Biostar G31M+ Owner's Manual

G31M+ Setup Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................ 1

1.1 Before You Start ................................................................................ 1

1.2 Package Checklist............................................................................. 1

1.3 Motherboard Features...................................................................... 2

1.4 Rear Panel Connectors ..................................................................... 3

1.5 Motherboard Layout......................................................................... 4

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ............................................. 5

2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU) ....................................... 5

2.2 FAN Headers...................................................................................... 7

2.3 Installing System Memory................................................................ 8

2.4 Connectors and Slots....................................................................... 10

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup ..................................... 12

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers .................................................................... 12

3.2 Detail Settings.................................................................................. 12

Chapter 4: Useful Help ............................................................ 18

4.1 Driver Installation Note.................................................................. 18

4.2 Software............................................................................................ 19

4.3 Extra Information............................................................................ 23

4.4 AMI BIOS Beep Code....................................................................... 25

4.5 Troubleshooting............................................................................... 26

Appendix: SPEC In Other Languages ...................................... 28

German.................................................................................................................. 28

French .................................................................................................................... 30

Italian..................................................................................................................... 32

Spanish ................................................................................................................... 34

Portuguese ............................................................................................................ 36

Polish...................................................................................................................... 38

Russian ................................................................................................................... 40

Arabic..................................................................................................................... 42

Japanese ................................................................................................................ 44

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

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1.1 B

EFORE YOU START

Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below:

 Prepare a dry and stable working environment with

sufficient lighting.

 Always disconnect the computer from power outlet

before operation.

 Before you take the motherboard out from anti-static

bag, ground yourself properly by touching any safely grounded appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to remove the static charge.

 Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the

rear side of the board unless necessary. Hold the board on the edge, do not try to bend or flex the board.

 Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the

case after installation. Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment.

 Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat

source, humid air and water.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

HDD Cable X 1 (optional) Serial ATA Cable X 2 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1 Installation Guide X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 (full version manual files inside) FDD Cable X 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) Serial ATA Power Cable X 1 (optional)

Note: The package contents may differ by area or your motherboard version.

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1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES

LGA 775

Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad /

CPU

FSB

Chipset

Super I/O

Main

Memory

Graphics

IDE

SATA 2

LAN

Sound

Codec

Slots

On Board

Connector

Pentium Dual- Co re / C elero n Dual- Co re /

Celeron 4xx processor

(Maximum Watt: 95W)

Support 800/1066/1333/1600 (OC) MHz

Intel G31

Int el ICH7

ITE 8721

Prov ides the most common ly used leg acy

Super I/O functionality.

Low Pin Count Interface

DIMM Slots x 2

Each DIMM supports 256MB / 512MB /

1GB / 2GB DDR2

Max Memory Capacity 4GB

GMA 3100

Int egrated IDE Contro ller

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Realtek RTL 8103EL / RTL 8102EL

ALC662 / VT1708B

PCI slot x2 Supports PCI expansion cards

PCI Express x 16 slot x1 Supports PCI-E x16 expansion cards

Floppy connector x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives

Printer Port Connector x1 Each connector supports 1 Printer port

Serial Port Connector x1 Connects to RS-232 Port

SPEC

Supports Hyper-Threading / Execute Disable Bit /

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel Architecture-64 /

Extended Memory 64 Technology / Virtualization

Technology

En vir on ment Control in it iat ives,

Hardware Monitor Controller

Fan Sp eed Contro ller

ITE's "S mart Guard ian" funct ion

Dual Cha nne l Mode DDR2 me mory module

Supports DDR2 800/667/533

Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not supported

(CPU with FSB 533 MHz on ly supports DDR2 533)

Max Shared V ideo Memo ry is 384 MB

(Dep end ing on OS and me mory s ize)

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 Bus Master Mode

supports PIO Mode 0~4

Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s.

SATA Version 2.0 sp ecif icat ion co mpl iant

10 / 100 Mb/s auto negot iation

Half / Full duplex capability

5.1 channels audio out

High Definition Audio

IDE Connect or x1 Each connector supports 2 IDE devices

SATA Connector x4 Each connector s upports 1 SATA device

Front Panel Connector x1 Supports front panel facilities

Front Audio Connector x1 Supports front panel audio function

CPU Fan header x1 CPU Fan power supply (with Smart Fan function)

