Albatron P4M800 Pro User manual

P4M800 Pro

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FCC Compliance Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant

to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference

to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful

interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

CE Mark

The device is in accordance with 89/336 ECC-ENC Directive.

P4M800 Pro

VIA

®

P4M800 Pro & VT8237R+

Support Socket 775 Intel

®

Pentium

®

4/ Celeron D Processor

User Manual

To enable the Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology, your computer system

is required to have the following components:

z CPU: An Intel

®

Pentium

®

4 Processor with HT Technology

z Chipset: An Intel

®

Chipset that supports HT Technology

z BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology must be enabled

z OS: An operating system that supports HT Technology

For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to:

http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading

Dimensions (ATX form-factor):

¾ 244mm x 205mm ( W x L )

Operating System:

¾ Windows® 98/ ME/ 2000/ XP

Ver: EG101

Things You Should Know

0 The images and pictures in this manual are for reference only and

may vary depending on hardware models, third party components

and software versions.

0 Power off your system when configuring switches and pins.

0 This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips. Always use a

grounded wrist strap when working with the system.

0 Do not touch any IC chip, lead, connector or other components.

0 Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the

mainboard.

Packing List

 P4M800 Pro mainboard

 FDD Cable

 HDD Cable

 P4M800 Pro Uer Manual CD

 P4M800 Pro Setup Driver CD

 I/O Bracket (for ATX case)

 USB 2.0 Cable (Optional)

 SATA Cable (Optional)

 SPDIF Out Cable (Optional)

Symbols

The following list explains the convention for symbols that will be used

throughout this manual:

Troubleshooting …

Follow the steps …

Please refer to …

Attention …

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ..................................................................1

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1

SPECIFICATION .......................................................................................................2

CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................5

Layout of P4M800 Pro .................................................................................... 5

HARDWARE INSTALLATION ................................................................................... 6

CPU Processor Installation.............................................................................. 6

Memory Installation: DDRII1/2 ...................................................................... 7

Back Panel Configuration................................................................................ 9

Connectors.....................................................................................................10

Front Panel Headers: SW/LED, PWRLED, SPEAKER................................ 11

Headers & Jumpers........................................................................................ 12

Audio Configuration...................................................................................... 14

Slots ............................................................................................................... 16

Power Supply Attachments............................................................................ 16

CHAPTER 2. BIOS SETUP............................................................................ 18

INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 18

MAIN MENU ......................................................................................................... 19

ADVANCED........................................................................................................... 21

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ..................................................................................26

POWER MANAGEMENT......................................................................................... 29

HARDWARE MONITOR.......................................................................................... 33

LOAD DEFAULTS ..................................................................................................33

EXIT MENU........................................................................................................... 34

CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE SETUP................................................................ 35

SOFTWARE LIST ................................................................................................... 35

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ...................................................................................35

CHAPTER 4: TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................ 37

APPENDIX I: SUPER 5.1 CHANNEL SETUP ............................................................ 40

APPENDIX II: ABS (ALBATRON BIOS SECURITY) CARD SETUP .........................42

1

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Introduction

Congratulations on the choosing P4M800 Pro Mainboard. It is based on the VIA

®

P4M800 Pro

Northbridge chipset and the VT8237R+ Southbridge chipset; the mainboard comprises integrated the

VIA

®

UniChrome

TM

Pro 2D/3D graphics optimized. It also supports the Intel

®

Pentium

®

4/ Celeron D

Processor with 800/ 533 MHz of FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies.

The P4M800 Pro provides two 240-pin DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Modules) sockets which support to

insert DDR II 400 (PC2-3200)/ DDR II 533 (PC2-4300) SDRAM, and support a total memory capacity of

2 GB.

The mainboard provides one 8x AGP slot and three PCI slots. In addition, one 360Kb/ 720Kb/ 1.2Mb/

1.44Mb/ 2.88Mb floppy disk drive connector and two IDE connectors that support Ultra ATA 66/100/133

for hard disk drives are provided on this mainboard. The onboard Serial ATA function, two SATA

connectors are able to support the transfer rate up to 1.5 Gbps.

There is a maximum of eight USB2.0/ 1.1 ports that can be set up on this mainboard.

The onboard AC’ 97 Audio codec supports high quality performance 6-channel audio play (Super 5.1

Channel Audio Effect) (See Appendix I). The mainboard also supports the Sony/Philips Digital

Interfaces (SPDIF) function (optional).

