Motherboard User’s Guide Static Electricity Precautions Static electricity could damage components on this motherboard. Take the following precautions while unpacking this motherboard and installing it in a system. 1. Don’t take this mainboard and components out of their original static-proof package until you are ready to install them.
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Motherboard User’s Guide Notice: Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every supplier, we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft. Therefore, it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box (shown as below) pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.
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Motherboard User’s Guide Traduction des Caractéristiques & Liste de contrôle Liste de contrôle Le coffret de votre carte mère contient les éléments suivants: La carte mère • Guide de l’utilisateur • Un câble plat pour lecteur de disquette (optionnel) • Une câble plat pour lecteur IDE •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide USB2.0 • − Comprend quatre contrôleurs d’hôte UHCI, prenant en charge huit ports externes − Comprend un contrôleur d’hôte EHCI prenant en charge les huit ports Contrôleur LAN intégré • − Conforme WfM 2.0 et IEEE 802.3 −...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Fast Ethernet LAN (optionnel) − Fast Ethernet MAC intégré, puce physique, et émetteur-récepteur sur une seule puce − Fonctionnement 10 Mbps et 100 Mbps − Supporte l’auto-négociation N-way en 10Mbps et 100Mbps − Conforme aux standards PC99/PC2001 −...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Funktionen & Checkliste Checkliste Die Verpackung Ihres Motherboards enthält folgende Teile: • Motherboard Benutzerhandbuch • Bandkabel für Floppylaufwerke (optional) • Bandkabel für IDE-Laufwerke • Software -CD • Ausstattung Unterstütz Socket-LGA775-Prozessoren Unterstützt die neuesten Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron Prozessoren mit •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide − Enthält einen EHCI-Host Controller, der alle acht Ports unterstützt Integrierter LAN-Controller • − Entspricht WfM 2.0 und IEEE 802.3 − 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet-Unterstützung Speicherunterstützung Zwei 184-pin 2.5V DIMM Steckplätze für DDR SDRAM DDR400/333 Speicher • Module und zwei 240-pin 1.8V für DDR2 533/400 Unterstützt DDR2 533/400 oder DDR400/333 Speicherbus •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Fast Ethernet LAN (optional) − Integrierter Fast Ethernet MAC, physikalischer Chip und Transceiver in einem einzigen Chip − Betrieb bei 10Mbps und 100Mbps − Unterstützt 10Mbps und 100Mbps N-way Auto-Verhandlung − Entspricht PC99/PC2001 Standards − Unterstüzt ACPI Versorgungs-Betriebssystem −...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Traduzione Funzioni e Lista Lista L’imballo della scheda madre é composto da: La scheda madre • Guida dell’utente • Una piattina per il collegamento dei drive (opzionale) • Una piattina IDE • Il CD con il Software di supporto •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide − Comprende un host controller EHCI con supporto di tutte otto porte Controller LAN integrato • − Conformità con WfM 2.0 e IEEE 802.3 − Supporto di Ethernet 10/100 Mb/s Memoria Supporta Due prese DIMM da 2,5 V a 184 pin per moduli memoria DDR SDRAM DDR •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Fast Ethernet LAN (opzionale) − Fast Ethernet MAC integrata, chip fisico e transceiver nello stesso chip − Funzionamento a 10Mbps e 100Mbps − Supporto della negoziazione automatica N-way a 10Mbps e 100Mbps − Conforme con standard PC99/PC2001 −...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Traducción de Características & Lista LISTA DE VERIFICACIÓN El paquete de su placa principal contiene los sigtes. ítems: La placa principal • El Guía del Usuario • Un cable cinta para el lector de disquete (optativo) • Un cable cinta para el lector IDE •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide USB2.0 • − Incluye cuatro Controladores Anfitriones UHCI, soporta ocho puertos externos − Incluye un Controlador Anfitrión EHCI que soporta todos los ochos puertos Controlador LAN Integrado • − Conformidad WfM 2.0 y IEEE 802.3 − Soporta Ethernet de 10/100 Mb/s Soporte de Memoria Dos zócalos DIMM de 184-pin 2.5V para los módulos de memoria DDR •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Fast Ethernet LAN (optativo) − Fast Ethernet MAC integrado, chip fìsico, y transceptor en un solo chip − Operación 10Mbps y 100Mbps − Soporta N-way auto-negociación 10Mbps y 100Mbps − Conformidad de las normas PC99/PC2001 − Soporta administración de suministro ACPI −...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Tradução da Lista & Características Lista de verificação A embalagem da sua placa principal contém os seguintes itens: A placa principal • O Guia de Utilizador • Um cabo para a unidade de disquetes (opcional) • Um cabo para a unidade IDE •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Controlador Integrado LAN • − Compatível com WfM 2.0 e IEEE 802.3 − Suporte de Ethernet 10/100 Mb/s Suporte de memória Duas fichas DIMM 2.5V com 184 pinos para módulos de memória DDR • SDRAM DDR400/333,e dois 1.8V com pinos 240 para DDR2 533/400 Suporta DDR2 533/400 ou bus de memória DDR400/333 •...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Fast Ethernet LAN (opcional) − Fast Ethernet MAC integrado, chipe físico e transreceptor em um único chipe − Funcionamento 10Mbps e 100Mbps − Suporta auto-negociação N-way de 10Mbps e 100Mbps − Compatível com os standards PC99/PC2001 − Suporta gerenciamento de força ACPI −...
