Biostar P4TCA Pro Description
Biostar P4TCA Pro Description

Biostar P4TCA Pro Description

Biostar p4tca pro motherboard: user guide
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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
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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.
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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 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

    ENGLISH...1 P4TCA Pro Features ... 1 Package contents ... 3 Layout of P4TCA Pro ... 4 Component Index ... 5 How to set up Jumper ... 6 CPU Installation ... 6 DDR DIMM Modules: DDRA1-2, DDRB1-2... 7 Installing DDR Module... 8 Serial Raid ...
  • Page 3: English

    English P4TCA Pro Features A. Hardware Provides Socket-478. Supports the Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 3.06GHz. Front Side Bus at 400/533/800MHz. Supports Hyper-Treading. Chipset North Bridge: Intel 875P South Bridge: Intel ICH5R. Main Memory Supports one or two 64-bit wide DDR data channels with 1 or 2 DIMMs per-channel.
  • Page 4 Supports PIO Mode 4, Bride Mode and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Master Mode. Supports 2 Serial ATA (SATA) ports. - Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification - Data transfer rates up to 1.5 GB/s 1394AChip Chip: VIA VT6307. Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400mbps. IDE-Raid Chip: VIA VT6410.
  • Page 5: Package Contents

    Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard. Supports 4 USB2.0 ports. b. Front Side Supports 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. Supports 2 IEEE1394A ports. Supports 4 USB2.0 ports. Dimensions ATX Form Factor: 24.4 X30.4cm. (W X L) B.
  • Page 6: Layout Of P4Tca Pro

    Layout of P4TCA Pro ※ NOTE: ●represents the first pin.
  • Page 7: Component Index

    Component Index A Back Panel Connectors C JCDIN1: CD-Rom Audio-In Header E J3: Wireless Audio Channel Selection (optional) F G JWOL1: Wake On LAN Header JUSB2: Front USB Header K JUSB3: Front USB Header M JGAME1: Game Header O JPANEL: Front Panel Connector Q SATA1-2: Serial ATA Connector S JCMOS: Clear CMOS Jumper U DDRA1-2: DDR DIMM Modules...
  • Page 8: How To Set Up Jumper

    How to set up Jumper The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. 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 pin1and 2 are “close” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.
  • Page 9: Ddr Dimm Modules: Ddra1-2, Ddrb1-2

    DIMMs must be populated in identical pairs for dual-channel operation.(For more dual channel operation information please log on: www.biostar.com.tw) Supports DDR 333 or DDR 400 unregistered ECC or non-ECC DDR DIMMS. DRAM Access Time: 2.5V Unbuffered/ Registered DDR SDRAM PC1600/ PC2100 Type required.
  • Page 10: Installing Ddr Module

    5. Finish the Windows XP installation and install all necessary drivers. 6. Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 3.0 software via the CD-ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition 3.0 user interface utility that can...
  • Page 11: Installing Wireless Lan Card

    Align the wireless LAN on the slot such that wireless LAN card matches in the slot. Be sure to face the wireless LAN card with its components towards the inner part of the motherboard. Insert the wireless LAN card vertically and firmly into the slot so the wireless card is properly seated.
  • Page 12: Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots

    Serial ATA Connector: JSATA1/JSATA2 The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels STAT interface, it satisfy the SATA 1.0 spec and can transfer data with 1.5GHz speed. IDE-Raid Connector: RAID1/2 This connector supports RAID0 or RAID1 or RAID 0+1 configuration through the onboard Parallel ATA (VT6410) controller chip.
  • Page 13 Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 PWR_LED JPANEL Assignment Function Speaker Connector Speaker HDD LED (+) Hard Drive HDD LED (-) Ground Reset Button Reset Control IrDA Connector IRTX Front USB Header: JUSB2/3 JUSB2/3 Wake On LAN Header: JWOL1 JWOL1 ON/OFF HLED Assignment Sleep Control Ground...
  • Page 14 Power Connectors: JATXPWER1/ JATXPWR2 JATXPWR1 JATXPWR2 Front 1394 Header: J1394A Assignment J1394A 5V / 5VSB Selection for KB: JKBV1 JKBV1 Assignment Pin 1-2 close +5V_SB Pin 2-3 close Assignment Assignment +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V -12V Ground Ground PS_ON Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PW_OK...
  • Page 15 5V/ 5VSB Selection for USB: JUSBV1/JUSBV3_4 JUSBV1/JUSBV3 Assignment Pin 1-2 close +5V_SB Pin 2-3 close Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1 JCMOS1 Pin 1-2 Close Pin 2-3 Close ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. Remove AC power line. 2. Make JCMOS1 (2-3) closed. 3.
  • Page 16 Game Header: JGAME1 Assignment MIDI-OUTR MIDI-INR CD-ROM Audio-In Header: JCDIN1 JCDIN1 Front Panel Audio Header: JAUDIO1 JAUDIO1 Assignment Mic In Mic Power RT Line Out Reserved LFT Line Out RT Line In LET Line In JGAME1 Assignment Ground Ground Assignment Left Channel Input Ground Ground...
  • Page 17: Back Panel Connectors

    Digital Audio Connector: JSPDIF_OUT1 JSPDIF_OUT1 Wireless Audio Channel Selection : J3 (optional) Pin1-2 close Pin 2-3 close AUDIO DJ Connector: JAUDIO_DJ1 JAUDIO_DJ1 ATX_PWROK Back Panel Connectors Mouse Parallel Keyboard COM1 JKBMS1 JUSB1 JCOM1 JCOM2 Assignment SPDIF_OUT Ground Assignment Channel 0 Channel 1 Assignment Assignment...
  • Page 18: 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 19: 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 20: 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...
  • Page 21 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 22 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 24 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. Overclock Panel contains the these features: a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment.
  • Page 25 “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 26 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 27 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 built in on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’...
  • Page 28: Trouble Shooting

    Trouble Shooting PROBABLE No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on PROBABLE System inoperative. Keyboard lights are on, power indicator lights are lit, hard drive is spinning.
  • Page 29 04/10/2003...

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