Albatron PX845GEV Series User Manual

Albatron PX845GEV Series User Manual

Socket 478 intel 82845pe/ce & 82801db supports intel pentium 4 processor

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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital
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reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
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  • Page 1: Fcc Compliance Statement

    PX845PEV/GEV Series Copyright All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the company.
  • Page 2 PX845PEV/GEV Series ® Socket 478 Intel 82845PE/GE & 82801DB ® ® Supports Intel Pentium 4 Processor USER’S Maunal 2002/08/20...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ..................1 ........................1 NTRODUCTION ........................2 PECIFICATION ......................6 UICK ONTENT ABLE ........................7 ONFIGURATION ....................11 ARDWARE NSTALLATION CHAPTER 2. BIOS SETUP ....................27 ........................27 NTRODUCTION ......................... 29 BIOS F ....................31 DVANCED EATURES ....................
  • Page 4: Chapter 1. Getting Started

    The PX845PEV/GEV series also comes with six USB 2.0 ports. The PX845PEV/GEV series also come with AGP protection with ensures that you only install 1.5V AGP cards. PX845PEV PRO/PX845GEV PRO also comes with a LAN Chip which supports a back panel LAN port.
  • Page 5: Specification

    66MHz AGP 2.0 compliant interface that supports 4x data transfer modes (1.5V only) Chipset: Northbridge Chip– Intel 82845PE (for PX845PEV series) / Intel 82845GE (for PX845GEV series) Southbridge Chip– Intel 82801DB I/O Controller – Winbond IO W83627HF AC’97 Codec – Relteck ALC650...
  • Page 6: Flash Memory

    Shadow RAM: This mainboard is equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM and support for ROM BIOS Graphics Controller: (only for PX845GEV series) Integrated 2D/3D graphics accelerator 256-bit graphics core Texture mapped 3D with point sampled, Billnear, Trilinear, and Anisotropic...
  • Page 7: Universal Serial Bus

    1. Standard & Bi-direction Parallel Port 2. Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) 3. Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) Supports two serial ports (the PX845GEV series only supports one serial port), 16550 UART Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard Supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB floppy disk drives...
  • Page 8: Watch Dog Timer

    Supports APM1.2 Supports USB Legacy function Supports ACPI power management LAN: (only for PX845PEV PRO/PX845GEV PRO) Provides Full-duplex operation on both 100Mbps and 10 Mbps modes Provides Auto-negotiation (NWAY) function of full/half duplex operation for both 10 and 100 Mbps...
  • Page 9: Quick Content Table

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Quick Content Table Function Content Location Page CPU Socket 478 DDR DIMM 1、2、3 DDR DIMM Sockets ATX_ PWR、ATX_12V ATX Power Connector IDE Connectors IDE1/IDE2 FDC Connector AGP Slot PCI 1、2、3、4、5 PCI Slots CPU FAN、System FAN、 CPUFAN、CHASFAN、AUXFAN Peripheral expend FAN Front Panel Indicator SW/LED Speaker Connector...
  • Page 10: Configuration

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Configuration Layout of PX845PEV PRO CPUFAN KB/MS USB/LAN Socket 478 PRT/COM ATX_12V Intel SOUND 82845PE AUXFAN Winbond W83627HF PCI1 PCI2 BAT1 PCI3 CHIP Intel IDE2 IDE1 82801DB PCI4 PCI5 Phoenix Bios CHASFAN CASE OPEN CD-IN SPEAKER IrDA USB2 USB3 FRONT AUDIO...
  • Page 11 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Layout of PX845PEV CPUFAN KB/MS Socket 478 PRT/COM ATX_12V Intel SOUND 82845PE AUXFAN Winbond W83627HF PCI1 PCI2 BAT1 PCI3 Intel IDE2 IDE1 82801DB PCI4 PCI5 Phoenix Bios CHASFAN CASE OPEN CD-IN SPEAKER IrDA USB2 USB3 FRONT AUDIO SPDIF SW/LED...
  • Page 12 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Layout of PX845GEV PRO CPUFAN KB/MS USB/LAN Socket 478 PRT/COM/VGA ATX_12V Intel SOUND 82845GE AUXFAN Winbond W83627HF PCI1 PCI2 BAT1 PCI3 CHIP Intel IDE2 IDE1 82801DB PCI4 PCI5 Phoenix Bios CHASFAN CASE OPEN CD-IN SPEAKER USB2 USB3...
  • Page 13 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Layout of PX845GEV CPUFAN KB/MS Socket 478 PRT/COM/VGA ATX_12V Intel SOUND 82845GE AUXFAN Winbond W83627HF PCI1 PCI2 BAT1 PCI3 Intel IDE2 IDE1 82801DB PCI4 PCI5 Phoenix Bios CHASFAN CASE OPEN CD-IN SPEAKER USB2 USB3 FRONT AUDIO IrDA...
  • Page 14: Hardware Installation

