Freetech P8F150 User manual

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USER’S MANUAL

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Perface
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Using This Manual
This manual is designed to help you build a reliable Personal
Computer based on the P8F150 platform.
Chapter 1—Quick Reference
This chapter is for advanced users who want to quickly assemble a system.
The mainboard layout along with jumper and switch settings, and memory
configuration are provided.
Chapter 2—Introduction
This chapter includes an introduction, a checklist of the items that ship with
this mainboard, and a summary of the principal features and components.
Chapter 3—Hardware Installation
This chapter explains how to prepare your mainboard for use and how to
make the various connections to other computer components and peripheral
items.
Chapter 4—BIOS Configuration
This chapter explains how to use the system setup utility that is stored in the
mainboard’s firmware.
Chapter 5—Driver and Utility
This chapter briefly describes the drivers and utility programs that are
packaged with the mainboard.

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Table of Contents
1. P8F150 QUICK REFERENCE................................
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1.1. Mainboard Layout................................
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1.2. I/O Ports................................................................
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1.3. Front Panel Connector................................
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1.4. Jumpers................................................................
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1.5. PCI and AGP Frequency Settings
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1.6. Memory Installation................................
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1.7. Connectors................................
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2. INTRODUCTION................................
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2.1. Overview ................................................................
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2.2. Mainboard Specifications and Features
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2.2.1. Hardware................................................................
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2.2.2. Software ................................................................
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2.3. Mainboard Layout................................
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2.4. Microprocessor................................
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2.5. CPU Packaging................................
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2.6. AC97 Codec................................
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2.7. Chipset................................................................
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2.8. RAID................................................................
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3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION................................
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3.1. Unpacking ................................
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3.2. Installation................................
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3.3. Safety Measures ................................
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3.4. Connector/Jumper Location................................
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3.5. Attaching Connectors................................
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3.5.1. Front Panel Connectors (JP6) ................................
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3.5.2. Audio CD-In Connector (CD1) ................................
3.5.3. Audio AUX-IN Connector (AUX1)
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3.5.4. Infrared (IR) Connector (IR)................................
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3.5.5. LAN/Modem Wake up connectors (WOL)
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3.5.6. Front USB Header (USB2~3)................................
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3.5.7. Floppy Drive Header (FDC)................................
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3.5.8. IDE Connectors ................................
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3.5.9. Back Panel Connectors ................................
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3.5.10. Power Supply Connector ................................
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3.5.11. CPU/Chi[sset/System FAN Power Supplies
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3.5.12. PCI Connector (PCI1~3)................................
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3.5.13. Serial COM2 Connector (COM2)
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3.5.14. TV-Out Connector (J2)................................
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3.6. Installing the CPU................................
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3.6.1. Before You Begin ................................
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3.6.2. Installation Procedure ................................
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3.6.3. Removing the Processor ................................
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3.7. Installing System Memory ................................
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3.8. Setting Jumpers................................................................
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3.9. Auto Power On................................................................
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4. BIOS CONFIGURATION ................................
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4.1. Entering Setup................................
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4.2. Standard CMOS Features................................
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4.3. Advanced BIOS Features................................
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4.4. Advanced Chipset Features................................
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4.5. Integrated Peripherals................................
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4.6. Power Management Setup................................
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4.7. PnP/PCI Configurations ................................
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4.8. PC Health Status Option................................
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4.9. Frequency/Voltage Control................................
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4.10 . Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option
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4.11. Load Optimized Defaults Option
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4.12. Set Supervisor/User Password
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4.13. Save & Exit Setup ................................
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4.14. Exit Without Saving................................
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5. DRIVER AND UTILITY................................
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5.1. Flash Utility................................
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5.2 CD Driver Overview................................
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5.2.1. Intel Chipset 845 INF Driver................................
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5.2.2. Intel Chipset 845 Busmaster IDE Driver
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5.2.3. ALC201 Audio Driver................................
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5.2.4. LAN Driver................................
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This section is for users to get started using the mainboard straight away.
1.1. Mainboard Layout
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mPGA478B CPU socket (PGA478)
ATX power connector (PW2)
ATX 12V power connector (PW1)
184-pin DIMM DDR module sockets (DIMM1~2)
IDE connector (IDE1)
IDE connector (IDE2)
Floppy drive connect (FDC)
PCI expansion connector (PCI)
Accelerated Graphics Port slot (AGP)
Front Panel connectors (JP6)
USB ports connector(USB2~USB3)
IR connector (IR)
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LAN/Modem Wake up Connector(WOL)
Serial Connector(COM2)
AUDIO connectors (AUX1)
AUDIO connectors (CD1)
CPU FAN (FAN1)
System FAN(JP5)
Chipset FAN(JP7)
TV-OUT connector(J2)
CPU FSB(JP2)
CMOS Jumper(JP4)
RTC Battery
Flash BIOS
1. P8F150 Quick Reference

