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P4BDA User's Manual
P4BDA
Motherboard
Users Manual
Product Name: P4BDA
Manual Revision: English, 1.0
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  • Page 1 P4BDA User’s Manual P4BDA Motherboard Users Manual Product Name: P4BDA Manual Revision: English, 1.0...
  • Page 2 P4BDA User’s Manual Trademarks Intel, Socket 478,Northwood 478-pin FC-PGA2 CPU are trademarks of Intel Corporation Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc. MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    P4BDA User’s Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview.….……………………………………………………………….5. 1.2 Features.……………………………………………………………………………..6 1.3 Specifications.……………………………………………………………………….6 1.4 Content……….………………………………………………………………………9 1.5 System Board Layout….……………………………………………………………9 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2.1 Installation Procedure..………………………………………………………………10 2.1.1 Jumper Settings..…….…………………………………………………………10 2.1.2 On Board LAN Setting.….……………………………………..………………10 2.1.3 Keyboard Voltage Setting..…………………………………………………….11 2.1.4 Clearing the CMOS..……………………………………………………………11...
  • Page 4 P4BDA User’s Manual 2.4.12 USBB Connectors...……..………….………………………………………………17 2.4.13 LAN Connector.……..……………….………………………………………………18 2.4.14 ACT/LNK LED……..………………..………………………………………………..18 2.4.15 Speed LED………………………...…………………………………………………18 2.4.16 Line Out Connector……………...…………………………………………………..18 2.4.17 Line In Connector…………………………………………………………………….18 2.4.18 Microphone In Connector...…………………………………………………………18 2.4.19 CD_IN Audio Connector……….…………………………………………………….18 2.4.20 AUX Audio Connector ………….……………………………………………………19 2.4.21 Game/MIDI Port………………….……………………………………………………19 2.4.22 Panel Connection…………………………….……………………………………….19 Chapter 3.

  • Page 5: Product Overview

    P4BDA User’s Manual Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thanks for your purchasing the P4BDA motherboard. The new generation, 478-pin FC-PGA2 Motherboard P4BDA supports a full range of the latest generation Intel Pentium 4 processors .The leading edge chipset Intel 82C845 MHC and FW82801BA ICH2 was designed for working with Pentium 4(1.4GHz-2.0+GHz) and Northwood...

  • Page 6: Features

    P4BDA User’s Manual P4BDA: Uses Intel 845 and FW82801BA chipset. With 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN and supports Socket 478 CPU. P4BDAP: Uses Intel 845 and FW82801BA chipset and supports Socket 478 CPU. 1.2 Features  Wake up on LAN.  Wake on Keyboard.
  • Page 7 P4BDA User’s Manual  Supports 2.5V PC1600/2100 compliant DDR DRAM in 2 184- pin banks, each bank consists of 1x184-pin DIMM socket, which can support memory sizes of 64/128/256/512MB/1GB modules.  Supports 4-banks up to 2.0GB DRAM for unbuffered DDR DRAM module.
  • Page 8  Power Management support  Meet performance requirements for audio on PC2001 systems  MC' 97 Chained in allowed for multi-channel application LAN : ( For P4BDA only )           IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX compliant physical layer interface.  IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation support and IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex Flow Control standard.
  • Page 9 P4BDA User’s Manual Operating System :  Supports Windows 3.x/95/98/ME/2000/XP, Windows NT, MS- DOS V6.22, OS/2, Novell, Unix, SCO UNIX..Dimension :  305 mm x 220 mm ATX Form Factor 1.4 Content The motherboard box contains the following items: ...
  • Page 10 P4BDA User’s Manual 1.5 MotherBoard Layout...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Hardware Setup

    Ground your self with either a properly installed grounding strap or by touching a major electrical appliance long enough to discharge the static. 2.1.2 On Board LAN Setting ( For P4BDA only) Supports LAN function. You can set the LAN function with JLAN jumper.

  • Page 12: Keyboard Voltage Setting

    P4BDA User’s Manual 2.1.3 Keyboard Voltage Setting (Red Jumper Cap) This motherboard supports wake on keyboard function. This feature requires that your system have an ATX power supply with at least 300mA +5V standby power and set this jumper to 2 & 3 pin short.

