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Hardware Installation

Setting

SPP

(Standard Parallel Port)
ECP

(Extended Capabilities Port)

EPP

(Enhanced Parallel Port)

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 SPPs data transfer

rate.
Allows bidirectional parallel port op-

eration at maximum speed.

Summary of Contents for P4X266-PE11-L

Page 1: ...VIA P4X266 PE11 S VIA P4X266 PE11 L Mainboard User s Manual 52900137...

Page 2: ...ublication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Wind...

Page 3: ...ot installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular in...

Page 4: ...ded in the mainboard package To view the user s manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User s Manual Mainboard This user s manual is for th...

Page 5: ...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 PnP PCI Configur...

Page 6: ...plications 4 5 Onboard LAN Drivers for Windows 4 6 Microsoft DirectX 8 0 Driver 4 7 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A 1 Using the Suspend to RAM F...

Page 7: ...m 4 processor Intel Pentium 4 processor 478 pin 400MHz system data bus System Memory Three 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets Supports up to 3GB using PC1600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 5V...

Page 8: ...und DirectSound 3D AC 97 supported with full duplex independent sample rate con verter for audio recording and playback Onboard LAN Features VIA P4X266 PE11 L only Uses Realtek RTL8100 fast ethernet c...

Page 9: ...16 6MB sec Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP IrDA Interface The mainboard is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity be...

Page 10: ...OS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI uti...

Page 11: ...ternal or external modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 and Resume On LAN Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important If y...

Page 12: ...ainboard is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configura tion and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving fea tures that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with o...

Page 13: ...wer Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The mainboard is designed to protect the boot sector and partition...

Page 14: ...14 Hardware Installation 2 1 Mainboard Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation VIA P4X266 PE11 S Supports onboard audio...

Page 15: ...ion 15 VIA P4X266 PE11 L Supports onboard audio and onboard LAN Note The illustrations on the following pages are based on the VIA P4X266 PE11 L mainboard which is the board that supports onboard audi...

Page 16: ...strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The mainboard is equipped with three 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Dual In line...

Page 17: ...the module aligned with the key on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM...

Page 18: ...r system because the processor s ratio clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM...

Page 19: ...ss Del to enter the main menu of the BIOS 5 Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press Enter 6 Set the CPU Ratio or CPU Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio...

Page 20: ...JP1 to 2 3 On PS2KB Wakeup Select Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for details Warning 1 If you forgot the password yo...

Page 21: ...J4 both in Teal Turquoise color located at the ATX double deck ports of the board These ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems se...

Page 22: ...keyboard Purple ports both at location J1 of the ATX double deck ports of the mainboard The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQ12 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ12 for other...

Page 23: ...parallel port J3 Burgundy located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports SPP ECP and EPP modes You can select the port s mode in the Integ...

Page 24: ...ilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port 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...

Page 25: ...header You may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable 1 Install the 34 pin header connector of...

Page 26: ...y or secondary IDE controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable 1 If you are connecting two IDE drives install the 40 pi...

Page 27: ...A 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 hard drives 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 to...

Page 28: ...sal Serial Bus Ports Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function VCC UP2 UP2 Ground Key Pin 6 7 8 9 10 Function VCC UP3 UP3 Ground Ground Pin 11 12 13 14 15 Function Ground Ground UP2 UP2 VCC Onboard USB Ports USB 1 and 2...

Page 29: ...using the J17 and J19 connectors on the mainboard allow you to connect 4 more optional USB ports These optional USB ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option If you...

Page 30: ...pped with an onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN port at location CN1 of the ATX double deck ports It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub You may enable or dis...

Page 31: ...RT Mode Select in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device You must have the proper drivers installed in your operatin...

Page 32: ...ctor Pin 1 2 3 Function Ground Power Sense The processor must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J18 on the mainboard The system is ca...

Page 33: ...ystem unit connect the fan s connector to location J20 on the mainboard The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The system is capable of monit...

Page 34: ...to that of a standard PC game adapter or game I O port Connect an analog joystick to the 15 pin D sub connector J7 Gold located at the ATX double deck ports of the mainboard This port works well with...

Page 35: ...2 Audio Jacks Onboard Audio Jacks Line out Line in Mic in Additional Line out Mic in J9 Pin 1 3 5 7 9 Function Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out Function Ground AuD_Vcc Avcc AuD_R_Return GND Key A...

Page 36: ...rom the mainboard Line in Jack J6 Light Blue This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stere...

Page 37: ...tion 37 2 5 13 Internal Audio Connectors AUX in and CD in These connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card Pin 1 2 3 4 Function Left audio channel Ground Ground Rig...

Page 38: ...he Wake On LAN function you must enable Resume on LAN Ring in the Power Management Setup Wake Up Events field of the BIOS Your LAN card package should include a cable Connect one end of the cable to t...

