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Static Electricity Precautions
1. Don't take this motherboard and components out of their original static-
proof package until you are ready to install them.
2. While installing, please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible. If you
don't have a wrist strap, discharge static electricity by touching the bare
metal of the system chassis.
3. Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges. Do not touch those
components unless it is absolutely necessary. Put this motherboard on
the top of static-protection package with component side facing up
while installing.
Pre-Installation Inspection
1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components
and connectors on the board.
2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect
power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those
damages.
Motherboard User's Guide
Copyright © 2007
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P53G Series,
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V1.0
August 2007
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Page 1: Static Electricity Precautions
1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components and connectors on the board. 2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those damages. Copyright © 2007 All Rights Reserved P53G Series, V1.0 August 2007... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Motherboard User’s Guide Table of Contents Trademark ......................i Static Electricity Precautions ..................i Pre-Installation Inspection ..................... i Chapter 1: Introduction ..................1 Key Features ........................1 Package Contents ......................4 Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation .............. 5 Motherboard Components .................... 6 I/O Ports .......................... - Page 3 Motherboard User’s Guide Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 RAID Setup Guide ..........37 VIA RAID Configuration ..................... 3 7 Installing RAID Software & Drivers ................4 5 Using VIA RAID Tool ....................4 7 Notice: Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every supplier, we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft.
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Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction ® This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest * Intel Core 2 Quad/ ® ® ® Intel Core 2 Duo/Pentium 4/Celeron D processors with Hyper- Threading Technology and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 1066 MHz. Hyper-Threading Technology, designed to take advantage of the multitasking features, giving you the power to do more things at once. - Page 5 Motherboard User’s Guide Chipset There are P4M900 CD Northbridge and VT8237S in the chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor- mance. ® High Performance Host Interface: Supports * Intel Core 2 Quad/ • ®...
- Page 6 Chapter 1: Introduction Audio • 5.1Channel High Definition Audio Codec • ADCs support 44.1k/48k/96k sample rate • High-quality analog differential CD input • Meet Microsoft WHQL/WLP 3.0x audio requirements • Direct Sound 3D compatible LAN (Optional) • Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s N-way Auto-negotiation operation •...
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Page 7: Package Contents
Motherboard User’s Guide Package Contents Your motherboard package ships with the following items: The motherboard The User’s Guide One diskette drive ribbon cable (optional) One IDE drive ribbon cable The Software support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard. -
Page 8: Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation To install this motherboard in a system, please follow these instructions in this chapter: Identify the motherboard components Install a CPU Install one or more system memory modules Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly Install this motherboard in a system chassis (case) Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers/connectors on the motherboard... -
Page 9: Motherboard Components
Motherboard User’s Guide Motherboard Components ITEM LABEL COMPONENTS CPU Socket ® ® LGA775 socket for *Intel Core 2 Quad/Intel Core 2 Duo/ ® ® Pentium 4/Celeron D CPUs CPU_FAN CPU cooling fan connector DDRII1~2 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM slots ATX1 Standard 24-pin ATX pow er connector SATA1~2 Serial ATA connectors BIOS_WP... -
Page 10: I/O Ports
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the motherboard. PS/2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device. PS/2 Keyboard Use the low er PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard. -
Page 11: Installing The Processor
Motherboard User’s Guide Installing the Processor ® This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for the latest * Intel Core 2 Quad/ ® ® ® Intel Core 2 Duo/Pentium 4/Celeron D processors. When choosing a processor, consider the performance requirements of the system. Performance is based on the processor design, the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor, and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory. -
Page 12: Installing Memory Modules
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation E. Close the load plate Slightly push down the load plate onto • the tongue side, and hook the lever. CPU is locked completely. • F. Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU. G. Fasten the cooling fan supporting base onto the CPU socket on the motherboard. -
Page 13: Jumper Settings
Motherboard User’s Guide Memory Module Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 4 GB system memory. Refer to the following to install the memory module. Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket. Align the memory module with the socket. There is a notch on the DIMM socket that you can install the DIMM module in the correct direction. - Page 14 Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation CLR_CMOS: Clear CMOS Jumper Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory. You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your motherboard from operating. To clear the CMOS memory, disconnect all the power cables from the motherboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds.
