background image

 

CHAINTECH 

 

 

V915P 

 

Intel 915P & ICH6 

ATX Motherboard 

 

 

Reference Manual 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Summary of Contents for V915P

Page 1: ...CHAINTECH V915P Intel 915P ICH6 ATX Motherboard Reference Manual...

Page 2: ...5 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that...

Page 3: ...h FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian Department of...

Page 4: ...PANEL CONFIGURATION 14 AUDIO CONNECTORS 17 SLOTS 18 POWER SUPPLY ATTACHMENTS 19 BIOS SETTINGS 20 ZEROS AND ONES 20 MAIN 20 ADVANCED 22 PERIPHERALS 31 POWER 37 HW MONITOR 41 DEFAULTS 42 EXIT 43 BIOS 4...

Page 5: ...76 DEFAULTS 77 EXIT 78 BIOS SETTINGS 79 DES ZEROS ET DES UNS 79 MENU PRINCIPAL 79 AVANCE 81 PERIPHERALS PERIPHERIQUES 91 POWER 97 HW MONITOR 101 DEFAULTS 102 EXIT 103 SOFTWARE 104 NOTE 106 HOW TO CON...

Page 6: ......

Page 7: ...0 or DDR333 PC2700 SDRAM SDRAM modules must be unbuffered and non ECC Supported memory module increments are 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB Total memory capacity is 4 GB see Memory Installation section for more d...

Page 8: ...2 IDE drives Onboard SATA Bus 4 SATA IDE slots SATA 1 0 compatible Supports 150 MB s transfer rates Hardware Monitor Function Monitors CPUFAN CHASFAN AUXFAN Speeds Monitors system Voltage HD Audio So...

Page 9: ...el Port EPP 3 Extended Capabilities Port ECP Contains one serial port 16550 UART Supports PS 2 mice and PS 2 keyboards Supports 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB floppy disk drives BIOS Phoenix Awa...

Page 10: ...efore building your own perfect PC and installing and configuring its components you need to have a clear idea of what you truly get by buying the Chaintech V915P mobo to pick the best components and...

Page 11: ...ld such as the PCI bus USB ports IDE sockets Serial ATA ports and so on LGA Land Grid Array 775 Socket A quality CPU deserves a quality home Here is where your valuable CPU comfortably sits The LGA775...

Page 12: ...r in mind that more is not necessarily better FDC Floppy Disk Connector As its name suggests this connector connects to your floppy disk drive via the FDC cable IDE Channel This motherboard provides o...

Page 13: ...y The BIOS set up data is held in CMOS RAM thanks to the power taken from this battery Rear I O panel Most of the I O ports will be found here but not all ATX Power Connectors These connectors handle...

Page 14: ...at you won t find on the rear I O panel To access them you will need to run a cable from a socket on the motherboard to a slot connector which screws into a vacant PCI backplate Alternatively connect...

Page 15: ...tion tab Rotate Load Lever to fully open position at approximately 135 2 Rotate Load Plate to fully open position at approximately 100 Remove Socket Protective Cover With left hand index finger and th...

Page 16: ...r the CPU fan onto the CPU CPU socket and secure it using the attachments or screws provided on the fan Finally attach the fan power cable to the CPUFAN adapter For more details on this go to http www...

Page 17: ...th either 256 MB 512 MB or 1 GB of memory These modules must be either DDR400 PC3200 or DDR333 PC2700 SDRAM Tips This mainboard provides Dual Channel functionality for its DIMM slots Enabling Dual Cha...

Page 18: ...ngle ribbon cable with 3 connectors 2 for the drives and one to connect to the board If you are connecting 1 drive you should configure it as the Master device If you are connecting a second drive you...

Page 19: ...you can attach it to the 2 pin power LED connector The LED will illuminate showing that the computer is powered on PWR ON Power Button This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch The...

Page 20: ...ps signal problems Rear Panel Configuration PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Connectors KB MS This mainboard provides a standard PS 2 mouse connector and PS 2 keyboard connector The pin assignments are descri...

Page 21: ...dio device such as a CD player tape player or other audio devices that provide audio Front Speaker Out Connects to standard audio speakers for audio output This port becomes the surround sound front s...

Page 22: ...articularly useful when you have forgotten your system password and cannot boot to the operating system Tips The following steps explain how to reset your CMOS configurations when you have forgotten y...

Page 23: ...a USB 2 0 device with Windows 2000 XP you will need to install the USB 2 0 driver from the Microsoft website If you are using Service pack 1 or later for Windows XP and using Service pack4 or later f...

