Biostar P4VTB User Manual
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FCC Information and Copyright
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These 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. Since our products are under
continual improvement, we reserve the right to make changes without
notice.
The material in this manual is the intellectual property of the vendor.
Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this publication and to make
changes to its contents without obligation to notify any party beforehand.
Duplication of this publication, in part or in whole, is not allowed without
first obtaining the vendor's approval in writing. Even thought we have
taken every care in the preparation of this user's manual, no guarantee is
given as to the correctness of its contents.
All the brand and product names are the property of their respective
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  • Page 1 FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Important Safety Instructions 1. Please read the safety instructions carefully. 2. Please keep this User’s Manual for future reference. 3. Don’t use liquid or sprayed detergent for cleaning. 4. Please keep this equipment away from humidity. 5. Lay this equipment on a reliable surface when installing. A drop or fall could cause injury.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Layout of P4VTB ..............1 Component Index ..............2 English..................3 1. P4VTB Features ..................... 3 2. Package contents ....................4 3. How to setup Jumper .................... 4 4. CPU Installation ..................... 5 5. DDR DIMM Modules: DIMM1/ DIMM2..............6 6. Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots............... 6 StudioFun! .................13...
  • Page 4: Layout Of P4Vtb

    Layout of P4VTB ※NOTE: ●represents the first pin.
  • Page 5: Component Index

    Component Index A. Power Source Selection for USB (JUSBV1) M. Game Header (JGAME1) (p. 7) (p. 10) N. Wake On LAN (JWOL1) (p. 8) B. Power Source Selection for KB/MS (JKBV1) O. System FAN Header (JSFAN1) (p. 5) (p. 10) P.
  • Page 6: English

    English 1. P4VTB Features A. Hardware Provides Socket 478. ® Supports the Intel Pentium 4 Processor. Front Side Bus at 400/533/800 MHz. Chipset North Bridge: VIA PT800 South Bridge: VIA VT8237. Main Memory Supports up to 2 DDR devices. Supports 200/266/333/400 MHz DDR devices.
  • Page 7: Package Contents

    1 LAN port. PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard. 4 USB2.0 ports. b. Front Side 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. 4 USB2.0 ports. Dimensions ATX Form Factor: 20.5 X 30.5cm. (W X L) B.
  • Page 8: Cpu Installation

    4. CPU Installation Step1: Pull the lever sideways away from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step2: Look for the white dot/cut edge. The white dot/cut edge should point towards the lever pivot. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation. Step3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever.
  • Page 9: Ddr Dimm Modules: Dimm1/ Dimm2

    5. DDR DIMM Modules: DIMM1/ DIMM2 DRAM Access Time: 2.5V Unbuffered DDR 200/266/333/400 MHz Type required. DRAM Type: 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB DIMM Module (184 pin) Total Memory Size with Unbuffered DIMMs DIMM Socket DDR Module Total Memory Location Size (MB) DIMM1 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB...
  • Page 10 (3) Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI 1-5 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. (4) Accelerated Graphics Port Slot: AGP1 Your monitor will attach directly to that video card.
  • Page 11: Front Panel Connector: Jpanel1

    (8) Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 PWR_LED ON/OFF JPANEL1 (+) (-) HLED Assignment Function Assignment Function Sleep Control Sleep Speaker Button Ground Connector Speaker Power LED (+) POWER HDD LED (+) Hard Drive Power LED (+) HDD LED (-) Power LED (-) Ground Reset Power Button...
  • Page 12 (11) Power Connectors: JATXPWR1 Assignment Assignment +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V -12V Ground Ground PS_ON Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground JATXPWR1 PW_OK Standby Voltage +12V Assignment Assignment +12V Ground JATXPWR2 +12V Ground (12) Front Panel Audio Header: JAUDIO1 JAUDIO1 Assignment Assignment Mic In/ Center Ground Mic Power/ Bass Audio Power...
  • Page 13 (13) Power Source Selection for KB: JKBV1 Description JKBV1 Assignment +5V for keyboard and mouse Pin 1-2 close +5V Standby PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard are Voltage powered with +5V standby voltage Pin 2-3 close (14) Power Source Selection for USB: JUSBV1/ JUSBV2/ JUSBV3 JUSBV1/JUSBV2/ Assignment...
  • Page 14 The following procedures are for resetting the BIOS password. It is important to follow these instructions closely. ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. Remove AC power line. 2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”. 3. Wait for five seconds. 4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”. 5.
  • Page 15 (19) Back Panel Connectors JKBMS1 JUSBLAN2 JPRNT1 PS/2 Mouse Parallel Line In JUSB1 Speaker Out MIC In COM1 COM2 PS/2 Keyboard JCOM1 JCOM2 JAUDIO1 6 Channel Speakers Line In/ Rear Speaker Speaker Out Mic In/ Center & Bass...
  • Page 16: Studiofun

