Zotac G41MAT-B-E User Manual

WARNING!

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instructions
contained in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio and television communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can
be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

- REORIENT OR RELOCATE THE RECEIVING ANTENNA

- INCREASE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER

- CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM
THAT OF THE RECEIVER

- CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO/TELEVISION TECHNICIAN

NOTE:

Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B requirements, or
using an unshielded peripheral data cable, could also result in harmful interference to radio or
television reception.

The user is cautioned that any changes or modications not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference, it is necessary to use
shielded I/O cables.

Copyright

This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be copied or
reproduced by any means.

Electronic Emission Notices

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, no responsibility for
errors or omissions is assumed. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the
use of the information contained herein.

Trademarks

All brand names, logos and registered trademarks mentioned are property of their respective
owners.

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Table of Contents

Motherboard Specications ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

Motherboard Layout------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6
Hardware Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Safety Instructions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Preparing the Motherboard -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

Installing the CPU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9
Installing the CPU Fan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10
Installing Memory Modules ------------------------------------------------------------------ 10
Installing the Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
Installing the I/O Shield ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
Securing the Motherboard into the chassis ---------------------------------------------- 11

Connecting Cables and Setting Switches ------------------------------------------------ 12

24-pin ATX Power ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
4-pin ATX 12V Power ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
Hard Disk Connector -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
SPK Header ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
SPDIF-Out Header ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
COM Header (Optional) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
Front Panel Header ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
USB Headers------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16
F_Audio Header -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16
Connecting Serial ATA Cables (Optional) ------------------------------------------------ 17
Fan Connectors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17

Expansion Slots -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18

PCIE x16 Slot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18
PCIE x1 Slot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
PCI x1 Slot ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18

Jumper Settings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19

Conguring the BIOS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20

Enter BIOS Setup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20
Main Menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
Advanced Menu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21

CPU Conguration ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21
IDE Conguration ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
SuperIO Conguration --------------------------------------------------------------------22
Hardware Health Conguration -------------------------------------------------------- 22
ACPI Conguration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
MPS Conguration ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22
PCI Express Conguration -------------------------------------------------------------- 22

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Smbios Conguration -------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
Trusted Computing ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22

USB Conguration ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22

PCI/PnP Menu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
Boot Menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24
Security Menu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25
Chipset Menu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26
Exit Menu----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26
Flash Update Procedure -------------------------------------------------------------------- 27

Installing Drivers and Software--------------------------------------------------------------- 28
Drivers Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29
REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER SETUP ----------------------------------------------------- 34

Getting Started ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34
Sound Effect ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34

Environment Simulation ----------------------------------------------------------------- 34
Equalizer Selection ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 35

Karaoke Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35
Mixer----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36
Playback control --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36
Recording control -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37
Audio I/O ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38
Speaker Conguration ------------------------------------------------------------------- 39
Connector Settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40
S/PDIF --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40
Speaker Calibration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 41
Microphone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42
Noise Suppression ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42
Beam Forming ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42
Acoustic Echo Cancellation ------------------------------------------------------------- 42
3D Audio Demo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43
Information --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43

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G41 series motherboard

Motherboard Specications

q Chipset
v Intel® G41+ICH7
q Size
v Micro ATX form factor of 8.9 inch x 7.05 inch
q Microprocessor support
v Supports Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad/CoreTM 2 Duo/Pentium®/Celeron® Series
processor
v Supports Front Side Bus (FSB): 1333/1066/800 MT/s
q Operating systems:
v Supports Windows XP 32 bit/64 bit, Windows Vista 32 bit/64 bit and Windows
7 32bit/64bit
q System Memory support
v Supports dual-channel (128 bits wide) DDRIII memory interface
v Supports DDRIII 1066/800
v Maximum memory size: 8 GB
q USB 2.0 Ports
v Supports hot plug and play
v Eight USB 2.0 ports (four on the back panel, four via the USB brackets
connected to the internal USB headers)
v Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to 480 Mbps transmission rate
q Onboard Serial ATA II
v Independent DMA operation on four ports (Optional)
v Data transfer rates of 3 GB/S.
q On board PCI Express LAN (RTL8103/RTL8111 series)
v PCI Express base specication 1.0a compliant
v Compliant to 802.3x ow control support
v 10/100 IEEE 802.3 compliant
v Wake On LAN (WOL) power management support
v RTL8111 series is Gigabit Ethernet controller
q Onboard High Denition Audio
v Supports 6-channel
v Supports Jack-Sensing function
v One SPDIF-Out header on board

q Green Function
v Support SMM, APM, ACPI
v Suspend to DRAM supported (Optional)
v RTC timer to power-on the system
v AC power failure recovery

