P4X4-ALH Mainboard Manual
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1. sse 21 2 7 1 Speaker Connector eee eterne 2 7 2 Front Panel Power LED Table Of Contents 2 8 External Connectors ere rre tano ne anneau 21 2 8 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector eeeeeeeeeeee eene nennen nennen nnne 21 2 8 2 PS 2 Mouse ConnectOr sesaran dian 21 2 8 3 Serial POrt COMMCCUONS vicssssseiessesvcssvccnnceccessevssceceneaseasesedaivercssaedetecsversntans 21 2 8 4 Parallel Port Connector eeeeesesesssssseeen nennen nnne nennen 22 2 8 5 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports eeeenn m 22 2 8 6 Audio Game Connector nennen nnn nnn nn nnn nnn nnn 22 2 8 7 RJ 45 LAN Port 22 2 9 Jumper Settings oi ncn nee tne 23 2 9 1 IPL Keyboard POWer iter reete eene eA 23 2 9 2 JP3 USB 1 2 POWGE oret eee he pen ge arena 23 2 9 3 JP5 CPU Clock iere ett IE ee eee er eo eet nhe re eran e eoru re Eyre eet 23 2 9 4 JP8 Check L VA GP 24 PAREM SHEET RO cM 24 Chapter 3 Managing The PC BIOS Page 24 3 1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility 2 2 2 25 Bids Main Menu oit ote e ry 25 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup2. eene nennen niin 26 3 4 Advanced BIOS 28 3 5 Advanced Chipset 31 3 6 Integrated Peripherals ssssssrrssrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna 34 3 7 Power Management 38 3 8 PNP PCI Configuration 2 12 41 3 9 Health 5 5 42 3 10 Frequency Voltage 43 3 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults 44 3 11 1 Load Fail Safe Defaults eerte nene 44 3 11 2 Load Optimized 2 1 1 4 1 nnn 44 3 12 Set Supervisor Password and User Password 45 3 12 1 Set Supervisor PassWOoFd 5er tet eei de 45 3 12 2 Set User Password gene 45 3 13 Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving 46 3 13 1 Save S Exit Setup ze oen edo a cede flees cuits 46 3 13 2 Exit Witho t Saving 46 The
3. 2 4 1 Installation of the 2 4 2 Memory Modules ciere rennen nne nnn nnn 24 3 POL SIOUS 2 4 4 Accelerated Graphics Port 510 2 5 Internal Connectors 2 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors s 2 5 3 Infrared Connector Optional eee 2 5 4 CPU Fan and Chassis Fan Connectors ssen 2 5 5 Power Supply Connectors eeeeeee eene 2 5 6 CD IN AUX IN Connector eeeeeeeeeeeeee nennen nennen nnn nnn nnn nna nnn nnn 2 5 7 WOL Wake On LAN Connector eeeeeee een 2 5 8 S PDIF Connector Optional eee eee 2 5 9 USB3 USB4 USB5 USB6 2 5 10 Front Audio Connector 2511 OUT ee 2 6 System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors 2 6 1 PW Power On Off and External Suspend Switch Connector 20 2 6 2 SE Sleep L ED Conrlector 2 nete peor Fer IR ea eet iie 20 2 6 3 HL IDE HDD LED Connector ncn rrr erri 20 2 6 4 RS Reset Button Connector ecce aa aAA 20 2 7 Speaker and Power LED Connectors
4. P 4X 8X Slot CN39 Front Audio p 2 8 VEFEFTETTTFTTTTTTTT CD IN PCI 1 VELELEEEEEELEEEEEEELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELEE PCI2 VIA VT8235 6 HH PCI 3 1 BIS VHEELELELEEEEEEEEETEEEEEEEELEEEEEEEEETETEEEEEEEEE CN46 System Panel Buttons 4 CH OUT PCI 4 and LED Connectors VEEEEEEEELEEEETETEETEEETEETEEEEETETETEETEETEETEEE CN27 FAN2 VELEEEEEEHEELEEEEEELEEEEEEEEETELE 2 9 2 1 5 CN38 USB6 CN31 USB4 CN32 USB5 CN30 USB3 TEEFFFEFTTTTTTTTTTTTETTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTT PWR LED lies PCI 6 Speaker CN16 WOL Hardware Installation 2 4 CPU Memory and Expansion Slots 2 4 1 Installation of the CPU To install your processor please complete the following set of instructions 1 Locate a small dot marked on the top of the CPU This mark indicates Pin of the CPU 2 Locate Pin 1 for the Socket on the mainboard 3 There is a lever on the side of the socket First push this lever sideways and then lift it to a 90 degree angle 4 Insert the CPU into the Socket Please make sure that Pin 1 f
5. Connector CN30 USB 3 CN31 USB 4 CN32 USB5 CN38 USB6 Type 5 pin You already have two USB2 0 ports available USB1 and 2 see external con nectors The internal USB connectors allow you to add on an optional kit to expand the total number of USB ports available The mainboard has four inter nal USB2 0 connectors CN30 CN31 CN32 CN38 This enables you to use an extra four USB devices Cable for these additional connectors needs to be pur chased separately Note The PIN assignment of the internal USB 2 0 connectors CN30 CN31 CN32 and CN38 are follow the specifications of Intel standard Top View of USB Ports Front View of USB Ports USB3 5 USB4 6 USB3 5 USB4 6 5 Data es 096 7 Ground m 3 Data 4 Dat u 7721 1 E 3 Data 4 Data 8 Ground ata 5 Data 6 Data 7 Ground 8 Ground 4VCC 10NC 10 NC 2 5 10 Front Audio Connector Connector CN39 Front Audio Type 10 pin This connector is designed to be used with a Front Utility Panel The utility panel was developed so that a user is able to bring the speaker out micro phone in connectors to the front of their PC This makes things like plugging in speakers and earphones much less troublesome Front Audio Connector MIC IN Left Ground MIC IN Right NC LINE OUT R 6 NC NC LINE OUT L NC Hardware Installation 2 5 11 4 Channel OUT Connector Connector CN46 4 CH OUT Type 6 pin This mainboard has the capability of 5 1 ch
6. Every time you start your computer the system provides you with an opportu nity to run the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility As soon as you turn on your system press the Delete button to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility If your computer finishes the POST Power On Self Test the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility will not be activated If your computer completes the POST you need to restart the system to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility To restart the system you can either turn the power off press the reset button on your chassis or press the Ctrl Alt Delete button In all three cases the system will restart and to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you must im mediately press the Delete button Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit lt 1 gt Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Note BIOS software is continuously updated therefore the BIOS menus and the descriptions that are given in this manual are for reference purposes only The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Navigation Keys You will notice a legend bar at the bottom of the main me
7. Humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Altitude 0 to 10 000 feet 1 3 Features and Specifications Processor The P4X4 ALH mainboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 CPUs Chipsets Northbridge Southbridge I O Chipset VIA P4X400 VIA VT8235 CD Winbond W83697HF The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Introduction CPU Switching Voltage Regulator The mainboard is equipped with a switching voltage regulator that automati cally detects a DC power supply from 1 10V to 1 85V System Memory The mainboard uses Double Data Rate Dual Inline Memory Modules DDR DIMM Each mainboard has three 184 pin DIMM sockets which support 2 5V power level single sided or double sided PC1600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 or PC2700 DDR333 DDR DIMM modules The maximum memory supported by the mainboard is 3 GB Expansion Slots The mainboard is equipped with six dedicated PCI slots and one 1 5V 4X 8X AGP slot Onboard Audio Features The mainboard supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D and AC97 Full Duplex Onboard LAN Features The mainboard comes with Onboard LAN VIA VT6103 PHY WOL Wake On LAN Port The mainboard supports Wake On LAN functionality Word Size Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path 32 bit Front Side Bus Frequency FSB The Front Side Bus Frequency FSB clock is 400 533 MHz BIOS Award BIOS Windows 95 98 Plug and Play PnP compatible Supports SCSI sequential boot up e 2Mb flash
