Albatron Technology PX845PEV-800 User Manual

Albatron PX845PEV-800

Intel® 82845PE & 82801DB

Supports Socket 478 Intel

Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your
computer system requires ALL of the following platform

z CPU: An Intel
z Chipset: An Intel
z BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled

z OS: An operating system that supports HT Technology

For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to:

http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading

®

Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology

®

Chipset that supports HT Technology

®

Pentium® 4 Processor

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Albatron PX845PEV-800

Copyright

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Disclaimer

Albatron make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user’s manual. The
content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes
found in this user’s manual. All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective
companies.

FCC Compliance Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this
equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user
will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

Contents

CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED .................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................1

SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 2

QUICK CONTENT TABLE......................................................................................................... 5

CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................................... 6

HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................7

CHAPTER 2. BIOS SETUP ................................................................................................. 22

INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... 22

MAIN MENU ......................................................................................................................... 24

ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ............................................................................................... 26

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ..................................................................................................31

POWER MANAGEMENT .........................................................................................................34

HARDWARE MONITOR.......................................................................................................... 37

LOAD DEFAULTS .................................................................................................................. 38

EXIT MENU ..........................................................................................................................39

CHAPTER 3: SOFTWARE SETUP.................................................................................... 40

SOFTWARE LIST ................................................................................................................... 40

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................................... 40

CHAPTER 4: TROUBLESHOOTING ...............................................................................41

APPENDIX I：...................................................................................................................... 44

APPENDIX II： .................................................................................................................... 45

APPENDIX III：................................................................................................................... 46

Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Introduction

Congratulations on choosing the Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800
mainboard! Albatron PX845PEV-800 is based on either the Intel
chipsets and 82801DB Southbridge chipset. It supports Intel
Processors with a FSB (Front Side Bus) frequency of 800/ 533/ 400MHz.

Albatron PX845PEV-800 provides 3 DIMM sockets using 184-pin DDR SDRAM with a total
capacity of up to 2 GB. You can install DDR 400/ 333/ 266 (PC3200/ 2700/ 2100) SDRAM.

Albatron PX845PEV-800 provides one AGP Slot for 4X (1.5V only) AGP cards. Albatron
PX845PEV-800 also comes with AGP protection which ensures that you only install 1.5V
AGP cards. Five 32 bits PCI Slots stand for Peripheral Component Interconnect.

Albatron PX845PEV-800 includes two built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 33/ 66/
100 BMIDE and PIO Modes, one FDC facilities that support 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and

2.88M.

Albatron PX845PEV-800 provides three FAN power headers; they are available for cooling
fans. They are CPU FAN, Auxiliary FAN, and Chassis FAN, they are used for decrease the
devices temperature of the system.

Albatron PX845PEV-800 provides one standard PS/2 mouse connector, one PS/2 Keyboard
connector, two Serial ports (RS-232), and one Parallel port (DB-25).

Albatron PX845PEV-800 also comes with six USB 2.0 ports (two onboard, four by USB
bracket) for USB devices, and a LAN Chip which supports a back panel LAN port (RJ-45).

Albatron PX845PEV-800 contains a “Watch Dog Timer” feature, it is used to detect when the
system is unable to handle over-clocking configurations during POST stage.

®

82845PE Northbridge

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Pentium® 4 Socket 478

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Specifications

CPU:

z Supports Socket 478 Pentium® 4 processor

z Supports Hyper-Threading Technology

Speed:

z 800/ 533/ 400MHz Front Side Bus frequency

(FSB 800 is by overclocking or using a 200 MHz Clock Frequency CPU)

z 33 MHz, 32 bit PCI interface (PCI 2.2 compliant)

z 66 MHz AGP 2.0 compliant interface, supports 4X transfer modes (1.5V only)

