ECS P6VEMT User manual

Preface

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of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the au-

thor.

Version 3.0

Disclaimer

The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufac-

turer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and

specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any par-

ticular purpose. The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to

make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manu-

facturer to notify any person of such revision or changes.

Trademark Recognition

Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

MMX, Pentium, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel

Corporation.

Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners

and are acknowledged.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

This equipment has been tested 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 radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not oc-

cur 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 onto 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.

Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with

this equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing

this device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system's manu-

facturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the follow-

ing conditions:

−This device may not cause harmful interference, and

−This device must accept any interference received, including interference

that may cause undesired operation.

Canadian Department of Communications

This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-

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 mainboard

components.

Go to ⇒page 7

Chapter 3

Using BIOS

Provides information on using the BIOS

Setup Utility.

Go to ⇒page 27

Chapter 4

Using the Mainboard Software

Describes the mainboard software.

Go to ⇒page 48

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Preface i

CHAPTER 1 1

Introducing the Mainboard 1

Introduction.................................................................................................1

Checklist.....................................................................................................1

Standard Items................................................................................................. 1

Features .....................................................................................................2

Choosing a Computer Case .......................................................................4

Mainboard Components .............................................................................5

CHAPTER 2 7

Installing the Mainboard 7

Safety Precautions......................................................................................7

Quick Guide................................................................................................7

Installing the Mainboard in a Case..............................................................8

Checking Jumper Settings..........................................................................8

Setting Jumpers ............................................................................................... 8

Checking Jumper Settings............................................................................... 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

About the Setup Utility..............................................................................27

The Standard Configuration .......................................................................... 27

Starting Setup ................................................................................................ 28

Updating the BIOS........................................................................................ 29

Using BIOS...............................................................................................30

Standard CMOS Features.............................................................................. 31

Advanced BIOS Setup................................................................................... 32

Advanced Chipset Setup................................................................................ 35

Integrated Peripherals.................................................................................... 36

Power Management Setup............................................................................. 39

PNP/PCI Configurations................................................................................ 42

PC Health Status............................................................................................ 44

Frequency Control......................................................................................... 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

Introducing the Mainboard

Thank you for choosing the P6VEMT mainboard. Based on the highly inte-

grated VIA Apollo PLE133T, this mainboard incorporates the VIA VT8601T

Northbridge and VT82C686B Southbrige chipset. It is designed to take advan-

tage of the latest technology to provide you with the ultimate solution in data

processing. In the tradition of its predecessors, the P6VEMT continues a

commitment to reliability and performance and strives for full compliance and

compatibility with industry software and hardware standards.

The Apollo PLE133T chipset is a high performance, cost-effective and energy

efficient solution for the implementation 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 full set of I/O ports which in-

cludes one serial port, a parallel port, a monitor port, a PS/2 mouse port, a

PS/2 keyboard port, audio ports, USB ports and a game port. Moreover, it

contains on board IDE facilities for IDE devices such as hard disks and CD-

ROM.

Compare the mainboard’s package contents with the following checklist:

Standard Items

•One mainboard

•This User’s Manual

•One diskette drive ribbon cable

•One IDE drive ribbon cable

•Software support CD

•One Retention Module

Processor The mainboard supports the Socket 370 which has the follow-

ing features:

•Accomodates Intel Pentium !!! processor, Tualatin proc-

essor and VIA C3 processor

•Supports 66/100/133 MHz CPU front-side bus (FSB)

Chipset The VT8601T Northbridge and VT82C686B Southbridge chip-

sets are based on a high compatibility and power efficient with

proven reliability and performance.

•Built-in PLL (Phase Lock Loop) circuitry for optimal skew

control within and between clocking regions

•Supports full AGP v1.0 capability with the internal 2D/3D

Graphics Engine for maximum software compatibility

•PCI bus is synchronous / pseudo-synchronous to host

CPU bus

•DRAM interface synchronous or pseudosynchronous with

CPU FSB speed of 133 / 100 / 66 MHz

•Support high performance rCADE3DTM accelerator

•Hardware-Assisted MPEG-2 Architecture for DVD with

AC-3

•Integrated ISA Bus Controller with integrated DMA, timer,

and interrupt controller

•Dual channel master mode PCI supporting 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.

