EPOX MU-4PEA800 User Manual

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February 25, 2003

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80 Port Frequently Asked Questions

Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems, and solutions. For
more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix E in this manual.

PO ST CODE Problem Soluti on

FFh or CFh 1.BIOS chip inserted

incorrectly

2. Incorrect BIOS update

version

3. M ainboard problem

4. Add-on card inserted

incorrectly.

1. Reinsert the BIOS

chip

2. Download the correct

BIOS version update

from the manufacturer's

Web site.

3. Replace mainboard

4. Remove and replace the

add-on card

C1h - C5h 1. Memory module

inserted incorrectly

2. M em ory compatibility

problem

3. M emory m odule

damaged

1. Reinsert memory

module

2. Replace memory

with correct type

3. Replace memory

module

2Dh 1. Error occured in VGA

BIOS

2. VGA card inserted

incorrectly

1. Replace VGA card

2. Reinsert the VGA

card

26h Overclock error Clear CMOS or press the insert

key to power on the system

07h - 1 2 h 1. Init keyboard

controller error

2. RTC error

1. Ensure that the keybo ard and

mouse are connected

correctly.

2. Replace the RTC battery.

Initial Keyboard

T able of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

Components Checklist ............................................... 1-1

Overview

System Overview ....................................................... 1-2

Chipset Components.................................................. 1-3

Intel Pentium 4 Processors......................................... 1-4

Accelerated Graphics Port ......................................... 1-6

Ultra ATA66/100 ........................................................ 1-6

Hardware Monitoring................................................. 1-6

Mainboard Form-Factor ............................................. 1-7

I/O Shield Connector.................................................. 1-8

Power-On/Off (Remote) .............................................. 1-8

System Block Diagram ............................................... 1-9

Section 2 Features

Mainboard Features ................................................... 2-1

Section 3 Installation

Mainboard Layout ..................................................... 3-2

Easy Installation Procedure

CPU Installation ......................................................... 3-3

Jumper Settings.......................................................... 3-5

System Memory Configuration.................................. 3-6

Expansion slots .......................................................... 3-8

Device Connectors..................................................... 3-9

External Modem Ring-in Power ON and

Keyboard Power ON Function (KBPO) ..................... 3-15

STR (Suspend To RAM) Function .......................... 3-16

Supports AGP Card 3.3V Protection .......................... 3-17

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Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

Main Menu ................................................................ 4-1

Standard CMOS Setup ............................................... 4-2

Advanced BIOS Features .......................................... 4-3

Advanced Chipset Features ...................................... 4- 8

Integrated Peripherals ................................................ 4-10

Power Management Setup ......................................... 4-15

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .................................... 4-20

PC Health Status ........................................................ 4-22

Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................ 4-24

Defaults Menu ........................................................... 4-28

Supervisor/User Password Setting ............................4-29

Exit Selecting .............................................................. 4-30

Section 5 Driver Installation

Easy Driver Installation.............................................. 5-1

ALC650/655 Configuration Setup (6 Channel)........... 5-2

Appendix Appendix A

Realtek Media Player Users Guide ............................ A-1

Appendix B

Update Your System BIOS ......................................... B-1

Appendix C

EEPROM BOIS Remover ............................................ C-1

Appendix D

GHOST 7 Quick Users Guide (Optional) ................... D-1

Appendix E

POST Codes .............................................................. E-1

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Package Contents

Contents

A.Mainboard

B. Users manual

C. Floppy disk drive cable

D. Hard disk drive cable

E. CD (drivers and utilities)

Deluxe Pack Items

F. COM2 port cable

G. USB port cable

Other Optional Items

H. SPD650 card

If you need the other optional item,
please contact dealer for assistance.

Introduction

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System Overview

This board is designed with Intel® 845PE chipset. The Intel® 845PE chipset includes
MCH(FW82845PE), ICH4(FW82801DB) and FWH three chips. The Intel® 845PE
chipset is designed for Intels FC-PGA2 socket 478 package architecture and
support the 4X capability of the AGP 2.0 Interface Specification. A new chipset
component interconnect, the hub interface, is designed into the Intel® 845PE chipset
to provide more efficient communication between chipset components.

Support of AGP 4X, 266/333/333+MHz DDR SDRAM and the hub interface provides
a balanced system architecture for the Pentium® 4 in the Socket 478 architecture
processor minimizing bottlenecks and increasing system performance. By
increasing memory bandwidth to 2.128GB/s through the use of AGP 4X, the
Intel® 845PE chipset will deliver the data throughput necessary to take advantage
of the high performance provided by the powerful Pentium® 4 in the Socket 478
architecture processor.

