ECS P17G/1333 Series User Manual

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Motherboard User’s Guide

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user’s guide, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without
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Trademarks

IBM, VGA, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Ma­chines.
Intel, Pentium/II/III, Pentium 4, Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of
Intel Corporation.
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP are registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation.
AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are
trademarks or the properties of their respective owners.

Static Electricity Precautions

1. Don’t take this motherboard and components out of their original static­proof package until you are ready to install them.

2. While installing, please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible. If you
don’t have a wrist strap, discharge static electricity by touching the bare
metal of the system chassis.

3. Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges. Do not touch those compo­nents unless it is absolutely necessary. Put this motherboard on the top of
static-protection package with component side facing up while installing.

Pre-Installation Inspection

1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components
and connectors on the board.

2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect power
to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those damages.

Copyright © 2007

All Rights Reserved

P17G/1333 Series, V1.0A

August 2007

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Table of Contents

Trademarks .......................................................................................................... i

Static Electricity Precautions ......................................................................................... i

Pre-Installation Inspection ............................................................................................. i

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

Key Features .................................................................................................................... 1

Package Contents ........................................................................................................... 4

Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation .............................................................. 5

Motherboard Components ............................................................................................ 6

I/O Ports .......................................................................................................................... 8

Installing the Processor ................................................................................................. 9

Installing Memory Modules ........................................................................................1 0

Jumper Settings ............................................................................................................ 1 4

Install the Motherboard ............................................................................................... 1 5

Connecting Optional Devices .....................................................................................1 6

Install Other Devices ....................................................................................................1 8

Expansion Slots ............................................................................................................ 2 0

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility ....................................................................... 22

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 2 2

Running the Setup Utility ............................................................................................ 2 2

Standard CMOS Setup Page ....................................................................................... 2 3

Advanced Setup ............................................................................................................ 2 5

Advanced Chipset Setup .............................................................................................. 2 6

Integrated Peripherals ................................................................................................. 2 7

Power Management Setup .......................................................................................... 2 8

PCI/PnP Configuration ............................................................................................... 2 9

PC Health Status ..........................................................................................................3 0

Frequency/Voltage Control ...............................................................................31

Load Optimal Defaults ................................................................................................ 3 2

Supervisor Password ....................................................................................................3 2

User Password ................................................................................................. 33

Save & Exit Setup ........................................................................................... 34

Exit Without Saving ......................................................................................... 34

Chapter 4: Software & Applications .............................................................. 35

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 5

Installing Support Software ........................................................................................3 5

Bundled Software Installation .................................................................................... 3 7

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Notice:

Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every supplier, we might
have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft. Therefore, it might happen under
Windows XP that a dialogue box (shown as below) pop out warning you this
software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with
Windows XP. Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and
verified these drivers. Just click the “Continue Anyway” button and go ahead the
installation.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has a LGA 775 socket for latest Intel® Core

TM

2 Duo/Celeron

®

D processors with Hyper-Threading Technology and Front-Side Bus (FSB)

speeds up to 1333/1066/800/533 MHz. Hyper-Threading Technology, designed to
take advantage of the multitasking features gives you the power to do more things
at once.

This motherboard integrates the 945GC Northbridge along with Intel I/O Con-
troller Hub 7 (ICH7) that supports the Serial ATA interface for high-perfor­mance and mainstream desktop PCs; the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher band­width and implementing Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0.

It supports 6-channel High Definition Audio Codec and provides one IDE Ultra
ATA 100/66/33 channel. It has one PCIEX16 slot and two 32-bit PCI slots. There
is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one serial
port, one optional LAN port, one VGA port, audio jacks for microphone, line-in
and line-out, and four back-panel USB 2.0 ports. In addition, onboard USB headers
provide extra ports by connecting the extended USB module to the motherboard.

