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1. Wireless Audio Channel Selection J3 optimal E MOJO pii close Channel 0 AUDIO DJ Connector JAUDIO_DJ1 mn asgwm pin sane eeng y wenn 2 suo soc a ws a mer Cs nd gt Back Panel Comnectors Line In Surround Speaker Out Mic In Bass amp Center Keyboard USB JCOM1 JCOM2 JRJ45USB1 JAUDIO 1 J1394USB1 15 StudioFun Introduction StudioFun is a media player basedon optimized GNU Linux distribution It plays DVD VCD MP3 Audio CD andvarious other known file formats You can take snapshots of video and customize the sar ed images as screensav ers Y ou can also store the images on USB mass storage devices like flash disks and USB floppy disks Hardware Requirements The supported hardware list of StudioFun grows up every day So please check the hwreq txt located in the root of SudioFun Installaion CD to get the most updated inf omation Installation Procedure Insert the StudioFun Installation CD in a CD DVD ROM drive and let the system boot through the CD The disk will boot and bring up the grub bod loader installation menu Two options are specified c M4 Eh Mp Per resti im Ingles n Emaer 16 Installation This option will do the basic installation of the distribution The installation works on pre installed windows or GNU Linux distribution On seleding the installation optionthe installer boots and displays a dialog box indicating the sp
2. IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Change the day month IDE Secondary Master year and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Bb Fest Ge CA Drive B Hone Video EGA UGA Halt On All But Keyboard ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Main Menu Selec tions This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the menu sub menu of detailed options 360K 5 25 in Select the type of floppy Drive A 1 2M 5 25 in disk drive installed in your system 720K 3 5 in Drive B 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Video EGA VGA Select the default video CGA 40 device CGA 80 MONO P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select
3. MPEG Video mp v m2v R BD CK 22 g MPEG Audio mp2 mp3 h WAV wav Video Codecs i MPEG 1 2 j MPEG 4 aka OpenDivX k MSMPEG 4 a Chapter 5 Software Details 10 l Windows Media Video 7 m Motion JPEG Remote Control support a Infrared interface b User friendly Usage of S tudioFun with CelomaChrome skin a b C d l Select VCD button toplay a VCD disc Select DVD button toplay a DVD disc Select CDDA button to play a Audio cd Select next chapter orM RL gt gt l button to play next track in Audio CD VCD and MP3 songs and to play next chapter in DVD Select previous chapter or MRL I lt lt buttonto play previous track in Audio CD VCD and MP3 songs and to play previous chapter in DVD Select slow motion lt lt button to play the video audio in slow motion Select play button after reaching the required position Select fast motion gt gt buttonto play the video audio in fast motion Select play button after reachingthe required position Select subs button to select the appropriate subtitle Usable while playing Select audio button to select the appropriate audio track For example when The DVD contains one audio track in En glish and the other with some other language Usable while playing DVD s j Select hide button to hide the control panel of the play er 23 m k Select menu button to use menu s while playing DVD l Select control button
4. Keyboard 98 KB Power on Possword Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password HOT Key power ON Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password The Choices Ctrl F1 default Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 18 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 3F8 IRQ4 default Disabled Auto 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 2F8 IRQ3 default Disabled Auto 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal default ASKIR IrDA SCR UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value reguired by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Onboard Parallel Port
5. ACPI Suspend Type S1 P0 Menu Level Power Management User Define Video Off Method DPHS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft 0ff by PUR BTTH Instant 0ff Intruder Detection Disabled Wake Up by PCI card Disabled Power Dn by Ring Disabled Resume by larm Disabled tl gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F4 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 8 S3 POS STR Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Choosing Enabled will make BIOS run VGA BIOS to initialize the VGA card when system wakes up from S3 state The system time is shortened if you disable the function but system will need AGP driver to initialize the card So if the AGP driver of the VGA card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after S3 The Choices Auto default Yes No 21 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following m
6. ECC DIMMs the default is ECC 15 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals m Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals rdb lU Integrated Peripher Awa etup Uti y als gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter gt Onboard Device Press Enter gt Superl0 Device Press Enter t1l Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Onboard IDE Device Press Enter to configure the onboard IDE Controllers IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector where the drive can support The Choices Enabled default Disabled IDE DMA transfer access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access The Choices Enabled default Disabled On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable or disable the primary secondary IDE Channel The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 16 P4TCA Pro
7. Enter av olume name press enter select the strip size 128KB is the default press enter press enter again then press Y to confirm Once this is done exit the Option ROM userinterface 3 Begin Windows XP Setup by bootingfrom the installation CD 4 At the beginning of Windows XP Setup press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driv er When prompted insert afloppy disk containing the Intel RAID driver After reading thefloppy disk the Intel 82801ER SATA RAID Controller will be presented select this driver to install 5 Finish theWindows XP installation and install all necessary driv ers 6 Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 3 0 software via the CD ROM included wth your motherboard or after downloading itfrom the Internet This will add the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 3 0 user interface utility that can be used tomanagethe RAID conf iguration Installing Wireless LAN Card 1 Align the wireless LAN on the slot so that the wireless LAN card maches in the sld Be sure to face the wireless LAN card wth its components towards the inner part d the motherboard as it shows on the following picture y 2 Insertthe wireless LAN card v etically and firmly into the slot so the wireless card is properly seated 3 Screwthe brackets 4 Insertthe wireless LAN antenna by turningit clockwise Jumpers Headers Connectors Slots Floppy Disk Comector
8. Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Disabled Normal POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Fast default Lets chipset control Gate A20 Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard 10 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured The Choices Disabled default Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC Mode Selecting Enabled
9. Supports up to four DDR DIMMs two DIMMs per channel single sided and or double sides M DIMMs must be populated in identical pairs for dual channel operdion For more dualchannel operation information please log on www biostar com tw E Supports DDR 333 or DDR 400 unregistered ECC or non ECC DDR DIMMS DRAM Access Time 2 5V Unbuffered Registered DDR SDRAM PC 1600 PC2100 Ty pe required DRAM Ty pe 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB DIMM Module 184 pin Total Memory Size with Unbuffered Registered DIMMs DIMM Socket DDR Module Location 64MB 128 MB 256MB 5 I2MB 1 GB DDRA2 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDRB1 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 DDRB2 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 1 Only br reference Installing DDR Module 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the puit retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on yn k the sld such that the notch on the DIMM x J matches the break on the slot d 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and fimly into the sld until the retainingchip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated Serial Raid Setting Up a RAID 0 System The following steps leady outo build aRAID 0 system 1 Enter System BIOS Setup ensure tha Intel RAD Technology is enabled When done exit Setup 2 Upon re boot y ou wil see the Intel RAID BIOS status message on the screen press CTRL to enter the Irtel amp RAID Option ROM user interface Withinthis UI select option 1 Create RAID Volume
10. This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O Address The Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 1RQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP SPP defaul Usin g parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Usin g parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Usin g parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using parallel port as ECP amp EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 19 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Power After Power Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power fail or interrupts occurs off Leaves the computer in the power off state on Reboots the computer Former Sts Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs The Choices off default on Former Sts Game Port Address Game Port 1 O Address The Choices 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address The Choices 330 default 300 Disabled Midi Port IRO This determines the IRO in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 10 default 5 20 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize ener gy conservation and power up power down features m Figure 6 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup
11. above situation you should disable this option Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function 26 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status m Figure 8 PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled CPU FAN Control by Always OH SYS FAN Control by Always ON Menu Level Show H W Monitor in POST Enabled t4 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices 60 C 140 C 65 C 149 F Disabled default CPU FAN Control by The Choice smart can make your CPU FAN to reduce noice The Choices Always On default smart SYS FANControl by The Choice smart can make your System FAN to reduce noice The Choices Always On default smart CPU Vcore AGP Voltage 3 3 V S 0V 12 V 12 V VBAT V SVSB V Detect the system s voltage status automatically 27 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature Current CPU FAN Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN speed Current SYS FAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan Show H W Monitorin POST If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several d
12. our system 12 5V 5VS B Selection for USB JUS BV1 JUS BV3 A JUSBV1 JUSBV3 4 Assignment Description 1 eco Pin 5V for JUSB1 2 3 1 2 close 1 3 bin ADM SB 5V standby to power on JUSB1 2 2 3 close Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 JCMOS1 1 eco Pin 1 2 Close Norma Operation default ei 0 Pin 2 3 Close Clear CMOS Data lt Clear CMOS Procedures 1 Remove AC power line 2 Make JCMOS1 2 3 closed 3 Wait for fv eseconds 4 Make JCMOS1 1 2 closed 5 LetAC power on 6 Resety our desired password or clear the CMOS data Case Open Connector JCL1 el meme eo Serial ATA Connector JS ATA1 JS ATA2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Saunt Lo ae mwn 13 Game Header JGAM E1 Pin Pin Euler pup w Ek GP6 GP4 L ei b7 wsom 8 oam 9 ars j m cod af gem Je sema vs wpmp a cs O 5 Nc we v CD ROM Audio In Header JCDIN1 Pin Assignment 1 teftchammelimput_ Ground E 3 Dom JCDIN1 4 Right Channel Input Front Panel Audio Header JAUDIO 1 2 oo OOD IA 1 83GGOoO 13 JAUDIO1 Assignment S Mei 2 com McPowr a AuloPowe 6 Ben Reseved 8 Key 14 Pin BS 5 RArtineow WE UIF en EH Digital Audio Connector JSPDIF_OUT1 Pin Assignment es 5V 2 SPDIF_OUT JSPDIE OUT 3 Ground
13. 394A ports E Supports 4USB2 0 ports Dimensions E ATX FormFactor 24 4 X30 4am W X L B BIOS amp Software BIOS Award legal Bios Supports APM1 2 Supports ACPI Supports USB Function Software Supports Warpspeeder 9th Touch FLASHER Watchdog WinFlasherTM StudioFun TM Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP SCOUNIX etc Package contents HDD Round CableX 2 FDD Round Cable X 1 User s Manual X1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 StudioFun Application CD X1 USB 2 0 Cable X 1 optional S PDIF Cable X 1 optional Rear VO Panelfor ATX Case X 1 optional Serial ATA Cable optional Layout of P4TCA Pro Hm k wai z x Mario rary m oe E IA Wr r1 D e E E x a E a a wewwt i P amem er Lel T AE nar a mer ink X NOTE Qrepres ents the first pin Component Index D IEIRL A E LL 4 1 1 1 Back Pand Comectas JCDIN1 CD Rom Audo InHeader J3 Wrdess Audo ChanrelSdecion op ond JWOL1 Wake On LAN Header JUSB2 FrontUSB Header JUSB3 FrontUSB Header JGAME1 Game Header JPANEL FrontParelConrector SATA1 2 Said ATA Connector JCMOS Clear MOS Jumper DDRA1 2 D DRDIMM Modles D E 2 Had DiskConrectas JCFAN 1 CPU FanConnedar A1 JATXPWR 1 2 ATX PowerComector C1 JKBV1 5V 5VSB Sdedionfa Kb Ms lt sceooogE gt omopr bs ei 0 Uz GC mm OD D gu Po EE H k c JAUDIOt Front Aud cHea
