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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:
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
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Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
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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.
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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 w ritten 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Preface 錯誤! 尚未定義書籤。 Features and Packing List Translations 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....................6 Quick Guide......................6 Installing the Mainboard in a Case..............7 Checking Jumper Settings...................7 Setting Jumpers .................... - Page 4 Using BIOS ......................26 Standard CMOS Features................27 Advanced BIOS Setup Option ................ 29 Advanced Chipset Features Option..............31 Integrated Peripherals Option................36 Power Management Setup Option..............40 PNP/PCI Configuration Option............... 44 PC Health Status Option.................. 46 Frequency/Voltage Control................46 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option ..............48 Load Optimized Defaults Option ..............
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Page 5: Introducing The Mainboard
Introducing the Mainboard Congratulations on purchasing the P4VXMD mainboard. The P4VXMD main- board is a Micro ATX mainboard that uses a 4-layer printed circuit board and measures 244 mm x 244 mm. The mainboard features a Socket 478 that ac- commodates I n tel Pentium 4 processors supporting front side bus (FSB) speeds up to 533MHz. -
Page 6: Features
18-bit stereo full-duplex codec with independent and vari- able sampling rates. Further features include support for four analog line-level stereo inputs. Expansion P4VXMD has three 32-bit PCI slots, an AGP slot, a CNR Options (Communications and Networking Riser) slot, and an onboard PCI LAN interface. -
Page 7: Choosing A Computer Case
BIOS This mainboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to con- Firm ware figure many system features including the following: • Power management • CPU and memory timing • Modem wake up alarms The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds. - Page 9 Table of Mainboard Components Label Component AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port ATX1 Power connector AUDIO Mic/speaker-out connector Three volt realtime clock battery CASFAN Auxiliary case cooling fan Primary CD-in connector (Sony) Secondary CD-in connector (Panasonic) CNR1 Communications Networking Riser slot CPU SOCKET CPU Socket (mPGA478) CPUFAN Cooling fan for CPU...
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Page 10: 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 11: 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 12: Checking Jumper Settings
Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the mainboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description Setting (default) 3 pin Clear CMOS 1-2: Normal jumper 2-3: Clear CMOS 3 pin BIOS flash pro- 1-2: Unprotected tection jumper 2-3: Protected JP1: Clear CMOS Jumper... -
Page 13: Connecting Case Components
After you have installed the mainboard into a case, you can begin connecting the mainboard components. Refer to the following: Connect the case power supply connector to ATX1. Connect the CPU cooling fan cable to CPUFAN. Connect the case cooling fan connector to CASFAN. -
Page 14: The Panel Connectors
The Panel Connectors The panel connector (PANEL and LPANEL) provides a standard set of switch and LED connectors commonly found on ATX or micro-ATX cases. The LPANEL is specially designed for OEM customers that comply with the OEM specifications. Refer to the table below for information: PANEL Device Pins... -
Page 15: Installing Hardware
Installing the Processor Caution: When installing a CPU heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you DO NOT scratch the mainboard or any of the surface-mount resistors with the clip of the cooling fan. If the clip of the cooling fan scrapes across the mainboard, you may cause serious damage to the mainboard or its components. - Page 16 CPU Installation Procedure The following illustration shows CPU installation components: Note: The pin -1 corner is marked with an arro w Follow these instructions to install the CPU: Pull the CPU socket locking lever away from the socket to unhook it and raise the locking lever to the upright position.
- Page 17 Sw ing the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of the socket. Snap the four retention legs of Cooling Fan the cooling fan into place. Heatsink Retention Module Swing both lock levers on top of the cooling fan to their opposite sides to se- cure the cooling fan on top of the heatsink.