8. EEEEEETEEELETETETETEETETETEEETETETETEEEETE TETEEETEEETETETETEEETETETETEEETETETETETETETETETETETETETETETETETETETLTETETETETHETI 41 pins The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation 2 5 Internal Connectors 2 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector Connector CN8 FDC Type 34 pin block The FDC connector can support two floppy drives It is located at the front of the mainboard To connect use the ribbon cable that has been provided Make sure that the red strip is connected to Pin 1 of the connector Top View of a Floppy pin 1 Disk Drive Connector 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors Connector CN9 IDE1 CN10 IDE2 Type 40 pin block The mainboard has two IDE connectors a primary and secondary Each IDE connector can support two IDE drives The mainboard each can therefore sup port up to four IDE devices If you install two hard drives you need to config ure the second drive to Slave mode in the BIOS setup Please refer to your hard drive manual for the appropriate jumper settings Top View of an IDE Connector 2 5 3 Infrared Connector Optional Connector CN12 IR Type 5 pin The IR connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving module Please make sure the Pin 1 location Top View of an IR Connector Front View of an IR Connector 5V DC IR Receiver Ground No Connection I
9. No Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level gt Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Select Yes if you are x IRQ Resources Press Enter using a Plug and Play capable operating sys PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled fan iSelect NOIR Von Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled need the BIOS to config Assign IRQ For USB Enabled ure non boot devices PNP OS Installed This item allows you to determine if a PnP OS is installed or not Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled If you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operat ing system cannot boot then select Enabled Selecting Enabled will reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Resources controlled By Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 98 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 Some display cards are non standard VGA cards such as graphics accelerators and MPEG cards which may not display color properly on your screen If this field is Enabled it may correct the problem If you have
10. P4X4 ALH Mainboard Manual Socket 478 DDR333 ATX Mainboard Version 1 x UM P4X4 ALH E1 Rev 1 0V Creation Date 02 August 2002 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without prior written permis sion from the copyright holders This publication is provided for infor mational purposes only The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchant ability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without prior notice 2002 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS Windows Windows 95 and Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel Pentium 4 is registered trademark of Intel Corporation Award is the registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this publication are the proper ties of their respective holders Package Checklist This package contains the following items Mainboard User s manual One IDE cable One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One 4
11. Universal Serial Port 1 USB1 Universal Serial Port 2 USB2 Audio GAME Port AUDIO GAME RJ 45 LAN Connector LAN Speaker and Power LED Connectors PW Power On Off and Suspend Switch Connector SL Standby LED Connector HL HDD LED Connector RS Reset Button Connector Speaker and Power LED Connectors PWRLED Power LED SPK Speaker Connector Jumpers and Switches K B Power USB1 2 Power CPU Clock Check 1 5V AGP optional Clear CMOS 2 2 Installation Steps You need to complete the following installation steps before you can use your PC Check and set the mainboard settings Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install the memory modules Install the expansion cards Connect the ribbon cables panel wires and power supply Setup the system BIOS Before you start installing your mainboard we strongly recommend that you use a grounded anti static mat We further recommend that you attach an anti static wristband which is grounded at the same location as the mat to your wrist The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation 2 3 Expansion Slots Jumpers and Internal Connectors ifa DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 CN13 FAN1 JP1 HJP3 CN15 D AUX12V CN15 B ATX12V CN15 A ATX VIA 400 99999090999999099009999900099999999
12. the PC system will stop and the operating sys tem won t be loaded B When there is no password stored in SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in Security Option Users can use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program and they can change any of the BIOS settings 2 When System is selected in Security Option When you turn on your PC you will be requested to enter the Password With out the correct password the PC system will stop and the operation system will not be loaded 3 13 Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS lt 14 5 Select Item Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP Abandon all Data amp Exit SETUP 3 13 1 Save amp Exit Setup This option will save all the setup values to CMOS RAM and exit the SETUP util ity Move the selection bar to SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and press the Enter key then type Y and press the Enter key again The values you have entered will be saved and all the information stored in the CMOS memory 3 13 2 Exit Without Saving This option will exits the setup uti
13. CH out cable One Driver Utility CD If any of these items are damaged or missing please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Technical Support If you require additional information or assistance during installation please contact your dealer Your dealer will be able to provide the lat est information The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Page 5 1 1 Mainboard and PC 99 ATX External Connector Layout 5 1 2 OVervIew 5 ciere e edere rite ade ore pe ea e dex 6 1 2 1 The PAX4 ALH Mainboard eeeeeeeeeeennee nnn 6 1 2 2 Mainboard Dimensions eene 6 1 2 3 Environmental Limitations treten n Re reach 6 1 3 Features and 6 1 4 System Health Monitor 5 wid 1 5 System Intelligence con ente eR trei ence rena reno cheers 9 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Page 10 2 1 Installation Checklist s n 10 2 2 Installation 0 2220 011 11 2 3 Expansion Slots Jumpers and Internal 12 2 4 CPU Memory and Expansion Slots
14. ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL Max Power Saving CPU Suspend Mode 1 min Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled User Defined each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Suspend Mode When enabled after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes Suspend Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use for Power Saving pur poses This mainboard has the ACPI feature designed on the board and it will wake up automatically when it detects an incoming modem Ring in signal Before you can use the Ring in signal to wakeup your PC system you have to install the External modem to your PC system and tell the PC system which serial port connects to the modem by selecting the IRQ in this field Officially COMI uses IRQ4 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor goes blank This selection will cause the sy
15. Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Allows you to choose Second Boot Device HDD 0 the VIRUS warning Third Boot Device LS120 feature for IDE Hard Boot Other Device Enabled disk boot sector Swap Floppy Drive Disabled protection If this Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled function is enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On and someone attempts to Typematic Rate Setting Disabled write data into this X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 area BIOS will show X Typematic Delay Msec 250 a warning message on Security Option Setup screen and alarm beep PS 2 Mouse Function Control Enabled OS Select For DRAM 64 MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Full Screen Logo Show Disabled Small Logo EPA Show Disabled The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Virus Warning When you enable the virus warning you will receive a warning message whenever a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive If you receive such a message you should immediately run an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature only protects the boot sector and not the entire hard drive Disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you run such a program recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU L1 amp L2 Cache This field can be used to enable or disable the system s prim
