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Static Electricity Precautions

1. Don't take this motherboard and components out of their original static-

proof package until you are ready to install them.

2. While installing, please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible. If you

don't have a wrist strap, discharge static electricity by touching the bare

metal of the system chassis.

3. Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges. Do not touch those

components unless it is absolutely necessary. Put this motherboard on

the top of static-protection package with component side facing up

while installing.

Pre-Installation Inspection

1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components

and connectors on the board.

2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect

power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those

damages.

Motherboard User's Guide

P23G Series, V3.0a

April 2007

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Page 1 1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components and connectors on the board. 2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those damages. Copyright © 2007 All Rights Reserved P23G Series, V3.0a April 2007...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Motherboard User’s Guide Table of Contents Trademark ......................i Static Electricity Precautions ..................i Pre-Installation Inspection ..................... i Chapter 1: Introduction ..................1 Key Features ........................1 Package Contents ......................4 Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation .............. 5 Motherboard Components .................... 6 I/O Ports ..........................
Page 3 Motherboard User’s Guide Chapter 5:VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide ........35 VIA RAID Configuration ..................... 3 5 Installing RAID Software & Drives ................4 3 Using VIA RAID Tool ....................4 5 Notice: Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every supplier, we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft.
Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction ® This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest Intel Core™ 2 Duo/Celeron D processors with Hyper-Threading Technology and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 1066/800/533 MHz. Hyper-Threading Technology, designed to take advan- tage of the multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you the power to do more things at once.
Page 5 Motherboard User’s Guide Advanced 64-bit DDR2 533 and DDR400 SDRAM controller • Note: P4M800Pro chipset can only support mixed 1024/512/256/128/ 64Mb x8/16 DDR2 SDRAMs or mixed 1024/512/256/128/64Mb x8/16 DDR SDRAMs. Supports 8-bit, 66 MHz, Ultra V-Link interface with 533 MB/sec total •...
Page 6 Chapter 1: Introduction • Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specifications Meets performance requirements for audio on PC99/2001 systems • Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements • HRTF 3D Positional Audio and 10 Bands of Software EQualizer • Onboard I/O Ports Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard •...
Page 7: Package Contents
Motherboard User’s Guide CPU and memory timing • The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds. Dimensions Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 244 mm • Note: Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without notification.
Page 8: Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation To install this motherboard in a system, please follow these instructions in this chapter: Identify the motherboard components Install a CPU Install one or more system memory modules Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly Install this motherboard in a system chassis (case) Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers/connectors on the motherboard...
Page 9: Motherboard Components
Motherboard User’s Guide Motherboard Components ITEM LABEL COMPONENTS LGA775 Socket for Intel ® Core™ 2 Duo/ CPU Socket Celeron D processors CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan connector(4-pin) DDRII1~2 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM sockets DDR1~2 184-pin DDR SDRAM sockets IDE1 Primary IDE connectors IDE2 Secondary IDE connectors SATA1~2 Serial ATA connectors...
Page 10: I/O Ports
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation I/O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the motherboard. PS/2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device. PS/2 Keyboard Use the low er PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
Page 11 Motherboard User’s Guide CPU Installation Procedure Follow these instructions to install the CPU: A. Read and follow the instructions shown on the sticker on the CPU cap. B. Unload the cap • Use thumb & forefinger to hold the lifting tab of the cap. •...
Page 12: Installing Memory Modules
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation G. Fasten the cooling fan supporting base onto the CPU socket on the motherboard. H. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU fan connector. Please refer to the CPU cooling fan user’s manual for more detail installation procedure.
Page 13 Motherboard User’s Guide Note1: Please be noted you can NOT use DIMM DDRII1~2 (DDR2 533/400) and DIMM DDR1~2 (DDR 400/333) simultaneously. Only use either DDR2(533/400) or DDR(400/333) memory modules! Note2: Do not remove any memory module from its antistatic packaging until you are ready to install it on the motherboard.
Page 14: Jumper Settings
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Jumper Settings Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHORT; removing a jumper cap from these pins, OPEN. CLR_CMOS1: Clear CMOS Jumper Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory. You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your motherboard from operating.
