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5.1 Flash Utility 

The BIOS of the P8F161 mainboard can be upgraded by using a Flash 
utility. A new version of the BIOS can be downloaded from the 
factory’s Website. The system BIOS is stored in a 2 M-bit Flash 
EEPROM that can be erased and reprogrammed by the Flash utility. 
 
 
The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software 
running in the system. In order to make sure no memory manager 
software is running, boot your system from a bootable floppy diskette 
which does not contain CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXE.BAT files. If 
you are using MS-DOS 6.x, you can press the <F5> function key 
when the “Starting MS-DOS.” Message appears on the screen to by 
pass the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. 

5. Driver and Utility 

Summary of Contents for P8F161

Page 1: ...P8F161 MOTHER BOARD USER S MANUAL Ver 2 AUG 8 2004...

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Page 3: ...this user s manual and all accompanying documentation and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of the revision or change IN NO EVENT WILL THE VENDOR...

Page 4: ...an introduction a checklist of the items that ship with this mainboard and a summary of the principal features and components Chapter 3 Hardware Installation This chapter explains how to prepare your...

Page 5: ...tors 1 8 Note 2 INTRODUCTION 2 1 Overview 2 2 Mainboard Specifications and Features 2 2 1 Hardware 2 2 2 Software 2 3 Mainboard Layout 2 4 Microprocessor 2 5 CPU Packaging 2 6 AC97 Codec 2 7 Chipset 3...

Page 6: ...or AGP1 3 5 14 Front Mic IN Line IN Connector JP2 3 5 15 Front Speaker Connector JP3 3 5 16 1394 Connector 1394 3 5 17 Serial ATA Connector SATA 3 5 18 COM2 Connector COM2 3 5 19 Game Connector JP3 Op...

Page 7: ...e Control 4 10 Load Fail Safe Defaults 4 11 Load Optimized Defaults 4 12 Set Supervisor User Password 4 13 Save Exit Setup 4 14 Exit Without Saving 5 DRIVER AND UTILITY 5 1 Flash Utility 5 2 CD Driver...

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Page 9: ...X power connector PW ATX 12V power connector CN2 Front Panel connectors JP1 S P DIF Connector SPDIF AUDIO connector AUX AUDIO connector CD IN Front Mic IN Line IN Connector JP2 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22...

Page 10: ...Mainboard User s Manual I O Ports 2 1 2 I O Ports 1 3 Front Panel Connector The following illustration shows the front panel connector pin assignments...

Page 11: ...ts up to two double sided or two single sided DDR b Supports only x8 x16 DDR devices c Supports up to 6 4 GB s DDR400 in dual channel mode 184 Pin DIMM DDR SDRAM Memory Configuration Each 184 pin DIMM...

Page 12: ...D ROM audio input to the sound card COM2 COM2 connector CPU FAN CPU FAN This 3 pin header is used for connecting a CPU fan Game Optional Game connector This connector is used for connecting a game cab...

Page 13: ...format It allows the transfer of audio from one file to another without the conversion to and from an analog format USB1 3 Front USB connector This 10 pin header is used connecting front panel USB po...

Page 14: ...d concurrent PCI bus The mainboard accommodates DDR SDRAM Synchronous DRAM memory and supports ATA 66 100 In addition to superior hardware capabilities provided with this platform are these features S...

Page 15: ...in floating point unit System bus clock 100 133 200 MHz Chipset Intel 865G GMCH and 82801 EB ICH5 chipset Supports 400 533 800 MHz FSB Supports DDR266 333 400 MHz DRAM Two 184 pin DDR sockets up to 2...

Page 16: ...ions Three connectors for USB2 0 ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 One IrDA compatible infrared IR connector Mouse PS 2 mouse connector Keyboard PS 2 keyboard connector Expansion Slots One 32 bit PCI slot One AGP8X S...

Page 17: ...and Play Multi Boot DMI and EIDE devices Supports ACPI Supports high capacity LS 120 and ZIP removable media drive Driver and Utility IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver AC97 codec audio driver Flash u...

