Mercury P4VM800M7 User Manual

Motherboard User’s Guide

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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. AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc. It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are trademarks or the properties of their respective owners.

PVM800M7 Series, V1.0

PM800/November 2004

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Table of Contents

Trademark ................................................................................... i

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

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

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

Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation ..................................... 7

Motherboard Components ................................................................... 8

I/O Ports .............................................................................................10

Installing the Processor ..................................................................... 11

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

Jumper Settings .................................................................................. 1 5

Install the Motherboard ..................................................................... 16

Connecting Optional Devices ............................................................ 1 7

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

Expansion Slots ..................................................................................23

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility ............................................... 2 5

Introduction .......................................................................................25

Running the Setup Utility ........................... …………………………...26

Standard CMOS Setup Page ............................................................. 27

Advanced Setup Page ........................................................................ 2 8

Features Setup Page .......................................................................... 30

Power Management Setup Page........................................................ 32

PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page .......................................................... 34

BIOS Security Features Setup Page ..................................................3 5

CPU PnP Setup Page .........................................................................36

Hardware Monitor Page.................................................................... 37

Load Optimal Defaults ....................................................................... 37

Save Changes and Exit ...................................................................... 3 8

Discard Changes and Exit ................................................................. 38

Chapter 4: Software & Applications ..................................... 3 9

Introduction .......................................................................................39

Installing Support Software ............................................................... 4 0

Bundled Software Installation ........................................................... 42

Hyper-Threading CPU ....................................................................... 43

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Static Electricity Precautions

Static electricity could damage components on this motherboard. T ake the following precautions while unpacking this motherboard and installing it in a system.

1. Don’t take this mainboard and components out of their original static-proof package until you are ready to install them.

2. While installing, please 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. Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges. Do not touch those components unless it is absolutely necessary. Put this motherboard on the top of static-protection package with component side facing up while installing.

Pre-Installation Inspection

1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components and connectors on the board.

2. If you suspect this mainboard has been damaged, do not connect power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those damages.

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Notice:

1. 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.

2. USB 2.0 Driver Limitations: 2-1.The USB 2.0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 2000. 2-2.If you connect a USB 2.0 hub to the root hub, plugging USB devices into this hub, the system might not success fully execute certain USB devices’ connection because it could not recognize these devices.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron processors with Hyper-Threading Technology and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 800 MHz. Hyper-

Threading T echnology, edsigned to take advantage of the multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you the power to do more things at once.

This motherboard integrates the VIA PM800 Northbridge along with VT8237 Southbridge that supports the Serial ATA interface for high-performance and mainstream desktop PCs; the built-in

USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with UHCI 1.1 and EHCI 1.0.

It supports 6-channel AC’97 Audio Codec and provides one IDE Ultra DMA 133/100/66 channel. It has one 8x AGP, one CNR (Communications and Networking Riser), and three 32-bit PCI slots. There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports

for mouse and keyboard, one VGA port, one serial port, one parallel port, one LAN port (optional), three audio jacks for micropone, line-in and line-out, four back-panel USB 2.0 ports and onboard USB headers USB2/USB3 providing four extra ports by connecting the extended USB module to the motherboard.

It is a Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for an A TX power supply.

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Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

LGA775 Socket Processor Support

 Supports the latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Series

processors

 Supports up to 800 MHz Front-Side Bus

Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both on separate ‘logical’ processors within the same physical processor.

Chipset

There are VIA PM800 Northbridge and VT8237 Southbridge in the chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.

 Defines Highly Integrated Solutions for Performance PC

Desktop Designs—High performance Northbridge with 800/533 MHz Front Side Bus for Pentium 4 plus AGP 8x external bus.

 Provide superior performance between the CPU, DRAM,

Ultra V-Link bus and AGP 8x graphics controller bus with pipelined, burst, and concurrent operation.

 Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Controller

—AGP v3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode.

 Advanced High-Performance DDR SDRAM Controller —

Supports DDR400, DDR333, DDR266, and DDR200 double-data-rate synchronous DRAM.

