ASRock P4i45G, P4i45GL User Manual

P4i45G / P4i45GL / P4i45GV

User Manual

Version 1.1

Published January 2003

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Contents

1 Introduction ................................................... 4

1.1 Package Contents .......................................................... 4

1.2 Specifications ................................................................ 5

1.3 Motherboard Layout (P4i45G)....................................... 8

1.4 Motherboard Layout (P4i45GL)..................................... 9

1.5 Motherboard Layout (P4i45GV) .................................... 10

1.6 ASRock I/OTM (P4i45G / P4i45GL / P4i45GV) ................. 11

2 Installation ...................................................... 12

2.1 Screw Holes ................................................................. 12

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ........................................... 12

2.3 CPU Installation .............................................................. 12

2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan ............................. 13

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)......................... 13

2.6 Expansion Slots ............................................................. 14

2.7 Jumpers Setup .............................................................. 15

2.8 Connectors .................................................................... 16

3 BIOS Setup ...................................................... 18

3.1 BIOS Setup Utility ........................................................... 18

3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar ....................................................... 18

3.1.2 Legend Bar ............................................................. 18

3.2 Main Menu...................................................................... 19

3.3 Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit Menus ..... 21

4 Software Support ........................................... 22

4.1 Installing Operating System ........................................... 22

4.2 Support CD Information ................................................. 22

4.2.1 Running Support CD ............................................... 22

4.2.2 Drivers Menu .......................................................... 22

4.2.3 Utilities Menu ........................................................... 22

4.2.4 ASRock “PC-DIY Live Demo” Program ................... 22

4.2.5 Contact Information ................................................ 22

Appendix: Advanced BIOS Setup ................... 23

1 Advanced Menu ............................................................... 23

2 Security Menu................................................................... 26

3. Power Menu ..................................................................... 27

4. Boot Menu ......................................................................... 28

5. Exit Menu .......................................................................... 29

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock P4i45G / P4i45GL / P4i45GV motherboard, a
reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control.
It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s
commitment to quality and endurance.
Chapter 1 and 2 of this manual contain introduction of the motherboard and step-by­step installation guide for new DIY system builders. Chapter 3 and 4 contain basic
BIOS setup and Support CD information.
For advanced users’ reference, the Appendix appearing on page 23 offers more
advanced BIOS setup information.

Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software
might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to
change without notice. In case any modifications of this manual
occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website
without further notice.
ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock P4i45G or P4i45GL or P4i45GV motherboard
(Micro ATX form factor: 9.6" x 9.6", 24.4 x 24.4 cm)
ASRock P4i45G / P4i45GL / P4i45GV Quick Installation Guide
ASRock Intel-Intel Support CD
1 cable for IDE devices (1 x ATA 66 / 100)
1 cable for floppy drive (1 x ribbon cable)
1 ASRock I/O shield
1 COM port bracket

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1.2 Specifications

Platform: Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 9.6", 24.4 x 24.4 cm)
CPU: Socket 478 for Intel® Pentium® 4

Chipsets: North Bridge on P4i45G motherboard: Intel® 845G chipsets,

standard FSB 533 MHz, Max. 800 MHz (see NOTE on page 7),
supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1);

North Bridge on P4i45GL motherboard: Intel® 845GL chipsets,
standard FSB 400 MHz (see CAUTION 2),
Max. 533 MHz (see NOTE on page 7);

North Bridge on P4i45GV motherboard: Intel® 845GV chipsets,
standard FSB 533 MHz, supports Hyper-Threading Technology
(see CAUTION 1);

South Bridge: Intel

Clock Generator:100 MHz - 248MHz
Memory: 2 slots for DDR: DIMM1 and DIMM2 (PC1600/ PC2100), Max. 2GB;

2 slots for SDR: DIMM3 and DIMM4 (PC133), Max. 2GB

IDE: IDE1: ATA 100 / Ultra DMA Mode 5;

IDE2: ATA 100 / Ultra DMA Mode 5;
Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

