User manual AOPEN I915GMPL0411A

[. . . ] Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. 1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 2 Features of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 3 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 1 How does your motherboard look like?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 2 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. 3 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. 1 Quick Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. 2 Installation You Have to Know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard. Pin1 12 +5V JAB1 JACX GND GND JACY JAB2 +5V 15 16 +5V JBB1 JBCX MIDI_TXD JBCY JBB2 MIDI_RXD KEY (User Upgrade Optional) Game Port Connector 24 Gigabit LAN Supported On the strength of Realtek Gigabit LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on the top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link mode; it lights in yellow when linking to network. The left hand side LED indicates the transfer mode and will light in green when data is transferring at 100Mbps (never lights while at 10Mbps), but will light in orange when transferring in Gigabit's mode. To enable or disable this function, you may simply adjust it through BIOS. To enable LAN wakeup function, you have to set the "Wake on PCI Card" enable in the BIOS "Power Management Setup" section. Speed LED (Left) Green 100Mbps Orange Gigabit mode ACT LED (Right) Yellow 25 Connecting USB2. 0 This motherboard provides eight USB 2. 0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. You can use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or chassis front panel. Pin 1 Pin 1 12 +5V SBD6SBD6+ GND KEY 9 10 +5V SBD7SBD7+ GND NC USB Connector 26 Super 7. 1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with HD Audio CODEC (Realtek ALC880), which supports the latest 7. 1 Channel with high quality of audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. This motherboard provides 7. 1 Channel ports shown as below. Picture represents the standard location of all speakers in 7. 1 Channel sound tracks. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green "Speaker out" port , rear surround speakers to orange port, side surround speakers to gray port and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to black port on the back panel. 27 Connecting Front Audio If the housing is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you'll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. Please be informed that to have front audio ports work properly, the front audio panel of the housing should be designed for High definition Audio jack. If the front audio panel is not designed for High Definition Audio jack, we strongly recommend you to connect the microphone to the back panel of the motherboard. Pin1 1 PORT1L PORT1R PORT2R SENSE_SEND PORT2L GND PRESENCE# SENSE1_RETURN KEY SENSE2_RETURN Front Audio Connector 28 Connecting CD_IN This connector is designed to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND GND L CD-IN Connector 29 Connecting COM2 (for i915Gm-PL only) i915Gm-PL provides two serial ports. One of them is on back panel connector, and the other is on the left of ATX power connector. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis. Pin 1 RTS# RI# GND SOUT DCD# 1 2 CTS# DSR# Sin DTR# COM Connector 30 Connecting Case Open The "CASE OPEN" header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you. Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis; you may purchase an extra sensor, attach it on your chassis and make a good use of this function. Pin 1 1 Sensor GND Chassis Intrusion Connector 31 Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with better audio quality. Same as outputs, you can also connect RCA or optical audio products to input connectors on the module and have the voice or music come out from your computer. However, you must have a S/PDIF supported speaker/amplifier/decoder with S/PDIF digital input/output to connect to the S/PDIF digital input/output to make the most out of this function. Pin 1 5 SPDIF IN GND SPDIF OUT KEY +5V 1 S/PDIF Cable S/PDIF Connector (RCA) S/PDIF OUT S/PDIF IN S/PDIF OUT S/PDIF IN (Optical) S/PDIF Module (User Upgrade Optional) 32 Colored Coded Back Panel (for i915Gm-PL) The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA port, USB, HD Audio sound and Parallel ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Connector RJ45 LAN Jack Rear SUR Line-In Speaker Out Center/ Subwoofer MIC-In PS/2 Keyboard Connector COM1 Port VGA Port USB 2. 0 Ports Side SUR PS/2 Keyboard: PS/2 Mouse: Parallel Port: COM1 Port: RJ-45 LAN Port: VGA Connector: USB Port: Side SUR: Center/Subwoofer: Rear SUR: Speaker Out: Line-In: MIC-In: For standard keyboard, which use a PS/2 plug. [. . . ] All you have to do is just click on the "GO", and no more steps afterward, of all listed drivers, grey checks indicate necessary drivers; you cannot click them off. Red checks can be disabled if you don't want to install them now. Press the icon will prompt the "Install Driver" page. You may also press "Back" to return to the Main page. Once clicking "GO", EzInstall will run the installing procedure automatically, and prompt a reboot dialog (Some drivers or utilities may skip the reboot part). 44 6. 2 Installing Utilities Installing Utilities is virtually the same as installing drivers. AOpen provides you many friendly and powerful utilities to manage your system. [. . . ]