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  • Page 1 PX915P4/ PX915G4 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: Package Contents

    The images and pictures in this manual are for reference only and may vary slightly from actual product installation depending on specific hardware models, third party components and software versions. Unplug your computer when installing components and configuring switches and pins. This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    User Manual Enabling Hyper-Threading for your computer system requires ALL of the following components ® ® CPU: An Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology ® Chipset: An Intel Chipset that supports HT Technology BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology must be enabled OS: An operating system that supports HT Technology For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to: http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading...
  • Page 4 Layout of PX915P4 ....................5 Layout of PX915G4 PRO..................6 Layout of PX915G4....................8 ..................9 ARDWARE NSTALLATION CPU Processor Installation ................... 9 Back Panel Configuration................... 11 Connectors ......................14 Front Panel Indicator: SW/LED、PWRLED、SPEAKER ....... 14 Headers & Jumpers..................... 16 Audio Connectors ....................
  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Getting Started

    These mainboards support up to 8 USB2.0 ports and also provide an infrared header for wireless infrared transmissions. ® The PX915P4 series and the PX915G4 series mainboards come with a LAN chip (Marvell MV8001) that provides up to 1 GB/s network connectivity. The PX915P4 PRO and PX915G4 PRO also come with a secondary LAN chip (VIA VT6105 LAN controller) which provides an additional back panel LAN port capable of 10/100 Mbit/s transmission speeds.
  • Page 6: Specification

    4 processor (Prescott) Supports Hyper-Threading Technology 533/ 800 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies Chipset: Northbridge Chipset – Intel® 915P (PX915P4 Series)/ 915G (PX915G4 Series) Southbridge Chipset – Intel® ICH6 I/O Controller – Winbond W83627THF RAID IDE Controller – ITE IT8212F HD Aduio Codec –...
  • Page 7 PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Onboard IDE Facilities: Supports Ultra ATA 66/ 100, DMA and PIO modes Supports IDE interface with CD-ROM Supports high capacity hard disk drives IDE slot can support 2 IDE drives Raid IDE controller: Two RAID IDE slots that supports Ultra ATA 133 IDE Supports hard disk drives only Each slot can support 2 IDE drives Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD modes...
  • Page 8: Configuration

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Supports Video Acceleration ® Micorsoft DirectX compatible OpenGL driver available I/O facilities: One multi-mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifications: 1. Standard & Bi-direction Parallel Port 2. Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) 3. Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) Contains one serial port, 16550 UART Contains one VGA port (PX915G4 series only) Supports Infrared Data Transmissions using IrDA...
  • Page 9 PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series...
  • Page 10: Layout Of Px915G4 Pro

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series of PX915P4 Layout of PX915G4 PRO...
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  • Page 12: Layout Of Px915G4

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Layout of PX915G4...
  • Page 13: Hardware Installation

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 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 the system’s components. CPU Processor Installation ® ® This mainboard supports Intel Pentium 4 processors using a Socket 478.
  • Page 14: Fan Headers

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series FAN Headers Three power headers are available for the cooling fans. Cooling fans play an important role in maintaining the ambient temperature in your system. Attention: We strongly recommend that you use a CPU fan sink with your CPU. You can attach the power cable from the CPU fan sink to the CPUFAN Header.
  • Page 15: Back Panel Configuration

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series memory for the two channels are balanced. For example: If you install one 256 MB module in DIMM1 and one in DIMM2 (256MB x 2 = 512MB), you must install a total of 512 MB between DIMM3 and DIMM4.
  • Page 16: Serial And Parallel Interface Ports

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: KB/MS These mainboards provide a standard PS/2 mouse connector and PS/2 keyboard connector. The pin assignments are described below: PS/2 Mouse Assignment Assignment Data +5 V (fused) No connect Clock Ground No connect PS/2 Keyboard...
  • Page 17 PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series USB & (GB) LAN Connectors: USB/ GBLAN and USB/(LAN is only for PX915P4 PRO & PX915G4 PRO) These mainboards come with 4 USB ports and a Gb/s LAN port. The PX915P4 Pro and PX915G4 Pro have an additional 10/100 Mbit/s LAN port. The USB connectors are used to attach to keyboards, mice and other USB devices.
  • Page 18: Connectors

