AOpen i945GTt-VFA Easy Install Guide

MoDT is initiated by AOpen since 2004

MoDT Flex 945

Enable the Power of Flex ATX Form Factor

i945GTt–VFA

EASY Installation Guide

1394

PS/2

MOUSE

Line In
Rear SUR
Speaker Out
Center/Subwoofer
MIC-IN
Side SUR

PS/2

Keyboard

19V DC
Adaptor
Connector

S-VIDEO

COM1

DVI

LAN

USB2.0

Realtek HD audio codec

1394 connector

JLED2

Front audio connector

CD Audio in connector

PCI Express x1 slot

COM 2 Connector

S/PDIF Connector

JLED1

USB2.0 Connectors

Mini PCI slot

S-ATA connector

Front Panel connector

Chrontel 7307C DVI DEC
IDE Connector
intel PCIe Gigabit Lan Chip
4 Pins 5V DC Power Out
479 Socket for Yonah CPU
BIOS with AWARD support

CPUFAN
SYSFAN

SODIMM x 2
Super IO—Winbond

Boot LED
Standby LED

intel 945GT/945GM
intel ICH7MDH/ICH7M
JP14 CMOS clear jumper
Battery

i945GMt–FA

EASY Installation Guide

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

Picture i945GTt-VFA

90W DC Adaptor CPU Fansink IO Bracket IDE Cable S-ATA Cable &

Intel Raid Driver

i945GTt-VFA only

S/PDIF Convert

x2

i945GTt-VFA only

4-pins Power

Cable (1 to 2ML)

Accessories List in MoDT Flex 945

CPU Fansink Glue

DVI to D-Sub

Converter

AOpen Bonus

CD

S-ATA power Cable

Power Cord

Optional

S-VIDEO to

YPbPr cable

MoDT Flex 945

EIG

Realtek Gigabit Lan
placement

Picture i945GTt-VFA

Agere 1394

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.

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.

MoDT Flex 945 Specification Table

Model Name
Form Factor Flex ATX

CPU Yonah Core Duo & Core Solo
CPU Socket 479 Socket
Chipset

Memory Max. size Maximum 2GB

Ethernet LAN Chip Intel 83573L G LAN
Audio Chip Realtek ALC882D 7+1 audio channels
Firewire 1394 Agere FW3226-1394A

Rear Connectors

On board Slots &
Internal
Connectors

O.S.
Power 90 W AC-DC Adaptor

MoDT Flex 945 is Flex ATX form factor. It is 170mm width x

170mm height. Flex ATX comes from mATX, it has same

Flex ATX. Since small is MoDT Flex 945 designed to be.

i945GTt-VFA

170mm x 170mm PCB Size

945GT + ICH7MDH

PCIe * 1 x 1, s-ATA x 2, Firewire - 1394 x 1

IDE x 1, USB2.0 x 4, COM x 1, Front Audio x 1,

12V/5V DC OUT- 4PINs Power connector x 1

Dual Channel DDR II 667/533 Memory type

SODIMM DDR II x 2 Memory slot

Chrontel 7307 DVI Chip

DVI x 1, s-VIDEO x 1

Ethernet LAN x 1, COM x 1

Azalia Audio Rack x 1

USB2.0 x 4, 1394 x 1, PS/2 x 2

19V DC in x 1

Socket 479, SODIMM DDRII x 2

CD-In x 1,Cooling fan x 2, Panel x 1

Window XP/ Window MCE

i945GMt-FA

945GM + ICH7M

Realtek PCIe G LAN

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

Before you start to make Hardware installation,

please make sure no power is connected

1

CPU Installation

MoDT Flex 945 support Intel® Core™ Duo & Core™ Solo

processor. The Intel® Core™ Duo processor and the Intel®
Core™ Solo 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 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™ Solo 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

2

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.

Processor Number

Core Duo T2700 65nm 2.33GHz 667MHz 2MB L2 14
Core Duo T2600 65nm 2.16GHz 667MHz 2MB L2 13
Core Duo T2500 65nm 2GHz 667MHz 2MB L2 12
Core Duo T2400 65nm 1.83GHz 667MHz 2MB L2 11
Core Duo T2300 65nm 1.66GHz 667MHz 2MB L2 10
Core Solo T1400 65nm 1.83GHz 667MHz 2MB L2 11
Core Solo T1300 65nm 1.66GHz 667MHz 2MB 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

Above table is Intel® Core™ Duo and Core™ Solo CPU

Archite

cture

is kindly for your references only.

Clock

Speed

Front

Side Bus

Cache Ratio

numbers and simple specification for your reference only.

CPU Cooler & System Fan

2

Installation

Find the CPU fan power connector and system fan power
connector - as below picture.

