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G4M300-P

System Board
User’s Manual

935-G4M301-000

A83200433

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Page 1: ...G4M300 P System Board User s Manual 935 G4M301 000 A83200433...

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

Page 3: ...interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televisio...

Page 4: ...lectronic file of this manual is included in the CD To view the user s manual in the CD insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User s Manual on th...

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

Page 6: ...Introduction 1 6 112 112 114 Appendix A Watchdog Timer A 1 WatchdogTimer Appendix B System Error Messages B 1 POST Beep B 2 Error Messages Appendix C Troubleshooting C 1 Troubleshooting Checklist 111...

Page 7: ...with ECC support Supports 128Mbit 256Mbit and 512Mbit technologies providing maximum capacity of 1GB with x16 devices and up to 2GB with high density 512Mbit technology BIOS Award BIOS Windows 98SE 20...

Page 8: ...mory allocation Display core frequency at 133 200 250 266MHz Render core frequency at 100 133 166 200 250 266MHz 2D graphics engine Optimized 128 bit BLT engine 32 bit Alpha Blended cursor 3D graphics...

Page 9: ...Interface Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA 100 hard drives PIO Mode 4 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 14MB sec Processor Socket Socket 478 Rear Panel I O Ports 1 mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port 1 mini...

Page 10: ...ails to function it will reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to operate DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading...

Page 11: ...ble external Plug and Play peripherals Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWR BTTN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter th...

Page 12: ...saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP supports the ACPI f...

Page 13: ...iruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive 1 3 Package Checklist The system board package conta...

Page 14: ...ery 1 Chassis open J2 1 LCD brightness control JP9 1 CD in PCI standby power LED Winbond W83627 Audio codec 1 Front audio 1 S PDIF out PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 Socket 478 1 CPU fan 1 Chassis fan DDR 1DDR 2 1...

Page 15: ...it to a metal part of the 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 supp...

Page 16: ...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 17: ...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 18: ...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 19: ...k 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 install...

Page 20: ...at 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 21: ...ever 4 Move the retention levers to their opposite directions then push them down This will secure the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly to the retention module base Note You will not be...

Page 22: ...he 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 and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP4 pins 2 and 3 to On W...

Page 23: ...Voltage Control submenu and press Enter 6 Set the processor s ratio to its default setting or an appropriate ratio Refer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information 7 P...

Page 24: ...2 mouse to wake up the system BIOS Setting Configure the PS 2 keyboard mouse wake up function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more info...

Page 25: ...Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power s...

Page 26: ...1 3 On 5V X JP16 LCD Panel Power Select 3 5 On 3 3V Inverter Voltage Select 2 4 On 5V 4 6 On 12V Important Before powering on the system make sure JP16 s setting matches the LCD panel s specification...

Page 27: ...s Control button of the LCD Display Panel It is used to adjust the brightness of the LCD Display Panel Increasing or decreasing the voltage to control the LCD panel s brightness varies among Inverters...

Page 28: ...port requires 5V 12V power from the system board set JP13 pins 9 11 and 10 12 to On This setting automatically sets COM 4 at RS 232 2 4 6 COM 4 RS232 RS485 AUX Select X JP13 1 2 11 12 1 2 11 12 1 2 1...

Page 29: ...connected to this port requires 5V 12V power from the system board set JP12 pins 3 5 and 4 6 to On Otherwise leave this jumper s setting at 1 3 2 4 On 2 4 7 COM 2 RS232 AUX Select X JP12 3 5 5V 4 6 1...

Page 30: ...re Installation 2 4 8 Auto Power on X JP14 2 1 2 1 1 2 On Auto power on enabled 1 2 Off Auto power on disabled If you want the system to automatically power on once AC power comes in set JP14 pins 1 a...

Page 31: ...I O ports consist of the following PS 2 mouse port PS 2 keyboard port Parallel port COM 1 port VGA port LAN port USB ports Game MIDI port Line out jack Line in jack Mic in jack PS 2 Mouse RJ45 LAN Par...

