Albatron PX865PE Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...ng the vendor s approval in writing Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to co...

Page 2: ...contains very delicate IC chips Use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system Do not touch the IC chips leads connectors or other components Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard Package Contents PX865PE Lite Series mainboard IDE ATA100 Cable FDC Cable USB Bracket optional SATA Power cord optional SATA Cable optional Installation and Setup Driver CD P...

Page 3: ... An Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology Chipset An Intel Chipset that supports HT Technology BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled 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 218mm x 305mm WxL Operating System Windows 98 ME XP 2000 ...

Page 4: ...D SPEAKER 13 Connectors 14 Headers Jumpers 15 Audio Connectors 17 Slots 18 Power Supply Attachments 18 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 19 INTRODUCTION 19 MAIN MENU 21 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 23 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 30 POWER MANAGEMENT 36 HARDWARE MONITOR 39 LOAD DEFAULTS 40 EXIT MENU 41 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 42 SOFTWARE LIST 42 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 42 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 44 APPENDIX I OVER CLOCKIN...

Page 5: ... AGP cards The PX865PE Lite Series includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra ATA 33 66 100 BMIDE and PIO Modes It also includes built in Serial ATA facility that support SATA 150 The PX865PE Lite Series comes with an AC 97 Sound Codec ALC655 which supports high quality 6 channels audio Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect It also supports Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF The PX865PE Lite ...

Page 6: ... for PX865PE Lite Pro only DRAM Memory Supports DDR400 PC3200 333 PC2700 266 PC2100 SDRAM Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffered non ECC DIMM modules Supports up three single sided memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB Supports up two double sided memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB see memory installation section for more details Supports only x8 x16 DDR devices with ...

Page 7: ...l with maximum baud rate of up to 57600 bps 3COM LAN Chip on board for PX865PE Lite Pro only Provides Auto negotiation NWAY function of full half duplex operation for both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Supports PC99 wake on LAN AC 97 Sound Codec Onboard High performance CODEC with high S N ratio 90 dB Compliant with AC 97 2 2 specification 6 channel playback capability Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect 3D Ste...

Page 8: ...50 UART Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard Supports 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB floppy disk drives MIDI port compatible Game port compatible Serial ATA facilities Compatible with SATA Spec 1 0 Supports Serial ATA specification of 150 MB sec transfers with CRC error checking BIOS Phoenix Award BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports ACPI power ma...

Page 9: ... Slots PCI 1 2 3 4 5 18 CPU FAN Chassis FAN Auxiliary FAN CPUFAN CHASFAN AUXFAN 9 Front Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED 13 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 13 Infrared Connector IrDA 16 Front USB Headers USB2 USB3 15 Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 16 Case Open Warning Function CASE OPEN 15 Sony Philips Digital Interface Conn S PDIF 17 CD ROM Audio IN Header CD IN 17 Front Panel Audio Header FRONT AUDIO 17 PC99 Colo...

Page 10: ...CI4 PCI5 LAN CHIP Winbond W83627HF 1 1 BIOS U22 FRONT AUDIO ATX_12V AUXFAN IrDA 1 2 1 2 IDE2 IDE1 U20 FDC USB2 USB3 2 2 1 1 9 10 Intel ICH5 CASEOPEN 1 BAT1 JP1 1 1 SATA2 SATA1 CHASFAN SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 9 10 SPDIF CD IN Socket 478 DIMM2 DIMM1 DIMM3 ATX_PWR 1 1 ALC 655 PRT COM KB MS USB LAN SOUND ...

Page 11: ...4 PCI5 Winbond W83627HF 1 1 BIOS U22 FRONT AUDIO ATX_12V AUXFAN IrDA 1 2 1 2 IDE2 IDE1 U20 FDC USB2 USB3 2 2 1 1 9 10 Intel ICH5 CASEOPEN 1 BAT1 JP1 1 1 SATA2 SATA1 CHASFAN SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 9 10 SPDIF CD IN Socket 478 DIMM2 DIMM1 DIMM3 ATX_PWR 1 1 ALC 655 PRT COM KB MS USB SOUND ...

