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PM845GV1/ PM845GE1/ PM845GL/1 PM845GL1-533

Accelerated Graphics Port interface

PM845GE1 supports a single, 1.5V, AGP 2.0 compliant device

PM845GV1/ PM845GL1/ PM845GL1-533 supports ADD cards only

Green Functionality

Supports PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS power management functionality

Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity

BUS Slots

Contains

one

AGP

slot

(PM845GV1

PM845GL1/ PM845GL1-533 supports

ADD

cards

only)

Contains two 32-bit PCI bus slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)

Ultra ATA 100 Support (IDE 1/ 2)

IDE 1,2 supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33, BMIDE and PIO modes

Supports up to 4 drives, using cables with separate IDE connections for
master and slave drives

LAN Integrated

Supports 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet

Hardware Monitor Function

Monitors CPU Fan Speed

Monitors Chassis Fan Speed

Monitors System Voltage

Universal Serial Bus

Supports two back panel Universal Serial Bus Ports and two front panel
Universal Serial Bus Ports

USB 2.0 compliance

AC’97 Sound Codec Onboard

High performance CODEC with high S/N ratio (>90 dB)

Compatible with AC’97 2.2 specification

2 channel slot selectable DAC output for multi-channel applications.

3D Stereo enhancement

Digital S/PDIF output

Summary of Contents for PM845GE1

Page 1: ...t obtaining the vendor s approval in writing Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual and it is subject to be changed 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 fou...

Page 2: ...t that supports HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology OS An operating system that supports HT Technology For more information on Hyper Threading Technology go to www intel com info hyperthreading Note PM845GL1 PM845GL1 533 does not support the Hyper Threading Technology Note PM845GE1 supports only 4X 1 5V AGP cards Installing any other AGP card may damage some of the components Not...

Page 3: ...FICATION 1 CONFIGURATION 5 BACK PANEL CONFIGURATION 11 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 20 INTRODUCTION 20 MAIN MENU 22 ADVANCED FEATURES 24 PERIPHERALS 29 POWER MENU 32 HW MONITORING 35 DEFAULTS 35 EXIT MENU 36 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 37 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 40 ...

Page 4: ...o ports 4 USB ports two require a bracket a LAN port and a game port They also contain on board IDE facilities for IDE devices such as hard disks and CD ROM Drives These mainboards all support the Pentium 4 CPU an industry leading processor They also comply with the PC Micro ATX form factor specifications This mainboard supports the most popular operating systems such as Windows 9X ME 2000 XP Spec...

Page 5: ... PM845GV1 PM845GE1 PM845GL1 PM845GL1 533 can increase the resolution of a flat panel monitor to 2048x1536 60 Hz or increase the resolution of a dCRT HDTV monitor to 1920x1080 85 Hz Chipset North Bridge Intel 82845GV PM845GV1 Intel 82845GE PM845GE1 Intel 82845GL PM845GL1 PM845GL1 533 South Bridge Intel 82801DB ICH4 IO Winbond Smart IO 83627HF LAN Chip 3COM 3C910 A01 AC 97 Codec Realtek ALC202A Memo...

Page 6: ...ATA 100 Support IDE 1 2 IDE 1 2 supports Ultra ATA 100 66 33 BMIDE and PIO modes Supports up to 4 drives using cables with separate IDE connections for master and slave drives LAN Integrated Supports 10 100 Mbit s Ethernet Hardware Monitor Function Monitors CPU Fan Speed Monitors Chassis Fan Speed Monitors System Voltage Universal Serial Bus Supports two back panel Universal Serial Bus Ports and t...

Page 7: ... MB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB floppy disk drives MIDI compatible Game port compatible Dimensions Micro ATX form factor 200mm x 244mm WxL BIOS PHOENIX legal BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports USB legacy Supports ACPI Power Management Watch Dog Timer This mainboard contains a special feature called the Watch Dog Timer which is used to detect when the system us unable to handle over clocking configurations duri...

Page 8: ...845GV1 Codec Socket 478 J 1 P BIOS CASE OPEN USB2 ADD PCI1 PCI2 SPDIF CD IN Winbond W83627HF 3COM LAN ATX_12V SOUND PRT COM VGA KB MS USB LAN CPUFAN SPEAKER CHASFAN DIMM1 DIMM2 SW LED BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC ATX_PWR 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 10 2 1 2 1 1 10 9 Intel 82845GV Intel 82801DB ...

