CHAINTECH 9BJF2 User Manual

Intel socket 478 intel 845g + ich4 atx motherboard

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9BJF2
Intel Socket 478
Intel 845G + ICH4
ATX Motherboard
User's Manual
Version 1.0

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  • Page 1 9BJF2 Intel Socket 478 Intel 845G + ICH4 ATX Motherboard User's Manual Version 1.0...
  • Page 2 According to 47 CFR, Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules The following designated product: EQUIPMENT: MAINBOARD MODEL NO.: 9BJF2 is a Class B digital device that complies with 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1.
  • Page 3 Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ................ 1 Product Specifications ............1 Package Contents ..............2 Mainboard Layout ..............3 Connector and Jumper Reference Chart ......4 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ..............5 Installing a CPU in a Socket 478 ........5 Setting your CPU Parameters...........5 Connector and Jumper Settings........6 Main Memory Configuration ..........
  • Page 5 Feature Explanations Software Power-off Control ............. 6 Over-ride Power Button ..............7 Blinking LED in Suspend Mode ............6 Power On By Modem ............6/23 Power On By Alarm ............23 Poly-fuse Over Current Protection ..........6 Wake Up On LAN ..............10/23 Appendices Appendix I On Board I/O Addresses &...
  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Product Specifications Processor - Supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 processors - Supports 400/533MHz (Internal System Bus) Chipset - Intel 845G + ICH4 chipset DRAM Memory - Two 184-pin DDR DIMM supports up to 2GB - Supports PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM Expansion Slots - One AGP slot for 4XAGP at 1.5v (v2.0 compliant) or ADD (optional) adapter...
  • Page 7: Package Contents

    Chapter 1 Back-Panel I/O Connectors - PS/2 Mini-DIN keyboard and mouse port - Two USB ports and one RJ45 port - One 9-pin D-SUB male Serial port - One 15-pin D-SUB female VGA port - One 15-pin D-SUB female Game/MIDI port - One 25-pin D-SUB female Printer port - Audio Line-in/out and Mic-in jacks On board video Sub-system...
  • Page 8: Mainboard Layout

    Introduction 1-3 Mainboard Layout CN2,CN2A,CN3,CN4B,CN5,CN24 JP5,PW2 COM2,JP6,JP8,JP11,FAN3 FAN1,PW1 CN1A,CN5A,CN7,CN17,CN23,CN23A,CN25 JP1,JP3,JP6A,JP23,JP24,IR1,FAN2 PS/2 Mouse Printer Game/MIDI RJ45 PS/2 Keyboard COM1 Line-out Line-in Mic-in USB 0/1...
  • Page 9: Connector And Jumper Reference Chart

    Chapter 1 1-4 Connector and Jumper Reference Chart Jumper & Connector Function Page Clear CMOS Data External Clock Frequency Power On By Keyboard JP6/JP6A/JP24 Power On By USB 0/1, 2/3 and 4/5 On board Audio JP11 On board LAN Over-ride Power Button Connector Power Indicator LED Connector CN1A System Reset Switch Connector...
  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

    Hardware Setup Chapter 2 Hardware Setup If your mainboard has already been installed in your computer you may still need to refer to this chapter if you plan to upgrade your system's hardware. Be sure to disconnect the power cable from the power source before performing any work on your mainboard, i.
  • Page 11: Connector And Jumper Settings

    Chapter 2 2-3 Connector and Jumper Settings Connectors are used to link the system board with other parts of the system, including the power supply, the keyboard, and the various controllers of the system case. The power supply connector is the last connection to be made while installing a mainboard.
  • Page 12: Over-Ride Power Button