Page 12: ...ket locate the corner that has the pin 1 receptor This corner will be near the end of the lever on the socket Match the dot on the CPU with the pin 1 receptor on the socket and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 Smear thermal grease on top of the CPU Lower ...

Page 13: ...z It supports DDR400 320 266 when installed with CPUs that have clock speed of 200 MHz The PX865PE Lite provides three DIMM sockets which support 184 pin DDR DIMM modules with a total memory capacity of up to 2 GB Each DIMM socket is capable of using a memory module containing up to 1 GB Further limitations and recommendations are listed below Attention We strongly recommend that you use a CPU fan...

Page 14: ... X X Single sided Single sided X Single sided X Single sided Single sided Single sided Single sided X Single sided X X Single sided Single sided X X Single sided Double sided X X X Double sided X Double sided Double sided X Single sided Double sided X Double sided Single sided Single sided Double sided Single sided X Double sided X Single sided RAM Module Installation 1 Pull the white plastic tabs...

Page 15: ...s keyboards mice and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector The PX865PE Lite Pro also provides a LAN port You can plug LAN devices directly into this connector Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Data 4 5 V fused 2 No connect 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 No connect Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 TDP 7 NC 2 TDN 8 NC 3 RDP 9 VCC3 SBY 4 NC 10 ACT LED 5 NC 11 VCC3 SBY 6 RDN 12 ...

Page 16: ...llows you to connect a joystick or game pad for playing computer games This port can also be used to connect to MIDI devices Audio Port Connectors Speaker Out is used to connect to speakers or headphones If the Super 5 1 driver is installed the Speaker Out becomes the Front Speaker Line In can be connected to an external CD player Tape player or other audio devices for audio input If the Super 5 1...

Page 17: ...st pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off the time required is due to internal debounce circuitry on the system board At least two seconds must pass before the power supply will recognize another on off signal PWRLED 3 Pin Power LED If there is a 3 pin power LED cable on the front panel of a computer case You can attach it to the 3 pin...

Page 18: ...t support serial ATA150 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector You can connect up to two hard drives to IDE1 If you attach two drives you must use a ribbon cable with three connectors You must also configure one drive as the master and one drive as the slave using the jumpers located on each drive IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive The configuration is...

Page 19: ... case open cable Front USB Headers USB2 USB3 You can connect the USB bracket to the USB2 USB3 header There are some USB ports attached to the bracket That means you can connect the USB devices to the bracket And the mainboard supports up to six USB devices USB bracket optional You can connect the USB bracket to the USB2 USB3 header If you are using USB 2 0 devices with Windows 2000 XP you will nee...

Page 20: ...tions and then reconfigure 1 Turn off your system and disconnect the AC power cable 2 Set JP1 to OFF 2 3 Closed 3 Wait several seconds 4 Set JP1 to ON 1 2 closed 5 Connect the AC power cable and turn on your system 6 Reset your desired password or clear CMOS data The following procedures are for resetting the BIOS password It is important to follow these instructions closely Intel 82848P LAN CHIP ...

Page 21: ...eiving and sending information from this header must be S PDIF compliant for optimal effect Note that the SPDIF bracket is optional in the packaging that comes with this mainboard Front Panel Audio Header FRONT AUDIO If your computer case has been designed with embedded audio equipment You can attach these components to the FRONT_AUDIO panel of the mainboard First remove the jumper caps covering t...

Page 22: ...r expansion cards which has for the most part supplanted the older ISA bus standard This PCI slot is designated as 32 bit Power Supply Attachments ATX Power Connector ATX_12V ATX_PWR This mainboard requires two ATX power connections a 20 pin connector and a 4 pin connector your power supply must have both connectors Attach the 4 pin connector first then attach the 20 pin connector Make sure the co...

Page 23: ... and password protection as well as special configurations for fine tuning the system chipset The defaults for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification as well as ESCD Extended System Configuration Data write EPA Green PC Support This PHO...

