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Page 1: ...Soc An Intel Sock k k k ket 478 Pr et 478 Pr et 478 Pr et 478 Pr et 478 Processor Based ocessor Based ocessor Based ocessor Based ocessor Based Mainboard 400 533MHz Mainboard 400 533MHz Mainboard 400...

Page 2: ...ersion update from the manufacturer s Web site 3 Replace mainboard 4 Remove and replace the add on card C1h C5h 1 Memory module inserted incorrectly 2 Memory compatibility problem 3 Memory module dama...

Page 3: ...Serial ATA Optional 1 7 Bandiwdth Overview 1 8 Mainboard Form Factor 1 9 I O Shield Connector 1 10 Power On Off Remote 1 10 System Block Diagram 1 11 Section 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section...

Page 4: ...ration Setup 4 22 PC Health Status 4 25 Frequency Voltage Control 4 27 Defaults Menu 4 30 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 31 Exit Selecting 4 32 Section 5 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installati...

Page 5: ...ard B 1 User s manual C 1 Floppy cable or Floppy round cable D 1 Hard drive cable or Hard drive round cable E 1 Driver and utility Optional Item F 1 USB2 0 Cable G 1 Game port cable H 1 I O Shield I 1...

Page 6: ...essor The Intel 845PE chipset architecture removes the requirement for the ISA expansion bus that was traditionally integrated into the I O subsystem of Intel chipsets This removes many of the conflic...

Page 7: ...b ICH4 The I O controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system Additionally it integrates may I O functions The ICH4 integrates Upstream hub link for access to the MCH...

Page 8: ...IMD has the ability to process more than one piece of data element during one instruction This technology is useful for 3D graphics applications that handle considerable amounts of floating point numb...

Page 9: ...Intel NetBurstTM micro architecture This technology enables a single processor to run two separate threads simultaneously this arrangement looks like two processors Hyper Threading Technology makes a...

Page 10: ...riginal AGP Interface Specifica tion revision 1 0 by allowing 4X data transfers 4 data samples per clock and 1 5 volt power supply operation The AGP 2 0 interface along with SDRAM memory technology al...

Page 11: ...tional The evolutionary serial ATA interface replaces the standard parallel ATA physical storage interface The serial ATA specification provides scalability and allows future enhancements to the compu...

Page 12: ...I d e e p S k c o l C z H M r e P s e l p m a S k c o l C e t a R a t a D s s e l p m a s a g e M h t d i W a t a D s e t y B h t d i w d n a B s B M s u B U P C 3 3 1 0 0 1 4 3 3 5 0 0 4 8 4 6 2 4 0...

Page 13: ...help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs By integrating more I O down onto the board and better positioning the hard drive and floppy connec...

Page 14: ...y an operating system such as Windows ME 2000 98 95 Note For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR ACPI S3 function it is strongly recommend to use ATX or ATX12V power supplies that have a 5VSB c...

Page 15: ...ium 4 Processor 478 pin Package ICH4 I O Controller Hub AC 97 Audio USB 0 1 AGP Slot Graphic Video Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 LPT Port FDD Game IR PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard USB 4 5 USB 2 3 HDD ATA 66...

Page 16: ...Introduction Page 1 12 Page Left Blank...

Page 17: ...ng platform 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 operati...

Page 18: ...tional Onboard LAN Optional Integrate 10 100Mb fast Ethernet controller in Realtek RTL8100B Lan chipset by RJ 45 connector I O CONNECTOR PS 2 mouse and keyboard COM1 LPT printer Line in out MIC COM2 a...

Page 19: ...MIDI port EXTENDED FUNCTION Supports Hardware Monitoring function by W83627HF AW Supports exclusive KBPO Keyboard Power On function Supports Wake On LAN function Supports STR Suspend To RAM power savi...

Page 20: ...A JKHAI Page 2 4 Page Left Blank...

Page 21: ...Installation Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 22: ...Installation Page 3 2 Mainboard Layout...

