Foxconn P35A Series User manual

P35A Series Motherboard
User’s Manual

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Declaration of conformity
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD
66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT,
TAIPEI HSIEN, TAIWAN, R.O.C.
declares that the product
Motherboard P35A/P35A-S
is in conformity with
(reference to the specication under which conformity is declared in
accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)
■ EN 55022:1998/A2:2003 Limits and methods of measurements of radio disturbance
characteristics of information technology equipment
■ EN 61000-3-2/:2000 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
Part 3: Limits
Section 2: Limits for harmonic current emissions
(equipment input current <= 16A per phase)
■ EN 61000-3-3/A1:2001 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
Part 3: Limits
Section 2: Limits of voltage uctuations and icker in low
voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current
<= 16A
■ EN 55024/A2:2003 Information technology equipment-Immunity
characteristics limits and methods of measurement
Signature : Place / Date : TAIPEI/2007
Printed Name : James Liang

Declaration of conformity
Trade Name: FOXCONN
Model Name: P35A/P35A-S
Responsible Party: PCE Industry Inc.
Address: 458 E. Lambert Rd.
Fullerton, CA 92835
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 714-738-8838
Equipment Classication: FCC Class B Subassembly
Type of Product: Motherboard
Manufacturer: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY
COMPANY LTD
Address: 66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, TAIPEI HSIEN,
TAIWAN, R.O.C.
Supplementary Information:
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device
must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Tested to comply with FCC standards.
Signature : Date : 2007

Please carefully read the following procedures to install your computer :
■ It is suggested to select high-quality, certied fans in order to avoid damage
to the motherboard and CPU due to high temperature. Never turn on the
computer if the CPU fan is not properly installed.
■ We cannot guarantee that your system can operate normally when your
CPU is overclocked. Normal operation depends on the overclocking
capacity of your device.
■ If there is any, when connecting USB, audio, 1394a, RS232 COM, IrDA or
S/PDIF cables to the internal connectors on the motherboard, make sure
their pinouts are matching with the connectors on the motherboard. Incorrect
connections might damage the motherboard.
■ When handling the motherboard, avoid touching any metal leads or
connectors.
■ If there is a PCI Express x16 graphics card installed in your system, we
recommend using a 24-pin ATX power supply to get the best performance.
■ Before turning on the power, please make sure the power supply AC input
voltage setting has been congured to the local standard.
■ To prevent damage to the motherboard, do not allow screws to come in contact
with the motherboard circuit or its components. Also, make sure there are no
leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the
computer casing.
■ If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to
the use of the product, please consult a certied computer technician.
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Installation Precautions
■ Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden and momentary electric current
that ows between two objects at different electrical potentials. Normally it
comes out as a spark which will quickly damage your electronic equipment.
Please wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when handling
components such as a motherboard, CPU or memory.
■ Ensure that the DC power supply is turned off before installing or removing
CPU, memory, expansion cards or other peripherals. It is recommended to
unplug the AC power cord from the power supply outlet. Failure to unplug
the power supply cord may result in serious damage to your system.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Product Introduction
Product Specications......................................................................2
Layout............................................................................................... 4
Back Panel Connectors....................................................................5
Chapter 2 Hardware Install
Install the CPU and CPU Cooler ......................................................8
Install the Memory .......................................................................... 11
Install an Expansion Card ..............................................................13
Install other Internal Connectors .................................................... 14
Jumpers.......................................................................................... 18
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup
Enter BIOS Setup...........................................................................21
Main Menu...................................................................................... 21
Standard BIOS Features ................................................................ 23
Fox Central Control Unit.................................................................24
Boot Conguration Features ..........................................................31
Advanced BIOS Features............................................................... 33
PCI/PNP Resource Management................................................... 38
Power Management Features ........................................................ 40
Hardware Health Congure............................................................42
BIOS Security Features.................................................................. 43
Load Optimal Defaults....................................................................44
Load FailSafe Defaults ................................................................... 44
Save Changes and Exit..................................................................44
Discard Changes and Exit..............................................................44
Chapter 4 CD Instruction
Utility CD content............................................................................ 46
Install driver and utility....................................................................47
FOX ONE
Main Page..................................................................................49
CPU Control...............................................................................53
Frequency Control .....................................................................55
Limit Setting...............................................................................56
Voltage Control .......................................................................... 58