It is an Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for a ATX power
supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

LGA775 Socket Processor Support

• Supports the latest Intel® Core

TM

2 Duo/ Celeron® D processors with

Hyper-Threading Technology

• Supports up to 1333/1066/800/533 MHz Front-Side Bus

Chipset

There are 945GC Northbridge and Intel I/O Controller Hub 7 (ICH7) in the
chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven
reliability and performance.

Note: 1. Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking

it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel,
both on separate ‘logical’ processors within the same physical processor.

• Hyper-Threading Technology

2. Under ECS validation, this motherboard is able to support FSB 1333
MHz.

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Onboard IDE connector

• One IDE connector that supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output)

and DMA (Direct Memory Access) modes

• Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66/33
MB/sec

• System Memory Controller Support

-Supports DDR2 SDRAM with up to maximum memory of 2 GB

• PCI Express Graphics Interface Support

-One PCIEX16 slot for Graphic Interface

• PCI Bus Interface

-Supports PCI Revision 2.3 Specification at 33 MHz

• Integrated Serial ATA Host Controller

-Supports four ports with data transfer rate up to 3.0 Gb/s

• Integrated IDE Controller

-Ultra ATA 100/66/33 Support

• USB 2.0

-Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to eight USB 2.0
ports

rates

• Low pin count for both host and devices

Serial ATA

• Four Serial ATA Connectors

• Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~3.0 Gb/s) with scalability to higher

• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec

• All DACs support 192K/96K/48K/44.1KHz sample rate

• Software selectable 2.5V/3.75V VREFOUT

• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.x audio requirements

• Direct Sound 3D

TM

compatible

Audio

Memory Support

• Two DIMM sockets for DDR2 667/533/400 DDR SDRAM with Dual-

channel architecture

• Maximum installed memory is 2 GB

Expansion Slots

• One PCIEX16 slot for Graphic Interface

• Two 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots

• One 40-pin IDE connector that supports two IDE devices

• One floppy disk drive interface

• Four 7-pin SATA connectors

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• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard

• One serial port

• One VGA port

• Four USB ports

• One LAN port (optional)

• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out

Onboard I/O Ports

• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver

• Supports PCI v2.3, 32-bit, 33/66 MHz

• Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function and remote wake-up

• Supports 10/100 Mb/s N-Way Auto negotiation operation

• Half/Full duplex capacity

• Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function and remote wake-up

The onboard LAN controller provides the following features:

Onboard LAN (optional)

• Power management

• Wake-up alarms

• CPU parameters and memory timing

• CPU and memory timing

The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.

BIOS Firmware

This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:

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Optional Accessories

You can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard.

 The Extended USB module
 The Serial ATA cable

Note: You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party,

but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specification
and compatibility.

Package Contents

Your motherboard package ships with the following items:

 The motherboard
 The User’s Guide
 One diskette drive ribbon cable (optional)
 One IDE drive ribbon cable
 The Software support CD

Dimensions

• Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 210 mm

Note: Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change

without notification.

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Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation

To install this motherboard in a system, please follow these instructions in this
chapter:

 Identify the motherboard components
 Install a CPU
 Install one or more system memory modules
 Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly
 Install this motherboard in a system chassis (case)
 Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers/connectors on the

motherboard

 Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to head-

ers/connectors on the motherboard

Note: 1

2 Never connect power to the system during installation; otherwise, it
may damage the motherboard.

Before installing this motherboard, make sure jumper CLR_CMOS is
under Normal setting. See this chapter for information about locating
CLR_CMOS and the setting options.

