Setup Manual
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... area or your motherboard version. 1 Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment. Keep the computer from power outlet before operation. Before you for ATX Case X 1 Installation Guide X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 (full version manual files inside the case after installation. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below: Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting. Always...
... area or your motherboard version. 1 Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment. Keep the computer from power outlet before operation. Before you for ATX Case X 1 Installation Guide X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 (full version manual files inside the case after installation. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below: Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting. Always...
Setup Manual
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... 4xx processor Memory 64 Technology / Virtualization Technology (Maximum Watt: 95W) FSB Support 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz Chipset Intel G41 Intel ICH7 ITE 8718F Environment Control initiatives, Provides the most commonly used legacy Hardware Monitor Controller Super I/O Super I/O functionality. SATA Version 2.0 specification compliant 10 / 100 Mb/s / 1Gb/s auto negotiation Half / Full duplex capability Sound Codec ALC662 Slots PCI slot PCI Express x 16 slot On Board Floppy Connector Connectors Printer Port Connector Serial port Connector IDE Connector SATA Connector Front Panel...
... 4xx processor Memory 64 Technology / Virtualization Technology (Maximum Watt: 95W) FSB Support 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz Chipset Intel G41 Intel ICH7 ITE 8718F Environment Control initiatives, Provides the most commonly used legacy Hardware Monitor Controller Super I/O Super I/O functionality. SATA Version 2.0 specification compliant 10 / 100 Mb/s / 1Gb/s auto negotiation Half / Full duplex capability Sound Codec ALC662 Slots PCI slot PCI Express x 16 slot On Board Floppy Connector Connectors Printer Port Connector Serial port Connector IDE Connector SATA Connector Front Panel...
Setup Manual
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... OS with or without notice 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard V GA DVI-D LA N USBX2 USBX2 Line In/ Su rr ound Line Out Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center 1. G41D3G Front Audio Connector CD-in Connector S/PDIF out Connector CPU Fan Header System Fan Header Clear CMOS Header USB Connector Power Connector (24pin) Power Connector (4pin) PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse Back Panel I/O VGA port DVI-D Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack SPEC x1 Supports front panel audio function x1 Supports CD audio-in Windows XP SP3 / Vista 32 / Vista...
... OS with or without notice 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard V GA DVI-D LA N USBX2 USBX2 Line In/ Su rr ound Line Out Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center 1. G41D3G Front Audio Connector CD-in Connector S/PDIF out Connector CPU Fan Header System Fan Header Clear CMOS Header USB Connector Power Connector (24pin) Power Connector (4pin) PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse Back Panel I/O VGA port DVI-D Port LAN port USB Port Audio Jack SPEC x1 Supports front panel audio function x1 Supports CD audio-in Windows XP SP3 / Vista 32 / Vista...
Setup Manual
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... boot failure. 24 Select the proper BIOS file and press then to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. 2. Press to enter the utility. 5. The BIO-Flasher is a BIOS flashing utility providing you to the USB port or the floppy disk drive. 4. To enter the utility, press during the POST process. Power on the right appears. BIOS update completes. After the update process, the utility will show the BIOS files and their respective information. z This utility only allows storage device with BIO...
... boot failure. 24 Select the proper BIOS file and press then to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. 2. Press to enter the utility. 5. The BIO-Flasher is a BIOS flashing utility providing you to the USB port or the floppy disk drive. 4. To enter the utility, press during the POST process. Power on the right appears. BIOS update completes. After the update process, the utility will show the BIOS files and their respective information. z This utility only allows storage device with BIO...
Setup Manual
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... are used for recovery 4 Flash Programming successful 5 File read error 7 No Flash EPROM detected 10 Flash Erase error 11 Flash Program error 12 "AMIBOOT.ROM" file size error 13 BIOS ROM image mismatch (file layout does not match image present in flash device) POST BIOS Beep Codes Number of Beeps Description 1 Memory refresh timer error 3 Base memory read/write test error 6 Keyboard controller BAT command failed 7 General exception error (processor exception interrupt error) 8 Display memory error (system video adapter) Troubleshooting POST BIOS Beep Codes Number...
