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Page 1: Fcc Compliance Statement
PX915-SLI 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 PX915-SLI ® Intel 915PL & ICH6 ® ® Support Socket 775 Intel Pentium Prescott Processor User Manual Enabling the Hyper-Threading Technology, your computer system is required to have components as the following: CPU: An Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Processor with HT Technology Chipset: An Intel ®...
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Page 3: Packing List
PX915-SLI mainboard IDE Cable FDC Cable I/O Bracket Bridge Card SATA Power Cord (optional) SATA Cable (optional) PX915-SLI Fully Setup Driver CD PX915-SLI User Manual PX915-SLI DIY Installation Guide Symbols Attention … Following the procedures … Troubleshooting … Please refer to …... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED .............1 ....................... 1 NTRODUCTION ....................... 2 PECIFICATION ....................5 ONFIGURATION Layout of PX915-SLI ..................5 ................... 6 ARDWARE NSTALLATION CPU Processor Installation................6 Memory Installation ..................7 Back Panel Configuration................9 Connectors..................... 11 Front Panel Headers: SW/LED、PWRLED、SPEAKER .......... -
Page 5: Chapter 1. Getting Started
There are maximal eight USB2.0/ 1.1 ports can be set on this mainboard. The PX915-SLI also comes with an onboard 10/100 MBps (or 1GBps as optional) Ethernet LAN chip. You can directly plug an Internet cable into the LAN port on your back panel... -
Page 6: Specification
Mainboard PX915-SLI Specification CPU: Support Socket 775 Pentium ® 4 Prescott Processor Support Hyper-Threading Technology Support 533/ 800 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies Chipset: Northbridge Chipset – Intel® 915PL Southbridge Chipset – Intel® ICH6 I/O Controller – Winbond® W83627THF AC’... -
Page 7: Universal Serial Bus
Mainboard PX915-SLI High capacity hard disk drives connecting are supported Serial ATA Connector: Support to set up to four SATA hard disk drives Support SATA 1.0 specification and with 150MBps transmission speeds Onboard AC’ 97 Sound Codec: High performance Codec with high S/N ratio (>90 db) Compliant with AC’... -
Page 8: Watch Dog Timer
Mainboard PX915-SLI Green Function: Support Phoenix-Award™ BIOS power management function System waked from power saving mode by touching keyboard or mouse ABS (Albatron BIOS Security): Support ABS card (optional) Support BIOS backup Hardware Monitor Function: Monitor CPU/ Chassis Fan Speed... -
Page 9: Configuration
Mainboard PX915-SLI Configuration Layout of PX915-SLI... -
Page 10: Hardware Installation
Mainboard PX915-SLI 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 the system’s components. CPU Processor Installation This mainboard supports Intel ® Pentium ®... -
Page 11: Memory Installation
Memory Installation: DIMM1/2 The PX915-SLI provides two DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) sockets that using 184-pin DDR SDRAM with a total memory capacity of 2GB. You can insert unbuffered and non-ECC DDR400 (PC3200)/ DDR333 (2700) SDRAM with dual channel mode. -
Page 12: Setup Steps
Mainboard PX915-SLI Enable the Dual-Channel function: This mainboard supports the Dual Channel Technology. When the Dual Channel function is activated, the bandwidth of memory bus will be doubled the original one, and you will save a lot of time on data transfermation. -
Page 13: Back Panel Configuration
Mainboard PX915-SLI Back Panel Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Ports: KB/MS This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse port and a PS/2 keyboard port. The pin assignments are described below. PS/2 Mouse Assignment Assignment Data +5 V (fused) No connect... - Page 14 Mainboard PX915-SLI USB & LAN Ports: USB/ LAN (GBLAN is optional) There are four USB 2.0/ 1.1 ports on your back panel. These USB ports are used to connect with USB devices, such as keyboard, mice and other USB interface supported devices.
