VIA Mainboard User’s Manual VIA P4XB-SA & VIA P4XB-RA Version 1.
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FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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Box Contents • 1 x VIA Mainboard • 1 x User’s manual • 1 x Floppy ribbon cable • 1 x ATA-66/100 Hard drive ribbon cable (2 are included with the VIA P4XB-RA) • 1 x 2 Port USB Module • 1 x Driver Utilities CD • 1 x User’s Manual for Promise FastTrak 100-Lite RAID Controller (with VIA P4XB-RA only) v
Contents Chapter 1. Specifications.................... 1-1 Specifications ................................................................ 1-2 Layout ............................................................................ 1-4 Connectors Guide .......................................................... 1-5 Chapter 2. Installation ........................ 2-1 CPU Installation ............................................................. 2-2 CPU Installation ...............................................
Modem-In Connector: J5 ......................................................... 2-13 Fan Power Connectors: CFAN2/SFAN1 ................................ 2-14 Case Connectors: JFP1/JFP2 .................................................. 2-15 Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUD ...................................... 2-16 Wake On Ring Connector: JMDM1 ........................................ 2-17 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1 ................................... 2-17 USB Front Connector: USB3/USB4 .........
Load Optimized Defaults ............................................. 3-32 Set Supervisor/User Password.................................... 3-33 Save & Exit Setup ........................................................ 3-35 Exit Without Saving ..................................................... 3-36 Chapter 4. Driver Setup ...................... 4-1 VIA Apollo P4X266A Chipset Drivers ........................... 4-2 C-Media CMI8738 Audio Driver (P4XB-RA only) ........
Specifications 1 Chapter 1. Specifications Specifications The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards are based around the VIA Apollo P4X266A chipset, which brings support for high-performance DDR266 SDRAM to the Intel® Pentium® 4 platform. VIA’s advanced V-Link controller brings optimal system efficiency by effectively doubling bandwidth between the chipset’s north and south bridges.
Chapter 1 Specifications CPU • Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processors in the 478 pin package. • Supports 1.5GHz, 1.6GHz, 1.7GHz, 1.8GHz, 1.9GHz, 2GHz and upwards. Chipset • VIA Apollo P4X266A chipset (VT8753 & VT8233) - Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processors with 400MHz (100MHz QDR) CPU Front Side Bus (FSB). - AGP v2.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode. - High Bandwidth V-Link Client controller. - Integrated Faster Ethernet LPC. - Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC’97 audio.
Specifications Onboard Peripherals • 1 floppy port supports 2 x FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and • • • • • 2.88Mbytes. 2 x serial ports (COM A + COM B). 1 x parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode. 2 x USB 1.1 ports (plus 2 pin-headers for up to 4 additional connections). 1 x IrDA connector for SIR/CIR/ASKIR/HPSIR. 1 x Game (MIDI) port Audio • H/W C-Media CMI8738 / PCI-6ch supports 2/4/6 channel speaker (VIA • P4XB-RA only). S/W Realtek ALC201A AC'97 Codec. BIOS • Award Plug & Play BIOS.
Chapter 1 Layout VIA P4XB-RA & VIA P4XB-SA Mainboards 1-4
Specifications Connectors Guide Component JWR1 JPW1 JKBMS1 JKBMS1 USB Connectors COM A & COM B LPT1 FDD1 IR1 IDE1~ IDE2 J3 J4 J5 CFAN2/SFAN1 JFP1/JFP2 JAUD JMDM1 JGS1 USB3/USB4 J7 JP1 AGP Slot PCI Slots CNR Slot Function ATX 20-pin power connector ATX 12V power connector Mouse connector Keyboard connector Connecting to USB devices Serial port connector Parallel port connector Floppy disk drive connector IrDA infrared module connector Hard disk connectors CD-in connector Aux line-in connector Modem-in conn
Installation 2 Chapter 2. Installation Installation This chapter provides you with information about hardware setup procedures. While installing the mainboard, carefully hold the components and closely follow the installation procedures. Some components may be damaged if they are installed incorrectly. It is recommended to use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. Static electricity can damage some components.
Chapter 2 CPU Installation The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards support the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in the 478 pin package (PGA478). When installing the CPU, ensure the CPU has a large-size heatsink and a cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating. If the heatsink and cooling fan are not included with the CPU, contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer. CPU Installation 1. Pull the lever sideways away from the socket.
