User`s manual

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USER’S NOTICE ....................................................................................................................................................iii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................................................iii
COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................................................iii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF VIA P4M890 CHIPSET MOTHERBOARD
1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD.......................................................................................................1
1-2 SPECIFICATION..................................................................................................................................2
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST ........................................................................................................................3
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING....................................................................................4
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS .............................................................................................6
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING...................................................................6
2-3 INSTALL CPU.......................................................................................................................................7
2-3-1 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................................7
2-3-2 ABOUT INTEL PENTIUM4 LGA 775 CPU ...........................................................................8
2-3-3 LGA 775 CPU INSTALLATION GUIDE .............................................................................. .. 9
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY ............................................................................................................................18
2-5 EXPANSION CARD..............................................................................................................................19
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION................................................19
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD .........................................................................19
2-5-3 PCI EXPRESS SLOT.................................................................................................................20
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS.................................................................................................................21
2-6-1 CONNECTORS..........................................................................................................................21
2-6-2 HEADERS...................................................................................................................................25
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER..................................................................................................28
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP...............................................................................................................................29
3-2 GETTING HELP ...................................................................................................................................29
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................................30
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES.........................................................................................................31
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ..........................................................................................................32
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES...................................................................................................34
3-6-1 CLOCK/DRIVE CONTROL ....................................................................................................35
3-6-2 AGP&P2P BRIDGE CONTROL..............................................................................................36
3-6-3 CPU&PCI BUS CONTROL......................................................................................................36
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS..........................................................................................................37
3-7-1 VIA ONCHIP IDE DEVICE .....................................................................................................37
3-7-2 VIA ONCHIP PCI DEVICE......................................................................................................38
3-7-3 SUPER I/O DEVICE..................................................................................................................39
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP......................................................................................................40
3-8-1 IRQ/EVENT ACTIVILITY DETECT.....................................................................................41
3-8-1.1 IRQS ACTIVITIES.................................................................................................................42
3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL..........................................................................................................42
3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................43
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS ........................................................................................................................44
3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTION...............................................................................................45
3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS......................................................................................45
3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS.....................................................................................................................48
3-14 LOAD OPTIMIZED/FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS.................................................................................48
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP.........................................................49
4-1 VIA 4 IN 1 INSTALL VIA SERVICE PACK 4 IN 1 DRIVER ............................................50
4-2 VGA INSTALL VIA P4M890 VGA DRIVER .............................................................51
4-3 SOUND INSTALL VIA AC97 CODEC AUDIO DRIVER ..............................................51
4-4 LAN INSTALL VIA LAN CONTROLLER DRIVER................................................52
4-5 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY..........................53
4-6 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN2006 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ...................................54
4-7 USB2.0 INSTALL VIA USB2.0 DEVICE DRIVER ........................................................55
4-8 SATA INSTALL VIA SERIAL ATA..............................................................................56
4-9 HOW TO DISABLE ON-BOARD SOUND.........................................................................................57
4-10 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS.....................................................................................................................57
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