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P4ELA

Micro ATX motherboard

User’s Manual

Edition: 1.0
2009/07/28

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Page 1: ...P4ELA Micro ATX motherboard User s Manual Edition 1 0 2009 07 28 ...

Page 2: ...ment are property of their respective owners Disclaimer The company shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this product The company does not issue a warranty of any kind express or implied including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose The company has the right to revise the ma...

Page 3: ...kage component before you use our products Hardware P4ELA Micro ATX motherboard x 1 Cable Kit Other Accessories Divers CD including User s Manual x 1 RAID drivers Disc for Windows XP SATA Cable x 2 I O Shield x 1 Floppy flat cable x 1 DB25 DB9 cable x 1 ...

Page 4: ...ence 15 2 4 1 Internal Connectors 15 2 4 2 External Connectors 15 2 5 CPU and Memory Setup 16 2 5 1 CPU installation 16 2 5 2 Memory installation 17 2 6 CMOS Setup 19 2 7 Serial ATA installation 20 2 8 Floppy Installation 21 2 9 LAN installation 22 2 10 Onboard Display Interface 23 2 10 1 Analog Display 23 2 11 Audio Installation 24 2 12 GPIO and SMBUS interface 26 2 13 USB Installation 27 2 14 Po...

Page 5: ... Setup 46 Appendix A I O Port Pin Assignment 48 A 1 Serial ATA Port 48 A 2 Floppy Port 48 A 3 IrDA Port 49 A 5 VGA Port 50 A 6 LAN Port 50 Appedix B System Resources 51 B 1 I O Port Address Map 51 B 2 Memory Address Map 53 B 3 System IRQ Resources 54 Appedix C Flash BIOS 55 C 1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool 55 C 2 Flash Method 55 Appendix D Programming GPIO s 56 Appendix E Watch Dog timer Setting 57 Contac...

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Page 7: ...nm manufacturing technology the PLGA processor without pin header on solder side can make user installing the processor on the socket easier Intel Q45 and ICH10DO chipset The Intel Q45 integrates DDR3 800 1066MHz for memory and Graphic Media Accelerator GMA 4500 technology for new graphic engine It can provide up to 1024MB of frame buffer when you install over 1GB of system memory The ICH10DO inte...

Page 8: ...x Storage Technology supported Multi I O Port Chipset Intel 82801JDO ICH10DO with Winbond W83627DHG Controller Serial Port Five RS 232 and one RS232 422 485 serial ports USB Port Twelve Hi Speed USB 2 0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate Floppy Port One Floppy port IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR K B Mouse External PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports on rear I O panel GPIO ...

Page 9: ...33MHz Power supply 3 3V 5V ISA One ISA slots without DMA supported Power and Environment Power Requirement Standard ATX 24 pin 20 pin is compatible power supply Additional 12V 4 pin power connector Dimension 244 L x 244 H mm Temperature Operating within 0 60P O p C 32 140P O p F Storage within 20 85P O p C 4 185P O p F Ordering Code P4ELA Support Intel Core 2 Quad LGA775 with DDRIII Onboard VGA Du...

Page 10: ...Pin PLGA Intel Q45 4 x 240 pin DDR3 800 1066MHz up to 8GB PCI bus Mini PCI slot 2 x Serial ports 1 x Floppy port 8 bit GPIO 12 x USB2 0 ports 2 x PCI Slot HD Audio ICH10DO 6 x Serial ATAII ports Intel 82574L 2 x GLAN IrDA PCIE 16x Slot BIOS SPI COM3 6 VGA W83628 W83629 ISA Slot ...

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Page 12: ...4ELA User s Manual 12 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Connector Location JFRNT CN_LPT CN_12V SYSFAN Mini PCI CN_DIO CN_AUDIO CN_COM5 6 CN_IR CPUFAN CN_SMBUS CDIN FDD ATX USB 1 2 3 4 SATA 1 2 3 4 5 6 CN_COM4 ...

Page 13: ...P4ELA User s Manual 13 2 2 Component Placement SPDIF COM1 CRT USB_RJ45_1 2 Audio PS2 COM2 COM3 DIM Mini PCI PCI PCI Express ISA ...

