GA-8IEX Series
P4 Titan 533 Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Pentium®4 P rocessor Motherboard Rev . 1202
12MD-8IEX-1202
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Item Checklist ................................................................................. |
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WARNING! ..................................................................................... |
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Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................................... |
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FeaturesSummary ................................................................................................ |
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GA-8IEX Series Motherboard Layout ................................................................. |
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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ........................................... |
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Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................ |
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Step 1-1: CPU Installation ............................................................................... |
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Step 1-2: CPU Heat Sink Installation ............................................................ |
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Step 2: Install memory modules ........................................................................ |
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Step 3: Install expansion cards .......................................................................... |
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Step 4: Connect ribbon cables,cabinet wires, and power supply ............... |
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Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Intr oduction ........................................................... |
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Step 4-2: Connectors & Jumper Setting Intr oduction .................................... |
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Chapter 3 BIOS Setup .................................................................... |
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T heMainMenu ..................................................................................................... |
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Dual BIOS / Q-Flash Utility ................................................................................. |
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SelectLanguage .................................................................................................. |
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Load Optimized Default ...................................................................................... |
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Save & Exit Setup ................................................................................................ |
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Chapter 4 Driver Installation ........................................................... |
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Chapter 5 BIOS Flash Procedure .................................................... |
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Item Checklist
þ The GA-8I EX Series motherboard |
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SPD-KIT x 1 |
þ IDE (ATA100 ) cable x 1 / Floppy cable x 1 |
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IEEE1394 Cable x 1 (**) |
þ IDE (ATA133 )cable x 2(**) |
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I/O Shield |
þ 4-Port USB Cable x 1 |
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þ CD for motherboard driver & utility |
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þ GA-8IEX Series user’s manual |
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þ Quick PC Installation Guide |
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WARNING!
Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, y ou should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.
1.Unplug your computer w hen w orking on the inside.
2.Use a grounded w rist strap before handling computer components. If y ou do nothav e one, touch both of y our hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the pow er supply case.
3.Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or other components.
4.Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came w ith the components w henev er the components are separated from the sy stem.
5.Ensure that the ATX pow er supply is sw itched off before you plug in or remov e the ATX ow er connector on the motherboard.
Installing the motherboard to the chassis…
If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed y ou can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so be careful of your hands). In this way y ou can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PC B that are near the fix ing hole, otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning.
* For GA-8IEX Only. ** For GA-8IEXP Only.
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Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Introduction
FeaturesSummary
Form Factor |
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30.6cm x 24.4cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. |
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Motherboard |
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GA-8I EX Series Motherboard: |
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GA-8IEX and GA-8IEXP |
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CPU |
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Socket 478 for Intel® Micro FC-PGA2 Pentium® 4 processor |
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Intel Pentium®4 533MHz/ 400MHz FSB |
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Support Intel ® Pentium ® 4 (Northw ood, 0.13 m) processor |
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2nd cache depend on CPU |
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Chipset |
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Chipset 845E HOST/AGP/Controller |
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ICH4 I/O Controller Hub |
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Memory |
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184-pin DDR DIMM sockets |
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— Supports PC2100 DDR or PC1600 DDR DIMM |
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— Supports up to 2GB DRAM (Max) |
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— Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM |
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— Supports 64bit ECC type DRAM integrity mode |
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I/O Control |
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I T8712 |
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Slots |
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CNR(C ommunication and Networking Riser) Slot (**) |
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AGP slot 4X (1.5V only) device support |
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PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2. 2 compliant |
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On-Board IDE |
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IDE controllers on the Intel ICH4 PCI chipset |
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provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2) with PIO, Bus Master |
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(Ultra DMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100) operation modes. |
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IDE3 and IDE4 Compatible with RAI D,Ultra ATA133/100.(**) |
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On-Board Peripherals |
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Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M |
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and 2.88M bytes. |
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Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ ECP mode |
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2 Serial ports (COMA & COMB) |
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6 x USB 2.0/1.1 (2 x Rear,4 xFront by cable ) |
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IrDA connector for IR/CIR |
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— 1 Front Audio connector |
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IEEE1394 connector (**) |
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** For GA-8IEXP Only.
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Hardware Monitor |
— CPU/Power/ System Fan Revolution detect |
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CPU/Power/System Fan Control |
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CPU Overheat Warning |
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System Voltage Detect |
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On-Board Sound |
— Creative CT5880 Sound Chipset + Sigmatel 9708T CODEC |
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— Line Out / 2 front speaker |
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— Line In / 2 rear speaker(by s/w switch) |
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— Mic In : Mic |
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— SPDIF out : by s/w switch |
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On-Board RAID (**) |
— Onboard Promise PDC20276 |
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Supports data striping (RAI D 0) or mirroring (RAI D 1) |
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Supports concurrent dual ATA 133 IDE controller operation |
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— Support ATAPI mode for CD ROM, DVD ROM ..etc. |
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— Supports IDE bus master operation |
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— Support ATA133/RAID mode switch by BIOS |
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— Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds |
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Features LBA and Extended I nterrupt 13 drive translation in |
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controller onboard BIOS |
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On-Board LAN |
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Intel 82562ET LAN PHY |
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On-Board USB 2.0 |
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Built in IC H4 Chipset |
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On-Board 1394(**) |
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Built in VT6306 C hipset (**) |
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Winbond SMA RT I/O Chipset (Memory Stick , Security Digital and |
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SD(MMC)(**) |
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SC header) |
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PS/2 Connector |
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PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace |
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BIOS |
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Licensed AWARD BIOS, 4M bit x 2 FWH (**) |
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Licensed AWARD BIOS, 3M bit x 2 FWH (*) |
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Supports Dual BIOS |
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Supports Multi Language |
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Supports Face Wizard |
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Supports Q-Flash |
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Additional Features |
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PS/2 Keyboard pow er on by password |
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— PS/2 Mouse power on |
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External Modem w ake up |
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— STR(Suspend-To-RAM) |
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Wake on LAN (WOL)(**) |
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AC Recovery |
to be continued.. ....
