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USER'S MANUAL

Intel H55 Express Chipset

Based

M/B for Intel LGA 1156 Processors

NO. G03-HI06-F

Rev: 2.0

Release date: December, 2010

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* Specifications and Information contained in this docume ntation ar e furnishe d for inf ormation use only , and ar e

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

Environmental Protection Announcement

Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.

TABLE OF CONTENT

ENVIROMENTAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION................................................................iii

USER’S NOTICE.........................................................................................................iv

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION.........................................................................iv

ITEM CHECK LIST......................................................................................................iv

COOLING SOLUTIONS ..............................................................................................iv

CHAPTER 1

1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD .............................................................................1

1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD...............................................2

1-2 SPECIFICATION.........................................................................................................4

1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST................................................................................................5

1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM....................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION OF H55 EXPRESS CHIPSET MOTHERBOARDS

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS.......................................................................8

2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................8

2-3 INSTALLING CPU.......................................................................................................10

2-3-1 GLOSSARY...................................................................................................10

2-3-2

2-3-3 LGA 1156 CPU INSTALLATION GUIDE......................................................11

2-3-4 INTEL REFERENCE THERMAL SOLUTION ASSEMBLY..........................12

2-4 INSTALL MEMORY ....................................................................................................13

2-5 EXPANSION CARDS..................................................................................................14

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION..........................14

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD.................................................14

2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT.....................................................................................15

2-5-4 INSTALLING THE CROSSFIRE/SLI BRIDGE CARD ..................................16

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS........................................................................................17

2-6-1 CONNECTORS .............................................................................................17

2-6-2 HEADERS .....................................................................................................20

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ...........................................................................23

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.....................................................................................................24

3-2 GETTING HELP ..........................................................................................................24

3-3 THE MAIN MENU........................................................................................................25

3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES ..................................................................................26

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES..................................................................................27

3-5-1 CPU FEATURES ...........................................................................................28

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES...........................................................................29

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...................................................................................30

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...............................................................................31

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL...................................................................................32

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS.................................................................................................32

3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATION...............................................................33

3-11 USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS................................................................................33

3-12 PASSWORD SETTINGS.............................................................................................35

3-13 LOAD OPTIMAL DEFAULTS/LOAD STANDARD DEFAULTS................................35

3-14 SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT/ DISCARD CHANGES AND EXIT................................36

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS XP/VISTA/7.....................................................37

4-1 INF INSTALL INTELH55 CHIPSET SYSTEM DRIVER ..................................38

4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC HD AUDIO CODEC DRIVER............................................39

4-3 REALTEK INSTALL REALTEK GIGABIT ETHERNET NIC DRIVER...............40

4-4 NORTON INSTALL NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2010..................................41

4-5 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY..................41

4-6 VGA INSTALL INTEL HD VGA DRIVER............................................................42

4-7 DOTNET INSTALL DOTNET....................................................................................43

4-8 IMSS INSTALL IMSS ..........................................................................................43

4-9 AHCI/RAID INSTALL INTEL AHCI /RAID DRIVER...............................................44

4-10 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS ............................................................................................45

4-11 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION.....................................................45

4-12 G.P.I.FUNCTION LED DISPLAY................................................................................47

ABOUT INTEL LGA 1156 CPU SOCKET.................................................10

Environmental Safety Instruction

z Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in

any area where it may become wet.

z 0 to 40 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request

of the main chipset)

z Generally speaking, dramatic changes in temperature may lead to contact

malfunction and crackles due to constant thermal expansion and contraction from the welding spots’ that connect components and PCB. Computer should go through an adaptive phase before it boots when it is moved from a cold environment to a warmer one to avoid condensation phenomenon. These water drops attached on PCB or the surface of the components can bring about phenomena as minor as computer instability resulted from corrosion and oxidation from components and PCB or as major as short circuit that can burn the components. Suggest starting the computer until the temperature goes up.

z The increasing temperature of the capacitor may decrease the life of computer.

Using the close case may decrease the life of other device because the higher temperature in the inner of the case.

z Attention to the heat sink when you over-clocking. The higher temperature may

decrease the life of the device and burned the capacitor.

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USER’S NOTICE

COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARES DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.

THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THESE MOTHER-BOARDS TO MEET THE USE R’S REQUIREMENTS. B UT IT WIL L CHANGE, CORRECT AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).

PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES, AND THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.

Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

2.0 Second Edition December, 2010

Item Checklist

In t e l H 5 5 E x p r e s s c h i p s e t b a s e d m otherboard

User’s manual

DVD for motherboard utilities

SATA Cable

I/O Back Panel Shield

Intel Core Processor Family Cooling Solutions

As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining the proper thermal environment is the key to reliable, long-term system operation. The overall goal in providing the proper thermal environment is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case temperature. Heat sinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heat sink. For optimum heat transfer, Intel recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heat sink to the processor. When selecting a thermal solution for your system, please refer to the website below for collection of heat sinks evaluated and recommended by Intel for use with Intel processors. Note, those heat sinks are recommended for maintaining the specified Maximum T case requirement. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heat sinks that support Intel processors.

Chapter 1

Introduction of H55 Express Chipset Motherboards

1-1 Features of Motherboard

The H55 Express chipset based motherboard series are based on Intel H55 Express chipset technology which supports the innovative Intel LGA 1156 socket Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Processor、Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Processor、Intel® Core™ i3 Dual Processor and Intel® Pentium Processor.

The H55 Express chipset based motherboard series deliver the revolutionary levels of performance enabling vivid, high-definition experiences and multi-tasking responsiveness from state-of-the-art Intel quad-core technologies, AMD CrossFire technology through the high bandwidth of 4 dual-channel DDRIII1066/DDRIII1333 MHz system memories which are expandable to 16 GB capacity and the new generation of PCI Express interface for the latest graphics AMD cards.TheH55 Express chipset motherboard series are absolutely the ultimate solution for game enthusiasts and applications, and it also meets the demanding usage of computing of gaming, multimedia entertainment and business applications.