Page 24: ...ed with most consumer audio products and TOS Link connectors and you can use these connectors to output input audio to and from an S PDIF device The devices you connect to must be S PDIF compliant for...

Page 25: ...designated as 32 bit Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector ATX_PWR ATX_12V This mainboard requires two ATX power connections The first is a 24 pin connector and the second is a 4 pin connector...

Page 26: ...In the BIOS make sure that everything is working fine before you try to optimize it for maximum performance Main When you enter the PHOENIX AWARD CMOS Setup Utility the Main will appear on the screen...

Page 27: ...OS to stop the POST process and notify you Available options are All Errors No Errors All but keyboard All but diskette and All but disk key Security This feature consists of two options Set Password...

Page 28: ...cratch directly off its CD Before that you need to set the First Boot Device to the CDROM This instructs the BIOS to boot from the CD drive before trying to boot from the hard drive which is still bla...

Page 29: ...oad during the booting process which results in the sharp rise in die temperature from its cold state which leads to the unstable system Therefore to ensure optimal booting performance the activation...

Page 30: ...nding a problem during boot up is better than loosing data during your work Boot Up NumLock Status This function defines the keyboard s numberpad as number keys or arrow keys If it is set at On the nu...

Page 31: ...erial Presence Data if you want to select the By SPD option Options Manual By SPD default CAS Latency Time CAS is short for column address strobe which is a kind of signals When the CPU needs data fro...

Page 32: ...n DRAM Timing Selectable is set to manual This field is locked when DRAM Timing Selectable is set to By SPD and is automatically determined by the system Options 4 3 2 Precharge Delay This item allows...

Page 33: ...allows you to force the PCI Express x 16 slot to install the PCI Express x 1 interface expansion card Options Disabled default Enabled PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data If you just insta...

Page 34: ...evices on the other hand adhere to the Plug and Play standard and can use any interrupt or DMA channel IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually you can assign each system interrupt a type...

Page 35: ...ong latency Such devices require priority access to the PCI bus which may not be possible if the PCI bus is held up by another device for a long period In such cases it is recommended that you keep to...

Page 36: ...he CPU speed you set If you don t change the CPU Host Frequency or the CPU Clock Ratio and the item will display the current CPU speed CPU Host Frequency MHz This item displays the CPU Host frequency...

Page 37: ...mended for the best hard drive performance Windows NT 4 0 users should set this to Disabled unless they can confirm they have been updated with a Service Pack that will work with it On Chip channel0 c...

Page 38: ...TA1 3 or with SATA2 4 Combined Mode 4 or 3 or 2 or 1 SATA drivers SATA only 2 or 1 IDE drivers Disabled Combined Mode Windows 98 ME can recognize IDE devices but cannot directly recognize an SATA devi...

Page 39: ...add a higher performance controller Options Enabled default Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB 2 0 device installed on the system board You will need to...

Page 40: ...Key Options Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in...

Page 41: ...R peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals This field is only configurable if UART Mode Select is set to ASKIR or IrDA Options RxD2 DxD2 default Onboard Parall...

Page 42: ...tions 3 default 1 PWRON After PWR Fail This field will determine whether your system will boot after restoring power after a power failure If you select On the system will boot whether or not the syst...

Page 43: ...pened applications files are saved to main memory The remaining power of other hardware components are turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when...

Page 44: ...ng DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Note Green monitors detect the V H SYNC...

Page 45: ...wing options PCI PME Wake Up When enabled the LAN which is on Board will be able to receive a signal and wake up the system from soft off and suspend mode You should connect the LAN to the RJ45 port a...

Page 46: ...bal Timer Events When a system goes into suspend mode certain devices must be inactive for a period of time Conversely if any of those devices have any activity the system will awaken You can select t...

Page 47: ...ur computer even if the case had been previously opened Options Disabled default Enabled Smart CPUFAN Temperature This function allows you to select the CPU temperature If the CPU temperature is highe...

Page 48: ...Load System Turbo Settings This option has the similar function to the previous one The difference between them is that this is more efficient in settings and this has the disadvantage of potentially...

Page 49: ...ve Exit Setup If you select this and type Y followed by Enter the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the BIOS chip Exit Without Saving Same as above but witho...

Page 50: ...44 BIOS Flash ROM BIOS PHOENIX AWARD BIOS Flash ROM Read Only Memory PHOENIX AWARD BIOS BIOS Intel Pentium 4 Prescott BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS Enter PgUp PgDn F1 help Esc BIOS...