14. BIOS Setup will increased performance progressively In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Model Mode2 Mode3 Mo de4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled SATA Mode This item allows you to choose the serial ATA mode The Choices IDE default Raid On C hip Serial ATA This item allows you to choose the On Chip Serial AT A Disabled disabled SATA controller Auto auto arrange by Bios Combined Mode PATA and SATA are combined max of 2 IDE drivers in each channel Enhanced Mode enable both SATA and PATA max of 6 IDE drivers is supported SATA Only SATA is operated in legacy mode The Choices Auto default Disabled Combined Mode Enhanced Mode SATA Only Serial ATA Port0 Mode The Choices Primary Master default Serial ATA Portl Mode The Choices Primary Master default Onboard Device Press Enter to configure the onboard Device USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices E
15. BIOS supports Version 1 03 of the EPA Green PC specification APM Support These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 amp 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management APM specification Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt SMI Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported This AWARD BIOS can manage power to the hard disk drives and video monitors ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1 0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification ACPI It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification developed by Microsoft Intel and Toshiba P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 1 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect local bus specification DRAM Support DDR DRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM are supported Supported CPUs This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel Pentium 4 CPU Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the lt P gUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move
16. E Supports RAID Level 0 RAID Level 1 RAID 0 1 Level and JBCD E Complies with Scatter Gather Bus Master DMA Mechanism E Dual Chamel Master Mode PCI supporting four enhanced IDE devices E Complies with ATA ATAPI7 Giga LAN E Chip Intel82547El E Full duplex Gigabit Bhernet perfomance E Supports Communication Streaming Architecture Interface C SA Theoretical bandwidth of 266Mbytes sec Direct connect tothe MCH of Intel amp 865 and875 chipsets CSA is useable toboth sytem andthe OS Wireless LAN Air Link E Chip RTL8180 E Full compliance with IEEE802 11 and IEEE802 11b specifications E Supports Advanced Configuration Power management Interf ace ACPI and PCI power management system for modern operating systems I Supports remote wake up inboth ACH and APM env ironments E Keeps network maintenancecosts low and eliminates usage barriers E Uses one RF cardf or Wireless LAN On Board AC 97 Sound Codec Chip CMI9739A 9760 E Compliant wth AC 97specificaion E AC97 2 2 23 interface E Supports 6channels ug Audio optional Supports 2channels On Board Peripherals a Rearside E Supports 2serial ports E Supports 1parallel port SPP EPP ECP mode 2 E Supports Audio ports in vertical E Supports 1RJ 45 LAN jack E Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2keyboad E Supports 4USB2 0 ports b FrontSide E Supports 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44Mand 2 88Mbytes E Supports 21EEE1
17. EN ENEE EEN ELLEN nennen nenne nennen nena 4 Component Index sese sese ees REENEN senenn eenn neee ELE REN RE enen 5 How to set up JUMP 5 Yas rez Kv xS racs dO 29 aY e YES XC y VE none rey ALL nenne nenne nennen 6 CPU InstallatiON oomoocononnonnnnononoononcnnoncnnoncn non nn no ennenen 6 DDR DIMM Modules DDRA1 2 DDRB12 eee 7 Installing DDR Mod ule sssss ss es sese evere serene eenn eer 8 Seri l Raids irinen rM 8 Installing Wireless LAN Card essere nemen 9 Jumpers Headers Connectors amp Slots eue 10 Introduction crece D chested crum roug ria 16 Hardware Requirements esseeseeeeeeeeeeee nennen nene nnn nennen nnn 16 Installation Procedur amp cional ia 16 Booting to Studio FUN oococonnoncnconcncomnnoncncononenncncaneneanen none ALLAD nenne nennen 18 M dia cont diccionarios 19 Contiol TT ia aaa aaa bid 20 Software Detailer ue eteheee Gelee arse c REN Va a A h EE Ee 22 Select s LU TTT 24 EE VT EE 25 Display SettidgS ocomoconcoccnnnenconcncamnnonencanennnncncaneneanen none nene AE Y NE nennen 26 AE AAA 27 Introduction EE Ne EE ynad 29 System R g rement EE 29 OS atl OM Me 30 A TT 31 TROUBLE S HOOTINQG sss sss ses cesse dnn GOWN O YNA eee OD Englis h P4 TCA Pro Features A Hardware CPU E Provides Socket 478 E Supp
18. FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that suppots 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the providedfloppy drive ribbon cables Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The IDE connectors can connect a master and aslave drive so you can connect up tof our hard disk drives The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots PCI1 5 This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits Accelerated Graphics Port Slot AGPI Y our monitor will attach direa ly to thatv ideo card This motherboard supports video cards f or PCI slots but it is a amp o equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP An AGP card will take adv artage of AGP technology for improved v ideo dficiency and perf ormance especially with 3D graphics Communication Network Riser Slot CNR1 The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interf ace which supports modem only Serial ATA Connector JS ATAI JS ATA2 The motherboard has a PClto SATA Cortroller with 2 chann
19. P4TCA Pro FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has beentested and found to comply with the limits ofa Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 ofthe FCC Rules T hese limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here of and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents here of without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendors approval in writing The content of this user s manual is subject to be changed without notice and we vill not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Content PATCAPro Feenres ococcoconcomoncnnoncnconnnencanonennenen none HERE nene ne naar REENEN 1 Package Content sranna aaa orori ra ak ea nene nennen nennen nnn 3 Layoutof P4TCA Pro NENN
20. ace required and waits for a confirmation Seleding Ok will continue the irstallation while selecting Cancel willterminatethe installation and rebootthe machine If Windows or GNU Linux isthe only OS installed on the hard disk with nofree space it will resize the partition either NTFS or FAT32 orext2 and install StudioFun In casethe hard disk has a 128MB of free space available the installation will use thefree space After installing the base system y ou will be prompted to select the resolution from the following choices 1 1024x768 recam mended 2 800x600 3 640x480 Select the desired resolution The default is 1024x768f or high end graphics Next y ou will be prompted to choose the DVD area region selection code Choose this based onthe ty peof DVDsy ou will be playing The installation procedure will then probe forthe ty pe of mouse installed The distribution currently supports PS 2 USB and Serial mice In case of serial mouse you wil have to mov e themouse when prompted The other two are probed and installed automdically The installation procedure will now finish the CD is ejected and a dialog box prompting to reboot the machine is display ed Press OK button and enjoy StudioFun 3 1 1 Error Messages 1 Media corrupted Please check the media The CD ROM is corrupted 2 Extradion of base system failed Please ty again laer The CD ROM is corrupted 3 Unsupported hardware found Aborting If you try to install Su
