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Biostar 945G-M7 User Manual - 945G-M7 & 945P-M7 Bios Setup

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 i fcc information and copyright this equipment has been tes ted and found to comply with the limits of a class b digital devic e, purs uant to part 15 of the fcc rules . T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against harmful interference in a residential insta...

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    Table of contents ii chapter 1: introduction ..................................................................1 1.1 motherboard features ..................................................... 1 1.2 package checklist ........................................................... 4 1.3 layout and compone...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 1 chapter 1: introduction 1.1 m otherboard f eatures c pu supports lga 775. Supports intel pentium 4 processor up to 3.8ghz. Supports intel pentium d processor. Front side bus at the following frequency ranges: 533mhz (133mhz core clock) 800mhz (200mhz core clock) 1066mhz (266mhz c...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 2 system memory supports dual channel ddr2. Supports ddr2 533 (266mhz) / 667 (333mhz) for a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 10.7 gb/s. Supports 256-mb, 512-mb, or 1g-mb technologies for x8 and x16 devices. Supports non-ecc dimms. Maximum dram space is up to 4gb. Dimm socket locati...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 3 gigabit lan (optional) chip: rtl8110s. Half/full duplex capability. Supports 10 mb/s, 100 mb/s and 1gb/s auto-negotiation. Supports acpi power management. Se rial ata ii controller integrated in ich7. Supports 4 serial ata ii (sata ii) devices. - serial ata 2.0 specification comp...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 4 back panel i/o c onne ctors 1 serial port. 1 printer port. 1 ps/2 mouse port. 1 ps/2 keyboard port. 1 vga port. (only for 945g-m7) 1 rj-45 lan jack / giga lan jack. (optional) 4 usb 2.0 ports. 1 vertical audio port including 1 line-in connector, 1 line-out connector, and 1 mic-in...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 5 1.3 l ayout and c omponents ddr2 _ a 1 ddr2 _ a 2 ddr2 _ b 1 ddr2 _ b 2 f dd1 pci- ex1_1 pci-ex16 pc i1 pci 2 jpan el1 jat xpwr 1 jcfan 1 jatxp wr2 jc i1 jc mos 1 s ata1 sata 3 sata2 sata4 cod ec j c din 1 j sfan 1 giga la n / lan bat1 bi os intel ich7 lga775 cpu1 945g or 945p j ...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 6 pin cap chapter 2: hardware installation 2.1 i nstalling c entral p rocessing u nit (cpu) step 1: pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Special notice: remove pin cap before installation, and make good preservation for...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 7 step 2: look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on cpu should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The cpu will fit only in the correct orientation. Step 2-1: step 2-2: step 3: hold the cpu down firmly, and then lower the lever to locked position to com...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 8 2.2 fan h eaders these fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1. Jc fan1: c pu fan heade r pin assignment 1...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 9 2.3 i nstalling s ystem m emory dd r2 _ a 1 dd r2 _ a 2 dd r2 _ b 1 dd r2 _ b 2 1. Unlock a dimm slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a dimm on the slot such that the notch on the dimm matches the break on the slot. 2. Insert the dimm vertically and firmly into the...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 10 2.4 c onnectors and s lots fdd1: floppy disk connector the motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360k, 720k, 1.2m, 1.44m and 2.88m floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 1 2 34 33 ide1: hard disk connecto...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 11 pci1~pci2: peripheral component interconnect slots this motherboard is equipped with 2 standard pci slots. Pci stands for peripheral component interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This pci slot is designated as 32 bits. Pci2 pci1 pci-ex16: pci-express x16 ...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 12 chapter 3: headers & jum pers setup 3.1 h ow to s etup j umpers the illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened pin closed pin1-2 closed 3.2 d etail s ettings jatxpwr1...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 13 jatxpwr2: atx power connecto r by connecting this connector, it will provide +12v to cpu power circuit. Pin assignment 1 +12v 2 +12v 3 ground 1 3 2 4 4 ground sata1~sata4: serial ata connectors the motherboard has a pci to sata controller with 4 channels sata interf ace, it sati...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 14 jkbv1: power source header for ps/2 keyboard and mouse 3 1 pin 1-2 close (default) +5v for ps/2 keyboard and mouse. 1 3 3 1 pin 2-3 close ps/2 keyboard and mouse are powered by +5v standby voltage. Note: in order to support this f unc tion “power-on s ystem via keyboar d and mou...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 15 jpanel1: front panel header this 24-pin connector includes power-on, reset, hdd led, power led, sleep button, speaker and irda connection. It allows user to connect the pc case’s front panel switch f unctions. 1 23 24 slp pwr_led on/off ir ir rst hled spk + + + 2 - - pin assignm...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 16 jcdin1: cd-ro m audio-in connector this connector allows user to connect the audio source f rom the variety dev ices, like cd-rom, dvd-rom, pci sound card, pci tv turner card etc.. Pin assignment 1 left channel input 2 ground 3 ground 1 4 4 right channel input jcmos1: clear cmos...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 17 jspdif_out1: digital audio-out connector this connector allows user to connect the pci bracket spdif output header. Pin assignment 1 +5v 2 spdif_out 1 3 3 ground jspdif_in1 (optional): digital audio-in connector this connector allows user to connect the pci bracket spdif input h...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 18 chapter 4: useful help 4.1 a ward bios b eep c ode beep sound meaning one long beep followed by two short beeps video card not found or v ideo card memory bad high-low siren sound cpu overheated system will shut down automatically one short beep when system boot-up no error foun...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 19 b. Cpu overheated if the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the cpu protection function has been activated. When the cpu is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the cpu, and the system may not powe...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 20 4.3 t roubleshooting probable solution 1. No power to the system at all power light don’t illuminate, f an inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on key board does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3. Contact techni...

