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Manual Revision 1.1
August 29, 2005

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  • Page 1 User’ User’ s s s s s User’ User’ User’ Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual Intel Intel Intel i915PL Intel Intel i915PL i915PL i915PL mainboard i915PL mainboard mainboard mainboard mainboard for Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel Socket Socket Socket Socket...
  • Page 2 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
  • Page 3 80 Port Frequently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix B in this manual. P O ST C O D E P r o bl e m So l uti o n FFh o r CFh 1 .B IO S c hip inse rte d...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ............1- 1 Mainboard Features ........... 1- 2 System Block Diagram ..........1- 5 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification ..........2- 1 Section 3 Installatio Mainboard Layout ............. 3- 1 Easy Installation Procedure ........3- 2 CPU Insertion .............
  • Page 5 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation ..........5- 1 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide ....5- 2 Appendix Appendix A Update Your System BIOS ......... A- 1 Appendix B POST Codes ............... B- 1...
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  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 Package Contents Contents Optional Items A. Mainboard H. Extra USB2.0 port cable B. User’s manual If you need the optional item, please contact your dealer for assistance. C. Floppy drive cable D. HDD drive cable E.
  • Page 8: Mainboard Features

    PC users as well as for entry-level workstation users. Intel adds support for Hyper-Threading Technology to the Pentium 4 processor family. HT Technology allows a single, physical Pentium 4 processor to function as two logical processor for next generation multi threaded application.
  • Page 9 Introduction 10/100 LAN (Optional) This mainboard is mounted with a ethernet LAN controller. It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub. GbE LAN (Optional) The new Gigabit Ethernet LAN allows data transmission at 1,000 megabits per second (Mbps), which runs 10 times faster than conventional 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LANs.
  • Page 10 Introduction Special Features BIOS Features: Magic Health Reports your system hardware status for every boot-up to help detect faults early. Monitor hardware status including CPU temperature, CPU/Memory/ Chipset voltage, fan RPM speed for chassis fan, CPU fan & Power supply fan. EZ-Boot Simply press “ESC”...
  • Page 11: System Block Diagram

    Introduction 1-3 System Block Diagram Page 1-5...
  • Page 12 Introduction The following table of VGA cards have been tested compatible with this mainboard. 4X AGP Card nVidia Geforce 2 ELSA MX-400 32MB ELSA MX-460 64MB DDR GLADIAC 517VIVO nVidia Geforce 4 ASUS Ti-4400 128MB V8440 APT MVGA-NVG25 BAUTi-4600 128MB ATI Radeon 8500DDR 64MB 8X AGP Card Albatron GeForce FX5200EP 128MB DDR...
  • Page 13: Specification

    533 MHz front-side system bus ® ® Support Intel EM64T 64-bit Computing platform Supports Hyper-Threading Technology See <http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading> for information including details on which processor support HT Technology. Chipset ® Intel 915PL Chipset (915PL + ICH6) Main Memory Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets Support 2.5v DDR-333/400 DIMMs with dual channel architecture...
  • Page 14 Specification Eight USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel) S-ATA Four S-ATA ports with up to 150MBps bandwidth 10/100Mb Ethernet from onboard Realtek RTL8100C PCI controller, or 1Gb Ethernet from onboard Realtek RTL8110 PCI controller Audio Onboard Realtek ALC-655 selectable 2 or 6-CH audio CODEC (AC97 v2.3 compliant)
  • Page 15: Special Features

    Specification Peripheral Interfaces At Rear Panel PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports Parallel (printer) port S/PDIF-Out Coaxial jack Serial port RJ45 LAN connector Four USB2.0 ports Three Audio jacks Onboard connector and pin-header floppy drive connector ATA-100 IDE connector Four extra USB2.0 ports CD-IN and AUX-IN connector IR connector Four...
  • Page 16 Specification PowerBIOS for excellent overclocking features: - Programmable FSB and PCI Clock output frequency with 1MHz fine tuning - Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier, FSB clock, PCI-E x16 clock, DIMM frequency - Support BIOS adjustable CPU Core voltage, Chipset voltage, DIMM voltage settings Form Factor 305mm x 220mm ATX size...
  • Page 17: Installation

    Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Mainboard Layout Page 3-1...
  • Page 18: Easy Installation Procedure

    Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System Memory 3-4. Expansion Slots 3-5. Device Connectors 3-1 CPU Installation Step 1 Carefully remove the plastic protection plate from the socket.
  • Page 19 • Apply thermal compound or paste to the CPU to avoid CPU overheating and damage. • In accordance with Intel guidelines specifications, do not install a CPU over 20 times to avoid damaging the pins on the CPU socket.
  • Page 20: Jumper Settings

    Installation 3-2 Jumper Settings Clear CMOS data Jumper JCMOS: If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS. Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS...
  • Page 21: System Memory Configuration

    Installation 3-3 System Memory Configuration The mainboard accommodates two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets. • Supports up to 2.0GB of 333/400MHz DDR SDRAM. • Supports dual channel memory interface. • Supports non-ECC memory and non-Registered DIMMs only. • Supports 256Mb/512Mb/1Gb DDR technologies in x8 and x16 devices only. •...
  • Page 22: Expansion Slots

