P4A845S (INTEL i845 Chipset, S-478) ATX Form Factor
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1. E es ET AUX 1 AUX PWI je mm mn wa ma wal EH nun un um m un n J Traditional PIII power supply over 300W also acceptable but not 20 been guaranteed for proper function 2 5 4 Floppy Disk Connector Floppy Disk Connector has 34 pins and allows connection of a floppy drive In all two floppy drives can be connected to the mother board known as floppy A and B The BIOS allows you to disable the floppy controller if you do not use any floppy driver that will free an Interrupt The BIOS also allows swapping of floppy A and B although this will not be useful to most users 21 2 5 5 IDEI and IDE2 The IDE connectors are used to connect IDE devices such as Harddisks and CD ROM drives to the motherboard Each connector constitutes an IDE channel each channel accepts 2 IDE devices one Master and one Slave The IDE 1 connector is also known as the primary channel IDE 2 is the secondary channel Therefore the primary Master is the IDE device connected to IDEI as Master the primary Slave is the IDE device conneced to IDE 1 as Slave Jumpers on the IDE device determine Master and Slave settings Your harddisk or CD ROM2. port SPP Enables use of SPP devices Parallel Port EPP Enables use of EPP devices Mode ECP Enables use of EPP devices ECP EPP Enables use of ECP EPP devices Select either DMA channel 1 or 3 This is only relevant if ECP was selected above Default is channel 3 Default Power on when power fail If before power fail is power on off then turn on off PC Values Meaning Set mpu401 port address at 300 Set mpu401 port address at 330 Game Port 1559 5 Values Meaning 201 Setting game port address at 201 Game Port 209 Setting game port address at 209 Disabled Disabled game port 51 4 3 5 Power Management Setup Select the Power Management Setup option from the Main Menu and press Enter key m Enabled JemHe Values Meaning Enabled Disabled ACPI Function HDD Power Down Suspend Mode User Define The three items below can be set by the user Min Saving The three items below are set to disabled 1 hour 1hour respectively Max Saving The three items below are set to disabled 1 min 1min respectively Will power down the HDD if it is idle for the araount of minutes selected here Will not power down the HDD Selecting a time will force the system into suspend mode after being idle for that time Choose from the following time intervals 1 2 4 6 8 10 20 30 40 min and 1 d
3. Selects the CHS access mode Logical Block Addressing for HDD drives larger than 504MB All modern HDDs For very large HDDs The BIOS will automatically detect the best access mode Drive A and Drive B The Drive A B items allow you select the type of device that you have attached to the Floppy FDD1 connector on the motherboard You can select between different floppy disk drive types by using the Page Up and Page Down keys If you press enter while Drive A or B is selected the following menu will pop up that will allow to choose a device as well Video The Video item allows you to select a video mode Since most modes are outdated we advise you to always select EGA VGA You can select between different video modes by using the Page Up and Page Down keys If you press enter a menu pops up Mono is for a monochrome screen that can only display one color EM 38 Halt On The BIOS will stop booting when an error is detected You can set through this item what errors will stop the system booting You can select between different error modes by using the Page Up and Page Down keys Stop booting on all errors Always Boot no matter what error is detected Stop booting on all errors but not on a keyboard error Stop booting on all errors but a diskette error Stop booting on all errors but keyboard and diskette errors 39 4 3 2 BIOS Features Set
4. 38F SDLC Bisynchronous 2 3B0 3BF Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter VO A dress HEX VO device 390 393 3A0 3AF Bisynchronous 1 3C0 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter 3D0 3DF Color Graphics Monitor Adapter aee EE EE EE Nn 68 Chapter 6 Q amp A 6 1 Errors Messages During Power On Self Test During power on self test post BIOS will automatically detect the system devices Below is the question that users most often meet The user may press Esc key to skip the full memory test 1 Beep sound On power on the system make beep sound to offer different messages If the system is configured correctly it prompts a short beep to show device configuration is done correctly When VGA card and DIMM modules are not plugged well the system makes longer and constant beep sounds 2 BIOS ROM checksum error It indicates the checksum of the BIOS code is not right and system will always halt on power on screen Contact the dealer to exchange a new BIOS 3 CMOS battery fails It indicates the CMOS battery does not work Contact the dealer to exchange a new battery 4 CMOS checksum error It indicates the CMOS checksum is incorrect Load the default values in BIOS to solve this problem This error may result from a weak BIOS so exchange a new BIOS if necessary 5 Hard disk initialize Please wait a moment Some hard drives require more time to initialize 69 6 Hard disk install failure The system
5. lug when you tilt the heatsink fan assembly towards the lug Now lock the locking clip for the retaining strap over the lug at the other pivot end of the processor socket This is an easy procedure after you do it a few times but initially it will require you to use a finger on one hand to push the latch down and use your other hand to push the latch in This is the part you need to practice to install the clip properly When you are holding the heatsink make sure you do apply pressure to the fan You could damage it and cause thermal failure of the processor WARNING Be careful not to scrape the motherboard during the mounting of the fan or else damage may occur to the motherboard Now connect the wire from the heatsink fan to the CP FANI connector on the motherboard This connector is keyed and can only be installed one way If you use a heatsink assembly that has two cooling fans connect one to CP FAN and the other PW FANI For more information on the FAN connectors refer to the FAN connector section later in this section 14 2 4 1 CPU and System Cooling Any attempt to operate the Intel P4 Processor without a suitable cooling solution will result in permanent damage to the processor and potentially other components within the system FAN Headers Your motherboard allows the use of in all 3 FANS Of these 3 FANS 1 can be used by the CPU Heatsink assembly The other 2 FAN Headers allow connection of a Chassis Fan and a Power Sup