Page 32: ...l reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards Warning Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the system board Wake On PS 2...

Page 33: ...Setting Configure the PS 2 wake up function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important The 5VSB power source of your p...

Page 34: ...other serial devices To connect COM 2 COM 3 and or COM 4 please refer to the following description The serial ports may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system ch...

Page 35: ...wer from the system board set JP12 and or JP13 appropriately Refer to COM 2 RS232 AUX Select and COM 4 RS232 RS485 AUX Select in this chapter for more information BIOS Setting Configure the serial por...

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

Page 37: ...ur monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VGA port gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place Some monitors have a switch that c...

Page 38: ...ort allows 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...

Page 39: ...The JUSB1 USB 3 4 and JUSB2 USB 5 6 connectors allow you to connect 4 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports The additional USB ports may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the...

Page 40: ...se to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function Jumper Setting JP6 and or JP7 must be set to 2 3 On 5VSB Refer to USB Power Select in this chapter for more information...

Page 41: ...to the 15 pin D sub connector Gold at location CN10 of the system board This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick BIOS Setting Configure the game port...

Page 42: ...audio jacks A jack is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a plug Line out Jack Lime CN3 This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Line in Jack Lig...

Page 43: ...and pins 9 10 of J1 prior to connecting the front audio cable connector Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J1 If you are not using this connector make sure to replace the...

Page 44: ...stallation 2 6 I O Connectors 2 6 1 CD in Internal Audio Connector The CD in J6 connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card W 1 4 Left audio channel Right audio channe...

Page 45: ...connect an external S PDIF out port Your S PDIF out port may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J4 Make su...

Page 46: ...connector CN11 and the LCD Inverter power connector CN12 These connectors transmit video signals and power from the system board to the LCD Display Panel Refer to the next page for the pin functions...

Page 47: ...on GND LVDS_Out3 LVDS_Out3 GND LVDS_Out2 LVDS_Out2 GND LVDS_Out1 LVDS_Out1 GND LVDS_Out0 LVDS_Out0 GND LVDS_CLK1 LVDS_CLK1 GND COM3_DTR COM3_RTS COM3_RD COM3_CTS Pins 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 2...

Page 48: ...in 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 J15 on the system board and the other end most connector t...

Page 49: ...cable 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 conn...

Page 50: ...om 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 drives not the system board Important If you...

Page 51: ...cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Set the Serial Port 1 Mode field in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS to the type of IrD...

Page 52: ...nect additional cooling fans The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu...

Page 53: ...the system board 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 u...

Page 54: ...this function place a jumper cap over J2 Hardware Monitor for Windows Install the Hardware Monitor for Windows utility By default the chassis intrusion detection function is disabled When enabled a w...

Page 55: ...ctors respectively The 4 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 supply...

Page 56: ...by Power LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power on Soft Off or Suspend Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM state Important If the DIMM Standby Power LED or PCI Standby Power LED is...

Page 57: ...ystem PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is in the S1 POS Power On Suspend state it will blink every second When the system is in the S3 STR Su...

Page 58: ...ter 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 appe...

Page 59: ...rmat is hour minute second The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Hour displays hours from 00 to 23 Minute displays minutes from 00 to 59 Second displays se...

Page 60: ...d 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 you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating system...

Page 61: ...Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track 3 1 1 4 Drive A and Drive B Thes...

Page 62: ...ected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error...

Page 63: ...63 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 64: ...ystem for basic operation Some entries are defaults required by the system board while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your pref...

Page 65: ...n the on die sensor turns from cool to hot Limit CPUID MaxVal The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3 The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in...

Page 66: ...s during POST 3 1 2 5 First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third...

Page 67: ...20 is handled Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbyte Initially gate A20 was handled via the keyboard controller Today while keyboards still provide this support it is more common an...

Page 68: ...t the password in the Set Supervisor User Password submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will...

Page 69: ...that data was being lost while using your system 3 1 3 1 DRAM Timing Selectable This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data stru...