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Page 15: Install The Motherboard
Motherboard User’s Guide Install the Motherboard Install the motherboard in a system chassis (case). The board is a Micro ATX size motherboard. You can install this motherboard in an ATX case. Make sure your case has an I/O cover plate matching the ports on this motherboard. Install the motherboard in a case. -
Page 16: Connecting Optional Devices
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s optional devices: SPK1: Speaker Header Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the motherboard. Signal Signal Signal SPDIFO1: S/PIF Out Header S/PDIF (Sony/Plilips Digital Interface) is a standard audio transfer file format and allows the transfer of digatal audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog format. - Page 17 Motherboard User’s Guide F_AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access. Signal Signal PORT1L PORT1R PRESENCE# PORT2R Sense1_return SENSE_SEND PORT2L Sense2_return USB3/USB4: Front panel USB Headers The motherboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I/O port array. Additionally, some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case.
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Page 18: Install Other Devices
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation LPT1: Onboard parallel port Header This header allows the user to connect to the printer, scanner or devices. Signal Signal STROBE BUSK SLCT ERROR INIT SLCTIN Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below. - Page 19 Motherboard User’s Guide Floppy Disk Drive The motherboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one or two drives. Drives can be 3.5" or 5.25" wide, with capacities of 360 K, 720 K, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, or 2.88 MB. Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply.
- Page 20 Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Analog Audio Input Connector If you have installed a CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system. When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect your CD-ROM/DVD drive.
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Page 21: Expansion Slots
Motherboard User’s Guide Expansion Slots This motherboard has one PCI Ex16, one PCI Ex1 and two 32-bit PCI slots. - Page 22 Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Follow the steps below to install an PCI Express/CNR/PCI expansion card. Locate the PCI Express, CNR or PCI slots on the motherboard. Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis. Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot. Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot.
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Page 23: Chapter 3 Bios Setup Utility
Motherboard User’s Guide Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility Introduction The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer, such as date and time, the type of hardware installed, and various configuration settings. Your computer applies the information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system compo- nents. -
Page 24: Standard Cmos Setup Page
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item, and press PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through alternative values of that item. The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer OK or Cancel by selecting the [OK] or [Cancel] key. -
Page 25: Advanced Setup Page
Motherboard User’s Guide Advanced Setup Page This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Handle this page with caution. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Setup Help Item TM Status... - Page 26 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Drives (Press Enter) Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Hard Disk Drives Help Item Hard Disk Drives Specifies the boot 1st Drive 1st FLOPPY DRIVE...
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Page 27: Advanced Chipset Setup Page
Motherboard User’s Guide Boot Other Device When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices. BIOS Protect This item enables or disables BIOS protect. Press <Esc>... -
Page 28: Integrated Peripherals Page
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Page This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Integrated Peripherals OnBoard Floppy Controller Enabled Help Item Serial Port1 Address 3F8/IRQ4 Serial Port2 Adress 2F8/IRQ3... -
Page 29: Power Management Setup Page
Motherboard User’s Guide HDAC Audio Controller Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Audio controller. LAN Controller This option allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller. LAN Option ROM Use this item to enable or disable the booting from the onboard LAN with a remote boot ROM installed. - Page 30 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Resume On RTC Alarm The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system’s RTC (realtime clock). Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake-up alarm.
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Page 31: Pci/Pnp Setup Page
Motherboard User’s Guide PCI / PnP Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and those utilizing the system plug and play capability. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. PCI / PnP Setup Init Display First Help Item... -
Page 32: Frequency/Voltage Control Page
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the system current operating status. • CPU Temperature • System Temperature • CPU Fan Speed • System Fan Speed • CPU Vorce • VDIMM CPU SMART Fan Control This item allows users to enable or disable smart fan control function. -
Page 33: Load Default Settings
Motherboard User’s Guide CPU Over-clocking Func. This item decides the CPU over-clocking function/frequencyinstalled in your system. If the over-clocking fails, please turn offthe system power. And then, hold the PageUp key (similar to theClear CMOS function) and turn on the power, the BIOS willrecover the safe default. -
Page 34: User Password Page
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Change Supervisor Password You can select this option and press<Enter> to access the sub menu. You can use the sub menu to change the supervisor password. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu setting page. User Password Page This page helps you set up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this motherboard. -
Page 35: Chapter 4 Software & Applications
Motherboard User’s Guide Chapter 4 Software & Applications Introduction This chapter describes the contents of the support CD-ROM that comes with the motherboard package. The support CD-ROM contains all useful software, necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products. More program information is available in a README file, located in the same directory as the software. - Page 36 Chapter 4: Software & Applications The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window. To run the program again, reinsert the CD-ROM disc in the drive; or click the CD-ROM driver from the Windows Explorer, and click the Setup icon. The Application button brings up a software menu. It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports.
