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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.4 Content
1.5 System Board Layout
2.1.6 CPU FSB Frequency Selection
2.4.2 Chassis and CPU Fan Connector
2.4.4 Creative's SB_LINK Sound Connector
P3SAE & 370SAE Series
Motherboard
User's Manual
Product Name: P3SAE, P3SAE-L, P3SAE-P
Manual Revision: English, 1.2
370SAE, 370SAE-L or 370SAE-P

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    P3SAE & 370SAE Series Motherboard User’s Manual Product Name: P3SAE, P3SAE-L, P3SAE-P 370SAE, 370SAE-L or 370SAE-P Manual Revision: English, 1.2 Trademarks Intel, Celeron, Socket 370, Pentium II and Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies, Incorporated Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc.

  • Page 2: Product Overview

    2.4.9 PS/2 Keyboard Connector 2.4.10 VGA Output Connector 2.4.11 Serial Port 2.4.12 Printer Port 2.4.13 USB Connectors 2.4.14 LAN Connector 2.4.15 ACT/LNK LED 2.4.16 Speed LED 2.4.17 Line Out Connector 2.4.18 Line In Connector 2.4.19 Microphone In Connector 2.4.20 ATAPI IDE/SONY Audio 2.4.21 Mitsumi Audio 2.4.22 Game/MIDI Port 2.4.23 Panel Connection...

  • Page 3: Features

    This manual is composed of four sections. The first section is the introduction of this motherboard, and the second section explains the proper procedure to setup the motherboard, the third section provides information on how to setup the CMOS. The last section is the installation of the device drivers & utilities. Ordering Codes P3SAE Uses Intel FW82815 and FW82801BA chipset.
  • Page 4 For P3SAE, P3SAE-L, 370SAE or 370SAE-L only Competitive internal graphics can be scaled via an AGP card interface. The local graphics memory can up to 4MB display cache with AGP Inline Memory Module (AIMM) and install it to the AGP slot. The components populating the AIMM must be at least PC100 compliant and rated to operate at 133MHz.
  • Page 5 IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation support and IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex Flow Control standard. Digital Adaptive Equalization control. Link status interrupt capability. Baseline Wander correction. 10BASE-T auto-polarity correction. Automatic detection of “unplugged mode” Reduced power in “unplugged mode” (less than 50mW). I/O Devices : One FDD control port supports two of the 5.25"...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2. Hardware Setup

    Notice: P3SAE, P3SAE-P, 370SAE or 370SAE-P do not have the LAN connector and JEEP jumper. P3SAE-P or 370SAE-P do not have the JCOM2 connector. 370SAE, 370SAE-L or 370SAE-P do not have the Slot 1 slot. Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2.1 Installation Procedure Jumper settings Installation of CPU Installation of Memory...

  • Page 7: On Board Lan Setting

    Electronic parts are Static sensitive. To prevent damage to the computer and its parts please take the following measures. Work on a surface such as concrete, linoleum or hard wood floor. Ground your self with either a properly installed grounding strap or by touching a major electrical appliance long enough to discharge the static.

  • Page 8: Installation Of Cpu

    The JFSB jumper provides FSB frequency settings for the CPU. Auto Detect, 66MHz, 100MHz or 133MHz FSB frequency can be selected with this jumper. The over specification operation is not recommended. 2.2 Installation of CPU 2.2.1 For Slot 1 CPU ( For P3SAE, P3SAE-L or P3SAE-P only ) The motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for processor packaged in an SEC cartridge.

  • Page 9: Installation Of Memory

    2.3 Installation of Memory This motherboard has 3x168-pin 64-bit Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets divided into 3 banks. You can install 3.3V Unbuffered PC100/133-compliant Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memory. Some DIMM memory have SPD ( Serial Presence Detect ) 8-pin IC on module. It is not recommended the SPD ( Serial Presence Detect ) DIMM blends and non-SPD DIMM.
  • Page 10 MITSUMI The Connector is for Mitsumi CD-ROM audio cable SONY The Connector is for IDE/Sony CD-ROM audio cable 2.4.1 ATX Power Connector (20-pin J1) Make sure that the power supply is off before connecting or disconnecting the power cable. 2.4.2 CPU, Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin CPUFAN,CHASFAN) Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector.
  • Page 11 2.4.5 Wake on LAN Connector (3-pin JWOL) The JWOL connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network. This feature requires the Wake up on LAN function in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power.
  • Page 12 2.4.9 PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pin Mini-Din KB) This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS/2 plug. You may use a Din to Mini-Din adapter on standard AT keyboards. 2.4.10 VGA Output Connector (15-pin female) (For P3SAE, P3SAE-L, 370SAE or 370SAE-L only) This connector is for output to a VGA-compatible device.

  • Page 13: Game/Midi Port

    2.4.18 Line In Connector The Line In phonejack is used to attach monaural or stereo devices such as a cassette, Digital Audio Tape, or Minidisc players for playback, mixing, or recording. 2.4.19 Microphone In Connector The Microphone In phonejack is used to attach a monaural microphone for live audio input for playback, mixing, or recording.
  • Page 14 To activate CMOS Setup, press ＜DEL＞ key immediately after you turn on the system. The following message “Press DEL to enter SETUP” should appear in the lower left hand corner of your screen. When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be displayed (Figure 3-1). You can use arrow keys to select your function, press ＜Enter＞...

