DFI PM12-TC User manual
PM12-TC
PM12-TL
Rev. A+
Mainboard
User’s Manual
67500250
Copyright
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reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its
contents at any time, without obligation to notify any person or
entity of such revisions or changes.
© 2002. All Rights Reserved.
Trademarks
Windows®98, Windows®98 SE, Windows®ME, Windows®2000,
Windows NT®4.0 and Windows®XP are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. Intel®and Pentium®4 are registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation. VIA is a registered trademark of
VIA Technologies, Inc. Award is a registered trademark of Award
Software, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks of
products appearing in this manual are the properties of their
respective holders.
Caution
To avoid damage to the system:
• Use the correct AC input voltage range.....
To reduce the risk of electric shock:
• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis
cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing,
cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.
Battery:
• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.
• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend
by
the manufacturer.
• Dispose of used batteries according to the battery
manufacturer’s
instructions.
Joystick or MIDI port:
• Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than
10A current at 5V DC. There is a risk of fire for devices that
exceed this limit.
FCC and DOC Statement on Class B
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for
help.
Notice:
1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority
to operate the equipment.
2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with
the emission limits.
Notice
This user’s manual contains detailed information about the
mainboard. If, in some cases, some information doesn’t match those
shown in the multilingual manual, the multilingual manual should
always be regarded as the most updated version. The multilingual
manual is included in the mainboard package.
To view the user’s manual, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive.The
autorun screen (Mainboard Utility CD) will appear. Click the “Tools”
icon then click “Manual” on the main menu.
Mainboard
This user’s manual is for the PM12-TC and PM12-TL mainboards.
The only difference between these boards is the PM12-TL
mainboard supports onboard LAN.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Features and Specifications..................................................................................
1.2 Package Checklist.........................................................................................................
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation
2.1 Mainboard Layout ...................................................................................................
2.2 System Memory...........................................................................................................
2.3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data........................................
2.4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus......
2.5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS/2 Power................................
2.6 Rear Panel I/O Ports..............................................................................................
2.7 I/O Connectors...........................................................................................................
Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility
3.1 The Basic Input/Output System.....................................................................
3.1.1 Standard CMOS Features.............................................................
3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features..............................................................
3.1.3 Advanced Chipset Features ......................................................
3.1.4 Integrated Peripherals.........................................................................
3.1.5 Power Management Setup............................................................
3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations....................................................................
3.1.7 Frequency/Voltage Control............................................................
3.1.8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults.....................................................................
3.1.9 Load Optimized Defaults..............................................................
3.1.10 Set Supervisor Password...............................................................
3.1.11 Set User Password..............................................................................
3.1.12 Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................
3.1.13 Exit Without Saving..............................................................................
3.2 Updating the BIOS.....................................................................................................
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Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares
4.1 Desktop Management Interface.................................................................
4.2 Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications.....................................
4.3 Installation Notes......................................................................................................
Appendix A - Using the Suspend to RAM
Function
A.1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function...................................................
Appendix B - System Error Messages
B.1 POST Beep....................................................................................................................
B.2 Error Messages...........................................................................................................
Appendix C - Troubleshooting
C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist.................................................................................
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1.1 Features and Specifications
1.1.1 Features
Chipset
• VIA®P4M266A/VT8235CD
Processor
The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing one of
the following supported processors.
• Intel®Pentium®4 processor (478-pin)
- 533MHz system data bus
- 400MHz system data bus
• Intel®Celeron®processor (478-pin)
- 400MHz system data bus
System Memory
• Two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
• Supports up to 2GB using PC1600 (DDR200) or PC2100
(DDR266) unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMM, 2.5V type
• Uses x8/x16 512MB technology
Chapter 1 - Introduction
DIMMs
2MBx64
4MBx64
8MBx64
Memory Size
16MB
32MB
64MB
DIMMs
16MBx64
32MBx64
64MBx64
Memory Size
128MB
256MB
512MB
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Expansion Slots
The mainboard is equipped with 1 universal AGP slot and 3 PCI
slots.
AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D
graphics cards. It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system
memory for texturing, z-buffering and alpha blending. The universal
AGP slot supports AGP 2x with up to 533MB/sec. bandwidth and
AGP 4x with up to 1066MB/sec. bandwidth for 3D graphics
applications. AGP in this mainboard will deliver faster and better
graphics to your PC.
Onboard Audio Features
• Supports Microsoft®DirectSound/DirectSound 3D
• AC’97 supported with full duplex, independent sample rate
converter for audio recording and playback
Onboard LAN Features (PM12-TL only)
• Integrated LAN controller
• Integrated IEEE 802.3, 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX compatible
PHY
• 32-bit PCI master interface
• Integrated power management functions
• Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps
• Supports IEEE 802.3u auto-negotiation
• Supports wire for management
Onboard Graphics Features
• Full featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) controller
- AGP specification v2.0 compliant
- Graphics Address Relocation Table (GART)
• High resolution CRT RGB interface
- 250MHz RAMDAC on chip with Gamma correction
- Horizontal/vertical sync outputs compliant with Monitor Power
Management protocols
• Integrated Savage8 2D/3D graphics controller and video
accelerator
- Optimized Shared Memory Architecture (SMA)
- 8/16/32MB frame buffer using system memory
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- Single cycle 128-bit 3D architecture
- 8M triangles/second setup engine
- 140M pixels/second tri-linear fill rate
- Next generation 128-bit 2D graphics engine
- High quality DVD video playback
- 2D/3D resolutions up to 1920x1440
• 3D rendering features
- MPEG-2 video textures
• 2D hardware acceleration features
• Motion video architecture
• Full software support
PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
• Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices
• Supports ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 and ATA/133 hard drives
• UDMA Modes 3, 4, 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate
up to 133MB/sec.)
• Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer
• Supports ATAPI CD-ROM, LS-120 and ZIP
IrDA Interface
The mainboard is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless
connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices.
USB Ports
The mainboard supports 4 USB 2.0 (compliant with USB 1.1) ports.
USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth while USB 2.0 supports
480Mb/second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in
device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of
simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.
BIOS
• Award BIOS, Windows®98/2000/ME/XP Plug and Play
compatible
• Supports SCSI sequential boot-up
• Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades
• Supports DMI 2.0 function
• 2Mbit flash memory
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Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
The mainboard comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS.The DMI
utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about
your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI
pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS.
DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed
to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer
systems easier. Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI
utility.
Rear Panel I/O Ports (PC 99 color-coded connectors)
• Two USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• One RJ45 LAN port (PM12-TL only)
• One DB-9 serial port
• One DB-15 VGA port
• One DB-25 parallel port
• One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
• One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
• One game/MIDI port
• Three audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in
I/O Connectors
• One connector for 2 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• One connector for 1 external serial port
• One connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks
• Two internal audio connectors (AUX-in and CD-in)
• One connector for IrDA interface
• Two IDE connectors
• One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2.88MB floppy
drives
• Two ATX power supply connectors
• One Wake-On-LAN connector
• One Wake-On-Ring connector
• CPU fan and chassis fan connectors
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