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    PX865PEC PRO(2.0) Copyright All rights are reserved. No p art of this public ation may be reproduced, transmitted, transcrib ed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into an y language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical , magnetic, o ptical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permis[...]

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    Things You have to know !!! 0 The images and pictures in this manual are for reference only and may vary slightly from actual produ ct installation depending on specific hardware models, third party compone nts and software versions. 0 Unplug any power connector w hen installing components and configuring switches and p ins on the mainboard. 0 This[...]

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    PX865PEC PRO(2.0) Intel ® 865PE & ICH5 Supports Socket 478 Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Processor User Manual Enabling the Hyper-Threading Technology, your computer system is required as 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 t[...]

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    Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ............................................................1 I NTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 S PECIFICATION .......................................................................................................... 2 C ONF[...]

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    Chapter 1. Getting Started Introduction Thanks for choosing the PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard! It is based on the 865PE Northbridge chipset and the ICH5 Southbridge chipset. It supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 (Northwood/ Prescott) Processors with FSB (Front Side Bus) 800/533/400 MHz. The PX865PEC PRO(2.0) mainboard provides 4 sockets using 184-pin DDR[...]

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    S pecification CPU: z Support Socket 478 Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor (Northwood/ Prescott) z Support Hyper Threading Technolog y Chipset: z Northbridge Chip (MCH) – Intel ® 865PE z Southbridge Chip (ICH) – Intel ® ICH5 z I/O Controller – ITE IT8712F z AC’97 Audio Codec – ALC655 z LAN Controller – RTL8100C DRAM Memory: z Support DD[...]

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    AC’97 Sound Codec Onboard: z High performance CODEC with high S/N ratio (>90 dB) z Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specification z Support 6-channel playback capability (Super 5 .1 Channel Audio Effect) z Support 3D Stereo enhancement z Support Sony/ Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) function LAN Chip onboard: z 10/100 Mbps Ethernet supported I/O [...]

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    Watch Dog Timer: z This mainboard contains a spec ial feature called the “Watch Do g Timer” which is used to detect when the s ystem is unable to handle ov er-clocking configurations during the POST stage. Once a problem is dete cted the s ystem will reset th e configurations and re boot the system after five seconds. 4[...]

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    Configuration Layout of PX865PEC PRO(2.0) 5[...]

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    6 Hardware Inst allation This section will assist you quickly in installin g your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. El ectrostatic discharge may dama ge your system components. CPU Processor Inst allation This mainboard supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processors using a Socket 478. Before building your system, we[...]

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    F AN Headers: JCF AN1 、 JSF A N1 Two power headers are available for cooling fans, which play an im portant role in m aintaining the ambient temperature in your s yst em . Memory Inst allation Attention We strongly recommend that you use a CPU fan sink with your CPU. You can attach the CPU fan to the JCFAN1 Heade r. The mainboard contains 4 memor[...]

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    8 T o Enable Dual-Channel DDR, the following conditions must be met: 1.You must insert either DDRA1 & DDRA2 togeth er or DDRB1 & DDRB2 together or all four insert the same memory confi gurations between DDRA1 & DDRA2, and DDRB1 & y modules A, B => Memo Type; X = memory modules together. 2.You must DDRB2. z Same memory density ( 1[...]

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    9 Lower the memory module into the socket and pre ss firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps to place. epeat step 1, 2 & 3 for th e re maining memory modules setting. rd PS/2 mouse connector and PS/2 Keyboard connector. The pin assign below: the back panel. These interfa ce ports will be explained as elow. in R Back Panel Configuration [...]

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    10 Parallel Interface Port: JPRNT1 The parallel port on your system has a 25-pin co nnector and is used to connect parallel pr inters and this port. nother one through this seri al ort, in order to transfer data or information from your hard drive disk. B supported devices. There is also a 10/100 Mbps LAN ort available for you to conn ect a network[...]

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    11 Speaker-Out (Green) It is a standard audio port for connecting the speaker or headphone connectors. When the Super 5.1 Channel Audio driver installed and enabled, your front speaker function will be enabled with this port. In addition, if you enable the Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect but using the ic In (Pink) This port is for connecting a micro[...]

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    12 21 +5V 22 Ground 23 IRTX 24 IRRX Connector Connector SPK (Speaker Connector) A front panel speaker can be connected to this header. When you reboot th e co mputer, the speaker ong during the Power On Self-Test, th e speaker n the front panel o f a computer case. The HLED will activity. The HDD activity only applies to those IDE a momentary SPST [...]

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    Connectors Floppy Drive Disk Connector: FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy driv e connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disks. This connector supports the flopp y drive ribbon cables provided in the packaging. Hard Drive Disk Connectors: IDE1/ IDE2 、 SA T A1/ SA T A2 The mainboard has a 32-bit enhanced [...]

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    14 Headers & Jumpers Front USB Headers: JUSB2/ JUSB3 This mainboard provides 4 USB ports and 2 USB headers on the mainbo ard which allowing you to use 4 additional USB ports. An opti onal USB bracket may be included with this product. The brack et is typical secure d to the back side of your computer case and has standard US B ports that you ca[...]

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    Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1 The “Clear CMOS” function is used when you cannot boo t your system due to some CMOS problems, such as a password is forgotten. This ju mper allows you to reset the CM OS configurations, and then reconfigure it. The following steps explain how to reset your CMOS configurations when yo u have forgotten your system passw[...]

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    16 Audio Connectors This mainboard provides three connector s as part of its audio Subsystem. CD-ROM Audio-In Header: JCDIN1 This header is us ed to connect to a CD-ROM / DVD audio cabl e. bracket S/PDIF (Sony/Philip s Digital Interface) Headers:SPDIF_IN1/OUT1 S/PDIF is a rec ent audio transfer fi le format, wh ich provides high quality audio using[...]

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    Slot s This mainboard provides one A GP slots and five PC I slots. These slots are d esigned for expansion cards used, in order to complement and enhance th e functionality of the mainboar d and your system. AGP (Accelerated Gra phics Port) Slot: AGP1 The mainboard is equipped a x8 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) for working with an VGA card. PCI ([...]

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    Power Supply Att achment s A TX Power Connector: A TX_PWR 、 AT X _ P W R 2 This mainboard provides two ATX power connectors, one 20-pin connector and o ne 4-pin connector. Through these connectors to supply the power, the mainboard is able to support several function su ch as the instant power-on function, and so on. In add ition, you have to mak[...]

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    Appendix I: Super 5.1 Channel Setup 1. After getting into the s ystem, click th e audio ic on from the Windows screen. 2. Click Speaker Configuration button, you can see the s creen like the picture below. 3. You can choose 2, 4 or 6 channels by your speakers. 2 Channel s 4 Channe ls 6 Chann els Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This mainboard comes w[...]