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Iii chapter 2 7 7 7 7 7 installing the motherboard 7 safety precautions............................................................................7 choosing a computer case.............................................................7 installing the motherboard in a case...............................
Iv m.I.B.Iii(mb intelligent bios iii) menu.................................50 boot menu...............................................................................56 security menu.........................................................................57 exit menu....................................
1 introducing the motherboard chapter 1 introducing the motherboard introduction thank you for choosing the h61h2-m13 motherboard. This motherboard is a high performance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the lga1155 socket for 2 nd generation intel ® core tm family/pentium ® /celero...
2 introducing the motherboard feature • accommodates lga1155 socket for 2 nd generation intel ® core tm family /pentium ® /celeron ® processors • supports “hyper-threading” technology cpu • one pci express x16 gen2 port supporting up to 5 gb/s direction peak bandwidth “hyper-threading” technology en...
3 introducing the motherboard the motherboard comes with the following expansion options: • one pci express x16 slot for graphic interface • one pci express x1 slot • one 32-bit pci v2.2 compliant slot • four sata 3.0 gb/s connectors expansion options the motherboard has a full set of i/o ports and ...
4 introducing the motherboard • intel ® h61 chipset • lga1155 socket for 2 nd generation family/pentium ® /celeron ® processors • supports “hyper-threading” technology cpu • dual-channel ddr3 memory architecture • 2 x 240-pin ddr3 dimm sockets support up to 16 gb • supports 1333/1066 ddr3 sdram • 1 ...
5 introducing the motherboard motherboard components.
6 introducing the motherboard table of motherboard components this concludes chapter 1. The next chapter explains how to install the motherboard. Label components 2. Cpu_fan 4-pin cpu cooling fan connector 3. Ddr3_1~2 240-pin ddr3 sdram slots 4. Atx_power standard 24-pin atx power connector 5. Sata1...
7 installing the motherboard chapter 2 installing the motherboard safety precautions • follow these safety precautions when installing the motherboard • wear a grounding strap attached to a grounded device to avoid dam- age from static electricity • discharge static electricity by touching the metal...
8 installing the motherboard checking jumper settings this section explains how to set jumpers for correct configuration of the motherboard. Setting jumpers use the motherboard jumpers to set system configuration options. Jumpers with more than one pin are numbered. When setting the jumpers, ensure ...
9 installing the motherboard checking jumper settings the following illustration shows the location of the motherboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper settings to avoid the system instability after clearing cmos, we recommend users to enter the main bios setting page to “load default settings” and...
10 installing the motherboard installing hardware installing the processor caution: when installing a cpu heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you do not scratch the motherboard or any of the surface-mount resis- tors with the clip of the cooling fan. If the clip of the cooling fan scrapes across...
11 installing the motherboard a. Disengaging of the load lever · press the hook of lever down and pull it to the right side to release it from retention tab. B. Opening of the load plate · lift the tail of the load lever. · rotate the load plate to fully open position. C. Removing the cap · be caref...
12 installing the motherboard installing memory modules this motherboard accommodates two memory modules. It can support two 240-pin ddr3 1333/1066. The total memory capacity is 16 gb. You must install at least one module in any of the two slots. Total memory capacity is 16 gb. Ddr3 sdram memory mod...
13 installing the motherboard installation procedure refer to the following to install the memory modules. 1 this motherboard supports unbuffered ddr3 sdram . 2 push the latches on each side of the dimm slot down. 3 align the memory module with the slot. The dimm slots are keyed with notches and the...
14 installing the motherboard installing add-on cards the slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the motherboard’s features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can in- cr...
15 installing the motherboard follow these instructions to install an add-on card: 1 remove a blanking plate from the system case corresponding to the slot you are going to use. 2 install the edge connector of the add-on card into the expansion slot. Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seate...
16 installing the motherboard connecting optional devices refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s optional devices: f_audio: front panel audio header this header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line- out ports for easier access. 1 por...
