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The P4X4-ALH Mainboard 

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P4X4-ALH        

Mainboard Manual  

Socket 478 DDR333 ATX Mainboard 

Version 1.x 

UM-P4X4-ALH-E1 

Rev 1.0V 
Creation Date: 02 August 2002 

 

 

Summary of Contents for P4X4-ALH

Page 1: ...The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Page 1 P4X4 ALH Mainboard Manual Socket 478 DDR333 ATX Mainboard Version 1 x UM P4X4 ALH E1 Rev 1 0V Creation Date 02 August 2002...

Page 2: ...changes to its contents at any time without prior notice 2002 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 and Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Int...

Page 3: ...4 4 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 14 2 5 Internal Connectors 15 2 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 15 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors 15 2 5 3 Infrared Connector Optional 15 2 5 4 CPU F...

Page 4: ...he PC BIOS Page 24 3 1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility 25 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 Pow...

Page 5: ...PC 99 ATX External Connector CPU Socket PCI 6 PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 CN15 A ATX CN15 D AUX12V CN15 B ATX12V AGP Slot CN12 IR Optional CN21 CD IN CN45 AUX IN CN36 S PDIF Option...

Page 6: ...LAN Other on board connectors include CD IN AUX IN and Front Audio connectors etc 1 2 2 Mainboard Dimensions Width 305 mm Length 230 mm 1 2 3 Environmental Limitations Operating Temperature 10 C to 40...

Page 7: ...board LAN Features The mainboard comes with Onboard LAN VIA VT6103 PHY WOL Wake On LAN Port The mainboard supports Wake On LAN functionality Word Size Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path...

Page 8: ...onnector One AUX IN connector One WOL Wake On LAN connector One Front Audio connector One 4 Channel out connector One S PDIF connector optional One IR connector optional ATX Double Deck Ports PC 99 co...

Page 9: ...se insert the CD into the CD ROM drive The auto run screen Driver Utility will automatically appear Click the Hard ware Monitoring button choose the chipset model number and the OS that is installed P...

Page 10: ...8 CN9 CN10 CN12 CN13 CN15 A CN15 B CN15 D CN16 CN17 CN21 CN30 31 CN32 38 CN36 CN39 CN45 CN46 Floppy Drive Connector Primary IDE Secondary IDE Infrared CPU Fan ATX Power Supply ATX 12V Power Supply Aux...

Page 11: ...t 1 Universal Serial Port 2 Audio GAME Port RJ 45 LAN Connector LPT USB1 USB2 AUDIO GAME LAN Speaker and Power LED Connectors PW SL HL RS Power On Off and Suspend Switch Connector Standby LED Connecto...

Page 12: ...400 VIA VT8235 JP1 JP3 CN15 D AUX12V CN15 B ATX12V CN15 A ATX JP5 AGP 4X 8X Slot CN39 Front Audio JP8 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 5 PCI 6 AUX IN CD IN IR CN27 FAN2 CN16 WOL CN38 USB6 CN32 USB5 CN31 US...

Page 13: ...push this lever sideways 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 of the Socket 5 When the CPU is installed...

Page 14: ...S 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 Reduce the amount of memory Vcache uses...

Page 15: ...connector can support two IDE drives The mainboard each can therefore sup port up to four IDE devices If you install two hard drives you need to config ure the second drive to Slave mode in the BIOS...

Page 16: ...12VDC Pin 7 COM Pin 17 COM Pin 2 COM Pin 8 PWR_OK Pin 18 5VDC Pin 3 COM Pin 9 5VSB Pin 19 5VDC Pin 4 5VDC Pin 10 12VDC Pin 20 5VDC Fan Signal 12V DC Ground 1 Ground 2 12V DC 3 Fan Signal Top View of a...

Page 17: ...powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card In order to use the WOL LAN card to trigger the power on the PC system the switching power supply must have the abi...

Page 18: ...e internal USB connectors allow you to add on an optional kit to expand the total number of USB ports available The mainboard has four inter nal USB2 0 connectors CN30 CN31 CN32 CN38 This enables you...

Page 19: ...tion of the PC 99 ATX external connec tor on the mainboard Special audio cable for this connector is attached Please refer the following drawings or schematics to have the right connection for your so...

Page 20: ...conds the system will be completely powered off Option 2 If you choose Instant OFF In the BIOS CMOS Setup the power switch will operate like a normal ON OFF Power button 2 6 2 SL Sleep LED Connector W...

Page 21: ...n female 2 7 1 Speaker Connector SPKR Connect your chassis speaker to this four pin connector It allows you to hear systems beeps and warnings sound 2 7 2 Front Panel Power LED PWRLED The chassis powe...

Page 22: ...that supports two additional USB external connectors The USB cable is not included in the package Hardware Installation USB 2 USB 1 Connector CN35 LAN The mainboard comes with onboard 10 100 Mb Fast...

Page 23: ...yboard Mouse Wakeup function will be disabled If Pin 2 and Pin 3 are short then the Keyboard Mouse Power On function will be enabled If you choose to enable this op tion then you need to enable the PO...

Page 24: ...and 3 3V AGP card Warning if you are using a 3 3V AGP card you may damage your system 2 9 5 JP9 Clear CMOS Type 3 pin Default Pin 1 and Pin 2 Short If you have made an improper setting in the BIOS set...

Page 25: ...activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility 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 w...

Page 26: ...gDn key to increment 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...

Page 27: ...atically detect the 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 st...

Page 28: ...Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning CPU L1 L2 Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Ch...

Page 29: ...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 see...

Page 30: ...r 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 Managing The PC BIOS OS Sele...

Page 31: ...S CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock Drive Control 100 MHz 133 MHz By SPD By SPD 3 Disabled 3T 7T 3T 2T Command 4 3T 4Current FSB Frequency The setting for this field will be automatically selected by the...

Page 32: ...nge dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The default is 128MB You may increase this memory when you need...

Page 33: ...usses their memory re quirements System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM This results system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a syste...

Page 34: ...ed 4OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The chipset contains 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...

Page 35: ...drive select Disabled in this field 4Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These two selection fields allow you to select the I O address and corre sponding interrupts for the first and second serial port 4Primary...

Page 36: ...duplex mode 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 4Use...

Page 37: ...ard MIDI port The default is 330 4MIDI Port IRQ This field allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard MIDI port The de fault is 10 Init Display First This field allows a user with two graphics cards...

Page 38: ...t the degree of power saving The choices are shown in the table below Managing The PC BIOS 3 7 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function ACPI Sus...

Page 39: ...an 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 i...

Page 40: ...bled you can use the following two fields to select the time and date to wake up the PC system from power saving mode 4Date of Month Resume Time hh mm ss When RTC Alarm Resume is enabled your can set...

Page 41: ...em from going into a power management mode nor awaken it 3 8 PNP PCI Configuration Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR IRQ3 COM 2 IRQ4 COM 1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Flop...

Page 42: ...which 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 t...

Page 43: ...s you 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...

Page 44: ...e settings you may use this field 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 o...

Page 45: ...assword can be used to check the 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 Se...

Page 46: ...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 selecte...

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