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Motherboard Specications

q Onboard Graphics Features
v DX9 and OpenGL 1.4 are supported
v 3D Graphics Rendering Enhancements
v Up to 2048x1536@75 Hz refresh
v VGA/DVI port output support
q PCI Express Interface
v PCI Express Generation 1.1 compatible
v Support frequency of 1.25 GHz resulting in 2.5 GB/s each direction per lane.
v Wake up function is supported
q Expansion Slots
v One PCI Express X16 slot
v One PCI Express X1 slot (Optional)
v One PCI bus master slot

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Motherboard Layout

Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figure 2 shows the back panel connectors.

Figure 1. Board Layout

1. 24-pin ATX Power Connector

2. IDE Connector

3. Front Panel Header

4. Speaker Header

5. Clear CMOS Jumper

6. South Bridge

7. Serial-ATA (SATA) Connectors (Optional)

8. USB Headers

9. COM Header (Optional)

10. PCI Slot

11. PCIE x1 Slot (Optional)

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12. PCI Express x16 Slot

13. Front Audio Header

14. SPDIF-Out Header

15. Backpanel Connectors

16. 4-pin ATX_12V Power Connector

17. System Fan Connector(Optional)

18. CPU Fan Connector

19. DVI-PCIEX16 Select Jumper

20. CPU Socket

21. North Bridge

22. DDRIII DIMM Sockets

Figure 2: Backpanel connectors

5

6

10

15

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Rear Panel

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2

1. PS/2 Mouse Port

2. PS/2 Keyboard Port

3. VGA Connector

4. DVI Port

5. USB Ports

6. Port 2-Channel 4-Channel 6-Channel

Blue Line-In Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out

Green Line-Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out

Pink Mic In Mic In Center/Subwoofer

7. LAN Connector

Lan Port with LEDs to indicate status.

· Yellow/Light Up/Blink = 10 Mbps/Link/Activity

· Yellow and Green/Light Up/Blink = 100 Mbps/link/Activity

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G41 series motherboard

Hardware Installation

This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The topics
covered in this section are:

q Preparing the motherboard

v Installing the CPU

v Installing the CPU fan

v Installing the memory

q Installing the motherboard

q Connecting cables and setting switches

Safety Instructions

To reduce the risk of re, electric shock, and injury, always follow basic safety precautions.

Remember to remove power from your computer by disconnecting the AC main
source before removing or installing any equipment from/to the computer chassis.

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Preparing the Motherboard

The motherboard shipped in the box does not contain a CPU and memory. You need

to purchase these to complete this installation.

Installing the CPU

Be very careful when handling the CPU. Make sure not to bend or break any pins on
the back. Hold the processor only by the edges and do not touch the bottom of the
processor.

Use the following procedure to install the CPU onto the motherboard.

1. Unhook the socket lever by pushing down and
away from the socket.

2. Lift the load plate. There is a protective socket
cover on the load plate to protect the socket
when there is no CPU installed.

3. Remove the protective socket cover from the
load plate.

4. Remove the processor from its protective cover,
making sure you hold it only by the edges.
It is a good idea to save the cover so that
whenever you remove the CPU, you have a
safe place to store it.

5. Align the notches in the processor with the
notches on the socket.

6. Lower the processor straight down into the
socket with out tilting or sliding it into the socket.

Note: Make sure the CPU is fully seated and
level in the socket.