6. 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 This value sets the amount of time in ms before a character starts repeating after it was pressed on the keyboard Choose from 250 500 750 and 1000 ms Security Option The security option item allows you to select when the password needs to be entered Refer to the table below Password must be entered only when the user wants to enter the BIOS setup The password must always be entered at boot 43 4 3 3 Chipset Features Setup Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key The screen is not as long on your monitor You can use the arrow keys to scroll down and up the page The following explains all individual items and their meaning SDRAM Timing If the DRAM Timing by SPD item is set to Enabled the three items below will automatically be set be the BIOS To do this the BIOS will read information out of the SPD EPROM that is located on the DIMM module this information will tell the BIOS how to best accesses the memory If you set this item to disabled you can set the memory access items yourself A word of warning though if you are not familiar with DRAM settings does NOT make any changes for the sake of system stability Refer to the table below for the meaning of the individual DRAM items These controls the DRAM page miss and row miss lead of
7. LIntel P4 processor L1 1 good heatsink and fan assembly Step 1 The following figure shows the processor socket Note that the release lever on the right side of the socket is down and latched This position is used to lock the processor in place The lever must be raised to install the processor To do this first push the lever sideways to unlatch it then raise it all the way up approximately 90 degrees DA VEER o WM Step 2 The processor pin array at the top two corners is angled and has no pins in the corners Notice that at the top of the socket on the motherboard near where it says Socket 478 the corners also do not have positions for pins The processor must be positioned so the pins match up properly When you do that the corner of processor that is cut off will be positioned next to the release pivot It should take no force to install the processor this is a zero insertion force ZIF socket If it takes any force you are doing something wrong Check the pin alignment and also make sure the release lever is raised up completely After placing the CPU lower the release lever to lock the processor in place STER Neen UT Now with the processor properly installed you can proceed to install the heatsink It is important to note that If you have never installed a heatsink on an Intel PIII or Celeron processor before it may be difficult We recommend you do a dry run a few times before doing the final installati
8. function by using PROMISE PDC 20265R chipset gt m Only 4X AGP is acceptable 1 2 System Configurations Below is the 1845 chipset based system configuration Intel Pentium 4 processor LAN Connect AC 97 Modem CODEC optional AC 97 Modem CODEC optional Wwvuds 12d Wvuds 12d System Bus 3 26B s AGPAX 1 5V s AGP oS Brookdale go Graphics gt 2o MCH 106685 S 8 Bit Hub nterface 266MB s 4 USB 1 1 Ports 2 ATA100 IDE Channels PCI Bus ICH2 mmm SIO Flash BIOS 1 3 Notice of Hardware Installation Before hardware installation make sure you have checked the following things A Check the package If any of these items is missing or damaged contact the dealer from whom you purchase Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it In the package there are 7 Wh ae Ww LA w This motherboard w Manual Driver Installation CD ROM IDE ATA 66 100 Flat Cable Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable B Make sure power is off During hardware installation be sure that there 1s no power connected during this period C Avoid ESD Electrical Static Discharge While installing the main board wear a grounded wristband or ankle strap to avoid ESD Electrical
9. should have a sticker with jumper settings Make sure that you set these jumpers correct Please use the following advice as reference If you have only device connected to an IDE connector always set it as Master Ifyou have one HDD and CD ROM in your system then connect the HDD to IDE1 as Master and the CD ROM to IDE 2 as Master If you have one Harddisk and one CD ROM connected to the same IDE connector set the HDD to Master and the CD RAM to Slave LE EE dd IDE esesessseseeseseeess DED 22 2 5 6 Internal Audio Connectors Internal Audio Connectors are CD IN It is a CD ROM external audio input signal to line out speaker of the main board EH CD IN ooaa 29 Geo am RD 3550040440022588 23 2 5 7 WOLI1 Wake up on LAN Optional Wake up on LAN marked as WOL is a 3 pin connector To support this feature a network card is required for the system and network management software must be installed too WOL Wake up on LAN function require
10. ICH2 All these components are interconneted via and Intel proproetary interface called Hub Interface The Hub Interface is designed into the Intel 845 Chipset to provide efficient communication between components Additional hardware platform features include AGP 4x mode PC 133 System memory Ultra ATA 100 and Universal Serial Bus USB The platform is also ACPI compliant and supports Full on Suspend to Disk and Soft off power management states E Memory This motherboard comes equipped with three Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 PC133 compliant 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB DIMM modules up to 768MB W AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Allows only AGP 2 0 including 4X AGP VGA cards Mm PCI Expansion Slots With five 32 bit PCI Rev 2 2 expansion slots which can support Bus Master PCI cards such as LAN or Video grabber cards PCI supports up to 133MB s maximum throughput this motherboard is ready for the most demanding applications Mm CNR Slot A Communication Networking Riser C N R slot can be fitted with CNR MODEM or MODEM LAN 10 100M card W USB interface With support for up to 4 USB ports two on board this motherboard provides ample USB expansion room a IDE interface This motherboard comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four ATA66 33 devices on two channels Supports UDMA 66 UDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 amp 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mod