17 installing the motherboard f_usb1~2: front panel usb headers the motherboard has two usb 2.0 headers supporting four usb 2.0 ports. Addition- ally, some computer cases have usb ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind of case, use auxiliary usb connector to connect the front-mounted ...
18 installing the motherboard case: chassis intrusion detect header short chassis cover is removed open chassis cover is closed this detects if the chassis cover has been removed. This function needs a chassis equipped with intrusion detection switch and needs to be enabled in bios. Pin 1-2 function...
19 installing the motherboard installing a sata hard drive this section describes how to install a sata hard drive. Sata cable (optional) sata power cable (optional) about sata connectors your motherboard features four sata connectors supporting a total of four drives. Sata refers to serial ata (adv...
20 installing the motherboard connecting i/o devices the backplane of the motherboard has the following i/o ports: lan port connect an rj-45 jack to the lan port to connect your computer to the network. Vga port connect your monitor to the vga port. Audio ports use the three audio ports to connect a...
21 installing the motherboard connecting case components after you have installed the motherboard into a case, you can begin connecting the motherboard components. Refer to the following: the atx 24-pin connector allows you to connect to atx v2.X power supply. With atx v2.X power supply, users pleas...
22 installing the motherboard atx_power: atx 24-pin power connector users please note that the fan connector supports the cpu cooling fan of 1.1a ~ 2.2a (26.4w max) at +12v. Cpu_fan: cpu cooling fan power connector 1 gnd system ground 3 sense sensor 4 pwm pwm pin signal name function 2 +12v power +1...
23 installing the motherboard atx12v: atx 12v power connector pin signal name 4 +12v 3 +12v 2 ground 1 ground spk: speaker header pin signal name 1 vcc 2 key 3 gnd 4 signal.
24 installing the motherboard hard drive activity led connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted led provides visual indication that data is being read from or written to the hard drive. For the led to function properly, an ide drive should be connected to the onboard ide interface. The led wi...
25 using bios about the setup utility the computer uses the latest “american megatrends inc. ” bios with support for windows plug and play. The cmos chip on the motherboard contains the rom setup instructions for configuring the motherboard bios. The bios (basic input and output system) setup utilit...
26 using bios press the delete key to access bios setup utility. Using bios when you start the setup utility, the main menu appears. The main menu of the setup utility displays a list of the options that are available. A highlight indicates which option is currently selected. Use the cursor arrow ke...
27 using bios the default bios setting for this motherboard apply for most conditions with optimum performance. We do not suggest users change the default values in the bios setup and take no responsibility to any damage caused by changing the bios settings. Bios navigation keys the bios navigation ...
28 using bios select the default icon and press or double click the left key of the mouse to display the following screen. Then you can load optimized defaults or not. Default select the boot icon and press or double click the left key of the mouse to display the following screen. Then you can choos...
29 using bios main menu select the advanced icon and press or double click the left key of the mouse to display the following screen. Advanced date & time the date and time items show the current date and time on the computer. If you are running a windows os, these items are automatically updated wh...
30 using bios the advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system. Advanced menu launch pxe oprom (disabled) the item enables or disables launch pxe option rom. Choose the system default language enabled/disabled onboard lan option rom main advanced chipset m.I.B ii...
31 using bios onboard lan controller (enabled) use this item to enable or disable the onboard lan. Lan configuration the item in the menu shows the lan-related information that the bios automatically detects. Press to return to the advanced menu page. Enable or disabe onboard lan main advanced chips...
32 using bios pc health status on motherboards support hardware monitoring, this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speeds. Scroll to this item and press to view the following screen: smart fan function main advanced chipset m.I.B iii boot security exit ...
33 using bios • cpu fan speed • cpu voltage • imc voltage • dimm voltage • axg voltage system component characteristics these items display the monitoring of the overall inboard hardware health events, such as system & cpu temperature, cpu & dimm voltage, cpu & system fan speed,... Etc. Press to ret...