16. Wake On LAN connector One Front Audio connector One 4 Channel out connector One S PDIF connector optional One IR connector optional ATX Double Deck Ports PC 99 color coded connectors Two USB2 0 ports Two external DB 9 serial port connectors COM 1 COM 2 UART One SPP ECP EPP DB 25 parallel port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port One GAME port One LAN port RJ 45 connector Three audio jacks SPK OUT FRONT SPK OUT LINE IN and MIC IN PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices e This mainboard supports ATA 33 66 100 133 hard drives e PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 16 6MB sec e Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer e Supports ATAPI CD ROM 15 120 and ZIP The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Introduction 1 4 System Health Monitor Functions The mainboard is capable of monitoring the following health conditions of your system 1 Processor temperature It has an overheat alarm 2 VCORE 3 3V 5V 12V 12V voltages and failure alarm 3 Processor and chassis fan speeds It has a failure alarm for these fans 4 Read back capability that displays temperature voltage and fan speed Hardware Monitoring System Utility The mainboard comes with the Hardware Monitoring System utility contained on the CD It is capable of monitoring the system s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the process
17. a normal display card then leave this field Disabled as the default setting Assign IRQ For VGA USB A system s IRQs are limited Sometimes you may need to use more IRQ sig nals for your add on cards BIOS allows you to disable the IRQ which is sup posed to be connected to the VGA and USB ports If you choose to disable the IRQ on the VGA or USB port the IRQ will be released and becomes available for other devices Please make sure that you have a USB or VGA adapter that does not need an IRQ before you select Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA USB A system s IRQs are limited Sometimes you may need to use more IRQ sig nals for your add on cards BIOS allows you to disable the IRQ which is sup posed to be connected to the VGA and USB ports If you choose to disable the IRQ on the VGA or USB port the IRQ will be released and becomes available for other devices Please make sure that you have a USB or VGA adapter that does not need an IRQ before you select Disabled 3 9 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current CPU Temperature 55 C 131 F Current CPU FAN Speed 4821 RPM Menu Level gt Current CHASSIS FAN Speed 0 RPM Vcore V 1 74 V 3 3 V 3 41V 5 V 4 75 V 12V 12 09 V 12V 12 11 V VBAT V 2 99 V 5VSB V 5 26 V Shutdown Temperature Disabled The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS CPU Warning Temperature This fiel
18. do not need to set this field OnChip USB Controller This field allows you to enable or disable the onboard USB controller USB Keyboard Support This field should only be enabled if you are using a USB keyboard If you are not using this kind of keyboard you should disable it IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also known as block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Power Management Option User Define Menu Level HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method Blank Screen MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail Off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter ACPI function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI ACPI Suspend Type This field selects the S1 POS Power On Suspend suspend state mode Power Management This category allows you to select the degree of power saving The choices are shown in the table below Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr Maximum power management
19. may enable this option if your Hard Drive supports the S M A R T tech nology Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology feature S M A R T will monitor and report your Hard Drive health status Ask your Hard Drive vendor for more information NOTE Using this feature may decrease system performance Video BIOS Shadow These fields allow you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Information access is faster through RAM than ROM Therefore when you enable this option you will enhance your system performance The P4X4 ALH Mainboard 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features Managing The PC BIOS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter Item Help AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled Menu Level gt System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Delay Prior To Thermal 16 Min Dram Clock Drive Control This field allows you to select the FSB and DRAM frequency When you press enter the following menu will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock Drive Control Current FSB Frequency 100 MHz Item Help Current DRAM Frequency 133 MHz DRAM Clock By SPD Menu Level gt gt DRAM Timing By SPD X SDRAM CAS Latency 3 X Bank Interleave Disabled X Precharge to Active Trp X Active to Precharge Tras X Active to CMD Trcd XD
20. optimized defaults which are defined in the system BIOS Our engineer recommends the Opti mized Defaults If this option is selected it will give a series of parameters that will ensure the reliability and performance of your PC If you lose your CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup pro cedure you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the BIOS default table If the CMOS data is corrupted or if you selected some CMOS settings and find that the PC system becomes very unstable you should try to load the opti mized default values first and then re configure the BIOS Page 44 The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS 3 12 Set Supervisor Password and User Password Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS lt 14 5 Select Item Change Set Disable Password 3 12 1 Set Supervisor Password The SUPERVISOR PASSWORD is for you to control unauthorized access to your BIOS CMOS Setup or Booting into the your PC system The Supervisor Password option is used together with the Security Option in section 3 5 When Setup is
21. you to determine the I O address and the IRQ for the on board parallel port The default settings are adequate and should not give you any problems If they do you can try to change them The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Onboard Parallel Mode This field allows you to select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes EPP Mode Select This field allows you to choose the EPP version you want to use We recom mend that you use EPP 1 9 for the best performance but if you do you may have some connection problems so try setting it to EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This item allows you to select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP Game Port Address This field allows you to select the I O address for the onboard game port The default is 201 gt Midi Port Address This field allows you to select the I O address for the onboard MIDI port The default is 330 MIDI Port IRQ This field allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard MIDI port The de fault is 10 Init Display First This field allows a user with two graphics cards installed on his system to se lect which graphics card will be activated first either the PCI graphics card or the AGP graphics card If you have only installed one graphics card the BIOS will automatically detect it and you
