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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
of
warranties
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 vendor's approval in writing.
The content of this user's manual is subject to be changed without notice
and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user's
manual. All the brand and product names are trademarks of their
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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 designed 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.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    LAYOUT OF P4VTC ................1 COMPONENT INDEX ................2 ENGLISH ....................3 P4VTC Features ......................3 Package contents ...................... 4 How to setup Jumper ....................5 CPU Installation ......................5 DDR DIMM Modules: DIMM1/ DIMM2................ 6 Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots..............7 WARPSPEEDER ..................14 Introduction......................
  • Page 3: Layout Of P4Vtc

    Layout of P4VTC JKBMS1 JCFAN1 Mouse & JKBV1 Keyboard JUSB1 JUSBV1 CPU1 Socket 478 JCOM1 JPRNT1 JCOM2 JATXPWR2 JUSBLAN1 PT800 JUSBV2 JAUDIO JATXPWR1 JAUDIO1 AGP SLOT JCDIN2 BAT1 JCDIN1 PCI1 PCI SLOT CODEC JCMOS1 JUSBV3 JSPDIF1 JSATA2 PCI2 JUSB3 PCI SLOT...
  • Page 4: Component Index

    Component Index Socket 478 PT800 BAT1 CODEC ITE I/O BIOS A. Power Source Selection for Keyboard N. Wake On LAN Header (JWOL1) and Mouse (JKBV1) O. System FAN Header (JSFAN1) B. Power Source Selection for USB P. Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1) (JUSBV1) Q.
  • Page 5: English

    English P4VTC Features A. Hardware Provides Socket 478. ® Supports the Intel processor. Supports Hyper-Threading Technology. 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 6: Package Contents

    On Board Peripherals a. Rear side 2 serial ports. 1 parallel port. (SPP/EPP/ECP mode) Audio ports in vertical position. 1 LAN jack. 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 1 front audio header.
  • Page 7: How To Setup Jumper

    How to setup Jumper The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the Jumper cap is placed on pins, 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 pin 1and 2 are “close” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.
  • Page 8: Ddr Dimm Modules: Dimm1/ Dimm2

    CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1 Pin No. Assignment Ground +12V JCFAN1 FAN rpm rate Sense System Fan Header: JSFAN1 Pin No. Assignment Ground JSFAN1 +12V FAN rpm rate Sense 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...
  • Page 9: Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots

    Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy 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.
  • Page 10: Front Panel Connector: Jpanel1

    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 11 Power Connectors: JATXPWR1/ JATXPWR2 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 Power Source Selection for Keyboard and Mouse: JKBV1 Description JKBV1 Assignment +5V for keyboard and mouse Pin 1-2 close...
  • Page 12 Power Source Selection for USB: JUSBV1/ JUSBV2/ JUSBV3 Assignment Description JUSBV1/JUSBV2/ JUSBV3 JUSBV1: 5V for USB located at the JUSB1 connector port JUSBV2: 5V for USB located at the Pin 1-2 close JUSBLAN1 port JUSBV3: 5V for USB located at the JUSB3/4 ports JUSBV1: JUSB1 port powered with +5V Standby...
  • Page 13 ※ 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. Power on AC. 6. Reset your desired password or clear the CMOS data. Case Open Connector: JC1 Assignment Case Open Signal...
  • Page 14 Front Panel Audio Header: JAUDIO1 (optional) JAUDIO1 Assignment Assignment Mic In Ground Mic Power Audio Power Right Line Out/ Right Right Line Out/ Right Speaker Out Speaker Out Reserved Left Line Out/ Left Left Line Out/ Left Speaker Out Speaker Out Surrender Right Surrender Left Center...
  • Page 15 Serial ATA Connector: JSATA1/ JSATA2 Assignment Assignment Ground Ground JSATA1/ JSATA2 Ground Back Panel Connectors JKBMS1 JUSBLAN1 JPRNT1 PS/2 Mouse Parallel Line In JUSB1 Speaker Out MIC In PS/2 COM1 COM2 Keyboard JCOM1 JCOM2 JAUDIO 6 Channel Speakers Line In/ Rear Speaker Speaker Out Mic In/ Center &...
  • Page 16: 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 17: 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 18: 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 19 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 20 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 21 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 22 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 23 “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 24 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 25 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 26: Studiofun! Tm (Optional)

    StudioFun! (Optional) 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. Of course, the images can be stored in USB mass storage devices like flash disks and USB floppy disks.
  • Page 27: Trouble Shooting

    Trouble Shooting PROBABLE SOLUTION No power to the system at all Power light don’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 PROBABLE SOLUTION...
  • Page 28 08/13/2003...

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