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PM266A PRO/ PM266A

Back Panel Configuration

nectors: KB/MS

and PS/2 Keyboard connector. The pin

signments are desc

the back panel. These USB connectors are used to attach to USB

devi

mice and other USB devices. You can plug the USB devices directly into

these

PRO also provid

You can plug

ectly

into this connector.

PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Con

This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse connector
as

ribed below:

USB & LAN Connectors: USB/ (LAN for PM266A PRO)

There are two USB connectors on

ces such as: keyboards,

connectors. The PM266A

es a LAN port.

LAN devices dir

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

Data

+5 V (fused)

No connect

Clock

Ground

No connect

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

TDP

TDN

RDP

VCC3 SBY

ACT LED

VCC3 SBY

RDN

Speed LED

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1/5 +5 V (fused)

3/7 USBP0+/P1+

2/6 USBP0-/P1-

4/8

Ground

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

LAN

USB

Speaker
Out

Game Port

Printer Port

PS/2
Mouse

PS/2
Keyboard

COM1

VGA

USB

(optional)

LAN

Mic In

Line In

Summary of Contents for PM266A

Page 1: ...g the vendor s approval in writing Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to com...

Page 2: ...cessor USER Mnaual Package Contents z PM266A PRO PM266A mainboard z IDE ATA Cable z FDC Cable z USB Bracket optional z Installation and Setup Driver CD z PM266A PRO PM266A User Manual Dimensions Micro ATX form factor z 225mm x 244mm WxL Operating System z Windows 98 ME XP 2000 ...

Page 3: ...ont Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED 13 Connectors 14 Headers Jumpers 15 Audio Connectors 18 Slots 19 Power Supply Attachments 19 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 20 INTRODUCTION 20 MAIN MENU 22 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 24 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 31 POWER MANAGEMENT 35 HARDWARE MONITOR 39 LOAD DEFAULTS 40 EXIT MENU 41 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 42 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 42 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 43 APPENDIX I SUPER...

Page 4: ...133 and PIO Modes The PM266A PRO PM266A also come with a AC 97 Sound Codec VT1616 which supports high quality 6 channel audio Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect It also supports Sony Philips Digital Interface output only The PM266A PRO PM266A also support six USB 2 0 ports The PM266A PRO PM266A also include an infrared header The PM266A PRO also comes with a LAN Chip VIA VT6103 and provides a back pan...

Page 5: ...83697HF z AC 97 Codec VIA VT1616 z LAN Controller VIA VT6103 Only for PM266A PRO DRAM Memory z Supports DDR266 PC2100 DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM z Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffered non ECC DIMM z Supports memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB see memory installation section for more details z Supports only x8 x16 DDR devices Green Functionality z Supports Phoenix Award BIOS power...

Page 6: ...K IR Protocol with maximum baud rate of up to 57600 bps AC 97 Sound Codec Onboard z AC LINK protocol compliance z Compliant with AC 97 2 1 specification z 6 channel playback capability super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect z Supports Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF for output only Universal Serial Bus z Supports up to six USB ports for USB interface devices z Supports USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controll...

Page 7: ...using IrDA z Supports one VGA port z Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard z Supports 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB floppy disk drives z MIDI compatible z Game port compatible IDE Facilities z Supports Ultra ATA 66 100 133 DMA and PIO modes z Supports IDE interface with CD ROM z Supports high capacity hard disk drives z Supports installation of up to 4 drives with separate IDE connectio...

Page 8: ...N Chassis FAN Auxiliary FAN CPUFAN CHASFAN AUXFAN 9 Front Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED 11 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 15 Infrared Connector IrDA 16 Front Serial interface Header COM2 17 Front USB Headers USB2 USB3 15 Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 17 Case Open Warning Function CASE OPEN 16 Sony Philips Digital Interface Conn S PDIF 18 CD ROM Audio IN Header CD IN 18 Front Panel Audio Header FRONT AUDIO 18 P...

Page 9: ...W83697HF U4 Socket 478 U15 CPUFAN BAT1 DIMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM1 VIA VT8235 USB2 VIA VT6103 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 BIOS WOL U15 CHASFAN SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 9 10 FRONT AUDIO 1 1 9 9 9 2 10 10 10 ATX_12V AUXFAN 1 Codec JP1 CASE OPEN 1 1 PRT COM VGA KB MS USB LAN SOUND 1 6 ...