Page 18: ...Mainboard User s Manual Mainboard Layout 10 2 3 Mainboard Layout Note Because of optional items and design changes your mainboard may not be identical to the one shown in the illustration...

Page 19: ...t Panel connector 11 SPDIF S P DIF connector 12 AUX Audio AUX In header 13 CD IN Audio CD In header 14 JP2 Front Mic IN Line IN Audio connector 15 JP3 Front speaker connector 16 1394 1394 connectors 1...

Page 20: ...e mainboard s CPU socket is a surface mount mPGA478B type ZIF Zero Insertion Force socket The socket has 478 pins with 50 mil pin pitch Note ZIF sockets are sockets designed for easy insertion of pin...

Page 21: ...hub interface and additional interface in an Intel 865G chipset desktop platform Each GMCH contains an integrated graphics controller IGD The Intel 865G chipset use the 82801EB ICH5 for the I O Contr...

Page 22: ...ainboard User s Manual Chipset 14 Integrated LAN controller Dual Ultra ATA 100 controllers support faster IDE transfers to storage devices This concludes Chapter 2 Chapter 3 cover hardware installatio...

Page 23: ...e CD ROM drive One display monitor One mouse One PS 2 keyboard One LAN Modem One set of loudspeakers 3 1 Unpacking The P8F161 family mainboard package contains the following items One mainboard One ID...

Page 24: ...charges of static electricity Working on computers that are still connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous Follow the simple guidelines below to avoid damaging you computer Always discon...

Page 25: ...Hardware Installation Connector Jumper Location 17 3 4 Connector Jumper Location...

Page 26: ...is used to reboot the system SBLED This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted Standby LED to indicate a standby status The LED remains Lit even when the system is off to indicate that AC power...

Page 27: ...2 Audio CD In Connector CD IN This connector enables you to connect a CD ROM to the mainboard and receive stereo audio input 3 5 3 Audio AUX IN Connector AUX This connector enables you to connect a st...

Page 28: ...hilips Digital Interface is a standard audio transfer file format 3 5 5 Infrared IR Connector IR This 5 pinheader connects to an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module via a cabl...

Page 29: ...21 3 5 6 LAN connectors LAN CON This two connectors are used for extra LAN connecting 3 5 7 Extend USB Header USB1 3 The mainborad provides one onboard 10 pin of three USB headers The headers on the s...

Page 30: ...ly one way to plug the lead into to ATX power connector Press the lead connector down until the clip snaps into place and secures the lead onto the connector Warning Incorrect installation of the powe...

Page 31: ...on the mainboard for the cooling fans The connectors support fans of 12VDC 500mAMP six watt or less When the system goes into sleep state fans should be shut down to eliminate audible noise and reduc...

Page 32: ...ves at the same time one of them has to be configured as Master and the other has to be configured as Slave by setting the drive select jumpers on the drive Consult the documentation that came withyou...

Page 33: ...ive A the connector with untwisted wires connects to drive B You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable corresponds with pin 1 of the I O port connector 3 5 12 PCI C...

Page 34: ...5 14 Front Mic IN Line IN Connector JP2 Connect a tape player or another audio source to the light blue Line in connector to record audio on your computer or to play audio through your computer s sou...

Page 35: ...Speaker Connector JP3 Connect the cable attached to line out connector on front panel This header shared same signal with line out back panel 3 5 16 1394 Connector 1394 Connect the cable attached to...

Page 36: ...s Manual Attaching Connectors 28 3 5 17 Serial ATA Connector SATA Connect the cable attached to S_ATA connector on motherboard 3 5 18 COM2 Connector COM2 Connect the cable attached to com2 connector...

Page 37: ...ctor Game Optional Connector the cable attached to game connector on motherboard 3 5 20 External Mouse Keyboard J25 Optional The mainboard provides one onboard 6 pin for external mouse or keyboard The...

