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845PE-ML

Rev. A+

System Board
User’s Manual

78200350

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Page 1: ...845PE ML Rev A System Board User s Manual 78200350...

Page 2: ...the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2004 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Win...

Page 3: ...ot installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular in...

Page 4: ...ware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout 2 2 System Memory 2 3 CPU 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports 2 6 I O Connectors Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 Updating the B...

Page 5: ...Appendix A Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology A 1 Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology Appendix B System Error Messages B 1 POST Beep B 2 Error Messages Appendix C Troubleshooting C 1 Troubles...

Page 6: ...and 533MHz Intel Celeron processor 400MHz system data bus System Memory Two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets Supports 2 5V unbuffered PC1600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 and PC2700 DDR333 DDR SDRAM DIMM Suppor...

Page 7: ...l duplex codec with independent variable sam pling rate High quality differential CD input True stereo line level outputs 6 channel audio output via software 6 Channel Audio Output via Software The au...

Page 8: ...th while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play per...

Page 9: ...nd mic in I O Connectors Two connectors for 4 additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports One front audio connector for external line out and mic in jacks One CD in internal audio connector One connector fo...

Page 10: ...st support 720mA Wake On LAN This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME Powe...

Page 11: ...s energy sav ing features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP support...

Page 12: ...lowing platforms Components CPU an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology Chipset an Intel chipset that supports HT Technology BIOS a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled OS an op...

Page 13: ...13 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation...

Page 14: ...with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board is equipped with two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Dual In line Memory Module sockets that support 2 5V DDR SDRAM D...

Page 15: ...must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket 1 Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the...

Page 16: ...is exclusively designed for installing an Intel processor 2 3 2 Installing the CPU 1 Locate Socket 478 on the system board 2 Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways away from the socket then l...

Page 17: ...t Important Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins Gold mark 4 Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be in...

Page 18: ...the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board Note Only use Intel certified fan and heat sink An Intel boxed processor package contains a retention mechanism heat sink fan and installa...

Page 19: ...eat sink and retention mechanism assembly on the CPU then align and snap the retention legs hooks to the retention holes at the 4 corners of the retention module base Note You will not be able to snap...

Page 20: ...ver 4 Move the retention levers to their opposite directions then push them down This will secure the fan heat sink and re tention mechanism assembly to the retention module base Note You will not be...

Page 21: ...the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below 1 Power off the system 2 Set JP2 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a...

Page 22: ...menu and press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock Ratio or CPU Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock Refer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for...

Page 23: ...ting JP1 to 2 3 On or All Off Important If you are using a CPU whose frequency has been locked by the manufacturer overclocking will have no effect Overclocking may result to the CPU s or system s ins...

Page 24: ...panel I O ports consist of the following PS 2 mouse port PS 2 keyboard port LAN port USB ports Parallel port COM ports Game port Line out jack Line in jack Mic in jack PS 2 Mouse PS 2 K B RJ45 LAN US...

Page 25: ...ake sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may dam age the system board Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse fu...

Page 26: ...N7 of the system board It al lows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of...

Page 27: ...connect 4 additional USB ports The additional USB ports may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the cable connector to J6 or J7 BIOS Sett...

Page 28: ...yboard Mouse function This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 in t...

Page 29: ...n Teal Turquoise color These ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial dev...

Page 30: ...t the parallel port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Setting SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Para...

Page 31: ...ort Connect an analog joystick to the 15 pin D sub connector Gold at location CN9 of the system board This port works well with any application that is compat ible with the standard PC joystick BIOS S...

Page 32: ...he system board Line in Jack CN3 Light Blue This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any exter nal audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stere...

Page 33: ...n 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J1 If you are not using this connector make sure to replace the jumper caps back to their original pin locations The front audio is disabled The rea...

Page 34: ...nstallation 2 6 1 CD in Internal Audio Connector The CD in connector J3 is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 2 6 I O Connectors 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel...

Page 35: ...be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded flo...

Page 36: ...le to connect the drives to the system board An IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connecto...

Page 37: ...0 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in...

Page 38: ...ard Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Configure IrDA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more info...

Page 39: ...ec tor J8 on the system board The system fan J12 connector is used to connect an additional cooling fan These cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent over heating...

Page 40: ...power connector enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM The system board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power sup ply to operate Your system configur...

Page 41: ...thus prolonging the life of the power supply or sys tem SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ATX SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the...

Page 42: ...ata N C Ground Speaker Power LED Power LED Power LED Power or Standby Signal PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is in the S1 POS Power On Suspe...

Page 43: ...pter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will app...

Page 44: ...displays the date from 1 to 31 Year displays the year from 1990 to 2098 3 1 1 2 Time The time format is hour minute second The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13...

Page 45: ...OM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select CHS o...

Page 46: ...iming Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track 3 1 1 4 Drive A This field...

Page 47: ...ed during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors de tected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS de tects a non fatal error...

Page 48: ...48 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 8 Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up 3 1 1 9 Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system...

Page 49: ...d then press Enter 3 1 2 2 Virus Warning This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive When this field is enabled the Award BIOS will moni tor the boot sector and par...

Page 50: ...y for Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology This field is used to enable the functionality of the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology and will appear only whe...

