Biostar P4VTC Owner's Manual

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FCC Infor mation and Copyright

This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits of a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. T hese limits

are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
int erference in a residential ins t allation. This equipment g enerat es, uses

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used i n
ac cordan ce wit h the in stru ction s, ma y cau se harm fu l in terf eren ce t o radi o
communications. There is no guarantee th at interference will not occur in

a partic ular installation.

The vendor makes no repr esentations or warranties with respect to the
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LAYOUT OF P4VTC (FOR VERS IO NS BELOW 1 .2 ONLY) ............1

LAYOUT OF P4 VTC (FOR VERSIONS ABOVE 1.3 ONLY) .............2

ENGLISH...................................................................................................3

P4VTC Features.........................................................................................3

Packag e contents.......................................................................................5

How to setup Jumper.................................................................................5

CPU Ins t alla tion......... ........................ ........................................................6

DDR DIMM Modu les: DIMM1/ DIMM2 .............................................................7

Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots.........................................................7

FRANÇAIS .............................................................................................. 14

Caractéristique de P4VTC.........................................................................14

WARPSPEEDER..................................................................................... 16

Introdu ction.............................................................................................16

System Requirement................................................................................16

Installation ..............................................................................................17

Usage.....................................................................................................18

TROUBLE SHOOTIN G......................................................................... 26

DÉPANNAG E.......................................................................................... 27

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Layout of P4VTC (for ver sion s bel ow 1.2 onl y)

JKBM S1

Mouse &

Keyboard

JUSB1

JCOM 1

JUSBLAN1

JAUDIO

2
1

USB

COM1COM2

Paralle l Port

JCOM2

JAUDIO1

JCDIN1

CODEC

ITE I/ O

JKBV 1

1
1

JU SBV1

JPRNT 1

JUSBV2

14
13

JCDIN2

1

1

1

JATXPWR1

JATXPW R2

PCI SLOT

1

PCI SLOT

AGP SLOT

JSPDIF1

PCI SLOT

BIOS

CNR 1

CNR SLOT

JWOL1

※ NOTE: ●repres ent s the first pin.

Socke t 478

PT 800

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

1

1

JSFAN1

JCFAN1

PU

CPU1

JUSBV3

1

102

1 9

JUSB3

102

1 9

JUSB4

FDD1

FLOPPY DIS K CONN.

DIMM1

DI MM2

JGAME1

JSATA2

17

JSATA1

17

JC1

PR I M ARY IDE CO NN.

BAT1

JCMOS1

115
216

JPANEL1

SECONDARY IDE CONN.

1

24

23

12

1

Layo ut of P4VTC (for ve rsion s above 1 .3 only)

JKBM S1

Mouse &

Ke yboar d

JUSB1

USB

JCOM 1

COM1CO M 2

JKBV1

1
1

JUSBV1

JPRNT1

Socket 47 8

PU

CPU1

JCFAN1

Pa rallel Po rt

JCO M2

JUSBL AN1

JAUDIO

2
1

JAUDIO1

JC DIN1

CODEC

ITE I/O

JU SB V 2

1

14
13

1

JAT XPW R1

JSPDIF_IN1

1

JA T XP W R2

PCI SLOT

1 JSPDI F_OUT1

PCI SLOT

PCI SLOT

BIO S

CNR 1

CNR SLOT

JWOL1

※ NOTE: ●repres ent s the first pin.

PT800

AGP SLOT

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

1

1

JSFAN1

JUSBV3

1

102

1 9

JUSB 3

102

1 9

JUSB4

FDD1

FLOPPY D ISK CONN.

DIMM1

JGAME1

DIMM2

JSATA2

17

JSATA1

17

JC1

PRI MARY ID E CO NN.

BAT1

JCMOS1

115

216

JPANEL1

SECONDARY IDE C ONN.

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24

23

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P4VTC Features

A. Har dware

CPU

Prov ides Sock et 478.
Su pports Intel® Pentium® 4 pr oc es s or.
Su pports Intel® Pentium® 478 Prescott C PU. (f or vers ions abov e 1.3 only)

Su pports H yper-Thr eading T echnolog y.
F ront Side Bus at 400/ 533/ 800 MHz.

Chipset

N orth Bridge: VIA PT800.
Sout h Bridge: VIA VT8237.

Main Me m o ry

Support s up t o 2 DDR devices .
Support s 200/ 266/ 333/ 400 MH z D DR devic es.

