AOpen I915GMM-HFS0501A User Manual
Table of Contents
Table of Contents................................................................................... 1
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................4
1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................5
1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................5
Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard............................................... 6
2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................6
2.2 Specification...............................................................................................7
2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................8
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation............................................................... 9
3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................9
3.2 Installation You Have to Know.....................................................................10
Installing CPU ...........................................................................................10
Installing CPU Cooler .................................................................................11
Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................1 4
Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................15
Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................16
Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................17
Connecting ATX Power Cables.....................................................................18
3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ...........................................................19
Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................19
Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................20
Connecting PCI express x16 Graphics Slot....................................................21
Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot ..................................................................23
Connecting IrDA........................................................................................24
Dual Gigabit LAN Supported .......................................................................25
Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................26
Connecting 1394.......................................................................................27
Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect...................................................................28
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Connecting Front Audio..............................................................................29
Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................30
Connecting COM1/COM2 ............................................................................31
Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................32
Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........................................33
Connecting PS2 Keyboard ..........................................................................34
Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................35
LED Indication ..........................................................................................36
3.4 Jumper Settings........................................................................................ 37
Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities................................................... 38
4.1 RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)..............................................38
RAID BIOS Setting Utility ...........................................................................38
4.2 Other Useful Features ................................................................................42
Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 43
5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 43
5.2 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program........................................44
5.3 How To Enter BIOS Setup...........................................................................44
Standard CMOS Features ...........................................................................45
Advanced BIOS Features............................................................................4 7
Advanced Chipset Features.........................................................................49
Integrated Peripherals ...............................................................................51
Power Management Setup..........................................................................56
PNP/PCI Configurations..............................................................................58
Silent BIOS/HW Monitor.............................................................................59
Frequency/Voltage Control .........................................................................60
Load Setup Defaults ..................................................................................61
Load Turbo Defaults ..................................................................................61
Set Password............................................................................................62
Save & Exit Setup .....................................................................................62
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Exit without Saving ...................................................................................62
Load EEPROM Defaults...............................................................................62
Save EEPROM Defaults...............................................................................62
Credits.....................................................................................................62
5.4 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................63
5.5 Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................... 65
Chapter 6 Installing Drivers................................................................... 66
6.1 Installing Drivers.......................................................................................67
6.2 Installing Utilities ......................................................................................68
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 69
Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 70
Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................71
Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................71
Technical Support......................................................................................72
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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 gre at industr y-d esigning ability and our ev erlasti ng perse ver ance
to the quality of all our products.
This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it
well for your future reference. If you lost your printed manual, you may also go to
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1.2 Features of This Manual
T o help you g rab 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. Onboard Azalia CODEC 17. PCI Express x1 Slot
2. Front Audio Connector 18. DieHard BIOS Lite
3. CD_IN Connector 19. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper
4. SYSFAN2 20. FDD Connector
5. 184-pins DIMMs x 2 (DDR)
6. 240-pins DIMMs x 2 (DDRII) 22. COM2 Connector
7. Intel 915GM/ICH6-M Chipsets 23. COM1 Connector
8. 479-pin CPU socket supporting Intel Pentium M
CPU
9. CPUFAN Connector 25. Parallel Port Connector
10. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 26. USB 2.0 Connector X 2
11. ATX Power Connector 27. IEEE 1394 Connector X 2
12. PWRFAN Connector 28. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper
13. Power Temperature Connector 29. Case Open Connector
14. Dual Marvell Gigabit LAN 30. Front Panel Connector
15. PCI Express x16 Slot/Enable Jumper 31. Serial ATA Ports X 2 , Serial ATAII Ports X 2
16. IrDA Connector 32. IDE Connector x 1
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26
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25
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31
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8
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21. PS/2 Keyboard Connector
24. 32-bits PCI Expansion Slots X 2
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2.2 Specification
Here is the main function of your motherboard.
