Commell P4BWA User manual

P4BWA
Full size ATX motherboard
User’s Manual
Edition: 1.00
2007/10/05

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Copyright
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reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice to make
improvements to the products.
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Packing List
Please check package component before you use our products.
Hardware:
P4BWA Full size ATX motherboard x 1
Cable Kit:
Other Accessories:
Divers CD (including User’s Manual) x 1
Floppy flat cable x 1
DB25 & DB9 cable x 1
Serial ATA ribbon cable x 2
I/O Shield x 1
RAID driver Disk for Windows 2000,
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

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Index
Chapter1 <Introduction>.....................................................................6
1.1 <Product Overview>.................................................................................6
1.2 <Product Specification> ...........................................................................7
1.3 <Component Placement> ........................................................................9
1.4 <Block Diagram>....................................................................................10
1.5 <Mechanical Drawing >.......................................................................... 11
Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>.........................................................12
2.1 <Connector Location>............................................................................12
2.2 <Jumper Location> ................................................................................13
2.3 <Connector Reference>.........................................................................14
2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> ..............................................................14
2.3.2 <External Connectors> .............................................................14
2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>....................................................................15
2.4.1 <CPU installation>...................................................................15
2.4.2 <Memory installation>..............................................................16
2.5 <CMOS Setup>......................................................................................17
2.6 <Disk on chip interface>.........................................................................18
2.7 <Serial ATA installation>.........................................................................19
2.8 <Floppy Installation>..............................................................................20
2.9 <LAN installation>..................................................................................21
2.10 <Audio Installation>..............................................................................22
2.11 <Display Installation> ...........................................................................24
2.12 <USB Installation>................................................................................25
2.13 <Power and Fan Installation> ..............................................................27
2.14 <GPIO & SMBUS interface>................................................................29
2.15 <Serial Port> ........................................................................................30
2.16 <Switch & Indicator> ............................................................................32

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2.17 <Expansion Interface>.........................................................................33
Chapter 3 <System Configuration>...........................................35
3.1 <SATA configuration>.............................................................................35
3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration> ..................................................................36
3.3 <Audio Configuration> ...........................................................................40
3.4 <Video Memory Setup> .........................................................................41
Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>....................................................................43
Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>.................................45
A.1 <Floppy Port> ........................................................................................45
A.2 <Serial Port>..........................................................................................46
A.3 <VGA Port>............................................................................................46
A.4 <LAN Port>............................................................................................47
A.5 <SMBus>...............................................................................................47
A.6 <Parallel Port>.......................................................................................48
A.7 <IrDA Port>............................................................................................48
Appedix B <System Resources>................................................49
Appedix C <Flash BIOS>...................................................................53
C.1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool......................................................................53
C.2 Flash Method...................................................................................53
Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>........................................54
Appendix E <What Dog timer Setting >..................................55
Contact Information..............................................................................56

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Chapter1 <Introduction>
1.1 <Product Overview>
P4BWA is the motherboard with last Intel desktop technology with industrial motherboard
form factor. Based on Intel®Q965 and ICH8DO, the board integrates a new Core 2 Quad
processor 775-pin socket, DDR2 memory slot, Intel®Graphic Media Accelerator 3000
technology, PCI express interface and Serial ATA II with RAID function for a powerful
desktop system.
Intel®LGA775 processor
The Intel®Core 2 Quad processor now comes with a new form factor with 775-pin PLGA
package, for 533/800/1066MHz front-side-bus, 4MB L2 cache, and for 65nm manufacturing
technology, the PLGA processor without pin header on solder side can make user installing
the processor on the socket easier.
Intel®Q965 and ICH8DO chipset
The Intel Q965 integrates DDR2 533/667/800MHz for memory, and Graphic Media
Accelerator (GMA) 3000 technology for new graphic engine. It can provide up to 256MB of
frame buffer when you install over 512MB of system memory. The ICH8DO integrates with
up to 10 USB2.0 interfaces (6 ports for P4BWA) I/O panel, and serial ATA II interface with
RAID function.
Dual Intel 82573L Gigabit LAN
Dual Gigabit LAN with Intel 82573L, P4BWAcomes with a powerful network function for the
system that requires large transfer data of NAS system or Server platform.
PCI-Express interface
P4BWA integrates one x16 and x4 PCI-Express interface, it can provide up to 8GB/s of
bandwidth, which AGP 8x can only provide up to 2GB/s.
Multimedia interfaces
P4BWA also integrates 7.1 channel HD audio, Mini-PCI, PCI and ISA interface, for these
flexible function, system integrator can built more powerful systems for many applications.

