Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H User Manual

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User’s Manual V1.0 for P9657AA motherboard. P/N: 91-181965AA0E-00-G

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Declaration of conformity

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD

66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT,

TAIPEI HSIEN, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

declares that the product

Motherboard

P9657AA

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared in

accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)

þ EN 55022: 1998/A2: 2003Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance

characteristics of information technology equipment

þ EN 61000-3-2/:2000 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Part 3: Limits Section 2: Limits for harmonic current emissions (equipment input current <= 16A per phase)

þ EN 61000-3-3/A1:2001 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Part 3: Limits Section 2: Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low-voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current <= 16A

þ EN 55024/A2:2003 Information technology equipment-Immunity characteristics limits

and methods of measurement

Signature : Place / Date : TAIPEI/2006

Printed Name : James Liang Position/ Title : Assistant President

Declaration of conformity

Trade Name: Foxconn

Model Name: P9657AA

Responsible Party: PCE Industry Inc.

Address: 458 E. Lambert Rd.

Fullerton, CA 92835

Telephone: 714-738-8868

Facsimile: 714-738-8838

Equipment Classification: FCC Class B Subassembly

Type of Product: Motherboard

Manufacturer: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY

COMPANY LTD

Address: 66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, TAIPEI HSIEN, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Tested to comply with FCC standards.

Signature : Date : 2006

Table of Contents

Chapter

Main Features........................................................................................2

Layout......................................................................................................4

Rear Panel Ports...................................................................................5

Chapter

CPU.........................................................................................................8

Memory...................................................................................................11

Power Supply.......................................................................................12

Other Connectors................................................................................13

Expansion Slots...................................................................................17

Jumpers...............................................................................................18

Chapter

Enter BIOS Setup.................................................................................20

Main menu............................................................................................20

Standard CMOS Features...................................................................22

FOX Central Control Unit.....................................................................24

Advanced BIOS Features....................................................................27

Advanced Chipset Features...............................................................30

Integrated Peripherals........................................................................31

Power Management Setup.................................................................35

PnP/PCI Configurations......................................................................38

PC Health Status.................................................................................39

Load Fail-Safe Defaults.....................................................................40

Load Optimized Defaults..................................................................40

Set Supervisor/User Password.........................................................40

Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................41

Exit Without Saving..............................................................................41

Product Introduction

Installation Instructions

BIOS Description

Table of Contents

Chapter

Utility CD content.................................................................................43

Installing Drivers..................................................................................44

Installing Utilities.................................................................................44

FOX ONE ................................................................................................. 46

Fox LiveUpdate....................................................................................53

5Chapter

Driver CD Introduction

Directions for Bundled Software

Attention:

1.Attach the CPU and heatsink using silica gel to ensure full contact.

2.It is suggested to select high-quality, certified fans in order to avoid damage to the motherboard and CPU due high temperatures.

3.Never turn on the machine if the CPU fan is not properly installed.

4.Ensure that the DC power supply is turned off before inserting or removing expansion cards or other peripherals, especially when you insert or remove a memory module. Failure to switch off the DC power supply may result in serious damage to your system or

memory module.

Attention:

We cannot guarantee that your system will operate normally while over-clocked. Normal operation depends on the over-clock capacity of your device.

Attention:

Since BIOS programs are upgraded from time to time, the BIOS description in this manual is just for reference. We do not guarantee that the content of this manual will remain consistent with the actual BIOS version at any given time in the future.

Attention:

The pictures of objects used in this manual are just for your reference. Please refer to the physical motherboard.

This manual is suitable for motherboard of P9657AA. Each motherboard is carefully designed for the PC user who wants diverse features.

-L with onboard 10/100M LAN (Default is omitted.)

-K with onboard Gigabit LAN

-6 with 6-Channel audio (Default is omitted.)

-8 with 8-Channel audio

-E with 1394 function

-S with SATA function

-2 with DDR2 function

-Rwith RAID function

-H comply with RoHS directives

You can find PPID label on the motherboard. It indicates the functions that the motherboard has. For example:

The letters on the black mark of the PPID label, it means the motherboard supports 6-Channel Audio (-6)(default), 1394 port (-E), onboard 10/100M LAN (-L)(default), SATA function (S).

