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Mercury PI845GVM-P User Manual

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Copyright
This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected un-
der international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any
of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the au-
thor.
Version 6.0
Disclaimer
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufac-
turer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and
specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any par-
ticular purpose. 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.
Trademark Recognition
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
MMX, Pentium, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation.
Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners
and are acknowledged.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi-
tal 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 in-
stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not oc-
cur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
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Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
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Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with
this equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing
this device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system's manu-
facturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
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  • Page 1 Preface Copyright This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected un- der international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the au- thor.

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the follow- ing conditions: − This device may not cause harmful interference, and − This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preface CHAPTER 1 Introducing the Motherboard Introduction ....................1 Features......................2 Choosing a Computer Case .................3 Motherboard Components................4 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Motherboard Safety Precautions ..................6 Quick Guide ....................6 Installing the Motherboard in a Case ............7 Checking Jumper Settings ................7 Setting Jumpers....................7 Checking Jumper Settings ..................8 Jumper Settings....................8 Connecting Case Components ..............9...
  • Page 4 Frequency/Voltage Control................41 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option ...............42 Load Optimized Defaults Option ..............42 Set Supervisor/User Password................42 Save & Exit Setup Option ................43 Exit Without Saving..................43 CHAPTER 4 Using the Motherboard Software About the Software CD-ROM..............44 Auto-installing under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP ........44 Running Setup ....................45 Manual Installation ..................47 Utility Software Reference................47...

  • Page 5: Introducing The Motherboard

    Introducing the Motherboard Congratulations on purchasing this motherboard. This motherboard is a Micro- ATX motherboard that uses a 4-layer printed circuit board and measures 244 mm x 200 mm. The motherboard is design to support the mPGA Socket 478 Intel P4 Willamette/Northwood/Prescott processors and the new Intel 845GL/845GV chipset.

  • Page 6: Features

    Processor The motherboard uses a micro PGA 478-pin socket that has the following features: • Accommodates Intel/P4 Willamette/Northwood/Prescott 478-pins CPU Supports 400 MHz front side 845GL 82801(ICH4) bus (FSB) with memory speed of 266 MHz Supports 533/400 MHz front 845GV 82801(ICH4) side bus (FSB) with memory speed of 333/266 MHz...

  • Page 7: Choosing A Computer Case

    The motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66/33 MB/sec. Integrated I/O The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors: • Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard • One serial port • One VGA port •...
  • Page 9 Table of Motherboard Components Label Component AGP1 ADD slot ATX1 Standard 20-pin ATX power connector ATX12V Power connector AUDIO1 Front panel MIC/Speaker Out header AUXIN1 Auxilliary In header CDIN1 Primary CD-in connector CNR1 Communications and Networking Riser slot CASFAN1 Case fan connector CPUFAN1 Cooling fan for CPU CPU Socket...

  • Page 10: Installing The Motherboard

    Installing the Motherboard Follow these safety precautions when installing the motherboard: • Wear a grounding strap attached to a grounded device to avoid damage from static electricity. • Discharge static electricity by touching the metal case of a safely grounded object before working on the motherboard. •...

  • Page 11: Installing The Motherboard In A Case

    Refer to the following illustration and instructions for installing the mother- board in a case: This illustration shows an ex- ample of a motherboard being installed in a tower-type case: Note: Do not overtighten the screws as this can stress the moth- erboard.

  • Page 12: Checking Jumper Settings

    Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the motherboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description Setting 1-2: Normal 2-3: Clear CMOS 3-pin Clear CMOS Before clearing the CMOS, make sure to turn off the system Open: Write Enable BIOS Write 2-pin...

  • Page 13: Connecting Case Components

    After you have installed the motherboard into a case, you can begin connect- ing the motherboard components. Refer to the following: Connect the CPU cool- ing fan cable to CPUFAN1. Connect the case cool- ing fan connector to CASFAN1. Connect the case speaker cable to SPEAKER1.
  • Page 14 SPEAKER1: Internal speaker Signal Name Signal Buzzer ATX1: ATX 20-pin Power Connector Signal Name Signal Name +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V -12V Ground Ground PS ON# Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PWRGD +5VSB +12V ATX12: ATX 12V Power Connector Signal Name Ground Ground +12V +12V...

  • Page 15: Front Panel Connector

    Front Panel Connector The front panel connector (PANEL1) provides a standard set of switch and LED connectors commonly found on ATX or micro-ATX cases. Refer to the table below for information: Function Function Hard disk LED MSG LED [dual color (positive) or single color (+)] Hard disk active LED...

