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P4X MAINBOARD SERIES 

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Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 

   These two selection fields allow you to select the I/O address and corre-

sponding interrupts for the first and second serial ports.  

 

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UART Mode Select 

Your system may offer a variety of infrared modes on the second serial port. 

The options are Standard, HPSIR or ASKIR. 

 

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RxD, TxD Active 

   This field allows you to set the IR reception/transmission polarity as high or 

low. To determine which polarity is appropriate you must refer to the docu-

mentation for the IR peripheral that is being used. 

 

This field is usually found under the Onboard Serial Port 2 option. If you dis-

able the Onboard Serial Port 2 Option then you will probably not be able to 

configure this field. 

 

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IR Transmission Delay 

This field allows you to “Enable” or “Disable” the IR Transmission Delay. 

 

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UR2 Duplex Mode 

This field appears in an infrared port mode. You have two options: half or full 

duplex function. The full duplex mode allows bi-directional transmission at a 

single time where as the half duplex mode only allows transmission in one 

direction at a time. This setting depends on the nature of your IR peripheral 

device. Check the IR device’s manual to determine the appropriate setting. 

 

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Use IR Pins 

To determine the correct settings for the TxD and RxD signals of your IR pe-

ripheral component, you need to consult the components manual. 

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C)  1984 - 2001 Award Software   

SuperIO Device 

Item Help

 

Menu Level 

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    Onboard FDC Controller                     [Enabled] 

    Onboard Serial Port 1                        [3F8/IRQ4] 

    Onboard Serial Port 2                        [2F8/IRQ3] 

    UART Mode Select                             [Normal] 

 

RxD, TxD Active                                 Hi, Lo 

 

IR Transmission Delay                        Enabled 

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UR2 Duplex Mode                              Half 

 X

 Use IR Pins                                       IR-Rx2Tx2 

    Onboard Parallel Port                        [378/IRQ7] 

    Parallel Port Mode                             [SPP] 

 

EPP Mode Select                                EPP1.7 

 X 

ECP Mode Use DMA                            3 

    Game Port Address                           [201] 

    Midi Port Address                               [330] 

    Midi Port IRQ                                     [10] 

Managing The PC BIOS 

Summary of Contents for P4X Series

Page 1: ...Mainboard Series P4X Mainboard Series P4X Mainboard Series SOCKET 478 DDR ATX Mainboard P4X2 P4X2 P4X2 P4X2 AV AV AV AV P4XA P4XA P4XA P4XA AV AV AV AV P4XA P4XA P4XA P4XA BV BV BV BV Version 1 x UM...

Page 2: ...th out prior notice 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Trademarks Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 and Windows 98 are regis tered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel PentiumTM 4...

Page 3: ...odules 14 2 4 3 PCI Slots 15 2 4 4 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 15 2 4 5 CNR Communications Network Riser Slot 16 2 5 Internal Connectors 16 2 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive FDC 16 2 5 2 Primary and Seco...

Page 4: ...9 2 JP2 USB1 and USB2 Power 24 2 9 3 JP4 and JP5 CPU FSB Selection 24 2 9 4 JP13 Clear CMOS Memory 24 Chapter 3 Managing The PC BIOS Page 25 3 1 AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility 25 3 2 Main Menu 25 3 3...

Page 5: ...31 USB 4 JP13 Clear CMOS CN 32 USB 5 CN 38 USB 6 CN 10 IDE 2 CN 9 IDE 1 CN 8 FDD PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6 CNR Slot CN 15 C ATX 12V Power Supply CN 42 SMB DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 CN 13 CPU Fan...

Page 6: ...Game MIDI Port SPK OUT LINE IN MIC IN CN 7 USB 2 PC 99 ATX External Connector 1 2 Mainboard Overview 1 2 2 Mainboard Dimensions Width Length 305 mm x 230 mm 1 2 3 Environmental Limitations Operating...

Page 7: ...184 pin DIMM sockets Supports PC1600 and PC2100 DDR SDRAM Expansion Slots These mainboards are equipped with six dedicated PCI slots one CNR slot not available on the P4XA BV and one 4x AGP slot Onbo...

Page 8: ...P4X2 AV and P4XA AV models are equipped with six version 1 1 USB connectors The P4XA BV model is equipped with four version 1 1 USB connectors USB 1 and USB 2 are external connectors They can be foun...

Page 9: ...peripheral devices that meet the HPSIR or ASKIR standard The Hardware Monitoring System Utility These mainboards comes with the Hardware Monitoring System utility contained on the CD It is capable of...

Page 10: ...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 ne...

Page 11: ...2 CN38 CN42 Floppy Disk Drive FDC Primary IDE IDE1 Secondary IDE IDE2 Infrared IR optional CPU Fan CPU Fan ATX 12VPower Supply ATX ATX 12V Power Supply ATX12V ATX 12V Power Supply AUX3 3V Wake On Lan...

Page 12: ...efore you can use your PC Check and Set the Mainboard Settings Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install the Memory Modules Install the Expansion Cards Connect the Ribbon Cables Panel Wires and...