The motherboard provides six serial ATA2 interfaces of 3.0 Gb / s data transfer rate for six serial ATA devices.

The H55 Express chipset Based motherboard provides dual Gigabit LAN function by using Gigabit LAN chips which supports 10M / 100M / 1Gbps data transfer rate.

Embedded 8-channel HD CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro

standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and absolutely software compatibility.

The H55 Express chipset based motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0 x16 graphics slots with PE2 being PCI Express 2.0 x16@16 lane slot while PE3 being PCI Express 2.0 x16@ 4 lane slot. These two graphics slots are fully compatible with the latest AMD CrossFireX Technology to guarantee the fully operational Multi-GPUs graphics function and avoid the possible installation error. One PCI Express x1 I/O slot and two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals. And theH55 motherboard is embedded with a mini-PCIE slot that supports WiFi card.

Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 10 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.

Some special features---

／

G.P.I. Function/3D Audio/DIY Clear/Power on Button/Reset Button

CPU Smart Fan/ CPU Vcore 7-shift/ Debug Port/OC-CON

in this motherboard is designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking may cause the failure in system reliability. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets

the demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed descriptions of these value added product features, please get them in the coming section.

1-1.1 Special Features of motherboard

CPU Smart Fan--- The Noise Management System

It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics. CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition, the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and business requirements.

CPU Vcore 7-Shift--- Shift to Higher Performance The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 7 stages for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance.

Debug Port--- The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System Being bugged of abnormal system failure through the tossed and turned nights no more, the embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you the real-time visual system healthy for the demanding usage of computing. No more bugging by unknown system failure and no more time wasted in the first moment of 24-hour nonstop ping business computing, the embedded Debug Port will turn you into a well training hardware professional with the seeing system situation. (The Post Code please refer Appendix)

OC-CON ---High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors The working temperature is from 55 degrees Centigrade below zero to 125 degrees Centigrade, OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be while reducing the working temperature between 20 degrees Centigrade each time, intact extension 10 times of effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees Centigrade of working temperatures each time a relative one, life of product decline 10% only too.

G.P.I. Function—Green power indicator function The full name of G.P.I technology is Green Power Indicator technology, obviously technology utilized to low power consumption. G.P.I is a technology with remarkable power saving function.

3D Audio—(3D Audio Sound Effect) OP with two-stage Butterworth filter and quadruple noninverting amplifier enhances bass effect under the 100MHz range to perfect audio effect, brings you stunning shock experience in video game, true-to-life simulated feeling when watching films and the greatest touch as that in the concert. There is a 3D Audio button integrated on the board. Press down the button to enable 3D audio effect or press again to disabled it.

DIY Clear

This CMOS Buttons (CMOS1) is to facilitate the clear COMS process for power user overclocking function. The user can easily clear or restore COMS settings by pressing down the button, without taking trouble to remove the case and locate the jumper for

clear CMOS. （Please remove or turn off the power supply before COMS clear）

Power on Button You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on jumper.

Reset Button

You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the reset jumper.

1-2 Specification

Spec Description

Design z Chipset z

CPU Socket

Memory Sockets

Expansion Slots

Serial ATA2

Gigabit LAN

8-CH HD Audio

BIOS z

ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x24.5cm Intel H55 Express Chipset

Intel LGA 1156 socket Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Processor

Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Processor、Intel® Core™ i3 Dual Processor and Intel® Pentium Processor

DDRIII module sockets x 4

Support 4pcs DDRIII 1066MHz/ DDRIII 1333 MHz memory

modules expandable to 16GB.

Support Dual- channel function

PCI-Express2.0 x16 slot 2pcs

PCI-Express2.0 x1 slot 1pcs

32-bit PCI slot 2pcs

z z

Mini PCI-Express

The Intel H55 chipset supports six internal Serial ATA ports

1pcs

for six SATA devices providing 3.0 Gb/sec data transfer rate

Integrated PCI-E Gigabit LAN chip

Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide10Mb/100Mb/

1Gb /s data transfer rate

8-channel HD Audio Codec integrated

Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio

Audio driver and utility included

AMI 32MB SMT Flash ROM

、

Multi I/O

PS/2 keyboard connector x1

PS/2 Mouse connector x1

HDMI connector x1

VGA connector x1/DV I connector x1

Coaxial S/PDIF Out connector x1

ESATA connector x1 /SATA connectors x6

USB2.0 port x4 and headers x3

RJ-45 LAN connector x1

Audio connector x1 (8-CH Audio)

Serial Port headerx1

HDMI-SPDIF header x1

IR header x 1

CDIN header x1

FP＿AUDIO header x1

)

1-3 Performance List

The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

Test Environment

CPU I3 540 VGA DRIVER

BIOS T03 MEMORY

VGA

onboard VG

HDD WesternDigtal 160GB SATA

3DMark Vantage 4344

3D Mark 2006 1393 3D Mark 2005 2955

AQUAMRK3

System / CPU / Memor

Graph / HDD 3227

Content Creation Winstone 2004 54.5

Business Winstone 2004 33.5

Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99 21700

Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark

SySMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )

SySMark 2004 309

3D Creation / 2D Creation 550

/ Web publication 474

Communication / Document Creation 183

/ Data Analysis 343

6159

Winbench 99 V2.0:

PCMark2005

8519 5421

683

400

acer 2G1333

5157

SiSOFT Sandra 2005 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark

3.CPU Multi-Media Benchmark

1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS 45.21

Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S

3.Integer/Floating-Point SSE2 IT/S UT2003 Benchmark

uake3 DEMO1 / DEMO2 FPS

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Super Pi (1M

CPUZ System / CPU Clock

Second 13.369s

FPS

32.02

37.88

9.26

289.2

291.6

189.550140

1-4 Layout Diagram

PS/2 Keyboard

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

HDMI Connector

VGA Connector

DVI Connector

ESATA

Coaxial

SPDIF_OUT

USB Connectors

RJ-45 LAN

USB Connectors

Line-IN

RS-OUT

Line-OUT

CS-OUT

SS-OUT

MIC-IN

PS/2 KB/MS ports

HDMI Connector

VGA Connector

DVI Connector

ESATA

USB ports

Coaxial

SPDIF_OUT

Connector

RJ-45 Over

USB Connector

8 CH HD Audio

IR1 Header

PCI Express2.0 x16

By 1 6 lane

CDIN Header

Audio Decode

PCI Express2.0 x16

By 4 lane

HDMI-SPDIF

3D Audio Button

Over

ort

over

8-CH HD

PCI Slots

ATX 12V

Power Connector

JP11

E-SATA1

JP2

Gigabit LAN Chip

JP5

MINIPCI-E

COM1 Header

Front Panel Audio

CPU Socket

SYSFAN2

4-Pin PWR Connector PCI Express2.0 x1

JP6/JP7/JP8/JP9//JP10

Debug port

USB Headers

CPUFAN1

JBAT

32MB SMT Flash ROM

SYSFAN1

Power LED Header Speaker Header

G.P.I LED

DDR3 Socket x 4 (DIMM1~DIMM4)

ATX Power Conn.

Intel H55 Chipset

Reset Button

CMOS1 Clear Button

Serial-ATAII Connecto

(SATA 1~6)

Jumpers

Jumper Name Description

JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 2-pin Block

JP11 KB/MS Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block JP2 USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block JP6/JP7/JP8/JP9 PE1/MINIPCI-E select 3-pin Block JP10 MINIPCI-E 3VSB/VCC3 select 3-pin Block

Sockets and Slots

Socket/Slot Name Description

CPU Socket LGA 1156 CPU Socket LGA 1156 CPU Socket DIMM1~DIMM4 PCI1,PC2 PE1 PE2,PE3

DDRIII Module Sockets 240-pin DDRIII Module Sockets PCI Slots 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots PCI-Express2.0 x 1 Slot PCI-Express2.0 x 1 Expansion Slots PCI-Express 2.0x 16

Slots

PCI-Express2.0 x16 Expansion Slots

Connectors

Connector Name Description

ATXPWR ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block J1 Large 4-pin Power Connector 4-pin Block

KB1 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector 6-pin Female VGA D-Sub Connector 15-pin Connector DVI Digital Visual Interface 24-pin Connector HDMI High-Definition Multimedia 19-pin Connector USB fromUL1 and CN2 USB 2.0 Port Connectors 4-pin Connector

RJ45 LAN from UL1 RJ-45 LAN Port Over USB Connectors. 8-pin Connector AUDIO 8-CH Audio Connector 6 phone jack

SATA~SATA6 Serial ATA2 Connector 7-pin Connector

E-SATA from CN1 External Serial ATA2 Connectors 7-pin Connector SPDIF_ Out Coaxial S/PDIF Out Connector 1-pin Connector

Headers

Header Name Description

FP_AUDIO SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block USB2,USB3, USB4 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block SPEAK PC Speaker header 4-pin Block PWR LED Power LED header 3-pin Block

JW_FP(PWR

LED/Reset/

HD LED/PWR BTN) CPUFAN1 CPUFAN Header 4-pin Block SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 System FAN Headers 3-pin Block CDIN CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block IR1 IR Header 5-pin Block COM1 Serial Port Header 9-pin Block HDMI-SPDIF SPDIF-Out header 2-pin Block

Front Panel Header (including Power LED/ IDE activity LED/Reset switch / Power On Button lead)

9-pin Block

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

WARNING!

Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.

2-1 Hardware installation Steps

Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:

1. Check motherboard jumper setting

2. Install CPU and Fan

3. Install System Memory (DIMM)

4. Install Expansion cards

5. Connect IDE Front Panel /Back Panel cable

6. Connect ATX Power cable

7. Power-On and Load Standard Default

8. Reboot

9. Install Operating System

10. Install Driver and Utility

2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting

(1) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin): JBAT

A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1-2 pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power

2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector

3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds

4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2

5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector

Note: When should clear CMOS

1. Troubleshooting

2. Forget password

3. After over clocking system boot fail

JBATJBAT

1-2 Closed Normal

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

2-3 Closed Clear CMOS

(2) KB/MS Power on Function Enabled/Disabled: JP11

JP11

1-2 Closed KB/MS Power ON Disable (Default)

Keyboard/ M ou se Power On Setting

(3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP2

1-2 closed USB Power On Disable

(Default)

USB Power-On Setting

2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled

(4) MINIPCI-E 3VSB/VCC3 Select: JP10

JP11

2-3 Closed KB/MS Power ON Enabled

JP2 JP2

1-2 Close 3VSB

(5) PE1/MINIPCI-E Select：JP6/JP7/JP8/JP9

1-2 Close(all)： PE1

JP10 JP10

2-3 Close VCC3

JP6/JP7/JP8/JP9 JP6/JP7/JP8/JP9

2-3 Close(all)： MINIPCI-E

2-3 Installing CPU

2-3-1 Glossary

Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces

between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards. Processor slot/socket - the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard.

Slot (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM. PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards,

sound cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz. PCI Express2.0- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express2.0, developed in 2003, the speed of each line doubled from the previous PCI-E of 2.5Gbps to 5 Gbps.

Serial Port - a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems. Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers. PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards. USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse,

keyboards, scanners, and some digital cameras. Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.

LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer

and establish the relationship between the various components. Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or other software. Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for doing the "computing" in "personal computer"

Front Side Bus Frequency -

generated by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.

CPU L2 Cache -

the flash memory inside the CPU, normal it depend on CPU type.

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is

2-3-2 About Intel LGA 1156 CPU Socket

This motherboard provides an 1156-pin DIP, LGA 1156 Land Grid Array socket, referred to as the LGA 1156 socket.

The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system.

NOTED!

To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the LGA 1156 socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 135-degree angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched corner should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU

Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s heat sink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.

has a corner pin for two of the four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.