CPU Fan

2. Insert CPU FAN into the top of CPU heasink. After
that please lock the screw between the CPU FAN
and CPU heatsink. ( as pictures below )

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

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. 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.
Notice the CPU Fan & heatsink must have direction
as below picture. Keep the heatsink direct the air
flow to North bridge’s heatsink. That can help to get
good thermal in system operation.

System Fan

Install the 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.

4. Place bracket properly on the back side of MoDT
Flex 945 as picture.

(Picture for reference only)

Direction

Screw

(Picture for reference only)

7. Plug the CPU fan power into “CPUFAN” connector
properly.

(Picture for reference only)

3

Memory Installation

4

IDE 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

stick

1

(Picture for reference only)

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

2

20~30º. Make sure memory
moule plug into slot
completely.

3

(Picture for reference only)

Tab

3. There’re tabs which located in
the side of SODIMM holder.
Use finger to push memory

(Picture for reference only)

module vertically until the tabs lock memory module

tightly.

4

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

(Picture for reference only)

MoDT Flex 945 provides one IDE connector which allow

you to connect two ATA 33/66/100 IDE devices like HDD.

PIN 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

Primary

Master (1st)

ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector

IDE cable to
connect IDE
devices

5

Mini PCI and PCIe x1

Installation

DC power to
connect IDE
devices

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 and Firewire and USB cards … etc for
expansion.

EX.
MPEG4 encoder Mini PCI card

EX.
PCIe —> SATA 1x PCIe card

6

SATA Signal

Cable

SATA Installation

SATA Power

Cable

MoDT Flex 945 provides two SATA connectors.

i945GTt-VHL has raid function on it as well. But i945GMt­HL do have SATA only.

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.

7

MoDT Flex 945 Connectors & PINs Definitions

7.1

Power Consumption

FRONT_IO_SENSE

AUD_FPOUT_R

AUD_FPOUT_L

AUD_RET_L

KEY

AUD_RET_R

Front Audio Connector

USB2.0 Connector

AUD_MIC_R

AUD_MIC_L

1

AUD_GND

Front_IO_Plug

1394 Connector

+12V(Fused)

SHIED GND

+ 12V

TPB+

TPB -

GND

TPA +

GND

TPA -

The MoDT Flex 945 board design provides:

Parts Voltage Current

1
2

CPU 1.3x V 43A Max.

Memory 1.8 V 9A Max.

North & South Bridge 1.5 V 12A Max.

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

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

Power

60W Max.

16.2W Max.
18W Max.

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

GND

+12V
Sensor

- i945GTt-VFA 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

GND

+12V

- USB Mouse x 1

- CPU Fan + Heatsink x 1

Sensor

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

Front Panel Connector

SPEAKER

GND

RESET

NC

GND

GND

+5V

GND

HDD LED +5V

POWER LED+ NC

HDD LED

+5V

POWER LED-

GND

NC

NC

1

POWER SWITCH

GND

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.

8

Back Panel Connections

PC 5+1

Speakers

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

Internet

LAN which

can link to

internet

Camcorder

support 1394

PC Earphone

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.

90W DC19V

Power Adaptor

● TV support S-VIDEO or

composite or YPbPr

● HDTV support YPbPr

( One time one signal only)

YPbPr /
Composite/

OR

PC Monitor

Support DVI

PC Monitor
Support D-

SUB

D-SUB
Connector

USB Devices

Like Card

reader

PC Microphone

PS2 Keyboard

and Mouse

PC graphic resolution table

Resolution Color depth
1600 x 1200 256/ 16bit/ 32bit
1280 x 1024 256/ 16bit/ 32bit

1024 x768 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 )

Del

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.

2

Drive Installation

After you install window XP, please insert AOpen
Bonus CD to start on Driver installation

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. W h ile
complete driver
installation. It will
automatically
show “Reboot”.
Please choose button “YES”. System will reboot and
enter window O.S. Below is “window device Manager”,
you can check driver are installed properly.

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.

i945GTt-VFA R1.01 Feb. 09. 2006 AOpen Inc.

i945GTt-VFA is model name of motherboard;
R1.01 is BIOS version

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:

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

Install
driver

Click to install
online manual

Install
utility

Browse CD
Contents

Readme

AOpen
branches

Exit CD

information

EX. i945GTt-VFA device manager picture

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 Message
1 short (Beep) System booting is normally.

1 long - 1 short (Beep) DRAM error

1 long - 2 short (Beep)

1 long - 3 short (Beep) Keyboard error
Long (Beep) continuous DRAM hasn't insert correctly.

Display Card connected error
Monitor Connected error

Trouble Shooting

Technical Support

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

Dear Customer,

Thanks for choosing AOpen products. We invite
you to register at http://www.aopen.com
become a Gold Member

of Club AOpen so as

to

to ensure quality service in the future. In
order to
customer of us.

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.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

China

艾爾鵬國際貿易(上海)有限公司
Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

maintain the best service to every

, , we recommend you to follow

America

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

Pacific Rim

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

Japan

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

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China

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Germany

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America

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