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ABOX 865G SERIES  

 

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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, 
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Summary of Contents for ABOX 865G SERIES

Page 1: ...this document are registered by their respective owners 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 te...

Page 2: ...ABOX 865G SERIES ABOX 865G Mainboard Intel 82865G ICH5 Support Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 processors 2 ...

Page 3: ... DIMM slots 11 Front Panel Configuration 12 Front Panel Header Easy Pin J80 13 Back Panel Connectors 14 USB LAN IEEE1394 connectors 15 Serial Interface and VGA Ports 16 Data Storage Connectors 17 Power Supply Connectors 17 Jumpers Headers 18 Expansion Slots 18 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 20 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 20 APPENDIX CHANNEL SETUP 20 3 ...

Page 4: ...in CD RW Contains onboard VGA facilities no need for a VGA card Contains onboard Gigabit LAN providing high speed LAN access Provides complete SPDIF facilities including both SPDIF in and out Provides a space conserving Mini PCI slot One step front panel installation avoids messy header configurations Contains Albalink Wireless Connection Technology Supports Hyper Threading Technology and Dual Cha...

Page 5: ...e 1st year Only labor costs are covered during the 2nd and 3rd years replacement parts will be charged during the 2nd and 3rd years All of the information in this manual is for reference only The diagrams and wording within may vary slightly depending on the exact version of the hardware and software you receive with your system This specification is subject to change without notice All the tradem...

Page 6: ...PDIF out jack 2 IEEE 1394 ports and 6 USB ports ABOX also provides Albalink Wireless Connection Technology The ABOX 865G is small in size but delivers performance that easily tackles today s most intensive gaming software and business applications Specifications The following list provides the specifications for the ABOX 865G Size ABOX 225 mm x 200 mm x 330 mm W x H x L Mainboard compact Albatron ...

Page 7: ...al memory capacity of 2 GB Supports Dual Channel data bus Supports only x8 x16 DDR devices with 4 banks Green Function Supports Phoenix Award BIOS power management functionality Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity Shadow RAM Equipped with a memory controller providing shadow RAM and support for ROM BIOS BUS Slots Supports 1 AGP slot AGP3 0 4X 8X 32 bit PCI slot x...

Page 8: ...igital Interface S PDIF Marvell LAN Chip onboard Supports Ethernet 10 100 1000 Mbps IDE Facilities Supports Ultra ATA 33 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 100 BMIDE and PIO modes Supports IDE interface with CD ROM Supports high capacity hard disk drives Supports installation of up to 4 drives with separate IDE connections for primary and secondary connectors Universal Serial Bus Supports up to 6 USB ports fo...

Page 9: ... Power Supply Supports PFC Power Factor Correction PFC Hyper Threading Requires an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology Requires a BIOS that supports HT Technology BIOS option must be enabled Requires an operating system that supports HT Technology BIOS Phoenix Award BIOS Supports APM1 2 Supports ACPI power management AGP Protection The mainboard provides an AGP slot for 1 5V AGP cards The...

Page 10: ...ABOX 865G SERIES The Layout of the ABOX 865G The diagram below shows the ABOX 865G mainboard 10 ...

Page 11: ...33 when installed with CPUs that have clock speeds of 133 MHz It supports DDR400 320 when installed with CPUs that have clock speeds of 200 MHz This ABOX mainboard provides Dual Channel functionality for its DIMM slots Dual Channel DDR Configuration To enable Dual Channel DDR the following conditions must be met 1 You must use memory modules in both DIMM1 DIMM2 2 You must use matching DIMM memory ...

Page 12: ... used to attach a set of headphones You cannot simultaneously use the front panel headphone jack and the back panel headphone jack together IEEE1394 The system also provides two IEEE 1394 ports These connectors provide enhanced PC connectivity for consumer electronics audio video A V appliances storage peripherals other PCs and portable devices that use the IEEE 1394 interface SWLED Hard Drive LED...

Page 13: ...er 5V FNT USBP0 3 4 FNT USBP1 FNT USBP0 5 6 FNT USBP1 USB GROUND 7 8 USB GROUND KEY 9 10 NC MIC in 11 12 AUD_GROUND NC 13 14 AUD_VCC AUD_OUT_RIGHT 15 16 AUD_RET_RIGHT NC 17 18 KEY AUD_OUT_LEFT 19 20 AUD_RET_LEFT TPA 21 22 TPA GROUND 23 24 GROUND TPB 25 26 TPB 12V 27 28 12V KEY 29 30 NC IDE LED 31 32 PWR LED IDE LED 33 34 GND GND 35 36 GND RESET 37 38 PWRSW NC 39 40 PWRSW USB Front Audio IEEE1394 S...

Page 14: ...he pin assignments are described below Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Data 4 5 V fused 2 No connect 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 No connect Audio Port Connectors This system comes equipped with 3 Audio Ports The Mic in Line in and Front Speaker out are standard audio ports that provide basic audio functionality Mic In pink jack Connects to a microphone This port becomes the subwoofer center out when the 5 ...

Page 15: ...nel audio effects which transforms your stan speaker configuration into a 6 channel audio system See USB LAN IEEE1394 connectors There are four USB connectors on the back panel These USB connectors are used to directly attach to USB devices such as keyboards mice and other USB devices This system also provides a LAN port and an IEEE1394 port You can plug LAN cables and IEEE1394 devices directly in...

Page 16: ...dems and other peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port VGA Port VGA1 The ABOX865G provides a VGA port DB 15 pin You can connect your VGA display monitor directly into the VGA port SPDIF In SPDIF Out connectors S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is an audio transfer file format which provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signals This mainboard is capable of del...

Page 17: ...es to IDE1 If you do 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 similar to IDE1 J40 J81 Serial ATA connector The SATA connector supports Serial AT...

Page 18: ... steps explain how to reset your CMOS configurations when you have forgotten your system password 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 new password Albalink Port Headers J79 J79A This mainboard is equipped with special Albalink port hea...

Page 19: ...eripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits Mini PCI Slot PCI3 This mainboard is equipped with 1 mini PCI slot You can install Mini PCI cards TV tuner cards Wireless Mini PCI cards etc This mini PCI slot is designated as 32 bits 19 ...

Page 20: ...ABOX 865G SERIES Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Appendix Channel 5 1 Setup 20 ...

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