ECS 945GCD-M230 User manual
Preface
Preface
Copyright
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any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of
the author.
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Disclaimer
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufac-
turer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and
specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any
particular purpose. The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and
to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the
manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes.
TrademarkRecognition
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
MMX, Pentium, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation.
Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective
owners and are acknowledged.
FederalCommunicationsCommission(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 reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa-
tion. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful inter-
ference 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:
• 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 govern-
ing 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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DeclarationofConformity
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the
following conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference, and
• This device must accept any interference received, including interfer-
ence that may cause undesired operation
CanadianDepartmentofCommunications
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.
AbouttheManual
The manual consists of the following:
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard
Chapter 3
UsingBIOS
Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
Describes features of the
motherboard.
Go to Hpage 1
Describes installation of
motherboard components.
Goto Hpage 7
Provides information on us-
ing the BIOS Setup Utility.
Go to Hpage 25
Describes the motherboard
software
Go to Hpage 43
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Chapter 1 1
IntroducingtheMotherboard 1
Introduction......................................................................................1
Feature...............................................................................................2
MotherboardComponents.............................................................4
Chapter 2 77
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Installing the Motherboard 7
SafetyPrecautions...........................................................................7
Choosinga ComputerCase............................................................7
Installingthe Motherboard inaCase............................................7
CheckingJumperSettings...............................................................8
Setting Jumpers...................................................................8
Checking Jumper Settings...................................................9
Jumper Settings...................................................................9
InstallingHardware........................................................................10
Installing Memory Modules...............................................10
Expansion Slots..................................................................14
Connecting Optional Devices............................................16
Installinga Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM/SATAHardDrive...18
ConnectingI/ODevices................................................................20
ConnectingCase Components.....................................................21
Front Panel Header............................................................24
Chapter 3 25
UsingBIOS 25
Aboutthe SetupUtility................................................................25
The Standard Configuration..............................................25
Entering the Setup Utility...................................................25
UsingBIOS......................................................................................27
Standard CMOS Setup......................................................28
Advanced Setup.................................................................30
Advanced Chipset Setup....................................................32
Integrated Peripherals.......................................................33
Power Management Setup.................................................34
PCI/PnP Setup...................................................................35
PC Health Status...............................................................36
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Frequency/Voltage Control.................................................38
Load Default Settings.........................................................39
Supervisor Password.........................................................39
User Password...................................................................40
Save & Exit Setup...............................................................40
Exit Without Saving.............................................................40
Updating the BIOS..............................................................41
Chapter 4 4343
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UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 43
Aboutthe SoftwareCD-ROM......................................................43
Auto-installingunderWindowsVista........................................43
Running Setup.....................................................................44
ManualInstallation........................................................................48
UtilitySoftwareReference............................................................48
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Chapter1
IntroducingtheMotherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing 945GCD-M230 motherboard of great performance and
with enhanced function. This motherboard has onboard Intel®AtomTM 230 CPU with
a Micro-ATX form factor of 225 x 170 mm.
The motherboard incorporates the Intel 945GC Northbridge (NB) and ICH7
Southbridge (SB) chipsets. The Northbridge supports a Front Side Bus (FSB) fre-
quency of 533 MHz using a scalable FSB Vcc_CPU. The memory controller supports
DDR2 memory DIMM frequencies of 533. It supports two DDR2 socket with up to
maximum memory of 4GB. One PCI Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics
Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI Express Gen1 (version 1.0a).
The ICH7 Southbridge supports one PCI slot which is PCI v2.3 compliant. In addi-
tion, one PCI Express x1 is supported. It implements an EHCI compliant interface
that provides 480 Mb/s bandwidth for 8 USB 2.0 ports (4 USB ports and 2 USB 2.0
headers support additional 4 USB ports). The Southbridge integrates a Serial ATA
host controller, supporting three SATA ports with maximum transfer rate up to 3.0
Gb/s each.
The motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,
including PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, one LPT port, one serial port, one
VGA port, four USB ports, one LAN port and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and
line-out.
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Feature
• Onboard Intel®AtomTM 230, 1.60GHz CPU speed with 1MB cache
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 533 MHz
• Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
Processor
The 945GC Northbridge (NB) and ICH7 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
Chipset
ICH7 (SB) • EnhancedDMAController, interrupt controller,andtimer
functions
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, Revi-
sion 1.0a
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification
• Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
eight USB 2.0 ports
• IntegratedIDE controller supportsUltraATA100/66/33
• SupportsDDR2 533 DDR2 SDRAM
•Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Maximum memory size up to 4 GB
Memory
945GC (NB) • Supports 32-bit host bus addressing
• 2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to
ICH7 (1 Gb/s each direction)
• Supports 256-Mb, 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR2 technolo-
gies for x8 and x16 devices
• Supports high quality 3D setup, Render Engine and
high-quality texture engine
Audio
• 5.1 Channel High DefinitionAudio Codec
• Exceeds Microsoft Windows Logo Program (WLP) Requirements
• ADCs support 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz sample rate
• Power Support: Digital: 3.3V; Analog: 5.0V
The onboard Audio provides the following features:
“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.
This motherboard uses onboard Intel®AtomTM 230 CPU that carries the following
features:
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Onboard LAN
The onboard LAN controller provides either of the following features:
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One 32-bit PCI v2.3 compliant slot
• One PCI Express x16 slot for Graphics Interface
• One PCI Express x1 slots
• One IDE connector that supports two IDE devices
• Three 7-pin SATA connectors
The motherboard supports UDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/
66 Mb/s.
Expansion Options
Integrated I/O
BIOS Firmware
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One LPT port
• One serial port
• One VGA port
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPUparameters
• CPUandmemorytiming
1. Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.
2. Due to chipset limitation, we recommend that motherboard be oper-
ated in the ambiance between 0 and 50 °C.
3. To achieve better performance and air flow, we suggest that you use
a system fan on this motherboard.
• CompliantwithIEEE802.3ufor10/100Mbpsethernet,IEEE802.3ab
for 1000 Mbps ethernet
• PCI Express base 1.1 compliant
• Supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) andAMD magic packet TM power
management
• IEEE 802.3ab auto-negotiation support
• IEEE 802.3x compliant flow control support
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MotherboardComponents
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Table of Motherboard Components
This concludes Chapter 1. The next chapter explains how to install the motherboard.
LABEL COMPONENTS
1. CPU_FAN CPU cooling fan connector
2. DDR2_1~2 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM slots
3. ATX Standard 24-pin ATX power connector
4. IDE Primary IDE connector
5. F_USB1~2 Front panel USB headers
6. USBPWR_F Front panel USB power select jumper
7. SATA1~3 Serial ATA connectors
8. F_PANEL Front panel switch/LED header
9. CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper
10. SPDIFO SPDIF out header
11. CD_IN Analog audio input connector
12. F_AUDIO Front panel audio header
13. SPK Internal speaker header
14. PCI 32-bit add-on card slots
15. PCIE PCI Express x1 slot
16. PCIE x16 PCI Express x16 graphics card slot
17. USBPWR_R Rear USB/PS2 power select jumper
18. CASE_OPEN Chassis detect header
19. ATX12V 4-pin +12V power connector
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