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chapter 2:Product Introduction

The header pin-out is as follows

Pin

Signal Name

1

mic-in

2

Gnd

3

Audio Vref-out

4

+5V

5

right channel output

6

right channel return

7

Hp-on

9

left channel output

10

left channel return

Please add two jumper in 5-6 & 9-10 according to the picture when you

don't need install Front Audio panel.

CPU&System FAN

Mainboard supply three FAN header with measure FAN speed function,

which can be watched in BIOS.

Caution

Assure CPU FAN run in work state,or CPU will damage for

overheat.

CNR(Communication Audio Modem Riser)
Support the CNR card with Audio/Modem/Lan function.

Only for A845E / A845DD / A845SD / P845SD

CD Audio connector

It's connected to CD-ROM by a CD cable.

AUX-IN Audio header

It receive audio output from CD-ROM,TV or MPEG card.

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Mainboard Manual

Summary of Contents for 845 series

Page 1: ... or 5 1ch is enabled 26 3 7 How to set Super password and user password 30 chapter 4 BIOS Setting 31 4 1 Award BIOS Description 31 4 2 Standard CMOS Features Setup 33 4 3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 34 4 4 Advanced Chipset Features Setup 36 4 5 Integrated Peripherals 38 4 6 Power Management Setup 41 4 7 PNP PCI Configuration Setup 42 4 8 PC Health Status 43 4 9 Frequency Control 44 4 10 Load Fail...

Page 2: ... the following items before beginning If any of the items below are missing please contact the representative for part replacement Standard Item 1 Mainboard 2 Driver CD 3 User Manual 4 IDE Hard Drive Ribbon Cable 5 Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable page 1 Mainboard Manual Package contents ...

Page 3: ...NR slot 1 x IrDA port header 1 x double FDD port 1 x LPT port with ESD EMI protection 2 x COM ports Support Temperature Fan speed Voltages Hardware monitoring overheat protection over CPU Dual IDE Channels support Four Ultra DMA33 66 100 IDE Devices Integrated AC97 Audio Onboard supply 2ch 4ch or 5 1ch optional AC97 2 1 or AC972 2 Compliant Codec with 3D Stereo Enhancement 1 x Line out 1 x Line in...

Page 4: ...chapter 2 Product Introduction A845E mainboard diagram page 3 Mainboard Manual Product Introduction ...

Page 5: ...annels support Four Ultra DMA33 66 100 IDE Devices Temperature Fan speed and Voltage Hardware Monitor Support Modem Ring Wakeup for External Modem WAKEUP LINK Header to Support Wake On LAN Integrated AC97 Audio Onboard AC97 2 1 Compliant Codec with 3D Stereo Enhancement 1 x Line out 1 x Line in 1 x Mic in 1 x CD in 1 x AUX in 1 x Game Port Overcurrent protection over Keyboard Mouse Coloured Connec...

Page 6: ...chapter 2 Product Introduction A845DD mainboard diagram page 5 Mainboard Manual Product Introduction ...

Page 7: ...lel port with ESD EMI protection 2 x COM ports Dual IDE Channels support Four Ultra DMA33 66 100 IDE Devices Temperature Fan speed and Voltage Hardware Monitor Support Modem Ring Wakeup for External Modem WAKEUP LINK Header to Support Wake On LAN Integrated AC97 Audio Onboard AC97 2 1 Compliant Codec with 3D Stereo Enhancement 1 x Line out 1 x Line in 1 x Mic in 1 x CD in 1 x AUX in 1 x Game Port ...

Page 8: ...chapter 2 Product Introduction A845SD mainboard diagram page 7 Mainboard Manual Product Introduction ...

Page 9: ...ESD EMI protection 2 x COM ports Dual IDE Channels support Four Ultra DMA33 66 100 IDE Devices Temperature Fan speed and Voltage Hardware Monitor Support Modem Ring Wakeup for External Modem WAKEUP LINK Header to Support Wake On LAN Integrated AC97 Audio Onboard AC97 2 1 Compliant Codec with 3D Stereo Enhancement 1 x Line out 1 x Line in 1 x Mic in 1 x CD in 1 x AUX in 1 x Game Port Overcurrent pr...

Page 10: ...chapter 2 Product Introduction P845SD mainboard diagram page 9 Mainboard Manual Product Introduction ...

