Preface
Copyright
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material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the author.
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disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
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person of such revision or changes.
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Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
MMX, Pentium, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Cor-
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Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners and
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason-
able 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 the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio 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:
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver
Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help
Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with this
equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing this
device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system’s manufacturer
could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
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Declaration of Conformity
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
conditions:
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This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation
Canadian Department of Communications
This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-causing
Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le
matériel brouilieur du Canada.
About the Manual
The manual consists of the following:
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
Describes features of the motherboard.
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Describes installation of motherboard
components.
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Provides information on using the BIOS
Setup Utility.
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Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
Describes the motherboard software
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Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
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Introduction.................................................................................................1
Feature..........................................................................................................2
Motherboard Components........................................................................4
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Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard 7
Safety Precautions......................................................................................7
Choosing a Computer Case.......................................................................7
Installing the Motherboard in a Case......................................................7
Checking Jumper Settings.........................................................................8
Setting Jumpers..............................................................................8
Checking Jumper Settings..............................................................9
Jumper Settings..............................................................................9
Connecting Case Components...............................................................10
Front Panel Header.....................................................................12
Installing Hardware...................................................................................13
Installing the Processor...............................................................13
Installing Memory Modules.........................................................15
Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM/SATA Hard Drive........17
Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive...............................................19
Installing Add-on Cards..............................................................20
Connecting Optional Devices......................................................22
Connecting I/O Devices..........................................................................26
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
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About the Setup Utility............................................................................27
The Standard Configuration........................................................27
Entering the Setup Utility..............................................................27
Updating the BIOS.......................................................................29
Using BIOS................................................................................................29
Standard CMOS Setup.................................................................30
Boot Configuration Features.......................................................31
Advanced Setup............................................................................32
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Advanced Chipset Features.........................................................37
Power Management Setup...........................................................38
Hardware Health Configuration.................................................40
BIOS Security Features................................................................41
Load Optimal Defaults................................................................42
Load FailSafe Defaults ...............................................................42
Save Changes and Exit................................................................42
Discard Changes and Exit...........................................................42
Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
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About the Software CD-ROM................................................................43
Auto-installing under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP................................43
Running Setup..............................................................................44
Manual Installation..................................................................................46
Utility Software Reference.......................................................................46
Multi-Language Translation
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Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the 915-M5GL motherboard. This motherboard is a high perfor-
mance, enhanced function motherboard that supports LGA775 Socket for latest Intel
Pentium 4/Celeron processors for high-end business or personal desktop markets.
The motherboard may support 915GV/915GL Northbridge (NB) and ICH6 Southbridge (SB)
chipsets. The 915GV/915GL Northbridge on this motherboard supports a Front Side Bus
(FSB) frequency of 800/533 MHz using a scalable FSB Vcc_CPU. The memory controller
supports DDR memory DIMM frequencies of 333MHz and 400 MHz. It supports four DDR
Sockets with up to maximum memory of 4 GB. DDR Maximum memory bandwidth of 3.2
GB/s in single-channel mode and 6.4 GB/s in dual-channel mode is supported. One optional
PCI Express Lite slot is used to install an external PCI Express graphics card.
The ICH6 Southbridge on this motherboard supports three PCI slots which are PCI 2.3
compliant. It implements an EHCI compliant interface that provides 480Mb/s bandwidth
for eight USB 2.0 ports, integrates Azalia CODEC that features a 8-channel High Definition
audio output. One onboard IDE connector supports 2 IDE devices in ATA-100/66 mode.
The Southbridge integrates a Serial ATA host controller that is SATA v1.0 compliant,
supporting four SATA ports with maximum transfer rate up to 150 MB/s each.
The 915-M5GL motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear
panel, including PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, COM1, LPT, four USB ports, one
VGA port, one optional LAN port, one optional 1394 port, and audio jacks for micro-
phone, line-in, and 8-ch line-out.
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Feature
Accommodates Intel P4/Celeron processors
Supports a system bus (FSB) of 800/533MHz
Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
Processor
The 915-M5GL uses a LGA775 type of Pentium 4 that carries the following features:
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“Hyper-Threading” technology enables the operating system into thinking it’s hooked
up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both on separate
“logical” processors within the same physical processor.
Chipset
The 915GV/915GL Northbridge (NB) and ICH6 Southbridge (SB) chipset are based on
an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
915GV/915GL
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Supports 32-bit host bus addressing, allowing the CPU to
access the entire 4 GB of the memory address space.
Has a 12-deep In-Order Queue to support up to twelve
outstanding piplined address requests on the host bus.
Supports 256-Mb, 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR/DDR2 technolo-
gies for x8 and x16 devices(915GL supports DDR400 only)
Provides an integrated graphics device delivering cost com-
petitive 3D, 2D and video capabilities.
(NB)
915GV/915GL chipset can only support 256-Mb, 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR
technologies for x8 and x16 device, NOT support 128-Mb DDR technol-
ogy. That is, 256 MB Double Side Memory Module & 128 MB Single Side
Memory Module are NOT support.
ICH6 (SB)
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Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer func-
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Compliant with PCI 2.3 specificaiton
Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a specification
Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to eight
USB 2.0 ports
Integrated LAN controller
Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA100/66/33
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Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
Up to 1 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 4 GB
Memory
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Graphics
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Onboard LAN (Optional)
Supports core frequency of 333 MHz
Supports 3D Setup, Render Engine, and 3D Graphics Enhancements
Supports High Quality Texture Engine
Video DVD/PC-VCR
This motherboard may support either of the following LAN chipset:
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Supports 10/Mbs and 100Mb/s N-Way Auto negotiation operation
Half/Full duplex capability
Supports Wake-On-LAN(WOL) function and remote wake-up
Integrate 10/100/1000 transceiver
Supports PCI v2.3, 32-bit, 33/66MHz
Supports fully with IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u and IEEE802.3ab
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Audio
This motherboard may support either of the following Audio chipset.
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Compliant with the AC’97 v2.3 CODEC
Supports 6-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems
Provides three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control:
Line-in, CD, AUX
Supports S/PDIF output function
Compliant with Azalia specification, supporting 8 channel DACs with
SNR.100dB
Capabilities: 192/96/48/44.1 KHz with 24/20/16 bits
8 Smart Jack I/O port support
Extensive jack detection via RNM (resistors network method) that can
be used to monitor the plugging status of each jack
Digital S/PDIF OUT & IN support
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Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
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One PIC Express Lite slot (optional)
Three 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slots
One 40-pin IDE low profile header that support two IDE devices
One floppy disk drive interface and four 7-pin SATA connectors
The 915-M5GL motherboard supports UltraDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of
100/66 MB/s.
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
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Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
One serial port and one parallel port
Four USB ports
One VGA port, one 1394 port (optional) and one LAN port (optional)
Audio jacks for microphone in, line-in and line-out (Audio jack for microphone
in, line-in and 8-ch High Definition Audio out if supports Azalia Audio CODEC.)
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features
including the following:
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Power management
Wake-up alarms
CPU parameters
CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
with out prior notice.
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Motherboard Components
Introducing the Motherboard