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Hardware  Installation

Onboard Audio  Jacks

The mainboard is equipped with 3 audio jacks. A jack is a one-hole
connecting interface for inserting a plug.

Line-out Jack (J5 - Lime)

This  jack  is  used  to  connect  external  speakers  for  audio  output  from
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  stereo  cable  from  the  line-out  jack  of  your  external
device to this line-in jack.

Mic-in Jack (J8 - Pink)

Connect a microphone to the mic-in jack.

Additional Line-out/Mic-in (J9)

J9 provides you the option of connecting another line-out and mic-in
jacks.

Summary of Contents for P4X266-PE11-LA

Page 1: ...VIA P4X266 PE11 SA VIA P4X266 PE11 LA Mainboard User s Manual 53800146...

Page 2: ...tion 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 Windows ME...

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: ...d 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 the...

Page 5: ...OS Setup 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...

Page 6: ...pplications 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...

Page 7: ...um 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 LA only Uses Realtek RTL8100 fast ethernet...

Page 9: ...o 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 b...

Page 10: ...BIOS 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...

Page 11: ...external modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 and Resume On LAN Ring IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important If...

Page 12: ...support 720mA Wake On USB Keyboard The Wake On USB Keyboard function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state Refer to Jumper Settings for Wake O...

Page 13: ...ng system This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM Random Access Memory when it powers off The operating session will r...

Page 14: ...e following items The mainboard A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Main Board Utility CD If any of these items are missing or...

Page 15: ...2 Hardware Installation 15 2 1 Mainboard Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation VIA P4X266 PE11 SA Supports onboard audio...

Page 16: ...lation VIA P4X266 PE11 LA Supports onboard audio and onboard LAN Note The illustrations on the following pages are based on the VIA P4X266 PE11 LA mainboard which is the board that supports onboard au...

Page 17: ...t 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 lin...

Page 18: ...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 19: ...er 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 20: ...Del to enter the main menu of the BIOS 5 Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock Ratio or CPU Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency r...

Page 21: ...to 2 3 On PS2KB Wakeup Select IRQ Event Activity Detect 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 passw...

Page 22: ...you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state By default this function is enabled pins 2 and 3 set to On Make sure USB Resume from S3 IRQ Event Activity Dete...

Page 23: ...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 s...

Page 24: ...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 25: ...d 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 Inte...

Page 26: ...bilities 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 dat...

Page 27: ...e 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 28: ...ry 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 p...

Page 29: ...TA 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 t...

Page 30: ...rsal 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...

Page 31: ...e optional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J17 or J19 Insert the USB port cable connector to pins 1 1...

Page 32: ...uipped 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 d...

Page 33: ...ART 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 operati...

Page 34: ...ector 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 c...

Page 35: ...system 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 moni...

Page 36: ...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 37: ...12 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...

Page 38: ...from 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 ster...

Page 39: ...ation 39 2 6 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 Ri...

Page 40: ...ke On LAN function you must enable Resume on LAN Ring in the Power Management Setup IRQ Event Activity Detect field of the BIOS Your LAN card package should include a cable Connect one end of the cabl...

Page 41: ...l 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 Resu...

Page 42: ...to 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 43: ...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 min...

Page 44: ...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 Fun...

Page 45: ...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 i...

Page 46: ...was 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 1...

Page 47: ...t 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 Feat...

Page 48: ...E Secondary 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 referenc...

Page 49: ...erating 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...

Page 50: ...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 er...

Page 51: ...d Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 98 2000 ME XP or the operating system may not install nor work CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 200...

Page 52: ...uring 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 Devic...

Page 53: ...Off 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...

Page 54: ...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 BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM Video...

Page 55: ...ock 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 sh...

Page 56: ...n 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 will run ac...

Page 57: ...this in its default setting which is 128M 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...

Page 58: ...ction 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 per...

Page 59: ...Programmed 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 co...

Page 60: ...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 RO...

Page 61: ...ial 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 sam...

Page 62: ...d 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 y...

Page 63: ...the MIDI port s IRQ 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 initialize AGP PCI Slot When th...

Page 64: ...es the standard mode Onboard LAN Boot ROM VIA P4X266 PE11 LA 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...

Page 65: ...S 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 Function in appendix A for more in...

Page 66: ...Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the 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 perip...

Page 67: ...store 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 68: ...Use the Ctrl and F1 keys to wake up the system Disabled Disables the Wake On PS 2 Keyboard function USB Resume from S3 Set this field to Enabled to use the Wake On USB Keyboard function This function...

Page 69: ...em 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 in...

Page 70: ...st 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 71: ...stem 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 identi...

Page 72: ...GA 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 funct...

Page 73: ...default 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 syste...

Page 74: ...of the CPU 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 t...

Page 75: ...rature exceeded the limit set in the CPU Warning Temperature field Note The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message to pop...

Page 76: ...Previous 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...

Page 77: ...you 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 da...

Page 78: ...s 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 Opti...

Page 79: ...in 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 p...

Page 80: ...ll 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 C...

Page 81: ...MI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration Information about the type and speed of CPU type and amount of memory for each memory slot BIOS revisio...

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

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 car...

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 LA only The onboard LAN dr...

Page 85: ...after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically 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 step...

Page 86: ...up 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 reference...

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: ...og 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 compute...

Page 89: ...ating 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 th...

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: ...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 95: ...configured 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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