Intel 32882 - Manual (Page 3)

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ENVIROMENTAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION...............................................................iii
USER’S NOTICE .......................................................................................................iv
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION........................................................................iv
COOLING SOLUTIONS.............................................................................................iv
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION OF H55 EXPRESS CHIPSET MOTHERBOARDS
1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ............................................................................. 1
1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ............................................... 2
1-2 SPECIFICATION ......................................................................................................... 4
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST................................................................................................ 5
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM .................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ....................................................................... 8
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................ 8
2-3 INSTALLING CPU....................................................................................................... 10
2-3-1 GLOSSARY................................................................................................... 10
2-3-2
ABOUT INTEL LGA 1156 CPU SOCKET ................................................. 10
2-3-3 LGA 1156 CPU INSTALLATION GUIDE ...................................................... 11
2-3-4 INTEL REFERENCE THERMAL SOLUTION ASSEMBLY .......................... 12
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY .................................................................................................... 13
2-5 EXPANSION CARDS.................................................................................................. 14
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION .......................... 14
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD ................................................. 14
2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT..................................................................................... 15
2-5-4 INSTALLING THE CROSSFIRE/SLI BRIDGE CARD .................................. 16
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS........................................................................................ 17
2-6-1 CONNECTORS ............................................................................................. 17
2-6-2 HEADERS ..................................................................................................... 20
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ........................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP ..................................................................................................... 24
3-2 GETTING HELP .......................................................................................................... 24
3-3 THE MAIN MENU ........................................................................................................ 25
3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES .................................................................................. 26
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES .................................................................................. 27
3-5-1 CPU FEATURES ........................................................................................... 28
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ........................................................................... 29
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS................................................................................... 30
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ............................................................................... 31
3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL................................................................................... 32
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS................................................................................................. 32
3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATION ............................................................... 33
3-11 USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS................................................................................ 33
3-12 PASSWORD SETTINGS............................................................................................. 35
3-13 LOAD OPTIMAL DEFAULTS/LOAD STANDARD DEFAULTS ................................ 35
3-14 SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT/ DISCARD CHANGES AND EXIT................................ 36
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS XP/VISTA/7 ..................................................... 37
4-1 INF
INSTALL INTELH55 CHIPSET SYSTEM DRIVER .................................. 38
4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC HD AUDIO CODEC DRIVER............................................ 39
4-3 REALTEK INSTALL REALTEK GIGABIT ETHERNET NIC DRIVER ............... 40
4-4 NORTON INSTALL NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2010 .................................. 41
4-5 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .................. 41
4-6 VGA INSTALL INTEL HD VGA DRIVER ............................................................ 42
4-7 DOTNET INSTALL DOTNET .................................................................................... 43
4-8 IMSS INSTALL IMSS .......................................................................................... 43
4-9 AHCI/RAID INSTALL INTEL AHCI /RAID DRIVER............................................... 44
4-10 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS ............................................................................................ 45
4-11 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 45
4-12 G.P.I.FUNCTION LED DISPLAY ................................................................................ 47
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