EPOX ADE-9040, User Manual

Page 1: ...P N 600C002904010 ADE 9040 Intel Core 2 Duo Desktop Q965 ATX Mother Board User s Manual Rev 1 0 2007 03 27 ...

Page 2: ...ce Technical Support We hope you to get the maximum performance from your products and be willing to help if running into technical difficulties For the most frequently asked questions it s easily found answers from the product documentation and usually a lot more detailed so please take reference to this manual first If the answer still can not be found gather all the information or questions app...

Page 3: ...rview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for the ADE 9040 server board Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Setting shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors so that you can easily configure your system Chapter 3 System Installation describes how to properly mount the CPU main memory and M System Flash disk for a safe installation It will also introduce and...

Page 4: ...nnectors CN1 CN2 CN22 17 2 3 8 Internal USB 6 7 8 9 Connectors CN23 CN24 17 2 3 9 CPU System Chassis Fan Connector CN4 CN5 CN6 17 2 3 10 CD In from CD ROM CN13 17 2 3 11 Extend Line out Connector CN14 17 2 3 12 Audio Connector CN15 18 2 3 13 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN17 18 2 3 14 Extend Keyboard Mouse Connector CN18 18 2 3 15 Digital I O Connector CN19 18 2 3 16 VGA Serial Port 1 Connector C...

Page 5: ...d Heat Sink 23 3 1 3 Removing CPU 23 3 2 Main Memory 24 3 3 Installing the ATX Mother Board 25 3 4 1 Dual Marvell Gigabit Ethernet Controllers 25 3 4 2 Drivers Support 25 4 BIOS Setup 27 4 1 Entering Setup 27 4 1 1 Main Menu 27 4 1 2 Advanced Setting 28 4 1 3 Advanced PCI PnP Setting 43 4 1 4 Boot Settings 46 4 1 5 Security Settings 49 4 1 6 Advanced Chipset Settings 50 4 1 7 Exit Options 55 ...

Page 6: ...ADE 9040 User s Manual 6 55 Revision History Revision Date Comment Rev 1 0 Mar 2007 Initial released ...

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Page 8: ... function by VGA DVI The board also features two DIMMs up to 4 GB SDRAM with dual channel DDR2 533 667 800 enhanced onboard one SATA to Parallel ATA IDE interface supporting Ultra ATA 33 66 100 synchronous mode feature four Serial ATA high speed data transferring at up to 3 GB s and 7 1 2 CH HDAC through Realtek ALC883 audio codec The onboard ITE IT8712F Super I O chipset supports four serial port...

Page 9: ...e Two Serial ATA cable One Serial port cable for COM2 or COM3 One Serial port cable for COM4 One USB 2 0 cable One I O shield One Supporting CD ROM contains User s Manual and internal VGA display driver and Marvell Gigabit Ethernet network controller driver and on board devices drivers If any of these items is damaged or missed please contact your vendor and save all packing materials for future r...

Page 10: ... min and 1 sec or 1 min step H W Status Monitor Monitoring system temperature voltage and cooling fan status Auto throttling control when CPU overheats System automatically restored on recovery of AC power loss GPIO On board programmable 8 bit Digital I O interface Expansion 1 x PCI Express x16 1 x PCI Express x1 and 4 x PCI slots MIO Internal I O 1 x IrDA 2 x RS 232 1 x RS 232 422 485 4 x USB 2 0...

Page 11: ...lers Ethernet Interface IEEE 802 3 10BASE T 100BASE TX 1000BASE T Mechanical Environmental Power Requirement 3 3 V 4 73 A 5 V 0 96 A 12 V 9 11 A 12 V 0 01 A 5 VSB 0 07A Power Type 24 pin ATX power connector 1 x 4 pin ATX 12V power connector FAN Connector 1 x CPU 2 x system with DC 12V Operating Temperature 0 60 C 32 140 F Operating Humidity 0 90 relative humidity non condensing Size L x W 12 x 8 7...

Page 12: ...ADE 9040 User s Manual 12 55 1 4 System Architecture All of details operating relations are shown in ADE 9040 system block diagram ...

