PC CHIPS P25G (V3.0)
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1. 31 ii Motherboard User s Guide Notice Owing to Microsoft s certifying schedule is various to every supplier we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft Therefore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation Hardesre The ou ind dira kar thoy MMe heri Pio inesse nidos poils incon P 123 mor sehe bhig beeping v m ma the conect operam ol pou cpzinm phas oom the ume Weoo Chal wou slow hip ond 2 USB 2 0 Driver Limitations 2 1 The USB 2 0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 2000 2 2 If you connect a USB 2 0 hub to the root hub plugging USB devices into this hub the system might not successfully execute certain USB devices connection because it could not recognize these devices Currently we are working on such limitations solution As soon as the solution is done the updated USB drive will be released to our website www pcchips com for your downloading iii This motherboard2. 7 Installing Memory Modules 9 J mper Sellin os ceu uu ERMEUNE 10 TE T T TO E o o 11 Connecting Optional Devices 12 f O E DO ER Rr 14 Expansion SIQIS j 16 Chapter 3 DIOS Setup Utility 18 Running Setup Utility PEE TORTE 16 Standard CMOS Setup PAQE c 19 Advanced Set p POE rsisi viiakse EIU LUI RUE PUO RTL 20 Features EID E ma Core P LM CE DRIN 22 Power Management Setup Page Em 23 PCI Z Plug and Play Setup 24 BIOS Security Features Setup Page a aasssssssssssssssssssssaa 22 CP n I BURN 26 Hardware Monitor Page EA a b xLun 27 Toad Op mal Defdaulls C 27 Save Changes and Exif 28 Discard Ch nges and EXU 28 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications 29 PRIVAT TI 29 Installing Support Software MES 29 Bundled Software Installation
3. Manufacturer These items show the brand of the CPU installed in your system Ratio Status This item shows the Locked Unlocked ratio status of CPU installed in your system CPU Over clocking Func This item decides the CPU over clocking function installed in your system If the over clocking fails please turn off the system power And then hold the PageUp key similar to the Clear CMOS function and turn on the power the BIOS will recover the safe default CPU Frequency This item shows the frequency of the CPU installed in your system DRAM Frequency This item shows the frequency of the DRAM in your system 26 Hardware Monitor Page This page sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this motherboard CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Hardware Monitor Setup System Hardware Monitor Help Item Vcore 1 504 V Vdimm 2 496 V Vivdd 2 608 V Vcc5V 5 107 V SB3V 3 296 V VBAT 3 264 V CPU Temperature 41 C 105 F SYSTEM Temperature 32 C 89 F CPU FAN Speed 4560 RPM SYSTEM FAN Speed ORPM CPU System Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement FANs amp Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements Load Optimal Defaults This option opens a dialog box to ask if you are sure to install optimized defaults or not You select OK and
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5. V Y Y Y Y Y Y Y y V Y Y Y Y Y V y Y Y Y Y Y V SSS A GC aca i a t a a a Motherboard User s Guide This publication including photographs illustrations and software is under the protection of international copyright laws with all rights reserved Neither this user s guide nor any of the material contained herein may be reproduced without the express written consent of the manufacturer The information in this document is subject to change without notice The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchant ability or fitness for any particular purpose Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium II III Pentium 4 Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are trademarks or the properties of their respective owners Static Electricity Precau
6. 2 7 GB s 2 1 GB s and 1 6 GB s data transfer rate u Lj E ET E mI To DIMM1 DIMM2 Memory Module Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 2 GB system memory Refer to the following to install the memory module Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket 2 Align the memory module with the socket There is a notch on the DIMM socket that you can install the DIMM module in the correct direction Match the cutout on the DIMM module with the notch on the DIMM socket 3 Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM Motherboard User s Guide 4 Install any remaining DIMM modules J umper Settings Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHORT removing a jumper cap from these pins OPEN TTTTTYTTITYI 71 CLR CMOS CLR CMOS Clear CMOS Jumper Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your motherboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the motherboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Setting Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Short Pins 2 3 Note To avoid the system unstability after clear
7. Primary IDE connector Sceondary IDE connector 6 USB2 3 Front Panel USB headers Serial ATA connectors CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper 9 SPK Speaker header Front Panel Sw itch LED header ATX1 Standard 20 Pin ATX Pow er connector Standard 4 Pin ATX Pow er connector Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the motherboard Optional pari PT m Lims in Lim 0f LE Mazrug xina use usa pora ports PS 2 Mouse Use the upper PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 pointing device PS 2 Keyboard Use the low er PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 keyboard Parallel Port EPT1 Use the Parallel port to connect printers or other parallel communications devices Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COMI is identified by the system as Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices LAN Port optional Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer to the Netw ork USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Audio Ports Use these three audio jacks to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo Line In signal the second jack for stereo Line Out signal and the third jack for Microphone Installingthe Processor This motherboard has a Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 processors When choosing a processor consider the performance requirements