Page 51: ...eys 3 1 2 10 Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how gate A20 is handled Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbyte Initially gate A20 was handled via the keyboard controlle...

Page 52: ...t the password in the Set Supervisor User Pass word submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system wil...

Page 53: ...DD For WIN 95 The options are Yes and No 3 1 2 20 Full Screen Logo Show This field is applicable only if you want a particular logo to ap pear during system boot up Enabled The logo will appear in ful...

Page 54: ...at data was being lost while using your system 3 1 3 1 DRAM Timing Selectable This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Pres ence Detect data struc...

Page 55: ...controls RAS precharge in local memory clocks 3 1 3 6 Turbo Mode If you want the system to run at a faster speed set this field to Enabled However compatibility problems may occur with some DRAMs if...

Page 56: ...the 15 16MB address range actually contains DRAM memory If more than 16MB of system memory is installed this field must be disabled to provide contiguous system memory 3 1 3 11 Delayed Transaction Wh...

Page 57: ...ard drive controller 3 1 4 2 IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer...

Page 58: ...tion after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories 3 1 4 4 USB Controller Enabled Enables the...

Page 59: ...isables the BIOS flash lock function allowing you to update or flash the BIOS any time needed 3 1 4 11 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard di...

Page 60: ...use Click When this option is selected double click the mouse button to power on the system Any Key Press any key to power on the system 3 1 4 14 KB Power On Password Move the cursor to this field and...

Page 61: ...r 3 1 4 19 UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously 3 1 4 20 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects t...

Page 62: ...he system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system s power...

Page 63: ...in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP sup ports this function When this field is enabled the system will ignore the settings in the Suspend Mode and HDD Power D...

Page 64: ...e Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down 1 min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down fields 3 1 5 5 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which t...

Page 65: ...the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain ac tive 3 1 5 11 Soft Off by PWR BTTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Hold 4 Sec Regardle...

Page 66: ...ake Up On LAN Set this field to Enabled to wake up the system via the onboard LAN 3 1 5 15 USB KB Wake Up From S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the...

Page 67: ...ike the system to power on If you want the system to power on everyday as set in the Date of Month Alarm field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMO...

Page 68: ...igura tion Data ESCD once automatically It will then rec reate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 2 Resources Controlled By The Award Plug an...

Page 69: ...SA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 5 INT Pin 1...

Page 70: ...etting an extended ratio for the processor will have no effect The system will instead use its factory default ratio 3 1 7 2 AGP PCI Clock This field is used to select the bus clock of the AGP and PCI...

Page 71: ...formance If you selected an option other than the default setting and is unable to boot up the system there are 2 methods of booting up the system and going back to its default setting Method 1 Clear...

Page 72: ...alues permanently stored in the ROM chips These set tings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this optio...

Page 73: ...The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press Enter Type Y an...

Page 74: ...e prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press Enter Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the m...

Page 75: ...ess only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press Enter Type in the password You are lim...

Page 76: ...Enter Type Y and press Enter The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory and the system will reboot You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish...

Page 77: ...u have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press Enter Type Y and press Enter The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any change...

Page 78: ...the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utilit...

Page 79: ...S in your sys tem We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press Y then enter the file name of the current...

Page 80: ...numbers of hardware installed etc are au tomatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals w...

Page 81: ...or arrow keys then press Enter 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected information 4 Press F10 to update the ed...

Page 82: ...or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press Enter 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you wou...

Page 83: ...performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboa...

Page 84: ...l chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click Intel Chi...

Page 85: ...ing operating sys tems Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Au...

Page 86: ...te installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Note The 3D Audio Configuration software which is an audio panel for setting basic audio configurations will at the same time be insta...

Page 87: ...rs are supported in the following operating sys tems Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the US...

Page 88: ...SB 2 0 Drivers a readme screen will appear 3 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Important If you are using Windows XP you must i...

Page 89: ...n click the NETWORK icon 2 Click LAN Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take ef...

Page 90: ...n 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver...

Page 91: ...annel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects After installing the audio driver and rebooting the system you can run 3D Audio Configuration either from the taskbar or from the...

Page 92: ...re you will configure analog output settings to speakers S PDIF This panel is used to configure S PDIF output which provides a low dis tortion digital data transfer between audio devices Volume Contro...

Page 93: ...ogy for 2 channel vir tual surround adjustable multi channel sound field innovative listening mode amazing sound effects and 3D positional audio It has 3 functional blocks Virtual Speaker Shifter Soun...

Page 94: ...cally start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 All steps or procedures to install software drivers are...

Page 95: ...tall cooling fans The system requires adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor 3 The Hyper Threading Technology field in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu of the A...

Page 96: ...ogy d Now click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager The items shown under Computer and Processors should resemble the ones shown below c Click the General tab The processor shown under Computer...

Page 97: ...ading Technology 97 e Lastly press the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously The Windows Task Manager dialog box will appear Click the Performance tab The diagram under CPU Usage History should resembl...

Page 98: ...consists of a single long beep B 2 Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Aw...

Page 99: ...fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard...

Page 100: ...st the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion sl...

Page 101: ...hing happens 1 Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the...

Page 102: ...a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure tha...

Page 103: ...onfigured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 1 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no...

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