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USER'S MANUAL
Of
Intel P43 Express and ICH10 Chipset
Based
M/B for LGA775 Quad Core Ready
Intel Core Processor Family
MB Model: PXP43 (V2.0)
Manual: Rev: 1.0
Release date: Sep ，2009
Trademark:
* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to
change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle. i
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TABLE OF CONTENT USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii COOLING SOLUTIONS.....................
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USER’S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARES DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER. THIS MANUAL CONTAINS AL
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Chapter 1 Introduction of Intel P43 Express and ICH10 chipset based Motherboards 1-1 Features of Motherboard The P43 Express and ICH10 chipset motherboard series are based on Intel P43 Express chipset and ICH10 chipsets technology which supports the innovative 45nm and 65nm Quad-Core, Dual-Core Intel® Core
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that the over-clocking may cause the failure in system reliability. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and make
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1-2 Specification Spec Description Design ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x22.0cm Intel P43 Express Chipset Chipset Intel ICH10 chipset Support 45nm and 65nm Quad-Core, Dual-Core Intel® Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo processors, Intel® Pentium Dual Core, Intel® Celeron Dual CPU Socket Core Conroe p
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1-3 Performance List The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in d
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Layout Diagram Line- In RJ-45 LAN CEN/BASS SPDIF-OUT COM Connector PS/2Mouse Line Out (Green) Surrback PS/2 Keyboard （Purple） Surround Clear CMOS MIC-IN USB USB B
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Jumpers Jumper Name Description Page JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.7 JP2 Keyboard and USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8 JP3 USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8 Connectors Connector Name Description Page A
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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation WARNING! Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 2-1 Hardware installation Steps Before using your computer, you had better complete the
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(2) Keyboard &Mouse &USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP2 JP2 JP2 1-2 closed Keyboard &Mouse&USB 2-3 closed Keyboard & Mouse& USB Power On Disable Power On Enabled Keyboard and USB Power-On Setting (3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP3 JP3 JP3 1-2 closed USB Pow
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other software. Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for doing the "computing" in "personal computer" Front Side Bus Frequency - the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS. CPU L2 Cache - th
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2-3-3 LGA 775 CPU Installation Guide 1. Please make sure that CPU socket is facing 2. Remove the plastic protective cap from the socket. towards you and the level is on you left hand side. ( Put it to the original place if CPU is not installed . Do not touch the metal contact poin
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7. Put down the load plate. 8. Press down the load level and move it rightwards make sure it is locked under the notch. 2-3-4 Intel Reference Thermal Solution Assembly Align the fastener with the hole 1. Put the heat sink vertically above
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2-4 Installing Memory This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 16GB DDR SDRAM . Valid Memory Configurations for DDR2 Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory Bank 0, 1
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2-5 Expansion Cards 2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers. 2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use. 3. Align th
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2-5-3 PCI Express Slot The P43 Express chipset is based motherboard series offer two PCI-Express x16 graphics slots that support CrossFireX Mode. One PCI-Express2.0 x16@16lane graphics slot offers 8 Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which get 7 times of bandwidth more than AGP8X and up
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2-6 Connectors, Headers 2-6-1 Connectors (1) Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Po
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(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V This is a new defined 8-pin connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The ATX Power Supply which fully supports LGA775 processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption. Without this conne
