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VIA Technologies P4M266A User Manual

Mainboard for intel socket 478 processor
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Manual Revision 1.0
July 30, 2003

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  • Page 1 Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual P4M266A P4M266A mainboard mainboard VIA P4M266A P4M266A P4M266A mainboard mainboard mainboard for Intel Socket 478 processor for Intel Socket 478 processor for Intel Socket 478 processor for Intel Socket 478 processor for Intel Socket 478 processor TRADEMARK These specifications are subject to change without notice.

  • Page 2: Disclaimer Of Warranties

    DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
  • Page 3 Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Section 2 Features Section 3 Installatio Easy Installation Procedure...
  • Page 4 Page Section 4 Award BIOS Setup Section 5 Driver Installation Appendix Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C...

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Package Contents Contents Optional Items If you need the other optional item, please contact your dealer for assistance. Page 1-1...

  • Page 6: Accelerated Graphics Port (Agp)

    Introduction Intel Pentium 4 processors ® ® For more information about all the new features Pentium 4 deliver, check out the Intel website at http://www.intel.com Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Ultra ATA/66/100/133 Page 1-2...

  • Page 7: Hardware Monitoring

    Introduction Hardware Monitoring LAN (Optional) Page 1-3...
  • Page 8 Introduction Mainboard Form-Factor AT X Power Supply 5 1/4-inch 3 1/2-inch Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1-4...

  • Page 9: I/O Shield Connector

    Introduction I/O Shield Connector RJ-45 LAN Parallel Port (Optional) Line-in/Rear out (Light blue) PS/2 Line-out/Front out (Lime) Mouse PS/2 Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink) Keyboard COM1 VGA1 USB2.0 USB2.0 ports ports Figure 3: I/O ports Power-On/Off (Remote) Remote On/Off ® 12V 4-pin POWER SUPPLY 20-pin PW-ON Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button (PW-ON)
  • Page 10 Introduction System Block Diagram Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-6...

  • Page 11: Mainboard Features

    .A=JKHAI Section 2 FEATURES Mainboard Features Processor ® ® ® Chipset Main Memory BIOS Onboard PCI Devices Page 2-1...
  • Page 12 .A=JKHAI Legacy IO Controller Audio Peripheral Interfaces Page 2-2...
  • Page 13 .A=JKHAI Front Panel Controller Expansion Slots Other Features Form Factor Page 2-3...
  • Page 14 .A=JKHAI Page Left Blank Page 2-4...

  • Page 15: Installation

    Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3-1...
  • Page 16 Installation Mainboard Layout Page 3-2...

  • Page 17: Easy Installation Procedure

    Installation Easy Installation Procedure 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System Memory Configuration 3-4. Expansion Slots 3-5. Device Connectors 3-1 CPU Installation Figure 2 Figure 1 Pin 1 Step 1 Step 2 Page 3-3...
  • Page 18 Installation Figure 3 Figure 4 Step 3 Step 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Step 5 Step 6 NOTES: Page 3-4...

  • Page 19: Jumper Settings

    Installation 3-2 Jumper Settings JCMOS: Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS Page 3-5...
  • Page 20 Installation 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout <Figure 6> DDR DIMM 1 DDR DIMM 2 <Table 1> NOTES: Page 3-6...

  • Page 21: Dimm Module Installation

    Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 8 - DIMM notch Figure 9 - DIMM module clips before installation Figure 10 - DIMM module clip after installation Page 3-7...
  • Page 22 Installation 3-4 Expansion Slots AGP Slot PCI Slots AGP Slot PCI Slots Installing an Expansion Card Page 3-8...
  • Page 23 Installation AGP Card Installation Caution Page 3-9...
  • Page 24 Installation 3-5 Connectors RJ-45 LAN Parallel Port (Optional) Line-in/Rear out (Light blue) PS/2 Mouse Line-out/Front out (Lime) PS/2 Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink) Keyboard COM1 VGA1 USB2.0 USB2.0 ports ports Figure 11 - I/O Ports JCPU_FAN / JSYS_FAN: JCPU_FAN JSYS_FAN JCPU_FAN JSYS_FAN +12V +12V Sence Ground...
  • Page 25 Installation 1,- IDE1/IDE2: When use two IDE drives, one must be set to Master mode and the other one to Slave mode. Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about select- ing the proper drive switch settings. IDE1/IDE2 PW1: PW12: Caution:...
  • Page 26 Installation CFPA MIC_In Front Line-out-R Rear Line-out-FR Rear Line-out-FL Front Line-out-L Settings Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Short (default): Only the onboard rear panel audio jack can be used. Pins (5-6) & (9-10) Open: Only front panel audio jack can be used. In 2-Channel audio mode, Mic-In is shared for both front panel and rear panel.
  • Page 27 Installation S/PDIF: SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT CUSB3: +75*! CAUTION ! Please make sure the USB cable has the same pin assignment. A different pin assignment may cause damage to the system. If you need the USB cable, please contact our retailer. Page 3-13...
  • Page 28 Installation CFP: Front Panel Connector HD_LED PWR_LED CFP / CIR / CSPK PW_ON CIR: CSPK: Page 3-14...
  • Page 29 Installation 3-6 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) Modem-Ring Power ON Function Keyboard Power ON Function Step : NOTES: Page 3-15...
  • Page 30 Installation 3-7 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function ® Page 3-16...
  • Page 31 Installation 3-8 Supports AGP Card 3.3V Protection Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Note Page 3-17...
  • Page 32 Installation Page Left Blank Page 3-18...

