DFI G4E620-N, G4E620-B User Manual

935-G4E622-000(G)

A75720516

G4E620-N

G4E620-B

System Board User’s Manual

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Caution

To avoid damage to the system:

• Use the correct AC input voltage range

To reduce the risk of electric shock:

• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing, cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.

Battery:

• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend

the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer’s

instructions.

Joystick or MIDI port:

• Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than 10A current at 5V DC. There is a risk of fire for devices that exceed this limit.

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help.

Notice:

1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

Notice

An electronic file of this manual is included in the CD. To view the user’s manual, inser t the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Main Board Utility CD) will appear. Click “User’s Manual” on the main menu.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Features................................................................................................................................................

Special Features of the System Board....................................................................

Package Checklist.......................................................................................................................

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

System Board Layout ...........................................................................................................

System Memory............................................................................................................................

CPU.........................................................................................................................................................

Jumper Settings.............................................................................................................................

Rear Panel I/O Ports..............................................................................................................

I/O Connectors............................................................................................................................

Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup

Award BIOS Setup Utility...................................................................................................

Updating the BIOS...................................................................................................................

Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares

Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications.......................................................

Installation Notes........................................................................................................................

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16 18 20 25 32 41

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104 111

Introduction

Appendix A - Watchdog Timer

Watchdog Timer.....................................................................................................................

Appendix B - System Error Messages

POST Beep................................................................................................................................

Error Messages.......................................................................................................................

Appendix C - Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Checklist.............................................................................................

Appendix D - Watchdog Timer

Watchdog Timer.....................................................................................................................

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Introduction

Specifications

Processor

The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing one of the following supported processors.

• Intel

Pentium® 4 (Prescott and Northwood) processor

- Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

- FSB: 400MHz and 533MHz

• Intel® Celeron® / Celeron® D processor

- 400MHz system data bus

• Processor socket: Socket 478

Chipset

• Intel® 845E chipset

- Intel® 82845E Memory Controller Hub (MCH)

- Intel® 82801DB I/O Controller Hub (ICH4)

System Memory

• Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets

• 2.5V unbuffered PC1600 (DDR200) or PC2100 (DDR266) DDR SDRAM DIMM

• Supports maximum of 2.1GB system memory using 64Mbit, 128Mbit, 256Mbit or 512Mbit technology

- Double-sided x16 DDR SDRAM DIMM is not supported

• Supports ECC function

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Density Width

Single/Double

184-pin DDR

64 Mbit

SS/DS

64/128MB

X16

SS/DS

32MB/NA

Density

128 Mbit

SS/DS

128/256MB

X16

SS/DS

64MB/NA

256 Mbit

SS/DS

256/512MB

X16

SS/DS

128MB/NA

512 Mbit

SS/DS

512/1024MB

X16

SS/DS

256MB/NA

Introduction

BIOS

• Award BIOS

• 4Mbit flash memory

Energy Efficient Design

• Supports ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Management

• Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function

• Wake-On-Events include:

- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

- Wake-On-USB Keyboard

- Wake-On-Ring (through internal or external modem)

- Wake-On-LAN

- RTC timer to power-on the system

• System power management supported

• CPU stopped clock control

• Hardware supports SMI green mode

• Microsoft®/Intel® APM 1.2 compliant

• Soft Power supported - ACPI v1.0b specification

• AC power failure recovery

Hardware Monitor

• Monitors CPU/system temperature and overheat alarm

• Monitors 5VSB/VBAT/1.5V/3.3V/±5V/±12V/Vcore voltages and failure alarm

• Monitors CPU/chassis/2nd fan speed and failure alarm

• Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan speed

• Opened chassis alarm

• Watchdog timer function

Introduction

Onboard Audio Features

• 18-bit stereo full-duplex codec with independent variable sampling rate

• High quality differential CD input

• True stereo line level outputs

• S/PDIF-out interface

• 2-channel audio output

PCI IDE Interface

• Supports ATA/33, ATA/66 and ATA/100 hard drives

• PIO Mode 4 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate up to 14MB/sec.)

Onboard LAN Features

• Uses 82551 fast ethernet controller (G4E620-N only)

- Integrated IEEE 802.3, 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX

compatible PHY

- Glueless 32-bit PCI master interface

- Glueless CardBus master interface

- Integrated power management functions

- 128 Kbyte Flash interface

- Thin BGA 15 mm

package

• Uses 82562 fast ethernet controller

- Basic 10/100 Client Connection. Supports 559 level cable

and PHY Stats. Support for Server OS included as check item, but no Server function included

- Same Quality Driver suits as 82559

- Supports DMI/SNMP/WMI

- 10/100 Auto Sensing

- IEEE 802.3, 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX compliant physical layer

interface

- IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation

- 48-pin SSOP, 3.3V device

Accelerated Graphics Port (A.G.P.)

