Biostar P4TSE User Manual
Biostar P4TSE User Manual

Biostar P4TSE User Manual

Biostar p4tse 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
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
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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 P4TSE ...1 COMPONENT INDEX ...2 ENGLISH ...3 P4TSE Features ... 3 Package contents ... 5 How to set up Jumper ... 5 CPU Installation ... 5 DDR DIMM Modules: DDRA1-2, DDRB1-2... 6 Installing DDR Module... 8 Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots... 8 WARPSPEEDER ...15...
  • Page 3: Layout Of P4Tse

    Layout of P4TSE NOTE: ●represents the first pin.
  • Page 4: Component Index

    Component Index A. JKBV1: Power Source Selection for Keyboard/ Mouse B. JUSBV1: Power Source Selection for C. Back Panel Connectors D. JAUDIO1: Front Audio Header E. PCI1-5: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots F. JCDIN1: CD-ROM Audio-In Header G. U43: Wireless Audio Connctor H.
  • Page 5: English

    English P4TSE Features A. Hardware Provides Socket-478. Supports the Intel Pentium 4 processor to 3.6GHz+. Front Side Bus at 400/533/800MHz. Supports Hyper-Threading Technology. Supports Northwood and Prescott CPU. (Willamette not supported) Chipset North Bridge: Intel 865PE. South Bridge: Intel ICH5.
  • Page 6 - Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/ LAN (optional) Chip: RTL8100B. Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation Half/Full duplex capability. Supports ACPI power management IEEE 1394A Chip (optional) Chip: VIA VT6307. Support 2 ports with transfer up to 400Mb/s. On Board AC’97 Sound Codec Chip: CMI9739A/ 9760.
  • Page 7: Package Contents

    Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc. Package contents HDD Cable X 1 FDD Cable X 1 User’s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 StudioFun! Application CD X 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) S/PDIF Cable X 1 (optional) Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1...
  • Page 8: Ddr Dimm Modules: Ddra1-2, Ddrb1-2

    Step4: Put the CPU Fan on the CPU and buckle it. Connect the CPU fan power cable to the JCFAN1. This completes the installation. Step1 Step2 CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1 JCFAN1 System Fan Header: JSFAN1 JSFAN1 DDR DIMM Modules: DDRA1-2, DDRB1-2 Supports up to four DDR DIMMs(two DIMMs per channel), single-sided and/ or double-sided.
  • Page 9 Same DRAM bus width (x8 or x16) Both either single-sided or dual-sided Matched in both Channel A and Channel B memory channels Populate symmetrical memory slots Optimal platform performance with Dual Channel, DDR400, matched DIMMs Fully loaded configurations can be single or double sided DIMMs Lightly loaded configurations need to be double sided DIMMs When not using DDR400, best performance obtained with Symmetrical DIMM population and matched double-sided DIMMs...
  • Page 10: Installing Ddr Module

    The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture, and it defines a hardware scalable riser card interface, which supports modem only. Serial ATA Connector: JSATA1/ JSATA2 The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 2 channels SATA interface, it satisfies the SATA 1.0 spec and with transfer rate of 1.5Gb/s.
  • Page 11: Front Panel Connector: Jpanel1

    Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 PWR_LED JPANEL1 Assignment Function Speaker Connector Speaker HDD LED (+) Hard Drive HDD LED (-) Ground Reset Button Reset Control IrDA Connector IRTX Power Connectors: JATXPWR1/ JATXPWR2 Assignment JATXPWR1 Standby Voltage ON/OFF HLED Assignment Sleep Control Ground Power LED (+) Power LED (+)
  • Page 12 JATXPWR2 Power Source Selection for Keyboard/ Mouse: JKBV1 JKBV1 Assignment Pin 1-2 close +5V Standby Voltage Pin 2-3 close Note: In order to support this function “Power-on system via keyboard and mouse”, “JKBV1” jumper cap should be placed on pin 2-3. Power Source Selection for USB: JUSBV1/ JUSBV2/ JUSBV3_4 JUSBV1/JUSBV2/ Assignment...
  • Page 13 Note: In order to support this function “Power-on system via USB device”, “JUSBV1/JUSBV2/ JUSBV3_4” jumper cap should be placed on pin 2-3 individually. Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1 JCMOS1 Pin 1-2 Close Pin 2-3 Close ※ Clear CMOS Procedures: 1. Remove AC power line. 2.
  • Page 14 Game Header: JGAME1 Assignment Joystick B Button 1 Joystick B Coordinate X MIDI Output Joystick B Coordinate Y Joystick B Button 2 MIDI Input CD-ROM Audio-In Header: JCDIN1 JCDIN1 Front Panel Audio Header: JAUDIO1 JAUDIO1 Assignment Mic In/ Center Mic Power/ Bass Right Line Out/ Speaker Out Right Reserved...
  • Page 15 Digital Audio Connector: JSPDIF_OUT1 JSPDIF_OUT1 Wake On LAN Header: JWOL1 JWOL1 Front USB Header: JUSB2/3 Assignment +5V(fused) JUSB2/3 Front 1394 Header: J1394A1/ J1394B1 (optional) Assignment J1394A1/ B1 Assignment SPDIF_OUT Ground Assignment +5V_SB Ground Wake up Assignment +5V(fused) USB- USB- USB+ USB+ Ground Ground...
  • Page 16 Back Panel Connectors JRJ45USB1 JKBMS1 JPRNT1 1394 PS/2 (optional) (optional) Mouse Parallel Line In Speaker Out Mic In PS/2 COM1 COM2 Keyboard JCOM1 JCOM2 JAUDIO J1394_USB1 6 Channel Speakers Line In/ Rear Speaker Speaker Out Mic In/ Center & Bass...
  • Page 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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 20 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 21 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 22 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 23 Overclock Panel contains the these features: “–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 24 “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 25 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 26 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 27: Studiofun!

