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Copyright
This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected un-
der international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any
of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the au-
thor.
Version 1.0
Disclaimer
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufac-
turer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and
specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any par-
ticular purpose. The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to
make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manu-
facturer to notify any person of such revision or changes.
Trademark Recognition
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
MMX, Pentium, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation.
Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners
and are acknowledged.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi-
tal device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-
stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not oc-
cur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
−
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
−
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
−
Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
−
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with
this equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing
this device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system's manu-
facturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Preface
Copyright © 2001
All Rights Reserved
KOB P4X266 NDFSX, V1.0

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  • Page 1 Preface Copyright This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected un- der international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the au- thor.
  • Page 2 Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the follow- ing conditions: − This device may not cause harmful interference, and − This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preface CHAPTER 1 Introducing the Mainboard Introduction ....................1 Checklist .....................1 Standard Items ....................1 Features .....................2 Choosing a Computer Case ...............3 Mainboard Components ................4 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Mainboard Safety Precautions..................5 Quick Guide ....................5 Installing the Mainboard in a Case..............6 Checking Jumper Settings ................6 Setting Jumpers ....................
  • Page 4 Power Management Setup Page ..............27 PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page............... 29 Load Optimal Settings ................... 30 Load Best Performance Settings..............30 Features Setup Page..................30 CPU PnP Setup Page ..................32 Hardware Monitor Page................. 32 Change Password................... 33 Exit ........................ 33 CHAPTER 4 Using the Mainboard Software About the Software CD-ROM ..............34...

  • Page 5: Introducing The Mainboard

    Introducing the Mainboard Congratulations on purchasing the KOB P4X266 NDFSX mainboard. The KOB P4X266 NDFSX mainboard is an ATX mainboard that uses a 4-layer printed circuit board and measures 305 mm x 244 mm. The mainboard fea- tures a Socket 478 that accommodates Intel Pentium 4 processors supporting system bus (FSB) speeds of 400 MHz.

  • Page 6: Features

    Processor The KOB P4X266 NDFSX mainboard includes a Socket 478 that has the following features: • Supports up to a 400 MHz system bus (FSB) • Accommodates Intel Pentium 4 processors. There are VT8753 Northbridge and VT8233 Southbridge in Chipset this chipset in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.

  • Page 7: Choosing A Computer Case

    This mainboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to config- BIOS ure many system features including the following: Firmware • Power management • Wake-up alarms • CPU parameters and memory timing • CPU and memory timing The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.

  • Page 9: Installing The Mainboard

    Installing the Mainboard Follow these safety precautions when installing the mainboard: • Wear a grounding strap attached to a grounded device to avoid damage from static electricity. • Discharge static electricity by touching the metal case of a safely grounded object before working on the mainboard. •...

  • Page 10: Installing The Mainboard In A Case

    Refer to the following illustration and instructions for installing the mainboard in a case: This illustration shows an ex- 2. Secure the mainboard with ample of a mainboard being screws where appropriate. installed in a tower-type case: Note: Do not overtighten the screws as this can stress the main- board.

  • Page 11: Checking Jumper Settings

    Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the mainboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings Jumper Description Setting (default) JBAT1 Clear CMOS 1-2: Normal JBAT1 jumper 2-3: Clear CMOS JP1A1 CPU Clock Short 1-2: 100M JP1A1 Open 2-3: 133M JP1B1 CPU Clock...
  • Page 12 DDR/SDR Short all J2A/B/C/D DRAM Type J2A/B/C/D: Selector DDR1, DDR2 Open all J2A/B/C/D: DIMM1, DIMM2 DDR/SDR Short all J3A/B/C/D DRAM Type J3A/B/C/D: Selector DDR1, DDR2 Open all J3A/B/C/D: DIMM1, DIMM2 Wake on 1-2: 5V Keyboard/ 2-3: 5VSB USB activity Flash ROM Volt- 1-2: 5V age (VCC) 2-3: 3.3V...