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Connectors Floppy Disk Connector: FDC These mainboards provide a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy diskette drives. This connector supports the floppy drive ribbon cables provided in the packaging. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ RAID IDE1-2/ SATA1-4 These mainboards provide a standard IDE connector that supports PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, Ultra ATA 66/100.
  • Page 19 PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Panel Indicator: SW/LED、PWRLED、SPEAKER HD LED (Hard Drive LED Connector/ red) This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case. The LED will flicker during any disk activity. RST SW (Reset Connector/ blue) This connector can be attached to a momentary SPST switch.
  • Page 20: Headers & Jumpers

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Headers & Jumpers Infrared Header: IrDA You can attach an infrared device to this connector and use this connector for connectionless infrared data transfers. Game Port Header: GAME PORT There is a game port header on these mainboards. To use this header, you must attach a game port bracket-cable so that you can interface to gaming devices (game port bracket is optional).
  • Page 21: Audio Connectors

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series CMOS Jumper: JP1 The “Clear CMOS” jumper allows you to reset your CMOS configurations. This is particularly useful when you have forgotten your system password and cannot boot to the operating system. The following steps explain how to reset your CMOS configurations when you have forgotten your system password.
  • Page 22 PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Connectors CD-ROM Audio-In Header: CD-IN This header is used to connect to the CD-ROM/DVD audio cable Front Panel Audio Header (Orange): FRONT AUDIO You can use the Front Panel Audio header (FRONT AUDIO) to connect to a separate audio bracket or to connect to case embedded audio equipment.
  • Page 23: Slots

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series S/PDIF Header (Red): SPDIF S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is an audio transfer file format which provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signals. This mainboard is equipped with an SPDIF header and must be used with a bracket-cable containing S/PDIF ports. An SPDIF/Audio bracket is optionally packaged with some models.
  • Page 24: Power Supply Attachments

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series PCI-Express slots: PCI-E X16 & PCI-E1/ PCI-E2 PCI-E x16 slots are for installing PCI-Express graphics cards. The PCI-E x1 slot is for expansion cards which fit the PCI-E x1 slot. PCI Slots: PCI1/ PCI2/ PCI3 This mainboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards, which has, for the most part, supplanted the older ISA bus standard.
  • Page 25: Chapter 2. Bios Setup

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series 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. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports.
  • Page 26: Supported Cpus

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series PCI/ PCI-Express Bus Support This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification and the PCI-Express v1.0a specification. DRAM Support DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs ®...
  • Page 27: Main Menu

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series 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 28: Main Menu Setup Configuration Options

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 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 Channel 0/1 Options contained in Press <Enter>...
  • Page 29: Advanced Bios Features

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series SATA Channel Options contained in Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu. 0/1 Master sub menu. SATA Channel Options contained in Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu. 0/1 Slave sub menu. None 360k, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in Driver A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.
  • Page 30: Removable Device Priority

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series 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. CD-ROM Boot Priority Select CD-ROM 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 31: Virus Warning

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series 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 thia area, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an audio alarm (beep).
  • Page 32: Mps Version Control For Os

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series MPS Version Control For OS The 1.1 version is the older version that supports 8 more IRQs in the Windows NT environment. Choose the new 1.4 version for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Options: 1.4 (default)、1.1 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Select “OS2”...
  • Page 33: System Bios Cacheable

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series This field is adjustable only when “DRAM Timing Selectable” is set to “manual”. This field is locked when “DRAM Timing Selectable” is set to “By SPD” and is automatically determined by the system. Options: 4、3、2 Precharge Delay This item allows you to select DRAM Active to Precharge Delay.
  • Page 34: Fixed Memory Size

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series FIXED Memory Size Thit item will allows you to select the memory size for graphic use. And it is intended to provide the user with a guaranteed amount of graphics memory at all time. However, the OS will still report total system memory as including this allocated amount (as opposed to pre-allocated.) Options: 64MB、128MB DVMT Memory Size DVMT is an enhancement of the UMA concept, wherein the graphics driver allocates memory as needed...
  • Page 35: Pci Slot

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series PCI SLOT1- 3 This item allows you to select an IRQ address for PCI slot 1-3. Options: Auto (default)、3、4、5、7、9、10、11、12、14、15 **PCI Express relative items** Maximum payload Size This item allows you to set the PCI Express Maximum payload size per time. Options: 4096 (default)、 128、256、512、1024、2048 Frequency/Voltage Control Spread Spectrum...
  • Page 36: Integrated Peripherals

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series CPU Clock Ratio This field will only display if the CPU has not been set to a locked state by the CPU manufactory. If your CPU is locked, you will not be able to adjust the “CPU Clock Ratio”. The default depends on your CPU. DDR Voltage (Volt) This item allows you to adjust the RAM voltage.
  • Page 37: Onchip Ide Device

