Hardware Setup AB9 QuadGT Motherboard Socket 775 Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Extreme / Pentium Dual Core / Pentium Extreme / Pentium D / Pentium 4 BIOS Setup User's Manual Driver & Utility LGA775 ATX Intel P965 / ICH8R FSB 1066/800/533 MHz Dual DDR2 800 Multilingual QIG Dual PCI-E X16 Graphics Slots Gigabit LAN 8x SATA 3Gb/s with RAID IEEE1394 7.1 Channel HD Audio uGuruTM Technology Silent OTESTM Technology Appendix About this Manual: This user's manual contains all the information you may need for setting up this motherboard. To read the user's manual of PDF format (readable by Adobe Reader), place the "Driver & Utility CD" into the CD-ROM drive in your system. The auto-run screen will appear, click the "Manual" tab to enter its submenu. If not, browse the root directory of the CD-ROM via the File Manager, and double click the "AUTORUN" file. External CMOS Clearing Switch Quick Power & Reset Button Vista HW Ready AB9 QuadGT User's Manual English + Multilingual QIG 2nd Edition, January 2007 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual. If you do not properly set the motherboard settings, causing the motherboard to malfunction or fail, we cannot guarantee any responsibility. ii AB9 QuadGT Hardware Setup Contents 1. Hardware Setup ............................................................... 1-1 Specifications............................................................................... 1-1 Motherboard Layout ..................................................................... 1-2 Choosing a Computer Chassis ....................................................... 1-3 Installing Motherboard ................................................................. 1-3 Checking Jumper Settings............................................................. 1-4 1.5.1 CMOS Memory Clearing Header and Backup Battery .............. 1-4 1.5.2 Wake-up Header ................................................................. 1-6 1.6 Connecting Chassis Components ................................................... 1-7 1.6.1 ATX Power Connectors......................................................... 1-7 1.6.2 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers ........................... 1-8 1.6.3 FAN Power Connectors ........................................................ 1-9 1.6.4 abit Silent OTESTM Technology .............................................. 1-9 1.7 Installing Hardware .................................................................... 1-10 1.7.1 CPU Socket 775................................................................. 1-10 1.7.2 DDR2 Memory Slots........................................................... 1-12 1.7.3 PCI Express X16 Add-on Slots (Install Graphics Card) .......... 1-13 1.8 Connecting Peripheral Devices .................................................... 1-15 1.8.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors ................................ 1-15 1.8.2 Serial ATA Connectors ....................................................... 1-16 1.8.3 Additional USB 2.0 Port Headers......................................... 1-17 1.8.4 Additional IEEE1394 Port Header........................................ 1-17 1.8.5 Internal Audio Connectors.................................................. 1-18 1.8.6 Front Panel Audio Connection Header ................................. 1-18 1.8.7 S/PDIF Output Connection Header...................................... 1-20 1.8.8 PCI and PCI Express X1 Slot............................................... 1-20 1.8.9 Guru Panel Connection Header........................................... 1-21 1.9 Onboard Indicators and Buttons.................................................. 1-22 1.9.1 POST Code Displayer ......................................................... 1-22 1.9.2 Power Source Indicators .................................................... 1-23 1.9.3 Onboard Buttons ............................................................... 1-23 1.10 Connecting Rear Panel I/O Devices ........................................... 1-24 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 BIOS Setup Driver & Utility Multilingual QIG Appendix 2. BIOS Setup....................................................................... 2-1 2.1 GuruTM Utility .............................................................................. 2-2 2.1.1 OC Guru ............................................................................. 2-2 2.1.2 ABIT EQ.............................................................................. 2-4 2.2 Standard CMOS Features............................................................ 2-10 2.3 Advanced BIOS Features ............................................................ 2-13 2.4 Advanced Chipset Features......................................................... 2-16 AB9 QuadGT iii 2.5 Integrated Peripherals ................................................................ 2-17 2.6 Power Management Setup .......................................................... 2-20 2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations .............................................................. 2-23 2.8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults............................................................... 2-24 2.9 Load Optimized Defaults............................................................. 2-24 2.10 Set Password ........................................................................... 2-24 2.11 Save & Exit Setup..................................................................... 2-24 2.12 Exit Without Saving .................................................................. 2-24 3. Driver & Utility ................................................................. 3-1 3.1 CD-ROM AUTORUN ...................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility ....................................... 3-2 3.3 Intel Matrix Storage Manager........................................................ 3-2 3.4 Audio Driver ................................................................................ 