11. P4A845S INTEL 1845 Chipset S 478 ATX Form Factor Main Board User s Manual Ver 1 0 Copyright Copyright 2001 by this company No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrievable system or translated into any natural or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission This manual and the information contained here are protected by copyright All rights reserved Copyright 2001 All Rights Reserved Revision History Revision Date Release Notes 1 0 June 2001 First Official Release Warning and disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the Pentium 4 main board Every has effort have been made to make this manual as accurate as possible but no warranty or fitness is implied AII the information is provided on an as is basis The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this manual or from the use of the system board that accompanies it Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice The manufacturer of the system board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein nor for the incidental or consequential damages resulting from its furnishing performance functionality or use Subsequent changes to
12. S Setup pages Now the following menu will appear Selecting items To Select items use the following method M Use the arrow keys to move between items and select fields M Press enter to enter the selected submenu Submenus 33 All items that start with a are submenus Pressing enter when a submenu is selected will enter that submenu Modifying selected items The Up Down keys can be used to modify values within the selected fields Note that some fields also let you enter values directly Hot Keys Throughout the BIOS Setup Pages the hot keys will give you access to a group of commands Refer to the following table for the hot keys and their function Conmand Description Save amp Exit Setup Saves the changes made and reboots the system Quit Returns to the previous menu Help General Help Help Help for specific item Previous values Restores the previous values These are the values that the user started the current session with Optimized Defaults Loads all options with the Optimized Default values Save amp Exit Setup When you select the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option from the Main Menu all changes that you made will be saved to the CMOS memory and the setup utility will exit rebooting your system 34 Pressing Y and enter will save the changes pressing N and enter will keep the old settings Exit With
13. Static Discharge Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Component Locations 004090 BON Power Supply CPU Socket 478 CP FAN DIMM PW FAN1 FDD IDE Intel i845 FW82801BA BATTERY BIOS IDE RAID 0 1 OPTIONAL SY FANI CNR slot WOLI PCI slot Sound Codec AGP slot GAME PORT LINE IN LINE OUT MIC IN LPT COM USB PS 2 Mouse amp KIB 2 2 Layout Reference PS 2 Mouse amp K B IP2 P3 CP FANI ea Socket 478 s EWP 1 ms USB COMI INNIG IWNI ININIG I2d4 COM2 ee Intel i845 LINE OUT LINE IN JOMOd XIV g a a AGPI f js Sound Codec F m C PCII D a 1 PCI2 a d PCI3 ae 8 a Lr3d x a WoLie POIs i d PCI5 i optional USB2 RESET SUSLED SOFT PWR CNRI e f EED eeen JP7 SY EANI SPEAKER HDD_LED PWR LED 2 3 Jumper Setting There is no Hardward jumper setting when install CPU meanwhile user needs to set correct CPU clock ration under Freguency Voltage Control in the BIOS e g the ratio for 1 5G CPU is x15 20G CPU is x20 Please refer to page 58 2 3 1 JP2 JP7 USB Wake Up Function JP2 JP7 are 3 pin selector which provides USB wake up function Set 1 2 to disable and set 2 3 to enable USB wake u
14. assword by erasing the CMOS RAM The RAM data containing the password information is powered by the onboard button cell battery Please refer to the CMOS RAM section earlier in this chapter After clearing the CMOS memory hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Chapter 5 Appendix 5 1 Memory Map 61 Address range 00000 7FFFF 512K 80000 9FBFF 127K Extended conventional memory 9FC00 9FFFF K Extended BIOS data area if PS 2 mouse is installed A0000 C7FFF 160K Avarlable for hi DOS memory C8000 DFFFF Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000 EEFFF Available for UMB EF000 EFFFF 4K Video service routine for monochrome amp CGA adapter 5 2 VO Map 000 01F DMA controller master 020 021 Interrupt controller master 022 023 Chipset control registers I O ports 040 05F 5 3 Time amp DMA Channels Map Time map Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer channel 1 DRAM refresh reguest Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator 63 DMA channels DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP option DMA channel 2 floppy disk SMC chip DMA channel 3 onboard ECP default DMA channel 4 cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA channel 5 available DMA channel 6 available DMA channel 7 available 5 4 Interrupt Map NMI non maskable interrupt IRQ H W 0 system timer interrupt from timer 0 64 1 keyboard output
15. buffer full 2 cascade for IRO 8 15 3 serial port2 4 serial port1 5 parallel port 2 6 floppy disk SMC chip 7 parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 available 10 available 11 available 12 PS 2 mouse 13 math coprocessor 14 onboard hard disk IDE1 channel 15 onboard hard disk IDE2 channel S 5 RTC amp CMOS RAM Map RTC amp CMOS 00 seconds 01 seconds alarm 02 minutes 03 minutes alarm 65 04 hours 05 hours alarm 06 day of week 07 day of month 08 month 09 year Oa status register a Ob status register b Oc status register c Od status register d Oe diagnostic status byte Of shutdown byte 10 floppy disk drive type byte 12 hard disk type byte 13 reserve 14 equipment type 15 base memory low byte 16 base memory high byte 17 extension memory low byte 18 extension memory high byte 19 2d 2e 2f 30 Reserved for extension memory low byte 3 reserved for extension memory high byte 32 date century byte 33 information flag 34 3f reserve 40 7f reserved for chipset setting data 5 6 ISA VO Address Map VO A dress HEX I O device 000 OIF DMA Controller 1 8237A 5 020 03F Interrupt Controller 1 8259A 66 040 05F System Timer 8254 2 060 06F 8042 Keyboard Controller 070 07F 080 09F 0A0 OBF 0CO ODF OFO OFF IFO 1F8 200 207 20C 20D 21F 278 27F 2B0 2DF 2E 2E 283 2F8 2FF 300 31F 360 363 364 367 368 36B 36C 36F 378 37F 380
16. can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive Check if the controller is set correctly If no hard disk is installed Hard drive selection must be set to none 7 Keyboard error or no keyboard present This means the system can not initialize the keyboard Check if the keyboard is plugged well and be sure no keys are pressed during power on self test 8 Memory test fails There will be more information to specify the type and location of the memory error 9 Primary master hard disk fail The BIOS find an error in the primary master hard disk drive 10 Primary slave hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the primary slave hard disk drive 11 Secondary master hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave master hard disk drive 12 Secondary slave hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave IDE hard disk drive 70
