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PXP35 (V2.0) 

 
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FCC Compliance Statement 

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to 
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful 
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency 
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference 
to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful 
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. 
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. 

 

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Summary of Contents for PXP35

Page 1: ...ocument are registered by their respective owner Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested an...

Page 2: ... P35 ICH7 Support Socket 775 Intel CoreTM 2 Quad CoreTM 2 Extreme CoreTM 2 Duo Pentium D Pentium 4 Celeron Processors User Manual Dimensions ATX form factor 220 mm x 305 mm W x L Operating System Windows Vista XP 2000 ...

Page 3: ...ls third party components and software versions This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard or when confuguring pins and switches Packing List PXP35 V2 0 Mainboard IDE Cable SATA Cable I O Bra...

Page 4: ...lation DIMM1 2 3 4 7 Back Panel Configuration 9 Connectors 11 Front Panel Headers JW_FP PWRLED SPEAK 12 Headers Jumpers 13 Audio Configuration 16 Slots 17 Power Supply Attachments 18 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 19 INTRODUCTION 19 MAIN MENU 20 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 22 SOFTWARE LIST 22 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 22 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 26 APPENDIX I 8 6 4 2 CHANNEL AUDIO EFFECT SETUP 29 ...

Page 5: ...mainboard and are capable for use with expansion cards The PXP35 V2 0 provides one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB drives It also has one IDE connector compatible with IDE hard drives supporting Ultra ATA 33 66 100 Moreover this mainboard comes with Serial ATA II support with four SATA II connectors which provide up to 3 Gbps data transfer rates Th...

Page 6: ...ntroller Marvell 88E8056 Memory Four DIMM sockets Supports unbuffered non ECC DDRII 800 667 533 SDRAM Supports a total memory capacity of up to 8 GB Supports Dual Channel data bus Onboard HD Audio Codec ALC 883 High performance Codec with high S N ratio 90 db Compatible with Azalia 1 0 specification Supports 8 6 4 2 channel playback capability Supports jack sensing and re tasking function Built in...

Page 7: ... transfer rate up to 3 Gbps One SATA II connector can only support one SATA II HDD Onboard LAN Chip Supports 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN I O facility Connectors Supports one PS 2 mouse port and one PS 2 keyboard port Supports one COM port on the back panel Supports one SPDIF IN and SPDIF OUT ports on the back panel Supports one parallel port PARALLEL header one HDMI SPDIF OUT HDMI SPDIF header a...

Page 8: ...n Supports system wake from power saving mode by keyboard or mouse touching Shadow RAM Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory Supports flash memory functionality Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function Monitors CPU Chassis Fan Speed Monitors CPU and system temperature Monitors system voltages ...

Page 9: ...Mainboard PXP35 V2 0 5 Configuration Layout of PXP35 V2 0 ...

Page 10: ...up the iron cover B 2 There are 2 distinctive marks located near the corners of the socket on the same side as the lever as shown C Match these marks with the marks on the CPU and carefully lower the CPU down onto the socket D 3 Replace the iron cover and then lower the lever until it snaps back into position E This will lock down the CPU F 4 Smear thermal grease on the top of the CPU Lower the CP...

Page 11: ...7 533 SDRAMs It also supports Dual Channel Technology and allows you installing a total memory capacity of 8 GB Attention It is recommended that to install memories which are identical specifications same timing specifications and same DDR II speed to achieve the best effects It may cause the failure of power on or lower memory speed if installing different type SPD series presence detects memorie...

Page 12: ...other channel the Dual Channel will be enabled then For example if you install one 256 MB memory in DIMM1 and another in DIMM3 256MB x 2 512MB the Dual Channel can be enabled 3 If you only need to install one memory it is recommended to install it in DIMM1 or DIMM2 Memory Installation Steps 1 Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends of the slot away from the slot 2 Match the notch on the RAM modul...

Page 13: ...hich provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signals There are two connectors one coaxial SPDIF IN and one coaxial SPDIF OUT They are provided on the back panel of your case enabling you to transmit audio output or receive input audio between your system and the SPDIF devices USB Ports LAN Port USB1 USB LAN There are four onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports on the back panel These USB po...

Page 14: ...ill output audio for the front speakers Mic In pink This port is for connecting to a microphone When the 8 6 4 2 channel audio system is enabled this port will be the input of your microphone Rear Surround out orange This port is only functional for the output of the surround sound rear speakers when the 8 6 4 2 channel audio driver is installed and enabled Center Subwoofer out black This port con...

Page 15: ... drive HDD CD ROM DVD ROM etc using IDE ribbon cables In general two IDE devices can be attached onto one IDE connector If you attach two IDE HDDs you must configure one drive as the master and the other one as the slave Serial ATA II Connectors SATA1 2 3 4 The six SATA II connectors support up to 3 Gbps data transfer rates and one SATA connector only can attach one SATA HDD of each time using SAT...

