ECS ES4M Series User Manual

Mainboard User’s Manual

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Trademarks

IBM, VGA, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International
Business Machines.
Intel, Pentium/II/III, Pentium 4, Celeron and MMX are registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP are
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
PC-cillin is a registered trademark of Trend Micro Inc.
AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
MediaRing Talk is a registered trademark of MediaRing Inc.
SiS is a trademark of Silicon Integrated System Corporation.
Other names used in this publication may be trademarks and are
acknowledged.

Copyright © 2002

All Rights Reserved

ES4M Series, V1.3

S650GL/December 2002

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Notice:

Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every
supplier, we might have some drivers not certified yet by
Microsoft. Therefore, it might happen under Windows XP that a
dialogue box (shown as below) pop out warning you this
software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its
compatibility with Windows XP. Please rest assured that our RD
department has already tested and verified these drivers. Just
click the “Continue Anyway” button and go ahead the
installation.

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Table of Contents

Trademarks.............................................................................. I

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

Key Features............................................................................2

Package Contents.....................................................................6

Static Electricity Precautions...................................................7

Pre-Installation Inspection.......................................................7

Chapter 2 : Mainboard Installation..................................................9

Mainboard Components ........................................................10

I/O Ports.................................................................................11

Install A CPU ........................................................................12

Installing Memory Modules ..................................................13

Setting Jumper Switches........................................................14

Install the Mainboard.............................................................15

Install the Extension Brackets ...............................................16

Optional Extension Brackets .................................................18

Install Other Devices .............................................................20

Expansion Slots .....................................................................22

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility.......................................................23

Introduction ...........................................................................23

Running the Setup Utility......................................................24

Standard CMOS Setup Page..................................................25

Advanced Setup Page ............................................................26

Power Management Setup Page ............................................28

PCI / Plug and Play Setup Page.............................................30

Load Optimal Settings...........................................................30

Load Best Performance Settings............................................31

Features Setup Page...............................................................31

CPU PnP Setup Page .............................................................33

Hardware Monitor Page.........................................................34

Change Password...................................................................35

Exit ........................................................................................35

Chapter 4: Using the Mainboard Software ....................................37

Introduction ...........................................................................37

Installing Support Software...................................................38

Bundled Software Installation ...............................................40

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1: Introduction

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Chapter 1

Introduction

This mainboard has a Socket-478 processor socket for Intel
Pentium 4 type of processors supporting front side bus (FSB)

speeds up to 533 MHz.

This mainboard integrates the SiS650GL Northbridge along with

SiS962/962L Southbridge chipsets that support built-in AC97
Codec , one DDR266 SDRM modules up to 1GB system memory,

and provides Ultra DMA 66/100/133 function. These chipsets’
function is detailed as the Chipset description in next section. This
mainboard integrates a 256-bit 3D/2D Graphics Engine, Video
Accelerator and Advanced Hardware Acceleration
MPEGI/MPEGII Video Decoder for the Intel Pentium 4 series
based PC systems. It supports built-in 10BaseT/100BaseTX
Network Interface. In addition, this mainboard has a full set of
I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one
serial port, one parallel port, one VGA port, one IEEE1 port (only
for SiS962 SB) and six USB ports (USB2.0)– four back-panel
ports and onboard USB header USB1 providing two extra ports by
connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard.

This mainboard is Mini-Micro ATX size and has power
connectors for an ATX power supply and measures 177 x 190mm.

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Key Features

The key features of this mainboard include:

Socket-478 Processor

♦ The PGA Socket 478
♦ Supports Intel Pentium 4 series CPUs
♦ Supports up to 533 MHz Front-Side Bus

Chipset

There are SiS650GL Northbridge and SiS962/962L Southbridge in
this chipset in accordance with an innovative and scalable
architecture with proven reliability and performance.

Memory Support

♦ One 184-pin DIMM socket for DDR266 memory
♦ Support DDR SDRAM up to 266 MHz memory bus
♦ Maximum installed memory is 1GB

Expansion Slots

♦ One 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.2-compliant bus interface

Onboard IDE channels

♦ Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels
♦ Support for PIO (programmable input/output) modes
♦ Support for Multiword DMA modes
♦ Support for Bus Mastering and Ultra DMA ATA

66/100/133 modes

Power Supply and Power Management

♦ ATX power supply connector
♦ Meets ACPI 1.0b and APM 1.2 requirements, keyboard

power on/off

♦ Supports RTC Alarm, Wake On Modem, AC97 Wake-Up

and USB Wake-Up

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Onboard VGA

♦ Supports high performance & high quality 3D

Accelerator—A built-in 256-bit 3D engine, up to 143 MHz
3D engine clock speed

♦ Supports high performance 128-bit 2D Accelerator—Ultra-

AGPII

TM

2GB/s data read for all 2D engine functions

♦ Maximum Share Memory size is 32MB

AC97 Audio Codec

♦ Compliant with AC’97 2.2 specification
♦ Full-duplex Codec with independent and variable sampling

rate

♦ Earphone Buffer Built-In, SNR up to 90db
♦ 4Ch DAC, support 4-channel speak-out
♦ Advanced power management support