Memory •Supports two 64/128/256/512 MB DIMM module sockets

•Supports Synchronous DRAM (3.3V)

•Supports a maximum memory size of 1 GB with SDRAM

•100/133 MHz Bus frequency

Graphic

Capabilities

•64-bit Single Cycle 2D/3D Graphics Engine

•Supports 2 to 8 Mbytes of Frame Buffer located in Sys-

tem Memory

•Real Time DVD MPEG-2 and AC-3 Playback

•Video Processor

•Integrated 24-bit 230 MHz True Color DAC

•Extended Screen Resolutions up to 1600 x 1200

•Extended Text Modes 80 or 132 columns by 25/30/43/60

rows

•DirectX 6 and OpenGL ICD API

High Perform-

ance rCADE3DTM

Accelerator

•32 entry command queue, 32 entry data queue

•4Kbyte texture cache with over 90% hit rates

•Pipelined Single Cycle Setup/Texturing/Rendering En-

gines

•DirectDraw™ acceleration

•Multiple buffering and page flipping

DVD •Hardware-Assisted MPEG-2 Architecture for DVD with

AC-3

•Simultaneous motion compensation and front-end proc-

essing (parsing, decryption and decode)

•Supports full DVD 1.0 VCD 2.0 and CD-Karaoke

•Microsoft DirectShow 2.x native support, backward com-

patible to MCI

•No additional frame buffer requirements

•Dynamic frame and field de-interface filtering for high

quality playback on VGA monitors

•Tamper-proof software CSS implementation

•Freeze, Fast-Forward, Slow Motion, Reverse

•Pan-and-Scan support for 16.9 Sequence

Power

Management

•Supports both ACPI (Advanced and Configuration and

Power Interface) and legacy (APM) power management

•ACPI v1.0 compliant

•APM v1.2 compliant

•S3 (Suspend to RAM) support

AC 97 Audio

Codec

•Compliant with AC’97 2.2 specification

•4 analog line-level stereo input with 5-bit volume control:

Line_In CD, Video, AUX

•MC’97 chained in allowed for multi-channel application

•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 supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer

rates of 33/66/100 MB/sec.

Onboard LAN

(optional) The Realtek RTL8100B is a highly integrated and cost-

effective single-chip 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller. It is

enhanced with an ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Inter-

face) management function for PCI in order to provide efficient

power management for advanced operating systems with

OSPM (Operating System Directed Power Management).

Integrated I/O The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:

•Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard

•One serial port

•One VGA port

•One parallel port

•One MIDI/game port

•One LAN port

•Two USB ports

•Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out

BIOS

Firmware This mainboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to con-

figure many system features including the following:

•Power management

•Wake-up alarms

•CPU parameters and memory timing

•CPU and memory timing

The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different

processor clock speeds.

Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to

change without prior notice.

There are many types of computer cases on the market. The mainboard 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 for all the drives that you intend to install.

Most cases have a choice of I/O templates in the rear panel. Make sure that

the I/O template in the case matches the I/O ports installed on the rear edge

of the mainboard.

This mainboard has a micro-ATX form factor of 244 x 200 mm. Choose a case

that accommodates this form factor.

Table of Mainboard Components

Label Component

BAT1 Three volt realtime clock battery

BIOS_WP1 BIOS Flash protect

COM2 Onboard serial port connectors

CPU Socket Socket 370 for PIII/C3

CPU_TEMP1* CPU Temperature Header

DIMM1 ~ DIMM2 Two 184-pin DDR sockets

FDD1 Floppy disk drive connector

IDE1 Primary IDE channel

IDE2 Secondary IDE channel

ISA1 Industry Standard Architecture slot (optional)

JATXPWR1 ATX 20-pin power connector

JAUDIO1 Front panel MIC/Speaker Out header

JCDIN1 Primary CD-in connector

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

LPANEL1* Connector for case front panel switches and LED indicators

LUSB1* Front panel USB headers

PCI1 ~ PCI3 Three 32-bit add-on card slots

SIR1 Serial Infrared port

SMI1 System Management Interrupt

* Reserved for OEM use only

This concludes Chapter 1. The next chapter explains how to install the main-

board.

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