AOpen I915GMPL0411A User Manual

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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 Cooler .................................................................................10

Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................11

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 PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot....................................................21

Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot ..................................................................22

Connecting IrDA........................................................................................23

Connecting Game Port ...............................................................................24

Gigabit LAN Supported...............................................................................25

Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................26

Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect...................................................................27

Connecting Front Audio..............................................................................28

Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................29

Connecting COM2 ( for i915Gm-PL only) ......................................................30

Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................31

Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........................................32

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i915Gm-PL) ..................................................33

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i915Pm-PL)...................................................34

LED Indication ..........................................................................................35

3.4 Jumper Settings ........................................................................................ 36

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities ................................................... 37

4.1 Other Useful Features ................................................................................ 37

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 38

5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 38

5.2 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ........................................ 39

5.3 How To Enter BIOS Setup ........................................................................... 39

5.4 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment.................................................. 40

5.5 Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................... 42

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers ................................................................... 43

6.1 Installing Drivers ....................................................................................... 44

6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 45

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 46

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 47

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................48

Technical Support......................................................................................49

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.

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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

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

1. Resetable Fuse 16. CD-IN Connector

2. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 17. PCI Express x1 Slot

3. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 18. STBY LED

4. SYSFAN1 Connector 19. Front Audio Connector

5. PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot 20. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x 2

6. LGA775 CPU Socket supporting Intel FC-LGA4

6. CPU

7. CPUFAN Connector 22. IRDA Connector

8. Intel 915G/ICH6 (i915Gm-PL)

8. Intel 915P/ICH6 (i915Pm-PL)

9. 184-pin DIMMs x 4 24. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

10. ATX Power Connector 25. BOOT LED

11. FDD Connector 26. SYSFAN2 Connector

12. IDE Connector 27. Case Open Connector

13. Realtek Gigabit LAN Chip 28. Front Panel Connector

14. S/PDIF Connector 29. COM2 Connector

15. Onboard HD Audio Codec 30. Serial ATA Ports x 4

21. Game Port Connector

23. USB2.0 Connectors x 2

2.2 Specification

Here is the main function of your motherboard.

Models i915Gm-PL i915Pm-PL

CPU

Chipset Intel 915G/ICH6 Intel 915P/ICH6

Main Memory

Graphics

IDE

LAN Realtek Gigabit PCI LAN Chip Realtek Gigabit PCI LAN Chip

Sound

USB Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8 Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8

Slots

Back Panel I/O

On Board Connector

BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Board Size 244 mm x 244 mm 244 mm x 244 mm

Intel FC-LGA4 CPU Socket T 800MHz

Dual Channel Mode DDR DDR 333/400 DDR DIMM x 4 DIMM Type : 128/256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory : 4GB Integrated VGA Engine in chipset PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot, support ADD2 card Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA Controller Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

HD Audio Codec on-Board Support Dolby Digital System, 7.1 Channel and above

PCI Express x 1 slots x 1 PCI Express x 16 graphics slot x 1 PCI slots x 2 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 Side SUR x 1, Rear SUR x 1 Center/Subwoofer x 1 Floppy Drive Connector x 1 IDE Channel: ATA100 x 1 Serial ATA Channel x 4 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, S/PDIF x 1 COM2 x 1 Game Connector x 1 USB2.0 Connectors x 2

Intel FC-LGA4 CPU Socket T 800MHz

Dual Channel Mode DDR DDR 333/400 DDR DIMM x 4 DIMM Type : 128/256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory : 4GB PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot

Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA Controller Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

HD Audio Codec on-Board Support Dolby Digital System, 7.1 Channel and above

PCI Express x 1 slots x 1 PCI Express x 16 graphics slot x 1 PCI slots x 2 PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1 USB Port x 4, LAN Port x 1 COM Port x 2, Printer Port x 1 Speaker_Out x 1, Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1 Side SUR x 1, Rear SUR x 1 Center/Subwoofer x 1 Floppy Drive Connector x 1 IDE Channel: ATA100 x 1 Serial ATA Channel x 4 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, S/PDIF x 1 Game Connector x 1 USB2.0 connectors x 2

2.3 Block Diagram

(

)

VGA Onboard

i915Gm-PL

PCI Express x16 Graphics slot

Support ADD2 Card (for i915Gm-PL)

DIMM Sockets x4

Realtek

Gigabit

LAN Chip

LAN connect Com

onent

LGA775

Socket

Intel

FC-LGA4

533/800 MHz System Bus

Intel

915G / 915P

Chipset

Dual Channel DDR 333/400 SDRAM Up to 4GB

ATA 33/66/100

150MB/s

PCI Bus

500MB/s

IDE Drives x2

Serial ATA Ports x4

32-bit PCI Slots

PCI Express x 1 Slots x1

HD Audio

CODEC

ICH6

4Mbits Flash EEPROM

Parallel Port

USB 2.0 x8

Floppy Disk Drive

Winbond

Super I/O

Serial Ports x2

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Hardware

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 PCI Express x16 Graphics cards & PCI Express x 1 cards & PCI Cards

10. Loading Default BIOS, Setting CPU

uency

Fre

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

3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

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

1. Pull CPU socket lever and plate up.

2. Remove plastic cap from CPU socket plate.

3. 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.