 Integrated Graphics with 2D/3D Video Acceleration.  High Bandwidth 1GB/sec 16-bit Ultra V-Link Host Control-

ler —Configurable outstanding transaction queue for Host to Ultra V-Link Client accesses.

 Advanced System Power Management Support – ACPI

1.0B and PCI Bus Power Management 1.1 compliant.

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 PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte/sec

(data sent to north bridge via high speed Ultra V-Link interface)

 PCI-2.2 compliant, 32-bit 3.3V PCI interface with 5V

tolerant inputs

 Support three PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all

integrated functions and LPC bus.

 Dual Channel Serial A TA/RAID Controller—Complies with

Serial AT A Specification Revision 1.0

Memory Support

 Two 184-pin 2.5V DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM

memory modules

 Supports DDR 400/333/266/200 memory bus  Maximum installed memory is 2GB

Expansion Slots

 One 8x AGP slot  Three 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.2-compliant bus interface  One Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) slot

Onboard IDE channels

 Two IDE connectors  Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA

(Direct Memory Access) modes

 Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates

of 133/100/66 MB/sec

Serial A TA

 Two Serial ATA Connectors  Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~150 MB/s) with

scalability to higher rates

 Low pin count for both host and devices

AC’97 Audio Codec

 Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specification

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 16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with independent and

variable sampling rate

 Support for 3.3v digital, 5v analog power supply and low

power consumption management

 Three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume

control: LINE_IN, CD, AUX

 Front-Out, Surround-Out, MIC-In and LINE-In Jack

Sensing

 T wo analog line-level mono input  Standard 48-Pin LQFP

Onboard I/O Ports

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

 Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard  One serial port  One parallel port  One VGA port  One LAN port (optional)  Four back-panel USB2.0 ports  Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out

Fast Ethernet LAN (optional)

 100Base-TX/10Base-T Physical Layer Solution  Dual Speed - 100/10 Mbps  Auto-Negotiation: 10/100, Full/Half Duplex  Meet All Applicable IEEE802.3, 10Base-T and 100Base-

TX Standards

USB 2.0

 Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision

2.0

 Compliant with Intel’ s Enhanced Host Controller Interface

Specification Revision 1.0

 Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specifi-

cation Revision 1.1

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 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 inte-

grated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host Controller, up to eight functional ports

 Support PCI-Bus Power Management Interface Specifica-

tion release 1.1

 Legacy support for all downstream facing ports

BIOS Firmware

This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following:

 Power management  Wake-up alarms  CPU parameters and memory timing  CPU and memory timing

The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.

Dimensions

 Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 220 mm

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

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Package Contents

Y our motherboard package ships with the following items:

 The motherboard  The User’s Guide  One diskette drive ribbon cable (optional)  One IDE drive ribbon cable  The Software support CD

Optional Accessories

You can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard.

 The Extended USB module  The CNR v.90 56K Fax/Modem card  The Serial ATA cable  The Serial ATA power cable

Note: You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party, but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility.

Chapter2: Motherboard Installation

Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation

T o install this motherboard in a system, please follow these instructions in this chapter:

 Identify the motherboard components  Install a CPU  Install one or more system memory modules  Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly  Install this motherboard in a system chassis (case)  Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers/

connectors on the motherboard

 Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connec-

tions to headers/connectors on the motherboard

Note:

1. Before installing this motherboard, make sure jumper JP3 is under Normal setting. See this chapter for information about locating JP3 and the setting options.

2. Never connect power to the system during installation; otherwise, it may damage the motherboard.

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Motherboard Components

DDR1

SYSFAN1

SW1

USB2/3

CPU_FAN

DDR2

CNR1

ATX1

LGA775 Socket

IDE1

SATA1-2

JP3

IR1

FDD1

IDE2

PCI1-3

AGP1

AUDIO1

PJ1

IO PORTS

CD1

SPK1

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LABEL COMPONENTS

CPU_F A N CPU F an c onnec tor DDR1-2 Two 184- pin DDR S DRA M sockets ATX1 Standard 20-Pin ATX Pow er connect or PJ1 St andard 4-Pi n A TX Pow er connect o r IDE1/ 2 IDE connec tor SYSFAN 1 Chasis c ooli ng fan connector SATA1-2 Serial ATA connectors JP3 Clear CMOS jumper SW 1 Fr ont Panel Sw itch/LED hea der FDD1 Floppy Disk Drive c o nnec tor IR1 Infrar ed hea der USB2 /3 Fr ont Panel USB headers SPK 1 Speaker header PCI 1-3 32-bit P CI slots CD1 Analog A udio Input header AUDIO1 Fr ont Panel Audio header AGP1 AGP slot CNR CNR slot