17. creen for a DOS boot you will see the message Windows is bypassing all your startup files You end up at a DOS prompt W Now type cd FLASH to change to the newly created directory W Here type AWDFLASH mybios bin py cc sn cd where mybios bin is the file name for the BIOS binary file you want your BIOS to upgrade to Now the upgrading will begin WARNING Do NOT in any way disturb the system during upgrading If for any reason the system is stalled your system may not be able to boot again Mm After the upgrading has ended press F1 to reset press DEL to go into BIOS and make the following changes Load Setup Defaults 30 Go into the Freguency Voltage Control page to adjust your CPU speed and voltage please make sure the CPU voltage matches your CPU specs in case of doubts leave it to default Save your settings and you are done 4 2 TheCMOS memory The BIOS uses the CMOS memory to store all the settings that have been made through the BIOS Setup pages Battery The CMOS memory remembers all settings even when the system is switched off by use of a 3V Lithium battery If this battery runs low CMOS is unable to keep its settings and you will need to replace the battery The BIOS will give you an error message when it detects a low battery voltage The error message CMOS checksum error may also point to a low battery problem Restoring default settings You can load default values into the CMOS memory by sel
18. e 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as CD R RW DVD ROM CD ROM Tape Backup and LS 120 drives An IDE 3 4 RAID function is optional W Super Multi VO This functionality is integrated into the southbridge of the chipset It provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities W Infrared IrDA Connector This functionality is also integrated into the southbridge of the chipset The IrDA connector supports an optional IR remote control device for wireless interfacing with external peripherals personal gadgets or an optional remote controller E System BIOS This motherboard comes with a 2MB BIOS that provides CPU SDRAM frequency boot block write protection and HD SCSI CD Floppy boot selection DMI is also supported through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Special Function Over 300W P4 type power supply is needed meanwhile over 250W PIII type power supply is acceptable but not guaranteed for proper function B Provides CPU over clocking up to 133MHz by BIOS setting but not guaranteed for this function Vendor is not Responsible for any damage on CPU or main board due to the over clocking failure Jump cap to 2 3 of JP6 to reset BIOS if over clocking fails C Suspend to memory S3 mode is an optional function D AC 97 Sound Codec chip provides amplifier function E Optional IDE 0 1 RAID
19. ecting Load Optimized Defaults in the BIOS Setup If you need to force the CMOS settings to default without entering the BIOS Setup page you can use the JP6 jumper For the location of the jumper and the battery refer to the following picture o Eid l EEE 31 Normally JP6 will be in the 1 2 position this will connect the battery to the southbridge of the chipset which contains the CMOS memory If JP6 is temporarily set to 2 3 this will interrupt the battery electricity flow and the CMOS memory will be erased this will however only work if the power supply is not switched on Now at the next reboot the BIOS will automatically load the CMOS default values Take the following steps to clear CMOS memory E Take the power cord from the power supply B Temporarily set JP6 to 2 3 and set it back to 1 2 M Put the power cord back and restart the system the default values will be loaded CMOS Status JP6 Retain CMOS settings Clear CMOS Settings CMOS Wi E o EED 1 2 8 123 The following part of this chapter will describe the individual BIOS Setup pages and all the items that can be adjusted to fine tune your system 32 4 3 The BIOS Setup Pages To enter the BIOS Setup pages thke the following steps Startup the system After memory counting has finished press DEL to enter the BIO
20. f timing SDRAM precharge time by RAS 45 Precharge Time DARM Data Non ECC 3 Meaning System BIOS Enabled Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Enabled Disabled To define whether video BIOS area cacheable or not Memory Hole Some old devices need a memory hole to be present between 15M and 16M CPU Cycles matching the hole will be passed on to the PCI bus instead of accessing the memory Normally you can disable this setting but if one of your devices needs it set it to enabled Define whether system BIOS area cacheable or not EE ER Values Meaning Memory Hole Disabled There is no memory hole at 15M 16M Enabled A memory hole exists between 15 and 16MB Delay Transaction EET Values Meaning Delay Enabled Transaction Disabled AGPAperture Size MB Meaning 46 4 3 4 Integrated Peripherals Select the Integrated Peripherals option from the Main Menu and press Enter key ary PCIIDE Enabled Master PIO Enabled The screen is not as long on your monitor You can use the arrow keys to scroll up and down the page IDE Channel Settings The following table explains IDE channel settings and what they mean Values Meaning Onchip Enabled Enables the use of the first primary IDE channel Primary PCI EE EE IDE Disabled This will disable the use of the first primary IDE channel Onchip Enabled Enables the use of
21. function EE Values Meaning FDD COM Enabled LPT Port Disabled Wake Events Values Meaning PCI PIRQ Enabled A D t Disabled 4 3 6 PnP PCI Configurations Select the PnP PCI Configurations option from the Main Menu and press Enter key Reset Configuration Data Values Meaning This will not reset the system configuration data IRQs DMAs on reboot This will reset the configuration data Remember to enable this item every time you make a change to your system such as switching PCI cards etc The table will show the below items Reset Configuration Data IRQ 3 assigned to DMA 0 assigned to The user can adjust the shown items as required Resources The table will not show the above items and the system will automatically assign the above setup If you set the Resources Controlled by item to Auto ESCD the BIOS will manage all resources for you If you set it to manual to two items below will allow you to assign the resources manually This setting means the BIOS will assign the interrupt as needed This means that it is not fixed to a device If you need to make sure that a certain interrupt is assigned to an ISA device set that interrupt to legacy ISA This setting means the BIOS will assign the DM A Channel as needed it is not fixed to a device 56 x 0 1 3 5 6 7 Legacy ISA If you need to make sure
