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USER'S MANUAL

Intel X58 Express Chipset

And

Intel ICH10R Chipset

Based

M/B for Intel Core i7 Processors

NO. G03-BI600 -F

Rev: 2.0

Release date: April, 2009

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* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to

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

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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

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

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

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................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 X58 EXPRESS AND ICH10R MOTHERBOARDS

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

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

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

2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 9

2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 9

2-3-2

ABOUT INTEL LGA 1366CPU

2-3-3 LGA 1366 CPU INSTALLATION GUIDE........................................................... 11

2-3-4 INTEL REFERENCE THERMAL SOLUTION ASSEMBLY........................... 13

2-4 INSTALLING MEMORY.................................................................................................... 14

2-5 EXPANSION CARDS........................................................................................................... 15

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 15

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD...................................................... 15

2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT.............................................................................................. 16

2-5-4 INSTALLING THE CROSSFIRE BRIDGE CARD............................................ 17

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS................................................................................................ 19

2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 19

2-6-2 HEADERS ............................................................................................................... 22

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER................................................................................. 25

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 26

3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 26

3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 27

3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES........................................................................................... 28

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 29

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 30

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

3-7-1 ONBOARD SATA DEVICE .................................................................................. 30

3-7-2 ONBOARD DEVICE CONTROL......................................................................... 31

3-7-3 SUPER IO CONFIGURATION ............................................................................ 31

3-7-4 USB CONFIGURATION....................................................................................... 33

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT FEATURES............................................................................. 33

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL......................................................................................... 34

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS.......................................................................................................... 35

3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATION.................................................................... 35

3-11 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING......................................................................... 36

3-12 BIOS SECURITY FEATURES............................................................................................ 36

3-13 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS/LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS ............................... 37

3-14 SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT/ DISCARD AND EXIT....................................................... 37

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 2000/XP ................................................................ 38

4-1 INF INSTALL INTELX58 CHIPSET SYSTEM DRIVER.................................... 39

4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC 888 HD AUDIO CODEC DRIVER....................................... 40

4-3 LAN INSTALL REALTEK GIGABIT ETHERNET NIC DRIVER....................... 41

4-4 RAID INSTALL JMICRON RAID DRIVER............................................................ 41

4-5 NORTON INSTALL NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2009.................................... 42

4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 43

4-7 RAID DISK INSTALL JMICRON RAID DISK.......................................................... 43

4-8 AHCI INSTALL INTEL AHCI DRIVER ...................................................................... 44

4-9 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 45

4-10 INTEL PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INTRODUCTION ........................................... 45

4-11 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION........................................................ 47

.......................................................................... 10

4-12 G.P.I.FUNCTION LED DISPLAY ...................................................................................... 48

Safety Environmental 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 X58 EXPRESS INTEL EDITION MOTHER-BOARDS TO MEET THE USER’S REQUIREMENTS. BUT IT WILL 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

1.0 First Edition Feb., 2009

Item Checklist

Intel X58 Express and ICH10R chipset based Motherboard

User’s Manual

CD for motherboard utilities

8 in 1 cable package

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 X58 Express and ICH10R chipset based Motherboards

1-1 Features of Motherboard

The X58 Express and ICH10R chipset based motherboard series are based on Intel X58 Express chipset and ICH10R chipsets technology which supports the innovative Intel® Core™ i7-965 processor Extreme Edition, Intel® Core™ i7-940 processors and Intel® Core™ i7-920 processors with QPI up to 6.4 GT/s.

The X58 Express and ICH10R 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 dual channel DDR3 1600/1333/1066 MHz system memories which are expandable to 24 GB capacity and the new generation of PCI Express interface for the latest graphics cards from both AMD and nVidea. The X58 Express and ICH10R 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 Intel X58 Express and ICH10R chipset motherboard series are embedded with ICH10R chipset of providing six serial ATA2 interfaces of 3.0 Gb / s data transfer rate for six serial ATA devices which supports RAID 0, 1,5,10 functions. More over, the motherboard provides also extra 1 Ultra ATA interface for two IDE devices of 133 MB / s data transfer rate and two external serial ATA interface of 3.0 Gb / s data transfer rate for two external serial ATA hard disk devices.

Th e X58 Express and ICH10R chipset Ba se d motherboard provides Gigabit LAN function by using two Realtek RTL8111C PCI Gigabit LAN chips which support 10M / 100M / 1Gbps data transfer rate. Embedded 8-channel ALC888 HD CODEC is fully compatible with Sound

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

The X58 Express chipset based motherboard series offer four PCI-Express2.0 x16 graphics slots with PE1 and PE4 being PCI Express 2.0 x16@16 lane slots while PE3 and PE5 being PCI Express 2.0 x16@ 8 lane slots. These four 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 x4 I/O slot and one 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals.

Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 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---

Debug Port/OC-CON／G.P.I. Function/DIY Clear/Power on Button/Reset Button

CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Smart Fan/ CPU Vcore X-shift/

in this

motherboard are 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 Thermal Throttling Technology--- (The CPU Overheat Protection Technology)

To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter partially idle mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from 40 ℃ to 90℃). When the system senses the CPU operating temperature reaching the preset

value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool down the processor. When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to indicate it is in working.

CPU Smart Fan

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 X-Shift

The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 31 stages for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance.

Debug Port

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 ---

series only) 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.

--- The Noise Management System

--- Shift to Higher Performance

--- The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System

High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors (Optional for HI04

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.

DIY Clear

The CMOS Button 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.

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 Chipset

CPU Socket LGA 1366

Memory Sockets

Expansion Slots

Integrate IDE and Serial ATA2 RAID

Gigabit LAN

8CH-Audio

BIOS

∗ ATX form factor 6 layers PCB size: 30.5x24.5cm ∗ Intel X58 Express Chipset ∗ Intel ICH10R chipset

∗ Supports the Intel® Core™ i7-965 processor Extreme Edition,

Intel® Core™ i7-940 processors and Intel® Core™ i7-920 processors.

∗ Support QPI up to 6.4 GT/s ∗ DDR3 Module sockets x 6，

∗ Support 6 pcs DDR3 1600 /DDR3 1333MHz/ DDR3 1066

memory modules expandable to 24GB.

∗ Support Dual- channel / Three-channel function ∗ PCI-Express2.0 x16 slot 4pcs ∗ PCI-Express2.0 x4 slot 1pcs ∗ 32-bit PCI slot x 1pcs ∗ The Intel ICH10R supports six internal Serial ATA ports for six

SATA devices with RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 and PAID10 function providing 3.0 Gb/sec data transfer rate.

∗ JMB363 supports PCI Bus Mastering, ATA PIO/DMA and the

ULTRA DMA 66 / 100/133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s for two IDE Devices and two external Serial ATA ports providing 3.0 Gb /sec data transfer rate for two serial ATA devices

∗ Integrated Realtek RTL8111C PCI-E Gigabit LAN function. ∗ Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10Mb/100Mb/

1Gb /s data transfer rate.

∗ Realtek ALC888 Azalia 8-channel HD Audio Codec integrated ∗ Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio ∗ Audio driver and utility included ∗ AMI 8MB SPI Flash ROM

Multi I/O

∗ PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors ∗ ESATA connectors x2, SATA connectors x6 ∗ Coaxial S/PDIF Out connector x1 ∗ USB2.0 port x 8 and headers x2 ∗ RJ-45 LAN connector x2 ∗ Audio connector x1 (8-CH Audio) ∗ Floppy disk drive connector x1,Hard disk drive connector x1 ∗ Serial Port headerx1 ∗ HDMI-SPDIF header x1 ∗ IR header x 1

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 Configuration:

CPU: Core i7 920 DRAM: Apacer DDR3 1333 2GB x2 VGA Card: ATI 3850

Hard Disk Driver: Seagat SATA 160GB BIOS: T003

3D Mark 2001SE 3D Mark 2003 3D Mark 2005 AQUAMRK3

PCMark2005

System / CPU / Memory Graph / HDD Content Creation Winstone 2004 Business Winstone 2004 Winbench 99 V2.0: Business /Hi-end Disk Winmark99

SYSMark 2007: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )

E-learning

Video Creation

productively 3D System Mark Preview Rating DATA Analysis

SISOFT Sandra 2009 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.CPU Multi-Media Benchmark 3.Memory bandwidth

Benchmark

1.DHRYSTON ALU GIPS WHETSTONE ISSE2 GFLOPS

2. Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S

3. Integer/Floating-Point SSE2 IT/S UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) Quake3 DEMO1 / DEMO2 FPS Super Pi (1M) Second CPUZ System / CPU Clock

13.59GB/S

124.61

542.181702/178.297337

34578 13117

7544

N/G

7324/8095/6354

5499/6247

49.3

32.4

225001.3

151 164 138 211 164 296

70.66GIPS

62.53GFlo

100.38 Mpixel/s

N/A

15.34”

2.66GHZ

13.63GB/S

(

)

1-4 Layout Diagram

RJ-45 Ports

PS/2Mouse

(Green)

CMOS2

PS/2 Keyboard

（Purple）

SPDIF-OUT1

USB connectors

KB/MS Power On Jumper(JP1)

Line IN

Blue

MIC-IN （Pink）

CEN/BASS

(Black)

Line OUT (Green)

Surrback （Orange）

Surround (Gra

)

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

Coaxial S/PDIF out.

