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P4 Socket 478

Motherboard

BC845EVL

User’s Manual

http://www.bcmcom.com

Rev. 1.0

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Page 1: ...P4 Socket 478 Motherboard BC845EVL User s Manual http www bcmcom com Rev 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...plied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of this product s fitness for any particular purpose In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profits loss of business loss of data interruption of business or indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product W...

Page 3: ...claration by the manufacturer or his authorized representatives that the electrical equipment to which it relates satisfies all the provisions of the 1994 Regulations FCC Compliance FCC stands for Federal Communications Commission This product complies with FCC Rules Part 15 and has been tested and complied with the EMI rules by a certified body In normal operation there shall be no harmful interf...

Page 4: ...tic electricity stored in your body before unpacking your motherboard For details please refer to Precaution section in Chapter 3 Install the CPU by correctly aligning the CPU with the socket 478 as noted in the motherboard diagram Once aligned press down on the CPU gently but firmly and lock it Next install the un buffered DDR SDRAM into the 184 pin DIMM slots Please see Sec 3 4 Plug in any perip...

Page 5: ... System Memory DDR SDRAM 13 3 5 Expansion Slots 14 3 6 Connectors Headers and Ports 15 4 BIOS Setup 26 4 1 BIOS Setup 26 4 2 Main Setup Menu 27 4 3 General Configuration Menu 28 4 4 Advanced Configuration Menu 30 4 5 System Specific Setup 32 4 6 Primary IDE Drives 33 4 7 Secondary IDE Drives 34 4 8 Peripherals Setup Menu 35 4 9 Power Management Setup Menu 36 4 10 PCI PnP Configurations Menu 38 4 1...

Page 6: ...rd package should contain the following items If you find any of these items be missing or damaged please contact your retailer 1 BC845EVL motherboard 1 DB15 VGA cable for CRT connection 1 IDE ribbon cable 80 pin for UATA 1 floppy ribbon cable 1 Quick user reference guide 1 CD with drivers for BC845EVL motherboard and user manual in PDF format CHECK ITEMS WARNING Intel i845chipset only support 1 5...

Page 7: ...4 I O Controller Hub in 421 ball EBGA Package Intel 82802AB 4Mb FWH Firmware Hub or equivalent SMI 722 PCI Graphics with 4MB integrated Memory Optional 8 16 MB frame buffer available ITE IT8888 CI to ISA bridge chip in 160 pin PQFP System Memory Two 184 pin DIMM socket Supporting 2 double sided DIMMS up to 2GB PC2700 PC2100 PC1600 DDR ECC Non ECC memory Memory Type Support Double Data Rate DDR in ...

Page 8: ...PM version 1 2 WOL Wake On LAN WOR Wake On Ring wake up are supported Sound System AC97 Revision v 2 1 integrated in ICH2 3 Audio Phone Jacks Line Out Line In Mic In and 1 MIDI Game port Includes one of each Tel In CD In and Aux In Expansion Slots 1 1 5V 4X AGP slot 1 5V AGP Only 4 PCI slots PCI 2 2 Compliant 1 ISA 1 Shared PCI ISA slot Mechanical This motherboard complies with the ATX Form Factor...

Page 9: ...al ll la at ti io on n 3 1 Motherboard Layout Main Parts CPU Socket DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Floppy Primary IDE Secondary IDE Front Panel Connector DB15 CRT Header LCD panel Connector ISA Slots ATX Power 12V Power AGP Slot TV Out Header PCI Slots ...

Page 10: ...c 3 6 6 USB LAN Ports Refer to Sec 3 6 6 Printer VGA Serial Ports Refer to Sec 3 6 6 Game Sound Ports Refer to Sec 3 6 6 Connectors Primary IDE Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 1 Secondary IDE Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 2 Floppy Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 3 Power Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 4 CD In CD ROM Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 7 WOL Wake On LAN Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 7 WOR Wake On Ring Connector...

Page 11: ...g an anti static wristband grounded at the same points as the anti static mat 3 After removing the motherboard from its original packaging only place it on a grounded anti static surface component side up Immediately inspect the board for damage Due to shifting during shipping it is suggested that the installer press down on the entire socket ICs to ensure they are properly seated Do this only wit...