Installation CPU Core Speed If CPU Clock Core/Bus ratio then CPU core speed = = = = = 100MHz 14 Host Clock x Core/Bus ratio 100MHz x 14 1.4GHz Overclocking This mainboard is designed to support overclocking. However, WARNING! please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal settings, before overclocking. Any attempt to operate beyond product specifications is not recommended.
Chapter 2 3. Mount the fan on top of the heatsink. Press down the fan firmly until its four clips become wedged in the holes of the retention mechanism. 4. Press the two levers down to secure the fan. Each lever can be pressed down in only ONE direction. levers 5. Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3-pin fan power connector on the mainboard.
Installation Memory Installation The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards provide 3 sockets for 184-pin, 2. 5V DDR DIMM with 6 memory banks. To operate properly, at least one DIMM module must be installed. You can install PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules on the DDR DIMM slots (DDR 1~3). DDR266 (Double Data Rate) SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM, but doubles the rate of transfer by transfering data twice per cycle. This is achieved by transfering data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock.
Chapter 2 DDR Module Installation You can install either single sided or double sided 184-pin DDR DIMM modules into DDR DIMM, depending on your requirements. Differing from SDR DIMM, DDR DIMMs have only one notch on the center of the module. The number of pins on either side of the breaks are also different. The memory modules will only fit if placed in the correct orientation.
Installation Power Supply The VIA P4XB-RA and VIA P4XB-SA mainboards require an ATX power supply for powering the system. Before inserting the power supply connector, always make sure that all components are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused. ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: JWR1 This connector is for the ATX power supply. To connect to the ATX power supply, make sure the plugs of the power supply are inserted in the correct orientation and the pins are properly aligned.
Chapter 2 Back Panel The Back Panel provides the following connectors: Keyboard Connector: The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA JKBMS1 Mouse Connector: JKBMS1 mainboards provide a standard PS/2 mouse connector for attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse directly into this connector. The connector location and pin assignments are as follows: 6 5 4 3 The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 keyboard connector for attaching a PS/2 keyboard. You can plug a PS/2 keyboard directly into this connector.
Installation USB Connectors The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards provide 2 USB ports (plus 2 pinheadersfor up to 4 additional USB connections; see 2-18). USB-compatible devices can be plugged directly into these ports.
Chapter 2 Serial Port Connectors: COM A & COM B The mainboard offers two 9-pin male Serial Port connectors (COM A and COM B) . You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to these ports.
Installation Connectors The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards provide pin-header connectors for FDD, IDE HDD, case, modem, LAN, USB Ports, IR module and the CPU/ System FAN. Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 The standard floppy disk drive connector supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. IrDA Infrared Module Connector: IR1 This connector allows you to connect an IrDA Infrared module. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to activate the IR function.
Chapter 2 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards have a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA/33/66/100 functions. You can connect up to four hard disk drive, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices. These connectors utilize the provided IDE hard disk cable. IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector) The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1.
Installation CD-In Connector: J3 This connector is for the CD-ROM audio connector. Aux Line-In Connector: J4 This connector is for a DVD add-on card with Line-in connector. Modem-In Connector: J5 This connector is for a modem with internal audio connector.
Chapter 2 Fan Power Connectors: CFAN2/SFAN1 The CFAN2 (CPU fan) and SFAN1 (system fan) run on +12V and maintain system cooling. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always be aware that the red wire is the Positive and should be connected to the +12V. The black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. GND +12V SENSOR CFAN2 GND +12V SENSOR SFAN1 Note: Always consult the vendor for proper CPU cooling fan.
Installation Case Connectors: JFP1/JFP2 The case connector blocks JFP1 & JFP2 allow you to connect to the Power Switch, Reset Switch, Speaker, Power LED, and HDD LED on the case. Speaker JFP1 Dual Color Single Color Power LED Power PLED Switch JFP2 HDD Reset LED Switch Power Switch Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. Pressing this button will turn the system power on or off. Reset Switch The Reset Switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON/OFF.
Chapter 2 Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUD This connector allows you to connect the front panel audio.
Installation Wake On Ring Connector: JMDM1 This connector allows you to connect a modem card with the Wake On Ring function. The connector will power up the system when a signal is received through the modem card. MDM_WAKEUP 1 NC 5VSB GND NC JMDM1 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to this connector. Pressing the switch once will enter the system into the sleep/suspend state. Pressing any key will wake up the system.
Chapter 2 USB Front Connector: USB3/USB4 The mainboard provides 2 front USB pin-header connectors, allowing up to four USB connections in addition to the 2 standard USB ports.
Installation Jumpers The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards provide jumpers for setting the mainboard’s functions. This section will explain how to change settings for your mainboard’s functions through the use of the jumpers. Clear CMOS Jumper: J7 The onboard CMOS RAM stores system configuration data and has an onboard battery power supply. Using the CMOS RAM, the system knows to automatically boot the OS when it is turned on. The long-life battery has a lifetime of at least 5 years.
Chapter 2 Onboard Audio Codec Jumper: JP1 This jumper can enable or disable the onboard software audio codec. When enabling the onboard audio codec, the system will use the onboard codec as the PRIMARY audio adapter and the installed CNR card as the SECONDARY one. However, some types of CNR cards cannot be set to secondary mode. In this case, the onboard audio codec must be disabled to resolve the system conflict.
Installation Slots The mainboard provides five 32-bit Master PCI bus slots, one AGP4X slot and one CNR slot. AGP Slot PCI Slots CNR Slot AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP4X slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card. AGP is an interface specification designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the graphics controller to directly access main memory and provides three levels of throughputs: 1x (266Mbps), 2x (533Mbps) and 4x (1.07Gbps).
Chapter 2 PCI Interrupt Request Routing IRQ allows devices to send interrupt signals to the microprocessor.
BIOS Setup 3 Chapter 3.
Chapter 3 Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press key to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button. You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing , , and keys.
BIOS Setup Getting Help After entering the Setup menu, the first menu you will see is the Main Menu. Main Menu The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to. You can use the control keys ( LK ) to select the item. The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Chapter 3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from twelve setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept or enter the sub-menu. Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.
BIOS Setup PC Health Status This entry shows your PC health status. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. Load High Performance Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance, but the system stability may be affected. Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for optimal and stable system operations. Supervisor/User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords.
Chapter 3 Standard CMOS Features The Standard CMOS Features Menu is divided into 10 categories. Each category includes one or more setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select the value you want in each item. Date The date format is . day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only. month The month from Jan. through Dec. date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.
BIOS Setup ing items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”. If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”. Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector The settings are CHS, LBA, Large, Auto. The formatted size of the storage device. Number of cylinders.
Chapter 3 Advanced BIOS Features Anti-Virus Protection The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. Settings: Disabled and Enabled. CPU L1 & L2 Cache The item allows you to turn on or off CPU’s internal (L1) and external (L2) cache. Settings: Enabled and Disabled.
BIOS Setup to load the disk operating system. The settings are: Floppy The system will boot from floppy drive. LS120 The system will boot from LS-120 drive. HDD-0 The system will boot from the first HDD. SCSI The system will boot from the SCSI. CDROM The system will boot from the CD-ROM. HDD-1 The system will boot from the second HDD. HDD-2 The system will boot from the third HDD. HDD-3 The system will boot from the fourth HDD. ZIP100 The system will boot from ATAPI ZIP drive.
Chapter 3 Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance. When Normal is selected, A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset hardware. Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate & Typematic Delay. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled, this item allows you to set the rate (characters/second) at which the keys are accelerated. Settings: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24 and 30.
BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer. Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset.
Chapter 3 the contents of the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EPROM on the DRAM module. Selecting Yes makes SDRAM Cycle Length and Bank Interleave automatically determined by BIOS according to the configurations on the SPD. Setting options: Yes, No. DRAM Frequency (MHz) The chipset supports synchronous and asynchronous mode between host clock and DRAM clock frequency. Available settings are: Auto: DRAM clock frequency is automatically determined. Host CLK: The DRAM clock will be equal to the Host clock.
BIOS Setup RAS to CAS When DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS (row address strobe) to CAS (column address strobe). The lower the timing numbers, the faster the memory performance. Setting options: 3T, 2T, Auto. Burst Length This setting allows you to set the size for Burst-Length for DRAM. The bigger the sizes, the faster the system addresses memory. Setting options: 4, 8, Auto.
Chapter 3 AGP for video purposes. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. Setting options: 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, and 256MB. AGP Driving Control The setting is used to adjust AGP driving force. Selecting Manual allows you to type a AGP driving force in AGP Driving Value. It is strongly suggested to select Auto to avoid causing any system error.
BIOS Setup must wait after each write cycle until PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive more data. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait state. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transaction cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled.
Chapter 3 Integrated Peripherals Onboard Promise Chip (optional) This setting enables/disables the onboard IDE RAID controller. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard Audio Chip (optional) This setting enables/disables the onboard C-Media audio chip. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS Setup VIA OnChip IDE Device Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Choose Enabled to activate each channel separately. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four fields allow you to set a PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports.
Chapter 3 VIA OnChip PCI Device Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: VIA-3058 AC97 Audio Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used. If the device is detected, the onboard VIA AC’97 (Audio Codec’97) controller will be enabled; if not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect an audio device. Setting options: Auto, Disabled.
BIOS Setup Winbond Super IO Device Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: Onboard FDC Controller The setting enables or disables the onboard Floppy controller. Select Enabled when you have installed a floppy disk drive and want to use it. Onboard Serial Port 1/2 The settings specify the base I/O port address and IRQ for the onboard Serial Port A/Serial Port B. Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I/O port address.
Chapter 3 IR Transmission Delay This setting determines whether the IR transmission rate will be delayed while converting to receiving mode. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. UR2 Duplex Mode This setting controls the operating mode of IR transmission/reception. Setting options: Full, Half. Under Full Duplex mode, synchronous, bidirectional transmission/reception is allowed. Under Half Duplex mode, only asynchronous, bi-directional transmission/reception is allowed.
BIOS Setup ECP Mode Use DMA The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboard parallel port with the ECP feature. After selecting it, the following message will appear: “ECP Mode Use DMA.” At this time, the user can choose between DMA channel 3 or 1. PWRON After PWR-Fail This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupts occurs. Available settins are: Off Leaves the computer in the power off state. On Reboots the computer.
Chapter 3 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as Windows 98SE/2000/ME, select Enabled. Settings: Enabled and Disabled. Sleep State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function.
BIOS Setup Power Management Option This item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is related to these modes: Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down. There are three options for power management: Min Saving Minimum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Hour, and HDD Power Down = 15 Min. Max Saving Maximum Power Management. Suspend Mode = 1 Min, and HDD Power Down = 1 Min. User Define Allows end users to configure each mode separately.
Chapter 3 Delay 4 Sec. When you press the power button, the computer enters the suspend/sleep mode, but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds, the computer is turned off. Power/Sleep LED This item sets how the system uses Power LED on the case to indicate the sleep state. Settings are: Single LED The Power LED blinks to indicate the sleep state. Dual LED The Power LED changes its color to indicate the sleep state.
BIOS Setup RTC Alarm Resume The field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time/date. Date (of Month) The field specifies the date for RTC Alarm Resume. Settings: 0~31. Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) The field specifies the time for RTC Alarm Resume. Format is .
Chapter 3 PNP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
BIOS Setup system such as Windows®95/98. If you set this field to “manual” choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field (a sub menu is preceded by a “Ø”). The settings are: Auto (ESCD), Manual. IRQ Resources The items are adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual. Press and you will enter the sub-menu of the items.
Chapter 3 PC Health Status This section shows the status of your CPU, fan, warning for overall system status. CPU Warning Temperature If the CPU temperature reaches the upper limit preset in this setting, the warning mechanism will be activated. This helps you to prevent the CPU overheat problem. Current System, CPU Temperature/Current System, CPU Fan/Vcore/3.
BIOS Setup Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk To reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic interference (EMI), the BIOS detects the presence or absence of components in DIMM and PCI slots and turns off system clock generator pulses to empty slots. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled. Spread Spectrum When the motherboard’s clock generator pulses, the extreme values (spikes) of the pulses creates EMI (Electromagnetic Interference).
Chapter 3 CPU Ratio This setting controls the multiplier that is used to determine the internal clock speed of the processor relative to the external or motherboard clock speed. CPU Vcore Regulator This setting allows you to adjust the CPU core voltage from +0.025V to +0. 100V at 0.025 increment. Please note that it may be dangerous to adjust the Vcore over 10%. DRAM Voltage This setting allows you to set the appropriate DRAM voltage. Setting options: 2.50V, 2.56V, 2.60V, 2.65V.
BIOS Setup Load High Performance Defaults This option on the main menu allows users to restore all the BIOS settings to the default High Performance values. The High Performance Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for maximal system performance but will probably cause a stability issue.
Chapter 3 Load Optimized Defaults This option on the main menu allows users to restore all the BIOS settings to the default Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values also set by the mainboard manufacturer for both optimized and stable performance of the mainboard. When you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears: Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal and stable system performance.
BIOS Setup Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press . The password typed now will clear any previously set password from CMOS memory. You will be prompted to confirm the password. Re-type the password and press . You may also press to abort the selection and not enter a password.
Chapter 3 entry to Setup. If set to Setup, password prompt only occurs when trying to enter Setup. About Supervisor Password & User Password: Supervisor password : Can enter and change the settings of the setup menus. User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the settings of the setup menus.