Page 24: ...e item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desire PgUp key Increase the numeric value or enter changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Key Increase the numeric value or enter changes Key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and do n...

Page 25: ...y the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access and configure the information below ...

Page 26: ...ed in sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Floppy Options contained in sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process ...

Page 27: ... boot priority First Second Third Boot Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device Options Removable default for first boot device HardDisk default for third boot device CDROM default for second boot device Legacy LAN Disabled Boot Other Device The setting allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3...

Page 28: ...s Options Enabled default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the power on state for NumLock Options On default Numpad keys are number keys Off Numpad keys are arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting When Enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured Typematic Rate determines the keystroke repeat rate used by the keyboard controller Options Disabled default Enabled Typematic Rate ...

Page 29: ... determines DRAM clock timing using SPD or manual configuration Make sure your memory module has SPD Serial Presence Data if you want to select the By SPD option Options Manual By SPD default CAS Latency Time This item determines CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specifi...

Page 30: ...nabled you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Refer to the user documentation of the peripheral you are installing for more information Options Disabled default Enabled Delay Prior to Thermal Select the delay time before thermal activation from high temperatures Options 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min default 32 Min AGP Aperture Size MB Selec...

Page 31: ... you to set up the PCI Latency Time 0 255 If you select the 32 it will optimize PCI speeds Options 0 255 32 default PCI SLOT1 5 This item allows you to select an IRQ address for your PCI slot 1 5 Options Auto default 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Frequency Voltage Control CPU Host Frequency MHz This item displays the CPU Host Frequency You can set this field to a maximum of 255 or 550 with the CPU whic...

Page 32: ...current CPU Speed DDR CPU Ratio This item allows you to adjust your DRAM CPU Clock Ratio and overclock the DDR speeds of the system The options that are available for this item will depend on the factory default setting for the CPU Host Frequency BIOS field according to the table below Factory Default CPU Host Frequency Available Options 100 2 66X default 2 50X Debug 2 00X Debug 1 33X Debug 1 60X ...

Page 33: ...quency 1 33 200 AGP frequency current CPU Host Frequency 3 PCI frequency current CPU Host Frequency 6 SRC frequency current CPU Host Frequency 2 To determine your new frequencies you must first take the factory default CPU Host Frequency and then determine the corresponding formulas according to the table above Second take the current CPU Host Frequency setting and apply it to the formulas to arri...

Page 34: ...ector Options Enabled default Disabled On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate the interface if you are going to install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface Options Enabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Ma...

Page 35: ...de with Windows 98 ME 2000 and installing drives on all 4 IDE connectors and both SATA drives the system will only recognize 2 of the IDE drives along with the 2 SATA drives this will be similar to the Combined Mode see below Combined Mode Windows 98 ME 2000 can recognize IDE devices but cannot directly recognize an SATA device and therefore you must use this mode to allow the SATA device to simul...

Page 36: ... USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB port installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller Options Enabled default Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB 2 0 device installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you install a USB 1 1 de...

Page 37: ...is option allows you to use the Ctrl key along with a hot key function key to power on your system This filed 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 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...

Page 38: ...signals This field only configurable if UART Mode Select is set to ASKIR or IrDA Options Full Half default Onboard Parallel Port Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the onboard parallel port Options 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This option allows you to select an parallel port mode for the on board parallel port Options ECP default Extended Capabilit...

Page 39: ...t Address Game Port I O Address Options 201 default 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address Options 330 300 default 290 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ that the Midi Port will use Options 5 10 default ...

Page 40: ...CPI operating system Options S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS and STR Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Select whether you want to run VGABIOS when the system wakes up from the S3 resume function This field is not configurable if ACPI Suspend Type is set to S1 POS Options Auto default Yes No Power Management There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Power Saving Minim...

Page 41: ...s selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen default This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This determines whether power to the monitor is switched off when the computer is in suspend mode Options Yes No defau...

