AOpen B2945 Manual Manual

Brand: AOpen

Model: B2945

Type: Manual Manual

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Safety Precautions

Read and follow the content of the Safety Precautions carefully so that you

will not cause damages to yourself or the system.

1. Pay attention to the warnings and notes in this manual to avoid causing

unexpected damages.

2. If you want to wipe the system with a wet cloth, make sure the power

cord is disconnected. We strongly suggest not to wipe the system with

chemical detergent or sprayed detergent.

3. When moving the system, do not put the system on uneven, unsteady

or slanting surfaces.

4. Do not put water cups or beverages near the PC system to protect the

system from being damaged by liquids.

5. There are ventilating holes on the backboard of the computer case

to dissipate heat from the machine. You should pay attention to the

position of the PC so that the ventilating holes will not be blocked.

Meanwhile, don’t put your PC on something not sturdy enough – like

rug or bed mattress – to ensure smooth air ow for heat dissipation.

6. Before plugging on power, make certain the electric voltage in your

area complies with that of the PC. If you are uncertain, consult your PC

dealer or power company rst.

7. Do not place your PC on power cords. Do not leave the power lines in

tangles which may cause people to stumble.

8. It normally takes several power sockets to meet the need of a PC

system. Make sure the extension power line is capable of handling

the total power load for all equipment. In other words, the combined

amperage of all electrical appliances on the same extension line must

not exceed the strength of electric currents or the fuse of the extension

line.

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9. When your PC system runs into problems, do not try to x it unless

you possess adequate technical know-how concerning hardware

installation and system maintenance. It would advisable to seek

assistance from qualified maintenance personnel so as to avoid

improper disassembling.

10. When encountering the following more dangerous situations,

unplug the power to shut down the system and then seek help from

professional technicians to x the problems:

10.1 When liquids nd their way into the equipment.

10.2 When the PC is soaked by rain.

10.3 When power cords or power sockets are damaged.

10.4 When the PC system falls to the ground and is damaged.

10.5 When some problems cannot be solved even after you

installed the system according to the manual or the

troubleshooting procedures.

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this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision

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only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse

engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

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Disposal Instruction

For better protection of our earth, please don't throw this electronic device

into municipal trash bin when discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure

utmost protection of the global environment, please recycle the product.

For more information about the collection and recycling of Waste Electrical

and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), you are invited to visit our homepage

at www.aopen.com under “Green Products”.

Safety Instruction

Safety Caution Concerning Battery

Use the battery according to the manufacturer’s recommendation. When

replacing battery, use the battery which conforms to the manufacturer’

s specifications. When disposing the batteries, dispose the batteries to

a recycle center which is designated by your local authority to process

batteries. Follow all your local authority’s safety and waste disposal

regulations in disposing the batteries.

Safety Caution Concerning Laser Products

This equipment, built with DVD and/or CD disc drives using laser beam to

read or write data on optical discs, is classied as “Class 1 laser product”.

While the laser optical drive is reading data from or writing data to an

optical disc, do not force open the disc drive door. Press the Eject button to

retrieve the optical disc only after the in-use indicator goes off.

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Content

Safety Precautions..................................................................................... 2

Disposal Instruction................................................................................... 4

Safety Instruction....................................................................................... 4

1. Hardware Installation......................................................................... 6

1.1 Unpacking Your System............................................................... 6

1.2 System Overview......................................................................... 8

1.2.1 Summary of Motherboard Features.............................................. 8

1.2.2 Summary of Audio Features......................................................... 8

1.2.3 Summary of General Input/Output Ports..................................... 8

1.3 Front View.................................................................................... 9

1.4 Rear View..................................................................................... 9

1.5 Get Ready for Installation............................................................ 10

1.6 Disassemble the System............................................................... 12

1.6.1 Remove Top Cover....................................................................... 12

1.6.2 Remove Hard Drive...................................................................... 15

1.6.3 Install HDD Drive........................................................................ 16

1.6.4 Install Memory Module................................................................ 16

1.6.5 Remove and Install Power Supply................................................ 17

1.6.6 Install CPU................................................................................... 17

2. BIOS Installation................................................................................. 19

2.1 Turn On the Power....................................................................... 19

2.2 Power Master................................................................................ 23

2.3 Jumper Setting.............................................................................. 26

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1. Hardware Installation

1.1 Unpacking Your System

The system is designed for easy installation and operation. When you open

the package, you will see the following items:

01. The system unit

02. Slim type oppy disc drive or 7-in-1 card reader

(depending on the model selected)

