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P4SAD 

(SiS 645 Chipset, S-478) 

With DDR 266/ 333 Memory 

For Pentium

®

 4 400MHz FSB PC System 

Main Board 

User’s Manual  

(Ver.:1.0) 

 
 

Summary of Contents for P4SAD

Page 1: ...P4SAD SiS 645 Chipset S 478 With DDR 266 333 Memory For Pentium 4 400MHz FSB PC System Main Board User s Manual Ver 1 0...

Page 2: ...system or translated into any natural or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission This manual and the information contained here are protected by copyright All r...

Page 3: ...ithout notice The manufacturer of the system board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein nor for the incidental or consequential damages resulting from its furn...

Page 4: ...Selector 11 2 3 2 CPU and System Cooling 12 2 4 Connectors 13 2 4 1 Front Panel 13 2 4 2 Back Panel Connectors 15 2 4 3 Power Supply Connector 17 2 4 4 Floppy Disk Connector 18 2 4 5 IDE1 and IDE2 19...

Page 5: ...1 5 1 Memory Map 61 5 2 I O Map 62 5 3 Time DMA Channels Map 63 5 4 Interrupt Map 64 5 5 RTC CMOS RAM Map 65 5 6 ISA I O Address Map 66 Chapter 6 Q A 68 Important Warnings STOP WARNING NEVER run the p...

Page 6: ...t in the manual It describes in detail how to set the motherboard up for operation Read all information and follow all steps especially if you are a new user Software Installation The software section...

Page 7: ...rs feature Dual Independent IDE channels supporting PIO mode 0 1 2 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 100MHz AC97 audio codec using the on board ALC201A audio codec USB controller with root hub and four function...

Page 8: ...rovides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities Infrared IrDA Connector This functionality is also integrated into the southbridge of the chipse...

Page 9: ...iguration SiS 645 Intel Pentium 4 processor System Bus 3 2GB s 2 1GB sec or 2 7GB sec 8 Bit Hub Interface 26MB s AGP4X 1 5V 1 06GB s DDR266 333 SiS 961 AGP Graphics AC 97 Modem CODEC optional 2 ATA100...

Page 10: ...inal package until you are ready to install it In the package there are This motherboard 1 Manual 1 Driver Installation CD ROM 1 IDE ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 1 Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable B Make sure po...

Page 11: ...complete installation Over clocking Over Voltage are not suggestted by vendor 2 1 Component Locations 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 ATX Power Supply 2 AUX_1 Power Supply 3 SiS 645 Chipset 4 CPU Socket 478 5 FAN1 6 D...

Page 12: ...nce FAN3 FAN2 FAN1 PS 2 Mouse K B USB Socket 478 COM1 COM2 LINE OUT LINE IN MIC IN Sound Codec CNR1 USB2 WOL1 FDC1 IDE1 IDE2 JP 4 JP 1 PW_BN PW_LED EXTSMI HD_LED RESET SPEAKER AUX_1 BIOS IR 1 S1 AUX_I...

Page 13: ...nk and fan assembly Step 1 The following figure shows the processor socket Note that the release lever on the right side of the socket is down and latched This position is used to lock the processor i...

Page 14: ...y attached Step3 The picture below shows the bottom of the heatsink Notice the step in the heatsink surface this portion fits over the top of the socket where the legend Socket 478 is molded into the...

Page 15: ...es but initially it will require you to use a finger on one hand to push the latch down and use your other hand to push the latch in This is the part you need to practice to install the clip properly...

Page 16: ...pin DIP switch which provides DDR type selection Please select correct DIP switch according to your memory type Memory Type Selector S1 1 2 3 4 5 DDR CLK OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF DDR200 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF...

Page 17: ...ally other components within the system FAN Headers Your motherboard allows the use of in all 3 FANs Of these 3 FANs 1 can be used by the CPU Heatsink assembly The other 2 FAN Headers allow connection...

Page 18: ...nectors on this main board Refer to the following pages for details 2 4 1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as SPEAKER RESET HDD_LED SUSLED PWR_LED SOFT PWR Please refer the details as below PW_L...

Page 19: ...e front panel Shorting both pin 1 pin 2 can reset the system which is similar to the power off and then on again HDD LED Hard Disk activity LED connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to conn...

Page 20: ...15 2 4 2 Back Panel Connectors There are PS 2 keyboard mouse USB COM1 2 LPT1 MIC LINE IN LINE OUT and GAME Ports on case back panel Please refer to more details as below...

Page 21: ...t The keyboard must be inserted into the lower connector The Mouse can be plugged in in only one way too Please do not force the connector in it may get damaged by use of excessive force LPT The onboa...

Page 22: ...s 4 pins The ATX power supply supports the function of the Soft Power On Momentary switch which connects the front panel switch to the 2 pin SOFT PWR on the system board While the power switch on the...