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Hardware Installation This section will assist you in quickly installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage your system components. Subject: CPU Processor Installation Memory Installation Back Panel Configuration Connector Configuration Header Configuration Jumper Settings...
  • Page 15: Cpu Processor Installation

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series CPU Processor Installation ® ® This mainboard supports Intel Pentium 4 processors using a Socket 478. Before building your system, we suggest you visit the INTEL website and review the processor installation procedures. http://www.intel.com CPU Socket 478 Configuration Steps: 1.
  • Page 16 PX845PEV/ GEV Series CPU Headers Three power headers are available for cooling fans, which play an important role in maintaining the ambient temperature in your system. We strongly recommend you attach the CPU fan to the CPUFAN Header. Ground CPUFAN KB/MS +12V Sense...
  • Page 17 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Frequency / Voltage Control This Mainboard automatically detects and recognizes the CPU ratio. You can otherwise override these values using the BIOS setup utility. Configuring the CPU Host Frequency by using the BIOS Setup Utility To access the BIOS Setup Utility, reboot your system. During the reboot process you will be given an opportunity to press the “DEL”...
  • Page 18: Memory Installation

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Memory Installation The PX845PEV/GEV series contains 3 sockets, which use 184 pin DDR SDRAM with a total memory capacity of up to 2GB. You can install the unbuffered non-ECC DDR333/ DDR266/ DDR200 (PC/2700/ PC2100/ PC1600) SDRAM. Each DIMM socket is capable of using a memory module of up to 1GB.
  • Page 19: Back Panel Configuration

    Mic In Keyboard Keyboard Line In Line In (PX845PEV Series) (PX845GEV Series) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: KB/MS This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse connector and PS/2 Keyboard connector. The pin assignments are described below: PS/2 Mouse Assignment...
  • Page 20: Audio Port Connectors

    Serial and Parallel Interface Ports The PX845PEV series comes equipped with two serial ports and one parallel port, and the PX845GEV series comes equipped with one serial port, one parallel and one VGA port. These types of interface ports will be explained below.
  • Page 21 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Connector Configuration Front Panel Indicator: SW/LED SW/LED DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 ATX_PWR The layout is PX845PEV PRO Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function HD LED (+) Hard Drive Power LED (+) POWER HD LED (-) Power LED (-) Reset Control (-) Reset Power Button(+)
  • Page 22 PX845PEV/ GEV Series SPEAKER (Speaker Connector) An off-board speaker can be installed on the mainboard as a manufacturing option. An off-board speaker can be connected to this connector. The speaker (onboard or off-board) provides error beep code information during the Power On Self-Test when the computer cannot access the video interface.
  • Page 23 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Floppy Disk Connector: FDC This mainboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy diskettes. This connector supports the floppy drive ribbon cables provided in the packaging. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ IDE2 This mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, Ultra DMA / 33, Ultra DMA / 66,and Ultra DMA / 100.
  • Page 24 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Headers & Jumpers Front USB Headers: USB2 / USB3 DATA_A- DATA_B- DATA_A+ DATA_B+ Ground Ground USB2 DATA_A- DATA_B- DATA_A+ DATA_B+ DIMM1 Ground Ground DIMM2 DIMM3 USB3 ATX_PWR The layout is PX845PEV PRO USB bracket (optional) You can connect the USB bracket to the USB2 and USB3 Headers. * If you are using USB 2.0 devices, you will need to install the USB 2.0 driver from ®...
  • Page 25 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Clear CMOS Jumper: JP1 The “Clear CMOS” jumper is used when you cannot boot your system due to some CMOS configuration such as a password that is forgotten. This jumper allows you to reset the CMOS configurations, and then reconfigure. DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3...
  • Page 26: Audio Connectors