Page 42: ...u select Enabled a PME signal from any PCI card will awaken the system And if you want to awake from onboard LAN that you can enable this item too Options Disabled default Enabled Ring Wake Up This option allows you to awaken the system upon receiving an incoming call to modem device Options Disabled default Enabled USB KB Wake up From S3 This item allows you to awaken the system from suspend mode...

Page 43: ...t will participate in suspend power on activity by configuring these fields Devices include Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D Options Disabled default Enabled Hardware Monitor Case Open Warning If this function is set to Enabled and the case had been previously opened the system will automatically display alert messages on the screen when you...

Page 44: ...efault Settings Load System Default Settings Load System turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries ...

Page 45: ...l configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding ...

Page 46: ...ore details please refer to the readme txt files that in each folder of the Driver CD 1 The first screen Main Screen will display several buttons Click PX865PE Lite PX865PE Lite Pro Category Platform Intel Chipset INF Windows 9X ME 2000 XP 3Com LAN Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP USB 2 0 Driver Windows 9X ME Trend PC Cillin 2002 Windows 9X ME 2000 XP Microso...

Page 47: ...If you click the USB2 0 Driver from the screen in step 2 it will display the screen as left 4 Back to the main screen click the Tools button you can choose the software to install Note If you click the Browse CD button from the screen in step 1 you can browse all the files in the Driver CD ...

Page 48: ...ive is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board unplugged 2 Damage...

Page 49: ...ta Then performs low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check the po...

Page 50: ...onnected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with other...

Page 51: ...ce frequency SRC Serial Reference Clock frequency How to calculate your new frequencies With this mainboard the frequencies mentioned above are calculated using individual formulas These formulas have a single CPU Host Frequency in common For each of the items above there is also a multiplier or a divisor that is applied to the CPU Host Frequency to determine the final frequency for each component...

Page 52: ...he value will be displayed but will not be configurable CPU Host Frequency MHz This field represents the CPU Clock that is used by all of the previously described formulas to arrive at the individual frequencies CPU Speed FSB DDR AGP PCI SRC DDR CPU Ratio This field is used to calculate DDR frequency To calculate the DDR frequency simply take the CPU Host Frequency and multiply it by this number C...

Page 53: ...d take the current CPU Host Frequency setting and apply it to the formulas to arrive at your new frequencies Your AGP PCI or SRC devices may begin to malfunction because they are unable to handle certain speeds that are calculated using the Auto Auto Auto option in which case you can fix the frequencies for these devices using the other available options for this field And if you want to overcoloc...

Page 54: ...hat you apply certified thermal material between the CPU and heatsink It is also recommended that you make use of all of the fan attachments and make sure that cable clutter within the casing is kept to a minimum It is beyond the scope of this document to explain cooling equipment in detail so we recommend that you consult the Web for more information CPU manufacturers may also have a list of reco...

Page 55: ...DRAM CPU Speed CPU Host Frequency CPU Clock Ratio FSB CPU Host Frequency 4 DDR Speed CPU Host Frequency DDR CPU Ratio AGP PCI SRC Speed Setting sets to 66 33 100 Before Overclocking CPU Ratio Fixed 13 CPU Host Frequency 133 DDR CPU Ratio 2 5 AGP PCI SRC Speed Setting show 66 MHz 33 MHz 100 MHz CPU Speed 133 13 1729 MHz FSB 133 4 532 MHz DDR Speeds 133 2 5 333 DDR333 After Overclocking CPU Ratio fi...

Page 56: ... connecting to any auxiliary external modules To use this function you have to install the audio driver in the bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel audio effects See the audio Port Connectors in the Hardware Installation section for a description of the output connectors Speaker Test Make sure the cable is firmly into the connector 1 Click the audio icon from the Wi...

Page 57: ... installing the OS to BIOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Serial ATA Port0 1 Mode Primary Master 3 Save all BIOS configurations and exit the BIOS setup utility 4 Place the Windows 98 Me 2000 XP CD into the CD ROM drive to begin the OS installation process During the installation you will see that the SATA device has been assigned to the C drive Continue and complete the ins...