Biostar I915P-A7 Owner's Manual

I915P-A7

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Table of Conte nts

Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................3

1.1 Motherboard Features.................................................. 3

1.2 Package Checklist......................................................... 7

1.3 Layout and Components...............................................8

Chapter 2: Hardwar e Installation ............................................10

2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU).....................................10

2.2 FAN Headers..............................................................12

2.3 Memory Module Installation ........................................13

2.4 Connectors and Slots...................................................14

Chapter 3: Heade rs & Jumpers Setup...................................15

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers.................................................15

3.2 Detail Settings.............................................................15

Chapter 4: Useful Help...............................................................21

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code...............................................21

4.2 Extra Information........................................................21

4.3 Troubleshooting..........................................................23

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™.......................................................24

5.1 Introduction................................................................24

5.2 System Requirement....................................................24

5.3 Installation ..................................................................25

5.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels........26

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 MOTHERBOARD FEATU RES

A. Hardware

CPU

Supports LGA 775.
Supports single Intel Pentium 4 processor.

Supports Intel Cel eron D processor.
Front Side Bus at the fol lowing frequency ranges:

- 5 33 MT/s (133 MHz Core Clo ck)

- 8 00 MT/s (200 MHz Core Clo ck)

Supports Hyper-Threading Technology.

Chi pset

North Bri dge: Intel 915P.
South Bridge: Intel ICH6.

Dimensions

ATX Form Factor: 24.3cm(W) x 29.35cm (L)

Ma in Memory

Supports DDR333 and DDR400.
Suppo rts 2 56Mb, 512Mb, and 1G-Mb DDR technologies for x8

and x16 non-ECC DDR devic es.

Maximum DRAM address decode space of 4GB (assuming

32bit addressing.)

Registered DIMMs are not supported.

DI MM Socket

Location

DDRA1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDRA2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDRB1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1
DDRB2 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1

DDR Module

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To t a l Me m or y

Size

Max i s 4G B.

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Slots

Three 32bi t PCI bus m aster slots.
Three PCI-Express x1 slots:

- Bandwidth 250MB/s p er dire cti on; 50 0MB/ s Total ly.

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

pins.

- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.

Note:

1. If PCI-Express x1 card is used when installing XP
operation system, Do Not leave PCI-EX1_1 slot in bl ank.

2. Please always insert your PCI-Express x1 card fi rstly in
PCI-EX1_1 slot.

3. If you have two PCI-Express x1 cards, pl ease insert them
into <PCI-EX1_1 and PCI-EX1_2 sl ots> or <PCI-EX1_1

and PCI-EX1_3 slots>.

One PCI-Express x16 slot:

- Maximum theoreti cal realized bandwidth of 4GB/s
s imu lta ne ously per dir ecti on, for an ag gr egate of 8GB / s

totall y.

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT8 712.
Low Pin Count Interface.

Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives,

- H/W Monitor

- Fan Speed Controller

- IT E's "Smart Guardi an" fu n ction

LAN

Chip: RTL8100C
Supports 10 Mb/s, and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation.

Half /Full duple x capability.
Supports AC PI power management.

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IEEE 1394 Chip (op t i o na l)

Chip: VIA VT6307.
Supports two 1394 Firewire ports with tran sfer up to 400Mb /s.

On-bo ard AC’ 97 Sound Cod ec

Chip: ALC655
Support 6 channels.

Supports S/PDIF-Out and S/PDIF-In (optional) functions.
Compliant with AC’97 Versi on 2.3 specifi cation.

On-board IDE

Supports 2 IDE disk dri ves.
Supports PIO Mode 0~4, Bride M ode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100

Bus Master Mode.

ID E Controller ( option al)

Chip: ITE8211 (wi thout RAID functi on)

- Supports two extra slots for 4 IDE devices.
ITE8212 (with RAID function):

- Supports two extra slots for 4 IDE devi ces

- Integrated RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 for

IDE2/IDE3 slot.

Supports PIO Mode 5, Bride Mode and Ultra DMA

33/ 66/10 0/1 33 Bus Mas t er Mod e.

Se rial ATA

Controller i ntegrated in ICH6.
Supports 4 Serial ATA (SATA) ports.

- Intel Advanced Host Controller (AHCI).

- Integrated RAID 0,RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 capabiliti es

(opti onal ).

