Zida Technologies MB-A845 Users Manual

USER’S

MANUAL

More compatible, more functional and more competitive.
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Supporting Socket mPGA478 Intel Pentium 4® FC-PGA2 Processors,

UDMA33/66/100, PC133 SDRAM

Quality, Performance Mainboards

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Manual Revision: 1.00 Release Date: August 2001

Part No: 90-A845X1-00-00

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Contents

Table Of Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Fast Start Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Checking the Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Mainboard Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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

7 Quick Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installing the CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Installing the Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Attaching ATX Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Floppy Disk Drive Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

IDE Device Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Mounting Mainboard to chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing Add-in Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

CD Driver & Software Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Norton AntiVirus OEM Version Setup Guide . . . . . . . . .. 52

INSTANT ON Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Overview

Thank You for purchasing our High Performance Mainboard.
Our advanced technology mainboard is designed for Socket
mPGA478 Pentium 4 CPU at processing speed of 1.4GHz or
above and is upgradeable for future processors.

The Intel Mainboard utilizes i845 and ICH2 chipset. The
ICH2 I/O Controller provides an Integrated Bus Mastering IDE
controller with two high performance IDE interfaces for up
to four UDMA IDE devices (hard drives, or CD-ROM's) and
two USB 1.1 compliant controllers support a total of 4 USB
ports. The LPC (Low-pin count) I/O controller integrates a
floppy drive interface, two enhanced 16C550 compatible serial
ports, one parallel port and one consumer infrared compatible
interface.

Three DIMM slots support up to 3GB Memory Capacity.
WAKEUP-LINK Header supports Wake-On-LAN feature.

Integrated AC97 2.1 Compliant Codec with 3D Stereo
enhancement. Award 2M bits Firmware Hub compliant with
PC99, ACPI//DMI power management.

Optional Ethernet 10/100MB onboard LAN interface.

ATX 305mm x 210mm.

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Overview