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Motherboard 
Socket 775 
 
Intel Core 2 Duo,   
Pentium Extreme Editon, 
Pentium D, Pentium 4
 Intel P965 / ICH8 
 FSB1066 
 Dual DDR2 800 
 PCI Express 
 Gigabit LAN 
 4x SATA 3Gb/s 
 7.1 Channel HD Audio 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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User’s Manual 
English + Multilingual QIG 
1st Edition, October 2006 
Copyright and Warranty Notice 
The  information  in  this  document  is  subject  to  change  without  notice  and  does  not  represent  a 
commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may 
appear in this manual. 
No  warranty  or  representation,  either  expressed  or  implied,  is  made  with  respect  to  the  quality, 
accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be 
liable  for  direct,  indirect,  special,  incidental  or  consequential  damages  arising  from  any  defect  or 
error in this manual or product. 
Product  names  appearing  in  this  manual  are  for  identification  purpose  only  and  trademarks  and 
product  names  or  brand  names  appearing  in  this  document  are  the  property  of  their  respective 
owners. 
This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. 
No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written 
permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual. 
If you do not properly set the motherboard settings, causing the motherboard to malfunction or fail, 
we cannot guarantee any responsibility. 
 
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Contents 
1. Hardware Setup ............................................................... 1-1 
1.1 Specifications ..............................................................................1-1 
1.2 Motherboard Layout.....................................................................1-2 
1.3 Choosing a Computer Chassis.......................................................1-3 
1.4 Installing Motherboard .................................................................1-3 
1.5 Checking Jumper Settings ............................................................1-4 
1.5.1 CMOS Memory Clearing Header and Backup Battery ..............1-4 
1.5.2 Wake-up Header .................................................................1-6 
1.6 Connecting Chassis Components...................................................1-7 
1.6.1 ATX Power Connectors ........................................................1-7 
1.6.2 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers............................1-8 
1.6.3 FAN Power Connectors ........................................................1-9 
1.7 Installing Hardware....................................................................1-10 
1.7.1 CPU Socket 775 ................................................................1-10 
1.7.2 DDR2 Memory Slots ..........................................................1-12 
1.8 Connecting Peripheral Devices ....................................................1-13 
1.8.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors ................................1-13 
1.8.2 Serial ATA Connectors .......................................................1-14 
1.8.3 Additional USB 2.0 Port Headers.........................................1-15 
1.8.4 Internal Audio Connectors..................................................1-16 
1.8.5 Front Panel Audio Connection Header .................................1-16 
1.8.6 PCI and PCI Express X16, X1 Slots .....................................1-18 
1.9 Onboard Status Display..............................................................1-19 
1.9.1 Power Source Indicators ....................................................1-19 
1.10 Connecting Rear Panel I/O Devices ...........................................1-20 
2. BIOS Setup....................................................................... 2-1 
2.1 SoftMenu Setup...........................................................................2-2 
2.2 Standard CMOS Features..............................................................2-4 
2.3 Advanced BIOS Features ..............................................................2-7 
2.4 Advanced Chipset Features.........................................................2-10 
2.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................2-12 
2.6 Power Management Setup..........................................................2-15 
2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations ..............................................................2-17 
2.8 PC Health Status........................................................................2-18 
2.9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ..............................................................2-20 
2.10 Load Optimized Defaults...........................................................2-20 
2.11 Set Password...........................................................................2-20 
2.12 Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................2-20 
2.13 Exit Without Saving..................................................................2-20 
3. Driver & Utility ................................................................. 3-1 
3.1 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility .......................................3-2 
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3.2 Audio Driver ................................................................................3-2 
3.3 LAN Driver ..................................................................................3-2 
3.4 iTE IDE Controller Driver ..............................................................3-3 
3.5 USB 2.0 Driver.............................................................................3-3 
3.6 ABIT EQ (The Hardware Doctor Utility)..........................................3-4 
3.7 FlashMenu (BIOS Update Utility)...................................................3-5 
3.8 Build A Driver Disk Under Windows Environment............................3-6 
3.9 Build A Driver Disk Under DOS Environment ..................................3-7 
4. Multilingual Quick Installation Guide .............................. 4-1 
4.1 French//Guide d'Installation Rapide...............................................4-1 
4.2 German//Kurze Installationsanleitung............................................4-3 
4.3 Italian//Guida all’installazione rapida .............................................4-5 
4.4 Spanish//Guía rápida de instalación...............................................4-7 
4.5 Portuguese//Guia de instalação rápida ..........................................4-9 
4.6 Russian//Краткое руководство по установке .............................4-11 
4.7 Estonian//Kiirpaigaldusjuhend.....................................................4-13 
4.8 Latvian//Ātrās instalēšanas instrukcija .........................................4-15 
4.9 Lithuanian//Trumpas instaliavimo vadovas...................................4-17 
4.10 Polish//Instrukcja szybkiej instalacji...........................................4-19 
4.11 Hungarian//Gyorstelepítési útmutató .........................................4-21 
4.12 Turkish//Hızlı Kurulum Kılavuzu.................................................4-23 
4.13 Arabic//
.........................................................4-25 
4.14 Persian//
....................................................4-27 
4.15 Japanese//クイックインストールガイド ...................................4-29 
4.16 Korean//빠른
가이드 .......................................................4-31 
4.17 Malay//Panduan Pemasangan Ringkas.......................................4-33 
4.18 Thai//
........................................................4-35 
繁體中文 ................................................................................4-37 
4.19 
4.19.1  規格 ..............................................................................4-37 
4.19.2  快速安裝指南 .................................................................4-38 
4.20  简体中文 ................................................................................4-40 
4.20.1  规格 ..............................................................................4-40 
4.20.2  快速安装指南 .................................................................4-41 
설치
5. Appendix .......................................................................... 5-1 
5.1 Troubleshooting (How to Get Technical Support?)..........................5-1 
5.1.1 Q & A.................................................................................5-1 
5.1.2 Technical Support Form ......................................................5-4 
5.1.3 Contact Information ............................................................5-5 
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1. Hardware Setup 
1.1 Specifications
CPU 
  Support Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium 
Extreme Edition, Pentium D, Pentium 4 
Processor with 1066/800MHz FSB   
Chipset 
  Intel P965 / ICH8 
Memory 
  4x 240-pin DIMM slots support 
maximum memory capacity up to 8GB 
  Supports Dual Channel DDR2 
800/667/533 Un-buffered Non-ECC 
memory 
LAN 
Internal I/O Connectors 
  1x Floppy port 
  2x ATA 100 IDE connectors 
  4x SATA 3Gb/s connectors 
  3x USB 2.0 headers 
  1x FP-Audio header 
  1x CD-In connector 
Rear Panel I/O 
  1x PS/2 Keyboard connector 
  1x PS/2 Mouse connector 
  1x S/PDIF Out 
  1x 7.1CH Audio Connector 
  4x USB 2.0 connectors 
  Onboard 10/100/1000M PCI controller 
  1x RJ-45 Gigabit LAN connector 
Audio 
ABIT Engineered 
  Onboard 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC 
  ABIT SoftMenu™ Technology 
Serial ATA 
  4x SATA 3Gb/s 
Expansion Slots 
  1x PCI-E X16 slot 
  3x PCI-E X1 slots 
  2x PCI slots 
RoHS 
  100% Lead-free process and RoHS 
compliant 
Miscellaneous 
  ATX form factor (305mm x 245mm) 
※  Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without 
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1.2 Motherboard Layout 
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1.3 Choosing a Computer Chassis 
 