Maxi mu m me mo ry s i ze o f 2GB.

Super I/O

Chip: ITE IT 8705.
Low Pin Count I nterfac e.

Prov ides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O f unct ionality.
E nv ironmen t C ont rol i nit i atives

- H/W Monitor

- Fan Speed Controller

- ITE's "Smart Guardian" sof t ware ut ility.

Slots

Three 32-bit PCI bus master s lots.
O ne A GP 4x/ 8x c om patib le s lot.

One CNR slot.

On Board IDE

Supports four IDE di s k dri ves.
Supports PIO Mode 4 and U ltra D MA 33/66/100/ 133 Bus Master Mode.

Serial ATA

C hip: integrat ed in VT8237
Supports RAID 0, 1.
Supports 2 Serial ATA (SATA) ports.

- Com pliant with SATA 1. 0 spec ific ation.

- Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s.

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LAN

C hip: VIA VT6103.
Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/ s auto-negot iat ion
H alf / Full duplex capability.

On Board AC’97 Sound Codec (for versions below 1.2 only)

Chip: C MI9739A.
Compliant with AC ’97 s pec ificat ion.

Support s 6 c hannels.

On Bo ard AC’97 Sound Cod ec (for version 1.3 and above only)

Chip: C MI9761A.
C o mpl iant w i th In tel® AC’97 Rev 2. 3 specif ic ation.
Meet with Mic ros oft® PC2001 requirements.
Support s 6 c hannel.

Support s stereo m icrophone.
Support s adv anc ed power management and power s aving c apabilities.
Support s S/ PDIF I/O functions:

- Output: 96/ 48 kHz wit h 24/ 20/ 16 bit s

- Input : 48/ 44.1/ 32kH z with 20/ 16 bit s

- S/PDIF In is featured with interrupt, auto-lock, anti-noise, and anti-distortion

functionalities support.

On Board Periphera ls

a. R e ar si de

2 s erial port s.
1 parallel port. (SPP/EPP/ECP m ode)
Audio ports in v ert ical posit ion.

1 LAN jack.
PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard.

4 USB2.0 por t s.

b. F ront Si d e

1 floppy port supports 2 F DDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2. 88Mby tes.
4 USB2.0 port s

1 front audio header.
2 Serial ATA c onnec t ors.

Dimensions

Mic ro ATX Form Fac t or: 24.5 X 22.5c m (W X L)

B. BIOS & S oftware

BIOS

Award legal Bios .
APM1.2.

ACPI.
USB Function.

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Software

S uppor ts W arp spe ederTM, 9t h Tou c hTM, FLASHER™, WinFl asher
Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, W indows Me,

Windows XP, UNI X series etc.

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Package contents

HDD Ca b le
FDD Cable
User’s Manual
USB Cable (optional)

Rear I/ O Panel for Mic ro ATX C as e (opt ional)
Fully Setup Driver CD
St udioF un! Application CD (optional)

S/P DIF In / Out Ca ble (o p ti o nal )
Serial ATA C able

Ho w to setup Jumper

The illustrat ion sho ws how jum pe rs are s e tu p. When the Jum per c ap is placed on pins, the
jumper is “close”. If no jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper is ”open”. The
illust rat ion sho ws a 3-pin jumper whos e pin 1and 2 are “close” when jumper c ap is placed

on thes e 2 pins .

Jumper close Jumper open Pin 1-2 close

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CPU Installation

Step1: Pull the lever sideways away f rom t he s ocket and then raise the lever up to a

90 -degree angl e.

Step2: Look for the white dot/c ut edge. The whit e dot/cut edge should point towards the

lev er pivot. The C PU will f it only in the c orrect orient ation.

Step3: Hold the CPU down fir ml y, and then close the lever.

Step4: Put t he C PU f an on t he C PU and buck le it. Connect the CPU fan power c able t o

the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

Step1 Step2 Step3 Step4

CPU Fan Header: JC FAN1

31

JCFAN1

S ystem Fan Header: JSFAN1

31

JSFAN1

Pin No. A ssi gnm e nt

1
2

3

Ground

+12V

FAN rpm rate Se n se

Pin No. A ssi gnm e nt

1
2

Ground

+12V

3 FAN rpm rate Se n se

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D DR DIMM Mod ules : DIMM1 / DIMM2

DR AM Access Time: 2.5V Un buff ere d DDR 200/26 6/ 333/ 400 MH z Ty pe requ ired.
DRAM Type: 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB DI MM Module (184 pin)

Total Memory Size wit h Unbuffere d DI MM s

DI MM S ocket

Location

DIMMB1 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB

DIMMB2 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB

DDR Mod u l e To tal Memory

Size (MB)

*1

*1

***On ly for refer en ce***

Max is

2 GB

Installing DDR Module

1 . U nl oc k a DI M M s lot by pres s ing t he retai ning

clips outward. Align t he DIMM t o the slot in
the way t he notc h of t he DIMM matc hes the

break of the slot.

