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77300333

865PE-AL

865PE-A

Rev. A+

System Board
User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for 865PE-A

Page 1: ...77300333 865PE AL 865PE A Rev A System Board User s Manual...

Page 2: ...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 2003 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Window...

Page 3: ...t installed and used in ac cordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interfer ence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular i...

Page 4: ...most updated version The multilingual manual is included in the system board package To view the user s manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Cl...

Page 5: ...tup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals 3 1 5 Power Management Setup 3 1 6 PnP PCI Confi...

Page 6: ...Applications 4 3 3D Audio Configuration 4 4 Installation Notes Appendix A Enabling the Hyper Threading T echnology A 1 Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology Appendix B System Error Messages B 1 POS...

Page 7: ...Intel Celeron processor 400MHz system data bus System Memory Supports four 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets Supports dual channel 128 bit wide memory interface Each channel supports 2 DIMM sockets Supports u...

Page 8: ...and write operations that hide memory access latency Demultiplexing of address and data on the bus for nearly 100 percent efficiency Note AGP 2x and 3 3V AGP cards are not supported Onboard Audio Feat...

Page 9: ...urround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to am plifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD re corders 6 channel Audio The center bass and rear out jacks which supports four audio o...

Page 10: ...SB 1 1 supports 12Mb second bandwidth 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 ac...

Page 11: ...about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed t...

Page 12: ...1 Wake On LAN connector 1 opened chassis alarm connector CPU fan chassis fan and 2nd fan connectors 1 1 2 System Health Monitor Functions The system board is capable of monitoring the following syste...

Page 13: ...external modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power so...

Page 14: ...The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on on the set date and time ACPI The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interfa...

Page 15: ...return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs 1 2 Hyper Threading Technology Functionality Requirements Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer...

Page 16: ...e system board A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Serial ATA data cable One I O shield One Mainboard Utility CD If any of thes...

Page 17: ...17 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 865PE AL Supports onboard LAN...

Page 18: ...18 2 Hardware Installation Note The illustrations on the following pages are based on the system board that supports onboard LAN 865PE A...

Page 19: ...system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Doubl...

Page 20: ...rovides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate BIOS Setting Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly DIMMs...

Page 21: ...el Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Dual channel Dual channel Dual chann...

Page 22: ...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 23: ...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 24: ...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 25: ...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 26: ...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 27: ...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 28: ...ou can reconfigure 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 JP5 pins 2 and...

Page 29: ...enu and press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock or CPU Clock Ratio field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock or frequency ratio Refer to the Genie Bios Setting section in chapter 3 for more inf...

Page 30: ...2 mouse ports Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse function BIOS Setting Keyboard Mouse Power On in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set according...

Page 31: ...llow you to use the Wake On USB Key board function BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more information...

Page 32: ...SB 1 2 USB 3 4 IEEE 1394 RJ45 LAN Mic in Center Bass Line in Line out The rear panel I O ports consist of the following PS 2 mouse port PS 2 keyboard port Parallel port COM port S PDIF in S PDIF out I...

Page 33: ...ther expansion cards Warning Make 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...

Page 34: ...n BIOS Setting Keyboard Mouse Power On in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important The 5VSB power source of your power s...

Page 35: ...board It is a RS 232C asynchronous communication port with 16C550A compatible UART that can be used with a modem serial printer remote display terminal or other serial devices BIOS Setting Select the...

Page 36: ...ntegrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Parallel W Setting SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Para...

Page 37: ...5 and CN6 of the system board The S PDIF connector at location J4 is for optical S PDIF cable connection Connect the optical audio cable connector of your S PDIF module to J4 Make sure pin 1 of the au...

Page 38: ...may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the cable connector to the 1394 connector on the system board Make sure pin 1 of the cable connec...

Page 39: ...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 Onboard Device section of the...

Page 40: ...11 BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Device section of the BIOS If you are using a USB 2 0 device you must enable the USB 2 0 function in the same su...

Page 41: ...ecting the USB Power in this chapter for more information BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chap ter 3 for more info...

Page 42: ...he C Media application software to select between using this jack and the front audio s mic in jack Line in Jack Light Blue This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any exter nal audio devic...

Page 43: ...nnel subwoofer rear right channel and rear left channel These 4 audio output signals together with the line out 2 channel jack support 6 channel audio output Front Audio The front audio connector J1 a...

Page 44: ...Configuration software which is an audio panel for setting basic audio configurations will at the same time be installed into your system The application program will allow you to configure 2 channel...

Page 45: ...e port may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the game MIDI port cable to connector J7 Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable...

Page 46: ...Connectors The CD in J5 and AUX in J6 connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground W AUX in 1 4 Right audio...

Page 47: ...n 1 of the header Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J24 on the system board and the other end most connector to...

Page 48: ...A connectors at loca tions J16 SATA 2 and J17 SATA 1 for connecting serial ATA devices Connect one end of the SATA cable to a SATA connec tor and the other end to your serial ATA device BIOS Setting C...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...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 the hard driv...

Page 51: ...oard Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Configure your IrDA device in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the...

Page 52: ...n nect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J13 of the system board The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS wil...

Page 53: ...prevent overheating the CPU and system board components The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of these cooling fans These fans will automatically turn off once the system enter...

Page 54: ...ard The network will detect Magic Packet and assert a wakeup signal to power up the system Refer to the add in card s manual for details Note Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Imp...

Page 55: ...sion event To disable this function place a jumper cap over J3 Hardware Monitor Setting Install the Hardware Monitor utility By default the chassis intru sion detection function is disabled When enabl...

Page 56: ...stem s power is on or when it is in the Suspend state Power On Sus pend or Suspend to RAM It will not light when the system is in the Soft Off state Important If the DIMM Standby Power LED is lighted...

