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P6F169 User's Manual
P6F169
MOTHER BOARD
User's Manual
Edition 1.0
February 15, 2004
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  • Page 1 P6F169 User’s Manual P6F169 MOTHER BOARD User’s Manual Edition 1.0 February 15, 2004 Preface...
  • Page 2 P6F169 User’s Manual Copyright Notice ©Copyright 2004 The information contained in this user’s manual and all accompanying documentation is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. This publication may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or...
  • Page 3 P6F169 User’s Manual Manual Guide This manual is designed to help you build a reliable Personal Computer based on the P6F169 platform. Chapter 1—Quick Reference This chapter is for advanced users who want to quickly assemble a system. The motherboard layout along with jumper and switch settings, and memory configuration are provided.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    P6F169 User’s Manual Table of Content 1. P6F169 Quick Reference..................7 1.1 Motherboard Layout ................. 7 1.2 I/O Ports ....................8 1.3 Front Panel Connector ................8 1.4 Jumpers....................9 1.5 PCI Frequency Setting ................11 1.6 Memory Installation ................11 1.7 Connectors .....................
  • Page 5 P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.5 Front IEEE1394 connectors (1394_1 & 1394_2) ....... 25 3.5.6 Front USB Header (USB1/2 & USB 3/4) ........26 3.5.7 Floppy Driver Connector (FDD1)..........26 3.5.8 IDE connectors (PRIMARY1 & SECONDARY1)......27 3.5.9 Back Panel Connectors .............. 28 3.5.10 Power Supply Connector (ATXPWR1) ........
  • Page 6 P6F169 User’s Manual 4.7 PnP/PCI Configuration ................62 4.8 PC Health Status ..................64 4.9 Frequency/Voltage Control..............65 4.10. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option ............66 4.11. Load Optimized Defaults ..............66 4.12. Set Supervisor/User Passwords ............66 4.13. Save & Exit Setup Option..............67 4.14.

  • Page 7: P6F169 Quick Reference

    Quick Referenece P6F169 User’s Manual 1. P6F169 Quick Reference This section is for users to get started using the motherboard straight away. 1.1 Motherboard Layout 29 30 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 ATX Power connector (ATXPWR1) Audio Aux-in connector (J1)

  • Page 8: I/O Ports

    P6F169 User’s Manual 1.2 I/O Ports 1.3 Front Panel Connector The following illustration shows the front panel connector pin assignments: I/O Ports...

  • Page 9: Jumpers

    Quick Referenece P6F169 User’s Manual 1.4 Jumpers CLEAR_CMOS1 Mode Clear CMOS Normal Operation Default setting JCFSEL Compact Flash Mode Master Slave Default setting CPU RATIO 3.0x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x 6.5x 7.0x 7.5x 8.0x 8.5x 9.0x 9.5x 10.0x 10.5x...
  • Page 10 P6F169 User’s Manual 12.0x 12.0x 12.5x 13.0x 13.5x 14.0x 14.5x 15.0x 15.5x 16.0x Switch Number RESERVE 1-OFF Default OVERSCAN 2-ON Enable 2-OFF Disable TV-mode NTSC NTSC-EIA PAL-M PAL-BDGHI PAL-Comb-N PAL-N COM2 RS232/485/422 Mode jumper setting Mode RS232 RS422 RS485 Jumpers...

  • Page 11: Pci Frequency Setting

    Quick Referenece P6F169 User’s Manual 1.5 PCI Frequency Setting The PCI frequency settings are automatically set by the system 1.6 Memory Installation Note: This motherboard supports up to two double-sided or two single-sided DIMMs when the DDR DRAM interface is operating at 133 MHz. Installing DDR DIMM modules...

  • Page 12: Connectors

    P6F169 User’s Manual 1.7 Connectors Connector Function Remark DIMM1 184-pin DIMM Socket Standard DIMM2 184-pin DIMM Socket Standard PRIMARY1 40-pin Primary IDE Port Standard SECONDARY1 40-pin Secondary IDE Port Standard FDD1 34-pin FDD Port Standard COM2 10-pin COM2 RS-232/485/422 Serial Port...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    P6F169 User’s Manual 2. Introduction 2.1 Overview The high quality P6F169 is a high-performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports VIA C3/Eden Embedded processor with 133 MHz front side bus (FSB). This motherboard is designed around the latest VIA CLE266 Chipset in Mini-ITX form factor.