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron processors with Hyper-Threading Tech- nology and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 800 MHz. Hyper- Threading Technology, designed to take advantage of the multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you the power to do more things at once.
Motherboard User’s Guide Key Features The key features of this motherboard include: LGA775 Socket Processor Support Supports the latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Series processors with Hyper-Threading Technology Supports up to 800 MHz Front-Side Bus Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both on separate ‘logical’...
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Chapter 1: Introduction PCI Express: 4 PCI Express root ports and Fully PCI Express 1.0a compliant PCI Bus Interface: Supports PCI Rev 2.3 Specification at 33 MHz Integrated Serial ATA Host Controller: Four ports and Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s) Integrated IDE Controller −...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Onboard IDE channels One IDE Channel supporting ATA-66, ATA-100 Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA (Direct Memory Access) modes Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66/33 MB/sec Serial ATA Four Serial ATA Connectors Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~150 MB/s) with scalability to higher rates Low pin count for both host and devices...
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Chapter 1: Introduction 10Mbps and 100Mbps operation Supports 10Mbps and 100Mbps N-way auto-negotiation Complies with PC99/PC2001 standards Supports ACPI power management Half/Full duplex capability Supports Full Duplex Flow Control (IEEE 802.3x) USB 2.0 Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision Compliant with Intel’s Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1.0 Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specifi-...
Motherboard User’s Guide Dimensions ATX form factor of 244 x 244 mm Note: Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without notification. 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...
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...
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Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation LABEL COMPONENTS CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan connector DIMM1-2 Two 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM sockets DIMM3-4 Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM sockets PWR1 Standard 24-Pin ATX Power connector PWR2 Standard 4-Pin ATX Power connector IDE1 IDE connector CHS_FAN1 Chasis cooling fan connector SATA1-4 Serial ATA connectors Clear CMOS jumper...
Motherboard User’s Guide I/O 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. Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 PS/2 Keyboard keyb oard.
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Installing the Processor This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for the latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron processors. When choosing a processor, consider the performance requirements of the system. Perfor- mance 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.
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Motherboard User’s Guide Be careful not to touch the contacts. C. Install the CPU on the socket • Orientate CPU package to the socket. Make sure you match triangle marker to pin 1 location. D. Close the load plate • Slightly push down the load plate onto the tongue side, and hook the lever.
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accommodates four memory modules, which are two 184-pin 2.5V DIMM3-4 sockets (Dual Inline Memory Module) for unbuffered DDR400/333 memory modules (Double Data Rate SDRAM) and the other two 240-pin 1.8V DIMM1-2 sockets (Dual Inline Memory Module) for unbuffered DDR2 533/ 400 memory modules (Double Data Rate SDRAM).
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Motherboard User’s Guide Memory Module Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 2 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.
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Jumper Settings Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHORT; removing a jumper cap from these pins, OPEN. JP1: 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.
Motherboard User’s Guide Install the Motherboard Install the motherboard in a system chassis (case). The board is a 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.
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Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 header. Please refer to the following list of the PANEL1 pin assignments. Signal Signal 1 HD_LED_P(+) 2 FP PWR/SLP(+) 3 HD_LED_N(-) 4 FP PWR/SLP(-) 5 RESET_SW_N(-) 6 POWER_SW_P(+) 7 RESET_SW_P(+) 8 POWER_SW_N(-) RSVD_DNU 10 KEY...
Motherboard User’s Guide Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s optional devices: AUDIO2 SPK1 USB3 SPDIFO1 USB4 AUDIO2: Front Panel Audio Header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access. Signal Signal AUD_MIC...
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Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation USB3/USB4: Front Panel USB Header 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. If you have this kind of case, use auxiliary USB headers USB3/USB4 to connect the front-mounted ports to the motherboard.
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Motherboard User’s Guide SPK1: Speaker Header Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the motherboard. Signal Signal 1 SPKR SPKR 3 NC 4 +5V IR1: Infrared Header The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers, laptops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and other computers.
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below. IDE1 SATA4 SATA3 FDC1 SATA2 SATA1...
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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 360K, 720K, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB. Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply.
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Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Analog Audio Input Header 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 automati- cally detect your CD-ROM/DVD drive.
Motherboard User’s Guide Expansion Slots This motherboard has one CNR, one PCI-E Pro, one PCI- Express x1, and two 32-bit PCI slots. PCI-E1 PCI-E2 PCI1 PCI2 CNR1...
