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ASROCK P4VM8 User Manual

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P4VM8

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Version 1.0
Published November 2004
Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    P4VM8 User Manual Version 1.0 Published November 2004 Copyright©2004 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Introduction ..........5 1.1 Package Contents ............5 1.2 Specifications ..............6 1.3 Motherboard Layout ............8 1.4 ASRock I/O Plus ....................2. Installation ............ 10 Pre-installation Precautions ........... 10 2.1 CPU Installation .............. 11 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink ......11 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ......
  • Page 4 4. Software Support .......... 34 4.1 Install Operating System ..........34 4.2 Support CD Information ..........34 4.2.1 Running Support CD ..........34 4.2.2 Drivers Menu ............34 4.2.3 Utilities Menu ............34 4.2.4 Contact Information ..........34...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find the latest memory and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 1.1 Package Contents...

  • Page 6: Specifications

    3 slots with PCI Specification 2.2, PCI3 slot shared with AMR AGP slot: 1 AGP slot, supports 1.5V, 8X/4X AGP card (see CAUTION 3) AMR slot: 1 slot, supports ASRock MR card USB 2.0: 8 USB 2.0 ports: include 6 ready-to-use USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel, plus two on-board headers supporting 2 extra USB 2.0 ports...
  • Page 7 ASRock I/O Plus : 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 PS/2 keyboard port, 1 VGA port, 1 parallel port: ECP/EPP support, 6 ready-to-use USB 2.0 ports, 1 RJ 45 port, Audio Jack: Line In / Line Out / Microphone BIOS: AMI BIOS Supports “Plug and Play”...

  • Page 8: Motherboard Layout

    B: USB1 USB 2.0 T: USB4 B: USB5 AGP 8X ATA133 CMOS Battery AUDIO1 IDE1 IDE2 1.5V_AGP1 JR1 JL1 CLRCMOS1 PCI 1 P4VM8 PCI 2 VT8237R USB2.0 SATA AUX1 PCI 3 Audio CODEC PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN AMR1 HDLED RESET COM1...

  • Page 9: Asrock I/O Plus

    1.4 ASRock I/O Plus Parallel Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) RJ-45 Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) Line In (Light Blue) VGA Port Line Out (Lime) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) Microphone (Pink) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) Shared USB 2.0 Ports (USB45)

  • Page 10: Installation

    2. Installation P4VM8 is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6-in x 8.0-in, 24.4 cm x 20.3 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to en- sure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard com- ponents or change any motherboard settings.

  • Page 11: Cpu Installation

    2.1 CPU Installation Step 1. Unlock the socket by lifting the lever up to a 90° angle. Step 2. Position the CPU directly above the socket such that its marked corner matches the base of the socket lever. Step 3. Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place.

  • Page 12: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) P4VM8 motherboard provides two 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) DIMM slots. Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward.

  • Page 13: Expansion Slots (Pci, Amr And Agp Slots)

    AMR slot: The AMR slot is used to insert an ASRock MR card with v.92 Modem functionality. AGP slot: The AGP slot is used to install a graphics card. The ASRock AGP slot has a special design of clasp that can securely fasten the inserted graphics card.

  • Page 14: Jumpers Setup

    2.5 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”...

  • Page 15: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! FDD Connector (33-pin FLOPPY1) FLOPPY1 Pin1 (see p.8, No.
  • Page 16 USB_PWR USB 2.0 Header ASRock I/O Plus provides you 6 ready-to-use USB 2.0 ports on (9-pin USB67) DUMMY the rear panel. If the rear USB (see p.8, No.
  • Page 17 System Panel Header This header accommodates PLED+ PLED- PWRBTN# several system front panel (9-pin PANEL1) functions. (see p.8, No. 16) DUMMY RESET# HDLED- HDLED+ Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis speaker to this header. (4-pin SPEAKER 1) SPEAKER DUMMY (see p.8, No.

  • Page 18: Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks Installation

    STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA hard disk. 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs P4VM8 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...

  • Page 19: Making An Sata Driver Diskette

    SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive at this moment!) STEP 2: During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11>...

  • Page 20: Bios Setup Utility

    3. BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The Flash Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines.

  • Page 21: Navigation Keys

    [ :00:09] System Date [Fri 10/22/2004] Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time. BIOS Version : P4VM8 BIOS P1.00 Processor Type : Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.40 GHz Processor Speed : 2400 MHz Cache Size : 512KB...

  • Page 22: Cpu Configuration

    BIOS SETUP UTILITY H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Main Advanced Configure CPU Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration IDE Configuration PCIPnP Configuration Select Screen Floppy Configuration Select Item SuperIO Configuration Enter Go to Sub Screen...

  • Page 23: Chipset Configuration

    Ratio Actual Value This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this motherboard. CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mecha- nism to keep the CPU from overheated. Hyper Threading Technology ®...
  • Page 24 DRAM CAS# Latency Use this item to adjust the means of memory accessing. Configuration options: [Auto], [2.5], [2], and [3]. DRAM Command Rate Use this to select among [2T Command] and [1T Command] for DRAM Command Rate. The default value is [2T Command]. DRAM Voltage Use this to select among [Normal] and [High] for DRAM Voltage.

  • Page 25: Acpi Configuration

    OnBoard MC’97 Modem Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard MC’97 Modem feature. 3.3.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. Suspend To RAM [Disabled] Restore on AC / Power Loss [Power Off] Ring-In Power On [Disabled] PCI Devices Power On...

  • Page 26: Ide Configuration

    3.3.4 IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced DISABLED: disables the IDE Configuration integrated IDE Controller. OnBoard IDE Controller [Both] PRIMARY: enables only the Primary IDE Primary IDE Master [Hard Disk] Controller. Primary IDE Slave [Not Detected] SECONDARY: enables Secondary IDE Master [Not Detected] only the Secondary IDE Secondary IDE Slave...
  • Page 27 TYPE Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive. After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard disk drives.

  • Page 28: Pcipnp Configuration

    3.3.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Value in units of PCI PCI / PnP Configuration clocks for PCI device latency timer PCI Latency Timer [32] register. PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 29: Super Io Configuration

    3.3.7 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Allow BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller. OnBoard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Serial Port Address [3F8 / IRQ4] Infrared Port Address [Disabled] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP + EPP] EPP Version [1.9]...

  • Page 30: Usb Configuration

    3.3.8 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. USB Devices Enabled : None USB Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Support [Enabled] Legacy USB Support [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit...

  • Page 31: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced...

  • Page 32: Boot Settings Configuration

    3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Settings Configuration To enable or disable the boot from network feature. Boot From Network [Disabled] VIA SATA Raid Utility [Enabled] Bootup Num-Lock [On] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit...

  • Page 33: Exit Screen

    3.7 Exit Screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced H/W Monitro Boot Security Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the changes. Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit F10 key can be used Discard Changes for this operation. Load Optimal Defaults Select Screen Select Item...

  • Page 34: Install Operating System

    Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may contact your...

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