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I/O Ports

The illustration below shows a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the motherboard.

PS/2 Mouse

Use the upper P S/2 port to connec t a PS /2 pointing device.

PS/2 Keyboard

Use the lower PS /2 port t o c onn ect a P S /2 keyboard.

Parallel Port (LPT1)

Use t he P ar allel por t to c onne ct pri nt e r s or othe r p ar allel communications devices .

COM1

Use the COM port to connect serial dev ic es such as mice or fax /modems. CO M1 is identified by the system as COM1.

VGA

Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices.

LAN Port (optional)

Connect an RJ- 45 jack to the LA N p or t to connec t y our c omputer to the Network.

USB P o rt s

Use the USB p or ts to con nec t USB de v ic e s .

Audio Port s

Use t hes e three audio jac ks t o c onnec t audio devic es . The first jack is for s tereo LineIn signal, the s econd jack f or s tereo Line-O ut signal, and the third jac k for Microphone.

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Installing the Processor

This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for the latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron processors. When choosing a processor,

consider the performance requirements of the system. Performance is based on the processor design, the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor, and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory.

CPU Installation Procedure

Follow these instructions to install the CPU:

A. Unload the cap

• Use thumb & forefinger to hold the

lifting tab of the cap.

• Lift the cap up and remove the cap

completely from the socket.

B. Open the load plate

• Use thumb & forefinger to hold the

hook of the lever, pushing down and pulling aside unlock it.

• Lift up the lever.

• Use thumb to open the load plate.

LGA775 Socket

pin1

CPU_FAN

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Be careful not to touch the contacts.

C. Install the CPU on the socket

• Orientate CPU package to the socket.

Make sure you match triangle marker to pin 1 location.

D. Close the load plate

• Slightly push down the load plate onto

the tongue side, and hook the lever .

• CPU is locked completely .

E. Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU. F. Fasten the cooling fan supporting base

onto the CPU socket on the motherboard.

G. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU fan connector. Please refer to the CPU cooling fan user’s manual for more detail installation procedure.

Note: To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation, we suggest that you use a high quality fan with 3800 rpm at least. CPU fan and heatsink installation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan/heatsink supplied. The form and size of fan/ heatsink may also vary.

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Installing Memory Modules

This motherboard accommodates two 184-pin 2.5V DIMM sockets (Dual Inline Memory Module) for unbuffered DDR 400/ 333/266/200 memory modules (Double Data Rate SDRAM) and maximum 2.0 GB installed memory .

DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle (the rising and falling edges), effectively doubling the memory chip’ s data throughput. DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 400/333/266/200 MHz memory and provide 3.2 GB/s, 2.7 GB/s, 2.1 GB/s and 1.6GB/s data transfer rate.

DDR1 DDR2

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Memory Module Installation Procedure

These modules can be installed with up to 2 GB system memory . Refer to the following to install the memory module.

1. Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket.

2. Align the memory module with the socket. There is a notch on the DIMM socket that you can install the DIMM module in the correct direction. Match the cutout on the DIMM module with the notch on the DIMM socket.

3. Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly. The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM.

4. Install any remaining DIMM modules.

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Jumper Settings

Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHOR T; removing a jumper cap from these pins, OPEN.

JP3: Clear CMOS Jumper

Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory. You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your motherboard from operating. To clear the CMOS memory, disconnect all the power cables from the motherboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds.

Function Jumper Setting

Normal Short Pins 1-2 CMOS Clear Short Pins 2-3

JP3

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Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector on the motherboard. The PJ1 is a +12V connector for CPU Vcore power.