8. clears the setup information You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration You might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to the motherboard such as the CPU system memory disk drives etc Running the Setup Utility Every time you start your computer a message appears on the screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP Whenever you see this message press the Delete key and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor If you manually clear CMOS you need to press the F1 key that enters the Main menu page of the Setup Utility CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc CPU PnP Setup Hardware Monitor Load Optimal Defaults Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Standard CMOS Setup i Advanced Setup p Features Setup Power Management Setup PCI Plug and Play Setup BIOS Security Features tba Move Enter Select Value F10 Save Esc Exit F1 General Help F9 Optimized Settings Standards COMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc V02 54 C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc 18 Chapter 5 DIOS Setup Utility You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option Press the Escape key to leave the setup utility Press
9. install an AGP CNR PCI expansion card 1 Locate the AGP CNR or PCI slots on the motherboard 2 Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 16 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw 8X AGP Slot You can install a graphics adapter that supports the 8X AGP specification and has a 8X AGP edge connector in the AGP slot CNR Slot You can install the CNR Communications and Networking Riser cards in this slot including LAN Modem and Audio functions PCI Slots You can install the 32 bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots 17 Introduction The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer such as date and time the type of hardware installed and various configuration settings Your computer applies the information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system compo nents If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer Holding down the Page Up key also
10. of the system Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor and the quantity of Internal cache memory and external cache memory Motherboard User s Guide CPU Installation Procedure Follow these instructions to install the CPU 1 Install your CPU Pull up the lever away from the socket and lift up to 90 degree angle 2 Locate the CPU cut edge the corner with the pin hold noticeably missing Align and insert the CPU correctly 3 Press the lever down and apply thermal grease on top of the CPU 4 Put the CPU Fan down on the retention module and snap the four retention legs of the cooling fan into place 5 Flip the levers over to lock the heat sink in place and connect the CPU cooling Fan power cable to the CPU fan connector CPU FAN This completes the installation Note The fan power requirement for proper operation is a maximum current of 740mA at 12V 8 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accommodates two 184 pin DIMM sockets Dual Inline Memory Module for unbuffered DDR400 333 266 Double Data Rate SDRAM and maximum 2 0 GB installed memory DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle the rising and falling edges effectively doubling the memory chip s data throughput DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 400 333 266 MHz memory and provide 3 2 GB s
11. s RTC realtime clock Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature LAN Ring Power On The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem Ring or traffic on the network adapter You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature Keyboard Power On Wake Up Key If you enable this item the system can automatically resume by pressing any keys hot key power key on the keyboard or typing in the password You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature PCI Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and those utilizing the system plug and play capability CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc PCI Plug and Play Setup Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Help Item Share Memory Size 32 MB es O O Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes Select which graphics controller PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled to use as the primary boot device Primary Graphics Adapter This item indicates 1f the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default PCI setting still lets the onboard display work and allows the use of a second display card installed in an AGP slot Share Memory Size This item lets you allocate a portio
12. to modify the selected field s values Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item and press and keys to cycle through alternative values of that item The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer OK or Cancel by selecting OK or Cancel If you have already changed the setup utility press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility Press F1 to display a screen describing all key functions Press F9 to install the setup utility with a set of default values Standard CMOS Setup Page This page displays a table of items defining basic information about your system CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Standard CMOS Setup System Time 00 01 25 System Date Fri 10 24 2003 em Primary IDE Master Hard Disk User Enter TAB or SHIFT TAB to Primary IDE Slave Not Detected select a field i Secondary IDE Master Not Detected Use or to configure system Secondary IDE Slave CD DVD ROM time Floppy A 1 44 MB 3 1 2 Floppy B Disabled System Time amp System Date These items set up system date and time Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Your computer has two IDE channels and each channel can be installed with one or two devices Master and Slave In addition this motherboard su
