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USER'S MANUAL 
Of 
Intel P43 Express and ICH10 Chipset 
Based 
M/B for LGA775 Quad Core Ready      
 Intel Core Processor Family 
 
 
 
 
MB Model: PXP43 (V2.0) 
 
Manual: Rev: 1.0 
Release date: Sep ,2009 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
                                            
                    
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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.          i                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   TABLE OF CONTENT             USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii  MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii  COOLING SOLUTIONS.....................
                    
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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 AL
                    
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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
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   that the over-clocking may cause the failure in system reliability. This motherboard provides  the guaranteed 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
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   1-2  Specification  Spec Description  Design  ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x22.0cm   Intel P43 Express Chipset  Chipset   Intel ICH10 chipset   Support 45nm and 65nm Quad-Core, Dual-Core Intel® Core 2 Quad,  Core 2 Duo processors, Intel® Pentium Dual Core, Intel® Celeron Dual  CPU Socket  Core Conroe p
                    
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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 d
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Layout Diagram                                               Line- In  RJ-45 LAN   CEN/BASS  SPDIF-OUT COM Connector PS/2Mouse  Line Out    (Green)  Surrback   PS/2 Keyboard (Purple)   Surround         Clear CMOS  MIC-IN                                                                                  USB  USB  B
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jumpers  Jumper Name Description Page  JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.7  JP2 Keyboard and USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8  JP3 USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8  Connectors  Connector Name Description Page A
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Chapter 2  Hardware Installation  WARNING! Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other  system components.  Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both  your motherboard and expansion cards.   2-1  Hardware installation Steps  Before using your computer, you had better complete the 
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (2)  Keyboard &Mouse &USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP2    JP2 JP2  1-2 closed  Keyboard &Mouse&USB 2-3 closed  Keyboard & Mouse& USB  Power On Disable Power On Enabled            Keyboard and USB Power-On Setting          (3)  USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP3    JP3 JP3  1-2 closed  USB Pow
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   other software.  Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for  doing the "computing" in "personal computer"   Front Side Bus Frequency - the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated  by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.  CPU L2 Cache - th
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2-3-3   LGA 775 CPU Installation Guide                             1. Please make sure that CPU socket is facing 2. Remove the plastic protective cap from the socket.  towards you and the level is on you left hand side. ( Put it to the original place if CPU is not installed . Do  not touch the metal contact poin
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  7. Put down the load plate.  8. Press down the load level and move it rightwards  make sure it is locked under the notch.     2-3-4 Intel Reference Thermal Solution Assembly   Align the  fastener with  the hole                                   1. Put the heat sink vertically above
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2-4  Installing Memory  This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES  (DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of  128MB to maximum memory volume of 16GB DDR SDRAM .  Valid Memory Configurations for DDR2  Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory  Bank 0, 1 
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2-5  Expansion Cards  2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation  1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or  software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.  2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.  3. Align th
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2-5-3 PCI Express Slot   The P43 Express chipset is based motherboard series offer two PCI-Express x16 graphics slots  that support CrossFireX Mode. One PCI-Express2.0 x16@16lane graphics slot offers 8  Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which get 7 times of bandwidth more  than AGP8X and up
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2-6 Connectors, Headers  2-6-1 Connectors  (1)   Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR   ATX Power Supply connector:  This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually  comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary  switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Po
                    
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V     This is a new defined 8-pin connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The  ATX Power Supply which fully supports LGA775 processor must including this  connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption.  Without this conne