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for graphics memory. We recommend that you leave this item at the default 
value. 

AGP Mode (4X) 

This item allows you to enable or disable the caching of display data for the 
processor video memory. Enabling AGP-4X Mode can greatly improve the 
display speed. Disable this item if your graphics display card does not support 
this feature.   

AGP Driving Control (Auto) 

This item is used to signal driving current on AGP cards to auto or manual. 
Some AGP cards need stronger than normal driving current in order to oper-
ate. We recommend that you set this item to the default. 

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AGP Driving Value:

 When AGP Driving Control is set to Man-

ual, use this item to set the AGP current driving value. 

AGP Master 1 WS Write (Disabled) 

This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus. By default, two-
wait states are used by the system, providing greater stability. 

AGP Fast Write (Disabled) 

This item lets you enable or disable the caching of display data for the video 
memory of the processor. Enabling this item can greatly improve the display 
speed. Disable this item if your graphics display card does not support this 
feature. 

AGP Master 1 WS Write (Disabled) 

This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus. By default, two-
wait states are used by the system, providing greater stability. 

AGP Master 1 WS Read (Disabled) 

This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus. By default, two-
wait states are used by the system, allowing for greater stability. 

Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced Chipset Features screen. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for P4VXAD+

Page 1: ...ted and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi tal device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not in stalled and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio...

Page 2: ...ference causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada About the Manual The manual consists of the following Chapter 1 Introducing the Mainboard Describes features of the mainboard and provides a shipping checklist Go to page 1 Chapter 2 Installing the Mainboard Describes installation of mainboard ...

Page 3: ...ng Jumpers 8 Checking Jumper Settings 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 11 Front Panel Connector 13 Installing Hardware 14 Installing the Processor 14 Installing Memory Modules 17 Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM 18 Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive 20 Installing Add on Cards 20 Connecting Optional Devices 22 Connecting I O Devices 26 External Connector Color Coding 27 CHAPTER 3 2...

Page 4: ...quency Voltage Control 50 Load Fail Safe Defaults Option 51 Load Optimized Defaults Option 51 Set Password Option 52 Save Exit Setup Option 52 Exit Without Saving 52 CHAPTER 4 53 Using the Mainboard Software 53 About the Software CD ROM 53 Auto installing under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP 53 Running Setup 54 Manual Installation 56 Utility Software Reference 56 iv ...

Page 5: ... registered 1 5 GB unbuffered The P4VXAD is designed to give customers an advanced multimedia solu tion at a very low cost It is equipped with advanced full set of I O ports such as dual channel IDE interfaces a floppy controller two high speed serial port an EPP ECP capable bi directional parallel port connector four USB Univer sal Serial Bus connector a PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors One AGP...

Page 6: ...ent interface with peak band width of 266 MB sec Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller with 1 10 100 Mbit capability PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132 Mbyte s data sent to north bridge via high speed V Link Interface USB v2 0 and Universal Host Controller Interface UHCI v2 0 compatible Additional features include support for six USB ports an AC 97 link for audio and modem hardware monito...

Page 7: ...ptive Equalizer Promise 20265 optional Supports Ultra ATA100 drives and backward compatible with Ultra ATA66 33 EIDE drives identical drives rec ommended Supports IDE RAID 1 mirroring or 0 striping Supports UDMA 5 4 3 2 1 0 DMA 2 1 0 PIO 4 3 2 1 0 modes Two independent IDE channels support up to four UDMA 100 66 33 or EIDE drives Integrated I O The mainboard has a full set of I O ports and connect...

Page 8: ...em case Ensure that your case supports all the features required The mainboard can support one floppy diskette drive and four enhanced IDE drives Ensure that your case has sufficient power and space for all the drives that you intend to install Most cases have a choice of I O templates in the rear panel Make sure that the I O template in the case matches the I O ports installed on the rear edge of...

Page 9: ...M Ma ai in nb bo oa ar rd d C Co om mp po on ne en nt ts s 5 ...