21. ations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Upgrade BIOS Quit Menu in BIOS toe z Select Item Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CM OS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Input Output features Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features PnP PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain Plug and Play and PCI options PC Health Sta tus This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequency Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factory settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set Load Optimized Defaults V N N Set Supervisor Pas
22. creensav er comes with various screensaver Chbg This screensaver displays the images stored in StudioFun the time gap between images is 5 seconds Hy perball Hy percube Halo Strange A snapshot of the application is shown below File Help Display Modes Description Mode Random Screen Saver i Hypercube r r r Hyperbal r r Strange 4 aj Blank After E gt minutes Cycle After 1 12 minutes meen Display Settings Display Settings Display setting is a program to change the current resolution settings of the Display By defaut user of StudioF un will be given a choice to select between any of the following 26 three resolutions 640x480 800x600 1024x768 The current resolution of the Display will be selected by default It requires restart of the StudioF un to reflect the changes made File Manager Overview File manger is an utility to copy files from def erent devices to hard disk andv ice versa User cancopy files from devices such as floppy cdram andflashdisk to hard disk And also f rom hard disk to floppy and flashdisk About File manager The hard disk files are stored in a directory called studiof un on the hard disk Y ou can also deletefiles from hard disk but you cannot deletef iles from any device Select device Contains the device names floppy cdrom and f leshdisk Select a devicefrom to whichy ou wantto copy files Please double click he device o
23. d Chipset Features 13 5 Integrated Peripherals taa oti i gad WYR 16 6 Power Management Setup esses eene enne enne nnne 21 T PnP PCI Configurations ine Por Ht deer od 25 8 PC Health Status ee ec tnit rette tee teat e P e e 27 9 Frequency Control iiie riter Sinica ir e eet e 29 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award M Setup program built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is tumed off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Pentium 4 processor input output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports Adding important has customized the Award BIOSTM but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write is supported EPA Green PC Support This AWARD
24. de PC 11 5 Peripherd Component Ini connect Sots CNR1 Communicaim NetwarkHse Sat JSPDIF OUT t Digitd Audo Comectar JUSBV3 4 5V 5VSBSdectionfa JUSB23 J1394A1 Frort 1304AHeader JSF AN 1 System FanHeader RAID 1 2 Rad Connetor JCL1 Case OpenC omector JAUDIO DJ1 Audo DJ Cannecta DDRB1 2DDR DMMModues FDD1 HoppyDiskComectar AGP1 Acceder ded Graphics PoriSot JUSBV2 5V 5VSB Selection tr USB JUSBV1 5V 5VSB Sdection tr USB Ho w to set up Jumper The illustration shows howto set up jumpers When the Jumper cap is placed onpins the jumper is close IF no jumper cap is placed on the pins the jumper is open The illustration shows a 3 pin jumper whose pin1and 2 are close when jumper cap is placed on these2 pins Jumper open Jumper close Pin1 2 close CPU Installation Step1 Pull the lever sideway s away from thesocket and then raise the le er up to a 90 degree angle Step2 Lookf or thewhite dot cut edge The white dot cut edge should point wardsthe lever piv ot The CPU willfit only inthe correct orientdion Step3 Hold the CPU downfimly and then close the lever to complete the installaion Step4 Put the CPU Fan onthe CPU and buckle it Connectthe CPU fan power cable tothe JCFAN1 This completes the installation CPU Fan Headers JCFAN1 Pin Assignment Dai Brand O AA a FANRPMSene S ystem Fan Headers JSFAN1 FAN RPM Sense DDR DIMM Modules DDRA1 2 DDRBI 2 E
25. dioFun on an unsupported andundocumented hardware the abov eerror message is popped 4 No device found This error message is given if there is no hard disk in the system 17 Recovery In case d a MBR corruption this option should be used It will automatically probethe hard disk master boot record and find ou the installed operating system s On success it will re install the boot loader with corred options in the MBR Any custom boot loader option specifiedfrom other GNU Linux installations will get over written by the newly probed one Booting to StudioFun After Installation is over remove theCD fromthe CD ROM and restart the machine After the machine reboots you will gd the GRUB bod loader menu screen Select the StudioFun optionto boot tothe StudioFun partition GRUB vn m E 639K louer 228288K De 2 p AR PT eg CT lem le ln IK Stud ioFunt Use the f and 1 Press enter to c nmands before before booting bf E d After complete boot up you get to the main Desktop screen The f ollowing section is 18 a complete description of the Desktop application Desktop This is the main shell of the StudioFun software It basically canprises of two cdegories one is the main media control partand the dher is the control panel Media control The media control part of the Desktop has thef ollowing controls 1 VCD This control will glow whenev er a VCD is detected in aDVD CD ROM dr
26. e DVD CD ROM drive 6 EJECT MEDIA This control when clicked will eject any MP3 or File CDs from any of the DVD CDROM driv es In case there were no MP3 or File CDs it will eject the def aut medium i e the CD ROM drive in case if the user has both DVD CD ROM dive or else it will eject the def ault DVD CD ROM drive 7 EXIT This is the Power on off control of the Desktop StudioF un shell Control Panel Control panel part has five icons which areshortcuts to other applications present in the StudioFun software Tool tips are provided on the icons when the mouse is rolled over them 20 1 Select Region Clicking this icon will invoke the application for seledion DVD region settings Refer to section 5 2 Select DVD Region application for more details 2 Screensaver Clicking this icon will invoke the screensaver application Refer to section 5 3 Screensaver for more details 3 Display Settings Clicking this icon will invoke the application for changing the screen resolutions Ref er to section 5 4 Display Settingsf or more detaib 4 File Manager Clicking this icon will inv oke the file manager Ref er tosection 5 6 File manager for more details When user has aDVD and a CD ROM Drive If user has both DVD and aCD ROM drive DVD drive will be given the preference when both the drives hold valid media in them i e if the CD ROM dri e has amedia and a DVD drive also has a media andthe StudioF un is started then t