Page 12: ...lack J12 ISA Slot2 J13 ISA Slot1 J14 LAN Active LED J15 System Fan J16 PCI Slot5 J17 PCI Slot4 J18 PCI Slot3 J19 PCI Slot2 J20 PCI Slot1 J21 ATX 12V Connector J22 AGP Slot J23 USB1 J24 CPU FAN J25 USB2 J26 Brightness Adjust W SMI722 Only J27 DDR DIMM1 J28 DDR DIMM2 J29 LCD P2 W SMI722 Only J30 Secondary IDE J31 LCD P1 W SMI722 Only J32 Primary IDE J33 Wake On LAN J34 ATX Power J35 Chassis Intrusio...

Page 13: ...cket s openings Step 2 Place the CPU on the middle of the socket orienting its beveled corner to line up with the socket s beveled corner Make sure the pins of the CPU fit evenly to the socket openings CPU ZI F m PG AB Socket Golden Arrow m PG A478B Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Press the handling bar downward to fasten the CPU to the socket Warning It is strongly recommended that a heatsink and CPU coolin...

Page 14: ...e socket the DIMM module will not be inserted correctly into the socket Be careful not to misfit the DIMM into DIMM socket in wrong direction This module can be inserted into the socket only one way To release the memory module push both latches down and carefully rock the module forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward 3 4 3 DIMM Combinations Each DIMM socket can be inserted with 64MB ...

Page 15: ...s to the PCI bus AGP interface specification Rev 2 0 compliant WARNING THIS MOTHERBOARD SUPPORT VIDEO CARD THAT IS USING 1 5V AGP ONLY Note The motherboard supports AGP 4X mode To install expansion cards please read the expansion card s documentation for instructions and cautions PCI Expansion Slots All PCI expansion slots accept PCI bus master cards and are fully supported by the PCI 2 2 specific...

Page 16: ...s Power Switch Power LED Reset Sleep IrDA and HDD LED IrDA Connector Pins 9 11 13 and 15 The motherboard offers an IrDA infrared connector that supports third party infrared modules The case must reserve space for the IR module if you want to use the IrDA function This option supports wireless transmission and reception of infrared data The module mounts in a small opening on the system case that ...

Page 17: ...7 different peripherals through a hub This also supports combination of both low and high speed devices version 1 1 The LAN port using RJ 45 provided to hook the system up on a local network or with a DSL Digital Subscriber Line or a Cable modem internet boxes Parallel Port J10 The motherboard includes a parallel port SPP EPP and ECP compatible The parallel port is capable of being disabled or rem...

Page 18: ... ports via chassis Signal PIN Signal VCC 1 2 VCC USB 2 3 4 USB 3 USB 2 5 6 USB 3 GND 7 8 GND Key 9 10 Front Panel Connector J43 18 pin Signal PIN Signal HDD 1 2 GRN YEL HDD 3 4 PWRLED GND 5 6 PWR RST 7 8 GND VCC 9 10 NC IRRX 11 12 GND GND 13 14 KEY IRTX 15 16 VCC NC 17 18 NC Clear Password Header JP2 4 pin PIN Function 1 2 Normal 2 3 Clear CMOS 3 4 Clear Password WOR Wake On Ring Connector J37 2 p...

Page 19: ...er is used for a front panel LED to give SCSI HDD Busy Signal this will work only if SCSI adapter card and at least one SCSI drive is installed FAN 2 Connector J39 3 pin This connector is used for chassis fan or power fan if needed FAN 3 Connector J19 3 pin This connector is used for system fan or power fan if needed CPU Fan Connector J22 3 pin The CPU may have an attached heatsink and fan connect...

Page 20: ...ewing of CRT and LCD display In addition the dual LCD interfaces support TFT or LVDS LCDs Making it the perfect solution for high end Retail Financial Transaction Terminals and multimedia POS KIOSK Terminals J41 VGA Out Connector J42 TV Out Connector PIN Signal 1 Yout 2 GND 3 Cout 4 GND 5 CVBS J26 Brightness ADJ PIN Signal 1 VCC 12V 2 GND 3 ENBLK 4 VRB VRB EN_BKL J26 1 2 4 3 12V PIN Signal 1 Red 2...