7. Close the load plate over the CPU and press
down while you close and engage the socket
lever.

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Installing the CPU Fan

There are many different fan types that can be used with this motherboard. Follow the
instruction that came with your fan assembly. Be sure that the fan orientation is correct
for your chassis type and your fan assembly.

Installing Memory Modules

This motherboard accommodates two memory modules. It can support two 240-pin
DDR3 1066/800. The total memory capacity is 8 GB. You must install at least one
module in any of the two slots. Refer to the following recommendations to install the
memory modules.
q One DIMM: Install it into slot 1 or 2. You can install the DIMM into any slot,
however, slot 1 is preferred.
q Two DIMMs: Install them into slot 1 and slot 2.

DDRIII1

DDRIII2

Note that a memory module has a notch, so it can only t in one direction. Refer to

the following procedure to install memory modules into the slots on the motherboard.

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the module clips outward.

2. Align the memory module to the DIMM slot, and insert the module vertically into
the DIMM slot. The plastic clips at both sides of the DIMM slot automatically lock
the DIMM into the connector.

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Installing the Motherboard

The sequence of installing the motherboard into the chassis depends on the chassis

you are using and if you are replacing an existing motherboard or working with an

empty chassis. Determine if it would be easier to make all the connections prior to this
step or to secure the motherboard and then make all the connections. It is normally

easier to secure the motherboard rst.

Use the following procedure to install the I/O shield and secure the motherboard into
the chassis.

Note: Be sure that the CPU fan assembly has enough clearance for the
chassis covers to lock into place and for the expansion cards. Also
make sure the CPU Fan assembly is aligned with the vents on the
covers.

Installing the I/O Shield

The motherboard kit comes with an I/O shield that is used to block radio frequency

transmissions, protects internal components from dust and foreign objects, and
promotes correct airow within the chassis.

Before installing the motherboard, install the I/O shield from the inside of the chassis.

Press the I/O shield into place and make sure it ts securely. If the I/O shield does not
t into the chassis, you would need to obtain the proper size from the chassis supplier.

Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis

Most computer chassis have a base with mounting studs or spacers to allow the
motherboard to be secured to the chassis and help to prevent short circuits. If there are
studs that do not align with a mounting hole on the motherboard, it is recommended
that you remove that stud to prevent the possibility of a short circuit. In most cases, it
is recommended to secure the motherboard with spacers.

1. Carefully place the motherboard onto the studs/spacers located inside the chassis.

2. Align the mounting holes with the studs/spacers.

3. Align the connectors to the I/O shield.

4. Ensure that the fan assembly is aligned with the chassis vents according to the fan
assembly instruction.

5. Secure the motherboard with screws.

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Connecting Cables and Setting Switches

This section takes you through all the connectors and switch settings necessary on
the motherboard. This will include:
q Power Connections
v 24-pin ATX power-PW1

v 4-pin ATX 12V power-PW2

q Connecting Internal Headers

v Hard Disk Connector-CN1
v SPK Header-SPK1
v COM Header-CN9 (Optional)
v Front Panel Header-FP1
v USB Headers (FP_U1~FP_U2)
v F_Audio Header-FP_S1
v SPDIF-Out Header-CN6

q Serial ATA II

q Chassis Fans

q Expansion slots

q Jumper settings

See Figure 1 to locate the connectors and jumpers referenced in the following
procedure.

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24-pin ATX Power-PW1

PW1 is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board next to

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

PW2

1

PW1

12 24

1

PW1-Pin Denition

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 +3.3V 13 +3.3V

2 +3.3V 14 -12V

3 GND 15 GND

4 +5V 16 PS_ON

5 GND 17 GND

6 +5V 18 GND

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7 GND 19 GND

8 PWROK 20 -5V

9 +5V_AUX 21 +5V

10 +12V 22 +5V

11 +12V 23 +5V

12 +3.3V 24 GND

4-pin ATX 12V Power-PW2

PW2, the 4-pin ATX 12V power connection, is used to provide power to the CPU. Align

the pins to the connector and press rmly until seated.

PW2-Pin Denition

Pin Signal

1 GND

2 GND

3 +12V

4 +12V

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Hard Disk Connector-CN1

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 control­ler that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 function. You
can connect up to two hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future
BIOS) and other devices.