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I/O Port
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1.2. I/O Ports
1.3. Front Panel Connector
The following illustration shows the front panel connector pin
assignments:

P8F150 Quick Reference
Jumper 3
1.4. Jumpers
1-2 Auto
2-3 100MHz FSB
JP2
(CPU FSB) Empty 133MHz FSB
1-2 Normal Mode
JP4
(CMOS Clear)
2-3 Clear CMOS
1.5. PCI and AGP Frequency Setting
The PCI and AGP frequency settings are automatically set by the
system
1.6. Memory Installation
Note: This mainboard supports up to two double-sided or two
single-sided DIMMs when the DDR DRAM interface is
operating at 133 MHz. Installing DDR DIMM modules that
exceed these specifications requires that the BIOS
down-shifts the DRAM clocks to 100 MHz through a
two-wire interface of the system clock generator.
184-Pin DIMM DDR SDRAM Memory Configuration.
Each 184-pin DIMM bank can install from 64MB up to 1GB of
PC1600/PC2100 compliant 2.5V single or double side buffered
with or without ECC DDR SDRAM modules.
Bank 0 (DIMM1)
64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
Bank 1 (DIMM2)
64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
Total 2 GB

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Connectors
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1.7. Connectors
JP7 Chipset FAN
JP5 System FAN
JP6 Front Panel Connector
J2 TV-Out connector
AUX1 Auxiliary-IN connector : This 4-pin header is an
auxiliary input connector.
CD1 CD-IN connector : This 4-pin header is used for
connecting the CD ROM audio input to the sound
card.
COM2 Serial Connector
FAN1 CPU FAN : This 3-
pin header is used for connecting
a CPU fan.
IR Infrared (IR) connector : This 5-pin header is used
connect an IR port for use of IR devices.
PW2
ATX power connector : This 20-pin header is
connect the power supply plug to ATX power
connector to provide Pentium 4 standard power for
devices.
PW1 ATX 12V power connector : This 4-pin header is
connect the power supply 12V plug to ATX power
connector to provide 12V power for devices.
USB2 / 3 Front USB connector : This 10-pin header is used
connecting front panel USB port 3 or 4 or 5 or 6.
WOL Wake On LAN Connector : This 3-pin header is
used for remote wake up of the computer through a
network card.

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2.1. Overview
The high quality P8F150 is a high-performance, enhanced function
mainboard that supports mPGA478 Intel®Pentium®4 processors
that support a 533 MHz front side bus (FSB). This mainboard is
designed around the latest and fastest Intel 845G/845GL chipset in a
standard ATX form factor.
The mainboard delivers workstation-level performance with bus
mastering EIDE (Enhanced IDE) controller, and concurrent PCI bus.
The mainboard accommodates DDR SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)
memory and supports ATA33/66/100.
In addition to superior hardware capabilities, provided with this
platform are these features:
! Supports Intel®Pentium®4 processors in a 478-pin package
! Supports a 100/133 memory bus
! Supports up to 2 GB of PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM
! Supports for 4x AGP
! Bus mastering EIDE driver
! Supports two USB ports, four USB ports by cable accommodating
Plug and Play devices
! Supports Hi-speed USB2.0
! Soft-off APM (Advanced Power Management)
! ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
! Keyboard power on
! External modem ring on
! LAN wake up
! BIOS upgrade
2. Introduction