  • Page 14: Motherboard Specifications And Features

    Introduction P6F169 User’s Manual 2.2 Motherboard Specifications and Features 2.2.1. Hardware General Specification Form Factor Mini-ITX at 170 x 170 mm (L x W) VIA C3/Eden Embedded processor at 133MHz FSB Memory 2GBytes DDR200/266 SDRAM on 2 x 184-pin DIMM socket...
  • Page 15 Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual VGA Display Interface Chipset VIA CLE266 built-in internal AGP 4X 2D/3D graphics Frame Buffer Size BIOS selectable 8/16/32/64MB with system shared memory 2D Engine 128 bit 3D Engine 1 Pipe, 2 Texture, dedicated MPEG-2 Slice Layer, IDTC & Motion Compensation...

  • Page 16: Software

    Introduction P6F169 User’s Manual IEEE1394 Interface Chipset VIA VT6307S PCI IEEE1394 controller Interface IEEE1394 with 100/200/400 Mbps of data transfer bandwidth Connector 2 x internal IEEE1394 connector Power and Environment Power Requirement 20-pin ATX power connector Dimension 170 (L) x 170 (H) mm, Mini-ITX form factor...

  • Page 17: Motherboard Layout

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 2.3 Motherboard Layout 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 23 24 Note: Because of optional items and design changes, your motherboard may not be identical to the one shown in the illustration. Motherboard Layout...
  • Page 18 Introduction P6F169 User’s Manual Key to Motherboard Function Name Function ATXPWR1 Standard ATX Power Connector PRIMARY1 40-pin IDE1 Connector SECONDARY1 40-pin IDE2 Connector Front Panel Connector CHIPFAN System FAN PCI1 32-bit PCI Slot DIMM1 184-pin DDR SDRAM Socket DIMM2 184-pin DDR SDRAM Socket...

  • Page 19: Embedded Processor

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 2.4 Embedded Processor The board supports embedded VIA C3/Eden EBGA368 processor from 300MHz to 1GHz. The C3 E-series provide best C/P rate performance, and the Eden series provide low power consumption solution. 2.5 AC’97 Codec The board is integrated with Realtek ALC650 codec.

  • Page 20: Hardware Installation

    9. One 10/100Mps Ethernet wire to connect with your ADSL modem or HUB. 10. A speaker. 3.1 Packing List Please check the package list below: 1. 1 x P6F169 motherboard. 2. 1 x IDE 66/100 40-pin ribbon cable. 3. 1 x Floppy 34-pin ribbon cable. 4. 1 x Drivers and Utility CD.

  • Page 21: Installation

    P6F169 User’s Manual 3.2 Installation The P6F169 is designed to fit into a standard Mini-ITX ATX form factor chassis. The pattern of the mounting holes and the position of the back panel connectors meet the Mini-ITX ATX system board specification.

  • Page 22: Connector And Jumper Location

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.4 Connector and Jumper Location Connector and Jumper Location...

  • Page 23: Attaching Connectors

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5 Attaching Connectors 3.5.1 Front Panel Connectors (JP1) There are seven connectors on the motherboard for speaker, switches, and indicator lights on the system’s front panel. This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted PW SW Power button.

  • Page 24: Audio Cd-In Connector (J2)

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.2 Audio CD-in connector (J2) This connector enables you to connect a CD-ROM to the motherboard and receive stereo audio input 3.5.3 Audio Line-out connector (JP3) Attaching Connectors...

  • Page 25: Infrared (Ir) Connector (Ir1)

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.4 Infrared (IR) Connector (IR1) This 5-pinheader connects to an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module via a cable and a bracket. Configure BIOS to enable the IrDA port if you attach an infrared module to this connector. Refer to Integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details.