Page 13: ...ADE 9040 User s Manual 13 55 1 5 Dimensions Unit mm ...

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Page 15: ...om factory are marked with an asterisk In general jumpers on the ATX Main Board are used to select options for certain features Some of the jumpers are designed to be user configurable allowing for system enhancement The others are for testing purpose only and should not be altered To select any option cover the jumper cap over SHORT or remove NC it from the jumper pins according to the following ...

Page 16: ...imary IDE connector 2 x 20 header CN13 CD In from CD ROM connector 1 x 4 header CN14 Extend Line out connector 1 x 4 wafer CN15 Audio connector Audio jack CN17 PS 2 keyboard mouse connector CN18 Extend keyboard mouse connector 1 x 6 header CN19 Digital IO connector 2 x 5 header CN20 D sub 15 pin VGA D sub 9 pin serial port 1 connectors CN21 Serial port 4 connector 2 x 7 header CN22 USB 0 1 connect...

Page 17: ...N Term 5 6 OFF OFF ON 7 8 OFF ON OFF 9 10 OFF ON ON 11 12 ON OFF OFF 13 14 OFF OFF ON 2 3 7 USB 2 3 4 5 0 1 LAN1 2 Connectors CN1 CN2 CN22 LAN 1 2 PIN No Description PIN No Description 1 TX 5 NC 2 TX 6 RX 3 RX 7 NC 4 NC 8 NC USB 0 1 2 3 4 5 PIN No Description PIN No Description 1 5 V fused 5 5 V fused 2 USBP0 2 4 6 USBP1 3 5 3 USBP0 2 4 7 USBP1 3 5 4 Ground 8 Ground 2 3 8 Internal USB 6 7 8 9 Conn...

Page 18: ... EXT_VDD ISO_I2 4 3 ISO_O1 ISO_I3 6 5 ISO_O2 ISO_I4 8 7 ISO_O3 EXT_VSS 10 9 ISO_O4 2 3 16 VGA Serial Port 1 Connector CN20 COM1 PIN No Description 1 Data Carrier Detect 2 Received Data 3 Transmit Data 4 Data Terminal Ready 5 Ground 6 Data Set Ready 7 Request To Send 8 Clear To Send 9 Ring Indicator 10 Not used VGA Description PIN No PIN No Description Green Signal 2 1 Red Signal NC 4 3 Blue Signal...

Page 19: ...12V Ground 24 12 3 3V 2 3 21 Front Panel Connector CN27 IrDA PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 5 IRRX 7 Ground 9 IRTX System Reset PIN No Signal Description 2 Reset 4 Ground External Speaker PIN No Signal Description 8 Speaker 14 5V IDE Active LED PIN No Signal Description 13 5V Pull up for HDD LED 15 HDD active LED cathode terminal System Power On LED PIN No Signal Description 18 5V 22 Power On Syst...

Page 20: ...onitor is required to apply a voltage greater than 2 4 volts Changes on the status of this pin will be relayed to the graphics controller via the P OUT TLDET or GPIO 1 TLDET pin pulling low DVIDATA I O DVI I2C Data This signal is used as the I2C DOC clock for a digital display connector i e TV Out Encoder TMDS transmitter This signal is tri stated during a hard reset DVICLK I O DVI DOC Clock This ...

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Page 22: ...e 775 land package Remove the plastic cap to install the µFC LGA 775 Pentium 4 CPU Unlock the socket by pressing the metal lever sideways to lift it up and open the load plate 1 2 3 4 Position the CPU above the socket and the gold triangular mark on the CPU must align with pin 1 of the CPU socket Then Insert the CPU gently seated in place Close the load plate and push it back to the original posit...

Page 23: ...ving CPU Disconnect the CPU fan connector Remove the CPU fan and heat sink first Unlock the Intel µFC LGA 775 Pentium 4 processor Carefully lift up the existing CPU to remove it from the socket Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one Warning For a safety landing avoid leaving prongs on hard surface Instructions Smear thermal grease on the top of the CPU Lower the CPU fan onto...