2. Insert the DIMM firml y and verti ca lly into the
slot until the retaining chip snap back in

place and the DI MM is properly s eat ed.

Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots

Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1

The mot herboard provides a standard f loppy disk connector that supports 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the

prov ided f loppy drive ribbon cables .

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ IDE2

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO
Mode 0~4, Bus Mast er, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100/ 133 functionality. It has t wo

HDD connec t ors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).
The ID E c onnectors can c onnect a master and a slav e driv e, so you can connect

up to four hard disk drives . The f irst hard drive s hould alway s be c onnected t o
IDE1.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI 1-3

This m ot herboard is equipped with 3 st andard PCI s lots. PCI stands for Peripheral
Component I nterconnec t, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI

slot is des ignated as 32 bits.

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Accelerate d Graphics Port Slot: AGP1

Your monitor will attach directly to that video card. This motherboard supports
video cards f or PC I s lots, but it is als o equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port
(AGP). An AGP c ard will take advantage of AGP technology f or improv ed video
efficiency and perform ance, es pecially with 3D graphics.

Commun ication Netwo r k R ise r Slot: CNR1

The CNR specification is an open I ndust ry St andard Architecture, and it def ines a
ha rdw ar e scalable r iser card interfa ce, which su pports modem only.

Serial ATA Co nnector: JSATA1/ JSATA2

The mot herboard has a PCI to SATA C ontroller with 2 channels SATA int erf ace, it
satisfi es t he SA T A 1. 0 s pec and wit h t r an s fer rat e at 1. 5Gb / s.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

741

JSA TA1/ JSATA2

1
3
5
7

Ground

TX­RX-

Ground

2
4
6

TX+

Ground

RX+

Front USB Header: JUSB3/ JUSB4

2

1

JUSB3/4

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

1
3

9

5
7

9

+5V(fused)

USBP4-

USBP4+

Ground

KEY

2
4

6
8

10

+5V(fused)

USBP5-

USBP5+

Ground

NA

Wake On LAN He ader: JWOL1

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JWOL1

Pin Assignment

1 +5V Standby
2

3 Wake up

Ca se Op e n Connec tor : JC1

Pin

1

JC1

1
2

Ground

Assignment

Case Open Signal

Ground

8

Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1

SLP

JPANEL1

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep C ont rol
3 NA 4 Ground
5 NA 6 NA NA
7 Speaker

9 HDD LED (+ ) 10 Power LE D (+)
11 HDD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power Button

15 Reset Control
17 NA 18 KEY

19 NA 20 KEY
21 +5V 22 Ground

23 IRTX

2
1

PWR_LED

(+) (-)(+)

SPK

Connector

Hard Dr ive

Connector

(+) (-)

HLED

RST

Speaker

8 Power LED (+)

LED

Reset

Button 16 Ground

IrDA

12 Power LED (-)

24 IRR X

IRON/ OFF

IR

24
23

Sleep

Button

POWER

LED

Power-on

Button

IrDA

Connector

Power Conn ectors: JATXPWR1/ JATXPWR2

10

20

1

11

JATXPWR1

PIN Assignment PIN Assignment

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 12 -12V

3 Ground 13 Ground
4 +5V 14 PS_ON
5 Ground 15 Ground

6 +5V 16 Ground
7 Ground 17 Ground

8 PW_OK 18 -5V
9 Standby Voltage

+5V

10 +12V 20 +5V

19 +5V

9

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4
2

JATXPWR2

3

PIN Assignment PIN Assignment

1
2

+12V
+12V

3
4

Ground
Ground

Power Source Selection for Keyboard and Mouse: JKBV1

JKBV1 Assignment

1 3

Pin 1-2 clos e

1 3

Pin 2-3 clos e

+5V

+5V Standby

Voltage

+5V for ke yboar d and mo use

PS/ 2 Mouse and PS/ 2 Key board are

powered with +5V standby v oltage

Description

Note : In order to su pport this fu ncti on “Power-on the system via keyboa rd
and mouse, “JKBV1” jumper cap should be placed on pin 2-3.

