Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product P4M80-M4 Biostar
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P4M80-M4 i FCC Information and Copyright 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 li mits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residenti al installation.
Table of Contents ii Chapter 1: In troducti on .......................................................... 1 1.1 Motherboard Features .......................................................... 1 1.2 Package Che cklist ..................................
P4M80-M4 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 M OTHERBOARD F EATURES A. Hardware CPU Supports Socket 478. Supports Intel Pentium 4 processo r up to 3.4GHz. Supports Intel Celeron/Cel eron D processor . Supports Intel Pentium 4 Northwood/Pre scott CPU. Do not support Williamate CPU.
P4M80-M4 2 Super I/O Chip: ITE IT8705AF . Provides the most commonly used le gacy Super I/O functionality . Environment Control initiatives: H/W Monitor Fan S peed Controller ITE's "Smart Guardian" function On Board IDE T wo on-board connectors support 4 devices.
P4M80-M4 3 Internal On-board I/O Connectors and Headers 1 front panel header suppo rts front pan el facilities. 1 CD-in connector support s 1 CD-ROM audio-in device. 1 front audio header support s front panel audio-out fun ction. 1 SPDIF-out con nector supports digit al audio-out function.
P4M80-M4 4 B. BIOS & Software BIOS Award legal BIOS. Supports APM1.2. Supports ACPI Supports USB Function. Software Support s Warp speeder™, 9th T ouch™, WINFLASHE R™ and FLASHER™. 1.2 P ACKAGE C HECKLIST FDD Cable X 1 HDD Cable X 1 User’s Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 USB 2.
P4M80-M4 5 1.3 L AYOUT AND C OMPONENTS JUSB1 JAUDIO JUSBLAN1 J C O M 1 JPRNT JVGA 1 PCI1 FDD1 CNR1 BA T1 DIMM1 DIMM2 PCI3 PCI2 IDE1 IDE2 JA TXPWR2 JA TXPWR1 JCF AN1 JSF AN1 JCMOS 1 JUSB3 JUSB4 JSA TA .
P4M80-M4 6 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 I NSTALLING C ENTRAL P ROCESS ING U NIT (CPU) PU PU Step 1: Pull the lever sideways a way from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. Step 2: Look for the white dot/cut edg e. The white dot/cut edge should point wards the lever pivot.
P4M80-M4 7 2.2 FAN H EADERS These fan headers support cooling-fan s built in the computer . The fan cable and connector may be different a ccordi ng to the fan manufacturer . Connect the fan cable to the connector while mat ching the black wire to pin#1.
P4M80-M4 8 2.3 I NSTALLING S YSTEM M EMORY DIMM1 DIMM2 PU 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the ret aining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the not ch on the DIMM ma tches the break on the Slot. 2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retainin g chip snap back in place an d the DIMM is properly seated.
P4M80-M4 9 2.4 C ONNECTORS AND S LOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a st andard floppy disk connector that supports 36 0 K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector su ppo rts the provide d floppy drive rib bon cables.
P4M80-M4 10 PCI1~PCI3: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equip ped with 3 standa rd PCI sl ots. PCI st ands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bu s st andard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bit s.
P4M80-M4 11 CNR1: Communication Network Riser Slot The CNR specification is an open Indust ry S tandard Architecture, and it defines a hardware scalable ri se r card interface, which supports mo dem only .
P4M80-M4 12 CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUMPERS SETUP 3.1 H OW TO S ETUP J UMPERS The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed 3.
P4M80-M4 13 JATXPWR2: ATX Po wer Connector By connecting this connector , it will provide +12V to CPU power circuit. Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 4 2 3 1 PU 4 Ground JAUDIO1: Fr ont Panel Audio He ader This header allo ws user to connect the front audio o utput cable with the PC front panel.
P4M80-M4 14 JSPDIFO1: Di gi tal Au dio-out Connec tor This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output hea der. Pin Assignment 1 +5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 1 3 PU 3 Ground JPANEL1: Fr ont Panel Hea der This 24-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LE D, Po wer LED, Sleep button, speaker and IrDA Connectio n.
P4M80-M4 15 JUSB3/JUSB 4: Front USB Headers This motherboard provides 2 USB 2.0 he aders, which allows user to connect additional USB cable on the PC front p anel, and also can be conn ected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader.
P4M80-M4 16 JSATA1/JSATA2: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SA T A Controller with 2 channels SA T A interface, it satisfies the SA T A 1.
P4M80-M4 17 JCI1: Chassi s Open Header This connector allows system to monitor PC case op en status. If the signal has been triggered, it will record to the CMOS and show the message on next boot-up.
P4M80-M4 18 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 A WARD BIOS B EEP C ODE Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by t wo short beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad High-low siren soun d CPU ove.
P4M80-M4 19 B. CPU Overheated If the system shutdown aut omatically after power on system for seconds, that means the CPU prot e ction function ha s been activated. When the CPU is over heated, the motherboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU, and the system may not power on again.
P4M80-M4 20 4.3 T ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution 1. No power to the system at all Power light don’t illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. 2. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on. 1. Make sure power cable is securely plugged in.
P4M80-M4 21 CHAPTER 5: WARPSPEEDER™ 5.1 I NTRODUCTION [W arpS peeder™], a new powerful co ntrol utility , features three user-friendly functions inclu ding Overclock Manager , Overvoltage Manager , and Hardware M onitor .
P4M80-M4 22 5.3 I NSTALLATION 1. Execute the setup execution file, and then the followin g dialog will p op up. Please click “Next” button and follow the default proce dure to install. 2. When you see the followin g dialog in se tup procedure, it means setup is completed.
P4M80-M4 23 5.4 [W ARP S PEEDER ™] INCLUDES 1 TRAY ICON AND 5 PANELS 1. Tray Icon: Whenever the T ray Icon utility is l aunched, it will display a little tray icon on the right side of Windows T askbar . This utility is responsible for conveniently invoking [W arpS peeder™] Utility .
P4M80-M4 24 2. Main Panel If you click the tray icon, [W ar pS peeder™] utility will be invoked. Please refer to the following figure; the utility’ s first window you will see is Main Panel. Main Panel contains features as follows: a. Display the CPU S peed, CPU external clock, Memory clock, AGP clock, and PCI clock information.
P4M80-M4 25 3. Voltage Panel Click the V oltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlig hted and the V oltage Panel will slide out to up as the follo wing figure. In this panel, you can decide to increa se CPU core voltage a nd Memory voltage or not.
P4M80-M4 26 4. Overclock Panel Click the Overclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Overclock Panel will slide out to lef t as the following figure.
P4M80-M4 27 c. “Auto-overclock button”: Us er can click this button and [W arpS peeder™] will set the best and st able performance and frequency automatically . [W arpS peeder™] utility will execute a series of testing until system fail. Then system will do fail-safe reboot by using W atchdog function.
P4M80-M4 28 6. About Panel Click the “about” button in Main Panel, the button will be highlig hted and the About Panel will slide out to up as the following figure. In this panel, you can get model name and det ail information in hint s of all the chipset that are related to overclocking.
P4M80-M4 29 Note: Because the overclock, overvolt ag e, and hardware monitor featu re s are controlled by several separate chip set, [WarpS peeder™] divide these features to separate panels. If one chip set is not on board, the correlative button in Main p anel will be di sabled, but will not interfere other panels’ functions.
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