CMOS2

E-SATA Ports

over USB Ports

RJ45 Ports

Over USB Ports

Audio Connector

RTL8111C

Gigabit LAN Chips

PCI-E 2.0 x16 @ 16 lane

(PE1, PE4)

PCI-E2.0 x4 slot

PCI-E 2.0 x16 @ 8 lane

(PE3, PE5)

32-bit PCI Slot

8-CH Azalia Audio Codec

HDMI-SPDIF

CD Audio In

ATX 12V Power Conn.

LGA 1366 CPU Socket

USB Power On Jumper (JP3)

Intel X58 Express

Chipset

8Mbit SPI Flash ROM BIOS

Serial Port Header

Floppy Connector

CPU FAN

ICH10R

Chipset

Clear CMOS (JBAT)

SYS FAN1

ATA 133 IDE

Connector

USB Power On Jumper (JP4)

Intel

IR Header

USB headers

Front Panel

Header

DDR3 1600 DIMMs

ATX Power Connecto

SYS FAN2

Serial-ATA2 Connectors

(D-SATA1, D-SATA2, D-SATA3)

Reset Button

Power on Button

COMS1 Button

Power LED ／ Speaker Headers

Jumpers

Jumper Name Description Page

JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.8

JP1 Keyboard Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.9 JP3/JP4 USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.9

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.18 ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.18 KB1 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.19

USB from CN1,CN2 and

USB 2.0 Port Connectors 4-pin Connector P.19 UL1， UL2 RJ45 LAN from UL1,UL2 RJ-45 LAN Port Over USB Connectors. RJ-45 Connector P.19 AUDIO1 8-CH Audio Connector 6 phone jack

P.19

Connector FLOPPY1 Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.19 IDE1 IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.20

DSATA1,DSATA2,

Serial ATA2 Connector 7-pin Connector P.20

DSATA3

E-SATA from CN1,CN2 External Serial ATA2 Connectors 7-pin Connector P.21 SPDIF_ Out1 Coaxial S/PDIF Out Connector 1phone connector P.21

Headers

Header Name Description Page

FP_AUDIO1 SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.21 USB1,USB2 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.21 SPEAK PC Speaker header 4-pin Block P.21 PWR LED Power LED header 3-pin Block P.21 JW_FP(PWR LED/Reset/

HD LED/PWR BTN)

Front Panel Header (including Power LED/ IDE activity

9-pin Block P.21

LED/Reset switch / Power On Button lead) CPUFAN1 CPUFAN Header 4-pin Block P.22 SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 System FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.22 CDIN1 CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.22 IR1 IR Header 5-pin Block P.23 COM1 Serial Port COM1 Header 9-pin Block P.23

HDMI-SPDIF1 SPDIF-Out header 2-pin Block P.23

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

LGA 1366 Socket CPU Socket LGA 1366 CPU Socket

DIMM_A2/DIMM_A1/

DDR3 Module Sockets 240-pin DDR3 Module Sockets

P.10 P.14

DIMM_B2/DIMM_B1/ DIMM_C2/DIMM_C1 PCI1

PE2 PE1,PE3,PE4,PE5

PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots

PCI-Express2.0 x4 Slot PCI-Express2.0 x 4Expansion Slots

PCI-Express 2.0x 16

PCI-Express2.0 x16 Expansion Slots

P.16 P.16 P.16

Slots

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) : JBAT1

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) Keyboard function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

JP1

1-2 Closed KB Power ON Disable (Default)

Keyboard/Mouse Power On Setting

JP1

2-3 Closed KB Power ON Enabled

(3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP3/JP4

JP3 / JP4JP3 / JP4

1-2 closed USB Power On Disable

(Default)

USB Power-On Setting

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.

2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled

Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for

doing the "computing" in "personal computer"

Front Side Bus Frequency -

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is 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.

2-3-2 About Intel LGA 1366 CPU

This motherboard provides a 1366-pin DIP, LGA 1366 Land Grid Array socket, referred to as the LGA 1366 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!

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.