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23. his high quality motherboard we are confident that you will be able to use this motherboard to your full satisfaction This manual is divided into 6 main sections as described below Introduction The introduction contains information on the main specifications for this motherboard the package contents and cautionary notes Hardware Installation The Hardware Installation section is the most important in the manual It describes in detail how to set the motherboard up for operation Read all information and follow all steps especially if you are a new user Software Installation The software section describes the drivers that need be installed to make your OS operates properly The drivers are provided on the driver CD BIOS Setup Information on how to enter the BIOS setup and change settings is given here In addition all individual BIOS items are described Although some BIOS setting information is given in the hardware installation section where appropriate refer to the BIOS Setup Section for details Appendix Provides useful information Q amp A 1 1 Main Specifications Mm PCB board size and form factor 23 0cm x 30 5cm ATX type Mm PCB layer 4 layers W Supported CPUs Can support the latest 400MHz system bus Socket 478 Intel PA CPUs up to 2GHz W Inteli845 Chipset Called MCH The Intel i845 chipset consists of the following main components Intel Memory Controller Hub MCH and the Intel I O Controller Hub 2
24. l allow use of a floppy drive FDD Controller Disabled If you do not need a floppy drive set this item to disabled Meaning This will allow use of a onboard AC97 sound codec AC97 Setting Values Enabled AC97 Audio j Disabled If you do not need a onboard AC97 sound codec set this item to disabled 49 Enabled AC97 Modem Disabled Power On Function Turn on power by click and key Button Only Only push power on button Power On Keyboard 98 Click with muti media keyboard power on Function Password Power on after key in password Must key in password first Hot Key Mouse Lelt Power on by not key must set hot key first Power on when mouse left key click KB Power On Password Hot Key Ctrl F1 Power On Ctrl F12 Power on when mouse right key dick COM ports Serial Ports The bios will automatically use serial ports If you do not need the serial port in question set this item to disabled Set an IO address and an IRQ to be used by serial ports Allows use of the IR port in IrDA mode Allows use of the IR port in ASKIR mode Allows use of the IR port in SCR mode UR2 Duplex Half Select if your IR device supports Half duplex only Mode Full For IR devices that support full duplex Parallel Port Printer Port Disables use of the parallel port Select an IO Address and an IRQ to be used by the parallel
25. lAC97 Alc Win98 Setup exe For Windows2000 Path root V IntelAC97 Ale Win2000 Setup exe For WindowsNT Path root IntelAC97 Alc Winnt Setup exe E Ly m Win2000 3 4 amp E 28 Chapterd The BIOS The BIOS is a piece of software Basic Input Output System that performs most low level tasks When you start up your system the BIOS is the first code that gets to run The BIOS resides in a FLASH ROM and the code in the FLASH ROM can be updated through a special utility called AWDFLASH Award Flash This is generally not necessary but in some cases updating the BIOS is necessary to support new devices that were not on the market at the time the motherboard was released For the physical location of the BIOS FLASH ROM IC on your motherboard refer to the picture below a E a DH Ee The BIOS IC is inserted in an IC socket which means that it can be removed and exchanged for another IC if necessary Is updating my BIOS necessary As a general rule if your system is functioning properly and you are not an experienced user do not try to update the BIOS Only if you have specific problems that a BIOS update may solve may it be advisable to update the BIOS The update process is pretty complex and you should bear in mind that if updating the BIOS goes wrong yo
26. lar to the power off and then on again HDD LED Hard Disk activity LED connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to connect to front panel Hard Disk LED This LED will light up whenever one of your IDE devices is being accessed SUSLED PWR LED is a 3 pin connector It is used to connect to the LED on the case front panel The LED shows the status of the power SOFT PWR with a 2 pin Berg strip on case front panel indicates the current power status of system It is used to connect to the Power Button on the front panel of the case if there is 2 5 2 Back Panel Connectors There are PS 2 keyboard mouse USB COMI 2 LPTI MIC LINE IN LINE OUT and GAME Port on case back panel Please refer to more details as below COMI COM2 LINE OUT MIC IN LINE IN COMI COM2 The onboard serial port 1 and port 2 are the 9 pin D subminiature male connector COM1 and COM2 COMI and COM 2 can be disabled in BIOS setup Please refer to Chapter 3 Integrated Peripherals for more information PS2 Keyboard Mouse The Keyboard can be plugged in in only one way Please do nor force the connector in it may get damaged by use of excessive force It is easy to make the mistake of reversing the PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors If your keyboard does not work check thi
27. ment Power supply should be able to offer at least 1A current driving ability to the signal 5V trickle voltage 24 2 6 Memory This motherboard supports only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMS Two sockets are available for 3 3 Volt unbuttered SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory The sizes that are supported are 8 16 32 64 128 or 256 memory sizes between 64MB to 512MB can be formed this way Refer to the picture below for the position of the DIMM slots Memory speed is controlled through the BIOS on the Advanced Chipset Features Setup page you will find several items related to SDRAM speed Refer to the BIOS section for more details 25 WARNING DIMM modules that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard Due to signal integrity If the system CPU bus operates at 100MHz 133MHz use only PC100 PC133 compliant DIMMs System won t boot otherwise 2 6 1 Memory Installation The DIMM modules can be inserted in DIMM slots 1 to 2 Because of the two notches in the DIMM module it can be inserted in only one way Please refer to the picture below for information on how to insert the DIMM modules DIMM WARNING Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing memory modules or other system components Failure to do
