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VG33 MAINBOARD MANUAL DOC No.: M02A04 Rev. |: A0 Date |:1, 2003 Part No. |: 25-10630-00...
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Notice Handling Precautions Warning: 1. Static electricity may cause damage to the integrated circuits on the motherboard. Before handling any motherboard outside of its protective packaging, ensure that there is no static electric charge in your body. 2. There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced.
Overview Chapter 1 Overview The new microATX 1stMainboard VG33 supports a full range of the latest ® generation Intel Pentium 4 CPUs. The leading edge chipset Intel 845GE ® ® ® MCH was designed for coworking with Pentium 4 in the mPGA478 CPU ®...
VG33 Mainboard Manual Package Checklist If you discover any item below was damaged or lost, please contact your vendor. The mainboard This user manual One FDD cable |Software CD One ATA/100 cable |I/O shilding NOTE: lst Utilities CD that contains patch files, onboard video/au- dio chip drivers, related online help and other useful information can be found in your mainboard package.
VG33 Mainboard Manual Main Features Easy Installation ||BIOS with support for Plug and Play, auto detection of IDE hard drives, ||LS-120|drives, IDE ZIP drives, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows ||NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and OS/2. Leading Edge Chipset Intel 845GE supports integrated graphic (UMA only) features that of 32 ®...
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Overview Integrated Audio Subsystem Onboard audio features included one SPDIF pinheader for digital audio resource output use. The onboard AC97 Codec chip has two options: either supports 2-channel or optional 5.1-channel audio feature. If the latter one onbaord, the Microphone/Line_In/Line_Out can be used as audio output.
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Installation Procedures Chapter 2 Installation Procedures The mainboard has several user-adjustable jumpers on the board that allow you to configure your system to suit your requirements. This chapter contains information on the various jumper settings on your mainboard. To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps: Step 1 - Set system jumpers Step 2 -...
VG33 Mainboard Manual Quick Reference (from Page 2-2 to 2-4) Mainboard Layout * When link to Line_Out jack, please use a speaker that with amplifier. * Connector Serial IRQ is for system integration use. 2 - 2...
VG33 Mainboard Manual (3). CPU Fan Installation This connector is linked to the CPU fan. When the system is in some power saving mode, the CPU fan will turn off; when it reverts back to full on mode, the fan will turn Without sufficient air circulation, the CPU may overheat resulting in back on.
Installation Procedures 2). Install Memory Modules Locate the DIMM slots on the mainboard. Install the DIMM straight down into the DIMM slot using both hands. The clip on both ends of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM reaches the slot bottom.
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VG33 Mainboard Manual When you install your CPU on this mainboard, please use a power supply that designed and manufactured only for CPU use. Your CPU fansink combined with its retention module must be completely closed and firmly attached on the top of the processor.
Installation Procedures 4). Install Expansion Cards This section describes how to connect an expansion card to one of your system expansion slots. Expansion cards are printed circuit boards that, when connected to the mainboard, increase the capabilities of your system. For example, expansion cards can provide video and sound capabilities.
VG33 Mainboard Manual Holding the edge of the peripheral card, carefully align the edge connector with the expansion slot. Push the card firmly into the slot. Push down on one end of the expansion card, then the other. Use this rocking” motion until the add on card is firmly seated inside the expansion slot.
Installation Procedures IDE Device Connectors These two connectors are used for your IDE hard disk drives, CD drives, LS- 120|drives, or IDE ZIP drives. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin 1. Power Connectors The 20-pin male block connector is connected to the ATX power supply.
VG33 Mainboard Manual CD Audio-In Connectors The connectors, CD_IN and AUX_IN, are for CD-ROM drive audio analog input use. Front Panel Block, Power LED, IR, and Speaker Connector This block connector includes the connectors for linking with Power LED (3- pin), HDD LED, power button, power/sleep/message waiting button, reset buttonon the front panel of the system case.
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Installation Procedures (1) Reset Switch is connected to the reset button. Push this switch to reboot the system instead of turning the power button off and on. (2) HDD LED is connected to the IDE device indicator. This LED will blink when the hard disk drives are activated.
