Albatron PX845PEV-800 manual

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    Albatron PX845PEV-800 Intel ® 82845PE & 82801DB Supports Socket 478 Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Processor Enabling the functionality of Hyper -Threading Tech nology for your computer system requ ires ALL of the following platform z CPU : An Intel ® Pentiu m ® 4 Processor with HT Technology z Chipset : An Intel ® Chipset that supports HT Technolog[...]

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    Albatron PX845PEV-800 Copyright Copyright © 2003 by Albatron. All rights are rese rved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval sy stem or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, ele ctronic, mech anical, magnet ic, optical , chemic al, manual or othe rw[...]

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    Cont ents CHAPT ER 1. GE TTING ST ARTED .............. ............. ................ ............. ................ ............ 1 I NTRODUCTION .............. ............. .............. ............. ................ ............. .............. ............. ......... 1 S PECIFICATIONS ................. .............. ............. ...........[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 1 Chapter 1. Getting S t arted Introduction Congratulations o n choosing the Albatron Anniversar y Special Edition PX845PEV-800 mainboard! Albatron P X845PEV-800 is based on either the Intel ® 82845PE Northbridge chipsets and 82801DB Southbridge ch ipset. It supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Socket 47[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 2 S pecifications CPU: z Supports Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 processor z Supports Hyper-Threading Technology Speed: z 800 / 533/ 400MHz Front Side Bus frequency (FSB 800 is by overclocking or using a 200 MHz Clock Frequenc y CPU) z 33 MHz, 32 bit PCI interface (PCI 2.2 compliant) z 66 MHz AGP 2.0 compl[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 3 BUS Slots: z One AGP slot (4X/ 1.5V only) z Five 32-bit PCI bus slots Flash Memory: z Supports flash memory functionality z Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor F unction: z Monitors CPU Fan Speed z Monitors Chasis Fan Speed z Monitors System Voltage z Monitors Auxiliary Fan Speed Infrared[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 4 AGP protection: z This mainboard pro vides an AGP slot only for 1.5V AGP cards. The AGP protection function is to protect the mainboard and AGP cards if a non 1.5V card is installed. I/O facilities: z One multi-mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifi cations: 1. Standard &am[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 5 Quick Content T able Function Content Location Page CPU Socket 478 U6 8 DDR DIMM S ockets DDR DIMM 1, 2,3 1 1 A TX Power Connectors A TX_ PW R, A TX_12V 21 IDE Co nnect ors IDE1/I DE2 17 FDC Connec tor FDC 17 AGP Slot AGP 20 PCI S lots PCI 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 20 CPU F AN,Chassis F A N, Auxiliar y F AN [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 6 Configuration Layout of PX845PEV -800 Socket 478 Intel 82801DB U6 U17 BA T1 JP1 CASE OPEN SPEA KER SW/LED USB2 USB3 CHASF AN Phoenix Bios KB/MS USB/LAN PRT /COM IrDA CPUF AN PCI3 PCI5 LAN CHIP PCI4 Intel 82845PE U10 AGP AUXF AN PCI1 PCI2 DIMM1 AT X _ P W R DIMM2 DIMM3 FDC IDE1 IDE2 Win bo nd W8362[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 7 Hardware Inst allation This section will assist you in quickly install ing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. E lectrostatic discharge may damage your system components. Subject:  CPU Processor Installation  Memory Installation  Back Panel Configur[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 8 CPU Processor Inst allation This mainboard supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processors using a Socket 478. Before building your system, we suggest you v isit the Intel website and r eview the processor installation procedures. http://www.inte l.com CPU Socket 478 Configuration S tep s: 1. Locate the[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 9 Socket 478 Intel 82801 DB U6 U17 BAT1 JP1 CASE OPEN SPEAKER SW/LED USB2 USB3 CHASF AN Phoenix Bios KB/MS USB/LA N PRT/COM IrDA CPUF AN PCI3 PCI5 LAN CHIP PCI4 Inte l 82845PE U10 AGP AUXF AN PCI2 DIMM1 ATX_P WR DIMM2 DIMM3 FDC IDE1 IDE2 PCI1 ATX_1 2V Win bo nd W83627HF Groun d Groun d Groun d +12V [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 10 Formulas CPU Speed = CPU Clock Rat io * CPU Host Frequency DDR Speed = DDR: CPU Ratio * CPU Host Frequency (The CPU Clock Ratio is usually locked by th e CPU manufacturer which means it will not be displayed. You can only adjust the CPU Host Fr equency to change the CPU speed. For more details, p[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 11 Memo ry I nst all ation Albatron PX845PEV-800 contains 3 DIMM sockets, which use 184 pin DDR SDRAM with a total memory capacity o f up to 2 GB. You can install unbuffered non-ECC DDR 400/ DDR 333/ DDR 266 (PC 3200 /PC2700 /PC2100) SDRAM. NOTE: When you install a Host Frequency 2 00 MHz CPU, you c[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 12 Memory inst allation note The Albatron PX845PEV-8 00 mainboard provides three DIMM sockets which suppo rt 184-pin DDR DIMM Modules with a total memory capacity of up to 2 GB. Each DIMM socket i s capable of using a memory mod ule containing up to 1 G B. However, if you use DIMM2 and DIMM3 simulta[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 13 Back Panel Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: KB/MS The Albatron PX845PEV-800 mainboard prov ides a standa rd PS/2 mouse