27. e have been idlefor a period and then runs a graphics demo chosen at random The demo isterminated as soon as there is any mouse or keyboard activity The xscreensav er demo program is the graphical user interf aceto xscreensaver lt lets y outunethe v arious parameters used by thexscreensaver daemon and browsethrough the graphics demos StudioFun comes with xscreensaver when you click on the screensaver icon the application comes up Then user can choosev arious graphics demos like chbg halo hypercube or hyperball S creensaver comes with various options Preview Option When a user selects a particular graphics demo and clicks on preview button the demo comes up Blank After Option The screensaver will blank the screen after the keyboard and mouse hav e been idle d aul timeis 1minue and user can change the settings Cycle After Option Whenscreensa er is running this cycle time defines the time limitf or each screensaver Mode Screensaver comes with v arious modes 1 Randan Screen Saver When user chooses this ogion Screensav ercycles through various graphics demos randomly 25 2 Only one Screen Saver When user chooses this ogion screensaver displays only one graphics demo 3 Blank Screen Only When user chooses this option screenswer only blanks the screen instead d displaying the graphics demo 4 Disable Screen Saver When userchoosesthis option screensaver is disabled Various Graphics Demos XS
28. elay time to select you want The Choices Enabled default Disabled 28 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control m Figure 9 Frequency Control Gn 1 fwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility EEN Freguency Uoltage Control CPU Voltage Default DIMM Voltage 2 50 Menu Level gt Huta Detect PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU Clock 100 tl gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio The Choices 8 X default 9X 10X 11X 12X 13X 14 X 15X 16X 17X 18X 19X 20 X 21 X 22 X 23 X CPU Voltage This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Regulator The Choices 2 5V default 1 7 43 4596 5 1 DIMM Voltage This item allows you to select DDR Voltage Regulator The Choices 2 5V Default 2 6V 2 7V 2 8V Auto Detect PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Clock and CPU over clocking 29 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup A If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMSI 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults settin g Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and Power button sim
29. els STAT interf ace it satisfy theSATA 1 0 spec and can transf er data with 1 5GHz speed IDE Raid Connector RAID1 2 This connector supports RADO or RAD1 or RAID 0 1 configuration through the onboard Parallel ATA VT6410 controller chip You can use the IDE feature to set up a disk array configuration and to support additional IDE devices Howev er it can only support master mode IDE HDD 10 Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 I 2 C eooooocooo m SPK HLED RST mmm a 45V Speaker Sleep Control Sleep 3 Na Connector 4 Gem 5 N 6 mw 8 Power LED POWER 9 HoDLED HardDrve 10 Power LED LED m HDDLED LED Ground Reset Power Button Power on HAM pl ww o ie v mA 20 KY IDA 9 na pai sv Connector 22 Gound Comector Front USB Header JUSB2 3 Assignment 2 o a evre 55000 5V fused Leooo 3 HE 7s USP 9 JUSB2 3 Wake On LAN Header JWO Ll Pin Assignment 1 800 i Sy S pap Ground 3 waep 11 Power Connectors JATXP WER1 JATXP WR2 1 11 meua Eu SB 2 3 3V 12V Ground PS_ON Ground Ground sore zk alulo A o ap Ground 5V 5VS BSelection for KB JKBV1 JKBvI__ Assignment Description eso o eco as 5V forkey board and mouse Pin 1 2 close 1 3 5V_SB 5V standby for key board and mouse to Pin 2 3 close power on y
30. enables ACPI device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer The Choices 1 4 default 1 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Small Logo EP A Show This item allows you to enable disable display the small EPA logo The Choices Disabled default Enabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing The choices Enabled Disabled default 11 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disablin g this option reduces the time it tak
31. ency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices 1 5 2 2 5 default 3 Active to Precharge Delay This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge delay The Choices 8 default 7 6 5 13 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup DRAM RAS to CAS Dela y This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices 4 default 3 2 DRAM R ASR Precharge If an insufficient number of cycle is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices 4 default 3 2 Memory Freguency For This item allows you to select the Memory Freguency The Choices Auto default DDR266 DDR300 DDR400 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resultin g a better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled default Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting a better system pe
32. es to boot up The Choices Disabled Enabled default 12 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM h also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly m Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Phoenix AwardBI0S CHOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable CAS Latency Time Active to Precharge Delay DRAM RAS to CAS Delay DRAM RAS Precharge Memory Frequency For System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M 16M Delay Prior to Thermal AGP Aperture Size CMB Init Display First Memory Parity Check By SPD 2 8 4 4 Auto Enabled Disabled Disabled 16 Min 128 AGP Enabled Menu Level LI ti Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue F5 Previous Values DRAM Timing Selecta ble ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choices By SPD default Manual CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS lat
33. he media inside the DVD drive will be play ed If in case the media in CD ROM takes a longer time to get recognized than the media inside the DVD drive the media in the CD ROM will be played once ff itis recognized Other general user scenarios When a user clicks on any of the media controls when it is not glowing except eject media and exit the media play er will just come up and wait for user input NO DUPLICATE NSTANCE OF ANY APPLCATION WILL BEALLOWED TO RUN 21 Software Details XINE XINE is amultimedia play er It plays back Audio CD DVD and VCD It also decodes multimedia files like AVI MOV WMV and MP3 f rom local disk drives It interprets many of the most common multimedia formas available and some of the uncommon formats too Features of Xine a b sy GD oR RB rR Sr Skinnable GUI Navigation controls seeking pause fast slow next chapter etc On Screen Display OSD features DVD and extemal subtitles DVD VCD menus requires external plu gin Audio and subtitle channel selection Closed Caption supp ort Brightness contrast audio volume hue saturation adjusting requires hardware driver support Play lists Image snapshot Audio resampling Software de interlacin gal gorithms Configuration dialog Aspect ratio changing Fullscreen display Supported File formats Video CD MPEG program streams mpg mpeg ogg 0 gg avi avi asf Last wmv QuickTime mov
