ECS P6VEMT, Manual

Page 1: ...ested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi tal 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 in stalled and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to rad...

Page 2: ...terference causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada About the Manual The manual consists of the following Chapter 1 Introducing the Mainboard Describes features of the mainboard and provides a shipping checklist Go to page 1 Chapter 2 Installing the Mainboard Describes installation of mainboa...

Page 3: ...ngs 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 10 Front Panel Connector 11 Installing Hardware 13 Installing the Processor 13 Installing Memory Modules 15 Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM 16 Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive 17 Installing Add on Cards 18 Audio Subsystem 20 Connecting Optional Devices 22 Connecting I O Devices 25 External Connector Color Coding 26 CHAPTER 3 27 Using BIOS 27...

Page 4: ...45 Load Optimized Defaults Option 45 Set Supervisor and User Passwords Option 46 Save Exit Setup Option 46 Exit Without Saving 47 CHAPTER 4 48 Using the Mainboard Software 48 About the Software CD ROM 48 Auto installing under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP 48 Running Setup 49 Manual Installation 50 Utility Software Reference 51 ...

Page 5: ...mplementation of integrated 2D 3D Graphics PCI ISA desktop systems from 66 MHz to 133MHz based on 64 bit Socket 370 VIA C3 and Intel Celeron Pentium III and Pentium M Tualatin processors The VT82C686B Southbridge chipset enhances the functionality of the stan dard ISA peripherals The P6VEMT is a micro ATX board measuring 244 X 200 mm and using 4 layer printed circuit board It also comes with a ful...

Page 6: ...upporting four Enhanced IDE devices Dual full duplex Direct Sound channels between system memory and AC97 link Five positive voltage one internal two temperature one internal and two fan speed monitoring USB v 1 1 and Intel Universal HCI v 1 1 compatible Additional features include support for four USB ports an AC 97 link for audio and modem hardware monitoring and ACPI OnNow power management Memo...

Page 7: ...ication External amplifier power down capability Advanced power management support Expansion Options The mainboard comes with the following expansion options Three 32 bit PCI slots One ISA Industry Standard Architecture slot optional Two IDE connectors which support four IDE channels and a floppy disk drive interface One onboard LAN optional chip and LAN port on top of the USB port The P6VEMT supp...

Page 8: ...d com plies with the specifications for the micro ATX system case Some features on the mainboard are implemented by cabling connectors on the mainboard to indicators and switches on the system case Ensure that your case supports all the features required The mainboard can support one or two floppy disk ette drives and four enhanced IDE drives Ensure that your case has sufficient power and space fo...

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Page 10: ...or JCDIN2 Secondary CD in connector JCFAN1 Case fan connector JCMOS1 Clear CMOS jumper JPANEL1 Connector for case front panel switches and LED indicators JSFAN1 System fan connector JTAD1 Telephony audio header JUSB2 Connector for front panel USB ports JWOL1 Wake On LAN wakeup connector JWOM1 Wake On Modem wakeup connector LAUDIO1 Front panel MIC Speaker Out header LSIR1 Serial Infrared port LPANE...

Page 11: ... bend circuit boards Q Qu ui ic ck k G Gu ui id de e This Quick Guide suggests the steps you can take to assemble your system with the mainboards The following table provides a reference for installing specific components Locating Mainboard Components Go to page 5 Installing the Mainboard in a Case Go to page 8 Setting Jumpers Go to page 8 Installing Case Components Go to page 10 Installing the CP...

Page 12: ...re appropriate 1 Place the mainboard over the mounting brackets Ensure that your case has an I O template that supports the I O ports and expansion slots on your mainboard C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g J Ju um mp pe er r S Se et tt ti in ng gs s This section explains how to set jumpers for correct configuration of the main board Setting Jumpers Use the mainboard jumpers to set system configuration opti...

Page 13: ... jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your mainboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds BIOS_WP1 This jumper enables you to prevent the BIOS from being updated fl...