To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the LGA 1366 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 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 1366 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 1366 CPU Installation Guide

1. Please make sure that CPU socket is facing towards

you and the level is on you left hand side.

Press down the level and move iit to the left side to

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

3. Pick up the lode plate upwards about 100 degree to

make sure it is moved upwards.

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).

Alignment

Key

Alignment

Key

Pin-1

Indicator

5. Make sire that golden finger is on the left-down side as shown and match the two alignment keys

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

6．Put down the load plate.

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.

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 Installing Memory

This motherboard provides six 240-pin DDR3 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR3 memory modules capacity expansion to maximum memory volume of 24 GB.

Valid Memory Configurations for DDR3

Number of slot(s) Recommended Installing DIMM Working Mode

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

DIMM_A1 & DIMM_B1& DIMM_C1 3-Channel DIMM_A1 & DIMM_B1& DIMM_C1

DIMM_A1 & DIMM_B1& DIMM_C1

DIMM_A1 & DIMM_B1 Dual Channel

& DIMM_A2 & DIMM_B2

Six

Notice！

If there is only one memory module, you should install it only in one of DIMM_A1,

DIMM_B1 and DIMM_C1 slot; otherwise system won’t start.

With two memory modules, you can only install them in two slots of the DIMM_A1, DIMM_B1 and DIMM_C1 to enjoy dual channel function. With three or more memory modules, you should install three of them in DIMM_A1,

DIMM_B1 and DIMM_C1 in the first place to enjoy 3-channel function.

DIMM_A1 Single Channel

3-Channel

& DIMM_A2

3-Channel

ALL DIMMs 3-Channel

Installing memory modules on your motherboard is an easy process in most cases. You might as well refer to the following pictures when installing your memory modules. Please make sure the power is cut off in the first place.

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.

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

PCI-E2.0 x4Slot

PCI Slots

PCI-E2.0 x16@8 Lane Slots

PCI-E2.0 x16@16 Lane Slot

2-5-4 Installing the CrossFire Bridge Card

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

Bridge for CrossFire Tech. Supported VGA Cards

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. For CrissFire Bridge installation

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 in the illustration is for reference use only; We suggest that you install graphics cards in PE1 and PE4 slot for better CrossFire

performance;

We suggest that you install graphics cards in PE1,PE3 and PE4 slots for better

performance when installing 3 graphics card.

2-6 Connectors, Headers

2-6-1 Connectors

(1) Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR1

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 1

20-Pin

Pin 1

24-Pin

PIN ROW1 ROW2

1 3.3 V 3.3V 2 3.3 V -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

(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V1

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

ATX Power Supply which fully supports LGA 1366 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) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: KB1

The connectors are for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse input devices.

(4) USB Port connector: USB port from CN1, CN2 and UL1, UL2

The connectors are 4-pin connectors that connect USB devices with the 400Mbit / sec

data transfer rate to the system board.

(5) LAN Port connector: RJ-45 LAN port from UL1, UL2

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

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

(6)

Audio Line-In,

Lin

-Out, MIC, Surrback, Surround, CEN/BASS Connector: AUDIO1

These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-I N, MIC, Surrback, Surround, CEN/LEF audio connections.

Line-in : (BLUE) Line-out : (GREEN) MIC : (PINK) Surrback : (ORANGE) CEN/BASS : (BLACK)

Audio input to sound chip

Audio output to speaker

Microphone Connector

Audio output to speaker-Rear speaker out

Audio output to speaker-Center/Subwoofer speaker out

RJ-45 Ports

PS/2Mouse

(Green)

PS/2 Keyboard

（Purple）

CMOS2

SPDIF-OUT1

USB connectors

Line IN

Blue

MIC-IN （Pink）

CEN/BASS

(Black)

Line OUT (Green)

Surrback （Orange）

Surround (Gra

)

(7) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FLOPPY1

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.

FLOPPY

Pin 1

（Black）

Floppy Drive Connector

(8) IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1

This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the

single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode.

IDE1

Pin 1

Primary IDE Connector（Black）

• Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the

“Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”.

• For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk..Otherwise, the system performa nce on this channel may drop.

(9) Serial-ATA2 Port connectors: DSATA1 / DSATA2 / DSATA3

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

to connect the motherboard and serial ATA2 hard disk drives.

DSATA3

Serial-ATA2 Compatible Connectors

DSATA2 DSATA1

(10)

ESATA Port: ESATA ports from CN1, CN2

These two connectors support the External Serial ATA2 (eSATA) to enable the full SATA interface speed outside the chassis.

