Intel Desktop Board D945PVS Product Guide
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Installing and Removing the Desktop Board........................................................................27
Installing and Removing a Processor ..................................................................................28
Installing a Processor.................................................................................................28
Installing the Processor Fan Heat Sink.......................................................................31
Connecting the Processor Fan Heat Sink Cable.........................................................31
Removing the Processor............................................................................................31
Installing and Removing Memory ........................................................................................32
Installing DIMMs.........................................................................................................34
Removing DIMMs.......................................................................................................35
Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Card...............................................................36
Installing a PCI Express x16 Card..............................................................................36
Removing the PCI Express x16 Card.........................................................................36
Connecting the IDE Cable...................................................................................................37
Connecting the Serial ATA (SATA) Cable...........................................................................38
Connecting Internal Headers...............................................................................................39
Installing a Front Panel Audio Solution for Intel® High Definition Audio.......................40
Connecting USB 2.0 Headers.....................................................................................41
Connecting IEEE 1394a Headers...............................................................................41
Connecting the Front Panel Header ...........................................................................41
Installing the Rear Panel USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394a Adapters.....................................42
Installing the Front Panel USB/IEEE 1394a/Audio Solution........................................ 43
Connecting Fan and Power Cables.....................................................................................44
Connecting Fan Cables.............................................................................................. 44
Connecting Power Supply Cables ..............................................................................45
Other Connectors................................................................................................................46
Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper...............................................................................47
Clearing Passwords............................................................................................................ 48
3 BIOS
Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility...........................................55
Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update Utility....................................................56
Obtaining the BIOS Update File..................................................................................56
Updating the BIOS......................................................................................................56
Recovering the BIOS..................................................................................................57
4 Configuring for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage Technology) Requires Microsoft Windows* XP or 2000 and SATA Hard Drive(s)
Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology..........................................59
Creating Your RAID Set............................................................................................. 59
Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software..................59
Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System............................................................................60
A Error Messages and Indicators BIOS Beep Codes...............................................................................................................61
BIOS Error Messages .........................................................................................................61