* For GA-8IEX Only.** For GA-8IEXP Only.
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—Poly fuse for keyboard over-current protection
—USB KB/Mouse wake up from S3
—Supports @BIOS
—Supports E asyTune 4
Overclocking — Over Voltage (DDR/AGP/CPU) by BIOS
—OverClock (DDR/AGP/CPU) by BIOS
Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor’s specifications. We don’t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU’s specification because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for C PU, chipset and most of the peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU, Chipsets,SDRAM,Cards… .etc.
* For GA-8IEX Only. ** For GA-8IEXP Only.
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GA-8IEX Series Motherboard Layout
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CPU_FAN |
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AUX_12V |
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COMA |
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LPT1 |
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COMB |
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SOCKET478 |
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LINEOUT |
GAME |
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NB-FAN |
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Intel845E |
USB |
LAN |
F AUDIO I |
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DDR1 |
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PCI1 |
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CD_IN |
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AC97 |
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PCI2 |
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AUX_IN |
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82562ET |
P4 Titan533 |
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PCI4 |
IT8712 |
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SPDIF |
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CT5880 |
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VT6306(**) |
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PCI6 |
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WOL(**) |
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CNR(**) |
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1394-1 |
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DIMM_LED_CONN
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FLOPPY |
SD(**) |
MS(**) |
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PWR FAN |
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BATT ERY
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BACKUP
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CI _CLR
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IDE4(**)
IDE3(**)
PDC20276(**)
F_USB2 F_USB1
IEEE1394(**) |
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* For GA-8IEX Only. ** For GA-8IEXP Only.
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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process
To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Install the Centr al Processing Unit ( CPU)
Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3- Install expansion cards
Step 4- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet w ires, and power supply Step 5- Setup BIOS softw are
Step 6- Install supporting software tools
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Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Step 1-1 CPU Installation
Pin1 indicator |
Pin1indicator |
CPU Top View |
CPU Bottom View |
Socket Actuation Lever |
Pin1 indicator |
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1.Pull up the CP U socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.
3.Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation.
2.Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU upper corner. Then insert the CPU into the socket.
MPlease make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.
MIf you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.
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Step 1-2 : CPU Heat Sink Installation
1. Fasten the heatsink supporting-base |
2. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to |
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MPlease use Intel approved cooling fan.
MWe recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink.
(The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste. During this condition if you try to remove the cooling fan, you might pull the processor out of the CPU socket alone with the cooling fan, and might damage the processor. To avoid this from happening, wesuggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal paste, or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution.)
MMake sure the CPU fanpower cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector, this completes the installation.
MPlease refer to CPU heat sink user’s manual for more detail installation procedure.
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Step 2: Install memory modules
The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module (DIM M) sockets, but it can only support a max imum of 4 banks of DDR memory . DDR socket 1 uses 2 banks, DDR socket 2&3 share the remaining 2 banks. Please refer to the following tables for possible memory configurations supported. The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it
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Slot . The DIM M module can only fit in one direction due to the notch. |
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1 DIMM x 64 / x 72 |
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2 DIMMs x 64 / x 72 |
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3 DIMMs x 64 / x 72 |
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64 Mbit (2Mx 8x 4 banks) |
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128MBytes |
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256MBytes |
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64 MBy tes |
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128 Mbit(4Mx 8x 4 banks) |
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256MBytes |
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512MBytes |
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512MBytes |
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128 Mbit(2Mx 16x 4 banks) |
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128MBytes |
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512MBytes |
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sockets to lock the DIMM module.
Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module.
MWhen STR/DIMM LED is ON, do not install/remove DIMM from socket.
MPlease note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the two notches. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation. Please change the i nsert orientation.
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Step 3: Install expansion cards
1.Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer.
2.Remove your computer’s chassis cover, necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer.
3.Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.
4.Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.
5.Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.
6.Replace your computer’s chassis cover.
7.Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.
8.Install related driver from the operating system.
Please carefully pull out the small whitedraw able bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install/ Uninstall the AGP card. Please align the AGP card to the onboard AGP slot and press firmly dow n on
AGP Card the slot .M ake sure your AGP card is locked by the small whitedrawable bar.
Issues To BewareOf When Installing CNR
Please use standard CNR card like the one in order to avoid mechanical problem.
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IfM/B has hardw are audio (CT5880), your modem riser has been set to "Primary " automatically
Standard CNR Card
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Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply
Step 4-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction
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uPS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector
PS/2 Mouse Connector |
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keyboard and PS/2 mouse. |
PS/2 K eyboard Connector (6 pin Female)
vParallel Port and Serial Ports (COMA/COMB)
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connected to Parallel port ; mouse and modem |
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etc can be connected to Serial ports. |
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Serial Ports (9 pin Male) |
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