Page 15: Install The Motherboard
Motherboard User’s Guide Install the Motherboard Install the motherboard in a system chassis (case). The board is a Micro ATX size motherboard. You can install this motherboard in an ATX case. Make sure your case has an I/O cover plate matching the ports on this motherboard. Install the motherboard in a case.
Page 16: Connecting Optional Devices
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s optional devices: SPK1: Speaker Header Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the motherboard. Signal Signal SPKR F_AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line- out ports for easier access.
Page 17 Motherboard User’s Guide F_USB1/F_USB2: Front panel USB Headers The motherboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I/O port array. Addition- ally, some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind of case, use auxiliary USB headers F_USB1/F_USB2 to connect the front- mounted ports to the motherboard.
Page 18: Install Other Devices
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below. Floppy Disk Drive Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply. Use the cable to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDD1. IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives, high-density diskette drives, and CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives, among others.
Page 19 Motherboard User’s Guide Serial ATA Devices The Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the standard interface for the IDE hard drives, which is designed to overcome the design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms.
Page 20: Expansion Slots
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Expansion Slots This motherboard has one AGP, CNR and three 32-bit PCI slots. Follow the steps below to install an AGP/CNR/PCI expansion card. Locate the AGP, CNR or PCI slots on the motherboard. Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis. Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot.
Page 21 Motherboard User’s Guide 8X AGP Slot You can install a graphics adapter that supports the 8X AGP specification and has a 8X AGP edge connector in the AGP slot. CNR Slot You can install the CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) cards in this slot, including LAN, Modem, and Audio functions.
Page 22: Chapter 3 Bios Setup Utility
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility Introduction The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer, such as date and time, the type of hardware installed, and various configuration settings. Your computer applies the information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system compo- nents.
Page 23: Standard Cmos Setup Page
Motherboard User’s Guide You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. Press the Escape key to leave the setup utility. Press +/-/ to modify the selected field’s values. Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item, and press + + + + + and - - - - - keys to cycle through alternative values of that item.
Page 24: Advanced Setup Page
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Advanced Setup Page This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Handle this page with caution. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer. CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Setup Quick Boot Enabled...
Page 25 Motherboard User’s Guide DRAM CAS# Latency This item determines the operation of SDRAM memory CAS (column address strobe). It is recommended that you leave this item at the default value. The 2T setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode. DRAM Bank Interleave Enable this item to increase DRAM memory speed.
Page 26: Features Setup Page
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility DRAM Driving When this item is defaulted at “Normal”, some DDRs might cause the problem of booting or system stability; in that case, please set it at “High”. Features Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system.
Page 27: Power Management Setup
Motherboard User’s Guide OnBoard PCI IDE Use this item to enable or disable the onboard PCI IDE channel. OnBoard SATA-IDE Use this item to select RAID mode, IDE mode or Disabled for onboard SATA- IDE. Audio Device This item enables or disables the AC’97 audio chip. MODEM Device This item enables or disables the MC’97 modem chip.
Page 28: Pci/Plug And Play Setup Page
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Suspend Time Out This item sets up the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes. If the time selected passes without any system activity, the computer will enter power-saving Suspend mode. Resume on RTC Alarm The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system’s RTC (realtime clock).
Page 29: Bios Security Features Setup Page
Motherboard User’s Guide Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA If this item is enabled, an IRQ will be assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system. You set this value to No to free up an IRQ. PCI IDE BusMaster This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode. We recommend you to leave this item at the default value.
Page 30: Cpu Pnp Setup Page
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility CPU PnP Setup Page This page helps you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU. The system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page. CMOS SETUP UTILITY –...
Page 31: Hardware Monitor Page
Motherboard User’s Guide Hardware Monitor Page This page sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this motherboard. CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Hardware Monitor Setup ***System Hardware Monitor*** Help Item SYSTEM Temperature C/89 CPU Temperature C/105...
Page 32: Save Changes And Exit
