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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital
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 installed and
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PM 845G
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  • Page 1: Fcc Compliance Statement

    PM 845G Series Copyright All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the company.
  • Page 2 PM 845G Series ® Intel 82845G/GL/GE/GV & 82801DB ® ® Supports Socket-478 Intel Pentium 4 Processor USER’s Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION........1 ................1 NTRODUCTION ................1 PECIFICATION ................5 ONFIGURATION 格式化 ............13 ANEL ONFIGURATION CHAPTER 2. BIOS SETUP..........23 ................23 NTRODUCTION ................. 25 ..............27 DVANCED EATURES ................32 ERIPHERALS ................36 OWER HW M ................. 39 ONITORING ...................

  • Page 4: Chapter 1. Introduction

    PM845G Series Mainboard Chapter 1. Introduction Introduction Congratulations for choosing the PM845G Series mainboard! The series includes the PM845G/ PM845GL/ PM845GE and PM845GV. This mainboard is designed to take advantage of the latest industry technology to provide you with the ultimate solution in data processing.

  • Page 5: Graphics Controller

    PM845G Series Mainboard Graphics Controller Integrated 2D/3D graphics accelerator 256-bit graphics core Texture mapped 3D with point sampled, Bilinear, Trilinear, and Anisotropic filtering Hardware setup with support for strips and fans Hardware motion compensation assistance for software MPEG/DVD decode Intel Digital Video (DVO) ports support digital displays and TV-out Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC The PM845G series analog port utilizes an integrated 350MHz RAMDAC that can enhance the resolution of a standard progressive scan analog monitor to...

  • Page 6: Universal Serial Bus

    PM845G Series Mainboard Accelerated Graphics Port interface PM845G/ GE supports a single, 1.5V, AGP 2.0 compliant device AGP interface multiplexed with 2 Intel DVO ports PM845GL/ GV supports only ADD card Green Functionality Supports PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS power management functionality Wakes from power saving sleep mode with any keyboard or mouse activity BUS Slots Contains 1 AGP slot Contains 3 32-bit PCI bus slots...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    PM845G Series Mainboard AC’97 Sound Codec Onboard High performance CODEC with high S/N ratio (>90 dB) Compatible with AC’97 2.2 specification 2 channel slot selectable DAC output for multi-channel applications. 3D Stereo enhancement Digital S/PDIF output I/O facilities One multi-mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifications: 1.

  • Page 8: Configuration

    PM845G Series Mainboard Configuration 格式化 Layout of PM845G KB/MS USB/LAN Socke t 478 CPUFAN PRT/COM/VGA ATX_12V Intel 82845G SOUND AUXFAN IDE1 IDE2 USB2 USB3 Codec Intel PCI1 BAT1 82801DB (ICH4) PCI2 CASE OPEN Winbond W83627HF BIOS CHASFAN SW/LED SPDIF PCI3 CD-IN FRONT AUDIO SPEAKER...
  • Page 9 PM845G Series Mainboard 格式化 Layout of PM845GL KB/MS USB/LAN Socke t 478 CPUFAN PRT/COM/VGA ATX_12V Intel 82845GL SOUND AUXFAN IDE1 IDE2 USB2 USB3 Codec Intel PCI1 BAT1 82801DB (ICH4) PCI2 CASE OPEN Winbond W83627HF BIOS CHASFAN SW/LED PCI3 SPDIF CD-IN FRONT AUDIO SPEAKER...
  • Page 10 PM845G Series Mainboard 格式化 Layout of PM845GE 格式化 KB/MS USB/LAN Socke t 478 CPUFAN PRT/COM/VGA ATX_12V Intel 82845GE SOUND AUXFAN IDE1 IDE2 USB2 USB3 Codec Intel PCI1 BAT1 82801DB (ICH4) PCI2 CASE OPEN Winbond W83627HF BIOS CHASFAN SW/LED SPDIF PCI3 CD-IN FRONT AUDIO SPEAKER...
  • Page 11 PM845G Series Mainboard 格式化 Layout of PM845GV 格式化 KB/MS USB/LAN Socke t 478 CPUFAN PRT/COM/VGA ATX_12V Intel 82845GV SOUND AUXFAN IDE1 IDE2 USB2 USB3 Codec Intel PCI1 BAT1 82801DB (ICH4) PCI2 CASE OPEN Winbond W83627HF BIOS CHASFAN SW/LED SPDIF PCI3 CD-IN FRONT AUDIO SPEAKER...

  • Page 12: Cpu Processor Installation

    PM845G Series Mainboard CPU Processor Installation This mainboard supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processors using a Socket 478. Before building your system, we suggest you visit the Intel website and review the processor installation procedures. http://www.intel.com CPU Socket-478 Configuration Steps: 1. Locate the CPU socket on your mainboard and nudge the lever away from the socket.
  • Page 13 PM845G Series Mainboard CPU Headers Three power headers are available for cooling fans, which play an important role in maintaining the ambient temperature in your system. We strongly recommend you attach the CPU fan to the CPUFAN Header. KB/MS +12V Sense USB/LAN Socket 478...