Power S our ce Selecti on fo r USB: JUSBV1/ JUS BV2/ JUSBV3

JUSBV1/JUSBV2/

JUSBV3

1 3

Pin 1-2 c los e

1 3

Pin 2-3 c los e

Assignment Description

+5V Standby

+5 V

Voltage

JU SBV1: 5V for USB located at the

JU S B 1 connecto r p o rt

JU SBV2: 5V for USB located at the

JU SBLAN1 port

JU SBV3: 5V for USB located at the

JU SB3/4 ports

JU SBV1: JUSB1 port powered with

standby v olt age of 5V

JUSBV2: JU SBLAN1 port powered wit

standby v olt age of 5V

JUSBV3: JUSB3/4 ports powered wit h

standby v olt age of 5V

Note: In orde r to support this functio n “P owe r-on the system via USB device ”,
“JUSBV1/JUSBV2/JUSBV3” jumper cap should be placed on pin 2-3

respectivel y.

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Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1

JCMOS1 Assignment

3

1

Pin 1-2 Clos e

3

1

Pin 2-3 C lose

Normal Operat ion (def ault)

Clear CMOS Data

The fo llowing procedu res a re for res etting the
BIOS

assword . It is i mportant to follow these

ins truct ions c lose ly.

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. R emov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 c lose”.

3. Wa it for fi ve seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 c lose”.

5. Power on AC.

6. R eset your des ired password or clear t he C MOS dat a.

CD-ROM Audio-In Heade r: JCDIN1/ (JCDIN2=>for versions
below 1.2)

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1

JCDI N1/ 2

Pin Assignment

1
2

3
4

Left Channel In put

Ground
Ground

Right Channel In put

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Front Panel Audio Header: JAUDIO1

2

2

1

1

Pin Assignment Pin Assig nment

1
3

5

7
9

11

13

Mic I n / C e nter

Mic Power/ Bass

Right Line Out/ Right

Speak er Out

Reserved

Left Line Out/ Left

Speak er Out

Right Line I n/ R ight Rear

Speaker

Left Line I n/ Left R ear

Speaker

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14
13

13

JAUDIO1

2
4

6

8

10

12

14

Right Line Out/ Right

Right Line I n/ R ight Rear

Left Line I n/ Left R ear

Ground

Audio Power

Speak er Out

Key

Left Line Out/ Left

Speak er Out

Speaker

Speaker

Digital Audio Connector: JSPDIF_OUT1

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JSPDIF_OUT1

Pin Assignment

1
2

3

+5V

SPDIF_OUT

Ground

Digital Audio Connector: JSPDIF_IN1 (for versions above 1.3
only)

Pin Assignment

1

1

JSPDIF_IN1

2
3

+5V

SPDIF_IN

Ground

Game Port Header: JGAME1

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Pin Assign m ent Pin Assignment

1

+5V

1
216

JGAME1

2

12

+5V

X

3
5

7
9

11
13

15

Joy stick B Butt on 1

Joy stick B C oordinate X

MIDI Output

Joy stick B C oordinate Y

Joy stick B Butt on 2

MIDI Input

NA

B ack Panel Connectors

JKBMS1

PS/2

Mouse

JUSB1

PS/2

Keyboard

USB

COM1

JCOM1

JPRNT1

Parallel

COM2

JCOM2

4
6

8

10
12

14
16

JUSBLAN1

Joystick A Button 1

Joy st ick A Coordinate

Ground
Ground

Joy st ick A Coordinate Y

Joystick A Button 2

+5V

Line In

Speaker Out

MI C In

USB

JAUDIO

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Français

Caractéristiqu e de P4VTC

A. Maté ri e l

Processeur

Socket 478.
Supporte proc es s eur Intel® Pentium® 4.
Supporte proc es s eur Intel® Pentium® 478 Pres cot t. (s eulem ent pour version

au -dessus de 1 .3)

Supporte la tec hnologie Hyper-Threading.
F SB 400/ 533/ 800 MH z.

Jeu des Puces

N orth Bridge: VIA PT800.
Sout h Bridge: VIA VT8237.

M é moire prin cipa le

Prise en charge de deux périphériques 2 DDR.
Pris e en charge des périphériques D DR 200/266/ 333/400 MHz.

Taille max imale de la mémoire :2G o.

