Biostar P4VMA-M Owner's Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.......................................................................1

1.1 Features...............................................................................1

A. Hardware .............................................................................. 1

B. BIOS & Software................................................................... 3

1.2 Package List.........................................................................3

1.3 Layout (Version 7.x) ............................................................. 4

1.4 Components (Version 7.x) ..................................................... 5

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation...................................................6

2.1 Central Processing Unit Installation (CPU).............................6

2.2 FAN Headers....................................................................... 6

2.3 Memory Module Installation ................................................. 7

2.4 Connectors and Slots ............................................................ 8

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup..........................................9

3.1 How to Setup Jumpers .......................................................... 9

3.2 Detail Settings......................................................................9

Chapter 4: Useful Help..................................................................12

4.1 Award BIOS Beep Code.......................................................12

4.2 Troubleshooting ..................................................................12

Chapter 5: WarpSpeeder™..............................................................13

5.1 Introduction ........................................................................13

5.2 System Requirement............................................................13

5.3 Installation..........................................................................14

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 FEATURES

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CPU

Supports Socket 478. Supports Intel Penti um 4 processor.

Supports Intel Celeron/Celeron D processor. Supports Intel Penti um 4 Northwood/Prescott CPU.

Front Si de Bus at 400/533/800 MHz.

Chipset

North Bridge: VIA PM800. South Bridge: VIA VT 8237/VT8327R

Dimension

AT X Form Factor: 19.9cm(W) x 24.4cm (L)

Main Memory

Support s up to 2 DDR de vi ces. Support s 266 /333/400MHz DDR de vi c es.

Maximum memory size i s up to 4GB. (Following tabl e is only for

reference.)

DI MM Socket

Location

DI MM 1 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB * 1 DI MM 2 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB * 1

DDR Module

To t a l Me m or y

Size

Max i s 4G B.

Super I/ O

Chip: IT E IT8705 Provides the most commonly used legacy super I/O

functionality.

Environment Control initiatives:

¾ H/W Monitor, ¾ Fan Speed Controller (optional),

¾ ITE “Smart Gu ardian” f unction .

10/100 LAN PHY

Chip: VT6103L Supports 10/100 Mb/s auto-negotiation operation.

Half /Full duplex capabilit y. Supports ACPI, PCI power management.

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Slot

3 PCI bus master slots. 1 AG P 4x/8x co m patib l e slot.

1 CNR sl ot .

Serial ATA

Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Data tra n sfer rates up to 150 M B /s.

Complaints with SATA Versi on 1.0 specification.

Onboard I DE

Support 4 IDE d isk dr ives. Supports PIO mode 0~4, Bus M aster, and Ul tra DMA

33/66/100/133 function.

Onboard A D’9 7 So und Codec

Chip: ALC655 Support 6 channels.

Supports S/PDIF ou t function . Compliant with AC’97 Version 2.3 specification.

Fr o nt Side On-board Per ipherals

1 CNR sl ot supports n etworking fa cili tie s. 1 front panel header supports front panel facili ties.

1 S/PDIF out connector supports digital out function. 1 CD-in connector supports 1 CD-ROM audi o-in device.

1 front audio header supports front panel audio function. 1 chassis open header supports PC case-opened warning

function.

1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88M bytes.

2 USB headers support 4 USB 2.0 ports. 2 IDE connectors support 4 hard di sk devices.

2 serial ATA connectors support 2 SATA devices.

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Rear Side Conne ctors

4 USB 2.0 ports. 1 VGA port.

1 serial port. 1 parallel port.

1 RJ- 45 LA N jac k . 1 PS/2 M ouse & Keyboard port.

1 vertical audio port including 1 li ne-in connector, 1 speaker out

conn ec tor, and 1 MIC in connec t or.

JKBMS1

PS/2

PS/2 Mouse

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

COM1

JCOM1

JPRNT1

Parallel

VGA1

JVGA1

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BIOS

Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1. 2 , AC PI , an d USB fu nctio ns.