Page 38: ...nnectors PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Key board Ports Connect a PS 2 mouse to the green 6 pin mini DIN connector The system will automatically assign IRQ 12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is connected Connect a PS 2...

Page 39: ...port Serial Port Connect a serial device such as a mouse or modem to the 9 pin serial port You can set the serial port IRQs in BIOS Refer to integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details Note Serial...

Page 40: ...so support MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 digital video The USB ports have a maximum bandwidth of 480 Mbits sec equivalent to 60 Mbytes sec and up to 127devices can be attached Fast devices can use the full bandwi...

Page 41: ...owered speakers to the lime colored lineout connector Audio Mic In Port You can connect a microphone to the pink microphone connector to record audio to your computer 3 5 22 ALC650 5 1 Channel Sound C...

Page 42: ...ing fan attached 2 Place the mainboard on a workbench not in a chassis Be sure that the mainboard is empty that is no DIMMs cables or cards are installed and that the holes for the fan or heat sink su...

Page 43: ...ocessor in place and latch the lever under the catch on the side of the socket 7 Plug the cable from the heat sink cooling fan assembly into the processor cooling fan power supply CPU FAN 8 Configurat...

Page 44: ...R SDRAM DIMM memory modules These are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type which is automatically detected by the BIOS You must use 2 5V DIMMs in the mainboard To determine the DIMM...

Page 45: ...t boot up because you forgot your password the CPU clock setup is incorrect or the CMOS setting need to reset to default values after the system BIOS has been updated Refer to the following solutions...

Page 46: ...he CPU will automatically boot up using standard parameters 2 As the system boots enter BIOS and set up the CPU clock Note If you are unable to enter BIOS setup turn the system on and off a few times...

Page 47: ...at displays the system s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system parameters These parameters are stored in non volatile battery backed up CMOS RAM that saves this information e...

Page 48: ...hanges to the security setup Normally CMOS setup is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with the information contained in the CMOS RAM whenever the CMOS RAM has lost power or the system...

Page 49: ...ottom of the screen Key Function Esc Escape key Exits the current menu PU PD Cursor keys Scroll through the items on a menu Plus minus Page Up and Page Down keys Modify the selected field s values F10...

Page 50: ...ilar for all three chipsets and is used to configure the following features Date Month Day Year Time Hour Minute and Second Use 24 Hour clock format for PM numbers add 12 to the hour you would enter 4...

Page 51: ...If you are setting up a new hard disk drive that supports LBA mode more than one line will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not choose Large or Normal if...

Page 52: ...E device sub menu and return to the Standard CMOS Features page Drive A and Drive B Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system The options are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5in 1...

Page 53: ...are All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key Base Extended Total Memory These items are automatically detected by the system at start up time These are display only fie...

Page 54: ...ons for each feature Virus Warning When enabled any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear If this happens you can use an ant...

Page 55: ...ecified under the First Second and Third boot devices The default setting is Enabled Swap Floppy Drive If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system this item allows you to swap the assigned d...

Page 56: ...ls the password feature The options are Setup and System Selecting Setup will protect the configuration settings from being tampered with Select System if you want to use the password feature every ti...

Page 57: ...dows 95 OS select Yes for this item to ensure compatibility with the Windows 95 logo certification The default setting is Yes Small Logo EPA Show Enables and disables the EPA logo when booting up The...

Page 58: ...Enables you to set the DRAM timing manually or automatically using SPD Serial Presence Detect SPD is an EEPROM chip on the memory module that stores information about the memory chips it contains incl...

Page 59: ...umber of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe RAS to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and data lost The default s...

Page 60: ...n determines the effective size of the AGP Graphic Aperture where memory mapped graphic data structures are located The default setting is 128 and other options are 4 8 16 32 64 or 256 On Chip VGA Set...

Page 61: ...BIOS Configuration Integrated Peripherals 53 4 5 Integrated Peripherals Selecting Integrated Peripherals on the main program screen displays field...