If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis, connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYSFAN1 fan power connector on the motherboard.

Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the SW1 header.

Install the Motherboard

Install the motherboard in a system chassis (case). The board is a Micro ATX size motherboard. You can install this motherboard in an ATX case. Make sure your case has an I/O cover plate matching the ports on this motherboard.

Install the motherboard in a case. Follow the case manufacturer’s instructions to use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis.

ATX1

PJ1

SYSFAN1

SW1

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Please refer to the following list of the SW1 pin assignments.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 HD_LED_P(+) 2 FP PWR/SLP(+) 3 HD_LED_N(-) 4 FP PWR/SLP(-) 5 RESET_SW_N(-) 6 POWER_SW_P(+) 7 RESET_SW_P(+) 8 POWER_SW_N(-) 9 RSVD_DNU 10 KEY

Connecting Optional Devices

Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s optional devices:

SPK1

USB2

USB3

IR1

AUDIO1

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AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access.

USB2/USB3: Front Panel USB Header

The motherboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I/O port array. Additionally, some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind of case, use auxiliary USB headers USB2/USB3 to connect the front-mounted ports to the motherboard.

1. Locate the USB2/USB3 header on the motherboard.

2. Plug the bracket cable onto the USB2/USB3 header.

3. Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system chassis. Install an extension bracket in the opening. Secure the extension bracket to the chassis with a screw.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 AUD_MIC 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 HP_ON 8 KEY 9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 AUD_RET_L

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 2 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 3 USB_FP_P0(-) 4 USB_FP_P1(-) 5 USB_FP_P0(+) 6 USB_FP_P1(+) 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OC0

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SPK1: Speaker Header

Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the motherboard.

IR1: Infrared Header

The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers, laptops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and other computers.

1. Locate the infrared port-IR1 header on the motherboard.

2. If you are adding an infrared port, connect the ribbon cable from the port to the IR1 header and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 NC 2 KEY 3 VCC5 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 Vcc5 2 NC 3 GND 4 SPKR

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Install Other Devices

Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below.

SATA1

SATA2

IDE11IDE2

FDD1

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Floppy Disk Drive

The motherboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one or two drives. Drives can be 3.5" or 5.25" wide, with capacities of 360K, 720K, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB.

Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply . Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDD1.

IDE Devices

IDE devices include hard disk drives, high-density diskette drives, and CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives, among others.

The motherboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices. If you connect two devices to a single cable, you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave. The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave device. The Master device connects to the end of the cable.

Install the device(s) and connect power from the system power supply. Use the cable provided to connect the device(s) to the Primary IDE channel connector IDE1 on the motherboard.

If you want to install more IDE devices, you can purchase a second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to the Secondary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the motherboard. If you have two devices on the cable, one must be Master and one must be Slave.

Serial ATA Devices

The Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the standard interface for the IDE hard drives, which is designed to overcome the design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC plat-

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forms. It provides you a faster transfer rate of 150 MB/s. If you have installed a Serial AT A hard drive, you can connect the Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA hard drive or the connecter on the motherboard.

On the motherboard, locate the Serial ATA connectors SATA1-2, which support new Serial ATA devices for the highest data transfer rates, simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly.

It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel AT A interface, but maintains register compatibility and software compatibility with Parallel AT A.

Analog Audio Input Header

If you have installed a CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system.

When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect your CD-ROM/DVD drive. If it doesn’t, enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD-ROM/DVD drive that you have installed. On the motherboard, locate the 4-pin header CD1.

Pin Signal

1 CD IN L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD IN R

CD1

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Expansion Slots

This motherboard has one AGP, one CNR and three 32-bit PCI slots.

AGP1

PCI1

PCI2

CNR1

PCI3

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Follow the steps below to install an AGP/CNR/PCI/PCI Express expansion card.

1. Locate the AGP, CNR, PCI and PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

2. Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis.

3. Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot. Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot.

4. Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw.