... are used for recovery 4 Flash Programming successful 5 File read error 7 No Flash EPROM detected 10 Flash Erase error 11 Flash Program error 12 "AMIBOOT.ROM" file size error 13 BIOS ROM image mismatch (file layout does not match image present in flash device) POST BIOS Beep Codes Number of Beeps Description 1 Memory refresh timer error 3 Base memory read/write test error 6 Keyboard controller BAT command failed 7 General exception error (processor exception interrupt error) 8 Display memory error (system video adapter) Troubleshooting POST BIOS Beep Codes Number...
Setup Manual
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...after user installs a 1. second hard drive. 2. Contact technical support. 2. drive. Hard disks can be read, applications can be used, but system 2. Motherboard Manual 4.5 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. Run SETUP program and select correct drive types. Make sure power cable is in ; fan of breaking down at any time. System does not boot from a hard disk. All hard disks are running from disk to boot from a hard disk 1. Review system's equipment. Screen message shows "Invalid Configuration" or "CMOS Failure." Indicator light on , power indicator lights are...
...after user installs a 1. second hard drive. 2. Contact technical support. 2. drive. Hard disks can be read, applications can be used, but system 2. Motherboard Manual 4.5 TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. Run SETUP program and select correct drive types. Make sure power cable is in ; fan of breaking down at any time. System does not boot from a hard disk. All hard disks are running from disk to boot from a hard disk 1. Review system's equipment. Screen message shows "Invalid Configuration" or "CMOS Failure." Indicator light on , power indicator lights are...
Bios Setup
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... the hard disk drives and video monitors can do without accessing programs from a disk. Plug and Pla y Support T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) speci fication. Some additional features, such as defined in BIOS Setup. ACPI Support AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification. G41D3G BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he purpose of this manual is turned off...
... the hard disk drives and video monitors can do without accessing programs from a disk. Plug and Pla y Support T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) speci fication. Some additional features, such as defined in BIOS Setup. ACPI Support AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification. G41D3G BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he purpose of this manual is turned off...
Bios Setup
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... Screen S elect Item En terG o to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Options: Enhanced (Default) / Compatible / Disabled Configure SATA Channels T his item appears only when " AT A/IDE Configuration" is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device. Options: SAT A Pri, PAT A Sec (Default) / SATA Only / PAT A Pri, SATA Sec / PAT A Only 4 There is set to "Compatible". Options: Befo re PATA (Default) / Behind PAT A Legacy IDE Channels T his item allows you to control the SAT A channel configuration sequence. G41D3G BIOS Manual Floppy A Select the type of...
... Screen S elect Item En terG o to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Options: Enhanced (Default) / Compatible / Disabled Configure SATA Channels T his item appears only when " AT A/IDE Configuration" is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device. Options: SAT A Pri, PAT A Sec (Default) / SATA Only / PAT A Pri, SATA Sec / PAT A Only 4 There is set to "Compatible". Options: Befo re PATA (Default) / Behind PAT A Legacy IDE Channels T his item allows you to control the SAT A channel configuration sequence. G41D3G BIOS Manual Floppy A Select the type of...
Bios Setup
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... that the BIOS automatically detects. S elect Screen S elect Item EnterG o to malf unction. > CPU Configur ation > SuperIO Conf iguration > Hardware Hea lth Configuration > Smart Fan Co nfiguration > Power Config uration > USB Configur ation Configure CPU. For DP/MP server s, it enabled . Hardw are Prefetche r [Enabled] Adjac ent Cache Lin e Prefetch [Enabled] Max C PUID Value Li mit [Disabled] Intel (R) Virtualiz ation Tech [Enabled] Execu te-Disable Bi t Capability [Enabled] PECI [Enabled] Core Multi-Process...
... that the BIOS automatically detects. S elect Screen S elect Item EnterG o to malf unction. > CPU Configur ation > SuperIO Conf iguration > Hardware Hea lth Configuration > Smart Fan Co nfiguration > Power Config uration > USB Configur ation Configure CPU. For DP/MP server s, it enabled . Hardw are Prefetche r [Enabled] Adjac ent Cache Lin e Prefetch [Enabled] Max C PUID Value Li mit [Disabled] Intel (R) Virtualiz ation Tech [Enabled] Execu te-Disable Bi t Capability [Enabled] PECI [Enabled] Core Multi-Process...
