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Chapter 1 

Introduction of 

845GVFD Motherboard

 

1-1  Feature of motherboard 

The 845GVFD motherboard is design for use Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478 Pin 
Package/Northwood Processor with the Intel 845GV Chipset delivers a high performance and 
professional desktop platform solution. Which utilize the Socket 478 design (Support Hyper 
Threading CPU) and the memory size expandable to 2.0GB. 

The 845GVFD motherboard use the newest Intel 845GV Chipset Supports 533MHz System 
Bus in data transfer rate, and provided 133MHz SDRAM clock frequency support DDR266 
SDRAM.  The motherboard offer ULTRA ATA 

100 

to provide speedier HDD throughout that 

boosts overall system performance. 

845GVFD with integrated 2D/3D Graphics Accelerator which supports 256 bit graphics core, 
and supports hardware motion compensation assist for software MPEG/DVD decode, makes 
this board lower cost alternative to a video card.  

The 845GVFD motherboard including PCI LAN Controller chip support 10/100 Mb/sec Base 
transfer rate.  

The motherboard also has an integrated AC97’ 6-channel Codec on board support 6-channel 
3D surround positioning Audio which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro

 that gives 

you the best sound quality and compatibility. The motherboard provided SPDIF-In/ SPDIF-
Out optical function support SPDIF device.    

With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 6 USB2.0 function ports, the 
motherboard meet future USB demand also the motherboard have built-in hardware monitor 
function. This will monitor and protect your computer. The motherboard special design in 
hardware to protect BIOS from virus crash BIOS data.  

The motherboard provide special function in BIOS Setup to setting CPU Host clock step by 
step increasing let users to approach over clocking. This motherboard provided over current 
and over voltage protect function for protection AGP Card and DRAM module, when the over 
current or over voltage occurs it will shut down the power immediately to protect motherboard. 
Users must turn off the AC power few seconds before turn on system.  

The motherboard provided high performance & meet future specification demand.  It is really 
wise choice for your computer. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for 845GVFD

Page 1: ... 845GVFD Rev 1 0 Release date February 2004 Trademark Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer ...

Page 2: ...TURES 23 3 6 1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS 24 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 25 3 7 1 ONBOARD IDE FUNCTION 25 3 7 2 ONBOARD DEVICE FUNCTION 26 3 7 3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION 27 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 28 3 8 1 PM TIMER RELOAD EVENTS 29 3 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 29 3 9 1 IRQ RESOURCES 30 3 10 PC HEALTH STATUS 31 3 11 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL 32 3 12 LOAD STANDARD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 33 3 13 SET SUPERVIS...

Page 3: ... CD for motherboard utility 5 845GVFD User s Manual Intel Pentium 4 Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable long term system operation The overall goal in providing the proper thermal environme...

Page 4: ... transfer rate The motherboard also has an integrated AC97 6 channel Codec on board support 6 channel 3D surround positioning Audio which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility The motherboard provided SPDIF In SPDIF Out optical function support SPDIF device With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 6 USB2 0 function ports th...

Page 5: ...IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 100 MB s LAN On Board Realtek RTL8101L PCI LAN Controller chip Supports 10 100 Mb sec data transfer rate Integrate VGA Integrated High Performance High Quality 3D Accelerator Support Ultra AGPII with 2GB s bandwidth Built in programmable 24 bit true color RAMDAC up ...

Page 6: ...ard VGA 133 133 3D Mark 2000 2887 3D Mark 2001SE 1402 3D Winbench 2000 62 PC Mark 2002 CPU Memory HDD 6196 4760 975 Content Creation Winstone 2001 83 Content Creation Winstone 2002 34 4 Business Winstone 2001 63 4 Winbench 99 CPU Mark 99 154 FPU Winmark 99 8850 Business Disk Winmark99 15400 Hi end Disk Winmark99 35900 Business Graphic Winmark 168 Hi end Graphic Winmark 754 SYS Mark 2001 2002 SISMa...

Page 7: ... Chip ATA 100 IDE Conn Front Panel Connector ATX Power Conn USB Port Intel 82801DB Chip Clear CMOS JP3 SFAN2 Audio Connector Speaker Connector SPDIF In header External Remote Control JP5 PC99 Back Panel CPU Socket CD In Audio K B Power ON Jumper JP1 6 Channel Speaker CPU FAN USB Port LAN Connector PS2 KB Mouse Port CPU Frequency Select JP2 Serial Port COM2 ATX 12V Power Conn SFAN1 SPDIF Out Optica...

Page 8: ...2 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Block P 12 Headers Header Name Description Page COM1 COM2 Serial Port COM1 COM2 Headers 9 pin Block P 13 FPAUDIO Front Panel Speaker MIC Headers 5 pin Block P 13 USB1 USB2 USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 14 SPDIF SPDIF In Receiver Optical Header 3 pin Block P 14 JP5 External Remote Control Connect Cable Header 2x5 pin Block P 14 SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4 ...