Page 70: ...in local memory clocks 3 1 3 6 DRAM Data Integrity Mode The ECC Error Checking and Correction function is supported only in x72 72 bit PC SDRAM DIMMs If you are using x64 64 bit PC SDRAM DIMMs set th...

Page 71: ...de contiguous system memory 3 1 3 10 AGP Aperture Size MB This field is used to select the size of the system RAM that can be allocated to the AGP for graphics purposes Aperture refers to a portion of...

Page 72: ...rst This field is used to select whether to initialize the onboard VGA or PCI first when the system boots Onboard VGA When the system boots it will first initialize the onboard VGA PCI Slot When the s...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...to add a different hard drive controller IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a t...

Page 75: ...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 this field to Enabled IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA and IDE Sec...

Page 76: ...is used to enable or disable the USB mouse AC97 Audio Auto Select this option when using the onboard audio CODEC Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card Onboard LAN Control This field...

Page 77: ...left button of the mouse to power on the system Mouse Right When this option is selected double click the right button of the mouse to power on the system Any Key Press any key to power on the system...

Page 78: ...ystem Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O ad...

Page 79: ...ower returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off w...

Page 80: ...ard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Serial Port 3 and Onboard Serial Port 4 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port 1 2 3 or 4 Disabled Dis...

Page 81: ...CPI Function This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP supports this function If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make...

Page 82: ...e Allows you to set the power saving time in the Suspend Mode field 3 1 5 5 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This will cause the system to tur...

Page 83: ...d released in less than 4 sec the system enters the Suspend mode The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Push an...

Page 84: ...in chapter 2 for more information 3 1 5 15 USB KB Wake Up From S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state...

Page 85: ...o power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field 3 1 5 18 Time hh mm ss Alarm This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you...

Page 86: ...ion Data ESCD once automatically It will then recreate 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 Play B...

Page 87: ...ce or Reserved 3 1 6 4 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work w...

Page 88: ...is Fan Speed Current CPU Fan Speed and Current 2nd Fan Speed These fields will show the internal temperature of the system current temperature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the cooling fans...

Page 89: ...PU s frequency ratio Important The frequency ratio of some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer If you are using this kind of processor setting an extended ratio for the processor will...

Page 90: ...alues permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option...

Page 91: ...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 92: ...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 me...

Page 93: ...ess only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press Enter Type in the password You are lim...

Page 94: ...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 95: ...u have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press Enter Type Y and press Enter The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any change...

Page 96: ...nd 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 utility by typing...

Page 97: ...OS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press Y then enter the file name of the current...

Page 98: ...mbers 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 whi...

Page 99: ...or arrow keys then press Enter 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected information 4 Press F10 to update the ed...

Page 100: ...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 101: ...e applications required to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not...

Page 102: ...XP s INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility please follow the steps below 1 Click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utili...

Page 103: ...g systems Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 Click Audio Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear...

Page 104: ...ivers To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 Click Intel Graphics Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3...

Page 105: ...ll the USB 2 0 driver The drivers are supported in the following operating systems Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 Click Intel USB 2 0 D...

Page 106: ...SB 2 0 Drivers a readme screen will appear 2 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Important If you are using Windows XP you must i...

Page 107: ...n software After installing the software run the application soft ware by double clicking the icon on the lower right of the taskbar The Intel R PROSet II screen will appear For more information about...

Page 108: ...e will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep th...

Page 109: ...lease follow the steps below 1 Click Microsoft DirectX 9 Driver on the main menu The following screen will appear 2 Click I accept the agreement then click Next 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to c...

Page 110: ...matically 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...

Page 111: ...s to function it will also reset according to the time interval so that your system will continue to operate mov dx 02e Enter mov al 87 Enter out dx al Enter out dx al Enter mov dx 02e Enter mov al 07...

Page 112: ...e 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 A...

Page 113: ...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 114: ...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 115: ...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 116: ...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 117: ...onfigured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 1 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no...

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