22. P4X4 ALH Mainboard Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Mainboard and PC 99 ATX External Connector Layout CN36 S PDIF Optional CN12 IR Optional CN16 WOL PCI 6 PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI2 PCI 1 CN17 Chassis Fan SPK PWRLED The P4X4 ALH Mainboard CN39 Front Audio CN15 A ATX CN15 D AUX12V CN21 CD IN CN15 B ATX12V CN45 AUX IN PC 99 ATX External Connector CN46 ie OUT CN13 CPU Fan a CPU EJ Socket CN9 IDE1 10 IDE2 CN8 FDC System Panel and Power LED Connectors CN6 USB1 CN7 USB2 1 2 1 The P4X4 ALH Mainboard The P4X4 ALH mainboard is a Pentium 4 DDR platform Onboard it pro vides three DDR DIMM slots support up to DDR333 six USB2 0 ports six PCI slots and one 1 5V 4X 8X AGP slot There are also two fan connectors for ad ditional thermal protection and three power supply connectors Additionally it comes with Onboard Audio AC 97 6 channel Onboard LAN VIA VT6103 PHY and WOL Wake On LAN connector that enables it to be woken up from a soft off power state when it receives a signal from the LAN Other on board connectors include CD IN AUX IN and Front Audio connectors etc 1 2 2 Mainboard Dimensions Width 305 mm Length 230 mm 1 2 3 Environmental Limitations Operating Temperature 10 C to 40 C 50 F to 104 F Required Airflow 50 linear feet per minute across the CPU Storage Temperature 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F
23. R Reciever Ground IR Transmitter The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation 2 5 4 CPU Fan and Chassis Fan Connectors Connector CN13 FAN1 CN17 FAN2 Type 3 pin The cooling fans must be connected to their respective power connectors If you have installed the hardware monitoring feature you will be able to monitor the rotating speed of the CPU cooling fan in your Windows operating system Top View of a Fan Connector Front View of a Fan Connector n 12V DC Ground 12V DC Fan Signal Fan Signal Ground 2 5 5 ATX Power Supply Connectors Connector CN15 A CN15 B CN15 D Type 20 pin block 2x2 12V 1x4 AUX12V The mainboard comes with three onboard power supply connectors labeled CN15 A CN15 B and CN 15D CN15 A and CN15 B are regular ATX12V power supply connectors CN15A and CN15D are regular ATX power supply connec tors The auxiliary power supply connector CN15 D is for a 12V and 5V power supply These increased power supplies are necessary to provide extra power for the slot The ATX 12V power supplies are all downward compatible with standard ATX power supplies ATX Connectors Pin Assignments 3 3VDC i 3 3VDC COM 3 3VDC i 12VDC COM COM i COM 12VDC 5VDC i PS_ON 12VDC COM i COM 5VDC i COM 12VDC COM i COM COM PWR_OK i 5VDC COM 5VSB 5VDC 5VDC 12VDC 5VDC Hardware Installation 2 5 6 CD IN AUX IN Connector Connector CN21 CD IN CN45 AUX IN Type 4 pin
24. RAM Command Rate 2T Command DRAM Burst Len 4 Write Recovery Time 3T Current FSB Frequency The setting for this field will be automatically selected by the BIOS Current Dram Frequency The setting for this field will be automatically detected by the BIOS The value that is selected in derived from the RAM clock DRAM Clock When you press enter you will have three options By SPD BIOS will automatically detect the actual DRAM Clock 100 MHz The DRAM clock speed will be PC1600 100 MHz DDR 133 MHz The DRAM clock speed will be PC2100 133 MHz DDR 166MHz The DRAM clock speed will be PC2700 166 MHz DDR DRAM Timing This field enables disables you from selecting the values for following six fields manually These six fields determine the DRAM read write timing If you select By SPD then those fields will be automatically configured by the system BIOS The performance parameters of the installed memory chips DRAM determines the value in those fields The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS If you select Manual you will need to enter the values for those fields You should not change the values of those fields from the factory setting unless you have installed new memory that has a different performance rating than the original DRAMs SDRAM CAS Latency Before SDRAM can execute a read command that it receives there is a de lay time which is measured in clock cycles CLK Some memory mod
25. ROM for easy BIOS upgrades Supports DMI2 0 function Desktop Management Interface DMI The mainboard comes with DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS will automatically record different information about your system configuration and store this information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed for easy inventory maintenance and the simplified troubleshooting of computer systems The PAX4 ALH Mainboard Introduction USB2 0 Ports USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals The mainboard is equipped with six USB version 2 0 connectors USB1 and USB2 are external connectors They can be found on the PC 99 ATX connector The other USB connectors are internal connectors and can be used to connect other USB devices Cables for the internal connectors are sold separately Please note that the PIN assignment of the internal USB 2 0 connectors CN30 CN31 CN32 and CN38 are follow the specifications of Intel standard Connectors Two IDE connectors support ATA 33 66 100 133 One Floppy Drive connector supports up to two 2 88 MB floppy drives One 20 pin ATX power supply connector One 2x2 ATX 12V power supply connector One 1x4 AUX12V power supply connector Two fan connectors One CD IN connector One AUX IN connector One WOL
26. an either choose Delay 4 Sec or Instant OFF Option 1 If you choose Delay 4 Sec In the BIOS CMOS Setup the func tion of PW will be A When the system power is OFF press this switch the system will power on B When system power is ON you can select two different modes Mode 1 Press and hold the Power ON button for less than 4 seconds and then release it The system will be turned into Suspend mode turned into the GREEN mode When the system is in the Suspend mode Press the Power on button less than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode Press and hold the Power On Button for more than 4 seconds the sys tem will be powered off Mode 2 Press and hold the Power ON button for more than 4 seconds the system will be completely powered off Option 2 If you choose Instant OFF In the BIOS CMOS Setup the power switch will operate like a normal ON OFF Power button 2 6 2 SL Sleep LED Connector When lighted the LED indicates that the AC power is ON but your system is switched OFF When unlighted the LED indicates that either the AC power is OFF Unconnected or the system is switched ON 2 6 3 HL IDE HDD LED Connector Any read and write activity by the HDD will turn this LED on 2 6 4 RS Reset Button Connector If you connect this connector you will be able to reset you computer by press ing the reset button at the front of the chassis The P4X4 ALH Mainboard 2 7 1 Spea
27. annel sound surrounded function specifically sound effect that is destined for DVD or DTS home entertainment playback In order to fully get the sound surrounded effect this connector has to be used together with the Audio portion of the PC 99 ATX external connec tor on the mainboard Special audio cable for this connector is attached Please refer the following drawings or schematics to have the right connection for your sound systems 4 CH OUT Connector Rear Left Channel Rear Right Channel Ground Ground Center LFE WOOFER Bracket Rear Left amp Rear Right Jack Center amp LFE Woofer Jack Bracket Speakers connection for 5 1 channel sound systems on P4X4 ALH mainboard Front Left amp Front Right Jack The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation 2 6 System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors The following System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors 2 x 4 pins can be RS Reset Control Ground found at the front of the mainboard on HL 5V DC Pull Up Ground the left hand side SL Signal Pin Ground PW Power On Off and Suspend Switch Connector PW 5V DC Pull Up Ground SL Sleep LED Connector HL HDD LED Connector PIN 1 RS Reset Button Connector Top View of the System Panel and LED Connectors 2 6 1 PW Power On Off and External Suspend Switch Connector The Power On Off connector has two functions It can be the Power Switch or Suspend Switch of your PC system You c