13. allation program loads and displays the following screen Click the Next button Welcome Ei Welcome to the MainBoard Setup program This program will install MainBoard your computer itis strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Chick Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treates Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of t may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel 2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed Select Components Selectthe components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Components 19654K v Devices 4705 K v Applications 37031 K Description Space Required 61412K Available 1327744K 3 The support software will automatically install 30 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications Once any of the installation procedures start software 1s automatically installed in sequence You need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing whatever softwar
14. ble this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this motherboard in a DOS environment Power Management Setup Page This page sets some parameters for system power management operation CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Power Management Setup ACPI Aware 0 S Yes Help Item Power Management Enabled ACPI Enhanced Efficiency Disabled Yes No Suspend Time Out Disabled ACPI support for Operating Resume on RTC Alarm Disabled System LAN Ring Power On Disabled Yes If OS supports ACPI Keyboard Power On Disabled No If OS does not support Wake Up Key Any Key ACPI ACPI Aware O S This itme supports ACPI Advanced Configuraion and Power Management Interface Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature Power Management Use this item to enable or disable a power management scheme If you enable power management you can use this item below to set the power management operation Both APM and ACPI are supported ACPI Enhanced Efficiency Use this item to enable or disable the function of ACPI enhanced efficiency 25 Suspend Time Out This item sets up the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode Resume on RTC Alarm The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system
15. d Auto Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Help Item OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface Serial Port1 Address Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COMI serial port and to assign a port address OnBoard IR Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port and to assign a port address Parallel Port Address Use this item to enable or disable the onboard parallel port and assigns a port address The Auto setting will detect and available address Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the parallel port mode You can select Normal Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or EPP amp ECP Parallel Port IRQ Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Use this item to enable or disable the onboard PCI IDE channel 22 OnBoard SATA IDE Use this item to select RAID mode IDE mode or Disabled for onboard SATA IDE Audio Device This item enables or disables the AC 97 audio chip MODEM Device This item enables or disables the MC 97 modem chip Ethernet Device This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN OnBoard LAN Boot ROM Use this item to enable or disable the LAN Boot ROM function OnBoard USB Function Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this motherboard USB Function for DOS Ena
16. d User s Guide Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below E si amp g LI T LJ E B E m N ri i i TENE 8 FDD Floppy Disk Drive The motherboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one or two drives Drives can be 3 5 or 5 25 wide with capacities of 360K 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDD IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The motherboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave device The Master device connects to the end of the cable Install the device s and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the device s to the Primary IDE channel connector IDE1 on the motherboard If you want to install more IDE devices you can purchase a second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to the Secondary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the motherboard If you have two devices on the cable one must be Master a
17. e you selected When the process is finished all the support software will be installed and start working Bundled Software Installation All bundled software available on the CD ROM is for users convenience You can install bundled software as follows 1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 2 A software menu appears Click the software you want to install 3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software program step by step until finished 31
