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  • Page 1 M004 Motherboard...
  • Page 2 THE SEALED DISK PACKAGE, INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE. PROMPTLY RETURN, WITHIN 15 DAYS, THE SOFTWARE, ALL RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND ACCOMPANYING ITEMS TO THE PLACE OF ACQUISITION FOR A FULL REFUND. This is a legal agreement between you and Creative Technology Ltd. and 9. Limitations on Using, Copying, and Modifying the Software its subsidiaries (“Creative”).
  • Page 4 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.
  • Page 5 Safety & Regulatory Information The following sections contain notices for various countries: Safety Information Compliance CAUTION: This device is intended to be installed by the user This product conforms to the following Council Directive: in a CSA/TUV/UL certified/listed IBM AT or compatible Directive 89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC (EMC) personal computers in the manufacturer’s defined operator access area.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ....................... v Document Conventions............... vi The M004 Motherboard Features......................1-1 Specifications ....................1-2 ® The Pentium II Processor About the Pentium II Processor ..............2-1 Installing the Hardware for the Pentium II Processor........2-2 Components of the Pentium II Processor’s retention mechanism ..2-3 Step 1: To install the retention mechanism........2-4 Components of the Pentium II Processor’s heat sink support..2-5 Step 2: To install the heat sink support..........2-6...
  • Page 7 To clear the CMOS................5-6 To flash the EEPROM Vpp...............5-7 To enable or disable the keyboard & PS/2 mouse Power-On function................5-8 Memory Configuration and BIOS Settings Memory Configuration ..................6-1 BIOS Settings....................6-2 To change BIOS settings in CMOS..........6-2 The CMOS Setup Utility Menu............6-3 Standard CMOS Setup ..............6-5 BIOS Features Setup .................6-8 Chipset Features Setup ..............6-11...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Introduction Thank you for purchasing the M004 motherboard. It is a highly integrated IBM PC/AT compatible system board designed to meet the industry’s most demanding desktop applications. This manual provides you with information on how to set up your motherboard: Chapter 1, “The M004 Motherboard”...

  • Page 9: Document Conventions

    Document Conventions This manual uses the following conventions to help you locate and identify the information you need. Table i: Text conventions. Text Elements bold Text that must be entered exactly as it appears. italic Title of a book or a placeholder. A placeholder represents information that you must provide.

  • Page 10: The M004 Motherboard

    The M004 Motherboard This chapter is organized into the following sections: Features Specifications Features M004 is a highly integrated IBM PC/AT compatible system board designed to meet the industry’s most demanding desktop applications. This motherboard is based on the Intel 82440BX AGPset chipset which supports Pentium®...

  • Page 11: Specifications

    The onboard Giga I/O controller provides standard PC I/O functions: floppy drive interface, two First In First Out (FIFO) serial ports, an Infrared Data Association (IrDA) device port, and a parallel port that supports Standard Parallel Port (SPP), Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP), and Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).
  • Page 12 Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Two Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE ports that support four IDE devices and provide data transfer rates of up to 33 MB/sec. This controller supports Enhanced PIO Modes 3 and 4, and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 devices.
  • Page 13 Dual Function Power Button The system can be in one of two modes, Suspend or Soft-off. If you hold the Power button down for less than 4 seconds, the system will go into the Suspend mode. If you hold the Power button for more than 4 seconds, the system will go into the Soft-off mode.
  • Page 14 Figure 1-1: The M004 motherboard. The M004 Motherboard 1-5...

  • Page 15: The Pentium ® Ii Processor

    ® The Pentium II Processor This chapter consists of the following sections: About the Pentium II Processor Installing the Hardware for the Pentium II Processor About the Pentium II Processor The Pentium II processor and the Celeron™ processor are the latest additions to the P6 processor family.
  • Page 16 Installing the Hardware for the Pentium II Processor The Pentium II processor uses Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge packaging technology which enables high volume availability and improved handling protection. Figure 2-1 shows the front, rear, and top views of the Pentium II processor (without heat sink mounted).