4. 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

Installing CPU Cooler

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.

Installing CPU and System Fans

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

SYSFAN2 Connector

GND +12V Sensor

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

SYSFAN1 Connector

PWM

SENSOR

+12V

GND

CPUFAN Connector

GND +12V Sensor

Installing Memory Modules

DIMM slots are designed in Navy Blue and Electronic Blue which are very easy to recognize. 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.

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) As long as you insert memory modules of same density into Channel 1 (DIMM A1 & DIMM A2) and Channel 2 (DIMM B1 & DIMM B2), dual channel mode will be enabled. DIMM A1 + DIMM A2 = DIMM B1 + DIMM B2 Ex: if you insert 1GB memory module into DIMM A1 and DIMM A2, dual channel mode will be enabled when DIMM B1 + DIMM B2 = 1GB

● Same DRAM bus width (x8 or x16)

● Either single-sided or double-sided

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

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

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.

Pin 1

Primary Slave (2nd)

ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector

Primary Master (1st)

FDD Connector

Pin 1

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.

HDD LED HDD LED

SPEAKER

Front Panel Connector

NC NC

+5V

+5V +5V

GND

Power Switch GND Power LEDGND

Power LED+ NC GND GND RESET GND

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.

Note: Please aim the power plug at the left side of the 24-pin ATX power connector when the foolproof design faces you as shown.

Aiming at the

left side

Foolproof

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. 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

570 3.80G 560 3.60G 550 3.40G 540 3.20G 530 3.00G 520 2.80G 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 the

market by the time you received this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references only.

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

800MHZ 19x 800MHZ 18x 800MHZ 17x 800MHZ 16x 800MHZ 15x 800MHZ 14x

1MB L2 1MB L2 1MB L2 1MB L2 1MB L2 1MB L2

Warning: Intel 915G / 915P chipset support maximum 800MHz (200MHz*4)

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

Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that they can’t support fan

monitoring.

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 Port0 (SATA1) will be set as the first boot device automatically. Please note that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function.

SATA1

SATA2

SATA3

SATA4

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting

Except its original 1 set 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 Æ OnChip 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.

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 no necessary to change it. The system will automatically recognize PATA (IDE) as primary..

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, IDE will exist with serial ATA in a mapping way, which means it will occupy one of the serial Channel and leave you one serial Channel onl y. When PATA Mode i s set to pr i mary, S ATA3 and S ATA4 w ill b e set t o sec o ndar y, and when PATA Mode is set to secondary, SATA1 and SATA2 will be set to primary.

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 2, Serial ATA x 4) completely and function perfectly. But please note that PATA Mode is set to primary 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:

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

Connecting PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot

i915Gm-PL / i915Pm-PL 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. Traditionally 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). For i915Gm-PL, the PCI Express x16 Graphics slot can automatically recognize a PCI Express x 16 Graphics or a Multiplexed Intel DVO Output depending on which cards being inserted, such as PCI Express x 16 Graphics, or ADD2 (AGP Digital Display 2) cards. With an ADD2 card implemented to this slot, Multiplexed Intel DVO output will provide high-speed digital connection for digital displays or TV-OUT functionality.

Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot

This motherboard provides one PCI Express x 1 slot, which is located between the PCI Express x 16 and traditional PCI slot. In order to go with the step of today’s and tomorrow’s processors, PCI Express x 1 provides higher I/O bandwidth. The transfer data rate could achieve 500MB/s concurrently (it’s 250MB/s per direction), which is nearly 4 times faster than the traditional PCI. You could install any PCI Express x 1 device in these slots for your preference.

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

+5V

IR_TX

KEY

GND IR_RX

IrDA Connector

Connecting Game Port

This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard.

Pin1

+5V JBB1

JBCX

MIDI_TXD JBCY JBB2 MIDI_RXD KEY

(User Upgrade Optional)

+5V

JAB1

JACX

GND GND

JACY

JAB2

+5V

Game Port Connector

Gigabit LAN Supported

On the strength of Realtek Gigabit LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides 10/100/1000Mbps 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.

Speed LED (Left)

Green 100Mbps

Orange Gigabit mode

ACT LED (Right)

Yellow

Connecting USB2.0

This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0 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.