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Mainboard Specification and Feature
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2.2. Mainboard Specifications and Features
2.2.1. Hardware
CPU Intel® Pentium® 4 processors in a 478-pin
package, compatible Auto-detection CPU
VRM Onboard Voltage Regulator Module
Provides 1.05V to 1.825V operating voltage
Coprocessor
Speed CPU has built-in floating point unit
System bus clock 100 MHz
PCI bus clock 33 MHz
AGP 4X
Chipset Intel 845G/845GL supports
PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM and
super I/O integrated peripheral controller
support Ultra ATA100
DRAM Two 184-pin DDR sockets, up to 2GB
Supports 64 MB to 2GB DDR SDRAM
memory types
EIDE
Controller Supports for IDE devices in two channels
Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives
Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives
Supports two Bus Mastering Ultra DMA-ATA
33/66/100 drives
Supports Iomega ZIP or LS-120 removable
drives
Sound Chip Chip integrated direct Sound AC97 2.1
interface Realtek ALC201A
Interface Realtek ALC650(optional)
On-Board LAN Realtek 8100 LAN chipset, supports 10/100 Mb/s

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On-Board TV-Out
TV-out with 1024×768 input video resolution
Chrontel CH7012A
Enhanced I/O One floppy disk controller
One Standard/EPP/ECP parallel port
connector
Two 16550 compatible serial port connectors
Two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports
One audio port connector, include line-out,
line-in, mic-in, and midi/game ports
I/O Options Two connector for front panel USB ports 3/4,
5/6
One IrDA compatible infrared (IR) connector
Mouse PS/2 mouse connector
Keyboard PS/2 keyboard connector
Expansion Slots Three 32-bit PCI slots
One 4X AGP (2.0) Slot
Power
Management Compliant with EPA, APM 1.2 and ACPI
ATX soft-off power control
Power on by keyboard and mouse
Power on by external modem ring
Power on by alarm
Power on by LAN wake up
Fan off in sleep mode
System
Management CPU and system voltage detection
CPU and secondary fan RPM detection
Voltage Regulator
Switching regulator
CPU voltage auto-detection
Form Factor mATX
Board Size 235 x 245 mm

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2.2.2. Software
BIOS AWARD AGP/PCI BIOS
2M-bit Flash BIOS with ESCD (Extended
System Configuration Data) block
Supports APM, Plug and Play, Multi-Boot, DMI
and EIDE devices
Supports ACPI
Supports high-capacity LS-120 and ZIP
removable media drive
Driver and
Utility IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver
AC97 codec audio driver
Flash utility for BIOS upgrade
System Environment Monitoring Utility
Operating
System Operates with MS_DOS, Windows
3.x/9x/ME/XP/2000/NT, OS/2, Novell
NetWare/UnixWare , and SCO Unix

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2.3. Mainboard Layout
Note: Because of optional items and design changes, your
mainboard may not be identical to th
e one shown in the
illustration.

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Mainboard Layout
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Key to Mainboard Components
NO.
Name Function
1 PGA478 CPU socket
2 PW2 ATX standard power connector
3 PW1 ATX 12V power connector
4 DIMM1~2 DDR SDRAM Memory module slots
5 IDE1 IDE 1 connector
6 IDE2 IDE 2 connector
7 FDD Floppy drive connector
8 PCI1~3 32-bit PCI Slot
9 AGP 4x AGP Slot
10 JP6 Front Panel Connector
11 USB2~3 Front USB Connector
12 IR IrDA compliant Infrared (IR) connector
13 WOL LAN/Modem Wake up Connector
14 COM2 Serial Connector
15 AUX1 Audio AUX-In header
16 CD1 Audio CD-In header
17 FAN1 CPU FAN Connector
18 JP5 Chipset FAN
19 JP7 System FAN
20 J2 TV-Out connector
21 JP2 CPU FSB Jumper
22 JP4 Clear CMOS
23 BAT RTC battery
24 U19 Flash BIOS

