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Contents

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

NTRODUCTION

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PECIFICATION

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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 ................................................................................................. 32

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.................................................................................... 51

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 ............................................................................... 54

Summary of Contents for PX845GE 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 respons...

Page 2: ...system 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 Technolo...

Page 3: ...ION 14 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 32 INTRODUCTION 32 MAIN MENU 34 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 36 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 42 POWER MANAGEMENT 46 HARDWARE MONITOR 49 LOAD DEFAULTS 49 EXIT MENU 50 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE...

Page 4: ...at support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 BMIDE and PIO Modes The PX845PE GE Series also comes with an AC 97 Sound Codec ALC650 which supports high quality 6 channel audio Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect The PX84...

Page 5: ...2801DB ICH4 I O Controller Winbond IO W83627HF AC 97 Codec Realtek ALC650 Promise FastTrak Controller Chip Promise PDC20376 for PX845PE GE PRO PX845PE GE PRO II DRAM Memory Supports 333 PC2700 266 PC2...

Page 6: ...deo DVO ports support digital displays and TV out Integrated 350 MHz RAMDAC Support ADD cards BUS Slots 1 AGP slot 4X 1 5V only Six 32 bit PCI bus slots 5 master slots PCI 1 5 Six 32 bit PCI bus slots...

Page 7: ...s Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard Supports 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB floppy disk drives MIDI compatible Game port compatible IDE Fac...

Page 8: ...Award BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports USB Legacy function Supports ACPI power management Supports BIOS Mirror technology only for PX845PE GE PRO II Voice Genie only for PX845PE GE PRO II Voice Genie can...

Page 9: ...et the configurations and reboot the system after five seconds Operating System Supports most popular operating systems Windows 9X ME 2000 XP etc Dimensions ATX form factor 244mm x 305mm WxL Package C...

Page 10: ...AN CHASFAN AUXFAN 16 Front Panel Indicator SW LED 21 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 22 Infrared Connector IrDA 22 Wake On LAN Header WOL 26 Front Serial interface Header COM2 26 Front USB Headers USB2 USB3...

Page 11: ...USB LAN CPUFAN DIMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PROMISE PDC20376 DIMM1 DIMM3 Intel 82801DB USB3 Intel D 82562 ET A 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 BIOS WOL BIOS SATA1 U28 U29 CHASFAN SW L...

Page 12: ...U6 Socket 478 U15 USB CPUFAN BAT1 DIMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PROMISE PDC20376 DIMM1 DIMM3 Intel 82801DB USB3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 WOL BIOS SATA1 U28 CHASFAN SW LED SPEAKE...

Page 13: ...7HF PRT COM KB MS U6 Socket 478 U15 USB CPUFAN BAT1 DIMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 DIMM1 DIMM3 Intel 82801DB USB3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 WOL BIOS U28 CHASFAN SW LED SPEAKER1 1...

Page 14: ...LAN CPUFAN BAT1 DIMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PROMISE PDC20376 DIMM1 DIMM3 Intel 82801DB USB3 Intel D 82562 ET A 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 BIOS WOL BIOS SATA1 U28 U29 CHASFAN SW...

Page 15: ...MS U6 Socket 478 U15 USB CPUFAN BAT1 DIMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PROMISE PDC20376 DIMM1 DIMM3 Intel 82801DB USB3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 WOL BIOS SATA1 U28 CHASFAN SW LED SPE...

Page 16: ...F PRT COM VGA KB MS U6 Socket 478 U15 USB CPUFAN BAT1 DIMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 DIMM1 DIMM3 Intel 82801DB USB3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 WOL BIOS U28 CHASFAN SW LED SPEAKER1...

Page 17: ...ur 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 Conf...

Page 18: ...n 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 Lower...

Page 19: ...F1 CD IN Winbond IO W83627HF PRT COM KB MS U6 Socket 478 U15 USB LAN CPUFAN D IMM2 IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PROMISE PDC20376 D IMM1 D IMM3 Intel 82801DB USB3 Intel D 825...

Page 20: ...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 cloc...

Page 21: ...odule with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot This ensures that the module is inserted properly 2 Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Slot and press firmly using both thumbs until the module sn...

Page 22: ...4 more USB ports These attach to USB connectors embedded into the computer case or connected to a USB connector bracket The PX845PE GE PRO II also provides a LAN port You can plug LAN devices directl...

Page 23: ...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 This port can al...

Page 24: ...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...

