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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. Use a grounded

wrist strap when working with the system.

Do not touch the IC chips, leads, connectors or other components.

Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on

the mainboard.

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PX915PD/ PX915GD series mainboard

IDE ATA Cable

FDC Cable

USB Bracket (optional)

Game Port Bracket (optional)

SPDIF & FRONT AUDIO Port Bracket (optional)

SATA Power cord (optional)

SATA Cable (optional)

Installation and Setup Driver CD

PX915PD/ PX915GD series User Manual

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Page 1: ...s document are registered by their respective owner 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 w...

Page 2: ...HT XD 550 550J Prescott LGA775 3 40 GHz 800 MHz 1MB L2 HT HT XD 540 540J Prescott LGA775 3 20 GHz 800 MHz 1MB L2 HT HT XD 530 530J Prescott LGA775 3 00 GHz 800 MHz 1MB L2 HT HT XD 520 520J Prescott LG...

Page 3: ...ips Use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system Do not touch the IC chips leads connectors or other components Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard Pa...

Page 4: ...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 F...

Page 5: ...11 Back Panel Configuration 14 Connectors 16 Front Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 18 Headers Jumpers 19 Audio Connectors 21 Power Supply Attachments 23 Slots 23 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 25 INTRODU...

Page 6: ...rovide one AGP extension slot for AGP 8X 4X cards These mainboards provide a built in IDE facility Ultra ATA 66 100 that supports DMA and PIO modes These mainboards also have 4 built in Serial ATA slo...

Page 7: ...ts either two DDR 400 300 SDRAM memory modules or two DDRII 533 400 SDRAM memory modules Total mainboard memory capacity is 2 GB Supports Dual Channel DDR and DDRII memory architectures DDR and DDRII...

Page 8: ...915PD GD PRO 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 Onboard SATA Bus 4 SATA...

Page 9: ...fications 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 PX915GD series only Supports Inf...

Page 10: ...PX915PD PX915GD Series 5 Configuration Layout of PX915PD PRO II...

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Page 13: ...PX915PD PX915GD Series 8 Layout of PX915GD PRO II...

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Page 16: ...the corners of the socket on the same side as the lever as shown C Match these marks with the marks on the CPU and carefully lower the CPU down onto the socket D 3 Replace the iron cover and then lowe...

Page 17: ...ultaneously If you use DDR modules you must use the DDR1 and DDR2 slots If you use DDRII modules you must use the DDRII1 and DDRII2 slots The maximum memory capacity that can be installed on the mainb...

Page 18: ...ns explains memory module installation for these mainboards 1 Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends of the slot away from the slot 2 Match the notch on the RAM module with the corresponding pattern...

Page 19: ...he parallel port on your system has a 25 pin DB25 connector that is used to interface with parallel printers and other devices using a parallel interface The Serial Interface COM1 The serial interface...

Page 20: ...t speakers when the 8 Channel Audio Effects 4 6 8 speakers driver is installed and enabled Also note that this port provides the most amperage of all the ports making it suitable for headphones and sp...

Page 21: ...connectors that supports Ultra ATA 133 transmission rates and RAID 0 1 0 1 and JBOD modes IDE1 Primary IDE Connector You can connect 2 IDE devices to the IDE1 connector using a single ribbon cable wit...

Page 22: ...t disk storage technology With RAID striping multiple disks are used to form a larger virtual disk Data is then striped or mapped across all the physical disks In this way disk drives can perform mult...

Page 23: ...r is powered on PWR ON Power Button orange 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 suppl...

Page 24: ...game port bracket cable so that you can interface to gaming devices game port bracket is optional Case Open Warning Header CASE OPEN This connector is used to warn the user that the computer case has...

Page 25: ...o connectors that you can connect to the headers USB1 USB2 The other end bracket containing the USB ports is attached to the computer casing The following steps explain how to reset your CMOS configur...

Page 26: ...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 The Front AUDIO header provides MIC in and...

Page 27: ...bracket is optionally packaged with some models The bracket has RCA connectors similar to that used with most consumer audio products and TOS Link connectors and you can use these connectors to outpu...

Page 28: ...the connector orientation when connecting the cables Slots These slots are designed for expansion cards to complement and enhance the functionality of the mainboard PCI Express slots PCI E X16 PCI E1...