    Installation 3-4 Expansion Slots PCI-E VGA Slot The elongated PCI-E*16 is intended for PCI-E VGA card installation. AGX Slot The mainboard is equipped with one 1.5v AGX (Advanced Graphics Xtender) slot PCI-E VGA Slot for AGP card support. AGX Slot PCI-E Slots PCI Slots The mainboard is equipped with two...
  • Page 23: Device Connectors

    Installation 3-5 Device Connectors The I/O back panel for this mainboard is shown below. When installing the mainboard into the computer case, use the bundled I/O shield to protect this back panel. RJ45 Parallel Port Line-in/Rear out (Light Blue) PS/2 Mouse Line-out/Front out (Lime) PS/2...
  • Page 24 Installation : Floppy Controller Connector IDE1: ATA-66/100 IDE Connector Supports up to 2 IDE devices from embedded IDE controller . When using two IDE drives, one must be set to IDE1 Master mode and the other to Slave mode. Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting the proper drive switch settings.
  • Page 25 Installation CFPA: Front Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connector can be used for front panel audio. The front panel phone jack should have “normal close” switch. Without phone plug inserted, the rear panel audio is enabled. With phone plug inserted, the rear panel audio will be disabled.
  • Page 26 Installation LED1: 80 Port Debug LED Provides two-digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot. Allows quick and easy optimization. The LED will display the CPU temperature when you run the bundled USDM software. 80 Port Debug 7-segment LED display (Refer to Appendix B for POST codes) CUSB3/CUSB4: Four USB 2.0 ports This mainboard includes additional USB2.0 ports,...
  • Page 27 Installation CFP: Front Panel Connector HD_LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed. PWR_LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system.
  • Page 28: Power-On/Off (Remote)

    Installation 3-6 Power-On/Off (Remote) This board has a 24-pin ATX and a 4-pin ATX12V power supply connector to support power supplies with Remote On/Off feature. The 4-pin ATX12V connector must be plugged in for the system to operate safely. The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON header.
  • Page 29: Bios Setup

    BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off.
  • Page 30: Standard Cmos Setup

    BIOS The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function.
  • Page 31: Advanced Bios Features

    BIOS 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer’s default values for the board. Pressing the [F1] key displays a help message for the selected item.
  • Page 32 BIOS CPU L3 Cache This controls the status of the processor’s internal Level Three cache. Options: Enables, Disabled. Hyper-Threading Technology Enables the CPU Hyper-Threading Technology. Options: Enables, Disabled. Note: It is recommend to enable Hyper-Threading Technology on system with Windows XP and Linux 2.4 and disabling it for legacy OS. First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.
  • Page 33: Advanced Chipset Features

    BIOS APIC Mode This item allows you to enable APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) functionality. APIC is an Intel chip that provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) for its Pentium systems. Options: Enabled, Disabled. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance.
  • Page 34 BIOS DRAM Timing Selectable For setting DRAM Timing, select By SPD to follow Intel PC DDR SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Specification. Options: Manual, By SPD. CAS Latency Time This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after a Column Address Strobe (CAS) signal before data can be read.
  • Page 35: Integrated Peripherals

    BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals Realtek Lan Boot ROM Enable/disable the onboard Realtek LAN Boot ROM for booting from LAN. Options: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Express Function Scroll to PCI Express Function and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: PCI-E x1 Func 1(PCI-Exp2)/PCI-E x1 Func 2(PCI-Exp3) This item allows you to select the PCI Express x1 slot.
  • Page 36 BIOS Chipest IDE Devices Scroll to Chipest IDE Devices and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Delay For HDD (Secs) This item allows you to set longer time stand by before system Scan HDD at post screen. Some HDD may need a longer stand by time before it can be detected. Options: 0 ~ 15.
  • Page 37 BIOS IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.
  • Page 38 BIOS Onboard Device Setup Scroll to Onboard Device Setup and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: USB Controller Enables the USB controller. Options: Disabled, Enabled. USB 2.0 Controller Enables the EHCI (USB2.0) controller. Options: Disabled, Enabled. USB Keyboard Support Enable/Disable support for USB keyboard under DOS. Options: Auto, Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 39: Legacy Devices

    BIOS Legacy Devices Scroll to Legacy Devices and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller (FDC). If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select “Disabled “in this field. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 40: Power Management Setup

    BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’s absolutely necessary.
  • Page 41 BIOS User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode. Video Off Method This option allows you to select how the video will be disabled by the power management. The default is V/H Sync + Blank V/H Sync + Blank: System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.
  • Page 42: Pnp/Pci/Pci-E Configuration

    BIOS 4-6 PNP/PCI/PCI-E Configuration This page lets the user to modify the PCI/PCI-E IRQ signals when various PCI/PCI-E cards are inserted. WARNING: Conflicting IRQ’s may cause system unable to locate certain devices. Figure 7: PNP/PCI/PCI-E Configuration Setup Init Display First This item is used to select whether to initialize the PCI-E or PCI first when the system boots.
  • Page 43: Maximum Payload Size

