USER'S MANUAL Of VIA P4M890 Chipset & VIA VT8237R Plus Chipset M/B For LGA775 Conroe & Dual Core Ready Intel Pentium-D Processor NO. G03-P4M9MP-FR311 Rev:3.0 Release date: September 2006 Trademark: * Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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TABLE OF CONTENT USER’S NOTICE ....................................................................................................................................................iii MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................................................iii COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................................................
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Chapter 1 Introduction of VIA P4M890 Chipset Motherboards 1-1 Feature of motherboard The VIA P4M890 chipset motherboard series are designed for the innovative 65nm and 90nm Dual-Core Intel® Pentium® D Processor 8 and 9 Series, Intel® Pentium® D Processor, and Intel® Core 2 Duo® (Code Name: Conroe) Processor with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology. With the cost-effective VIA P4M890 chipset that delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution.
1-2 Specification Spec Design Chipset CPU Socket (LGA 775 Socket) Memory Socket Expansion Slot Integrate IDE and Serial ATA RAID VGA Description ∗ Micro ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 24.5x21.
1-3 Performance List The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.
1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting Optional RJ45 LAN PRINT LINE-IN PS/2 Mouse LINE-OUT PS/2 Keyboard MIC COM1 VGA1 USB1 K/B Power ON Jumper (JP1) UL1 CPU FAN PS2 KB/Mouse Port CPU Socket ATX Power Connector PC99 Back Panel DDRII Socket X2 VIA P4M890 Chipset SFAN1 USB Port ATX 12V Connector ATA 133 IDE Connector (IDE1, IDE2) USB Port/ LAN Connector Audio Connector Clear CMOS (JBAT) PCI Express x16 SFAN2 Optional VIA VT6103 LAN PHY VIA VT8237R Plus Chip PCI Express x1 Floppy Connector S
Jumpers Jumper Name CMOS RAM Clear Keyboard Power On Enable/Disabled USB Power On Enable/Disabled Description 3-pin Block 3-pin Block 3-pin Block Page P.6 P.7 P.7 Description 24-pin Block 8-pin Block 6-pin Female Page P.21 P.22 P.
Chapter 2 Hardware installation 2-1 Hardware installation Steps Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps: 1. Check motherboard jumper setting 2. Install CPU and Fan 3. Install System Memory (DIMM) 4. Install Expansion cards 5. Connect IDE and Floppy cables, Front Panel /Back Panel cable 6. Connect ATX Power cable 7. Power-On and Load Standard Default 8. Reboot 9. Install Operating System 10.
(2) Keyboard function Enabled/Disabled: JP1 (3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP2 JP2 1-2 closed (Default) JP2 USB Power On Disable 2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled USB Power On Setting 2-3 Install CPU 2-3-1 Glossary Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards. Processor slot/socket - the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard.
USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards, scanners, and some digital cameras. Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices. LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and establish the relationship between the various components.
2-3-3 LGA 775 CPU Installation Guide Socket Preparation 1. Opening the socket: Note: Apply pressure to the corner with right hand thumb while opening/closing the load lever, otherwise lever can bounce back like a “mouse trap” and WILL cause bent contacts (when loaded) Socket Load Plate Open i. Disengage Load Lever by depressing down and out on the hook to clear retention tab ii. Rotate Load Lever to fully open position at approximately 135degrees iii.
3. Visually inspect for bent contacts (Recommend at least 1stpass visual inspection) NOTE: Refer to the Handling and Inspection Module for 1stand 2ndpass inspection details. NOTE: Glove images are for illustrative purposes only. Please consult local safety guidelines for specific requirements NOTE: Recommend not to hold the load plate as a lever, instead hold at tab with left hand, removing the PnP cap with right hand 775-land LGA Package Insertion Press to remove Pin 1 Indicator Alignment Key 1.
775-Land Package Removal Chamfer on Land Side Cover (align this with pin 1 mark on 775-land LGA package) Large Retention Tabs (pointing towards user) 1. Open the Load Plate/Lever with both hands: With left hand index finger and thumb to support the load plate edge, engage PnP cap with right hand thumb and peel the cap from LGA775 Socket while pressing on center of PnP cap to assist in removal. 2. Pick up 775-land LGA package: By Vacuum Pen: Place a minimum 9-mm cup at approximately the center of IHS.
5. Visually inspect socket contact array 1. First Pass Inspection i. Scan socket contact array at varying angles noting the presence of any foreign material ii. If foreign material can’t be blown off by compressed air, or mechanical damage (Mode1 or 4) observed, reject the motherboard for further evaluation or socket replacement. 2. Second Pass Inspection i. Repeat 2 more times to sight down the rows and columns from each of the 4 sides of the socket to ensure all contacts within the array are inspected ii.
Apply Thermal Interface Material NOTE: Thermal Solutions that come with IntelR boxed processor use pre-applied thermal interface material and not grease. 3. Remove Heat Sink (HS) from packaging media 4. Place HS onto the LGA775 Socket • Ensure fan cables are oriented on side closest to fan header • Align Fasteners with MB through-holes 5.