Page 9: ...Codec Socket 478 J 1 P BIOS CASE OPEN USB2 AGP PCI1 PCI2 SPDIF CD IN Winbond W83627HF 3COM LAN ATX_12V SOUND PRT COM VGA KB MS USB LAN CPUFAN SPEAKER DIMM1 DIMM2 SW LED BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC ATX_PWR 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 10 2 1 2 1 1 10 9 Intel 82845GE Intel 82801DB CHASFAN ...

Page 10: ...L1 533 Codec Socket 478 J 1 P BIOS CASE OPEN USB2 ADD PCI1 PCI2 SPDIF CD IN Winbond W83627HF 3COM LAN ATX_12V SOUND PRT COM VGA KB MS USB LAN CPUFAN SPEAKER DIMM1 DIMM2 SW LED BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC ATX_PWR 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 10 2 1 2 1 1 10 9 Intel 82845GL Intel 82801DB CHASFAN ...

Page 11: ...ner will have a cut corner on the rectangular shaped pattern of pin holes on the socket Match the dot on the CPU with the pin 1 receptor on the socket and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of CPU should be flush with the face of socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 Smear thermal grease on top of the CPU Lower the CPU fan onto the CPU and u...

Page 12: ...order to make use of this function you must make sure that the CPU fan power cable is attached specifically to the CPUFAN header The BIOS configuration option is described in the Hardware Monitor section of the BIOS Setup Utility Chapter Codec Socket 478 J 1 P BIOS CASE OPEN USB2 ADD PCI1 PCI2 SPDIF CD IN Winbond W83627HF 3COM LAN ATX_12V SOUND PRT COM VGA KB MS USB LAN DIMM1 DIMM2 SW LED BAT1 IDE...

Page 13: ...M for PM845GE1 and DDR 266 200 PC 2100 1600 SDRAM for PM845GV1 PM845GL1 PM845GL1 533 RAM Module Installation 1 Match the notch on the bottom of the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot 2 Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Slot and press firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place 3 Repeat step 1 2 for the remaining RAM modules The pictures are for reference onl...

Page 14: ...d to attach to USB devices such as keyboards mice and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector The mainboard also provides a LAN port You can plug LAN devices directly into this connector 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 ...

Page 15: ...rinters and other devices using a parallel interface Video Graphics Array Connector VGA This mainboard has built in video facilities Your monitor attaches directly to the VGA Connector on this mainboard Game Port Connector SOUND This connector allows you to connect a joystick or game pad for playing computer games Also you may play or edit professional music by connecting MIDI devices Audio Port C...

Page 16: ...8 BIOS USB2 ADD PCI1 PCI2 SPDIF CD IN Winbond W83627HF 3COM LAN ATX_12V SOUND PRT COM VGA KB MS USB LAN DIMM1 DIMM2 BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC ATX_PWR 1 1 1 9 10 2 Intel 82845GV Intel 82801DB CHASFAN 1 CPUFAN 1 USB2 SW LED SPEAKER 1 1 2 2 10 9 JP3 CASE OPEN 1 1 1 9 2 10 SW LED SPEAKER 1 1 2 10 9 J 1 P 1 1 CASE OPEN ...

Page 17: ...tached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case The LED will illuminate while the computer is powered on PWR SW Power Switch This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off The time required is due to internal debounce circuitry on the system board At least two ...

Page 18: ...ine 2 Set JP1 to OFF 2 3 Closed 3 Wait several seconds 4 Set JP1 to ON 1 2 closed 5 Connect the AC power line and turn on your system 6 Reset your desired password or clear CMOS data Case Open Warning Header CASE OPEN This connector is used to notify the user when the computer case has been previously opened To configure this functionality your computer case must be equipped with a case open cable...

Page 19: ...nfigure one drive as the master and one drive as the slave using the jumpers located on each drive IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive The configuration is similar to IDE1 The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector ATX_PWR ATX_12V This mainboard requires two ATX power connection...

Page 20: ... with 3D graphics If you try to install 1X or 2X AGP cards 3 3V Core onto the AGP slot of PX845GE1 some of the components could incur damage Use the onboard VGA or install 4X 1 5V AGP cards PM845GV1 PM845GL1 PM845GL1 533 supports ADD cards only The digital display channels are capable of supporting a variety of DVO devices e g TMDS LVDS and TV OUT If you try to install the other graphics cards ont...

Page 21: ...2V SOUND PRT COM VGA KB MS USB LAN DIMM1 DIMM2 BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC ATX_PWR 1 1 1 9 10 2 Intel 82845GV Intel 82801DB CHASFAN 1 CPUFAN 1 SW LED SPEAKER 1 1 2 10 9 J 1 P 1 1 CASE OPEN FRONT AUDIO S PDIF CD IN 1 1 1 9 10 2 Audio Connectors This mainboard provides three connectors as part of its audio Subsystem The layout is PM845GV1 ...

