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Contents

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

NTRODUCTION

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PECIFICATION

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Configuration........................................................................................................ 5

Layout of PX925XE PRO .................................................................................... 5

Layout of PX925XE PRO-R ................................................................................ 6

Layout of PX925X................................................................................................ 7

Layout of PX925X-R............................................................................................ 8

Layout of PX925X PRO....................................................................................... 9

Layout of PX925X PRO-R................................................................................. 10

ARDWARE

NSTALLATION

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CPU Processor Installation................................................................................. 11

Back Panel Configuration................................................................................... 14

Connectors .......................................................................................................... 16

Front Panel Indicator: SW/LED

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PWRLED

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SPEAKER................................................... 17

Headers & Jumpers............................................................................................. 18

Audio Connectors ............................................................................................... 20

Slots .................................................................................................................... 21

Power Supply Attachments................................................................................. 22

CHAPTER 2. BIOS SETUP..............................................................23

NTRODUCTION

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AIN

ENU

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DVANCED

BIOS

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....................................................43

OFTWARE

IST

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OFTWARE

NSTALLATION

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CHAPTER 4: TROUBLESHOOTING..................................................46

PPENDIX

HANNEL

ETUP

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PPENDIX

II:

SATA

RAID

ETUP

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PPENDIX

III:

NTEL

ESKTOP

ROCESSORS

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Summary of Contents for PX925X Series

Page 1: ...ument 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 will n...

Page 2: ...a grounded wrist strap when working with the system 0 Do not touch the IC chips leads connectors or other components 0 Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard Packag...

Page 3: ...ntel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology z Chipset An Intel Chipset that supports HT Technology z BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology must be enabled z OS An operating system that supports HT T...

Page 4: ...Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 17 Headers Jumpers 18 Audio Connectors 20 Slots 21 Power Supply Attachments 22 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 23 INTRODUCTION 23 MAIN MENU 25 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 27 INTE...

Page 5: ...MB s bandwidths in each direction These mainboards provide a built in IDE facility Ultra ATA 66 100 that supports DMA and PIO modes They also include 2 built in RAID IDE slots Ultra ATA 133 that suppo...

Page 6: ...AN Controller VIA VT6105 for PX925X PRO PX925X PRO R PX925XE series DRAM Memory Uses either DDRII 400 or DDRII 533 memory DIMM SDRAM modules must be unbuffered non ECC the PX925XE series Unbuffered no...

Page 7: ...slot can support 2 IDE drives Raid IDE controller 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 a...

Page 8: ...Supports 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB floppy disk drives Contains 1 Game header BIOS Phoenix Award BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports ACPI2 0 power management Watch Dog Timer This mainboard contain...

Page 9: ...PX925X PX925XE Series 5 Configuration Layout of PX925XE PRO...

Page 10: ...PX925X PX925XE Series 6 Layout of PX925XE PRO R...

Page 11: ...PX925X PX925XE Series 7 Layout of PX925X...

Page 12: ...PX925X PX925XE Series 8 Layout of PX925X R...

Page 13: ...PX925X PX925XE Series 9 Layout of PX925X PRO...

Page 14: ...PX925X PX925XE Series 10 Layout of PX925X PRO R...

Page 15: ...he 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 lower...

Page 16: ...the PX925X series DDR SDRAM DIMMs with either 256 MB 512 MB or 1 GB of memory These modules must be either DDRII 400 or DDRII 533 SDRAM Attention We strongly recommend that you use a CPU fan sink wit...

Page 17: ...een DIMM3 and DIMM4 In balancing the memory on the two channels you have in effect enabled Dual Channel RAM Module Installation The following instructions explains memory module installation for these...

Page 18: ...one parallel port Parallel Interface Port PRT The 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 interfac...

Page 19: ...d front 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...

Page 20: ...tor you can connect 2 drives to this connector If you are attaching a second drive the first drive must be configured as the Master with the second drive being the Slave see hard drive manual for mast...

Page 21: ...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 22: ...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 23: ...o connectors that you can connect to the headers USB3 USB4 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 24: ...Audio bracket is optionally packaged with some models S PDIF Header Red SPDIF S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is an audio transfer file format which provides high quality audio using optical fib...

Page 25: ...installing PCI Express graphics cards The PCI E x1 slot is for expansion cards which fit the PCI E x1 slot PCI Slots PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 This mainboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for...

Page 26: ...ections The first is a 24 pin connector and the second is a 4 pin connector Attach the 4 pin connector first and then attach the 24 pin connector Make sure the connectors are secure before applying po...

Page 27: ...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 28: ...tem 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 29: ...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 30: ...ained 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 EG...

Page 31: ...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 from...

Page 32: ...ake CPU internal cache active or inactive System performance may degrade if you disable this item Options Enabled default Disable Hyper Threading Technology When you install a CPU include Hyper Thread...

Page 33: ...abled default 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 if you...