28. ary L1 or secon dary L2 cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled the ECC checking will ensure that the data stored on the L2 cache is accurate Quick Power On Self Test If enabled the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST will decrease A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you dis able quick POST It is better to find a problem during POST than to lose data during your work First Second Third Boot Device These fields allow you to decide the boot sequence of your bootable devices such as Floppy Drive Hard Drive CD ROM etc Boot Other Device When this field is enabled you will be able Boot your computer from a different device not your HDD or FDD Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives When Enabled is selected physical drive B is assigned to logical drive A and physical drive A is assigned to logical drive B Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks Very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives so we therefore recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots This field is toggl
29. ble the onboard IDE 1 and or 2 then select Disabled and this interface will be deactivated OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels To activate the primary IDE interface select Enabled If you want to disable the onboard IDE 1 and or 2 then select Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE pre fetching for faster drive access If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface which does not support pre fetching set this field to Disabled The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE 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 sup ports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 98 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 66 select Auto to enable BIOS support VIA OnChip PCI Device When you select this field the following menu will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Auto Item H
30. card is 1 5V or 3 3V If you open this jumper then the system will check to see what type of AGP card you are using If a 3 3V card is detected your system will not boot Note The jumper must be made Open after the AGP card has been inserted into the slot If this jumper remains Short the system will boot with both a 1 5V and 3 3V AGP card Warning if you are using a 3 3V AGP card you may damage your system 2 9 5 JP9 Clear CMOS Type 3 pin Default Pin 1 and Pin 2 Short If you have made an improper setting in the BIOS setup and your computer is not functioning or if you have forgotten your password you can use this jumper to clear the CMOS memory and to reconfigure your system To clear the CMOS please follow these instructions 1 Turn the system power off and unplug your computer 2 Insert the jumper cap on Pin 2 and Pin 3 for 3 5 seconds 3 Pull out the jumper cap and replace it on Pin 1 and Pin 2 4 Turn your PC on and run the BIOS setup program The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Chapter 3 Managing the PC BIOS 3 1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Once you have installed the mainboard you still need to setup the BIOS before you can run your PC The EEPROM on the mainboard stores the AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility which allows you to configure your system When you want to configure or make any changes to the configuration of your system BIOS you must run the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility GETTING STARTED
31. d allows you to select an operating temperature range for your CPU If the CPU temperature moves out of this range any warning mechanism you have programmed into your system will be activated Current CPU Temp This field shows the current temperature for CPU 1 Current CPU FAN Speed This field shows you the present CPU Cooling FAN1 speed Current Chassis FAN Speed This field shows you the present CPU Cooling FAN2 speed Vcore This field and the files below show you the current system voltage Shutdown Temperature When the system reaches a certain maximum temperature the system will automatically shutdown 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clack Ratio X Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level CPU Clock 100MHz CPU Clock Ratio This field can be used to adjust the FSB Front Side Bus ratio The default minimum adjustment that can be made is X8 This shows the ratio range Auto Detect DIMM PCI CIk When Enabled is selected the mainboard will detect the presence of devices on DIMM and PCI slots When there is no device present on some of the PCI or DIMM connectors the clock on the related DIMM and PCI slot will be disabled to reduce the Electro Magnetic Interference EMI Spread Spectrum When Spread Spectrum is enabled the EMI radiation on this mainboard will be reduced The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managi
32. e occurred it will remain off when the power returns If the system s power is on when the AC power failure occurred the system will power on when the power returns The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Former Sts Managing The PC BIOS IRQ Event Activity Detect When you press the Enter the following menu will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot Key Item Help PS2KB Wakeup from 53 54 55 Disabled X Power Button Lock Enabled Menu Level PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 Disabled VGA OFF LPT amp COM LPT COM HDD amp FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled LAN Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled X Date of Month 0 X Resume Time hh mm ss OF Oe MO IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter When you enable this option any VGA signal will wake up the system gt LPT amp COM When this field is ON any activity from these devices or their IRQ s will wake up the system gt HDD amp FDD When this field is ON any activity from the HDD or the FDD will wake up the system gt PCI Master When you enable the PCI Master mode any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system Power On by PCI Card The system can be woken up by the PME on the PCI card gt LAN Resume An input signal from the LAN will wake up the system from a soft off state Alarm Resu
33. ed between On or Off When it is on the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling the cursor operations When it is off the numeric keypad controls cursor operations and does not generate numbers Typematic Rate Setting The keyboard controller determines the rate at which the keystrokes from the keyboard are repeated If enabled the typematic rate and the typematic delay can be selected Typematic Rate The rate a character will repeat itself on the screen when you hold down a key Typematic Delay This is the delay time Msec before the repetition of characters starts Security Option This field allows you to select the Setup or System security option It works concurrently with the Set Supervisor Password in the main menu When the Setup option is selected you will be prompted to enter your Password before you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility When you select System option you will be prompted to enter your password in order to load the Operating System TIP Forgot your password then clear the RTC RAM If you happen to forget your password you can use Jumper 9 JP9 to clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC Ram Please see section 2 9 5 on page 24 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Only select OS2 if you are running an OS 2 operating system with a RAM greater than 64 Mb Otherwise for all other operating systems use the default setting Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability You
34. elp VIA 3043 OnChip LAN Enabled gt VIA 3058 AC97 Audio If you want to enable the on chip audio capabilities of your system you need use the default setting Auto If you install an add on sound card you must disable this field gt VIA 3043 OnChip LAN This field allows you to decide whether you want this support or not If you select Enabled the BIOS will automatically detect the LAN chip If you se lect Disabled the Bios will not detect any on chip LAN function Onboard LAN Boot ROM This field can be used to enable or disable the Boot ROM of the onboard VIA 10 100 Adapter LAN Chip to support the boot up of a diskless client functionality unit SuperIO Device When you press enter the following menu on page 36 is shown Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you want to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These two selection fields allow you to select the I O address and corre sponding interrupts for the first and second serial port The P4X4 ALH Mainboard The PC BIOS SuperIO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Menu Level gt UART Mode Select Normal RxD TxD Active Hi Lo IR Transmission Delay Enabled UR2 D