Page 14: ...e cooling fan connector to JSFAN1 4 The pin 1 2 of CPU_TEMP1 header should be connected to CPU thermal Diode directly 5 Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the JPANEL1 LPANEL1 JATXPWR1 ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW_OK 18 5V 9 5VSB 19 5V 10...

Page 15: ... ply with the OEM specifications Refer to the table below for information JPANEL1 Pin Function Pin Function 1 Hard disk LED positive 2 MSG LED dual color or single color 3 Hard disk active LED negative 4 MSG LED dual color or single color 5 Reset Switch 6 Power Switch 7 Reset Switch 8 Power Switch 9 Reserved 10 No pin LPANEL1 for OEM customers only Pin Function Pin Function 1 HDD LED 8 HDD LED 2 P...

Page 16: ... can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case The LED will illuminate while the computer is powered on HDD LED Hard Drive LED Connector This connector can be attached to a LED on the front panel of a computer case The LED will flicker during disk activity This disk activity only applies to those IDE drives directly attached to the system board Sleep Button Green Button This conn...

Page 17: ...talling the Processor This mainboard automatically determines the CPU clock frequency and sys tem bus frequency for the processor You may be able to change these settings by making changes to jumpers on the mainboard or changing the settings in the system Setup Utility We strongly recommend that you do not overclock processors or other components to run faster than their rated speed Warning Overcl...

Page 18: ... in the CPU Match Pin 1 with the cut edge then insert the CPU 3 Swing the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of the socket 4 Plug the fan on the CPU and buckle it and plug the fan s power port into the JCFAN1 to complet the installation Notes To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation we suggest that you use a high quality fan witn 4800 rpm at least CPU fan and he...

Page 19: ...ays wear a grounding strap when you handle the modules Installation Procedure Refer to the following to install the memory modules 1 This mainboard supports unbuffered SDRAM only Do not attempt to in sert any other type of SDRAM into the slots 2 Push the latches on each side of the DIMM slot down 3 Align the memory module with the slot The DIMM slots are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed ...

Page 20: ...To maximize per formance install IDE devices that support UDMA and use 80 pin IDE cables that support UDMA 33 66 100 Installing a Hard Disk Drive 1 Install the hard disk drive into the drive cage in your system case 2 Plug the IDE cable into IDE1 A Note Ribbon cable connectors are usually keyed so that they can only be installed correctly on the device connector If the connector is not keyed make ...

Page 21: ...utomatically detect your CD ROM DVD drive If it doesn t enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive The mainboard has a floppy diskette drive FDD1 interface and ships with a diskette drive ribbon cable that supports one or two floppy diskette drives You can install a 5 25 inch drive and a 3 5 inch drive with various capaciti...

Page 22: ...inboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards which for the most part is a supplement of the older ISA bus standard This PCI slot is designated as 32 bit ISA Slot optional The mainboard is equipped with one standard ISA slot ISA stands for Industry Standard Architecture and was designed as a bus standard for...

Page 23: ... the edge connector of the add on card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge con nector is correctly seated in the slot 3 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case with a screw Note For some add on cards for example graphics adapters and network adapters you have to install drivers and software before you can begin using the add on card ...

Page 24: ...es JCDIN1 CD ROM Audio In Header Pin Signal Name 1 Right Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Left Channel Input JCDIN2 CD ROM Audio In Header Pin Signal Name 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Right Channel Input 4 Ground JTAD1 Telephony Audio Header Pin Signal Name 1 MONO_OUT 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 MONO_IN ...

Page 25: ...und 3 Mic Power 4 Audio Power 5 RT Line Out 6 RT Line Out 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 LFT Line Out 10 LFT Line Out LAUDIO1 Front Audio Header for OEM customers only Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Active Line Out R 2 Active Line Out L 3 GND aLO 4 GND aLO 5 GND 12 6 GND 12 7 12V 1A 8 Empty 9 MIC 10 GND MIC 11 Front Line Out R 12 Line Next R 13 Front Line Out L 14 Line Next L 15 GND fLO 16 Empty ...

