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Intel Desktop Board D945GPM Product Guide
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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 IEEE 1394a Headers...............................................................................41
Connecting the Front Panel Header ...........................................................................41
Connecting Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Headers.....................................................................41
Connecting Fan and Power Cables .....................................................................................42
Connecting Fan Cables ..............................................................................................42
Connecting Power Cables ..........................................................................................43
Other Connectors................................................................................................................44
Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper...............................................................................45
Clearing Passwords ............................................................................................................46
3 Updating the BIOS
Updating with the Intel
®
Express BIOS Update Utility..........................................................53
Updating the Iflash BIOS Update Utility...............................................................................54
Obtaining the BIOS Update File..................................................................................54
Updating the BIOS......................................................................................................54
Recovering the BIOS..................................................................................................55
4 Configuring Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology (RAID) Requires Serial
ATA (SATA) Hard Drives
Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology..........................................57
Creating Your RAID Set (for systems with more than one SATA hard drive) ..............57
Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software ..................58
Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System............................................................................58
5 Intel
®
Quick Resume Technology Driver (Intel
®
QRTD)
Overview.............................................................................................................................59
Installation and Configuration..............................................................................................59
A Error Messages and Indicators
BIOS Beep Codes...............................................................................................................63
BIOS Error Messages .........................................................................................................63