Page 14: ...M1 signal mode switch For Pin 1 Pin 9 Page 32 JP2 COM2 signal mode switch For Pin 1 Pin 9 Page 32 JAT Power mode select JCSEL1 JCSEL2 CN_COM2 RS 232 RS422 RS485 Setting Page 32 CN_IR IrDA Setting Page 32 Jumper JAT Type Onboard 3 pin jumper JAT Mode 1 2 AT Power mode 2 3 ATX Power mode Default setting JAT 1 3 ...

Page 15: ...x 2 pin digital I O connector CN_USB1 2 3 4 10 pin USB connector CPUFAN 4 pin CPU cooler fan connector SYSFAN 3 pin system cooler fan connector NBFAN 3 pin Northbridge cooler fan connector CN_IR 5 pin IrDA connector CN_SMBUS 5 pin SMBUS connector JFRNT 14 pin front panel switch indicator connector PCI1 2 120 Pin PCI socket CN_COM3 4 5 5 x 2 pin com connector 2 4 2 External Connectors Connector Fun...

Page 16: ...et Warning If CPU Socket internal Pin damage We could not provide warranty Intel Quad Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Cleron processor Package type 775 pin PLGA FSB 800 1066 1333MHz Manufacturing 65nm 45nm Intel Hyper Threading Technology and Core 2 Duo Quad Duo supported 1 Lift this bar 2 Uncover this plate Checked point 3 Place the CPU on the top of the pins 3 Cover this plate 4 Lock this bar Notice Plea...

Page 17: ... four 240 pin DDR3 DIMM support up to 8GB of memory capacity The memory frequency supports 800 1066 MHz Only Non ECC memory is supported 96 pin 144 pin Please check the pin number to match the socket side well before installing memory module DDRIII A1 A2 B1 B2 ...

Page 18: ...P4ELA User s Manual CMOS Setup 18 ...

Page 19: ...can be setting in BIOS If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings here is how to proceed to clear reset the CMOS to its default values Jumper JRTC Type Onboard 3 pin jumper JRTC Mode 1 2 Clear CMOS 2 3 Normal Operation Default setting JRTC 1 3 ...

Page 20: ...f RAID 0 1 5 and 10 The main features of RAID on ICH10DO are listed below 1 Supports for up to RAID volumes on a single two hard drive RAID array 2 Supports for two two hard drive RAID arrays on any of six Serial ATA ports 3 Supports for Serial ATA ATAPI devices 4 Supports for RAID spares and automatic rebuild 5 Supports on RAID arrays including NCQ and native hot plug For more information please ...

Page 21: ...P4ELA User s Manual 21 2 8 Floppy Installation P4ELA has one 34 pin floppy interface FDD ...

Page 22: ...N installation The board integrates with two Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controllers as the PCI Express bus The Intel 82574L supports triple speed of 10 100 1000Base T with IEEE802 3 compliance and Wake On LAN supported LAN1 LAN2 ...

Page 23: ...ased on Intel Q45 chipset with built in graphics the board provides one DB15 Connector on real external I O port 2 10 1 Analog Display Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard DB15 female connector on rear I O port CRT ...

Page 24: ...io compliance The main specifications of ALC888 are z High performance DACs with 100dB S N ratio z 2 DAC channels support 16 20 24 bit PCM format for 2 audio solution z 16 20 24 bit S PDIF OUT supports 44 1K 48K 96kHz sample rate z Compatible with HD z Meets Microsoft WHQL WLP 2 0 audio requirements The board provides 2 channels audio phone jacks on rear I O port Line in MIC in ports for front I O...

Page 25: ...Pin Description Pin Description 1 MIC_L 2 Ground 3 MIC_R 4 ACZ_DET 5 Speaker_R 6 MIC Detect 7 SENSE 8 N C 9 Speaker_L 10 Speaker Detect Connector CDIN Type 4 pin header pitch 2 54mm Pin Description 1 CD Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD Right Rear I O phone jacks LINE IN LINE OUT MIC IN ...

Page 26: ...for control panel application Connector CN_DIO Type onboard 2 x 6 pin header pitch 2 0mm Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 GP10 4 GP14 5 GP11 6 GP15 7 GP12 8 GP16 9 GP13 10 GP17 11 VCC 12 12V Connector CN_SMBUS Type 5 pin header for SMBUS Ports pitch 2 54mm Pin Description 1 VCC 2 N C 3 SMBDATA 4 SMBCLK 5 Ground CN_DIO 12 1 11 2 5 1 CN_SMBUS ...