Page 29: ...T OK GeForce FX5700 Ultra OK GeForce FX5600 Ultra OK GeForce FX5600XT OK GeForce FX 5200 Ultra OK GeForce FX5200 OK GeForce4 Ti4800 SE OK GeForce4 Ti4600 OK GeForce4 Ti4200 8X OK Geforece4 Ti4200 OK G...

Page 30: ...sword 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 s...

Page 31: ...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...

Page 32: ...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 33: ...tained in sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Driver A None 360k 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video E...

Page 34: ...Hard Disk default for third boot device CDROM default for second boot device Disabled Boot Other Device The setting allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot fro...

Page 35: ...attempts to write data into thia area BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an audio alarm beep Options Disabled default Enabled CPU L1 L2 Cache Make CPU internal cache active or...

Page 36: ...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 only if you are running the OS...

Page 37: ...gain before DRAM is refreshed An inadequate configuration may result in incomplete data This field is adjustable only when DRAM Timing Selectable is set to manual This field is locked when DRAM Timing...

Page 38: ...o pre allocated DVMT Memory Size DVMT is an enhancement of the UMA concept wherein the graphics driver allocates memory as needed for running graphics applications The graphics driver is cooperatively...

Page 39: ...uffer Size FIXED Memory Size DVMT Memory Size Fixed DVMT Total Graphics 1 MB 63 MB 0 MB NA 64 MB 1 MB 0 MB 63 MB NA 64 MB 1 MB 127 MB 0 MB NA 128 MB 1 MB 0 MB 127 MB NA 128 MB 1 MB 0 MB 0 MB 63 MB 64...

Page 40: ...on and VGA compatibility Options Disabled default Enabled PCI Latency Timer CLK This item allows you to set up the PCI Latency Time 0 255 If you select the 32 it will optimize PCI speeds Options 0 255...

Page 41: ...PU Host Frequency MHz This item displays the CPU Host frequency You can set it from XXX to 333 The default depends on your CPU frequency The default for this field depends on the CPU installed CPU Clo...

Page 42: ...sabled On Chip channel0 channel1 PCI IDE The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels These two IDE channels are for IDE1 and SATA1 2 3 4 connectors use Select...

Page 43: ...only 2 or 1 IDE drivers Disabled Combined Mode Windows 98 ME can recognize IDE devices but cannot directly recognize an SATA device and therefore you must use this mode to allow the SATA device to sim...

Page 44: ...he onboard audio Options Auto default Disabled 10 100 Mb LAN Device For PX915PD GD PRO II only This item allows you to enable or disable the 10 100 Mb LAN Device Options Enabled default Disabled Gigab...

Page 45: ...his item determines the RxD and TxD frequencies This field only configurable if UART Mode Select is set to ASKIR or IrDA Options Hi Lo default Hi Hi Lo Hi Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay This item allows...

Page 46: ...et to EPP or ECP EPP Options EPP 1 9 default EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the parallel port when using the ECP mode This field is only configurable if Parallel Port Mode is set to...

Page 47: ...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 suspend function This field is not configurable if...

Page 48: ...o the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This determines whether power to the monitor is switched off when the computer is in suspend mode Option...

Page 49: ...abled Disabled default This option is configurable only when the ACPI Suspend Type is set to S3 RTC Wake Up When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens th...

Page 50: ...you power on your computer even if the case had been previously opened Options Disabled default Enabled Smart CPUFAN Temperature This function allows you to select the CPU temperature If the CPU tempe...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...er CD into the CD ROM you ll see the Driver Menu screen as the picture below There are several buttons displayed in the main screen as shown below Category Platform Intel Chipset INF Windows 98 ME 200...

Page 54: ...or Onboard VGA ITE RAID provides the driver for ITE RAID Controller for PX915PD GD PRO II PX915PD GD PRO VIA Network Driver provides the driver for VIA Network installation only for PX915PD GD PRO II...

Page 55: ...II PX915PD GD PRO 1 Copy the ITE RAID Driver from the bundle CD Driver to a floppy disk CD File Location Path D Driver ITE_RAID RAID WIN2K or WINXP depends on the OS you ve installed includes 4 files...

Page 56: ...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 57: ...ta 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 Cau...

Page 58: ...onnected 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 compatib...

Page 59: ...u can see the screen like the picture below 3 You can choice 2 4 6 or 8 channels by your speakers 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices To take advantage of 8 Channel Audio E...

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