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Revision History First release of the Intel® Desktop Board D946GZAB Product Guide Second release of the Intel® Desktop Board D946GZAB Product Guide
Date July 2006 September 2006
If an FCC declaration of conformity marking is present on the board, the following statement applies:
FCC Declaration of Conformity This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules...
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...not be supported without further evaluation by Intel.
Document Organization
The chapters in this Product Guide are arranged as follows: 1 Desktop Board Features: a summary of product features 2 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components: instructions on how to install
the desktop board and other hardware components 3 Updating the BIOS: instructions on how to update the BIOS A Error Messages...
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Megahertz (one million hertz)
Box Contents
• Intel Desktop Board D946GZAB • I/O shield • One diskette drive cable • One ATA-66/100 cable • Two locking Serial ATA cables • Intel® Express Installer CD-ROM • Intel® Platform Administration Technology CD-ROM • Quick Reference guide • Configuration and battery caution statement label
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... 10 Desktop Board Components 11 Processor ...13 Main Memory ...14 Intel® 946GZ Express Chipset 15 Onboard Audio Subsystem 15 Input/Output (I/O) Controller 16 LAN Subsystem 16
LAN Subsystem Software 16 RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs 17 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Support 17 Enhanced IDE Interface 18 Serial ATA ...18 Expandability...18 BIOS ...18 Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration 18 PCI and PCI...
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Intel Desktop Board D946GZAB Product Guide
Connecting the Processor Fan Heat Sink Cable 33 Removing the Processor 34 Installing and Removing Memory 34 Installing DIMMs 35 Removing DIMMs 37 Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Card 38 Installing a PCI Express x16 Card 38 Removing the PCI Express x16 Card 39 Connecting the IDE Cable 40 Connecting the Serial ATA (SATA) Cable 41 ...
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... Summary 9 2. Desktop Board D946GZAB Components 12 3. LAN Connector LED States 17 4. Front Panel Audio Header Signal Names for Intel High Definition Audio 43 5. AC '97 Audio Header Signal Names 43 6. USB 2.0 Header Signal Names 44 7. Front Panel Header 44 8. Alternate Front Panel Power LED Header 45 9. HD Audio Link Header Signal Names 45 10. Jumper Settings for the BIOS Setup Program...
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... Board D946GZAB, including the Technical Product Specification (TPS), BIOS updates, and device drivers, go to:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
Supported Operating Systems
The desktop board supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows* XP Media Center Edition 2005 • Microsoft Windows XP Professional • Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64...
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... Serial ATA connectors Hi-speed USB 2.0 headers Speaker BIOS configuration jumper block
Related Links:
Go to the following links for more information about:
• Desktop Board D946GZAB
• Supported processors • Audio software and utilities • LAN software and drivers
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop http://www.intel...
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...included with the desktop board and must be purchased separately. The processor connects to the desktop board through the LGA775 socket. The supported processors list for Desktop Board D946GZAB is located on the web at: http://www.intel.com/go/FindCPU Related Links: Go to the following links or pages for more information about: • Instructions on installing or upgrading the processor, page 30...
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... D946GZAB Product Guide
Main Memory
NOTE
To be fully compliant with all applicable Intel® SDRAM memory specifications, the board should be populated with DIMMs that support the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data structure. If your memory modules do not support SPD, you will see a notification to this effect on the screen at power up. The BIOS will attempt to configure the memory controller...
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...is installed, the GMA 3000 graphics controller is disabled.
NOTE
A minimum of 512 MB of system memory is required in order for the Intel GMA 3000 integrated graphics controller to operate properly.
Related Link: Go to the following link for more information about the Intel 946GZ Express Chipset: http://developer.intel.com/design/nav/pcserver.htm
Onboard Audio Subsystem
Intel Desktop Board D946GZAB...
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Intel Desktop Board D946GZAB Product Guide
Related Links: Go to the following link or pages for more information about: • Audio drivers and utilities http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ • Installing the front panel audio solution, page 43 • The location of audio connectors, Figure 21 on page 46
Input/Output (I/O) Controller
The super I/O controller features the...
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... cable that meets the requirements for a fullspeed USB device.
The desktop board supports up to eight USB 2.0 ports via ICH7 (four ports routed to the back panel and four ports routed to two internal USB 2.0 headers). USB 2.0 ports are backward compatible with USB 1.1 devices. USB 1.1 devices will function normally at USB 1.1 speeds. USB 2.0 support requires both an operating system and drivers...
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... Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, the PCI/PCI Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS. The BIOS is stored in a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash device. The BIOS can be updated by following the instructions on page 58 in Chapter 3.
Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration
If you install a Serial ATA or IDE device (such as a hard drive) in your computer...
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Intel Desktop Board D946GZAB Product Guide
Connecting to the Flexible Audio System
After installing the audio driver, the multi-channel audio feature can be enabled. Figure 21 shows the back panel audio connectors. The default connector assignments are shown in the table. The connectors are retaskable using the audio driver interface.
Item Description
A
Line in/retasking jack
B
Line out/...
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...Table 10. Jumper Settings for the BIOS Setup Program Modes
Jumper Setting
Mode
Description
Normal (default) (1-2) The BIOS uses the current configuration and passwords for booting.
Configure (2-3) Recovery (None)
After the Power-On Self-Test (POST) runs, the BIOS displays the Maintenance Menu. Use this menu to clear passwords.
The BIOS recovers data in the event of a failed BIOS update.
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... of the Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility and the ease of use of Windows-based installation wizards. To update the BIOS with the Intel Express BIOS Update utility: 1. Go to the Intel World Wide Web site:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ 2. Navigate to the D946GZAB page, click "[view] Latest BIOS updates," and select the
Express BIOS Update utility file. 3. Download the...
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...; Intel Flash Memory Update Utility You can obtain either of these files through your computer supplier or by navigating to the Desktop Board D946GZAB page on the Intel World Wide Web site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop Navigate to the D946GZAB page, click "[view] Latest BIOS updates," and select the ISO Image BIOS Update or Iflash BIOS Update utility file.
Updating the...
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... Desktop Board BIOS Upgrade CD-ROM" page, press any key to confirm the BIOS upgrade operation. 6. Wait for the BIOS upgrade process to complete.
CAUTION
DO NOT POWER DOWN YOUR COMPUTER before the update is complete. The update may take up to 5 minutes.
Updating the BIOS with Iflash
With the Iflash Memory update utility you can update the system BIOS from a bootable CD-ROM, bootable USB flash drive...
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A Error Messages and Indicators
Desktop Board D946GZAB reports POST errors in two ways: • By sounding a beep code • By displaying an error message on the monitor
BIOS Beep Codes
The BIOS also issues a beep code (one long tone followed by two short tones) during POST if the video configuration fails (a faulty video card or no card installed) or if an external ROM module...