Built-in Ethernet LAN

♦ Built-in 10BaseT/100BaseTX Ethernet LAN
♦ SiS962/962L Embedded Fast Ethernet MAC and onboard

Realtek RTL8201 LAN PHY compliant with IEEE802.3u
100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T and ANSI X3.263 TP-PMD
standards

♦ Compliant with ACPI 1.0 and the Network Device Class

Power Management 1.0

♦ High Performance provided by 100Mbps clock generator

and data recovery circuit for 100Mbps receiver

Onboard I/O Ports

The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:

♦ Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
♦ One serial port
♦ One VGA port
♦ One parallel port
♦ Supports IEEE1394a port (only for SiS962 SB)

♦ Six USB ports (four back-panel ports, onboard USB

headers providing two extra ports)— USB2.0

♦ Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out

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Hardware Monitoring

♦ Built-in hardware monitoring for CPU & System

temperatures, fan speeds and mainboard voltages.

Onboard Flash ROM

♦ Supports Plug and Play configuration of peripheral devices

and expansion cards

USB 2.0

♦ Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification

Revision 2.0

♦ Compliant with Intel’s Enhanced Host Controller

Interface Specification Revision 0.95

♦ Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface

Specification Revision 1.1

♦ PCI multi-function device consists of two UHCI Host

Controller cores for full-/low-speed signaling and one
EHCI Host Controller core for high-speed signaling

♦ Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with

integrated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and
EHCI Host Controller

♦ Support PCI-Bus Power Management Interface

Specification release 1.1

♦ Legacy support for all downstream facing ports

IEEE 1394a (only for SiS962 SB)

♦ Fully supports provisions of IEEE1394-1995 for high-

performance serial bus and the P1394a draft 2.0 standard

♦ Provides three fully compliant cables ports at 100/200/400

Mbits/s and available with one, two or three ports

♦ Supports optional 1394 Annex J electrical isolation barrier

at PHY-link interface

♦ Supports power-down feature to conserve energy in battery

powered application

♦ Node power-class information signaling for system power

management

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Bundled Software

♦ PC-Cillin2002 provides automatic virus protection under

Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP

♦ MediaRing Talk provides PC to PC or PC to Phone

internet phone communication

♦ PC DJ is a dual-MP3 player that enables users to actually

mix music right on their own personal computers.

♦ Adobe Acrobat Reader V5.0 is the software to help users

read .PDF files.

Dimensions

♦ Mini-Mcro ATX form factor 177 x 190 mm

Note: Hardware specifications and software items are
subject to change without notification.

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Package Contents

Your mainboard package contains the following items:

 The mainboard
 The User’s Manual
 One diskette drive ribbon cable
 One IDE drive ribbon cable
 Software support CD

Optional Accessories

You can purchase the following optional accessories for this
mainboard.

 Extended USB module
 Extended IEEE1394a module (only for SiS962 SB)

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Static Electricity Precautions

Components on this mainboard can be damaged by static
electricity. Take the following precautions when unpacking the
mainboard and installing it in a system.

1. Keep the mainboard and other components in their original

static-proof packaging until you are ready to install them.

2. During installation, wear a grounded wrist strap if possible. If

you don’t have a wrist strap, discharge static electricity by
touching the bare metal of the system chassis.

3. Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges. Avoid touching

the components unless it is absolutely necessary. During
installation put the mainboard on top of the static-protection
packaging it came in with the component side facing up.

Pre-Installation Inspection

1. Inspect the mainboard for damage to the components and

connectors on the board.

2. If you suspect that the mainboard has been damaged, do not

connect power to the system. Contact your mainboard vendor
and report the damage.

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2: Mainboard Installation

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Chapter 2

Mainboard Installation

To install this mainboard in a system, please follow the instructions
in this chapter:

 Identify the mainboard components
 Install a CPU
 Install one or more system memory modules
 Verify that all jumpers or switches are set correctly
 Install the mainboard in a system chassis (case)
 Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting

headers on the mainboard

 Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to

the mainboard connecting headers.

Note:

1. Before installing this mainboard, make sure jumper JP2 is

under Normal setting. See this chapter for information about
locating JP2 and the setting options.

2. Never connect power to the system during installation;

otherwise, it may damage the mainboard.

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Mainboard Components

This diagram identifies major components on the mainboard.

Note 1: Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear
in the illustration above are for testing only.

Note 2: The mainboard supports IEEE1394a only when
SiS962 Southbridge is installed.