28. o specify two separate passwords Supervisor password 59 M User password The function of the supervisor password depends on the setting for the Security Option item on the Advanced BIOS Features page If set to System the supervisor password must be given every time the system boots if set to setup the password must be given only when you want to enter the BIOS Setup The user password has the same functionality with the only difference that anybody logging in with the user password may only change the user password when entering the BIOS Setup page All other items in the BIOS Setup will be disabled unchangeable When both passwords are disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions Setting the password To set the Supervisor password select the Set Supervisor Password item in the main BIOS Setup Menu Now a dialog will pop up asking you to enter a password Now you can enter your password after entering the password the menu will pop up again and will ask you to reconfirm the password After entering and pressing enter the password will be stored to CMOS RAM and the password will be enabled Disabling the password To disable the password simply press enter without entering any other letters or numbers This will disable the password the BIOS will tell you by displaying the following dialog 60 Password Unknown If you forgot the password you can clear the p
29. on To allow you to do this read the following instructions Do not remove the film on the thermally conductive compound until you are ready to do the final installation WARNING Never run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly attached Step3 The picture below shows the bottom of the heatsink Notice the step in the heatsink surface this portion fits over the top of the socket where the legend Socket 478 is molded into the plastic The heatsink must be mounted with this step above the top of the socket or the heatsink will not be touching the processor properly The next picture shows the removal of the plastic film from the thermally conductive compound The thermal compound is a thin layer of material that increases the efficiency of the heatsink by filling microscopic surface voids in the processor or heatsink surface with a thermally conductive material Please do not remove the plastic film until you have practiced installing the heatsink and mounting the clips on the socket It can take a few tries to get used to doing this 13 The following picture shows a side view of the heatsink with the retaining clip at the bottom of the heatsink Make sure this retaining clip is at the bottom of the heatsink before trying to install it The following picture shows the non moveable end of the heatsink retaining clip installed on the lug at the bottom of the processor socket This end of the clip simply slides over the
30. our The system will never enter suspend mode Video Options The screen will be blank black only V H sync The vertical and horizontal sync pulses will be stopped and the blank screen will be blank DPMS If your monitor supports DPMS it can be switched off through support that Video Of In Yes Suspend No Suspend Type PwrOn Modem IRQ EET Values Meaning EEUE This disables the modem IRO IRQ Select an IRQ line that will be assigned to your modem here Choose from 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 Power Button Switches the system off immediately when pressing the power button This requires you to press the power button for at least 4 seconds before the system switches off Wake Events EE ges Values Meaning Wake Up By Enabled Allow the system to wake up on a PCI card IRG PCICard Disabled Will not allow the system to wake up on a IRQ form a PCI card Resume By Alarm EE Values Meaning 54 You can set the date and time on RTC real time clock alarm awaken a system which has been powered dowr Disabled this function Meaning You can set the date of month and timer hh mm ss any event occurring will awaken a system which has been powered down Values Meaning Primary Enabled Enabled monitor Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 for Green event Secondary IDE 0 1 Disablec FDD COM LPT Port Disabled this
31. out Saving Selecting Exit Without Saving will exit Setup without saving changes to CMOS Pressing Y and enter will Exit without saving pressing N and enter will not Exit 35 4 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup Select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the Main Menu and press Enter key This screen allows you to change the basic CMOS Settings such as date and time harddisk type etc After you have made the changes you need to make press ESC to return to the main menu 36 Date and Time Default Possible Settings Weekday month JType the current date Using the P Up P Dn keys to day year weekday uto changes toggle is possible hh mm ss Type the current time 24 hour clock for nat 15 15 00 3 15 00 IDE Devices When you select one of the IDE devices a submenu will pop up Refer to the picture below to Detection Press Enter This Menu is the same for all 4 IDE devices M Primary Master IDE 1 first device W Primary Slave IDE 1 second device M Secondary Master IDE 2 first device M Secondary Slave IDE 2 second device Values Meaning S Pressing Enter will make the BIOS auto detect the IDE device 37 This will use the setting set by the user No autc detection at start up will take place This setting means no device is present This will prevent the BIOS from looking for a device and speed up booting
32. p function JP2 JP7 USB Wake Up Function Selector Set 1 2 Normal 5V USB Set 2 3 Enabled USB Wake Up Function 2 3 2 JP3 Keyboard Wake Up Function JP3 is a 3 pin selector that provides keyboard wake up function Set 1 2 to disable and set 2 3 to enable keyboard wake up function Fa or Keyboard Wake Up IE p Function Selector Set 1 2 Normal default Set 2 3 Enabled keybaord Wake Up Function 11 2 4 CPU Installation The first step in the installation of your CPU is the insertion of the CPU into the 478 pins CPU socket Please follow the steps as outlined below carefully to avoid damage to the CPU Avoid Static Electricity The Intel P4 processors and your motherboard contain sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity We recommend that you leave the processor in its original packaging until you are ready to install it You should only touch the edges of the processor NEVER touch the processor pins to avoid static discharge First take a moment to inspect your CPU for obvious damage due to shipping or handling Be sure that no noticeable damage exists before proceeding You should have the following items O