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Page 15: Connectors
Mainboard PX915-SLI Connectors Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDC The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk drive and supports with the FDD ribbon cable. Hard disk drive Connectors... -
Page 16: Front Panel Headers: Sw/Led、Pwrled、Speaker
Mainboard PX915-SLI Front Panel Headers: SW/LED、PWRLED、SPEAKER Hard Drive LED Header (Red): HD LED If your PC front panel has a hard drive LED cord, please attach it to this header. The LED will flicker during the hard disk drive activity. -
Page 17: Headers & Jumpers
Mainboard PX915-SLI Headers & Jumpers Game Port Header: GAME PORT (Optional) There is a game port header on this mainboard. To use this header, you must attach a game port bracket-cable (optional) so that you can attach related game devices. - Page 18 Mainboard PX915-SLI If you are using a USB 2.0 device with Windows 2000/XP, you will need to install the USB 2.0 driver from the Microsoft ® website. If you are using Service pack 1 (or later) for Windows XP, and using ®...
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Page 19: Audio Configuration
Mainboard PX915-SLI Audio Configuration CD-ROM Audio-In Connector: CD-IN This header is used to attach an audio cable to audio resources, such as CD-ROM, DVD-ROM…etc. S/PDIF header: SPDIF S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a recent audio transfer file format which provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signals. -
Page 20: Slots
Mainboard PX915-SLI Slots This mainboard provides two PCI-Express x16 slots and two PCI slots for graphics cards and expansion cards used. The expansion cards are one of ways to enhance your system efficiency. PCI-Express slots: PCI-E X16, PCI-E1 The PCI-E x16 slot and PCI-E1 slot are PCI-Express x16 interface slots, which individual can support up to 16 times and 4 times performed speeds, and support users to insert two dual graphic cards for multiple display. -
Page 21: Chapter 2. Bios Setup
Mainboard PX915-SLI Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the 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 22: Key Function
Mainboard PX915-SLI Supported CPUs This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Intel ® Pentium ® 4 CPUs. Key Function In general, you can use the arrow keys to highlight options, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc>... -
Page 23: Main Menu
Mainboard PX915-SLI Main Menu When you enter the PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The 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 access and configure the information below. -
Page 24: Advanced Bios Features
Advanced BIOS Features Removable Device Priority Select removable device priority. Just like floppy, LS120, ZIP-100, USB-FDD and USB-ZIP. Hard Disk Boot Priority Select hard disk boot priority. First /Second/Third Boot Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device. Options: Removable (default for first boot device),Hard Disk (default for third boot device),CDROM (default for second boot device),Disabled Boot Other Device... -
Page 25: Cpu Feature
Mainboard PX915-SLI Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal Select the delay time before thermal activation from high temperatures. Options: 4 Min,8 Min,16 Min (default),32 Min Thermal Management This option will monitor the CPU thermal to prevent the CPU damage with high temperature. -
Page 26: Typematic Rate Setting
Mainboard PX915-SLI Typematic Rate Setting When the options of “Enabled”, “typematic rate,” and “typematic delay” can be configured, the Typematic Rate determines the keystroke repeat rate used by the keyboard controller. Options: Disabled (default),Enabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) The rate of a character repeated needs. -
Page 27: Advanced Chipset Features
Mainboard PX915-SLI Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable This option determines DRAM clock/ timing using SPD or manual configuration. Make sure your memory module has SPD (Serial Presence Data), if you want to select the “By SPD” option. Options: Manual,By SPD (default) CAS Latency Time This option determines CAS Latency. -
Page 28: Reset Configuration Data
Mainboard PX915-SLI Video BIOS Cacheable Select “Enabled” to allow caching of the video BIOS which may improve performance. If any other program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. Options: Enabled, Disabled (default) Memory Hole at 15M-16M When enabled, you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. -
Page 29: Spread Spectrum
Mainboard PX915-SLI compatibility. Options: Disabled (default),Enabled PCI Latency Timer (CLK) This option allows you to set up the PCI Latency Time (0-255). If you select the “32” it will optimize PCI speeds. Options: 0-255,32 (default) PCI SLOT1/2 This option allows you to select an IRQ address for PCI slot 1/2. Options: Auto... - Page 30 Mainboard PX915-SLI CPU Speed Setting This option display the CPU speed that you setting for. If you don’t change the “CPU Host Frequency” or the “CPU Clock Ratio” and the option will display the current CPU speed. CPU Host Frequency (MHz) This option displays the CPU Host frequency.
