User manual AOPEN I945GAPLF

[. . . ] Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. 1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 2 Features of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 3 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. 1 How does your motherboard look like?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. 2 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. 3 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. 1 Quick Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. 2 Installation You Have to Know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 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 26 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 27 Connecting 1394 With IEEE1394 Chip on board (Agere 1394), having its data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, this interface can connect to devices that require high data transferring performance such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use appropriate cables to connect IEEE1394 devices. Pin1 12 TPA+ GND TPB+ +12V (Fused) TPAGND TPB+12V (Fused) SHIED GND IEEE 1394 Connector Warning: Please note that Hot-Plug is not allowed on IEEE 1394 headers; doing so will burn the controller IC and damage the motherboard. 28 Super 7. 1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an AC'97 (Realtek ALC880) CODEC, 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. 29 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. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn't have an audio port on the front panel. Pin1 1 AUD_MIC AUD MIC BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R NC AUD_FPOUT_L AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R KEY AUD_RET_L Front Audio Connector 30 Connecting CD_IN This connector is designed to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND L AUX-IN Connector 31 Connecting COM2 ( for i945Ga-PLF only) i945Ga-PLF provides two serial ports. One of them is on back panel connector, and the other is on the upper of CPU socket. 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 32 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 GND Sensor Chassis Intrusion Connector 33 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 1 +5V KEY SPDIF OUT GND SPDIF IN 5 S/PDIF Connector (RCA) S/PDIF OUT S/PDIF IN S/PDIF OUT S/PDIF IN (Optical) S/PDIF Cable S/PDIF Module (User Upgrade Optional) 34 Colored Coded Back Panel (for i945Ga-PLF) The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA port, USB, IEEE 1394, AC'97 sound and Parallel ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port RJ45 LAN Jack PS/2 Mouse Connector IEEE 1394 Rear SUR Line-In Speaker Out Center/ Subwoofer MIC-In PS/2 Keyboard COM1 Port Connector 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: IEEE 1394 Port: For standard keyboard, which use a PS/2 plug. To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial devices. To connect Ethernet for home or office use. Available for connecting IEEE 1394 interface devices. Side SUR: Center/Subwoofer: Rear SUR: Speaker Out: Line-In: MIC-In: For side surround speaker. To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. [. . . ] 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). Note: Due to the limitation of Intel chipsets driver, Windows 2000 is needed to be updated to service pack 4 for installing audio driver correctly. 49 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. [. . . ]