  • Page 13: Connecting Case Components

    J3A/J3B/J3C/J3D: DDR/SDR DRAM Type Selector This jumper enables to select the type of DDR or SDR DRAM. JP2: Wake on Keyboard/USB activity This jumper enables any USB keyboard activity to power up a system previ- ously in a standby or sleep state. J13: Flash ROM Voltage (VCC) This jumper enables to select voltage for Flash ROM.

  • Page 14: The Panel Connectors

    The Panel Connectors The panel connector (PANEL1 and PANEL2) provides a standard set of switch and LED connectors commonly found on ATX or micro-ATX cases. Refer to the table below for information: PANEL1 Device Pins Line Out (L) 9, 10 Line Out(L) (Pin 9,10) Line Out (R)
  • Page 15 On most mainboards, there are small surface-mount resistors near the processor socket, which may be damaged if the cooling fan is carelessly installed. Avoid using cooling fans with sharp edges on the fan casing and the clips. Also, install the cooling fan in a well-lit work area so that you can clearly see the mainboard and processor socket.
  • Page 16 Match the corner on the CPU marked with an arrow with pin-1 on the CPU socket (the corner with the pinhole noticeably missing). Insert the processor into the socket. Do not use force. Lower the heatsink over the CPU. Lower the CPU cooling fan onto the heatsink. Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU.

  • Page 17: Installing Memory Modules

    Installing Memory Modules This mainboard accommodates 168-pin 3.3V/184-pin 2.5V unbuffered SDRAM memory modules. The memory chips must be standard or registered SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). The CPU supports 100MHz system bus. The SDRAM DIMMs and DDRs can synchronously work with 100 MHz or operates over a 133 MHz system bus. DDR SDRAM provides 800 MBps or 1 GBps data transfer depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz.

  • Page 18: Installing A Hard Disk Drive/Cd-Rom

    Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM This section describes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive. About IDE Devices Your mainboard has a primary and secondary IDE channel interface (IDE1 and IDE2). An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled with the main- board.

  • Page 19: Installing A Floppy Diskette Drive

    Installing a CD-ROM/DVD Drive Install the CD-ROM/DVD drive into the drive cage in your system case. Plug the IDE cable into IDE1 (A). If you have already installed an HDD, use the other connec- tor on the IDE cable. Note: Ribbon cable connectors are usually keyed so that they can only be installed correctly on the device connector.

  • Page 20: Installing Add-On Cards

    configure the floppy diskette drives that you have installed. Installing Add-on Cards This mainboard has four 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect) expansion slots, one 4xAGP slot, and one CNR slot. PCI Slots PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface.

  • Page 21: Connecting Optional Devices

    Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard’s optional devices: J12: Sleep Switch This header is connected to the sleep button for suspending the computer’s activity if pushing the button. Or, the computer is automatically suspended after passing a period of time.
  • Page 22 and USB2 to connect the front-mounted ports to the mainboard. Signal Name Signal Name VCC (+5V) VCC (+5V) USBP2-N (port 2 -) USBP3-N (port 3 +) USBP2-P (port 2 +) USBP3-P (port 3 -) Key pin OC# (over current detect) WOL1/WOM: Wake On LAN/Wake On Modem If you have installed a LAN card, use the cable provided with the card to plug into the mainboard WOL1 connector.

  • Page 23: Connecting I/O Devices

    The backplane of the mainboard has the following I/O ports: Parallel port (LPT1) Game port PS/2 mouse PS/2 Serial port Serial port Microphone keyboard ports COM 1 COM 2 Line-in Line-out PS/2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device. PS/2 Keyboard Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.

  • Page 24: External Connector Color Coding

    External Connector Color Coding Many connectors now use standard colors as shown in the table below. Connector Color Analog VGA Blue Audio line-in Light blue Audio line-out Lime Digital monitor/flat panel White IEEE 1394 Grey Microphone Pink MIDI/game Gold Parallel Burgundy PS/2-compatible keyboard Purple...

  • Page 25: Using Bios

    Using BIOS The computer uses the latest AMI BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the mainboard contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the mainboard BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup Utility displays the system's configuration status and provides you with options to set system parameters.