  • Page 33: Bios Setup

    BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu Figure 1: CMOS Setup Utility...

  • Page 34: Standard Cmos Setup

    BIOS 4-1 Standard CMOS Setup Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup...

  • Page 35: Advanced Bios Features

    BIOS 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup...
  • Page 36 BIOS...
  • Page 37 BIOS...
  • Page 38 BIOS...

  • Page 39: Advanced Chipset Features

    BIOS 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup...
  • Page 40 BIOS DRAM Clock / Drive Control...
  • Page 41 BIOS...
  • Page 42 BIOS AGP & P2P Bridge Control...
  • Page 43 BIOS CPU & PCI Bus Control...

  • Page 44: Integrated Peripherals

    BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device...
  • Page 45 BIOS...
  • Page 46 BIOS VIA Onchip PCI Device...
  • Page 47 BIOS Super IO Chip Setup...
  • Page 48 BIOS...

  • Page 49: Power Management Setup

    BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup Figure 6: Power Management...
  • Page 50 BIOS...
  • Page 51 BIOS IRQ/Event Activity Detect...
  • Page 52 BIOS Enabled Enable rtc alarm resume,...

  • Page 53: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    BIOS 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration Figure 7: PNP/PCI Configuration Setup...
  • Page 54 BIOS IMPORTANT! When using PCI cards on shared IRQ slots, make sure its drivers support “Shared IRQ”, or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. IRQ conflicts between the two PCI groups will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.

  • Page 55: Pc Health Status

    BIOS 4-7 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status...

  • Page 56: Power Bios Features

    BIOS 4-8 Power BIOS Features Figure 9: Frequency/Voltage Control...
  • Page 57 BIOS Insert...
  • Page 58 BIOS 4-9 Defaults Menu...
  • Page 59 BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting ENTER PASSWORD: PASSWORD DISABLED.
  • Page 60 BIOS 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ...

  • Page 61: Section 5 Driver Installation

    Drivers Installation Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation VIA P4M266A SERIES VIA SERVICE PACK 4IN1 DRIVER C-MEDIA AUDIO DRIVER VGA (ProSavage) DRIVER VIA USB 2.0 DRIVER VIA 6103 LAN DRIVER (Optional) DRIVER MANUAL CD EXPLORER EXIT Step 1 : Click “VIA SERIES PACK 4IN1 DRIVER”...
  • Page 62 Drivers Installation C-Media Audio Configuation Brief Guide C-Media Audio Configuation Brief Guide C-Media Audio Configuation Brief Guide C-Media Audio Configuation Brief Guide C-Media Audio Configuation Brief Guide Page 5-2...
  • Page 63 Drivers Installation 1. Speaker output: <2 channel mode> <6 channel mode> Page 5-3...
  • Page 64 Drivers Installation 2. S/PDIF: 3. Volume Control: Page 5-4...
  • Page 65 Drivers Installation 4. Microphone: 5. Xear 3D: Page 5-5...

  • Page 66: Drivers Installation

    Drivers Installation Xear 3D - 5.1 Virtual SPEAKER SFIFTER: Xear 3D - Sound Effect: Page 5-6...
  • Page 67 Drivers Installation Xear 3D - Multi-channel Music Demo: Xear 3D - Play3D Demo: Page 5-7...
  • Page 68 Drivers Installation 6. Information : Page 5-8...

  • Page 69: Update Your System Bios

    Appendix Appendix A A-1 Update Your System BIOS XXXX XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin...
  • Page 70 Appendix XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXX XXXXX xxxxx.bin F10 : Exit F1 : Reset...

  • Page 71: Eeprom Bios Remover

    Appendix Appendix B B-1 EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip, unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool. The BIOS socket is fragile may be damaged if an improper method to replace the BIOS chip is applied.
  • Page 72 Appendix Page Left Blank...

  • Page 73: Ghost 7 Quick User's Guide (Optional)

    Appendix Appendix C C-1 GHOST 7 Quick User’s Guide (Optional) Ghost7 Ghost.exe Main Menu Description of Menu Ghost Disk Partition. Disk Partition Check Disk...
  • Page 74 Appendix There are 3 hard disk functions: Important! Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning) Source drive Destination drive...
  • Page 75 Appendix Disk To Image (Disk Backup) Disk From Image(Restore Backup)
  • Page 76 Appendix Destination drive Partition...
  • Page 77 Appendix 1. Partition To Partition 2. Partition To Image 3. Partition From Image Partition To Partition (Partition Cloning) Partition To Image (Partition Backup)
  • Page 78 Appendix Partition From Image (Restore Partition)
  • Page 79 Appendix Check...
  • Page 80 Appendix How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes This chapter guides you how to setup your computer properly and, if necessary, reinstall Windows Ghost Recover Floppy Recover CD Emergency Recover Floppy Windows Office Windows, Ghost Original.gho Windows Autoexec.
  • Page 81 Appendix Autoexec.bat B a c k u p B a c k u p B a c k u p B a c k u p B a c k u p Restore Restore Restore Restore Restore [General Windows] [Windows and Application Programs].
  • Page 82 Appendix Recover CD [Introducing Ghosts Functions] C-10...

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