35. h can be selected by the BIOS setup program 2 8 5 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports Connector CN6 USB 1 CN7 USB 2 Type 4 pin female Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices The mainboard is also equipped with an expansion connector that supports two additional USB external connectors The USB cable is not included in the package 2 8 6 Audio Game Connector Connector 18 Type 15 pin female The Audio Game port connector is a dual purpose connector It can either be used to connect a joystick to the com 141416 puter for game participation or it 2 be used to attach an external MIDI de vice All these motherboards have 3D SPK OUT Front SPK OUT audio interfaces onboard 2 8 7 RJ 45 LAN Port Connector Connector CN35 LAN The mainboard comes with onboard 10 100 Mb Fast Ethernet Network The RJ 45 connector allows you to easily connect to a Local Area Net work LAN through a network hub Hardware Installation 2 9 Jumper Settings Jumpers are built on the mainboard to allow the user flexibility to configure the mainboard settings to meet their specific requirements The mainboard comes with five jumpers three 3 pin and two 2 pin jumper When there is no jumper cap inserted into the jumper it is called OPEN When a cap is inserted into the jumper it is known as a SHORT Below are examples of short set tings or open settings on a ju
36. ith one wait states AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled reads to the AGP are executed with one wait states The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS CPU amp PCI Bus Control When you select this field the following menu will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU amp PCI Bus Control CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Item Help PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled Menu Leve gt gt PCI Delay Transaction Disabled Menu Level gt gt CPU to PCI Write Buffer If enabled writes from the CPU to the PCI bus will be buffered so that the CPU will not have to wait until the write is completed before starting another write cycle gt PCI Master 0 WS Write If enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states PCI Master WS Write The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transaction cycles Select enabled to support compliance with PCI specifica tion version 2 1 Memory Hole You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory re quirements System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM This results system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may occur Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows cachi
37. ker Connector SPKR SPKR i i Speaker Speaker Speaker Connect your chassis speaker to this four pin connector It allows you to hear 5VDC Signal Signal Signal systems beeps and warnings sound ES o o 2 7 2 Front Panel P LED E WE NM uu un PWRLED ind o o The chassis power LED connector can be 5VDC Ground Ground NC connected to the four pin connector When you turn your system on this LED will also be turned on Top View of the Speaker and Power LED Connectors Connector CN1 K B Type 6 pin female This connector only supports a PS 2 keyboard plug If you have a standard AT size large DIN keyboard plug you need to use a mini DIN adapter 2 8 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector CN2 M S E E Lame Type 6 pin female This connector only supports a PS 2 mouse plug If PS 2 mouse is de tected then IRQ 12 will be directed to CN2 2 8 3 Serial Port Connectors n Connector CN3 COM 1 CN4 COM2 Ws so 9 pin male 575 One serial port is available for a mouse and other serial devices I O addresses used are 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H and IRQ3 IRQ4 selected by CMOS setup Hardware Installation 2 8 4 Parallel Port Connector Connector CN5 LPT Type 25 pin female This parallel port is used by printers which support the SPP EPP and ECP modes IRQ7 or IRQ5 can be selected ECP mode will use either DMA 3 or DMA 1 whic
38. lity without saving any of the values you changed in the CMOS RAM If you do not want to save any of the changes or settings you selected in the BIOS SETUP utility move the selection bar to the EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option Press the Enter key Then press Y The P4X4 ALH Mainboard
39. me When enabled you can use the following two fields to select the time and date to wake up the PC system from power saving mode Date of Month Resume Time hh mm ss When RTC Alarm Resume is enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode gt IRQs Activity Monitoring The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O Page 40 The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service Note When set On activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR ON Item Help IRQ3 2 Disabled IRQ4 1 Enabled Menu Level IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled 3 8 PNP PCI Configuration Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed
40. mper Two Pin Jumper Three Pin Jumper Open Short Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 2 Pin 3 2 9 1 JP1 Keyboard Power Type 3 pin K B Power Default Pin 1 and Pin 2 Short This jumper allows you to Power On your system using your mouse or key board If you short Pin 1 and Pin 2 then the Keyboard Mouse Wakeup function will be disabled If Pin 2 and Pin 3 are short then the Keyboard Mouse Power On function will be enabled If you choose to enable this op tion then you need to enable the POWER ON field in the Power Manage ment Setup IRQ Event Activity Detect Menu of the BIOS setup 2 9 2 JP3 USB1 USB2 Power Type 3 pin Default Pin 1 and Pin 2 Short This jumper allows you to select the voltage that is supplied to USB1 and USB2 You have two choices 5 V pin 1 and pin 2 short or standby 5 V pin 2 and pin 3 short Some USB devices may not follow the standard USB power specifications If you are using such a device it may unstable If you do experi ence problems try to change the setting on Pin 2 and Pin 3 This might help solve this problem 2 9 3 JP5 CPU Clock Type 2 pin Default Short If this jumper is short the mainboard will automatically detect the CPU clock speed FSB 400 MHz or 533MHz If this jumper is open then the FSB will be forced to be 533 MHz The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation 2 9 4 JP8 Check 1 5V AGP otional Type 2 pin Default Open This jumper can be used to check if your AGP
41. ng The PC BIOS CPU Clock This field allows a timing combination for the CPU to be selected There is a large range of possible combinations 1MHz to 132MHz If Default is se lected the BIOS will use the clock values for the CPU card 3 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS 1 1 gt Select Item Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 11 1 Load Fail Safe Defaults This option loads troubleshooting default values which are permanently stored on the BIOS ROM Chip If you made changes to the BIOS settings and your system has become unstable you can change it back to the default settings If you have made many changes to the BIOS settings and you are not sure which setting is causing the problem then you should choose this option This will load the minimal performance settings and stabilize your system 3 11 2 Load Optimized Defaults There is CMOS memory on the mainboard that can be used to store the sys tem settings If you don t know how to use the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility to select the settings you may use this field to load the