CN1

CN6

1

1

SPK Header

SPK-Pin Denition

Pin Signal

1 VCC

2 NC

3 NC

4 SPK-

CN9

1

1

SPK1

SPDIF-Out Header

This header provides a SPDIF (Sony/Phil­ips Digital Interface)output to digital multi-

media device through coaxial connector.

SPDIF-Pin Denition

Pin Signal

1 SPDIF OUTX

2 VCC

3 NC

4 GND

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COM Header-CN9 (Optional)

CN9 - Pin Denition

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 DCD 2 RXD

3 TXD 4 DTR

5 GND 6 DSR

7 RTS 8 CTS

9 RI 10 NC

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Front Panel Header-FP1

The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the
following four cables :
q PWRLED
Attach the front panel power LED cable to these two pins of the connector. The
Power LED indicates the system’s status.

FP1-Pin Denition

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 HDD_LED+ 2 PW_LED+

3 HDD_LED- 4 PW_LED-

5 GND 6 PWR_SW

7 RESET 8 GND

9 NC 10 KEY

FP1

1

Note: Some chassis do not have all four cables. Be sure to match the name on
the connectors to the corresponding pins.

q PWR SW
Attach the power button cable from the case to these two pins. Pressing the
power button on the front panel turns the system on and off rather than using the
power supply button.
q HDD LED
Attach the hard disk drive indicator LED cable to these two pins. The HDD
indicator LED indicates the activity status of the hard disks.

q RST SW

Attach the Reset switch cable from the front panel of the case to these two pins.
The system restarts when the RESET switch is pressed.

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USB Headers (FP_U1~FP_U2)

This motherboard contains four USB 2.0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel

of the chassis (Figure 2). The motherboard also contains two 10-pin internal header
connectors onboard.

Note. Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis (not all
chassis are equipped with the front panel option).

FP_U1~FP_U2-Pin Denition

PIN Assignment PIN Assignment

1 VCC 2 VCC

3 USBP0- 4 USBP1-

5 USBP0+ 6 USBP1+

7 GND 8 GND

9 KEY 10 NC

1

FP_S1

FP_U11FP_U2

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F_Audio Header

The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio
output choices: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front Audio supports re-tasking
function.

F_Audio-Pin Denition

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Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 MIC(L) 6 Reserved

2 GND 7 FAVDIO-JD

3 MIC(R) 8 Key(No pin)

4 -ACZ-DET 9 Front Audio(L)

5 Front Audio(R) 10 Reserved

Note:

In order to utilize the front audio header, your

chassis must have front audio connector. Also

please make sure the pin assignment on the
cable is the same as the pin assignment on the

mainboard header. To nd out if the chassis

you are buying supports a front audio con-

nector, please contract your dealer.

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Connecting Serial ATA Cables (Optional)

The Serial ATA II connectors are used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the
motherboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary
storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 3 GB/s data transfer
rate.

SATA-Pin Denition

Pin Signal

1 GND

2 TXP

3 TXN

4 GND

5 RXN

6 RXP

7 GND

Sense
+12V
GND

SYSFAN1

Fan Connectors

There are two fan connectors on the mother­board, including CPU fan connector-CPUFAN1
and System fan connector-SYSFAN1.

CPUFAN1

SATA4

SATA3

GND

+12V

Sense

Control

SATA2

SATA1

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Expansion Slots

The Intel G31 motherboard contains three expansion slots, one PCI Express x16 slot
,one PCI Express x1 slot (optional) and one PCI slot. For a full list of PCI Express x16

graphics card supported by this motherboard.

PCIE2

PCIE1

PCI1

PCIE x16 Slot-PCIE2

There is one PCIE x16 slot reserved for graphics or video cards that is fully compliant
to PCIE 1.0a specication.

PCIE x1 Slot-PCIE1 (Optional)

There is one PCI Express x1 slot that is designed to accommodate less bandwidth

intensive cards, such as a modem or LAN card.

PCI Slot-PCI1

The one PCI slot support many expansion cards such as a LAN card, USB card, SCSI
card and other cards that comply with PCI specications.

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Jumper Settings

This chapter explains how to congure the motherboard’s hardware. Before using your
computer, make sure all jumpers and DRAM modules are set correctly. Refer to this

chapter whenever in doubt.

JP1-CMOS Clear Jumper

JP1 Selection

1

1-2* Normal*

1

2-3 CMOS Clear

If you want to clear the system conguration, use the JP1 (Clear CMOS



Jumper) to clear date.

JP2-DVI-PCIEX16 Select Jumper

JP2 Selection

1

1-2* DVI*

1

2-3 PCIEX16

JP2 is a group containing twelve jumpers. Its default setting is DVI. When



using the external graphics card, please change the jumper setting to

PCIEX16.

Close Open * = Default setting.

Notice:

1. Be sure to save the CMOS setting when exit the CMOS.

2. If the CPU is frequency multiplier locked, no CPU speed change will be seen
even if the frequency multiplier setting in CMOS setup is changed.

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G41 series motherboard

Conguring the BIOS

This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup
menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.

Enter BIOS Setup

The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software. Correctly
setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance.

Refer to the following procedure to verify/change BIOS settings.

1. Power on the computer.,

2. Press the Del key when the following message briey displays at the bottom of
the screen during the Power On Self Test (POST).

Pressing Del takes you to the BIOS Setup Utility.

Note: 1. We reserve the right to update the BIOS version presented in the manual. The
BIOS pictures shown in this section are for reference only.

2. It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS settings.

Changing some settings could damage your system.

Main Menu

This menu gives you an overview of the general system specications. The BIOS

automatically detects the items in this menu.

q AMI BIOS

Displays the auto-detected BIOS information.

q Processor

Displays the auto-detected CPU specication.

q System Memory

Displays the auto-detected system memory.

q System time

Allows you to set the system time.

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Note: Users please note
that the data in gray is

non-changeable, and the

others are for selection.

Conguring the BIOS

Advanced Menu

The Advanced menu items allow you to change the setting for the CPU and other

system devices. Press <enter> to display the conguration options:

CPU Conguration

The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically

detects. Press <enter>to display the conguration options:

q Congure advanced CPU settings

Displays the auto-detected CPU information.

q Hardware Prefetcher

Use this item to enable or disable hardware prefetcher (hardware prefetch
mechanism).

q Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

Use this item to enable or disable the adjacent cache line prefetch mode. If you

disable this item, only one 64-bit line will be prefetched from the 128-bit section
(including the required data). If you enable this item, two lines will be prefetched
whether there is required data or not.

q Max CPUID Value Limit

Allows you to determine whether to limit CPUID maximum value. Set this item

to [Disable] Windows XP operating system; set this item to [Enable] for legacy
operating system such as Windows NT4.0..

q Intel(R) Virtualization Tech

Hardware Virtualization Technology enables processor feature for running multiple
simultaneous virtual machines allowing specialized software applications to run in
full isolation of each other.

q Execute-Disable Bit Capability

This function enhances protection of your computer , reducing exposure to viruses
and malicious buffer overow attacks when working with its supporting software

and system.

q Core Multi-Processing

Use this option to enable or disable Core Multi-Processing.

q PECI

Use this option to enable or disable PECI (Platform Environment Control Interface).

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IDE Conguration

The items in this menu allow you to set or change the congurations for the IDE
devices installed in the system. Press <enter>to display the conguration options:

q ATA/IDE Conguration

The items allow you to congure ATA/IDE.

q Congure SATA as

This item allows you to set the SATA to IDE/RAID/AHCI mode.

q Congure SATA Channels

This item allows you to set the SATA channels [Before PATA] or [Behind PATA].

q Primary, Secondary, and Third IDE Master/Slave

This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices.

q Hard Disk Write Protect

This item will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS.

q IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

The item allows you to select the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.

q ATA(PI) 80pin cable detection

The item allows you to select the mechanism for detecting 80pin ATA(PI) cable.

SuperIO Conguration

The items in this menu allow you to congure F71862 Super IO Chipset.