Floppy Port: Supports floppy disk drive
Audio: 5.1 channels AC’97 Audio
PCI LAN: Speed: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), supports Wake-On-LAN
Hardware Monitor: CPU temperature sensing (ASRock U-COP);

CPU overheat shutdown to protect CPU life (ASRock U-COP)
(see CAUTION 3); Chassis temperature sensing;
Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3V, Vcore;
CPU fan tachometer; Chassis fan tachometer

PCI slots: 3 slots with PCI Specification 2.2
AGP slot (only on P4i45G Motherboard):

1 AGP slot, supports 1.5V, 4X AGP card (see CAUTION 4)
AMR slot: 1 slot, supports ASRock MR card (optional)
USB 2.0: 4 default USB 2.0 ports and 1 extra set of header for 2 additional

USB 2.0 ports upgrade (see CAUTION 5)
ASRock I/OTM: PS/2: 1 keyboard port / 1 mouse port;

1 RJ 45 port; 4 rear default USB 2.0 ports;

1 VGA port; 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support;

Audio Jack: Line Out/ Line In/ Microphone + Game port

®

ICH4

/ Celeron

®

processor

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BIOS: AMI legal BIOS; Supports “Plug and Play”;

ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events;

Supports jumperfree; SMBIOS 2.3.1 support;

CPU frequency stepless control

(only for advanced users’ reference, see CAUTION 6)
OS: Microsoft® Windows® 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant

CAUTION!

1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check
page 23.

2. If the installed CPU runs with the front side bus frequency at
533 MHz on P4i45GL motherboard, it will only support DDR 266.

3. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically
shutdown. Please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions
properly before you resume the system. To improve heat dissipation,
remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink
when you install the PC system.

4. Do NOT use 3.3V AGP card on P4i45G’s AGP slot! It may cause
permanent damage!

5. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft

Windows® XP. It may not work properly under Microsoft® Windows

98/ME/2000. Please refer to Microsoft® official document at
http://www.microsoft.com/HWDEV/BUS/usb/USB2support.asp

6. Although P4i45G / P4i45GL / P4i45GV offers stepless control, it is not
recommended to perform over clocking. When the CPU frequency of
P4i45G / P4i45GL / P4i45GV is set to perform over clocking, other
clocks, such as PCI clock, AGP clock, and Memory clock will also be
overclocked proportionally. Frequencies other than the recommended
CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system or
damage the CPU and the motherboard.

®

®

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NOTE

P4i45G and P4i45GL may be fine tuned to support higher CPU front side bus frequencies on

certain conditions. Please refer to the table below for the details.

CPU FSB Configuration Note

P4i45G 800 MHz 1. Set the “FSB” jumper to “TEST” mode (see page 15).

2. Only support 1 DDR 333 memory module.

P4i45GL 533 MHz Only support DDR

Since the memory types are changing rapidly, please visit ASRock website
(http://www.asrock.com/support/index.htm) for the latest memory support list.

266 memory module.

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1.3 Motherboard Layout (P4i45G)

3

2

Intel

845G

Chipset

AGP 1

P4i45G

5.1CH
USB2.0

27

mPGA478B

1

22

24.4cm (9.6 in)

PS/2

1

PS2_USB_PWR1

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

VGA

PARALLEL PORT

ATX P WR1

LAN

USB01

USB23

24

Lineout

Line

Linein

CD1

In

Mic

GAME AUDIO1

Micin

GAME AUDIO1

In

1

AUDIO1

Audio CODEC

Super

2MB
BIOS

AUX1

PCI
LAN

PCI 1

PCI 2

I/O

PCI 3

AMR1

26

23
21
20

19

18

11

28

FSB

1

CPU_FAN1

COM1

1

4

Intel
ICH4

`

25

56

SDR DIMM1(64 bit, 168-pinmodule)

SDR DIMM2(64 bit, 168-pinmodule)

DDR DIMM2(64/72 bit, 184-pinmodule)

DDR DIMM1(64/72 bit, 184-pinmodule)