3-3 3.5 LAN Driver................................................................................... 3-4 3.6 JMicron SATA Driver..................................................................... 3-4 3.7 USB 2.0 Driver ............................................................................. 3-4 3.8 ABIT Guru Utility ........................................................................ 3-5 3.9 Build Intel SATA RAID Driver Disk Under Windows Environment ..... 3-6 3.10 Build JMicron SATA RAID Driver Disk Under Windows Environment ........................................................................................................ 3-7 3.11 Build A Driver Disk Under DOS Environment ................................ 3-8 4. Multilingual Quick Installation Guide .............................. 4-1 4.1 Français//Guide d'Installation Rapide............................................. 4-1 4.2 Deutsch//Kurze Installationsanleitung............................................ 4-2 4.3 Italiano//Guida all'installazione rapida ........................................... 4-3 4.4 Español//Guía rápida de instalación............................................... 4-4 4.5 Português//Guia de instalação rápida ............................................ 4-5 4.6 // .............................. 4-6 4.7 Eesti//Kiirpaigaldusjuhend ............................................................ 4-7 4.8 Latviski//trs instalsanas instrukcija........................................... 4-8 4.9 Lietuvi//Trumpas instaliavimo vadovas ........................................ 4-9 4.10 Polski//Instrukcja szybkiej instalacji ........................................... 4-10 4.11 Magyar//Gyorstelepítési útmutató.............................................. 4-11 4.12 Türkçe//Hizli Kurulum Kilavuzu.................................................. 4-12 4.13 // ....................... 4-13 4.14 // ............................................... 4-14 4.15 // ...................................... 4-15 4.16 // ....................................................... 4-16 4.17 Bahasa Malaysia//Panduan Pemasangan Ringkas ....................... 4-17 4.18 // ........................................................ 4-18 iv AB9 QuadGT Hardware Setup BIOS Setup Driver & Utility Multilingual QIG Appendix 4.19 ................................................................................. 4-19 4.19.1 ............................................................................... 4-19 4.19.2 .................................................................. 4-20 4.20 ................................................................................. 4-21 4.20.1 ............................................................................... 4-21 4.20.2 .................................................................. 4-22 5. Appendix .......................................................................... 5-1 5.1 POST Code Definitions.................................................................. 5-1 5.1.1 AWARD POST Code Definitions............................................. 5-1 5.1.2 AC2005 POST Code Definitions............................................. 5-4 5.2 Troubleshooting (How to Get Technical Support?).......................... 5-5 5.2.1 Q & A ................................................................................. 5-5 5.2.2 Technical Support Form....................................................... 5-8 5.2.3 Universal ABIT Contact Information ...................................... 5-9 AB9 QuadGT v vi AB9 QuadGT Hardware Setup 1. Hardware Setup 1.1 Specifications CPU · LGA775 socket for Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Extreme / Pentium Dual Core / Pentium Extreme / Pentium D / Pentium 4 · FSB 1066/800/533 MHz · 2x PCI slots Internal I/O Connectors · · · · · · · · · 1x 1x 6x 3x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x Floppy port ATA 100 IDE connector SATA 3Gb/s connectors USB 2.0 headers IEEE1394 header FP-Audio header CD-In connector S/PDIF Out header GURU header Chipset · Intel P965 / ICH8R Memory · 4x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum memory capacity up to 8GB · Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800/667/533 Un-buffered Non-ECC memory Rear Panel I/O · · · · · · · · · · 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 2x 1x 4x 1x 1x PS/2 Keyboard connector PS/2 Mouse connector External CMOS Clearing Switch S/PDIF In connector S/PDIF Out connector eSATA connectors 7.1CH Audio connector USB 2.0 connectors IEEE1394 connector RJ-45 Gigabit LAN connector LAN · Onboard 10/100/1000M PCI Gigabit controller Audio · Onboard 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC · Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/PDIF In/Out · HDMI Header ready (S/PDIF Header) Serial ATA · 6x SATA 3Gb/s offered by Intel ICH8R support Intel Matrix Storage Tech (AHCI & RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10) · 2x SATA 3Gb/s offered by JMicron JMB363 support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD abit Engineered · · · · abit uGuruTM Technology abit Silent OTESTM Technology External CMOS Clearing Switch Quick Power & Reset Button RoHS · 100% Lead-free process and RoHS compliant IEEE1394 · Supports 2 Ports IEEE1394 at 400Mb/s transfer rate Miscellaneous · ATX form factor (305mm x 245mm) · Vista HW Ready Expansion Slots · 1x PCI-E X16 slot (x16 bandwidth) · 1x PCI-E X16 slot (x4 bandwidth) · 1x PCI-E X1 slot Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice. 1-1 AB9 QuadGT 1.2 Motherboard Layout 1-2 AB9 QuadGT Hardware Setup 1.3 Choosing a Computer Chassis · · Choose a chassis big enough to install this motherboard. As some features for this motherboard are implemented by cabling connectors on the motherboard to indicators and switches or buttons on the chassis, make sure your chassis supports all the features required. If there is a possibility of adopting some more hard drives, make sure your chassis has sufficient power and space for them. Most chassis have alternatives for I/O shield located a ...