  • Page 13: Cpu Voltage Setting

    P4BDA User’s Manual 2.1.5 CPU Voltage Setting The motherboard supports CPU VID function. It can automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage. 2.1.6 CPU FSB Frequency Setting (Red Jumper Caps) The JF jumper provides FSB frequency settings for the CPU. Auto Detect, 100MHz or 133MHz FSB frequency can be selected with this jumper.

  • Page 14: Installation Of 184-Pin Dimm

    P4BDA User’s Manual Some DIMM memory has SPD (Serial Presence Detect) 8-pin IC on module. It is not recommended the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) DIMM blends and non-SPD DIMM. 2.3.1 Installation of 184-pin DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) 1. Before inserting the DIMM, make sure the pin1 of the DIMM matches with the pin1 on the DIMM socket.

  • Page 15: Atx Power Connector

    P4BDA User’s Manual JWOL Wake up on LAN connector SB_LINK For link with Creative Sound Blaster 16 FLOPPY Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE1, 2 Primary/ Secondary IDE Connectors PS/2 Mouse Port PS/2 Keyboard Connector COM1/COM2 Serial Ports 1 & 2...
  • Page 16 P4BDA User’s Manual 2.4.2 CPU, Chassis /PWA Fan Connector (3-pin CPUFAN,CHASFAN/PWAFAN) Connect the fan's plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector. 2.4.3 Infrared Connector ( 5*2-pin JIR ) This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and...
  • Page 17 P4BDA User’s Manual The SB_LINK serves as a bridge between the motherboard and Creative PCI sound card. This connector delivers Sound Blaster 16 compatibility for real-mode DOS games only. 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.

  • Page 18: Serial Port

    P4BDA User’s Manual There are three connectors on the 80-pin IDE ribbon cable. The blue connector must connect with motherboard's IDE connector and the other connectors must connect with HDD. In order to get the better performance the Ultra DMA 66/100 HDD must connect with 80-pin IDE ribbon cable.

  • Page 19: Lan Connector

    P4BDA User’s Manual 2.4.13 LAN Connector ( For P4BDA only) The LAN Connector is used to attach RJ-45 cable. For 100Base-TX, your network cable must be category 5, twisted-pair wiring with RJ-45 connectors. If you plan on running the adapter at 100Mbps, it must be connected to a 100Base-TX hub.

  • Page 20: Game/Midi Port

    P4BDA User’s Manual 2.4.19 CD_IN Audio (4-pin Black color Connector) The CD_ROM Audio connector is used to connect the audio cable from either an ATAPI IDE or Sony CD-ROM drive for playback, mixing, and recording. 2.4.20 AUX Audio (4-pin white color Connector)

  • Page 21: Chapter 3. Bios Setup

    P4BDA User’s Manual Chapter 3. BIOS Setup 3.1 CMOS Setup Utility 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.
  • Page 22 P4BDA User’s Manual >Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password >Power Management Setup Set User Password >PnP / PCI Configurations Save & Exit Setup >PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ¯ ® ¬ : Select Item Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...
  • Page 23 P4BDA User’s Manual Drive B None Video EGA/VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 14336K Total Memory 15360K ¯ ® ¬: Move Enter : Select +/-/PU/PD : Value F10 : Save ESC : Exit F1 : General Help...

  • Page 24: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    P4BDA User’s Manual Head Precomp Landing Zone 8893 Sector ¯ ® ¬: Move Enter : Select +/-/PU/PD : Value F10 : Save ESC : Exit F1 : General Help F5 : Previous Value F6 : Fail-Safe Defaults F7 : Optimized Defaults 3.2.4 Floppy Drives A&B Setting...
  • Page 25 P4BDA User’s Manual Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) X Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option Setup APIC Mode...
  • Page 26 P4BDA User’s Manual ZIP100. Set " Boot Other Device" to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device. 3.3.5 Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, physical drive A will be assigned to logical drive B, and physical drive B will be assigned to logical drive A.

  • Page 27: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    P4BDA User’s Manual 3.3.13 APIC Mode            This is for Dual Processor architecture type. The default setting is “Disabled”. 3.3.14 MPS Version Control For OS f you have wanted “Enabled” the APIC Mode, should be select 1.1 or 1.4 can decide to CPU type then into your OS version.
  • Page 28 P4BDA User’s Manual Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M-16M Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled (MB) AGP Aperture Size 64MB Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min ¯ ® ¬: Move Enter : Select +/-/PU/PD : Value F10 : Save ESC : Exit F1 : General Help...