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Audio Connectors This mainboard provides three connectors as part of its audio Subsystem. FRONT AUDIO Left Input Ground Ground Right Input CD-IN SPD_OUT Ground SPD_IN DIMM1 SPDIF DIMM2 DIMM3 ATX_PWR The layout is PX845PEV PRO CD-ROM Audio-In Header: CD-IN This header is used to connect to a CD-ROM / DVD audio cable.
  • Page 27 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This mainboard comes with an ALC650 Codec which supports high quality 5.1 Channel audio effects. With ALC650, you are able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting to any auxiliary external modules. To use this function, you have to install the audio driver in the bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel audio effects.
  • Page 28 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Slots The slots in this mainboard are designed for expansion cards and are used to complement and enhance the functionality of the mainboard. PCI Slots AGP Slot DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 ATX_PWR The layout is PX845PEV PRO AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot This mainboard is equipped with a Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) (1.5v only) to support video cards.
  • Page 29: Power Supply Attachments

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector: ATX_PWR & ATX_12V This mainboard requires two ATX power connections; a 20-pin connector and a 4-pin connector, your power supply must have both connectors. Attach the 4-pin connector first then attach the 20-pin connector. Make sure the connectors are secure before applying power.
  • Page 30: Chapter 2. Bios Setup

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the ROM BIOS firmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The configuration information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by battery after power-down.
  • Page 31: Key Function

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series DRAM Support DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs ® ® This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Intel Pentium 4 CPUs. Key Function In general, use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn>...
  • Page 32: Main Menu

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Main Menu When you enter the PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen then Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options. Use the left/right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to assess and configure the information below.
  • Page 33 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Main Menu Setup Configuration Options Item Options Description Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically Date mm dd yyyy changes when you set the date. Time Hh: mm: ss Set the current time of the system. IDE Primary Options contained in Press <Enter>...
  • Page 34: Advanced Bios Features

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Advanced BIOS Features First /Second/Third/ Boot Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device. Options: Floppy、 LS120、 HDD-0、 SCSI、 CDROM、 HDD-1、 HDD-2、 HDD-3、 ZIP100、 USB-FDD、 USB-ZIP、USB-CDROM、USB-HDD、LAN、Disabled Boot Other Device The setting allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd boot devices.
  • Page 35: Virus Warning

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning This item allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an audio alarm (beep). Options: Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled.
  • Page 36: Apic Mode

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series APIC Mode By enabling this option, “MPS version control for OS” can be configured. Options: Disabled、Enabled (default) MPS Version Control For OS The 1.1 version is the older version that supports 8 more IRQs in the Windows NT environment.
  • Page 37: System Bios Cacheable

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This item allows you to select a delay time between the CAS and RAS strobe signals. It only applies when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed. Options: 3、2 and default is by SPD DRAM RAS# Precharge This item allows you to select the DRAM RAS# precharge time.
  • Page 38: Reset Configuration Data

    AGP without any translation. Options: 4、8、16、32、64 (default)、128、256 **On-Chip VGA Setting** (only for PX845GEV series ) On-Chip VGA This item allows you to enable or disable the on-chip VGA. Options: Disabled、Enabled (default) On-Chip Frame Buffer Size Choose the size of the on-chip frame buffer.
  • Page 39: Cpu Clock Ratio

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Some graphic controllers that are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. Options: Disabled (default)、Enabled PCI Latency Timer (CLK) This item allows you to set up the PCI Latency Time (0-255).
  • Page 40 PX845PEV/ GEV Series CPU:AGP Clock Ratio This item allows you to adjust your CPU:AGP clock ratio. The result shows at the AGP/PCI frequency. Options: Auto (default)、1.5X、2.0X、2.5X DDR:CPU Ratio This item allows you to adjust your DRAM: CPU Clock Ratio. This option allows you to over-clock the system.
  • Page 41: Integrated Peripherals

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Integrated Peripherals INTEL OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the “INTEL OnChip IDE Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled”...
  • Page 42: Ide Hdd Block Mode

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series IDE Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver).
  • Page 43: Init Display First