When you install the CPU into the LGA 1156 socket, there’s no force required CPU insertion; then press the level to locate position slightly without any extra force.

Pin-1 Indicator

Alignment key

2-3-3 LGA 1156 CPU Installation Guide

1. Please make sure that CPU socket is facing

towards you and the level is on you left hand side.

2. Press down the level and move it to the left side

to make sure it is freed from the hook and then open it upwards about 135 degree.

3. Open the level upwards about 135 degree and the

metal protection plate will be pulled up at the same time.

4. Remove the plastic protective cap from the

socket. (Put it to the original place if CPU is not installed. Do not touch the metal contact point of the CPU socket).

Pin-1

Indicator

Alignment

Key

Alignment

Key

5. Make sire that golden finger in the right place as shown in the above illustration and

match the two alignment keys on the CPU with two points of the socket. CPU can on ly be correctly installed with this direction. Incorrect installation might cause damage to CPU.

6．Put down the load plate in the direction shown

above.

Press down the load level and move it rightwards

make sure it is locked under the notch.

2-3-4 Intel Reference Thermal Solution Assembly

Align the fastener with the hole

1. Put the heat sink vertically above the CP-installed socket and make sure to align the four fasteners with four holes around the socket.

2. Revolve the four fasteners in the counter-clockwise direction.

Motherboard

3. Press down two fasteners down in the oblique crossing direction as shown above.

4. Turn over the motherboard carefully to make sure the fastener insert in the right direction.

Notice：

Please apply thermal interface material to the CPU HIS surface. The heat sink and installation steps are for reference use only; Installation

steps might differ depending on different heat sink models.

Please use Intel original heat sink for better heat dissipation or other heat sinks

that has pass Intel certification.

2-4 Install Memory

This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR III DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR III memory expansion available to maximum memory volume of 16GB DDRIII SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Maximum

Capacity

DIMM1 DDR III 1066/ DDR III1333 X1 4GB DIMM2 DDR III 1066/ DDR III1333 X1 4GB DIMM3 DDR III 1066/ DDR III1333 X1 4GB DIMM4 DDR III 1066/ DDR III1333 X1 4GB

Total System Me mory (Ma x4 GB) 4 16GB

Recommend DIMM Module Combination：

1. One DDRIII Memory Module ----Plug in DIMMM1.

2. Two DDRIII Memory Modules---Plug in DIMM1 & DIMM 3 for Dual channel function

3. Four DDRIII Memory Modules---Plug in DIMM1 & DIMM 2 & DIMM3 & DIMM4

Dual channel Limited!

1. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 & DIMM3, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.

2. Memory modules plugged in the same color DIMM must be of the same type, same size, and same frequency for dual channel function.

Install DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure below to see how to install DDRIII 1066/DDRIII 1333 SDRAM module.

IMM1 & DIMM3: Dual Channel 1

DIMM1 (BANK0+BANK1)

DIMM2 (BANK2+B ANK3)

DIMM2 & DIMM4: D ual Channe l 2

DIMM3 (BANK4 +BANK5 )

DIMM4 (BANK6+BANK7)

Graph 2-4

Installation Tips：

Open the two plastic clips of memory slots then push down the module

vertically into the slot. See to it that the hole of the module fit into the notch of the slot.

The two plastic clips will automatically close if the memory module is fitted in a

proper way.

We suggest that priority given to DIMM1 and DIMM3 in multi-DIMM installation.

System won’t start when you only install memory DIMM in DIMM2 and DIMM4.

2-5 Expansion Cards

2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation

1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.

2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.

3. Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.

4. Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above.

5. Replace the computer system’s cover.

6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.

7. Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card.

2-5-2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Card

Some expansion cards need to set up the IRQ to operate. An IRQ must be assigned exclusively to single interface use only. There are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already being used.

Standard Interrupt Assignments

IRQ Priority Standard function

0 N/A System Timer 1 N/A Keyboard Controller 2 N/A Programmable Interrupt 3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2) 4 * 9 Communications Port (COM1) 5 * 6 Sound Card (sometimes LPT2) 6 * 11 Floppy Disk Controller 7 * 7 Printer Port (LPT1) 8 N/A System CMOS/Real Time Clock

9 * 10 ACPI Mode when enabled 10 * 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 * 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 * 4 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 N/A Numeric Data Processor 14 * 5 Primary IDE Channel 15 * 1 Secondary IDE Channel

* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.

2-5-3 PCI Express Slot

MINIPCI-E slot

PCI-E2.0 x1 slot

PCI-E2.0 x16by16 LaneSlot

PCI slots

PCI-E2.0 x16by4 Lane Slot

2-5-4 Installing the CrossFire Bridge Card

The following illustrations show you how to install the CrossFire Bridge Card.

In order to activate the CrossFire technology, you have to install the optional Bridge for your CrossFire Tech. Supported VGA Cards before you activating the advance multi-GPUs functions.

CrissFire Bridge Installation Reference

1. Install your CrossFire Tech Supported VGA Cards in the PCI-E x16 slots.

3. Be careful with the position for the pin you would like to set up.

2. Prepare with the CF Bridges with your crossFire Tech Supported VGA Cards.

4. Keep straight to force the CF Bridges plug into both sides of CrossFire Tech Supported VGA Cards.

Notice!

The motherboard and graphics card illustrations are for reference use only. We suggest that you install graphics cards in PE2 and PE3 slot for better

CrossFire performance.

2-6 Connectors, Headers

2-6-1 Connectors

(1) Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR

ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that

usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard. When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on, the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed. Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system board.

** We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2.0-compliant power

supply unit (PSU) with a minimum of 350W power rating. This type has 24-pin and 4-pin power plugs.

** If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the

20-pin power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and the power supply unit has a minimum power rating of 350W. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate.