    StudioFun! 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.
  • Page 28: Error Messages

    StudioFun! Install This option will do the basic installation of the distribution. The installation works on pre-installed windows or GNU/Linux distribution. On selecting the “StudioFun Install” option the installer boots and displays a dialog box indicating the space required and waits for a confirmation. Selecting “Ok” will continue the installation while selecting “Cancel”...
  • Page 29: Booting To Studiofun

    StudioFun! Recover Where there is a MBR (Master Boot record) corruption, the “StudioFun Recover” will automatically probe the hard disk master boot record and find out the installed operating system(s). Once success, it will re-install the boot loader with correct options in the MBR. Please be noted that the newly probed one will over write any custom boot loader option specified from other GNU/Linux installations.
  • Page 30: Media Control

    Desktop This is the main shell of the StudioFun! software. It illustrates two main categories, one is the main "Media Control" part and the other is the "Control Panel". Media control The Media Control consists of the following functionalities: This control icon will glow whenever a VCD is detected in a DVD/CD-ROM drive. The VCD will be auto-played only when it is put in to the drive when the Desktop (StudioFun! shell) is up and running whereas the control will simply glow to inform the user about a VCD present in the DVD/CD-ROM drive when the Desktop is not launched.
  • Page 31: Control Panel

    auto-played only when it is put in to the drive when the Desktop (StudioFun! shell) is up and running, otherwise, the control will simply glow to inform the user about a DVD present in the DVD/CD-ROM. This control will glow whenever a MP3 is detected in a DVD/CD-ROM drive. The MP3 will be auto-played only when it is put in to the drive when the Desktop (StudioFun! shell) is up and running, otherwise, the control will simply glow to inform the user about a MP3 present in the DVD/CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 32: Software Details

    3. Display Settings Clicking this icon will invoke the application for changing the screen resolutions. Refer to section 5.4, Display Settings for more details. 4. File Manager Clicking this icon will invoke the file manager. Refer to section 5.6 File manager for more details.
  • Page 33 • Features of Xine Skinnable GUI Navigation controls (seeking, pause, fast, slow, next chapter, etc) On Screen Display (OSD) features DVD and external subtitles DVD/VCD menus (requires external plug-in) Audio and subtitle channel selection Closed Caption support Brightness, contrast, audio volume, hue, saturation adjusting requires hardware/driver support) Playlist Image snapshot...
  • Page 34 User-friendly • Usage of StudioFun! with CelomaChrome skin Select VCD button to play a VCD disc Select DVD button to play a DVD disc Select CDDA button to play a Audio CD Select next chapter or MRL (>>|) button to play next track in Audio CD, VCD and MP3 songs and to play next chapter in DVD Select previous chapter or MRL (|<<) button to play...
  • Page 35: Select Region

    Select Region Overview Select region is a utility to set a DVD region. With the help of this application user can set or change a DVD region. Only one region can be set at a time. About Select Region With the help of this application you can set a region for DVD. Only one region can be set at a time.
  • Page 36: Screensaver

    Screensaver Screensaver The xscreensaver daemon waits until the keyboard and mouse have been idle for a period, and then runs a graphics demo chosen at random. The demo is terminated as soon as there is any mouse or keyboard activity. The xscreensaver-demo program is the graphical user interface to xscreensaver.
  • Page 37: Display Settings

    Display Settings Display Settings Display setting is a program to change the current resolution settings of the Display. By default user of StudioFun! will be given a choice to select between any of the following three resolutions. • 640x480 • 800x600 •...
  • Page 38 About File manager The hard disk files are stored in a directory called “/studiofun” on the hard disk. You can also delete files from hard disk, but you cannot delete files from any device. Select device - Contains the device names /floppy, /cdrom and /flashdisk. Select a device from/to which you want to copy files.
  • Page 39: 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 40 07/23/2003...

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