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Intel PM915-478 manual

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  • Page 1

    Notice There is a different bet ween the PM915-478 & PM915P-478 Mainboard. PM915-478 Mainboard is w/ VGA port. PM915P-478 Mainboard is w/o VGA port. PM915-478 PM915P-478[...]

  • Page 2

    PM915-478 Mainboard User’s Manual Rev： EG 1.1 Date：2009.1[...]

  • Page 3

    1 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................ 2 1.1 Chipset Introduc tion ...................................... 2 1.2 Specifica tion ............................................. 2 1.3 Mainboard Introduction .................................... 2 CHAPTER 2 PACKAGE CONT ENTS ........................ 3 CHAPTER 3 MAINBOARD LOCATIO NS[...]

  • Page 4

    2 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Chipset Introduction Intel 915GL Chipset The Intel 915GL chipset supports the latest PC technologies such as So cket 478 CPU, dual-channel DDR memory architecture and AGPe graphics card interface. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 provides a significant increase in graphics performance.8 high-speed USB 2.0 ports. Dua[...]

  • Page 5

    3 -Built-in Powerful Integrated Graphics Integrated display function technologies without extend VGA card Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Controller -Provides one channel connecting two IDE drives Supports Ultra ATA66/100 synchronous DMA modes -Provides four channel connecting four SATA drives With speed up to 150 MB/ s -I/O ： One floppy port support f[...]

  • Page 6

    4 Chapter 3 Ma inboard Locations[...]

  • Page 7

    5 Chapter 4 Installation 4.1 Jumper Setting and Sl ot Clear CMOS Jumper setting 1-2（Default） Normal 2-3 Clear CMOS Audio：Front panel Jumper set ting PIN Function PIN Function 1 MIC+ 2 Ground 3 Vbias 4 AuD_Vcc(AVCC) 5 AuD_R_Out 6 R_Out Back 7 N.C. 8 Key 9 AuD_L_Out 10 L_Out Back SATA：PIN Jumper setting PIN SATA1 Function PIN SATA 3 Function [...]

  • Page 8

    6 Connectors PS/2（Bottom） PS/2 Keyboard (Purple) PS/2（Top） PS/2 Mouse Header(Green) R_USB1 USB1/2 Connector Port F_USB2/LAN USB3/4/LAN Connector Port F_USB3 USB5/6 Connector Port F_USB4 USB7/8 Connector Port LPT Printer Connector Port COM1 Serial Port COM1 Connector Port VGA On-board VGA connector LINE OUT/LINE IN/MIC Audio Output/Audio Inp[...]

  • Page 9

    7 has stored the configuration information; or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer. Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information 5.1 Main menu You can use cursor arrow k eys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page. Press E nter to select the highlighted option. Pres s the Escape key to leav[...]

  • Page 10

    8  Load Fail-Safe Defaults Setup the default values in system  Load Optimized Defaults Setup the best performance values in system  Set Supervisor Password Setup supervisor password in system  Set User Password Setup user password in system  Save & Exit Setup Setup save and exit, press Y to save and exit  Exit Without Save Set[...]

  • Page 11

    9  Base Memory  Expanded Memory  T otal Memory 5.3 Advanced BIOS Features  CPU Feature Default：Press Enter Delay Prior to Thermal Default: 16Min Thermal Management Default: Thermal Monitor 1 Limit CPUID MaxVal Default: Disabled C1E Function Default : Auto Execute Disable Bit Default: Enabled  Removable Device Priority Default : Pre[...]

  • Page 12

    10 If you enable this item, the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations.  Swap Floppy Drive Default：Disabled If you have two diskette drives installed and you enable this item, drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A.  Boot Up Floppy Seek Default：Enabl[...]

  • Page 13

    11  Video BIOS Cacheable Default：Disabled  Memory Hole At 15M-16M Default：Disabled  PCI Express Root port Function Default: Press Enter PCI Express port 1 Default: Auto PCI Express port 2 Default: Auto PCI Express port 3 Default: Auto PCI Express port 4 Default: Auto PCI Express port 5 Default: Auto PCI Express port 6 Default: Auto PCI[...]

  • Page 14

    12 *** On-Chip Serial ATA Setting *** X SATA Mode Default：IDE  On-chip serial ATA Default: Auto X SATA PORT Speed Settings Default: Disabled PATA IDE Mode Default：Primary SATA Port Default: p1,p3 IS Secondar y  Onboard Device Default: Press Enter  USB Controller Default：Enabled  USB 2.0 Controller Default：Enabled  USB Keyboar[...]

  • Page 15

    13  POWER ON Function Default: BUTTON ONLY X KB Power ON Password Default: Enter X Hot Key Power ON Default: Ctrl-F1  Onboard FDC Controller Setup onboard FDC controller Default: Enabled  Onboard Serial Port 1/2 Setup onboard serial port1/2 Default： 3F8/IRQ4/2F8/IRQ4  UART Mode Select Setup UART mode select Default：Normal  UR2 Du[...]

  • Page 16

    14  Wake-up by PCI card Default：Disabled  Power On by Ring Default: Disabled  Resume by Alarm Default：Disabled Date (of Month) Alarm Default：0  Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm Default：0 ** Reload Global Timer Events **  Primary/ Secondary IDE 0/1 Default：Disabled  FDD,COM,LPT Port Default：Disabled  PCI PIRQ [A-D]# Default: Di[...]