Page 13: ...C N 1 3 C P U Fan 1 C N 1 5 C 1x 6 A T X 12 V P ow er S u p p ly C N 4 2 S M B 1 JP 5 C P U FS B S e le ctio n C N 1 7 C h assis Fan 1 P W S 5 L H L R S 1 1 1 1 1 P W R L E D 1 S P K R 1 1 1 1 1 C N 3...

Page 14: ...Sink that is required for the Pentium 4 CPU 2 4 2 Memory Modules These mainboards all have three 184 pin DDR SDRAM slots If registered DDR SDRAM modules are used then they can support a maximum of 3...

Page 15: ...s This allows 3D applications to run more smoothly The P4X2 A mainboards each come with one AGP slot This slot is able to support 1x 2x and 4x AGP cards NOTE Out Of Memory Error Message If you have in...

Page 16: ...vided 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 T...

Page 17: ...le with standard ATX power supplies 2 5 3 Standard Infrared Connector Optional Connector CN 12 Type 5 pin The SIR connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving mod ule You must co...

Page 18: ...is received from the Modem In order to use the WOL LAN card or the modem to trigger the power on the PC system the switching power supply must have the ability to provide a driving current of at least...

Page 19: ...hese additional connectors needs to be purchased separately Note These are not the standard USB connectors you find on the ATX PC99 connector To connect USB devices you need to use an expansion cable...

Page 20: ...ou can either choose Delay 4 Sec or In stant OFF Please refer to the Award BIOS setup instructions in Chapter 3 Option 1 If you choose Delay 4 Sec In the BIOS CMOS Setup the function of PW will be A W...

Page 21: ...6 3 IDE HDD LED Connector Any read and write activity by the HDD will turn this LED on 2 6 4 Reset Button Connector If you connect this connector you will be able to reset you computer by pressing th...

Page 22: ...2 COM 2 Connector CN 3 COM 1 CN 4 COM 2 Type 9 pin male 9 pin male One serial port is available for a mouse and other serial devices I O addresses used are 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H and IRQ3 IRQ4 selected...

Page 23: ...nnector is a dual purpose connector It can either be used to connect a joystick to the computer for game participation or it can be used to attach an external MIDI device All these motherboards have 3...

Page 24: ...If you are using a 400 MHz FSB CPU on your mainboard then you need to SHORT JP4 and OPEN JP5 If you are using a 533 MHz FSB CPU with a 133 MHz you need to OPEN JP4 and SHORT JP5 Refer to the following...

Page 25: ...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 immediately press the De...

Page 26: ...t 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...

Page 27: ...es that are installed on your computer Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed on your com puter Diskette Drive Type of Disk Drive Capacity None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in...

Page 28: ...ry detected by the system during boot up This is a display only field You cannot make any changes to this field Base Memory Indicates the memory installed below the conventional 1MB space Extended Mem...

Page 29: ...ge on screen and alarm beep Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Floppy HDD 0 LS120 Enabled Disabled Enabled On Disabled 6 250 Setup Enabled Non OS2 Disabled Enabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test If en...

Page 30: ...atic rate and the typematic delay can be selected Typematic Rate This is the rate a character will repeat itself on the screen when you hold down a key Typematic Delay This is the delay time Msec befo...

Page 31: ...option you will enhance your system performance Dram Clock Drive Control This field allows you to select the FSB and DRAM frequency DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter AGP P2P Bridge Control Press E...

Page 32: ...e parame ters of the memory chips DRAM you have installed will determine the value in this field Do not change the value from the factory setting unless you in stall new memory that has a different pe...

Page 33: ...port AGP fast write If you have an AGP card that supports this mode you can enable this field If your AGP card does not support the fast write mode then leave this field disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write...

Page 34: ...s memory area a system error may occur CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help Menu Level VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter VIA OnChip PCI Device Press...

Page 35: ...and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 98 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 66 select Auto to enable B...

Page 36: ...This field appears in an infrared port mode You have two options half or full duplex function The full duplex mode allows bi directional transmission at a single time where as the half duplex mode on...

Page 37: ...DMA channel for the parallel port for use dur ing ECP Game Port Address This field allows you to select the I O address for the onboard game port The default is 201 Midi Port Address This field allows...

Page 38: ...creen MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail Off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter ACPI function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and...

Page 39: ...to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Manage ment Signaling DPMS standard of t...

Page 40: ...e up the system PCI Master When you enable the PCI Master mode any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system Power On by PCI Card The system can be woken up by the...

Page 41: ...onitoring The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system...

Page 42: ...interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled all the time Assign IRQ For VGA USB A system s IRQs are limited Sometimes you ma...

Page 43: ...rent temperature for CPU Current CPU FAN Speed This field shows you the present CPU Cooling FAN speed Current Chassis FAN Speed This field shows you the Chassis Cooling FAN speed Vcore This field and...

Page 44: ...frequency can be incremented by 1MHz This allows you to fin tune the system performance of your PC Managing The PC BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features F...

Page 45: ...of your PC If you lose your CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup proce dure you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the BIOS default table If the CMOS data...

Page 46: ...Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS...

Page 47: ...uest that you enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operating system won t be loaded B When there is no password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setu...

Page 48: ...again The values you have entered will be saved and all the information stored in the CMOS memory Exit Without Saving This option will exits the setup utility without saving any of the values you cha...

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