Intel P43 User manual

USER'S MANUAL
Of
Intel P43 Express and ICH10 Chipset
Based
M/B for LGA775 Quad Core Ready
Intel Core Processor Family
Trademark:
* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to
change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
NO. G03-BI-521-F
Rev: 2.0
Release date: July, 2009

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Environmental Protection Announcement
Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and
ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.

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USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii
COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................iii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF P43 EXPRESS AND ICH10 MOTHERBOARDS
1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................................................... 1
1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................... 2
1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM ........................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 7
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................................................. 7
2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8
2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 8
2-3-2 ABOUT INTEL LGA775 CPU............................................................................... 9
2-3-3 LGA 775 CPU INSTALLATION GUIDE............................................................. 10
2-3-4 INTEL REFERENCE THERMAL SOLUTION ASSEMBLY……………………..11
2-4 INSTALLING MEMORY .................................................................................................... 12
2-5 EXPANSION CARD ............................................................................................................. 13
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 13
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD...................................................... 13
2-5-3 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT.............................................................................................. 14
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS................................................................................................ 15
2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 18
2-6-2 HEADERS ............................................................................................................... 21
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER ................................................................................. 21
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 22
3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 22
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 23
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES........................................................................................ 24
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 25
3-5-1 CPU CONFIGURATON …………………………………………………...26
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 26
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS......................................................................................... 27
3-7-1 ONBOARD SATA FUNCTION............................................................................. 27
3-7-2 ONBOARD DEVICE FUNCTION........................................................................ 27
3-7-3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION..................................................................... 28
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 28
3-9 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS............................................................................................ 29
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS.......................................................................................................... 29
3-11 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL ........................................................................................... 30
3-12 PASSWORD SETTING........................................................................................................ 31
3-14 LOAD STANDARD /OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS.............................................................. 31
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 2000/XP/VISTA................................................... 32
4-1 INF INSTALL INTEL INF CHIPSET SYSTEM DRIVER................................... 34
4-2 SOUND INSTALLALC883 HD AUDIO DRIVER........................................................ 35
4-3 LAN INSTALL GIGABIT ETHERNET NIC DRIVER........................................... 35
4-4 NORTON INSTALL NORTON ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM..................................... 36
4-5 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 36
4-6 AHCI INSTALL AHCI DRIVE..................................................................................... 36
4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 37
4-8 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION........................................................ 37
4-9 G.P.I FUNCTION LED DISPLAY ..................................................................................... .40
TABLE OF CONTENT

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Environmental Safety Instruction
zAvoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in
any area where it may become wet.
z0 to 40 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request
of the main chipset)
zGenerally speaking, dramatic changes in temperature may lead to contact
malfunction and crackles due to constant thermal expansion and contraction from
the welding spots’ that connect components and PCB. Computer should go
through an adaptive phase before it boots when it is moved from a cold
environment to a warmer one to avoid condensation phenomenon. These water
drops attached on PCB or the surface of the components can bring about
phenomena as minor as computer instability resulted from corrosion and oxidation
from components and PCB or as major as short circuit that can burn the
components. Suggest starting the computer until the temperature goes up.
zThe increasing temperature of the capacitor may decrease the life of computer.
Using the close case may decrease the life of other device because the higher
temperature in the inner of the case.
zAttention to the heat sink when you over-clocking. The higher temperature may
decrease the life of the device and burned the capacitor.

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USER’S NOTICE
COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS
MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARES DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE
REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR
BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.
THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE UTILIZATION OF P43
EXPRESSINTEL EDITION MOTHER-BOARDS TO MEET THE USER’S REQUIREMENTS. BUT
IT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES
THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA,
INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).
PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE
REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES, AND
THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S
BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.
Manual Revision Information
Reversion Revision History Date
2.0 Second Edition July, 2009
Item Checklist
5P43 Motherboard
5User’s Manual
54 in1 cable package
5CD for motherboard utilities
5I/O Back Panel Shield
Intel Core Processor Family
Cooling Solutions
As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal management
becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining the proper thermal
environment is the key to reliable, long-term system operation. The overall goal in providing the
proper thermal environment is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case temperature.
Heat sinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and
concentrated airflow from attached fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of
heat from the processor to the heat sink. For optimum heat transfer, Intel recommends the use of
thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heat sink to the processor.
When selecting a thermal solution for your system, please refer to the website below for collection of
heat sinks evaluated and recommended by Intel for use with Intel processors. Note, those heat sinks
are recommended for maintaining the specified Maximum T case requirement. In addition, this
collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heat sinks that support Intel processors.