Page 10: ...0 IDE 4 Fourth IDE channel for ATA 66 100 J3 Single color LED header JP1 Clear CMOS jumper JP2 BIOS protect jumper JP3 CPU frequency select jumper JP4 CPU voltage adjustment jumper LED1 LED 2 5 VSB for DDR SDRAM red PANEL Panel connector for case switches and LEDs PCI1 PCI5 Five 32 bit add on card slots RAIDLED IDE3 IDE4 array controller active LED SIR Serial infrared cable header SJ1 Single color...

Page 11: ...e edges Do not bend circuit boards Q Qu ui ic ck k G Gu ui id de e This Quick Guide suggests the steps you can take to assemble your system with the mainboards The following table provides a reference for installing specific components Locating Mainboard Components Go to page 5 Installing the Mainboard in a Case Go to page 8 Setting Jumpers Go to page 8 Installing Case Components Go to page 11 Ins...

Page 12: ... appropriate 1 Place the mainboard over the mounting brackets Ensure that your case has an I O template that supports the I O ports and expansion slots on your mainboard C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g J Ju um mp pe er r S Se et tt ti in ng gs s This section explains how to set jumpers for correct configuration of the main board Setting Jumpers Use the mainboard jumpers to set system configuration option...

Page 13: ... JP1 1 JP2 3 pin BIOS flash pro tection jumper 1 2 Unprotected 2 3 Protected JP2 1 JP3 3 pin CPU Frequency select jumper 1 2 Auto 2 3 133 MHz JP3 1 JP4 9 pin CPU voltage adjustment jumper 1 2 4 5 7 8 Default setting See table on following page for settings JP4 1 JP1 This jumper enables you to reset BIOS Follow these instructions 1 Turn the system off 2 Short pins 2 and 3 on JP1 3 Return the jumper...

Page 14: ...ers 1 2 4 5 7 8 Manual Set the CPU voltage manually Open all pins of jumper 4 and set the pin as follow Where VID0 VID2 are pin num bers 2 3 5 6 8 9 respectively of jumper 4 Thus VID0 VID2 will be equal to 0 by shorting pin numbers 2 3 5 6 8 9 or 1 by opening pin numbers 2 3 5 6 8 9 VID4 and VID3 depend on the CPU VID 4 0 Vcore V VID 4 0 Vcore V 00000 1 850 10000 1 450 00001 1 825 10001 1 425 0001...

Page 15: ...o CPUFAN 3 Connect the case cooling fan connector to CASFAN 4 Connect the case switches and indicator to PANEL1 5 Connect the case LED cable to J3 or SJ1 ATX1 ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PWRGD 18 5V 9 5VSB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V CPUFAN1 CASFAN1 FAN Power C...

Page 16: ...SJI Single color LED header Pin Signal Name 1 ACPI LED 2 ACPI LED 3 5VSB ACPI LED function S0 S1 S3 S4 S5 SJ1 1 Light Blinking Blinking Dark J3 Single color LED header Pin Signal Name 1 LED 2 Ground 12 ...

Page 17: ...IDE drive should be connected to the onboard IDE inter face The LED will also show activity for devices connected to the SCSI hard drive activity LED connector Power Sleep Message Waiting LED Connecting pins 2 and 4 to a single or dual color front panel mounted LED provides power on off sleep and message waiting indication Reset Switch Supporting the reset function requires connecting pins 5 and 7...

Page 18: ...ling the Processor This mainboard automatically determines the CPU clock frequency and sys tem bus frequency for the processor You may be able to change these settings by making changes to jumpers on the mainboard or changing the settings in the system Setup Utility We strongly recommend that you do not overclock processors or other components to run faster than their rated speed Warning Overclock...

Page 19: ...instructions to install the Retention Module and CPU 1 Remove the existing retention module if applicable 2 Position the backplate against the underside of the mainboard secure the 4 screws firmly on the retention module Note Do not over tighten the screws 3 Install your CPU Pull up the lever away from the socket and lift up to 90 degree angle 15 ...