18. et Enabled to test HT CPU function Max CPUID Value Limit When this item is enabled you can use Prescott CPU and LGA 775 CPU and there will be a normal NT4 0 installation otherwise the automatically restarting will occur while installing Execute Disable Bit It allows the processor to classify areas in memory by where application code can execute and where it cannot When a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer the processor disables code execution preventing damage or worm propagation Replacing older computers with Execute Disable Bit enabled systems can halt worm attacks reducing the need for virus related repairs DRAM Driving When this item is defaulted at Normal some DDRs might cause the problem of booting or system stability in that case please set it at High 21 Features Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Portl Address OnBoard IR Port Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Onboard SATA IDE Audio Device MODEM Device Ethernet Device OnBoard LAN Boot Rom OnBoard USB Function USB Function For DOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Features Setup Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 Disabled Allows BIOS to Enable or 378 Disable Floppy Controller ECP e DMA3 IRQ7 Both IDE Enable
19. has a Socket 478 to support Intel Pentium 4 processors with Hyper Threading Technology and Front Side Bus FSB speeds up to 800 MHz Hyper Threading Technology designed to take advantage of the multitasking features in Windows XP gives you the power to do more things at once It integrates the VIA P4M800 Northbridge and VT8237 Southbridge that supports the Serial ATA interface for high performance and maiinstream desktop PCs the built in USB 2 0 providing higher bandwidth implementing Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 and is compliant with UHCI 1 1 and EHCI 0 95 It supports AC 97 Audio Codec and provides Ultra DMA 133 100 66 function It has one 8X AGP one CNR and three 32 bit PCI slots There is a full set of I O ports including two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard one serial port one parallel port one LAN port optional one VGA port three audio jacks for Line in Line out and Microphone four back panel USB2 0 ports and onboard USB headers providing extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the motherboard It is a Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for ATX power supply Key Features The key features of this motherboard include Socket 478 Processor Supports Intel Pentium 4 Series processors with Hyper Threading Technology Supports up to 800 MHz Front Side Bus Hyper Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking it s hooked up to two processors allowing t
20. her Boot Device If you enable this item the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations BootUp Num Lock This item determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system start up time Boot To OS 2 gt 64MB Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed AGP Aperture Size This item defines the size of aperture if you use a graphic adapter DRAM Timing This item allows you to enable or disable the DRAM timing defined by the Serial Presence Detect electrical 20 DRAM CAS Latency This item determines the operation of SDRAM memory CAS column address strobe It is recommended that you leave this item at the default value The 2T setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode DRAM Bank Interleave Enable this item to increase DRAM memory speed When enabled separate memory banks are set for odd and even addresses and the next byte of memory can be accessed while the current byte is being refreshed Auto detect DIMM PCI Clock When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM PCI slots Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic Interference generated by the system Hyper Threading Function You can set Disabled or Enabled to control HT CPU support in O S S
21. ing CMOS we recommend users to enter the main BIOS setting page to Load Optimal De faults and then Save Changes and Exit 10 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation Install the Motherboard Install the motherboard in a system chassis case The board is a Micro ATX size motherboard You can install this motherboard in an ATX case Make sure your case has an I O cover plate matching the ports on this motherboard Install the motherboard in a case Follow the case manufacturer s instructions to use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis fa r E E m E PANEL1 SYS FAN Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector on the motherboard The PJ1 is a 12V connector for CPU Vcore power If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYS_FAN fan power connector on the motherboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANELI header Pn Sina Pm Sons RESET SW NC 6 POWER _SW_P LT RESE W 2 EOWERTSWONOK LS in EO 11 Motherboard User s Guide Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard s optional devices FREED W E L i i SPK1 Speaker Header Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the motherboard AUDIO1 Front Panel Audio Header Thi
22. n of the main memory for theonbaord VGA display application with several options 24 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA If this item is enabled an IRQ will be assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system You set this value to No to free up an IRQ PCI IDE BusMaster This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode We recommend you to leave this item at the default value BIOS Security Features Setup Page This page helps you install or change a password CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Security Features Setup Security Settings Help Item Install or Change the Change Supervisor Password Press Enter password Supervisor Password This item indicates whether a supervisor password has been set If the password has been installed Installed displays If not Not Installed displays Change Supervisor Password You can select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to change the supervisor password 25 CPU PnP Setup Page This page helps you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU The system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc CPU PnP Setup Manufacturer Intel Help Item Ratio Status Locked CPU Over clocking Func Disabled DRAM Frequency Auto
