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J&W G31 + ICH7 Chipset User Manual

Manual is about: Socket LGA755 Processor Mainboard G31 Series

Summary of G31 + ICH7 Chipset

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    User’s manual g31+ich7 chipset socket lga755 processor mainboard g31 series rev: 1.3, nov 2007 p/n: 88eng31a03.

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    Disclaimer the intellectual property of this manual belongs to our company. The ownership of all of the products, including accessories and software etc. Belong to our company. No one is permitted to copy, change, or translate without our written permission. We compiled this manual based on our care...

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    Table of contents chapter 1 introduction ........................................................................................... 3 1.1 package checklist ............................................................................................................... 3 1.2 specifications .............

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction

    - - g31 series user's manual chapter 1 introduction 1.1 package checklist thank you for choosing our product. Please check the following packing and accessories, if there is any broken or part missing, please contact with your franchiser. • hdd cable x 1 • serial ata cable x 1 • rear i/o panel x 1 •...

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    - - g31 series user's manual 1.2 specifications-1 (for jw-ig31-mx) cpu - lga775 socket for intel® core™2 extreme/ core™2 quad/ core™ 2 duo/ pentium® dual core/ pentium® d/pentium® 4 (800mhz fsb)/ celeron® (conroe-l) processors - fsb 1333mhz/1066mhz/800mhz/ - hyper threading technology main chipset -...

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    - - g31 series user's manual 1.2 specifications-2 (for jw-ig31-ar/cf) cpu - lga775 socket for intel® core™2 extreme/ core™2 quad/ core™ 2 duo/ pentium® dual core/ pentium® d/pentium® 4 (800mhz fsb)/ celeron® (conroe-l) processors - fsb 1333mhz/1066mhz/800mhz/ - hyper threading technology main chipse...

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    - - g31 series user's manual 1.3 mainboard layout - 1 ( pcb layout for jw-ig31-mx) (this picture is only for reference) (optional).

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    - - g31 series user's manual 1.3 mainboard layout - 2 ( pcb layout for jw-ig31-ar/cf) (this picture is only for reference) 1 sfan2 sfan1 vga jddr1.

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    - - g31 series user's manual 1.4 connecting rear panel i/o devices the rear i/o part of these mainboard provides the following i/o ports: (this picture is only for reference) • ps/2 mouse: connect to ps/2 mouse. • ps/2 keyboard: connect to ps/2 keyboard. • debug led: display error code. (please refe...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

    - - g31 series user's manual chapter 2 hardware setup 2.1 choosing a computer chassis • choose a chassis big enough to install this mainboard. • as some features for this mainboard are implemented by cabling connectors on the mainboard to indicators and switches or buttons on the chassis, make sure ...

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    - 10 - g31 series user's manual 2.3 installation of the cpu and cpu cooler before installing the cpu, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the mainboard supports the cpu. 2. Please take note of the one indented corner of the cpu. If you install the cpu in the wrong d...

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    - 11 - g31 series user's manual 2.3.2 installation of the cpu cooler for proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your cpu cooler. 2.4 installation of memory modules this mainboard provides two 240-pin ddrii (double data rate) dimm slots, and supports dual channel memor...

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    - 12 - g31 series user's manual 2.5 connecting peripheral devices 2.5.1 floppy and ide disk drive connectors the fdd connector connects up to two floppy drives with a 34-wire, 2-connector floppy cable.Connect the single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to the fdd on the board, the two connec...

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    - 1 - g31 series user's manual chapter 3 jumpers & headers setup 3.1 checking jumper settings • for a 2-pin jumper, plug the jumper cap on both pins will make it close (short). Remove the jumper cap, or plug it on either pin (reserved for future use) will leave it at open position. • for 3-pin jumpe...

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    - 1 - g31 series user's manual 3.4 fan power connectors these connectors each provide power to the cooling fans installed in your system. Cfan or cfan1: cpu fan power connector sysfan1: system fan power connector sysfan2: system fan power connector (optional) 3.5 front panel switches & indicators he...

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    - 1 - g31 series user's manual pin pin assignment pin pin assignment 1 vcc 2 vcc 3 data 0- 4 data 0- 5 data 0+ 6 data 0+ 7 ground 8 ground 9 no pin 10 nc hd audio: pin no. Definition 1 mic2_l 2 agnd 3 mic2_r 4 nc 5 out_r 6 mic2_jd 7 sense 8 no pin 9 out_l 10 out_jd 3.6 additional usb port headers 3....

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    - 1 - g31 series user's manual 3.8 serial port header this jcom1 header supports a serial port module. Pin pin assignment pin pin assignment 1 dcd 2 rxd 3 txd 4 dtr 5 gnd 6 dsr 7 rts 8 cts 9 ri 3.9 ir connection header connect the irda cable (if available) to this ir connector. Pin no. Definition 1 ...