The P4M800 Pro comes with an onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN chip. There is a LAN port on the

back panel that you can directly plug an internet cable into.

In addition, this mainboard supports the ABS (Albatron BIOS Security) card (Optional), which is a small

circuit board inserted onto the mainboard providing full backup BIOS functionality in case of BIOS failure

or damage during the BIOS flash (See Appendix II).

All the information (including hardware installation and software installation) in this manual are for

reference only. The contents in this manual may be updated without notice. The company will not

assume any mistake that user caused.

2

Specification

CPU:

¾ Support Socket 775 Intel

®

Pentium

®

4/ Celeron D Processor

¾ Support Hyper-Threading Technology

¾ Support 800/ 533 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) frequencies

Chipset:

¾ Northbridge Chipset – VIA® P4M800 Pro

¾ Southbridge Chipset – VIA® VT8237R+

¾ I/O Controller – ITE® IT8712F-S

¾ AC’ 97 Aduio Codec – VIA® VT1616

¾ LAN PHY – VIA® VT6103

Memory:

¾ Provide two 240-pin DIMM sockets

¾ Support DDR II 400 (PC2-3200)/ DDR II 533 (PC2-4300) SDRAM

¾ Support 256 MB /512 MB/1 GB, and a total memory capacity of 2 GB

Slots:

¾ Provide one 8x AGP slot

¾ Provide three PCI slot

Onboard IDE:

¾ Provide two IDE slots

¾ Support a maximum of four IDE devices can be set up

¾ Support Ultra ATA 66/100/133 function

Onboard Serial ATA :

¾ Provide two SATA connectors with SATA 1.0 specification

¾ Supports the transfer rate up to 1.5Gb/ s

¾ One SATA connector can only support one SATA HDD

Onboard AC’ 97 Audio Codec:

3

¾ High performance Codec with high S/N ratio (>90 db)

¾ Support 6-channel playback capability (Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect)

¾ Support Sony/ Philips Digital Interfaces (S/PDIF) function (Optional)

Onboard LAN PHY:

¾ 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN supported

I/O facilities:

¾ Support one VGA port for D-SUB

¾ Support PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard

¾ Support 360 KB/720 KB/1.2 MB/1.44 MB/2.88 MB floppy disk drive

¾ Four onboard USB 2.0/ 1.1 ports

¾ Supports one PRT header and one COM header compatible with external devices connected by

cable

¾ Two USB headers come with this mainboard for a maximum of four additional USB ports to be

set

BIOS:

¾ Phoenix-Award™ BIOS

¾ Support APM 1.2

¾ Support ACPI 2.0 power management

Green Functionality:

¾ Support Phoenix-Award™ BIOS power management functionality

¾ Supports system-wake-from-power-saving-mode by keyboard or mouse touching

Shadow RAM:

¾ Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS

Flash Memory:

¾ Supports flash memory functionality

¾ Supports ESCD functionality

Hardware Monitor Function:

4

¾ Monitor CPU Fan Speed

¾ Monitor CPU and system temperature

¾ Monitor system voltages

Watch Dog Timer:

¾ This function is for detecting the system when it is unable to handle over-clocking configurations

during the POST stage. Once the problem is detected, the system will reset the configurations

and reboot the system within five seconds.

ABS (Albatron BIOS Security):

¾ Supports ABS card (optional)

¾ Supports BIOS backup

5

Configuration

Layout of P4M800 Pro

6

Hardware Installation

This section will assist you in quickly installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before

handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage the system’s components.

CPU Processor Installation

This mainboard supports Intel

®

Pentium

®

4/ Celeron

®

D

processor using a Socket 775. Before building

your system, we suggest you to visit the Intel website and review the processor installation procedures.

http://www.intel.com

CPU Socket 775 Configuration Steps:

1. Locate the CPU socket 775 on your

mainboard and nudge the lever away from

the socket as shown. Then lift the lever to a

140-degree angle (A). Next, lift up the iron

cover (B).

2. There are two distinctive marks located

near the corners of the socket on the same

side as the lever as shown (C). Match these

marks with the marks on the CPU and

carefully lower the CPU down onto the

socket (D).

3. Replace the iron cover and then lower the

lever until it snaps back into position (E). This

will lock down the CPU (F).