23. nd one must be Slave 14 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation Serial ATA Devices The Serial ATA Advanced Technology Attachment is the standard interface for the IDE hard drives which is designed to overcome the design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms It provides you a faster transfer rate of 150 MB s If you have installed a Serial ATA hard drive you can connect the Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA hard drive or the connector on the motherboard On the motherboard locate the Serial ATA connectors SATA 1 2 which support new Serial ATA devices for the highest data transfer rates simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface but maintains register compatibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA Analog Audio Input Header If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system E LI T LJ E w E CD1 When you first start up your system the BIOS should automatically detect your CD ROM DVD drive If it doesn t enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed On the motherboard locate the 4 pin header CD1 Motherboard User s Guide Expansion Slots This motherboard has one AGP CNR and three 32 bit PCI slots Follow the steps below to
24. operating system If your operating system is Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your motherboard Installing Support Software 1 Insert the support CD ROM disc in the CD ROM drive 2 When you insert the CD ROM disc in the system CD ROM drive the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen 3 The screen displays three buttons of Setup Browse CD and Exit on the right side and three others Setup Application and ReadMe at the bottom Please see the following illustration The Setup button runs the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface 29 Motherboard User s Guide The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the program again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click the CD ROM driver from the Windows Explorer and click the Setup icon The Application button brings up a software menu It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports The ReadMe brings you to the Install Path where you can find out path names of software driver Auto Installing under Windows 98SE ME2000 XP If you are under Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP please click the Setup button to run the software auto installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 1 The inst
25. pports two SATA channels and each channel allows one SATA device to be installed Use these items to configure each device on the IDE channel Floppy A B These items set up size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive s installed in the system 19 Advanced Setup Page This page sets up more advanced information about your system Handle this page with caution Any changes can affect the operation of your computer Quick Boot 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Device Bootup Num Lock Boot To 05 2 64 MB AGP Aperture Size DRAM Timing DRAM CAS Latency DRAM Bank Interleave Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Spread Spectrum Hyper Threading Function Max CPUID Value Limit Execute Disable Bit DRAM Driving CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Setup Enabled PM IC35L040AVVNO7 SS Pioneer DVD RO 1st Floppy Drive Yes Allows BIOS to skip certain On tests while booting This will No decrease the time needed 64 MB to boot the system Manual By SPD 4 way Enabled Disabled Ensabled Disabled Enabled Normal Help Item Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start up time Try Ot
26. red e Adaptive Equalizer e Baseline wander Correction LED Outputs USB 2 0 e Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 e Compliant with Intel s Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1 0 e Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1 1 e PCI multi function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller cores for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling e Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host Controller up to eight functional ports Support PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification release 1 1 e Legacy support for all downstream facing ports BIOS Firmware This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following e Power management e Wake up alarms e CPU parameters and memory timing e CPU and memory timing 9 Motherboard User s Guide The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds Dimensions e Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 220 mm Note Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without notification Package Contents Your motherboard package ships with the following items The motherboard The User s Guide One diskette drive ribbon cable optional One IDE drive ribbon cable The Soft
27. s header allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access 12 Here is a list of the header AUDIOI pin assignments Pm Suma Pn Sign 5 UDFFOULR e AUDRELR s Ke s AUD m JAUU REL USB2 USB3 Front panel USB Headers The motherboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I O port array Additionally some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB headers USB2 USB3 to connect the front mounted ports to the motherboard m Pn Suma Pin Sana S USB EP Too 6 USB FPP _ L7 GROUND fe GROUND oero Locate the USB2 USB3 header on the motherboard Plug the bracket cable onto the USB2 USB3 header Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system chassis Install an extension bracket in the opening Secure the extension bracket to the chassis with a screw IR1 Infrared Header The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and other computers Locate the infrared port IR1 header on the motherboard If you are adding an infrared port connect the ribbon cable from the port to the IRI header and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis 13 Motherboar