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Chapter 1
Introduction of Intel P43 Express and ICH10 chipset based Motherboards
1-1 Features of Motherboard
The P43 Express and ICH10 chipset motherboard series are based on Intel P43 Express chipset
and ICH10 chipsets technology which supports the innovative 45nm and 65nm Quad-Core,
Dual-Core Intel® Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo processors, Intel® Pentium Dual Core, Intel®
Celeron Dual Core Conroe processors and Intel® Celeron 400 Conroe-L processors.
The P43 Express and ICH10 chipset Based motherboard series deliver the revolutionary levels
of performance enabling vivid, high-definition experiences and multi-tasking responsiveness
from state-of-the-art Intel dual-core and quad-core technologies and CrossFireX Technology
through the high bandwidth of dual channel DDR3 800/1066MHz system memories which
are expandable to 8GB and the next generation PCI Express interface for the latest graphics
cards. The P43 Express and ICH10 chipset motherboard series are absolutely the ultimate
solution for game enthusiasts and applications, and it also meets the demanding usage of
computing of gaming, multimedia entertainment and business applications.
The INTEL P43 Express and ICH10 chipset motherboard series are embedded with ICH10
chipset of providing six serial ATA2 interface of 3.0 Gb / s data transfer rate for six serial
ATA devices.
The P43 Express and ICH10 chipset based motherboard supports 10M / 100M / 1Gbps data
transfer rate. Embedded 8-channel ALC883 HD CODEC is fully compatible with Sound
Blaster Pro®standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and absolutely software
compatibility.
The P43 Express chipset based motherboard series offer two PCI-Express x16 graphics slots
that support CrossFireX mode. One PCI-Express2.0 x16by16lane graphics slot offers 8
Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which get 7 times of bandwidth more
than AGP8X and up to 16Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed, the other
PCI-Express 1.0a x16by4lane graphics slots deliver up to 2Gbyte/sec data transfer rate. These
two graphics slots are fully compatible with the latest AMD CrossFireX Technology and
avoid the possible CrossFireX installation error. Two PCI Express1.0a x1 I/O slots offer
512Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 3.5 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec,
tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays. Two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the
rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals.
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0 functional
ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future
USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor
and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.
Some special features---CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Smart Fan/ CPU Vcore X-shift/
OC-CON /G.P.I. Function/3D Audio in this motherboard are designed for power user to use
the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking
may cause the failure in system reliability. This motherboard provides the guaranteed

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performance and meets the demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to
gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose,
please be careful and make sure to read the detailed descriptions of these value added product
features, please get them in the coming section.
1-1.1 Special Features of motherboard
CPU Thermal Throttling Technology--- (The CPU Overheat Protection Technology)
To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high
workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter partially idle
mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from 40
℃to 90℃). When the system senses the CPU operating temperature reaching the preset
value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool
down the processor. When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to
indicate it is working.
CPU Smart Fan--- The Noise Management System
It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics.
CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for
now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the
fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition,
the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can
provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and
business requirements.
CPU Vcore X-Shift--- Shift to Higher Performance
The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 64 stages for the precisely over-clocking of extra
demanding computing performance.
OC-CON---High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors (Optional, for HI04
series only)
The working temperature is from 55 degrees Centigrade below zero to 125 degrees
Centigrade, OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be while
reducing the working temperature between 20 degrees Centigrade each time, intact extension
10 times of effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees Centigrade of working
temperatures each time a relative one, life of product decline 10% only too.
G.P.I Function—(Green power indicator function)
G.P.I is a technology with remarkable power saving function: when you are using a computer
with G.P.I mode turned on, you save averagely 10.5w in power consumption in the whole
process than normal computer without G.P.I technology.
3D Audio
OP with two-stage Butterworth filter and quadruple noninverting amplifier enhances bass
effect under the 100MHz range to perfect audio effect, brings you stunning shock experience
in video game, true-to-life simulated feeling when watching films and the greatest touch as
that in the concert.

