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Product Introduction..........................................................................2
2.1
Features & Mainboard Diagram.....................................................2
2.2
Connector configuration...............................................................14
3.1
How to identify the product's mode...............................................19
3.2
Set the jumper................................................................................20
3.3
How to setup BIOS quickly............................................................22
3.4
How to install mainboard driver.....................................................22
3.5
How to enable 4ch or 5.1ch output................................................25
3.6
3.7
How to set Super password and user password...........................30
4.1
Award BIOS Description................................................................31
4.2
Standard CMOS Features Setup .................................................33
4.3
Advanced BIOS Features Setup .................................................34
4.4
Advanced Chipset Features Setup ..............................................36
4.5
Integrated Peripherals...................................
4.6
Power Management Setup....... ....................................................41
4.7
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup.......................................................42
4.8
PC Health Status...........................................................................43
4.9
Frequency Control.........................................................................44
4.10 Load Fail-safe Defaults ................................................................45
4.11 Load Optimized Defaults ..............................................................45
4.12 Set Supervisor/User Password......................................................46
4.13 Save & Exit Setup..........................................................................47
4.14 Exit Without Saving.......................................................................47
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Contents chapter 1:Package contents ................1 chapter 2: Product Introduction................2 Features & Mainboard Diagram.............2 Connector configuration...............14 chapter 3:Setup quickly ................19 How to identify the product's mode..........19 Set the jumper................20 How to setup BIOS quickly............22 How to install mainboard driver.............22 How to enable 4ch or 5.1ch output..........25 How to identify that the 4ch or 5.1ch is enabled......26 How to set Super password and user password......30...
  • Page 2: Chapter 1:Package Contents

    chapter 1:Package Contents Remove the items from the box and make sure you have the following items before beginning. If any of the items below are missing, please contact the representative for part replacement. Standard Item 1) Mainboard 2) Driver CD 3) User Manual 4) IDE Hard Drive Ribbon Cable 5) Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable...
  • Page 3: Chapter 2:Product Introduction

    Chapter 2:Product Introduction Thank You for purchasing the 845 series Mainboard.There are some product specification for the relation models as following. A845E mainboard Support Intel 478pin Pentium4 FC-PGA 2(Willamette/Northwood) Support 400MHz and 533MHzProcessor System Bus Intel 845E + ICH4 Chipset...
  • Page 4 chapter 2:Product Introduction A845E mainboard diagram Mainboard Manual page 3...
  • Page 5 chapter 2 Product Introduction A845DD mainboard Support Intel 478pin Pentium4 FC-PGA Support 400MHz System Bus Intel 845 + ICH2 Chipset Two 184pin DDR DIMM slots support up to 2G Memory Capacity Support PC1600 and PC2100 DIMM(DDR200/DDR266) 6 x PCI slots, 1 x CNR slot 1 x 4X AGP expansion slot 4 x USB ports ( 2xRear USB, 2xFront) , 1 x IrDA port header 1 x FDD port, 1 x Parallel port with ESD/EMI protection, 2 x COM ports...
  • Page 6 chapter 2:Product Introduction A845DD mainboard diagram Mainboard Manual page 5...
  • Page 7 chapter 2:Product Introduction A845SD mainboard Support Intel 478pin Pentium4 FC-PGA2 (Willamette/Northwood) Support 400MHz Bus Intel 845 + ICH2 Chipset Suspend-to-RAM (STR) Technology to support Instant ON Three DIMM slots support up to 3G Memory Capacity Support 133MHz SDRAM DIMM Jumperless for CPU Frequency setting 6x PCI slots, 1 x CNR slot 1 x 4X AGP expansion slot 4 x USB ports , 1 x IrDA port header...
  • Page 8 chapter 2:Product Introduction A845SD mainboard diagram Mainboard Manual page 7...
  • Page 9 chapter 2:Product Introduction P845SD mainboard Support Intel 478pin Pentium4 FC-PGA2 Support 400MHz Bus Intel 845 + ICH2 Chipset Suspend-to-RAM (STR) Technology to support Instant ON Two DIMM slots support up to 2G Memory Capacity Support 133MHz SDRAM DIMM Jumperless for CPU Frequency setting 3x PCI slots, 1 x CNR slot 1 x 4X AGP expansion slot 4 x USB ports , 1 x IrDA port header...
  • Page 10 chapter 2:Product Introduction P845SD mainboard diagram Mainboard Manual page 9...
  • Page 11 chapter 2:Product Introduction P845GL mainboard Support Intel 478pin Pentium4 FC-PGA2 (Willamette/Northwood) Support 400MHz Bus Intel 845GL + ICH4 Chipset Two DIMM slots support up to 2G Memory Capacity Support PC1600 and PC2100 DDR DIMM(DDR200/DDR266) Jumperless for CPU Frequency setting 3x PCI slots 6x USB2.0 ports (4xUSB2.0 in the Front panel,2xUSB2.0 in the rear panel) , 1x IrDA port header 1 x FDD port, 1 x Parallel port with ESD/EMI protection, 2 x COM ports...
  • Page 12 chapter 2:Product Introduction P845GL mainboard diagram page 11 Mainboard Manual...
  • Page 13 chapter 2:Product Introduction P845GLP mainboard Support Intel 478pin Pentium4 FC-PGA2 (Willamette/Northwood) Support 400MHz Bus Intel 845GL + ICH4 Chipset Two DIMM slots support up to 2G Memory Capacity Support PC1600 and PC2100 DDR DIMM(DDR200/DDR266) Jumperless for CPU Frequency setting 3x PCI slots 6x USB2.0 ports (4xUSB2.0 in the Front panel,2xUSB2.0 in the rear panel) , 1x IrDA port header 1 x FDD port, 1 x Parallel port with ESD/EMI protection, 2 x COM ports...
  • Page 14 chapter 2:Product Introduction P845GLP mainboard diagram page 13 Mainboard Manual...
  • Page 15: Connector Configuration