Page 11: ...tection 2 x COM ports Dual IDE Channels support Four Ultra DMA33 66 100 IDE Devices WAKEUP LINK Header to Support Wake On LAN Integrated 2D 3D Graphic Accelerate Port Integrated AC97 Audio Onboard Select 2ch 4ch 5 1ch optional AC97 2 1 or AC97 2 2 Compliant Codec with 3D Stereo Enhancement 1 xSpeaker Front speaker 1 x Mic in Center and Sub woofer 1 x Line in Rear speaker 1 x CD in 1 x Game Port 1x...

Page 12: ...chapter 2 Product Introduction P845GL mainboard diagram page 11 Mainboard Manual Product Introduction ...

Page 13: ...COM ports Dual IDE Channels support Four Ultra DMA33 66 100 IDE Devices WAKEUP LINK Header to Support Wake On LAN Integrated 2D 3D Graphic Accelerate Port Integrated AC97 Audio Onboard Select 2ch 4ch 5 1ch optional AC97 2 1 or AC97 2 2 Compliant Codec with 3D Stereo Enhancement 1 xSpeaker Front speaker 1 x Mic in Center and Sub woofer 1 x Line in Rear speaker 1 x CD in 1 x Game Port 1xstandard Aud...

Page 14: ...chapter 2 Product Introduction P845GLP mainboard diagram page 13 Mainboard Manual Product Introduction ...

Page 15: ...ide usb connector support pnp function accord with spec of 2 0 Its data transmission rate support up to 480Mb s A845DD A845SD P845SD mainboard provide usb connector support pnp function accord with spec of 1 1 Its data transmission rate support up to 12Mb s COM 1 COM 2 Connector The COM Connector for the COM Devices Caution COM2 in P845GL and P845GLP is a 9pin header page 14 Mainboard Manual ...

Page 16: ...d Microphone in center and sub woofer It is the input of microphone in 2ch stereo but it s the output of Bass sound box or Center out when 5 1ch Audio format is adopted on mainboard Speaker Front speaker It is the output of Two channel Audio When 4ch or 5 1ch Audio format is adopted on mainboard it s the output of Front speaker MIDI Joystick It s connected a joystick or a MIDI device Note CS4299 A...

Page 17: ...er USB header use cable to connect with it It support two usb port The red line of cable correspond with pin1 of the header IRDA connector The header pin out is as follows Pin Signal Name 1 VCC power source 2 No Connection 3 IRRX infra red receive 4 Ground 5 IRTX infra red transmit WOL Header The Wakeup Link header used to connect an add in NIC Network Interface card which has Wake on Lan capabili...

Page 18: ...nnections to the case switches and indicators Front Panel Function Header include connections the following features Function Connector Pin Out Label System Reset RESET Power LED PW LED Hard Drive Activity LED HD LED Soft Touch Button Power On Off PW BN External Speaker Speaker Audio Front Panel Header It provides the earphone output and microphone input in the Front panel of computer box page 17 ...

Page 19: ...need install Front Audio panel CPU System FAN Mainboard supply three FAN header with measure FAN speed function which can be watched in BIOS Caution Assure CPU FAN run in work state or CPU will damage for overheat CNR Communication Audio Modem Riser Support the CNR card with Audio Modem Lan function Only for A845E A845DD A845SD P845SD CD Audio connector It s connected to CD ROM by a CD cable AUX I...

Page 20: ...n product s mode There is a bar code that had adhibited on our product s box and mainboard The bar code follow as below include serial number production date classific code product s name and model page 19 Mainboard Manual Setup Quickly Production date Classific code Serial number Mainboard name model P815G U ...

Page 21: ...chapter 3 Setup Quickly 3 2 Set the jumper A845E A845DD A845SD jumper setting Notice You must turn off the power of computer before you set the jumper or install hardware page 20 Mainboard Manual ...

Page 22: ...chapter 3 Setup Quickly P845SD P845GL P845GLP jumper setting page 21 Mainboard Manual Setup Quickly ...

Page 23: ...rst Boot Device to setup start up order 4 Enter Save Exit Setup select Y then reboot 3 4 How to install mainboard driver Our driver CD supports Windows 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 XP OS It s support Autosetup and Manualsetup model A Place the driver CD in your CD ROM when you have installed the OS And the CD will load device information the opening screen of CD appears page 22 Mainboard Manual ...