ROW1 ROW2

PIN ROW1 ROW2

1 3.3V 3.3 V 2 3.3V -12V 3 GND GND 4 5V Soft Power On 5 GND GND 6 5V GND 7 GND GND 8 Power OK -5V 9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5V 10 +12V +5V 11 +12V +5V 12 +3V GND

Pin 1

20-Pin

Pin 1

24-Pin

** If you are using a 20-pin power plug, please refer to Figure1 for power supply

connection. Power plug form power supply and power connectors from motherboard both adopt key design to avoid mistake installation. You can insert the power plug into the connector with ease only in the right direction. If the direction is wrong it is hard to fit in and if you make the connection by force if is possible.

Figure1：20-pin power plug Figure 2：24-pin power plug

(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V

This is a new defined 8-pin connector that usually comes with ATX Power

Supply. The ATX Power Supply which fully supports LGA 1156 processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption. Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system.

Pin 1

(3) Large 4-Pin Power Connector：J1

The connectors are 4-pin connector that supports extra 12V / 5V power to your

system

(4) PS/2 Keyboard /Mouse Connectors: KB1

The connectors are for PS/2 keyboard input devices.

(5) USB Port connector: USB post fromCN1 and UL1

The connectors are 4-pin connectors that connect USB devices with the 480

Mbit / sec data transfer rate to the system board.

(6) LAN Port connector: RJ-45 LAN ports from UL1

This connector is standard RJ45 over USB connectors for Network connection.

The connector supports 10MB/100MB/1G B/s data transfer rate

(7) Audio Line-In, Lin-Out, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out，SS-Out connector: AUDIO

These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out，SS-Out audio connections.

Line-in: (BLUE) Line-out: (GREEN) MIC: (PINK) RS-OUT: (BLACK) CS-OUT: (ORANGE) SS-OUT: (GRAY)

Audio input to sound chip Audio output to speaker Microphone Connector

Rear-Surround audio output

Center/ Subwoofer audio output

Side-Surround audio output

PS/2 Keyboard

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

HDMI Connector

VGA Connector

DVI Connector

ESATA

Coaxial

SPDIF_OUT

USB Connectors

Line-IN

RS-OUT

Line-OUT

CS-OUT

SS-OUT

MIC-IN

(8) Serial-ATA2 Port connectors: SATA1~SATA6

These connectors support the provided Serial ATA and Serial ATA2 IDE hard

disk cable to connect the motherboard and serial ATA2 hard disk drives.

(9) ESATA Port: ESATA ports from CN1

This ESATA support the External Serial ATA2 (e-SATA) to enable the full SATA interface speed outside the chassis.

(10) SPDIF Out connectors: SPDIF_OUT

The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function. SPDIF_OUT is a coaxial SPDIF_OUT connector.

(11) D-Sub 15-pin Connector: VGA

VGA connector is the 15-pin D-subminiature female connector; it is for the display devices, such as the CRT monitor, LCD monitor and so on.

(12) Digital Visual Interface: DVI1

This interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors.

(13) High-Definition Multimedia Interface: HDMI

This point-to-point interface is for audio and video signals designed as a single-cable solution for home theater and consumer electronics equipment.

2-6-2 Headers

(1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): FP_AUDIO

These headers connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable.

AUDIO

Pin 1

Audio-GN

MIC2-L

Audio-JD

MIC2-R

KEY

MIC2-JD

LINE2-JD

Sense-FB

Lineout2-L

Lineout2 -R

Line-Out, MIC Headers

(2) USB Port Headers (9-pin): USB2/USB3/USB4

These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plugs. By attaching an option USB cable, your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the back panel.

VCC

+DATA

-DAT

VCC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

Pi n 1

USB Port Hea de r

(3) Speaker connector: SPEAK

This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. See the figure

below.

(4) Power LED: PWR LED

The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED

from the system case to this pin.

(5) IDE Activity LED: HD LED

This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case.

(6) Reset switch lead: RESET

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your

computer without having to turn off your power switch. This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the system’s power supply. See the figure below.

(7) Power switch: PWR BTN

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the system.

PWRBTN

PWR LED

PWRLED

Pin 1

SPEAK

Pin 1

GND

VCC5

SPKR

System Case Connections

JW FP

Pin 1

GND

VCC5

PWRLED

PWRBTN

GND

VCC5

HDDLE

RSTSW

RESET

HDLED

(8) FAN Headers: SYSFAN1 (3-pin), SYSFAN2 (3-pin), CPUFAN (4-pin)

These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive, while the black should be ground. Please connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector.

CPUFAN

SYSFAN2

SYSFAN1

(9) CD Audio-In Headers (4-pin): CDIN

CDIN are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal. Please connect it to CD-ROM CD-Audio output connector.

CDIN

CD Audio-I n Headers

(10) IR infrared module Headers (5-pin): IR1

This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function.

1 4

5 6

IR1

Pin 1

GND

+5VX

GND

IRTX

IRRX

IR infrared module Headers

(11) Serial COM Port header: COM1

COM1 is a 9-pin RS232 connector.

Pin1

Serial C OM Po rt 9- p i n Bl o ck

(12) SPDIF Out header: HDMI_SPDIF

GND

HDMI_SPDIF_OUT

HDMI_SPDIF Header

2-7 Starting Up Your Computer

1. After all connection is made, close your computer case cover.

2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your country’s voltage used.

3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user’s manual.

4. Turn on your peripheral as following order: a. Your monitor. b. Other external peripheral (Printer, Scanner, External Modem etc…) c. Your system power. For ATX power supplies, you need to turn on the power

supply and press the ATX power switch on the front side of the case.

5. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on. If it complies with green standards or if it is has a power standby feature. The system will then run power-on test. While the test are running, the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen.

If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power. The system may have failed on power-on test. Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance.

6. During power-on, press <Delete> key to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instructions in BIOS SETUP.

Power off your computer:

You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switch off the power switch. For ATX power supply, you can press ATX power switching after exiting or shutting down your operating system. If you use Windows 9X, click

“Shut down the computer?”

“Start”

The power supply should turn off after windows

button, click

“Shut down”

and then click

shut down.

Chapter 3

Introducing BIOS

The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program will gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization. Only when these tasks are completed done it gives up control of the computer to operating system (OS). Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate, it is the key factor for system stability, and in ensuring that your system performance as its best.