34. his node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved in the system BIOS If the Disabled default option is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If the Enabled option is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is chosen for the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals The Choices Disabled default Enabled 25 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRO and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRO amp DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and VO port conflicts IRO Resources This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the syste
35. igera 66 5 Ye liis AGP CU MHz i Ae 398 PCICLOCK MHz WED 132 7 ovn KE wyw e PERCENTAGE Hardware Monitor Button r E Over clock percentage 100 Overclock B llion a Voltage Button O V 11 46 AN 3 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted andthe Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following f igure In this panel youcan decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not The default setting is No If you want to get the best performance of overclocking we recommend y ou click the option Y es 33 Voltage Core 1 71 E Vo tage MM 25 Y o 1497 3 wn 66 5 pu 497 3 AGPTLOCA An ted Lad m y T mw 33 3 LP 98 pG GLOEK Mis A L oo VER CLOCK 132 7 eencevmaoe 1 00 VA una hn 2 dh O V 1200 PM 34 4 Overclock Panel Click the Ov ercloc button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Ov erclock Panel wil slide ou to left as thef ollowing figure We IP N _ Wesel Be ion 8 Jo ade ALT T PA Tr i MHH Buon do vh 10m Overclock Panel contains the these features a 3MHz button 1MHz button 1MHz button and 3MHz button provide user the ability to doreal time overclock adjustment Warning Manually overclock is potentially dangerous espeaally when the overclocking percentage is over 110 We strongly recommend you verify e
36. ive The VCD will be auto played ony when it is put into the dri e when the Desktop StudioF un shell is up and running otherwise the control will simply glow to inform the user about a VCD present in the DVD CD ROM drive 19 2 DVD This cortrol will glow whenever a DVD is detected in a DVD drive The DVD will be auto played only when it is put in tothe drive when the Desktop StudioFun shell is up and running otherwise the control will simply glow to inform the user about a DVD present in the DVD CD ROM 3 MP3 This control will glow whenev er a MP3 is detected in aDVD CD ROM drive The MP3 will be auto played ony when it is put into the dri e when the Desktop StudioF un shell is up and running otherwise the control wil simply glow to inf orm the user about a MP3 present in the DVD CD ROM drive 4 AUDIO This control will glow whenev er a AUDIO is detected ina DVD CD ROM drive The AUDIO will be auto played only when it is pu into the drive when the Desktop StudioF un shell is up and running dherwise the control will simply glowto inform the user about a AUDIO present in the DVD CD ROM dru e 5 FILE This control will glow whene er a File CD CDs with other mediatype files is detected in a DVD CD ROM drve The File CD wil be auto played only when it is put in tothe drive when the Desktop StudioFun shell is up and running otherwise the control wll simply glow to irf orm the user about a File CD present in th
37. m interrupts This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 7 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the
38. nabled default Disabled USB 2 0 Controller The Choices disabled default 17 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup USB Keyboard Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Mouse Support Disabled default Disable USB Keyboard Mouse Support AC97 Audio Modem This item allows you to decide to enable disable to support AC97 Audio Modem The Choices Auto default Disabled VIA 1394 Controller optional This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 Controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled VIA RAID Controller optional This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard Raid Controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled Realtek Wirless LAN optional This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard Realtek Wirless Controller The Choices Enabled default Disabled Wirless Function optional This item allows you to switch the Wireless Function from Wireless Audio and Wireless Lan The Choices Wireless Audio default Wirless LAN CSA Gigabit Ethernet optional This item allows you to enable or disable the CSA Gigabit Ethernet The Choices Disabled Enable default Super IO Device Press Enter to configure the Super I O Device Power On Function This item allows you to choose the powen on function The Choices Button Only default Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key
39. nute and second the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this function will work 24 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCL or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settin gs m Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By AutoCESCD Menu Level Default is Disabled PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot tl gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD T
40. odes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS default Initial display power management signaling 22 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Video Off In Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The Choices Yes default No Suspend Type Select the Suspend Type The Choices Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend default MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which can be applied in MODEM use The Choices 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all device
41. orts the Intel Pentium 4 processor up to3 06 GHz I Supports Intel Pentium Prescott CPU E Supports Hy per Threading Technology E Front Side Bus at 400 533 800MHz Chipset E North Bridge Intel 875P E South Bridge Intel ICH5R Main Memory E Supports one or two 64 bit wide DDR data channels with 1 or 2 DIMMs per channel E Available bandwidth up to 3 2GB s DDR400 for single channel mode and 6 4GB s DDR 400 in dual channel mode E Supports 128 MB 256 Mb 512 Mb DDR technologies E Supports ony x8 x16 DDR devices Does not support registered DIMMs or double sided X 16 DIMMs Supports four bank devices Maximum memoyy size is 4GB Supports Intel PAT Perf ormance Acceleration Technology accelerate date transmission between CPU and memory Super UO E Chip ITE IT8712F E Low Pin Count Interface E Prov ides the most commonly used legacy Super VO fundionality E Environment Control initiatives H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s Smart Guardian function slots oon Five 32 bit PCI bus master slots E One CNR slot E One AGP amp slot E One Wireless LAN slot n Board IDE Supports four IDE disk drives E Supports RO Mode 4 Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Mode E Supports 2Serial ATA SATA ports Compliant with SATA 1 0 specification Datatransfer rates upto 1 5 GB s 394AChip Chip VIA VT6307 E Support 2 ports withtransfer up to 400mbps E Chip VIAVT6410