(11) SPDIF Out connectors: SPDIF_Out1

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.

2-6-2 Headers

(1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): FP_AUDIO1

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

Audio-GND

KEY

MIC2-JD

Audio-JD

LINE2-JD

AUDIO

Pin 1

MIC2-L

MIC2-R

Sense-FB

Lineout2-L

Lineout2-R

Line-Ou t, MIC Headers

(2) USB Port Headers (9-pin): USB1/USB2

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

+DATA

GND

-DATA

+DATA

Pi n 1

USB Port Header

(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

System Case Connections

SPKR

JW FP

Pin 1

GND

VCC5

GND

VCC5

PWRLED

PWRBTN

GND

VCC5

HDDLE

RSTSW

RESET

HDLED

(8) FAN Headers: SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 (3-pin), CPUFAN1 (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

SYSFAN 1

(9) CD Audio-In Headers (4-pin) : CDIN1

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

CDI N

CD Audio-In Headers

4 1

5 6

(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.

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 COM Port 9-pin Block

(12) SPDIF Out header: HDMI_SPDIF

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

HDMI_SPDIF_OUT

GND

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.

Beep Meaning

One short beep when displaying logo No error during POST Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM install or detected One long beep followed by two short

No VGA card found or error found in monitor

beeps High frequency beeps when system is

working

CPU overheated System running at a lower frequency

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

“Start”

button, click

“Shut down”

and then click

“Shut down the computer?”

The power supply should turn off after windows 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.

• 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.

Standard BIOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Features Miscellaneous Control PC Health Status

↑↓→←

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Power User Overclock Settings

BIOS Security Features

Load Optimized Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit

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 Features

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management features

Miscellaneous Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for Miscellaneous Control.

PC Health Status

Use this item to configure hardware health status.

Power User Overclock Settings

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

BIOS Security Features

This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password

Load Optimized Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for opt imal performa nce s system operations for performance use.

Load Failsafe Defaults

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

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.

Standard BIOS Features

System Date Wed 01/07/2009 System Time 22 : 46 : 33

SATA Channel 1 Not Detected

SATA Channel 3 Not Detected SATA Channel 2 Not Detected SATA Channel 4 Not Detected SATA Channel 5 Not Detected SATA Channel 6 Not Detected

FLOPPY A 1.44MB, 3

〃

Help Item

se[Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFTfield.

Use [+] or [-]to configure

System Date

AB] to select a

System Memory Size: 1016 MB

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

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

While entering setup, BIOS auto detest the presence of IDE devices. This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices.

Type: LBA/Large Mode: Block (Multi-Sector Transfer): PIO Mode: the optional settings are:

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

The optional settings are Auto; Disabled.

The optional settings are: Disabled and Auto.

Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

DMA MODE: S.M.A.R.T.:

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.

Floppy A

This item is for specific floppy disk drive settings. Select according to the specification of the floppy disk you use.

System Memory

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

3-5 Advanced BIOS Feature

Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections

May cause system to malfunction

CPU Configuration Press Enter Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Quick Boot Enabled Boot up Number Lock On ACPI APIC Support Enabled Quiet Boot Disabled

Configure CPU

Help Item

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

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.

Boot Up NumLock Status

The default value is On.

(default)

On Off

Keypad is numeric keys.

Keypad is arrow keys.

ACPI APIC Support

Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list.

Quiet Boot

The optional settings are Enabled and Disable. Disabled: Display normal POST message. Enabled: Displays OEM logo instead of POST message.

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.

Advanced Chipset Features

PCI Express Configuration Press Enter Intel VT-d Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

PICE Configuration

Press Enter to configure PCI Express Support.

Intel VT-d

Help Item

Configure PCI Express Support

The optional setting is: Enabled; Disabled.

3-7 Integrated Peripherals

Integrated Peripherals

Onboard SATA Device Press Enter

Onboard Device Control Press Enter Super IO Configuration Press Enter USB Configuration Press Enter

Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

3-7-1 Onboard SATA Device

Onboard SATA Device

SATA#1 Configuration Compatible Configure SATA#1 as IDE Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled IDE Detect Time Out(Sec) 35 ATA (PI) 80 pin Cable Detect Host & Device

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Help Item

Configure the USB Support

Help Item

Options

Disabled

Compatible

Enhanced

SATA#1 Configuration

The optional settings are: Disabled; Compatible and Enhanced.

Configure SATA#1 as

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

Hard Disk Write Protection

Use this item to enable or disable hard disk write protection. This will be effective ony if the device is accessed through BIOS.