In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here:

•

Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup.

•

Press ↑↓←→ (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modify.

•

PGUP: Previous Value; PGDN: Next Value.

•

Press <F10> when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.

•

Press <+>/<–> keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option.

3-1 Entering Setup

Power on the computer and by pressing <Del> immediately allows you to enter Setup. If the message disappears before your respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the “RESET” button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to

Press <Del> to enter Setup

3-2 Getting Help

Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup M enu

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window, press <Esc>.

3-3 The Main Menu

Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from 12 setup functions and 2 exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

Figure 3-1

Standard BIOS Features

Use this Menu for basic system configurations.

Advanced BIOS Features

Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.

Advanced Chipset Features

Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s performance.

Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.

Power Management Setup

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management setup.

Miscellaneous Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for Miscellaneous Control.

PC Health Status

Use this item to configure hardware health status.

User Overclock Settings

Use this menu to specify your settings (frequency, Voltage) for overclocking demand

Load Optimal Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system operations for performance use.

Load Standard Defaults

This menu uses a standard performance setting, but the system would run in a stable way.

Change Supervisor Password

This entry is for setting Supervisor password.

Change User Password

This entry for setting User password

Save Changes and Exit

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Discard Changes and Exit

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

3-4 Standard BIOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <+> or <-> and numerical keyboard keys to select the value you want in each item.

System Date

The date format is <day><month><date><year>.

Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.

Day Month Date Year

The month from Jan. through Dec.

The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.

The year depends on the year of the BIOS.

System Time

The time format is <hour><minute><second>.

SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Type: LBA/Large Mode Block (Multi-Sector Transfer: PIO Mode: DMA MODE: S.M.A.R.T.:

The optional settings are: Not Installed; Auto; CD/DVD and ARMD.

:The optional settings are Auto; Disabled.

The optional settings are: Disabled and Auto.

the optional settings are: Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

the optional settings are Auto, SWDMAn, MWDMAn , UDMAn.

This option allows you to enable the HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology). The optional settings are Auto; Disabled and Enabled.

32 Bit Data Transfer

The optional settings are: Disabled and Enabled.

System Memory

This item will show information about the memory modules(s) installed.

3-5 Advanced BIOS Features

Boot Sector Virus Protection

The selection Allow you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.

Disabled

(default) No warning message to appear when anything attempts to

access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Enabled

Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector of hard disk partition table.

Quick Boot

Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the needed to boot the system.

1st Boot Device

Use this item to specified the boot sequence from the available devices. A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu.

Boot Up NumLock Status

The default value is On.

(default)

On Off

Keypad is numeric keys.

Keypad is arrow keys.

MPS Revision

This option is only valid for multiprocessor motherboards as it specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the motherboard will use.The optional settings are: 1.1; 1.4.

3-5-1 CPU Features

C1E Function

This should be enabled in order to enable or disable the “Enhanced Halt State”. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Hardware Prefetcher

For UP platform, leave it as Enabled. For DP/MP servers, it may use to tune performance to the specific application. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

For UP platform, leave it as Enabled. For DP/MP servers, it may use to tune performance to the specific application. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Max CPUID Value Limit

Set it as Disabled for Windows XP. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Intel (R) Virtualization Tech

When this item is set as Enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional HW Caps. Provided by Intel(R) Virtulization Tech. Note: A full reset is required to change the setting. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Execute-Disable Bit Capabili

When disabled, force the XD feature flag to always return 0. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Intel(R) HT Technology

When Disabled, only one thread per enabled core is enabled. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Active Processor Core

Use this item to decide the number of cores to enable in each processor package. The optional settings are: All; 1, 2, 3 and 4.

A20M

Legacy OSes and APs may need A20M enabled. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Intel(R) SpeedStep (tm)tech

The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled. Disable: Disable GV3. Enabe: Enable GV3.

InteL(R) TurboMode tech

Turbo mode allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in specific condition.

Intel(R) C-STATE tech

CState: CPU idle is set to C2/C3/C4.

3-6 Advanced Chipset Features

The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer.

Configure DRAM Timing by SPD

The optional setting is: Auto; Manual.

DRAM Command Rate

The optional settings are: Auto; 1T; 2T.

DRAM Margin Ranks The optional settings are: Disabled; Enabled. Memory Hole

The optional settings are: Disabled; 15MB-16MB.

Initiate Graphics Adapter

Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. The optional settings are: IGD;PCI/IGD; PCI/PEG;PEG/IGD;；PEG/PCI.

IGD Graphics Mode Select

Select the amount of system memory used by the internal graphics device. The optional settings are: Disabled; Enabled，32MB;Enabled, 64MB; Enabled,128MB.

3-7 Integrated Peripherals

Configure SATA as

Press Enter to select the SATA type. The optional settings are: IDE; AHCI and Disabled.

SATA#1 IDE Configuration

The optional settings are: Compatible and Enhanced.

SATA#2 IDE Configuration

The optional settings are: Disabled and Enhanced.

Onboard PCIE Lan Controller

Use this item to enable or disable onboard PCIE Lan controller.

Onboard PCIE Lan BootROM

The optional settings are: Disabled; Enabled.

USB Functions

The optional settings are: Disabled; Enabled.

Emulation Type

If Auto, USB devices less than 530MB will be emulated as Floppy and remaining as hard drive. Force FDD option ca be used to force a HDD formatted driver to boot as FDD (Ex. ZIP drive).

Serial Port1 Address

Allow BIOS to Select Serial Port1 Base Addresses.

IR Address

Allow BIOS to Select Serial Port2 Base Addresses.

IR Mode

Allow BIOS to select mode for Serial Port2.

IR Duplex Mode Allow BIOS to select Full or Half Duplex for Serial Port2. (IR Mode)

IRTX Pin Select

Allow BIOS to select transmit pin is normal condition or inverse the IRTX (IR Mode).

3-8 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.