Page 10: ...W83697HF U4 Socket 478 U15 CPUFAN BAT1 DIMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM1 VIA VT8235 USB2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 BIOS WOL U15 CHASFAN SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 9 10 FRONT AUDIO 1 1 9 9 9 2 10 10 10 ATX_12V AUXFAN 1 Codec JP1 CASE OPEN 1 1 PRT COM VGA KB MS USB SOUND 1 ...

Page 11: ...ocate the corner that has the pin 1 receptor This corner will be near to the end of the lever Match the dot on the CPU with the pin 1 receptor on the socket and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 S thermal g nd use the clasps on the fan to attach it to the ...

Page 12: ... DDR200 when installed with CPUs that have clock speed of 100 MHz It supports DDR266 when installed with CPUs that have clock speed of 133 MHz Attention We strongly recommend that you use a CPU fan sink with your CPU You can attach the CPU fan sink to the CPUFAN Header VI A P4M266A Socket 478 DIMM2 ID E2 ID E1 F DC A GP PC I1 PC I2 PC I3 DIMM1 VI A VT 83 6 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 B IOS 1 1 1 2 9 10 1 1 9 ...

Page 13: ...ith the corresponding pattern in the DIMM that the module is inserted properly oth thumbs until the module eat steps 1 Pull 2 Match slot This ensures 3 Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Slot and press firmly using b snaps into place 4 Rep 1 3 for the remaining RAM modules The pictures above are for reference only and may vary slightly for your mainboard ...

Page 14: ...ctor as ribed below USB LAN Connectors USB LAN for PM266A PRO There are two USB connectors on ces such as keyboards connectors The PM266A es a LAN port LAN devices dir Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Data 4 5 V fused 2 No connect 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 No connect Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 TDP 7 NC 2 TDN 8 NC 3 RDP 9 VCC3 SBY 4 NC 10 ACT LED 5 NC 11 VCC3 SBY 6 RDN 12 Speed LED Pin Assignment Pin ...

Page 15: ... to a microphone If the Super 5 1 e Mic In becomes the Subwoofer Center out T one serial port one VGA p rt and one parallel port on th p laine Parallel Interface Port PRT The parallel port on p a 25 p allel in n DB25 connector a erface d is us d to interface with p The Serial Int The serial interface port is sometimes referr communication port Mice modems and oth M1 Video Graphics Array Conn VGA T...

Page 16: ...t to the 3 pin power LED connector These headers are used to attach to indicators on t ive LED Connector tached to an LED on the front panel of a comput ty This disk activity only applies to those IDE dr on attached to a momentary SPST switch This switc cause the mainboard to reset and run the POST Power On S Power LED Connector s two power LED connector If there is a 2 pin power nate while the co...

Page 17: ... 2 This mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports PIO Mode 4 DMA mode Ultra ATA 66 100 133 This mainboard provides two IDE connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary IDE1 Primary IDE Connector You can connect up to two hard drives to IDE1 If you attach two drives you must use a ribbon cable with three connectors You must also configure one drive as the master and one using t...

Page 18: ...nnect the USB bracket to the USB2 USB3 headers If you are using USB 2 0 devices with Windows 2000 XP you will need to install the USB 2 0 driver from the Microsoft website S A so S VI A P4M266A Winbond IO 83697HF W DIMM2 Socket 478 ID E2 ID E1 F DC A GP DIMM1 VI A VT 83 6 5 PC I1 PC I2 PC I3 VI A VT 6103 1 1 2 1 B IOS 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 9 10 1 9 2 10 1 1 Codec 1 1 1 1 2 5VSB 5VSB DATA_B DATA_A 9 10 USB...

Page 19: ...rning Header CASE OPEN This connector is used to notify the user when the computer case has been pr co you need to attach to the CASE OPEN header A functionality in the BIOS Setup Utility When your display alert messages upon boot up VI A P4M266A Winbond IO W83697HF Socket 478 DIMM2 ID E2 ID E1 F DC A GP PC I1 PC I2 PC I3 DIMM1 VI A VT 83 6 5 VI A VT 6103 1 2 2 1 1 1 B IOS 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 9 10 1 1 9...

Page 20: ... then attach your serial device to the serial port on the bracket C T co configurations and then reconfigure The following procedures are for resetting the BIOS password It is important to follow these instructions closely VI A P4M266A Winb IO W83697H ond F Socket 478 DIMM2 ID E2 ID E1 F DC A GP PC I1 PC I2 PC I3 DIMM1 VIA VT 83 6 5 VI A VT 6103 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 B IOS 1 1 1 1 2 9 10 1 1 9 9 9 2 10 ...