42. peed are synchronically shown on our main panel Moreov er to protect users computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in system fail or hang WarpSpeeder technology assures the system stability by automatically rebooting the computer andthen restart to a speed that is either the original system speed or a suitable one System Reguirement OS Support Windows 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP DirectX DirectX 8 1 or above The Windows XP operating system includes Dired X 8 1 If y ou use Windows XP y oudo not need to install DirectX 8 1 29 Installation 1 Execute the sdup execution file and then the following dialog will pop up Please click Net button andfollow the ddault procedure toinstall Tal eb nap 30 She nad aP Fed Wlizaid loi a asp pees The IristalfS bed Wizard vd sola rp peeder om poa computer Tp contr click Het 2 When you see the following dialog in setup procedure it means setup is completed If the Launch the WarpSpeeder Tray Utility checkbox is checked the Tray Icon utility and WarpSpeeder utility will be automatically and immediately launched aftery ou click Finish button 30 Vnatalt5 Beek Wizard Complete Setup has rhe miang A ap 5psede on your campie F Launch lie aig perder Tras UN Usage The following figures are just only for reference the screen printed in this user manual will changeaccordingto your mothe
43. programs invoked in Auto overclock and Verify include DirectDraw Direct3D and DirectShow tests the DirectX 8 1 or newer runtime library is regured And please make sure your display card s color depth is High color 16 bit or True color 24 32 bit that is reguired for Direct3D rencering 36 5 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide ou to left as thef ollowing figure In this panel y oucan get the real time status information of your system The information will be rd reshed every 1 second INIT DM LU S s yx ny bd EL ELT 6 Abou Panel Click the About button in Main Panel the buton will be highlighted andthe About Panel will slide out to up as the following f gure In this panel youcan get model name and detail inf omation in hints of all the chipset that are related to ov erclocking Y ou canalso getthe mainboard s BOS model and the Version number d WarpSpeeder utility 37 a Ean tree wersion 0 3 5 5 TH 17i niei OASE H EH Shut Rat WELE jt d D 3 K i Note Because the overclock overvoltage and hardware monitor featues are controled by several separate chipset WarpSpeeder divide these features to separate panels If one chipset is not built in a board the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled but will not interfere other panels functions This p
44. ption twice to mount the device List Directories Shows the list of directories of the selected device after double clicking it Floppy cdrom Flashdisk Shows the contents ofthe seleded directory from the List directories field after double clicking it Hard disk Shows the contents of a directory called studiof un Add gt gt Click to copy selected files from a device to hard disk Add lt lt Click to copy selected files from hard disk to adev ice Remove Click to delete files from harddisk Exit Click to quit the application 9999 27 Select device List of directories Filensneger 28 Hard Disk Custom gpl test cat part pdf wes en prot calc far qz WarpSpeeder Introduction L WarpSpeeder a new powerful control utility features three userfriendly functions including Ov erclo Manager Ov ervoltage Manager and Hardware Monitor With the Ov erclo lt Manager users can easily adjust the frequency they pref er orthey can get the best CPU performance withjust one click The Ov ervoltage Manager onthe other hand helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage The cool Hardware Monitor smartly indicates the temperatures voltage and CPU fan speed as well as the chipset information Also inthe About panel you can get detail descriptions about BIOS model and chipsds In addition the frequency status of CPU memory AGP and PCI along with the CPU s
45. rboard on hand WarpSpeeder includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels 1 Tray Icon Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar O V 11 33 AM 31 This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking WarpSpeeder Utility You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in orderto inv oke WarpSpeeder M directly f rom the little tray icon or you can right click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu asf ollowing figure The Launch Utility item in the popup menu has the same function as mouse left click on tray icon and Exit item will close Tray Icon utility if selected Lanuch Utility Exit fu e SCH LLL AUA 4 2 Main Panel If you click the tray icon WarpSpeeder uility will be inv oked Please ref er do the following figure the utility s fist windowy ou willsee is Main Panel Main Panel contains features as follows a Display the CPU Speed CPU external clock Memory clock AGP clock and PCI clock information b Contains About Voltage Overclock and Hardware Monitor Butons for inv oking respective panel c With a userfriendly Status Animation it can represert 3 overclock percentage stages Duck walking gt overclock percentagefrom 100 110 96 Duck running gt overclock percentagefrom 110 120 Duck burning gt overclock percentagefrom 120 above 32 a T 1497 3 L e 1497 3 l
46. rformance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Disabled Enabled default Video RAM Cacheable This option allows you to enable or disable VGA RAM cache capability The Choices Disabled default Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2 discussed their memory reguirements The Choices Disabled default Enabled Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal function to engage after the specified time The Choices 4 8 16 default 32 14 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup AGP Aperture Size VIB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The apertures is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The Choices 64 4 8 16 32 128 default 256 Init Displa y First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choices AGP default PCI Slot DRAM Data Integrity Mode This chipset support ECC unbuffered DIMM You can enable this function from setting this item The Choices Non ECC ECC default As using Non ECC Dimms the default is Non ECC As using