The Intel® 845PE chipset architecture removes the requirement for the ISA
expansion bus that was traditionally integrated into the I/O subsystem of Intel
chipsets. This removes many of the conflicts experienced when installing
hardware and drivers into legacy ISA systems. The elimination of ISA will provide
true plug-and play for the Intel® 845PE platform.

Intel® 845PE chipset contains three core components: the Memory Controller
Hub (MCH), the I/O Controller Hub (ICH4) and the Firmware Hub (FWH). The
MCH integrates the data transfer rate of 400/533/533+MHz, Pentium® 4 processor
bus controller, AGP 2.0 controller, 266/333/333+MHz DDR SDRAM controller and a
high-speed hub interface for communication with the ICH4. The ICH4 integrates an
Ultra ATA/66/100 controller, USB host controller, LPC interface controller, FWH
interface controller, PCI interface controller, and a hub interface for communication
with the MCH. The Intel® 845PE chipset will provide the data buffering and
interface arbitration required to ensure that system interfaces operate efficiently and
provide the system bandwidth necessary to obtain peak performance the Pentium® 4
in the Socket 478 architecture.

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Chipset Components

The Intel® 845PE chipset consists of the Memory Controller Hub (MCH), the I/O
Controller Hub (ICH4) and the Firmware Hub (FWH).

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! Memory Controller Hub (MCH)

The MCH provides the interconnect between the DDR SDRAM and the system
logic. It integrates:

- Support for single processor with a data transfer rate of 400/533/533+MHz.

- 200/266/333/333+MHz DDR SDRAM interface supporting 2GB of DDR SDRAM.

- 4X 1.5V AGP interface (Only support 1.5V on AGP interface).

- Downstream hub link for access to the ICH4.

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! I/O Controller Hub (ICH4)

The I/O controller Hub provides the I/O subsystem with access to the rest of
the system. Additionally, it integrates many I/O functions. The ICH4 integrates:

- Upstream hub link for access to the MCH

- 2 Channel Ultra ATA/33/66/100 Bus Master IDE controller

- USB controller

- SMBus controller

- FWH interface

- LPC interface

- PCI 2.2 interface

- Integrated System Management Controller

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! Firmware Hub (FWH)

The FWH component is a key element to enabling a new security and manage­ability infrastructure for the PC platform. The device operates under the FWH
interface and protocol. The hardware features of this device include a unique a
Random Number Generator (RNG), register-based locking, and hardware­based locking.

Introduction

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Intel Pentium 4 processors

Formally known as the Willamette, the PentiumTM 4 is the next PEneration IA-32
processor from Intel. This next generation design is based upon a new micro­architecture that brings higher clock speeds and performance than previous
processors could deliver. Among other advanced features the Pentium 4 offers
Streaming SIMD extensions 2, Advanced Dynamic Execution, Hyper Pipelined
Technology, and a data transfer rate of 400/533/533+MHz system bus.

Streaming SIMD Extensions 2

Building upon the foundations of core features of their previous line of proces­sors the Pentium 4, this new version introduces Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
technology commonly referred to as SSE2. But what does this mean? SIMD stands
for Single Instruction Multiple Data. Usually, processors process one data
element in one instruction, called Single Instruction Single Data, or SISD. In
contrast, with Single Instruction Single Data (SISD), SIMD has the ability to
process more than one piece of data element during one instruction.

This technology is useful for 3D graphics applications that handle considerable
amounts of floating-point numbers. With SIMD applications such as 3D graphics
will be able to processor more data per instruction when equates to better
performance. This technology adds 144 new instructions to the CPU core that can
be used in a wide variety of applications. Software programmers can for example,
take advantage of these new instructions and write more optimized code that take
advantage of newer SIMD double-precision floating-point, integer, and cache
ability instructions. In theory, this will enable better next generation services such
as Interactive Digital TV to be produced.

Advanced Dynamic Execution

Advanced Dynamic Execution describes the improved implementation and
abilities over the older P6 processor lines out-of-order decoupled super scalar
execution. Dynamic execution allows instructions to the processor to be executed
without the need to do so in order. The ability to do this can add a significant
performance increase versus ordered execution.