  • Page 17: Components Of The Pentium Ii Processor's Retention Mechanism

    Before you proceed, do the following: 1. Switch off the computer. 2. Remove the motherboard from the chassis. 3. Place it on a workbench. 4. Remove all DIMM chips, cables, and cards from the motherboard so that it is bare. Components of the Pentium II Processor’s retention mechanism The Retention Mechanism (RM) consists of the following parts:...

  • Page 18: Step 1: To Install The Retention Mechanism

    Step 1: To install the retention mechanism 1. Locate the Retention Mechanism (RM) mounting holes and the “Pin 1” mark of Slot 1 on the motherboard (see Figure 2-4). Figure 2-4: Locating the mounting holes on the motherboard. 2. Mount the RM onto Slot 1. Make sure that the square cut mark of the RM has the same orientation as Pin 1 of Slot 1.

  • Page 19: Components Of The Pentium Ii Processor's Heat Sink Support

    3. Insert the four RMAM pegs through the motherboard and the RM. Secure the RM to the RMAM assemblies by screwing the four captive nuts onto the four RMAM pegs. (see Figure 2-5.) Two RMAMs and four captive nuts are required for each assembly.

  • Page 20: Step 2: To Install The Heat Sink Support

    Step 2: To install the heat sink support Before you install the heat sink support, please verify if your Pentium II processor is the Intel boxed processor or the OEM type Pentium II processor with active heat sink (see Figure 2-9).
  • Page 21 1. Locate the Heat Sink Support (HSS) mounting holes on the motherboard. Note that one hole is larger than the other. See Figure 2-10. Figure 2-10: The large and small HSS mounting holes on the motherboard. 2. Line up the two plastic pegs on the bottom of the HSS base with the corresponding holes on the motherboard.

  • Page 22: Step 3: To Mount The Pentium Ii Processor

    Step 3: To mount the Pentium II processor 1. Push the latches on the processor toward the center of the processor until they click into place (see Figure 2-12). Figure 2-12: Mounting the Pentium II processor. 2. Hold the processor so that the fan shroud is facing toward the HSS base on the motherboard.

  • Page 23: The Celeron™ Processor

    The Celeron™ Processor This chapter is organized into the following sections: About the Celeron Processor Installing the Hardware for the Celeron Processor About the Celeron Processor ® The Pentium II processor and the Celeron processor are the latest additions to the P6 processor family. They combine the architectural advances in the Pentium Pro processor with the instruction set extensions of MMX technology.

  • Page 24: Installing The Hardware For The Celeron Processor

    Installing the Hardware for the Celeron Processor The Celeron processor uses Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP) technology. Figure 3-1 shows the Celeron processor with and without heat sink mounted. Figure 3-1: The Celeron processor. Before you proceed, do the following: 1.

  • Page 25: Components Of The Celeron Processor's Retention Mechanism

    Components of the Celeron Processor’s retention mechanism With Celeron processors, the Retention Mechanism (RM) is used to hold the base processor in the SEPP. The following instructions will show you how to mount the RM first before showing you how to install the processor.

  • Page 26: Step 1: To Assemble The Retention Mechanism

    Step 1: To assemble the retention mechanism 1. Locate the RM mounting holes of Slot 1 on the motherboard. (See Figure 3-3.) 2. Align the two plastic guides with the two ends of Slot 1. Make sure that the two guides face each other.

  • Page 27: Step 2: To Mount The Heat Sink Onto The Celeron Processor

    Step 2: To mount the heat sink onto the Celeron processor 1. Assemble all parts on a static-free bench with proper operator grounding and an ESD mat. 2. Carefully insert all four legs of the HS retention clip into the Celeron processor.
  • Page 28 4. Turn the processor around so that the primary side is now facing the heat sink. 5. Insert the two left legs of the HS retention clip fully into the heat sink (see Figure 3-6). Figure 3-6: Inserting the left legs of the clip into the heat sink. 6.
  • Page 29 8. Verify that all the feet of the clip are fully inserted and the clip is firmly attached to the heat sink (see Figure 2-21). Figure 3-7: Verifying that the clip is firmly attached to the heat sink. 9. Proceed to Step 3: To mount the Celeron processor. The Celeron™...

