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PM945GC (V2.0)
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PM945GC (V2.0) ® Intel 945GC & ICH7 ® ® TM Support Socket 775 Intel Core 2 Duo/ Pentium D/ ® ® ® Pentium 4/ Celeron D/ Celeron Processor (The power consumption for the aforementioned processors must be rated at 65W or less.) User Manual Enabling the Hyper-Threading Technology, your computer system is required to have components as the following: ® ® CPU: An Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology ® Chipset
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Things You Have To Know The images and pictures in this manual are for reference only and may vary from the product you received depending on specific hardware models, third party components and software versions. This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips. Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system. Do not touch any IC chip, lead, connector or other components. Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any devi
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ....................................................1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 1 SPECIFICATION ....................................................................................................... 2 CONFIGURATION ...........................................................................................
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Chapter 1. Getting Started Introduction ® Thanks for choosing PM945GC(V2.0) Mainboard. It is based on Intel 945GC Northbridge ® chipset and Intel ICH7 Southbridge chipset. In addition, it also supports integrated Graphics ® TM Media Accelerator 950 for onboard graphics feature. It supports Intel Core 2 Duo/ ® ® ® ® Pentium D/ Pentium 4/ Celeron D/ Celeron Processors (The power consumption for the aforementioned process
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Specification CPU: Support Socket 775 ® TM ® ® ® ® Support Intel Core 2 Duo/ Pentium D/ Pentium 4/ Celeron D/ Celeron Processors (The power consumption for the aforementioned processors must be rated at 65W or less.) Support Hyper-Threading Technology Support 1333 MHz (by overclocking)/ 1066 MHz (by overclocking)/ 800 MHz/ 533 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) Frequencies Chipset: ® Northbridge Chipset – Intel 945GC ® Southbri
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) FDD Connector: Supports one FDD connector to set up to two floppy disk drives Supports 360KB/ 720KB/ 1.2MB/ 1.44MB/ 2.88MB IDE Connector: One IDE connector Supports up to two IDE devices Supports Ultra ATA 33/66/100 Supports high capacity hard disk drives Serial ATA II Connector: Four SATA II connectors Supports SATA 2.0 specification and with transmit rate up to 3 Gbps One SATA connector can only support one S
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Green Function: Supports Phoenix-Award™ BIOS power management function Supports system-wake-from-power-saving-mode by keyboard or mouse touching Shadow RAM: Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory: Supports flash memory functionality Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function: Monitors CPU/ Chassis Fan Speed Monitors CPU and system temperature
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Configuration Layout of PM945GC (V2.0) 5
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Hardware Installation This section will assist you in quickly installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage the system’s components. CPU Processor Installation ® TM ® ® ® ® This mainboard supports Intel Core 2 Duo/ Pentium D/ Pentium 4/ Celeron D/ Celeron Processors using a Socket 775. Before building your system, we suggest you to visit the Intel websi
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) FAN Headers: CPUFAN, SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 There are three fan headers available for cooling fans. The cooling fans play an important role in maintaining ambient temperatures in your system. The CPUFAN header is attached with a CPU cooling fan. The SYSFAN1 and SYSFAN2 headers are attached with other cooling fans. SYSFAN1/ SYSFAN2 CPUFAN Attention You can avoid damaging your CPU du
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) How to enable Dual-Channel DDRII: 1. These mainboards provide Dual-Channel functionality for the two DIMM sockets. Enabling Dual-Channel can significantly increase your data access rates. DIMM1 and DIMM2 share one channel. 2. For enabling Dual-Channel, you have to install two memories in the DIMM sockets at the same time; according to the definition by Intel, once one channel of the memory capacity is the same with the other c
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Back Panel Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Ports: KB/MS This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse port and a PS/2 keyboard port. The Serial Port: COM1 This mainboard provides a serial port COM1 on your back panel, and is used to connect mice, modem and other peripheral devices. Through this port, you can also transfer data from your computer hard disk drive to other computers.
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Audio Ports: SOUND This mainboard provides three audio ports, the Mic, Line-in and Line-out. These are the standard audio ports that provide basic audio function. Line-In (Blue) This port is for audio input and connects to external audio devices such as CD player, tape player, etc. When the multi-channel audio system is enabled, this port will output audio for the rear speakers. Line-Out (Green) This port is an output
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Hard Drive LED Header: HDLED If your case front panel has a hard drive LED cable, attach it to this header. The LED will flicker when there is hard disk drive activity. Reset Switch Header: RESET This header can be attached to a momentary SPST switch (reset button) cable on your case front panel. The switch is normally left open. When the switch closed, it will cause the mainboard to reset and run the POST (Power-On Self Te
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Hard Disk Drive Connectors: IDE1 The mainboards provide one IDE connector that supports Ultra ATA 33/66/100 IDE devices. You can attach a maximum of two IDE devices, such as hard disk drive (HDD), CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc. using an IDE ribbon cable. In general, two IDE devices can be attached onto one IDE connector. If you attach two IDE HDDs, you must configure one drive as the master and the other one as the slave. In this case,
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Printer Interface Header: PARALLEL (Optional) This mainboard provides a PARALLEL header for you connecting an additional printer connector on your case back panel. Attach the cable of printer connector (Optional) onto this header, and then you can use the printer connector connecting with a printer. Keyboard/Mouse & USB Power On function Header: JP1 PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse attached to the back panel can awaken
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT The “Clear CMOS” function is used when you are unable boot your system and need to reset the BIOS settings (CMOS settings) back to the manufacturer’s original settings. This is also a way to reset the system password if you have forgotten it. JBAT Assignment Pin 1-2 Closed Normal (Default) Pin 2-3 Closed Clear CMOS Data Note: Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins.
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Front Panel Audio Header: AUDIO If your case front panel has audio ports, you can connect them to the Front Audio Header of this mainboard. AUDIO Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 MIC2-L 2 AUD_GND 3 MIC2-R 4 AUD_JD LINEOUT2-R AUD_GND 5 6 7 SENSE-FB 8 N/C 9 LINEOUT2-L 10 AUD_GND Slots Universal PCI-Express Interface slot: PE2 The PE2 slot is the
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Mainboard PM945GC(V2.0) Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector: ATXPWR, ATX12V These mainboards provide two ATX power connectors, one 24-pin ATXPWR connector and one 4-pin ATX12V connector. You must use a power supply that has both of these connectors and both connectors must be attached before the system is powered on. These power connectors support several power management functions such as the instant power-on function. The connector pins are d