Page 20: ...f the cooling fan into place 8 Flip the levers over to lock the heat sink in place 9 Connect the CPU Cool ing Fan power cable to the CPUFAN1 connec tor This completes the installation Notes To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation we suggest that you use a high quality fan with 4800 rpm at least CPU fan and heatsink installation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan heatsink sup...

Page 21: ...its antistatic packaging until you are ready to install it on the mainboard Handle the modules only by their edges Do not touch the components or metal parts Always wear a grounding strap when you handle the modules Refer to the following to install the memory modules 1 This mainboard supports unbuffered DDR SDRAM only Do not attempt to insert any other type of DDR SDRAM into the slots 2 Push the ...

Page 22: ... installing two IDE devices on one cable ensure that one device is set to MASTER and the other device is set to SLAVE The documentation of your IDE device explains how to do this About IDE3 and IDE4 Devices The third and fourth IDE channels are provided for IDE RAID function These channels are booted by hard disk drive only Other device such as CD ROM and ZIP does not support this function For ins...

Page 23: ... information Installing a CD ROM DVD Drive 1 Install the CD ROM DVD drive into the drive cage in your system case 2 Plug the IDE cable into IDE1 A If you have already installed an HDD use the other connec tor on the IDE cable Note Ribbon cable connectors are usually keyed so that they can only be installed correctly on the device connector If the connector is not keyed make sure that you match the...

Page 24: ...s not keyed make sure that you match the pin 1 side of the cable connector with the pin 1 side of the device connec tor Each connector has the pin 1 side clearly marked The pin 1 side of each ribbon cable is always marked with a colored stripe on the cable 3 Plug the correct connector on the FDD cable for the 5 25 inch or 3 5 inch drive into the FDD connector B 4 Plug a power cable from the case p...

Page 25: ...d check the documentation for the card carefully If the card is not Plug and Play you may have to manually con figure the card before installation Follow these instructions to install an add on card 1 Remove a blanking plate from the system case corresponding to the slot you are going to use 2 Install the edge connector of the add on card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge con nector is ...

Page 26: ...MIC Front Panel Microphone input signal 2 AUD_GND Ground used by Analog Audio Circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphone Power 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5 V used by Analog Audio Circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right Channel Audio signal to Front Panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right Channel Audio signal to Return from Front Panel 7 HP_ON Reserved for future use to control Head phone Amplifier 8 KEY No Pin 9 AUD_FPOUT_L Left Channel Au...

Page 27: ... Ground 9 KEY No pin 10 USB_FP_OC0 Overcurrent signal Note Please make sure that the USB cable has the same pin assignment as indi cated above A different pin assignment may cause damage or system hang up SIR Serial infrared port The mainboard supports a Serial Infrared SIR data port Infrared ports allow the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such...

Page 28: ...y controller active LED This connector is used to show the activity of the IDE3 IDE4 HDD The IDE LED is located on pins 1 2 of RAIDLED You can attach the hard drive LED cable to pins 1 2 Pin Signal Name 1 5V 2 IDE active 24 ...

Page 29: ...g Configures multiple drives so that sectors of data are interleaved within an array When a disk member fails it affects the entire array Performance is better than a single drive since the workload is bal anced between array members This array mode is designed for high performance systems Identical drives are recommended for per formance as well as data storage efficiency The disk array data capa...

Page 30: ...2 keyboard USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices LPT1 Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communica tions devices COM1 2 Use the COM ports to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COM1 is identified by the system as COM1 3 COM2 is identified by the system as COM2 4 Game Port Use the game port to connect a joystick or a MIDI device Audio Ports Use the three audio...

Page 31: ...out Lime Digital monitor flat panel White IEEE 1394 Grey Microphone Pink MIDI game Gold Parallel Burgundy PS 2 compatible keyboard Purple PS 2 compatible mouse Green Serial Teal or Turquoise Speaker out subwoofer Orange Right to left speaker Brown USB Black Video out Yellow SCSI network telephone modem None This concludes Chapter 2 The next chapter covers the BIOS 27 ...