  • Page 16: Installing Hardware

    Installing the Processor Caution: When installing a CPU heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you DO NOT scratch the motherboard or any of the surface-mount resis- tors with the clip of the cooling fan. If the clip of the cooling fan scrapes across the motherboard, you may cause serious damage to the mother- board or its components.

  • Page 17: Cpu Installation Procedure

    CPU Installation Procedure The following illustration shows CPU installation components: Note: The pin-1 corner is marked with an arrow Follow these instructions to install the Retention Module and CPU: Install your CPU. Pull up the lever away from the socket and lift up to 90- degree angle.
  • Page 18 Press the lever down. Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU. Put the CPU Fan down on the retention module and snap the four reten- tion legs of the cooling fan into place. Flip the levers over to lock the heat sink in place. Connect the CPU Cool- ing Fan power cable to the CPUFAN1 connec-...

  • Page 19: Installing Memory Modules

    Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accommodates two 184-pin 2.5V unbuffered Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM memory modules. The memory chips must be standard or registered SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). When you installed DDR333 memory modules, the memory bus can run up to 166 MHz.

  • Page 20: Installing A Hard Disk Drive/Cd-Rom

    Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM This section describes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive. Your motherboard has a primary and secondary IDE channel interface (IDE1 and IDE2). An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled with the moth- erboard.

  • Page 21: Installing A Floppy Diskette Drive

    IDE devices have jumpers or switches that are used to set the IDE device as MASTER or SLAVE. Refer to the IDE device user’s manual. When installing two IDE devices on one cable, ensure that one device is set to MASTER and the other device is set to SLAVE.

  • Page 22: Installing Add-On Cards

    Installing Add-on Cards The slots in this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and con- nect them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the motherboard’s features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can increase the motherboard’s capabilities by adding hardware which performs tasks that are not part of the basic system.
  • Page 23 Follow these instructions to install an add-on card: Remove a blanking plate from the system case corresponding to the slot you are going to use. Install the edge connector of the add-on card into the expansion slot. Ensure that the edge con- nector is correctly seated in the slot.

  • Page 24: Connecting Optional Devices

    Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s op- tional devices: AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access. Signal Name Function AUD_MIC Front Panel Microphone input signal AUD_GND...
  • Page 25 USB2: Front panel USB ports The motherboard has two 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 connector USB2 to connect the front-mounted ports to the motherboard.

  • Page 26: Connecting I/O Devices

    SPDIF1: SPDIF out header This is an optional header that provides an S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Inter- face) output to digital multimedia device through optical fiber or coaxial connector. Signal Name SPDIF Out The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports: PS/2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device.

  • Page 27: Using Bios

    Using BIOS The computer uses the latest Award BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the motherboard contains the ROM setup instruc- tions for configuring the motherboard BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup Utility displays the system's configuration status and provides you with options to set system parameters.

  • Page 28: Entering The Setup Utility

    Entering the Setup Utility When you power on the system, BIOS enters the Power-On Self Test (POST) routines. POST is a series of built-in diagnostics performed by the BIOS. After the POST routines are completed, the following message appears: Press DEL to enter SETUP Pressing the delete key accesses the BIOS Setup Utility: CMOS Setup Utility –...

  • Page 29: Using Bios

    If your motherboard has an item called Firmware Write Protect in Advanced BIOS features, disable it. (Firmware Write Protect prevents BIOS from being overwritten.) Create a bootable system disk. (Refer to Windows online help for infor- mation on creating a bootable system disk.) Download the Flash Utility and new BIOS file from the manufacturer's Web site.

  • Page 30: Standard Cmos Features

    Standard CMOS Features This option displays basic information about your system. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Tue, July 11 2001 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 12 : 8 : 59 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Change the day, month,...
  • Page 31 IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press <Enter> while this item is highlighted to prompt the Setup Utility to automatically detect and configure an IDE device on the IDE channel. Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive that supports LBA mode, more than one line will appear in the parameter box.

  • Page 32: Advanced Bios Setup Option

    Advanced BIOS Setup Option This option defines advanced information about your system. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Setup CPU Feature [Press Enter] Item Help CPU L1 & L2 Cache [Enabled] CPU Hyper-Threading [Enabled] Menu Level Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Allows you to choose First Boot Device...
  • Page 33 Thermal Management (Thermal Monitor 1) This item sets CPU’s thermal control rule to protect CPU from overheat. This feature is only available when CPU supports Thermal Monitor 2. Limit CPUID MaxVal (Disabled) This item limits the CPUID maximum value. Enable this item to install WinNT. Leave this item at the default value for other OS.
  • Page 34 If this item is enabled, you can use the following two items to set the typematic rate and the typematic delay settings for your keyboard. • Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): Use this item to define how many characters per second a held-down key generates. •...

