Biostar P4M80-M7 User Manual

Biostar P4M80-M7 User Manual

Biostar p4m80-m7 motherboard: user guide
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P4M80-M7
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 and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability
or fitness for any purpose. Further the vendor reserves the right to revise this
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  • Page 1 P4M80-M7 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: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ...1 Features ...1 Package List ...3 Layout...4 Components...5 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ...6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)...6 FAN Headers...7 Memory Module Installation ...8 Connectors and Slots ...9 Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup...10 How to Setup Jumpers ...10 Detail Settings...10 Chapter 4: Useful Help ...14 Award BIOS Beep Code...14...
  • Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Environment Control initiatives: H/W Monitor, Fan Speed Controller, ITE “Smart Guardian” function. 10/100 LAN Chip: RTL8100C Supports 10/100 Mb/s auto-negotiation operation. Half/Full duplex capability. Supports ACPI, PCI power management. P4M80-M7 DDR Module 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB *1 Total Memory Size Max is 2GB.
  • Page 4 P4M80-M7 Slot 3 PCI bus master slots. 1 AGP 4x/8x compatible slot. 1 CNR slot. Serial ATA Integrated in VT8237R. Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions. Supports 2 serial ATA (SATA) ports. Data transfer rates up to 150 MB/s.
  • Page 5: Package List

    P4M80-M7 Rear Side Connectors 4 USB 2.0 ports. 1 VGA port. 1 serial port. 1 parallel port. 1 RJ-45 LAN jack. 1 PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard port. 1 vertical audio port including 1 line-in connector, 1 line out connector, and 1 MIC in connector.
  • Page 6: Layout

    P4M80-M7 AYOUT JKBMS1 JATXPWR2 JCOM1 JVGA1 JUSB1 JUSBV1 JUSBLAN1 Super JAUDIO BIOS PCI1 PCI2 JAUDIO1 JSPDIFO1 JCDIN1 PCI3 Codec CNR1 Note: ■ represents the 1 pin. LGA775 CPU1 P4M800 AGP1 JUSB3 VT8237R JUSB4 JUSBV2 FDD1 JSFAN1 JCFAN1 BAT1 JSATA2 JSATA1...
  • Page 7: Components

    JSPDIFO1: Digital audio out connector. Q. CNR1: Communication Network Riser slot. PCI1~3: Peripheral Component Interconnect slots. FDD1: Floppy disk connector. JSFAN1: System fan header. JPANEL1: front panel facilities header. P4M80-M7 LGA775 CPU1 P4M800 BAT1 VT8237R JCMOS1: Clear CMOS header. JCI1: Chassis open message header.
  • Page 8: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the black cut edge on socket, and the white dot on CPU should point wards this black cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation. Step 2-1: P4M80-M7 (CPU)
  • Page 9: Fan Headers

    P4M80-M7 Step 2-2: Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then close the lever to complete the installation. Step 4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU FAN power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.
  • Page 10: Memory Module Installation

    P4M80-M7 EMORY ODULE NSTALLATION Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.
  • Page 11: Connectors And Slots

    The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. This motherboard is equipped with 3 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.
  • Page 12: Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup

    +5V Standby Voltage Pin 2-3 close Note: In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard and mouse”, “JUSBV1/JUSBV2” jumper cap should be placed on Pin 2-3. P4M80-M7 Pin closed Assignment Description JUSBV1: +5V for JKBMS1, JUSB1 and JUSBLAN1.
  • Page 13 P4M80-M7 JATXPWR1/PATXPWR2: Power Connectors JATXPWR1: This connector allows user to connect with 20-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. JATXPWR2: By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit. Assignment +3.3V +3.3V Ground Ground Ground PW_ON...
  • Page 14 P4M80-M7 JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-in Connector This connector allows user to connect the audio source from the veriaty devices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner card etc.. JCDIN1 JSPDIFO1: Digital Audio-out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.
  • Page 15 P4M80-M7 JPANEL1: Front Panel Header This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connection. It allows user to connect the PC case’s front panel switch functions. PWR_LED HLED Assignment Function Speaker Connector Speaker...
  • Page 16: Chapter 4: Useful Help

    BIOS contents are corrupted. In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS: 1. Make a bootable floppy disk. 2. Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw 3. Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website.
  • Page 17 If the system shutdown automatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU protection function has been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.
  • Page 18: Troubleshooting

    P4M80-M7 ROUBLESHOOTING Probable No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. System inoperative. Keyboard lights are on, power indicator lights are lit, and hard drive is spinning.
  • Page 19: Chapter 5: Warpspeeder

    YSTEM EQUIREMENT OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. If you use Windows XP, you do not need to install DirectX 8.1.) P4M80-M7...
  • Page 20: Installation

    Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be automatically and immediately launched after you click “Finish” button. Usage: The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printed in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand.
  • Page 21: Warpspeederâ„¢] Includes 1 Tray Icon And 5 Panels

    P4M80-M7 ™] PEEDER INCLUDES Whenever the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows Taskbar. 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...
  • Page 22 P4M80-M7 If you click the tray icon, [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’s first window you will see 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.
  • Page 23 P4M80-M7 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”. If you want to get the best performance of overclocking, we recommend you click the option “Yes”.
  • Page 24 P4M80-M7 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. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment.
  • Page 25 P4M80-M7 “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...
  • Page 26 P4M80-M7 Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and detail information in hints of all the chipset that are related to overclocking. You can also get the mainboard’s BIOS model and the Version number of...
  • Page 27 P4M80-M7 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’...

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