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PT880DAS 

                                       
                                                   

User's Manual

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Intel Socket 478 Pr

ocessor Motherboard 

           

VIA PT880 + VIA 8237 

 

NO. G03-PT880DAS 

Revision 2.0 

 

       

Summary of Contents for PT880DAS

Page 1: ...PT880DAS User s Manual Intel Socket 478 Processor Motherboard VIA PT880 VIA 8237 NO G03 PT880DAS Revision 2 0 ...

Page 2: ...3 THE MAIN MENU 21 3 4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 23 3 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 24 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 26 3 6 1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS 27 3 6 2 AGP TIMING SETTINGS 27 3 6 3 PCI TIMING SETTINGS 28 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 28 3 7 1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION 29 3 7 2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION 30 3 7 3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION 30 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 32 3 8 1 WAKE UP EVENTS 33 3 8 1 1 IRQS ACTIVITI...

Page 3: ... ANY KIND AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OF DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE Trademarks Notice All brands products logos trademarks and companies are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies AMD Athlon Athlon XP Thoroughbred and Duron are regis...

Page 4: ... be noted 6 Disconnect this equipment from connecter before inserting add on interfaces or modules 7 Never pour any liquid into the opening this could cause fire or electrical shock 8 Explosion may occur if the battery is replaced incorrectly Replace only with the type recommended by the manufacturer 9 If one of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel a Liq...

Page 5: ... improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans In addition interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink For optimum heat transfer Intel recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor When selecting a thermal solution for your system please re...

Page 6: ...D 0 1 functions to provide speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance Integrated AC 97 CODEC audio on system supports 6 channel speaker for 3D Surround Effect which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility AGP 8X slot enables more complex models and detailed textures with AGP 8X graphic accelerators which creates richer ...

Page 7: ...ATA RAID Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB s Two Serial ATA ports provide 150 MB sec data transfer rate for two Serial ATA Devices and offer RAID 0 1 functions On board LAN VIA VT6103 LAN PHY support 10 100Mbps full duplex half duplex operation Support Boot On LAN function Audio A...

Page 8: ...Dual Channel 3D Mark 2001SE 16598 3D Mark 2003 5129 3D Winbench 2000 32 32bit 441 PCMark2004 System CPU Memory Graph HDD 4799 4904 4555 Content Creation Winstone 2002 3799 3210 Content Creation Winstone 2003 48 Business Winstone 2002 51 Business Winstone 2004 36 Winbench 99 V1 2 Business Disk Winmark99 7430 Hi end Disk Winmark99 32400 Business Graphic Winmark 559 Hi end Graphic Winmark 1250 SYS Ma...

Page 9: ...ke On LAN SPDIF Connector AC97 Audio Codec AGP 4X 8X Slot Floppy Connector VIA PT880 Chip Front Panel Connector ATA 133 IDE Connector IDE1 Clear CMOS JBAT CPU FAN CPU Socket VIA VT8237 Chip Speak Power LED Connector 2MBit Flash ROM BIOS SFAN2 ATX Power Connector USB Power On Jumper JP5 COM1 Connector SFAN1 Serial ATA Connector SATA1 2 LINE OUT LINE IN MIC PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard USB1 USB LAN Magi...

Page 10: ... ATA Port Connector 7 pin Block P 15 Headers Header Name Description Page AUDIO Line Out MIC Header 9 pin Block P 16 PARALLEL Parallel Port Header 25 pin Block P 16 USB2 USB3 USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 16 JW FP Power LED Reset IDE LED Power Button Front Panel Header including Power LED IDE activity LED Reset switch Power On Button lead 9 pin Block P 17 SPEAK PC Speaker Connector 4 pin Block P ...

Page 11: ...the jumper settings of the motherboard 1 CMOS RAM Clear 3 pin JBAT A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1 2 pins of JBAT 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 JBAT and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JBAT to its...

Page 12: ...ower On Enabled JP5 1 3 JP5 1 3 1 2 closed USB Power On Disable Default JP2 1 3 JP2 1 3 3 CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Select Jumper JP3 2x3 pin CPU Clock JP3 AUTO 1 3 closed 2 4 closed Default 100MHz 3 5 closed 4 6 closed 133MHz OFF 4 6 closed 200MHz 3 5 closed OFF CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Setting AUTO Default JP3 2 1 6 5 100MHz JP3 6 5 2 1 133MHz JP3 6 5 2 1 200MHz JP3 6 5 2 1 ...

Page 13: ...t the low speed interface typically used for printers PS 2 the low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards USB Universal Serial Bus the medium speed interface typically used for mouse keyboards scanners and some digital cameras Sound interface the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers MIC game controllers and MIDI sound devices LAN interface Local Area N...

Page 14: ...ooling 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 To locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to 90 degree Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown belo...

Page 15: ...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 DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 DDR SDRAM module looks like DIMM2 BANK2 BANK3 DIMM1 BANK0 BANK1 DIMM4 BANK6 BANK7 DIMM3 BANK4 BANK5 DIMM1 DIMM3 Dual Channel 1 DIMM2 DIMM4 Dual Channel 2 N...

Page 16: ...To install the necessary software drivers for your expansion cards 2 5 2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card Some expansion cards need to assign an IRQ address to operate Generally speaking an IRQ address must exclusively assign to one use only With standard factory design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard function 0 ...

Page 17: ...Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Onboard LAN Onboard USB 1 Onboard USB 2 Onboard USB 3 Sound This motherboard provides an AGP Slot support the 4X 8X AGP VGA card AGP SLOT 2x notch 4x notch ...

Page 18: ... GND GND 8 5V Power OK 9 5V 5V for Soft Logic 10 5V 12V Pin 1 2 ATX 12V Power Connector 4 pin block ATX12V This is a new defined 4 pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply The ATX Power Supply which fully support Pentium 4 processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption Without this connector might cause system unstable beca...

Page 19: ...her end to the floppy drives Floppy Drive Connector Pin 1 FDD 9 Primary IDE Connector 40 pin block IDE1 This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single plug end to motherboard connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers accordingly Please ref...

Page 20: ...ry IDE Connector Pin 1 IDE2 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 CD ROM or DVD ROM drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk Otherwise the system performance on this channel may drop 11 Serial ATA Port connector SATA1 SATA2 This co...

Page 21: ...D RET R AUD VCC 2 9 10 2 Parallel Port Header 25 pin PARALLEL Parallel Port Header Pin 1 RARALLEL 14 13 26 3 USB Port Headers 9 pin USB2 USB3 These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug By attaching an option USB cable your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the back panel USB Port Headers Pin1 USB2 VCC DATA GND DATA VCC OC DATA GND DATA Pin1 USB3 VCC D...

Page 22: ... system 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 Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin System Case Connections HDLED RESET VCC5 GND VCC5 PWR LED PWRBTN PWRBTN PWRLED HDDLE RSTSW NC GND JW FP SPEAK SPKR GND NC VCC5 Pin 1 Pin 1 PWRLED Pin1 9 Wake...

Page 23: ...CPUFAN 1 3 SFAN2 1 3 11 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN CDIN is the connector for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CD Audio In Headers CDIN 4 1 12 SPDIF In Out Headers 9 pin SPDIF This headers is for SPDIF Sony Philip Digital InterFace Device In Out connector Use this headers users can In put or Out put high quality digital signal from SPDIF devices to Com...

Page 24: ...The 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 ...

Page 25: ...step in the following pages of this chapter but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup Press up down left right 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 k...

Page 26: ...ll appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC H...

Page 27: ...igurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI PC Health Status This entry shows your PC health status Miscellaneous Control Use this menu to specify your settings for Miscellaneous control Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performances system operations Load Standard Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS de...

Page 28: ...Sat determined by BIOS Read only Month The month from Jan through Dec Date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS Time The time format is hour minute second Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the ...

Page 29: ...Yes Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm b...

Page 30: ...tting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The settings are Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down The settings are 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before ...

Page 31: ...1 AGP Timing Settings Please refer to section 3 6 2 PCI Timing Settings Please refer to section 3 6 3 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The settings are Enabled and Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching ...

Page 32: ...for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain date Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The settings are 2T 3T and 4T DRAM CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on...

Page 33: ...port compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The settings are Enabled and Disabled 3 7 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help OnChip IDE Function Press Enter OnChip Device Function Press Enter Onboard Super IO Function Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 ...

Page 34: ...PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The settings are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is p...

Page 35: ...settings are Enabled Disabled Game Port Address Midi Port Address This will determine which Address the Game Port Midi Port will use USB Host Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB peripherals The settings are Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Legacy Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller ...

Page 36: ...Printer port 2 378H IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only choose SPP To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP modes simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Ch...

Page 37: ...figuration and Power Management ACPI The settings are Enabled and Disabled Video Off Option This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The choice are Suspend off All Modes Off and Always On Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked DPMS default Initial display power management signaling Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffe...

Page 38: ...Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Wake Up On Ring PME During Disabled the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem During Enabled the system will boot up if there s an incoming call from the modem Wake Up on RTC Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled choose the Dat...

Page 39: ...yright C 1984 2004 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Item Help PnP OS Installed No Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Manual x IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this fie...

Page 40: ...ice IRQ14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ15 assigned to PCI Device Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults 3 10 PC Health Status This section shows the Status of you CPU Fan Warning for overall system status This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2004...

Page 41: ...ed Current Host Clock is 100 33MHz Host PCI Clock at Next Boot 100 33MHz Current DRAM Clock is 133MHz DRAM Clock at next Boot 133MHz By SPD VAGP Output 1 6V Default VRAM Output 2 65V Default Chipset 2 5V 2 50V Default VAGP LUV Protect Enabled VRAM LUV Protect Enabled Dual3 3V LUV Protect Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optim...

Page 42: ...word or both of them The differences are Supervisor password Can enter and change the options of the setup menus User password Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in len...

Page 43: ...programs and utility programs In addition this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly We call this auto detect software MAGIC INSTALL MAGIC INSTALL supports WINDOWS 9X NT 2K XP Insert CD into your CD ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below If the menu does not appe...

Page 44: ...S AGPVXD VIAAGPVXD DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED IF YOU ARE USING AN AGP VGA CARD VIAGART VXD WILL PROVIDE SERVICE ROUTINES TO YOUR VGA DRIVER AND INTERFACE DIRECTLY TO HARDWARE PROVIDING FAST GRAPHIC ACCESS IRQ ROUTING VIA PCI IRQ MINIPORT DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WIN98 ONLY IT WILL FIX PCI IRQ ROUTING SEQUENCE INF VIA REGISTRY DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WINDOWS THE DRIVER WILL ENABLE VIA...

Page 45: ... NEXT to Install VIAAGP VXD Driver 8 Click NEXT to Install VIA IRQ Routing Mini port Driver 9 Click Finish to restart computer 4 2 SOUND install VIA AC97 Codec Audio Driver 1 Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Then auto detect operation system language edition click OK start to install DRIVER ...

Page 46: ...configuration setting 8 6 channel speaker place test Note The path of the file For WIN98 NT4 0 WIN2K XP is X CODEC ALC SETUP EXE Note In Win2K WinME users have to click Control Panel System Device Manager DVD CD ROM drives to Enabled digital CD Audio for the CD ROM Device when use the SPDIF Out digital signal 4 3 LAN Install VIA LAN Controller Driver The VIA 10 100Mb PCI Ethernet Adapter Driver pa...

Page 47: ...ck OK then finish installation 4 4 PC HEALTH Winbond Hardware Doctor Monitoring Software The path of the file is X VIA HEALTH W SETUP EXE Only support WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME In Windows 95 98 Winbond Hardware Doctor Monitoring Software needs some system files to copy in Utility that s why it needs install PC HEALTH twice to complete setup 1 Click PC Health when Magic Install Menu appears 2 Click OK ...

Page 48: ... Control Panel Add Remove Program icon 6 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 4 5 MAGIC BIOS Install BIOS Live Update Utility 1 Click Magic BIOS when Magi...

Page 49: ... 5 When On line update BIOS the program will auto check your BIOS version 6 Click Next if you need update BIOS after upgrade BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically restart 7 Click Yes if you want to update the BIOS otherwise choose No to exit 8 When System programming BIOS don t turn off power after finish update BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically Restart ...

Page 50: ...Install PC CILLIN 2004 Anti virus program 1 Click PC CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appear 2 Click NEXT when the Trend 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 ...

Page 51: ...newest engine code and virus code Note Please install ACROBAT READER Before you read PC CILLIN 2004 User Manual the path at X acrobat adberdr6_enu_full exe 4 7 USB2 0 Install VIA USB2 0 DEVICE DRIVER 1 Click USB2 0 when MAGIC INSTALL MENU Appear 2 When USB2 0 Setup Program Appear Click NEXT Note Please Install Microsoft Service Pack 1 in Windows XP OS Before you Install VIA USB2 0 Device Driver ...

Page 52: ...device working properly in Device Manager The Path of the file is X VIA VIAUSB20 SETUP EXE 4 8 SATA Install VIA Serial ATA 1 Click SATA when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Start install VIA serial ATA driver then click NEXT 3 When license agreement appear choose I 4 Select you want to install driver ...

Page 53: ...n of Windows XP Windows 2000 For installation of Windows XP or Windows 2000 please insert Windows XP or Windows 2000 CD into the CD ROM drive Then remove the floppy diskette and boot the system At the very beginning you will see the message at the bottom of screen Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver At this moment please press F6 key and follow the instructions of Win...

Page 54: ...sh A PT880DASAxxx BIN SN PY CC R PT880DASAxxx BIN is the file name of latest BIOS it can be PT880DASA3 BIN or PT880DASB2 BIN SN means don t save existing BIOS data PY means renew existing BIOS data CC means clear existing CMOS data R means restart computer STEP 5 Push ENTER and the BIOS will be updated computer will be restarted automatically ...

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