Page 51: ...45 Main Menu PHOENIX AWARD BIOS CMOS Enter Advanced BIOS PnP PCI BIOS Integrated Peripherals...

Page 52: ...46 Power Management Hardware Monitoring BIOS Load Defaults BIOS Exit Menu CMOS Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving BIOS BIOS CMOS Default Load System Default Settings...

Page 53: ...47 Enter Y Enter BIOS CMOS CMOS Exit Save Exit Setup Enter Y Enter CMOS BIOS...

Page 54: ...48 BIOS Phoenix Award BIOS Delete BIOS BIOS PHOENIX AWARDTM CMOS...

Page 55: ...Channel 0 Master Slave Drive A None 365K 5 25in 1 2M 5 25in 702K 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5in Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On POST All Errors No Errors All but keyboard All but diskette All...

Page 56: ...50 Security Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory...

Page 57: ...51 Advanced Removable Device Priority Floppy Disks LS120 ZIP 100 USB FDD USB ZIP Hard Disk Boot Priority First Second Third Boot Device CD ROM Boot Other Device...

Page 58: ...52 Boot up Floppy Seek disable Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal CPU Thermal Management CPU CPU...

Page 59: ...Limit CPUID MaxVal 3 WinodwsXP Disabled Enable Disable Virus Warning CPU L1 L2 Cache DRAM CPU L1 L2 Enable Disable Hyper Threading Technology CPU Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test POST Power O...

Page 60: ...54 Boot Up NumLock Status On Off Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec APIC Mode MPS version control for OS MPS Version Control for OS 1 1 NT 8 IRQ 2000 XP 1 4 1 4 1 1...

Page 61: ...2 OS 2 OS Non OS 2 HDD S M A R T Capability Intel OSB Logo Show Disabled Enabled Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable DRAM SPD By SPD SPD Manual By SPD CAS Latency Time CAS Column Address...

Page 62: ...RAM Timing Selectable manual DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD 4 3 2 DRAM RAS Precharge DRAM RAS Precharge ROW DRAM Precharge DRAM Timing Selectable manual DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD 4 3 2 Precharge De...

Page 63: ...57 System BIOS Cacheable F000h FFFFFh Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Enabled Disabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M 15MB 16MB ISA 16MB Disabled DRAM 60ns 70ns...

Page 64: ...xpress Port1 2 PCI Express x 1 1 2 Auto Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode PCI E Compliancy V1 0a V1 0 PEG Force X1 PCI E x 1 PCI x 16 Disabled Enabled PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data ESCD...

Page 65: ...59 ESCD Resources Controlled By IRQ DMA IRQ DMA Auto IRQ DMA ISA PCI ISA PnP IRQ DMA ISA DMA DMA IRQ Resources Resources Controlled By Manual IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to PCI device...

Page 66: ...60 PCI VGA Palette Snoop MPEG Snooping MPEG PCI Latency Timer CLK PCI PCI PCI PCI PCI 32 64 128 PCI 32 PCI SLOT1 3 PCI 1 3 IRQ Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15...

Page 67: ...PCI 4096 128 256 512 1024 2048 Frequency Voltage Control Spread Spectrum EMI SCSI AGP PCI SDRAM EMI PCI Speed Setting PCI Auto PCI E Speed Setting Ditto System Memory Frequency DRAM Timing Selectable...

Page 68: ...st Frequency CPU Clock Ratio CPU CPU Host Frequency MHz CPU XXX 333 CPU CPU Clock Ratio CPU CPU CPU CPU Clock Ratio CPU DDR Voltage Volt RAM Default 0 3V 0 2V 0 1V NB Voltage Volt Default 0 3V 0 2V 0...

Page 69: ...63 CPU Voltage Volt CPU 0 85 1 9 CPU Peripherals Init Display First PCI PCI OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode NT 4 0 On Chip channel0 channel1 PCI IDE IDE PCI IDE...

Page 70: ...4 Enabled IDE IDE Disabled Enabled Disabled IDE channel0 channel1 Master Slave PIO DMA PIO Auto IDE channel0 channel1 Master Slave UDMA OnChip Serial ATA Setting On Chip Serial ATA IDE ATA ATA 2 IDE 4...

Page 71: ...2 1 IDE 2 1 SATA SATA1 3 SATA2 4 4 3 2 1 SATA SATA 2 1 IDE Combined Mode Windows 98 ME IDE SATA IDE SATA IDE 2 SATA 2 IDE 4 SATA 2 IDE 2 SATA Enhanced Mode 6 IDE 2 SATA 4 Windows 98 ME Enhanced Mode W...