Page 24: ...atibility and stability don t use memory module without brand You can also use the single or double side DIMM The two DIMMs can be out of order You can install different size of DDRAM module on DIMM1 DIMM2 or all to boot up system Without out the contact and lock integrity of memory module with socket it will impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedure to install your DDRAM module int...

Page 25: ... by PCI Express The ADE 9040 provides dual LED indicators on RJ 45 connectors to show LAN interface status These messages will give you a guide for troubleshooting Yellow LED indicates transmit and receive activity Blinking indicates transmit receive activity On indicates no activity but link is valid Off link is invalid Green LED indicates Link speed On link speed at 1000Mbps On link speed at 100...

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Page 27: ...ss Delete to enter the BIOS setup program In the BIOS make sure that everything is working fine before you try to optimize it for maximum performance 4 1 1 Main Menu When you enter the AMI CMOS Setup Utility the Main will appear on the screen The Main allows you to select several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys to highlight a particular configuration screen from the top menu ba...

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Page 29: ... common tactics used to attack personal computers The processor prevents the execution of code in data only memory pages while enabled and will not restrict code execution in any memory area if disabled This makes the processor more vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks 4 1 2 1 3Intel SpeedStep tm tech Intel R SpeedStep tm tech is Intel s new power saving technology Processor can switch between mu...

Page 30: ...he following sections 4 1 2 2 4Hard Disk Write Protect Set this option to protect the hard disk drive from being overwritten The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Disabled 4 1 2 2 5IDE Detect Time Out Sec Set this option to stop the AMIBIOS from searching for IDE devices within the specified number of seconds Basically this allows you to fine tune the settings to allow for faster boot times...

Page 31: ...ng is Host Device Item Description Host Device Set this value to use both the motherboard onboard IDE controller and IDE disk drive to detect the type of IDE cable used This is the default setting Host Set this value to use motherboard onboard IDE controller to detect the type of IDE cable used Device Set this value to use IDE disk drive to detect the type of IDE cable used ...

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Page 33: ...ort to Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 Set this value to allow the serial port to use 2F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address If the system will not use a serial device it is best to set this port to Disabled 3E8 IRQ4 Set this value to allow the serial port to use 3E8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address If the system will not use a serial device it is best to set ...

Page 34: ...rt PWM value when temp exceeds a start limit Min 0 Max 127 Please input Dec number 4 1 2 4 4Fan 1 Start PWM Fan start PWM value Min 0 Max 127 Please input Dec number 4 1 2 4 5Slope PWM 1 The PWM value is subject to the temperature inputs by linear changing 4 1 2 4 6FAN 2 Mode Setting This item allows you to set fan speed control mode Option Full On mode Automatic mode 4 1 2 4 7Temperature 2 Limit ...

Page 35: ...ADE 9040 User s Manual 35 55 4 1 2 4 8Fan 2 Start PWM Fan start PWM value Min 0 Max 127 Please input Dec number 4 1 2 4 9Slope PWM 2 The PWM value is subject to the temperature inputs by linear changing ...

Page 36: ... if the operating system in use does not comply with the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification DOS Windows 3 x and Windows NT are examples of non ACPI aware operating systems Yes This setting should be set if the operating system complies with the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification This is the default setting Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows 2000...

Page 37: ...the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired The options Disabled Standby Suspend 4 1 2 6 4Suspend Time Out Go into Suspend in the specified time 4 1 2 6 5Throttle Slow Clock Ratio In a power management state the BIOS can throttle the CPU clock to reduce power consumption For example a throttle ratio of 50 means the cloc...

Page 38: ...omputer chassis is used The options On Off Standby Suspend 4 1 2 6 8Resume On Ring Disable Enable RI to generate a wake event 4 1 2 6 9Resume On LAN Disable Enable LAN GPI to generate a wake event 4 1 2 6 10 Resume On PME Disable Enable PME to generate a wake event 4 1 2 6 11 Resume On RTC Alarm Disable Enable RTC to generate a wake event ...

Page 39: ...ADE 9040 User s Manual 39 55 4 1 2 7 MPS Configuration Select MPS Revision ...