Hardware Health Conguration

This menu gives you an overview of the Hardware Health Conguration.

ACPI Conguration

The items in this menu allow you to set General ACPI Conguration, Advanced ACPI
Conguration and Chipset ACPI Conguration.

MPS Conguration

The item in this menu allows you to select MPS revision. The default setting is 1.1.

PCI Express Conguration

The item in this menu allows you to enable or disable PCI Express L0s and L1 link

power states.

Smbios Conguration

The item in this menu allows you to enable or disable Smbios Smi Support.

Trusted Computing

The item in this menu allows you to enable or disable TCG/TPM support in BIOS.

USB Conguration

The items in this menu allow you to change the USB-related features .Press <enter>

To display the conguration options:

q Legacy USB Support

Allows you to enable or disable support for USB devices on legacy operating
systems.

q USB 2.0 Controller Mode

Allows you to congure the USB 2.0 controller in HiSpeed or Full Speed.

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q BIOS EHCI Hand-Off

Allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand-off
feature.

PCI/PnP Menu

The PCI PnP menu items allow you to change the advanced settings for PCI/PnP
devices. The menu includes setting IRQ and DMA channel resources for either PCI/
PnP or legacy ISA devices, and setting the memory size block for legacy ISA devices.

Press <enter> to display the conguration options:

q Clear NVRAM

The items allow you to select whether clear NVRAM during system boot.

q Plug and Play O/S

When set to [No], BIOS congure all the devices in the system. When set to

[YES] and if you install a Plug and Play operating system, the operating system

congures the Plug and Play devices not required for boot.

q PCI Latency Timer

Allows you to select the value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer
register.

q Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

When set to [YES], BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the requests for an
IRQ. When set to [No], BIOS does not assign an IRQ to the PCI VGA card even
if requested .

q Palette Snooping

When set to [Enabled], the pallete snooping feature informs the PCI devices that
an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so that the latter can function
correctly.

q PCI IDE BusMaster

When set to [Enabled], BIOS use PCI busmastering for reading/writing to IDE
drives.

q OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card

Use this option to set the PCI slot number for some PCI IDE Cards holding.

q IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15

These items allow you to set the Interrupt Request.

q DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7

Use these items to set the Direct Memory Access Channel.

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Boot Menu

The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Press <enter> to

display the conguration options:

Boot settings conguration

The items allow you to congure Boot settings. Press <enter> To display the
conguration options:

q Quick Boot

Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some power on self tests while booting
to decrease the time needed to boot the system. When set to [Disabled], BIOS
performs all the POST items.

q Quiet Boot

When set to [Disabled], displays normal POST message. When set to [Enabled],
displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages.

q AddOn ROM Display Mode

Sets the display mode for option ROM.

q Bootup Num-Lock

Allows you to select the power-on state for the NumLock.

q PS/2 Mouse Support

Allows you to enable or disable support for PS/2 mouse.

q Wait for ‘F1’ If Error

When set to [Enabled], the system waits for the F1 key to be pressed when error
occurs.

q Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display

When set to [Enabled], the system displays the message “press DEL to run setup”
during POST.

q Interrupt 19 Capture

When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMS to trap interrupt 19.

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Security Menu

The security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Press

<enter> to display the conguration options:

Change Supervisor/User Password

Select this item to set or change the supervisor/user password. The Supervisor/User
Password item on top of the screen shows the default setting: [Not Installed]. After you
set a password, this item shows [Installed].

To set a Supervisor/User Password:

1. Select the item [Change Supervisor/User Password] and press <Enter>.

2. From the password box, type a password composed of at least six letters and/or

numbers, then press <Enter>.

3. Conrm the password when prompted:

The message “Password Installed” appears after you successfully set your
password.
To change the supervisor/user password, follow the same steps as setting a use
password.
To clear the supervisor/user password, select the item [Change Supervisor/User
password], then press <enter>. The message “Password Uninstalled” appears.

Boot Sector Virus Protection

The item allows you to enable or disable boot sector virus protection.