33. ply FAN respectively For a the location of the FAN connectors refer to the following picture l Fan Signal GND 12V SENSE O a pE No jumper is needed for CPU installation But need to set CPU clock ration under Frequency Voltage Control in BIOS e g 1 5G is x15 1 7G is x17 2 5 Connectors There are many connectors on this main board Refer to the following pages for details 2 5 1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as SPEAKER RESET HDD LED SUSLED PWR LED SOFT PWR Please refer the details as below HDD LED PWR LED GLTISTISISI oer SISTI eg EF I ET SPEAKER RESET SUSLED SOFT PWR 16 SPEAKER is a 4 pin keyed Berg strip This speaker connector is for the internal case speaker This speaker will enable the BIOS to give spoken messages in case of boot up trouble The BIOS been codes also use this speaker For Games and Music this speaker will not be used but rather the back panel line out connector RESET connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip connected to the push button reset switch on the case front panel Shorting both pin 1 amp pin 2 can reset the system which is simi
34. s first The keyboard must be inserted into the lower connector The Mouse can be plugged in in only one way too Please do not force the connector in it may get damaged by use of excessive force LPT The onboard parallel port is a 25 pin female connector It supports standard printer port Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Extended Capabilities Port ECP Standard Parallel Port SPP USB USB Universal Serial Bus Connector Universal Serial Bus connector marked as USB is used to connect USB devices There are 2 USB connectors on this main board Midi Game Port amp External Audio Connectors Midi Game port has 15 pins connecting to the game joystick External Audio connectors are LINE OUT LINE IN MIC IN for audio functions 2 5 3 Power Supply Connector This main board needs P4 power supply which contains ATX AUX 1 amp AUX PWI 3 power connectors ATX power supply connector has 20 pins which is especially designed for ATX case AUX 1 power supply connector has 4 pins The ATX power supply supports the function of the Soft Power On Momentary switch which connects the front panel switch to the 2 pin SOFT PWR on the system board While the power switch on the back of ATX power is turned on the full power will not go into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Push the switch again to turn off the power to the system board ma A FHAUX_1 X Power
35. se esse se ees see EA RR AGR e nennen 44 4 3 4 Integrated Peripherals sesse sesse ese se see see see ee eee nennen 48 4 3 5 Power Management Setup ccecceccccsccescceccceeccescceeecees 53 4 3 6 PNP PCI Configuration SetUD sesse ese sesse ese see see see see see see nne 56 4 3 7 Freguency Voltage Control sssssessee see sees seek see RE ee RA ee Ge ee 58 4 3 8 Passwords Sefting ss sesse see see see se see see bee be GR ER EA nennen nnne 59 5 1 Memory Map iis ccscceccsessssvciccsescccssssesescsccescssssssssesscscceccssses 61 5 2 VO Maps EE RE EE EE en 62 5 3 Time amp DMA Channels Map sesse sesse see see sesse see se ee ee Ge ee 63 5 4 Interrupt Map esse eses ese coeets ene eee En Ee eoe se Eo eene ve oet ER Ee eo Ed 64 5 5 RTC amp CMOS RAM Map esse sesse esse sesse see see see se se see see se 65 5 6 ISA VO Address Map sissies so eise rh seese sen Ro Rede SE Ge EN GE 66 Chapter 6 ES GE EE EE EE EG 68 Important Warnings WARNING NEVER run the processor without the heatsink properlv and firmly attached This will damage the processor within SECONDS Also do NOT try to use Pentium Heatsinks these will NOT fit and do NOT provide adequate cooling WARNING Make sure your power supply can deliver the power your system needs We recommend AT LEAST a 250W power supply Even better get a 300W power supply especially when using many peripherals Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing t
36. so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 26 Chapter3 Software Install 3 1 Notice of CD Driver Installation This CD contains below drivers The user must read Index before installing required drivers Index offers all the information on all the drivers Som Baap5 6vab93a 6vab9 3am 6va594 Gvapm Ovmplel Gvmple2 fvplel AmAK7 Cm2 Ct5880 DA Flashrom 1810 I815e 1845 Intelinf IntelA C07 Inte K mkle Kvat Etapro Kx133 Pavas RtlB1 39h Vap2ffa VlA4in1 B O E E Ri E 3 H x CD driver is always updated with the latest version so the actual CD content may be somewhat different from the above picture 1 Main boards 5gxm 6aap5 6va693a 6va693am 6va694 6vapm 6vmpl 6vmplel 6vmple2 6vplel Amdk7 1810 I815e 1845 Intv K7mkle K7vat Ktapro Kx133 P4vas Vap266a please select 1845 directory for this main board 2 DXS Windows DirectX8 driver 27 3 Flashrom BIOS flash upgrade utility 3 2 How to Install Software Driver Installation Procedure 1 Setup 1 Install 845 INF Path root Intel inf Setup exe am am m o GE setupdir Win2000 Win98 Wing Xp datal pe a D A A A datal hdr data2 ikernel infupd layout bin E ZU omes Senp lt ii 2 Setup3 Install Sound Driver w m m m Ad1EEN Ad tees Ak200 Ymf752 For Windows95 Path root IntelAC97 Alc Win95 Setup exe For Windows98 Path root Inte
37. that a certain DMA channel is assigned to an ISA device set that channel to legacy ISA PCI VGA Palette Snoop Default setting This will allow the system to look at the palette the VGA uses to display Some applications speed up with this setting but it is mostly obsolete 4 3 7 PC Health Status Select the PC Health Status option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CPU Warning Temperature Disabled HemHelp 000 57 Temperature F 70 C 158 F Wales Meaning Shutdown Disabled Temperature 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F 4 3 8 Frequency Voltage Control Select the Frequency Voltage Control option from the Main Menu and press Enter key CPUClocktado XB tem ety 0000 58 CPU Clock Ratio Values Meaning Ratio Auto Detect PCI CIk If set to enabled the BIOS will detect the values for the PCI clock If disabled the BIOS will use the values set on his page and on the Advanced Chipset Features page CPU Clock Min 100 4 3 9 Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup The passwords are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you t