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Page 18: Installing Memory Modules
Installing Memory Modules This mainboard accommodates 184-pin 2.5V unbuffered Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM memory modules. The memory chips must be standard or registered SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). The memory bus can run at 100 MHz or 133 MHz. If your processor operates over a 100 MHz system bus, you can install DDR200 or DDR266 memory modules that operate over a 100 MHz or 133 MHz memory bus. -
Page 19: 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 20: Installing A Cd-Rom/Dvd 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 21: Installing Add-On Cards
When you first start up your system, go immediately to the Setup Utility to configure the floppy diskette drives that you have installed. Installing Add-on Cards This mainboard has three 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect) expansion slots, one 4xAGP slot, and one Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) slot. -
Page 22: Connecting Optional Devices
Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard’s optional devices: AUDIO: Front panel MIC/Speaker Out header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access. Signal Name Signal Name MICIN AGND MICBIAS... - Page 23 LAUDIO: Front panel audio header This header (which is specially designed for OEM customers) allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports that comply with the OEM specifications. Signal Name Signal Name Active LINE Out (R) Active LINE Out (L) GND (aLO) GND (aLO) GND (+12)
- Page 24 WOL1/WOM1: 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. This enables the Wake On LAN (WOL) feature. When your system is in a power-saving mode, any LAN signal auto- matically resumes the system.
- Page 25 SMI: System Management Interrupt This connector is for use with SMI hardware interrupt power managem ent. Signal Name ExtSMI Ground J5: Smart I/O The Smart I/O connector is for use with media storage devices using the LPC interface. Signal Name Signal Name LPCLK2 VCC3...
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Page 26: 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. Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard. -
Page 27: External Connector Color Coding
External Connector Color Coding Many connectors now use standard colors as s hown 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... -
Page 28: Using Bios
Using BIOS The computer uses the latest Award 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 29: 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: CMOS Setup Utility –... -
Page 30: Using Bios
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. Copy these files to the system diskette you created in Step 3. Turn off your computer and insert the system diskette in your computer's diskette drive. -
Page 31: Standard Cmos Features
Standard CMOS Features This option displays basic information about your system. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date (mm:dd:yy) Tue, July 11 2001 Time (hh:mm:ss) 12 : 8 : 59 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Change the day, month,... - Page 32 IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press <Enter> while this item is highlighted to prompt the Setup Utility to automatically detect and configure an IDE device on the IDE channel. Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive that supports LBA mode, more than one line will appear in the parameter box.
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Page 33: Advanced Bios Setup Option
Advanced BIOS Setup Option This option defines advanced information about your system. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Anti-Virus Protection [Disabled ] CPU L1 & L2 Cache [Enabled] Menu Level CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test... - Page 34 First/Second/Third Boot Device (Floppy/HDD-0/CD-ROM) Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system at start-up time. Boot Other Device (Enabled) When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operat- ing system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices.
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Page 35: Advanced Chipset Features Option
condition and advises appropriate action to protect the data. Report No FDD for WIN95 (Yes) Select Yes to release IRQ6 when the system contains no floppy drive, for compatibility with Windows 95 logo certification. Video BIOS Shadow (Enabled) This function, when enabled allows VGA BIOS to be copied to the system DRAM for enhanced performance. - Page 36 DRAM Clock/Drive Control Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software DRAM Clock/Drive Control Item Help Current FSB Frequency Current DRAM Frequency Menu Level DRAM Clock [By SPD] DRAM Timing [Manual]...
- Page 37 Precharge to Active (3T) This item is used to designate the minimum Row Precharge time of the SDRAM devices on the module. DRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data. Normally, DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request. This option allows you to de- termine the number of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe (RAS) to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed.
- Page 38 for graphics memory. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. AGP Mode (4X) This item allows you to enable or disable the caching of display data for the processor video memory. Enabling AGP-4X Mode can greatly improve the display speed.
- Page 39 CPU & PCI Bus Control Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software CPU & PCI Bridge Control Item Help CPU to PCI Write Buffer [Enabled ] PCI Master 0 WS Write [Enabled]...
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Page 40: Integrated Peripherals Option
Integrated Peripherals Option These options display items that define the operation of peripheral compo- nents on the system's input/output ports. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help VIA OnChip IDE Device [Press Enter] VIA On Chip PCI Device [Press Enter] Menu Level... - Page 41 field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO (Auto) Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device. These four items let you assign which kind of PIO (Programmed Input/Output) is used by IDE devices.