28. then press Enter the Setup Utility loads all default values or select Cancel and then press Enter the Setup Utility does not load default values 27 Motherboard User s Guide Save Changes and Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration When the Save Changes and Exit dialog box appears select OK to save and exit or select Cancel to return to the main menu Discard Changes and Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Discard Changes and Exit dialog box appears select OK to discard changes and exit or select Cancel to return to the main menu Note If you have made settings that you do not want to save use the Discard Changes and Exit item and select OK to discard any changes you have made 28 Introduction This chapter describes the contents of the support CD ROM that comes with the motherboard package The support CD ROM contains all useful software necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products More program information is available in a README file located in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto installing or manual installation depending on your
29. tions 1 Don t take this motherboard and components out of their original static proof package until you are ready to install them 2 While installing please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless it is absolutely necessary Put this motherboard on the top of static protection package with component side facing up while installing Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components and connectors on the board 2 If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged do not connect power to the system Contact your motherboard vendor about those damages Copyright O 2005 All Rights Reserved P25G Series V3 0 December 2005 Motherboard User s Guide Table of Contents Trademarku E i Static Electricity Precautions i Pre Installation ENTE i Chapter PE Introduce ENER 1 Koy POS Gta dvi PHENOM 1 PA Conen 4 Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation 5 Motherboard Components o I me 7 Installing the Processor
30. us Maximum installed memory 15 2GB Expansion Slots e Three 32 bit PCI slots One 8X AGP slot e One CNR slot Onboard IDE channels e Supports PIO Programmable Input Output DMA Direct Memory Access modes Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133 100 66 MB sec Serial ATA Two Serial ATA Connectors Transfer rate exceeding best ATA 150 MB s with scalability to higher rates Low pin count for both host and devices AC 97 Audio Codec Compliant with AC 97 Rev 2 3 CODEC Front Out Surround Out MIC In and Line In Jack Sensing e Three analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE IN CD AUX e Two analog line level mono input e 48 pins LQFP e Built in earphone buffer and internal PLL Chapter 1 Introduction Onboard I O Ports Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial port e One parallel port One VGA port One LAN port optional e Four back panel USB2 0 ports e Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out Fast Ethernet LAN optional e Single Chip 100Base TX IOBase T Physical Layer Solution e Dual Speed 100 10 Mbps e Half and Full Duplex MI Interface to Ethernet Controller e MII Interface to Configuration amp Status Auto Power Saving Mode e Auto Negotiation 10 100 Full Half Duplex e Meet All Applicable IEEE 802 3 IOBase T and 100Base Tx Standards e OnChip Wave Shaping No External Filters Requi
31. ware support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard The Extended USB module The CNR v 90 56K Fax Modem card The Serial ATA cable The Serial ATA power cable Note You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation To install this motherboard in a system please follow these instructions in this chapter Identify the motherboard components Install a CPU Install one or more system memory modules Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly Install this motherboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers connectors on the motherboard Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to headers connectors on the motherboard LOIODDLDLU Note 1 Before installing this motherboard make sure jumper CLR CMOS is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating CLR CMOS and the setting options 2 Never connect power to the system during installation otherwise it may damage the motherboard Motherboard User s Guide Motherboard Components IO PORTS CS umm LABEL COMPONENTS CPU Socket Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 processors DIMM1 2 184 pin DDR SDRAM sockets CPU Fan connector 3 pin
32. wo threads to be run in parallel both on separate logical processors within the same physical processor Chipset There are VIA P4M800 Northbridge and VT8237 in the chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor mance High Performance UMA North Bridge Integrated Pentium 4 North Bridge with 800 MHz FSB support and UniChrome Pro 3D 2D Graphics amp Video Controllers in a single chip e Supports Intel 800 533 400 MHz FSB Pentium 4 and Pentium M processors and Hyper Threading Technology 1 Motherboard User s Guide v3 0 compliant 8X 4X transfer modes with Fast Write support e Supports DDR400 333 266 memory types with 2 5V SSTL 2 DRAM interface Supports 66 MHz 4X and 8X transfer modes V Link interface with 533 MB sec total bandwidth e ACPI 2 0 and PCI Bus Power Management 1 1 compliant e Graphics engine clocks up to 133 MHz decoupled from memory clock e to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte sec data sent to north bridge via high speed Ultra V Link interface e PCI 22 compliant 32 bit 3 3V PCI interface with 5V tolerant inputs e Support three PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus e Dual Channel Serial ATA RAID Controller Complies with Serial ATA Specification Revision 1 0 Memory Support e Two 184 pin DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM memory modules Supports DDR400 333 266 memory b
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