  • Page 26: Front Usb Header (Usb1/2 & Usb 3/4)

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.6 Front USB Header (USB1/2 & USB 3/4) 3.5.7 Floppy Driver Connector (FDD1) Attaching Connectors...

  • Page 27: Ide Connectors (Primary1 & Secondary1)

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.8 IDE connectors (PRIMARY1 & SECONDARY1) An IDE drive ribbon cable has two connectors to support two IDE drives. If a ribbon cable connects to two IDE drives at the same time, one of them has to be configured as Master and the other has to be configured as Slave by setting the drive select jumpers on the drive.

  • Page 28: Back Panel Connectors

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.9 Back Panel Connectors The back panel provides external access to PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors, two serial ports, one parallel port, dual USB ports, and audio Line-out, Line-in, MIC-in ports which are integrated on the motherboard. The figures below show the location of the back panel I/O connectors.
  • Page 29 Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual S-Video Port You can connect S-Video devices to S-Video port on the back panel. RCA Video (TV-Out) You can connect RCA Video devices to RCA Video port (TV-Out) on the back- panel. LAN Port Connect a device to the LAN port on the back panel.
  • Page 30 Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual Serial Port Connect a serial device such as a mouse or modem to the 9-pin serial port. You can set the serial port IRQs in BIOS. Refer to integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details.

  • Page 31: Power Supply Connector (Atxpwr1)

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.10 Power Supply Connector (ATXPWR1) The ATX power supply has a single lead connector with a clip on one side of the plastic housing. There is only one way to plug the lead into to ATX power connector.

  • Page 32: Cpu/System Fan Connectors

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.11 CPU/System Fan connectors There are two fan connectors on the motherboard for the cooling fans. The connectors support fans of 12VDC/500mAMP (six watt) or less. When the system goes into sleep state, fans should be shut down to eliminate audible noise and reduce power consumption.

  • Page 33: Serial Com2 Connector (Com2)

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.13 Serial COM2 connector (COM2) The motherboard provides one onboard serial COM2 connector. The COM2 connector has the same signal with COM1 on the back panel. The COM2 also support RS485/422 communication mode. Please follow the jumper setting below to select the mode you need.

  • Page 34: Front Mic-In Connector (Jp2)

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.14 Front MIC-in connector (JP2) Connect a microphone to the pink microphone connector to record audio to your computer. Ground MICIN 3.5.15 Front AUX connector (J1) Connector the cable attached to line-out connector on front panel. This header shared same signal with line-out back panel.

  • Page 35: Lvds Connector

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.16 LVDS connector The board supports LCD LVDS interface, you can use a panel through this interface. Pin NO Pin Assignment Pin NO Pin Assignment +3.3V +3.3V TVD0 +2.5V TVD1 +2.5V TVD2 TVD3 TVD4 Ground...

  • Page 36: Optional Dvo Interface

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.5.17 Optional DVO interface The board supports DVO interface to support multimedia video input and output. JP7 J11 Attaching Connectors...

  • Page 37: Installing System Memory

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.6 Installing System Memory Maximum system memory supported by the motherboard is 2GB.The motherboard has two DIMM Sockets. Memory can be installed using 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM memory modules. These are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type, which is automatically detected by the BIOS.

  • Page 38: Cpu & Cmos Jumper Setting

    Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual 3.7 CPU & CMOS Jumper Setting Refer to the following illustration and instructions to set the jumpers on your motherboard. Notice: the SW2 can let you configure the CPU ratio, but we have set done this before the board is shipped, please do not attend to overclock, this may due to the system unstable.
  • Page 39 Hardware Installation P6F169 User’s Manual Please check the following ratio form of CPU clock ratio if your board runs the wrong frequency of your order. CPU RATIO 3.0x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x 6.5x 7.0x 7.5x 8.0x 8.5x 9.0x 9.5x...

  • Page 40: Bios Configuration

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4. BIOS Configuration After the hardware configuration of the motherboard is finished, and the system hardware has been assembled, the system may be powered up. At this point, CMOS setup should be run to ensure that system information is correct.