Page 24: ...e the driver install with the prompt Notice If window appear introduction You need not install this drive in Winxx that means the OS has included the device driver and you don t need to install it B When your need to Manualsetup please follow the list First You need to select the type of M B which your purchased We provide 3 types in our CD ATX MICRO ATX BABY AT page 23 Mainboard Manual Setup Quic...

Page 25: ...dem you need to select this item to install the Modem driver 3 Sound chip drive Our M B integrated the onboard sound codec AC97 If you want to use this onboard sound codec you need to select the IC type which show as below and install the driver 4 UATA Driver Intel Ultra ATA optimize program increase the efficiency of IDE Option install At the end of the installation of drive we recommend to resta...

Page 26: ...uestion will be explain by CMI9738 in Win2000 1 Please select the logo which shows C media Audio Configuration click the mouse left button and soon the dialog box will be shown 2 In the dialog box select the item of 4 which is the selection of four channel output Click ok and four channel output is enabled page 25 Mainboard Manual Setup Quickly ...

Page 27: ...nstall CMI9738 Four channel Audio driver and applications a Select the CMI9738 Audio installation in the Mainboard CD and the dialog box will be shown b Select Install Device Driver and Applications The dialog boxes will be shown one by one in the list Please click the next in picture 1 picture 5 Picture 1 Picture 2 page 26 Mainboard Manual ...

Page 28: ...chapter 3 Setup Quickly Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 page 27 Mainboard Manual Setup Quickly ...

Page 29: ...ram will be shown Click Finish and the installation of Audio Applications is over d Install Audio Driver when the picture 2 is shown click ok and restart your computer The whole installation is over picture 1 picture 2 page 28 Mainboard Manual ...

Page 30: ... 2 Open the application of Muti channel audio demo in the menu of C media Audio 3 Next diagram 4 Click Demo1 or Demo2 and Audio output should happen in the Front speaker and Rear speaker page 29 Mainboard Manual Setup Quickly ...

Page 31: ...r according to the introduction 4 After you finish the setting of password you should set the option Security Option which lies in Advanced BIOS Features item If System is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears when you try to enter setup 5 After finished your setting please don t forget to save it and enable it eff...

Page 32: ...n data stored in the BIOS need to be changed according to the new hardware installed To configure the provided special feature of the BIOS The CMOS RAM has lost the content due to out of battery Starting AWARD BIOS setup The bios read the system information contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it After the POST Power On Self Test has finished it l...

Page 33: ...alth Status Report system CPU temperature and cooling fans status Frequency Voltage Control Select CPU s Front Side Bus FSB frequency and core bus frequency ratio Load Fail Safe Defaults Load settings that are more likely to configure a workable computer when something is wrong If you cannot boot the computer successfully select the Fail Safe option and try to diagnose the problem after the comput...

Page 34: ...ed Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave These options enter another menu for hard disk detection by click Enter key Video This field allows you to select monitor type Options are MONO CGA40 CGA80 and EGA VGA Halt on Allow the system to halt during BIOS boot up when error occurs Options are All But keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key No errors All Errors Base Memory ...

Page 35: ...e boot process Default setting is Disabled First Second Third Boot Device Assign the priority of each storage device to be the boot up drive Supported devices are HDD Floppy LS 120 ATAPI ZIP CDROM SCSI NETWORK Default boot sequence is Floppy HDD 0 CDROM Boot Other Devices Specifies whether BIOS to boot from other device not listed in the 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device options when BIOS fail to boot from ...

Page 36: ...can be selected Default setting is Disabled Security Option Enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time BIOS Setup is executed If System is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if BIOS Setup is executed Default is Setup APIC Mode Enables advance program interrupt control MPS Versi...

Page 37: ...vailable setting are 1 5 2 2 5 Active to Precharge Delay Specifies the active to precharge delay The setting is 7 6 5 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay Specifies the length of the delay inserted between the RAS and CAS signals of the DRAM system memory access cycle The settings are 2 SCLKs or 3 SCLK s Default setting is 3 DRAM RAS Precharge Specifies the length of the RAS precharge part of the DRAM system mem...