Chapter

Thank you for buying Foxconn’s P9657AA series motherboard. This series of motherboard is one of our new products, and offers superior performance, reliability and quality, at a reasonable price. This motherboard adopts the advanced Intel® P965 + ICH8/ICH8R chipset, providing users a computer platform with a high integration-compatibility-performance price ratio.

This chapter includes the following information:

v Main Features v Layout v Rear I/O Ports

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

Main Features

Size

· ATX form factor of 12 inch x 9.6 inch

Microprocessor

· Supports Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo,Intel® Pentium® D, Pentium® Extreme Edition, Pentium® 4 processors in an LGA775 package

· Supports FSB at 533 MHz /800 MHz /1066 MHz

Chipset

· Intel® P965 (North Bridge) + ICH8/ICH8R (South Bridge)

System Memory

· Four 240-pin DIMM slots

· Supports Dual-Channel DDR2 533/667/800

· Supports up to 8GB DDR2 memory

USB 2.0 Ports

· Supports hot plug

·Ten USB 2.0 ports (four rear panel ports, two onboard USB headers

providing four extra ports)

· Supports wake-up from S1 and S3 mode

·Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to 480Mbps transmission rate

Onboard Serial ATA II

· 300MBps data transfer rate

· Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10,JBOD

· Supports hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing )

·Six internal Serial ATA II connectors and one external Serial ATA II connector

Onboard LAN (-K)

· One LAN interface built-in onboard

· Supports 10/100/1000 Mbit/sec Ethernet

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

Onboard 1394 (-E ) (optional)

· Support hot plug

·With rate of transmission at 400 Mbps

·connect with 2 independent 1394 units synchronously at most

Onboard Audio (-8)

· Supports S/PDIF output

· Supports Jack-Sensing function

· Supports Intel® High Definition Audio

PCI Express x16 Support

· Supports 4 GB/sec (8 GB/sec concurrent) bandwidth

· Low power consumption and power management features

Green Function

· Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

· Supports S0 (normal), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4

(Suspend to disk - depends on OS), and S5 (soft - off)

Expansion Slots

· Three PCI slots

· one PCI Express x16 Graphics slots

· one PCI Express x1 slots

· one PCI Express x4 slots

Layout

7 8

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

5 4 3

10 11

12 13

15 16

1. IrDA Header

2. COM2 Connector (optional)

3. PWR3 Connector

4. PCI Express x1 Slots

5. PCI Express x16 Slots

6. PCI Slots

7. Front Audio Connector

8. CD_IN Connector

9. PCI Express x4 Slots

10. 1394a Connector (optional)

11. Front USB Connectors

12. South Bridge: Intel®ICH8/ICH8R Chipset

13. Front Panel Connector

14. SATA II Connector

171819

26 25

24 23

20 21

15.SYS_FAN Connector

16. Speaker Connector (optional)

17. Clear CMOS Jumper

18. Chassis Intruder Connector

19. IDE Connector: PIDE

20. FDD Connector

21. 24-pin ATX Power Connector: PWR1

22. DDR2 DIMM Slots

23. CPU_Fan Connector

24. North Bridge: Intel® P965 Chipset

25. LGA 775 CPU Socket

26. FAN1 Connector

27. 8-pin ATX_12V Power Connector: PWR2

Note: The above motherboard layout is provided for reference only, please refer

to the physical motherboard.

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

Rear I/O Ports

This motherboard provides the ports as below:

54 6

1. PS/2 Mouse Port This port is used to connect a PS/2 mouse.

2. PS/2 Keyboard Port This port is used to connect a PS/2 keyboard.

3. Serial Port This motherboard provides a serial COM1 connector for your machine.

4. External SATA Port This port is used to connect an external SATA box or a Serial ATA port multiplier and enables smart setup and hot-plug function.

5. USB 2.0Ports These four Universal Serial Bus(USB)ports are avaliable for connecting USB2.0/

1.1 devices.

6. Optical S/PDIF Out Port This port is used to connect an external audio output device via a Optical S/PDIF cable.

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

7. Line in, Line out, Microphone, Rear, LEF/CEN, Side Jacks

When using an 8-channel sound source, connect the front speaker to the green audio output; connect the rear sound speaker to the black audio output; connect the center speaker/subwoofer to the orange audio output; connect the side sound speaker to the grey audio output.

8. LAN Ports

This port allows connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub.