Software

Supports 9th TouchTM, Fl asherTM, WinFlasherTM, Bo ot b lockerTM,

and WarpspeederTM.

Offers th e highest performance fo r Windo ws 98 , Windo ws NT,

Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Red-Hat Linux, and UNIX se ries.

JUSBLAN1

LAN

JUSB1

US B x2 USB x 2

JAUDIO1

Line In

Line In Speaker Out

Speaker Out Mic In

Mic In

1.2 PACKAGE LIST

FDD cable x1 HDD ca ble x1

User’s M anual x1 Fu lly Se tu p Driver CD x1

USB 2.0 cable x1 (optional) Serial ATA cable x2 (opti onal)

S/ PD IF out cable x 1 (optional) Rear I/O p anel for ATX case x1 (o p tio nal)

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1.3 LA YOUT (VERS ION 7.X)

JKBMS1

CPU1

JCOM1JVGA1

JUSB1

JUSBLAN1

Super I/ O

JAUDI O

LAN PH Y

JAUDI O1

CODEC

JSPD IFO1

JCDIN1

IT 8705

BIOS

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

CNR1

Note: ■ represents the 1st pin.

Socket 478

PM 800

GP1

FD D1

JC FA N1

JUSB3

JUSB4

JSFAN1

DIMM1

VT 8237

VT8237R

JPANEL1

IDE1

BAT1

JSATA1

JSATA2

JCI1

IDE2

JCMOS1

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1.4 COMPONENTS (VERSION 7.X)

CPU1

Soc ket 47 8

Supe r I /O IT 8705

BI OS

LAN PHY

CODEC

D E

Rear (back) side connec tors.

JAU DIOIN1: Front s ide audio out

header. JCDIN1: CD- In connec tor.

JSPD IF1: Digital Audio c onnector.

CN R1 : Co mmun i catio n Ne twor k Ri se r

slot. PCI 1~3: Peripheral C om ponent

Int erc onnect slot s. FDD1: Floppy D isk connec t or.

JSF AN 1: Sy stem Fan header.

JUSB3~4: Fron t side USB header s.

PM 800

BA T 1

VT 8237

VT823 7R

FD D 1

J. K.

L. M.

P. Q.

JPAN EL1: Front Panel headers. JCMOS1: Clear CMOS header.

JC I 1: C hassis open header. JSATA1~2: Serial ATA c onnectors.

AGP1: Accelerat ed Graphics Port s lot.

ID E1~2: Hard Disk connec t ors. DI MM1~2: DDR DIMM m odules.

JATXPW R 1~2: ATX Power Source

connectors. JCFAN 1: CPU F an header.

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT INSTALLAT ION (CPU)

Step 1: Pull the lever si deways away from the socket and then raise the

lever up to a 90-degree angle.

Step 2: Look for the white dot/cut edge. The white dot/cut edge should

point ward s the lever pi vot . T he CPU will fi t only in the c orre c t orientation.

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to com plete

the i nstal la ti on.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckl e it. Connect the CPU FAN

power cable to the JCFAN1. This compl etes the i nstallation.

2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans bui lt in the computer. The fan wir in g and plu g may be diff er ent accordi ng to the fa n ma nufactur er.

Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1.

CPU FAN Header: JCFA N1

Pin Assignment

JCFAN1

System Fan Header: JSFAN1

JSFAN1

Note: The JCFAN1 and JSFAN1 support 3-pin head connector. When

connecting with wi res onto connectors, pl ease note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire i s Ground

and should be c onnect ed to GN D .

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense

Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense

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2.3 MEMORY MODULE INSTALLATION

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaini ng clips outward. Ali gn a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the

break on the Sl ot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and fi rml y into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIM M is properl y seated.