Page 23: ...ll two floppy drives can be connected to the mother board known as floppy A and B The BIOS allows you to disable the floppy controller if you do not use any floppy driver that will free an Interrupt T...

Page 24: ...ary Slave is the IDE device conneced to IDE 1 as Slave Jumpers on the IDE device determine Master and Slave settings Your harddisk or CD ROM should have a sticker with jumper settings Make sure that y...

Page 25: ...20 2 4 6 Internal Audio Connectors Internal Audio Connectors are CD_IN AUX_IN VIDEO_IN connectors It is a CD ROM external audio input signal to line out speaker of the main board CD_IN VIDEO_IN AUX_IN...

Page 26: ...aplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection user can transfer data to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR ASKIR and Fsat IR Attach Infrared module to IR connector Be s...

Page 27: ...connector To support this feature a network card is required for the system and network management software must be installed too WOL1 Wake up on LAN function requirement Power supply should be able...

Page 28: ...les DIMMs Three sockets are available for 2 5 Volt unbuttered DDR Double Data Rate The sizes that are supported are 128 256 or 512MB memory sizes between 128MB to 512MB can be formed this way Refer to...

Page 29: ...it can be inserted in only one way Please refer to the picture below for information on how to insert the DIMM modules DDR STOP WARNING Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or remov...

Page 30: ...drivers CD driver is always updated with the latest version so the actual CD content may be somewhat different from the above picture 1 Main boards 6va693a 6va693am 6va694 6vapm 6vmple1_2 6vple1 I810...

Page 31: ...drivers from your CD ROM Driver firstly and find P4SAD directory which tells you the roots of Drivers Installation Procedure 1 Setup 1 Install SiS AGP driver Path root SISdrive agp then select your O...

Page 32: ...27 3 Setup3 Install Sound Driver Path root SISdrive audio Setup exe...

Page 33: ...low BIOS The BIOS IC is inserted in an IC socket which means that it can be removed and exchanged for another IC if necessary Is updating my BIOS necessary As a general rule if your system is function...

Page 34: ...em BIOS Cacheable in Advanced Chipset Features Video BIOS Shadow in Advanced BIOS Features Save the changes by selecting save and exit and restart the computer Press Ctrl F5 just before Windows is sta...

Page 35: ...settings You can load default values into the CMOS memory by selecting Load Optimized Defaults in the BIOS Setup If you need to force the CMOS settings to default without entering the BIOS Setup page...

Page 36: ...d set it back to 2 3 Put the power cord back and restart the system the default values will be loaded CMOS Status JP4 Retain CMOS settings Clear CMOS Settings CMOS 1 2 3 1 2 3 The following part of th...

Page 37: ...Peripherals Set Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Selecting i...

Page 38: ...sion with F7 Optimized Defaults Loads all options with the Optimized Default values Save Exit Setup When you select the SAVE EXIT SETUP option from the Main Menu all changes that you made will be save...

Page 39: ...2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features PC Health Status Advanced BIOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Periphral Power Manag Quit wit...

Page 40: ...loppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 31744K Total Memory 32768K Move Enter Select PU PD value F10 save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Prev...

Page 41: ...ary Slave IDE 2 second device Values Meaning IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Pressing Enter will make the BIOS auto detect the IDE device on this channel The result will be displayed below starting...

Page 42: ...op up that will allow to choose a device as well Drive X None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Move Enter Accept ESC Abort Video The Video item allows you to select a vi...

Page 43: ...odes by using the Page Up and Page Down keys Values Meaning All Errors Stop booting on all errors No Errors Always Boot no matter what error is detected ALL BUT KEYBOARD Stop booting on all errors but...

Page 44: ...to this area Boot Other Device Enabled BIOS will show a warning message on Swap Floppy Drive Disabled screen and clarm beep Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast...

Page 45: ...Drive Settings Values Meaning Enabled This will swap floppy A and B Most systems not even have 2 floppy drives so this item is irrelevant Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Floppy A and B are not swapped Ena...

Page 46: ...n attached ZIP 100 drive LAN The system will attempt to boot over the network You will require a LAN card with boot BIOS for this option to function First Third boot device Disabled This disables boot...

Page 47: ...ues Meaning Disabled Default setting HDD S M A R T Capability Enabled Some Harddisks support SMART a diagnostic standard that allows the HDD to tell the system about problems Enable this item only if...

Page 48: ...84 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Advanced DRAM Control 1 Press Enter Item Help Prefetch Caching Disabled Memory Hole at 15 16M Disabled Menu Level AGP Aperture Size 64MB Graphic Window WR...

Page 49: ...de Fast Mode Turbo Mode System Performance Ultra Mode 2 2 5 CAS Latency Time 3 Perfetch Caching Values Meaning Disabled Perfetch Caching Enabled Memory Hole Some old devices need a memory hole to be p...

Page 50: ...45 AGP Aperture Size MB Values Meaning On Chip Video Window Size 4 8 16 32 64 128 256MB Graphic Window WR Combin Values Meaning Enabled Graphic Window WR Combin Disabled...