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Hyper Pipelined Technology & 400/533/533+MHz System Bus

Hyper Pipelined Technology doubles the pipeline depth the Pentium 4 delivers to
20 stages. This significantly increases the performance and frequency capabilities.
Pentium 4 also introduces a 400/533/533+MHz system bus as opposed to the 100
and 133MHz bus seen in previous Pentium III processors. This allows 3.2Gbytes per
second of throughput while the Pentium III had a limited 1.06Gbyte/s throughput.
Willamette will reportedly be introduced in the 0.18-micron using aluminum.

Hyper-Threading Technology

Hyper-Threading Technology is a new features in the IA-32 Intel Architecture that
provides a performance boost for future Intel-32 processors based on the Intel
NetBurstTM micro architecture. This technology enables a single processor to run
two separate threads simultaneously, this arrangement looks like two processors.
Hyper-Threading Technology makes a single physical processor appear as multiple
logical processors, there is one copy of the architecture state for each logical
processor, and the logical processor share a single set of physical execution
resources. From a software or architecture perspective, this means operating
systems and user programs can schedule processors or threads to logical proces­sors as they would on conventional physical processors in a multi-processor
system. From a micro architecture perspective , this means that instructions form
logical processors will persist and execute simultaneously on shared execution
resources.

For more information about all the new features the Pentium 4 delivers check

out the Intel website at http://www.intel.com

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Accelerated Graphics Por t (AGP or A.G.P.)

Typically, 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory, and
demands ever increasing throughput speed as well. As 3D products for the
personal computer become more and more popular, these demands will only
increase. This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers.
Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation
behind AGP. By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between
the video card and the processor, it will assist in relieving some of these pressures
for quite sometime.

The board provides the AGP 2.0 interface. The AGP Interface Specification revision

2.0 enhances the functionality of the original AGP Interface Specification (revision

1.0) by allowing 4X data transfers (4 data samples per clock) and 1.5 volt (power
supply) operation. The AGP 2.0 interface, along with SDRAM memory technology,
allows graphics controllers to access main memory at over 1GB/s. In order to match
the 4X AGP Card. The board used the Universal AGP connector. (1.5 volt AGP Card
supports only).

Ultra ATA/66/100

The ICH4 provides two channel Ultra ATA/66/100 Bus Master IDE controllers, that
support Ultra ATA/66/100 protocols, perfect for such demanding applications as
real-time video, multimedia, and high performance operating system. A new IDE
cable is required for Ultra ATA/66/100. This cable is an 80 conductor cable;
however the connectors are, of course, backwards compatible with ATA/33.

Hardware Monitoring

Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your system
operations and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and RPM of
fan.

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Mainboard Form-Factor

The board is designed with ATX form factor - the latest industry standard of
chassis. The ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90
degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the
power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the
expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards. ATX defines
a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a
wide range of onboard I/O. Only the size and position of this aperture is
defined, allowing PC manufacturers to add new I/O features (e.g.; TV input, TV
output, joystick, modem, LAN, audio, etc.) to systems. This will help systems
integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your
needs.

 By integrating more I/O down onto the board and better positioning the

hard drive and floppy connectors material cost of cables and add-in cards is
reduced.

 By reducing the number of cables and components in the system, manufac-

turing time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability will
increase.

 By using an optimized power supply, it's possible to reduce cooling costs

and lower acoustical noise. An ATX power supply, which has a side­mounted fan, allows direct cooling of the processor and add-in cards making
a secondary fan or active heatsink unnecessary in most system applications.

Expandable I/O

Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features

CPU

Single chassis fan
for system

Floppy / IDE
connectors

5 1/4"

Bay

3 1/2"

Bay

AT X
Power
Supply

ATX 12V power
connector

PCI slots

AGP slot

ATX power
connector

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I/O Shield Connector

The board is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield
(figure 3).

Power-On/Off (Remote)

The board has a single 20-pin ATX and 4-pin ATX12V connector for power supplies
(Figure 4). For power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should
be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON connector for the computer
power On/Off button.
The board has been designed with Soft Off" function. You can turn off the system
two ways: pressing the front panel power On/Off button, using the "Soft Off"
function (incorporated in the mainboards onboard circuit controller) that can be
controlled by an operating system such as Windows®XP/ME/2000/98.

Note: For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is

strongly recommend to use power supplies that have a +5VSB current of (>=)
1A (1000mA). Please check the 5VSBs specification that has been printed on
the power supplys outer case.

Note: The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate. Your

system configuration (amount of memory, add-in cards, peripherals, etc.) may
exceed the minimum power requirement but to ensure that adequate power is
provided, use a 300 Watt (or greater) power supply.