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. Select the “Enabled” option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do). The system will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector.
  • Page 38: Pata Ide Mode

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series This means that you will have one available IDE channel for 2 SATA drives to use (each IDE channel can support 2 IDE drives). If you were to install all both IDE drives and 4 SATA drives, you will only see 2 of the SATA drives along with the 2 IDE drives.
  • Page 39: Power On Function

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series IDE RAID Device This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE RAID Device. Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled Onboard I/O Chip Setup Power On Function This option allows you to select a way to power on your computer. Options: Password、Hot KEY、Mouse Left、Mouse Right、Any KEY、BUTTON ONLY (default), and Keyboard 98 KB Power On Password This it the password that your system will use as part of the power-on sequence.
  • Page 40: Ur2 Duplex Mode

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series UR2 Duplex Mode Select the transmission mode used by the IR interface. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous bi-directional transmission. Half-duplex mode permits transmission in only one direction at a time. This field only configurable if “UART Mode Select” is set to “ASKIR” or “IrDA”. Options: Half (default)、Full Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals.
  • Page 41: Power Management

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 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 42: Video Off Method

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Power Management There are three options of Power Management: 1. Min. Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode = 1hour HDD Power Down = 15 minutes 2. Max. Saving Maximum power management (only available for sl CPUs). Suspend Mode = 1 minute HDD Power Down = 1 minute 3.
  • Page 43: Hdd Power Down

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 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、9 Min、10 Min、 11 Min、12 Min、13 Min、14 Min、15Min Soft-Off by PWRBTN In situations where the system enters a “hung”...
  • Page 44: Hardware Monitor

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series **Reload Global Timer Events** When a system goes into suspend mode, certain devices must be inactive for a period of time. Conversely, if any of those devices have any activity, the system will awaken. You can select the devices that will participate in suspend/power-on activity by configuring these fields.
  • Page 45: Load Defaults

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 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 To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries.
  • Page 46: Exit Menu

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 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 47: Chapter 3: Software Setup

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Chapter 3: Software Setup Software List Category Platform Intel Chipset INF Windows 98 /ME /2000 /XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows 2000 /XP Intel onboard VGA Driver (only for PX915G4 series) Windows 2000 /XP ITE RAID Windows 2000 /XP VIA Network Driver (Only for PX915P4 PRO/ G4 PRO) Windows 98 /ME /2000 /XP Marvell Network Driver...
  • Page 48 PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Chipset INF – provides all the drivers of the functions that built in the Northbridge/ Southbridge Realtek Audio Driver – provides the driver of Realtek HD Audio Codec Note:You can only install this driver if you are using Windows®...
  • Page 49: Chapter 4: Troubleshooting

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series BIOS Setup Utility -> Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device On-Chip Serial ATA “Combined Mode” 2. Save all BIOS configurations and exit the BIOS setup utility. 3. Place the Windows® 98/ME CD into the CD-ROM drive to begin the OS installation process. During the installation you will see that the SATA device has been assigned to the C: drive.
  • Page 50 PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series 3. Power supply failure. 4. Faulty wall outlet; circuit breaker or fuse blown. Solutions: 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in. 2. Replace cable. 3.Contact technical support. 4.Use different socket, repair outlet, reset circuit breaker or replace fuse. Problem 2: System inoperative.
  • Page 51 PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Solutions: Back up any salvageable data. Then performs low level format, partition, and then a high level format the hard drive. Re-install all saved data when completed. Problem 6: Screen message says “Invalid Configuration” or “CMOS Failure.” Causes: Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program.
  • Page 52 PX915P4/ PX915G4 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.
  • Page 53: Appendix I: 2/ 4/ 6 /8 Channel Setup

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Appendix I: 2/ 4/ 6 /8 Channel Setup 1. After 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. 3. You can choice 2, 4, 6 or 8 channels by your speakers. 4.
  • Page 54: Ii: Intel ® Desktop Processors Feature Set Reference Table

    PX915P4/ PX915G4 Series Appendix II: Intel® Desktop Processors Feature Set Reference Table ® Intel Pentium 4 Processors reference table: Processor Front Processor Clock Intel Generation/ Side Cache Number Speed Technologies Socket 7XX Sequence Prescott/LGA775 3.73 GHz 1066 MHz 2MB L2 5XX Sequence Prescott/LGA775 4.00 GHz...

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