 
 
 
Choose a chassis big enough to install this motherboard. 
As  some  features  for  this  motherboard  are  implemented  by  cabling  connectors  on  the 
motherboard to indicators and switches or buttons on the chassis, make sure your chassis 
supports all the features required. 
If  there  is  possibility  of  adopting  some  more  hard  drives,  make  sure  your  chassis  has 
sufficient power and space for them. 
Most chassis have alternatives for I/O shield located at the rear panel. Make sure the I/O 
shield of the chassis matches the I/O port configuration of this motherboard. You can find 
an I/O shield specifically designed for this motherboard in its package. 
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1.4 Installing Motherboard 
Most computer chassis have a base with many 
mounting holes to allow the motherboard to be 
securely attached, and at the same time, prevent 
the system from short circuits. There are two 
ways to attach the motherboard to the chassis 
base: (1) with studs, or (2) with spacers. 
Basically, the best way to attach the board is 
with studs. Only if you are unable to do this 
should you attach the board with spacers. Line 
up the holes on the board with the mounting holes on the chassis. If the holes line up and there 
are screw holes, you can attach the board with studs. If the holes line up and there are only 
slots, you can only attach with spacers. Take the tip of the spacers and insert them into the 
slots. After doing this to all the slots, you can slide the board into position aligned with slots. 
After the board has been positioned, check to make sure everything is OK before putting the 
chassis back on. 
※  Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or 
removing any peripheral or component. Failing to so may cause severe damage 
to your motherboard and/or peripherals. Plug in the AC power cord only after 
you have carefully checked everything. 
To install this motherboard: 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
Locate all the screw holes on the 
motherboard and the chassis base. 
Place all the studs or spacers needed on 
the chassis base and have them tightened.
Face the motherboard’s I/O ports toward 
the chassis’s rear panel. 
Line up all the motherboard’s screw holes 
with those studs or spacers on the chassis.
Install the motherboard with screws and 
have them tightened. 
※  To prevent shorting the PCB circuit, 
please REMOVE the metal studs or 
spacers if they are already fastened 
on the chassis base and are without 
mounting-holes on the motherboard 
to align with. 
 
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1.5 Checking Jumper Settings 
 
For a 2-pin jumper, plug the 
jumper cap on both pins will 
make it CLOSE (SHORT). 
Remove the jumper cap, or 
plug it on either pin 
(reserved for future use) will 
leave it at OPEN position. 
 
 
SHORT 
OPEN 
OPEN 
 
For 3-pin jumper, pin 1~2 or pin 2~3 can be 
shorted by plugging the jumper cap in. 
1.5.1 CMOS Memory Clearing Header and Backup Battery 
Pin 1~2 SHORT
 
Pin 2~3 SHORT 
The time to clear the CMOS memory occurs when (a) 
the CMOS data becomes corrupted, (b) you forgot 
the supervisor or user password preset in the BIOS 
menu, (c) you are unable to boot-up the system 
because the CPU ratio/clock was incorrectly set in the 
BIOS menu, or (d) whenever there is modification on 
the CPU or memory modules. 
This header uses a jumper cap to clear the CMOS 
memory and have it reconfigured to the default 
values stored in BIOS. 
 
 
Pins 1 and 2 shorted 
(Default): Normal 
operation. 
Pins 2 and 3 shorted: 
Clear CMOS memory. 
To clear the CMOS memory and load in the default values: 
 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
1-4 
Power off the system. 
Set pin 2 and pin 3 shorted by the jumper cap. Wait for a few seconds. Set the jumper 
cap back to its default settings --- pin 1 and pin 2 shorted. 
Power on the system. 
For incorrect CPU ratio/clock settings in the BIOS, press  key to enter the BIOS 
setup menu right after powering on system. 
Set the CPU operating speed back to its default or an appropriate value. 
Save and exit the BIOS setup menu. 
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