AOpen I915Gm-PL Datasheet

JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup

Jumper

ATX Power Connector

SYSFAN1

Connector

Onboard HD Codec

32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x2

JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

Functional Polymer Capacitor

AOpen reserves the right to revise all the specifications and information contained in this document, which are subject to change without notice.

Front Audio Connector

USB 2.0 Connectors x2

Front Panel Connector

Serial

ATA Ports x4

Supports 150 MB/s Transfer Rate

FDD Connector

CPUFAN Connector

DieHard BIOS Lite

4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector

Realtek

Gigabit LAN Chip

IN Connector

i915Gm-PL / i915Pm-PL

184-pin DIMMsx4

support

DDR400/333

Max. To 4GB

IDE Connector

(ATA 33/66/100 supported)

Case Open Connector

IRDA Connector

STBY LED

BOOT LED

PCI Express x 16 Graphics

Slot (8.0GB/s)

LGA 775 CPU Socket with Voltage

and Frequency Auto-detection

that supports Intel®FC-LGA4 CPU

Intel®

915G / ICH6

(i915Gm-PL)

915P / ICH6 (i915Pm-PL) Chipsets

that support 800 MHz FSB, DDR 400

and PCI Express x16

Game Connector

PCI Express x1 Slot

SYSFAN2 Connector

S/PDIF Connector

Speaker Out

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

USB 2.0

Ports

RJ45

LAN Jack

PS/2

Keyboard

Connector

COM 1 Port

Line-In

MIC-In

Rear SUR

Center/

Subwoofer

VGA Port

USB 2.0

Ports

Side SUR

COM2

Connector

(i915Gm-PL)

Easy Installation Guide x 1

80-Wire IDE Cable x 1

Floppy Drive Cable x 1

Serial ATA Cable x 1

Serial ATA Power Cable x 1

Back Panel I/O Shield x 1

Bonus Pack CD x 1

PART NO:

DOC. NO: I915GMPL-EG-E0411A

Everything you need to boot this

motherboard is included in this

Easy Installation Guide. For more

information, a complete Online

User's Manual can be found in the

Bonus Pack CD. Thanks for the

help of saving our earth.

1. Installing CPU

2. Installing CPU Fan

& System Fan

3. Installing

Memory Module

4. Installing HD,

CD-ROM and SATA

Disk

etc

6. Connecting ATX

Power Cable

5. Connecting Front

Panel Cable

7. Installing PCI Express x16

Graphics card & PCI Express x1

Cards & PCI Cards

8. Installing Other Devices

(USB, Front Audio, etc)

9. Connecting Back

Panel Ports

(Keyboard, Mouse,

etc)

10. Loading Default

BIOS, Setting CPU

Frequency

11. Installing Operating

System (such as,

Windows XP)

12. Installing Drivers & Utilities

This socket supports FC-LGA4 CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by

Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in.

1. Pull CPU socket lever and plate up.

2. Remove plastic cap from CPU

socket plate.

3. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look

for a golden arrow on the CPU

upper interface. Match Pin 1 and

golden arrow. Then insert the CPU

into the socket.

4. Press down CPU socket plate and

lever to finish CPU installation.

Primary

Master (1st)

Primary

Slave (2nd)

3. Installing Memory Modules

2. Installing CPU & System Fans

1. Installing CPU

Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 4-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan,

you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.

SYSFAN1 Connector

CPUFAN Connector

DIMM slots are designed in Navy Blue and Electronic Blue which are very easy to

recognize. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and

press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.

4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDD

and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause

system damage.

FDD Connector

Pin 1

Note: Some CPU fans

do not have sensor pin so

they cannot support fan

monitoring.

Warning: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and CPU golden arrow well, you

may damage the CPU. And please don’t

touch CPU socket pins when installing CPU.

Note: The tabs of

the DIMM slot will

close-up to hold the

DIMM in place when the

DIMM touches the slot’s

bottom.

CPU socket plate

Tab

Pin 1

Key

Socket Pin 1

Plastic ca

Golden arrow

CPU socket lever Note: It’s strongly recommended by

Intel to use thermal paste properly to avoid

over-heat generated From Prescott CPU.

SYSFAN2 Connector

Pin 1

ATA 66/100 IDE

Connector

GND

+12V

SENSOR

GND

+12V

SENSOR

GND

+12V

PWM

SENSOR

This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown

below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to

insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 24-pin connector.

After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power

on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power On Self

Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal

performance.

5. Connecting Front Panel cable

6. Connecting ATX Power Cables

Attach the power LED, speaker, and reset switch connectors to the corresponding

pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED

will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female

connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power

switch connector marked SPWR.

7. Power-on and Loading BIOS Setup

Del

8. AOpen EzInstall and Bonus Pack CD

You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver

from the icons at left side, and then click on the “GO” button to complete

installation automatically.

Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your

system components (CPU, RAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.

Click to install

online manual

Install utility

Browse

Read me

Exit CD

Install driver

Power Switch

Front Panel Connector

GND

Power LED-

GND

Power LED+

GND

RESET

GND

+5V

HDD LED

+5V

GND

SPEAKER

Setting CPU Voltage & Frequency

ett

CPU C

ore

tage

This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage

automatically during power-on. It’s not necessary to set CPU core voltage.

Setting CPU Frequency

This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through

1MHz stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS. CPU Core Frequency = CPU FSB

clock x CPU Ratio. However, all CPU now selling in the market belong to "Fixed

Multiplier". That means users can not adjust the CPU Ratio but only change CPU

FSB clock to achieve overclocking.

(Users do the overclocking at their own risk!!)

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setup

CPU Ratio 8x, 10x… 24x, 25x, 26x, 27x, 28x

CPU FSB

(Adjustment manually)

FSB = 100MHz-400MHz by 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking

Processor Number Processor Frequency

FSB CPU Ratio

Cache

5 Series

570 3.80G 800MHZ

19x

1MB L2

560 3.60G 800MHZ

18x

1MB L2

550 3.40G 800MHZ

17x

1MB L2

540 3.20G 800MHZ

16x

1MB L2

530 3.00G 800MHZ

15x

1MB L2

520 2.80G 800MHZ

14x

1MB L2

3 Series 350 3.20G 533MHZ

24x

256K L2

345 3.06G 533MHZ

23x

256K L2

340 2.93G 533MHZ

22x

256K L2

335 2.80G 533MHZ

21x

256K L2

Note:With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be faster

CPU on the market by the

time you received this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references only.

JP14 Clear CMOS

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper

This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28

to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend

mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is “Disable” (1-2), and

you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow

the

rocedure below.

Pin 1

Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so they cannot

support fan monitoring.

Warning: Intel 915G / 915p

chipset support maximum

800MHz (200MHz*4) system

bus; higher clock setting may

cause serious system damage.

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fails because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

Note: Intel 915G / 915p

chipset support LGA 775

processor. LGA 775 processor

could detect the clock ratio

automatically; you may not

be able to adjust the clock

ratio in BIOS manual.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC

power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from

connector PWR3.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few

seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by

shorting pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to

connector PWR3.

Normal

(Default) Clear CMOS

1 1

Disable

(Default) Enable

USB 2.0 Connectors

Pin 1

Game Port

Front Audio Connectors

IRDA Connector

Pin 1

This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0 ports to connect USB devices, such as

mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the back panel.

You can use proper cables to connect the Front USB connector to USB modules or

front panel of chassis.

+5V

SBD7-

SBD7+

GND

+5V

SBD6-

SBD6+

GND

9 10

USB Connector

1 2

KEY

GND

PRESENCE#

Front Audio Connecto

SENSE1_RETURN

PORT2L

SENSE_SEND

PORT2R

PORT1R

PORT1L

SENSE2_RETURN

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.

This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any

midi devices or joysticks. 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.

The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with

this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows Direct Cable

Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and

printers. This connector supports both HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR

(56Kbps).

Install an infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared

function from BIOS Setup, UART Mode, you can use this function. Please make

sure you connect correct orientation when plugging IrDA module.

+5V

JBB1

JBCX

MIDI_TXD

JBCY

JBB2

MIDI_RXD

KEY

1 2

15 16

+5V

JAB1

JACX

GND

JACY

JAB2

+5V

Game Port Connector

KEY

GND

IR_RX

IR_TX

+5V

IrDA Connector

Pin 1

Phoenix-Award BIOS ERROR Message

Beep Sound Message

1 short(Beep) System booting is normally.

1 long - 1 short(Beep) DRAM ERROR

1 long - 2 short(Beep) Display card or monitor connected error

1 long - 3 short(Beep) Keyboard Error

Long(Beep) continuous DRAM hasn't inset correctly.

If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures

accordingly to resolve the problem.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

i915Gm-PL R1.02 Oct. 01. 2004 AOpen Inc.

Model name and BIOS version

Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot

screen (POST screen). For example:

i915Gm-PL is model name of motherboard; R1.02 is BIOS version

Thanks for choosing AOpen product, please register this motherboard at

http://club.aopen.com.tw/productreg/ to become a Gold member of Club AOpen,

and to ensure high service quality and priority from AOpen. You will also have a

chance to play slot machine game to win prize from AOpen. Please prepare the

following information before you start: Model Name, Part Number (P/N),

Serial Number (S/N) and Purchase Date. The Part Number and Serial

number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the

outside packing or on component side of PCB. For example:

P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.

Part No. Serial No.

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