Fan Control................................................................................59
FOX LiveUpdate
Local Update..............................................................................60
Online Update............................................................................ 62
Congure ..................................................................................64
About & Help..............................................................................66
FOX LOGO..................................................................................... 67
FOX DMI ........................................................................................68
Chapter 5 RAID Conguration
RAID Conguration Introduction..................................................... 71
Intel®Matrix Storage Manager .......................................................73
Create a RAID Driver Diskette ....................................................... 74
BIOS Conguration ........................................................................76
Create RAID in BIOS...................................................................... 76
Create RAID Volume .................................................................77
Delete RAID Volume..................................................................93
Reset Disks to Non-RAID ..........................................................95
Exit RAID BIOS..........................................................................99
Install a New Windows XP ........................................................... 100
Existing Windows XP with RAID built as data storage ................. 104
Appendix - CrossFileTM Technology................................................ 108
Technical Support :
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Worldwide E-mail Support :
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Support

Thank you for buying Foxconn P35A series motherboard. Foxconn
products are engineered to maximize computing power, providing
only what you need for break-through performance.
With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity
features for today multi-media computing requirements, P35A
enables you to unleash more power from your computer.
This chapter includes the following information:
■ Product Specications
■ Layout
■ Back Panel Connectors

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1-1 Product Specications
CPU Support Intel®CoreTM 2 Extreme processor/
Intel®CoreTM 2 Quad processor / Intel®CoreTM 2 Duo processor /
Intel®Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition/
Intel®Pentium®D processor / Intel®Pentium® 4 processor /
Support for Intel®Hyper-Threading Technology
Front Side Bus 1333/1066/800MHz FSB
Chipset North Bridge : Intel®P35 chipset
South Bridge : Intel®ICH9 (P35A)/ICH9R (P35A-S)
Memory 4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
Support up to 8GB of system memory
Dual channel DDR2 800/667MHz architecture
Audio Realtek ALC888 chip
High Denition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF out
Support Jack-Sensing function
LAN On board Realtek 8111B chip
Support 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slots
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
3 x PCI slots
Onboard Serial ATA 6 x SATA connectors and one external SATA connector (P35A-S)
4 x SATA connectors and one external SATA connector (P35A)
300MB/s data transfer rate
Support hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing )
Support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (for P35A-S)
Support Intel®Matrix Storage Technology (for P35A-S)
USB Support hot plug
Support up to 12 x USB 2.0 ports (4 rear panel ports, 4 onboard USB
connectors supporting 8 extra ports)
Support USB 2.0 protocol up to 480Mb/s
Internal Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
6 x (P35A-S) or 4 x (P35A) SATA connectors
4 x USB 2.0 connectors (supporting 8 x USB devices)
1 x CPU fan header (4-pin)
1 x System fan header (4-pin)
3 x Power fan headers (3-pin) (FAN1/2/3)
1 x Front panel connectors
1 x 1394a connector (P35A-S only)
1 x CD_IN connector

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1 x COM1 connector
1 x Chassis intrusion alarm header
Back Panel 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
Connectors 1 x PS/2 Mouse port
1 x Parallel port
1 x Serial port
1 x Coaxial S/PDIF out connector
1 x External SATA connector
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x RJ-45 LAN port
6 x Audio jacks
Hardware Monitor System voltage detection
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
CPU overheating warning
CPU fan speed control
Onboard 1394a Support hot plug
(P35A-S only) 400Mb/s transmission rate
Support 2 independent 1394a units synchronously at most
PCI Express x1 Support 250MB/s (500MB/s concurrent) bandwidth
Low power consumption and power management features
PCI Express x16 Support 4GB/s (8GB/s concurrent) bandwidth
Low power consumption and power management features
Green Function Support ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface)
Support S0 (normal), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4
(suspend to disk), and S5 (soft - off)
Bundled Software FOX ONE
FOX LiveUpdate
FOX LOGO
FOX DMI
Operating System Support for Microsoft®Windows® Vista/XP/2000
Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12 inches x 9.6 inches (30.5cm x 24.3cm)