9. 1394a Port (optical)

This port is used to connect a 1394 device.

10. Parallel Port

The port is used to connect a parallel port device, such as a printer.

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

Chapter

This chapter introduces the hardware installation process, including the installation of the CPU, memory, power supply, slots, and pin headers, and the mounting of jumpers. Caution should be exercised during the installation of these modules. Please refer to the motherboard layout prior to any

installation and read the contents in this chapter carefully.

This chapter includes the following information:

v CPU v Memory v Power supply v Other Connectors v Expansion Slots v Jumpers

CPU

Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

This motherboard supports single processor including Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo,Intel Pentium® D, Pentium® Extreme Edition,Pentium® 4 processors in an LGA775 package with a Front Side Bus (FSB) of 500/800/1066 MHz.

For the detailed CPU support list on this motherboard, please visit the website: http://w w w.fo xconn channel.com

Installation of CPU

Below is the CPU socket illustration. Follow these procedures to install a CPU.

Load lever

Load plate

Protective cover

1. Use thumb and forefinger to hold the hook of the load lever and pull the lever down and away from socket to unlock it. Lift the load lever.

2. Push down the rear tab with your forefinger to bring the front end of the load plate up slightly. Open the load plate with thumb. Be careful not to touch the contacts.

Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

3. Hold CPU with thumb and forefinger. Ensure fingers align to socket cutouts. Match the CPU triangle marker to Pin 1 position as shown below. The alignment key also provides the orientation directed function. Lower the CPU straight down without tilting or sliding the CPU in the socket.

Alignment Key

Pin 1 position

Socket Cutouts

4. After installing the CPU, remove the protective cover from load plate. The protective cover is used to protect the contacts of the socket. Do not discard the protective cover. Always replace the socket cover if the CPU is removed from the socket.

Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

5. Close the load plate, and slightly push down the tongue side.

6. Lower the lever and lock it to the load plate, then the CPU is locked completely.

Note :

Excessive temperatures will severely damage the CPU and system. Therefore, you should install CPU cooling fan and make sure that the cooling fan works normally at all times in order to prevent overheating and damaging to the CPU. Please refer to your CPU fan user guide to install it properly.

Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

Memory

This motherboard includes four 240-pin slots with 1.8V for DDR2. So You must install at least one memory bank to ensure normal operation.

Installation of DDR2 Memory

1.There is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot, and the memory module can be fixed in one direction only. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the module clips outward.

2.Align the memory module to the DIMM slot, and insert the module vertically into the DIMM slot.

128 Pins

3.The plastic clips at both sides of the DIMM slot will lock automatically.

For the detailed memory support list on this motherboard, please visit the website: http://w w w.fo xconn channel.com

112 Pins

Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

Power Supply

This motherboard uses an ATX power supply. In order to avoid damaging any devices, make sure that they have been installed properly prior to connecting the power supply.

24-pin ATX power connector: PWR1

PWR1 is the ATX power supply connector. Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard. Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure.

24-pin ATX Power Connector

RSVD

GND

+3.3V

+5V

+12V

+5V

+12V

+5V

PWROK

5V_AUX

GND

+5V

GND

PS-ON

+5V

GND

-12V

+3.3V

8-pin ATX_12 V Power Connector: PWR2

The 8-pin ATX 12V power supply connects to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU.

Exclusive Graphics Power Connector: PWR3

This connector is a auxiliary power for graphics card. Exclusive power for graphics card is for better graphics performance and for future upgrade usage.

Note:

We strongly recommend that you use 8-pin ATX 12V power supply. If you want to use 4-pin power supply, connect the 4-pin power connector as shown.

8-pin ATX_12 V Power Connector

12V

Exclusive Graphics Power Connector

Connect a 4-pin power plug here

GND

+5V GND GND +12V

Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

Other Connectors

This motherboard includes connectors for FDD devices, IDE devices, Serial ATA devices, USB devices, IR module, and others.

FDD Connector: FLOPPY

This motherboard includes a standard FDD connector, supporting 360K, 720K,

1.2M, 1.44M, and 2.88M FDDs.

IDE Connectors: PIDE

The PIDE connector supports Ultra DMA 100/66 IDE hard disk drives. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the IDE connector, then connect the gray connector to the slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to the Ultra ATA master device. If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly. Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings.

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