34 using bios power management setup this page sets up some parameters for system power management operation. Resume by pme (disabled) this item specifies whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of the specified hardware peripheral or component is de...
35 using bios acpi configuration the item in the menu shows the highest acpi sleep state when the system enters suspend. Acpi sleep state (s3(suspend to ram)) this item allows user to enter the acpi s3 (suspend to ram) sleep state(default). Press to return to the advanced menu page. Aptio setup util...
36 using bios cpu configuration the item in the menu shows the cpu. Main advanced chipset m.I.B iii boot security exit +/- : change opt. Enter/dbl click : select : select screen /click: select item f1: general help f2: previous values f3: optimized defaults f4: save & exit esc/right click: exit enab...
37 using bios press to return to the advanced menu page. Execute disable bit (enabled) this item allows the processor to classify areas in memory by where application code can execute and where it cannot. When a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer, the processor disables code execut...
38 using bios sata configuration use this item to show the mode of serial-ata configuration options. Serial-ata controller 0/1 (compatible/enhanced) use this item to select the serial-ata controller options: disabled, compatible, enhanced. Sata port1~4 (hds72800pla38 (82.3gb/sony dvd rw atapi/not pr...
39 using bios legacy usb support (enabled) use this item to enable or disable support for legacy usb devices. Press to return to the advanced menu page. All usb devices (enabled) use this item to enable or disable all usb devices. Usb configuration use this item to show the information of usb config...
40 using bios super io configuration use this item to show the information of super io configuration. Serial port 0 configuration scroll to this item and press to view the following screen: serial port (enabled) this item allows you to enable or disable serial port. Device settings (io=3f8h; irq=4) ...
41 using bios parallel port configuration scroll to this item and press to view the following screen: parallel port (enabled) this item allows you to enable or disable parallel port. Device settings (io=378h; irq=5; dma=3;) this item shows the information of the device settings. Change settings (aut...
42 using bios trusted computing scroll to this item and press to view the following screen: main advanced chipset m.I.B iii boot security exit +/- : change opt. Enter/dbl click : select : select screen /click: select item f1: general help f2: previous values f3: optimized defaults f4: save & exit es...
43 using bios north bridge scroll to this item and press and view the following screen: the chipset menu items allow you to change the settings for the north bridge chipset, south bridge chipset and other system. Chipset menu north bridge parameters main advanced chipset m.I.B iii boot security exit...
44 using bios dvmt/fixed memory (256mb) when set to fixed mode, the graphics driver will reserve a fixed position of the system memory as graphics memory, according to system and graphics requirements. Press to return to the chipset menu page. Igd multi-monitor (disabled) this item enables or disabl...
45 using bios step 3. Enable igd multi-monitor from bios. In the following bios screen, please set igd multi-monitor to [enabled]. Step 2. Install all the drivers of pci-express graphic cards. Click the browse cd item, then appears the following screen. Select the driver you want to install(e.G. Nvi...
46 using bios 2.Select display devices, set the multiple displays option and to extend desktop for display “multi-monitor technology”. Change the apprearance of your displays control panel all control panel items display screen resolution search control panel 1 3 4 detect identify 3. Dell u2410 disp...
47 using bios change the appearance of your displays control panel all control panel items display screen resolution search control panel 1 detect identify 4. Al1717 display: resolution: 1920 x 1200 (recommended) orientation: landscape disconnect this display multiple displays: make this my main dis...
48 using bios south bridge scroll to this item and press to view the following screen. Restore ac power loss (power off) this item specifies what state to go to when power is re-applied after a power failure (g3 state). Azalia hd audio (enabled) this item enables or disables azalia hd audio. Press t...
49 using bios main advanced chipset m.I.B iii boot security exit +/- : change opt. Enter/dbl click : select : select screen /click: select item f1: general help f2: previous values f3: optimized defaults f4: save & exit esc/right click: exit me subsystem help intel me subsystem configuration me vers...