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1-2 Layout
1. IrDA Connector 16. Front Panel Connector
2. COM1 Connector 17. Power On Button
3. AUX Power Connector: PWR3 18. Reset Button
4. PCI Express x1 Slot 19. Clear CMOS Jumper
5. PCI Express x16 Slots 20. South Bridge: Intel®ICH9/ICH9R
6. PCI Slots 21. Speaker Connector
7. Front Audio Connector 22. Floppy Connector
8. CD_IN Connector 23. 24-pin ATX Power Connector : PWR1
9. 1394a Connector (P35A-S only) 24. IDE Connector : PIDE
10. TBL_EN Jumper 25. DDR2 DIMM Slots
11. SYS_FAN Header 26. CPU_FAN Header
12. WP_EN Jumper 27. North Bridge: Intel®P35 Chipset
13. Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header 28. LGA 775 CPU Socket
14. Front USB Connectors 29. FAN1/2/3 Connector
15. SATA Connectors 30. 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector:
PWR2
Note : The above motherboard layout is for reference only, please refer to the physical mother-
board for detail.
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1-3 Back Panel Connectors
1. PS/2 Mouse Port
Use the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse.
2. PS/2 Keyboard Port
Use the lower port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
3. Serial Port
Before using this port, make sure the “Serial Port2 mode” of “SuperIO Conguration” in
CMOS Setup is set to be [Normal].(Default is [Normal]).
4. Coaxial S/PDIF Out Connector
This connector provides digital audio out to an external audio system that supports
digital coaxial audio. Before using this feature, ensure that your audio system provides
a coaxial digital audio in connector.
5. External SATA Port
To connect external SATA device(s) to your system by expanding the internal SATA
port(s) to the chassis back panel. External SATA device shall provide power by its own.
6. USB Ports
The USB port support the USB 2.0/1.1 specication. Use these ports for USB devices
such as an USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer, USB ash drive and etc.
External
SATA Port
Parallel Port
USB 2.0
Ports
LAN Port
Coaxial
S/PDIF Port
PS/2 Keyboard
Port
PS/2 Mouse Port
Line Out
Microphone
Subwoofer
Rear Speaker
Side Speaker
Line In
Serial
Port
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7. Audio Ports
For the denition of each audio port, please refer to the below table :
8. RJ-45 LAN Port
The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at up to 1Gb/s data rate.
9. Parallel Port
Use the parallel port to connect devices such as a printer, scanner and etc. The
parallel port is also called a printer port.
LAN Type Left: Active Right: Link
Status Description Status Description
1000M
Off No Link Off No Link
Green
Blinking
Data
Activity
Off 10Mb/s Connection
Green 100Mb/s Connection
Orange 1000Mb/s Connection
Active
LED
Link
LED
Port 2-channel 4-channel 5.1-channel 7.1-channel
Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In
Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out
Pink Microphone In Microphone In Microphone In Microphone In
Orange - - Center/Subwoofer Out Center/Subwoofer Out
Black - Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out
Grey - - - Side Speaker Out

This chapter introduces the hardware installation process,
including the installation of the CPU, memory, power supply,
slots, pin headers and the mounting of jumpers. Caution should
be exercised during the installation of these modules. Please
refer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read
the contents in this chapter carefully.
This chapter includes the following information:
■ Install the CPU and CPU Cooler
■ Install the Memory
■ Install an Expansion Card
■ Install other Internal Connectors
■ Jumpers
Please visit this website for more supporting information about CPU, Memory and
VGA for your motherboard :
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/compatibility.aspx

