Mercury PI915GVM, PI915GLM User 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/2000/XP are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation.
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It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are
trademarks or the properties of their respective owners.

Static Electricity Precautions

1. Don’t take this motherboard and components out of their original static­proof 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 motherboard has been damaged, do not connect
power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those
damages.

Copyright © 2005

All Rights Reserved

PI915GVM/PI915GLM Series V1.0

March 2005

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Table of Content s

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

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

Key Features .................................................................................................................... 1

Package Contents ........................................................................................................... 5

Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation .............................................................. 6

Motherboard Components ............................................................................................ 7

I/O Ports .......................................................................................................................... 9

Installing the Processor ...............................................................................................10

Installing Memory Modules ........................................................................................ 11

Jumper Settings ............................................................................................................13

Install the Motherboard ............................................................................................... 1 4

Connecting Optional Devices ..................................................................................... 1 6

Install Other Devices ....................................................................................................18

Expansion Slots ............................................................................................................20

Dual Monitor ................................................................................................................ 2 2

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

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

Running the Setup Utility ...................................................…………………………...23

Standard CMOS Setup Page .......................................................................................24

Advanced Setup Page ..................................................................................................25

Features Setup Page ....................................................................................................2 6

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

PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page ..................................................................................29

BIOS Security Features Setup Page ...........................................................................30

CPU PnP Setup Page ..................................................................................................31

Hardware Monitor Page ..............................................................................................32

Load Best Performance Settings .................................................................................33

Load Optimal Defaults ................................................................................................33

Save Changes and Exit ................................................................................................ 33

Discard Changes and Exit ...........................................................................................33

Chapter 4: Software & Applications ..............................................................34

Introduction ..................................................................................................................34

Installing Support Software ........................................................................................ 3 4

Bundled Software Installation ....................................................................................36

Hyper-Threading CPU .................................................................................................36

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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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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 Technology, designed to take
advantage of the multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you the power to
do more things at once.

This motherboard integrates the Intel 915GV/915GL Northbridge along with
Intel I/O Controller Hub 6 (ICH6) 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

100/66 channel. It has one PCI-E Ultra slot, one PCI Express x1 and two 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), six audio jacks for micropone, line-in and line-out, and four back­panel USB 2.0 ports. In addition, onboard USB headers provide extra ports by
connecting the extended USB module to the motherboard.

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

Note: 915GV chipset can only support 256-Mb, 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR

technologies for x8 and x16 device, NOT support 128-Mb DDR
technology. That is, 256 MB Double Side Memory Module & 128 MB
Single Side Memory Module are NOT support.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

LGA775 Socket Processor Support

• Supports the latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Series processors with

Hyper-Threading Technology

• Supports up to 800 MHz Front-Side Bus

Note: 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 Intel 915GV/915GL Northbridge and Intel I/O Controller Hub 6
(ICH6) in the chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture

with proven reliability and performance.

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This series has two models: PI915GVM and PI915GLM. Here is a comparison
list between these two models:

• Processore Interface

-One Intel

Pentium 4 processor or Intel Celeron D processor

including 775-Land package

−533 MT/s (133 MHz) FSB and 800 MT/s (200 MHz) FSB

−Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology)

−FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI)

• System Memory

−One or two 64-bit wide DDR/DDR2 SDRAM data channels

(suppports DDR400 or DDR333, 1 DIMM, 2 Channels only)

−Bandwidth up to 8.5 GB/s (DDR2 533) in dual-channel Interleaved

mode

−256-Mb, 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR/DDR2 technologies

• Integrated Graphics Device

−Core Frequency of 333 MHz

−High-Quality 3D Setup and Render Engine

−3D Graphics Rendering Enhancements

• PCI Express: 4 PCI Express root ports and Fully PCI Express 1.0a

compliant

• PCI Bus Interface: Supports PCI Rev 2.3 Specification at 33 MHz

• Integrated Serial ATA Host Controller: Four ports and Data transfer rates

up to 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s)