Page 27: ...low Interface USB2 0 Controller Intel ICH10DO Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb s Voltage 5V The Intel ICH10DO contains two Enhanced Host Controller Interface EHCI and five Universal Host Controller Interfaces UHCI it can determine whether your connected device is for USB1 1 or USB2 0 and change the transfer rate automatically USB ...

Page 28: ...er s Manual 28 Connector CN_USB1 2 3 4 Type 10 pin 5 x 2 header pitch 2 54mm Pin Description Pin Description 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Ground 10 N C CN_USB1 2 3 4 10 1 2 9 ...

Page 29: ...connector and the board provides one 4 pin fan connectors supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and one 3 pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbridge chip The 4 pin CN_12V additional power connector is necessary for CPU powering please connect this well before you finishing the system setup CN_12V 1 23 ATX CPUFAN SYSFAN 3 2 24 1 4 1 2 3 4 1 ...

Page 30: ...V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 3V 24 GND Connector CN_12V Type 4 pin standard Pentium 4 additional 12V power connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 12V Connector CPUFAN Type 4 pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Fan Speed Detection 4 Fan Control Connector SYSFAN Type 3 pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description 1 G...

Page 31: ...S232 422 485 serial ports The jumper JCSEL1 JCSEL2 can let you configure the communicating modes for COM2 Connector COM2 Type 9 pin D sub male connector on bracket for COM2 Pin Description Pin Description 1 DCD 422TX 485 2 RXD 422TX 485 3 TXD 422RX 4 DTR 422RX 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 N C COM1 COM2 COM3 ...

Page 32: ...P4ELA User s Manual 32 Setting RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 for COM2C 1 5 2 6 JP2 1 5 2 6 JP1 JCSEL1 1 11 2 12 JCSEL2 1 7 2 8 ...

Page 33: ...n JCSEL1 JCSEL2 SIR RS 422 RS 485 RS 232 Default setting JCSEL1 1 2 JCSEL2 1 3 2 4 7 9 8 10 Power Mode JP1 JP2 Pin 1 with 5V Power 1 3 4 6 Pin 9 with 12V Power 2 4 3 5 Default setting 3 5 4 6 1 7 2 8 1 7 2 8 1 7 2 8 1 7 2 8 2 12 1 11 2 12 1 11 2 12 1 11 2 12 1 11 1 5 2 6 1 5 2 6 ...

Page 34: ... etc Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis Connector JFRNT Type onboard 14 pin 2 x 7 2 54 pitch header Function Signal PIN Signal Function HDLED 1 2 PWDLED SATA LED HDLED 3 4 N C Reset 5 6 PWDLED Power LED Reset Reset 7 8 SPKIN N C 9 10 N C PWRBT 11 12 N C Power Button PWRBT 13 14 SPKIN Speaker 14 1 JFRNT 2 13 ...

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Page 36: ... Chapter 3 System Configuration 3 1 SATA configuration SATA Mode This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal IDE mode or RAID mode The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied ...

Page 37: ... was lost from a single drive which increases fault tolerance The data and parity are striped across all the hard drives in the array The parity is striped in a rotating sequence to reduce bottlenecks associated with the parity calculations RAID 10 RAID 0 1 A RAID 10 array uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID levels 0 and 1 The data is striped across a two drive array forming the ...

Page 38: ... RAID configuration menu You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP4 version please install the Intel Application Accelerator Ver 4 5 later to support RAID configuration with Intel Matrix Storage Technology ...

Page 39: ...l Application Accelerator please execute Intel Storage Utility 2 Select Actions to Create RAID Volume Demo configuration for 2 SATA Drives and set as Intel Matrix Storage Technology set Rename the Volume name Select RAID Level as 0 Left as default ...

Page 40: ...ume size 5 Repeat the step 1 to create second volume as RAID Level 1 Tune this bar to specify the volume size if you specify the volume size lower than maximum you can create a second volume for another RAID set Make RAID 0 1 on only two hard drives For other configuration set please click Help on tool bar ...

Page 41: ... ALC888 codec It can support 2 channel sound under system configuration Please follow the steps below to setup your sound system 1 Install REALTEK HD Audio driver 2 Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager 3 Select Speaker Configuration 4 Select the sound mode to meet your speaker system ...

Page 42: ...Memory Technology 3 0 which would allow the video memory be triggered up to 384MB To support DVMT you need to install the Intel GMA4500 Driver with supported OS BIOS Setup On Chip Frame Buffer Size This item can let you select video memory which been allocated for legacy VGA and SVGA graphics support and compatibility The available option is 32MB and 128MB ...