• Supports 1.5V AGP with up to 1066MB/sec. bandwidth for 3D graphics applications

Introduction

Rear Panel I/O Ports

• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port

• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port

• 1 DB-25 parallel por t

• 2 DB-9 serial ports

• 2 RJ45 LAN ports (G4E620-N only) 1 RJ45 LAN port (G4E620-B only)

• 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• Mic-in, line-in and line-out

I/O Connectors

• 1 CompactFlashTM socket

• 1 connector for 2 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• 1 connector for an external game/MIDI port

• 1 front audio connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks

• 2 internal audio connectors (CD-in and AUX-in)

• 1 S/PDIF-out connector

• 1 connector for IrDA interface

• 2 IDE connectors

• 1 floppy connector

• 1 20-pin ATX power connector

• 1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

• 1 Wake-On-LAN connector

• 1 Wake-On-Ring connector

• 1 chassis open connector

• 1 keylock connector

• 1 front panel connector

• 3 fan connectors

Expansion Slots

• 1 AGP slot that supports 1.5V AGP

• 4 PCI slots (1 shared with ISA slot)

• 3 ISA slots

Compatibility

• PCI 2.2 and AC ’97 compliant

PCB

• 4 layers, ATX form factor

• 30.5cm (12") x 24.4cm (9.6")

Introduction

Special Features of the System Board

Watchdog Timer

The Watchdog Timer function allows your application to regularly “clear” the system at the set time inter val. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to operate.

Hyper-Threading Technology Functionality Requirements

The system board supports Intel processors with Hyper-Threading Technology. Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platforms.

Components:

• CPU - an Intel

Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology

• Chipset - an Intel® chipset that supports HT Technology

• BIOS - a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled

• OS - an operating system that includes optimizations for HT Technology

Please refer to Appendix A for information a bout enabling the functionality of the Hyper-Threading Technology. For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to: www.intel.com/info/ hyperthreading.

DDR

DDR (Double Data Rate) is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock. This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore providing two times faster data transfer.

Dual Function Power Button

Depending on the setting in the “Soft-Off By PWR-BTTN” field of the Power Management Setup, this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft-Off or Suspend mode.

Introduction

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)

The AGP slot only supports 1.5V AGP 4x (1066MB/sec. bandwidth) add-in cards. AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards for 3D graphics applications. It handles large amounts of graphics data with the following features:

• Pipelined memory read and write operations that hide memory access latency.

• Demultiplexing of address and data on the bus for nearly 100 percent efficiency.

S/PDIF

S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders.

IrDA Interface

The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter.

USB Ports

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/ second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

Introduction

Wake-On-Ring

This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external modem, internal modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the PC.

Important:

If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of ≥720mA.

Wake-On-LAN

This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. It is supported via the onboard LAN port, via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal or via a LAN card that uses the Wake-On-LAN connector. However, if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

This function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

Introduction

Wake-On-USB Keyboard

This function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.

Important:

If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥2A.

RTC Timer to Power-on the System

The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power-on on the set date and time.

ACPI

The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management. Currently, only Windows

®®

98SE/2000/ME/XP supports the ACPI function. ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function.

With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby” when you shut down Windows

®®

98SE/2000/ME/XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operating system. This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM (Random Access Memory) when it powers-off. The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on the system.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

1A.

Introduction

AC Power Failure Recovery

When power returns after an AC power failure, you may choose to either power-on the system manually, let the system power-on automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs.

Package Checklist

The system board package contains the following items:

; The system board ; A user’s manual ; One IDE cable ; One floppy disk drive cable ; One “Main Board Utility” CD

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

Hardware Installation

System Board Layout

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

G4E620-N

Hardware Installation

G4E620-B

Note:

G4E620-N supports 2 LAN while G4E620-B supports 1 LAN only. The illustrations on the following pages are based on the system board that supports 2 LAN.

Hardware Installation

System Memory

Warning:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM. Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock. This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer.

BIOS Setting

Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS.

DDR 1 DDR 2

Hardware Installation

Installing the DIM Module

A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket.

