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PXP965 

 
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FCC Compliance Statement 

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant 
to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful 

interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio 
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful 
interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to 
cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own 

expense. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. 

 

CE Mark 

The device is in accordance with 89/336 ECC-ENC Directive. 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Ver: EG100

Summary of Contents for PXP965 (V2.0)

Page 1: ...ment 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 no...

Page 2: ...ter system is required to have components as the following CPU An Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology Chipset An Intel Chipset that supports HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technol...

Page 3: ...ents and software versions 0 This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system 0 Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components...

Page 4: ...tion DDR2_A1 A2 B1 B2 7 Back Panel Configuration 9 Connectors 12 Front Panel Headers JPANEL1 13 EZ Control Button 14 Headers Jumpers 15 Audio Configuration 17 Slots 19 Power Supply Attachments 20 CHAP...

Page 5: ...pable for use with expansion cards The PXP965 provides one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB drives It also has one IDE connector compatible with PIO Mo...

Page 6: ...C883 GB LAN Controller Realtek RTL 8110SC IDE Controller VIA VT6410 Memory Four DIMM sockets Supports unbuffered non ECC DDRII 800 667 533 SDRAM Supports a total memory capacity of up to 8 GB Supports...

Page 7: ...drives Serial ATA II Connector Four SATA II connectors Supports SATA 2 0 specification and with transmit rate up to 3 Gb s One SATA II connector can only support one SATA II HDD Onboard LAN Chip Suppo...

Page 8: ...controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory Supports flash memory functionality Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function Monitors CPU Chassis Fan Spee...

Page 9: ...Mainboard PXP965 5 Configuration Layout of PXP965...

Page 10: ...e A Next lift up the iron cover B 2 There are 2 distinctive marks located near 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 carefu...

Page 11: ...JNFAN1 3 FAN RPM rate sense Memory Installation DDR2_A1 A2 B1 B2 The PXP965 provides four DIMM Dual In Line Memory Modules sockets which allowing you to install 240 pin unbuffered non ECC DDRII 800 6...

Page 12: ...R2_A1 and another in DDR2_B1 256MB x 2 512MB you must install a total of 512 MB memory in DDR2_A2 or DDR2_B2 so that the Dual Channel can be enabled 3 If you only need to install one memory it is reco...

Page 13: ...Slot and press firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place 4 Repeat steps 1 2 3 for the remaining RAM modules Back Panel Configuration v The pictures above are for reference only Your...

Page 14: ...to other computers USB Ports LAN Port JUSB1 JUSB2 JRJ45USB1 There are six onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports on the back panel These USB ports are used to attach with USB devices such as keyboard mice and othe...

Page 15: ...will output audio for the front speakers Mic In pink This port is for connecting to a microphone When the 8 6 4 2 channel audio system is enabled this port will be the input of your microphone Center...

Page 16: ...tached onto one IDE connector If you attach two IDE HDDs you must configure one drive as the master and the other one as the slave In this case one optical device i e CD ROM DVD ROM etc should be atta...

Page 17: ...his speaker Hard drive LED Header Orange HLED If your case front panel has a hard drive LED cable attach it to this header The LED will flicker when there is hard disk drive activity Reset button Head...

Page 18: ...es one Power Switch and one Reset Switch buttons for your convenience to turn on or restart your system If pressing one of them then you can start your computer easily before the mainboard is set into...

Page 19: ...n 2 3 the memory voltage will be fixed at 2 2V automatically without being adjusted Before this setting please make sure that your memory supports up to 2 2V Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap...

Page 20: ...2 Ground 13 Data 5 14 Ground 15 Data 6 16 Ground 17 Data 7 18 Ground 19 ACK 20 Ground 21 Busy 22 Ground 23 PE 24 Ground JPRNT1 25 SCLT Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 The Clear CMOS function is used when you...

Page 21: ...optical fiber and digital signals This mainboard is capable to deliver audio output through the SPDIF header and FRONT AUDIO header One way you would use these headers is by using an SPDIF Card optio...

Page 22: ...header You can use both the front audio panel and back panel audio simultaneously If you are not using front panel audio ports leave the jumper caps on the header pins Note pins 5 6 pins 9 10 pins 11...

Page 23: ...erface slot which can be supported up to x4 mode You can insert an expansion card which the interface is capable for PCI E x4 specification onto the slot PCI Express x1 Interface slot PCI E x1 The PCI...

Page 24: ...ons such as the instant power on function The connector pins are described below Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18...

Page 25: ...e version installed in your system Key Function In general you can use the arrow keys to highlight options press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and pres...

Page 26: ...reen function features PnP PCI Configurations Include all configurations of PCI and PnP ISA resources PC Health Status It is for monitoring the system status such as temperature voltage and fan speeds...

Page 27: ...ystem parameter values to set the system in its best performance configurations Set Supervisor Password Set change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Set...

Page 28: ...uttons displayed in the Driver Menu screen and you can click on the drivers to install Category Platform Intel Chipset INF Windows 2000 XP Realtek Lan Driver Windows 2000 XP Realtek Audio Driver Windo...

Page 29: ...Northbridge Southbridge Realtek LAN Driver It provides the driver of Realtek Network Realtek Audio Driver It provides the driver of Realtek AC 97 Audio CODEC Microsoft DirectX 9 0c It provides the sof...

Page 30: ...software of Drive Clone which is used to back up or clone hard drives or partitions Restore IT It provides the software of Restore IT to help you recover lost data or restore files 3 Click on the Use...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...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...

Page 33: ...ected 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...

Page 34: ...n button you 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 Chan...

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