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AV45GT/AV45GTR

Pentium 4 

Processor

Based DDR MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for Spacewalker AV45GT

Page 1: ...AV45GT AV45GTR Pentium 4 Processor Based DDR MAIN BOARD User s Manual...

Page 2: ...reliability however no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents In the interest of continued product improvement this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes...

Page 3: ...t Jumpers 14 STEP 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory 14 STEP 4 Install Peripherals in System Case 15 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 16 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs Speak...

Page 4: ...ctors 30 Parallel Port Connector 30 Line Out Front Out Port Connector 31 Line In Rear Out Port Connector 31 Mic In Port Connector 31 MIDI GAME Port Connector 31 Front Panel Connectors ATX Power On Off...

Page 5: ...White 39 Audio Auxiliary IN Connector J8 White 39 Audio Bass Center Out Header J14 40 SPDIF Ext In Out Headers J15 J16 J17 optional 40 3 3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION 41 1 INSTALL MEMORY 41 2 UPGRADE...

Page 6: ...ES 57 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 61 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 65 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 68 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 72 PC HEALTH STATUS 74 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 75 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 77 LOAD OPTIMIZ...

Page 7: ...umper Settings A Closer Look Page 24 Drivers Software Utilities How to Install Page 42 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 51 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DI...

Page 8: ...GTR mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system Refer to sections 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chap ter 4 Drivers Software Utilities to find out how to get the...

Page 9: ...B 2 0 driver Award Flashing Utility K B 1 U S B 1 J U S B 1 J U S B 3 J U S B 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 7 J 1 8 J 8 J 1 2 1 1 1 1 Panasoni c CR2032 3V J A P A N 1 I T 8 7 0 5 F 0 1 1 5 B X A M 3 Q 0 4 0 FAN 1 F...

Page 10: ...onal audio in 6 CH speaker mode HRTF 3D positional audio supporting Direct Sound 3D and A3D interface Legacy SBPRO compatible On Board IDE RAID Controller AV45GTR only Support RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 f...

Page 11: ...nd Extended Capabilities Port ECP data transmission schemes 1 Line Out Front Out port 1 Line In port shared with rear speaker output when multi channel audio is enabled 1 Mic In port 1 MIDI GAME port...

Page 12: ...mode Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Suspend mode When the power button is pressed for longer than 4 seconds the system enters Soft Off mode CPU Clock Setting T...

Page 13: ...001424 J14 AGP1 1 1 1 1 1 C M I 8 73 8 P C I 6 ch LX H R T F 3 D A ud i o M C X 5 8 0 2 01 10 U G G DA AU X _IN C D IN C D IN BA SS H ig h P o in t H TP 3 7 2 0 1 1 5 A 9 1 4 ES U A 1 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0...

Page 14: ...tallation Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on t...

Page 15: ...13 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation Note If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it may damage the CPU...

Page 16: ...with the mainboard configuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for opti mum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their system section 3 2 Jumper Set...

Page 17: ...ach device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set jumpers to Master or Slave mode depending on whether you install more than one device of ea...

Page 18: ...and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shorts between the board and the...

Page 19: ...Off Power ON 2 System Management Interface Button EPMI 3 Green LED Power LED Green LED Power LED 4 HDD LED HDD LED 5 Power LED Power LED 6 Hardware Reset Switch Button Reset 7 PC Speaker Speaker 8 Ex...

Page 20: ...Step 7 Connect IDE IDE RAID AV45GTR only and Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 IDE RAID cable connector AV45GTR only 3 Floppy cable connector IDE1 IDE2 1 1 IDE4 RAID2 IDE3 RAID1 1 1 1 F DD 1...

Page 21: ...al Peripherals 1 CD IN Auxiliary IN Bass Center Out connectors 2 IR header Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector J7 J18 J8 J14 1 1 1 1 AUX_IN CD IN CD IN BASS J12 1 IR 1 1 1 J11 ATX...

Page 22: ...20 Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card...