    BIOS *** PCI Express related items *** Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices. The unit is byte. Options: 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096. Interrupt requests are shared as shown below: IMPORTANT! When using PCI cards on shared IRQ slots, make sure its drivers support “Shared IRQ”, or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments.
  • Page 44 BIOS Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST (Power On Self Test). Options: Enabled, Disabled. Current System/CPU Temperature Displays the current system/CPU temperature. Current CPU/Chassis/Power FAN Speed Displays the current speed of the CPU, chassis, and power fan speed in RPMs. VDimm The voltage level of the DRAM.
  • Page 45 BIOS SmartFan Function Scroll to SmartFan Function and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Smart CPU FAN Function This item selects how the fan speed should be set. Full speed fixes fan speed at100% duty cycle. Control the Fan by Duty-Cycle directly. By Temperature calculates the fan speed according to different temperature range.
  • Page 46: Power Bios Features

    BIOS 4-8 Power BIOS Features This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking. Warning: Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components. We recommend you leave these parameters at their default values for proper operation. [ 8X ] Figure 9: PowerBOIS Features Auto Detect PCI Clk...
  • Page 47 BIOS CPU CLOCK/SPEED Enables you to increment the CPU’s clock generator at 1MHz step. This works together with CPU Clock Ratio (below) to set the CPU operating frequency. CPU Clock Generator x CPU Clock Ratio = CPU Frequency For example, if you have a processor that is rated at 2.4GHz and the clock generator is 200MHz, then 200MHz x 12 = 2.4GHz Press <Enter>...
  • Page 48 BIOS PCI Freq Sel Enables you to select the PCI Frequency. Options: 33.3MHz, 33.80MHz, 34.28MHz, 34.78MHz, 35.29MHz, 35.82MHz, 36.36MHz, 36.92MHz, 37.50MHz. System Memory Frequency Enables you to select a ratio of the DDR DRAM to match the installed DRAM frequency. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. Options available depend on system FSB.
  • Page 49: Defaults Menu

    BIOS VDIMM Voltage This item allows you to adjust the DIMM slot voltage. We recommend that you leave this at the default value. 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are de- scribed below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter>...
  • Page 50: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus. user password: only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus.
  • Page 51: Exit Without Saving

    BIOS 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS.
  • Page 52 BIOS Page 4-24...
  • Page 53: Driver Installation

    This item installs all drivers automatically. Method 2 This item allows you to install the drivers selectively. Step 1 : Click “INTEL CHIPSET INF FILES” to install chipset driver. Step 2 : Click “REALTEK AUDIO Driver” to install audio driver. Step 3 : Click “REALTEK LAN Driver”...
  • Page 54: Realtek Sound Manager Quick User Guide

    Driver Installation Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "Sound Manager" utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs. This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user-guide to setup "Sound Manager". For more detailed information, refer to "Sound Manager manual"...
  • Page 55 Driver Installation Equalizer: <Figure 3> 3. There are 10 bands of equalizer control, check "ON" when you want to adjust the equalizer. Speaker Configuration: <Figure 4> 4. This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode (no. of speaker) is selected. Figure 4 above shows the phone jack setup for 2 channel mode.
  • Page 56 Driver Installation Speaker Test: <Figure 5> 5. To test the speaker , select the “Speaker Test” page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen. This board is equipped with Jack Sensing capability. If an audio device is plugged into the wrong connector, a warning message will appear to remind users to check the connection.
  • Page 57 Driver Installation Connector Sensing: <Figure 7> 7. EZ-Connection shows the result of the detection. “Audio Connector” column reflects the settings used in the "Speaker Configuration" page. “Current Connection” column shows the type of device detected. If the results do not match, an exclamation mark will appear on the right side. Connector Sensing: <Figure 8>...
  • Page 58 Driver Installation HRTF Demo: <Figure 9> 9. This page lets you test the HRTF 3D Positional Audio features. Microphone: <Figure 10> 10. The “Noise Suppression” feature uses software to reduce background delay microphone recording. Page 5-6...
  • Page 59 Driver Installation General: <Figure 11> Intel ALC655 11. This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software. To remove "Sound Manager" icon from Windows Task bar, uncheck "Show icon in system tray". Page 5-7...
  • Page 60 Driver Installation Page 5-8...
  • Page 61: Appendix

    Appendix Appendix A A-1 Update Your System BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk. Note: The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs.
  • Page 62 Appendix 5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file. X X X X X X X X X x x x x x . b i n x x x x x . b i n 6. To confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming. X X X X X X X X X x x x x x .
  • Page 63: Post Codes

    Appendix Appendix B B-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 &...
  • Page 64 Appendix Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). 19-1Ah Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. Reserved Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch.
  • Page 65 Appendix Test 8259 functionality. Reserved 45-46h Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4A-4Dh Reserved Program MTRR of M1 CPU Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range.
  • Page 66 Appendix Reserved Initialize floppy controller Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. 70-72h Reserved (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : -AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -ALT+F2 is pressed Reserved Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. Reserved Detect serial ports &...

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