Page 72: ...e PATA IDE IDE SATA SATA1 3 1 3 1 SATA SATA2 4 2 4 0 Channel 0 channel 1 SATA Port IDE SATA SATA2 4 is channel 1 Onboard Device USB Controller USB Enabled Disabled USB 2 0 Controller USB2 0 USB 1 1 En...

Page 73: ...ce Auto Disabled Gigabit LAN Device Enabled Disabled IDE RAID Device IDE RAID Enabled Disabled Onboard I O Chip Setup Power On Function Password Hot KEY Mouse Left Mouse Right Any KEY BUTTON ONLY Keyb...

Page 74: ...trl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 1 2F8 IRQ3 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select IR Infra Red Disabled ASKIR IrDA RxD TxD Act...

Page 75: ...R IrDA Enabled Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode IR UART Mode Select ASKIR IrDA Half Full Use IR Pins TxD RxD IR UART Mode Select ASKIR IrDA RxD2 DxD2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled...

Page 76: ...PP Standard Printer Port ECP EPP ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select EPP 1 7 1 9 Parallel Port Mode EPP ECP EPP EPP1 9 EPP1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA ECP DMA Parallel Port Mode ECP 3 1 PWRON After PWR Fail O...

Page 77: ...71 Power ACPI Suspend Mode ACPI 1 S1 POS S1 CPU 2 S3 STR S3 Wake up 3 S1 S3 S3 S3...

Page 78: ...VGABIOS ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Auto Yes No Power Management Disable User Define Video Off Method Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank VGA V SYNC H SYNC DPMS VESA Video Electronics Standards Association DPMS...

Page 79: ...eo Off In Suspend Yes No Suspend Type ACPI Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend Modem Use IRQ IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Suspend Mode ACPI Disabled 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour HDD Power Down IDE...

Page 80: ...74 Disabled Soft Off by PWRBTN Delay 4 Sec Instant Off Wake Up Control Wake Up Control PCI PME Wake Up LAN RJ45 Ring Wake Up COM USB KB Wake up from S3 S3 USB...

Page 81: ...l Time Clock Enabled Disabled Date of Month Alarm RTC Wake Up Enabled Time hh mm ss Alarm RTC Wake Up Enabled Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD...

Page 82: ...76 HW Monitor Case Open Warning Disabled Enabled Smart CPUFAN Temperature CPU CPU CPU Disabled 30C 86F 35C 95F 40C 104F 45C 113F 50C 122F 55C 131F 60C 140F 65C 149F 70C 158F 75C 167F 80C 176 85C 185F...

Page 83: ...77 Defaults Load System Default Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load CMOS From BIOS Save CMOS To BIOS...

Page 84: ...78 Exit Save Exit Setup Y CMOS Exit Without Saving...

Page 85: ...l cran appuyez sur Suppr pour entrer dans le menu de param trage du Bios Une fois dans le BIOS assurez vous que tout fonctionne avant de tenter toute optimisation pour un maximum de performance Menu P...

Page 86: ...hoisissez la situation dans laquelle vous voulez que le BIOS arr te le processus de POST et vous en informe Les options disponibles sont All Errors No Errors All but keyboard All but diskette et All b...

Page 87: ...si me p riph rique de d marrage Si votre ordinateur vient juste d tre construit la premi re chose que vous souhaiterez faire sera de charger le Syst me d exploitation directement partir du CD Avant ce...

Page 88: ...ctivation automatique du contr le de temp rature Il vous permet de d terminer quand le moniteur thermique du Pentium 4 devrait tre activ en mode automatique apr s le boot du syst me En g n ral le moni...

Page 89: ...Disabled Enabled d faut Quick Power On Self Test Activez cette fonction pour diminuer le temps n cessaire l ex cution du POST Power On Self Test Le BIOS gagnera du temps en sautant certains l ments p...

Page 90: ...1 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Si votre DRAM est sup rieure 64Mo et que vous travaillez sous OS 2 s lectionnez OS 2 comme valeur de l l ment Sinon param trez la valeur de l l ment sur Non OS 2 pour tous le...

Page 91: ...n mode continu En d autres termes plus la latence est basse plus la transaction est rapide Notez que certains modules SDRAM peuvent ne pas supporter une latence trop basse et deviendront instables et...

Page 92: ...Cependant si un programme crit dans cette zone m moire il peut en r sulter une erreur syst me Il est conseill de laisser ce param tre sur son son r glage par d faut disable La mise en cache du BIOS s...

Page 93: ...endant l occasion peut se pr senter o le BIOS peut ne pas pouvoir d tecter les changements de mat riel Un conflit s rieux de ressource peut se produire et le logiciel d exploitation peut m me ne pas r...