Pin 1

SBD6+

+5V

SBD6-

GND KEY

9 10

USB Connector

+5V

SBD7SBD7+

GND

Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect

This motherboard comes with HD Audio CODEC (Realtek ALC880), which supports the latest 7.1 Channel with high quality of audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. This motherboard provides 7.1 Channel ports shown as below. Picture represents the standard location of all speakers in 7.1 Channel sound tracks. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green “Speaker out” port , rear surround speakers to orange port, side surround speakers to gray port and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to black port on the back panel.

Connecting Front Audio

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. Please be

informed that to have front audio ports work properly, the front audio panel of the housing should be designed for High definition Audio jack. If the front audio panel is not designed for High Definition Audio jack, we strongly recommend you to connect the microphone to the back panel of the motherboard.

Pin1

PORT1L

PORT1R PORT2R

SENSE_SEND

PORT2L

GND PRESENCE# SENSE1_RETURN KE SENSE2_RETURN

Front Audio Connecto

Connecting CD_IN

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

R GND GND

CD-IN Connector

Connecting COM2 (for i915Gm-PL only)

i915Gm-PL provides two serial ports. One of them is on back panel connector, and the other is on the left of ATX power connector. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.

Pin 1

TS#

RI#

CTS# DSR#

COM Connecto

GND SOUT DCD#

Sin

DTR#

Connecting Case Open

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

Chassis Intrusion Connecto

Senso GND

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

SPDIF IN GND

SPDIF OUT KEY

+5V

S/PDIF Connector

(RCA)

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

(Optical)

S/PDIF Module

(User Upgrade Optional)

S/PDIF Cable

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i915Gm-PL)

The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA port, USB, HD Audio sound and Parallel ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

COM1 Port

VGA Port

RJ45

LAN Jack

USB 2.0 Ports

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.

Rear SUR

Line-In

eaker Out

Center/ Subwoofer

MIC-In

Side SUR

RJ-45 LAN Port:

To connect Ethernet for home or office use.

VGA Connector: To connect with PC monitor. USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices. Side SUR: For side surround speaker. Center/Subwoofer: For center & subwoofer speaker. Rear SUR: For rear speaker. Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape

player.

MIC-In:

For Microphone

Colored Coded Back Panel (for i915Pm-PL)

The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, COM2 port, USB, HD Audio sound and Parallel ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

COM1 Port

COM2 Port

RJ45

LAN Jack

USB 2.0 Ports

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 / COM2 Port: To connect with pointing devices, modem or

others serial devices.

Rear SUR

Line-In

Speaker Out

Center/ Subwoofer

MIC-In

Side SUR

RJ-45 LAN Port:

To connect Ethernet for home or office use.

USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices. Side SUR: For side surround speaker. Center/Subwoofer: For center & subwoofer speaker. Rear SUR: For rear speaker. Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape

player.

MIC-In:

For Microphone

LED Indication

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

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.

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

BOOT LED

3.4 Jumper Settings

JP28 Keyboard / Mouse Wakeup Jumper

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

JP14 Clear CMOS Data

Disable

(Default)

JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper

Normal

(Default)

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.

Clear CMOS

Enable

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

4.1 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

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

5.1 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.

5.2 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.

5.3 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.

5.4 BIOS Upgrade under Windows

y p

environment

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.

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 setting when flashing. You may need to reconfigure the BIOS setting before your system goes back to work as normal.

5.5 Vivid BIOS technology

Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen!

Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBIOS now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

In addition, the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue. When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space-consuming and uncompressed Bitmap, AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the smaller-sized GIF format and even dynamic-showing GIF animation.

Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player, you may use the same EzSkin utility to change your VividBIOS screen or to download your favorite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this little logo shown beside

your model name on the motherboard download page,

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/ezskin/vivid.htm

that your motherboard supports this innovative feature!

, it is assured

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

Install utility

Browse CD Contents

Readme

Click to install online manual

AOpen branches information

Exit CD

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 mo 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).

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.

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Chapter 7 Troubleshootin

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: 31-73-645-9516 Email: Support@AOpen.NL

Germany

AOpen Computer GmbH. Tel: 49-2131-1243-710 Fax: 49-2131-1243-999

Europe Email: Support@AOpen.NL 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/tech/default.htm Japan: http://aopen.jp/tech/index.html

China

艾爾鵬國際貿易(上海)有限公司 Tel: 86-21-6225-8622 Fax: 86-21-6225-7926

Pacific Rim

AOpen Inc. Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899

Japan

AOpen Japan Inc. Tel: 81-048-290-1800 Fax: 81-048-290-1820

America

AOpen America Inc. Tel: 1-510-489-8928 Fax: 1-510-489-1998

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

i915Gm-PL R1.02 Oct. 01. 2004 AOpen Inc.

i915Gm-PL is model name of motherboard; R1.02 is BIOS version

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.

Technical Support

AOpen I915GMPL0411A User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual