Intel PX865PEL-800 manual

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    PX865PEL-800 Copyright All rights ar e reserved. No p art of this publi cation m ay be reproduced, transm itted, transcrib ed, stored in a retrieval system or transla ted into an y language or computer language, in any f orm or by any means, ele ctronic, m echanical, magnetic, o ptical, chem ical, manual or o therwise, with out the prior written p [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 Intel ® 82865P & ICH5 Supports Socket 478 Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Processor Enabling H yper-Threading Technology for your co mputer syst em requires A LL of the foll owing c omponents z CPU : An Inte l ® Pentium ® 4 Processor with HT Technol ogy z Chipset : An Intel ® Chipset th at supports HT Technology z BIOS : A BIOS that supp[...]

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    Content s CHAPTER 1. GETTING START ED ............. .......... .............. ............. ..........1 I NTRODUCTION ..................... ............... ................... ............... ................... ............... .. 1 S PECI FICAT IO N ................. ............... ................... ............... ................... .........[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 1 Chapter 1. Getting Started Introduction Congratulations on choosing the PX865PEL-800 mai nboard! It is based on the 82865P Northbridge chipset and the ICH5 Southbridge chip set. It supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 (Northwood/ Prescott) Processors with a FSB (Front Side Bus) frequenc y of 400/533 MHz. It also supports FS B frequency of [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 2 S p ecification CPU: z Supports Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 processor (Northwood/ Prescott) z Supports Hyper Threading Tech nology Speed: z 400/ 533 MHz Front Side Bus frequency z 33MHz, 32 bit PCI int erface (PCI 2.3 compliant) z 66MHz AGP 3.0 compliant inte rface that supports 8X/4X data transfer modes (0.8V or 1.5V) Chipse t: z Northb[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 3 Universal Serial Bus: z Supports up to six USB 2.0 por ts for USB interface devices BUS Slots: z 1 AGP slot (AGP3.0 Compliant) z Five 32-bit PCI bus slots Flash Memory: z Supports flash memory f unctionality z Supports ESCD functionality Hardware Monitor Function: z Monitors all fan Speeds z Monitors System Voltage Infrared: z Suppor[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 4 IDE Fac ilities : z Supports Ultra ATA 33, Ultra ATA 66, Ultra ATA 100, BMIDE and PIO modes z Supports IDE interface with CD-ROM z Supports high capacity hard disk drives z Supports installation of up to 4 driv es, with separate IDE connections for Prim a ry and Secondary connectors I/O faciliti es: z One multi-mode Parallel Port cap[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 5 Quick Content T able Function Content Location Page CPU Socket 478 U6 7 DDR DIMM Sockets DDR DIM M 1 、 2 、 3 8 A TX Power Conn ector AT X _ P W R 、 A TX_12V 18 IDE Connectors IDE1/2 、 SA T A1/2 13 FDC Connector FDC 13 AGP Slot AGP 17 PCI Slot s PCI 1 、 2 、 3 、 4 、 5 17 CPU F AN 、 Ch assis F AN 、 Auxiliary F AN CPU[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 6 Configuration Layout of PX865PEL-800 Intel 82865P CPU FAN U6 U12 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 LAN CHIP Winbond W83627HF 1 1 BIOS U22 FRON T AUDI O AT X _ 1 2 V AUXFAN IrDA 1 2 1 2 IDE2 IDE1 U19 FDC USB2 US B3 2 2 1 1 9 10 Intel ICH5 CASEOPEN 1 BA T1 JP1 1 1 SA TA2 SA TA1 CHAS FAN SW/LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 9 10 SPDIF CD- IN Socket 478[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 7 Hardware Inst allation This section wi ll assist y ou in quickly installing y our system hardw are. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. Electrosta tic disc harge may damage your system components. CPU Processor Inst allation This mainboard supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 proce ssors using a Socket 478. Befo re buildi[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 8 F AN Headers Three power header s are availa ble for cooling fans, which p lay an im portant role in maintaining the ambient tem perature in your sy stem. Memory Inst allation The mainboard contains 3 sockets, which use 184--pin DDR SDRAM with a tot al memory capacity of up to 2 GB. You can install unbuffered & n on-ECC DDR333/ 2[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 9  If you are using DIMM2 and DIMM3 simultaneously, you must u se single-sided memory modules with the to tal memory used by these two sockets not exc eeding 1 GB.  If you will be us ing double-sided DDR DIMM m odules, y ou can only install up to 2 modules. When using 2 do uble-sided DDR DIMM modules, we recommend that you the m [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 10 Back Panel Configuration PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Key boa rd Conn ecto rs: KB /MS This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse connector and PS/2 Keyboard connector. The pin assignments are described below: USB & LAN Connectors: USB/ LAN There are two USB connectors on the back panel. These OHCI (Open Host Controller Interfa ce) U[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 11 Serial and Para llel Interfac e Port s The mainboard com es equipped with two back pane l serial ports and one parallel port. These interface ports will be explained below. Parallel Interface Port: PRT The parallel port on your system has a 25- pin, DB25 connector and is used to interface with parallel printers and othe r devices us[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 12 Front Panel Indicator: SW/LED 、 PWRLED 、 SPEAKER HD LED (H ard Drive LED Con nector) This connector can be attached to an LED on the front pane l of a computer case. The LED will flicker during disk ac tivity. This disk activity onl y applies to those IDE drive s directly attach ed to the system board. RST (Reset Button) This co[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 13 Connectors Floppy Disk Connector: FDC This mainboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk ettes. This connector supports the floppy d rive ribbon cables provided in th e packagi ng. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1-2/ SA T A1-2 This mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 14 Headers & Jumpers Case Open W arning Jumper: CASE OPEN This connector is u sed to notify the u ser when the computer c ase has been prev iously opened. To configure this function ality, your computer case must be equipped with a “ case open” cable which y o u n e e d t o a t t a c h t o t h e C A S E O P E N j u m p e r . A [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 15 Infrared Head er: IrDA This IrDA connector can be co nfigured to support wireless inf rared and is used to attach to an infrared sensing devi ce. After the IrDA inter face is configured, y ou can use thi s connector for connectionless data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops and PDAs. Clear CMOS Jumper: JP1 The “[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 16 Audio Connectors This mainboard p rovides three connectors as par t of its audio Sub system. CD-ROM Audio-In Header: CD-IN This header is used to connect to a CD-ROM / DVD audio cable. S/PDIF (Sony/Philip s Digit al Interface) Header: SPDIF S/PDIF is a recent audio transfer file f ormat, wh ich provides hi gh quality audio using op [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 17 Slot s The slots in this mainboard are designed fo r expansion cards used to complement and enhance the functionality of the m ainboard. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Por t) Slot This mainboard is equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) (0.8V o r 1.5V) to support video cards. And the mainboard also comes with AGP protection whi[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 18 Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section descri bes PHOENIX- AWARD™ BIOS Setup program. The Setup p rogram allows users to modify the basic system configuration. Th e configuration inf ormation is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data i s sustaine d by battery after power-down. The BIOS provides critical low-level support f[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 19 Supported CPUs This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Intel ® Pentium ® 4 (Northwood/ Prescott) CPUs. Key Function In general, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to selec t, use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> fo r help and press <Esc> to q uit. Th e[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 20 Main Menu When you ent er the PH OENIX-AWARD™ BIO S Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main menu allows y ou to select from several co nfiguration op tions. Use the left/right arrow keys to select a partic ular configuration screen from th e top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access and configure the in f[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 21 Main Menu Setup Configuration Opti ons Item Options Desc ript ion Date mm dd y yyy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date. Time Hh: mm: ss Set the current time of the system. IDE Primary Master Options contained in sub menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu. IDE Primary Sla [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 22 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select hard disk boot priority. First /Second/Third/ Boot Device Select the ord er in which devices will b e searched in order to find a boot device. Options: Floppy 、 LS120 、 CDROM 、 ZIP100 、 USB-FDD 、 USB-ZIP 、 USB-CDROM 、 USB-HDD 、 LAN 、 Disabled Boot Other Dev ice [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 23 CPU L1 & L2 Cache Make CPU internal cach e active or inactive. System performance may degrade if you disable this item. Options : Enabled (default) 、 Disable. Hyper-Threading T echnology This option allo ws you to enable /disable Hyper-Threading f unctionality. This item only applies wh en the CPU installed supports Hyper-Thre[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 24 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Select “OS2” only if you are run ning the OS/2 o p erating system with greater than 64MB of RAM. Options: Non-OS2 (default) 、 OS2 HDD S.M.A.R.T . Cap ability Self Monitoring Analysis and Re porting Technology is a te chnology that enables a PC to attem pt to predict the po ssible failure of storage[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 25 System BIOS Cacheable When enabled, accesses to system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFF FFH are cached, provided that the cache co ntroller is enab led. Options: En abled (default), Di sabled Video BIOS Cacheable Select “En abled” to allow caching of the video BI OS which may improve perform a nce. If any other program writes t [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 26 IRQ Resources When resources are contro lled manually, you can as s ign each system interrupt a type, depend ing on the type of device u sing the inte rrupt. This is on ly configurable whe n “Resources Controlled By” is set to “Manu al”. Options: IRQ-3/ 4/ 5/ 7/ 9/ 10/ 11/ 12/ 14/ 15 assigned to PCI device PCI / VGA Palette [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 27 CPU Clock Ratio This field allows you to adjust the CP U clock ratio. When th e CPU clock ratio is locked by the CPU manufacturer, you will not be able to adjust this field . Options: Available options will depend on the CPU installed. CPU Speed Detected This item displa ys the default C PU Speed that d epends on CPU. CPU Sp eed Set[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 28 Factory Default “CPU Host Fr equency” Formulas 100 AGP fre quency = curr ent CPU Host Frequency / 1.5 PCI frequency = curr ent CPU Host Frequency / 3 SRC frequency = curr ent CPU Host Frequency / 1 133 AGP fre quency = curr ent CPU Host Frequency / 2 PCI frequency = curr ent CPU Host Frequency / 4 SRC frequency = curr ent CPU Ho[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 29 Integrated Peripherals Init Display First With system s that have m ultiple video card s, this option determines w hether the pri mary display use s a PCI slot or an AGP slot. Options: Onboard/AGP (default) 、 PCI S lot OnChip IDE Devi ce IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, m u ltiple commands, or mu[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 30 IDE Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard driv es in your system. As well, your operating environment requ ires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus m aster driver). If your hard dr ive and your system software both support Ultra D[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 31 Onboard Device If you highlight the “INTEL OnChip PCI Dev ice” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB port in stalled on the system board. You w ill need to disable this feature if y ou add a higher perfo rma[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 32 Hot Key Po wer ON This option allows you to use t he Ctrl key along with a hot key (function key ) to power on your system. This file d is only configurable when “Power On Function” is set to “Hot Key”. Options: Ctrl -F1 、 Ctrl-F2…… Ctrl-F12 Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if y our system has a floppy disk [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 33 Use IR Pins Consult your IR periphera l documentation to select the correct s etting of the TxD and RxD signals. This field only configurable if “ UART M ode Select” is set to “A SKIR” or “Ir DA”. Options: Full 、 Half (default ) Onboard Parallel Port Select an address and corresponding interrup t for the onboard parall[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 34 Power Management The Power Managem ent Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize en ergy conservation features as w ell as power-up/ power-down options. ACPI Suspend T ype The item allow s you to select the suspend ty pe using the ACPI ope rating system . Options: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend S 3 ( S T R ) S u[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 35 2. Max. Power Saving Maximum power m anagement (only available for sl CPUs). Suspend Mode = 1 m in. HDD Power Down = 1 min. 3. User Defined (def ault) Allows you to set e ach mode individually . When this option is enabled, each of the ranges are from 1 m in. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down, which ranges from 1 m i n. to 15 min. [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 36 HDD Power Down When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down after a certain configurabl e period of system inactivity. A ll other dev ices rem ain active. Options: Disabled (default) 、 1 Mi n 、 2 Min 、 3 Min 、 4 Min 、 5 Min 、 6 Min 、 7 Min 、 8 Min 、 9 Min 、 10 Min 、 11 Min 、 12 Min 、 13 Min 、 14 Min [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 37 T ime (hh: mm: ss) Alarm You can choose the hour, minute and second the syst em will boot up. This fi eld is only configurable when “RTC Wake Up” is set to “Enabled”. Reload Global T imer Event s When a system goes into suspend m ode, certain devices m us t be inactive for a period of time. Conversely, if any of those device[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 38 Load Default s Load System Default Settings Load System Def ault Settings. Load System turbo S ettings Load System Turbo Settings. Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for system s without batteries. Save CMOS T o BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM f or systems without batteries.[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 39 Exit Menu Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding . Exit Without Savi ng Abandon all changes made durin g the current session and exit setup. A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding .[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 40 Chapter 3: Software Setup Sof tware List Sof tware Inst allation Place the Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive and the Installa tion Utility wil l auto-run. You can al so launch the Driver CD Ins tallation Ut ility m anually by executing the inte l.exe program located on the Driver CD. The pictures b elow are for reference only and Driv[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 41 2. On the next scr een, click the driv ers that you want to install. 3. If you click th e “USB2.0 Driver” from the screen in step 2, it will display the screen as left. 4. Back to the main screen, c lick the “Tools” button, you can choose the software t o install. Note: If you clic k the “Browse CD ” button from the scr [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 42 Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the sy stem. Power light does not illu minate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are not lit. Causes: 1. Power cable is unplugged. 2. Defective power cable. 3. Power supply failure. 4. Faulty wall ou tlet; circui t breaker or fuse blown. Solutions[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 43 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 i s impossible . Causes: Hard Disk boot se ctor has b een corrupted . Solutions: Back u p data and application s files. Reformat the hard drive . Re-install applicatio ns and data using backu p disks. P[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 44 Problem 10: Keyboard failure . Causes: Keyboard is disconnecte d. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboard if y ou continue to experience problems. Problem 1 1 : No color on scre en. Causes: 1. Faulty Monitor. 2. CMOS incorrectly set up. Solutions: 1. If possible, connect m onito r to another system. If no color appea rs, rep[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 45 Appendix I: Over Clocking Import ant Before you attempt to overclock your system , we strongly recommend that you obtain a thorough understanding of all of the variables, pro cedures, a nd the potential risk s associated with overclocking . Because we cannot control of al l of the possible variable s that exist (i.e. m e mory, AGP c[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 46 How to co nfigure y our new frequen cies. As mentioned y ou must enter th e BIOS Setup Utility in order to beg in configuring overclo cking parameters. Aft er you reboot your system, pre ss the “Del” key when prompted to enter the BI OS Setup Utility. The param eters for overclocking will b e found in the “Advanced ” screen [...]

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    PX865PEL-800 47 AGP/PCI/SRC Speed Setting This item deter mines the AGP, PCI and SRC frequencies (speed setting s). You can set th ese frequencies using the supplied BIOS options. One of the options availab le to you is “Auto, Auto, Auto”. Using th e “Auto, Auto, Auto” opti on will inst ruct the sy stem to autom atically calcul ate these fr[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 48 T esting Even though you have configured your overclocking options and have successfully booted to your operating system , it doesn’t mean that y ou have successf ully overclocked your sy stem. Testing is an equally important aspect of overclo cking and you must stres s your conf igurations thoroughly to ensure stability. It is be[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 49 Example: This example shows you how to overc lock the CPU Internal Clock, DDR frequency and FSB frequency for an Intel based mainboard. Note that the options that are supplied with your version of t he BIOS may vary slightly . The example is for refe rence only. Given : Mainboard: Intel based mainboard CPU: Pentium 4 (1.73 GHz, Fixe[...]

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    PX865PEL-800 50 Appendix II: Super 5.1 Channel Setup 1. After into the system , click the audio icon from the Window s screen. 2. Click Speaker Conf iguration button, y ou can see the scr een like the p icture below. 3. You can choice 2, 4 or 6 channels by your spea kers. Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This mainboard com e s with an ALC650 Codec wh[...]