    StudioFun! Introduction StudioFun! is a media-player based on optimized GNU/Linux distribution to bring a “Room Theater” experience into life. It plays DVD, VCD, MP3, Audio CD and other multimedia. Furthermore, Users can take snapshots of video and customize the saved images as screensavers or photo slideshows.
  • Page 17: Error Messages

    StudioFun! Install This option will do the basic installation of the distribution. The installation works on pre-installed windows or GNU/Linux distribution. On selecting the “StudioFun Install” option the installer boots and displays a dialog box indicating the space required and waits for a confirmation. Selecting “Ok” will continue the installation while selecting “Cancel”...
  • Page 18: Booting To Studiofun

    StudioFun! Recover Where there is a MBR (Master Boot record) corruption, the “StudioFun Recover” will automatically probe the hard disk master boot record and find out the installed operating system(s). Once success, it will re-install the boot loader with correct options in the MBR. Please be noted that the newly probed one will over write any custom boot loader option specified from other GNU/Linux installations.
  • Page 19: Media Control

    After executing the boot up, you will see the main Desktop screen. The following section is a complete description of the Desktop application. Desktop This is the main shell of the StudioFun! software. It illustrates two main categories, one is the main "Media Control"...
  • Page 20: Control Panel

    present in the DVD/CD-ROM drive when the Desktop is not launched. This control will glow whenever a DVD is detected in a DVD drive. The DVD will be auto-played only when it is put in to the 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.
  • Page 21: Display Settings

    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. Refer to section 5.4, Display Settings for more details. 4.
  • Page 22: Software Details

    Software Details XINE XINE is a multimedia player. It plays back Audio CD, DVD, and VCD. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives. It interprets most of the common multimedia formats. • Features of Xine Skinnable GUI Navigation controls (seeking, pause, fast, slow, next chapter, etc)
  • Page 23 MPEG-Audio (.mp2, .mp3) WAV (.wav) Video CODEC MPEG 1/2 MPEG 4 (aka OpenDivX) MS MPEG 4 Chapter 5: Software Details 10 Windows Media Video 7 m. Motion JPEG • Remote Control Support. Infrared interface User-friendly • Usage of StudioFun! with CelomaChrome skin Select VCD button to play a VCD disc Select DVD button to play a DVD disc Select CDDA button to play a Audio CD...
  • Page 24: Select Region

    m. Select “menu” button to use menu while playing DVD n. Select “control” button to adjust brightness / color o. Select “setup” button to modify the settings of the player p. Select ”f.scr” button to show the video output of the player in full screen mode q.
  • Page 25: Screensaver

    Screensaver Screensaver The xscreensaver daemon waits until the keyboard and mouse have been idle for a period, and then runs a graphics demo chosen at random. The demo is terminated as soon as there is any mouse or keyboard activity. The xscreensaver-demo program is the graphical user interface to xscreensaver.
  • Page 26 2. Only one Screen Saver: When user chooses this option, screensaver displays only one graphics demo. 3. Blank Screen Only: When user chooses this option, screensaver only blanks the screen instead of displaying the graphics demo. 4. Disable Screen Saver: When user chooses this option, screensaver is disabled. •...
  • Page 27: Display Settings

    Display Settings Display Settings Display setting is a program to change the current resolution settings of the Display. By default user of StudioFun! will be given a choice to select between any of the following three resolutions. • 640x480 • 800x600 •...
  • Page 29: Warpspeeder

    WarpSpeeder Introduction [ WarpSpeeder™ ], a new powerful control utility, features three user-friendly functions including Overclock Manager, Overvoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Overclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU performance with just one click. The Overvoltage Manager, on the other hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage.
  • Page 30: Installation

    Installation Execute the setup execution file, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default procedure to install. 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 after you click “Finish”...
  • Page 31: Usage

    Usage The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard 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.
  • Page 32 This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. You can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to invoke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the little tray icon or you can right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following figure.
  • Page 33 3. Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CPU core voltage and Memory voltage or not. The default setting is “No”.
  • Page 34 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to left as the following figure.
  • Page 35 Overclock Panel contains these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment. Warning: Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially when the overclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button.
  • Page 36 “Auto-overclock button”: User can click this button and [ WarpSpeeder™ ] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using Watchdog function. After reboot, the [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable frequency according to the Recovery Dialog’s setting.
  • Page 37 5. Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide out to left as the following figure. In this panel, you can get the real-time status information of your system. The information will be refreshed every 1 second.
  • Page 38 Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’ functions.
  • Page 39: Trouble Shooting

    Trouble Shooting PROBABLE SOLUTION No power to the system at all; power light doesn’t * Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. illuminate; fan inside power supply does not turn * Replace cable. on. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. * Contact technical support.
  • Page 40 PROBABLE SOLUTION Screen goes blank periodically. * Disable screen saver. PROBABLE SOLUTION Memory problem. * Reboot computer. Reinstall memory, and make sure that all memory modules are installed in correct sockets. PROBABLE SOLUTION Computer virus. * Use anti-virus programs to detect and clean viruses.

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