Intel Reference Thermal Solution Disassembly 1. Rotate fastener cap. turn to un-lock 2. Pull up fastener cap to un-seat 12 1. Disconnect fan cable from motherboard header 2. Turn fastener caps (4) counter-clock wise 90degrees to the un-locked position • A flat-bladed screwdriver may be used if required 3. Pull up on fastener caps to unseat 4. Manually remove HS with gentle twist motion. 5. To re-assemble the HS, reset the fastener caps to their original position with the slot perpendicular to the HS.
6 5 IPA Dry 1. Remove the heatsink from the socket 2. Gently push loose thermal interface material (TIM) to center of processor (pictures 2 and 3) 3. Remove pieces with dry cloth (picture 4) 4. Wipe with dry, lint-free cloth to remove most of the material (picture 5) 5. Wet another lint-free cloth with isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and wipe to clean remaining material (picture 6) 6. Be careful to remove material from gaps between processor and load plate 7.
Dry 1 2 Replacing Damaged Fasteners • − • − − • To prevent damage, avoid setting the thermal solution with the prongs down Set on heatsink side or with fan down The plastic fasteners on the heatsink can be replaced. Use Shop Intel to order spare fasteners http://www.shop-intel.com To remove a damaged fastener Note: Protective gloves are not required for this procedure − Rotate the black pin counterclockwise until it “snaps”.
Damaged. Attempts to straighten not recommended Tilt to remove Replacing Fasteners • − − − − To replace the fastener Start with the white prong Note the “keying” notch feature Tilt the prong to insert into the heatsink leg.
Click Note: The black pin and white prong will only “snap” on in one orientation -Check to ensure the black pin is rotated properly for installation with the slot perpendicular to the heatsink 2-4 Install Memory This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) sides for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 64MB to maximum memory size of 2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM.
2-5 Expansion Cards WARNING! Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers. 2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use. 3.
2-5-3 PCI Express Slot This motherboard provides one 16-lane PCI Express slot which offers 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction intended for Video Graphics Array, and one x1 PCI Express Slot. Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a , support PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device.
2-6 Connectors, Headers 2-6-1 Connectors (1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR24P ATX Power Supply connector. This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows to use soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard.
(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The ATX Power Supply which fully support Pentium 4 processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption. Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system.
(9) VGA Connector (15-pin D-Sub) Connector: VGA1 VGA is the 15-pin D-Subminiature female connector for display monitor. PS/2 Mouse Optional USB1 LAN PRINT LINE-IN LINE-OUT MIC PS/2 Keyboard COM1 USB VGA1 (10) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.
(12) Secondary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE2 This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks. Follow the same procedure described for the primary IDE connector. You may also configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector. IDE2 Pin 1 Secondary IDE Connector • Two hard disks can be connected to each connector.
2-6-2 Headers AUDIO AUD_RET_L AUD_RET_R MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO This header connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable. Without install the cable, this header default setting is 5-6 short, 9-10 short. When you install the cable you have take off these jumpers.
Power LED: PWR LED The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin. (7) Power switch: PWR BTN This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the system.
(9) CD Audio-In Headers (4-pin) : CDIN CDIN are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal. Please connect it to CD-ROM CD-Audio output connector.
2-7 Starting Up Your Computer 1. After all connection are made, close your computer case cover. 2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your country’s voltage used. 3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user’s manual. 4. Turn on your peripheral as following order: a. Your monitor. b.
Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization.
3-3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept or enter the sub-menu.
Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system operations for performance use. Load Standard Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the stable performance system operation that are factory settings for normal use. Set Supervisor/User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords. Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.
Time The time format is . Primary Master/Primary Slave Secondary Master/Secondary Slave Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<–> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually.
Anti-Virus Protection Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep. Disabled (default) No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down. The settings are: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before is begins to repeat the keystroke. The settings are 250, 500, 750, and 1000. Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.
System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled. Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.
3-6-2 AGP &P2P Bridge Control CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright(C) 1984-2004 Award Software AGP Timing Settings AGP AGP AGP AGP VGA Aperture Size 2.0 Mode Master 1 WS Write Master 1 WS Read Share Memory Size Direct Frame Buffer 128M 4X Enabled Enabled 64M------ Item Help Menu Level >> Disabled ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset.
3-7 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright(C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals > VIA OnChip IDE Device > VIA OnChip PCI Device > Super IO Device Init Display First Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter PCIEX Item Help Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults VIA OnChip IDE Device Please refer to section 3-7-1 VIA OnChip PCI Device Please refer to section 3-7-2 Super IO
OnChip IDE Channal0/Channel1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled. Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance.
USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with the EPP function, the following message will be displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.” At this time either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec. can be chosen. 3-8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.
3-8-1 IRQ/Event Activility Detect CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright(C) 1984-2004 Award Software Wake Up Events PS2KB Wakeup Select PS2KB Wakeup From S3/S4/S5 PS2MS Wakeup From S3/S4/S5 USB Resume from S3 VGA OFF LPT&COM HDD&FDD PCI Master Power on by PCI Card Modem Ring Resume RTC Alarm Resume IRQS Activility Monitoring Hotkey Disabled Disabled Enabled On LPT/COM On OFF Disabled Disabled Disabled Press Enter Item Help Menu Level >> ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5
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Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating 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 “>”). The settings are: Auto(ESCD), Manual.