Page 23: ...ter case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard 2 USB1 2 Ports 3 COM1 2 Ports 4 Parallel Port 5 Audio Line Out Fron...

Page 24: ...available to the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program After FDISK procedure reboot your system by using...

Page 25: ...on screen 2 Select the Install Mainboard Software bar to run into sub menu 3 Choose Install VIA Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install CMedia Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install Highpoint RAID D...

Page 26: ...on the bottom Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic mini jumpers over the desired pair of pins Caution 1 Do not remove the mainbo...

Page 27: ...ify jumpers slots and connec tors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket478 CPU Socket for Pentium 4 processors DIMM1 2 3 Three DIMM Slots for 64 128 256 512 MB and 1GB...

Page 28: ...AME MIDI GAME port Front Panel Connectors Power ON ATX power on off momentary type switch EPMI System Management Interface Green LED Power LED Green LED ON when system stays in power saving mode Syste...

Page 29: ...er Connectors J9 A1 J10 J11 ATX power connector FAN1 CPU fan connector FAN2 System fan connector FAN3 Chipset fan connector J12 IR header WOL1 Wake On LAN header J7 J18 CD_IN connector J8 Auxiliary_IN...

Page 30: ...ap on JP1 pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 5 Return the jumper cap to pin 1 2 Step 6 Plug ATX Power cable into ATX Power connector Step 7 Turn on the system power PC On A1 1 1 On board RAID Enable Disab...

Page 31: ...pins 2 3 if you need to reflash BIOS To enable reflashing the BIOS Pin 2 3 Default BIOS write protection Pin 1 2 Reflash the BIOS follow these steps Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Mak...

Page 32: ...keyboard and mouse jacks into their corresponding con nectors USB Port 1 2 Connectors This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back panel Plug each USB device jack into an available USB port 1 2 connecto...

Page 33: ...Mic In is a 1 8 inch jack that provides a mono input It can use a dynamic mono or stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 Ohms MIDI GAME Port Connector The MIDI GAME port is a 15 pin...

Page 34: ...PMI header may attach to 2 pin momentary switch Press the switch to force system into power saving mode press it again to resume back the normal operation situation Note Please notice all the LED conn...

Page 35: ...n LED will go off Power LED on This Power LED will go off during Power saving mode Attach a 2 pin Green LED Power LED cable to Green LED Power LED header HDD LED Connector HDD LED Attach the connector...

Page 36: ...r Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart Speaker Connector Speaker Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4 pin speaker connector Speaker C5 C7 C6 J5 G re e n L E D P o w er...

Page 37: ...on front panel or back panel But the USB cable is op tional at the time of purchase Pins Assignment 1 5V 3 DATA 5 DATA 7 GND 9 KEY 2 5V 4 DATA 6 DATA 8 GND 10 NC C8 9 7 5 3 1 9 7 5 3 1 10 8 6 4 2 10...

Page 38: ...p to four IDE devices such as Hard Disk Drives H D D This mainboard also includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDD1 to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive FDD Moreover this mainboard comes with one...

Page 39: ...workstation However this motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem You may enable the function PWRON After PWR Fail that is under sub menu of Power Mangement Set...

Page 40: ...nsfer function follow these steps Note Before connect your IR device please be sure each IR on board pin allocation is matchable with the pin of the IR device Otherwise incorrect IR connection may do...

Page 41: ..._IN Connector J7 Black J18 White Port J7 J18 is used to attach an audio connector cable from the CD ROM drive Pin Assignments J7 1 CD L 2 CD GND 3 CD GND 4 CD R J18 1 CD GND 2 CD L 3 CD GND 4 CD R Aud...

Page 42: ...ENTER 2 CD GND 3 CD GND 4 BASS E7 4 3 2 1 J14 1 BASS SPDIF Ext In Out Headers J15 J16 J17 optional Port J15 J16 J17 can be used to connect special device Pin Assignments J15 1 12V 2 N A 3 N A 4 SPDIF...

Page 43: ...not need to set any jumper to configure memory since the BIOS utility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory value in the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu 2 Upgr...