  • Page 30: Step 3: To Mount The Celeron Processor

    Step 3: To mount the Celeron processor 1. Hold the processor so that the heat sink is facing toward the DIMM sockets on the motherboard. 2. Align the processor with the RM and slowly slide the processor into it (see Figure 3-8). Figure 3-8: Inserting the Celeron processor into its RM.

  • Page 31: Connectors

    Connectors This chapter is organized into the following sections: Front Panel Connectors Back Panel Connectors Other Connectors Front Panel Connectors Figure 4-1 below shows the positions of the front panel connectors on your motherboard. Figure 4-1: The front panel connectors. Hardware Reset Connector (J32) A 2-pin hardware reset switch is attached to it.

  • Page 32: Back Panel Connectors

    KeyLock Connector (J27) The KeyLock & Power LED connector is a 5-pin connector for a physical lock that may be installed on the system casing for locking the keyboard. It is also connected to the casing’s Power LED. Pins 1 and 3 are for the power LED, pins 4 and 5 are for keylock, and pin 2 is empty.

  • Page 33: Other Connectors

    PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard & Mouse Connectors are located at the rear of the motherboard. The PS/2 Mouse connector is on top of the PS/2 Keyboard connector. Plug the PS/2 keyboard and mouse into their respective connectors.
  • Page 34 The M004 motherboard meets ASKIR and HPSIR specifications. It is also fully compatible with Creative’s infrared receiver for a wireless interface. The Creative infrared receiver re-routes commands it receives from the credit card-sized Creative iNFRA Remote controller to the COM2 serial port of the host computer.
  • Page 35 Wake-On-LAN Connectors (J45) You can attach a 3-pin connector from a LAN card which supports the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) feature to this connector. This feature allows users to wake the connected system through the LAN card. Figure 4-5: Locations of the FAN and Wake-On-LAN connectors. Enhanced IDE and Floppy connectors The motherboard is shipped with one 40-pin ribbon cable for IDE hard disk drives and one 34-pin ribbon cable for floppy disk drives.

  • Page 36: Jumper Settings

    Jumper Settings This chapter is organized into the following sections: About Jumpers Changing Jumper Settings About Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins on the motherboard. Pin 1 of each jumper on the motherboard is either on the top or the left of the jumper when holding the motherboard with the keyboard connector away from yourself.

  • Page 37: Changing Jumper Settings

    Changing Jumper Settings This section provides instructions on how to configure some important jumpers on your motherboard. These jumpers have already been set to the factory default. If you do not need to change the jumper settings, you can leave them as the factory default. Do not change the jumper settings unless you are an advanced user.

  • Page 38: To Configure The Cpu Bus Clock Multiplier

    To configure the CPU bus clock multiplier The JP37 jumper is used to configure the CPU bus clock multiplier. If you want the CPU clock speed to be set by BIOS, do not remove the jumper pack from the JP37 jumper (Auto setting). As the motherboard features CPU Plug &...

  • Page 39: To Configure The Cpu External Clock (System Frequency)

    Table 5-3 shows all the multipliers that the motherboard supports. Table 5-3: Jumper Settings for Multiplier. Multiplier JP37 Jumper Multiplier JP37 Jumper Setting from BIOS 3.5x (Default): 2x - 5x 2.5x 4.5x To configure the CPU external clock (system frequency) The motherboard’s clock generator provides an adjustable system clock frequency.
  • Page 40 JP39 jumper settings cannot be used if the jumper pack is left on the JP37 jumper (Auto setting). Table 5-4 shows various speeds of the system bus clock that the motherboard supports. Table 5-4: JP39 Jumper Settings for PCI Bus Clock. JP39 Jumper JP39 Jumper settings for...

  • Page 41: To Overclock A 66 Mhz-Based Processor

    To overclock a 66 MHz-based processor Use the JP45 jumper if you want to force your 66 MHz-based processor to run like a 100 MHz-based processor. JP45 fulfills a function which will not be available to you otherwise. Once overclocked, you can specify the exact system frequency and bus clock multiplier as you would for a 100 MHz-based processor.