8x/4x AGP Slot

You can install a graphics adapter that supports the 8x/4xAGP specification and has a 8x/4x AGP edge connector in the AGP slot.

CNR Slot

You can install the CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) cards in this slot, including LAN, Modem, and Audio functions.

PCI Slots

You can install the 32-bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots.

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility

Introduction

The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer, such as date and time, the type of hardware installed, and various configuration settings. Your computer applies the information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system components.

If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect, it may cause the system to malfunction. It can even stop your computer booting properly. If it happens, you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information; or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer. Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information.

You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration. You might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to the motherboard, such as the CPU, system memory, disk drives, etc.

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Running the Setup Utility

Every time you start your computer, a message appears on the screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to “Hit <DEL>if you want to run SETUP”. Whenever you see this message, press the Delete key, and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor.

You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. Press the Escape key to leave the setup utility. Press +/-/ to modify the selected field’s values.

Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item, and press

+ and

- keys to cycle through alternative

values of that item. The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer OK or Cancel by selecting [OK] or [Cancel].

If you have already changed the setup utility, press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility. Press F1 to display a screen describing all key functions. Press F9 to install the setup utility with a set of default values.

Standard CMOS Setup Advanced Setup Features Setup Power Management Setup PCI / Plug and Play Setup BIOS Security Features

CPU PnP Setup Hardware Monitor Load Optimal Defaults Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit

Standards COMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

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Standard CMOS Setup Page

This page displays a table of items defining basic information about your system.

Date & Time

These items set up system date and time.

Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave/Secondary IDE Master/Secondary IDE Slave

These items configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels. To configure an IDE hard disk drive, choose Auto. If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive, set it to User, and then fill in the hard disk characteristics (Size, Cyls, etc.) manually. If you have a CD-ROM drive, select the setting CDROM. If you have an ATAPI device with removable media (e.g. a ZIP drive or an LS-120), select Floptical.

Floppy A/Floppy B

These items set up size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive(s) installed in the system.

Standard CMOS Setup

System Time 00:01:25 System Date Thu 05/06/2004

Primary IDE Master Not Detected Primary IDE Slave Not Detected Secondary IDE Master Not Detected Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected

Floppy A 1.44 MB 3 1/2” Floppy B Disabled

Help Item

User [Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. Use [+] or [-] to configure system time.

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

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Advanced Setup Page

This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Handle this page with caution. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer.

Quick Boot

If you enable this item, the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines.

1st Boot Device/2nd Boot Device/3rd Boot Device

Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start-up time.

Try Other Boot Device

If you enable this item, the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations.

BootUp Num-Lock

This item determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system start-up time.

Advanced Setup

Help Item

Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system.

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

Enabled PM-Maxtor 6Y060P0 SS-MATSHITA CR-58 1st Floppy Drive Yes On No 64MB Auto BY SPD Enabled Enabled Disabled

Normal

Disabled

Quick Boot 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Device Bootup Num-Lock Boot To OS/2 > 64MB AGP Aperture Size DRAM Timing Hyper Threading Function Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Spread Spectrum

DRAM Driving

Max CPUID Value Limit

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Boot To OS/2> 64MB

Enable this item if you are booting the OS/2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed.

AGP Aperture Size

This item defines an AGP for the graphics. Leave this item at the default value 64MB.

DRAM Timing

This item allows you to enable or disable the DRAM timing defined by the Serial Presence Detect electrical.

Hyper-Threading Function

If your P4 CPU is not HT CPU, this item will be hidden. If your P4 CPU is HT CPU, BIOS will show this item. You can set “Disabled” or “Enabled” to control HT CPU support in O.S. Set “Enabled” to test HT CPU function.

Auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock

When this item is enabled, BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM/PCI slots.

Spread Spectrum

Use this item to set the system bus spread spectrum for the installed processor.

DRAM Driving

The default value is “Normal”. If the system is unstable while using some DDR SDRAMs, you may select “High” option.

Max CPUID Value Limit

When this item is enabled, you can use Prescott CPU and LGA775 CPU and there will be a normal NT4.0 installation; otherwise, the automatic restarting will occur while installing.