    chapter 2:Product Introduction 2.1 Connection Configuration PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse connector The Connector for the PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard USB Bus Connector A845E,P845GL,P845GS mainboard provide usb connector,support pnp function accord with spec of 2.0. Its data transmission rate support up to 480Mb/s.
  • Page 16 chapter 2:Product Introduction Parallel Port The port mainly use for Printer. Line-in,Microphone-in,Speaker-out MIDI/Joystick Line-in(Rear-speaker): It is the input that the audio port of tape or small recorder replay or record in 2ch stereo;but it is the output of rear-speaker(surround-out )when 4ch or 5.1ch Audio format is adopted on mainboard.
  • Page 17 Chapter 2:Product Introduction P4 Power Connector This is a simply diagram of P4 Power connector,which supply 5V and 12V standard Voltage and so on. COM2 header COM cable to connect with it.The red line of cable correspond with pin1 of the header. USB header The red line of use cable to connect with it.
  • Page 18 chapter 2:Production Introduction Front Panel Function Header The mainboard PANEL header has a standard set of switch and indicator connectors that are commonly found on ATX system cases.Use the illustration below to make the correct connections to the case switches and indicators.Front Panel Function Header include connections the following features: Function...
  • Page 19 chapter 2:Product Introduction The header pin-out is as follows Signal Name mic-in Audio Vref-out right channel output right channel return Hp-on left channel output left channel return Please add two jumper in 5-6 & 9-10 according to the picture when you don't need install Front Audio panel.
  • Page 20: Chapter 3:Setup Quickly

    chapter 3:Setup Quickly Before you use this M/B,Please check chapter follow as below! 3.1 How to identify then product's mode? There is a bar-code that had adhibited on our product's box and mainboard.The bar-code follow as below(include serial number, production date ,classific -code,product's name and model).
  • Page 21: Set The Jumper

    chapter 3:Setup Quickly 3.2 Set the jumper A845E A845DD A845SD jumper setting Notice:You must turn off the power of computer before you set the jumper or install hardware. page 20 Mainboard Manual...
  • Page 22 chapter 3:Setup Quickly P845SD P845GL P845GLP jumper setting Mainboard Manual page 21...
  • Page 23: How To Setup Bios Quickly