Page 94: ...au p riph rique PCI PCI VGA Palette Snoop Cette option n est utile que si vous vous servez d une carte MPEG ou d un carter add on qui utilise le connecteur des cartes graphique Elle corrige la reprod...

Page 95: ...ction vous permet de choisir une adresse IRQ pour les slots PCI 1 3 Options Auto d faut 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI Express relative items El ments relatifs au PCI Expres Maximum Payload Size Cette f...

Page 96: ...PU Host Frequency ou CPU Clock Ratio l l ment affichera la vitesse actuelle du processeur CPU Host Frequency MHz Cette fonction montre la fr quence du processeur Vous pouvez la d finir de XXX 333 Le p...

Page 97: ...DD Block Mode Le statut Activ est recommand pour une meilleure performance disque dur Les utilisateur de Windows NT 4 0 doivent param trer cette fonction sur d sactiv Disabled jusqu ce qu ils v rifien...

Page 98: ...rs IDE 4 ou 3 lecteurs SATA Enhanced Mode 2 ou 1 lecteurs IDE 2 ou 1 lecteurs SATA Doit tre connect avec le SATA1 3 ou avec le SATA2 4 Combined Mode 4 ou 3 ou 2 ou 1 lecteurs SATA SATA only 2 ou 1 lec...

Page 99: ...pour le s p riph rique s SATA Options SATA2 4 est le canal 1 Onboard Device USB Controller Cette option doit tre Activ e enabled si votre syst me un quipement USB d install sur le panneau syst me Vou...

Page 100: ...que votre syst me utilisera comme l ment de la s quence de d marrage Ce champs n est qu uniquement param trable que lorsque Power On Function est d fini sur Password Hot Key Power ON Cette option vou...

Page 101: ...et d activer ou de d sactiver enable disable le d lai de transmission IR Ce champ n est param trable que si UART Mode Select est d fini sur ASKIR ou IrDA Options Enabled d faut Disabled UR2 Duplex Mod...

Page 102: ...hamp n est param trable que si Parallel Port Mode est d fini sur EPP ou ECP EPP Options EPP 1 9 d faut EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA Choisissez un canal DMA pour le port parall le lorsque que vous utilisez...

Page 103: ...ers ouverts sont enregistr s dans la m moire principale Les alimentations restantes des autres composants mat riels sont coup es pour conomiser de l nergie Les informations stock es en m moire seront...

Page 104: ...gement Signaling standard de la VESA Video Electronics Standards Association Utilisez le logiciel fourni pour votre sous syst me vid o pour choisir les valeurs d alimentation Note Les moniteurs Verts...

Page 105: ...Up Control Si vous s lectionnez l option Wake Up Control et pressez la touche entr e cela affichera un sous menu avec les options suivantes PCI PME Wake Up Une fois activ e enabled le LAN qui est int...

Page 106: ...et la seconde laquelle le syst me d marrera Ce champ n est param trable uniquement que si RTC Wake Up est d fini sur Enabled Reload Global Timer Events Lorsque que le syst me entre en mode suspendu ce...

Page 107: ...e ordinateur m me si la tour a t pr c demment ouverte Options Disabled d faut Enabled Smart CPUFAN Temperature Cette fonction vous permet de choisir la temp rature du processeur Si la temp rature du p...

Page 108: ...tres standard du BIOS Load System Turbo Settings Cette option est similaire la pr c dente La diff rence entre les deux tant un param trage plus efficace qui a le d savantage de rendre potentiellement...

Page 109: ...tapez Y suivi de la touche Entr e les valeurs saisies dans l utilitaire de param trages seront enregistr es dans la m moire CMOS de la puce BIOS Exit Without Saving Idem en tapant sur la touche N sui...

Page 110: ...rogram located on the Driver CD For more details please refer to the Readme txt files that in each folder of the Driver Intel Chipset Driver This feature provides all the functions your North South Br...

Page 111: ...e Packet1 or more advanced You will see a screen as shown right after finishing the driver installation and rebooting the system click Continue Anyway to complete the installation Marvell Network Driv...

Page 112: ...s are reserved for the products and corporate names logos that appear in this manual to their original owners CHAINTECH reserves all the rights to change this manual All information is subject to chan...

Page 113: ...ical Support Tel 1 510 656 3607 E mail support chaintechusa com For Australia VGA only Protac International Computers Australia Sydney Headquarters 95 Derby St Silverwater NSW 2128 Tel 61 2 8748 8888...

Reviews: