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915GDAP/915GDA

915PDAP/915PDA

USER'S MANUAL

M/B For Socket 478 Pentium 4 Processor

NO. G03-915GDAP

Rev:1.0

Release date: September 2004

Trademark:

* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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Page 1: ...ssor NO G03 915GDAP Rev 1 0 Release date September 2004 Trademark Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer ...

Page 2: ... 4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 22 3 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 23 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 24 3 6 1 PCIEXPRESS ROOT PORT FUNCTION 26 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 27 3 7 1 ONBOARD IDE FUNCTION 27 3 7 2 ONBOARD DEVICE FUNCTION 28 3 7 3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION 29 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 30 3 8 1 PM TIMER RELOAD EVENTS 31 3 8 2 PCI EXPRESS PM FUNCTION 31 3 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 32 3 9 1 IRQ R...

Page 3: ...Option 5 Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port 5 SPDIF IN SPDIF OUT Audio Adaptor 5 Cable for COM2 Parallel Port 5 915GDAP 915GDA 915PDAP 915PDA User s Manual Intel Pentium 4 Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems Maintaining the proper thermal environment is ke...

Page 4: ...tion revision 1 0a and two 1 lan PCI Express port support This X16 PCI Express Slot provided multiplexed Digital display channels Support with ADD2 Card Advanced Digital Display The 915GDAP 915PDAP motherboard including Fast Ethernet PCI LAN chip support 10Mb s 100Mb s Base transfer rate These motherboards also has an integrated 8 channel High Definition Audio Codec on board support 8 channel 3D s...

Page 5: ...ransfer rate up to 100 MB s Four Serial ATA Host controllers that deliver the data transfer rate up to 150 MB s Serial ATA IDE SiS 180 RAID Controller provide two Serial ATA ports support 150Mb s data transfer rate and one Parallel ATA133 port support 133Mb s data transfer rate Support Ultra Mode Function Support RAID 0 or 1 RAID 0 1 function Integrate VGA only for 915GDAP 915GDA 400MHz Integrated...

Page 6: ...K3 7570 PCMark2004 System CPU Memory 3774 4296 4640 Graph HDD 1053 3173 Content Creation Winstone 2004 26 7 Business Winstone 2004 20 4 Winbench 99 V2 0 Business Hi end Disk Winmark99 7350 33100 Business Hi end Graphic Winmark 288 754 SYS Mark 2004 SISMark Rating Internet Content Creation Office Productivity SISMark 2004 165 181 151 3D Creation 2D Creation 180 205 Web publication 162 Communication...

Page 7: ...ial ATA Connector SATA1 2 3 4 USB Power ON Jumper JP6 PS 2 Mouse LAN MIC Line Out Front Line IN Rear Surround PS 2 Keyboard VGA COM1 USB2 USB Magic Duct USB Power ON Jumper JP2 8 CH AC 97 Audio Codec CD Audio W83627THF I O Chip PCI Slot Magic Duct K B Power ON Jumper JP1 USB Port LAN Connector PS2 KB Mouse Port PCI EXPRESSx1 VGA COM1 Connector SYSFAN1 Front Panel Audio Extend Audio SPDIF Optical C...

Page 8: ...or 7 pin Block P 14 Only for 915GDAP 915GDA Headers Header Name Description Page COM2 Serial Port COM2 Headers 9 pin Block P 15 AUDIO Front Panel Line Out MIC Headers 9 pin Block P 15 PARALLEL Parallel Port Header 25 pin Block P 15 USB3 USB4 USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 16 SPEAK Speaker connector 4 pin Block P 16 FP Power LED Reset IDE LED Power Button Front Panel Header including Power LED IDE ...

Page 9: ...board s Jumper Setting 1 CMOS RAM Clear 3 pin JP3 A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1 2 pins of JP3 to store the CMOS data To clear the CMOS follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector 3 Locate JP3 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP3 to its normal setting by s...

Page 10: ...al Component Interconnect Express a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems Serial Port a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems Parallel Port a low speed interface typically used for printers PS 2 a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards USB Universal Serial Bus a medium speed interface typically used for mouse keyboa...

Page 11: ...ing FAN is working correctly otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN if necessary To install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown be...

Page 12: ...MM1 DIMM3 or DIMM2 DIMM4 or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1 DIMM4 2 DIMM1 DIMM3 or DIMM2 DIMM4 must be the same type same size same frequency for dual channel function Generally installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy you can refer to figure 2 4 to see what a 184 Pin DDR333 DDR400 DDR SDRAM module looks like DIMM2 BANK2 BANK3 DIMM1 BANK0 BANK1 DIMM4 BANK6 BANK7 DIMM3 BANK4 BA...

Page 13: ...7 Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card 2 5 2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must exclusively assign to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard function 0 N A System Timer 1 N A Keyboard Controller 2 N A Pr...

Page 14: ...port Shared IRQ or that the cards don t need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 2 5 4 PCI Express Slot This motherboard provides one 16 lane PCI Express slot intended for Graphics Attach and two x1 PCI Express Slot Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1 0a support PCI Express VGA card and ...

Page 15: ...24 pin and 4 pin power plugs If you intend to use a PSU with 20 pin and 4 pin power plugs make sure that the 20 pin power plug can provide at least 15A on 12V and the power supply unit has a minimum power rating of 350W The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate 2 ATX 12V Power Connector 4 pin block ATX12V This is a new defined 4 pins connector that usually comes ...

Page 16: ...ophone Connector 8 VGA Connector 15 pin D Sub Connector VGA for 915GDAP 915GDA only VGA is the 15 pin D Subminiature female connector for display monitor 9 Serial Port COM1 COM1 COM1 only for 915PDAP 915PDA COM1 is the 9 pin D Subminiature mail connector The On board serial port can be disabled through BIOS SETUP Please refer to Chapter 3 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP section for more detail inform...

Page 17: ...rimary IDE connector You may also configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector Pin 1 IDE 2 Two hard disks can be connected to each connector The first HDD is referred to as the Master and the second HDD is referred to as the Slave For performance issues we strongly suggest you don t install a...

Page 18: ...Serial Port2 COM2 Header 2 Front Panel Line Out MIC Header 9 pin AUDIO This header connect to Front Panel Line out MIC connector with cable Line Out MIC Headers AUDIO Pin1 AUD MIC AUD FPO UT L AUD MIC BIAS AUD FPO UT R NC AUD G ND NC NC NC 2 9 10 3 Parallel Port Header 25 pin PARALLEL Parallel Port Header Pin 1 RARALLEL 14 13 26 ...

Page 19: ...e mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the system s power supply See the figure below 7 Speaker connector SPEAK This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker See the figure below 8 Power LED PWR LED The Power LED is light on while the system power is on Conne...

Page 20: ...ort cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less depending on the fan manufacturer the wire and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector FAN Headers CPUFAN 1 3 SYSFAN2 1 3 SYSFAN1 1 3 12 IR infrared module Headers 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless tr...

Page 21: ... it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CD Audio In Headers C DIN 4 1 14 Optical In Out Extend_Audio Header JP5 SPDIF_Audio Bracket Connector P in1 JP5 S P DIF O U T C E N BASS_R G ND 12V G ND S ide S urround _ L SP D IF IN S ide S urround _R 2 10 9 C E N BAS S _ L CNTR Bass Rear Out SPDIF In SPDIF Out ...

Page 22: ...e system will then run power on test While the test are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power The system may have failed on power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Beep Meaning One short beep when displaying logo No er...

Page 23: ...ight to choose in the main menu the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option 3 1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and by pressing Del immediately allows you to enter Setup If the ...

Page 24: ...t User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 3 1 Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system ...

Page 25: ...r PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Thr June 15 2004 Time hh mm ss 11 02 35 IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On A...

Page 26: ...e The settings are Auto Normal Large and LBA Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp write precomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Anti Virus Protection Disabled CPU L1 L2 Cache Enabled CPU L3 Cache Enabled Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled NX BIOS Cont...

Page 27: ...l 2 cache memory ECC error check correction Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If this is set to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Fourth Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequen...

Page 28: ...is not entered prompt OS Select For DRAM 64MB Allows OS2 to be used with 64MB or DRAM Settings are Non OS 2 default and OS2 Set to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright ...

Page 29: ...cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements The settings are Enabled and Disabled Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The settings are Enabled and Disabled A...

Page 30: ...er IO Function Please refer to section 3 7 3 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI Slot or AGP VGA first The settings are PCI Slot AGP Slot 3 7 1 Onboard IDE Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Onboard IDE Function Item Help On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Au...

Page 31: ... Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The settings are Enabled Disabled 3 7 2 Onboard Device Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Onboard ...

Page 32: ...R function of the onboard I O chip this functions uses Onboard Parallel Port There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that Provides Standard ECP and EPP features It has the following option Disabled 3BCH IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 278H IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378H IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extende...

Page 33: ...abled Disabled the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The settings are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select ACPI Suspend Type The setting are S1 POS S3 STR Video Off in Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The choice are Yes Video will off and No Video always On Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the mon...

Page 34: ... section 3 8 1 PCI Express PM Function Please refer to section 3 8 2 3 8 1 PM Timer Reload Events CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software PM Timer Reload Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General...

Page 35: ...eset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The settings are Enabled and Disabled Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to aut...

Page 36: ...in Post Enabled Current System Temperature 25 C Current CPU Temperature 38 C Magic Duct Temperature 38 C SYSFAN Speed 5000 rpm CPUFAN Speed 5000 rpm Magic Duct FAN Speed 4000 rpm Vcore 1 71V Vcc3 3 3 31V 12V 12 22V 12V 12 36V VCC5V 4 99V VBAT V 3 21V 5VSB V 5 02V Smart Mode for SYSFAN Disabled SYSFAN Smart Mode Tolerance 5 Smart Mode for CPUFAN Disabled CPUFAN Smart Mode Tolerance 5 Menu Level Mov...

Page 37: ...item allows you to set the CPU Host PCI clock and Spread Spectrum The settings are Enabled Disabled Host Clock at Next Boot This item allows you to select CPU frequency step by step increasing The choice are 533MHz CPU 133MHz 350MHz 800MHz CPU 200MHz 350MHz DRAM Clock at Next Boot is This item allows you select the DRAM Clock for DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 The setting are DDR333 for P4 533MHz CPU DDR333...

Page 38: ...rd up to eight characters in length and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm that t...

Page 39: ... double click CD ROM drive or click START click RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive The intel915 serial chipset driver only support Windows 2000 and Windows XP OS From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 11 selections 1 INF install Intel 915 chipset system driver 2 VGA install Intel 915G VGA driver Only for 915GDAP 915GDA 3 SOUND install ALC880 High Definition Audio Driver 4 LAN insta...

Page 40: ... 3 This license agreement appear click Yes the readme information appear click Next 4 Select if you want computer re started click Finish 4 2 VGA install Intel 915G VGA Driver 1 Click VGA when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT When Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Software Setup appear ...

Page 41: ...t Computer Click FINISH 4 3 SOUND install ALC880 High Definition Audio Driver 1 Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT When Realtek High Definition Audio driver windows appear 3 Click FINISH and restart your computer 4 Manual Sound Effect Setting ...

Page 42: ...ing 4 4 LAN install Realtek RTL8100C Fast Ethernet NIC Driver WINDOWS 98SE 98ME 2000 XP Setup 1 Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2 Click NEXT install REALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver 3 After driver installation completed Click Finish ...

Page 43: ...m How to make a SATA HDD driver diskette STEP 1 Insert the diskette which been formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS STEP 2 After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD ROM STEP 3 Copy all the files from SiS SiS180 Disk to floppy diskette Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready you may start to install Windows XP or Windows 2000 on your System Installation of Windows XP...

Page 44: ...ick next 3 Click FINISH and restart your computer 4 After executing Winbond Hardware Doctor it supports system voltage Fan speed and CPU SYSTEM Temperature Because this is a On time Monitoring program therefore the value will change after it detected if the value is over default setting the system will have warning picture and beeps This is a System Voltage status 5 This is a CPU System Fan Speed ...

Page 45: ...end Micro internet security installshield wizard windows appear 3 This is license agreement select I Accept the terms and Click NEXT 4 Click NEXT and Enter your Customer Information Click NEXT or choose Change to change the path for the file to be stored 5 Click INSTALL Start to install the software 6 Setup Complete and click FINISH ...

Page 46: ...pare a boot disc you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A click OK STEP 2 Copy utility program to your boot disc You may copy from DRIVER CD X FLASH AWDFLASH EXE or download from our web site STEP 3 Copy latest BIOS for 915GDAP 915GDA 915PDAP 915PDA from our web site to your boot disc STEP 4 Insert your boot disc into A start the computer type Awdflash A 915GDAPAxxx BIN SN PY CC R 915G...

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