3-10 PC Health Status This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, Warning for overall system status. This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright(C) 1984-2004 Award Software PC Health Status PC N.V.R Enabled Shutdown Temperature Disabled Vcore VDIMM 2.5V VCC3.3V +5V +12V 3VSB -12V 5VSB 5VSB CPU Temperature CPUFAN SFAN1 SFAN2 1.55V 2.64V 3.03V 5.08V 11.96V 3.33V (-)12.36V 4.91V 3.
3-11 Thermal Throttling Option CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright(C) 1984-2004 Award Software CPU Thermal-Throttling CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty Beep Alarm Miscellaneous Control Disabled 70 87.
NB Voltage This item allows you to select value of Voltage for North Bridge Chipset. LDT Voltage This item allows you to select value of Voltage for LDT. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power User Overclock Settings Current FSB Frequency 200MHZ Item Help Current DRAM FrequencyPCIE Clock 200MHZ CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default CPU Ratio at next boot Min= 100 Default MEM Clock at Next Boot Max= 150 Auto Menu Level > CPU Clock at next Boot 200MHZ CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal(Default) VDIMM Select 2.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power User Overclock Settings Current FSB Frequency 200MHZ Current DRAM Frequency 200MHZ CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default CPU Ratio at next boot Default MEM Clock at Next Boot Auto NB Voltage 200MHZ CPU Clock at next Boot CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal(Default) 1.50V ．．．．．[ VDIMM Select 2.55V (Default) 1.60V(Default)．．．．．[ NBchip 1.2V Select 1.20 (Default) 1.70V ．．．．．[ SBChip 1.5V Select 1.50 (Default) 1.
3-13 Password Settings Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Password Settings Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Press Enter Press Enter Item Help Menu Level > ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are: Supervisor password: Can enter and change the options of the setup menus.
Chapter 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly. We call this auto detect software MAGIC INSTALL. MAGIC INSTALL supports WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.
4-1 VIA 4 IN 1 Install VIA Service Pack 4 IN 1 Driver * The path of the file is X:\VIA\DRIVER\SETUP.EXE IDE : VIA ATAPI VENDOR SUPPORT DRIVER IS USED TO FIXED COMPATIBILITY ISSUE FOR IDE DEVICES AGPVXD : VIA AGPVXD DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED, IF YOU ARE USING AN AGP VGA CARD, VIAGART.
4-2 VGA install VIA P4M890 VGA Driver For WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP 1. Click VGA when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 3. 2. Click NEXT When VIA/S3G UniChrome Family Display driver setup Appears Click Finish to Restart Computer 4-3 SOUND install VIA AC97’ Codec Audio Driver 1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL 2.
3. 5. Click Finish and Restart Windows Speaker configuration setting 4. 6. Click Start→Program→Viny Deck→Viny Deck. Then Viny Deck Windows appears 2-ch Speaker position test Note: The path of the file For WIN98/NT4.0/WIN2K/XP is X:\CODEC\VIACODEC\SETUP.EXE Note: In Win2K/WinME users have to click Control Panel\System\Device Manager\ DVD\CD-ROM drives to Enabled digital CD Audio for the CD-ROM Device when use the SPDIF-Out digital signal.
4-5 PC-HEALTH Install MyGuard Hardware monitor Utility 1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL 2. Click Next when Install shield wizard Window MENU appears appears, Choose destination location and click Next, when the start copy file windows appear, click next 3. Select Finish after setup complete 4. Execute MY GUARD utility, On-time Monitoring your system health NOTE: MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X:\NFORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.
4-6 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2006 Anti-virus program 1. Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2. Please select “Install program” when the "Trend Micro internet security" installshield wizard windows appears 3. This is license agreement, select "I Accept the terms" and Click NEXT 4. Click NEXT or choose Change to change the path for the file to be stored 5.
4-7 USB2.0 1. Install VIA USB2.0 DEVICE DRIVER Click USB2.0 when MAGIC INSTALL MENU Appear 2. When USB2.0 Setup Program Appear, Click NEXT Note: Please Install Microsoft Service Pack 1 in Windows XP OS Before you Install VIA USB2.0 Device Driver. 3. Select Install USB Driver and Click NEXT 4. 5. Check device working properly in Device Manager Select FINISH and Restart your Computer The Path of the file is X:\VIA\VIAUSB20\SETUP.
4-8 SATA Install VIA Serial ATA 1. Click SATA when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2. When license agreement appear, choose I agree and click NEXT 3. Select you want to install driver 4. Review install driver and utility component, then click NEXT 5. The Following information to show installing 6.
How to make a SATA HDD driver diskette? STEP 1: Insert the formatted diskette in floppy drive on a system which can start OS. STEP 2: After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD-ROM STEP 3: Copy all the files from \VIA\VIASATA\DriverDisk to floppy diskette Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows XP or Windows 2000 on your System.