Page 26: ...nector Connect a serial port extension bracket to this header to add a second serial port to your system Pin Signal Name Function 1 NDCDB Data carry detect 2 NSINB Serial Data In 3 NSOUTB Serial Date Out 4 NDTRB Data terminal ready 5 GND Ground 6 NDSRB Date set ready 7 NRTSB Request to send 8 NCTSB Clear to send 9 NRIB Ring Indicator 10 Key Key ...

Page 27: ... power saving mode any modem signal automatically resumes the system You must enable this item using the Power Management page of the Setup Utility See Chapter 3 for more infor mation Pin Signal Name Function 1 5VSB 5V stand by power 2 GND Ground 3 Ring Wake up signal low active JUSB2 Front USB Headers The mainboard has four USB ports installed on the rear edge I O port array Additionally some com...

Page 28: ...as printers laptops Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and other computers Pin Signal Name Function 1 Not assigned Not assigned 2 KEY No pin 3 5V IR Power 4 GND Ground 5 IRTX IrDA serial output 6 IRRX IrDA serial input LSIR1 Serial infrared port for OEM customers only Pin Signal Name Function 1 VCC IR Power 2 Empty No pin 3 IRRX IrDA serial input 4 GND Ground 5 IRTX IrDA serial output SMI1 System Ma...

Page 29: ...SB ports to connect USB devices LPT1 Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communica tions devices COM1 Use the COM ports to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COM1 is identified by the system as COM1 3 VGA Connect your monitor to the VGA port Game Port Use the game port to connect a joystick or a MIDI device Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices Th...

Page 30: ...ne out Lime Digital monitor flat panel White IEEE 1394 Grey Microphone Pink MIDI game Gold Parallel Burgundy PS 2 compatible keyboard Purple PS 2 compatible mouse Green Serial Teal or Turquoise Speaker out subwoofer Orange Right to left speaker Brown USB Black Video out Yellow SCSI network telephone modem None This concludes Chapter 2 The next chapter covers the BIOS ...

Page 31: ...drives diskette drives and peripherals Video display type and display options Password protection from unauthorized use Power management features The settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Be fore using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations for Setup Utility options The Standard Configuration A standar...

Page 32: ...ttom of the screen during POST TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS DEL KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt Del If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an e...

Page 33: ...xit Updating the BIOS You can download and install updated BIOS for this mainboard from the manufacturer s Web site New BIOS provides support for new peripherals improvements in performance or fixes for known bugs Install new BIOS as follows 1 If your mainboard has a BIOS protection jumper change the setting to allow BIOS flashing 2 If your mainboard has an item called Firmware Write Protect in Ad...

Page 34: ...S from being overwritten U Us si in ng g B BI IO OS S When you start the Setup Utility the main menu appears The main menu of the Setup Utility displays a list of the options that are available A highlight indicates which option is currently selected Use the cursor arrow keys to move the highlight to other options When an option is highlighted execute the option by pressing Enter Some options lead...

Page 35: ...C Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Item Options Description Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detaile...

Page 36: ...ernal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Normal Typematic Rate Setting Disabled x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup HD S M A R T Capcbility Disabled Small Logo EPA Show Disabled OS Select For ...

Page 37: ...ng allows better performance CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled This item allows you to Enabled Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC checking Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self Test POST to execute after you power up the computer Swap Floppy Drive Disabled For systems with two floppy drives this option allows you to swap logical drive Boot...

Page 38: ...nostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S M A R T software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer The disk drive software monitors the internal performance of the motors me dia heads and electronics of the drive The host software monitors the overall reliability status of the drive If a device failure is predicted the host software through the Client WORKS S ...

Page 39: ...e set for odd and even addresses and the next byte of memory can be accessed while the current byte is being refreshed DRAM Clock By SPD When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of the clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Memory Hole Disabled When enabled you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached Refer to the ...

Page 40: ...hat define the operation of peripheral compo nents on the system s input output ports Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Item Help OnChip IDE Control Press Enter Multi Media Setting Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Onboard PCI LAN Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial...