Page 9: ... 8 Reboot 9 Install Operating System 10 Install Driver and Utility 2 2 Checking Motherboard s Jumper Setting 1 Keyboard Power On function Enabled Disabled 3 pin JP1 When setting Enabled you can using keyboard by key in password to power on system Keyboard Power On Setting 2 3 closed K B Power ON Enabled JP1 1 3 JP1 1 3 1 2 closed K B Power ON Disable Default 2 CPU Frequency Select 3 pin JP2 CPU Se...

Page 10: ... on the motherboard Slot AGP PCI ISA RAM the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM AGP Accelerated Graphics Port a high speed interface for video cards runs at 1X 66MHz 2X 133MHz or 4X 266MHz PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems runs at 33MHz ISA Industry Standard Architecture a relatively low speed i...

Page 11: ...board should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN i...

Page 12: ...ked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides WARNING For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 133MHz use only DDR266 compliant DDR Modules When this motherboard operate at 133MHz most system will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues if your SDR Modules are not DDR266 compliant set the DDR SDRAM clock to 100MHz to ensure syste...

Page 13: ...Floppy Disk Controller 7 7 Printer Port LPT1 8 N A System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 10 ACPI Mode when enabled 10 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 4 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 N A Numeric Data Processor 14 5 Primary IDE Channel 15 1 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices 2 5 3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard Interr...

Page 14: ...ithout this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system Pin 1 3 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Connector KB MOUSE The connectors for PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 Mouse 4 USB Port connector USB The connectors are 4 pin connector that connect USB devices to the system board 5 LAN Port connector LAN This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Net...

Page 15: ...imary IDE Connector 40 pin block IDE1 This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single plug end to motherboard connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings ...

Page 16: ...ly suggest you don t install a CD ROM or DVD ROM drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk Otherwise the system performance on this channel may drop 2 6 2 Headers 1 Serial Port COM1 COM2 Header 9 pin COM1 COM2 CO M1 Pin1 Note Orient the read marking on the COM1 COM2 ribbon cable to pin 1 Serial Port COM1 COM2 Header CO M2 Pin1 2 Speaker MIC Header for Front Panel 5 pin FPAUDIO This header conne...

Page 17: ...ice such like CD ROM CD player to get high quality audio SPDIF IN Optical Headers SPDIF 1 3 VCC5 GND SPDIF IN 5 External Remote Control Connect Cable Header JP5 JP5 is for connect External Remote Control when plug out the connect cable you have to insert the jumpers in 3 5 7 9 4 6 8 10 otherwise the On board Keyboard and Mouse will not work JP5 Pin 1 GND KB DATA MS DATA EXT KB DATA EXT MS DATA VCC...

Page 18: ... BTN This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted power switch to power ON OFF the system System Case Connections SPEAK SPKR G ND NC VCC 5 Pin1 FP Pin1 HDLED RESE T VCC 5 G ND VCC5 AC PILE D PWR BTN PWRBTN AC PIL E D HDDL E D R STSW NC G ND 11 FAN Speed Headers 3 pin SFAN1 SFAN2 CPUFAN These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less depending on the fan manufacturer the wire ...

Page 19: ...red module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function IR infrared module Headers IR Pin1 G ND IR RX NC VCC 5 IRTX 2 5 6 13 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN CDIN are the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CD Audio In Headers C DIN 4 1 ...

Page 20: ...e system will then run power on test While the test are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power The system may have failed on power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Beep Meaning One short beep when displaying logo No er...

Page 21: ...ight to choose in the main menu the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option 3 1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and by pressing Del immediately allows you to enter Setup If the ...

Page 22: ...t User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 3 1 Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system ...

Page 23: ...or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Fri Jan 16 2004 Time hh mm ss 11 02 35 IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On A...

Page 24: ...ss Mode The settings are Auto Normal Large and LBA Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp write precomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Anti Virus Protection Disabled CPU L1 L2 Cache Enabled CPU Hyper Threading Enabled Quick Power On Self Test En...

Page 25: ...l 2 cache memory ECC error check correction Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If this is set to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Fourth Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequen...

Page 26: ...B Allows OS2 to be used with 64MB or DRAM Settings are Non OS 2 default and OS2 Set to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Advanced Chipset ...

Page 27: ... SDRAM CAS Latency Time 2 5 SDRAM Cycle Time 7 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 3 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The settings are 2T and 2 5T Note Cha...

Page 28: ...nboard Super IO Function Please refer to section 3 7 3 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI Slot or AGP VGA first The settings are PCI Slot AGP Slot 3 7 1 Onboard IDE Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Onboard IDE Function Item Help OnChip Primary PCI IDE Enabled OnChip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slav...

Page 29: ...upport The settings are Auto Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The settings are Enabled Disabled 3 7 2 Onboard Device Function CMOS Setup Ut...

Page 30: ... onboard I O chip this functions uses Onboard Parallel Port There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that Provides Standard ECP and EPP features It has the following option Disabled 3BCH IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 278H IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378H IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port...