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Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation Follow the steps below to install an CNR/PCI-E Pro/PCI Express expansion card. Locate the CNR, PCI-E Pro and PCI Express 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.
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PCI-E Pro Slot: VENDER CHIPSET MANUFACTURE ATI Radeon X300Series ECS RX300SE-128TD ATI Radeon X600Series GIGABYTE GV-RX60XT 128V ATI Radeon X800XT MSI RX800XT-VDT256E Note 1: We recommend you should use our tested PCI Express graphics cards, and you can visit our website for the updated PCI Express graphics card support list : http:// www.pcchips.com/support/FAQ .
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation PCI-E2 (PCI-Express x1) Slot The PCI Express x1 slot is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a as well. PCI1-2 Slots You can install the 32-bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots. CNR Slot You can install CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) cards including LAN, Modem and Audio functions, in this slot.
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 components.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Running the Setup Utility Every time you start your computer, a message appears on the screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to “Hit <DEL>if you want to run SETUP”. Whenever you see this message, press the Delete key, and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor.
Motherboard User’s Guide Standard CMOS Setup Page This page displays a table of items defining basic information about your system. CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Standard CMOS Setup System Time 00:01:25 Help Item System Date Thu 05/06/2004 User [Enter], [TAB] or Primary IDE Master...
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility 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) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Setup Help Item Quick Boot...
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Motherboard User’s Guide BootUp Num-Lock This item determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system start-up time. Configure DRAM Timing by This item allows you to enable or disable the DRAM timing defined by the Serial Presence Detect electrical. Hyper Threading Technology If your P4 CPU is not HT CPU, this item will be hidden.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Features Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system. CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Features Setup Help Item OnBoard Floppy Controller Enabled Serial Port1 Address 3F8/IRQ4 Allows BIOS to Onboard IR Port...
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Motherboard User’s Guide Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), or BPP (Bi-Directional Parallel Port). ECP Mode DMA Channel Use this item to assign the DMA Channel under ECP Mode function. Parallel Port IRQ Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port. OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Use this item to enable or disable either or both of the onboard Primary and Secondary IDE channels.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Page This page sets some parameters for system power management operation. CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Power Management Setup ACPI Aware O/S Help Item Power Management Enabled Yes / No Suspend Mode S1(POS)
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Motherboard User’s Guide Suspend Time Out This item sets up the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes. If the time selected passes without any system activity, the computer will enter power-saving Suspend mode. LAN/Ring Power On The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem/Ring, or traffic on the network adapter.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility PCI / Plug and Play 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) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. PCI / Plug and Play Setup Plug &...
Motherboard User’s Guide PCI IDE BusMaster This item enables or disabled the DMA under DOS mode. We recommend you to leave this item at the default value. Dual Monitor This item is a switch to turn on/off the Dual Monitor function. If it is enabled, please connect the system to two monitors for per- forming the Dual Monitor function;...
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility CPU PnP Setup Page This page helps you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU. The system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page.
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Motherboard User’s Guide CPU Over-clocking Func. This item decides the CPU over-clocking function installed in your system. If the over-clocking fails, please turn off the system power. And then, hold the PageUp key (similar to the Clear CMOS function) and turn on the power, the BIOS will recover the safe default.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility Hardware Monitor Page This page sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this motherboard. CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Hardware Monitor Setup -=- System Hardware Monitor-=- Help Item Vcore : 1.363 V VIvdd...
Motherboard User’s Guide Load Best Performance Settings If you select this item and press <Enter> a dialog box appears. If you select [OK], and then press <Enter>, the Setup Utility loads a set of best performance default values. These default values are quite demanding and your system might malfunction or be unstable if you are using slower memory chips or other low- performance components.
Chapter 4: Software & Applications 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.
Motherboard User’s Guide Installing Support Software Insert the support CD-ROM disc in the CD-ROM drive. When you insert the CD-ROM disc in the system CD- ROM drive, the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen. The screen displays three buttons of Setup, Browse CD and Exit on the right side, and three others Setup, Application and ReadMe at the bottom.
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Chapter 4: Software & Applications Auto-Installing under Windows 2000/XP If you are under Windows 2000/XP, please click the Setup button to run the software auto-installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM: The installation program loads and displays the following screen.
Motherboard User’s Guide Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation If you are under Windows NT, the auto-installing program doesn’t work out; or you have to do the manual installation, please follow this procedure while the Auto Setup screen pops out after insert- ing the support CD-ROM: Click the ReadMe to bring up a screen, and then click the Install Path at the bottom of the screen.
Chapter 4: Software & Applications Hyper-Threading CPU While you are in Windows Task Manager, please push down ctrl+Alt Del keys. A dual CPU appears in the CPU Usage History&Device Manager under WinXP. Note: Hyper-Threading Function only works under WINXP Operating System; therefore, disable it under other Operating System.
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