Chipset:

z Northbridge Chip– Intel 82845PE

z Southbridge Chip– Intel 82801DB

z I/O Controller – Winbond IO W83627HF

z LAN Chip – 3Com 910

DRAM Memory:

z Supports DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM

DDR 400 (PC3200) / 333 (PC2700) / 266 (PC2100)

z Supports 64 MB /128 MB /256 MB /512 MB /1 GB

unbuffered non-ECC DIMM modules

z Supports up to three single-sided or two double-sided memory modules with a

total capacity of 2 GB (see memory installation section for more details)

z Does not support double-sided *16 DDR DIMMs

Green Functionality:

z Supports Phoenix-Award BIOS™ power management functionality

z Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity

Shadow RAM:

z This mainboard is equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM

and support for ROM BIOS

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BUS Slots:

z One AGP slot (4X/ 1.5V only)

z Five 32-bit PCI bus slots

Flash Memory:

z Supports flash memory functionality

z Supports ESCD functionality

Hardware Monitor Function:

z Monitors CPU Fan Speed

z Monitors Chasis Fan Speed

z Monitors System Voltage

z Monitors Auxiliary Fan Speed

Infrared:

z Supports IrDA Version 1.0 SIR Protocol with a maximum baud rate of up to 115.2

Kbps

z Supports SHARP ASK-IR Protocol with maximum baud rate of up to 57600 bps

z Supports Consumer IR with Wake-Up function

IDE Facilities:

z Supports Ultra ATA 33, Ultra ATA 66, Ultra ATA 100, BMIDE and PIO modes

z Supports IDE interface with CD-ROM

z Supports high capacity hard disk drives

z Supports installation of up to 4 drives, with separate IDE connections for Primary

and Secondary connectors

Universal Serial Bus:

z Supports six USB 2.0 ports for USB interface devices

LAN:

z Provides Auto-negotiation (NWAY) function of full/half duplex operation for

both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps

z Supports PC99 wake on LAN

z 10/100 Mbps Ethernet support

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AGP protection:

z This mainboard provides an AGP slot only for 1.5V AGP cards. The AGP

protection function is to protect the mainboard and AGP cards if a non 1.5V card
is installed.

I/O facilities:

z One multi-mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifications:

1. Standard & Bi-direction Parallel Port

2. Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP)

3. Extended Capabilities Port (ECP)

z Supports two serial ports, 16550 UART

z Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA

z Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard

z Supports 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB floppy disk drives

BIOS:

z Phoenix-Award™ BIOS

z Supports APM 1.1 & 1.2

z Supports USB Legacy function

z Supports ACPI power management

Watch Dog Timer:

z This mainboard contains a special feature called the “Watch Dog Timer” which is

used to detect when the system is unable to handle over-clocking configurations
during POST stage. Once detected the system will reset the configurations and
reboot the system after five seconds.

Dimensions (ATX form-factor):

z 214mm x 293mm (WxL)

Package Contents:

z IDE Cable

z FDC Cable

z USB Bracket (2 Ports or 4 Ports)

z Sound Card

z Installation and Setup Driver CD

z Multi-language User Manual

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Quick Content Table

Function Content Location Page

CPU Socket 478 U6 8

DDR DIMM Sockets DDR DIMM 1,2,3 11

ATX Power Connectors ATX_ PWR, ATX_12V 21

IDE Connectors IDE1/IDE2 17

FDC Connector FDC 17

AGP Slot AGP 20

PCI Slots PCI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 20

CPU FAN,Chassis FAN,

Auxiliary FAN

Front Panel Indicator SW/LED 15

Speaker Connector SPEAKER 16

Infrared Connector IrDA 16

Front USB Headers USB2, USB3 18

Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 19

Case Open Warning Function CASE OPEN 18

PC99 Color Back Panel Back Panel Connector 13

CPUFAN, CHASFAN, AUXFAN 9

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Configuration

Layout of PX845PEV-800

KB/MS

USB/LAN

PRT/COM

U6

Socket 478

CPUFAN

LAN

CHIP

Phoenix

Bios

ATX_12V

Winbon d

W83627HF

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

PCI5

Intel

82845PE

AUXFAN

IrDA

U10

AGP

FDC

BAT1

Intel

82801DB

USB2 USB3

DIMM2

DIMM1

U17

CHASFAN

SW/LED

ATX _PW R

DIMM3

IDE1IDE2

JP1

CASE OPEN

SPEAKER

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Hardware Installation

This section will assist you in quickly installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground
strap before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage your system
components.