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Chipset Menu

The chipset menu items allow you to change the advanced chipset settings. Press
<enter> to display the sub-menu:

North bridge Conguration

The item allows you to congure north bridge features, including Memory, Graphics,

PEG Port and so on.

South bridge Conguration

The item allows you to congure south bridge features, including USB, HDA, SMBUS,

and so on.

CPU/Memory/GMCH voltage control

The items allow you to congure the CPU/memory/GMCH voltage.

CPU Over Clock

The item allows you to enable or disable CPU overclocking technology.

Exit Menu

The exit menu items allow you to load the option or failsafe default values for the BIOS

items, and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items. Press <enter> to display
the sub-menu:

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Save Changes and Exit

Select this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the

BIOS Setup and exit the BIOS Setup. When the diolog box [Save conguration
changes and exit setup?] appears, select [Ok] to save and exit, or select [Cancel] to

return to the main menu.

Discard Changes and Exit

Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes that you have made

to the setup program. If you made changes to elds other than system date, system
time, and password, the BIOS asks for a conrmation before exiting.

Discard Changes

This option allows you to discard the selections you have made and restore the previ-

ously saved values. After selecting this option, a conrmation window appears. Select

[Ok] to discard any change and load the previously saved values.

Load Optimal Defaults

This option allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the

setup menus. When you select this option, a conrmation window appears. Select

[Ok] to load default values. Select [Cancel] to make other changes before saving the
values to the non-volatile RAM.

Load Failsafe Defaults

This option has been set by the manufacturer and represents settings which provide
the minimum requirements for your system to operate.

FLASH Update Procedure

The program AFUDOS XX.ROM is included on the driver CD (D:\Utility\AFUDOS XX.ROM). Please

follow the recommended procedure to update the ash BIOS, as listed below.

1. Create a DOS-bootable oppy diskette. Copy the new BIOS le (just obtained or downloaded)

and the utility program AFUDOS XX.ROM to the diskette.

2. Allow the PC system to boot from the DOS diskette.

3. At the DOS prompt, type

AFUDOS XX.ROM /P /C /B /N /X <ENTER>

Note: XX (the BIOS le name) can be dened by users.

4. Wait until the ash-update is complete.

5. Restart the PC.

Warning: - Do not turn off or RESET the computer during the ash process.

- If you are not sure how to upgrade the BIOS, please take your computer to an
Authorized Service Center and have a trained technician do the work for you.

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Installing Drivers and Software

Note: It is important to remember that before installing the driver CD that is
shipped in the kit, you need to load your operating system. The
motherboard supports Windows XP 32 bit/64 bit; Windows Vista 32 bit/64
bit and Windows 7 32bit/64bit.

The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional software.

The CD that has been shipped with your Intel G41 motherboard contains the following
software and drivers:

q Intel chipset Driver

q HDA sound Driver

q Intel Graphics Driver

q Realtek PCIE network Driver

Note. We reserve the right to update the driver version presented in the manual.
The driver installation pictures shown in this section are for reference

only.

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Drivers Installation

1. Insert the Intel G41 driver CD into the drive after loading your operating system,
and then you can see the interface below.

2. Follow the below for Software Installation Utility Installing.

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3. Follow the below for Intel graphics drive Installing.

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4. Follow the below for HDA sound driver installing.

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5. Follow the below for Realtek PCIE network driver installing.

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At last, you can open below page that provides information about the hardware

devices on this motherboard, and check whether nish your installation.

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Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup

Getting Started

After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed (insert the driverCD and follow the on­screen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as
below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear:

Sound Effect

After clicking on the “Sound Effect” tab, 3 sections “Environment”, “Equalizer” and
“Karaoke” are available for selection.

Environment Simulation

You will be able to enjoy different sound experience by pulling down the arrow, totally

23 kinds of sound effect will be shown for selection. Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager

also provides ve popular settings “Stone Corridor”, “Bathroom”, “Sewer pipe”, “Arena”
and “Audio Corridor” for quick enjoyment.

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Equalizer Selection

The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing
this tool.

In standard 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz are available:

Frequently Used Equalizer Setting

Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience
at audio eld, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equal­izer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment.