Super E/S

Pu ce: ITE IT8705.
I nterf ace de Comptage de Broche F aible.
Offre la f onct ionnalité Super E/S héritée la plus c ouramment ut ilisée.

I nitiat iv es de Contrôle d’Env ironnem ent,

- Moniteur H/W

- F onc tion "Smart Guardian" de ITE

Slots

Trois s lots de maî t rise de bus PCI 32 bits.
Un slo t CN R.

Un slot c ompatibl e AGP 4 X/ 8X.

IDE in tégré

Supporte quat re lecteurs de dis que IDE.
Support e PIO Mode 4 et U lt ra D MA 33/ 66/ 100/ 133 Bus Master Mode.

Serial ATA

Puce: intégré dans VT8237.
Supporte RAI D 0, 1.
Supporte 2 ports Serial ATA (SATA).

- Conf orme av ec des spécific ations de SATA 1.0.

- Vites se de transf ert jusqu’á 1.5 Gb/s .

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LAN

Pu ce: V IA VT6103.
Supporte le fonctionnement en auto-négociation 10 Mb/s et 100 Mb/ s.
C apacité Half/ Full duplex.

Codec Son AC ’ 97 in tégr é (seulemen t po ur version au-dessou s de 1.2)

Puce: CMI9739A.
Conf orme aux spécific ations AC ’97.

Supporte 6 c anaux .

Codec Son AC ’ 97 in tégr é (seulemen t po ur version au-dessus de 1. 3)

Puc e: CMI9761A.
Conf orm e aux s pécif ic at ions I ntel® A C ’97 Re v 2 .3.
Répond aux exigenc es de Microsoft® PC2001.
Support e 6 canaux.

Supporte le m ic rophone stéréo.
Ges t ion d’alimentation avancée et capacit és d’économ ie d’énergie.

Périphériq ue s intégré

a. C ô té arr ière

2 port s série.
1 port parallèle. (mode SPP/EPP/ ECP)
1 port audio en posit ion v ertic ale.

1 port LAN.
1 souris PS/2.

1 clavier PS/2.
4 ports USB2.0.

b. Côté frontal

1 port disquet t e prenant en charge 2 FDD av ec 360K, 720K, 1. 2M, 1.44M et 2.88

Mo.
4 por ts US B2 .0.
1 connecteur front a udi o.

2 c onnecteurs Serial ATA.

Dimensions

F acteur de Forme Mic ro ATX: 24.5 X 22. 5cm (Larg X L)

B. BIOS & S oftware

BIOS

Award legal Bios .
APM1.2.

ACPI.
Fonction USB.

Logiciel

Supporte WarpspeederTM, 9t h To uchTM, FLASHER™, WinFlasher
Off rant la meilleure perform ance pour Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows

Me, Windows XP, UNIX series, etc.

TM

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WarpSpeeder

Introduction

[ W arpSpeeder™ ], a new powerf ul control utility, f eatures three us er-f riendly functions
including Ov erclock Manager, Ov ervoltage Manager, and H ardware Monit or.

With the Over clock Manage r, users can easil y adjust the frequency the y prefer or they can
get t he best CPU perf ormanc e wit h jus t one click . The Ov ervoltage Manager, on the other
hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage. The cool Hardware
Monitor smartly indic ates the t emperatures, volt age and CPU fan speed as well as the
chips et inform at ion. Also, in t he About panel, you c an get det ail des c ript ions about BI OS
model and chipsets. I n addition, the frequency status of CPU, mem ory, AGP and PCI
along with t he C PU s peed are synchronically shown on our m ain panel.

Moreov er, to protect users' c om puter sy s tems if the s etting is not appropriat e when testing
and results in system f ail or hang, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] technology assures the system
st ability by automat ically reboot in g the c om puter and then restart t o a speed that is either
the original sys t em speed or a s uit able one.

System Requirement

OS Support : Windows 98 SE, W indows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Direc t X: DirectX 8.1 or abov e. (The W indows XP operating sys tem inc ludes D irectX 8. 1. If

you us e W indows XP, y ou do not need t o inst all D irectX 8. 1. )

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Installation

1. Ex ecut e the setup ex ecution f ile, and then the f ollowing dialog will pop up.
Please clic k “Nex t ” button and follow the def ault procedure to install.

2. When y ou see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is
comple ted . If th e “Launch the War pSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox is che cked,

the Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be automatically and
imm ediately launched after you click “Finish” butt on.

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