Subject:

 CPU Processor Installation

 Memory Installation

 Back Panel Configuration

 Connector Configuration

 Header Configuration

 Jumper Settings

 Power Supply Attachments

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CPU Processor Installation

This mainboard supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processors using a Socket 478.
Before building your system, we suggest you visit the Intel website and review the processor
installation procedures. http://www.intel.com

CPU Socket 478 Configuration Steps:

1. Locate the CPU socket on your mainboard and nudge the lever away from the socket.
Then lift the lever to a 90-degree angle.

2.On the socket, locate the corner that has the pin-1 receptor. This corner will have a
cut-corner, on the rectangular shaped pattern of pin holes on the socket.

Match the dot on the CPU with the pin-1 receptor on the socket and lower the CPU onto

the socket. The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket.

3. Lower the lever until it snaps back into position. This will lock down the CPU.

4. Smear thermal grease on top of the CPU. Lower the CPU fan onto the CPU and use the
clasps on the fan to attach it to the socket. Finally, extend the power cable from the fan
and insert it onto the CPUFAN adapter.

Pin1 Receptor

Attention

Overheating may damage the CPU and other sensitive components. Please check
the installation completely before starting the system. Make sure the heatsink and
the CPU fan are properly installed.

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FAN Headers

Three power headers are available for cooling fans, which play an important role in
maintaining the ambient temperature in your system.

KB/MS

USB/LAN

PRT/COM

ATX_12V

Intel

82845PE

AUXFAN

Winbon d
W83627HF

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

LAN
CHIP

PCI4

PCI5

Phoenix

Bios

IrDA

CPUFAN

U6

Socket 478

U10

AGP

BAT1

Intel

82801DB

FDC

USB2 USB3

DIMM1

CHASFAN

DIMM2

DIMM3

U17

IDE1IDE2

JP1

CASE OPEN

SPEAKER

SW/LED

Ground

+12V

Sense

CPUFAN

ATX_PWR

AUXFAN

Ground

+12V

Sense

CHASFAN

Ground
+12V
Sense

Warning

This system has a BIOS configuration feature that issues a warning (during
POST) when the CPU fan is not plugged in or is not functioning. In order
to make use this feature. You must make sure that the CPU power cable is
attached specifically to the “CPUFAN” header. The BIOS configuration
option is described in the “Hardware Monitor” section of the BIOS Setup
Utility Chapter.

Frequency / Voltage Control

This mainboard automatically detects and recognizes the CPU ratio. You can otherwise
override these values using the BIOS Setup Utility.

Configuring the CPU Host Frequency by using the BIOS
Setup Utility

To access the BIOS Setup Utility, reboot your system. During the reboot process you will be
given an opportunity to press the “DEL” key to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
From the BIOS Setup Utility access the “Advanced” section and then scroll down to the
“Frequency / Voltage Control” field. Adjust the “CPU Host Frequency” and “DDR:CPU
Ratio” according to the formulas below.

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Formulas

CPU Speed = CPU Clock Ratio * CPU Host Frequency
DDR Speed = DDR: CPU Ratio * CPU Host Frequency
(The CPU Clock Ratio is usually locked by the CPU manufacturer which means it will not be
displayed. You can only adjust the CPU Host Frequency to change the CPU speed. For more
details, please refer to the Frequency / Voltage Control section in Chapter 2.)

If you do not adjust the option, then the CPU Host Frequency will be equal of default CPU
Host Frequency. Or you can adjust the “CPU Host Frequency” and “DDR: CPU Ratio” in the
BIOS Setup Utility for overclocking the CPU and DDR RAM, but we do not guarantee that
damage will or will not occur.

Overclocking example (to FSB 800): have an Intel
(133MHz, 13 Ratio) and a DDR 400 RAM module plugged on Albatron PX845PEV-800
mainboard. Adjust the “CPU Host Frequency” to 200 and the “DDR: CPU Ratio” to 2.00
(default) in the BIOS Utility. Then the result: the CPU Speed will be 2.6 GHz, and DDR Speed
will be DDR 400. (Suggestion: if you adjust your CPU Host Frequency over 166, disable the
“Fixed AGP/PCI Output Freq” item.)