03. Power cable

04. User’s Manual

05. A pack of screws

06. 80-pin at IDE cable

07. AOpen bonus pack CD

08. Riser Card

09. SATA Cable

Option (depending on the model selected):

*. Combo disc drive

*. Software for burning CD

*. Keyboard

*. Mouse

*. Remote control (supplied with TV tuner/video capture card)

*. Installation CD for TV tuner/video capture card

(supplied with TV tuner/video capture card)

*. Installation Guide for TV tuner/video capture card

(supplied with TV tuner/video capture card)

*. Video to YPbPr/S-Video/Composite connector

Warranty Card

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1.2 System Overview

1.2.1 Summary of Motherboard Features

● The system is designed to support Intel pro

cessors under 115 W, 3xx/5xx/6xx/820/920/930

sequence.

● The system is built with two memory slots

supporting DDR2 667/533 memory modules.

The total system memory can be expanded to

2GB.

● Provides six USB 2.0 ports.

● Supports one slim-type exible disc drive or a 7-in-1

card reader. (depending on the model selected)

● Supports one PCI Express slot.

● Supports ATA100 and SATA II drives

● Supports automatic power recovery function

1.2.2 Summary of Audio Features

● Supports Azalia Codec on-Board (Realtek ALC880 support

7.1 Channel) which provides stereo sound effects

● Provides earphone output and microphone input on front

and rear panels

1.2.3 Summary of General Input/output Ports

● One Serial port

● Parallel/printer port

● One PS/2 keyboard port

● One PS/2 mouse port

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1.3 Front View

1.4 Rear View

Note: The illustrations show installation and disassembly concepts and

processes, the specications and look of the chassis are subject to change

without prior notice.

Earphone / Mic-In

2 x USB 2.0

4-pin or 6-pin 1394

Slim Card Reader or FDD

Power Button w/ Power LED

ODD

ODD Eject Button

HDD LED

Voltage Slide Switch

Power Cord Connector

Gigabit LAN

Thermal Hole

D-SUBs

6-pin 1394

Com port

Riser Card (option)

- 1 x PCIe(x16)

- 1 x PCIe(x1) Low Prole

(Standard one comes with

only one low prole card slot)

8cm Fan w/ Noise Killer

HD Audio

2 x USB 2.0

D4 (option)

2 x USB 2.0

SPDIF Out

S-Video Out (option)

PS2 Keyboard/Mouse

Thermal Holes

Key Lock

- 1 x PCIe(x16)

- 1 x PCIe(x1) Low Prole

(Standard one comes with

only one low prole card slot)

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1.5 Get Ready for Installation

Before building your PC, clear a good-size workspace. Open the

components pack. Follow these steps:

Step 1

Carefully select the workspace. Avoid places with heavy dusts, wet or

high temperature. Stay away from other electric equipment. Especially,

the electric source and connecting parts should have a distance from

other electrical appliances to avoid electromagnetic or wireless frequency

interference. This generally should not be a problem at home. But you

should pay special attention when building the PC in other places to stay

away from heating equipment, air conditioners, copy machines, TV sets,

and wireless broadcasting stations or antennas.

Step 2

Open the components pack and count all parts in the pack. Such information

is available at the front section of this manual and make sure all the listed

items are included. Carefully secure the pack because you will need the

pack to collect the items when you have to move the PC to a new place

in the future. In case there are items missing in the pack, contact your PC

dealer immediately to make up all components and accessories.

Step 3

Connecting parts and components: Connect all cables with respective

sockets and plug power cable into power source socket.

Caution: Make sure all wires and cables are connected before you connect

power cable and switch on power source.

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Step 4

Turning on power: After completing the preceding steps, reafrm your PC

is connected correctly with peripheral lines for printer, monitor, speaker,

etc. Then you may press the power switch on the front panel of the PC to

activate the machine. Your computer should start operating.

Step 5

Shut down PC properly: When you want to turn off the computer, click the

“Start” button at the left bottom of the PC screen in the operating system

and then click “Shut Down”.

Because the system is delivered as a bare system, a user is offered the

choice to install the CPU, memory module, hard disc drive, or optical disc

drive. In order to install these optional devices, a user needs to know how to

disassemble the system unit. Before disassembling the system unit, a user

needs to get familiarized with the housing.

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1.6 Disassemble the System

A user can disassemble the system according to the following steps.

1.6.1 Remove Top Cover

A user can disassemble the upper case by removing the three screws on the

three sides of the rear panel.

Remove the screws fastening the top cover to the back panel of the system

unit.

