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Contents

CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED .................................................................................... 1

NTRODUCTION

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PECIFICATIONS

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UICK

ONTENT

ABLE

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ONFIGURATION

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ARDWARE

NSTALLATION

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CHAPTER 2. BIOS SETUP ................................................................................................. 25

NTRODUCTION

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AIN

ENU

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DVANCED

BIOS F

EATURES

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NTEGRATED

ERIPHERALS

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OWER

ANAGEMENT

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ARDWARE

ONITOR

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OAD

EFAULTS

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XIT

ENU

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CHAPTER 3: SOFTWARE SETUP.................................................................................... 46

OFTWARE

IST

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OFTWARE

NSTALLATION

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UPER

5.1 C

HANNEL

ETUP

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PEAKER

EST

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CHAPTER 4: TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................... 49

PPENDIX

I: 2

PIN ADAPTER

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Summary of Contents for PX845EV1 Series

Page 1: ...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 responsi...

Page 2: ...to Auto default 66 6 33 3 67 5 33 8 68 5 34 3 69 5 34 8 70 6 35 3 71 6 35 8 72 6 36 3 73 6 36 8 74 7 37 4 75 7 37 9 76 7 38 4 77 7 38 9 78 7 39 4 79 8 39 9 80 8 40 4 Factory Default CPU Host Frequency...

Page 3: ...stem requires ALL of the following platform 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...

Page 4: ...BIOS SETUP 25 INTRODUCTION 25 MAIN MENU 27 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 29 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 36 POWER MANAGEMENT 40 HARDWARE MONITOR 43 LOAD DEFAULTS 44 EXIT MENU 45 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 46 SOFTWA...

Page 5: ...ies includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 BMIDE and PIO Modes The PX845EV1 series also comes with an AC 97 Sound Codec ALC650 which supports high quality 6 channel audio Su...

Page 6: ...F AC 97 Codec Realtek ALC650 DRAM Memory Supports DDR 266 PC2100 DDR 200 PC1600 SDRAM Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffereed DIMM modules Supports up to three single sided or two double...

Page 7: ...aximum baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps Supports SHARP ASK IR Protocol with maximum baud rate of up to 57600 bps Supports Consumer IR with Wake Up function AC 97 Sound Codec Onboard High performance CODE...

Page 8: ...ort compatible IDE Facilities Supports Ultra ATA 33 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 100 BMIDE and PIO modes Supports IDE interface with CD ROM Supports high capacity hard disk drives Supports installation of u...

Page 9: ...igurations during POST stage Once detected the system will reset the configurations and reboot the system after five seconds Operating System Supports most popular operating systems Windows 9X ME NT 2...

Page 10: ...ots PCI 1 2 3 4 5 23 CPU FAN Chassis FAN Auxiliary FAN CPUFAN CHASFAN AUXFAN 11 Front Panel Indicator SW LED 16 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 17 Infrared Connector IrDA 17 Front USB Headers USB2 USB3 19 C...

Page 11: ...82801DB U6 U18 BAT1 JP1 CASE OPEN SPDIF SPEAKER SW LED USB2 USB3 CHASFAN Phoenix Bios KB MS USB LAN PRT COM FRONT AUDIO CD IN IrDA CPUFAN PCI3 PCI5 LAN CHIP PCI4 Intel 82845E U10 ALC 650 AGP AUXFAN PC...

Page 12: ...01DB U6 U18 BAT1 JP1 CASE OPEN SPDIF SPEAKER SW LED USB2 USB3 CHASFAN Phoenix Bios KB MS USB PRT COM FRONT AUDIO CD IN IrDA CPUFAN PCI3 PCI5 PCI4 Intel 82845E U10 ALC 650 AGP AUXFAN PCI1 PCI2 DIMM1 AT...

Page 13: ...system hardware Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components Electrostatic discharge may damage your system components Subject CPU Processor Installation Memory Installation Back Panel Configu...

Page 14: ...ern 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 the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket 3 Lowe...

Page 15: ...end you attach the CPU fan to the CPUFAN Header Socket 478 Intel 82801DB U6 U18 BAT1 JP1 CASE OPEN SPDIF SPEAKER SW LED USB2 USB3 CHASFAN Phoenix Bios KB MS USB LAN PRT COM FRONTAUDIO CD IN IrDA CPUFA...

Page 16: ...age Control in Chapter 2 BIOS Setup Watch Dog Timer This mainboard comes with a special feature called Watch Dog Timer which is used to detect when the system is unable to boot using the manual over c...