Page 41: ...etermines the best mode for each device IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Auto Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased per formance In Auto mode they system automatically determines the best mode for each device Multi Media Setting The multimedia setting submenu is used to configure various multimedia pe ri...

Page 42: ...d if your system contains a built in PCI LAN controller Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Auto Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports O...

Page 43: ...lues of the chipset registers for system power management Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI function Enabled Power Management Press Enter ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS PM Control by APM Yes Video Off Option Suspend Off Video Off Method V H Sync Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off State After Power Failure Off Wake Up Events Press Enter Menu Leve...

Page 44: ...o DPMS Display Power Management Software by default Modem Use IRQ 3 This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use Soft Off PWR BTTN Instant Off Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung State After Power Failure Off This field determines the action the system will automatically take when the power is restored to a sys...

Page 45: ...t as the Master will not power on the system PowerOn by PCI Card Enabled Use this item to enable PCI activity to wakeup the system from a power saving mode Wake Up On LAN Ring Disabled Use this item to enable LAN or modem activity to wakeup the system from a power saving mode RTC Alarm Resume Disabled When set to Enabled additional fields become available and you can set the date day of the month ...

Page 46: ...r Enabled IRQ 14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ 15 Reserved Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This screen enables you to set IRQs that will resume the system from a power saving mode Set any IRQ to Enabled to allow activity at the IRQ to wake up the system from a power saving mode Press Esc to r...

Page 47: ... F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed No Setting this option to Yes allows the PnP OS instead of BIOS to assign the system resources such as IRQ and I O address to the ISA PnP device The default setting is No Reset Configuration Data Disabled If you enable this item and restart the system any Plug and Play configuration data stored in the BIOS setup is cleared from memory N...

Page 48: ... respond to the Write it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus The non VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus Unless you have the above situation you should disable this option Assign IRQ For USB This option allows you to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB Assign IRQ for VGA This option allows you to choose which IRQ to assig...

Page 49: ...U Host PCI Clock 66 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM and PCI slots Spread Spectrum Enabled If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic Interference g...

Page 50: ...the main menu and press Enter 2 The password dialog box appears Enter Password 3 If you are installing a new password type in the password You cannot use more than eight characters or numbers The Set Password item dif ferentiates between upper and lower case characters Press Enter after you have typed in the password If you are deleting a password that is already installed press Enter when the pas...

Page 51: ...that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Sav ing dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit or press N to return to the main menu Note If you have made settings that you do not want to save use the Exit Without Saving item and press Y to discard any changes you have made This concludes Chapter 3 Refer to the next chapter for information o...

Page 52: ...or something similar These files may contain important information that is not included in this manual A Au ut to o i in ns st ta al ll li in ng g u un nd de er r W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 98 8 M ME E 2 20 00 00 0 X XP P The Auto install CD ROM makes it easy for you to install the drivers and soft ware for your mainboard Note If the Auto install CD ROM does not work on your system you can still in s...

Page 53: ...tly Some software is installed in separate folders for different oper ating systems such as DOS WIN NT or WIN98 95 Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using To install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking the file and then following the instructions on the screen Exit The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window Application Tab Lists ...

Page 54: ...the box next to the items you want to install The default options are recommended 4 Click Next run the Installation Wizard An item installation screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence Follow the on screen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart a few times to complete the instal...

Page 55: ...t to change at anytime without prior notice Please refer to the support CD for available software AWARD Flash Memory Utility This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the mainboard and lets you copy an updated version of the BIOS to the chip Proceed with caution when using this program If you erase the current BIOS and fail to write a new BIOS or write a new BIOS...

Page 56: ...em Software To install the Super Voice voice fax data communication application for use with the built in fax modem go the directory UTILITY SUPER_VOICE then run PICSHELL EXE to install the application software PageABC The PageABC application software enables you to create your very own home page To install the PageABC go to the directory UTILITYPageABC and then run SETUP EXE to install the applic...