Page 32: ...ives diskette drives and peripherals Video display type and display options Password protection from unauthorized use Power management features The settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Be fore using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations for Setup Utility options The Standard Configuration A standard ...

Page 33: ... Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type BIOS Navigation Keys The BIOS navigation keys are listed below Key Function Esc Exits the current menu Scrolls through the items on a menu PU PD Modifies the selected field s values F10 Saves the current configuration and exits setup F1 Displays a screen that describes all key functions F5 Loads previously saved valu...

Page 34: ...ge 7 Type the filename of the new BIOS in the File Name to Program text box Follow the onscreen directions to update the mainboard BIOS 8 When the installation is complete remove the floppy diskette from the diskette drive and restart your computer If your mainboard has a Flash BIOS jumper reset the jumper to protect the newly installed BIOS from being overwritten U Us si in ng g B BI IO OS S When...

Page 35: ...e items show the current date and time on the computer If you are running a Windows OS these items are automatically updated when ever you make changes to the Windows Date and Time Properties utility IDE Devices None Your computer has two IDE channels Primary and Secondary and each channel can be installed with one or two devices Master and Slave Use these items to configure each device on the IDE...

Page 36: ... result in your system not recognizing the installed hard disk Access Mode This item defines ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA Large Block Addressing Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive Press Esc to return to the Standard CMOS Features page Drive A Drive B 1 44M 3 5 in None These items define the c...

Page 37: ...ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Anti Virus Protection Disabled When enabled this item provides protection against viruses that try to write to the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive You need to disable this item when installing an operating system We recommend that you enable this item as soon as you have installed an ope...

Page 38: ...lay settings for your keyboard Typematic Rate 6 Chars Sec Use this item to define how many characters per second are generated when a key is held down Typematic Delay 250 Msec Use this item to define how many milliseconds must elapse before a held down key begins generating repeat characters Security Option Setup If you have installed password protection this item defines if the password is requir...

Page 39: ...ing parameters of the mainboard You should leave the items on this page at their default values unless you are very famil iar with the technical specifications of your system hardware If you change the values incorrectly you may introduce fatal errors or recurring instability into your system Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Item Help DRAM Clock Drive Control Press En...

Page 40: ...item enables you to manually set the DRAM Clock We recommend that you leave this item at the default value DRAM Timing Manual Set this By SPD to enable the system to automatically set the SDRAM timing by SPD Serial Presence Detect SPD is an EEPROM chip on the DIMM module that stores information about the memory chips it contains including size speed voltage row and column addresses and manufacture...

Page 41: ...hs are supported by the devices on the mainboard DRAM Command Rate 2T command This item enables you to specify the waiting time for the CPU to issue the next command after issuing the command to the DDR memory We recommend that you leave this item at the default value Press Esc to return to the Advanced Chipset Features screen AGP P2P Bridge Control Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the ...

Page 42: ...urrent driving value AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system providing greater stability AGP Fast Write Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the caching of display data for the video memory of the processor Enabling this item can greatly improve the display speed Disable this item if your g...

Page 43: ...tes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete be fore starting another write cycle PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states PCI Delay Transaction Enabled The mainboard s chipset has an embedded 32 bit post write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification ...

Page 44: ...and press Enter to view the following screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device Item Help OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Menu...

Page 45: ...ltraDMA device Press Esc to return to the Integrated Peripherals screen VIA OnChip PCI Device Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device Item Help VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Auto VIA 3068 MC97 Modem Disabled Onboard LAN Device Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Onboard RAID ROM Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD ...

Page 46: ...s option is used to assign the I O address and address and interrupt re quest IRQ for onboard serial port 1 COM1 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 This option is used to assign the I O address and address and interrupt re quest IRQ for onboard serial port 2 COM2 UART Mode Select Normal This field is available if the Onboard Serial Port 2 field is set to any option but Disabled UART Mode Select enable...