  • Page 42: To Flash The Eeprom Vpp

    4. Remove the jumper cap from pins 2 and 3. 5. Place the jumper cap back on pins 1 and 2. Table 5-5: Jumper Settings for CMOS. Clear JP19 Jumper CMOS Clear CMOS Normal Operation (Default Setting) To flash the EEPROM Vpp The M004 motherboard supports two types of flash EEPROM: 5 V and 12 V.

  • Page 43: To Enable Or Disable The Keyboard & Ps/2 Mouse Power-On Function

    To enable or disable the keyboard & PS/2 mouse Power-On function The M004 motherboard has a power-on by keyboard and PS/2 mouse feature. You can switch on the system with any keystroke (or with an assigned hot-key) or by double-clicking the PS/2 mouse. Power-on by serial mouse is not supported.

  • Page 44: Memory Configuration And Bios Settings

    Memory Configuration and BIOS Settings This chapter is organized into the following sections: Memory Configuration BIOS Settings Memory Configuration The motherboard provides four 168-pin DIMM sockets that make it possible to install from 8 MB up to 512 MB of 66 MHz or 100 MHz SDRAM.

  • Page 45: To Change Bios Settings In Cmos

    Table 6-1: Install memory in any or all of the banks in any combination as follows DIMM Module Memory Modules Socket Quantity 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB DIMM 0 168-pin 3.3V 66 MHz or 100 MHz PC SDRAM DIMM 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB DIMM 1 168-pin 3.3V 66 MHz or 100 MHz PC SDRAM DIMM...

  • Page 46: The Cmos Setup Utility Menu

    4. After you have changed the BIOS settings, press <F10> to save the settings and exit the CMOS Setup Utility. Your system continues to start up. Figure 6-1: The CMOS Setup Utility menu. The CMOS Setup Utility Menu Selecting an option in the CMOS Setup Utility menu will display the corresponding screen or perform a function (for example, Load BIOS Defaults).
  • Page 47 Table 6-2: The CMOS Setup Utility menu options. This Option Allows You To Do This Set the system to load the optimized settings from Load BIOS Defaults the BIOS ROM. Set the system to load the minimum settings from Load Setup Defaults the BIOS ROM.

  • Page 48: Standard Cmos Setup

    The following sections provide detailed information on the setup screens and options in the CMOS Setup utility. PU: the <Page Up> key, PD: the <Page Down> key, +: the plus <+> key, -: the minus <-> key. Standard CMOS Setup Display this screen if you want to set the date and time of the system clock.
  • Page 49 Table 6-4: The Standard CMOS Setup Screen items. Item Description The date format of the system clock is <day>, <month> Date <date> <year>. To display the calendar, press <F3>. The time format of the system clock, a 24-hour clock, is Time <hour>:<minute>:<second>.
  • Page 50 Table 6-4: The Standard CMOS Setup Screen items. Item Description The last drive parameter, MODE, has four available settings: Normal, LBA, Large, and Auto. These settings are for IDE hard disks only. Normal: For IDE hard disks of 528 MB or less. LBA: Logical Block Addressing, the current standard access mode for large IDE hard disk drives.

  • Page 51: Bios Features Setup

    BIOS Features Setup Display this screen if you want to configure system features such as virus warning, boot sequence, and security option. Figure 6-3: The BIOS Features Setup screen. Table 6-5: The BIOS Features Setup Screen items. Option Description When this is enabled, the BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the primary hard disk drive and warn of any attempt to write to it.
  • Page 52 Table 6-5: The BIOS Features Setup Screen items. Option Description If this is enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check Quick Power items during Power On Self Test (POST) to speed up the On Self Test process. Determines which drive the computer searches first for Boot the disk operating system.
  • Page 53 Table 6-5: The BIOS Features Setup Screen items. Option Description When the Typematic Rate Setting (see description on previous page) is enabled, this item allows you to specify Typematic the amount of time that elapses before repetition of the Delay (Msec) character or movement takes place when you hold down a key.