Page 23: ...ns KBPO 3 6 STR Function 3 7 AGP Card 1 5V Protection Section 3 1 CPU Installation Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Figure 1 Step 2 Align pin 1 on the CPU with pin 1 on the CPU so...

Page 24: ...re 6 NOTES Damage to Intel PentiumTM 4 processors might result if installed with incorrect CPU fan and heatsink assemblies Use Intel s design thermal solution shown in the illustrations above an activ...

Page 25: ...Installation Page 3 5 Section 3 2 Jumper Settings JBAT1 CMOS Clear 1 2 Normal Default 2 3 Clear CMOS 1...

Page 26: ...N e n o N B G 2 m u m i x a M M A R D S R D D B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 1 X B G 1 M A R D S R D D B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 1 X B G 1 e n o N B G 2 m u m i x a M M A R D S R D D B M 2 1 5 B M...

Page 27: ...acing the chip firmly into the socket and pressing straight down as shown in figure 9 until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 10 Figure 8 DIMM notch Figure...

Page 28: ...N2 Power Fan WOL1 WOL Wake On LAN Connector Reserved for an NIC Network Inter face Card to wake the system from power saving mode GND 12V Rotation FAN3 Chassis Fan GND 12V Rotation GND 12V NC FAN2 FAN...

Page 29: ...ote The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt ATX or ATX 12V power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement but...

Page 30: ...udio Connector When headphones are plugged into the front panel headphone jack the rear panel audio output connectors are disabled If the front panel interface board is not con nected to the front pan...

Page 31: ...a l B d n u o r G d n u o r G e l b a C 5 n e e r G a t a D a t a D 6 n e e r G a t a D a t a D 7 k c a l B d n u o r G d n u o r G e l b a C 8 e t i h W a t a D a t a D 9 k c a l B d n u o r G d n u...

Page 32: ...rial ATA devices that conform to the Serial ATA specification Serial ATA supports all ATA and ATAPI devices including high capacity removable devices optical devices tape storage devices and zip devic...

Page 33: ...lay mode suspend mode is enabled by pushing the button momentarily Turbo LED indicator IDE LED indicator LED on when onboard PCI IDE Hard disks are being accessed IR Connector 1 VCC 4 GND 2 CIRRX 5 IR...

Page 34: ...unction Once you connect an external modem to COM1 or COM2 the mainboard enables you to turn on the system through remote and host dial up control Keyboard Power ON Function The mainboard features a k...

Page 35: ...d device c Install Windows XP 2000 ME 98SE d Restart the system e Open the Control Panel Power Management application and click the Advanced tab In the Power buttons section select Stand By from the d...

Page 36: ...serted into the AGP slot If this happens we recommend you to follow these steps Step 1 Remove the 3 3V AGP card from the AGP slot Step 2 Unplug the ATX ATX12V power cable Step 3 Insert a 1 5V AGP card...

Page 37: ...In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CM...

Page 38: ...d item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose STANDARD CMOS FEATURES in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features...

Page 39: ...mode used to support a special 3 5 inch drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 inch disk that stores 1 2 MB The default setting for this is disabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the ADVANCED BIOS...

Page 40: ...ble the virus warning CPU L1 L2 Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal Level One and Level Two cache The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the processor s internal cache th...

Page 41: ...S M A R T applet warns the user of the impending condition and advises appropriate action to protect the data The default is Disabled Options Enabled Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show This option allows...

Page 42: ...em The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but the access to Setup will be denied if the incorre...

Page 43: ...physical drive letters A B if you are using two floppy disks The default is Disabled Enabled Floppy A B will be swapped under the O S Disabled Floppy A B will be not swapped Boot Up Floppy Seek If th...

Page 44: ...AM Timing By SPD is follow Intel PC DDR SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Specification Options Manual By SPD CAS Latency Time Enables you to select the CAS latency time The value is set at the factory dep...