4. Smear thermal grease on the top of the CPU. Lower the CPU fan

onto the CPU/CPU socket and secure it using the attachments or

screws provided on the fan. Finally, attach the fan power cord to the

CPUFAN header.

A

B

D

C

F

E

Attention: DO NOT touch the CPU pins due to they are sensitive and easily to

be damaged. Also, make sure that you have completed all installation steps

before power-on the system. Finally, double-check that the heatsink is properly

installed and make sure that the CPU fan power cord is securely attached

(cooling problems may cause overheating and lead to damage the CPU and

other sensitive components).

7

FAN Headers: CPUFAN, AUXFAN, CHASFAN

Three power headers for cooling fans are available on the P4M800 Pro. The cooling fans play a very

important role in maintaining CPU and ambient temperatures in your system. Please attach the fan

power cords to these three headers.

Pin Assignment

1 Ground

2 Power (+12V)

3 FAN RPM rate sense

1

CPUFAN

4

Smart Fan Control

Pin Assignment

1 Ground

2 Power (+12V)

1

AUXFAN/ CHASFAN

3

FAN RPM rate sense

Memory Installation: DDRII1/2

The P4M800 Pro provides two 240-pin DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) sockets which support to

insert DDR II 400 (PC2-3200)/ DDR II 533 (PC2-4300) SDRAM and support a total memory capacity of 2

GB.

Attention

It is strongly recommended that you can attach a cooling fan on the top of your

CPU, and also attach the fan power cord onto the mainboard CPUFAN

header, to avoid your CPU damaged due to high temperatures.

In general, the fan power cord is designed and should be attached with a

specific direction. The black wire of the fan power cord is Ground. You should

attach it onto the header pin-1.

8

Memory Setup Steps:

1. Pull the white plastic tabs at both ends of the socket away.

2. Align a memory on the socket such that the notch on the memory matches the break on the socket.

3. Lower the memory vertically into the socket and press firmly by using both thumbs until the memory

snaps into place.

4. Repeat steps 1, 2 & 3 for the remaining memory and DIMM sockets setup.

* The pictures shown above are for reference only. The actual

installation may vary depending on models.

9

Back Panel Configuration

PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Ports: KB/MS

This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse port and a PS/2 keyboard port. The pin assignments

are described below.

USB Ports/ LAN Port: USB/LAN, USB1

There are four USB 2.0/ 1.1 ports on the back panel. These USB ports are used to attach with USB

devices, such as keyboard, mouse and other USB supported devices. There is also a 10/100 Mbps

Ethernet LAN port available for you to attach an Internet cable.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

Data

4

+5 V (fused)

2

N/A

5

Clock

3

Ground

6

N/A

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

TX+ (TX+)

5

N/A (TRD2-)

2

TX- (TX-)

6

RX- (RX-)

3

RX+ (RX+)

7

N/A (TRD3+)

4

N/A (TRD2+)

8

N/A (TRD3-)

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1/5

+5 V (fused)

3/7

USBP0+/P1+

2/6

USBP0-/P1-

4/8

Ground

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

10

Audio Ports: Sound

This mainboard provides three Audio Ports. The Mic-in, Line-in and

Line-out are standard audio ports that provide basic audio function.

Line-In (Blue) This port is used to attach an external audio device such

as a CD player, tape player or other audio device that has an audio input

connector. When the Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect is enabled, your

rear speakers will be enabled with this port.

Line-Out (Green) It is a standard audio port and used to attach speaker

or headset. When the Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect is enabled, your front speakers will be enabled

with this port. In addition, if you have enabled the Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect but still are using the

Standard 2-channel audio play, we strongly recommend you to use this port.

Mic-In (Pink) This port is used to attach a microphone to input your voice. When the Super 5.1 Channel

Audio Effect is enabled, your subwoofer/center equipments will be enabled.

.

Connectors

Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDC

The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector (FDC) that supports to be attached

maximal two 360Kb/ 720Kb/ 1.2Mb/ 1.44Mb/ 2.88Mb floppy disk drives by FDD ribbon cables.

Hard disk drive Connectors: IDE1/2, SATA1/2

The mainboard provides two IDE connectors with Ultra ATA 66/100/133 specification. You can maximal

attach four IDE devices, such as hard disk drive (HDD), CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and so on by IDE ribbon

cables. The onboard Serial ATA, two SATA connectors support the transfer rate up to 1.5 Gbps.