BIOS Setup Save & Exit Setup When you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to save the changes and quit. A message as below will appear on the screen: Typing “Y” will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to RTC CMOS. Typing “N” will return to the Setup Utility.
Chapter 3 Exit Without Saving When you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to abandon the changes. A message as below will appear on the screen: Typing “Y” will allow you to quit the Setup Utility without saving any changes to RTC CMOS. Typing “N” will return to the Setup Utility.
Driver Setup 4 Chapter 4. Driver Setup Driver Setup This chapter gives you detailed instructions on installation & setup of VIA chipset drivers & C-Media CMI8738/AD1885 AC’97 audio drivers. It consists of the following topics: VIA Apollo P4X266A Chipset Drivers C-Media CMI8738 Audio Driver Realtek ALC201A Audio Driver 4-2 4-7 4-9 Note: You must install VIA chipset drivers first before installing other drivers like audio or VGA drivers.
Chapter 4 VIA Apollo P4X266A Chipset Drivers The VIA P4X266A chipset provides superior performance between the CPU, DRAM, V-Link bus and AGP 8x graphics controller bus with pipelined, burst and concurrent operation. With a highly integrated PCI/LPC controller, its internal bus structure is based on 66MHz PCI bus that provides 2x bandwidth compared to previous generation PCI/ISA bridge chips. Features • Integrated Ultra DMA 33/66/100 master mode PCI EIDE controller.
Driver Setup Driver Installation for Windows® 98SE 1. Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Click on VIA Chipset Drivers and the screen will show VIA Service Pack 4.XX. 4. Click Next and the screen will show a VIA Service Pack 1 README dialog box. 5. Click Next and the screen will show four drivers: VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, AGP VxD Driver, IRQ Routing Miniport Driver and VIA INF Driver 1.XX.
Chapter 4 Driver Installation for Windows® 2000 Note: Before installing the VIA chipset driver, you should installing Windows 2000 Service Pack2 or the latest version. 1. Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Click on Via Chipset Drivers and the screen will show VIA Service Pack 4.XX. 4. Click Next and the screen will show a VIA Service Pack 1 README dialog box. 5.
Driver Setup Driver Installation for Windows® ME 1. Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Click on Via Chipset Drivers and the screen will show VIA Service Pack 4.XX. 4. Click Next and the screen will show a VIA Service Pack 1 README dialog box. 5. Click Yes and the screen will show three drivers: VIA PCI IDE Bus Driver (Windows 2000), AGP VxD Driver and VIA INF Driver 1.XX. Select all and click Next to proceed. 6.
Chapter 4 Driver Installation for Windows® NT4.0 Note: Install Windows® NT4.0 Service Pack 6 or above before installing the VIA drivers into Windows® NT. 1. Insert the provided CD disk into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Click on VIA Chipset Drivers and the screen will show VIA Service Pack 4.XX. 4. Click Next and the screen will show the VIA Service Pack 1 README dialog box. 5.
Driver Setup C-Media CMI8738 Audio Driver (P4XB-RA) C-Media CMI8738 is an audio controller for PCI sound cards. With high speed PCI V2.1 bus controller and legacy audio SBPro® DSPemulator, CMI8738 is designed for PC add-in cards and all-in-one motherboards. No external CODEC is needed in CMI8738: CMI-8738 supports the legacy audio -- SBPROTM, FM emulator/DLS wavetable music synthesis, and HRTF 3D positional audio functions. Features • PCI Plug and Play (PnP) bus interface. 32-bit PCI bus master.
Chapter 4 Driver Installation for Windows® 98/ME/2000 1. Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Click on C-Media Sound Drivers and and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 4. After completion of the installation, please restart Windows system for new driver installation. The system will install the device drivers automatically. Driver Installation for Windows® NT 4.
Driver Setup Realtek ALC201A Audio Driver (P4XB-SA) The ALC201A is an 18-bit, full duplex AC'97 2.2 compatible stereo audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems, including host/soft audio and AMR/ CNR based designs. ALC201A AC'97 CODEC incorporates proprietary converter technology to achieve high SNR greater than 90 dB. In addition, it supports multiple CODEC extension with independent variable sampling rate and built-in 3D effects.
Chapter 4 Driver Installation for Windows® 98/ME/2000/NT4.0 1. Insert the provided CD_ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive. 2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear. 3. Click on ADVANCED Sound Drivers and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 4. After completion of the installation, please restart Windows system for new driver installation. The system will install the device drivers automatically.
