PCchips M957G User manual
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Trademarks
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Business Machines.
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trademarks of Intel Corporation.
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Copyright © 2004
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M957G Series, V1.0A
PM800/November 2004
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Table of Contents
Trademark ................................................................................... i
Chapter 1: Introduction............................................................ 1
Key Features ........................................................................................2
Package Contents ................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation ..................................... 7
Motherboard Components...................................................................8
I/O Ports ............................................................................................. 10
Installing the Processor ..................................................................... 11
Installing Memory Modules ...............................................................13
Jumper Settings ..................................................................................15
Install the Motherboard.....................................................................16
Connecting Optional Devices............................................................17
Install Other Devices..........................................................................20
Expansion Slots..................................................................................23
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility............................................... 25
Introduction .......................................................................................25
Running the Setup Utility ........................... …………………………...26
Standard CMOS Setup Page .............................................................27
Advanced Setup Page ........................................................................28
Features Setup Page ..........................................................................30
Power Management Setup Page........................................................32
PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page..........................................................34
BIOS Security Features Setup Page ..................................................35
CPU PnP Setup Page .........................................................................36
Hardware Monitor Page....................................................................37
Load Optimal Defaults .......................................................................37
Save Changes and Exit ......................................................................38
Discard Changes and Exit .................................................................38
Chapter 4: Software & Applications ..................................... 39
Introduction .......................................................................................39
Installing Support Software...............................................................40
Bundled Software Installation...........................................................42
Hyper-Threading CPU .......................................................................43
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Static Electricity Precautions
Static electricity could damage components on this motherboard.
Take the following precautions while unpacking this motherboard
and installing it in a system.
1. Don’t take this mainboard and components out of their
original static-proof package until you are ready to install
them.
2. While installing, please wear a grounded wrist strap if
possible. If you don’t have a wrist strap, discharge static
electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis.
3. Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges. Do not touch
those components unless it is absolutely necessary. Put this
motherboard on the top of static-protection package with
component side facing up while installing.
Pre-Installation Inspection
1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to
components and connectors on the board.
2. If you suspect this mainboard has been damaged, do not
connect power to the system. Contact your motherboard
vendor about those damages.
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Notice:
1. Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every
supplier, we might have some drivers not certified yet by
Microsoft. Therefore, it might happen under Windows XP that
a dialogue box (shown as below) pop out warning you this
software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its
compatibility with Windows XP. Please rest assured that our
RD department has already tested and verified these drivers.
Just click the “ContinueAnyway” button and go ahead the
installation.
2. USB 2.0 Driver Limitations:
2-1.The USB 2.0 driver only supports Windows XP and
Windows 2000.
2-2.If you connect a USB 2.0 hub to the root hub, plugging
USB devices into this hub, the system might not success
fully execute certain USB devices’ connection because it
could not recognize these devices.
Currently, we are working on such limitations’solution.As soon
as the solution is done, the updated USB drive will be released to
our website: www.pcchips.com.tw for your downloading.
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Chapter1:Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest Intel
Pentium 4/Celeron processors with Hyper-Threading Tech-
nology and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 800 MHz. Hyper-
Threading Technology, edsigned to take advantage of the
multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you the power to do
more things at once.
This motherboard integrates the VIA PM800 Northbridge along
with VT8237 Southbridge that supports the Serial ATA interface
for high-performance and mainstream desktop PCs; the built-in
USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing Universal
Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with
UHCI 1.1 and EHCI 1.0.
It supports 6-channel AC’97 Audio Codec and provides one
IDE Ultra DMA 133/100/66 channel. It has one 8x AGP, one
CNR (Communications and Networking Riser), and three 32-bit
PCI slots. There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports
for mouse and keyboard, one VGA port, one serial port, one
parallel port, one LAN port (optional), three audio jacks for
micropone, line-in and line-out, four back-panel USB 2.0 ports
and onboard USB headers USB2/USB3 providing four extra ports
by connecting the extended USB module to the motherboard.
It is a Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for an
ATX power supply.
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Key Features
The key features of this motherboard include:
LGA775 Socket Processor Support
Supports the latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Series
processors
Supports up to 800 MHz Front-Side Bus
Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system
into thinking it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two
threads to be run in parallel, both on separate ‘logical’
processors within the same physical processor.
Chipset
There are VIA PM800 Northbridge and VT8237 Southbridge
in the chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable
architecture with proven reliability and performance.
Defines Highly Integrated Solutions for Performance PC
Desktop Designs—High performance Northbridge with
800/533 MHz Front Side Bus for Pentium 4 plusAGP 8x
external bus.
Provide superior performance between the CPU, DRAM,
Ultra V-Link bus andAGP 8x graphics controller bus with
pipelined, burst, and concurrent operation.
Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Controller
—AGP v3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode.
Advanced High-Performance DDR SDRAM Controller —
Supports DDR400, DDR333, DDR266, and DDR200
double-data-rate synchronous DRAM.
Integrated Graphics with 2D/3D Video Acceleration.
High Bandwidth 1GB/sec 16-bit Ultra V-Link Host Control-
ler —Configurable outstanding transaction queue for Host
to Ultra V-Link Client accesses.
Advanced System Power Management Support – ACPI
1.0B and PCI Bus Power Management 1.1 compliant.
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PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte/sec
(data sent to north bridge via high speed Ultra V-Link
interface)
PCI-2.2 compliant, 32-bit 3.3V PCI interface with 5V
tolerantinputs
Support three PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all
integrated functions and LPC bus.
Dual Channel SerialATA/RAID Controller—Complies with
SerialATASpecification Revision 1.0
Memory Support
Two 184-pin 2.5V DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM
memorymodules
Supports DDR 400/333/266/200 memory bus
Maximum installed memory is 2GB
Expansion Slots
One 8x AGP slot
Three 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.2-compliant bus interface
One Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) slot
Onboard IDE channels
Two IDE connectors
Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA
(Direct Memory Access) modes
Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates
of 133/100/66 MB/sec
SerialATA
Two Serial ATA Connectors
Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~150 MB/s) with
scalability to higher rates
Low pin count for both host and devices
AC’97Audio Codec
Compliant withAC’97 2.3 specification
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16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with independent and
variable sampling rate
Support for 3.3v digital, 5v analog power supply and low
power consumption management
Three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume
control: LINE_IN, CD, AUX
Front-Out, Surround-Out, MIC-In and LINE-In Jack
Sensing
Two analog line-level mono input
Standard 48-Pin LQFP
Onboard I/O Ports
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
One serial port
One parallel port
One VGA port
One LAN port (optional)
Four back-panel USB2.0 ports
Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
Fast Ethernet LAN (optional)
100Base-TX/10Base-T Physical Layer Solution
Dual Speed - 100/10 Mbps
Auto-Negotiation:10/100,Full/HalfDuplex
MeetAllApplicable IEEE802.3, 10Base-T and 100Base-
TX Standards
USB 2.0
Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision
2.0
Compliant with Intel’s Enhanced Host Controller Interface
Specification Revision 1.0
Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specifi-
cation Revision 1.1
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