    Hardware Setup Front Panel Connector Set (CN1A) A through F A. Over-ride Power Button Connector The power button on the ATX chassis can be used as a normal power switch as well as a device to activate Advanced Power Management Suspend mode. This mode is used for saving electricity when the computer is not in use for long periods of time.
  • Page 13 Chapter 2 Clear CMOS Data (JP1) To clear the contents of the CMOS, please follow the Definition steps below. 1. Disconnect the system power supply from the power Normal (default) source. Clear CMOS Data 2. Set the jumper cap at location 2~3 for 5 seconds, then set it back to the default position.
  • Page 14 Hardware Setup On board Audio (JP8) This function allows you to enable or disable the Definition on board audio. You must set the jumper cap to pins 1-2 to enable or set pins 2-3 to disable this Enable(default) function. Disable On board LAN (JP11) This function allows you to enable or disable the on Definition...
  • Page 15 WOM capability to the mainboard. Smart Card Reader Connector (CN7) This connector must be connected to an optional Smart card reader or Chaintech (CBOX 2) composite front I/O panel. Blue LED Connector(CN17) This feature work entirely the same as the power indicator LED, both shows the system's power status.
  • Page 16 Front Panel Audio Connector (CN24) This connector give you the option of a front panel audio jack cable ext. to be plug into Chaintech (CBOX) composite front I/O panel. Simply remove the two jumper caps at pin 5-6 and 9-10 then plug it into the (optional) cable ext.
  • Page 17: Main Memory Configuration

    Chapter 2 2-4 Main Memory Configuration The DDR SDRAM memory system consists two banks and can supports the memory size up to 1GB per bank. If you only use one bank it does not matter which one you use and if you use two or more banks, it does not matter which bank you install first. DDR SDRAM Specifications FSB Frequency Internal System Bus Freq.
  • Page 18: Chapter 3 Phoenix-Awardbios Setup Program

    Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program Chapter 3 Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program Phoenix-AwardBIOS ROM has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it can retain the setup information, even when the power is turned off. When you turn on or reboot the system, press the Delete key to enter the Phoenix-AwardBIOS setup program.
  • Page 19: Standard Cmos Setup

    User's Manual 3-1 Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup allows users to configure system components such as hard disk drive, floppy disk drive and video display as well as date, time and boot-up error signaling. This configuration menu should be changed when installing a mainboard for the first time, changing hardware in your system such as the HDD, FDD, video display, or when the CMOS data has been lost or contaminated.
  • Page 20: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program 3-2 Advanced BIOS Features By choosing the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Standard CMOS Features menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen is for reference use only. Figure 3-3 Advanced BIOS Features Screen A.
  • Page 21 User's Manual B. CPU L1 and L2 Cache Cache memory is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory. These fields allow you to enable or disable the CPUs Level 1 built-in cache and Level 2 external cache. Both settings are left enabled to significantly increase the performance of your computer.
  • Page 22 Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program E. Keyboard Interface Typematic Rate Setting When enabled, you can set the following two typematic control items. When disabled, keystrokes are determined arbitrarily by the keyboard controller in your system. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) The typematic rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key is pressed and held down.
  • Page 23: Advanced Chipset Setup

    User's Manual 3-3 Advance Chipset Features By choosing the Advanced Chipset Features option from the Standard CMOS Features menu(Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed.This sample screen is for reference use only. Figure 3-4 Advanced Chipset Features Screen All of the above settings have been determined by the mainboard manufacturer and should not be changed unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing.
  • Page 24: Integrated Peripherals

    Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program 3-4 Integrated Peripherals This section provides information on setting peripheral devices. By choosing the Integrated Peripherals option from the Standard CMOS Features menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen is for reference use only. Figure 3-5 Integrated Peripherals Screen A.
  • Page 25 User's Manual AC97 Modem Select Enabled if you install the soft modem riser card. Onboard CMedia Audio This feature allows user to select 6 channels function, if they installed an optional 6ch Expansion kit on this mainboard. C. Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it.
  • Page 26: Power Management Setup

    Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program 3-5 Power Management Setup This section provides information on the Green PC power management funtcions. By choosing the Power Management Setup option from the Standard CMOS Features menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen is for reference use only.
  • Page 27 User's Manual Blank - BIOS will only blank the monitor's screen. The electricity saved in this mode is negligible and this function is only used as a screen saver to prevent screen damage while the screen is on but not in use. V/H SYNC+Blank - The system turns off the vertical and horizontal synchro- nization ports, writes blanks to the VGA buffer and the monitor's electron gun turns off.
  • Page 28: Power On By Alarm

    Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program H. Soft-Off by PWR-BTN When set to Delay 4 Sec., this function allows the power button to put the system in Suspend, a power saving mode. See Section 2-3 for operation instructions of the over-ride power button operation wich puts the system in Suspend mode. When set to Instant-Off the Soft-Off by PWR-BTN function is disabled and the computer turns completely off when the power button is pressed.
  • Page 29: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    User's Manual 3-6 PNP/PCI Configuration This section provides IRQ and DMA setting information. By choosing the PNP/PCI Configuration option from the Standard CMOS Features menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen is for reference use only. Figure 3-7 PnP/PCI Configurations Screen A.
  • Page 30: Pc Health Status

    Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program 3-7 PC Health Status By choosing the PC Health Status option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This field shows you the current system temperature/ external voltages input and the current CPU FAN and System FAN operating speed. Figure 3-8 PC Health Status Screen 3-8 Frequency/Voltage Control By choosing the Frequency/Voltage Control option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu...
  • Page 31: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    User's Manual 3-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults loads the default BIOS values directly from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure3-1). If the stored record created by the setup program becomes corrupted and therefore unusable, these defaults will be loaded automatically when you turn on the computer.
  • Page 32: Supervisor Password & User Password Setting

    Phoenix-AwardBIOS Setup Program 3-11 Supervisor Password & User Password Setting There are four different variables that control password settings. The first two are located under the Security Option function in BIOS Features Setup Menu (Figure 3- 1). When the Security Option function is set to Setup, a password is required to enter BIOS and change BIOS settings.
  • Page 33: Chapter 4 Software Driver Guide

    Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Software Driver Guide Insert the support CD that come with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click th CD drive icon in "My Computer" to open up the setup screen. 4-1 Intel IDE Bus Mastering Drivers Setup 1.
  • Page 34 Brief Software Driver Guide 3. Click "Yes" to accept the license agreement 4. Click "Next" to continue setup...
  • Page 35: Intel Application Accelerator Setup

    Chapter 4 4. Select , click "Finish" to complete setup 4-2 Intel Application Accelerator Setup 1. Click " Ultra ATA storage driver"...
  • Page 36 Brief Software Driver Guide 2. Click "Next" to start software installation 3. Click "Yes" to accept the license agreement...
  • Page 37 Chapter 4 4. Click "Next" to continue installation 5. Click "Next" to continue installation...
  • Page 38: Intel Lan Driver Setup

    Brief Software Driver Guide 6. Select , click "Finish" to complete setup 4-3 Intel LAN Driver Setup 1. Click " LAN Driver"...
  • Page 39 Chapter 4 2. Click "Next" to start software installation 3. Click "Finish" to complete setup...
  • Page 40: Intel Application Accelerator Setup

    Brief Software Driver Guide 4-4 C-media Audio Driver Setup 1. Click "Audio Driver" 2. Click "Audio Drivers"...
  • Page 41 Chapter 4 3. Click " Install Device Driver and Applications" 4. Choose setup language, click "OK" 5. Click "Next"...
  • Page 42 Brief Software Driver Guide 6. Click "Next" 7. Click "Next"...
  • Page 43 Chapter 4 8. Click "OK" to restart and finish installation 9. Select channels according to your speakers...
  • Page 44: Intel Vga Driver Setup

    Brief Software Driver Guide 4-5 VGA Driver Setup 1. Click "Video Application" 2. Click "Next"to start the Extreme Graphics Driver Software setup 3. Click "Yes" to accept the license agreement...
  • Page 45: Usb 2.0 Driver Setup

    Chapter 4 4. Select , click "Finish" to complete setup 4-6 USB 2.0 Driver Setup Windows 2000/XP Installation 1. Right click on "My Computer", select Properties 2. Open the Device Manager, double-click USB Host Crontrollers 3. Click "Update Driver" and point the installer to the USB 2.0 Driver folder. 4.
  • Page 46: Appendix I On Board I/O Addresses & Irq Maps

    Appendix I On Board I/O Addresses & IRQ Maps System Resource I/O Address 1. Timer IRQ0 040, 043 2. Keyboard IRQ1 060, 064 Programmable INT IRQ2 0020, 0021, 00A0, 00A1 4. COM2(B) IRQ3 2F8, 2FF 5. COM1(A) IRQ4 3F8, 3FF 6.
  • Page 47: Appendix Ii Cbox

