Intel PM915P-478, PM915-478 User Manual

Notice

There is a different between the PM915-478 & PM915P-478 Mainboard.
PM915-478 Mainboard is w/ VGA port.
PM915P-478 Mainboard is w/o VGA port.

PM915-478

PM915P-478

PM915-478 Mainboard

User’s Manual

Rev：EG 1.1

Date：2009.1

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION............................ 2

1.1 Chipset Introduction ...................................... 2

1.2 Specification ............................................. 2

1.3 Mainboard Introduction .................................... 2

CHAPTER 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS........................ 3

CHAPTER 3 MAINBOARD LOCATIONS..................... 4

CHAPTER 4 INSTALLATION............................ 5

4.1 Jumper Setting and Slot ................................... 5

CHAPTER 5 BIOS SETUP.............................. 6

5.1 Main menu ................................................. 7

5.2 Standard CMOS Features .................................... 8

5.3 Advanced BIOS Features .................................... 9

5.4 Advanced Chipset Features ................................ 10

5.5 Integrated Peripherals ................................... 11

5.6 Power Management Setup ................................... 13

5.7 Set Sueprvisor Password &Set User Password ............... 14

5.8 Save Exit & Without Save Exit Setup ...................... 14

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Chipset Introduction

Intel 915GL Chipset

The Intel 915GL chipset supports the latest PC technologies such as Socket
478 CPU, dual-channel DDR memory architecture and AGPe graphics card
interface. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 provides a significant
increase in graphics performance.8 high-speed USB 2.0 ports.

Dual-channel DDR

This Intel 915GL chipset motherboard support TWO DDR DIMM interface that
can make you have more use room. Dual-channel can give you the fastest
frequency.

1.2 Specification

INTEL 915GL

 Intel 915GL + ICH6
 Supports Socket 478 CPU
 Supports 400/533/800MHz HOST BUS Frequency
 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 VGA
 Dual channel Mode DDR 266/333/400MHz
 Supports One AGPe (Accelerated Graphics Port Extension) slot
 Supports Two PCI Slot
 Supports six channel sound input
 Supports Eight USB2.0 ports

1.3 Mainboard Introduction

Key Features：

-Chipset：
Intel 915GL+ICH6

-CPU：

Supports Intel Socket 478 CPU

-Supports 400/533/800MHz HOST BUS Frequency

-Memory：
Supports DDR 266/333/400MHz Memory

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-Built-in Powerful Integrated Graphics
Integrated display function technologies without extend VGA card
Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Controller

-Provides one channel connecting two IDE drives

Supports Ultra ATA66/100 synchronous DMA modes

-Provides four channel connecting four SATA drives

With speed up to 150MB/s

-I/O ：
One floppy port support format 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M/2.88M disk driver
One serial port
One parallel port，supports EPP/ECP/SPP transfers
Eight USB2.0 ports
One PS/2 port
Two SATA ports
One Realtek RTL8111C PCI-E 10/100 Mbps LAN Network

-Onboard AC’97 2.3 specification compliant

Supports six channel sound input (example Realtek ALC653)

-Expansion slot：
One AGPe (Accelerated Graphics Port Extension) slot
Two 32-bit PCI slots 2.2 specification compliant

-Dimension
Micro-ATX form factor

Chapter 2 Package Contents

Your mainboard package contains the following items:

1 One Intel 915GL serial mainboard

2 One 40-pin Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE ribbon cable

3 SATA data cable

4 Driver installed CD

5 One user’s manual

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