Page 57: ...pin 12V 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...

Page 58: ...hus 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 BI...

Page 59: ...it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin 3 5 14 16 8 10 18 20 7 9 13 15 17 19 2 4 6 HD...

Page 60: ...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 61: ...displays the date from 1 to 31 Year displays the year from 1994 to 2079 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 62: ...IOS will auto detect the HDD CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB yo...

Page 63: ...anding 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 and Drive B These...

Page 64: ...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 65: ...65 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 66: ...es sary updating or flashing of the BIOS When enabled it secures the BIOS therefore any updates to the BIOS will not take effect Disabled Disables the BIOS Flash Protect function allowing you to updat...

Page 67: ...ority This field is used to select the boot sequence of the hard drives Move the cursor to this field then press Enter Use the Up or Down arrow keys to select a device then press to move it up or to m...

Page 68: ...ppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB 3 1 2 10 Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the num...

Page 69: ...1 2 13 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 3 1 2 14 Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key...

Page 70: ...ide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drive s failure The default is Disabled If you are using hard drives that support S M A R T set this field to Enabled SMART is s...

Page 71: ...em 3 1 3 1 Performance Mode This field is used to select an option that will boost performance to your system User Define This option allows you to manually configure the Chipset Enhancement to Memory...

Page 72: ...ion about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this op tion is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default settin...

Page 73: ...3 10 Video BIOS Cacheable As with caching the system BIOS enabling the Video BIOS cache will allow access to video BIOS addresssed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached if the cache controller is also enab...

Page 74: ...ycle when it exceeds its maximum operating tem perature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe computing environment 3 1 3 13 AGP Aperture Size MB This fie...

Page 75: ...are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 1 OnChip IDE Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear The settings on the scree...

Page 76: ...r 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 to or from the disk drive...

Page 77: ...e onboard SATA Auto The system will detect the existing SATA and IDE drives then automatically set them to the available master slave mode Combined Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and SATA...

Page 78: ...OS Setup Serial ATA Port0 Mode and Serial ATA Port1 Mode These fields are used to select the master slave mode of the serial ATA drives Make sure they do not conflict with the settings of the IDE hard...

Page 79: ...board Support fields Disabled Disables the onboard USB USB 2 0 Controller If you are using USB 2 0 this field must be set to Enabled USB Keyboard Support If you are using a USB keyboard under DOS set...

Page 80: ...80 3 BIOS Setup Onboard LAN Control This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN control ler Onboard 1394 Control This field is used to enable or disable the onboard 1394 control ler...

Page 81: ...ur keyboard Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto The system will automatically sele...

Page 82: ...smitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously Use IR Pins The options are IR Rx2Tx2 and RxD2TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O addres...

Page 83: ...sed to select the DMA channel of the parallel port Game Port Address This field is used to select the game port s address Midi Port Address This field is used to select the midi port s address If you...

Page 84: ...ction make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the field below 3 1 5 2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function...

Page 85: ...spend 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 field 3 1 5 5 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the mo...

Page 86: ...powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system In...

Page 87: ...if the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STR 3 1 5 14 Resume By Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Mo...

Page 88: ...ould like to use to power on the sys tem in the KB Power On Hot Key field Mouse Left When this option is selected double click the left button of the mouse to power on the system Mouse Right When this...

Page 89: ...he Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Last State When power returns after an AC power failure the system wi...

Page 90: ...ra 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 and P...

Page 91: ...tically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must manually assign an IRQ for the device During system boot up you will see N...

Page 92: ...sis Fan Speed Current CPU Fan Speed and Current Second Fan Speed These fields show the internal temperature of the system current temperature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the chassis CPU an...

Page 93: ...ll work only when you enable this function in the Hardware Monitor utility Note The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message...

Page 94: ...bus clock by 1MHz increment Important Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better sys...

Page 95: ...g Do not alter this setting un less advised by an engineer or technician 3 1 8 8 Current CPU Voltage This field will show the detected voltage of the CPU 3 1 8 9 CPU Voltage Control This field allows...

Page 96: ...mmend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be sup plied to the system board causing damage 3 1 8 11 AGP Voltage Control This field allows you to manually select higher voltage su...

Page 97: ...ight CMOS Re loaded in the main menu then press Enter The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one You can save up to two configurations in the User...

Page 98: ...w will appear Renaming a Configuration The default name given in the User Define Config 1 field is Config 1 and Config 2 in the User Define Config 2 field To rename move the cursor to Rename then pres...

Page 99: ...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 100: ...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 101: ...cess 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 li...

Page 102: ...s 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 103: ...ou 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 chang...

Page 104: ...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 105: ...OS 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 curren...

Page 106: ...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 107: ...r 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 edit...

Page 108: ...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 wo...

Page 109: ...perform ance 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 Mainbo...

Page 110: ...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 111: ...rating sys tems Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 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...

Page 112: ...ete 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 inst...

Page 113: ...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 114: ...ver which comes available after you have installed the operating system 3 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Windows 2000 does n...

Page 115: ...autorun screen 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 dri...

Page 116: ...range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recom mend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal set...

Page 117: ...your computer is safe be cause it automatically scans for viruses and checks for virus up dates so that PC protection stays up to date To install please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of th...

Page 118: ...On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 9 on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Click I accept the agreement then click Next 4 Follow the pr...

Page 119: ...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 120: ...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 121: ...gy 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 Sound...

Page 122: ...ically 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 ar...

Page 123: ...install cooling fans The system requires adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor 3 The CPU Hyper Threading field in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu of the Award...

Page 124: ...logy 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 Compute...

Page 125: ...ding Technology 125 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 126: ...de 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...

Page 127: ...e 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 128: ...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 129: ...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 130: ...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 131: ...configured 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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