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    - 1 - g31 series user's manual 3.10 internal audio connectors connect cd-rom or dvd-rom audio out to the connector. 3.11 atx power input connectors this mainboard provides two power connectors to connect power supplier. Pin no. Definition 1 cd-l 2 gnd 3 gnd 4 cd-r there are two atx 12v connectors ac...

  • Page 19: Chapter 4 Bios Setup Utility

    - 1 - g31 series user's manual chapter 4 bios setup utility bios stands for basic input and output system. It was once called rom bios when it was stored in a read-only memory (rom) chip. Now manufacturers would like to store bios in eeprom which means electrically erasable programmable memory. Bios...

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    - 1 - g31 series user's manual cmos setup utility - copyright (c) 1985-2004,american megatrends,inc. ► standard bios features ► advanced bios features ► advanced chipset features ► pci/pnp resource management ► boot configuration features ► power management features ► bios security features load opt...

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    - 20 - g31 series user's manual • bios security features change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and setup, or just to setup. • load optimal defaults optimized defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in best performance co...

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    - 21 - g31 series user's manual 4.5.3 standard bios features ・ amibios this is about amibios information, including bios verision buid date and id number. ・ processor this display cpu information which you used in your computer. ・ system memory this display memory size which you used in your compute...

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    - 22 - g31 series user's manual cmos setup utility - copyright (c) 1985-2004,american megatrends, inc. Advanced bios features advanced settings warning:setting wrong values may cause system to ► cpu configuration ► ide configuration ► froppy configuration ► superio configuration ► hardware health co...

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    - 2 - g31 series user's manual ► pci express configuration click key to enter its submenu, it will be display pci express configuration, this item sets the active state for express pci between disabled and enabled. ► smbios configuration click key to enter its submenu, it will be dispay smbios confi...

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    - 2 - g31 series user's manual 4.5.6 pci/pnp resource management cmos setup utility - copyright (c) 1985-2004,american megatrends,inc. Pci/pnp resource management advanced pci/pnp settings warning:setting wrong values in cause system to malfunction. Clear nvram plug & play o/s pci latency timer allo...

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    - 2 - g31 series user's manual 4.5.7 boot configuration features cmos setup utility - copyright (c) 1985-2004,american megatrends,inc. Boot configuration features boot settings ► boot settings configuration [ press enter ] item help configure settings during system boot. ↑ ↓ →← :move enter:select +/...

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    - 2 - g31 series user's manual ► apm configuration this item allows you to set power management/apm between enable or disable, power down video in suspend or standy mode, power down hard disk in suspend or standby mode, go into suspend in the specified time, select the duty cycle in throttle mode, m...

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    - 2 - g31 series user's manual this option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all appropriate items in the setup utility: select and the to install the defaults. Select and then to not install the defaults. The fail-safe defaults place no great demand on the system and a...

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    - 2 - g31 series user's manual 4.5.13 save changes and exit highlight this item and select ,then press to save the changes that you have made in the setup utility and exit the setup utility. Or press to return to the main menu. Highlight this item and select ,then press to discard any changes that y...

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    - 2 - g31 series user's manual chapter 5 driver installation check your package and there is driver cd included. This cd consists of all drivers you need. In addition, this cd also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which drivers needed so that your s...

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    - 0 - g31 series user's manual when you choose mainboard driver installation utility, the drivers menu should appear as below: (this picture is only for reference) from the drivers menu you may make 4 selections: 1. Intel chipset installation utility 2. Intel chipset vga graphics driver 3. Realtek l...

  • Page 32: Appendix 1

    - 1 - g31 series user's manual appendix 1 post codes note: eisa post codes are typically output to port address 300h. Isa post codes are output to port address 80h. Code (hex) name description c0 turn off chipset cache oem specific-cache control 1 processor test 1 processor status (1flags) verificat...

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    - 2 - g31 series user's manual 9 early cache initialization cyrix cpu initialization. Cache initialization. A setup interrupt vector initialize first 120 interrup tvectors with spurious_int_hdlr table and initialize int 00h-1fh according to int_tbl. B test cmos ram test cmos ram checksum, if bad, or...

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    - - g31 series user's manual 21-2f enable slots 1-15 initialize slots 1 through 15. 30 size base and extended size base memory from 256k to 640k and extended memory memory above 1mb. 31 test base and extended test base memory from 256k to 640k and extended memory memory above 1mb using various patte...

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    - - g31 series user's manual 4e manufacturing post reboot if manufacturing post loop pin is set. Otherwise loop or display display any messages (i.E., any non-fatal errors that were messages detected during post) and enter setup. 4f security check ask password security (optional). 50 write cmos writ...