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Revision 001 002
Revision History First release of the Intel® Desktop Board D946GZTS Product Guide Second release of the Intel® Desktop Board D946GZTS Product Guide
Date July 2006 October 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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... (1,048,576 bytes)
Mbit
Megabit (1,048,576 bits)
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Megahertz (one million hertz)
Box Contents
• Intel Desktop Board D946GZTS • I/O shield • One diskette drive cable • One ATA-66/100 cable • Two locking Serial ATA cables • Intel® Express Installer CD-ROM • Quick Reference Guide • Configuration and battery caution statement label
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... 10 Desktop Board Components 11 Processor ...13 Main Memory ...13 Intel® 946GZ Express Chipset 14 Onboard Audio Subsystem 14 Input/Output (I/O) Controller 15 LAN Subsystem 15
LAN Subsystem Software 15 RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs 16 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Support 16 Enhanced IDE Interface 17 Serial ATA ...17 Expandability...17 BIOS ...17 Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration 17 PCI and PCI...
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Intel Desktop Board D946GZTS Product Guide
Installing and Removing Memory 35 Installing DIMMs 37 Removing DIMMs 38
Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Card 39 Installing a PCI Express x16 Card 39 Removing the PCI Express x16 Card 40
Connecting the IDE Cable 41 Connecting the Serial ATA (SATA) Cable 43 Connecting to Internal Headers 44
Installing a Front Panel Audio Solution for ...
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... Summary 9 2. Desktop Board D946GZTS Components 12 3. LAN Connector LED States 16 4. Front Panel Audio Header Signal Names for Intel High Definition Audio 45 5. AC '97 Audio Header Signal Names 45 6. USB 2.0 Header Signal Names 46 7. Front Panel Header 46 8. Alternate Front Panel Power LED Header 47 9. HD Audio Link Header Signal Names 47 10. Jumper Settings for the BIOS Setup Program...
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... Board D946GZTS, 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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... Links:
Go to the following links for more information about:
• Desktop Board D946GZTS
• 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.com/go/findCPU http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd
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... purchased separately. The processor connects to the desktop board through the LGA775 socket. The supported processors list for Desktop Board D946GZTS 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 28 in Chapter 2
Main Memory
NOTE
To be fully...
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...Desktop Board D946GZTS Product Guide
Related Links: Go to the following links or pages for more information about: • SDRAM specifications, http://www.intel.com/technology/memory/ • Installing memory, page 35 in Chapter 2
Intel® 946GZ Express Chipset
The Intel 946GZ Express Chipset consists of the following devices: • Intel 946GZ Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller...
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...power management support
LAN Subsystem
The LAN subsystem consists of the following: • Intel 82562G Platform LAN Connect (PLC) device for 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet LAN
connectivity • RJ-45 connector with status indicator LEDs
LAN Subsystem Software
For LAN software and drivers, refer to the D946GZTS link on Intel's World Wide Web site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop...
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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 61 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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PCI and PCI Express* Auto Configuration
If you install a PCI/PCI Express add-in card in your computer, the PCI/PCI Express auto-configuration utility in the BIOS automatically detects and configures the resources (IRQs, DMA channels, and I/O space) for that add-in card. You do not need to run the BIOS Setup program after you install a PCI/PCI Express add-...
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Connecting to the Flexible Audio System
After installing the SigmaTel audio driver, the multi-channel audio feature can be enabled. Figure 24 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 ...
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... 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.
Clearing Passwords
This procedure assumes that the board is installed in the computer and the configuration jumper block is set to normal...
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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 D946GZTS 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 D946GZTS page on the Intel World Wide Web site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop Navigate to the D946GZTS 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 D946GZTS 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...