Note: The AGP and PCI frequencies are both calculated from the Default CPU Host frequency
according to the table below. To determine your frequencies, first locate the row that
corresponds to the “Default CPU Host frequency”. Then, calculate the AGP and PCI
frequencies according to the formulas in the adjacent cells.

Default CPU Host frequency PCI frequency AGP frequency

E.g.: If your “Default CPU Host frequency” is 133, then the AGP frequency will be 66 MHz
and the PCI frequency will be 33 MHz.

Watch Dog Timer

This mainboard comes with a special feature called “Watch Dog Timer” which is used to
detect when the system is unable to boot using the manual over-clocking configurations. After
you power on the system, BIOS will check the last system POST status. If it was successful,
BIOS will enable the “Watch Dog Timer” feature and set the CPU frequency values to the user
configured values stored in the BIOS. If unsuccessful the “Watch Dog Timer” will reboot the
system.
On most systems you would need to remove the cover of your system and re-jumper the clear
CMOS switches on the mainboard when your system encounters over-clocking problems. With
the “Watch Dog Timer”, overclocking settings will be automatically cleared and reset.

Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800

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Pentium4 Host Frequency 1.7 GHz CPU

100 MHz CPU Host frequency ÷ 3 CPU Host frequency * (2/3)
133 MHz CPU Host frequency ÷ 4 CPU Host frequency * (2/4)
200 MHz CPU Host frequency ÷ 5 CPU Host frequency * (2/5)

Before Overclocking

Please make sure your system components are capable of overclocking.
If you are not familiar with the overclocking, we strongly recommend that you to
set the clock to the default settings.

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Memory Installation

Albatron PX845PEV-800 contains 3 DIMM
sockets, which use 184 pin DDR SDRAM with a
total memory capacity of up to 2
install unbuffered non-ECC DDR 400/ DDR 333/
DDR 266 (PC 3200 /PC2700 /PC2100) SDRAM.

NOTE: When you install a Host Frequency 200
MHz CPU, you can only install the DDR 400
module(s).

RAM Module Installation:

1. Match the notch on the button of the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the

DIMM Socket. This ensures that the module is inserted properly.

2. Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Socket and press firmly using both thumbs

until the module snaps into place.

3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for the remaining RAM modules.

GB. You can

Phoenix

CHIP

LAN

Bios

PCI5

PCI4

IrDA

FDC

USB2 USB3

82801DB

Intel

CHASFAN

SW/LED

SPEAKER

CASE OPEN

JP1

IDE1IDE2

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

W83627HF

Winbond

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

U17

AUXFAN

82845PE

AGP

BAT1

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

PRT/COM

KB/MS

ATX_12V

Intel

U10

ATX_PWR

USB/LAN

Socket478

U6

CPUFAN

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Memory installation note

The Albatron PX845PEV-800 mainboard provides three DIMM sockets which support 184-pin
DDR DIMM Modules with a total memory capacity of up to 2 GB. Each DIMM socket is
capable of using a memory module containing up to 1 GB. However, if you use DIMM2 and
DIMM3 simultaneously, you must use single-sided memory modules with the total memory
used by these two sockets not exceeding 1 GB.

The following table contains a complete list of possible memory configurations：

DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3

Single-sided X X

Single-sided Single-sided X

Single-sided Single-sided Single-sided

Single-sided X Single-sided

X Single-sided X

X Single-sided Single-sided

X X Single-sided

Double-sided X X

X Double-sided X

X X Double-sided

Double-sided Double-sided X

Double-sided X Double-sided

Single-sided Double-sided X

Single-sided X Double-sided

Double-sided Single-sided Single-sided

Double-sided Single-sided X

Double-sided X Single-sided

Note：The Albatron PX845PEV-800 mainboard does not support Double-sided * 16(bit)

DDR Module.

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