    User's Manual Appendix II CBOX Chaintech's CBOX (Apogee only) is a composite I/O ports for front-audio and front-USB. CBOX fits in any 3 1/2” drive bay and brings all of your most frequently used ports to the FRONT!!! USB ports Microphone in (mono).
  • Page 48: Appendix Iii Body Theater

    Appendix III ™ Body Theater CHAINTECH's exclusive Body Theater (Apogee only) provides you the true personal experience of surround sound with XeaR technology brought to you by C- Media! A Combination of XeaR and C3D technology, gives you simulated 6 channel sound...
  • Page 49: Appendix Iv Apogee Overclocking

    User's Manual Appendix IV Apogee Overclocking CHAINTECH's Apogee exclusive overclocking & system-monitoring software lets you power up your system at ease! 1. Windows based, easy-to-use interface, suitable for novice and expert! 2. Maximize your system performance just a click away! 3.
  • Page 50: Appendix V Round Cable

    Appendix V Round Cable World first bundled Round Cable (Apogee only) brought to you by CHAINTECH, an innovative streamliner ribbon cable provides better overall system stability and neatness Clutter-free for easy installation! Improved air flow inside of your system chassis!
  • Page 51: Appendix Vi Cmedia Audio Subsystem

    User's Manual Appendix VI CMedia Audio Subsystem The CMedia 8738 offers a new generation PCI audio solution: it utilizes the state-of-the- ® ® art CRL 3D Audio technology (HRTF 3D positional audio), and supports Microsoft ® ® ® Direct Sound 3D and Aureal 's A3D interfaces.
  • Page 52 Speaker Setup Body Theater 1. Connect the Body Theater Headset to Line-out jack of the audio adapter at the back panel of your PC. 2. Connect a pair speakers to Line-in jack of the audio adapter at the back panel of your PC.
  • Page 53 User's Manual Audio Device Application Support Windows 95/98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP system. [ Start ] [ Program ] [ PCI Audio Applications ] Include five icons: 1. Audio Rack : Include CD Player , MIDI Player , MP3 / Wave Player and Mixer control panel. 2.
  • Page 54 3. [ Help ] : 4. Mixer Advance Setting : (1) Speaker Select Headset, 2 channel, 4 channel or 5.1 channel speakers setup Select Xear mode setup (Body Theater)
  • Page 55 User's Manual (2) Volume : (3) Sound Effect : (4) Option :...
  • Page 56 CD Player Configuration Setting Button : - This function allows you to select a CD-ROM drive letter for your CD player. Help Button :...
  • Page 57 User's Manual MIDI Player Configuration Setting Button : - This function allows you to select an output device for your MIDI player. Help Button :...
  • Page 58 MP3 WAVE Player Configuration Setting Button : - This function allows you to set the playback delay time for Mini -Disk recording. Sound Effect Setting Button :...
  • Page 59 User's Manual Recording Button : Recording Format : To setup recording format as in following 3 selections: CD Quality, Radio Quality, and Telephone Quality. [ CD Quality is default ]. - Format : Only PCM format is available while recording with audio card. - Attribute : To setup recording quality, default is 44.100 kHz 16Bits Stereo 172 kb/sec.
  • Page 60 Multi-Channel Demo Click [Start] [Program] [PCI Audio Applications] [Multi-Channel Demo] 1. Click on the widescreen TV in the center of the menu to enter [ Advanced ] screen. 2. In Advanced mode, here you can configure the speaker and EAX environment according to your system hardware or personal preference.
  • Page 61: Appendix Vii Thiz Linux