Page 51: ...e Press Enter Onboard Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level USB Control Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Init Display First PCI Slot AGP Auto Calibration Enabled IDE A...

Page 52: ...at they mean Values Meaning Disabled Primary Secondary Internal PCI IDE Both Auto The BIOS will assign a PIO mode to this device automatically when appropriate Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 xxx PIO Mode...

Page 53: ...AC97 sound codec set this item to disabled Enabled SIS 7013 S W Modem Disabled System Share Memory Size Values Meaning System Share Memory Size 4 8 16 32 64MB CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright 1984 2001 A...

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Page 55: ...port in IrDA mode ASKIR Allows use of the IR port in ASKIR mode UART Mode Select SCR Allows use of the IR port in SCR mode Half Select if your IR device supports Half duplex only UR2 Duplex Mode Full...

Page 56: ...10 Set mpu 40 port IRQ address at 5 USB Setting Values Meaning Enabled This will allow use of a USB drive USB Controller Disabled If you do not need a USB drive set this item to disabled Enabled This...

Page 57: ...a detailed description of ACPI and what it does refer to the FAQ chapter ACPI section ACPI can be either enabled or disabled on this BIOS Setup page For the ACPI Suspend type there are two options S1...

Page 58: ...and the screen will be blank Video Off Method DPMS support If your monitor supports DPMS it can be switched off through that Modem IRQ Values Meaning NA This disables the modem IRQ Modem Use IRQ 3 11...

Page 59: ...u appear CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software PM Wake Up Event IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Item Help IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled Menu Level RING Power Up Control Enabled PCIPME Power Up...

Page 60: ...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 Reset Configuration Data Values Meaning Disabled This will no...

Page 61: ...ake sure that a certain interrupt is assigned to an ISA device set that interrupt to legacy ISA PCI ISA PnP This setting means the BIOS will assign the DMA Channel as needed it is not fixed to a devic...

Page 62: ...ltage 0 Voltage 1 Menu Level Voltage 2 Voltage 3 Voltage 4 Voltage 5 Voltage 6 Voltage 7 Voltage Battery Temperature 1 Temperature 2 Temperature 3 Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed Move Enter Select PU PD value...

Page 63: ...UP UTILITY Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Radio 0X Item Help Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Spread Specrurm Disabled Menu Level CPU Host SDRAM PCI Clock k Default...

Page 64: ...led the BIOS will detect the values for the PCI clock Auto Detec DIMM PCI Clk Disabled If disabled the BIOS will use the values set on this page and on the Advanced Chipset Features page Spread Spectr...

Page 65: ...y logging in with the user password may only change the user password when entering the BIOS Setup page All other items in the BIOS Setup will be disabled unchangeable When both passwords are disabled...

Page 66: ...lts Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Manag xit Setup PnP PCI Conf Password Disabled Press any key to continue ithout Saving Password Unk...

Page 67: ...ouse is installed A0000 C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000 DFFFF 96K Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000 EEFFF 60K Available for UMB EF000 EFFFF 4K Video service routine for m...

Page 68: ...CMOS I O ports 080 09F DMA register 0A0 0BF Interrupt controller slave 0C0 0DF DMA controller slave 0F0 0FF Math coprocessor 1F0 1FB Hard disk controller 278 27F Parallel port 2 2B0 2DF Graphics adap...

Page 69: ...sh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator DMA channels DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP option DMA channel 2 floppy disk SMC chip DMA channel 3 onboard ECP default DMA channel...

Page 70: ...1 keyboard output buffer full 2 cascade for IRQ 8 15 3 serial port2 4 serial port1 5 parallel port 2 6 floppy disk SMC chip 7 parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 available 10 available 11 available 12 PS 2...

Page 71: ...egister d 0e diagnostic status byte 0f shutdown byte 10 floppy disk drive type byte 12 hard disk type byte 13 reserve 14 equipment type 15 base memory low byte 16 base memory high byte 17 extension me...

Page 72: ...roller 2 8237A 5 0F0 0FF i486 Math Coprocessor 1F0 1F8 Fixed Disk Drive Adapter 200 207 Game I O 20C 20D Reserved 21F Reserved 278 27F Parallel Printer Port 2 2B0 2DF Alternate Enhanced Graphic Adapte...

Page 73: ...3FF Serial Port 1 RS 232 C 6E2 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1 790 793 Cluster Adapter 1 AE2 AE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 2 B90 B93 Cluster Adapter 2 EE2 EE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 3 1390 1393 Clust...

Page 74: ...d DIMM modules are not plugged well the system makes longer and constant beep sounds 2 BIOS ROM checksum error It indicates the checksum of the BIOS code is not right and system will always halt on po...

Page 75: ...nd be sure no keys are pressed during power on self test 8 Memory test fails There will be more information to specify the type and location of the memory error 9 Primary master hard disk fail The BIO...

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