G4V506-PG4V508-P
System BoardUser’s Manual
935-G4V506-000(G)
A76410546
Page 1: ...G4V506 P G4V508 P System Board User s Manual 935 G4V506 000 G A76410546...
Page 2: ...right 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 2005 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Window...
Page 3: ...t installed and used in ac cordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interfer ence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular i...
Page 4: ...reen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User s Manual on the main menu System Boards This user s manual is for the G4V506 P and G4V508 P system boards The differences between these boards are sho...
Page 5: ...etup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals 3 1 5 Power Management Setup 3 1 6...
Page 6: ...Installation Notes Appendix A Enabling Hyper Threading Tech nology A 1 Enabling Hyper Threading Technology Appendix B WatchdogTimer B 1 WatchdogTimer Appendix C System Error Messages C 1 POST Beep C 2...
Page 7: ...33MHz system data bus 400MHz system data bus Intel Celeron processor 478 pin 400MHz system data bus System Memory Two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets PC1600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 or PC2700 DDR333 DDR SD...
Page 8: ...alog display up to 2048x1536 60Hz refresh 3D setup and render engine Discrete Triangles Strips and fans Per pixel perspective corrected texture mapping Software DVD at 30fps full screen The type of DI...
Page 9: ...odec with independent variable sam pling rate High quality differential CD input True stereo line level outputs S PDIF out interface 2 channel audio output Headphone amplifier 1W S PDIF S PDIF is a st...
Page 10: ...pports ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA 100 hard drives PIO Mode 4 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 14MB sec Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP I...
Page 11: ...a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the...
Page 12: ...On LAN connector 1 chassis open connector CPU fan system fan and 2nd fan connectors PCB 4 layers EmbATX form factor G4V506 P only 4 layers microATX form factor G4V508 P only 24 38cm 9 6 x 24 38cm 9 6...
Page 13: ...the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse This function allo...
Page 14: ...selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operating system This is because the system...
Page 15: ...izations for HT Technology Please refer to Appendix A for information about enabling the functionality of the Hyper Threading Technology For more infor mation on Hyper Threading Technology go to www i...
Page 16: ...2 16 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation G4V506 P...
Page 17: ...2 Hardware Installation 17 Note The illustrations on the following pages are based on the G4V506 P system board G4V508 P...
Page 18: ...unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a ty...
Page 19: ...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 20: ...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 21: ...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 22: ...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 23: ...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 24: ...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 25: ...with the 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 2 Set JP4 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few second...
Page 26: ...d press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock Ratio or CPU Host 3V66 PCI Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock Refer to the CPU Frequency Control section in chapter 3 f...
Page 27: ...system will run according to the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board Important If you are using a CPU whose frequency has been locked by the manufacturer overclocking will have no...
Page 28: ...he PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to wake up a system from the S3 S4 S5 state BIOS Setting Keyboard Mouse Power On Onboard Super IO Device field in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS must be...
Page 29: ...e to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more info...
Page 30: ...umper sets COM 4 to RS232 COM 4 can also serve as an auxiliary power by setting JP9 appropriately Refer to the table below for the jumper settings X JP8 JP9 JP8 1 3 1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12 JP9 JP9 1 5 2 6...
Page 31: ...45 LAN Parallel GAME MIDI PS 2 K B USB 1 2 COM 1 Speaker out Line in Mic in VGA The rear panel I O ports consist of the following PS 2 mouse port PS 2 keyboard port Parallel port COM 1 port VGA port L...
Page 32: ...Mouse function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system To use this function Jumper Setting JP5 must be set to 2 3 On 5VSB Refer to PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Wake Up in this...
Page 33: ...t loca tions J17 J18 and J19 for COM 2 COM 3 and COM 4 respec tively The serial ports for COM 2 COM 3 and COM 4 may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassi...
Page 34: ...Port PntMode Function Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate Allows bidi...
Page 35: ...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 chooses between analog and TTL or d...
Page 36: ...rd edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the cable connector to JUSB1 or JUSB2 BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for...
Page 37: ...5VDU Refer to USB Wake Up in this chapter for more information BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more...
Page 38: ...system board It 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 Intel OnChip...
Page 39: ...nalog joystick 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...
Page 40: ...hole connecting interface for inserting a plug Speaker out Jack Lime CN3 This amplified jack is used to connect external speakers for au dio output from the system board Line in Jack Light Blue CN4 Th...
Page 41: ...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 jumper caps ba...
Page 42: ...stallation 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 2 6 I O Connectors W 1 4 Left audio channel Right audio channe...
Page 43: ...out connector J4 is used to connect an external S PDIF out port The 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 ca...
Page 44: ...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 to th...
Page 45: ...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 connector a...
Page 46: ...es We recommend that you use hard drives from 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 dr...
Page 47: ...board Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Configure your IrDA device in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Super IO Device field...
Page 48: ...ing a fan with heatsink Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J10 of the system board The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan BIOS Setting The PC Health Statu...
Page 49: ...ctor J11 are used to connect cooling fans The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components The system is capable of moni...
Page 50: ...oard 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 up function Im...
Page 51: ...erting you of a chassis intrusion event To disable this function place a jumper cap over J2 Hardware Doctor Utility Install Hardware Doctor that is in the provided CD By default the chassis intrusion...
Page 52: ...n the system is in the Soft Off state PCI Standby 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...