Page 44: ...tion Bar Description F Install Mainboard AV45GT Software Installing VIA 4 IN 1and Hardware Audio drivers F Install Mainboard AV45GTR Software Installing VIA 4 IN 1 Hardware Audio drivers IDE RAID driv...

Page 45: ...e Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard AV45GT Software or Install Mainboard AV45GTR Software bar to run into sub menu The Mainboard AV45...

Page 46: ...g device e g mouse on the Install VIA Driver bar to install 4 in 1driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reb...

Page 47: ...window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect AV45GT AV45GTR Note When Install Audio driver please confirm yo...

Page 48: ...a Properties screen Select tab Devices and choose Audio Devices then select Add bar to install driver Insert the support CD by the mainboard manufacturer and choose OK bar to continue next step Key in...

Page 49: ...evice driver and click on Restart Now to restart the system to take all the changes effect After restart you may check Multimedia Properties under the location mentioned at right figure The Multimedia...

Page 50: ...ease follow below instructions to complete the installation Then click on Install RAID Utility bar to install IDE RAID Utility Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automati...

Page 51: ...y Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install USB 2 0 Driver bar to install USB 2 0 driver Once you made your selection a Se...

Page 52: ...uter to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install A...

Page 53: ...Power On Self Test routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss trains of words me...

Page 54: ...een Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Adva...

Page 55: ...to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize per...

Page 56: ...the value you want in each item Date Month DD YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military...

Page 57: ...hich you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you The choice All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette or All But Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional mem...

Page 58: ...ty Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk check ing program Auto Display your disk drive size The following options are selectab...

Page 59: ...one attempts to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and an alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when...

Page 60: ...e RAID SCSI or SCSI RAID First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choice Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM...

Page 61: ...ther the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptl...

Page 62: ...n chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed The choice Enabled or Disabled Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable the EPA Logo The choice Enabled or Disabled Onboar...

Page 63: ...ver need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operat ing conditions for your system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you...

Page 64: ...d 16Mb type dram chips the bank interleave is fixed at 2 way interleave When the dram timing is selected by SPD it will be set by the value on SPD of the RAM module SDR The Choice Disabled 2 Bank or 4...

Page 65: ...ive strength The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When this item enabled writing to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port is executed with one wait state The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP...

Page 66: ...e Choice Disabled or 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any pro gram is written to...

Page 67: ...The choice Enabled or Disabled OnChip IDE Channel1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE chan nels Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface select Disabled to...

Page 68: ...to or Disabled Super IO Device Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC i...

Page 69: ...nce controller you will need to disable this feature The Choice All Disabled All Enabled 1 2 USB Port 2 3 USB Port 1 3 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Port or 3 USB Port USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled...

Page 70: ...r Management ACPI The choice Enabled or Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend The choice S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 Power Management Option This category allow...

Page 71: ...0 Min or 1 Hour Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving mode Suspend Off Monitor is bla...

Page 72: ...ns VGA When this item enabled you can set VGA to awaken the system The choice OFF or ON LPT COM When LPT COM stays On any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the...

Page 73: ...choice OFF or ON In the following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operat...

Page 74: ...d or not The choice Yes or No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit from Setup if you have insta...

Page 75: ...oice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not If you have MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards and PCI VGA Card worked Enable this...

Page 76: ...0 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status You cannot make changes to these fields The fields inclu...

Page 77: ...ge Select This item allows you to select DDR Voltage The choice Default 2 55V 2 60V or 2 65V Chipset Voltage Select This item allows you to select Chipset Voltage The choice Default 2 55V 2 60V or 2 6...

Page 78: ...to enable disable auto detection CPU Host Clock The choice Enabled or Disabled CPU Clock This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock from 100 MHz to 160 MHz by 1 MHz step Min 100 MHz Max 160 MH...

Page 79: ...N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box w...

Page 80: ...d access to the options By setting separate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters and...

Page 81: ...without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits from the Setup utility and restarts your computer Passwor...

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