42. ng of the video RAM resulting in better system per formance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may occur Delay Prior to Thermal This item allows you to select the delay time before the P4 CPU Thermal Func tion is enabled If you are using NT 4 0 you must be active to prevent the sys tem from hanging The options are 4 min 8 min 16 min and 32 min The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS 3 6 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter SuperIO Device Press Enter Menu Level Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled VIA OnChip IDE Device When you press enter the following menu will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip IDE ChannelO Enabled Item Help OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level gt gt Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels To activate the primary IDE interface select Enabled If you want to disa
43. nu The keys in this legend bar show you how to navigate through the setup menus The table be low lists the control keys with their corresponding functions Up Arrow Moves to the previous item Down Arrow Moves to the next item Left Arrow Moves to the item on the left Right Arrow Moves to the item on the right Enter Selects the desired item F1 Displays the help screen for the selected feature Esc key Exits to the previous screen PgUp PgDn Modifies or changes the content of the highlighted item F5 Restores the previous CMOS values to the current page setup This will not restore the previous values for any other pages F7 Loads the SETUP default values from BIOS default table only the current page setup will be loaded Saves changes to the CMOS and exits the setup 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup This menu is on page 27 Date mm dd yy Sets your system to the date that you specifiy usually the current date The format is month day and year Press the right or left arrow key to move to the desired field month date year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field Time hh mm ss Sets your system to the time you specify usually the current time The for mat is hour minute second The time format is based on the 24 hour mili tary time clock For example 1 P M is 13 00 00 Press the right or left arrow key to move to the desired field Pre
44. or voltage and the speed of both the CPU and chassis fans You are allowed to manually set a range to the items being monitored If the values are over or under the set range a warning message will automatically pop up We recommend that you use the Default Settings which are the ideal settings that will maintain the system in a good working condition To install this utility please insert the CD into the CD ROM drive The auto run screen Driver Utility will automatically appear Click the Hard ware Monitoring button choose the chipset model number and the OS that is installed Please refer to the CD Readme file for further installation instruc tions Note Only use this utility in Windows operating systems 1 5 System Intelligence Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By Power Button field of the Power Management Setup this switch allows the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on at a set date and time Wake On LAN Ready The Wake On LAN function allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC Your LAN card must support the remote wakeup function The 5V SB power source of your power supply must be at least 720mA ACPI Ready The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy sa
45. or the CPU is inserted into Pin 1 of the Socket When the CPU is installed correctly push the lever back into place Install a proper heat sink with cooling fan for proper heat dissipation Failing to install a heat sink with cooling fan may cause overheating which will burnout your CPU and damage your mainboard IMPORTANT CPU COOLING FAN Please ensure that you have an approved heat sink with cooling fan Without a proper heat sink with cooling fan you will damage both the mainboard and the CPU 2 4 2 Memory Modules The mainboard has three 184 pin DDR DIMM slots which are located on the right hand side of the board To install the DIMM s into these slots make sure the white lever at each side of the slot has been pulled down to an angle of approximately 45 Make sure that the DIMM is in the correct orientation Place the DIMM on the slot and push down firmly The white levers will come back up and lock the module in place Supports 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB and 1 GB technologies for x8 and x16 de vices Top View of a 184 pin DIMM Slot es 52 pins Important The DIMM s can only be fitted into the slots in one orientation Make sure that the DIMM s are in the correct orientation and the pins are cor rectly aligned before you insert them The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation NOTE Out Of Memory Error Message If you have installed more than 512 MB of RAM and are running Mic
46. rosoft Windows Mil lennium Edition Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 98 or Windows 95 you may ex perience memory problems Two symptoms of these problems are being unable to run an MS DOS session while you are running Windows or the computer may stop respond ing while Windows is starting There are three possible solutions to this problem 1 Reduce the amount of memory Vcache uses to 512 MB or less by altering the Max FileCache setting in the System ini file 2 Use the System Configuration Utility to reduce the amount of memory Windows uses to 512 MB or less 3 Reduce the memory installed on your computer to 512 MB or less This problem can also occur if an Advanced Graphic Port AGP video adapter is used 2 4 3 PCI Slots The mainboard comes with six PCI slots They are located on the left hand side of the board Both PCI and PCI expansion cards may require IRQ s This mainboard complies with Plug and Play PnP specifications Whenever a PnP compliant card is added the system will automatically be configured and the IRQ s will be assigned automatically Top View of a 32 bit PCI Slot on o o NM 11 pins 49 pins 2 4 4 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot AGP is a dedicated bus slot It operates at 66 MHz and transfers data at a rate up to 533 MB 8x This allows 3D applications to run more smoothly The mainboard comes with a 1 5V AGP slot which is able to support 4x 8X AGP cards Top View of an AGP Slot
47. selected in the Security Option If you want to change any BIOS setting you will have to key in the Supervisor Password so that you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility and change the system setting When System is selected in Security Option Whenever you turn on the PC it will request the user to enter the Password in order to boot up your system Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operating system will not be loaded 3 12 2 Set User Password The User Password can be used to check the user s authority However this password entry is different from the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD The User Password has a different function to the Supervisor Password and the Security Option setup in Section 3 5 A When there is the password stored in SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in the Security Option When you use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program you can only view the BIOS settings but you cannot change them The only set ting you can change is the User Password and you can also select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING from the main menu If you use The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS the Supervisor Password to log into the PC system you will have complete rights to all the BIOS settings 2 When System is selected in Security Option When you turn on the PC system it will request that you enter the Password Without the correct password