Bios Setup
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... processor to configure th e Execut e Disabled Bit function, which supports Platform Environment Control Interface for a 64-byte cach e line. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 8 T his item allows you to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Adj acent Cache Line Prefetch T he processor has a hardw are prefetch er that automatically analy zes its capabilities. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit When the computer is booted...
... processor to configure th e Execut e Disabled Bit function, which supports Platform Environment Control Interface for a 64-byte cach e line. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 8 T his item allows you to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Adj acent Cache Line Prefetch T he processor has a hardw are prefetch er that automatically analy zes its capabilities. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit When the computer is booted...
Bios Setup
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... for multi-core processors. Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled 9 Onboard Floppy Controller Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on AC Powe r Loss [ Enabled] [ 3F8/IRQ4] [ 378] [ Normal] [ IRQ7] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Power Off] Allo ws BIOS to use it. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Serial Port1 Address Select an address and corresponding interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. G41D3G BIOS Manual Core Multi-Processing T his item allows you to determine access onboard p arallel port controller with which...
... for multi-core processors. Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled 9 Onboard Floppy Controller Select enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on AC Powe r Loss [ Enabled] [ 3F8/IRQ4] [ 378] [ Normal] [ IRQ7] [ Disabled] [ Disabled] [ Power Off] Allo ws BIOS to use it. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Serial Port1 Address Select an address and corresponding interrupt fo r the first and second seri al ports. G41D3G BIOS Manual Core Multi-Processing T his item allows you to determine access onboard p arallel port controller with which...
Bios Setup
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... BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Hardw are Health Co nfiguration H/W H ealth Functio n [ Enabled] Shutd own Temperatu re Function[ Disabled] Enab les Hardware Heal th Monitorin g Devi ce. Options: Power O ff (Default) / Power ON / Last State Hardware Health Configuration T his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. G41D3G BIOS Manual Restore on AC Power Loss T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information...
... BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Hardw are Health Co nfiguration H/W H ealth Functio n [ Enabled] Shutd own Temperatu re Function[ Disabled] Enab les Hardware Heal th Monitorin g Devi ce. Options: Power O ff (Default) / Power ON / Last State Hardware Health Configuration T his setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs. G41D3G BIOS Manual Restore on AC Power Loss T his item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information...
Bios Setup
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... ACPI Version Featu res ACPI APIC support AMI O EMB table Headl ess mode APIC ACPI SCI IRQ USB D evice Wakeup From S3/S4 High Performance E vent Timer [S1(POS)] [NO] [ACPI v1.0] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Advan ced Resume Ev ent Controls Resume On Ring [D isabled] Res ume On PME# [Disabled] Res ume On RTC Al arm [Disabled] Sele ct the ACPI stat e used for Syst em Suspend. G41D3G BIOS Manual Fan...
... ACPI Version Featu res ACPI APIC support AMI O EMB table Headl ess mode APIC ACPI SCI IRQ USB D evice Wakeup From S3/S4 High Performance E vent Timer [S1(POS)] [NO] [ACPI v1.0] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Advan ced Resume Ev ent Controls Resume On Ring [D isabled] Res ume On PME# [Disabled] Res ume On RTC Al arm [Disabled] Sele ct the ACPI stat e used for Syst em Suspend. G41D3G BIOS Manual Fan...
Bios Setup
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... to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 T his is one that operates without a keyboard, monitor or mouse. A headless server is a server-speci fic feature. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 14 Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled USB Dev ice Wakeup from S3/S4 function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Headless mode T his item allows you to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Windows Server 2003) must support headless...
... to enable or disabled the USB resume from S3/S4 T his is one that operates without a keyboard, monitor or mouse. A headless server is a server-speci fic feature. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 14 Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled USB Dev ice Wakeup from S3/S4 function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Headless mode T his item allows you to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Windows Server 2003) must support headless...
Bios Setup
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... system boot up . Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to control the wake on LAN function. Options: FED00000h (Default) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h Resume On Ring T his item allows you to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the Wake on ring function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from PCI card returns...
... system boot up . Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to control the wake on LAN function. Options: FED00000h (Default) / FED01000h / FED02000h / FED03000h Resume On Ring T his item allows you to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the Wake on ring function. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled RTC Alarm Date (Days) You can choose which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from PCI card returns...