    chapter 3:Setup Quickly 3.3 How to setup BIOS quickly? 1.Press "DEL" key inter BIOS setup when boot-strart. 2.Select "Load Optimized Defaults", press "Y",then "enter". 3.Enter "Advanced BIOS Feature""First Boot Device" to setup start-up order. 4.Enter "Save&Exit Setup",select "Y",then reboot. 3.4 How to install mainboard driver Our driver CD supports Windows 98/98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP OS.It's support Autosetup and Manualsetup model.
  • Page 24 chapter 3:Setup Quickly After a while,appear following menu.(Accord different mainboard the menu is different) etc:M/B:P845GL, with onboard sound(CMI9738,Four channel Audio). Click highlight item and complete the driver install with the prompt Notice:If window appear introduction"You need not install this drive in Winxx"...
  • Page 25 chapter 3:Setup Quickly Second: You need to select the OS type which you have installed. Third: Select the install item,shows as below: 1.Chipset driver: Outline the OS how the chipset components shall be configured. 2.Modem: If the M/B which you purchased integrated the Modem, you need to select this item to install the Modem driver..
  • Page 26: How To Enable 4Ch Or 5.1Ch Output

    chapter 3:Setup Quickly THE SOUND CODEC IC (AC97) INTEGRATED ON YOU M/B ALC201A CS4299 CMI9738 CMI9739 3.5 How to enable 4ch or 5.1ch output This question will be explain by CMI9738 in Win2000. 1) Please select the logo,which shows"C-media Audio Configuration",click the mouse left button,and soon the dialog box will be shown.
  • Page 27: How To Identify That The 4Ch Or 5.1Ch Is Enabled

    chapter 3:Setup Quickly How to identity that Four channel output or 5.1 channel output is enabled? It's still explain by CMI9738. First :install CMI9738 Four channel Audio driver and applications: a.Select the CMI9738 Audio installation in the Mainboard CD,and the dialog box will be shown: b.
  • Page 28 chapter 3:Setup Quickly Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 Mainboard Manual page 27...
  • Page 29 chapter 3:Setup Quickly c. At last the diagram will be shown.Click"Finish",and the installation of Audio Applications is over. d.Install Audio Driver.when the picture 2 is shown,click "ok",and restart your computer.The whole installation is over. picture 1 picture 2 page 28 Mainboard Manual...
  • Page 30 Chapter 3:Setup Quickly Open the application of"Muti-channel audio demo"in the menu of " C-media Audio". Next diagram. Click "Demo1" or "Demo2" and Audio output should happen in the Front speaker and Rear speaker. Mainboard Manual page 29...
  • Page 31: How To Set Super Password And User Password

    chapter 3:Setup Quickly 3.7 How to set Super password and User password Please follow the steps as below to set the Super password and user password; 1) Press "DEL" key inter bios setup when boot-start; 2) In"Set Supervisor Password"set super password.Please enter according to the introduce.
  • Page 32: Chapter 4:Bios Setting

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting AWARD BIOS Description The BIOS (Basic Input/Output system) provides the low-level support for the standard devices such as disk drives,serial and parallel ports.It contains codes for advanced features found on the system board such as virus and password protection.
  • Page 33 chapter 4:BIOS Setting Award BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Feature Set time & date, hard disk drive type, type of floppy drive, Monitor type. Advanced CMOS Feature Select system boot sequence, floppy control, CPU cache settings, Shadow RAM. Advanced Chipset Feature Configure chipset specific options and features Integrated Peripherals Configure onboard I/O device addresses and...
  • Page 34: Standard Cmos Features Setup

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting 4.2 Standard CMOS Features Time / Date These fields provide you with the current date and time. Note that the hour is displayed as a 24-hour clock. For example, 1:00 PM is 13:00:00. Floppy Drive A, Floppy Drive B(A845DD,A845SD,A845E,P845SD) This option selects the type of floppy drives installed.
  • Page 35: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting Advanced BIOS Features -3 BIOS Virus Warning Enabled / Disabled Virus Warning function. Default setting is "Disabled". CPU L1&L2 Cache Enables processor on-chip L1 and L2 cache memory. Default is "Enabled". Quick Power on Self Test When Enabled, BIOS will skip certain power-on self-test (POST) procedures (such as memory test above 1MB) to speed up the boot process.
  • Page 36 chapter 4:BIOS Setting Boot Up Floppy Seek Specify whether floppy drive A: will perform a Seek operation at system boot. Default setting is "Disabled". Boot Up NumLock Status Set this option to "OFF" to turn the Num Lock key off when the computer is booted so you can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard.
  • Page 37: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting 4.4 Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable Manual/By SPD.Select"By SPD" to allow BIOS to get the optimized timing data from the data stored on the DIMM modules.Otherwise,select"Manual"to configure the following timing constrains. CAS Latency Time Specifies the number of SCLKs between the time when the read command is sampled by DRAM and the Whitney Sample reads data from DRAM.Available setting are 1.5,2,2.5.
  • Page 38 chapter 4:BIOS Setting Memory Frequency For Set frequency of DIMM memory.Default is "AUTO". CPU Latency Timer Enables CPU BIST. Default is "Disabled". Buffer Strength Control This option allows the experience user to fine tune the DRAM control setting. Leave this setting as default will have more safe & stability performance. DRAM Read Thermal Mgmt Select "Enable"...
  • Page 39: Integrated Peripherals