Page 40: ...direction 4 1 2 8 4Redirection after BIOS POS Disable Turns off the redirection after POST Boot Loader Redirection is active during POST and during Boot Loader Always Redirection is always active Some OSs may not work if set to Always Enabled keep it Disabled deactivate 4 1 2 8 5Terminal Type Select the target terminal type 4 1 2 8 6VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Enable VT UTF8 Combination Key Support ...

Page 41: ...rd can control the system even when there is no USB drivers loaded on the system Set this value to enable or disable the Legacy USB Support The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Disabled 4 1 2 9 2Port 64 60 Emulation Enables I O port 60h 64h emulation support This should be enabled for the complete USB keyboard legacy support for non USB aware OSes 4 1 2 9 3USB 2 0 Controller Mode Configure...

Page 42: ...B Mass Storage Device Configuration 4 1 2 9 5 1 Emulation Type If Auto USB devices less than 530MB will be emulated as Floppy and remaining as hard drive Forced FDD option can be used to force a HDD formatted drive to boot as FDD Ex ZIP drive ...

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Page 44: ... Palette Snooping Set this value to allow the system to modify the Palette Snooping settings Item Description Disabled This is the default setting and should not be changed unless the VGA card manufacturer requires Palette Snooping to be Enabled Enabled This setting informs the PCI devices that an ISA based Graphics device is installed in the system It does this so the ISA based Graphics card will...

Page 45: ...Item Description Available This setting allows the specified DMA to be used by PCI PnP device Reserved This setting allows the specified DMA to be used by a legacy ISA device 4 1 3 10 Reserved Memory Size Set this value to allow the system to reserve memory that is used by ISA devices The options Disabled 16K 32K 64K ...

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Page 47: ... between POST messages or OEM logo The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Enabled 4 1 4 1 3AddOn ROM Display Mode Set this option to display add on ROM read only memory messages Item Description Force BIOS Set this value to allow the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot This is the default setting Keep Current Set this value to allow the computer system t...

Page 48: ...nue to boot up in to the operating system If F1 is enabled the system will wait until the BIOS setup is entered Enabled Set this value to allow the system BIOS to wait for any error If an error is detected pressing F1 will enter Setup and the BIOS setting can be adjusted to fix the problem This normally happens when upgrading the hardware and not setting the BIOS to recognize it This is the defaul...

Page 49: ...d Installed displays If not Not Installed displays 4 1 5 2 Change User Password Indicates whether a user password has been set If the password has been installed Installed displays If not Not Installed displays 4 1 5 3 Clear User Password Select Clear User Password from the Security Setup menu 4 1 5 4 Boot Sector Virus Protection Enable Disable Boot Sector Virus Protection ...

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Page 51: ...Remap Feature ENABLE Allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory DISABLE Do not allow remapping of memory 4 1 6 1 2DRAM Frequency The item allows you to set the DRAM frequency 4 1 6 1 3Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Select the operating system that is selecting DRAM timing so select SPD for setting DRAM timing by SPD The choice Enable Disable 4 1 6 1 4Initate Graphic Ada...

Page 52: ...ADE 9040 User s Manual 52 55 4 1 6 1 6PEG Port This item allows you to control the PEG or on chip VGA The choice Auto Disabled ...

Page 53: ...he Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option Note The South Bridge Configuration setup screen varies depending on the supported South Bridge chipset 4 1 6 2 1USB Functions This item allows you to active USB ports 4 1 6 2 2USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus 2 0 USB 2 0 controller and you have USB peripherals The choice Enabled Disab...

Page 54: ...abled if your system has a LAN device installed on the system board and you wish to use it The choice Enabled Disabled 4 1 6 2 5SLP_S4 Min Assertion Width The item allows you to select the assertion width of SLP_S4 The choice 4 to 5 sec 3 to 4 sec 2 to 3 sec 1 to 2 sec ...

Page 55: ...7 2 Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration 4 1 7 3 Discard Changes Select Discard Changes from the Exit menu and press Enter 4 1 7 4 Load Optimal Defaults Load Optimal Default values for all the setup questions F9 key can be used for this operation 4 1 7 5 Load Failsafe Defaults Load Failsafe Default values for all...