Primary IDE Connector: IDE1

There are two maximal IDE devices can attach to one IDE connector. If you attach two IDE HDDs, you

must use a ribbon cable which with two cable connectors. You also must configure one drive as the

master and the other one as the slave.

Secondary IDE Connector: IDE2

The IDE2 connector can also be attached with two HDDs by IDE ribbon cable; however, you also must

configure one as the Master and the other one as the Slave.

SATA Connector: SATA1/2

The two SATA connectors support a transfer rate of 1.5 Gbps. One SATA connector only can attach one

SATA HDD of each time.

This mainboard supports Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect which you

can transfer the audio system from 2-channel to 6-channel. See

Appendix I for more information.

11

Front Panel Headers: SW/LED, PWRLED, SPEAKER

SW/LED

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 HDD LED (+) 2 Power LED (+)

3 HDD LED (-)

Hard Drive LED

(HD_LED)

4 Power LED (-)

Power LED

(ACPI_LED)

5 Reset Control (-) 6 Power Switch (+)

7 Reset Control (+)

Reset Switch

(RST_SW)

8 Power Switch (-)

Power-on Switch

(PWR_SW)

9 N/A 10 N/A

Hard Drive LED Header (Red): HD_LED

If your case front panel has a hard drive LED cable, attach it to this header. The LED will flicker when

there is hard disk drive activity.

Reset Switch Header (Blue): RST_SW

This header can be attached to a momentary SPST switch (reset button) cable on your case front panel.

The switch is normally left open. When the switch closed, it will cause the mainboard to reset and run the

POST (Power-On Self Test).

Power Switch Header (Orange): PWR_SW

This header can be attached to a power switch cable on your case front panel. You can turn your system

on or off by pressing the button attached to this power switch cable.

2-pin Power LED Header (Green): ACPI_LED

The mainboard provides a 2-pin power LED header. If there is a 2-pin power LED cord on your case

front panel, you can attach it to the 2-pin power LED header. Then the power LED will illuminate while

the system is powered on.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Ground 2 TX+

3 TX- 4 Ground

5 RX- 6 RX+

SATA1/ 2

7 Ground

12

3-pin Power LED Header (Green): PWRLED

The mainboard also provides a 3-pin power LED header. If there is a 3-pin power LED cord on your case

front panel, you can attach it to this 3-pin header instead of attach to the 2-pin one on the SW/LED

header.

Speaker Header (Purple): SPEAKER

A speaker cable on your case front panel can be attached to this header. When you reboot the computer,

this speaker will issue a short audible (beep). If there are problems during the Power On Self-Test, the

system will issue an irregular pattern of audible beeps through this speaker.

Headers & Jumpers

Front USB Headers: USB2/3

This mainboard provides four onboard USB 1.1/2.0 ports (back panel) that attach to USB devices.

There are two additional USB headers that can be connected by cables to four USB ports on the front

panel of your PC case giving the possibility of 8 USB ports.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

PWR_LED (+)

2 N/A

3-pin PWR_LED

3

PWR_LED (-)

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 PC_BEEP 2 N/A

SPEAKER

3 Ground 4 +5V

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused)

3 USB- 4 USB-

5 USB+ 6 USB+

7 Ground 8 Ground

USB2/3

9 N/A 10 N/A

Attention

If you are using a USB 2.0 device with Windows 2000/XP, you will need to

install the USB 2.0 driver from the Microsoft

®

website. If you are using Service

pack 1 (or later) for Windows

®

XP, and using Service pack4 (or later) for

Windows® 2000,you will not have to install the driver.

13

USB Power Header: USBPWR1

USB devices attached to USB two ports on the back panel can awaken the system from sleep mode. In

order to enable this functionality, you must adjust the jumper caps on USBPWR1 header for +5V or +5V

Standby mode.

USBPWR1

Assignment Description

1

Pin 1-2 Closed

+5V

S1 sleep mode (CPU stopped, DRAM

refreshed, system running in low power

mode)

1

Pin 2-3 Closed

+5V Standby

S3/S4/S5 sleep modes (no power to CPU,

DRAM in slow refresh, power supply in

reduced power mode)

Note: Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins.

