Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Model Name and BIOS Version

Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot
screen (POST screen). For example:

Phoenix AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 2003, Phoenix Technologies, LTD.

i865Gm-7L R1.02 Sept 01. 2004 AOpen Inc.

i865Gm-7L is model name of motherboard; R1.02 is BIOS version

Register Your Motherboard

Thanks for choosing AOpen product, please register this motherboard at

http://club.aopen.com.tw/productreg/

and to ensure high service quality and priority from AOpen. You will also have a
chance to play slot machine game to win prize from AOpen. Please prepare the
following information before you start: Model Name, Part Number (P/N), Serial
Number (S/N) and Purchase Date. The Part Number and Serial number are
printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing
or on component side of PCB. For example:

to become a Gold member of Club AOpen,

P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.

Phoenix-Award BIOS ERROR Message

Beep Sound Message

1 short(Beep) System booting is normally.

1 long - 1 short(Beep) DRAM ERROR

1 long - 2 short(Beep) Display card or monitor connected error

1 long - 3 short(Beep) Keyboard Error

Long(Beep) continuous DRAM hasn't inset correctly.

Part No.

Serial No.

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Technical Support

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