Page 34: ...the video BIOS which may improve performance If any other program writes to this memory area a system error may result Options Enabled Disabled default Memory Hole at 15M 16M When enabled you can rese...

Page 35: ...timize PCI speeds Options 0 255 32 default PCI SLOT1 3 This item allows you to select an IRQ address for PCI slot 1 3 Options Auto default 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI Express relative items Maximum p...

Page 36: ...m to automatically calculate the frequency When you select the option Fixed then the following item Fixed PCIE Freq MHz will be available Options Auto default Fixed Fixed PCIE Freq MHz This field is a...

Page 37: ...e for IDE1 and SATA1 2 3 4 connectors use Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate the interface if you are going to install a primary and or seco...

Page 38: ...2 or 1 SATA drivers SATA 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 al...

Page 39: ...Disabled default Enabled Audio Device This item allows you to control the onboard audio Options Auto default Disabled 10 100 Mb LAN Device This item allows you to enable or disable the 10 100 Mb LAN D...

Page 40: ...R transmission delay This field only configurable if UART Mode Select is set to ASKIR or IrDA Options Enabled default Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Select the transmission mode used by the IR interface Ful...

Page 41: ...wer after a power failure If you select On the system will boot whether or not the system was on before power failure If you select Former Sts the system will be restored to the status before the powe...

Page 42: ...nute 3 User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When this option is enabled each of the ranges are from 1 minute to 1 hour except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 minute to...

Page 43: ...ure the BIOS so that you are required to pre the power button for more than 4 seconds before the system enters the Soft Off state Options Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default Wake Up Control If you highlig...

Page 44: ...te in suspend power on activity by configuring these fields Devices include Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D Options Disabled default Enabled P...

Page 45: ...tions Disabled default 30o C 86o F 35o C 95o F 40o C 104o F 45o C 113o F 50o C 122o F 55o C 131o F 60o C 140o F 65o C 149o F 70o C 158o F 75o C 167o F 80o C 176o F 85o C 185o F auto Load Defaults Load...

Page 46: ...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 47: ...ver CD into the CD ROM you ll see the 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 2000 XP Realte...

Page 48: ...PRO R PX925XE PRO R provides the driver of SATA RAID ITE RAID provides the driver of ITE RAID Controller VIA Network Driver for PX925X PRO PRO R and PX925XE PRO PRO R provides the driver of VIA Networ...

Page 49: ...e ITE RAID Driver and associated files from the bundle CD Driver to an empty floppy disk Location of files on CD ROM Driver ITE RAID IDE WIN2K or WINXP includes 4 files iteraid cat iteraid sys iteraid...

Page 50: ...ive 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 unt...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 Ef...

Page 54: ...e data using the other drive On this mainboard RAID 0 and RAID 1 cannot be used together which means they cannot be used in the same RAID volume However you can build a RAID 0 volume and a separate RA...

Page 55: ...L I key to enter the RAID Option ROM Utility The first screen will display as shown On this screen choose the Create RAID Volume option and press Enter 3 Upon initial configuration of your disks you w...

Page 56: ...ou to use the system default value of 128 KB Press Enter 7 On the same screen as shown below you can enter the size in GB of your RAID volume The default is the maximum capacity you can configure acco...

Page 57: ...Deleting a RAID Volume 1 You can delete an existing volume by choosing the Delete RAID Volume item as shown below Note that all data associated with the volume will be deleted and unrecoverable Also...

Page 58: ...ow Press Y to confirm 4 After you have deleted the volume the screen will show as shown below Note The Reset Disk to Non RAID option may also be used to delete a RAID volume This function resets the d...

Page 59: ...everal files to be copied This will have to be done on another system if you are installing the system from scratch 1 During Windows installation the Windows Setup screen will prompt you with Press F6...

Page 60: ...reen choose the On Chip Serial ATA item and select the Enhanced Mode option From the same OnChip IDE Device screen choose the SATA Mode item and select the RAID option Exit the Setup utility The BIOS...

Page 61: ...tions menu on the toolbar select Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive 3 The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard will display as shown below Click Next 4 On the next screen you ca...

Page 62: ...u must determine what port number corresponds to that connector Port 0 is SATA1 Port 1 is SATA2 Port 2 is SATA3 Port3 is SATA4 Once you determine the Port number you can make a selection from the Avai...

Page 63: ...default capacity you can use according to the disk space on your drives and the type of RAID volume you selected Click Next 8 On the next screen as shown below click Finish to begin the actual migrati...

Page 64: ...550 Prescott LGA775 3 40 GHz 800 MHz 1MB L2 HT 540 Prescott LGA775 3 20 GHz 800 MHz 1MB L2 HT 530 Prescott LGA775 3 00 GHz 800 MHz 1MB L2 HT 520 Prescott LGA775 2 80 GHz 800 MHz 1MB L2 HT Intel Celero...

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