  • Page 41: Entering Setup

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.1 Entering Setup When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the Power-On Self Test (POST) routines. These routines perform various diagnostic checks; if an error is encountered, the error will be reported in one of two different ways: If the error occurs before the display device is initialized, a series of beeps will be transmitted.

  • Page 42: Standard Cmos Features

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.2 Standard CMOS Features Standard CMOS Features is the same for all three chipsets. Selecting “Standard CMOS Features” on the main program screen displays the following menu: The Standard CMOS Setup utility is similar for all three chipsets and is used...
  • Page 43 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual IDE HDD Auto-Detection: Press <Enter> while this item is highlighted if you want the Setup Utility to automatically detect and configure a hard disk drive on the IDE channel. If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this utility to detect its...
  • Page 44 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual Drive A and Drive B: Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. The options are: 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25in 720K, 3.5in 1.44M, 3.5in 2.88M, 3.5in None” (Not Installed) The “Not Installed” option could be used as an option for diskless workstations.

  • Page 45: Advanced Bios Features

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.3 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting “Advanced BIOS Features” on the main program screen displays this menu, which allows you to define advanced information about your system. You can make modifications to most of these items without introducing fatal errors to your system.
  • Page 46 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual Quick Power On Self Test: This will skip some diagnostic checks during the Power On Self Test (POST) to speed up the booting process. The default setting is “Enabled”. First Boot Device: Use this item to select the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system at start-up time.
  • Page 47 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual Security Option: This setting controls the password feature. The options are “Setup” and “System.” Selecting “Setup” will protect the configuration settings from being tampered with. Select “System” if you want to use the password feature every time the system boots up.

  • Page 48: Advanced Chipset Features

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.4 Advanced Chipset Features Selecting “Advanced Chipset Features” on the main program screen displays this menu: This option displays a table of items that define critical timing parameters of the mainboard. You should leave the items on this page at their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specification of your system hardware.
  • Page 49 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual Current FSB frequency: This option will show your current front-side-bus frequency. Current DRAM frequency: This option will show your current DRAM frequency. DRAM Clock: Enables you to set the DRAM clock manually, or automatically using SPD (Serial Presence Detect).

  • Page 50: Agp & P2P Bridge Control

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.4.2 AGP & P2P bridge control AGP Aperture Size: This option determines the effective size of the AGP Graphic Aperture, where memory-mapped graphic data structures are located. The default setting is “ 64”, and other options are “4”, “8”, “16”, “32”, “128”, or “256”.

  • Page 51: Cpu & Pci Bus Control

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.4.3 CPU & PCI Bus Control CPU to PCI Write Buffer: When enabled, writes from the CPU to PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and PCI bus. When disabled, the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle.
  • Page 52 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual Memory Hole : If Set to “Enabled”, when the system memory size is equal to or greater than 16M bytes, the physical memory address from 15M to 16M will be passed to PCI or ISA and there will be a 1 MB hole in your system memory. This option is designed for some OS with special add-in cards which need 15-16 MB memory space.

  • Page 53: Integrated Peripherals

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.5 Integrated Peripherals Selecting “Integrated Peripherals” on the main program screen displays field. 4.5.1 VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip IDE Channel0: These options enable or disable the primary onboard IDE controllers. The default setting is “Enabled.”...
  • Page 54 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual IDE Prefetch Mode: The onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching, for faster drive access. If you install a primary and secondary add-on IDE interface, set this field to disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. The default setting is “Enabled”.

  • Page 55: Via Onchip Pci Device

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.5.2 VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA-3058 AC97 Audio: Set these items to “Auto” when you are using the on-board AC’97 audio chip. If you are using an audio add-in card, you should disable this item.

  • Page 56: Superio Device

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.5.3 SuperIO Device Onboard FDC Controller: This option enables the onboard floppy driver controller. Onboard Serial Port 1: This option is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for onboard serial port 1 (COM1).
  • Page 57 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual UR2 Duplex Mode: This field is available when UART 2 Mode Selects is set to either ASKIR or IrDA. This item enables you to determine the infrared (IR) function of the onboard infrared chip. The options are “Full” and “Halt” (default).Full-duplex means that you can transmit and send information simultaneously.