Page 17: ...5EV1 PRO RAM Module Installation 1 Match the notch on the button of the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot This ensures that the module is inserted properly 2 Lower the RAM mod...

Page 18: ...845EV1 series also provides two USB headers on the board allowing for 4 more USB ports These attach to USB connectors embedded into the computer case or connected to a USB connector bracket The PX845E...

Page 19: ...nector allows you to connect a joystick or game pad for playing computer games This port can also be used to connect to MIDI devices Audio Port Connectors 1 Speaker Out is used to connect to speakers...

Page 20: ...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...

Page 21: ...s PX845EV1 PRO The speaker cannot be connected to the audio subsystem and can not receive output from the audio subsystem Soc ket 478 Intel 82801DB U6 U18 BAT1 JP1 CASE OPEN SPDIF SPEAKER USB2 USB3 Ph...

Page 22: ...d 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 drive as the slave using the jumpers located on each...

Page 23: ...ay alert messages upon boot up Note that your computer case must be equipped with a case open cable The layout is PX845EV1 PRO Intel 82801DB U18 BAT1 JP1 CASE OPEN SPDIF USB2 USB3 Phoenix Bios KB MS U...

Page 24: ...to ON 1 2 closed 5 Connect the AC power cable and turn on your system 6 Reset your desired password or clear CMOS data The following procedures are for resetting the BIOS password It is important to...

Page 25: ...lity audio using optical fiber and digital signals The devices attached to the SPD OUT and SPD IN connectors should be S PDIF compliant for optimal effect Sock et 4 78 Intel 82801DB U 6 U18 BAT1 FRONT...

Page 26: ...ring the FRONT AUDIO pins Use pins 1 3 to connect to the case microphone Use pins 9 5 to connect to the earphone If you do not intend to use the FRONT AUDIO header do not remove the jumper caps Pin No...

Page 27: ...GP cards PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This mainboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards whi...

Page 28: ...X_12V PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 Ground 3 12V 2 Ground 4 12V ATX_PWR PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground...

Page 29: ...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...

Page 30: ...u 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...

Page 31: ...y 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 m...

Page 32: ...ub 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 VG...

Page 33: ...lows 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 f...

Page 34: ...ns 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 N...

Page 35: ...ed default Enabled Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable This item determines DRAM clock timing using SPD or manual configuration Make sure your memory module has SPD Serial Presence Data i...

Page 36: ...FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled Options Enabled default Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled to allow caching of the video BIOS which may improve performance If...

Page 37: ...ry base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them Options Auto ESCD default Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually you can assign each system interrupt a type depending...

Page 38: ...item displays the CPU Host Clock You can set it from 100 to 248 The default depends on your CPU frequency If you over clock the following 2 items can be adjusted Default is by CPU Fixed AGP PCI Output...

Page 39: ...5EV1 PX845EV1 PRO 35 AGP Voltage Volt This item allows you to adjust the AGP Voltage Options 1 5 default 1 6 DDR Voltage Volt This item allows you to adjust the RAM voltage Options 2 5 default 2 6 2 7...

Page 40: ...put fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance incrementally In Auto mode the system automatically det...

Page 41: ...isable this feature if you install a USB 1 1 device Options Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support Enables support for USB attached keyboards Options Disabled default Enabled AC 97 Audio This o...

Page 42: ...led Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port Options Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an addr...

Page 43: ...rt mode for the on board parallel port ECP default Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port SPP Standard Printer Port ECP EPP ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7...

Page 44: ...select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system Options S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS and STR Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Select whether you want to run VGABIOS...

Page 45: ...Screen default This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This determines whether power to the monitor is switched...

Page 46: ...p This field is only configurable when RTC Wake Up is set to Enabled Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Wake...

Page 47: ...e 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 messa...

Page 48: ...efault 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...

Page 49: ...l 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...

Page 50: ...ation Utility will auto run You can also launch the Driver CD Installation Utility manually Follow the steps below 1 The Main Screen will display five buttons Click PX845EV PX845EV1 PRO Category Platf...

Page 51: ...ective software 4 By clicking Tools from the screen in step 2 the screen will be displayed with options to install two programs Follow the instructions on the screen after clicking the buttons 5 If yo...

Page 52: ...al modules To use this function you have to install the audio driver in the bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel audio effects See the audio Port Connectors in the Hard...

Page 53: ...rive 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 un...

Page 54: ...Then perform a low level format partition and then a high level format of the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure C...

Page 55: ...connected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compati...

Page 56: ...ate the Power LED cable attached to the case If the Power LED cable has a 3 pin adapter you must use the 2 pin to 3 pin adapter which comes with the packaging The heads of the power cables usually hav...

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