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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design ∗ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x22.0cm
Chipset ∗Intel P43 Express Chipset
∗Intel ICH10 chipset
CPU Socket
LGA775
∗Support 45nm and 65nm Quad-Core, Dual-Core Intel® Core 2 Quad,
Core 2 Duo processors, Intel® Pentium Dual Core, Intel® Celeron Dual
Core Conroe processors and Intel® Celeron 400 Conroe-L processors
775-Land LGA Package utilizes Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FCLGA)
package processor
∗Support FSB Frequency 1333MHz
Memory
Socket
∗DDRIII Module socket x 4
∗Support 4 pcs DDRIII 800 /DDRIII 1066MHz DDRIII modules
expandable to 8GB
∗Support Dual channel function
Expansion
Slot
∗PCI-Express x16 slot 2pcs
∗PCI-Express x1 slot 2pcs
∗32-bit PCI slot x 2pcs
Integrated
Serial ATA2
∗The Intel ICH10 supports six Serial ATA ports provide 3.0 Gb/sec data
transfer rate.
Gigabit LAN
∗Integrated PCI-E Gigabit LAN function.
∗Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10Mb/100Mb/ 1Gb /s data
transfer rate.
8 CH-Audio
∗Realtek ALC883 8-channel HD Audio Codec integrated
∗Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio
∗Audio driver and utility included
BIOS ∗AMI 8MB DIP Flash ROM
Multi I/O
∗PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
∗Floppy disk drive connector x1
∗SATA Connector x6
∗Serial port x1
∗SPDIF_OUT connector x1
∗SPDIF_IN connector x1
∗HDMI_SPDIF header x1
∗IR header
∗USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x4
∗RJ-45 LAN connector x1
∗Parallel header x1
∗Audio connectorx1 (8-CH Audio)

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1-3 Performance List
The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing
programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different
testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will
result in different benchmark testing results.)
Model BI521
BIOS Rev. A01
NB Chipset P43
CPU Type Core 2 Duo E8400
Core Speed 3003.6
Memory Type CORSAIR DDR3 1066 2G (1Gx2)
DRAM Timing 7-7-7-20 2T @ 533
Share Memory Size GF9800GTX / 512MB
PC Mark05
Total 8678
CPU 7702
Memory 6595
Graphic 15794
3DMark06
1280x1024 13124
CINEBENCH R10
Single CPU 3310
Multiple CPU 6368
OpenGL 6583
Super PI / Mod1.5
1M Test 15.437
4M Test 125.281
Sandra 2008
ALU 25672
SSE3 22090
Integer 194608
Floating 90404
EVEREST Ultimate V4.60
Memory Read 7701
Memory Write 7102
Memory Copy 7318
Memory Latency 67.1

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1-4 Layout Diagram
USB headers
Power LED
Speaker Headers
LGA775 Socket
DDRIII 800
/
1066 DIMM1,2,3,4
ATX Power Connecto
r
CD Audio In
32-bit PCI Slots
ALC883 8-CH
channel audio codec
PS2 KB/Mouse Port
Audio Connector
ATX 12V Power Conn.
R-J45 Over USB Conn.
PCI-E2.0 x16 by 16-lane
HDMI_SPDIF
Gigabit LAN
Intel ICH10
Chipset
Serial-ATA2 Connecto
r
s
IR Header Parallel Header
4-Pin PWR Connector
Floppy Connector
Front Panel Audio
SYS FAN2
COM Port
Intel P43 Express
Chipset
Front Panel Connector
PCI-E1.0a x16 by 4-lane
PS/2Mouse
USB
RJ-45 LAN
SS-OUT
RS-OUT
CS-OUT
MIC-IN
Line Out
SPDIF-OUT
PS/2 Keyboard
COM Connector
Line- In
SPDIF_OUT
USB Connector .
PWS_LED3,4
SPDIF-IN USB
SPDIF_IN
CPU FAN
SYS FAN1
PCI-E x 1 slot
3D audio chip