  • Page 15: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    To assign the system date, the format is “mm.dd.yy”. The input range for the Month is 1-12. Range for Date is 1-31. Range for Year is 1994-2079. System BIOS will calculate the day of the week automatically. 3.2.2 Time To assign the system time, the format is “hh:mm:ss”. The setting is in military time. When entering 2:34pm enter “14:34:00”.
  • Page 16 Figure 3-3. Advanced BIOS Features Screen CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 1999 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help 　 　 CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level > CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Processor Number Feature Disabled...

  • Page 17: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    When enabled, physical drive A will be assigned to logical drive B, and physical drive B will be assigned to logical drive A. 3.3.8 Boot Up Floppy Seek The system will detect and verify operation of the floppy drive type. 3.3.9 Boot Up Numlock Status The option allows the ＜NumLock＞...
  • Page 18 SDRAM CAS Latency Time Item Help SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc Menu Level > 　 　 SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay 　 　 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 　 　 System BIOS Cacheable Enabled 　 　 Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled 　 　 Memory Hole At 15M-16M Disabled CPU Latency Timer Enabled...

  • Page 19: Integrated Peripherals

    3.4.10 Display Cache Frequency (for P3SAE, P3SAE-L, 370SAE or 370SAE-L only) Te item can be found only when AIMM is installed. This option allows you to define the display cache frequency on the motherboard, which will affect the graphics performance. 3.4.11 System Memory Frequency This field used to select the system memory frequency.
  • Page 20 3.5.1 On-Chip primary/Secondary PCI IDE Select “Enabled” to activate each on-board IDE channel separately, Select “Disabled”, if you install an add-on IDE Control card 3.5.2 IDE Primary & Secondary Master/Slave PIO These four PIO fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of four IDE devices. When under "Auto" mode, the system automatically set the best mode for each device 3.5.3 IDE Primary &...
  • Page 21 Mouse Right: When this option is selected, double-click the right button of the mouse to power-on the system. 3.5.11 Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” to activate the on-board FDC Select “Disabled” to activate an add-on FDC 3.5.12 Onboard Serial Port 1 & 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first/second serial port.

  • Page 22: Power Management Setup

    3.5.23 Midi Port IRQ This field is used to select the midi port's IRQ. 3.6 Power Management Setup Power management decreases power usage under the pre-defined standby time range. Figure 3-6. Power Management Setup Screen CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 1999 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI function Disabled...
  • Page 23 3.6.4 Video Off Method This field defines the video off features. The following options are available: DPMS OFF, DPMS Reduce ON, Blank Screen, V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS Standby, and DPMS Suspend. The DPMS (Display Power Management System) features allow the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature.

  • Page 24: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy, serial, parallel port and PCI PIRQ [A-D] activities for power down state transition. Actually it detects the read/write to/from I/O port. 3.7 PNP/PCI Configurations Setup Figure 3.7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS SETUP CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 1999 Award Software PnP / PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data...

  • Page 25: Pc Health Status

    3.7.5 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Enable this option to correct screen color shifts, when there is a combination of VGA cards, accelerator cards, or MPEG cards present. 3.7.6 INT Pin 1/2/3/4 Assignment In case conflict occurs in AUTO mode, you can reassign the IRQ with the setting. 3.8 PC Health Status Figure 3.8 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 1999 Award Software...

  • Page 26: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    3.9.1 Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK If you have the EMI issue, set the option as Enabled, it keeps its interference under control. 3.9.2 CPU Host/PCI Clock/PC133 Choose Default, 66, 75, 83, 100, 103, 105, 114, 120, 124, 133, 140, 150 or 166 MHz for the external frequency of your CPU.

  • Page 27: Save & Exit Setup

    You can assign, modify, or cancel password settings. To modify, highlight “Set Supervisor Password” or “Set User Password” and press the ＜Enter＞ key. The screen will prompt you (“Enter Password:”). Enter your password. The maximum size of the password is 8 characters. System will prompt you to reenter the password to verify.

  • Page 28: Installing The Graphics Driver

    Insert the CD Driver into the CD drive-enter the \INTEL\WINDOWS\INF directory on the CD-ROM and double-click SETUP.EXE. Follow the prompts to continue the installation and restart your computer. 4.2 Installing the Graphics Driver (For P3SAE, P3SAE-L, 370SAE or 370SAE-L only. If your motherboard is P3SAE-P or 370SAE-P, please load your VGA driver from your OEM VGA disk.) 4.2.1 For Windows 95/98/ME If your Operation System is Windows 95, please load DCOM95.EXE file from...

  • Page 29: Installing Hardware Doctor Utility

    Insert the CD-ROM into the drive -enter the \INTEL\ULTRAATA directory on the CD-ROM and double-click ULTRAATA.EXE Follow the prompts to complete the installation and restart your system. 4.7 Installing Hardware Doctor Utility Insert the CD Driver into the CD drive. Install SETUP.EXE from \MONITOR\W83627\WIN9598ME directory for Windows 95/98/ME or \MONITOR\W83627\W2K-NT40 directory for Windows 2000/NT4.0 then follow the prompts to complete the installation.
  • Page 30 Double-click the System icon. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Performance tab. Click File System. In the "Typical role of this computer" field, select "Mobile or docking system". Click Apply, then click OK. Restart the computer. Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box. Double-click the Power Management icon. Click the Advanced tab.
  • Page 31 After completing the steps above and you want to power-off the computer, you do not need to go through the process of closing files, applications and operation system. You can power off the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting "Standby" when you shut down Windows 98. To power-on the computer, just press the power button.

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