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2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler
Install the CPU
A. Locate the alignment keys on the motherboard CPU socket and the
notches on the CPU. LGA775 CPU Socket
Alignment Key
Pin-1 Corner of the CPU
Socket
LGA775 CPU
Notch
Pin-1 triangle marking
of CPU
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Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU:
■ Make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU.
■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply before
installing the CPU to prevent hardware damage.
■ Locate the Pin-1 of the CPU. The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly. (Or
you may locate the notches on both sides of the CPU and alignment keys on the CPU
socket.)
■ Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the surface of the CPU.
■ Do not turn on the computer if the CPU cooler is not installed, otherwise overheating
and damage of the CPU may occur.
■ Set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the CPU specications. It is not
recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specications
since it does not meet the standard requirements for the peripherals. If you wish to
set the frequency beyond the standard specications, please do so according to your
hardware specications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc.
Hyper-Threading Technology System Requirements:
(Go to Intel's website for more information about the Hyper-Threading Technology)
■ An Intel® CPU that supports HT Technology
■ A chipset that supports HT Technology
■ An operating system that is optimized for HT Technology
■ A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled
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B. Follow the steps to install the CPU onto the CPU socket.
2. Release the CPU socket lever.1. Remove protective socket cover.
3. Lift the metal cover on the CPU
socket.
5. When CPU is properly seated,
replace the metal cover and push
the CPU socket lever back to its
locked position.
4. Check pin one marking (triangle)
with the pin one corner of the CPU
socket, align the CPU notches with
the socket alignment keys and
gently put the CPU onto the socket.
Before installing the CPU, make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power
cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the CPU.
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Install the CPU Cooler
Follow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler on the motherboard. (The following
procedures use Foxconn cooler as the example.)
1. Apply and spread an even
thermal grease on the surface of
CPU.
2. Place the four bolts of the
CPU cooler to the holes of the
motherboard, push them straight
down from the top, and the bolts will
be fastened on the motherboard.
That's it.
3. Check the solder side of the
motherboard, the push pin should
be xed as depicted in the picture.
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4. Attach the 4-wire CPU cooler
connector to the CPU FAN socket
on the motherboard .
Release bolts of CPU cooler from
motherboard :
1. Turning the push pin (bolt)
along with the direction of arrow
(counterclockwise).
2. Pull the push pin straight up.
3. Turning push pin clockwise to its
default position.
Use extreme care when removing the CPU cooler because the thermal grease may
adhere to the CPU. Inadequately removing the CPU cooler may damage the CPU.
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2-2 Install the Memory
Dual Channel Memory Conguration
This motherboard provides four DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel
Technology. When memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory
in your system.
Four DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two
memory sockets as following:
Channel 0 : DIMM1, DIMM2
Channel 1 : DIMM3, DIMM4
The combinations of DIMM modules are :
DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4
Single Channel DS/SS - - -
Single Channel DS/SS DS/SS -
Single Channel - - DS/SS -
Single Channel - - DS/SS DS/SS
Double Channel DS/SS - DS/SS -
Double Channel - DS/SS - DS/SS
Double Channel DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(DS : Double Side, SS : Single Side, -: No Memory)
Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory :
■ Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory. It is recommended that
memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used.
■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before
installing the memory to prevent hardware damage.
■ Memory modules have a foolproof design. A memory module can be installed in only
one direction. If you are unable to insert the memory, switch the direction.
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It is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be
used and installed in the same colored DDR2 sockets for optimum performance.
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Installing a Memory
If you take a look at front side of memory module, it has asymmetric pin counts on both sides
separated by a notch in the middle, so it can only t in one direction. Follow the steps below to
correctly install your memory modules into the sockets.
Step 1:
Spread the clips at both ends of the memory
socket. Place the memory module onto the socket,
then put your ngers on top edge of the module,
and push it down rmly and seat it vertically into the
memory socket.
Step 2:
The clips at both ends of the socket will snap
into place when the memory module is securely
inserted.
Notch
112-Pin128-Pin
Before installing a memory module, make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the
power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the memory module. Be sure
to install DDR2 DIMMs on this motherboard.
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2-3 Install an Expansion Card
Follow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot.
1. Locate an expansion slot that supports your card. Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis
back panel.
2. Align the card with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot.
3. Make sure the metal contacts on the card are completely inserted into the slot.
4. Secure the card's metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw.
5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s).
6. Turn on your computer. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for
your expansion card(s).
7. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system.
Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card :
Installing a Graphics Card
Gently insert the graphics card into the PCI Express x16 slot. Make
sure the graphics card is locked by the latch at the end of the PCI
Express x16 slot.
Removing the Card:
Press the white latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot to
release the card and then pull the card straight up from the slot.
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
PCI
■ Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual
that came with your expansion card.
■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before
installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage.
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