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Page 31: Peripherals
Mainboard PX915-SLI Peripherals 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: PCIEx (default),PCI Slot OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. -
Page 32: Pata Ide Mode
Mainboard PX915-SLI IDE channel0 /channel1 /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). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100, select “Auto”... -
Page 33: Onboard Device
Mainboard PX915-SLI Onboard Device USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB port installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller. Options: Enabled (default),Disabled USB 2.0 Controller... -
Page 34: Ir Transmission Delay
Mainboard PX915-SLI Options: Disabled,3F8/IRQ4 (default for port1),2F8/IRQ3,3E8/IRQ4,2E8/IRQ3,Auto UART Mode Select This option allows you to select the Infra Red (IR) standard to be used. Options: Disabled (default),IrDA RxD, TxD Active This option determines the RxD and TxD frequencies. This option is configurable only if “UART Mode Select”... - Page 35 Mainboard PX915-SLI EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9. This option is configurable only if “Parallel Port Mode” is set to “EPP” or “ECP+EPP”. Options: EPP 1.9(default),EPP 1.7 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the parallel port when using the ECP mode. This option is configurable only if “Parallel Port Mode”...
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Page 36: Power Management
Mainboard PX915-SLI 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 option allows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system. -
Page 37: Video Off Method
Mainboard PX915-SLI 3. User Defined (default) This option allows you to set each mode individually. When this option is enabled, each of the ranges are from 1 minute to 1 hour except for HDD Power Down, which ranges from 1 minute to 15 minute and includes a “disable”... - Page 38 Mainboard PX915-SLI Soft-Off by PWRBTN In situations where the system enters a “hung” state, you can configure the BIOS so that you are required to pre the power button for more than 4 seconds before the system enters the Soft-Off state.
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Page 39: Hardware Monitor
Mainboard PX915-SLI Hardware Monitor Case Open Warning If this option is set to “Enabled” and the case had been previously opened, the system will automatically display alert messages on the screen when you power on your computer. If this is set to “Disabled”, the system will not show alert messages when you power on your computer even if the case had been previously opened. -
Page 40: Defaults
Mainboard PX915-SLI 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 To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries. -
Page 41: Exit Menu
Mainboard PX915-SLI 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... -
Page 42: Chapter 3: Software Setup
Mainboard PX915-SLI Chapter 3: Software Setup Software List Category Platform Intel Chipset INF Windows 2000 /XP Realtek AC’ 97 Audio Driver Windows 2000 /XP Realtek Network Driver Windows 98 /ME /2000 /XP Trend PC-Cillin 2005 Windows 98 /ME /2000 /XP Microsoft DirectX9.0c... - Page 43 Mainboard PX915-SLI Intel Chipset INF – It provides all drivers for the functions which built in both the Northbridge/ Southbridge Realtek AC’97 Audio Driver – It provides the driver of Realtek AC’97 Audio Codec Realtek Network Driver – It provides the driver of Realtek Network 2.
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Page 44: Chapter 4: Troubleshooting
Mainboard PX915-SLI 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. - Page 45 Mainboard PX915-SLI 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 46 Mainboard PX915-SLI 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.
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Page 47: Appendix I: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect Setup
Mainboard PX915-SLI Appendix I: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect Setup Channels Setup 1. After getting into the system, click the audio icon from the Windows screen. 2. Click Speaker Configuration button, you can see the screen like the picture below. -
Page 48: Appendix Ii: Bridge Card Setup
Mainboard PX915-SLI Appendix II: Bridge Card Setup Introduction Through inserting two dual graphic cards on the mainboard and setting the graphic cards’ software installation, users then can review and process their tasks on four separated monitors at the same time, and further to improve their working efficiency. In addition, via the Bridge Card setup, the improved PCI-Express bandwidth can make users to utilize PCI-E efforts in more efficient ways. -
Page 49: Appendix Iii: Abs (Albatron Bios Security) Card Setup
Security) Card Setup Introduction The ABS (Albatron BIOS Security) function will provide your BIOS a backup, even when your onboard BIOS is damaged and to cause the system unpowered. You can just insert an ABS card (optional) onto the mainboard ABS header, and through setting the card jumpers, the enabled ABS function will assist you to recover your onboard BIOS. - Page 50 Mainboard PX915-SLI Figure 1 Pin1-2 Closed Pin2-3 Closed (Closed stands to cover two-pins on a header using a jumper cap.) Figure 2...