  • Page 14: Watch Dog Timer

    PM845G Series Mainboard Frequency / Voltage Control This Mainboard automatically detects and recognizes the CPU ratio. You can otherwise override these values using the BIOS setup. Configuration the CPU Frequency using BIOS Setup BIOS SETUP>>Advanced BIOS>>Features>>Frequency/Voltage Control>>CPU Speed Detected CPU Speed = CPU Ratio * CPU Clock DDR Speed = DDR: CPU Ratio * CPU Clock For more details, please refer to Frequency / Voltage Control in Chapter 3 BIOS Setup.

  • Page 15: Memory Configuration

    PM845G Series Mainboard 格式化 Memory Configuration 格式化 The PM845G Series contains 2 sockets for 184-pin DDR SDRAM with a total memory capacity of up to 2GB. You can install DDR 333/ 266 (PC 2700/ 2100) SDRAM for PM845GE and install DDR 266/ 200 (PC 2100/ 1600) SDRAM for PM845G/ GL/ GV. RAM Module Installation: 格式化...

  • Page 16: Back Panel Configuration

    PM845G Series Mainboard 格式化 Back Panel Configuration Game Port Printer Port Speaker Out PS/2 Mouse Line In PS/2 Keyboard Mic In COM1 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: KB/MS This mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse connector and PS/2 Keyboard connector.

  • Page 17: Audio Port Connectors

    PM845G Series Mainboard Serial and Parallel Interface Ports This system comes equipped with two serial ports and one parallel port. The Serial Interface: COM1 The serial interface port is sometimes referred to as an RS-232 port or an asynchronous communication port. Mice, printers, modems and other peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port.
  • Page 18 PM845G Series Mainboard 格式化 Connector Configuration 格式化 Socket 478 ATX_PWR ATX_12V Intel 82845G IDE1 IDE2 USB2 USB3 Cod ec CASE OPEN PCI1 PCI2 CASE OPEN Winbond W83627HF BIOS COM2 IrDA SW/LED PCI3 SPEAKER USB2 USB3 IrDA SPEAKER SW/LED COM2 The layout is PM845G...
  • Page 19 PM845G Series Mainboard Front Panel Indicators: SW/LED Assignment Function Assignment Function HD LED (+) ACPI LED (+) Hard Drive POWER LED HD LED (-) ACPI LED (-) Reset SW (-) Power SW(+) Power-on Reset Switch Switch Reset SW (+) Power SW(-) HD LED (Hard Drive LED Connector) This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case.
  • Page 20 PM845G Series Mainboard IrDA (Infrared Connector): Assignment Assignment IR_TX IR_RX This IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared and is used to attach to an infrared sensing device. After the IrDA interface is configured, you can use this connector for connectionless data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops and PDAs.
  • Page 21 PM845G Series Mainboard Front Serial interface Header: COM2 This mainboard supports a front serial header. Connect with a bracket, then you can use other serial interface device. Assignment Assignment SOUT RINGW Clear CMOS Jumper: JP1 Assignment Pin 1-2 Close Normal (default) Pin 2-3 Close Clear CMOS...

  • Page 22: Power Supply Attachments

    PM845G Series Mainboard Floppy Disk Connector: FDC The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2 This mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA/33, Ultra DMA/66, Ultra DMA/100, functionality.
  • Page 23 PM845G Series Mainboard ATX_12V Assignment Assignment +12V +12V 格式化 Slots: AGP/ PCI The slots in this mainboard are designed for expansion cards and are used as an interface between the card and the system bus. Expansion cards are a means of enhancing the mainboards features by performing tasks that are not part of the basic system.

  • Page 24: Audio Connectors

    PM845G Series Mainboard 格式化 Audio Connectors This mainboard provides three connectors as part of its audio Subsystem. KB/MS USB/LAN Socket 478 CPUFAN PRT/COM/VGA ATX_12V INTEL 82845G SOUND AUXFAN IDE1 IDE2 USB2 USB3 Codec INTEL PCI1 BAT1 82801DB (ICH4) PCI2 CASE OPEN Winbond W83627HF BIOS...
  • Page 25 PM845G Series Mainboard S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector: SPDIF S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a recent audio transfer file format which provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signals. Normally there are S/PDIF outputs one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products.

  • Page 26: Chapter 2. Bios Setup

    PM845G Series Mainboard Chapter 2. BIOS Setup Introduction This section discribes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the ROM BIOS firmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The configuration information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by battery after power-down.

  • Page 27: Key Function

    PM845G Series Mainboard DRAM Support DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs ® ® This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Intel Pentium 4 CPUs. Key Function In general, use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp>...

  • Page 28: Main Menu

    PM845G Series Mainboard Main Menu When you enter the PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen then Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options. Use the left/right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to assess and configure the information below.
  • Page 29 PM845G Series Mainboard Main Menu Setup Selections Item Options Description Set system date. Note that the ‘Day’ Date mm:dd:yy automatically changes when you set the date. Time hh: mm: ss Set current time of the system. Options are in its Press <Enter>...

  • Page 30: Advanced Features

    PM845G Series Mainboard Advanced Features Advanced Features First /Second/Third/ Boot Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device. Options: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN, Disabled Boot Other Device The setting allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd boot devices.

