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Page 1: ...The AZZA P4M Mainboard Series Cover Click Here Table Of Contents Click Here Introduction Click Here Hardware Installation Click Here BIOS Management Click Here R ...

Page 2: ... Mainboard P4M Mainboard P4M Mainboard Series Manual Series Manual Series Manual Series Manual SOCKET 478 DDR M ATX Mainboard P4M2 P4M2 P4M2 P4M2 BV BV BV BV P4M2 P4M2 P4M2 P4M2 BL BL BL BL Version 1 x UM P4M2 ABVL E1 Rev 1 0V Creation Date 25 January 2002 ...

Page 3: ...cation and make changes to its contents at any time without prior notice 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 and Windows 98 are reg istered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel PentiumTM 4 is a regis tered trademark of Intel Corporation Award is the registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing...

Page 4: ...ctors 13 2 4 CPU Memory and Expansion Slots 14 2 4 1 Installation of the CPU 14 2 4 2 Memory Modules 14 2 4 3 PCI Slots 15 2 4 4 AMR Audio Modem Riser Slot 16 2 5 Internal Connectors 16 2 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive FDD 16 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors 16 2 5 3 CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors 17 2 5 4 ATX Power Supply Connectors 17 2 5 5 CD Audio In and Auxiliary In Connectors 18 2 5 6 USB 3...

Page 5: ...5 3 2 Main Menu 25 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup 26 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features 28 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features 31 3 6 Integrated Peripherals 34 3 7 Power Management Setup 38 3 8 PNP PCI Configuration 41 3 9 PC Health Status 42 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control 43 3 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults 44 3 11 1 Load Fail Safe Defaults 44 3 11 2 Load Optimized Defaults 44 3 12 Set Supervisor ...

Page 6: ... Panel and Power LED Connectors SPK PWR LED 1 1 Mainboard And PC99 ATX External Connector Layout CN31 USB4 CN30 USB3 CN17 CHASSIS FAN JP4 Clear CMOS CN9 IDE1 CN10 IDE2 DIMM1 DIMM2 CN13 CPU FAN CPU Socket JP1 K B Power JP2 USB Power CN12 IR CN8 FDC CN45 AUX IN CN36 S PDIF CN21 CD IN CN16 WOL AMR Slot The IR WOL and S PDIF connectors are both manufacturing options See appendix A for de tails Introdu...

Page 7: ... in this series The P4M2 BV and the P4M2 BL The P4M2 BL comes with Onboard LAN RealtekRTL8100B 1 2 3 Mainboard Dimensions These boards are Micro ATX form factors Their dimensions are Width 244 mm Length 230 mm 1 2 4 Environmental Limitations Operating Temperature 10 C to 40 C 50 F to 104 F Required Airflow 50 linear feet per minute across the CPU Storage Temperature 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F Humi...

Page 8: ... Expansion Slots These mainboards are equipped with three dedicated PCI slots and one AMR slot Onboard Audio Features Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D and AC97 Full Duplex Onboard LAN Features Optional for P4M2 BV The P4M2 BL models come with onboard LAN which support Real tekRTL8100B Word Size Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path 32 bit Front Side Bus Frequency FSB The F...

Page 9: ...nnectors USB 1 and USB 2 are external connectors They can be found on the PC 99 ATX connector The other USB connectors are internal connectors and can be used to connect other USB devices Cables for the internal connectors are sold separately Connectors Two IDE connectors One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2 88MB floppy drives One 20 pin ATX power supply connector One 2x2 ATX 12V power ...

Page 10: ...ity contained on the CD It is capable of monitoring the system s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the processor voltage and the speed of both the CPU and chassis fans You are allowed to manually set a range to the items being monitored If the values are over or under the set range a warning message will automatically pop up We recommend that you use the Default Settings which are the...

Page 11: ...ture allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to incoming calls This feature supports the external modem only RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on at a set date and time Wake On LAN Ready The Wake On LAN function allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Pow...