Note:

To assur e th e syste m safe ty, if you need to chan g e DDR m odu le s, fir stly, please unplug the 20-pin power cable with the power connector, an d

the n y ou can ch ang e the m odu le s. A fter war ds, p lug i n the cable th e power connector again, and finally you can boot up the system.

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2.4 CONNECTO RS AND SLOTS

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The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that s uppor t s 360 K, 720 K , 1.2 M, 1. 4 4 M a nd 2.88M f lo ppy d is k types. Th is

connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

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The motherboard has a 32-bi t Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100

fun c tio nality. It has two HDD connectors IDE 1 (p rimary) and IDE2 (secondary).

The IDE connectors can connect a master and a slave drive, so you can connect up to four hard disk drives. The fi rst hard drive should always be

connected to IDE1.

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This m otherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Com ponent Interconnect, and i t is a bus standard for

expansion cards. Thi s PCI sl ot is designated as 32 bits.

AAGGPP11:: AAcccceelleerraatteedd GGrraapphhiiccss PPoorrtt SSlloott

You r mon ito r will atta c h di rectl y to that vid eo ca rd. This mothe rbo ard supports video cards for PCI slots, but it i s also equipped wi th an

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technol ogy for improved video effi ciency and performance,

especially wi th 3D graphi cs.

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The CNR specifica tion is an op en Ind ustry Standar d Ar c hi tec t ur e, and it defines a hardware scalable riser card i nterface, which supports modem

only.

SSeerriiaall AATTAA CCoonnnneeccttoorr:: JJSSAATTAA11~~22

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and wi th transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

JSATA1~2

1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX- 4 Ground 5 RX- 6 RX+ 7 Ground

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CHAPTER 3: HE ADERS & JUMPERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SETUP JUMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “cl ose”, if not, that means the j umper is

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DETAIL SETTINGS

JAUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows user to connect the front audio out put cable wi th the PC front panel. It will disab le the o utput on ba c k pan el audio co nn ecto rs.

2 1

Pin Assign men t Pin Assig n men t

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground 3 Mic power/Bass 4 Audio power

Right line out/ Speak er out

Right

7 Reserv ed 8 Key 9 Left line out/ Speak er out Left 10 Left line out/ Speak er out Left

Right line in/R ear speaker

Right

13 Lef t line in/Rear s peak er Left 14 Left line in/R ear speaker Left

JCDI N1 : C D-ROM A ud io -in Co n ne cto r

This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the veriaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI so und ca rd, PCI T V turner card

etc..

JCDIN1

14 13

JAUDIO1

6 Right line out/ Speak er out R ight

12 R ight line in/R ear speaker Right

Pin Assignment

1 Left channel input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel input

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JSP DI F _ OU T 1 : Dig ita l A u dio Conn ector (op tio n al)

This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.

Pin Assignment

JSPDIF_OUT1

JPANEL1: F ront Panel Header

This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect

the PC case’s front panel switch functions.

PWR_LED

SLP

On/Off IR

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep control 3 N/A 4 Ground 5 N/A 6 N/A N/A 7 Speaker 9 HDD LED (+) 10 Power LED (+)

11 HEE LED (-) 13 Ground 14 Power button

15 Reset control 17 N/A 18 Key 19 N/A 20 Key 21 +5V 22 Ground 23 IRTX

+--

SPK

HLED

Speaker Connector

Hard drive LED

Reset button

IrDA Connector

1 +5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 3 Ground

24 23

RST

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Ground

24 IRRX

JPANEL1

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on button

IrDA Connector

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JCMOS1: Close CMOS Header

By placi ng the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to

avo id da ma ging th e mot her b oar d.

JCMOS1 Assignment

Pin 1-2 close

Pin 2-3 close

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. Remove AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wai t for f i ve seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Reset your desired password or clear the CM OS data.

JCI1: Case Open Header

T his connecto r allows syste m to monitor PC case open statu s. If th e signal has been tri ggered, i t will record to the CMOS and show the

message on next boot-up.