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2.4. Microprocessor
The mainboard is designed to operate with the following processor:
Processor Type Speed FSB
Intel Pentium 4 1.4~2.4GMHz+ 400, 533 MHz
An onboard switching voltage regulator provides the required 1.05
to 1.825 volts for the processor. The processor sends five VID
(Voltage identification) signals to the switching voltage regulator.
The switching regulator generates the correct voltage for the
processor.
2.5. CPU Packaging
The mainboard’s CPU socket is a surface mount, mPGA478B type
ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket. The socket has 478 pins with 50
mil pin pitch.
Note: ZIF sockets are sockets designed for easy insertion of pin
grid array (PGA) chips. The chip is dropped into the
socket, and a lever is used to secure the chip in place.
2.6. AC 97 Codec
This mainboard features the AC 97 (ALC201A) codec. The AC 97
(ALC201A) Audio codec is compliant with the AC 97 2.1
specification, and supports 18-bit ADC (Analog Digital Converter)
and DAC (Digital Analog Converter) resolution as well as 18-bit
stereo full-duplex codec with independent and variable sampling
rates. Further features include support for four analog line-level
stereo inputs.

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Chipset
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2.7. Chipset
The P8F150 supports the 845G chipset is designed for use in a
desktop system based on an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in a
478-pin package. The 845G chipset supports the Pentium 4
processor with 256-KB L2 cache and the Pentium 4 processor with
512-KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron process. The processor interface
supports the Pentium 4 processor subset of the Extended Mode of
the Scalable Bus Protocol. In an 845G chipset-based platform, I/O
functions are integrated onto the ICH4 845G.
The GMCH provides the processor interface, system memory
interface, hub interface, and additional interface in an 845G / 845GL
chipset desktop platform. Each GMCH contains an integrated
graphics controller (IGD). Both the 845G chipset and 845GL chipset
use the 82801DB ICH4 for the I/O Controller Hub.
!" Processor Side Bus (PSB) frequency
-- 82845G GMCH supports 533 MHz and 400 MHz.
--82845GL GMCH supports 400 MHz only.
!" AGP Interface
-- 82845G GMCH supports AGP. The AGP interface signals
are multiplexed with the Intel® DVO interface signals.
-- 82845GL GMCH does not support AGP.
!" Advanced packaging technology and industry leading
electrical design innovations ensure long-term system
reliability over wide operating conditions.
!" The AGP4X interface providing the most advanced graphics
support available, enabling graphics bandwidth of over 1GB/s.
!" Two UBS controllers provide high-performance peripherals
with 480 Mbps of bandwidth, while enabling support for up to
four USB ports.

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!" AC97 (ALC201A) two channels of audio.
!" AC97(ALC650) 5.1 channels of audio.(optional)
!" Dual Ultra ATA/100 controllers support faster IDE transfers to
storage devices.
This concludes Chapter 2. Chapter 3. covers hardware installation.

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This chapter explains how to use your mainboard to build a powerful
computer system. At a minimum, you will need the following components
in order to build a fully functioning system.
!" Computer case with P4 standard ATX power supply
!" MPGA478B Processor
!" One DDR SDRAM memory module
!" One floppy disk drive
!" One UDMA-66/100 IDE hard disk drive
!" One CD-ROM drive
!" One display monitor
!" One mouse
!" One PS/2 keyboard
!" One LAN / Modem
!" One set of loudspeakers
3.1. Unpacking
The P8F150 mainboard package contains the following items:
!" One mainboard
!" One IDE 66/100 40-pin ribbon cable
!" One floppy 34-pin ribbon cable
!" One TV-Out cable
!" Driver and utility CD
!" User’s manual
After removing the mainboard from its anti-static bag, place it on a
grounded or antistatic surface (component side up). Inspect the
mainboard and contact your vendor immediately if it is damaged.
3. Hardware Installation