- Page 37 Motherboard User’s Guide The support software will automatically install. Once any of the installation procedures start, software is automatically installed in sequence. You need to follow the onscreen instructions, confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing what- ever software you selected.
- Page 38 Chapter 4: Software & Applications Follow these instructions to Disable Vista UAC function: Go to Control Panel. Select Classic View. Set User Account.
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Page 39: Bundled Software Installation
Motherboard User’s Guide Select Turn User Account Control on or off and press Continue. Disable User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer item and press OK, then press Restart Now. Then you can restart your computer and continue to install drivers without running blocked programs. -
Page 40: Chapter 5: Via Vt8237 Raid Setup Guide
Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Chapter 5 VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide VIA RAID Configurations The motherboard includes a high performance Serial ATA RAID controller integrated in the VIA VT8237 Southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD with two independent Serial ATA channels. - Page 41 Motherboard User’s Guide Follow these steps to install the SATA hard disks for RAID configuration. Before setting up your new RAID array, verify the status of your hard disks. Make sure the Master/Slave jumpers are configured properly. Both the data and power SATA cables are new cables. You cannot use older 40-pin 80-conductor IDE or regular IDE power cables with Serial ATA drives.
- Page 42 Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide On the upper-right side of the screen is the message and legend box. The keys on the legend box allow you to navigate through the setup menu options. The message describes the function of each menu item. The following lists the keys found in the legend box with their corresponding functions.
- Page 43 Motherboard User’s Guide Select Block Size, then press <Enter> to set array block size. Lists of valid array block sizes are displayed on a pop-up menu. For server systems, it is recommended to use a lower array block size. For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, a higher array block size is recommended for optimum performance.
- Page 44 Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Select task and press <Enter>. The screen returns to Create Array menu items. From this point, you may choose to auto-configure the RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Data Security or manually configure the RAID array for mirrored sets.
- Page 45 Motherboard User’s Guide Serial Number View In the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select Serial Number View then press the <Enter> key. The focus is directed to the list of channel used for IDE RAID arrays. Move the selection bar on each item and the serial number is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Page 46 Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array When booting up the system, BIOS will detect if any member disk drives of RAID has failed or is absent. If BIOS detects any disk drive failures or missing disk drives, the status of the array will be marked as broken.
- Page 47 Motherboard User’s Guide 3. Choose Replacement Drive and Rebuild: This item enables users to select an already-connected hard drive to rebuild the broken array. After choosing a hard drive, the channel column will be activated. Highlight the target hard drive and press <Enter>, a warning message will appear. Press Y to use that hard drive to rebuild, or press N to cancel.
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Page 48: Installing Raid Software & Drivers
Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Installing RAID Software & Drivers Install Driver in Windows OS New Windows OS (2000/XP/NT4) Installation The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP. Start the installation: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 when the message “Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver’... - Page 49 Motherboard User’s Guide Installation of VIA SATA RAID Utility The VIA SATA RAID Utility is the software package that enables high- performance RAID 0 arrays in the Windows*XP operating system. This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility contains the following key features: •...
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Page 50: Using Via Raid Tool
Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Put a check mark in the check box to install the feature you want. Then click Next button to proceed the installation. Using VIA RAID Tool Once the installation is complete, go to Start---> Programs---> VIA---> raid_tool.exe to enable VIA RAID Tool. - Page 51 Motherboard User’s Guide The main interface is divided into two windows and the toolbar above contain the main functions. Click on these toolbar buttons to execute their specific functions. The left windowpane displays the controller and disk drives and the right windowpane displays the details of the controller or disk drives.
- Page 52 Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide Click on the plus (+) symbol next to Array 0--RAID 0 to see the details of each disk. You may also use the same button to view the statuses of Array 0--RAID 1.
- Page 53 Motherboard User’s Guide Click on the plus (+) symbol next to Array 0; RAID 1 to see the details of each disk.
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