PCchips P51G Series User manual

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user’s guide, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced
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The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The
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such revision or changes.
Trademarks
IBM, VGA, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
Machines.
Intel, Pentium/II/III, Pentium 4, Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of
Intel Corporation.
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP are registered trade-
marks of Microsoft Corporation.
AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are
trademarks or the properties of their respective owners.
Static Electricity Precautions
1. Don’t take this motherboard and components out of their original static-
proof package until you are ready to install them.
2. While installing, please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible. If you
don’t have a wrist strap, discharge static electricity by touching the bare
metal of the system chassis.
3. Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges. Do not touch those
components unless it is absolutely necessary. Put this motherboard on
the top of static-protection package with component side facing up
while installing.
Pre-Installation Inspection
1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components
and connectors on the board.
2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect
power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those
damages.
Copyright © 2006
All Rights Reserved
P51G Series, V1.0
December 2006

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Table of Contents
Exit Without Saving ...................................................................................................... 2 9
Trademark ............................................................................................................ i
Static Electricity Precautions ......................................................................................... i
Pre-Installation Inspection ............................................................................................. i
Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................................... 1
Key Features .................................................................................................................... 1
Package Contents ........................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation .............................................................. 5
Motherboard Components ............................................................................................ 6
I/O Ports .......................................................................................................................... 7
Installing the Processor ................................................................................................. 8
Installing Memory Modules .......................................................................................... 9
Jumper Settings ............................................................................................................ 1 0
Install the Motherboard ............................................................................................... 11
Connecting Optional Devices ..................................................................................... 1 2
Install Other Devices .................................................................................................... 1 4
Expansion Slots ............................................................................................................ 1 6
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility ....................................................................... 18
Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 8
Running the Setup Utility ................................................... …………………………...18
Standard CMOS Setup Page ....................................................................................... 1 9
Advanced Setup Page .................................................................................................. 2 0
Advanced Chipset Setup Page .................................................................................... 2 1
Integrated Peripherals Page ....................................................................................... 2 2
Power Management Setup Page ................................................................................ 2 3
PCI/PnP Setup Page .................................................................................................... 2 5
PCI Health Status Page ............................................................................................... 2 5
Frequency/Voltage Control Page ............................................................................... 2 7
Load Default Settings ................................................................................................... 2 8
Supervisor Password Page .......................................................................................... 2 8
User Password Page .................................................................................................... 2 9
Save & Exit Setup ......................................................................................................... 2 9
Chapter 4: Software & Applications .............................................................. 30
Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 0
Installing Support Software ........................................................................................ 3 0
Bundled Software Installation .................................................................................... 3 2
Chapter 5:VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide ........................................ 33
VIA RAID Configuration ............................................................................................. 3 3
Installing RAID Software & Drives ............................................................................ 4 1
Using VIA RAID Tool ................................................................................................... 4 3

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Notice:
1 Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every supplier,
we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft. Therefore, it
might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box (shown as below)
pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo
testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. Please rest assured
that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers.
Just click the “Continue Anyway” button and go ahead the installation.

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest Intel®CoreTM2 Duo/
Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron D processors with Hyper-Threading
Technology and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 1066 MHz. Hyper-
Threading Technology, designed to take advantage of the multitasking features in
Windows XP, gives you the power to do more things at once.
It integrates the VIA P4M900 Northbridge and VT8237A/VT8237S Southbridge
that supports theSerial ATA interface for high-performance and mainstream
desktop PCs; the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing
Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with UHCI
1.1 and EHCI 1.0. It supports High Definition Audio Codec and provides
Ultra DMA 133/100/66 function. It has one PCI ExpressX16, one PCI
ExpressX1, one CNR and two 32-bit PCI slots. There is a full set of I/O ports
including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, οne serial port, one parallel
port, one VGA port, one LAN port (optional), four back-panel USB 2.0 ports
and Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6/8-channel (optional) line-out and
onboard USB headers providing extra ports by connecting the Extended USB
Module to the motherboard.
It is a Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for an ATX power
supply.
Key Features
The key features of this motherboard include:
LGA775 Socket Processor
•Supports the latest Intel®CoreTM2 Duo/Pentium D/Pentium 4/
Celeron D processors with Hyper-Threading Technology
•Supports up to 1066 MHz Front-Side Bus
Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking it’s
hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in
parallel, both on separate ‘logical’ processors within the same physical
processor.
Chipset
There are VIA P4M900 Northbridge and VT8237A/VT8237S in the chipsets in
accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability
and performance.
•High Performance Host Interface: Supports Intel Pentium 4 processor