Printer Interface Header: PRT

This mainboard provides a PRT header for you connecting an additional printer connector on your case

back panel. Attach the cable of printer connector (Optional) onto this header, then you can use the

printer connector connecting with a printer.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 RSTB- 2 RPDR0

3 RPDR1 4 RPDR2

5 RPDR3 6 RPDR4

7 RPDR5 8 RPDR6

9 RPDR7 10 ACK-

11 BUSY 12 PE

13 SLCT 14 RAFD-

15 ERR- 16 RINIT_P-

17 RSLIN- 18 Ground

19 Ground 20 Ground

21 Ground 22 Ground

23 Ground 24 Ground

PRT

25 Ground 26

N/A

Serial Interface Header: CONN_COM1

This mainboard provides a CONN_COM1 header for you connecting an additional serial connector on

your case back panel. Attach the cable of serial connector (Optional) onto this header, then you can use

the serial connector connecting with a mic, modem or other peripheral device.

14

The following steps explain how to reset your CMOS

configurations when you forgot a system password.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +12V 2 +5V

3 -12V 4

N/A

5 DCD0- 6 SIN0

7 SOUT0 8 DTR0-

9 Ground 10 DSR0-

11 RTS0- 12 CTS0-

CONN_COM1

13 RI0- 14 RI-

Clear CMOS Jumper: JP1

The “Clear CMOS” function is used when you cannot boot your system due to some CMOS problems,

such as forgetting a password. Configuring the jumper caps on this header will allow you to reset the

CMOS configurations.

JP1 Assignment

Pin 1-2 Close

Normal (Default)

Pin 2-3 Close

Clear CMOS Data

Note: Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins.

1. Turn off your system and disconnect the AC power cable.

2. Set JP1 header to OFF (2-3 Closed).

3. Wait several seconds.

4. Set JP1 header to ON (1-2 closed).

5. Connect the AC power cable and turn on your system.

6. Reset your new password.

Audio Configuration

CD-ROM Audio-In Connector: CD-IN

The CD-IN connector is used to attach an audio cable to audio devices such as CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs

etc.

15

Pin Assignment

1 Left channel input

2 Ground

3 Ground

1

CD-IN

4 Right channel input

SPDIF Header: SPDIF

S/PDIF is a recent audio transfer file format, which provides high quality audio using optical fiber and

digital signals. This mainboard is capable to deliver audio output through the SPDIF header. One way

you would use this header is by using an SPDIF bracket (optional) and attaching its cord onto this SPDIF

header. The RCA or TOS-Link connectors will be provided on the bracket and which are convenient you

to outputt audio format files between your system and the SPDIF styled devices.

SPDIF

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +5V 2 N/A

3 SPDIF out 4 Ground

Front Audio Header: FRONT AUDIO

If your case front panel has audio ports, you can connect them to the Front Audio Header of this

mainboard. First, you must remove the jumper caps on this header and then attach the cables from the

front panel to the pins on this header. You can use both the front audio panel and back panel audio

simultaneously. If you are not using front panel audio ports, leave the jumper caps on the header pins

(Note: pins 5&6, 9&10, 11&12, and 13&14) to avoid problems with the back panel audio ports.

FRONT AUDIO

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Mic in/center 2 Ground

3 Mic_VREF 4 Audio power +5V

5 Front out_R 6 Rear out_R

7 N/A 8 N/A

9 Front out_L 10 Rear out_L

16

Slots

AGP Slot: AGP

The mainboard supports to install an extra graphics card with AGP interface in order to improve your

display efficiency and performance. The AGP slot comes with AGP 3.0 specification and supports 8x

graphics card installation but 1.5 V only.

PCI Slots: PCI1/2/3

This mainboard provides three standard 32-bit PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component

Interconnect and is a bus standard for installing expansion cards, such as network card and SCSI card,

to these PCI slots.

Power Supply Attachments

ATX Power Connector: ATX_PWR, ATX_12V

This mainboard provides two ATX power connectors, a 24-pin ATX_PWR connector and a 4-pin

ATX_12V connector. You must use a power supply that has both of these connectors, and both

connectors must be attached before the system is powered on. These power connectors support several

power management functions, such as the instant power-on function. The connector pins are described

below.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 +3.3V 13 +3.3V

2 +3.3V 14 -12V

3 Ground 15 Ground

4 +5V 16 PS_ON

5 Ground 17 Ground

6 +5V 18 Ground

7 Ground 19 Ground

8 PW_ON 20 -5V

9 +5V standby voltage 21 +5V

10 +12V 22 +5V

11 +12V 23 +5V

ATX_PWR

12 +3.3V 24 Ground

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