50 using bios this page enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system. M.I.B iii (mb intelligent bios iii) menu main advanced chipset m.I.B iii boot security exit +/- : chang...
51 using bios icc enable (disabled) this item allows you to enable or disable current icc. Press to return to the m.I.B iii menu page. Memory voltage control configuration scroll to this item to view the following screen: memory voltage config (auto) this item allows users to select memory voltage c...
52 using bios power limit 2 switch (enabled) use this item to control the power limit 2. This is for turbo mode. Power limit 1 value(watt) (95) use this item to control the limit of the tdp. This is for turbo mode. Performance tuning scroll to this item to view the following screen: cpu configuratio...
53 using bios power limit 2 value (118) use this item to control power limit 2. Pl2 provides an upper limit of the tdp excursions. This is for turbo mode. Long duration maintained (1) use this item to control the time window over pl1 value should be maintained. This is for turbo mode. Enhanced intel...
54 using bios ras# to cas# delay(trd) (7) this item specifies the ras# to cas# delay to rd/wr command to the same bank. Ras# active time(tras) (20) this item specifies the number of clock cycles taken between a bank active com- mand and issuing the precharge command. Gt overclocking (disabled) this ...
55 using bios b.O.M.P technology (enabled) this item allows users to enable or disable b.O.M.P technology. This function can run safe setting to setup menu when system boot fail 3 times. Spread spectrum (enabled) if you enable spread spectrum, it can significantly reduce the emi (electro-magnetic in...
56 using bios this page enables you to set the keyboard numlock state. Boot menu main advanced chipset m.I.B iii boot security exit +/- : change opt. Enter/dbl click : select : select screen /click: select item f1: general help f2: previous values select the keyboard numlock state f3: optimized defa...
57 using bios this page enables you to set setup administrator password and user password. Security menu administrator password press to setup administrator password. Main advanced chipset m.I.B iii boot security exit +/- : change opt. Enter/dbl click : select : select screen /click: select item f1:...
58 using bios save options this item enables you to save the options that you have made. Save changes this item enables you to save the changes that you have made. Discard changes this item enables you to discard any changes that you have made. Restore defaults this item enables you to restore the s...
59 using bios boot override use this item enables you to set the device order..
60 using bios updating the bios you can download and install updated bios for this motherboard from the manufacturer’s website. New bios provides support for new peripherals, improve- ments in performance, or fixes for known bugs. Install new bios as follows: this concludes chapter 3. Refer to the n...
61 using the motherboard software chapter 4 using the motherboard software auto-installing under windows xp/vista/7 the auto-install dvd-rom/cd-rom makes it easy for you to install the drivers and software for your motherboard. If the auto-install dvd-rom/cd-rom does not work on your system, you can...
62 using the motherboard software drivers setup click the setup button to run the software installation program. Select from the menu which software you want to install. Browse cd the browse cd button is the standard windows command that allows you to open windows explorer and show the contents of t...
63 using the motherboard software 2. Click next. The following screen appears: 3. Check the box next to the items you want to install. The default options are recom- mended. 4. Click next run the installation wizard. An item installation screen appears: 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to in...
64 using the motherboard software manual installation insert the disk in the dvd-rom/cd-rom drive and locate the path.Doc file in the root directory. This file contains the information needed to locate the drivers for your motherboard. Look for the chipset and motherboard model; then browse to the d...
65 trouble shooting chapter 5 trouble shooting start up problems during assembly after assembling the pc for the first time you may experience some start up problems. Before calling for technical support or returning for warranty, this chapter may help to address some of the common questions using s...
66 trouble shooting your computer, like any electrical appliance, requires proper care and maintenance. Here are some basic pc care tips to help prolong the life of the motherboard and keep it running as best as it can. 1. Keep your computer in a well ventilated area. Leave some space between the pc...
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