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1.2 <Product Specification>
General Specification
Form Factor Full size ATX motherboard
CPU Intel® Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo/Pentium 4/Pentium D/
Celeron D series processor with LGA775 socket
Package type: PLGA 775
Front side bus: 533/800/1066MT/s (133/200/266/QuadMHz x 4)
Intel®Hyper-Threading Technology and Dual/Quad core
supported, EM64T supported
Memory 4 x 240-pin DDR2 533/667/800MHz SDRAM up to 8GB
Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only
Chipset Intel® Q965 (Northbridge) and ICH8DO (Southbridge)
BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 8Mb SPI flash BIOS
Green Function Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes.
ACPI version 1.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant
Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255
sec./min. of timeout value
Real Time Clock Intel® ICH8DO built-in RTC with lithium battery
Serial ATAII Intel® ICH8DO integrates 6 Serial ATA II interface
RAID 0, 1,5,10 Intel Matrix Storage Technology supported
Multi-I/O Port
Chipset Intel® 82801HDO(ICH8DO) with Winbond® W83627DHG and
Fintek F81216D controller
Serial Port Five RS-232 and one RS232/422/485 serial ports
USB Port Ten Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate
Parallel Port One internal bi-direction parallel port with SPP/ECP/EPP mode
Floppy Port One internal Floppy port
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR
K/B & Mouse External PS/2 keyboard and mouse port on rear I/O
GPIO One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable I/O
interface
Smart Fan One CPU fan connector for fan speed controllable
VGA Display Interface
Chipset Intel® Q965 GMA3000 (Graphic Memory Controller Hub)
Frame Buffer Up to 256MB shared with system memory
Connector External DB15 female connector on rear I/O

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Ethernet Interface
Controller Two Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet controller
Type Triple speed 10/100/1000Base-T
Auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
Connector Two External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O
Audio Interface
Chipset Intel integrated with Realtek ALC888 HD Audio
Intel High Definition Audio compliance
Interface 7.1 channels sound output
Connector External Audio phone jack for Line-out, Line-in, MIC-in, Surround,
Center and Backsurround
Onboard front audio connector with pin header
Onboard CD-IN and external optical S/PDIF connector
Expansive Interface
PCI-Express One x16 PCI-Express slot (compatible with x1 slot)
One x4 PCI-Express slot (compatible with x 1 slot)
Up to 8GB/s of transfer bandwidth
Power supply: +3.3V, +12V
PCI Four-PCI slot (32-bit, 33MHz)
Power supply: +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V
Mini PCI One Mini-PCI socket TYPE III A (32-bit, 33MHz)
Power supply: +3.3V, +5V, 3VSB
ISA Two ISA slots (without DMA supported)
Power and Environment
Power Requirement Standard 24-pin ATX power supply (20-pin is compatible)
Standard 8-pin 12v power Input connector (4-pin is compatible)
Dimension 307mm x 244mm (L x W)
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60oC (32 ~ 140oF)
Storage within -20 ~ 85oC (-4 ~ 185oF)
Ordering Code
P4BWA Support Intel Core 2 Quad LGA775 with DDRII, Onboard VGA, Dual
Intel Gigabit LAN 10 x USB2.0, Realtek ALC888 HD Audio, 6 x
COM Ports, GPIO, SATA and ISA slot
For further product information please visit the website at http://www.commell.com.tw