    User's Manual Appendix VII THIZ LINUX THIZ LINUX bundle with fully built-in application! Leading edge technology that brings you the most powerful enjoyment ! Thiz Linux Desktop 6.0, based on the pioneering technology used in Thiz Linux Desktop 5.0, enhancing a variety of new function that would absolutely brings you a more stable, advanced and easy-to use platform enjoyment.
  • Page 62 If you need to install more than one operating system on your computer, we suggest you to install other systems before Thiz Linux, as Thiz Linux will use up all free disk space as default in automatic partitioning with no space left for other operating systems.
  • Page 63 User's Manual 2. Select the language for the installation program and then, press [ Next ]. On the left hand side of the screen, you will find the [ Online Help ] to various steps during installation. If you want to hide it in order to free more space to the main frame, you can click on the[ Hide Help ] button at the bottom left hand corner.
  • Page 64 5. Select the suitable disk partitioning strategy. Note: Please select carefully since disk partitioning may delete existing data. The system provides three ways of partitioning, they are: Have the installer automatically partition for you Manually partition with Disk Druid Manually partition with fdisk [ experts only ] Press [ Next ] to proceed.
  • Page 65 User's Manual (2) Manually partition with Disk Druid On the top of the screen shows the present disk partitioning situation. You can, at this step, use [ New ], [ Edit ], [ Delete ] and [ Reset ] to change the hard disk partitions.
  • Page 66 Information Descriptions Select to which system directory will this partition be Mount Point mounted. There are many file types available: File types which will be used in Linux include ext2, ext3, reiserfs, software RAID, vfat and swap.ext2 has long been used as a Linux File system Type file system.
  • Page 67 User's Manual (3) Manually partition with fdisk Note : fdisk is a hard disk partitioning tool in Text Mode. Its functions are stronger than that of Disk Druid. Don't select this option unless you are already familiar with fdisk. 1. Select the hard disk to be partitioned, Press "Next" to proceed. 2.
  • Page 68 3. Select the time zone of your location, Press "Next" to proceed. 4. Select the languages supports (for the system), Press "Next" to proceed. Note: Since increasing or reducing the number of packages to be installed may lead to the problem of compatibility, we don't recommend users to select these options.
  • Page 69 User's Manual 6. Start the[ Installing Packages], Press "Next" and follow the instructions on screen to finish installation. The screen will show the progress of formatting and installation, and the time left. Please wait for the installation program to complete. Congratulations! Thiz Linux Desktop has been successfully installed.
  • Page 70 2. Simple Mode Note : If you are using Simple Mode, all Linux partitions on the hard disk and the data on these partitions will be removed. 1. Select Simple Mode in any language in the boot-up screen, you will see the following screen: 2.
  • Page 71 User's Manual 3. Text Mode There are two types of Text Mode Installation A. [ Manual Installation ] in which users set their own installation contents ;and B. [ Automatic Installation ] in which the system set up the configuration automatically. A .
  • Page 72 3. Welcome When Thiz Linux installation program are being in use, The screen will show this welcome address. Press "OK" to proceed. (Fig: text-welcome.gif) 4. Disk Partitioning Setup The system provides three ways of partitioning. They are: Autopartition Disk Druid fdisk Autopartition If selecting [ Autopartition ], you will see the following screen:...
  • Page 73 User's Manual Disk Druid If selecting [ Disk Druid ], you will see the following screen: On the top of the screen shows the present hard disk partitioning situation. You can select [ New ], [ Edit ] or [ Delete ] to change the partitioning.
  • Page 74 Information Descriptions Select to which system directory will this partition be Mount Point mounted. There are many file types available: File types which w be used in Linux include ext2, ext3, reiserfs, software RAID, vfat and swap.ext2 has long been used as a Lin File system Type file system.
  • Page 75 User's Manual Delete If you want to delete a partition, select the target partition and press [ Delete ]. RAID [ RAID ] is for the creation of software RAID. This is not recommended for normal users. \ end {enumerate} fdisk Select [ fdisk ] to select the hard disk to be partitioned according to your need.
  • Page 76 6. Default Language Select in this page the default language for the system, press [ OK ] to proceed. 7. Time Zone Selection Select the time zone of your location, press [ Next ] to proceed. 8. Package Group Selection The software may not be necessary to normal desktop computers, therefore, users can press [ OK ] directly to proceed.
  • Page 77 User's Manual 9. Installation to Begin After all installation settings are done, users will see the above screen indicating that installation can begin. Press [ OK ] to begin installing software. 10. Installation in Progress The screen is showing the installation progress, the time left and software package under installation.
  • Page 78 B . [Automatic Installation] 1. If selecting the Simple Mode installation, you will see the following screen. Press [ OK ] , and you will see the following screen. Note : If using the Simple Mode installation, all Linux partitions on the hard disk and the data on them will be removed.
  • Page 79 User's Manual 4. Special Mode 1. Enter [ special ] in the boot-up screen, select the language interface ( English is recommended ) and keyboard ( normally set as [ us ] ), then press [ OK ] to proceed. 2.

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