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family with FSB 1066 MHz
•Hyper-Threading Technology
•System Memory Controller Support: DDR2 and DDR SDRAMs with
up to maximum memory of 4 GB.
•PCI Express Graphics Interface Support: One PCI Express X16 port
•PCI Bus Interface Support: PCI Revision 2.3 Specification at 33MHz
•Integrade Serial ATA Host Controller: Independent DMA operation on
two ports with Data transfer rates up to 1.5/3.0 Gb/s
•Intgrated IDE Controller: Ultra DMA-133/100/66/33 Bus Master EIDE
Controller
•USB 2.0: Integrated USB 2.0 interface, supporting up to eight functional
ports
Memory Support
•Two 240-pin DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM memory modules
•Supports DDR2 667/533/400 memory bus
•Maximum installed memory is 4 GB
Expansion Slots
•Two 32-bit PCI slots
•One PCI ExpressX16 slot
•One PCI ExpressX1 slot
•One CNR slot
Onboard IDE channels
•Two IDE Connectors
•Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA (Direct Memory
Access) modes
•Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/
66/33 MB/sec
Serial ATA
• Two Serial ATA Connectors
• Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (1.5/3.0 Gb/s) with scalability to
higher rates
• Low pin count for both host and devices
High Definition Audio Codec
•All ADCs support 48k/192kHz Independent Sample Rate
•Exceeds Microsoft PC2001 Requirements
•High Quality Differential CD input
•Power Support: Digital:3.3V; Analog:3.3V/5.0V

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Onboard I/O Ports
•Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
•One serial port
•One parallel port
•One VGA port
•One LAN port (optional)
•Four back-panel USB2.0 ports
•Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6/8-channel (optional) line-out
Fast Ethernet LAN (optional)
•Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s N-way Auto-negotiation operation
•Single Chip 100Base-TX/10Base-T Physical Layer Solution
•Half/Full Duplex capability
USB 2.0
•Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0
•Compliant with Intel’s Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification
Revision 1.0
•Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification
Revision 1.1
Dimensions
•Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 220 mm
Package Contents
Your motherboard package ships with the following items:
The motherboard
The User’s Guide
One diskette drive ribbon cable (optional)
One IDE drive ribbon cable
The Software support CD
BIOS Firmware
This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system
features including the following:
•Power management
•Wake-up alarms
•CPU parameters and memory timing
•CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.
Note: Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without notification.

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Optional Accessories
You can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard.
The Extended USB module
The CNR v.90 56K Fax/Modem card
The Serial ATA cable
The Serial ATA power cable
Note: You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party,
but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specification
and compatibility.

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Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation
To install this motherboard in a system, please follow these instructions in this
chapter:
Identify the motherboard components
Install a CPU
Install one or more system memory modules
Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly
Install this motherboard in a system chassis (case)
Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers/connectors on the
motherboard
Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to
headers/connectors on the motherboard
Note:
1. Before installing this motherboard, make sure jumper CLR_CMOS1
is under Normal setting. See this chapter for information about
locating CLR_CMOS1 and the setting options.
2. Never connect power to the system during installation; otherwise, it
may damage the motherboard.

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Motherboard Components
LABEL COMPONENTS
1. CPU Socket LGA775 socket for Intel®CoreTM2 Duo/Pentium
D/Pentium 4/Celeron D CPUs
2. CPU_FAN1 CPU cooling fan connector
3. DDRII1~2 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM slots
4. PWR1 Standard 24-pin ATX power connector
5. IDE1 Primary IDE channel
6. IDE2 Secondary IDE channel
7. CLR_CMOS1 Clear CMOS jumper
8. SATA1~2 Serial ATA connectors
9. SPK1 Speaker header
10. PANEL1 Front panel switch/LED header
11. F_USB1~2 Front Panel USB headers
12. FDD1 Floppy disk drive connector
13. IR1 Onboard infrared header
14. CNR1 CNR slot
15. PCI1~2 32-bit add-on card slots
16. CD_IN1 Analog audio input connector
17. F_AUDIO1 Front panel audio header
18. PCIEX1 PCI Express x1 slot
19. PCIEX2 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics interface
20. USB_PWR1 USB power select jumper
21. SYS_FAN1 System cooling fan connector
22. PWR2 Auxiliary 4-pin power connector

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I/O Ports (Optional)
The illustration below shows a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the
motherboard.
PS/2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing
device.
PS/2 Keyboard Use the low er PS/2 port to connect a PS/2
keyboard.
Parallel Port (LPT1) Use the Parallel port to connect printers or other
parallel communications devices.
COM1 Use the COM port to connect serial devices such
as mice or fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the
system as COM1.
VGA Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices.
LAN Port (optional) Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect
your computer to the Netw ork.
USB Po r ts Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
Audio Ports
Use these three audio jacks to connect audio
devices. The first jack is for stereo Line-In signal,
the second jack for stereo Line-Out signal, and the
third jack f or Microphone.
Use these audio jacks to connect audio devices.
The Aport is for stereo Line-In signal, w hlie the C
port is for microphone in signal. The motherboard
supports 8-channel audio devices that correspond
to A, B, D and E port respectively. In addition, all of
the three ports, A, B and D provide users w ith
both right & left channels individually.