Page 25: ...inbond IO W83627HF PRT CO M KB MS U6 Socket 478 U15 USB LAN IDE2 IDE1 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PROMISE PDC20376 Intel 82801DB USB3 Intel D 82562 ET A 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 BIOS WOL BIOS S...

Page 26: ...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 configurati...

Page 27: ...T X_P WR A GP P C I1 P C I2 P C I3 P C I4 P C I5 P C I6 Intel 82801DB Intel D 82562 ET A 1 FRONT AUDIO 1 1 9 2 10 ATX_ 12 V S OU N D ALC 650 JP1 CASE OPEN 1 1 Voice Gen ie CHIP SW1 B AT1 CP UFAN 1 AU...

Page 28: ...damaged during a flash update The layout is PX845PE PRO II Voice Genie Voice Genie SW1 1 SW1 2 English ON ON Chinese ON OFF Japanese OFF ON German OFF OFF AGP Protection BIOS Mirror BIOS Mirror SW1 4...

Page 29: ...OMISE PDC20376 Intel 82801DB USB3 Intel D 82562 ET A 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 BIOS W OL BIOS SATA1 U28 U29 SW LED SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 9 10 FRONT AUDIO 1 1 9 9 9 2 10 10 10 ATX_12V SOUND ALC 650 JP1 CASE OPEN 1 1 Voi...

Page 30: ...esired password or clear CMOS data The following procedures are for resetting the BIOS password It is important to follow these instructions closely Intel 82845PE IrDA COM2 USB2 SPD IF1 CD IN Winbond...

Page 31: ...udio products Using the RCA connector the data can then be output to and input from an S PDIF device On the SPDIF header SPD OUT is used for output and SPD IN is used for input The devices that are re...

Page 32: ...do not intend to use the FRONT_AUDIO panel do not remove the jumper caps Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment 1 FP_MIC 2 Ground 3 FP_VREF 4 5V 5 SPOUT_R From IC 6 SPOUT_R To Connector 7 NC 8 NC 9 SPOU...

Page 33: ...terconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards which has for the most part supplanted the older ISA bus standard This PCI slot is designated as 32 bit Six 32 bit PCI bus slots 5 master slots are...

Page 34: ...nment 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 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW_OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V Intel 82845PE IrDA COM2...

Page 35: ...ARDTM 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 do...

Page 36: ...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 k...

Page 37: ...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 men...

Page 38: ...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...

Page 39: ...eeks 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 PCs ha...

Page 40: ...he typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured Typematic Rate determines the keystroke repeat rate used by the keyboard controller Options Disabled default Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Th...

Page 41: ...not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Options 1 5 2 2 5 3 and By SPD default Active to Precharge Delay This item allows you to select DRAM Active to Precharge De...

Page 42: ...delay time before thermal activation from high temperatures Options 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min default 32 Min AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port aperture The aperture i...

Page 43: ...to PCI device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some graphic controllers that are not VGA co...

Page 44: ...you to fix the AGP PCI output frequency at 66MHz 33MHz You may need to adjust this value when over clocking is unsuccessful Options Disabled default 66MHz 33MHz CPU AGP Clock Ratio This item allows yo...

Page 45: ...rimary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output 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 p...

Page 46: ...Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB 2 0 device installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you install a USB 1 1 device Options Enabled default...

Page 47: ...f the power on sequence Hot Key Power ON This option allows you to use the Ctrl key along with a hot key function key to power on your system Options Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Se...

Page 48: ...ons 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This option allows you to select an parallel port mode for the on board parallel port ECP default Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enha...

Page 49: ...tions 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 when the system wakes up from the S3 resume function Optio...

Page 50: ...determines whether power to the monitor is switched off when the computer is in suspend mode Options Yes No default Suspend Type This item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operatin...

Page 51: ...bled USB KB Wake up From S3 This item allows you to awaken the system from suspend mode using a USB keyboard Options Enabled Disabled default This option is active when the ACPI Suspend Type is set to...

Page 52: ...n 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...

Page 53: ...tems 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...

Page 54: ...the Driver CD Installation Utility manually Follow the steps below 1 The first screen Main Screen will display five buttons Click PX845GE PX845PE PRO PROII Category Platform Intel Chipset INF update I...

Page 55: ...ive software 4 By clicking Tools from the screen in step 2 the screen below will be displayed with options to install two programs Follow the instructions on the screen after clicking the buttons 5 If...

Page 56: ...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 57: ...e 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...

Page 58: ...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 Cause...

Page 59: ...nected 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 compatible...

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