AOpen i945GMt-FSA Easy Install Guide

Cool Stuff is Hot Stuff, MoDT is the Right Stuff

S-VIDEO to

YPbPr cable

MoDT Flex 945

Enable the Power of Flex ATX Form Factor

i945GMt-FSA

19V DC Adapter

Connector

1394 connector

Realtek HD audio codec

JLED2

Front audio connector

CD Audio in connector

PCI Express x1 slot

COM 2 Connector

JLED1

USB2.0 Connectors

Mini PCI slot

S-ATA II connector

Front Panel connector

MoDT is initiated by AOpen since 2004

COM1 LAN 1394 PS/2 Mouse

S-Video DVI USB 2.0

PS/2 Keyboard

Line In (S/PDIF In)
Rear SUR (S/PDIF Out)
Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer
MIC-In
Side SUR

Chrontel 7307C DVI DEC

IDE Connector

4 Pins 5V DC Power Out

479 Socket for Yonah /Merom

(Signal/Dual Core) CPU

BIOS with AWARD support

CPUFAN

SYSFAN

SODIMM x 2

Super IO—Winbond

Boot LED

Standby LED

intel 945GM

intel ICH7M

Battery

JP14 CMOS clear jumper

Processor Number Cache RatioClock Speed Front Side Bus

Core 2 Duo T7600 2.33GHz 667MHz 4M L2 14

Core 2 Duo T7400 2.16GHz 667MHz 4M L2 13

Core 2 Duo T7200 2.00GHz 667MHz 4M L2 12

Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz 667MHz 2M L2 11

Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66GHz 667MHz 2M L2 10

Core Due T2700 2.33GHz 667MHz 2M L2 14

Core Due T2600 2.16GHz 667MHz 2M L2 13

Core Due T2500 2.00GHz 667MHz 2M L2 12

Core Due T2400 1.83GHz 667MHz 2M L2 11

Core Due T2300 1.66GHz 667MHz 2M L2 10

Core Due T2300E 1.66GHz 667MHz 2M L2 10

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.

Above table is Intel® Core™ 2 Duo / Core™ Duo / Core™
Solo / Celeron M CPU numbers and simple specification for
your reference only.

2 CPU Cooler & System Fan Installation

Find the CPU fan power connector and system fan power
connector as below pictures.

CPU Fan

2. Remove the four screws of the CPU heatsink and take the
bracket from heatsink.

3. Tear off the label from bracket
for easily pasted on the bottom
of main board.

4. Place bracket properly on the back side of MoDT Flex 945
as picture. (Picture for reference only)

5. Smear over the thermal compound under the center of
heatsink smoothly and let it be well mixed.

Note:

The thermal compound
should not paste too
much on the heatsink.
Please paste with left
red area around
(recommend).
The compound thin with
1 ~ 2mm will be better.

6. Please follow concave of direction on bottom of heatsink,
Put the CPU Fan & heatsink on the processor and lock the
four screws of the heatsink with bracket. (on the MB back side)
Please make sure the screws are well tied between the
motherboard and heatsink. (Picture for reference only)

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2

1

3

Energy
Saving

Easy Installation Guide

Realtek Gigabit Lan Agere 1394

AV

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

Picture i945GMt-FSA

MoDT Flex 945 is Mobile on Desktop solution.
The main features it brings:

Energy saving

It consume low energy
which is half power needed
in Intel 775 MB. That can
help you to save 90W
around while you use it.
And since it save energy so
it can save you money.

AV—Multimedia

With 945GT/GM, it delivers
high performance to users.
HDTV and high quality of
audio which MoDT Flex
945 will give you extreme
AV experience.

Energy
Saving

AV

Silent

With superior design, the
noise level can be control
under 28 dB which meet
your silent & quiet
environment. Also intel
speed stepping technology
can keep silent well.

Cool

By using Mobile on Desktop
technology. One can enjoy
cool & comfortable
experience on Flex 945.
Keep your system with
stable and long life.

ThermalSilent

90W DC Adaptor CPU Fansink IO Bracket

CPU Fansink Glue

IDE Cable

S-ATA Cable &

S-ATA power Cable

S-VIDEO to
YPbPr cable

Install the SYSTEM FAN

System Fan

Connect your system Fan power with above “SYSFAN”
connector. Be care of the direction of fan power connector, it
has anti-direction stick on it. Please make your system fan
power connect correctly with it.

Install the CPU FAN

1. Please check the all parts are in the CPU cooler’s box. And
take them out. ( If you don’t have any of them, please
contact with local AOpen technical support team.)