System Fan h eader x1 System Fan Po wer s upply

Clear CMOS header x1 Restore CMOS dat a to factory def ault

USB connector x2 Each conne ctor supports 2 fro nt panel USB ports

Power Connector (24pin) x1 Connects to Power supply

Power Connector (4pin) x1 Connects to Power supply

PS/2 Keyboard x 1

PS/2 Mouse x1

Back Panel

I/O

Board Size

OS Support

VGA port x1

LAN port x1

USB Port x4

Audio Jack x3

179 (W) x 235 (L) mm

Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7

1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS

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SPEC

Connects to PS/2 Keyboard

Connects to PS/2 Mouse

Connect to D-SUB monitor

Connect to RJ-45 ethernet cab le

Connect to USB devices

Provide Audio-In/Out and microphone connection

Biostar reserves the right to add or remove support for

any OS with or without notice

PS/ 2 Mouse

LAN

Line In/ Surround

Line Out

Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center

PS/2

VGA

USBX2USBX2

Keyboard

Since the audio chip supports High Definition Audio Specification, the function of each audio jack can be defined by software. The input / output function of each audio jack listed above represents the default setting. However, when connecting external microphone to the audio port, please use the Line In (blue) and Mic In (Pink) audio jack.

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1.5 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT

KBMS1

ATXPWR2

VGA1

USB1

RJ45USB1

AUDIO1

JUSBV1

F_AUDIO1

LAN

BIOS

LGA775

CPU1

Intel

G31

BATTERY

PEX16_1

CPU_FAN1

DDR2_A1

ATX P WR 1

DDR2_B1

ID E 1

Super

I/O

J_PRINT1 J_COM1

C odec

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

FDD1

PCI1

PCI2

Intel

ICH7

F_USB1

SYS_FA N1

PANEL1 S ATA1 SATA2

F_USB2

JCMOS1

SATA4

SATA3

CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

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2.1 I

NSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Special Notice:

Remove Pin Cap before installation, and make good preservation for future use. When the CPU is removed, cover the Pin Cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won’t be damaged.

Pin-Cap

Step 1: Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise

the lever up to a 90-degree angle.

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Step 2: Look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on

CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.

Step 2-1:

Step 2-2:

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then lower the lever to locked

position to complete the installation.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembly on the CPU and buckle it

on the retention frame. Connect the CPU FAN power cable into the CPU_FAN1. This completes the installation.

2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1.

CPU_FAN1: CPU Fan Header

SYS_FAN1: System Fan Header

Assignment

1 Ground 2 Power 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control

Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense

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Note:

The CPU_FAN1 support 4-pin head connector a nd SYS_FAN1 support 3-pin head connector. When connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

A. DDR2 module

DDR2_B1

DDR2_A1

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

B. Memory Capacity

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DIMM Socket

Location

DDR2_A1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR2_B1 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR2 Module

C. Dual Channel Memory Installation

Please refer to the following requirements to activate Dual Channel function:

Install memory module of the same density in pairs, shown in the table.

Dual Channel Status

Disabled O X

Disabled X O

Enabled O O

(O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.)

The DRAM bus width of the memory module must be the same(x8 or x16)

DDR2_A1

Total Mem ory

Size

Max is 4GB.

DDR2_B1

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2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

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IDE1: Hard Disk Connector

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 functionality.

The IDE connector can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to two hard disk drives.

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PEX16_1: PCI-Express x16 Slot

- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.

- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per

direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.

- PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.

- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

PCI1/PCI2: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.

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PEX16_1

PCI1

PCI2

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 H

OW TO SETUP JUMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

PANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, and speaker connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

PWR _LED

On/Off

SPK

HLED

RST

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 9 N/A

2 N/A 10 N/A

3 N/ A 1 1 N/A N/A

4 Speaker

5 HDD LED (+) 13 Power LED (+)

6 HDD LED (-)

7 Ground 15 Power button

8 Reset control

Speaker Connector

Hard drive LED

Reset button

12 Power LED (+)

14 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

N/A

Power LED

Power-on button

ATXP WR1: ATX P ower Source Connector

This connector allows user to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply.

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Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

13 +3.3V 1 +3.3V 14 -12V 2 +3.3V 15 Ground 3 Ground 16 PS_ON 4 +5V 17 Ground 5 Ground 18 Ground 6 +5V 19 Ground 7 Ground 20 NC 8 PW_OK 21 +5V 9 Standby Voltage+5V 22 +5V 10 +12V 23 +5V 11 +12V 24 Ground 12 +3.3V

ATXP WR2: ATX P ower Source Connector

This connector provides +12V to CPU power circuit.

1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 4 Ground

Assignment

Note:

Before power on the system, please make sure that both ATXPWR1 and ATXPWR2 connectors have been plugged-in.

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