Page 16: ...t open When the switch closed it will cause the mainboard to reset and run the POST Power On Self Test Power on Switch Header PWRBTN This header can be attached to a power switch cable on your case front panel You can turn your system on or off by pressing the button attached to this power switch cable 2 pin Power LED Header PWRLED The mainboard provides a 2 pin power LED header If there is a 2 pi...

Page 17: ...e wireless infrared You can transfer data connectionless to or from the portable device i e laptop PDA etc which with this header attached Printer Interface Header PARALLEL Optional This mainboard provides a PARALLEL header for you connecting an additional printer connector on your case back panel Attach the cable of printer connector Optional onto this header and then you can use the printer conn...

Page 18: ...r to enable this functionality you must adjust the jumper caps on JP1 header as the table below JP1 Assignment 1 Pin 1 2 Closed KB MS USB Power ON Disable Default 1 Pin 2 3 Closed KB MS USB Power ON Enabled Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 GND 8 GND USB2 USB3 9 Key 10 N C Attention If you are usi...

Page 19: ...per JBAT The Clear CMOS function is used when you are unable boot your system and need to reset the BIOS settings CMOS settings back to the manufacturer s original settings This is also a way to reset the system password if you have forgotten it JBAT Assignment Pin 1 2 Closed Normal Default Pin 2 3 Closed Clear CMOS Data Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins 1 Turn off yo...

Page 20: ...l speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder Use the feature only when your stereo system has digital input function Front Panel Audio Header AUDIO If your case front panel has audio ports you can connect them to the Front Audio Header of this mainboard HDMI SPDIF Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 HDMI_SPDIF_OUT 2 GND AUDIO Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 MIC2 L 2 AUD_GND 3...

Page 21: ... for PCI E x16 specification PCI Express x1 Interface slots PE2 PE3 The PE2 3 slots are the PCI Express x1 interface slots which can be supported up to x1 mode You can insert an expansion card which the interface is capable for PCI E x1 specification onto these slots PCI Interface Slots PCI1 2 3 PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect which is a bus standard for installing expansion cards...

Page 22: ...e instant power on function The connector pins are described below Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PW_ON 20 5V 9 5V standby voltage 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V ATXPWR 12 3 3V 24 Ground Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 12V 5 Ground 2 12V 6 Ground 3 12V 7 Ground ATX12V 4 12V 8 Ground...

Page 23: ...h the version installed in your system Key Function In general you can use the arrow keys to highlight options press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate within the BIOS Setup program Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous option Down arrow Move to next option Left a...

Page 24: ...e adjustable items of Award special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Include all the adjustable items of chipset special features Integrated Peripherals Include all onboard peripherals Power Management Setup Include all the adjustable items of Green function features PnP PCI Configurations Include all configurations of PCI and PnP ISA resources ...

Page 25: ...set the system in its best performance configurations Load Standard Defaults It can load the preset system parameter values to set the system in its stable performance configurations Set Supervisor Password Set change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Set User Password Set change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system Save Ex...

Page 26: ...ee the screen as the picture below There are several driver buttons displayed in the Driver Menu screen and you can click on the drivers to install Category Platform Intel Chipset INF Windows Vista XP 2000 Marvell Lan Driver Windows Vista XP 2000 Realtek Audio Driver Windows Vista XP 2000 Microsoft DirectX9 0c Windows 2000 The screen and images are only for general reference The version of the scr...

Page 27: ...3 For Windows Vista Driver For Windows XP 64bit Driver Attention Before you install the Realtek Audio Driver on Windows XP 64bit operating system please go to the Microsoft website to install the update for enabling HD Audio ...

Page 28: ...Mainboard PXP35 V2 0 24 For Windows XP 32bit Driver For Windows 2000 Driver Intel Chipset INF It provides all drivers for the functions which built in both the Northbridge Southbridge ...

Page 29: ... Audio CODEC Microsoft DirectX 9 0c It provides the software of Microsoft DirectX9 0c 2 Click on the User Manual button you can choose the manual to read 3 If you click the Browse CD button you can browse all the files in the Driver CD Attention Before you read manuals you must install the driver of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to browse PDF files ...

Page 30: ...rive is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board unplugged 2 Damag...

Page 31: ...ta Then performs low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check the po...

Page 32: ...onnected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with other...

Page 33: ...utton you can see the screen like the picture below 3 You can choose 2 4 6 or 8 channels by your speakers 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices To take advantage of 8 Channel Audio Effects you must use audio software that supports this functionality You must also make sure your software is specifically configured for 8 Channel Audio Effect supoort ...

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