Bios Setup
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... provide legacy support fo r USB devices like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY USB C onfiguration Modul e Version - 2 .24.3-13.4 USB D evices Enable d: Options Disa bled Enab led Auto Legac y USB Support USB 2 .0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled] [ HiSpeed] [ Enabled] > USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration S elect Screen S elect Item +- Microso ft DOS or Windows NT). T his item shows the USB controller and using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g. G41D3G BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his...
... provide legacy support fo r USB devices like the keyboard, mouse, and USB drive. Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY USB C onfiguration Modul e Version - 2 .24.3-13.4 USB D evices Enable d: Options Disa bled Enab led Auto Legac y USB Support USB 2 .0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled] [ HiSpeed] [ Enabled] > USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration S elect Screen S elect Item +- Microso ft DOS or Windows NT). T his item shows the USB controller and using such USB devices with operating systems that do not natively support USB (e.g. G41D3G BIOS Manual USB Configuration T his...
Bios Setup
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.... Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Memory Hole You can reserve this area of the overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. G41D3G BIOS Manual North Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et North Bridge Chips et Configura tion Memor y Remap Featu re PCI MMIO Allocat ion: Memor y Hole Initi ate Graphic A dapter IGD G raphics Mode Select IGD G TT Graphics m emory size PEG P ort Configura tion PEG Port [Enabled] [Disabled] [PEG/PCI] [Enabled, 3 2MB] [No VT mode , 2MB] [Auto...
.... Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Memory Hole You can reserve this area of the overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. G41D3G BIOS Manual North Bridge Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et North Bridge Chips et Configura tion Memor y Remap Featu re PCI MMIO Allocat ion: Memor y Hole Initi ate Graphic A dapter IGD G raphics Mode Select IGD G TT Graphics m emory size PEG P ort Configura tion PEG Port [Enabled] [Disabled] [PEG/PCI] [Enabled, 3 2MB] [No VT mode , 2MB] [Auto...
Bios Setup
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...Dynamic Video Memory T echnology". Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 26 DVMT Mode Select T his item allows you to select the DVMT mode. DVMT will set the optimum amount of display, texturing and buffer memory after the operating system has booted. Options: Lite (Default) / Disabled / High Spread Spectrum Clock T his item allows you to control the spread spectrum clock. Options: 256MB (Default) / 128MB / Maximum DVMT PAVP Mode GMCH Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP) BIOS support. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Video Function Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Video...
...Dynamic Video Memory T echnology". Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 26 DVMT Mode Select T his item allows you to select the DVMT mode. DVMT will set the optimum amount of display, texturing and buffer memory after the operating system has booted. Options: Lite (Default) / Disabled / High Spread Spectrum Clock T his item allows you to control the spread spectrum clock. Options: 256MB (Default) / 128MB / Maximum DVMT PAVP Mode GMCH Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP) BIOS support. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled Video Function Configuration BIOS S ETUP UTILITY Chips et Video...
Bios Setup
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... automatically turn on when high speed device were attached. G41D3G BIOS Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n USB Functions USB 2.0 Contro ller Audio Controll er Onboard Lan Co ntrol Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM MAC ID Informa tion SMBUS Controll er [8 USB Ports] [E nabled] [A zalia] [E nabled] [D isabled] [E nabled] SLP_S4# Min. A ssertion Width [1 to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. T his item allows you to select the Audio support. Options: Azalia (D efault) / All Disabled Onboard Lan Control T his...
... automatically turn on when high speed device were attached. G41D3G BIOS Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETU P U TILITY Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n USB Functions USB 2.0 Contro ller Audio Controll er Onboard Lan Co ntrol Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM MAC ID Informa tion SMBUS Controll er [8 USB Ports] [E nabled] [A zalia] [E nabled] [D isabled] [E nabled] SLP_S4# Min. A ssertion Width [1 to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. T his item allows you to select the Audio support. Options: Azalia (D efault) / All Disabled Onboard Lan Control T his...
Bios Setup
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... to set the user level. User Access Lev el T his sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited Change User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. Change Supervisor Passw ord Setting the supervisor password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. Clear User Passw...
... to set the user level. User Access Lev el T his sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited Change User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. Change Supervisor Passw ord Setting the supervisor password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. Clear User Passw...