ACPI Version Features The optional settings are: ACPI v1.0; ACPI v2.0; ACPI v3.0. ACPI APIC Support

Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list.

AMI OEMB Table

Include OEMB table Pointer to R(X) SDT pointer lists.

Headless Mode

Enable/Disable headless operation through ACPI.

ACPI Aware O/S

The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Suspend Mode

Select the ACPI states used for system suspend. The optional settings are: S1 (POS); S3 (STR).

Restore on AC Power Loss The optional settings are: Power Off; Power On; Last State. Video Power Down Mode

Power Down video in suspend or standby mode. The optional settings are: Disabled; Standby and Suspend.

Suspend Time Out

Use this item to go into suspend mode in specific time.

Power Button Mode

Use this item to go into On/Off, or suspend when power button is pressed.

Wake-Up by PCI Card/wake-up by PCIE/LAN from S5/Wake-Up by Ring/Wake-Up PS/2 KB/MS

To generate a wake event by the above devices. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

High Performance Event Timer

The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

Resume On RTC Alarm

Use this item to disable or enable RTC to generate a wake event.

3-9 Miscellaneous Control

Palette Snooping

The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled. Enable: inform the PCI device that an ISA graphics devices is installed in the system so the card will function correctly.

3-10 PC Health Status

This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, and Warning for overall system status. This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard.

CPU Temperature/ SYS Temperature/CPUFAAN1/SYSFAN1 Speed/SYSFAN2

Speed /VCore/NB 1.1V/+5V/+12V/5VSB/VDIMM

This will show the CPU/ /System voltage chart and FAN Speed, etc.

3-10-1 Smart FAN Configuration

FAN1/FAN2 Mode Setting

Press enter to select FAN1/FAN2 Mode setting, the optional settings are: Auto Fan by RPM; Auto Fan by DutyCycle; Manual Mode by RPM; Manual Mode by DutyCycle.

3-11 User Overclock Settings

Linear PCIEX Clock

Use this item to set Linear PCIEX clock in the range of 100 to 200.

CPU Diff AMP

The optional settings are: 700mV; 800mV; 900mV; 1000mV.

PCIEX Diff AMP

The optional settings are: 700mV; 800mV; 900mV; 1000mV.

CPU Clock Skew

The optional settings are: Default; 100ps~1500ps.

DRAM Clock at Next Boot

The optional setting are: Auto; 800MHz (DDR3 800); 1066 MHz (DDR3 1066); 1333MHz (DDR3 1333).

Host/PCI Clock at Next Boot

Use the item to set CPU Frequency. Range between 133~500.

CPU Vcore 7-Shift

Use this item to set value in CPU Vcore 7-Shift function. optional settings are: +50mV to 350mV.

CPU PLL Select

Use this tem to set CPU PLL from 1.816V (Default) to 2.043V.

PCH Core Voltage Use this item to set PCH core voltage from the range of 1.079 (Default) to 1.180V. CPU VTT Voltage

Use this item to set CPU VTT voltage from 1.140Vto 2.247V. The default value is

1.176v.

DRAM Voltage Select

Use this item to set DRAM voltage from 1.538V to 2.204V. The default value is

1.589v.

CPU AGX Voltage Select

The optional settings are: Auto, +50mV~+350 mV.

NOTICE!

The voltage in BIOS settings is only for reference. If Voltage is set too

high, the color will change into red.

3-12 Password Settings

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are: Change Supervisor password: Can enter and change the options of the setup

menus. Change User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

Enter New Word: Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password. A message will confirm that the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration. Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer. You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.

3-13 Load Optimal Defaults/ Load Standard Defaults

Load Optimal Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Pressing <OK> loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations.

Load Standard Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Pressing <OK> loads the default values that are factory settings for stable

performance system operations.

3-14 Save Changes and Exit / Discard Changes and Exit

Save Changes and Exit

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Pressing <OK> save the values you made previously and exit BIOS setup.

Discard and Exit

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Pressing <OK> to leave BIOS setting without saving previously set values.

Notice! The BIOS options in this manual are for reference only. Different

configurations may lead to difference in BIOS screen and BIOS screens in manuals are usually the first BIOS version when the board is released and may be different from your purchased motherboard. Users are welcome to download the latest BIOS version form our official website.

Chapter 4

Driver & Free Program Installation

Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly. We call this auto detect software MAGIC INSTALL.

MAGIC INSTALL Supports WINDOWS XP/Vista/7

Insert CD into your CD-ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below. If the menu does not appear, double-click MY COMPUTER / double-click CD-ROM drive or click START / click RUN / type X:\SETUP.EXE (assuming X is your CD-ROM drive).

From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 11 selections:

1. INF install Intel H55 chipset system driver

2. SOUND install ALCHD Audio driver

3. RealTek install Realtek Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver

4. Norton install Norton Iternet Security 2010

5. PC-Health install MyGuard Hardware Monitor Utility

6. VGA install Intel HD VGA Driver

7. DOTNET install DOTNET

8. IMSS install IMSS

9. AHCI/RAID install Intel AHCI Driver

10. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD

11. EXIT to exit from MAGIC INSTALL menu

4-1 INF Install Intel H55 Chipset System Driver

1．Click INF item when Magic Install menu appears.

2． Click Next when Intel Chipset Device Software appears.

3． Click Yes on the License Agreement. 4．

5． Click Next. 6．Click Finish to finish installation.

fter reading the Readme File Information

click Next.

4-2 SOUND Install ALC HD Audio Codec Driver

1. Click Sound on the Magic Install menu.

2．lick Next When Realtek High Definition Audio driver windows appear

3. Click Finish and restart your computer 4. Manual Sound Effect Setting

5. The mixer. 6. Audio input and output settings.

7. Microphone effect. 8. 3D sound effect..

NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack to Service Pack 4 or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver.

4-3 RealTek Install Realtek Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver

1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appears

2. Click Next, install REALTEK LAN and Fast

Ethernet NIC Driver

3. Click install to begin the installation. 4. After driver installation completed, Click Finish.

4-4 Norton Install Norton Internet Security 2010

Click Norton when Magic Install menu

appears.