Page 39: ...ternal modem card To use this function connect one end of the cable that came with the card to the card s wake on ring connector and the other end to location J13 on the mainboard You must also enable...

Page 40: ...o RAM It will not light when 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...

Page 41: ...12V power connector to J25 and ATXP1 respectively The 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM The mainboard requires a mini...

Page 42: ...10 Function 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground PW OK 5VSB 12V Pin 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Function 3 3V 12V Ground PS ON Ground Ground Ground 5V 5V 5V Pin 1 2 3 4 ATX Main Power Connector Func...

Page 43: ...ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PWRBTN in...

Page 44: ...as powered on it may indicate 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...

Page 45: ...the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Featu...

Page 46: ...ndary Slave field then press Enter IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen The settings on the screen are for reference only...

Page 47: ...rating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in s...

Page 48: ...But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other err...

Page 49: ...sable this field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 98 2000 ME or the operating system may not install nor work CMOS Setup Utility Copyrigh...

Page 50: ...ring POST 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 Boot Device...

Page 51: ...ff the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The B...

Page 52: ...will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt OS Select for DRAM 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS 2 The options are Non OS2 and OS2 Video B...

Page 53: ...Drive Control Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following fields will appear Current FSB Frequency This field shows the detected FSB of the CPU Current DRAM Frequency This field shows...

Page 54: ...EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system wil...

Page 55: ...this in its default setting which is 64M AGP Mode This field is used to select the AGP mode of the AGP card installed on the mainboard The default setting is 4X AGP Driving Control Set this field to M...

Page 56: ...tion When enabled this function frees up the PCI bus for other PCI masters during the PCI to ISA transactions This allows PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents degradation of perf...

Page 57: ...ogrammed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the cont...

Page 58: ...UDMA and IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD R...

Page 59: ...al port 2 UART Mode Select The mainboard supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices You may not use IrDA J15 and the COM 2 J4 serial port at the same...

Page 60: ...parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP EPP ECP and ECP EPP These apply to standard specifications and will depend on the type and speed of you...

Page 61: ...lect the MIDI port s IRQ The options are 5 and 10 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize AGP or PCI first when the system boots AGP When the system boots it will first i...

Page 62: ...s the standard mode Onboard LAN Boot ROM VIA P4X266 PE11 L only By default this field is disabled Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and ac...

Page 63: ...ect the type of Suspend mode S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system refer to Using the Suspend to RAM...

Page 64: ...Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Suspend mode according to the power saving time selected the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off Video Off Option Alwa...

Page 65: ...tore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system PWR Lost Resume...

Page 66: ...wer cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 Hot Key Select this option to use the Ctrl F1 keys to wake up the system Disabled D...

Page 67: ...is in the Suspend mode you can wake up the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Refer to Wake On LAN Connector in chapter 2 for more info...

Page 68: ...t be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The Primary INTR and IRQ3 IRQ15 fields will appear...

Page 69: ...tem will automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Resources field The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identic...

Page 70: ...A When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the VGA card installed Your VGA card will need an IRQ only when using the video capture function of the card If you are not using this functi...

Page 71: ...efault an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must manually assign an IRQ for the device During system...

Page 72: ...U and chassis fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute CPU V These fields show the voltage of the processor The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one CM...

Page 73: ...d hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message to pop up when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the Hardware Monitor utility...

Page 74: ...ious Values PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI or DIMM devices Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its...

Page 75: ...selected 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 b...

Page 76: ...option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded 3 1 10 Load Optim...

Page 77: ...n exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and pr...

Page 78: ...l appear Quit Without Saving Y N N 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 changes to the setup press Ct...

Page 79: ...s and components certain re vision numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the mainboard s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information...

Page 80: ...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 informa tion 4 Press F10 to update the edite...

Page 81: ...r 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 woul...

Page 82: ...n Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Win dows ME Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 operating system To install the utility insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Cli...

Page 83: ...bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems If you are using this type of card we recommend that you install first the AGP card...

Page 84: ...lity CD will appear 2 Click Audio Driver 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system 4 5 Onboard LAN Drivers for Windows VIA P4X266 PE11 L only The onboard LAN dri...

Page 85: ...nserting the CD Autorun did not auto 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 p...

Page 86: ...setup p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information The settings on the screen are for refer...

Page 87: ...sor to Settings then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by t...

Page 88: ...g box Double click the Power Management icon 11 Click the Advanced tab In the When I press the power button on my computer field select Standby 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer...

Page 89: ...rating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply t...

Page 90: ...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 91: ...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 92: ...The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is...

Page 93: ...ing 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 94: ...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 that...

Page 95: ...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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