  • Page 23: Warpspeeder™

    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 21 chapter 5: warpspeeder™ 5.1 i ntroduction [warpspeeder™], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including overclock manager, overvoltage manager, and hardware monitor. With the overclock manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer ...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 22 5.3 i nstallation 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the “launch the warp...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 23 5.4 [w arp s peeder ™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 1. Tray icon: whenever the tray icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of windows taskbar. This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [warpspeeder™] utility. You can use t...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 24 2. Main panel if you click the tray icon, [warpspeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see is main panel. Main panel contains fe ature s as follows: a. Display the cpu speed, cpu external clock, memory clock, a...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 25 3. Voltage panel click the voltage button in main panel, the button will be highlighted and the voltage panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase cpu core voltage and memory voltage or not. The default setting is “no”. If you w...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 26 4. Overclock panel click the overclock button in main panel, the button will be highlighted and the overclock panel will slide out to left as the following figure. O ve rclock panel contains the these features: a. “–3mhz button”, “-1mhz button”, “+1mhz button”, and “+3mhz button...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 27 c. “auto-overclock button”: user can click this button and [warpspeeder™] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [warpspeeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using watchdog funct...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 28 6. About panel click the “about” button in main panel, the button will be highlighted and the about panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You ...

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    945g-m7 / 945p-m7 29 note : because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [warpspeeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in main panel will be disabled, but will not inter...

  • Page 32: 945G-M7 & 945P-M7 Bios Setup

    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup i bios setup....................................................................................... 1 1 main menu.................................................................................................... 3 2 standard cmos features..................................

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 1 bios setup introduction this manual discussed award™ setup program built into the rom bios. The setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed ram so that it retains the setup information w...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 2 pci bus support this award bios also supports version 2.1 of the intel pci (peripheral component interconnect) local bus specification. Dram support ddr2 sdram (double data rate two synchronous dram) are supported. Supported cpus this award bios supports the intel cpu....

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 3 1 main menu once you enter award bios™ cmos setup utility, the main menu will appear on the screen. The main menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept and enter the sub-menu. Figure 1. Main ...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 4 integrated peripherals this submenu allows you to configure certain ide hard drive options and programmed input/ output features. Power management setup this submenu allows you to configure the power management features. Pnp/pci configurations this submenu allows you t...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 5 set user password if the supervisor password is not set, then the user password will function in the same way as the supervisor password. If the supervisor password is set and the user password is set, the “user” will only be able to view configurations but will not be...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 6 2 standard cmos features the items in standard cmos setup menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select the value you want in each item. Figu...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 7 main menu selections this table shows the selections that you can make on the main menu. Item options description date mm : dd : yy set the system date. Note that the ‘day’ automatically changes when you set the date. Time hh : mm : ss set the system internal clock. Id...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 8 item options description halt on all errors no errors all, but keyboard all, but diskette all, but disk/ key select the situation in which you want the bios to stop the post process and notify you. Base memory n/a displays the amount of conventional memory detected dur...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 9 3 advanced bios features figure 3. Advanced bios setup cpu feature delay prior to thermal set this item to enable the cpu thermal function to engage after the specified time. The choices: 4, 8, 16 (default), 32. Thermal management this option allows you to choose the t...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 10 tm2 bus ratio this option represents the frequency. (bus ratio of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor goes from not hot to hot.) min= 0 max= 255 key in a dec number. The choices: 0x (default). Tm2 bus vid this option represent...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 11 cache setup cpu l3 cache depending on the cpu/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. Enabled (default) enable cache. Disabled disable cache..