Page 38: ...sabled System BIOS catch Default setting is Disabled Video Bios cacheable Enabled Disabled Video BIOS catch Default setting is Enabled Video RAM cacheable Enabled Disabled S Video RAM catch Default setting is Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Enabled Disabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M Default is Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled Disabled ICH I O Controller Hub delayed transactions for internal regis...

Page 39: ...the system IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA Auto Disabled IDE UDMA function feature Default setting is Auto which lets BIOS determine USB Controller Enabled Disabled USB Controller Default setting is Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support in DOS Default setting is Disabled AC97 Audio Default setting is Auto BIOS will automatically detect onb...

Page 40: ...sword Hot Key Power On Sets power on Hot key Default setting is Ctrl F1 On board FDC Controller Enabled Disabled on board FDC controller Default setting is Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Specify the I O port addresses of serial port 1 and 2 Available settings are Aut o Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h and 2E8h Default setting is Auto UART Mode Select Specifies the operation mode of onboard Serial Port 2 T...

Page 41: ...use the default setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is not EPP ECP Mode USE DMA This option only appears if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to ECP It assigns a DMA channel to the onboard parallel port Available settings are 1 3 Default is 3 Game Port Address Specifies the Onboard Game Port I O address Available settings are 201 209 and Disabled Default is 201 Midi Port Address Specifies...

Page 42: ... Specifies Video off Method Default setting is DPMS Video Off In Suspend Specifies Video off in Suspend Suspend Type Specifies Suspend Type Default setting is Stop Grant Suspend Mode Specifies Suspend Mode Default setting is Disabled HDD Power Down Specifies HDD Power Down Mode Default setting is Disabled Soft Off by PWR_BTTN Sets Power Down Mode by PWR_BTTN Default setting is Instant off CPU THRM...

Page 43: ...ns are Manual and Auto ESCD Default setting is Auto ESCD BIOS automatically assigns resources IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt PCI VGA Palette Snoop Enabled Disabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop sets Enabled for having Video card on ISA Bus and VGA card on PCI Base sets Disabled for VGA card only p...

Page 44: ...emperature Current CPU Temperature Detect System and CPU temperature automatically System Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed Detect Fan Speed Status automatically Vcore VDDQ VCC3 3 5V 12V 12V Detect System Voltage status automatically page 43 Mainboard Manual BIOS Setting ...

Page 45: ...led Auto detect PCI CLOCK Default setting is Enabled Spread Spectrum This option turns on off the Spread Spectrum feature of clock generator to reduce Electromagnetic Interference EMI generated by high speed clock signals Default setting is Disabled CPU Host 3V66 PCI Clock Select the clock generator of Front Side Bus frequency for CPU over clocking Default setting is Default page 44 Mainboard Manu...

Page 46: ...in the most appropriate values of the system parameters that allow minimum system performance 4 11 Load Optimized Defaults Selecting this field loads the factory defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features which the system automatically detects page 45 Mainboard Manual BIOS Setting ...

Page 47: ...firm the Password Type the password again and press Enter To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A Message PASSWORD DISABLED will appear to confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter setup freely If you select System at Security Option in Advanced BIOS Features Menu you will be prompted for the pass...

Page 48: ... Setup Utility and Save the user setup value to RTC CMOS Type N will return to Setup Utility 4 14 Exit Without Saving Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and Without Saving the User setup Value Type N will return to Setup Utility page 47 Mainboard Manual BIOS Setting ...

Page 49: ...inboard accord with describe 2 Installing the Central Processing Unit The mainboard provides a 478 pins CPU Socket Simply disengage the lever from the locking latch lift it to its vertical position Match the triangle markings on both the CPU and the Socket478 Carefully drop the CPU into the socket such that all the CPU pins entered the holes in the socket Apply slight pressure if necessary Make su...

Page 50: ...ended heatsink for the Socket 370 processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the mainboard It provides the 12 Volts DC for your CPU cooling fan 4 Installing the Memory Memory is installed in DIMM Sockets as follows After you have set the DIMM firmly into its socket snap the white clip holders up to lock in the DIMM Mainboard Manual page 49 Hardware Insta...

Page 51: ...all Extended card 6 Connect with FDD cable Harddisk cable control signal line and so on 7 Clear CMOS 8 Power is connected to Power supply Only support P4 ATX power 9 Finish the setting of BIOS Mainboard Manual page 50 Hardware Installation ...

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