AOpen i915GMt-FSA Easy Install Guide

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i915GMt-FSA

S/PDIF Connector

CD_IN Connector

DC Jack

S-Video

COM Port

VGA Port

RJ45

LAN Jack

USB2.0 Ports

IEEE

1394

Port

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

Line-In
Rear SUR

Speaker-Out
Center/

Subwoofer
MIC-In

Side SUR

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Onboard AC’97 CODEC

Front Audio Connector

32-bit PCI Expansion Slot

IEEE 1394 Connector

JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

DieHard BIOS Lite

COM2 Connector

Serial ATA Ports x 2

479-pin CPU socket with Voltage and

supports Intel

Frequency Auto-detection that

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Pentium® M (Dothan)

and Celeron

®

M CPU

USB 2.0 Connector

STBY LED

IDE Connector
(ATA 33/66/100 supported)

SYSFAN Connector

CPUFAN Connector

4-pin 12V Power Output Connector

240-pin DIMMsx2
400/533 Dual Channel
Max. To 2GB

Front Panel Connector

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915GM/ICH6-M Chipsets that

Intel
support 533 MHz FSB,
DDRII 400/533 Dual Channel

support DDRII

AOpen reserves the right to revise all the specifications and information contained in this document, which are subject to change without notice.

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Everything you need to boot this
motherboard is included in this
Easy Installation Guide. For more
information, a complete Online

User's Manual can be found in the
Bonus Pack CD. Thanks for the

help of saving our earth.

1. Installing CPU

2. Installing CPU Fan
& System Fan

12. Installing Drivers & Utilities

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

Easy Installation Guide x 1

80-Wire IDE Cable x 1

Serial ATA Cable x 1

Serial ATA Power Cable x 1

4-pin Power cable x 1

Back Panel I/O Shield x 1

Bonus Pack CD x 1

CPU Cooler x 1

Power Adapter x 1

3. Installing
Memory Module

4. Installing HD,
CD-ROM and SATA
Disk

etc

5. Connecting Front
Panel Cable

8. Installing Other Devices
(USB, Front Audio, etc)

10. Loading Default
BIOS, Setting CPU
Frequency

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

6. Connecting
Power Adapter

7. Installing PCI Card

PART NO: 49.8ET03.EE10

DOC. NO: I915GMTFSA-EG-E0604A

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

Socket Pin 1

1. Installing CPU

1. Unscrew socket screw counter­clockwise.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for

Socket Screw

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

3. Lock the socket screw clockwise to
fasten CPU.

3. Installing CPU Cooler

Step1: Plug the CPU Fan into the top of the heat sink and then lock the screws

between the CPU Fan and heat sink.

Step2: Remove the four screws of heat sink and let the bracket lock on the back

of motherboard.

Step3: Smear over the thermal compound under heat sink. Put CPU cooler on the

CPU and lock the four screws of heat sink. Please make sure screws are
well tied between motherboard and heat sink. Finally, Let CPU cooler’s
power cord connects to CPU FAN connector.

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

Golden arrow

Note: If you do not
match the CPU socket Pin 1
and CPU golden arrow well,
you may damage the CPU.

2. Installing CPU & System FANs

Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan,
you can also plug it in SYSFAN connector.

SENSOR

+12V

GND

SYSFAN Connector

SENSOR

+12V

GND

CPUFAN Connector

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

4. Installing Memory Modules

DIMM slots are designed in black 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.

Pin 1

Tab

Key

Note: The tabs of the

DIMM slot will close-up to
hold the DIMM in place
when the DIMM touches
the slot’s bottom.

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

5. Connecting IDE Cable

Pin 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector

IDE 1 (Primary)

Primary

Master (1st)

6. Connecting Front Panel cable

7. Connecting Power Cable and Power Adapter

This motherboard comes with a 4-pin power connector as shown below. Make
sure you plug in the right direction. Use the bundled 4-pin power cable to
connect IDE device from on-board 4-pin connector. Last step is to plug power
into DC Jack from power Adapter.

Connect to power adapter.

+5V
Ground

Ground
+12V

Warning: This
4-pin connector is
for power output.
Do not connect any
power cable from
power supply. It
will demage the
mainboard..

8. Power-on and Loading BIOS Setup

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. It is 2-pin female
connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power
switch connector marked SPWR.

After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power
on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power On Self

Del

Tes t ).

Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal

performance.

HDD LED
HDD LED

SPEAKER

Front Panel Connector

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+5V

+5V
+5V

GND

NC

1

Power Switch
GND
Power LED­GND

Power LED+
NC
GND
GND
RESET
GND

Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your

system components (CPU, RAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.

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CPU C

Setting CPU Voltage & Frequency

etting

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, 5x… 17x, 18x, 20x

CPU FSB
(Adjustment manually)

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 received this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references only.

Tip: When you fail to overclock, you could:

1. Clear CMOS (JP14) to restore the default setting.

2. After turning power on, press “Home”
immediately until the screen appears.

ore Voltage

FSB = 400MHz - 533MHz by 1MHz
Stepping CPU Overclocking

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.

JP14 Clear CMOS

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
PWR2.

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
PWR2.

Pin 1

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fails because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

Pin 1

1

Normal

(Default)

JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper

1

Clear CMOS

Serial ATA Connectors

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

SATA2

SATA1

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IEEE 1394 Connectors

With IEEE1394 Chip on board (AGERE 1394), having its data transfer rate up to
400Mb/s, this interface can connect to devices that require high data transferring
performance such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please
use appropriate cables to connect IEEE1394 devices.

Pin 1

USB 2.0 Connectors

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 the Front USB connector to USB modules or
front panel of chassis.

Pin 1

Pin 1

+12V (Fused)

IEEE 1394 Connector

TPA+
GND

TPB+

1

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2

TPA-

GND

TPB­+12V (Fused)

SHIED GND

10

Pin 1

Gigabit LAN onboard

On the strength of Gigabit LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45
connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates
link mode, it lights in orange whenever linking to network. The left hand side LED
indicates the transfer mode and it lights in green when data is transferring in
100Mbps (never lights while in 10Mbps), but lights in orange when transferring in
Gigabit’s mode. To enable or disable this function, you may simply adjust it
through BIOS.

Transferring (Left)

Green 100Mbps

Orange Gigabit mode

1 2

+5V
SBD6­SBD6+

GND

KEY

USB Connector

+5V
SBD7-

SBD7+
GND

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AOpen EzInstall and Bonus Pack CD

You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver
from the icons at left side, and then click on the “GO” button to complete
installation automatically.

Click to install

Install drive

Install utility

Browse

online manual

Read me

Linking (Right)

Yellow

Exit CD

Model name and BIOS version

If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures
accordingly to resolve the problem.

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) 2005, Phoenix Technologies, LTD.

i915GMt-FSA R1.00 Jan. 31. 2006 AOpen Inc.

i915GMt-FSA is model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version

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Part No. Serial No.

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.

Phoenix-Award BIOS ERROR Message

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