  • Page 58: Power Management Setup

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.6 Power management Setup This option lets you control system power management. The system has various power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the system to be automatically resumed by certain events.
  • Page 59 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual Power Management Option: This item acts like a master switch for the power-saving modes and hard disk timeouts. If this item is set to Max Saving, power-saving modes occur after a short timeout. If this item is set to Min Saving, power-saving modes occur after a longer time-out.

  • Page 60: Irq/Event Activity Detect

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.6.1 IRQ/Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select: When select password, please press Enter key to change passwords. The maximum words are 8. PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5: You can select S3/S4/S5 status wakeup from keyboard or not.
  • Page 61 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.6.1.1 IRQs Activity Monitoring Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen. This screen enables you to set IRQs that will resume the system from a power saving mode. Set any IRQ to Enabled to allow activity at the IRQ to wake up the system from a power saving mode.

  • Page 62: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.7 PnP/PCI Configuration This option displays a table of items that configures how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards operate in your in your system. Both the ISA and PCI buses on the Mainboard use system IRQs (Interrupt Requests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access).
  • Page 63 BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: This item is designed to overcome problems that can be caused by some non-standard VGA cards. This board includes a built-in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled.

  • Page 64: Pc Health Status

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.8 PC Health Status On motherboards the support hardware monitoring, this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages, critical temperatures and fan speeds: Selecting “PC Health Status” on the main program screen displays this menu: CPU Warning Temperature: This feature enables you to set the warning temperature for CPU overheating.

  • Page 65: Frequency/Voltage Control

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.9 Frequency/Voltage Control This item enables you to set the clock speed ad system bus for your system. The clock speed ad system bus is determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system.

  • Page 66: Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.10. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option This option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility: Press <Y> and then <Enter> to install the defaults. Press <N> and then <Enter>...

  • Page 67: Save & Exit Setup Option

    BIOS Configuration P6F169 User’s Manual 4.13. Save & Exit Setup Option Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> will save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process. 4.14. Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> will exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones.

  • Page 68: Driver And Utility

    5. Driver and Utility 5.1 Flash Utility The BIOS of the P6F169 motherboard can be upgraded by using a Flash utility. A new version of the BIOS can be downloaded from the factory’s BBS and Web site. The system BIOS is stored in a 2 M-bit Flash EEPROM that can be erased and reprogrammed by the Flash utility.

  • Page 69: Cd Driver Overview

    AGP, IRQ, ACPI and IDE drivers together from the manufacturer support CD. The support CD has an easy to use menu that enables you to automatically install the drivers and software that you want. The P6F169 CD include 1. Install Mainboard Software (VIA) 2. Install display device driver (S3 CLE266) 3.

  • Page 70: Via 4In1 Driver

    Driver and Utility P6F169 User’s Manual 5.2.1 VIA 4in1 driver This folder has 4in1 drivers for Windows ME/2000/98/NT The installation steps: Insert the manufacture’s CD-ROM into your CD-ROM driver. Click Driver Install. Select the folder Driver\Via\4in1driver for WIN2000/9X/ME or NT to start installation.

  • Page 71: Lan Driver

    Driver and Utility P6F169 User’s Manual 5.2.4 LAN Driver Software and drivers are provided for the Realtek RTL8100 controller that is integrated on this motherboard. The Realtek RTL8100 controller allows the system to transmit effects. Drivers are provided for Windows WIN 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP.

  • Page 72: Online Service

    Online Service P6F169 User’s Manual 5.3 Online Service Flexus Computer Technology, under the Freetech brand name, has consistently won recognition for excellence in the design and manufacturing of high quality mainboards! Our products are globally recognized among the leading cost-performance mainboards in the industry today and we are a certified ISO-9002 manufacturer! Our customers are our partners! Flexus practices partnership service “not customer...

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