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Bac k Panel I / O Connec tor s

4 USB 2.0 ports.
1 serial ports (COM2 i s opti onal).

1 pa r all el po r t.
1 R J- 45 LA N jac k .

1 PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard port.
1 vertical audio port incl udi ng 1 line-in connector, 1 line

conn ec tor, and 1 MIC in con nector.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

JCOM1

Parallel

COM2

JCOM2

(optional)

USB x2

LAN

US B x2

JAUDI O1

Line In/
Surround

Line Out
Mi c In 1/

Base/Center

I nt er n al On-board I /O Co nn ec tors a nd Headers

1 IDE connectors support 2 hard disk devices.
1 CD-i n connector supports 1 CD-ROM audio-in device.

1 front panel header supports front panel faciliti es.
1 front audi o header supports front panel audio-out function.

1 S/PDIF-out connector supports digital audio-out function.
1 S/PDIF-in connector supports digital audio-in function

(opti onal ).

1 1394A header supports 1 front panel 1394A Firewire port

(opti onal ).

1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning

function.

1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88Mbytes.

2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports.
4 serial ATA connectors support 4 SATA devi ces.

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B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS.
Supports APM1.2.

Supports ACPI.
Suppo rts USB Functi on.

Software

Sup por ts W ar pspee der ™, 9th T o uc h™, W IN F LASH ER ™ and

FLASHER™.

Offers the hi ghest performance for Windows 9 8 SE, Windows

2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1
HDD Cable X 1

User ’s Manu al X 1
Fu lly Se tup Dri ver CD X 1

Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1
USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)

S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional )
Serial ATA Cable X 1 (optional)

IEEE 1394 Cable X 1 (optional)
Serial ATA Power Switch Cable X 1 (optional )

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1.3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS

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)

(op

)

V

WXY

B

JK BMS1

JCOM1

C

JCOM2

(op tiona l)

1

JATXPWR2

JKBV1

C

C
O

O
M

M
1

1

Par all el P ort (JP RN T1)

LGA775

CPU1

C
O

M
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JCFAN1

1

DDRA1

DDRB1

DDRA2

DDRB2

FDD1

Sup er

I/O

1

PCI-Ex1_1

PCI-Ex1_2

PCI-Ex1_3

J139 4PWR1
(op tiona l)

JA TXPWR1

JSPDIF_IN1
(op tional)

Z

1

Cod ec

JAUDIOF1

21314

1

JUSBV1

1

JCDIN1

JRJ45USB1

J AUDI O1

D
E

F

G

H

LAN

I

IEEE1394

Chip

tional

J

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

A1

1

JSFAN2
(op tional)

PCI EXPRESS x16

BIOS

BIO S

tional

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

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JSPDIF_ OUT1

Intel

915P

Intel

ICH6

BAT1

1

1

1

KL M N

JCMOS1

J139 4A1( opti onal)

1

JCL1

JSFAN1

SAT A4

SAT A1

1

1

IDE3
(optional)

IDE2
(optional)

1

IDE 1

U

T

SATA3

1

1777

SATA2

17

1

S

R

Q

P

JPANEL1

2
1

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JATXPW R 2: ATX power source header.

A.

JKBV1: Pow er source header for JKBMS1.

B.

Back panel (rear s ide) I/O connec t ors .

C.

JCDIN1: CD-ROM audio-in connec tor.

D.

JATXPW R 1: ATX power source header.

E.

JAU DIOF 1: F ront panel audio-out header.

F.

PCI -Ex 1_1~PC I -Ex1_3: PCI EXPRESS x1 slots.

G.

JSPD IF_IN1: Digital audio-in c onnec t or (optional).

H.

J1394PW R 1: Power s ourc e header f or 1394 Firewire port (optional).

I.

PCI1~PC I3: Peripheral Componen t Inter connect slots.

J.

JU SB3/JU SB4: H eaders for U SB 2.0 port at front panel.

K.

JU SBV3_1: Power sourc e f or JUSB3/JUSB4.

L.

J1394A1: Header f or 1394 F irewire port at front panel (opt ional).

M.

JSFAN1 : Power source header for s ystem fan.

N.

JPAN EL1: Front panel f acilit ies header.

O.

ID E2/ID E3: H ard dis k device c onnectors (optional).

P.