Models i915GMm-HFS
CPU
Chipset
Main Memory
Graphics
IDE
LAN Dual Marvell Gigabit PCI Express LAN Chip
Sound Intel High Definition Audio on Board supp ort 7.1 Channe l and above
USB Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8
IEEE 1394 Agere 1394 Control Chip
Slots
Back Panel I/O
On Board Connector
BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS
Board Size 244 mm x 244 mm
Intel Pentium M (Dothan and Banias) CPU
Socket 479
533MHz
Intel 915GM/ICH6-M
Single Channel DDR DIMM x 2, DDR333
Dual Channel DDRII DIMM x 2, DDRII400/DDRII533
DIMM Type : 256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory : 2GB
Integrated VGA Engine in Chipset
PCI Express x 16 Graphic Slot
Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA Controller
Silicon Image Serial ATAII Controller (Raid 0 ,1 supported)
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.]
PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot x 1
PCI Express x1 Slot x 1
PCI Slots x 2
USB Ports x 4, LAN Ports x 2
VGA Port x 1, DVI Port x 1
Standard Video Port x 1
YPbPr Video Port x 1
Line_In / SPDIF_In x 1
Speaker_Out x 1, MIC_In x 1
Rear SUR / SPDIF_Out x 1
Center / Subwoofer x 1, Side SUR x 1
Floppy Drive Connector x 1
IDE Channel: ATA100 x 1
Printer Connector x 1
Serial ATA Channel x 2
Serial ATAII Channel x 2
Front Panel x 1
Front Audio x 1
Front USB2.0 Connector x 1
CPU FAN x 1
System FAN x 1
Power FAN x 1
Power Temperature Connector x 1
Case Open Connector x 1
CD_IN x 1
IrDA x 1
COM1 x 1
COM2 x 1
IEEE 1394 x 2
USB2.0 Connector x 1
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2.3 Block Diagram
p
p
r
VGA Onboard
Standard Video
PCI Express x 16
Gra
hics Slot
DVI Connector
YPbPr Connector
DDR DIMM x 2
DDRII DIMM x 2
Marvell
Dual
Gigabit
LAN Chip
LAN connect
Com
onent
Parallel Port
Floppy Disk
Drive
Serial Ports x2
Socket 479
Pentium M
Chrontel
7307
Chrontel
7021
DDR 333
DDRII 400/533
RAM Up to 2GB
Winbond
Super I/O
Intel
CPU
Intel
915GM
Chipset
533MHz
System
Bus
Controlle
IEEE 1394 x 2
Agere
IEEE
1394
PCI Bus
150MB/s
ATA
33/66/100
PCI Express x 1
Slot x 1
32-bit PCI Slots x 2
Serial AT A Ports x 2
IDE Drives x 2
RealTek
Azalia
CODEC
ICH6-M
4Mbits Flash
EEPROM
USB Ports x 8
Silicon
Image
Serial ATAII
Controller
300MB/s
Serial ATAII Ports x 2
(RAID 0, 1 supported)
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Chapter 3 Hardware Installation
Chapter 3 Hardware
stallatio
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n
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 PCI
Express x 16 Graphics
Cards & PCI Express x 1
Cards & PCI Cards
10. Loading
Default BIOS,
Setting CPU
uency
Fre
9. Connecting
Back Panel Ports
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3.2 Installation You Have to Know
Installing CPU
This socket supports uFCPGA & uFCBGA package CPU, which is the latest CPU
package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be
fitted in.
1. Unscrew the socket screw counter-clockwise.
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. Lock the CPU socket screw clockwise to fasten CPU.
Socket Pin 1
Socket screw
Golden arrow
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Installing CPU Cooler
This motherboard comes with a special CPU cooler desiged by AOpen, please
follow the following steps to install CPU cooler.
1. Please apply thermal paste on the bottom of CPU cooler.
Remove CPU
cooler Back Panel
2. Gently put CPU cooler back panel onto motherboard back.
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Put back panel on it
3. Connect cooler’s fan power cable onto CPUFAN connector.
CPUFAN
Connector
4. Put CPU cooler on motherboard. Press it and screw onto the hole.
Screw onto the hole
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5. Adjust the jumper for your CPU.
Front Side Bus Frequency
1
400Mhz
1
JP78
JP90
533Mhz
1
1
JP78
JP90
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Installing CPU and System Fans
Plug the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan,
you can also plug it in SYSFAN2 connector.