connector and PS/2 Keyboard connector. The pin assign ments are described b elow: USB & LAN Connec tors: USB/LA N There are two USB connectors on Alba[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 14 Serial an d Paral lel In terface Po rts The PX845PEV-800 comes equi pped with two Serial ports and one Parallel port. T hese types of interface ports will be explain ed below. The Serial Interface: COM1/ COM2 The serial interface port is somet imes referred to as an RS-232 port or an asynchronous[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 15 Connector Configuration Front Panel Indicator: SW/LED HD LED (Hard Drive LED Connector) This connector c an be attached to an LED on th e front panel of a computer case. The LED will flicker during disk ac tivity. This disk activi ty only applies to those IDE drives dir ectly attached to the syst[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 16 SPEAKER (Speaker Connector) An off-board speaker can be co nnected to this connector. This speaker (onboard or off-board) provides error beep code information during the P ower On Self-Te st when th e computer cannot access the video int erface. IrDA (Infr ared Connector) This IrDA connector can [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 17 Floppy Disk Connec tor: FDC This mainboard provides a standard floppy di sk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy diskettes. This connector supports the floppy drive ribbon cables pro vided in the packag ing. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ IDE2 This mainboard has a 3[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 18 Headers & Jumpers Front USB Headers: USB2 / USB3 USB Bracket (2 Port s or 4 Port s) You can connect the USB bracket to the USB2 an d USB3 Headers. * If you are using USB 2.0 devices, you will need to install the USB 2.0 driver from the Microsoft ® website. Case Open W arning connector: CASE [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 19 Clear CMO S Jumper: JP1 The “Clear CMOS” jumper is used when you canno t boot your system due to some CMOS configuration su ch as a password that is forgotte n. This jumper allows you to reset th e CMOS configurations, and then reconf igure. JP1 Assign ment Pin 1-2 Close Î Normal (default) P[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 20 Slot s The slots in this ma inboard are design ed for expansio n cards and are used to complement a nd enhance the functionali ty of the mainboard. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot This mainboard is equipped wi th a Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) (1.5 v only) to support video cards. Albatron[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 21 Power Supply Att a chment s A TX Power Connector: A TX_12 V & A TX_PW R This mainboard requires two ATX power co nnections; a 20-pin connector and a 4-pin connector, your power supply must have both connectors. Attach the 4-pi n connector first, and then attach the 20 -pin connector. Mak e su[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 22 Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the ROM BIOS firmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configur ation. The configuratio n information is then saved to CM OS RAM where the data i s sustained by[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 23 Supported CPUs This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Intel ® Pentium ® 4 CPUs. Key Function In general, you can use the arrow keys to high light items, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to cha nge entr ies, press <F1> for help and press <Esc>[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 24 Main Menu When you enter the PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIO S Ut ility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main menu allows y ou to select f rom several configu ration option s. Use the left/right arrow keys to select a particu lar c onfiguration scre en from the top menu bar or use the down arro[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 25 Main Menu Setup Configuration Opt ions Item Options D escription Date mm dd yyyy Set the system d ate. Note that the ‘Day’ automat ically changes when you set the date. Time hh: mm: ss Set the current time of the s ystem. IDE Primary Master Options cont ained in sub menu. Press <Enter> [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 26 Advanced BIOS Features First /Second/Third/ Boot Dev ice Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device. Options: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDRO M, USB-HDD, LAN, Disabled. Boot Other Device The setting [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 27 CPU L1 & L2 Cache Make CPU internal ca che active or inactive. System perfor mance may degrade if you disable this item. Options: Enab led (default), Disab le. Quick Power On Self T est Allow the system to sk ip certain tes ts while booting. Th is will speed up th e boot process. Options: Ena[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 28 Advanced Chipset Features DRAM T iming Select able This item determines DRAM clock/ timing u sing SPD or manual configuratio n. Make sure your memory module has SPD (Serial Presence Data), if you want to select the <By SPD> option. Options: Manual, By SP D (default). CAS Latency Ti me This [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 29 AGP Aperture Siz e ( MB) Select the size of the AGP (Accelerated Graphic s Port) apertur e. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedi cated for gra phics me mory address space. Host cycles tha t hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. Option s[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 30 Frequency/V olt age Control Default CPU V olta ge (V olt) This item displays the CPU Voltage information which is detected by the system. CPU V oltage (V olt ) This item allows you to adjust your CPU core voltage. Options range from 1.100V~1.850V. CPU Clo ck Ra tio Before you configure this optio[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 31 Integrated Peripherals INTEL OnChip IDE Device If you highlight the “INTEL OnChip IDE Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you to a submenu with the fo llowing options: On-Chip Primar y/Secondary PCI IDE The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interf ace with support for [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 32 IDE HDD Blo ck Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple co mmands, or multiple s ector read/write. Select the “Enabled” option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do). T he system will automat ically determ ine the optimal n umber of blocks to r e[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 33 Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select “Disabl ed”. Options: En abled (defaul t), Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 34 Power Management The Powe r Manageme nt Setup M enu allow s you to configure your syste m to utilize ener gy conservation features as w ell as power-up/ power-down options. (Note: the 20 0 Host Frequency CPU do not support S3 mode.) ACPI Suspend T ype The item allows you to select the suspend typ[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 35 When this option is enabled, 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 includes a “disab le” option. Note: If you select Min. or Max. Power Saving modes, the “HDD Power Down” value an d the “Suspend Mode” value are b[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 36 Date of Month Alarm You can choose wh ich date of the month the syste m will boot up. This fie ld is only configurab le when “RTC Wak e Up” is set to “E nabled”. Time (hh: mm: ss) Alarm You can choose the hour, minute and second the system will boot up. This field is only configurab le wh[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 37 Hardware Monitor Case Open W arning If your computer case support “Case Open Warn i ng” function, and this function is set to “Enabled” an d the case had been previously opene d, the system will automat ically display aler t messages on the screen when you power on your computer. If this [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 38 Load Default s Load System Default Settings Load System Default Settings. Load System T urbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings. Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries. Save CMOS T o BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without b atteries.[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 39 Exit Menu Save & Ex it Setup Save all configuration ch anges to CMOS (memory) and exit s etup. A confirmation messag e will b e displ ayed before proceeding. Exit Without Sav ing Abandon all changes made during the cu rrent se ssion and ex it setup. A confirmation message will b e displ ayed [...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 40 Chapter 3: Sof tware Setup Sof tware List Sof tware Inst allation Place the Driver CD into the CD-ROM driver and the Installation Util ity will auto-run. You can also launch the Driver CD Install ation Utility manual ly, then you can see the screen b elow. On the screen, use the buttons di splaye[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 41 Chapter 4: T roubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the system. Power light does not illuminate. Fan inside power supply does n ot turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are n ot lit. Causes: 1. Power cable is unplugged. 2. Defective power cab le. 3. Power supply failure. 4. Faulty wall outlet; cir[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 42 Problem 4: System only boots from the CD-ROM. The hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from the hard disk is impossible. Causes: Hard Disk boot sector has been corrup ted. Solutions: Back up data and applications files. Re format the hard drive. Re-install applications a[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 43 Problem 10: Keyboard failure. Causes: Keyboard is dis connected. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyb oard if you continue to ex perience problems. Problem 11: No color on screen. Causes: 1. Faulty Monitor. 2. CMOS incorrectly s et up. Solu tion s: 1. If possible, con nect monitor to an ot[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 44 Appendix I : Cmedia 8738 Sound Card (opti onal) Specification z Cmedia 8738 Audio Chip z Supports 2/ 4 channel z Supports C3DX audio technology z Provides 3D Audio that supports HR T F , DirectSound3D, Aureal A3D z Supports EAX audio effect z Compliant DLS-base W avetable music syn thesizer S p[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 45 Appendix II : This mainboard complies with the A TX standar d, which means the ACPI connector on t his board is 2-pin. If the Power LED cable of your case uses a 3-pin adapter, you must use the 2-pin to 3-pin adapter (contained in the packaging).  Locate the Po wer LED cable attached to th e[...]

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    Albatron Anniversary Special Edition PX845PEV-800 46 Appendix III : If you still require as sistance after rea ding this section, please contact us or local distributor. And you can visit our website http:// www.albatron .com.tw for technical support. Albatron Technology Co., Ltd Address : 6F, No.716, Chung Cheng Rd., Chung Ho City, Taipei Hsie[...]