IDE Detect Time Out(Sec)

Select the time out value for detecting ATA/ATA(PI) devices.

ATA(PI) 80 Pin Cable Detect( Host & Device; Host; Device)

Select the mechanism for detecting 80 pin ATA(PI) cable

3-7-2 Onboard Device Control

Onboard Device Control

Onboard

Onboard PCIE Lan BootRom Disabled JMicron 36x ATA Controller IDE Mode HD Audio Controller Enabled

PCIE LAN 1 Auto

Onboard

PCIE LAN 2 Auto

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Help Item

Options

Auto

Enabled

Disabled

Onboard PCI E Lan 1/2

Use this item to enable or disable Onboard PCI E Lan. J

Micron 36x ATA Controller

Users can enable or disable ESATA and IDE interface though this item.

HD Audio Controller

This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support HD Audio. The optional settings are: Auto; Enabled and Disabled.

3-7-3 Super IO Configuration

Super IO Configuration

Configure F71887F Super IO Chipset

Power On by keyboard Disabled

Power On by Mouse Disabled

Onboard Floppy Controller Enabled Serial Port 1 Address 3F8/IRQ4 Serial Port 2 Address 2F8/IRQ3

Serial Port Mode IrDA PWRON After PWR Fail Always Off

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Disabled Enabled

Help Item

Options

Onboard Floppy Controller

This item allows BIOS to enable or disable floppy controller. Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

Power On by keyboard

Set it as enabled if you wish to resume the system by keyboard. The optional setting is : Enabled; Disabled.

Power On by Mouse

Set it as enabled if you wish to resume the system by mouse. The optional setting is : Enabled; Disabled.

Serial Port1 /Port 2 Address

Use this item to select serial port address for serial port one.

Serial Port2 Mode

The optional settings are: Normal; IrDA (1.6 ns); IrDA(3/16 bit).

PWRON After PWR-Fail

The optional settings are: Always On; Always Off and Former-Sts.

3-7-4 USB Configuration

USB Configuration

Help Item

Module Version -2.24.3-13.4

USB Devices Enabled

None

Legacy USB Support Enabled

Port 64/60 Emulation Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller Mode HiSpeed

BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Enabled

Hotplug USB FDD Support Auto

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

nables support for legacy SB. AUTO option disables eacy support If no USB devices

are connected

Port 64/60 Emulation

Enables I/O put 64h/60h emulation support. This should be enabled for the complete USB keyboard legacy support for non-USB aware OSes. The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled.

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

This item configures the USB 2.0 controller in the Hi-Speed (480Mbps) or Full-Speed (12 Mbps) mode.

BIOS EHCI Hand-Off

This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI hand-off support. The EHCI ownership change should claim by EHCI driver.

Hotplug USB fdd Support

A dummy FDD device is created that will be associated with the hotplug FDD later. Auto option creates this dummy device only if there is no USB FDD present.

3-8 Power Management Features

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.

Power Management Features

Power Management Feature

Suspend Mode Auto Report Video on S3 Resume No ACPI Version Features ACPI v1.0 ACPI APIC Support Enabled AMI OEMB table Enabled Headless Mode Disabled Energy Lake Feature Disabled APIC ACPI SCI IRO Disabled USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4 Disabled High performance Event Timer Disabled Power Button Mode Instant-Off Resume On Ring Disabled Resume On LAN Disabled Resume On PME Disabled Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Suspend Mode

The optional settings are: S1 (POS); S3 (STR) and Auto.

Report Video on S3 Resume

Determine whether to invoke VGA BIOS port on S3/STR sesume

ACPI APIC Features

Enables RSDP pointers to 64-bit fixed system description tables.

AMI OEMS Table

Include OMES table pointer to R(x) SDT pointer lists.

Headlist Mode

Enable/Disable headless operation mode though ACPI.

Power Button Mode

This item determines system whether system goes into On / Off or Suspend mode when power button is pressed.

Resume on Ring

This item is used for user to enable or disable RI to generate a wake event.

Resume on LAN

This item is used for user to enable or disable LAN GPI to generate a wake event.

Resume on PME

This item is used for user to enable or disable PIC device to generate a wake event.

Resume on RTC Alarm

This item is used for user to enable or disable RTC to generate a wake event.

Help Item

Select the ACPI State Used for System Suspend.