Page 47: ...This item sets the I O address for the Midi function Midi Port IRQ 10 This item sets the interrupt request for the Midi function Press Esc to return to the Integrated Peripherals screen Init Display First PCI Slot Use this item to specify whether your graphics adapter is installed in one of the PCI slots or is integrated on the mainboard OnChip USB Controller All Enabled Enable this item if you pl...

Page 48: ...ltime clock Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Power Management Option User Define HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Video Off Option Suspend Off Video Off Method DPMS Support MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail Off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter Menu Level Move Ente...

Page 49: ...en the system is put into suspend mode Video Off Method DPMS Support This item defines how the video is powered down to save power This item is set to DPMS Display Power Management Software by default MODEM Use IRQ 3 If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically resume the system from a power saving mode use this item to specify the interrupt request line IRQ that is used by the modem Y...

Page 50: ...ion to turn on the system This item is only available when the mainboard supports the S3 feature USB Resume from S3 Enabled When set to Enabled the system power will resume the system from a power saving mode if there is any USB port activity This item is only available when the mainboard supports the S3 feature VGA Off When set to On the system power will resume the system from a power sav ing mo...

Page 51: ... Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Item Help Primary INTR ON IRQ 3 COM2 Disabled IRQ 4 COM1 Enabled IRQ 5 LPT2 Enabled IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ 7 LPT1 Enabled IRQ 8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ 9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ 10 Reserved Disabled IRQ 11 Reserved Disabled IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ 13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ 14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ 15 Reserved Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU P...

Page 52: ...t that the OS cannot boot Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed No Setting this option to Yes allows the PnP OS instead of BIOS to assign the system resources such as IRQ and I O address to the ISA PnP device The default setting is No Reset Configuration Data Disabled If you enable this item a...

Page 53: ...th the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled This item is designed to overcome problems that can be caused by some non standard VGA cards This board includes a built in VGA system that does not require palett...

Page 54: ... set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status You cannot make changes to these fields Frequency Voltage Control This item enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processo...

Page 55: ...ets you install fail safe defaults for all ap propriate items in the Setup Utility Press Y and then Enter to install the defaults Press N and then En ter to not install the defaults The fail safe defaults place no great demands on the system and are generally stable If your system is not functioning cor rectly try installing the fail safe defaults as a first step in getting your system working pro...

Page 56: ... Type the password again and press Enter or press Enter if you are deleting a password that is already installed 6 If you typed the password correctly the password will be installed Save Exit Setup Option Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or pr...

Page 57: ...r something similar These files may contain important information that is not included in this manual A Au ut to o i in ns st ta al ll li in ng g u un nd de er r W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 98 8 M ME E 2 20 00 00 0 X XP P The Auto install CD ROM makes it easy for you to install the drivers and soft ware for your mainboard Note If the Auto install CD ROM does not work on your system you can still in st...

Page 58: ... Some software is installed in separate folders for different oper ating systems such as DOS WIN NT or WIN98 95 Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using To install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking the file and then following the instructions on the screen Exit The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window Application Tab Lists the...

Page 59: ...g screen appears 3 Check the box next to the items you want to install The default options are recommended 4 Click Next run the Installation Wizard An item installation screen ap pears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence Follow the on screen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart a few ti...

Page 60: ...pied in accordance with the terms of the license Note These software s are subject to change at anytime without prior notice Please refer to the support CD for available software AWARD Flash Memory Utility This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the mainboard and lets you copy an updated version of the BIOS to the chip Proceed with caution when using this progr...

Page 61: ... to install the application software Super Voice Fax Modem Software To install the Super Voice voice fax data communication application for use with the built in fax modem go the directory UTILITY SUPER_VOICE then run PICSHELL EXE to install the application software PageABC The PageABC application software enables you to create your very own home page To install the PageABC go to the directory UTI...

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