Click AGREE & INSTALL after reading

Unser License Agreement.

4-5 PC-health Install MyGuard Hardware Monitor Utility

1. Click PC-Health when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click Next when Install shield wizard

Window appears.

3. Click Install to begin the installation. 4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

4-6 VGA Install Intel HD VGA Driver

1. Click VGA when MAGIC INSTALL MENU

appears.

2. Click Next to continue.

3. Accept the license agreement and Click

yes.

4. Click next.

5. Click next to continue. 6. Click finish.

4-7 DOTNET Install DOTNET

1. Click DOTNET when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears.

3. download and install progress. 4. setup complete and Click Exit.

2. choose “ I have read and accept the terms

of the license agreement.

4-8 IMSS Install IMSS

1. Click IMSS when MAGIC INSTALL MENU

appears.

2. Click Next.

3. Click Yes. 4. Click Next.

5. Click Next to continue. 6. Click finish to complete the setup process.

4-9 AHCI/RAID Install Intel AHCI /RAID Driver

If you want to use Intel SATA AHCI mode for your system, please according to following steps to install driver:

1. Copy CD: \intel5x\pch_ahci_raid\f6flpy32 all files to

empty boot disk root directory. (For windows XP / vistaX32) Copy CD: \intel5x\pch_ahci_raid\f6flpy64 all files to empty boot disk root directory. (For windows xp64 / vistaX64)

2. Please going to BIOS setup \ Integrated Peripherals \ Onboard SATA Function,

Set the SATA mode to “AHCI”.

3. Before you Install Windows XP OS, Please press F6 key to install SATA AHCI

driver First.

4. If you are Windows 7 /Vista OS, please load SATA ACHI driver from this location.

NOTICE!

The above driver screen and operation steps are for reference only because we might update the drivers or make modifications due to technological need and user’s benefits. We reserve these changes or upgrade without advanced notification. Please visit our website for possible driver upgrade.

4-10 How to Update BIOS

STEP 1. Prepare a bootable disk. (You may make one by click START click RUN type

SYS A: click OK)

STEP 2. Download upgrade tools and the latest BIOS files of the motherboard from

official website and then make a copy of it to your bootable floppy disk after decompressing these files

STEP 3. Insert the disk into A: start your computer and then type in “A:\xxxxxx.BAT”

(xxxxxxx being the file name of the latest BIOS)

STEP 4. Type Enter to update and flash the BIOS. The system will restart

automatically when BIOS is upgraded.

4-11 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction What’s Pro Magic Plus?

Tired with reinstall OS each time when it doesn’t work? Does your computer often crash down or unable to work after installed new software? Have you had great loses and troubles because of computer problems? Still using time-consuming backup software that occupies lots of HD space?

Pro Magic Plus- an instant system recovery software tailored to solve these problems for you. It combines various application tools (e.g. anti-virus, backup software, uninstall software, multi-boot software) to satisfy your needs of all sorts of system protections.

What functions does Pro Magic Plus have?

1. Instant System Restoration – Regardless of mis-operation or system crash, install Pro Magic

Plus beforehand would allow you to instantly restore your system back by simply reboot your computer.

2. Easy-to-use – Auto installation from CD ROM; Supports Mouse

3. System Uninstall – Pro Magic provides a protection mode, which allows user to freely test any

software. If user does not want to keep the software, just reboot the computer to restore back to the previous state, and Pro Magic will remove it completely from you computer.

4. Password Security – Pro Magic provides double password protection, including user password

for entering each OS and manager password for managing ‘Pro Magic’, which can effectively prevent others from using your computer without permission or data from being stolen. (disable item for OEM version)

5. Complete Protection – Pro Magic not only protects the system disk, but also can protect your

data disk, and does not require rebooting when backup or restoring data disk.

6. Multipoint Save/Restore – You can backup your system whenever you need and restore them

back to anytime you wish, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 month ago. Restore points are unlimited. (disable item for OEM version)

7. Data Disk Protection – Pro Magic Plus now comes with data disk protection, provides complete

protection for your computer! (disable item for OEM version)

8. You can choose to change the default path of ‘My Document’, ‘My Favorite’ and ‘Outlook

Express’, so that when you are restoring the system, data in these folders will not be restored as well. (This is optional; you can leave it as it is).

NOTE: Functions of each version will differ from each other, and will be based on the function descriptions of each

version.

System Requirements

◇ First OS must be WindowsXP/Vista/7 ◇ Support Only Windows OS (No Linux) ◇ Windows server OS and Windows NT not supported ◇ Minimum of Intel 486 or above, 16MB of memory or above ◇ Minimum of 500MB free/usable space or above ◇ Support for SCSI & SATA Hard disk

Pro Magic Plus only supports SCSI hard disk with Windows XP or OS above

Notice Before Installation

1. Before install Pro Magic Plus, turn off all anti-virus software. (Include BIOS anti-virus function)

2. Pro Magic Plus does not support multiple PRI partitions. If you have multiple PRI partitions, please repartition your HD before installation.

3. If your HDD is not fully partitioned (with un-partitioned/unused space at end of HDD), please repartition the HDD before install Pro Magic Plus.

4-12 G.P.I. Function LED Display

PWS_LED1 PWS_LED2 PWS_LED3

PWS_LED4

All LED off or glitter. It means the motherboard in the G.P.I mode. CPU works with the low power consumption.

PWS_LED1 PWS_LED2

PWS_LED3 PWS_LED4

Three LED off or glitter. It means the motherboard is working on partial power saving mode. (The LED off indicate the relative power phase working with idle mode).

PWS_LED1 PWS_LED2 PWS_LED3 PWS_LED4

Three LED on. It means the motherboard is working on partial power saving mode. (The LED off indicate the relative power phase working with idle mode)

PWS_LED1 PWS_LED2 PWS_LED3 PWS_LED4

All LED on. It means the motherboard is working at full-speed with non- power saving mode. CPU is working on high-load state.

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