3 Memory Installation

MoDT Flex 945 provide SODIMM type memory support.
There’re two SODIMM memory slots which Flex 945 provided.
The installation of memory module as below.

1. Put the memory module with correct direction. Notice there’s
one stick to make sure direction is correct.

2. Plug in memory module into SODIMM slot with angle 20~30º.
Make sure memory moule plug into slot completely.

3. There’re tabs which located in the side of SODIMM holder.
Use finger to push memory module vertically until the tabs
lock memory module tightly.

4. Now, the memory modules
have been plugged properly
with horizontal flat.

4 IDE Installation

MoDT Flex 945 provides one IDE connector which allow you
to connect two ATA 33/66/100 IDE devices like HDD.

Primary
Master (1st)

Primary
Slave (2nd)

Pin 1

ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector

IDE cable to connect IDE devices

DC power to connect IDE devices

5 Mini PCI and PCIe x1 Installation

MoDT Flex 945 provides one Mini PCI slot and one 1x PCIe
slot for users to upgrade his PC functions. Now, the Mini PCI
can have digital TV tuner and Video MPEG4 decoder card ...etc.
for expansion. The 1x PCIe cards have SATA II and Firewire
and USB cards … etc. for expansion.

EX.
MPEG4 encoder
Mini PCI card

EX.
PCIe —> SATA 1x
PCIe card

7. Plug the CPU fan power into “CPUFAN” connector properly.
(Picture for reference only)

6 SATA Installation

SATA Power Cable

SATA Signal Cable

MoDT Flex 945 provides two SATA connectors.

Connect SATA cable to the on board SATA connector.
You can find SATA cable in our package. (this is SATA signal
cable) And please also connect 5V power connector with
SATA power cable.

Macrovision

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Silent

Thermal

S/PDIF Convert x2

(Optional)

4-pins Power Cable

(1 to 2ML)

DVI to D-Sub

Accessories List in MoDT Flex 945

MoDT Flex 945 Specification Table

Model Name

Form Factor

PCB Size

CPU type

CPU Socket

System Chipset

Memory type

Memory slot

Memory Max. size

DVI Chip

Ethernet LAN Chip

Audio Chip

Firewire 1394

Rear Connectors

On board Slots &

Internal

Connectors

O.S.

Power

Yonah / Merom (Signal/Dual Core)

USB 2.0 x4, 1394 x1, PS2 x2

Socket 479, SODIMM DDRII x2

PCIe *1 x1, SATA II 2.0 x2, Firewire - 1394 x1

CD - In x1, Cooling Fan x2, Front Panel x1
IDE x1, USB 2.0 x4, COM x1,. Front Audio x1,
12V/5V DC OUT - 4 Pins Power Connector x1

Windows XP / Vista Premium

MoDT Flex 945 is Flex ATX form factor. It is 170mm width x
170mm height. Flex ATX comes from mATX, it has same size
of rear panel specification with mATX & ATX and it’s four screw
holes - left picture.
The holes’ position and
size are also same with
mATX & ATX. You can
put it exactly into ATX or
mATX chassis.
But we recommend that
you can find a suitable
chassis for Flex ATX.
Since small is MoDT Flex
945 designed to be.

i945GMt-FSA

Flex ATX

170 x 170 mm

Socket 479

Intel 945GM + Intel ICH7M

DDRII 400/533/667 MHz

SO-DIMM x 2

Support Dual Channel Mode

Maximum 4GB

Chrontel 7307

Realtek PCIe G LAN

Realtek ALC888

Agere 1394

DVI x1, S-VIDEO x1

Ethernet LAN x1, COM x1

Azalia Audio Rack x1

19V DC in x1

90W AC - DC Adaptor

Converter

AOpen Bonus CD MoDT Flex 945 EIG

Power Cord

(Optional)

Before you start to make Hardware installation,

Please make sure no power is connected.

HARDWARE INSTALLATIONHARDWARE INSTALLATION

HARDWARE INSTALLATIONHARDWARE INSTALLATION

1 CPU Installation

MoDT Flex 945 support Intel® Core™ 2 Dual & Core™ 2 Duo /
Core™ Duo processor. The Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor and
the Intel® Core™ Duo processor are built on Intel’s next
generation 65 nanometer process technology with copper
interconnect. The Intel Core Solo processor refers to single
core processor and the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor refers
to dual core processor. Start to install CPU. Find the position of
CPU socket. This socket support uFCPGA package CPU,
which is the latest Intel® Core™ Duo & Core™ Duo processor.

1. Unscrew socket screw counter-clockwise

2. Locate the 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 socket screw clockwise to fasten CPU.

Golden Arrow

Pin 1

1

3

Note:

1. When unscrewed the socket, the socket will horizontally shift.

2. When screw the socket. You will hear a slight sound “Dock”.
That means you already installed CPU successfully.

7 MoDT Flex 945 Connectors & PINs Definitions

Trouble Shooting

AUD_FPOUT_R
FRONT_IO_SENSE
AUD_FPOUT_L

AUD_RET_L

AUD_MIC_R

Front_IO_Plug

KEY

AUD_RET_R

AUD_MIC_L

Pin 1

AUD_GND

1394 Connector

+12V(Fused)

KEY

SHIED GND

+12V

TPB+

TPB -

GND

GND

TPA+

TPA -

Pin 1

7.1 Power Consumption

The MoDT Flex 945 board design provides:

Parts Voltage Current Power

CPU 1.3x V 43A Max. 60W Max.

Memory 1.8 V 9A Max. 16.2W Max.

1.5 V 6A Max. 9W Max.
North & South Bridge

1.05 V 8A Max. 8.4W Max.

DC 5V devices 5 V 10A Max. 50W Max.

DC 12V devices 12 V 3A Max. 36W Max.

The power consumption — 60 W provides basic system
configuration as below.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONSOFTWARE INSTALLATION

SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONSOFTWARE INSTALLATION

1 BIOS Setup when 1st Power On

After finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct
cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, then
press <Del> during POST (Power On Self Test).
Choose "Load Optimized Defaults" for recommended
optimal performance.

Use “mouse pointer” to Tab “Install Driver”, then
click left button of mouse on it. Ezinstall will have
“Install Driver” page come out as below.

Please check the items of
driver which it shows. In
default, it will select all
necessary driver in the list.
After check, please use
“mouse pointer” to click
button “GO”.

The “Ezinstall” will take you minutes on install driver for you.
Do not click other functions during the process of driver
installation. While complete driver installation. It will
automatically show “Reboot”.

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) 2004, Phoenix Technologies, LTD.

i945GMt-FSA R1.00 Apr. 02. 2007 AOpen Inc.

i945GMt-FSA is model name of motherboard;
R1.00 is BIOS version.

Front Audio Connector

USB 2.0 Connector

1

+5V

SBD6 -

SBD6+

GND

KEY

+5V

SBD7 -

SBD7+

GND

NC

Front Panel Connector

+5V
+5V

GND

NC

SPEAKER

GND

RESET

GND
GND

NC

HDD LED
HDD LED
+5V
NC

NC

POWER SWITCH

GND
POWER LED ­GND
POWER LED+

GND
+12V
Sensor

CPUFAN Connector

GND
+12V
Sensor

SYSFAN2 Connector

- i945GMt-FSA Flex ATX board

- Intel® Core™ Duo CPU T2600 x1

- 256MB SODIMM memory Module x 2

- IDE 3.5” hard disk x 1

- USB keyboard x 1

- USB Mouse x 1

- CPU Fan + Heatsink x 1

MoDT Flex 945 had bundle one
90W AC to DC power adaptor,
it’s specification as

- INPUT AC100-240V ~ 1.5A

- OUTPUT DC 19V ~ 4.74A

Note:

Please notice on the power, AOpen MoDT Flex 945 provided,
is 90W AC-DC adaptor. And the board can offer 180W to
connect different peripherals. But it needs to be careful while
connecting many peripherals and cause power over 90W.
It will causes the system cannot boot-up or cannot work
smoothly base on the loading your system has.
If your system over 90W please change it to bigger power
supply:19V AC-DC adaptor.

2 Driver Installation

After you install window XP(32/64 bit) or Vista (32 bit), please
insert AOpen Bonus CD to start on Driver installation.

After you insert AOpen Bonus CD, it will automatically show
below “Ezinstall’ screen.

Install Driver

Install Utility

Browse CD
Contents

Readme

Exit CD

AOpen
branches
information

Please choose button “YES”. System will reboot and enter
window O.S. Below is “window device Manager”, you can
check driver are installed properly.

Register Your Motherboard

Thanks for choosing AOpen product, please take time to register
the product registration, http://club.aopen.com.tw/productreg/
This will ensure that you can receive the most updated
information from AOpen in the future. 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 the bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the
outside packing or on component side of PCB. For example:

Part No. Serial No.

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

Phoenix-Award BIOS Error Message

Beep Sound

1 short (Beep)

1 long - 1 short (Beep)

1 long - 2 short (Beep)

1 long - 3 short (Beep)

Long (Beep) continuous

Message

System booting is normally.

