User manual ASROCK P4VM800

[. . . ] P4VM800 User Manual Version 1. 0 Published April 2005 Copyright©2005 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. [. . . ] This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. Front Panel Audio Header (9-pin AUDIO1) (see p. 8, No. 26) 1 GND +5VA BACKOUT-R BACKOUT-L AUD-OUT-L GND AUD-OUT-R MIC-POWER MIC 16 System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p. 8, No. 16) 1 PLED+ PLEDPWRBTN# GND This header accommodates several system front panel functions. DUMMY RESET# GND HDLEDHDLED+ Chassis Speaker Header (4-pin SPEAKER 1) (see p. 8, No. 17) 1 SPEAKER DUMMY DUMMY +5V Please connect the chassis speaker to this header. Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin CHA_FAN1) (see p. 8, No. 27) CHA_FAN_SPEED +12V GND Please connect the chassis fan cable to this connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. Please connect the CPU fan cable to this connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. CPU Fan Connector (3-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p. 8, No. 30) CPU_FAN_SPEED +12V GND ATX Power Connector (20-pin ATXPWR1) (see p. 8, No. 2) Please note that it is necessary to connect a power supply with ATX 12V plug to this connector so that it can provides sufficient power. Failing to do so will cause the failure to power up. Please install the heatsink and the CPU fan before installing ATX 12V connector; otherwise, it may cause permanent damage! Serial port connector (9-pin COM1) (see p. 8 item 19) 1 RRXD1 DDTR#1 DDSR#1 CCTS#1 This COM1 connector supports a serial port module. RRI#1 RRTS#1 GND TTXD1 DDCD#1 17 AT (SAT 2. 7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts VIA VT8237R southbridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks and RAID functions. You may install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATA connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA hard disk. Functions SAT 2. 8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs P4VM800 motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA Devices. NOTE What is Hot Plug Function? If the SATA HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called "Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition. However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA HDD. What is Hot Swap Function? If SATA HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is called "Hot Swap" for the action to insert and remove the SATA HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition. 18 2. 9 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. When you see the message on the screen, "Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press <Y>. Then you will see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive. Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press <Y>. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy diskette. [. . . ] PCI IDE BusMaster Use this item to enable or disable the PCI IDE BusMaster feature. 3. 3. 6 Floppy Configuration In this section, you may configure the type of your floppy drive. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Floppy Configuration Floppy A Floppy B [1. 44 MB 31 2"] [Disabled] Select the type of floppy drive connected to the system. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 29 3. 3. 7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset OnBoard Floppy Controller Serial Port Address Infrared Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [Enabled] [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1. 9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4], [2E8 / IRQ3]. Infrared Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard infrared port or disable it. [. . . ]