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 12 boot seq & floppy setup this item allows you to setup boot seq & floppy. Hard disk boot priority these bios attempt to arrange the hard disk boot sequence automatically. This will depend on which hard disk is installed. The choices: pri. Master, pri.Slave, sec.Master,...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 13 first/second/third/boot other device these bios attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items. The choices: floppy, ls120, hdd-0, scsi, cdrom, zip100, lan, disabled. Swap floppy drive for systems with two floppy drives, t...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 14 gate a20 option select if chipset or keyboard controller should control gate a20. Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls gatea20. Fast (default) lets chipset control gate a20. Typematic rate setting when a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rat...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 15 small logo (epa) show this item allows you to select whether the “small logo” shows. Enabled (default) “small logo” shows when system boot up. Disabled no “small logo” shows when system boots up. Summary screen show this item allows you to enable/disable the summary s...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 16 4 advanced chipset features this submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as dram. It also coordinates communications with the pci bus. The...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 17 dram ras# precharge if an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for ras to accumulate its charge before dram refresh, the refresh may be incomplete, and the dram may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and slow gives more stable performance. This fi...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 18 pci express root port func pci express port this item allows you to select the pci express port. The choices: auto (default), enabled, disabled. Pci-e compliancy mode this item allows you to select the pci-e compliancy mode. The choices: v1.0a (default), v1.0. Vga set...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 19 dvmt memory size dvmt stands for „dynamic video memory technology“. This is an enhancemnet of the unified memory architecture (uma) concept. Where the optimum amount of memory is allocated for balanced graphics and system performance. Dvmt dynamically reponds to syste...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 20 5 integrated peripherals figure 5. Integrated peripherals onchip ide device if you highlight the literal “press enter” next to the “onchip ide device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:.

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 21 ide hdd block mode block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read / write. If your ide hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drive...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 22 on-chip serial ata this item allows you to choose: disabled:disabled sata controller combined mode:pata and sata are combined max of 2 ide drivers in each channel. Enhanced mode: enabled both sata and pata max of 6 ide drivers are supported. Sata only:sata is operatin...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 23 onboard device if you highlight the literal “press enter” next to the “onboard device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: usb controller select enabled if your system contains a universal serial bus (usb) control...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 24 onboard raid the choices: enabled (default), disabled. Onboard raid bios the choices: enabled (default), disabled. Onboard 1394 the choices: enabled (default), disabled. Onboard lan this item allows you to enable or disable the onboard lan. The choices: enabled (defau...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 25 onboard serial port 1 select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choices: disabled, 3f8/irq4 (default), 2f8/irq3, 3e8/irq4, 2e8/irq3, auto. Onboard ir function the choices: disabled (default), enabled. Uart mode select thi...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 26 6 power management setup the power management setup menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power management setup acpi & wake up events acpi function this item displays the status of the adva...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 27 acpi suspend type the item allows you to select the suspend type under the acpi operating system. The choices: s1 (pos) (default) power on suspend s3 (str) suspend to ram s1 & s3 pos+str run vgabios if s3 resume choosing enabled will make bios run vga bios to initiali...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 28 kb power on password input password and press enter to set the keyboard power on password. Hot key power on input password and press enter to set the keyboard power on password. The choices: ctrl-f1 (default), ctrl-f2, ctrl-f3, ctrl-f4, ctrl-f5, ctrl-f6, ctrl-f7, ctrl...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 29 power management this category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1. Hdd power down. 2. Suspend mode. There are four options of power management, three of which have fixed mode settings min. Power ...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 30 suspend mode the item allows you to select the suspend type under acpi operating system. The choices: disabled (default), 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 6 min, 8 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, 40 min, 1 hour. This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horiz...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 31 7 pnp/pci configurations this section describes configuring the pci bus system. Pci, or personal computer interconnect, is a system which allows i/o devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the cpu itself uses when communicating with its own special component...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 32 irq resources this submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. When you press the “press enter” tag, you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts. This ...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 33 8 pc health status figure 8. Pc health status cpu fan control the choice “smart” can make your cpu fan to reduce noise. The choices: always on, smart (default). Shutdown temperature this item allows you to set up the cpu shutdown temperature. This item only effective ...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 34 current cpu fan speed this field displays the current speed of cpu fan. Current sys fan speed this field displays the current speed system fan..

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 35 9 frequency/ voltage control figure 9. Frequency/ voltage control cpu clock ratio this item allows you to select the cpu ratio. Min = 8 max = 50 key in a dec number. The choices: 8x (default). Cpu voltage regulator this item allows you to select cpu voltage regulator ...

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    945g-m7 & 945p-m7 bios setup 36 method 1: clear the coms data by setting the jcoms1 ((2-3) closed)) as “on” status. All the cmos data will be loaded as defaults setting. Method 2: press the key and power button simultaneously, after that keep-on pressing the key until the power-on screen showed. Thi...