How to Use

Other than the buttons “Pop” “Live” “Club” & “Rock” shown on the page, to pull down

the arrow in “Others” , you will nd more optimized settings available to you.

Karaoke Mode

Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home by simply using the music you usually

play, Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to

accommodate your range.

Vocal Cancellation: Single click on “Voice Cancellation”, the vocals of the songs will

be erased, while the background music is still playing which lets you take over the vocal
part.

Key Adjustment: Using “Up / Down Arrow” to nd a key which better ts your vocal range.

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Mixer

Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” functions

into the Mixer page. This gives you the advantage to you to create your favorite sound

effect in one single tool.

Playback control

Mute

You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute
sound output.

Tool

√ Show the following volume control

This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed, total
13 items to be chosen.

√ Advanced controls

√ Enable playback multi-streaming

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With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone
(stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) playing.

At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously.

Recording control

Mute

You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute
sound input.

Tool

Show the following volume controls

√

This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed.

√ Advanced controls

Advanced control is a “Microphone Boost” icon.

Once this item is checked, you will nd “advanced” icon beside “Front Pink In” &

“Mic Volume”. With this, the input signal into “Front Pink In” & “Mic Volume” will
be strengthen.

√ Enable recording multi-streaming

At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously.

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Audio I/O

Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from

before, for each jack, they are not limited to perform certain functions. Instead, now
each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output (i.e. playback) function or input

(i.e. Recording) function, we call this “Retasking”.

Audio I/O aims to help you setting jacks as you wish. Moreover, other than blue to blue,
pink to pink, the way that you used to do, Audio I/O would guide you to other right jacks

that can also serve as microphone / speaker / headphone.

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Speaker Conguration

Step 1: Plug in the device in any available jack.
Step 2: Dialogue “connected device” will pop up for your selection. Please select the

device you are trying to plug in.

* If the device is being plugged into the correct jack, you will be able to nd the icon
beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device.

* If not correct, Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the

correct jack.

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Connector Settings

Click to access connector settings

√ Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in

Once this option is checked, whenever front headphone is plugged, the music
that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped.

√ Disable front panel jack detection (option)

Did not nd any function on front panel jacks?
Please check if front jacks on your system are so-called AC’97 jacks. If so,
please check this item to disable front panel jack detection.

√ Enable auto popup dialogue, when device has been plugged in.

Once this item checked, the dialog “Connected device”, would not automatically
pop up when device plugged in.

S/PDIF

Short for Sony/Philips Digital Interface, a standard audio le transfer format. S/PDIF
allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having

to be converted rst to an analog format. Maintaining the viability of a digital signal

prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog.

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Output Sampling Rate

√

- 44.1KHz: This is recommended while playing CD

- 48KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby.

- 96KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD-Audio.

Output Source

√

- Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as .wav, .mp3,
.midi etc) will come out through S/PDIF-Out.

Speaker Calibration

After you have successfully plugged in speakers and assigned to the right jacks, you are
only one more step to go to enjoy the intended sound. We provide “Speaker Calibration”

to help you check if the speakers are located in the correct position.

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Microphone

This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality.

Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo
Cancellation” are both enabled.

Noise Suppression

If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan
inside PC, is too loud? Try “Noise Suppression”, which allows you to cut off and sup­press disturbing noise.

Beam Forming

Also known as “directional recording”, this option lets you do the following: Once beam
forming is enabled; only the sound from certain direction will be recorded. You will get
the best quality if you chose 90° position, which we recommend you to use, this ef­fectively means that you speak right into the microphone.

Note: A Stereo Microphone is required when using Beam Forming function.

Acoustic Echo Cancellation

This function prevents playback sound from being recorded by microphone together

with your sound. For example, you might have chance to use VOIP function through

Internet with your friends. The voice of your friend will come out from speakers (play­back). However, the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone
then go back to your friend through Internet. In that case, your friend will hear his/her
own voice again. With AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancellation) enabled at your side, your

friend can enjoy the benet with less echo.

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3D Audio Demo

The section “3D Audio Demo” grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound. The
Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way.

Information

This section provides information about your current system audio device.

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