Biostar I915P-A7 Ultra Owner's Manual

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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...................................16

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers.................................................16

3.2 Detail Settings.............................................................16

Chapter 4: Useful Help...............................................................22

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code...............................................22

4.2 Extra Information........................................................22

4.3 Troubleshooting..........................................................24

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™.......................................................25

5.1 Introduction................................................................25

5.2 System Requirement....................................................25

5.3 Installation ..................................................................26

5.4 [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels........27

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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.
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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Size

Max i s 4G B.

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Slots

Two 32bit PC I bus master slots.
Three PCI-Express x1 slots:

- PCI Express 1.0a com pliant.

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

One PCI-Express x16 slot.

- PCI Express 1.0a com pliant.

- 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.

One Xtrem e Graphics Port slot. (See p.14 for detail i nformati on)

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.

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.

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Extend On-b oard IDE

One connector supports 2 IDE di sk drives.

(IDE2/IDE3 are optional.)

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 devi ces
(IDE2/IDE3).

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.

- Integrated AHCI controller.

- Compliant with Seri al ATA specificati on revision 1.0.

Bac k Panel I / O Connec tor s

4 USB 2.0 ports.
2 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 out

conn ec tor, and 1 MIC in con nector.

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

JCOM1

Parallel

COM2

JCOM2

(optional)

LAN

USB x2

5

US B x2

JAUDI O1

Line In/
Surround

Line Out
Mi c In 1/

Base/Center

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

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.

B. BIOS & Software

BIOS

Award legal BIOS.
Supports APM1.2.

Supports ACPI.
Suppo rts USB Functi on.

Software

Supports Warpspeeder™, 9th Touch™, WI NF L A SH ER ™ and

FLASHER™.

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

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

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1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

FDD Cable X 1
HDD Cable X 1

User ’s Manu al X 1
Serial ATA Cable 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 )

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

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1.3 LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS

B

JK BMS1

JCOM1

C

JCOM 2

(o ptional )

1

JA TXPWR2

JKBV1

C

C

O

O
M

M
1

1

P arallel P ort (JPR NT 1)

LGA775

CPU1

C

O
M

2

JCFAN1

1

DDRA1

DDRB1

D DRA2

D DRB2

U

FDD1

T

JUSBV1

Super

I/O

PCI-Ex1_ 1

PCI-Ex1_ 2

PCI-Ex1_ 3

JSPDI F_IN1(optional)

JATXP WR1

YZ

W

Codec

JA UDIOF1

1213

1

1

JCDIN1

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JRJ45USB1

JAUDI O1

D
E

F

G

LAN

A1

J139 4PWR1
(op tional )

Chip

tional

1

PCI1

IEEE 1394

H

PCI2

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

X

1

JSFAN2
( optional )

PCI EXPRESS x16

BIOS

BIOS

optional

XGP 1

11

JS PDIF _OUT1

Intel

915P

Intel

SAT A4

ICH6

SA TA1

1

1

JCMOS1

A2

J1 394A1( optional )

1

1

1

1

IJ K L M

JCL1

IDE3

IDE2

JSFAN1

optional

optional

1

S

IDE1

R
Q

P

BAT1

SA TA3

1

1

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SATA2

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1

7

O

N

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.

PCI 1/ PCI2: Peripheral C om ponent Interconnect slot s.

H.

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

I.

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

J.

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

K.

JSFAN1 : Power source header for s ystem fan.

L.

JPAN EL1: Front panel f acilit ies header.

M.

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

N.

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

O.

JC L1: Chassis open m es s age header.

P.

JCM OS1: Clear CMOS header.

Q.

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

R.

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

S.

DDRA1~D DRB2: DD R memory m odules.

T.

FDD1: Floppy disk dev ic e connec t or.

U.

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

V.

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

W.

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

X.

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

Y.

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

Z.

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

A1.

XGP1: Xt rem e Graphic Port s lot.

A2.

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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 Smart Fan Control
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/PCI2: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equi pped with 2 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.

Xtreme Graphics Port Slot: XGP1

This XGP (Xtreme Graphi cs Port) slot i s a special desi gn that only
supports compatible AGP VGA cards.
To install the system with an add-on AGP VGA card, please make sure
to install the driver of add-on AGP VGA card before onboard VGA dri ver

installation. If the onboard VGA dri ver has already been installed before
you install the add-on AGP VGA card, the system will automati cally set

the onboard VGA as the pri mary graphi cs adapter.
For the onboard VGA driver can’t be removed com pletely, and to sol ve

this problem, please follow the steps bel ow,

1. Disable onboard VGA utility under the operating system, and reboot
PC. After PC restarts, the system will automati cally set the AGP

VGA card as the graphi cs adapter. Or,

2. Re-install your operating system to ensure the AGP VGA card
function c an be used.

Note:

Please go to “http: //www. biosta r.com.tw” for more detailed information
abou t XGP compatible AGP cards.

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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

12

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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