01

32

FLOPPY110FLOPPY1FLOPPY110FLOPPY1

USB45

1

32

CLRCMOS0

1313

10

29

CMOS

Battery

SPEAKER1

PANEL1

IDE2

CHA_FAN1

1

IR1

PLED PWRBTN

1121

HDLED RESET

8

7

24.4cm (9.6 in)

IDE1

17
9

16

15

1141

12

1 ATX power connector (ATXPWR1) 15 External speaker connector (SPEAKER1)
2 CPU socket 16 South Bridge controller
3 CPU fan connector (CPU_FAN1) 17 Clear CMOS (CLRCMOS0, 2-pin jumper)
4 North Bridge controller 18 PCI slots (PCI 1- 3)
5 184-pin DDR DIMM slots (Blue) 19 AUDIO CODEC
6 168-pin SDRAM DIMM slots (Black) 20 Front panel audio connector (AUDIO1)
7 Primary IDE connector (IDE1, Blue) 21 PCI LAN
8 Secondary IDE connector (IDE2, Black) 22 PS2_USB_PWR1 jumper
9 Chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1) 23 Internal audio connector: AUX1(white)
10 Floppy connector (FLOPPY1) 24 Internal audio connector: CD1 (black)
11 BIOS FWH chip 25 Serial port connector (COM1)
12 System panel connector (PANEL1) 26 AMR slot (AMR1)
13 USB 2.0 header (USB45) 27 CPU heatsink retention module
14 Infrared module connector (IR1) 28 FSB jumper (FSB)

29 AGP slot (AGP1)

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1.4 Motherboard Layout (P4i45GL)

3

2

1

22

24.4cm (9.6 in)

PS/2

1

PS2_USB_PWR1

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

VGA

PARALLEL PORT

ATX PWR1

LAN

USB01

USB23

24

Lineout

Line

Linein

CD1

In

Mic

GAME AUDIO1

Micin

GAME AUDIO1

In

1

AUDIO1

Audio CODEC

Super

2MB
BIOS

AUX1

PCI
LAN

PCI 1

PCI 2

I/O

PCI 3

AMR1

26

23
21
20

19

18

11

27

Intel

845GL

Chipset

P4i45GL

5.1CH
USB2.0

1

CPU_FAN1

mPGA478B

COM1

1

28

56

4

FSB

8

7

SDR DIMM1(64 bit, 168-pinmodule)

SDR DIMM2(64 bit, 168-pinmodule)

DDR DIMM2(64/72 bit, 184-pinmodule)

DDR DIMM1(64/72 bit, 184-pinmodule)

01

32

FLOPPY110FLOPPY1FLOPPY110FLOPPY1

USB45

1

32

CLRCMOS0

1313

CMOS

Battery

SPEAKER1

PANEL1

IDE2

CHA_FAN1

1

IR1

PLED PWRBTN

1121

HDLED RESET

24.4cm (9.6 in)

IDE1

17
9

16

15

1141

12

10

Intel
ICH4

`

25

1 ATX power connector (ATXPWR1) 15 External speaker connector (SPEAKER1)
2 CPU socket 16 South Bridge controller
3 CPU fan connector (CPU_FAN1) 17 Clear CMOS (CLRCMOS0, 2-pin jumper)
4 North Bridge controller 18 PCI slots (PCI 1- 3)
5 184-pin DDR DIMM slots (Blue) 19 AUDIO CODEC
6 168-pin SDRAM DIMM slots (Black) 20 Front panel audio connector (AUDIO1)
7 Primary IDE connector (IDE1, Blue) 21 PCI LAN
8 Secondary IDE connector (IDE2, Black) 22 PS2_USB_PWR1 jumper
9 Chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1) 23 Internal audio connector: AUX1(white)
10 Floppy connector (FLOPPY1) 24 Internal audio connector: CD1 (black)
11 BIOS FWH chip 25 Serial port connector (COM1)
12 System panel connector (PANEL1) 26 AMR slot (AMR1)
13 USB 2.0 header (USB45) 27 CPU heatsink retention module
14 Infrared module connector (IR1) 28 FSB jumper (FSB)

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