Page 21: ...ctors as part of its audio Subsystem CD ROM Audio In Header CD IN This header is used to connect to a CD F If ca 9 th u i d o using optical fiber and digital signals This mainboard is capable o ces that are receiving informati through the SPDIF header The SPDIF devi ect be S PDIF compliant for optimal eff Attention If the jumper caps are in place jumper cap 1 is on pin 5 pin 6 and jumper cap2 is o...

Page 22: ...oth of the ATX_PW ATX_12V connectors he slots in this mainboard are designed for expansion cards used to comp fu A T 2X AGP cards PCI Slots PCI1 3 T ipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands fo Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designa ower Supply Attachments ATX Powe to the ATX_ R and Make sure the connectors are secure before applying power PCI Slots AGP Sl...

Page 23: ...ug and Play Support ersion 1 0A specification as well as PM Support his PHOENIX AWARD BIOS supports Version 1 1 1 2 of the Advanced Power Management PM specification These features include system sleep and suspend modes in addition to hard disk d monitor sleep modes Power management features are implemented using the System anagement Interrupt SMI CI Bus Support his PHOENIX AWARD BIOS also support...

Page 24: ...menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desire PgUp key Increase the numeric value or enter changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Key Increase the numeric value or enter changes Key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes ...

Page 25: ...enu will appear on the screen lect from several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys arrow key to access ain Menu W The Main menu allows you to se to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down and configure the information below ...

Page 26: ...b menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5 in None Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST pro...

Page 27: ...dern PCs have 40 t ecommend that you Disabled tions Enabled Disabled Advanced BIOS Features ing 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 ed BIOS Features t d Third ect the ord hich devi...

Page 28: ...will speed up the boot process Options Enabled default Disabled ical drive A oot Up NumLock Status ock ate at which a character repeats when you hold down a key Options 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat Options 250 default 500 750 1000 M Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose Enabled to assign physical drive B to lo...

Page 29: ...s the older ver Choose the new 1 4 version for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Options 1 4 default 1 1 O Select OS2 only if you are running the OS 2 Options Non OS2 default OS2 H Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Techno predict the possible failure of storage drives Options Disabled default Enabled Small LOGO EPA Show This item allows you to show or hide the small LOGO EPA Options Disabled defaul...

Page 30: ...riving Control option is set to Manual it allows the user to set AGP Driving aphics card bypassing the stem AGP 4X speed Choose Enable only when you used with AGP card support Enabled default Active to CMD Trcd Select the DRAM delay time when be DRAM Comm This item determines DRAM Com Options 2T Command default 1T Command A Press Enter to enter next page for AGP P2 AGP Aperture Size Select the siz...

Page 31: ...o enter the next page for CPU PCI Bus Control CPU to PCI Write Buffer his item allows you to enable or disable the CPU ptions Enabled default Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait CI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit post write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to comply with PCI specifications Opti...

Page 32: ...our PCI slot 1 3 nP PCI Configurations NP OS Installed SCSI The rest of the cards will be set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating systems DOS Netware his option must be set to NO ptions No default Yes Reset Configuration Data elect Enabled to reset the Extended S boot Options Disabled default E BIOS can automatically configure all Auto you will not be able to manuall...

Page 33: ...eld will only display if the CP your CPU is locked you will not be able to adjust the CPU Clock Ratio S The Spread Spectrum function can reduce the Options Enabled default CPU Host Frequency MHz This item displays the CPU Host Clock You can set it from 100 to 233 The default depends on your CPU frequency Default By CPU DRAM Clock This item displays the DDR Speed CPU Options By SPD default DDR200 D...

Page 34: ... The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching Options Enabled default Disabled tegrated Peripherals Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards a PCI slot or an AGP slot Options AGP default PIC Slot OnChip I...

Page 35: ...wise known as block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write elect the Enabled option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do The stem will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector ptions Enabled default Disabled ice C 97 Audio onboard AC 97 audio vice SB Controller your system has a USB port installed on the system boa...

Page 36: ...d default Disabled Super IO Device If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the key it will take you a submenu with Onboard FDC Controll Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Options Enabled default Disabled O Select an a...

Page 37: ...Half duplex mode permits transmission This field only configurable if UART Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine the parallel port interrupt and address O Parallel Port Mode This option allows you to select an operating mode for the on O EPP Enhanced Paralle SPP Standard Printer Port ECP EPP ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Options EPP 1 7 EPP1 ...