Page 45: ...cycles required to page memory before the next bank activate command can be issued The default is by DRAM SPD Options 2 3 System BIOS Cacheable This item allows the system to be cached in memory for f...

Page 46: ...e two clocks after internal SDRAM start indication Enabled Fast CS mode CS active one clocks after internal SDRAM start indication Delay Prior to Thermal Set this item to enable the CPU Thermal functi...

Page 47: ...Secondary PCI IDE Disabled The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches 45 cm Init Display First If two video cards are used 1 AGP and 1 PCI this specifies which one will be the...

Page 48: ...he onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The default is Auto Option...

Page 49: ...etup and press Enter The following screen appears USB Controller Enables the all USB controller Options Disabled Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enables the EHCI USB2 0 controller Options Disabled Enabled...

Page 50: ...290 300 330 Disabled default Midi Port IRQ Select an interrupt for the Midi port Options 5 10 default HighPoint Device Optional Enables the onboard PCI device High Point IDE RAID Options Auto default...

Page 51: ...ct an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports Options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This filed allows the users to configure what...

Page 52: ...D2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port Options 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port...

Page 53: ...the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals In general these parameters should not be changed unless it s absolutely necessary Figure 6 Power Management ACPI Suspend Type This...

Page 54: ...e next field KB Power ON Password Hot KEY Enables you to use a hot key combination to power on the computer Set the hot key combination in the Hot Key Power ON field Any KEY Enables you to set any key...

Page 55: ...w the video will be disabled by the power management The default is V H Sync Blank V H Sync Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer D...

Page 56: ...ault is Instant Off Instant Off Turns off the system instantly Delay 4 Second Turns off the system after a 4 second delay If momentary press of button the system will go into Suspend Mode Press the po...

Page 57: ...om power savings mode Reload Global Timer Events Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 Any activity occuring on these channels awakens the system from power savings mode FDD COM LPT Port When enabled any event oc...

Page 58: ...isabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were recorded into ESCD Extended System Configuration Data you can set this field to Enabled in order to...

Page 59: ...etting enable the user to specify what IRQ will be assigned to the AC97 device Options Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 The default is Auto PCI Slot 1 Slot 5 INT Assignment These settings enables the use...

Page 60: ...cards don t need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable A T N I B T N I C T N I D T N I E T N I F T N I G T N I H T N I...

Page 61: ...rrent CPU Temperature Displays the current CPU temperature Current System Temperature Displays the current system temperature Current CPU Chassis Power FAN Speed Displays the current speed of the CPU...

Page 62: ...PI Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment BIOS and ACPI...

Page 63: ...U Clock Speed For example if you have a processor that is rated to run at 450 MHz and the system is running a frontside bus frequency of 100 MHz you should select a multiplier of 4 5 so that 4 5 Multi...

Page 64: ...We recommend that you leave this item at the default value When the FSB is 400MHz the options will display 1 1 DDR200 3 4 DDR266 Auto DDR266 When the FSB is 533MHz the options will display 1 1 DDR266...

Page 65: ...omatically disables the clock source for a PCI slot which does not have a module in it reducing EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference The default is Enabled Spread Spectrum Modulated If you enable spread s...

Page 66: ...ault value 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dial...

Page 67: ...Type the password and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will c...

Page 68: ...ur system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selec tions stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without...

Page 69: ...item is forinstallRaidAdministrator Step 5 Install the SILICON IMAGE DRIVER serial ATA driver please install the driver from 3 5 floppy The SILICON IMAGE RAID ADMINISTRATOR item is for install Silico...

Page 70: ...etup 6 Channel To enable ALC650 Function Sound Effect 1 Right click Sound Effect button in the tool bar display currently selected Titles Select Sound Manager 2 Click Sound Effect button and select En...

Page 71: ...stallation Page 5 3 Equalizer Speak Configutation Figure 3 3 Click Equalizer and setup the value of dB Figure 4 4 Click Line in and Mic in buttons to enable 6 channel function as this is required for...