Page 21: ...20 Installation ...

Page 22: ... VDSAFE5 1 2 VDSAFE5 GND 3 4 GND VDSAFE3 5 6 VDSAFE3 VCON 7 8 GND P47 9 10 P25 P26 11 12 P46 P28 13 14 P29 P45 15 16 P31 P32 17 18 P33 P34 19 20 P35 P36 21 22 P37 D3 23 24 D3 CLK 25 26 CLK D2 27 28 D2 D1 29 30 D1 D0 31 32 D0 GND 33 34 GND LVDSCLK 35 36 FLM M_DE 37 38 LP ENBKL 39 40 ENVEE ...

Page 23: ...AFE5 1 2 VDSAFE5 GND 3 4 GND VDSAFE3 5 6 VDSAFE3 VCON 7 8 GND P0 9 10 P1 P2 11 12 P3 P4 13 14 P5 P6 15 16 P7 P8 17 18 P9 P10 19 20 P11 P12 21 22 P13 P14 23 24 P15 P16 25 26 P17 P18 27 28 P19 P20 29 30 P21 P22 31 32 P23 GND 33 34 GND SHFCLK 35 36 FLM MM 37 38 LP ENBKL 39 40 ENVEE ...

Page 24: ...l data and control outputs are all on board controlled for secure power on off sequencing SHFCLK Shift Clock Pixel clock for flat panel data LVDSCLK This pin is used as SHFCLK2 for dual panel configuration LP Latch Pulse Flat panel equivalent of HSYNC horizontal synchronization FLM First Line Marker Flat panel equivalent of VSYNC vertical synchronization M Multipurpose signal function depends on p...

Page 25: ...6 UD6 R2 R2 R2 R2 RA2 P17 UD5 UD5 R1 R1 R1 R1 RA1 P16 UD4 UD4 R0 R0 R0 R0 RA0 P15 UD3 UD3 G7 GB3 P14 UD2 UD2 G6 GB2 P13 UD1 UD1 G5 G5 GB1 P12 UD0 UD0 G4 G4 GB0 P11 LD11 G3 G3 G3 GA3 P10 LD10 G2 G2 G2 G2 GA2 P9 LD9 G1 G1 G1 G1 GA1 P8 LD8 G0 G0 G0 G0 GA0 P7 LD7 LD7 B7 BB3 P6 LD6 LD6 B6 BB2 P5 LD5 LD5 B5 B5 BB1 P4 LD4 LD4 B4 B4 BB0 P3 LD3 LD3 B3 B3 B3 BA3 P2 LD2 LD2 B2 B2 B2 B2 BA2 P1 LD1 LD1 B1 B1 B...

Page 26: ...e chassis frame and close the case cover 3 Connect the power supply cord into inlet of the system case 4 Connect the power supply cord into an outlet of power supply 5 Connect Monitor signal cable to the system VGA port and the monitor power cord to power outlet 6 Now turn on the monitor and system power After Power On the power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power su...

Page 27: ...o start Setup press the F2 key during boot up before or while a message similar to this appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Press F2 key if you want to enter SETUP If the above message disappears before you have responded and you still wish to enter Setup reboot the system to try again by pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pr...

Page 28: ...AT compatible BIOS Advanced Configuration Options specific to system onboard chipset and devices System Specific Setup Select PCI and DIMM clock Signals Primary IDE Drivers Setup IDE Device Hard Disk Geometry Data Secondary IDE Drives Setup IDE Device Hard Disk Geometry Data Peripherals Enable or Disable On board peripherals devices Power Management Setup Display the fan speed and voltage for your...

Page 29: ... The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field 4 3 3 Drive A B type Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in the computer None No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5...

Page 30: ...NumLock Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled on the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations 4 3 9 Select Primary VGA Select Primary display type 4 3 10 Boot Sector Protection When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partiti...

Page 31: ... Configure Multi sector transfer Default Disable 4 4 3 Quick Memory Test Select enable allow system to skip extensive memory test during POST 4 4 4 Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the Video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result 4 4 5 C800 CFFF Shadow These options specify how the ROM at C000h cop...

Page 32: ...a typematic rate and typematic delay 4 4 13 Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second 4 4 14 Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before keystrokes begin to repe...