Pin Assignment

JCI1

Norm al Operation (D ef ault).

Clear CMOS data.

1 Cas e open signal 2 Ground

JUSB3/JU SB4: F ro nt USB Headers

This m otherboard provides 2 USB 2.0 headers, which all ows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front panel, and also can be

connected wi th internal USB devi ces, like USB card reader.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

210 1

JUSB3/JUSB4

1 +5V (f used) 2 +5V (f used) 3 USB- 4 USB-

5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NC

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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

Beep Meaning

One long beep f ollowed by t wo s hort beeps

High-low siren sound One Short beep when system

boot-up Long beeps every other second No DRAM detected or inst all

4.2 TROUBLESH OOTING

Video card not f ound or video c ard mem ory bad

CPU overheated, sys t em will shut down automatically

No error found during POST

Problems Solution

1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminat e, f an

inside power s upply does not t ur on.

2. Indic at or light on key board does not t urn on.

Sys t em inoperat iv e. Key board lights are on, power indic at or lights are lit,

and hard driv e is spinning.

Sys t em does not boot from hard dis k drive, can be booted fro m CD- ROM

drive.

System only boots f rom CD-ROM. Hard disk can be read and

applicat ions can be used but boot ing from hard disk is im possible.

Screen m essage say s “Invalid Conf igurat ion” or “CMOS Failure.”

Cannot boot sys t em af t er inst alling sec ond hard drive.

1. Make sure power c able is s ec urely plugged in.

2. Replace cable.

3. Contact technical support.

Us ing even pres s ure on both ends of the DIMM, press down firm ly unt il the

module s naps int o place.

1. Chec k cable running from disk t o disk controller board. Make sure

both ends are s ec urely plugged in; chec k the drive type in the standar CMOS setup.

2. Back ing up the hard drive is ext rem ely im port ant. All hard disks are capable of break ing down at any time.

Back up data and applications f iles. Ref orm at t he hard drive. Re-install

applicat ions and dat a using bac k up disks.

Rev iew system’s equipm ent. Make sure correc t inf ormat ion is in setup.

1. Set master/slave jumpers correctly.

2. Run SETUP program and s elect correc t driv e types. C all the drive manuf acturers f or compatibility with other driv es.

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CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™

5.1 INTRODUCTION

[WarpSpeeder™], a new powerful control uti lity, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvol tage

Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easi ly adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The

Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core vol tage an d Me mor y v ol ta ge. Th e co ol Har dw are Mo nit or s mar tly in d icates

the tem peratures, voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chi pset information. Also, in the About panel, you can get detail descripti ons about

BIOS m odel and chipsets. In addition, the frequency status of CPU, memory, AGP and PCI along with the CPU speed are synchronically

s how n on our ma i n p an el . Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting i s not

appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang, [WarpSpeeder™] technology assures the sy stem stability by automatically

rebooting the com puter and then restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one.

5.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows M e, Windows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (T he Windows XP operating system incl udes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to instal l

Dir ec tX 8.1.)

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5.3 INST ALL ATION

1. Execute the setup executi on file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to install.

2. When you see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed. If the “Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox is che c ked, th e Tray Icon utili ty and [ WarpSpeed er™] util ity will b e

automatically and immediately l aunched after you click “Finish” button.

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Usage:

The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will chan ge ac c ording to your motherboard on ha nd.

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1. Tray Icon:

Whenever the Tray Icon utility i s launched, it will di splay a little tra y icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar.

This utility is responsible for conveni ently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to

invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the little tray icon or you can right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following

figure. The “Launch Utility” i tem in the popup menu has the same fun c tio n a s mouse lef t-click on tray icon and “Exit” item will cl ose

T ray Icon utility if selecte d.

2. Main Panel

If y ou click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked . Please refer to the follo wing fi gure; the utility’s first window you will

see is Main Panel.

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