  • Page 35: Advanced Chipset Features Option

    Advanced Chipset Features Option These items define critical timing parameters of the motherboard. You should leave the items on this page at their default values unless you are very famil- iar with the technical specifications of your system hardware. If you change the values incorrectly, you may introduce fatal errors or recurring instability into your system.
  • Page 36 Turbo Mode (Disabled) This item allows you to speed up the external clock by approximately 2.5%. This feature is used to verify the design flexibility. It is a very important tool for test units to verify CPU stability. It is not recommended that you use this fea- ture.

  • Page 37: Integrated Peripherals Option

    Integrated Peripherals Option These options display items that define the operation of peripheral compo- nents on the system's input/output ports. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] Item Help IDE Primary Master [Auto] IDE Primary Slave...
  • Page 38 USB Keyboard Support (Disabled) Enable this item if you plan to use a keyboard connected through the USB port in a legacy operating system (such as DOS) that does not support Plug and Play. USB Mouse Support (Disabled) Enable this item if you plan to use a USB mouse. AC97 Audio (Auto) Enables and disables the onboard audio chip.
  • Page 39 ECP and EPP modes are only supported with EPP- and ECP-aware peripherals. EPP Mode Select (EPP 1.7) The onboard parallel port is EPP spec. compliant, after you choose the on- board parallel port with EPP function. Set the EPP version to 1.7 spec or 1.9 spec.

  • Page 40: Power Management Setup Option

    Power Management Setup Option This option lets you control system power management. The system has vari- ous power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the sys- tem to be automatically resumed by certain events.
  • Page 41 short timeout. If this item is set to Min Saving, power-saving modes occur after a longer timeout. If the item is set to User Define, you can insert your own timeouts for the power-saving modes. Video Off Method (DPMS) This item defines how the video is powered down to save power. This item is set to DPMS (Display Power Management Software) by default.

  • Page 42: Reload Global Timer Events

    PCI card activity. Resume by Alarm (Disabled) When set to Enabled, additional fields become available and you can set the date (day of the month), hour, minute and second to turn on your system. When set to 0 (zero) for the day of the month, the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time.

  • Page 43: Pnp/Pci Configuration Option

    PNP/PCI Configuration Option This option configures how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards operate in your system. Both the ISA and PCI buses on the Motherboard use system IRQs (Interrupt ReQuests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access). You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configurations Setup utility for the motherboard to work properly.

  • Page 44: Pc Health Status Option

    standard VGA cards. This board includes a built-in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled. Assign IRQ For USB (Enabled) Names the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the USB on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system.

  • Page 45: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control This item enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control Item Help CPU Clock Ratio...

  • Page 46: Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option

    Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option This option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all ap- propriate items in the Setup Utility: Press <Y> and then <Enter> to install the defaults. Press <N> and then <En- ter> to not install the defaults. The fail-safe defaults place no great demands on the system and are generally stable.

  • Page 47: Save & Exit Setup Option

    Save & Exit Setup Option Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility. When the Save and Exit dialog box appears, press <Y> to save and exit, or press <N> to return to the main menu: Exit Without Saving Highlight this item and press <Enter>...

  • Page 48: Using The Motherboard Software

    Using the Motherboard Software The support software CD-ROM that is included in the motherboard package contains all the drivers and utility programs needed to properly run the bun- dled products. Below you can find a brief description of each software program, and the location for your motherboard version.

  • Page 49: Running Setup

    Setup Tab Setup Click the Setup button to run the software installation program. Select from the menu which software you want to install. Browse The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allows you to open Windows Explorer and show the contents of the support CD.
  • Page 50 Note: The following screens are examples only. The screens and driver lists will be different according to the motherboard you are installing. The motherboard identification is located in the upper left-hand corner. Click Next. The following screen appears: • Check the box next to the items you want to install. The default options are recommended.

  • Page 51: Manual Installation

    Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive and locate the PATH.DOC file in the root directory. This file contains the information needed to locate the drivers for your motherboard. Look for the chipset and motherboard model; then browse to the directory and path to begin installing the drivers.

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