Page 12: ...nal Connectors CN8 CN9 CN10 CN12 CN13 CN15 A CN15 B CN15 D CN16 CN17 CN21 CN30 CN31 CN38 CN39 CN45 Floppy Disk Drive Primary IDE Secondary IDE Infrared CPU Fan ATX Power Supply ATX 12V Power Supply Auxiliary ATX 12V Power Supply Wake On Lan Chassis Fan CD Audio In Universal Serial Bus 3 Universal Serial Bus 4 Sony Phillips Digital Interface Front Audio Auxiliary In FDC IDE1 IDE2 IR optional CPU Fa...

Page 13: ...end that you attach an anti static wristband which is grounded at the same location as the mat to your wrist 2 2 Installation Steps Installation Checklist Continued CN5 CN6 CN7 CN18 CN19 CN35 Parallel Port Universal Serial Port 1 Universal Serial Port 2 Game Audio Port VGA Port RJ 45 LAN Connector LPT USB1 USB2 Audio Game VGA LAN only for P4M2 BL Speaker and Power LED Connector PW SL HL RS Power O...

Page 14: ...1 C N 7 U S B 2 C N 3 5 LA N M ic Line S P K IN IN O U T C N 1 8 G A M E 1 1 1 1 C N 3 9 Front A u dio LA N C hip C N 1 7 Ch assis Fan 1 0 P W S L H L R S 1 1 1 1 1 P W R L E D 1 S P K R JP 4 Clear C M O S 1 D IM M 1 D IM M 2 P C I 1 P C I 2 P C I 3 C N 1 3 C P U F a n 1 1 C N 1 0 ID E2 1 1 C N 9 ID E1 C N 1 0 ID E2 1 1 C N 9 ID E1 C N 8 FD C 1 C N 4 5 AU X IN 1 C N 3 6 S PD IF 1 1 C N 1 6 W O L 1...

Page 15: ...sor please complete the following set of instructions 1 Locate a small dot marked on the top of the CPU This mark indicates Pin 1 of the CPU 2 Locate Pin 1 for the Socket on the mainboard 3 There is a lever on the side of the socket First push this lever side ways and then lift it to a 90 degree angle 4 Insert the CPU into the Socket Please make sure that Pin 1 for the CPU is inserted into Pin 1 o...

Page 16: ...u have installed more than 512 MB of RAM and are running Microsoft Windows Mil lennium Edition Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 98 or Windows 95 you may ex perience memory problems Two symptoms of these problems are being unable to run an MS DOS session while you are running Windows or the computer may stop respond ing while Windows is starting There are three possible solutions to this problem 1...

Page 17: ...bbon cable that has been provided Make sure that the red strip is connected to PIN 1 of the connector 2 5 Internal Connectors 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary IDE connectors Connector CN 9 primary CN 10 secondary Type 40 pin blocks The P4M mainboards have two IDE connectors a primary and secondary Each IDE connector can support two IDE drives These mainboards can there fore support up to four IDE devic...

Page 18: ... for diagram 2 5 3 CPU Fan and Chassis Fan Connectors Connector CN13 CPU Fan CN17 Chassis Fan Type 3 pin The cooling fans must be connected to their respective power connectors If you have installed the hardware monitoring feature you will be able to monitor the rotating speed of the CPU cooling fan in your Windows operating system Ground Fan Signal 12V DC 1 2 3 CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors CPU ...

Page 19: ...needs to be purchased separately 2 5 5 CD IN AUX IN Connector Connector CN 21 CD IN CN 45 AUX IN Type 4 pin un housed The P4M2 mainboards have one CD IN connector and one AUX IN connector The CD IN connector is used to connect the CD ROM audio out and allows the system to receive audio input from the CD ROM The AUX IN connector allows the system to receive signals from other audio devices like a r...

Page 20: ...ctor is an innovative development This connector is designed to be used with a Front Utility Panel The utility panel was developed so that a user is able to bring the speaker out microphone in connectors to the front of their PC This makes things like plugging in speakers and earphones much less troublesome See the diagram on the following page 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pin Pin 1 MIC IN 2 Ground 3 4 NC...

