Mercury PVT800X7 User Manual

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User’s Guide, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced
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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 User’s
Guide 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

PVT800X7 Series, V1.0

January 2005

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Table of Content s

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

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

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

Package Contents ........................................................................................................... 4

Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation .............................................................. 5

Motherboard Components ............................................................................................ 6

I/O Ports .......................................................................................................................... 7

Installing the Processor ................................................................................................. 7

Installing Memory Modules .......................................................................................... 9

Jumper Settings ............................................................................................................10

Install the Motherboard ............................................................................................... 11

Connecting Optional Devices ..................................................................................... 1 2

Install Other Devices ....................................................................................................14

Expansion Slots ............................................................................................................16

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility ....................................................................... 18

Introduction ..................................................................................................................18

Running the Setup Utility ...................................................…………………………...18

Standard CMOS Setup Page .......................................................................................19

Advanced Setup Page ..................................................................................................20

Features Setup Page ....................................................................................................2 1

Power Management Setup Page ................................................................................23

PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page ..................................................................................24

BIOS Security Features Setup Page ...........................................................................24

CPU PnP Setup Page ..................................................................................................25

Hardware Monitor Page ..............................................................................................26

Load Optimal Defaults ................................................................................................26

Save Changes and Exit ................................................................................................ 26

Discard Changes and Exit ...........................................................................................26

Chapter 4: Software & Applications ..............................................................27

Introduction ..................................................................................................................27

Installing Support Software ........................................................................................ 2 7

Bundled Software Installation ....................................................................................29

Hyper-Threading CPU .................................................................................................30

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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.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron D
processors with Hyper-Threading Technology and Front-Side Bus (FSB)
speeds up to 800/533 MHz. Hyper-Threading Technology, 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 PT800CE Northbridge along with
VT8237R Southbridge that supports the Serial ATA interface for high­performance 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 five 32-bit PCI slots. There is a full set of I/O ports
including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one serial port, one parallel
port, one LAN port (optional), three audio jacks for micropone, line-in and line­out, and four back-panel USB 2.0 ports. Onboard USB headers provide extra
ports by connecting the extended USB module to the motherboard.

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

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

LGA775 Socket Processor Support

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

with Hyper-Threading Technology

• Supports up to 800/533 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 VIA PT800CE Northbridge and VT8237R 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/4X external bus; Combines with VIA
VT8237 V -Link Southbridge for integrated 10/100 LAN, Audio, Serial­ATA, ATA-133 IDE, LPC and eight USB2.0 ports.

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• High Performance CPU Interface—Supports Intel 800/533/400 MHz

FSB Pentium 4 and Pentium M processors.

• Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Controller —AGP v3.0

compliant with 8X/4X transfer mode.

• Advanced High-Performance DDR SDRAM Controller —Supports

DDR400/333/266 with 2.5V SSTL-2 DRAM Interface; supports 4
unbuffered or registered double-sided DIMMs and up to 16 GBytes of
physical memory.

• High Bandwidth 1 GB/sec “Ultra V-Link” Host Controller —Supports

66 MHz, 4X and 8X transfer modes, Ultra V-Link Host interface with
1 GB/sec total bandwidth.

• Advanced System Power Management Support – ACPI 1.0B and PCI

Bus Power Management 1.1 compliant.

• 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 five PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all integrated

functions and LPC bus.

• Dual Channel Serial ATA/RAID Controller—Complies with Serial ATA

Specification Revision 1.0

Memory Support

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

• Supports DDR 400/333/266 memory bus

• Maximum installed memory is 2GB

Expansion Slots

• One 8X AGP slot

• Five 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 AT A

• 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

• 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 LAN port (optional)

• Four back-panel USB2.0 ports

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

Fast Ethernet LAN (optional)

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• 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 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

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• CPU and memory timing

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

Dimensions

• ATX form factor of 305 x 220 mm

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

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 AT A 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 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

ITEM LA BEL COM PONENTS COL OR

1CPU_FAN

CPU Fan connector(4-pin)

WHITE

2CPU Socket

LGA775 Socket for Intel Pentium 4/
Celeon D process ors

WHITE

3 DDR1/2

184-pin DDR SDRAM sockets

PURPLE

4IDE1

Primary IDE connector

BLUE

5IDE2

Sceondary IDE connector

WHITE

6 SATA1/2

Serial ATA connectors

BLACK

7 USB2/3

Front Panel USB headers

YELLOW

8JP3

Clea r CMOS ju mper

RED

9SPK1

Speaker header

LIME

10 SW1

Front Panel Sw itch/LED header

COLOR

11 SYSFAN1

System Fan connector

WHITE

12 FDD1

Floppy Disk Drive connec tor

WHITE

13 CNR1

CNR sl o t

BROWN

14 IR1

Infrared header

BLACK

15 PCI 1-5

32-bit PCI slots

WHITE

16 CD1

Analog Audio Input header

BLACK

17 AGP1

AGP slot

ORANGE

18 AUDIO1

Front Panel Audio header

PURPLE

19 ATX1

Standard 20-Pin ATX Pow er connector

WHITE

20 PJ1

Standard 4-Pin ATX Power c onnec tor

WHITE

15

16

17

18

19

14

13

8

9

10

12 1 1

7

5

6

2

1

3

4

IO PORTS

20

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I/O Ports

This is a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the motherboard.

Installing the Processor

This motherboard has a LGA775 Socket for the latest Intel Pentium4 /
Celeron D 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.

PS/2 M ouse

Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing
device.

PS/2 Keyboard

Use the low e r PS/2 port to connect a PS/2
keyboard.

Par a lle l Port (LP T1)

Use the Par a llel port to connect printers or other
parallel c ommunications devices.

Serial Port (C OM 1)

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

LAN Port (optional)

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

USB Po rt s

Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.

Audio Ports

Use these three audio jacks to connect audio
devices. The firs t jack is for stereo Line-In signal,
the second jack f or stereo Line-Out signal, and the
third jack for Microphone.

PS2
mouse

PS2
keyboard

Parallel port (LPT1)

Serial port (COM1)

USB ports

USB ports

(optional)
LAN port

Line-in

Line-out

Microphone