Page 72: ...rs Installation Page 5 4 Figure 5 5 The selected screen appears Figure 6 6 Click Speaker Test button and click on the speakers directly which show on the screen to test it Speaker Test Speak Configuta...

Page 73: ...Drivers Installation Page 5 5 Figure 7 7 General Information for user reference General...

Page 74: ...Drivers Installation Page 5 6 Page Left Blank...

Page 75: ...Playback Windows Display Playback windows displays the following mode information 1 Playback Time Display 2 Voice Cancellation Mode Display 3 Pitch Mode Display 4 Surround Sound Mode Display Avance Me...

Page 76: ...t i C m o o r g n i v i L n i a t n u o M e n o t S y r r a u Q m u i r o t i d u A n i a l P t r e c n o C t o l g n i k r a P e v a C e p i p r e w e S a n e r A r e t a w r e d n U r a g n a H g u...

Page 77: ...ar Clear the Title Play List 4 Load Load Title Play List 5 Store Save Title Play List G Title Play List Scroll bar Scroll Up Down the Title Play List H Recording Function Controls The recording functi...

Page 78: ...ontrol include Minimize Close 1 Minimize Minimize Platform Display Panel 2 Close Close Exit Platform Display Panel K Equalizer Control Panel The Equalizer Control Panel include On Off Preset 1 On Off...

Page 79: ...nd it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable DOS floppy disk Note The DOS floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press Enter Key 2 You...

Page 80: ...to save previous BIOS to file 6 Are you sure to program y n please key in Y to start the programming 7 The programming is finished xxxxx bin F1 Reset F10 Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx bin xxxxx bin XXXXX XXXX...

Page 81: ...endix C C 1 EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool The BIOS socket may be damaged if using an improper method to repla...

Page 82: ...Appendix C 2 Page Left Blank...

Page 83: ...ion is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost7 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options De...

Page 84: ...e There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at least 2 disks Press...

Page 85: ...or restoring the backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Disk To Image Disk Backup 1 Select...

Page 86: ...Appendix D 4 Disk From Image Restore Backup 1 Select the Restoring file 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start 2 Select the location for storing the backup file...

Page 87: ...t the Destination drive of the disk to be restored 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen...

Page 88: ...tition To Image partition backup 3 Partition From Image restore partition Partition To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the ope...

Page 89: ...and programs are stored 3 Select the path and file name to store the backup file 4 Is the file compressed There are 3 options 1 No do not compress data during backup 2 Fast Small volume compression 3...

Page 90: ...Appendix D 8 Partition From Image Restore Partition 1 Select the backup file to be restored 2 Select the source partition 5 Select Yes to start performing backup...

Page 91: ...9 3 Select the disk to be restored 4 Select the partition to be restored 5 Select Yes to start restoring Check This function is to check possible error caused by defective FAT or track during backup o...

Page 92: ...plete Office programs require 360MB The remaining space can be used to store data After installing Windows use Ghost to create a backup area for the system and to store the file Image file in drive D...

Page 93: ...estore types include General Windows and Windows and Application Programs If you select General Windows the system is restored to the general Windows operation condition The command is Ghost exe clone...

Page 94: ...t of Autoexec bat includes MSCDEX EXE D IDECD001 L Z Ghost exe clone mode load src z original gho dst 1 sure rb 2 Write the backup image file original gho of the entire hard disk or partition into the...

Page 95: ...back to E000 F000 shadow RAM 0h1 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error...

Page 96: ...ard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specifie...

Page 97: ...r Pentium class CPU 3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 5 Invoke video BIOS 2A 2Ch Reserved 2Dh 1 Initialize multi language 2 Put informa...

Page 98: ...ze USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP ini...

Page 99: ...y related fields in 40 hardware 70 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect install all IDE devices HDD LS120...

Page 100: ...lear noise of IRQs 86 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final...

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