Page 53: ...has a standard 20 pin ATX main power connector and a 4 pin 12V power connector that must be inserted onto PL1 and ATXP1 connectors respectively The 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of m...
Page 54: ...n Switch This switch will allow your system to enter the Suspend mode G LED Green LED This LED will not light when the system s power is on or when the system is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state It...
Page 55: ...that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin 3 5 14 16 8 10 18 20 7 9 13 15 17 19 2 4 6 HD LED Primary Secon...
Page 56: ...r Card Slot G4V506 P is an EmbATX form factor system board that is equipped with 1 PCI riser card slot for 1 2 or 3 PCI slots expan sion for low profile PCI card only G4V508 P PCI Slots G4V508 P is a...
Page 57: ...hapter 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 a...
Page 58: ...time format 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 min utes from 00 to 59 Second dis...
Page 59: ...DD 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 systems require that you selec...
Page 60: ...iming 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...
Page 61: ...detected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors de tected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS de tects a non fatal...
Page 62: ...62 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 63: ...lt the system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem be fore any damage is done Man...
Page 64: ...nd Third Boot Device fields respectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another devic...
Page 65: ...ld use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Typematic Delay Msec fields belo...
Page 66: ...r ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will pro vide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drive s failure The default is Disabled If you are using hard drives that support...
Page 67: ...y or 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 Pres ence Detect dat...
Page 68: ...Memory Enhancement To enhance the memory speed of the system set this field to Enabled 3 1 3 7 Memory Frequency For This field is used to select the memory clock speed of the DIMM 3 1 3 8 System BIOS...
Page 69: ...the PCI to ISA transactions This allows PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents degradation of performance on the PCI bus when ISA accesses are made 3 1 3 11 On Chip Video This fie...
Page 70: ...reen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 1 INTEL OnChip IDE Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear The settings on...
Page 71: ...l select the best available mode after checking your drive Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system ac cording to your hard disk drive s timing Mode 0 4 You can select a mode that matches your...
Page 72: ...Select this option when using a PCI sound card On Chip LAN Control This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN Onboard LAN Boot ROM Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM inste...
Page 73: ...n Password field Hot Key When this option is selected select the function key you would like to use to power on the sys tem in the KB Power On Hot Key field Mouse Left When this option is selected dou...
Page 74: ...you forgot the password power off the system and remove the battery Wait for a few seconds and in stall it back before powering on the system KB Power On Hot Key This field is used to select a functio...
Page 75: ...s is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disabl...
Page 76: ...f You must press the Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Last State When power returns after an AC power fai...
Page 77: ...rd Serial Port 4 field is set to Disabled 3 1 4 4 USB Controller All Enabled Enables all USB ports USB 2 0 Disabled USB 2 0 is disabled USB 1 1 is enabled All Disabled Disables all USB ports 3 1 4 5 U...
Page 78: ...d only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP sup ports this function When this field is enabled the system will ignore the settings in the Suspend Mode and HDD...
Page 79: ...turn off the vertical and horizontal syn chronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initializes display power managem...
Page 80: ...button at once will immediately power off your system 3 1 5 9 Resume on PCI Event Enabled This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Pow...
Page 81: ...Ring LAN prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default 3 1 5 13 Date of Month...
Page 82: ...Configura tion Data ESCD once automatically It will then rec reate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 2 Resources Controlled By The Award Plu...
Page 83: ...d determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 5 PCI...
Page 84: ...sys tem CPU and 2nd fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute 3 1 7 2 CPU V This field will show the voltage of the processor 3 1 7 3 1 5V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VBAT V and 5VSB V These fields will show the output...
Page 85: ...ault ratio 3 1 8 2 Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI devices 3 1 8 3 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not alte...
Page 86: ...ected an option other than the default setting and is unable to boot up the system there are 2 methods of booting up the system and going back to its default setting Method 1 Clear the CMOS data by se...
Page 87: ...fault values permanently stored in the ROM chips These set tings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight thi...
Page 88: ...faults 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 Ty...
Page 89: ...l not be 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 don...
Page 90: ...to access 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...
Page 91: ...d press 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 yo...
Page 92: ...nges you 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...
Page 93: ...ystem and 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...
Page 94: ...ing BIOS in your sys tem 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...
Page 95: ...to enhance the perform ance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start whic...
Page 96: ...el chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click Intel 84...
Page 97: ...er please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon 2 Click Intel 845 Graphics Drivers The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen...
Page 98: ...ver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon 2 Click Intel LAN Drivers The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to compl...
Page 99: ...ws ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Realtek Audio Drivers The fol...
Page 100: ...tically install when you install the operating system If the CD does not include Service Pack 1 it is available for download at Microsoft s Windows Update website Windows 2000 If your Windows 2000 CD...
Page 101: ...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 the system in good working cond...
Page 102: ...w the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 9 Drivers The following screen will appear 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the...
Page 103: ...omatically 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 driver...
Page 104: ...l additional cooling fans The system requires adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor 3 The CPU Hyper Threading field in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu of the...
Page 105: ...105 d Now click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager The items shown under Computer and Processors should resemble the ones shown below c Click the General tab The processor shown under Compute...
Page 106: ...hreading Technology e Lastly press the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously The Windows Task Manager dialog box will appear Click the Performance tab The diagram under CPU Usage History should resembl...
Page 107: ...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 108: ...e consists of a single long beep C 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 109: ...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 110: ...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 111: ...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 112: ...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 113: ...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...