  • Page 31: Advanced Bios Features

    PM845G Series Mainboard Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning This item allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an audio alarm (beep).

  • Page 32: Mps Version Control For Os

    PM845G Series Mainboard MPS Version Control for OS The 1.1 version is elder version, supports 8 more IRQ in Windows NT. Choose the new 1.4 version for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Options: 1.1, 1.4 (default) OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system.

  • Page 33: System Bios Cacheable

    PM845G Series Mainboard System BIOS Cacheable When enabled, accesses to system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH are cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. Options: Enabled (default), Disabled. Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS, resulting in better system performance. If any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

  • Page 34: Resources Controlled By

    PM845G Series Mainboard Resources Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. If you choose Auto, you cannot select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields, since BIOS automatically assigns them. IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.

  • Page 35: Peripherals

    PM845G Series Mainboard CPU HOST/PCI Clock This item allows you to select CPU HOST to PCI Clock. The default depends on CPU frequency. This item is for over-clocking. When CPU FSB is 100, options: Default, 100/33, 108/36, 114/38, 117/39, 120/40, 123/41, and 133/33MHz. When CPU FSB is 133, options: Default, 133/33, 148/37, 152/38, 156/39, 160/40, and 164/41 MHz.

  • Page 36: Ide Hdd Block Mode

    PM845G Series Mainboard On-Chip Primary / Secondary PCI IDE This item allows you to enable / disable the on-chip primary / secondary PCI IDE. Options: Enabled (default), Disabled. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write.

  • Page 37: Power On Function

    PM845G Series Mainboard Onboard I/O Chip Setup Power On Function This option allows you to select how to power on your computer. Options: Password, Hot KEY, Mouse Left, Mouse Right, Any KEY, BUTTON ONLY, and Keyboard 98 PWRON After PWR-Fail Set if restart the system after power fail.

  • Page 38: Ur2 Duplex Mode

    PM845G Series Mainboard UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. Options: Half (default), Full. Use IR Pins Select one of the two options to function.

  • Page 39: Power Menu

    PM845G Series Mainboard Power Menu The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system. Options: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM...

  • Page 40: Video Off Method

    PM845G Series Mainboard Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank. Options: V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank Screen (default) This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

  • Page 41: Usb Kb Wake Up From S3

    PM845G Series Mainboard Wake Up Control If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Wake Up Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options: PCI PME Wake Up This item allows you to control the PCI PME Wake Up.

  • Page 42: Hw Monitoring

    PM845G Series Mainboard HW Monitoring Case Open Warning If this function is set to “Enabled” and someone open the case, the system will automatically show alert messages on the screen when you power on your computer. On the contrary, if this function is disabled, the system will not show alert messages when you power on your computer even if the case is opened.

  • Page 43: Exit Menu

    PM845G Series Mainboard Load System Defaults settings Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance for your system to operate. Load System Default Settings Load System Default Settings. Load System Turbo Settings This selection allows you to use the best settings for your system. Load CMOS From BIOS With this function, you can load defaults from flash ROM for battery less or power shortage.

  • Page 44: Chapter 3. Software Setup

    PM845G Series Mainboard Chapter 3. Software Setup Software List Category Platform Intel Chipset INF update Intel Ultra ATA Utility(IAA) Intel 845 Extreme Graphics Driver Windows 9X/2000 Realtek Audio Driver ME/XP/NT4 Intel LAN Driver PC-cillin 2002 Acrobat Reader Software Installation Simply put Driver CD into CD-ROM drive and the Installation Utility will auto-run or you can launch the Driver CD Installation Utility manually.
  • Page 45 PM845G Series Mainboard 2. There are three buttons optional: Motherboard Driver, Tools, and Browse CD. 3. Click “Mainboard Driver” on the second picture, and then you can see the screen like the picture below. You can choose to install the drivers of Intel Chipset INF update…etc. Click the driver you need to install.
  • Page 46 PM845G Series Mainboard 4. By clicking “Tools” on the second picture, you will have two programs to choose and install. Follow the description after clicking the button. 5. You can click “Back” to go to the page previous, or click “Exit” to finish using the Drive CD.

  • Page 47: Chapter 4. Troubleshooting

    PM845G Series Mainboard Chapter 4. Troubleshooting Problem 1: No power to the system. Power light does not illuminate. Fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator lights on keyboard are not lit. Causes: 1. Power cable is unplugged. 2. Defective power cable. 3.
  • Page 48 PM845G Series Mainboard Problem 4: System only boots from the CD-ROM. The hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from the hard disk is impossible. Causes: Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted. Solutions: Back up data and applications files. Reformat the hard drive. Re-install applications and data using backup disks.
  • Page 49 PM845G Series Mainboard Problem 10: Keyboard failure. Causes: Keyboard is disconnected. Solutions: Reconnect keyboard. Replace keyboard if you continue to experience problems. Problem 11: No color on screen. Causes: 1. Faulty Monitor. 2. CMOS incorrectly set up. Solutions: 1. If possible, connect monitor to another system. If no color appears, replace monitor. 2.

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