Pull out the top cover horizontally toward the direction of the front panel

until the rear edge of the top cover is 2 cm (0.787 inch) from the rear panel.

Then, lift the top cover.

Front Panel

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Remove the link bar. The link bar is used to add extra stability to the

structure and the riser card.

Remove the two screws fastening the optical drive cage to the chassis.

Optical drive cage

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Slide out the drive cage horizontally.

Tilt the front end of the drive cage slightly to release the optical cage from

the chassis.

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If you turn the optical drive cage upside down, you will see two tenons,

which should be inserted into the mortises on top of the hard disk drive

cage when you replace the optical drive cage on top of the HDD drive cage.

1.6.2 Remove Hard Drive

The HDD drive cage is fastened to the chassis with one screw. Remove the

screw, and push the HDD drive cage toward the rear of the chassis until it is

detached from the chassis.

Mortise

Tenon

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1.6.3 Install HDD Drive

Slide the hard drive into the drive cage and make sure you can drive screws

through the slots of the drive cage.

After the hard drive is xed with screws on its sides, replace the drive cage

into the chassis and x it to the chassis with a screw.

Connect the at ribbon cable and power cord to the hard drive.

Note: Before you install hard drive to the drive cage and chassis, make sure

the power supply has been installed.

1.6.4 Install Memory Module

If you have to install memory modules by yourself, you have to remove

the optical drive cage first because the on-board memory slots are only

accessible after the optical drive cage has been removed. The memory

module is built with a fool-proof notch. The notch makes sure that the

memory module will not be installed incorrectly. The notch should match

an extruding point of the memory socket. Press down the memory modules

into the slots and lock them onto the slots with the clasps on two sides of

the memory slots.

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1.6.5 Remove and Install Power Supply

The power supply is fastened to the rear panel with ve screws. After the

ve screws are removed, you can lift it to disassemble it from the chassis.

When you restore it back to the chassis, you have to tilt the power supply

(the side with the fan) slightly toward the rear panel. This will make the

installation easier. Do not force the power supply into its rack.

1.6.6 Install CPU

Remove the CPU cooler from the printed circuit board (PCB) by taking out

the four screws xing the cooler to the PCB.

Remove the CPU plastic protective cap.

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Release the steel wire lever of the CPU socket.

Open the metal cap covering the CPU socket. Install the CPU.

Note: You have to keep the CPU socket clean. Keep dust off from the CPU

socket. Before installing the CPU, you have to handle the CPU with care.

Do not touch the CPU pins with your ngers. There are two small extruding

points on two inner sides of the CPU socket, which should t with the two

dents on two sides of the CPU. The extruding points and dents are fool-

proof design which prevents wrong installation. After you have inserted the

CPU into the socket, press the L-shaped socket lever down and x it into

the clasp. The plastic CPU cover will come off. Save it at a safe place.

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2. BIOS Installation

2.1 Turn On the Power

Introduction

In the system unit, there is an integrated circuit(IC), in which the basic

input/output system (BIOS) is stored. It is the built-in software that

determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from

a disk. On PCs, the BIOS contains all the code required to control the

keyboard, display screen, disk drivers, serial communications, and a

number of miscellaneous functions. The BIOS is typically placed in a ROM

chip that comes with the computer. The BIOS keeps a record of variables of

system parameters which can determine the functions of the computer.

System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu;

this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the

conguration into the 128 bytes area (normally in the RTC chip or in the

main chipset).

The Phoenix-Award BIOS that installed in the flash ROM of the

motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS

provides critical fundamental support for standard input and output devices

such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports, optical devices, etc.

In most cases, you are not required to change the BIOS settings because our

R&D engineering team has been optimizing most BIOS settings to meet

the general requirements for the average users. Our BIOS is designed to

allow the experienced users changes a certain settings to meet their specic

requirements. This chapter is intended to explain how to change some

settings. To enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST( Power-On

Self Test) screen is shown on your video monitor.on your video monitor.

Note: Because BIOS code has been updated from time to time to meet

the latest customers’ requirement, the BIOS information contained in this

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manual may look slightly different from the BIOS messages, which comes

with your system.

After you turn on the power, you will see the following screen. If you want

to enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST screen is shown on

your video monitor. If you would like to see the POST screen, you may

press <Tab> key.

Not long after activating the power, you'll see the following screen. Please

press Delete button to get into BIOS. If you would like to see the POST

screen, you may just press Tab button.

After pressing Delete, you'll see the following BIOS setup:

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