Page 21: ...o Suspend mode turned into the GREEN mode When the system is in the Suspend mode Press the Power on button less than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode Press and hold the Power On Button for more than 4 seconds the sys tem will be powered off Mode 2 Press and hold the Power ON button for more than 4 seconds the system will be completely powered off Option 2 If you choose Instant OFF ...

Page 22: ...n connector It allows you to hear systems beeps and warnings sound 2 7 2 Front Panel Power LED The chassis Power LED connector can be connected to the four pin connector When you turn your system on this LED will also be turned on 2 7 Speaker and Power LED Connectors SPEAKER 5V DC 5V DC No Con nector No Con nector No Con nector Ground Speaker Signal No Con nector POWER LED PIN 1 PIN 1 2 8 1 PS 2 K...

Page 23: ... 8 4 Parallel Port Connector LPT 2 8 5 Universal Serial Bus USB Port 1 2 Connector CN 6 USB 1 CN 7 USB 2 Type 4 pin female Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices The mainboard is also equipped with an expansion connector that supports two additional USB external connectors The USB cable is not included with the mainboard USB 2 USB 1 Connector CN 3 COM 1 Type 9 pin male One serial p...

Page 24: ...be used to attach an external MIDI device All these motherboards have 3D audio interfaces onboard SPK OUT LINE IN MIC IN Jumpers are built on the mainboard to allow the user flexibility to configure the mainboard settings to meet their specific requirements The P4M mainboards come with 4 jumpers three 3 pin and one 2 pin jumper When there is no jumper cap inserted into the jumper it is called OPEN...

Page 25: ...fications If you are using such a device it may unstable If you do experience problems try to change the setting on Pin 2 and Pin 3 This might help solve this problem 2 9 3 JP4 Clear CMOS Memory Type 3 pin Default Pin 1 and Pin 2 Short If you have made an improper setting in the BIOS setup and your computer is not functioning or if you have forgotten your password you can use this jumper JP4 to cl...

Page 26: ...ity To restart the system you can either turn the power off press the reset button on your chassis or press the Ctrl Alt Delete button In all three cases the system will restart and to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you must im mediately press the Delete button CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load...

Page 27: ...ncrement the setting or type the desired value into the field IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave This mainboard supports four IDE Hard Drives These fields allow you to set your Hard Drive parameters Move the selection bar to the IDE Hard Drive you want to configure Press the ENTER key If you select AUTO the system BIOS will detect the HDD type automatically Control Key Function Up Arrow Moves to t...

Page 28: ...e correct video type Diskette Drive Type of Disk Drive Capacity None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in No diskette drive installed 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 3 1 2 inch single sided drive 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 360 KB 1 2 MB 720 KB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss IDE Primary ...

Page 29: ...mn mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning CPU L1 L2 Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Ty...

Page 30: ...tems with two floppy drives When Enabled is selected physical drive B is assigned to logical drive A and physical drive A is assigned to logical drive B Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks Very few modern PCs have ...

Page 31: ...r your Password before you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility When you select System option you will be prompted to enter your password in order to load the Operating System OS Select For DRAM 64MB Only select OS2 if you are running an OS 2 operating system with a RAM greater than 64 Mb Otherwise for all other operating systems use the default setting Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability You may en...

Page 32: ...RAM Clock DRAM Timing X SDRAM CAS Latency X Bank Interleave X Precharge to Active Trp X Active to Precharge Tras X Active to CMD Trcd XDRAM Command Rate DRAM Burst Len CPU read DRAM Mode Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software DRAM Clock Drive Control 100 MHz 133 MHz By SPD By SPD 2 5 Disabled 3T 6T 3T 2T Command 4 Medium Current FSB Frequency The setting for t...

Page 33: ...Control When you press enter the following menu will appear AGP Aperture Size This field selects the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The default is 64MB You may increase this memory when you...

Page 34: ...nabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM This results system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may occur Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system per formance However if any program writes to this memory area a system er ror may occur Delay Prior to Thermal This item allows you to select the delay t...