  • Page 29: Integrated Peripherals

    P4BDA User’s Manual 3.4.9 Video BIOS Cacheable Allows the video BIOS to be cached for faster video performance. 3.4.10 Video RAM Cacheable Allows the video RAM to be cached for faster video performance. 3.4.11 Memory Hole At 15M-16M Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting.
  • Page 30 P4BDA User’s Manual IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot AC97 Audio Auto AC97 Modem Auto Onboard SoundChip control Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled...
  • Page 31 P4BDA User’s Manual 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 & Secondary Master/Slave UDMA When set to “Auto”...
  • Page 32 P4BDA User’s Manual please refer to " Keyboard Voltage Setting " in Chapter 2 for more information. Any Key: Press any key to power-on the system. Button Only: System can be power on with Power Button. Keyboard 98: When this option is selected, press the "wake up" key of the Windows 98 compatible keyboard to power-on the system.
  • Page 33 P4BDA User’s Manual 3.5.16 UR2 Duplex Mode Select to activate the Infrared transfer function. This default setting is “Normal“. 3.5.17 Use IR Pin When you select to IrDA or ASKIR mode, you can define use (TX,RX ) pin. 3.5.18 Onboard Parallel Port Select address and interrupt for the Parallel port.

  • Page 34: Power Management Setup

    P4BDA User’s Manual 3.5.25 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...
  • Page 35 P4BDA User’s Manual 3.6.1 ACPI Function This item allows you to enable or disable the function of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which offers improved power management . 3.6.2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend function.
  • Page 36 P4BDA User’s Manual This instructs hard drives to shut off while in the Power Management modes. 3.6.9 Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN When set to “Delay 4 Sec.”, the power button has a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode and shut down the system when the button is held more than 4 seconds.

  • Page 37: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    P4BDA User’s Manual 3.6.16 Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1, FDD, COM, LPT Port & PCI PIRQ [A-D] # 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.
  • Page 38 P4BDA User’s Manual Default setting is “Auto (ESCD)”. This setting allows the BIOS to self detect setting and Plug-and-Play devices during start up. The user can select and configure IRQs under "Manual" mode. 3.7.3 IRQ Resources CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 1999 Award Software...

  • Page 39: Pc Health Status

    P4BDA User’s Manual 3.8 PC Health Status Figure 3.8 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 1999 Award Software PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current System Temp. 26°C/78°F Menu Level Current CPU Temperature 36°C/96°F...
  • Page 40 P4BDA User’s Manual 3.8.3 Vcore, Vcc3, +5V, +12V, -12V,-5V, VBAT & 5VSB (xx.xxV) The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the voltage regulators. These values refresh upon any key entry. The function is optional. 3.8.4 Shutdown Temperature When you select “...

  • Page 41: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    P4BDA User’s Manual Choose Default, 100, 103, 105, 107,109,111, 114, 117,120, 127, 130 MHz for the external frequency of your CPU. You can select Default, 66, 69,70,71,73,74,76,78,80,85,87MHz. if your CPU is 100Mhz FSB and select Default, 100, 103, 105, 107,109,111,114,117, 120, 127 or 130 MHz if the CPU is 100Mhz Warning: FSB.

  • Page 42: Set Supervisor/User Password

    P4BDA User’s Manual 3.12 Set Supervisor/User Password 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.

  • Page 43: Install Motherboard Software

    Detect and select your motherboard type automatically.   Select motherboard type on your own manually. The CD Driver Disk for P4BDA Motherboard Chipset Setup includes driver for: Install Motherboard Software Install Ultra ATA Install Audio Device Software Install Ethernet LAN Link to <...

  • Page 44: Appendix A Using The Suspend To Ram Function

    4.4 Install Ethernet LAN Driver: You can move your mouse choose “ Install LAN Driver” then push right button on your mouse. Please refer to the P4BDA-LAN-readme.txt in the screen. 4.5 Link to < Website > Homepage: If above driver can’t support your system or you need a technical support. You can move your mouse choose “...
  • Page 45 P4BDA User’s Manual ** Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD, COM, LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ [A-D] # Disabled ¯ ® ¬: Move Enter : Select...
  • Page 46 P4BDA User’s Manual 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.
  • Page 47 P4BDA User’s Manual 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.
  • Page 48 P4BDA User’s Manual...

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