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Motherboard Components

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ITEM LABEL COMPONENTS

1CPU Socket

LGA775 Socket for Intel

®

Core™2 Duo/

Celer on

®

D CPUs

2 CPU_FAN CPU cooling f an connector

3 DIMM1/2 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM slots

4 ATX1 Standard 24-Pin ATX Pow er connector

5 SATA1~4 Serial ATA connectors

6 F_USB1~2 Front Panel USB headers

7 SPK1 Speaker header

8 USBPWR_F Front Panel USB Pow er Select Jumper

9 F_PANEL1 Front panel sw itch/LED header

10 IDE1 Primary IDE connector

11 CL R_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper

12 FDD Floppy Disk Drive connector

13 SPDIFO1 SPDIF out header

14 CD_IN1 Analog audio input connecor

15 F_AUDIO1 Front Panel Audio header

16 PCI1~2 32-bit add-on card slots

17 PCIEX16 PCI Express slot f or graphics interf ace

18 USBPWR_R Rear Panel USB PS/2 Pow er Select Jumper

19 SY S_FA N Sy s t em Fan c onnector

20 ATX12V1 4-pin +12V pow er connector

21 LPT1 Parallel port header

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I/O Ports

The illustration below shows a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the
motherboard.

PS2 Mouse

Use the upper PS/2 port to connec t a PS/2 pointing
device.

PS2 Keyboard

Use the low er PS/2 port to connect a PS/2
keyboard.

Ser ial Por t ( COM1)

Use the COM port to connect serial devices such
as mice or fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the
system as COM1.

LAN Port (optional)

Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect
your computer to the Network.

USB Po r t s

Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.

Audio Ports

Use the three audio ports to connect audio
devices. The first jack is f or stereo line-in signal.
The second jack is for stereo line-out signal. The
third jack is f or microphone.

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This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for the latest Intel® Core

TM

2 Duo/

Celeron® D processors. When choosing a processor, consider the performance

requirements of the system. Performance is based on the processor design, the
clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor, and the quantity of inter­nal cache memory and external cache memory.

This motherboard automatically determines the CPU clock frequency and system bus
frequency for the processor. You may be able to change these settings by making
changes to jumpers on the motherboard, or changing the settings in the system Setup
Utility. We strongly recommend that you do not over-clock processors or other
components to run faster than their rated speed.

Installing the Processor

CPU Installation Procedure

Follow these instructions to install the CPU:

Warning: Over-clocking components can adversely affect the reliability
of the system and introduce errors into your system. Over-clocking can
permanently damage the motherboard by generating excess heat in
components that are run beyond the rated limits.

Fail-Safe Procedures for Over-clocking

When end-users encounter failure after attempting over-clocking, please take the
following steps to recover from it.

1. Shut down the computer.

2. Press and hold the “Page Up Key (PgUp)” of the keyboard, and then boot the PC
up.

3. Two seconds after the PC boots up, release the “Page Up Key (PgUp)”.

4. The BIOS returns to the default setting by itself.

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A. Read and follow the instructions shown on the
sticker on the CPU cap.
B. Unload the cap

· Use thumb & forefinger to hold the
lifting tab of the cap.

· Lift the cap up and remove the cap
completely from the socket.

C. Open the load plate

· Use thumb & forefinger to hold the
hook of the lever, pushing down and pulling
aside unlock it.

· Lift up the lever.

· Use thumb to open the load plate. Be
careful not to touch the contacts.

D. Install the CPU on the socket

· Orientate CPU package to the socket.
Make sure you match triangle marker
to pin 1 location.

E. Close the load plate

· Slightly push down the load plate onto the
tongue side, and hook the lever.

· CPU is locked completely.

F. Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU.

G. Fasten the cooling fan supporting base onto
the CPU socket on the motherboard.

H. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the
CPU fan connector. Please refer to the CPU
cooling fan user’s manual for more detail
installation procedure.

Note:

1. To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation, we suggest that you
use a high quality fan with 3800 rpm at least. CPU fan and heatsink
installation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan/heatsink sup­ plied. The form and size of fan/heatsink may also vary.

2. DO NOT remove the CPU cap from the socket before installing a CPU.

3. Return Material Authorization (RMA) requests will be accepted only if the
motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA775 socket.

Installing Memory Modules

This motherboard accommodates two 240-pin DIMM sockets (Dual Inline Memory
Module) for unbuffered DDR2 667/533/400 memory modules (Double Data Rate
SDRAM), and maximum 2 GB installed memory.