Page 38: ...wer Down 30 minutes 2 Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 6 min The Power Management S conservation features as well as power up power down options ACPI Suspend Typ The item allows you to select the suspend type using the ACP O S3 STR S1 S3 POS and STR Power Managem There are three options of Power Management 1 Minimum power mana Suspend...

Page 39: ... is suspended or put into spend mode Options Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 0Min 40Min 1Hour nitor power management ptions Suspend Off default Always On YN e system to turn off the vertical and ports and write blanks to the video buffer nk Screen default This option only writes blanks to the video buffer anagement signaling se IRQ Q Options 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA N er bu...

Page 40: ...ons Auto default Yes No Wake Up Control If with the following options PWRON After PWR Fail This option determines whether you want to restart the system after a power failure Select On to boot the system whether or not the system was on be re Options Off default On F PS2KB Wakeup Select Use this option to configu P from PS2 keyboard activity Hot Key Use PS2KB key to awake the system See PS2KB Wake...

Page 41: ...er on function It should also support the wake up on LAN PCI PME Wake Up When you select Enabled a PME signal from any PCI card will awaken the system from suspend mode Options Disabled default Enabled Wake Up On Ring This option allows you to awaken the Options Disabled default Enable RTC Wake Up When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system ...

Page 42: ...g the warning mechanism will be activated Case Open Warning If this function is set to Enabled and the case had been previously opened the system will automatically display alert messages on the screen when you powe fu computer even if the case is Options Disabled default Enabled C When the CPU temperature is higher than this Options Disabled default 50 120 53 127 56 133 60 140 63 145 66 151 70 15...

Page 43: ...ault Settings Load System Default Settings Load System turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load CMOS From BIOS oad defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries L Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries ...

Page 44: ...ges to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be xit Without Saving t session and exit setup A confirmation message will be Save Exit Setup S displayed before proceeding E Abandon all changes made during the curren displayed before proceeding ...

Page 45: ...lightly from your ackage For more details please refer to the Readme txt files that in each folder of the Driver CD 1 The first screen Main Screen will display several buttons Click the drivers that you want to install on 3 On the main screen click USB 2 0 DRIVER and the left screen will display According to the description of the screen to install USB 2 0 DRIVER 4 On the main screen click the Bro...

Page 46: ... into place roblem 3 ystem does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board unplugged 2 Damaged hard disk or disk controller 3 Hard disk directory or FAT is corrupted Solutions 1 Check the cable running from the disk t securely attached Check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup 2 Contact technical support 3 ...

Page 47: ...ruses P S booting from the hard d Causes Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted Solutions Back up data and applications files Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and acku disks data using b p Problem 5 Error message reading SECTOR NOT to be accessed Causes There are many reasons for this such as virus Solutions B level format the hard drive Re install all saved data Problem 6 Screen ...

Page 48: ...Causes Keyboard is disconnected Solutions Reconnect keyboard Replace keyboard i Problem 11 No color on scre Causes 1 Faulty Monitor 2 CMOS incorrectly set up Solutions 1 If possible connect monitor to another system If no color appears replace monitor Problem 12 The screen displays C drive failure Causes Hard drive cable not connected properly S Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after in Causes 2 ...

Page 49: ...en press the Advanced button to settings At the Advanced Audio wn box to select the 5 1 surround lick Apply to enable the 5 1 channel audio effect at is on the desk bar ote As described earlier begin with this step if stem has Windows 98 ME This appendix describes the insta operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 go directly to step 3 1 Audio Devices Æ volume icon in the e speaker configure th 2 Pr...

Page 50: ...nt Speaker screen select Options Æ Advanced Controls Next cl rt5 1 Enable Finally agic5 1 Enable This the final step in configuring Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect f you broadcast a DVD with a DVD ROM please skip this step 5 6 ick the Advanced button of the Front Speaker then check the Sma 7 click the Advanced button of the Rear Speaker then check the M is I ...

Page 51: ...ur desktop double click the volume icon that is on the desk bar On the Front Speaker screen select Options Æ Properties then check Mic item and click K Also on the Front Speaker screen delete the check of ute that under the Mic box Then click the Advanced utton that under the Mic box up please following 1 2 O 3 M b ...

Page 52: ...PM266A PRO PM266A 49 PM266A PRO PM266A 49 4 Finally on the Advnaced Controls for Mic screen check the Mic2 Select Front mic_in setup to complete the ...

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