3-9 Miscellaneous Control

Miscellaneous Control

Advanced PCI/PnP Setting

Plug &Play O/S No PCI Legacy Timer 64 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes Palette Snooping Disabled PCI IDE Bus Master Disabled Reserved Memory Size Disabled IRQ Resources Press Enter

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Plug &Play O/S

The optional settings are: No; Yes No: Let the BIOS configure all the devices in the system. Yes: Let the operating system configure Plug and Play devices, not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play system.

Allocate IRQ for PCI VGA

The optional settings are: No; Yes. Yes: Assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ. No: Does not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even card requests an IRQ.

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.

PCI IDE Bus Master

The optional settings are: Enabled; Disabled. Enable: BIOS uses PCI busmastering for reading/writing IDE devices.

Reserved Memory Size

This item determines the size of memory block to reserve for legacy ISA devices.

Help Item

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.

PC Health Status

PC Health Status Smart FAN Configuration Press Enter

H/W Health Function Enabled

CPU Temperature: 50°C/122°F System Temperature: 60°C/140°F CPUFAN Speed: 2923RPM SYSFAN1 Speed: N/A SYSFAN Speed: N/A Vcore 1.242v NB1.1V : 1.160V +5V 5.045V +12V 11.440v 5VSB 4.961v VDIMM : 1.468V

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

H/W Health Function,

it displays information list below when set as below. The choice is either Enabled or Disabled.

CPU Temperature/ System Temperature/CPUFAN/SYSFAN1 Speed/SYSFAN2 Speed /Vcore/NB 1.1V/+5V/+12V/5V SB/VDIMM

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

Help Item

3-10-1 Smart FAN Configuration

Smart FAN Configuration

FAN1 Mode Setting Auto Fan by RPM Temperature1 Limit of Highest 050 Temperature1 Limit of Second 040 Temperature1 Limit of Third 030 Temperature1 Limit of Lowest 020 FAN1 Highest Setting 100 FAN1 Second Setting 080 FAN1 Third Setting 070 FAN1 Forth Setting 060 FAN1 Lowest Setting 050

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

an Configuration Mode

Setting

Smart FAN Configurations FAN1 Mode Setting

The optional settings are: Auto Fan by RPM; Auto Fan by Dutycycle; Manual Mode by RPM and Manual Mode by Dutycycle.

Help Item

3-11 Power User Overclock Setting

Power User Overclock Setting

Overclocking Configuration

CPU Bridge Configuration Press Enter CPU Overclock 133 CPU Voltage at next boot Default VDIMM Select Default NB1.1 V Setting Default

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

CPU Voltage at next Boot

Use this item to select CPU voltage at next boot. The optional settings are: Default; 1.2000 V~1.550V.

VDIMM Select

Use this item to select voltage for memory modules. The optional settings areL: Default;

1.525 V ~1.650V.

NB 1.1 V

The optional setting values are: Default; 1.150v; 1.200v and 1.250V.

CPU Bridge Configuration

Users can Press Enter to have a brief view of the CPU information and select relative values for the following sub-items, which includes: QPI Link Speed; QPI Frequency; Memory Frequency; memory Mode; Demand Scrubbing; Patrol Scrubbing and Throttling-closed loop; Throttling-open loop.

QPI Frequency

The optional settings are: Auto; 4.800GT and 6.400 GT.

Memory Frequency This item is used to force a DDR3 frequency slower than the common tCK detected via SPD.

Help Item

Configure CPU Bridge Feature

3-12 BIOS Security Features

BIOS Security Features

Security Settings Supervisor Password: Not Installed User Password: Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password Press Enter Change User Password Press Enter Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Discard Changes F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

nstall or change the

password

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are:

Supervisor password: Can enter and change the options of the setup menus.

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 PASSWORD:

Help Item

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 “Always”, 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 Optimized Defaults/ Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

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

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

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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

【OK】【Cancel】 Pressing <OK> loads the default values that are factory settings for stable performance system operations.

3-14 Save Changes and Exit / Discard and Exit

Save Changes and Exit

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Save Configuration Changes and Exit Setup?

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

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Discard Changes and Exit Setup?

【OK】【Cancel】

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

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 2000/XP/Vista

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 10 selections:

1. INF install Intel X58 chipset system driver

2. SOUND install ALC888 HD Audio Codec driver

3. LAN install Realtek Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver

4. RAID install JMICRON RAID driver

5. Norton install Norton Iternet Security 2009

6. PC-HEALTH install MyGuard Hardware Monitor Utility

7. RAIDDISK install JMICRON RAID Disk

8. AHCI install Intel AHCI Driver

9. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD

10. EXIT to exit from MAGIC INSTALL menu

4-1 INF Install Intel X58 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 Licence Agreement. 4 ． After reading the Readme File

Information click Next.