VG33 Mainboard Manual Fan Connectors The two connectors, CPU_FAN, SYS_FAN are linked to the CPU fan, case fan, respectively. Wake-On-Lan Connector This 3-pin connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL. 2 - 12...
Installation Procedures Wake-On-Ring Connector The 2-pin connector allows you to link with your modem card which outputs a WOR singal; the system can be turned on from the power-off status by a remote phone call via the modem card. CAUTION: Improper orientation of SPDIF connection may cause damage of your device.
VG33 Mainboard Manual Serial IRQ Connector This 2-pin connector is used for some system integration use. PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector These two 6-pin female (PS/2 keyboard is purple color and PS/2 mouse is green color) connectors are used for your PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse. Universal Serial Bus Connectors These two black connectors integrated on the edge of the board are used for linking with USB peripheral devices.
Installation Procedures The figure below is the pin assignment of the USB pinheader. NOTE: About the USB 2.0 driver. if you use- Windows XP + Sevice Pack 1: it offers the driver. Windows XP: download it from Microsoft web site. Windows 2000/98SE/ME: driver in lst Utilities CD, please manually installed it.
VG33 Mainboard Manual Printer Connector This 25-pin D-Sub female burgundy-colored connector is attached to your printer. Audio I/O Jacks LINE_OUT (lime) can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers. LINE_IN (light blue) allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your computer or played through the LINE_OUT.
Installation Procedures Video Graphics Accelerator Connector This 15-pin female D-sub blue connector is connected to your display monitor. LAN Connector The RJ45 LAN jack is used for the LAN cable plug. 2 - 17...
VG33 Mainboard Manual IEEE 1394 Connectors (mfg. optional) The board has three pinheaders of IEEE 1394 port to connect with their com- patible peripheral devices for higher system performance. 2 - 18...
BIOS Setup Chapter 3 BIOS Setup The mainboard comes with the chip that BIOS that contains the ROM Setup information of your system. (This chip serves as an interface between the processor and the rest of the mainboard components.) This section explains the information contained in the Setup program and tells you how to modify the settings according to your system configuration.
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VG33 Mainboard Manual The CMOS Setup screen is displayed above. Each item may have one or more option settings. The system BIOS automatically detects memory size, thus no changes are necessary. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press Enter key to select the value you want in each item.
BIOS Setup Floppy 3 Mode Support This is a Japanese standard floppy type drive. The standard stores 1.2MB in a 3.5 inch diskette. Installed Memory/Memory Bank These three items tell users the information about the installed memory modules, type, and sizes. BIOS Version/BIOS Relese Date/BIOS Implement Guide These three items tell users the information about the BIOS of the com- puter system.
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VG33 Mainboard Manual Reset Configuration Data Enabling it to reset the system Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operat- ing system can not boot.
BIOS Setup Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password The two features allow users to set the supervisor/user password. To set supervisor password is a must. To set user password is not allowed if supervisor password is clean. It is common to set both passwords. Once it is set, the option will become Set automatically.
VG33 Mainboard Manual I/O device Configuration Serial Port A/B Allows you to disable the COM1/2 port when it is needed to do so. The options are: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1/2 If the serial port 1/2 uses the onboard I/O controller, you can modify your serial port parameters.
BIOS Setup Onboard Parallel Port Allows you to select from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses the onboard I/O controller. The options are: 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7. Parallel Port Mode Allows you to connect with an advanced printer via the port mode it supports.
VG33 Mainboard Manual Power Features Setup After AC Power Failure When the system is shut down owing to the power failure, the system will not be back to power on by itself. This feature allows you to set the system back to which power status of the system when the system power is resumed.
BIOS Setup Boot Features Setup Boot-time Diagnostic Screen This feature allows to be enabled for troubleshooting or other reason. The options are Disabled, Enabled. Quick Boot Mode This feature allows users to disable the quick boot mode for troubleshoot- ing or other reason. The options are Disabled, Enabled. Boot Device Priority This feature will auto detect all hard disks of bootable device on the sys- tem.
VG33 Mainboard Manual Exit Features Setup Exit Saving Changes After you have made changes under Setup, press Esc to return to the main menu. Move highlight bar to this item and press Enter key, then press Y to change the CMOS Setup. Exit discarding Changes Select this feature to allow you to exit the setup utility without saving CMOS modifications.
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