Note: Some CPU fans do
not have sensor pin so that
they cannot support fan
monitoring.
SYSFAN2 Connector
CPUFAN Connector
GND
+12V
Sensor
GND
+12V
Sensor
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Installing Memory Modules
DDRII slots are designed in black and DDR slots are designed in blue. 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.
Note: If you only have one
DDR DIMM , please plug it from
the first DIMM slot that is near
CPU
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Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables
Connect the 25-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.
Pin 1
FDD Connector
Pin 1
Primary
Slave (2nd)
ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector
Primary
Master (1st)
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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 housing, which is a 2-pin female
connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power
switch connector marked SPWR.
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Connecting ATX Power Cables
This motherboard comes with a 20-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 20-pin connector.
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3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference
Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency
Setting CPU Core Voltage
This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage
automatically during power-on.
Setting CPU Frequency
This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through
1MHz stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS. CPU Core Frequency = CPU
External Frequency x CPU Ratio. However, all CPU now selling in the market
belong to "Fixed Multiplier". That means users can not adjust the CPU Ratio but
only change CPU FSB clock to achieve overclocking.
(Users do the overclocking at their own risk!!)
BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Bus Frequency
CPU Ratio 4x, 7x… 17x, 18x, 20x
CPU FSB
(Adjustment manually)
FSB = 100MHz - 400MHz by 1MHz
Stepping CPU Overclocking
Processor
Number
Pentium M 770 90nm 2.13GHz 533MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 760 90nm 2.00GHz 533MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 750 90nm 1.86GHz 533MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 740 90nm 1.73GHz 533MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 730 90nm 1.60GHz 533MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 765 90nm 2.10GHz 400MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 755 90nm 2.00GHz 400MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 745 90nm 1.80GHz 400MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 735 90nm 1.70GHz 400MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 725 90nm 1.60GHz 400MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 715 90nm 1.50GHz 400MHz 2MB L2
Pentium M 705 130nm 1.50GHz 400MHz 1MB L2
Celeron M 370 90nm 1.50GHz 400MHz 1MB L2
Celeron M 360 90nm 1.40GHz 400MHz 1MB L2
Celeron M 350 90nm 1.30GHz 400MHz 1MB L2
Celeron M 340 130nm 1.50GHz 400MHz 512KB L2 15x
Celeron M 330 130nm 1.40GHz 400MHz 512KB L2 15x
Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly , there might be faster CPU on the market by the time
you receive d this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references only.
Architecture
Clock
Speed
Front
Side Bus
Cache Ratio
16x
15x
14x
13x
12x
21x
20x
18x
17x
16x
15x
15x
15x
14x
13x
Warning: Intel 915GM chipset support maximum 533MHz (133MHz*4) system
bus; higher clock setting may cause serious 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 AT A cable to the serial A T A 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 AT A hard disks are installed on serial
AT A ports, the one connected on P ort0 (SA T A1) will be set as the first boot device
automatically.
Note 1: SATA1 and SATA2 don’t support Hot-Plug in function.
SATA3 and SATA4 support Hot-Plug
Note 2: SATA1 and SATA2 support SATA I
SATA3 and SATA4 support SATA II
SATA1
SATA2
SATA4
SATA3
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Connecting PCI express x16 Graphics Slot
This motherboard provides a PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot, a black slot having
the latest PCI Express x 16 specification on motherboard. The PCI Express x 16 is
a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. T raditionally AGP used
both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 8X AGP, and the data transfer
rate could achieve 2.1GB/s. Now PCI Express x 16 is moving to higher data
transfer rate, which is upgraded to 8.0GB/s (250MB/s x 16 x 2, it’s 4.0GB/s per
direction)..
PCIex16
JP92
JP91
JP92
HDTV On On
PCIeX16 Off Off
JP88
JP91 JP83
DVI On On
PCIeX16 Off Off
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JP83
JP88
If user plugs a PCI Express x 16 Graphics, you must remove jumper beside PCI
Express x 16 Slot.
Remove Jumper
Warning: If user doesn’t remove jumper, it might make system instable.
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