5．Click Finish to finish installation.

4-2 SOUND Install ALC888 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 2 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4 or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver.

4-3 LAN 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 RAID Install JMICRON RAID Driver

1. Click RAID when MAGIC INSTALL MENU

appears.

2. Click “Next” when the "JMB36X RAID

Configurer" installShield Wizard appears.

3.To select the setup type that best suits your need 4. Click the “Install” to begin the installation.

1. Choose whether you would like to restart your

computer and then Click FINISH to complete the installation.

4-5 Norton Install Norton Internet Security 2009

Click Norton when Magic Install menu

appears.

Click AGREE & INSTALL after reading Unser

License Agreement.

4-6 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.

4-7 RAIDDISK Install JMICRON X32 RAID Disk

1. Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears

2.Copy the files to floppy disk and restart the computer with floppy disk as the first booting disk and then follow the steps shown on the screen to finish RAID function settings.

4-8 AHCI Install Intel AHCI Driver

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

1. Copy CD:\Intel3x_4x\ICH10_AHCI\f6flpy32 all file to empty floppy disk root directory . (for windows 2000 / xp / vistaX32)

Copy CD:\Intel3x_4x\ICH10_AHCI\f6flpy64 all file to

empty floppy 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 Vista OS , please load SATA ACHI driver from this location .

4-9 How to Update BIOS

Before updating the BIOS, users have to check if the “Miscellaneous Control” of BIOS SETUP has the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection. If there is one, users have to “Disable” the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection of the “Miscellaneous Control” in BIOS SETUP. Otherwise the system the will not allow you to upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility. If there is no such selection, users can follow the 4 steps directly to update BIOS.

STEP 1. Prepare a boot disc. (You may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A: click OK) STEP 2. Copy utility program to your boot disc. You may copy from DRIVER CD X:\FLASH\AWDFLASH.EXE or download from our web site. STEP 3. Download and make a copy of the latest BIOS for X58 series motherboard series from the web site to your boot disc. STEP 4. Insert your boot disc into A:, Start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\xxxxxx.BIN /SN/PY/CD/CH/WB/CC/R” xxxxxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS SN means don’t save existing BIOS data PY means renew existing BIOS data CD means clear DMI data after programming CH means update HOLE WB means always programming BootBlock CC means clear existing CMOS data R means restart computer STEP 5. Type ENTER to update and flash the BIOS, then the system will restart automatically.

4-10 Intel Platform RAID Function Installation

Step 1.

Please get into the location: BIOS setup \ Integrated Peripherals \ Onboard SATA Device\ Configure SATA#1 as…, and select RAID to enable the RAID function. Please press “F10” key to save this setting.

Step2.

Reboot the computer and press Ctrl+ J when the following window appears:

The name disks you would like to set RAID function should appear under the Hard Disk Driver List

category on the right window. Choose Create RAID Disk Drive and press Enter, then the following windows will show up：

Press Enter to the Level item, then select RAID mode by navigation keys [↑↓]:

Then press Enter to enter the Confirm Creation item, then dialogue box would show Create RAID on the select HDD(Y/N)?Y. Type Y, and press Enter, the following window would show up to confirm the success in creating RAID mode.

Step3.

How to make a RAID driver diskette?

1: Insert the diskette which is being formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS. 2: After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD-ROM 3: Copy all the files from \Intel\RAIDDisk to floppy diskette Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Vista on your System.

Installation of Windows XP/ Windows 2000/Vista

For installation of Windows XP or Windows 2000, please insert Windows XP, Windows 2000 CD or Vista into the CD-ROM drive. Then remove the floppy diskette, and boot the system. At the very beginning, you will see the message at the bottom of screen, “Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver….” At this moment, please press <F6> key and follow the instructions of Windows XP/2000/Vista for the proper installation.

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 to reboot when backup or restore 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 Windows 2000/XP/Vista ◇ 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 2000 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

1. All LED on: CPU working on high-load state and the motherboard is working at full-speed with nonpower saving mode.

2．4 LED on, 2 off: Motherboard is working on partial power saving mode(the LED off indicate

the relative power phase working with idle mode ).

3. 2 LED on, 4 off: motherboard is working on

partial power saving mode.(the LED off indicate the relative power phase working with idle mode ).

4. All LED off: Motherboard is not in the working mode.

Notice：The above LED status in these illustrations is for reference use only. There might be other

LED display status depending on different working state. The more LEDs off, the more inductances works on idle mode.

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