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Features Setup Page

This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system.

OnBoard Floppy Controller

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface.

Serial Port1 Address

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COM1 serial port, and to assign a port address.

Onboard IR Port

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard IR port function.

Parallel Port Address

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Parallel port, and to assign a port address.

Parallel Port Mode (ECP)

Use this item to select the parallel port mode. You can select Normal (Standard Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities

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Help Item

Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller.

OnBoard Floppy Controller Enabled Serial Port1 Address 3F8/IRQ4 OnBoard IR Port Disabled Parallel Port Address 378 Parallel Port Mode ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel DM A3 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Both OnBoard SATA-IDE Enhanced Audio Device Enabled Modem Device Auto Ethernet Device Enabled OnBoard USB Function Enabled USB Function For DOS Disabled

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Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) or EPP&ECP (Enhanced Parallel Port & Extended Capabilities Port).

ECP Mode DMA Channel

Use this item to assign the DMA Channel under ECP Mode function.

Parallel Port IRQ

Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port.

OnBoard PCI IDE Controller

Use this item to enable or disable either or both of the onboard Primary and Secondary IDE channels.

OnBoard SATA-IDE

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard IDE channel.

Audio Device

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard audio.

Modem Device

This item enables or disables the MC’97 modem chip.

Ethernet Device

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Ethernet.

Onboard USB Function

Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this motherboard.

USB Function For DOS

Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this motherboard in a DOS environment.

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ACPI Aware O/S

This itme supports ACPI (Advanced Configuraion and Power Management Interface). Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature.

Power Management

Use this item to enable or disable a power management scheme. If you enable power management, you can use this item below to set the power management operation. Both APM and ACPI are supported.

Suspend Time Out

This item sets up the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes. If the time selected passes without any system activity , the computer will enter power-saving Suspend mode.

Power Management Setup Page

This page sets some parameters for system power management operation.

Power Management Setup

ACPI Aware O/S Yes Power Management Enabled Suspend Time Out Disabled Resume on RTC Alarm Disabled LAN/Ring Power On Disabled Keyboard Power On Disabled Wake-Up Key Any Key

Help Item

Enable / Disable ACPI support for Operating System. Enable: If OS supports ACPI. Disable: If OS does not support ACPI.

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Resume on RTC Alarm

The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system’s RTC (realtime clock). Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake-up alarm. You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature.

LAN/Ring Power On

The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem/Ring, or traffic on the network adapter. You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature.

Keyboard Power On/Wake-Up Key

If you enable this item, system can automatically resume by pressing any keys, hot or power key on the keyboard, or typing in the password . You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature.

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PCI / Plug and Play Setup Page

This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and those utilizing the system plug and play capability.

Primary Graphics Adapter

This item indicates if the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus. The default PCI setting still lets the onboard display work and allows the use of a second display card installed in an AGP slot.

Share Memory Size

This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onbaord VGA display application with these options of 64/32/16/8 MB.

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

If this item is enabled, an IRQ will be assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system. You set this value to No to free up an IRQ.

PCI IDE BusMaster

This item enables or disabled the DMA under DOS mode. We recommend you to leave this item at the default value.

PCI / Plug and Play Setup

Help Item

Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Share Memory Size 32MB Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled

Options PCI AGP

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BIOS Security Features Setup Page

This page helps you install or change a password.

Supervisor Password

This item indicates whether a supervisor password has been set. If the password has been installed, Installed displays. If not, Not Installed displays.

Change Supervisor Password

You can select this option and press <Enter> to access the sub menu. You can use the sub menu to change the supervisor password.

Password Check

This item enables users to choose the time when the system will perform password check.

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Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password Press Enter Password Check Setup

Help Item

Install or Change the password.

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CPU PnP Setup Page

This page helps you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU. The system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page.

Manufacturer

This item shows the brand of the CPU installed in your system.

DRAM Frequency

This item shows the frequency of the DRAM in your system.

CPU Over-clocking Func.

This item decides the CPU over-clocking function installed in your system. If the over-clocking fails, please turn off the system power. And then, hold the PageUp key (similar to the Clear CMOS function) and turn on the power, the BIOS will recover the safe default.