• Integrated IDE Controller

−Independent timing of up to two drives

−Ultra ATA/100/66/33, BMIDE and PIO modes

• AC-Link for Audio and Telephony CODECs: Support for three AC’97

2.3 codecs

• USB2.0

−Includes four UHCI Host Controllers, supporting eight

external ports

−Includes one EHCI Host Controller that supports all eight

ports

• Integrated LAN Controller

−WfM 2.0 and IEEE 802.3 Compliant

−10/100 Mb/s Ethernet Support

Model Northbridge Southbridge Function

PI915

GVM

Intel 915

GV

ICH6 Supports

DDR2 533

/

DDR400

PI915GLM Intel 915GL ICH6 Supports DDR400

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Memory Support

• Two 184-pin 2.5V DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM DDR400 memory

modules, and two 240-pin 1.8V for DDR2 533/DDR400 (for NB Intel
915GV only)

• Supports DDR2 533/DDR400(for NB Intel 915GV only) or DDR400

memory bus

• Maximum installed memory is 2GB

Note: You can not use DDR2 533/400 and DDR400 simultaneously. Only use

either DDR2 533/400 or DDR400 memory modules!

Expansion Slots

• One PCI-E Ultra slot, one PCI Express x1 slot

• Two 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.3-compliant bus interface

• One CNR slot

Onboard IDE channels

• One IDE Channel supporting ATA-66, ATA-100

• Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA (Direct Memory

Access) modes

• Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66/

33 MB/sec

Serial AT A

• Four 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

• Front-Out, Surround-Out, MIC-In and LINE-In Jack Sensing

• Three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control:

LINE_IN, CD, AUX

• Two analog line-level mono input

• Standard 48-Pin LQFP

Onboard I/O Ports

• 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

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Fast Ethernet LAN (optional)

• Integrates Fast Ethernet MAC, physical chip, and transceiver onto a

single chip

• 10Mbps and 100Mbps operation

• Supports 10Mbps and 100Mbps N-way auto-negotiation

• Complies with PC99/PC2001 standards

• Supports ACPI power management

• Half/Full duplex capability

• Supports Full Duplex Flow Control (IEEE 802.3x)

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 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, up to
eight functional ports

• Support PCI-Bus Power Management Interface Specification 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 244 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

Y ou 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.

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Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation

To 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 connections to

headers/connectors on the motherboard

Note:

1 Before installing this motherboard, make sure jumper JP1 is under

Normal setting. See this chapter for information about locating JP1 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

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* Please see Page 21 for more details about PCI-E Ultra slot.

ITEM LABEL COMPONENTS COLOR

1 NB_FAN1 Northbridge cooling fan connector WHITE
2 CPU Socket LGA775 Socket for Intel Pentium 4/

Celeron CPUs

WHITE

3 CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan connector(4PIN) WHITE
4 DIMM1-2 240-pin DDR SDRAM sockets ORANGE
5 DIMM3-4 184-pin DDR SDRAM sockets (for NB

Intel 915GV only

PURPLE

6 PWR1 Standard 24-Pin ATX Power connector WHITE
7 IDE1 IDE connector BLUE

8 JP1 Clea r CMOS j umper RED
9 CHS_FAN1 System Fan connector WHITE

10 SATA1/2 Serial ATA connectors BLACK
11 SPKR1 Speaker header LIME
12 PANEL1 Front Panel Sw itch/LED header CO LOR
13 FDC1 Floppy Disk Drive connector WHITE
14 USB3/USB4 Front Panel USB header YELLOW
15 IR1 Infrared header BLACK
16 PCI 1-2 32-bit PCI slots WHITE
17 CNR1 CNR slot BROWN
18 SPDIFO1 SPDI F Out header LIGHT PURPLE
19 CD1 Analog Audio Input header BLACK
20 AUDIO2 Front Panel Audio header PURPLE
21 PCI- E2 PCI Expres s x16 slot WHITE
22 PCI- E1 PCI-E Ultra slot * WHITE
23 PWR2 Standard 4-Pin ATX Pow er connector WHITE

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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 PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing
device.

PS/2 Keyboard

Use the lower P S/2 port to connect a PS/2
keyboard.

Parallel Port (LPT1)

Use the Parallel port to connect printers or other
parallel communications devices.

COM1

Use the COM port to connect serial devices such
as mice or fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the
sys tem as COM1.

VGA

Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices.

LAN Port (optional)

Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect
your computer to the Network.

USB Por ts

Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.

Audio Ports

Use these three audio jacks to connect audio
devices. The first jack is for stereo Line-In signal,
the second jack for stereo Line-Out signal, and the
third jack for Mi crophone.