Page 35: ...s a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels To activate the primary IDE interface select Enabled If you want to disable the onboard IDE 1 and or 2 then select Disabled CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip IDE Channel0 OnChip IDE Channel1 IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary MasterPIO Secondary Slave PIO Primary...

Page 36: ...and second serial port IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE pre fetching for faster drive access If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface which does not support pre fetching set this field to Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that th...

Page 37: ...e only allows transmission in one direction at a time This setting depends on the nature of your IR pe ripheral device Check the IR device s manual to determine the appropriate setting Use IR Pins To determine the correct settings for the TxD and RxD signals of your IR peripheral component you need to consult the components manual Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine the I O add...

Page 38: ...e onboard MIDI port The de fault is 10 Init Display First This field allows a user with two graphics cards installed on his system to se lect which graphics card will be activated first either the PCI graphics card or the AGP graphics card If you have only installed one graphics card the BIOS will automatically detect it and you do not need to set this field OnChip USB Controller This field allows...

Page 39: ...ct the degree of power saving The choices are shown in the table below 3 7 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software SuperIO Device ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off by PWRBTN PWRON After PWR Fail IRQ Event Activity Deteced Item Help Menu Level Enabled S1 ...

Page 40: ...d of the Video Electronics Stan dards to select video power management values MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use for power saving purposes This mainboard has the ACPI feature designed on the board and it will wakeup automatically when it detects an incoming modem Ring in signal Before you can use the Ring in signal to wakeup your PC system you have to install the Externa...

Page 41: ... the system from a soft off state RTC Alarm Resume When enabled you can use the following two fields to select the time and date to wake up the PC system from power saving mode Date of Month Resume Time hh mm ss When RTC Alarm Resume is enabled your can setthe date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode IRQs Activity Monitoring The following is a list ...

Page 42: ... 8 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR IRQ3 COM 2 IRQ4 COM 1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 Hard Disk IRQ15 Reserved Item Help Menu Level ON Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled D...

Page 43: ... is sup posed to be connected to the VGA and USB ports If you choose to disable the IRQ on the VGA or USB port the IRQ will be released and becomes available for other devices Please make sure that you have a USB or VGA adapter that does not need an IRQ before you select Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA USB A system s IRQs are limited Sometimes you may need to use more IRQ sig nals for your add on card...

Page 44: ...u to select an operating temperature range for your CPU If the CPU temperature moves out of this range any warning mechanism you have programmed into your system will be activated Current CPU Temp This field shows the current temperature for CPU 1 Current CPU FAN Speed This field shows you the present CPU Cooling FAN1 speed Current Chassis FAN Speed This field shows you the present CPU Cooling FAN...

Page 45: ...eld to load the optimized defaults which are defined in the system BIOS Our engineer recommends the Opti mized Defaults If this option is selected it will give a series of parameters that will ensure the reliability and performance of your PC If you lose your CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup pro cedure you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the BIOS ...

Page 46: ... user s authority However this password entry is different from the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD The User Password has a different function to the Supervisor Password and the Security Option setup in Section 3 5 A When there is the password stored in SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in the Security Option When you use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program you can only view the BI...

Page 47: ...hat you enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operating sys tem won t be loaded B When there is no password stored in SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in Security Option Users can use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program and they can change any of the BIOS settings 2 When System is selected in Security Option When you turn on yo...

Page 48: ...Connector Connector CN 12 Type 5 pin The SIR connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving module You must configure UART 2 to select whether UART 2 is directed for use with COM 2 or IrDA Appendix A Optional Items Appendix A Optional Items Appendix A Optional Items The two connectors listed in the appendix are Manufacture Options i e boards that come with these connectors are ...

Page 49: ...onnector CN 36 Type 4 pin The Sony Phillips Digital Interface S PDIF connector is a digital interface that can be used to improve the quality of the sound output from your system Top View of the S PDIF 1 5VDC 2 Key 3 S PDIF data input signal 4 Ground Appendix A ...

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