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled / Disabled on-chip primary PCI IDE. Default setting is "Enabled". On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled / Disabled on-chip Secondary PCI IDE. Default setting is "Enabled". IDE Primary Master / Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master / Slave PIO Specify the IDE mode for the system.
  • Page 40 chapter 4:BIOS Setting Onboard /CNR LAN selection Select "onboard" to enable the optional onboard LAN function.Selects "Ext.CNR " to disable onboard LAN function and uses LAN function on CNR card. Init Display First Default setting is "PCI Slot", sets Init Display First to PCI Slot. Onboard AC97 Control IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled / Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode.
  • Page 41 chapter 4:BIOS Setting Use IR pins Setting IR mode.Default is IR_Rx2Tx2. Onboard Parallel Port Specifies the I/O port address of the onboard parallel port. Available settings are Auto, Disable, 378h, 278h and 3BCh. Default is "Auto". Parallel Port Mode Specifies the onboard parallel port mode. Available options are Normal, Bi-Dir, ECP and EPP.
  • Page 42: Power Management Setup

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled/disabled ACPI Function. Default setting is "Disabled". ACPI Suspend Type Specifies ACPI Suspend type. Default setting is "S1(POS)" Power Management Specifies Power Management Mode. Default setting is "User Define". Video Off Method Specifies Video off Method.
  • Page 43: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting PnP/PCI Configurations Reset configuration Data Enabled \ Disabled Reset configuration Data. Default setting is "Disabled". Resources Controlled by Sets the allocation of PCI resources. Available options are Manual and Auto (ESCD). Default setting is "Auto"(ESCD). BIOS automatically assigns resources.
  • Page 44: Pc Health Status

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting PC Health Status Current System Temperature Current CPU Temperature Detect System and CPU temperature automatically. System Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed Detect Fan Speed Status automatically. Vcore/VDDQ/VCC3-3/+5V/+12V/-12V Detect System Voltage status automatically. Mainboard Manual page 43...
  • Page 45: Frequency Control

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting Frequency Control CPU Clock Ratio Select CPU core/bus frequency ratio. This setting has no effect on processors with frequency ratio locked. Auto Detect PCI CLK Enabled \ Disabled Auto detect PCI CLOCK. Default setting is "Enabled". Spread Spectrum This option turns on/off the Spread Spectrum feature of clock generator to reduce Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) generated by high speed clock signals.
  • Page 46: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting 4.10 Load Fail-safe Defaults Fail-safe defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance. 4.11 Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects. Mainboard Manual page 45...
  • Page 47: Set Supervisor/User Password

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting 4.12 Set Supervisor / User password -12 Set Supervisor When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. Type the password, up to eight characters and press<Enter>. The new password will clear the previously entered password from CMOS Memory, you will be asked to confirm the Password.
  • Page 48: Save & Exit Setup

    chapter 4:BIOS Setting 4.13 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y"will quit the Setup Utility and Save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 4.14 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and Without Saving the User setup Value. Type "N"...
  • Page 49: Chapter 5:Hardware Installation

    chapter 5:Hardware Installation Please follow these steps in order to assure that your series of mainboard installation is successful. Please refer to the back chapters for further information regarding boot-up and configurations. An anti-static wrist band is recommended when handling electronic components, be sure your work area is static free before you begin this section.
  • Page 50 chapter 5:Hardware Installation 3.Installing the CPU Fan The CPU should have a fan attached to prevent overheating. If a fan is not resent, user should purchase a fan prior to turning on the system. The recommended heatsink for the Socket 370 processor are those with three-pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the mainboard.
  • Page 51 chapter 5:Hardware Installation Install Extended card. Connect with FDD cable,Harddisk cable,control signal line and so on. Clear CMOS Power is connected to Power supply(Only support P4 ATX power). Finish the setting of BIOS. Mainboard Manual page 50...

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