47. roperty can make WarpSpeeder utility more robust 38 Trouble Shooting Contact techrical support PROBABLE SOLUTION System inoperative Keyboard lights are onl Using even pressure on both ends of thd power indicator Ights are lit hard drive is DIMM press down firmly until the moduld spinning snaps into place PROBABLE SOLUTION System does not boot from hard disk drive can Check cable unning from disk to diskcontrolle be booted from CD ROM drive board Make sure both ends are securel plugged in check the drive type in hd standard CMOS setup Backing up the hard drive is extremel important Al hard dBks are capable o PROBABLE System only boots from CD ROM Hard disk can Back up data and applications files Reforma be read and applications can be used but the hard drive Re install applicaionsand dat booting from hard disk is impossible using backup disks PROBABLE SOLUTION Screen message says Invalid Configuration on Review system s equipment Make sure CMOS Failure correct information is in setup PROBABLE SOLUTION Set master slave jumperscorrectly Run SETUP program and select correct drive tyes Cal drive manufacturers fo Cannot boot system after installing secord hard drive 39 12 16 2003 40 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup BIOS T A l Man Me EE 3 2 Standard CMOS e H 6 3 Advanced BIOS Features iu oiu e t EC e CO eee dtt exe 9 4 Advance
48. s except the CPU will be shut off The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default Wake Up by PCI card When you select Enable a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full On state The Choices Enabled Disabled default Power On by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The Choices Enabled Disabled default 23 P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup USB KB MS Wake Up from S3 This item allows you to enable or disable USB Keyboard wake up from S3 The Choices Disabled default Enabled Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled Choose the Date and Time Alarm Date of Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose shat hour mi
49. sword Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted with to enter a password Enter Password Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Enter Password P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Save amp Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding SAVE to CMOS and EXIT W N Y Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Quit Without Saving Y N N Upgrade BIOS This submenu allows you to upgrade bios BIOS UPDATE UTILITY W N N P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item m Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBI0S CHOS Setup Utility Standard CHOS Features Time Chh imm ss R ee A Menu Level
50. the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop Base Memory All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key N A the POST process and notify you Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features m Figure 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup HBSS Enter Cache Setup Press Enter CPU Feature Press Enter Menu Level Virus Warning Disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0S 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S2 Summary Screen Show Disabled l gt e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Boot Seq amp Floppy Setup First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN HPT370 Disabled Enabled S
51. to adjust brightness color Select setup button to modify the settings of the player Select f scr button to show the video output of the player in full screen mode q Select snap button to take a snapshot of the currently play ing video r Select plist button to add remove manage play list s Select mrl button to add new file to play vor Error Messages lt gt The following error message is given if an unknown file format is selected through Xine M RL browser and play ed lt gt While playing mp3 files if the user stops playing and tries to select the DVD button then the following error message is shown Select Region Overview Select region is a utility to set a DVD region With the help of this application usercan set or change a DVD region Only one region can be set d atime About Sdect Region With the help of this application y oucan set aregion for DVD Only oneregion can be set at atime If y ou Keep the mouse pointer on ary region y ou canviewthe countries which comes under that region Ok Clickto set the selected region Cancel Click to quit the application How to select DVD region Y ou canselect only one region at a time Y oucan change y our selection by clicking on any other region A snapshot of the application is shown below 24 Region Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 6 Region 6 Se regian Screensaver Screensaver The xscreensaver daemon waits untilthe keyboard and mous
52. to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu 6 WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information m Figure 1 Main Menu Phoenix AwardBI0S CHOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configur
53. ultaneously after that keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen showed This action will bootup the system according to FSB of the processor X It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage 30
54. very speed you overdock by click the Verify button Or you can just click Auto overclock button and let WarpSpeeder automatically gets the best result for you b Recovery Dialog button Pop up thefollowing dialog Let user select a restoring way if system need to do af ail safe reboot 35 Recovery Options Please select a recovery option that will decide what kind of restoring you want to do after system fail safe reboot Options Group Restore to Hardware Default CPU Clock Value Cc Auto overclock button User can click this button and WarpSpeeder will set the best and stableperfommance andfrequency automatically WarpSpeeder utility will execute a series of testing until system fail Then system will dofail safe reboot by using Wachdog function After reboot the WarpSpeeder M utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verif iedbest and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog s setting d Verify button User can clic this buton and WarpSpeeder will proceed a testingf or current frequency If the testing is ok then the currentfreguency will be saed into system registry f the testing fail system will do a fail safe rebooting After reboot the WarpSpeeder utility will restore tothe hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recov ery Dialog s setting Note Because the testing
55. wap Floppy Drive For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive assignments The Choices Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disablin g this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Disabled Enabled default Report NO FDD for Win95 The Choices NO default P4TCA Pro BIOS Setup Cache Setup CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Depending on the CPU chipset in use you may be able to mcrease memory access time with this option Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU Feature This item allows you choose the thermal management Thermal Monitor 1 set the on die throtting Thermal Monitor 2 set the ratio and VID transition The Choices Thermal Monitor 1 default Thermal Monitor 2 Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Enabled Virus protection is activated Disabled default Virus protection is disabled CPU Hyper Threading This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper Threadmg The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the

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