Page 22: ...device On the SPDIF header SPD OUT is used for output The devices that are receiving information from this header must be S PDIF compliant for optimal effect Note that the SPDIF bracket is optional in the packaging that comes with this mainboard See table below for S PDIF connector pin assignments Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5V 3 SPD OUT 2 NC 4 GND Front Panel Audio Header FRONT_AUDIO If your ...

Page 23: ... the PHOENIX AWARDTM BIOS includes additional features such as virus and password protection as well as special configurations for fine tuning the system chipset The defaults for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification as well as ESCD Ex...

Page 24: ...Move to the item on the left 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 desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the nume...

Page 25: ...IOS Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen then 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 26: ... are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None Select type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select situation in which you want the BI...

Page 27: ...s setting allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot devices Options Enabled default Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern ...

Page 28: ...le or disable Hyper Threading Options Disabled default Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Options Enabled default Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose Enabled to assign physical drive B to logical drive A and vice versa Options Disabled default Enabled Boot Up ...

Page 29: ...es you to choose show or hide the small LOGO of EPA Options Disabled default Enabled Advanced Chipset Features Dram Timing Selectable Set the way to select the dram timing Choose Manuel the following options become adjustable Options Manuel By SPD default CAS Latency Time Active to Precharge Delay DRAM RAS to CAS Delay DRAM RAS Precharge This item determines CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is in...

Page 30: ...t Enabled to support compliance with PCI specifications Options Disabled Enabled default Delay Prior to Thermal Select the delay time before thermal activation from high temperatures Options 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min default 32 Min AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address...

Page 31: ...ller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility Options Disabled default Enabled PCI Latency Timer CLK This item allows you to set the PCI Latency Time 0 255 For best results set this field to 32 Options 0 255 32 default PCI SLOT 1 2 This item allows you to select an IRQ number for your PCI slot 1 2 Options Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Frequency Voltage...

Page 32: ...de for each device Options Auto default Mode0 Mode1 Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Primary Secondary Master Slave Ultra DMA Ultra DMA 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...

Page 33: ...ns Auto default Disabled Onboard LAN Device This option allows you to enable default disable the onboard LAN Device Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or onboard AGP onboard PM845GE1 Options PCI Slot Onboard AGP default PM845GV1 PM845GL1 PM845GL1 533 Options PCI Slot Onboard default Onboard I O Chip Setu...

Page 34: ...nboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine the onboard parallel port controller I O address Options Disabled 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to select a parallel port mode for the on board parallel port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP default Using Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port SPP Using Parallel port as Sta...

Page 35: ...nd S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS STR Run VGA BIOS if S3 Resume Set whether you want to run VGA BIOS when the system wakes up from S3 Options Auto yes no Power Management There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 30 mins 2 Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 6 mins...

Page 36: ...ODEM use Options NA 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 Suspend Mode This allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system Options Disabled default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour 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 ...

Page 37: ...Wake Up From S3 This item allows you to awake the system from suspend mode by USB keyboard Options Enabled Disabled default Ring Wake up This item allows you to allow modem devices to awaken the system from suspend mode Options Enabled Disabled default 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 de...

Page 38: ...he case had been previously opened the system will automatically display alert messages on the screen when you power on your computer If this function is set to Disabled the system will not show alert messages when you power your computer even if the case is opened by others Options Disabled default Enabled Defaults ...

Page 39: ...OM from the systems without batteries Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries 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 procee...

Page 40: ...y 1 The Driver CD Installation Utility will display Click the button which corresponds to the model of your mainboard e g PM845GV1 PM845GE1 Note The screens are for your reference only and may vary slightly according to the version of software you received Category Platform Intel Chipset INF update Intel Ultra ATA Utility IAA Intel 845 Extreme Graphics Driver Realtek Audio Driver Intel LAN Driver ...

Page 41: ...river 3 This next screen displays a list of available software drivers Click the driver you wish to install Note Intel and Microsoft does not provide USB 2 0 drivers for use with Windows 9X and Windows ME If your operation system is Windows 2000 or Windows XP download the drivers from the Microsoft website http windowsupdate microsoft com ...

Page 42: ...step 2 click the Tools button The next screen will display two programs to install Follow the instructions after clicking the button if you need to install the software Note you can click Back to go to the previous page or click Exit to exit the Installation Utility ...

Page 43: ...lit hard drive is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System 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 unplugg...

Page 44: ...ageable 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 Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Ch...

Page 45: ...blem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with other drives Problem 14 Missing operating system on hard driv...

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