- Page 42 SuperIO Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software SuperIO Device Item Help Onboard FDC Controller [Enabled ] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Menu Level Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3] UART Mode Select...
- Page 43 Parallel Port Mode (ECP) Enables you to set the data transfer protocol for your parallel port. There are four options: SPP (Standard Parallel Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) and ECP+EPP. SPP allows data output only. Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) and Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) are bi-directional modes, allowing both data input and out- put.
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Page 44: Power Management Setup Option
Power Management Setup Option This option lets you control system power management. The system has vari- ous power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the sys- tem to be automatically resumed by certain events. - Page 45 the exception of a refresh current to the system memory. Power Management Option (User Define) 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.
- Page 46 IRQ/Event Activity Detect Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2000 Award Software IRQ/Event Activity Detect Item Help PS/2 KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled ] USB Resume from S3 [Enabled] Menu Level [OFF]...
- Page 47 Wake Up On LAN/Ring (Disabled) Use this item to enable LAN or modem activity to wakeup the system from a power saving mode. RTC Alarm Resume (Disabled) When set to Enabled, the following two fields become available and you can set the date (day of the month), hour, minute and second to turn on your sys- tem.
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Page 48: Pnp/Pci Configuration Option
PNP/PCI Configuration Option These options configure how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards oper- ate in your system. Both the ISA and PCI buses on the Mainboard use system IRQs (Interrupt ReQuests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access). You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configurations Setup utility for the mainboard to work properly. - Page 49 IRQ Resources The submenu allows you to individually assign an interrupt type for interrupts IRQ-3 to IRQ-15. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations Item IRQ-3 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ-4 assigned to [PCI Device] Menu Level IRQ-5 assigned to...
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Page 50: Pc Health Status Option
PC Health Status Option On mainboards that support hardware monitoring, this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages, critical temperatures, and fan speeds: CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software PC Health Status Item Help Shutdown Temperature [Disabled] CPU VCORE... - Page 51 CPU Ratio (Auto) Use this item to select a multiplier for the system frontside bus (FSB) fre- quency. The value of the multiplier must be set so that: Multiplier x Frontside Bus Frequency = CPU Clock Speed For example, if you have a processor that is rated to run at 450 MHz and the system is running a frontside bus frequency of 100 MHz, you should select a multiplier of 4.5 so that: 4.5 (Multiplier) x 100 MHz (frontside bus) = 450 MHz (CPU clock)
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Page 52: Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option
Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option This option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all ap- propriate items in the Setup Utility: Press <Y> and then <Enter> to install the defaults. Press <N> and then <En- ter> to not install the defaults. The fail-safe defaults place no great demands on the system and are generally stable. -
Page 53: Save & Exit Setup Option
Save & Exit Setup Option Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility. When the Save and Exit dialog box appears, press <Y> to save and exit, or press <N> to return to the main menu: Exit Without Saving Highlight this item and press <Enter>... -
Page 54: 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 55: Running Setup
Setup Tab Setup Click the Setup button to run the software installation program. Select from the menu which software you want to install. Browse The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allows you to open Windows Explorer and show the contents of the support CD. - Page 56 The mainboard identification is located in the upper left-hand corner. Click Next. The following screen appears: Check the box next to the items you want to install. The default options are recommended. Click Next run the Installation Wizard. An item installation screen ap- pears: Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items.
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Page 57: Manual Installation
Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive and locate the PATH.DOC file in the root directory. This file contains the information needed to locate the drivers for your mainboard. Look for the chipset and mainboard model; then browse to the directory and path to begin installing the drivers. - Page 58 MediaRing Talk – Telephony Software To install the MediaRing Talk voice modem software for the built-in modem, go directory \UTILITY\MEDIARING TALK, then MRTALK- SETUP72.EXE to install the application software. Super Voice – Fax/Modem Software To install the Super Voice voice, fax, data communication application for use with the built-in fax/modem, go the directory \UTILITY\SUPER_VOICE, then run PICSHELL.EXE to install the application software.
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