CPU Frequency

This item shows the frequency of the CPU installed in your system.

CPU PnP Setup

Help Item

Auto CPU-100 CPU-66 CPU-33 CPU+0

Manufacturer : Intel

DRAM Frequency : Auto

CPU Over-clocking Func. : Disabled

CPU Frequency : 200MHz

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Hardware Monitor Page

This page sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this motherboard.

CPU/System Temperature

These items display CPU and system temperature measurement.

FANs & Voltage Measurements

These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements.

Load Optimal Defaults

If you select this item and press <Enter> a dialog box appears. If you select [OK], and then press <Enter>, the Setup Utility loads a set of fail-safe default values. These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips.

Hardware Monitor Setup

-=- System Hardware Monitor-=-

Help Item Vcore : 1.280 V Vdimm : 2.576 V Vivdd : 1.520 V Vcc5V : 4.954 V SB3V : 3.184 V CPU FAN Speed : 4440 RPM SYSTEN FAN Speed : 0 RPM CPU Temperature : 72oC/161oF SYSTEM Temperature : 32oC/89oF

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Save Changes and Exit

Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration. When the Save Changes and Exit dialog box appears, select [OK] to save and exit, or [Cancel] to return to the main menu.

Discard Changes and Exit

Highlight this item and press <Enter> to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility . When the Discard Changes and Exit dialog box appears, select [OK] to discard changes and exit, or [Cancel] to return to the main menu.

Note: If you have made settings that you do not want to save, use the “Discard Changes and Exit” item and select [OK] to discard any changes you have made.

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Chapter 4 Software & Applications

Introduction

This chapter describes the contents of the support CD-ROM that comes with the motherboard package.

The support CD-ROM contains all useful software, necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products. More program information is available in a README file, located in the same directory as the software.

T o run the support CD, simply insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out, and then you can go on the auto-installing or manual installation depending on your operating system.

If your operating system is W indows 2000/XP , it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your motherboard; if W indows NT or manual installation, please follow the instructions described as the Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation section.

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Installing Support Softwar e

1 Insert the support CD-ROM disc in the CD-ROM drive. 2 When you insert the CD-ROM disc in the system CD-

ROM drive, the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen.

3 The screen displays three buttons of Setup, Browse CD

and Exit on the right side, and three others Setup, Application and ReadMe at the bottom. Please see the following illustration.

The Setup button runs the software auto-installing program as explained in next section.

The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface.

The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window. To run the program again, reinsert the CD-ROM disc in the drive; or click the CD-ROM driver from the Windows Explorer, and click the Setup icon.

The Application button brings up a software menu. It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports.

The ReadMe brings you to the Install Path where you can find out path names of software driver.

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Auto-Installing under Windows 2000/XP

If you are under Windows 2000/XP, please click the Setup button to run the software auto-installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM:

1 The installation program loads and displays the following

screen. Click the Next button.

2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it

(the default options are recommended). Click the Next button to proceed.

3 The support software will automatically install.

Once any of the installation procedures start, software is automatically installed in sequence. You need to follow the onscreen instructions, confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing whatever software you selected. When the process is finished, all the support software will be installed and start working.

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Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation

If you are under Windows NT, the auto-installing program doesn’t work out; or you have to do the manual installation, please follow this procedure while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM:

1 Click the ReadMe to bring up a screen, and then click

the Install Path at the bottom of the screen.

2 Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to

obtain its correct driver directory .

3 Install each software in accordance with the

corresponding driver path.

Bundled Software Installation

All bundled software available on the CD-ROM is for users’ convenience. You can install bundled software as follows:

1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen

pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM.

2 A software menu appears. Click the software you want

to install.

3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software

program step by step until finished.

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Hyper-Threading CPU

While you are in Windows Task Manager, please push down ctrl+Alt Del keys. A dual CPU appears in the CPU Usage History&Device Manager under WinXP.

Note: Hyper-Threading Function only works under WINXP Operating System; therefore, disable it under other Operating System.

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