48. ss the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave This mainboard supports four IDE Hard Drives These fields allow you to set your Hard Drive parameters Move the selection bar to the IDE Hard Drive you want to configure Press the ENTER key If you select AUTO the system BIOS will detect the HDD type automatically The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Fri Jul 26 2002 Item Help Time hh mm ss 15 48 52 Menu Level gt gt IDE Primary Master Maxtor 52049H4 IDE Primary Slave None Change the day month IDE Secondary Master None year and century IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 65472K Total Memory 1024K Drive A B The mainboard can support up to two floppy disk drives These two selection fields allow you to select the floppy drives that are installed on your computer Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed on your com puter Floppy 3 Mode Support If you have installed a 3 5 inch high capacity floppy disk drive you need to en able this option If you have not installed one of these drives use the default setting Diskette Drive Type of Disk Drive No diskette drive installed 5 1 4 inch PC t
49. stem to turn off the vertical and hori SYNC Blank zontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Man DPMS Support agement Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Stan dards to select video power management values MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use for power saving purposes This mainboard has the ACPI feature designed on the board and it will wakeup automatically when it detects an incoming modem Ring in signal Before you can use the Ring in signal to wakeup your PC system you have to install the External modem to your PC system and tell the PC system which serial port connects to the modem by selecting the IRQ in this field officially COM 1 uses IRQ4 and COM 2 uses IRQ3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung PWRON After PWR Fail See the following table for all the options off When the power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is r off You must press the Power button to power on the system When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before the power failure occurred If the system s power is off when the AC power failur
50. ules are unable to deal with short delay times We recommend that you set this delay time between 1 5 2 2 5 and 3 CLK s the default is 3 If your sys tem becomes unstable we recommend that you increase the delay time AGP amp P2P Bridge Control When you press enter the following menu will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility AGP amp P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size 128M Item Help AGP Mode 4X Em AGP Driving Control Auto Menu Level X AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled DBI Output for AGP Trans Disabled AGP Aperture Size This field selects the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The default is 128MB You may increase this memory when you need to have faster access for 3D graphics applications e g games AGP Driving Control The recommended setting for this field is the default Auto If you have an unstable AGP card you may use this field to choose the appropriate set tings If you do need to tune the timing please consult your AGP Card manual or Vendor AGP Driving Value This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP are executed w
51. un housed The mainboard has one CD IN connector and one AUX IN connector The CD IN connector is used to connect the CD ROM audio out and allows the system to receive audio input from the CD ROM The AUX IN connector allows the system to receive signals from other audio devices like a radio or tape Top View of a CD AUX IN Front View of a CD AUX IN Connector Connector Left Channel Right Channel Left Channel CD AUX IN CD IN CD IN Ground AUX IN AUX IN Ground Right Channel CD AUX IN Gro nd Glound 2 5 7 WOL Wake On LAN Connector Connector CN16 WOL Type 3 pin The mainboard has a WOL Wake On LAN connector This connector must be connected to a LAN card that has Wake On LAN WOL output This connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card In order to use the WOL LAN card to trigger the power on the PC system the switching power supply must have the ability to provide a driving current of at least 720 mA and be connected to a 5V standby voltage Top View of a WOL Connector Front View of a WOL Connector 5V SB Ground WOL 2 5 8 S PDIF Connector Optional Connector CN36 S PDIF Type 4 pin un housed The Sony Phillips Digital Interface S PDIF connector is a digital interface that can be used to improve the quality of the sound output from your system The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation 2 5 9 USB3 USB4 USB5 USB6 Connectors
52. uplex Mode Half Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP EPP Mode Select EPP1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address 330 Midi Port IRQ 10 UART Mode Select Your system may offer a variety of infrared modes on the second serial port The options are Standard HPSIR or ASKIR RxD TxD Active This field allows you to set the IR reception transmission polarity as high or low To determine which polarity is appropriate you must refer to the docu mentation for your IR peripheral This field is usually found under the Onboard Serial Port 2 option If you disable the Onboard Serial Port 2 option then you will probably not be able to configure this field gt IR Transmission Delay This field allows you to Enable or Disable the IR Transmission Delay gt UR2 Duplex Mode This field appears in an infrared port mode You have two options half or full duplex function The full duplex mode allows bi directional transmission at a single time where as the half duplex mode only allows transmission in one direction at a time This setting depends on the nature of your IR pe ripheral device Check the IR device s manual to determine the appropriate setting Use IR Pins To determine the correct settings for the TxD and RxD signals of your IR peripheral component you need to consult the components manual Onboard Parallel Port This item allows
53. ving features that support OS Direct Power Management OSPM for round the clock PC operation The PAX4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Installation Checklist The following is a checklist of all the expansion slots jumpers and connectors that should be configured on your mainboard before you can run your PC CPU Socket Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 CPU Installation Checklist Expansion Slots and Sockets DIMM Slots Three 184 pin Slots PCI Slots AGP Slot CN8 CN9 CN10 CN12 CN13 CN15 A CN15 B CN15 D CN16 CN17 CN21 CN30 31 CN32 38 CN36 CN39 CN45 CN46 Six 32 bit PCI Slots One 1 5V 4X 8X Accelerated Graphics Port Slot Internal Connectors Floppy Drive Connector Primary IDE Secondary IDE Infrared CPU Fan ATX Power Supply ATX 12V Power Supply Auxiliary ATX 12V Power Supply Wake On LAN Connector Chassis Fan CD Audio In Universal Serial Bus 3 4 Universal Serial Bus 5 6 Sony Phillips Digital Interface Front Audio Connector Auxiliary In Connector 4 CH OUT optional ATX12V AUX12V WOL FAN2 CD IN USB3 4 USB5 6 S PDIF optional Front Audio AUX IN 4 Channel Audio Out External Connectors PS 2 Keyboard Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Optional These are manufacturing options The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Hardware Installation Installation Checklist Continued Parallel Port LPT
54. ype standard drive 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 3 1 2 inch single sided drive 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 3 1 2 inch double sided drive Video This field selects the type of primary video subsystem that is on your com puter The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility will automatically detect the correct video type The P4X4 ALH Mainboard Managing The PC BIOS EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt On This field allows you to decide which errors detected during the Power On Self Test POST will halt the system Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory This field displays the amount of memory detected by the system during boot up This is a display only field You cannot make any changes to this field Base Memory Indicates the memory installed below the conventional 1MB space Extended Memory Indicates the memory installed above the 1MB space Total Memory Indicates the total memory installed in the PC system 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Menu Level Quick Power On Self
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