  • Page 54: Chipset Features Setup

    Chipset Features Setup The options on this screen are either set to the optimized values or set automatically when auto configuration is active. Unless you are an advanced user, avoid making any manual settings to the chipset features with the exception of the memory hole and the AGP aperture size.
  • Page 55 Table 6-6: The Chipset Features Setup Screen items. Item Description EDO RASx# Wait Sets the EDO DRAM RAS MA (memory address State bus) timing control type. Select either 1 or 2. When SDRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. This item SDRAM allows you to determine the timing of the RAS-to-CAS Delay...
  • Page 56 Table 6-6: The Chipset Features Setup Screen items. Item Description Allows the user to specify the system BIOS C000-C7FF area as cacheable or non-cacheable. Video BIOS The Enabled setting yield better performance but Cacheable poses the danger of system errors if programs are written to this memory area.
  • Page 57 Table 6-6: The Chipset Features Setup Screen items. Item Description Specifies the maximum amount, in MB, of system memory an AGP display card can use to AGP Aperture Size store 3D texture mapping data. The larger the (MB) aperture, the better the performance of the card’s 3D function.

  • Page 58: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup Display this screen if you want to set up the power management features. Figure 6-5: The Power Management Setup screen. Table 6-7: The Power Management Setup Screen items. Item Description This item defines whether the Advanced ACPI Function Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) is to be supported.
  • Page 59 Table 6-7: The Power Management Setup Screen items. Item Description This item defines the Video Off feature for monitor power management. The available settings are V/H SYNC+Blank (default), DPMS and Blank Only. V/H SYNC+Blank: the screen appears blank and Video Off Method both vertical and horizontal scanning is turned off.
  • Page 60 Table 6-7: The Power Management Setup Screen items. Item Description This item defines the duty cycle for the clock control thermal throttling mode. The duty cycle Throttle Duty Cycle indicates the percentage of time while in the thermal throttle mode. The available settings are between 12.5% and 87.5%.

  • Page 61: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    PnP/PCI Configuration Setup Display this screen if you want to specify the system resource settings and other settings for the PCI slots. Figure 6-6: The PNP/PCI Configuration screen. Table 6-8: The PnP/PCI Configuration Screen items. Item Description When this item is set to Yes, it will allow the PnP OS (Windows 95) to control the system resources PnP OS Installed except PCI and PnP boot devices.
  • Page 62 Table 6-8: The PnP/PCI Configuration Screen items. Item Description These items define the DMA assigned to the ISA DMA 0/1/3/5/6/7 buses. It is not available for PCI slots. assigned to The available settings are Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP. Specifies whether to assign an IRQ line to the on-board USB controller.

  • Page 63: Integrated Peripherals

    Table 6-8: The PnP/PCI Configuration Screen items. Item Description This item is used to select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that requires Used MEM base addr high memory. The available settings are C800, CC00, D000, D400, D800, DC00 and N/A.
  • Page 64 Table 6-9: The Integrated Peripherals Screen items. Item Description If your IDE Hard Disk supports block mode, you can IDE HDD enable this item to speed up the hard disk drive (HDD) Block Mode access time. Otherwise, disable this item to avoid HDD access error.
  • Page 65 Table 6-9: The Integrated Peripherals Screen items. Item Description On this motherboard, Intel PIIX4 improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33 MB/sec. The setting can be Secondary Disabled, Enabled or Auto. The default setting is Auto. Slave UDMA Note: For this feature to work, your hard disk drive must also support UDMA.
  • Page 66 Table 6-9: The Integrated Peripherals Screen items. Item Description Specifies the onboard floppy disk controller (FDC). This Onboard FDC setting allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to Controller the onboard floppy connector. If you have a separate control card, select Disabled for this item. Onboard Sets the onboard serial port 1 to 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Serial Port 1...

  • Page 67: Password Setting

    Password Setting This section describes the two access modes, Supervisor Password and User Password, that can be configured to restrict access to your CMOS settings. Figure 6-8: Setting password to the CMOS Setup utility. Table 6-10: The Password Setting options. Item Description The options on the Password screen menu make it...
  • Page 68 Table 6-10: The Password Setting options. Item Description Type a password, up to eight characters long, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be prompted to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>.
  • Page 69 Printed in Singapore OBKCOV-E.CDR \ BACK COVER \ OEM \ ENGLISH...
  • Page 70 EU. This Agreement is the entire agreement between us, and you THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS-IS WITHOUT WARRANTY agree that Creative will not have any liability for any untrue statement or OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,...

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