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Save Changes and Exit Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration. When the Save Changes and Exit dialog box appears, select [OK] to save and exit, or select [Cancel] to return to the main menu.
Page 33 Motherboard User’s Guide Memo...
Page 34: Chapter 4 Software & Applications
Chapter 4: Software & Applications Chapter 4 Software & Applications Introduction This chapter describes the contents of the support CD-ROM that comes with the motherboard package. The support CD-ROM contains all useful software, necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products. More program information is available in a README file, located in the same directory as the software.
Page 35 Motherboard User’s Guide The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window. To run the program again, reinsert the CD-ROM disc in the drive; or click the CD-ROM driver from the Windows Explorer, and click the Setup icon. The Application button brings up a software menu. It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports.
Page 36: Bundled Software Installation
Chapter 4: Software & Applications Once any of the installation procedures start, software is automatically installed in sequence. You need to follow the onscreen instructions, confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing whatever software you selected.
Page 37 Motherboard User’s Guide Memo...
Page 38: Chapter 5:Via Vt8237 Sata Raid Setup Guide
Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Chapter 5 VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide VIA RAID Configurations The motherboard includes a high performance Serial ATA RAID controller integrated in the VIA VT8237 Southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD with two independent Serial ATA channels.
Page 39 Motherboard User’s Guide Follow these steps to install the SATA hard disks for RAID configuration. Before setting up your new RAID array, verify the status of your hard disks. Make sure the Master/Slave jumpers are configured properly. Both the data and power SATA cables are new cables. You cannot use older 40-pin 80-conductor IDE or regular IDE power cables with Serial ATA drives.
Page 40 Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide On the upper-right side of the screen is the message and legend box. The keys on the legend box allow you to navigate through the setup menu options. The message describes the function of each menu item. The following lists the keys found in the legend box with their corresponding functions.
Page 41 Motherboard User’s Guide Select Block Size, then press <Enter> to set array block size. Lists of valid array block sizes are displayed on a pop-up menu. For server systems, it is recommended to use a lower array block size. For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, a higher array block size is recommended for optimum performance.
Page 42 Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Select task and press <Enter>. The screen returns to Create Array menu items. From this point, you may choose to auto-configure the RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Data Security or manually configure the RAID array for mirrored sets.
Page 43 Motherboard User’s Guide Serial Number View In the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select Serial Number View then press the <Enter> key. The focus is directed to the list of channel used for IDE RAID arrays. Move the selection bar on each item and the serial number is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Page 44 Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array When booting up the system, BIOS will detect if any member disk drives of RAID has failed or is absent. If BIOS detects any disk drive failures or missing disk drives, the status of the array will be marked as broken.
Page 45 Motherboard User’s Guide 3. Choose Replacement Drive and Rebuild: This item enables users to select an already-connected hard drive to rebuild the broken array. After choosing a hard drive, the channel column will be activated. Highlight the target hard drive and press <Enter>, a warning message will appear. Press Y to use that hard drive to rebuild, or press N to cancel.
Page 46: Installing Raid Software & Drives
Windows XP installation. Existing Windows XP Driver Installation Insert the ECS CD into the CD-ROM drive. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. Under the Driver tab, click on VIA SATA RAID Utility.
Page 47 VIA SATA RAID utility • RAID0 and RAID1 functions Insert the ECS CD and click on the Setup to install the software. The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation. Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window.
Page 48: Using Via Raid Tool
Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Put a check mark in the check box to install the feature you want. Then click Next button to proceed the installation. Using VIA RAID Tool Once the installation is complete, go to Start---> Programs---> VIA---> raid_tool.exe to enable VIA RAID Tool.
Page 49 Motherboard User’s Guide The main interface is divided into two windows and the toolbar above contain the main functions. Click on these toolbar buttons to execute their specific functions. The left windowpane displays the controller and disk drives and the right windowpane displays the details of the controller or disk drives.
Page 50 Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Click on the plus (+) symbol next to Array 0--RAID 0 to see the details of each disk. You may also use the same button to view the statuses of Array 0--RAID 1.
Page 51 Motherboard User’s Guide Click on the plus (+) symbol next to Array 0; RAID 1 to see the details of each disk.

ECS P23G Series User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility

Chapter 4 Software & Applications

Chapter 5:VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide

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