J 3

Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button (J 3)

Figure 3: I/O back panel layout

Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer

Line-out/Front out

Line-in/Rear out

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

COM1

Parallel Port

RJ-45 LAN

(Optional)

USB2.0

ports

Joystick/Midi Port

12V 4-pin

20-pin

Figure 4: Simple ATX power ON/OFF controller

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

Pentium 4
Processor

478 pin Package

MCH

(Memory

Controller

Hub)

ICH4

(I/O

Controller

Hub)

DDR SDRAM
200/266/333/333+ M zH

100/133MHz

66MHz

4X (1.5V only)

USB 1,2

USB 5,6

80 Port

FWH (Firm Ware Hub)

Flash memory

LPC I/O
Winbond
83627HF

Serial Port 1
Serial Port 2
LPT Port
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard
Game
IR

AC'97
Audio

PCI Slots

HDD

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USB 3,4

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Section 2

FEATURES

Mainboard Features

Processor

!

Socket 478 Intel® Pentium® 4 processor from 1.4 to 3.06GHz with 400/533/
533+MHz Front Side Bus

!

Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your

computer system requires ALL of the following platform 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 supports HT Technology.

Chipset

!

Intel 82845PE Chipset (82845PE + ICH4)

Main Memory

!

Two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets for PC1600/2100/2700 (DDR-200/266/333/

333+) DIMMs

!

Supports up to 2GB memory size

BIOS

!

Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS

- ACPI v2.0 compliant

- S3 (Suspend to DRAM) sleep-state support

- SMBIOS (System Management BIOS)v2.2 compliant

- Supports Power failure recovery

- Capable to waked the computer up from specific states by LAN, Power
switch, PME#, RTC alarm, USB, PS2 devices, Modem Ring-in COM#1

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Onboard PCI Devices

! LAN --> Embedded 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller with

VIA 6105 LAN Chipset

! IDE --> Embedded IDE controller supports 2 IDE ports for up to 4

IDE devices

- Supports ATA-100 with up to 100Mbps bandwidth

Legacy IO Controller

! Winbond W83627HF LPC IO controller with floppy, printer, game,

serial and CIR/SIR interface

Audio

! Six channel audio with analog and digital output using ALC650/655 AC97

CODEC

- AC97 v2.2 compliant

- In 2-CH mode, supports Mic-In (Pink), Line-In (Blue) and Line-Out
(Green) at rear panel

- In 6-CH mode, supports Center/Subwoofer (Pink), Rear out (Blue),
Front out (Green) at rear panel

- Supports CD-In, Aux-In and S/PDIF-In/out interface

- Supports Line-out and Mic-In for front panel

Peripheral Interfaces

! PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports (at rear panel)
! One Parallel (printer) port (at rear panel)
! One RJ45 LAN connector (at rear panel)(Optional)
! Two Serial ports (1 at rear panel)
! One game port (at rear panel)
! One floppy drive interface
! Two IDE interfaces with up to ATA-100 support
! Six USB2.0 ports (2 at rear panel)
! Three Fan connectors

(Optional)

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Front Panel Controller

! Supports Reset & Soft-Off switches and KeyLock
! Supports HDD & Power LEDs
! Supports PC speaker

Expansion Slots

! One AGP slots supporting 1.5v 4X AGP cards

- AGP v2.0 compliant

! Five PCI bus sockets with Bus Master support

- PCI v2.2 compliant

Other Features

! Magic Health  a H/W monitoring software utility, for voltages, tempera-

tures and fan-speeds sensing

! EZ Boot  An easy way let end-user can choose to boot from hard drive,

CD-ROM, floppy, 

! Excellent Over clocking capabilities by

- subtle voltage tuning on CPU, Memory, AGP

- subtle frequency tuning on FSB

- Supports complete FSB/Memory and FSB/AGP, PCI Asynchronous
scheme for over-clocking

! Supports AGP card 3.3V Protection

! P80P for system debugging

Form Factor

! 305 x 195 mm ATX size

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Installation

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

Installation

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Mainboard Layout

Installation

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Step 1

Open the socket by raising the actuation
lever.

Figure 1

Step 2

Align pin 1 on the CPU with pin 1 on
the CPU socket as shown in the
illustration above. The CPU is keyed to
prevent incorrect insertion. Dont
force the processor into the socket. If
it does not go in easily, check for mis­orientation and reinsert the CPU.
Make sure the processor is fully
inserted into the socket.