Page 33: ...U core frequency system bus x ratio Must RESET system if a new ratio is selected 4 5 2 Unused PCI Slot Clock Turn on or off the clock for unused PCI slots 4 5 3 Unused DIMM Socket clock Turn on or off the clock for unused DIMM sockets 4 5 4 Spread Spectrum Select Spread Spectrum method Default is Off ...

Page 34: ...uto BIOS detects if a drive is installed and its CHS parameters Mode Auto BIOS check if the drive supports LBA mode if so LBA mode is enable and used otherwise CHS mode is use CHS Enter drive Cylinder Head Sector manually UDMA Configure PIO or UDMA modes of the IDE device 4 6 2 Primary Slave Select Auto BIOS will detects if a drive is installed and its CHS parameters If Manual is select CHS parame...

Page 35: ...Auto BIOS detects if a drive is installed and its CHS parameters Mode Auto BIOS check if the drive supports LBA mode if so LBA mode is enable and used otherwise CHS mode is use CHS Enter drive Cylinder Head Sector manually UDMA Configure PIO or UDMA modes of the IDE device 4 7 2 Secondary Slave Select Auto BIOS will detects if a drive is installed and its CHS parameters If Manual is select CHS par...

Page 36: ...e motherboard 4 8 3 Secondary IDE Set this option to enable to invoke the Secondary IDE channel on the motherboard 4 8 4 Onboard USB Controller This option allows enabling Rear USB Font USB or Both 4 8 5 USB Legacy Support This option allows enable or disable USB legacy device support 4 8 6 AC97 Audio This option allows enable or disable onboard AC97 audio device 4 8 7 Game Port I O Disable or con...

Page 37: ...es the existing motherboard configuration interfaces to support these advanced architectures in a more robust and potentially more efficient manner APM ACPI Allows operating system to use either APM or ACPI mode for power management 4 9 2 Suspend Type Set ACPI Suspend type to S1 or S3 The choices are S1 POS and S3 STR 4 9 3 S3 Video Init Perform S3 initialization during S3 STR resume 4 9 4 Stand b...

Page 38: ...the system after holding the button for 4 seconds 4 9 9 MODEM Uses IRQ Determines which IRQ the MODEM can use The choices are 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 and N A 4 9 10 Wake On LAN When enable an input signal from the local area network line will awaken the system from the soft off state 4 9 11 Wake On PME When enable BIOS will enable PCI device to drive PME signal to awaken the system 4 9 12 Wake ON RI When ...

Page 39: ...ing system cannot boot 4 10 3 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards that are not standard VGA card such as graphics accelerators or MPEG cards may not show the correct colors This setting can correct this problem once you set it to enable To default setting leaves at Disabled 4 10 4 Assign PCI Slots IRQ Select PCI IRQ to an available IRQ when device can not share IRQ with other devices Default ...

Page 40: ...3 3 volt 4 11 3 5 0 Volt Display current 5 volt 4 11 4 12 Volt Display current 12 volt 4 11 5 12 Volt Display current 12 volt 4 11 6 CPU FAN Rotation Display current CPU FAN speed on Rotations per minutes RPM 4 11 7 CPU Temperature Display current CPU temperature 4 11 9 System Temperature Display current system temperature ...

Page 41: ...ecover the optimum settings for the original manufacture configuration 4 12 2 Restore Fail Safe Settings Load Fail Safe settings when you can not boot the system to operating system after change add remove hardware parts or peripherals 4 13 Exit Options are Save CMOS and Exit Discard Change and Exit Back to Setup ...

Page 42: ...atest version downloadable from our website 2 Is there any conflict with hardware and or drivers a Make sure your BIOS setup is in default settings b Make sure the drivers for the installed peripherals that you have are the latest version c Windows may have some old lingering drivers from an old setup and or an old motherboard you upgraded from These older drivers may be causing problems and or co...

Page 43: ...icy applies Please also note that if the reseller is still in the business BCM will IGNORE ALL RMA requests associated with this reseller First To determine how old your board is Look for the label matches to this 14 digits barcode The break up of 14 digits barcode is First Set 5 digits Part Number Second Set 2 digits Year 98 1998 00 2000 and so forth Third Set 2 digits Week 45 45th week of that y...

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