DRAM error

Display Card connected error
Monitor Connected error

Keyboard error

DRAM hasn't insert correctly.

8 Back Panel Connections

Internet

YPbPr / Composite/

PC Monitor Support DVI PC Monitor Support D-SUB

TV support S-VIDEO or composite or YPbPr
HDTV support YPbPr ( One time one signal only)

LAN which can
link to internet

OR

D-SUB Connector

Camcorder
support 1394

PC 5+1 Speakers

PC Earphone

PC Microphone

PS2 Keyboard and Mouse

USB Devices Like Card reader

8.1 VGA & Video Support

MoDT Flex 945’s Graphic/Video Output as left pictures.
It supports DVI-I connector. But there’s DVI to D-SUB
connector bundle which allows you to connect D-SUB monitor.
Also, it provided a S-VIDEO connector in back side which
allows you to connect Video consumer electronics. MoDT Flex
945 has “S-VIDEO to YPbPr / Composite” cable which can link
TV or HDTV or DVD recorder.

Notice:
YPbPr/S-VIDEO/Composite. These three video signals can
act one time one signal since common source. Users cannot
connect it together to show video.

PC graphic resolution table

Resolution Color depth

1680 x 1050 256/ 16bit/ 32bit

1600 x 1200 256/ 16bit/ 32bit

1440 x 900 256/ 16bit/ 32bit

1280 x 1024 256/ 16bit/ 32bit

1280 x 720 256/ 16bit/ 32bit

1024 x 768 256/ 16bit/ 32bit

640 x 480 256/ 16bit/ 32bit

PC Graphic resolution support

Maximum : 1600 x 1200 x 32bit

Video resolution support

HDTV: 480p/720p/1080i/1080p
TV video resolution support

Special resolution 16:9 support

AUO 32” 16:9 Panel: 1366 x 768

( Users need to check with your TV panels vender about it )

Trouble Shooting

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

Start

Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable,

then remove all of the add-on cards and cables

including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2, printer

and other external devices,

Clear CMOS and then plug the ATX Power cord.
For P4 system, please connect the 4-pin (+12V)
cord before ATX cord is connected.

Install VGA card x1, connect monitor and keyboard.

Yes

Turn on the power and check if the power
supply, power fan and CPU fan work properly.

Yes

Check if there is display

Press Del to enter BIOS setup, and choose "Load

Setup Default". (For AMD user, please make sure

you set the right CPU frequency in BIOS) Save the

changes you make in BIOS and reboot the system.

Yes

Turn on the system again and re-connect
the IDE cable. Check if the system can
reboot successfully.

Reinstall operating system such as Windows 2000
or Windows XP.

End

*1 The VGA card is not necessary to be installed if your
monitor is connected to the onboard VGA port.
*2 If you connect to the onboard VGA port and no
screen displays, then your onboard VGA device
might have problem.

Part No.: 49.8ET05.EE10 Doc. No.: I945GMTFSA-EG-E0703A

Perhaps your memory is not

No

compatible with the system,

or either your VGA card*2

or monitor is out of order.

No

The problem maybe caused

by power supply /

motherboard failure. Please

contact your reseller or your

distributor for repairing.

No

The problem maybe caused

by the IDE cables or HDD

itself.

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: [e-mail]

Germany
AOpen Computer GmbH.
Mail: [e-mail]

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China

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有限公司

Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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

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

Japan
AOpen Japan Inc.
Fax: [phone]

Online Manual: To download manual, please log on and
then select your preferred language. Under "Type" directory,
choose "Manuals" to go to our manual database. You can
also find the manual and EIG in AOpen Bonus Pack.
http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloads

Test Report: We recommend you to choose board/card/
device from the compatibility test reports for assembling
your PC. It may prevent incompatibility problems.
http://global.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/default.htm

FAQ: Here we list problems that users often encounter
and FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). You may select
your preferred language after log on, and may be able to
find a solution to your problem.
http://club.aopen.com.tw/faq/

Download Software: After log on and having language
selected, you may get the latest updated BIOS/utility and
drivers you need under "Type" directory. In most case,
newer versions of drivers and BIOS have solved earlier bugs
or compatibility problems
http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloads

eForum: AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products
with other users, in which your problem probably had been
discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may
select your preferred language under "Multi-language".
http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum

Contact Us: Please prepare detail system configuration
and error symptom before contacting us. The part number,
serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful.

Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products
through resellers and integrators. They should know
your system configuration very well and should be able
to solve your problem efficiently and provide important
reference for you.