Figure 2

Pin 1

Easy Installation Procedure

The following must be completed before powering on your new system:

3-1. CPU Installation

3-2. Jumper Settings

3-3. System Memory Configuration

3-4. Expansion Slots

3-5. Device Connectors

Section 3-1
CPU Installation

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Figure 3

Step 4

Apply thermal compound to the top of
the CPU and install the heatsink as

shown.

Step 5

Install the cooling fan assembly. Press
the two clips in the direction of the
arrows shown in Figure 5 to secure the
assembly to the CPU socket.

Step 6

Plug the CPU fan into the CPU fan con­nector (FAN1).

The installation is complete.

Figure 4

Figure 5 Figure 6

NOTES:

 Damage to Intel Pentium

TM

4 processors might result if installed with
incorrect CPU fan and heatsink assemblies. Use Intels design thermal
solution shown in the illustrations above: an active heatsink; an extruded
aluminum heatsink base; and a fan attached to the top on the fin array.

 Apply heatsink thermal compound or paste to the CPU to avoid CPU

overheating and damage.

 In accordance with Intel Corp. specifications, do not install a CPU over

50 times to avoid bending the pins and damaging the CPU.

Step 3

Close the socket by lowering and
locking the actuation lever.

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Section 3-2
Jumper Settings

JBAT1



Clear CMOS data Jumper
If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you
forgot the supervisor or user password,
clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the
system back to the default values stored in
the ROM BIOS.

Settings:
1-2: Normal (Default)
2-3: Clear CMOS

To CMOS Clear data, please follow the steps below.

1. Turn off the system.

2. Change the jumper from 1-2 to 2-3 position
for a few seconds.

3. Replace the jumper on to the 1-2 position.

4. Turn of the system and hold down the <Del>
key to enter BIOS setup.

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Section 3-3
System Memory Configuration

Memor y Layout

The mainboard accommodates two PC1600/2100/2700 184-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line
Memory Modules):

 Supports up to 2.0GB of 200/266/333/333+MHz DDR SDRAM.

 Supports up to 2 DDR DIMMs (refer to Table 1).

 Supports unbuffered non-ECC DIMMs only.

 Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification

NOTE:The mainboard does not support double-sided x 16 DDR DIMMs. Use DDR

SDRAM (Double-Data-Rate Synchronous DRAM) modules only.

Figure 7 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations.

NOTES:

_ Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speeds (overclocking) may

severely compromise the integrity of the system.

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<Table 1>

* DDR SDRAM supports 64, 128, 256, 512MB and 1GB DIMM modules using

512Mb technology.

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DIMM Module Installation

Figure 8 displays the notch on the DDR DIMM memory module.
DIMMs have 184 pins and one notch that matches with the DDR DIMM socket.

DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket and
pressing straight down as shown in figure 9 until the white clips close and the
module fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 10).

Figure 8 - DIMM notch

Figure 10 - DIMM module clip after installation

To remove the DIMM module press down the white clips and the module is
released from the socket.

Figure 9 - DIMM module clips before installation

CENTER KEY ZONE
(2.5 V DRAM)

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3-4 Expansion Slots

Installing an Expansion Card

The steps below assume that the mainboard is already installed in the system chassis.

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to its has been
powered down.

2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.

3. Remove the system unit cover.

4. Remove the bracket of the slot that you intend to use. (You need to remove the
screw in order to remove the bracket.)

5. Align the card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely
seated in the slot.

6. Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed in step 4.

7. Replace the system unit cover.

8. Power on the PC.

9. Enter the BIOS step program to make the necessary settings.

10. Save the settings and restart the PC.

11. Install the software drivers of the expansion cards, if necessary.

AGP Slot

The mainboard is equipped with an AGP
slot. Make sure you install a card that
supports the 1.5V specification.

PCI Slots

The mainboard is equipped with 5 PCI
slots. It supports PCI cards that comply
with the PCI specification.

PCI Slots

AGP Slot

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GND

PME

+5V Standby

FAN1 / FAN2 / FAN3:

CPU/Power/Chassis Fan Power Connectors

FAN1:
CPU Fan

FAN2:
Power Fan

WOL1:WOL (Wake On LAN) Connector

Reserved for an NIC (Network Inter­face Card) to wake the system from
power saving mode.

GND

+12V

Rotation

FAN3:
Chassis Fan

GND

+12V

Rotation

GND

+12V

NC

FAN1

FAN3

FAN2

Figure 11 - I/O Ports

Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer

Line-out/Front out

Line-in/Rear out

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

COM1

Parallel Port

RJ-45 LAN

(Optional)

USB2.0

ports

Joystick/Midi Port

Section 3-5
Device Connectors