JSPD OF _OUT1: D igit al audio-out connector.

Q.

SATA1~SATA4: On-board s erial ATA c onnectors.

R.

JC L1: Chassis open m es s age header.

S.

JCM OS1: Clear CMOS header.

T.

PCI -Ex 16: PC I EXPRESS x 16 slot .

U.

ID E1: Hard disk dev ic e connec t or.

V.

DDRA1~D DRB2: DD R memory m odules.

W.

FDD1: Floppy disk dev ic e connec t or.

X.

JCFAN 1: Power sourc e header f or CPU fan.

Y.

JU SBV1: Power sourc e header f or J1394_U SB1 and JR J 45U SB1.

Z.

JSFAN2 : Power source header for s ystem fan (optional).

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Special Notice:

Remo v e Pin Cap before installatio n, and m ake
good preservation for future use. When the CPU
is remov e d, cover the Pin Cap on the empty

’

Step 1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angl e.

Pin Cap

Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU

should point wards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit o nly in the
correct orientation.

Step 2-1:

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Step 2-2:

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firml y, and then close the lever to complete

the i nstalla ti on.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN

power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the i nstallation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans bui lt in the com puter. T he fan
wir in g and plu g may be dif f er ent accordi ng to the f a n ma nufactur er.

Connect the fan cable to the connector while m atching the bl ack wire to
pin#1.

JCFAN1: P ower Source for CPU F a n

Pin Assignment

1 Ground

1

JSF AN1/ JSFAN2: P ower Source for System F an
(JSFAN2 is optional.)

1

Note:

The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1support system cooling fan wi th Smart Fan
Control utili ty. It supports 3-pin and 4-pin head connectors. When

connecting with wires onto connectors, please note that the red wire is
the positi ve and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire i s

Ground and should be connected to GND.

2 Power
3 FAN RPM rate sense
4 Smart Fan Control

Pin Assignment

1 Ground
2 Power
3 FAN RPM rate sense

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2.3 MEMORY MODUL E INSTALLATION

1. Unlock a DIMM sl ot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a
DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM m atches the break

on the Sl ot.

2. Insert the DIM M vertically and firm ly into th e slot until the re tain ing chip
snap back in place and the DIMM i s properly seated.

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2.4 CONNECTO RS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector

The m otherboard provides a standard fl oppy disk connector that supports
360 K, 720K, 1.2 M, 1.44M and 2.8 8 M floppy d is k ty pes. Th is c onn ec tor

supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

IDE1/IDE2/IDE3 : Hard Disk Connectors
(IDE2/IDE3 are optional.)

The m otherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides
PIO M ode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100 functionality. It has

two HDD co nn ectors IDE1 (primary) an d IDE2 (seconda ry ).
The IDE connectors can connect a master and a sl ave drive, so you can

connect up to four hard disk drives. The first hard drive should al ways be
connected to IDE1.

PCI 1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equi pped with 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for
Per i ph er al C o mp onent Interc on nect, an d it is a bus stand ar d f or exp ansion

cards. Thi s PCI slot i s desig nated a s 32 bits.

SATA1~SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors

The m otherboard has a PCI to SATA Control ler with 2 channels SATA
interface, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 TX+

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3 TX- 4 Ground
5 RX- 6 RX+
7 Ground

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPE RS

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

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

Power Conn ect ors: JAT X PWR1/ JATXPWR2

JATXPWR1: This connector allows user to connect 20-pi n power
conn ec tor on t h e A T X pow er supp ly .

JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, i t will provide +12V to CPU
power ci rcuit.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

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24

JATXPWR1

JATXPWR2

1

1 +3.3V 13 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 14 -12V
3 Ground 15 Ground
4 +5V 16 PS_ON

5 Ground 17 Ground
6 +5V 18 Ground
7 Ground 19 Ground
8 PW_ON 20 -5V
9 Standby Voltage +5V 21 +5V

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10 +12V 22 +5V
11 +12V 23 +5V
12 2 x 12 Det ect 24 Ground

1

3

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

2

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

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JKBV1: Power Source Heade r for PS/2 Keyboard an d Mouse

Assignment Description

1

3

Pin 1-2 close

1

3

Pin 2-3 close

+5V

+5V Standby
Voltage

+5V for PS/2 ke yboard and
mouse

PS/2 m ouse and k ey board are
powered wit h +5V standby

voltage.