Page 43: ...ory Size This item can let you select a maximum size of dynamic amount usage of video memory the system would configure the video memory depends on your application this item is strongly recommend to be selected as MAX DVMT Fixed DVMT Memory Size You can select the fixed amount and the DVMT amount at the same time for a guaranteed video memory and additional dynamic video memory Notice 1 The On Ch...

Page 44: ...splay device as different resolution and color bit Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you starting setup display devices 1 Click right button on the desktop to lunch display properties 2 Click Advanced button for more specificity setup 3 This setup options can let you define each device settings Click Graphics Properties for advanced setup ...

Page 45: ... the CRT monitor for Colors Resolution and Refresh Rate Click Intel Dual Display Clone to setup the dual display mode as same screen Click Extended Desktop to setup the dual display mode as different screen display Set the main display device here ...

Page 46: ...ion when the power is turned off If the battery runs out of the power then the settings of BIOS will come back to the default setting The BIOS section of the manual is subject to change without notice and is provided here for reference purpose only The settings and configurations of the BIOS are current at the time of print and therefore they may not be exactly the same as that displayed on your s...

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Page 48: ... pin connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 DRIVE DENSITY SELECT 0 3 Ground 4 N C 5 Ground 6 N C 7 Ground 8 INDEX 9 Ground 10 MOTOR ENABLE A 11 Ground 12 N C 13 Ground 14 DRIVER SELECT A 15 Ground 16 N C 17 Ground 18 DIRECTION 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 WRITE DATA 23 Ground 24 WRITE GATE 25 Ground 26 TRACK 0 27 Ground 28 WRITE PROTECT 29 Ground 30 READ DATA 31 Ground 32 HEAD SELE...

Page 49: ...A 4 Serial Port Connector COM1 2 3 Type 9 pin D sub male connector on bracket Pin Description Pin Description 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 SIN 7 RTS 3 SO 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground Connector COM4 5 6 Type 9 pin header connector for COM4 Pin Description Pin Description 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 SIN 7 RTS 3 SO 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 1 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 9 1 ...

Page 50: ...escription 1 RED 6 Ground 11 N C 2 GREEN 7 Ground 12 DDC_DA 3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSYNC 4 N C 9 5V 14 VSYNC 5 Ground 10 Ground 15 DDC_CLK A 6 LAN Port Connector RJ451 2 Type RJ45 connector with LED on bracket Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Description TRD0 TRD0 TRD1 TRD2 TRD2 Pin 6 7 8 9 10 Description TRD1 TRD3 TRD3 NC NC 6 10 1 2 3 4 5 11 12 13 14 15 ...

Page 51: ...P4ELA User s Manual 51 Appedix B System Resources B 1 I O Port Address Map ...

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Page 53: ...P4ELA User s Manual 53 B 2 Memory Address Map ...

Page 54: ...P4ELA User s Manual 54 B 3 System IRQ Resources ...

Page 55: ...tool is awdflash exe it s the utility that can write the data into the BIOS flash ship and update the BIOS C 2 Flash Method 1 Please make a bootable floppy disk 2 Get the last bin files you want to update and copy it into the disk 3 Copy awardflash exe to the disk 4 Power on the system and flash the BIOS Example C awardflash XXX bin 5 Re star the system Any question about the BIOS re flash please ...

Page 56: ...E 87 o 2E 07 o 2F 09 enale GPIO function o 2E 30 o 2F 02 enable GPIO configuration o 2E F0 o 2F xx set GPIO as input output set 1 for input 0 for output o 2E F1 o 2F xx if set GPIO s as output in this register its value can be set Optional o 2E F2 o 2F xx Data inversion register 1 inverts the current valus of the bits 0 leaves them as they are o 2E 30 o 2F 01 active GPIO s For further information ...

Page 57: ...y program Timeout Value Range 1 to 255 Second or Minute Program Sample Watchdog timer setup as system reset with 5 second of timeout 2E 87 2E 87 2E 07 2F 08 Logical Device 8 2E 30 Activate 2F 01 2E F5 Set as Second 2F 00 2E F6 Set as 5 2F 05 Minute bit 3 0 Second bit 3 1 You can select Timer setting in the BIOS after setting the time options the system will reset according to the period of your se...

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