Page 31: ... and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select ACPI Suspend Type The setting are S1 POS S3 STR Video Off in Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The choice are Yes Video will off and No Video always On Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked DPMS default Initial display power management signaling Blank Screen This op...

Page 32: ...F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults 3 9 PnP PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly re...

Page 33: ...hen resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Please refer to section 3 9 1 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The settings are Enabled Disabled 3 9 1 IRQ Resources CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software IRQ Resources Item Help IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device I...

Page 34: ... V 5 02V Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Show PC Health in Post During Enabled it displays information list below The choice is either Enabled or Disabled Current CPU Temperature Current System Temp Current SFAN1 SFAN2 Speed Vcore Vdd 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VBAT V 5VSB V This will show the CPU FAN Sys...

Page 35: ...elect CPU frequency step by step increasing The choice are 100MHz 200MHz DRAM Clock at Next Boot is This item allows you select the DRAM Clock same as Host clock or can add 33MHz when 100MHz 133MHz The setting are 100MHz 133MHz 166MHz PCI Clock Ratio This item allows you to set PCI Clock Ratio The choice are Host 3 Host 4 Host 5 Host 6 CPU Vcore Select This item allows you select CPU Vcore Voltage...

Page 36: ...y You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm that the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When...

Page 37: ... INF install Intel 845 chipset system driver 2 VGA install Intel 845G VGA driver 3 SOUND install ALC Audio Codec driver 4 LAN install RT810X LAN Controller driver 5 USB2 0 install USB 2 0 driver 6 PC CILLIN install PC CILLIN2004 anti virus program 7 PC HEALTH install Winbond 83627THF Hardware Doctor 8 MBIOS DX8 install BIOS Live Update Utility and Microsoft DirectX 8 1 driver 9 REMOTE install Remo...

Page 38: ...ars 3 This chart shows motherboards supported by the driver click Yes 4 Select if you want computer re started click Finish NOTE MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X INTEL845 INF SETUP EXE This driver supports WINDOWS 98SE ME 2000 XP NT4 0 do not require 4 2 VGA install Intel 845G VGA Driver ...

Page 39: ...ipset Graphics Driver Software Setup 3 Click YES This is Announce CopyRight 4 If You Want Re start Computer Click FINISH 4 3 SOUND Install ALC Audio Codec Driver 1 Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Then auto detect operation system language edition click OK start to install DRIVER ...

Page 40: ...or WIN98 NT4 0 WIN2K XP is X CODEC ALC SETUP EXE 4 4 LAN Install RTL810X LAN Controller Driver The path of the file for WINDOWS 98SE is X RTLLAN WIN98 for WINDOWS 98ME is X RTLLAN WINME for WINDOWS NT4 0 is X RTLLAN WINNT4 for WINDOWS 2000 is X RTLLAN WIN2000 for WINDOWS XP is X RTLLAN WINXP WINDOWS 98SE 98ME 2000 XP Setup 1 Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appears 2 Click NEXT when Realtak Insta...

Page 41: ...FINISH and restart your computer 4 5 PC HEALTH Winbond 83627THF Hardware Doctor The path of the file is X INTEL 83627thf SETUP EXE 1 Click PC Health when Magic Install Menu appears 2 Click Next when Winbond Hardware Doctor Setup Window appears 3 Choose destination location and click Next Select program folder click next 4 Click Finish after setup complete ...

Page 42: ...stem will have warning picture and beeps This is a System Voltage status 2 This is a CPU System Fan Speed and Temperature status information 4 6 MAGIC BIOSInstall BIOS Live Update Utility 1 Click Magic BIOS when Magic Install MENU appears 2 Click Next to install the Magic BIOS in Destination Folder 3 After finish Setup you will have a Magic BIOS icon in your screen 4 Double click the Magic BIOS ic...

Page 43: ...matically restart 7 Click Yes if you want to update the BIOS otherwise choose No to exit 8 When System programming BIOS don t turn off power after finish update BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically Restart 9 When choose From Local Driver to update BIOS you must have the correct BIOS file in your Local Driver 10 Choose the correct BIOS file to update BIOS ...

Page 44: ...Change to change the path for the file to be stored The Intel Application Accelerator is designed to improve performance of the storage sub system and overall system performance This software delivers improved performance through several ingredient technologies components Certain components will be available only on Pentium 4 processor based systems running Microsoft windows 2000 Professional Soft...

Page 45: ...2 0 DRIVER Windows 98SE ME USB 2 0 Driver installation 1 Start the Control Panel Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Select System Device Manager 3 Double Click Other Device PCI Universal Serial Bus Select Driver Update Driver 4 Click Next and Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now recommanded 5 Select Specify a location and Click on the Browse button Change the director...

Page 46: ...rol of BIOS SETUP Otherwise the system the will not allow you to upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility Method 1 Use Magic BIOS update BIOS in Windows 98 refer page 39 Method 2 In DOS Mode STEP 1 Prepare a boot disc you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A click OK STEP 2 Copy utility program to your boot disc You may copy from DRIVER CD X FLASH AWDFLASH EXE or download from our web site ...

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