  • Page 26: Entering The Setup Utility

    Entering the Setup Utility When you power on the system, BIOS enters the Power-On Self Test (POST) routines. POST is a series of built-in diagnostics performed by the BIOS. After the POST routines are completed, the following message appears: Press DEL to enter SETUP Pressing the delete key accesses the BIOS Setup Utility: AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY –...

  • Page 27: Using Bios

    If your mainboard has an item called Firmware Write Protect in Advanced BIOS features, disable it. (Firmware Write Protect prevents BIOS from being overwritten.) Create a bootable system disk. (Refer to Windows online help for infor- mation on creating a bootable system disk.) Download the Flash Utility and new BIOS file from the manufacturer's Web site.

  • Page 28: Standard Cmos Features

    Standard CMOS Features This option displays basic information about your system. AMIBIOS SETUP – STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Date (mm/dd/yy) : Tue Sep.04, 2001 Time (hh/mm/ss) : 15:28:57 32Bit Type Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master : Auto Pri Slave : Auto...

  • Page 29: Advanced Setup Page

    Advanced Setup Page This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Be more careful to this page. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer. AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Quick Boot Enabled AGP Comp.
  • Page 30 Floppy Drive Seek If you enable this item, your system will check all floppy disk drives at start up. Disable this item unless you are using an old 360KB drive. PS/2 Mouse Support Enable this item if you plan to use a PS/2 mouse. Password Check If you have entered a password for the system, use this item to determine, if the password is required to enter the Setup Utility (Setup) or required both at...

  • Page 31: Power Management Setup Page

    AGP Mode This item provides the OnBoard VGA mode with three options of 1,2, 4 multi- plied frequency. AGP Aperture Size This item defines an AGP for the graphics. Leave this item at the default value 64MB. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clock When this item is enabled, BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM/PCI slots.
  • Page 32 Video Power Down Mode Use this item to determine which power-saving mode is required to power down the graphics sub-system. You can force the graphics to power down in Stand By or Suspend modes, or you can disable the power down. Hard Disk Power Down Mode Use this item to determine which power-saving mode is required to power down the hard disk drive(s).

  • Page 33: Pci/Plug And Play Setup Page

    PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and devices that use the system plug and play capability. AMIBIOS SETUP – PCI / PLUG AND PLAY SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Plug and Play Aware O/S PCI Latency Timer Primary Graphics Adapter...

  • Page 34: Load Optimal Settings

    Load Optimal Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears. If you press Y, and then Enter, the Setup Utility loads a set of fail-safe default values. These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips.
  • Page 35 Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the parallel port mode. You can select SPP (Standard Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), or ECP + EPP. Parallel Port IRQ Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port. Parallel Port DMA Use this item to assign a DMA channel to the parallel port.

  • Page 36: Cpu Pnp Setup Page

    CPU PnP Setup Page This page helps you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU. The sys- tem will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page. AMIBIOS SETUP – CPU PnP SETUP ©2000 American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 37: Change Password

    CPU/System Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement. FANs & Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system volt- age measurements. Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter, a dialog box appears that you can enter a Supervisor password.

  • Page 38: Using The Mainboard Software

    Using the Mainboard Software The support software CD-ROM that is included in the mainboard package contains all the drivers and utility programs needed to properly run the bun- dled products. Below you can find a brief description of each software program, and the location for your mainboard version.

  • Page 39: Utility Software Reference

    IDE Software This folder has software and drivers for the IDE that is integrated on this mainboard. Drivers are provided for Windows 2000/98 and Windows NT. Installation for Windows NT4.0 Browse to the \IDE\P4VXASD folder and run SETUP.EXE to install the IDE driver for your operating system.
  • Page 40 MediaRing Talk – Telephony Software To install the MediaRing Talk voice modem software for the built-in modem, run MRTALK-SETUP72.EXE from the following directory: \UTILITY\MEDIARING TALK Super Voice – Fax/Modem Software To install the Super Voice voice, fax, data communication application for use with the built-in fax/modem, run PICSHELL.EXE from the following directory: \UTILITY\SUPER VOICE CD Ghost...

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