Note:

In order to support thi s function “Power-on system via keyboard and
mouse”, “JKBV1” jum per cap should b e placed on Pi n 2-3.

JUSB V1/JUS BV 3_1: Power Sour ce H eade r for US B Ports

Assignment Description

1

3

Pin 1-2 close

1
3

Pin 2-3 close

+5V

+5V st andby
Voltage

Note:

In order to support thi s function “Power-o system via USB devi ce,”
“JUSBV1/ JUSBV3_1” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3

individually.

JUSBV1: + 5V for JUSB_19341
and JRJ45U SB1.
JU SBV3_1: +5V for

JUSB3/JUSB4.
JU SBV1: JUSB_19341 and

JRJ45U SB1 are powered by +5
standby v oltage.

JU SBV3_1: JUSB3/JUSB4 are
powered by +5V.

JUSB3/JUSB4: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel

This header allows user to connect addi tional USB cable on the PC
front panel , and al so can be connected with internal USB devices, like

USB card reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +5V (fus ed) 2 +5V (fus ed)

2
1

3 USB- 4 USB-

10

5 USB+ 6 USB+
7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Key 10 NC

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JCDIN1: CD-R OM A ud io-i n Connector

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the
va riety devi ces, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI so und card , PCI TV

turner card etc..

Pin Assignment

1

1 Left channel input
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 Right channel input

JAUDIOF1: Front P anel Audio-out Header

This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable with
the PC front panel. It will disable the ou tput on back panel audio

connectors.

2

1

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground
3 Mic power/Bass 4 Audio power

Right line out/ Speak er out

5

Right
7 Reserved 8 Key
9 Left line out/ Speak er out Lef t 10 Left line out/ Speak er out Lef t

Right line in/R ear s peak er

11

Right

13 Left line in/R ear s peak er Lef t 14 Left line in/R ear speaker Lef t

14
13

Right line out/ Speak er out

6

Right

Right line in/R ear s peak er

12

Right

JSPDIF_IN1: Digital Audio-in Connector (optional)

This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF i nput
header.

Pin Assignment

1

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_IN
3 Ground

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JSP DIF_OUT1: Digital Audio-out C onn e ctor

This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output
header.

Pin Assignment

1

1 +5V
2 SPDIF_OUT
3 Ground

J1394PWR1: Powe r Source for 1394 Firewi re Port (optional )

This header allows user to connect the digital image device, l i ke DV,
D8, or V8 , etc.

1

3

Pin 1-2 close

1
3

Pin 2-3 close

Assignment Description

+3.3V SB +3.3V SB f or 1394 chips et.

+3.3V

+3.3V for 1394 chipse t.
(Default)

J1394A1: Header for 1394 Firewi re Port at Front Panel (optional)

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 A+ 2 A-

2
1

10

3 Ground 4 Ground
5 B+ 6 B­7 +12v 8 +12V
9 Key 10 Ground

JCL1: Chassis Open Messag e Header

T his connector allows system to monitor PC case open sta tu s. If the
signal has been triggered, i t will record to the CMOS and show the

message on next boot-up.

1

Pin

1 C as e open signal
2 Ground

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JCMOS 1 : C lear CMOS H eader

By pl aci ng the jumper on pin2-3, i t allows user to restore the BIOS
safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the

pr oced ur es to av o id da ma g ing th e mot her b oar d .

1

3

Pin 1-2 close

1

3

Pin 2-3 close

Norm al Operation (D ef ault).

Clear CMOS data.

Assignment

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 cl ose”.

3. W ait for five seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 cl ose”.

5. Powers on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data.

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F r ont Pa n el Conn ect or : JPA NEL 1

This 24-pin conne c tor in cl udes Po wer-on, Reset, HDD LE D, Power
LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to

connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

PWR_LED

SLP

2
1

SPK

On/Off

++

+--

RST

HLED

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep control
3 N/A 4 Ground
5 N/A 6 N/A N/A

Speaker
Connector

7 Speaker
9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+)

11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power button
15 Reset control

Hard drive
LED

Reset
button

17 N/A 18 Key
19 N/A 20 Key
21 +5V 22 Ground

IrDA
Connector

23 IRTX

IR

24
23

IR

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

Sleep
button

Power LED

Power-on
button

IrDA
Connector

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