Page 62: ...n support The default setting is Enabled On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE These options enable or disable the primary and secondary onboard IDE controllers The default setting is Enabled IDE Primary...

Page 63: ...u may have to install the Ultra DMA driver supplied with this mainboard in order to use an Ultra DMA device On Chip Serial ATA Setting On Chip Serial ATA Enables and disables the built in on chip seri...

Page 64: ...at the default Enabled if you want to connect USB devices to your computer USB Keyboard Support Enables USB keyboard support for legacy operating systems The default setting is Disabled USB Mouse Sup...

Page 65: ...on the computer When set to Password you must key in your password before pressing any keyboard key to start the computer The password is set in the KB Power ON Password field If you set this field to...

Page 66: ...t Key in the POWER ON Function field Options for this field are Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller This option enables the onboard floppy disk drive controller Onboard Serial Port 1 This option i...

Page 67: ...rared IR function of the onboard infrared chip The option are Full and Halt default Full duplex means that you can transmit and send information simultaneously Half duplex is the transmission of data...

Page 68: ...atus after power returns from a power failure Game Port Address Enables you to specify the I O address of the game port Options are Disabled 201 default and 209 Midi Port Address Enables you to specif...

Page 69: ...tomatically resumed by certain events ACPI Function When set to Enabled turns on the ACPI Function The default setting is Disabled Note ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is a power manag...

Page 70: ...longer time out If the item is set to User Define you can insert your own timeouts for the power saving modes There are four options User Define allows you to customize all power saving timer features...

Page 71: ...hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable Soft Off by PWR BTTN When set to Instant Off default pressing the power...

Page 72: ...from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything that occurs to a device that is configured as Enabled even when the system...

Page 73: ...t properly Selecting PnP PCI Configurations on the main program screen displays this menu Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the Plug and Play feature so the resources assigned to each...

Page 74: ...lds only become available if the Resource Controlled By firld is set to Manual If there is a legacy ISA device which uses an IRQ or DMA set the corresponding IRQ or DMA to Legacy ISA otherwise you sho...

Page 75: ...on the main program screen displays this menu CPU Warning Temperature This feature enables you to set the warning temperature for CPU overheating When the CPU temperature exceeds the set temperature...

Page 76: ...nboard User s Manual PC Health Status 68 12 V VBAT V 5VSB V Shutdown Temperature Enables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down Press ESC to return to the main me...

Page 77: ...ultiplier for the system front side bus FSB frequency The value of the multiplier must be set so that Multiplier x Front side Bus Frequency CPU Clock Speed For example if you have a processor that is...

Page 78: ...able spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic Interference generated by the system CPU Clock Use the CPU Host Clock to set the front side bus frequency for the installed pr...

Page 79: ...lets you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility Press Y and then Enter to install the defaults Press N and then Enter to not install the defaults The optimized defau...

Page 80: ...If you forget your password the only way to solve this problem is to discharge the CMOS memory by turning power off and placing a shunt on jumper JP12 to short pin 2 and pin 3 for five seconds then p...

Page 81: ...by the Flash utility The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software running in the system In order to make sure no memory manager software is running boot your system from a bootable...

Page 82: ...1 CD include 1 Install Mainboard Software Intel 865 family 2 Install Mainboard Software Intel 865G family Video 3 Install Audio Device Software ALC 4 Install LAN Driver RTL8100 5 Read Manual F161 Fami...

Page 83: ...ns on the screen to complete the installation After setup is completed you need to restart the computer 5 2 2 Intel chipset 865 family Busmater IDE driver This folder has chipset Intel 865 family Busm...

Page 84: ...865 VGA win98 me graphics win9x to clean the message 5 2 4 ALC650 Audio Driver Software and drivers are provided for the AC97 codec sound system that is integrated on this mainboard The AC97 codec al...

Page 85: ...on this mainboard The Realtek RTL8100 controller allows the system to transmit effects Drivers are provided for Windows Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP The installation Steps 1 Insert the manufacturer CD ROM...

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