1. Pull the “tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side.

2. Position the DIMM above the socket with the “notch” in the module aligned with the “key” on the socket.

3. Seat the module vertically into the socket. Make sure it is completely seated. The tabs will hold the DIMM in place.

Pin 1

Notch

Key

Tab

Hardware Installation

CPU

Overview

The system board is equipped with a surface mount 478-pin CPU socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing an Intel processor.

Installing the CPU

1. Locate Socket 478 on the system board.

2. Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways, away from the socket, then lifting it up to a 90

angle. Make sure the socket is

lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly.

Lever

Hardware Installation

3. Position the CPU above the socket then align the gold mark on the corner of the CPU (designated as pin 1) with pin 1 of the socket.

Important:

Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins.

Gold mark

4. Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place. The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force.

Important:

Do not force the CPU into the socket. Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU.

Pin 1

Hardware Installation

5. Once the CPU is in place, push down the lever to lock the socket. The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket.

Installing the Fan and Heat Sink

The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heatsink. Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink, the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board.

Note:

• Only use Intel

certified fan and heat sink.

• An Intel

boxed processor package contains a retention mechanism, heat sink, fan and installation guide. If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section, please follow the installation guide in the package.

• If you are installing a non-boxed processor, the heat sink,

fan and retention mechanism assembly may look different from the one shown in this section but the procedure will more or less be the same.

Hardware Installation

1. The system board comes with the retention module base already installed.

Retention

module base

Retention

hole

Retention

hole

Retention

hole

Retention

hole

2. Position the fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly on the CPU, then align and snap the retention legs’ hooks to the retention holes at the 4 corners of the retention module base.

Note:

You will not be able to snap the hooks into the holes if the fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly did not fit properly onto the CPU and retention module base.

Unsnapped

Fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly

Snapped

Hardware Installation

3. The retention levers at this time remains unlocked as shown in the illustration below.

Retention lever

4. Move the retention levers to their opposite directions then push them down. This will secure the fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly to the retention module base.

Note:

You will not be able to push the lever down if the direction is incorrect.

5. Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board.

Hardware Installation

Jumper Settings

Clear CMOS Data

If you encounter the following,

a) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) You forgot the supervisor or user password. c) You are unable to boot-up the computer system because the

processor’s ratio/clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS.

you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS.

To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS, please follow the steps below.

1. Power-off the system and unplug the power cord.

2. Set JP3 pins 2 and 3 to On. Wait for a few seconds and set JP3 back to its default setting, pins 1 and 2 On.

3. Now plug the power cord and power-on the system.

If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor’s ratio/clock in the BIOS, please proceed to step 4.

2-3 On:

Clear CMOS Data

1-2 On: Normal

(default)

JP3

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Hardware Installation

4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS.

5. Select the Frequency/Voltage Control submenu and press <Enter>.

6. Set the processor’s ratio/clock to its default setting or an appropriate ratio/clock. Refer to the Frequency/Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information.

7. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility. Select “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>.

8. Type <Y> and press <Enter>.

Hardware Installation

USB Power Select

JP5, JP6 and JP7 are used to select the power of the USB ports. Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard to wake up the system.

BIOS Setting:

“USB KB Wake-Up From S3” in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Important:

If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥2A. For 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥2A.

USB 0-1

(JP7)

2-3 On: 5VSB

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

2-3 On: 5VSB

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

USB 4-5

(JP5)

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USB 2-3

(JP6)

2-3 On: 5VSB

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

Hardware Installation

Power-on Select

2-3 On:

Power-on via

power button

(default)

JP9

1-2 On:

Power-on via

AC power

JP9 is used to select the method of powering on the system. If you want the system to power-on once AC power comes in, set JP9 pins 1 and 2 to On. If you want to use the power button, set pins 2 and 3 to On.

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Hardware Installation

CPU FSB Select

JP1 is used to select the front side bus of the processor.

Important:

Overclocking may result to the CPU’s or system’s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance. If you are unable to boot your system due to overclocking, make sure to set this jumper back to its default settings.

JP1

2-3 On:

100MHz

1-2 On: Auto

(default)

All Off:

133MHz

Hardware Installation

JP10 is used to set the CompactFlashTM socket to Master or Slave mode.

CompactFlashTM and IDE 2 share the same channel. The mode of the hard drive connected to the IDE 2 connector must differ from the one selected for CompactFlashTM. In other words, if CompactFlashTM is set to Slave mode, then IDE 2’s hard drive must be set to Master mode and vice versa. Under such circumstance, IDE 2 can only support one hard drive.

CompactFlash Card Setting

2-3 On:

Master

JP10

1-2 On: Slave

(default)

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