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Onboard LAN Device This option allows you to control the onboard LAN Device. Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI slot or an AGP slot. Options: Onboard/AGP (default)、PIC Slot Onboard I/O Chip Setup If you highlight the “Onboard I/O Chip Setup”...
  • Page 44: Onboard Serial Port 2

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the second serial port. Options: Disabled、2F8/IRQ3 (default)、3F8/IRQ4、3E8/IRQ4、2E8/IRQ3、Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to select the Infra Red (IR) standard to be used. Options: Normal (default)、AS KIR、 IrDA RxD, TxD Active This item determines the RxD and TxD frequencies.
  • Page 45: Ecp Mode Use Dma

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the parallel port during ECP mode. Options: 3 (default)、1 Game Port Address Game Port I/O Address. Options: 201 (default)、209、 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I/O Address. Options: 330、300 (default)、 290、Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ that Midi Port will use.
  • Page 46: Power Management

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Power Management The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation features as well as power-up/ power-down options. ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system. Options: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend...
  • Page 47: Video Off Method

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series 2. Max. Power Saving Maximum power management (only available for sl CPUs). Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 6 min. 3. User Defined (default) Allow you to set each mode individually. When this option is enabled, each of the ranges is from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down, which ranges from 1 min.
  • Page 48: Hdd Power Down

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series HDD Power Down When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down after a certain configurable period of system inactivity. All other devices remain active. Options: Disabled (default)、1 Min、 2 Min、 3 Min、 4 Min、 5 Min、 6 Min、 7 Min、 8 Min、...
  • Page 49: Hardware Monitor

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Ring Wake Up This option allows you to awaken the system using MODEM devices. Options: Disabled (default)、Enabled. Reload Global Timer Events When a system goes into suspend mode, certain devices must be inactive for a period of time.
  • Page 50: Load Defaults

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Load Defaults Load System Default Settings Load System Default Settings. Load System turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings. Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries. Save CMOS From BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries.
  • Page 51: Exit Menu

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Exit Menu Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.
  • Page 52: Chapter 3: Software Setup

    Place the Driver CD into the CD-ROM driver and the Installation Utility will auto-run. You can also launch the Driver CD Installation Utility manually. Follow the steps below: 1. The first screen (Main Screen) will display two buttons. Click “PX845PEV / PX845GEV”.
  • Page 53 PX845PEV/ GEV Series 2. On the “PX845PEV / PX845GEV” screen, click “Mainboard Driver”. 3. On the “Mainboard Driver” screen, install “Intel Chipset INF update”, “Realtek Audio Driver” or “Intel Lan Driver”……etc. by clicking on the respective buttons.
  • Page 54 PX845PEV/ GEV Series 4. By clicking “Tools” from the screen in step 2, you will have two programs to install. Follow the instructions on the screen after clicking the buttons. 5. If you click the “Browse CD” button from the screen in step 2, we can browse all the files in the Drive CD.
  • Page 55: Super 5.1 Channel Setup

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Super 5.1 Channel Setup After into the system, click the audio icon from the Windows screen. Click Speaker Configuration button, you can see the screen like the picture below. You can choice 2, 4 or 6 chanel by your speakers.
  • Page 56: Speaker Test

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Speaker Test Make sure the cable is firmly into the connector. Click the audio icon from the Windows screen. Click Speaker Test button, you can see the screen like the pictures below. Select the speaker which you want to test and clicking on it. 2 Channel 4 Channel 6 Channel...
  • Page 57: Chapter 4: Troubleshooting

    PX845PEV/ GEV Series Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the system. Power light does not illuminate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are not lit. Causes: 1. Power cable is unplugged. 2. Defective power cable. 3.
  • Page 58 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Problem 4: System only boots from the CD-ROM. The hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from the hard disk is impossible. Causes: Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted. Solutions: Back up data and applications files. Reformat the hard drive. Re-install applications and data using backup disks.
  • Page 59 PX845PEV/ GEV Series Problem 10: Keyboard failure. Causes: Keyboard is disconnected. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboard if you continue to experience problems. Problem 11: No color on screen. Causes: 1. Faulty Monitor. 2. CMOS incorrectly set up. Solutions: 1. If possible, connect monitor to another system. If no color appears, replace monitor. 2.

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