38. the secondary IDE channel Secondary Disabled This will disable the use of the secondary IDE channel The BIOS will assign a PIO mode to this device automatically when appropriate Select a PIO Mode here PIO mode 0 is slowest PIO mode 4 is fastest check your HDD to see what PIO mode it supports If your IDE device supports UDMA mode then it best to enable that mode since it is considerably faster than PIO mode Set to auto for auto detection The BIOS will automatically use Ultra DMA Mode if the IDE device supports it This will disable the use of Ultra DMA for this device Block mode allows faster transfer of data between the system and the HDD Most modern HDDs support it Block Mode is not used eS Values Meaning USB Enabled This will allow use of a USB drive Controller Disabled If you do not need a USB drive set this item to disabled This will allow use of a USB keybaord Support Disabled If you do not need a USB keyboard set this itera to disabled USB Mouse Enabled This will allow use of a USB mouse Support Disabled If you do not need a USB mouse set this item to disabled Display Initialization Values Meaning The BIOS will first search for a VGA adapter oa the PCI bus if one is found it will be used as primary display First The onboard AGP is first scanned Floppy Drive Saas Values Meaning Onboard Enabled This wil
39. this manual will be incorporated into the next edition We welcome any suggestion regarding this manual or our computer products Trademarks Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation PCI is a registered trademark of PCI Special Interest Groups AWARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ssssssseesseessee esse esse ee sees see esse 1 1 Main Specificati0nS sesse sees sesse see see see see eene eene ee ese see d 1 2 System Configurafi0n sesse see sesse see sesse ee see Ge SR see se Gee se se see 6 1 3 Notice of Hardware Installation ecce 7 Chapter 2 dnstallatioti iai iore eo n eh eee ao or Rene xoa Gie 8 2 1 Component Locations esse sesse ses dee ee se Ge RE ASe Re Re Re Re see ses ee 8 2 2 Layout Reference sesse sesse sees see ee RE AE Re ee ee ee ARE nnne 9 2 3 Jumper Setting esse sesse see ese ese ee ese e AE ENESES EEEE SSN 10 2 3 1 JP2 JP7 USB Wake Up Function eee 10 2 3 2 JP3 Keyboard Wake Up Function see see see se ee ese see 11 2 4 CPU Installation esse sees sesse sesse sesse es Re Re ee ee nnn nnn 12 2 4 1 CPU and System Coolin
40. u may render your system unbootable Therefore do not update unless you know what you are doing Finding the latest official BIOS revision 29 For the latest official BIOS revision please go to our website at www lucky star com tw On the support page you can find the latest BIOS files for our motherboards 4 1 Updating the BIOS As said this procedure is complicated only update your BIOS when you experience problems with your system Because each BIOS release completely overwrites the previous version and there is no need to update to intermediate BIOS releases when updating the BIOS Therefore always use the latest BIOS revision when doing a BIOS update The BIOS update procedure is as follows M In order to flash update the BIOS you will need 2 files The BIOS binary file bin file from the website AWDFLASH EXE utility file This utility can be downloaded from our website M Create a directory on your C harddisk drive and name it FLASH W Put the BIOS bin file and the AWDFLASH utility in the FLASH directory You may want to jot the BIOS bin file name down on a piece of paper M Restart the computer press DEL to go into the BIOS then please disable the following System BIOS Cacheable in Advanced Chipset Features Video BIOS Shadow in Advanced BIOS Features Save the changes by selecting save and exit and restart the computer M Press Ctrl F5 just before Windows is starting up right after the second BIOS s
41. up Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key MEE EE N EE The screen is not as long on your monitor You can use the arrow keys to scroll down and up the page The following explains all individual items and their meaning Virus protection EE RE Values Meaning The BIOS will give a beep and a warning whenever an attempt Virus Warning is made to write to the boot sector of the HDD CPU Cache settings The BIOS will allow write attempts to the boot sector Loo Values Meaning CPULI amp Disabled L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test The BIOS will execute test routines that test most parts of the motherboard during boot up The BIOS will skip the tests speeding up the boot process Errors will on the other hand not be detected This will swap floppy A and B Most systems not even have 2 floppy drives so this item is irrelevant Floppy A and B are not swapped 41 The BIOS will test whether the floppy has 40 or 80 tracks during boot up All new floppy drives are 80 tracks The BIOS will not test the amount of tracks Boot Devices The first to third boot device items allow you to select what device the system should boot from If the BIOS fails to boot from the first boot device it will attempt to boot from the second boot device if that fails too the third boot device is tried If you set the boot other de
42. vice item to enabled the BIOS will try to boot from other devices if the first to third choices all fail If you set this item to disabled the BIOS will not boot if the first to third devices all fail to boot The system attempt to boot from diskette first boot device default The system will attempt to boot from an attached LS 120 drive Third boot device default The system will attempt to boot from the first HDD Second boot device default The system will attempt to boot from the first device attached to First Third the first SCSI interface boot device The system will attempt to boot from the first CD ROM found The system will attempt to boot from the second HDD The system will attempt to boot from the third HDD The system will attempt to boot from the fourth HDD The system will attempt to boot from an attached ZIP 100 drive The system will attempt to boot over the network You will require a LAN card with boot BIOS for this option to function This disables booting from this device Keyboard Typematic Rate and Delay Settings If you set the typematic rate setting item to disabled the system will use the defaults of 6 and 250 for the rate and delay items If you set it to enabled you can select the values yourself Refer to the table below 42 This value sets the amount of time a character is repeated per second if it is kept down on the keyboard Choose from the following values
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