Zida 845 series User manual

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Release Date:2002-6
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Contents
chapter 1:Package contents........................................................................1
chapter 2:Product Introduction..........................................................................2
2.1 Features & Mainboard Diagram.....................................................2
2.2 Connector configuration...............................................................14
chapter 3:Setup quickly ........................................................................19
3.1 How to identify the product's mode...............................................19
3.2 Set the jumper................................................................................20
3.3 How to setup BIOS quickly............................................................22
3.4 How to install mainboard driver.....................................................22
3.5 How to enable 4ch or 5.1ch output................................................25
3.6 How to identify that the 4ch or 5.1ch is enabled............................26
3.7 How to set Super password and user password...........................30
chapter 4:BIOS Setting...............................................................................31
4.1 Award BIOS Description................................................................31
4.2 Standard CMOS Features Setup .................................................33
4.3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup .................................................34
4.4 Advanced Chipset Features Setup ..............................................36
4.5 Integrated Peripherals.................................................................38
4.6 Power Management Setup....... ....................................................41
4.7 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup.......................................................42
4.8 PC Health Status...........................................................................43
4.9 Frequency Control.........................................................................44
4.10 Load Fail-safe Defaults ................................................................45
4.11 Load Optimized Defaults ..............................................................45
4.12 Set Supervisor/User Password......................................................46
4.13 Save & Exit Setup..........................................................................47
4.14 Exit Without Saving.......................................................................47
chapter 5: Hardware Installation..............................................................48

chapter 1:Package Contents
Remove the items from the box and make sure you have the following items
before beginning. If any of the items below are missing, please contact the
representative for part replacement.
Standard Item
1) Mainboard
2) Driver CD
3) User Manual
4) IDE Hard Drive Ribbon Cable
5) Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable
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Mainboard Manual
Package contents

Chapter 2:Product Introduction
Thank You for purchasing the 845 series Mainboard.There are some product
specification for the relation models as following.
A845E mainboard
* Support Intel 478pin Pentium4 FC-PGA 2(Willamette/Northwood)
* Support 400MHz and 533MHzProcessor System Bus
* Intel 845E + ICH4 Chipset
* Two 184pin DDR DIMM slots support up to 2G Memory Capacity
* Support PC1600 and PC2100 DDR DIMM(DDR200/DDR266)
* Auto Jumper
* 5 x PCI slots, 1 x CNR slot
* 1 x 4X AGP expansion slot
* 6 x USB2.0 ports(2xUSB2.0 in the front panel,3xUSB2.0 in the Rear
panel,1xUSB2.0 in the CNR slot) , 1 x IrDA port header
* 1 x double FDD port, 1 x LPT port with ESD/EMI protection, 2 x COM
ports
* Support Temperature ,Fan speed, Voltages Hardware monitoring
* overheat protection over CPU
* Dual IDE Channels support Four Ultra-DMA33/66/100 IDE Devices
* Integrated AC97 Audio Onboard(supply 2ch,4ch or 5.1ch)(optional)
* AC97 2.1(or AC972.2) Compliant Codec with 3D Stereo Enhancement
* 1 x Line-out, 1 x Line-in, 1 x Mic-in
* Support to stereo muti channel output(Front Speaker,Rear Speaker,
Center/Sub-woofer speaker)
* 1xstandard Audio Front panel header
* 1 x CD-in, 1 x AUX-in, 1 x Game Port
* overcurrent protection over Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse
* Support Suspend-to-RAM(STR)
* Award BIOS PC99/ACPI/DMI Compliant
* ATX Power Supply Interface
* ATX form factor 305mm x 190mm
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Mainboard Manual