VIA Technologies VIA P4XB-RA Bedienungsanleitung

iVIA MainboardUser’s ManualVIA P4XB-SA &VIA P4XB-RAVersion 1.0 - November 28, 2001

Chapter 11-2CPU• Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processors in the 478 pin package.• Supports 1.5GHz, 1.6GHz, 1.7GHz, 1.8GHz, 1.9GHz, 2GHz and upwards.Chip

Specifications1-3Onboard Peripherals• 1 floppy port supports 2 x FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and2.88Mbytes.• 2 x serial ports (COM A + COM B).•

Chapter 11-4LayoutVIA P4XB-RA & VIA P4XB-SA Mainboards

Specifications1-5Connectors GuideComponent Function ReferenceJWR1 ATX 20-pin power connector See p. 2-7JPW1 ATX 12V power connector See p. 2-7JKBMS1 M

Installation2-1This chapter provides you with informationabout hardware setup procedures. While installingthe mainboard, carefully hold the components

Chapter 22-2CPU InstallationThe VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards support the Intel® Pentium® 4processor in the 478 pin package (PGA478). When instal

Installation2-3CPU Fan InstallationAs processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance,thermal management becomes increasingly impo

Chapter 22-45. Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3-pin fan power connectoron the mainboard.3. Mount the fan on top of the heatsi

Installation2-5The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards provide 3 sockets for 184-pin, 2.5V DDR DIMM with 6 memory banks. To operate properly, at least

Chapter 22-6DDR Module InstallationYou can install either single sided or double sided 184-pin DDR DIMM mod-ules into DDR DIMM, depending on your requ

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Installation2-7Power SupplyATX 20-Pin Power Connector: JWR1This connector is for the ATX power supply. To connect to the ATX powersupply, make sure th

Chapter 22-8Keyboard Connector:JKBMS1The mainboard provides a standardPS/2 keyboard connector for attach-ing a PS/2 keyboard. You can plug aPS/2 keyb

Installation2-9USB ConnectorsThe VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards provide 2 USB ports (plus 2 pin-headersfor up to 4 additional USB connections; see

Chapter 22-10Serial Port Connectors: COM A & COM BThe mainboard offers two 9-pin male Serial Port connectors (COM A and COMB) . You can attach a s

Installation2-11The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards provide pin-header connectorsfor FDD, IDE HDD, case, modem, LAN, USB Ports, IR module and the C

Chapter 22-12Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboards have a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDEand Ultra DMA 33/66/100 control

Installation2-13CD-In Connector: J3This connector is for the CD-ROM audio connector.Aux Line-In Connector: J4This connector is for a DVD add-on card w

Chapter 22-14Fan Power Connectors: CFAN2/SFAN1The CFAN2 (CPU fan) and SFAN1 (system fan) run on +12V and maintainsystem cooling. When connecting the

Installation2-15Case Connectors: JFP1/JFP2The case connector blocks JFP1 & JFP2 allow you to connect to the PowerSwitch, Reset Switch, Speaker, Po

Chapter 22-16Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUDThis connector allows you to connect the front panel audio.JAUD12910PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION1 AUD_MIC Fron

iiiFCC-B Radio Frequency Interference StatementThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a classB digital device, pursuan

Installation2-17Wake On Ring Connector: JMDM1This connector allows you to connect a modem card with the Wake On Ringfunction. The connector will power

Chapter 22-18USB Front Connector: USB3/USB4The mainboard provides 2 front USB pin-header connectors, allowing up tofour USB connections in addition to

Installation2-19Clear CMOS Jumper: J7The onboard CMOS RAM stores system configuration data and has an onboardbattery power supply. Using the CMOS RAM,

Chapter 22-20Onboard Audio Codec Jumper: JP1This jumper can enable or disable the onboard software audio codec. Whenenabling the onboard audio codec,

Installation2-21SlotsAGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) SlotThe AGP4X slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card. AGP is an inter-face specification

Chapter 22-22PCI Interrupt Request RoutingIRQ allows devices to send interrupt signals to the microprocessor. The PCIIRQ pins are typically connected

BIOS Setup3-1Chapter 3. BIOS SetupBIOS Setup3Entering Setup 3-2Control Keys 3-2Getting Help 3-3The Main Menu 3-4Standard CMOS Features 3-6Advanced BIO

Chapter 33-2Entering SetupControl KeysPower on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test)process. When the message below appears

BIOS Setup3-3 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary SlaveGetting HelpSub-MenuIf you find a right pointer symbol (as

Chapter 33-4The Main MenuStandard CMOS FeaturesUse this Menu for basic system configurations.Advanced BIOS FeaturesUse this menu to set the Advanced F

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BIOS Setup3-5PC Health StatusThis entry shows your PC health status.Frequency/Voltage ControlUse this menu to specify your settings for frequency/volt

Chapter 33-6DateThe date format is <day><month> <date> <year>.day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-

BIOS Setup3-7ing items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. This informationshould be provided in the documentation from your hard disk

Chapter 33-8Advanced BIOS FeaturesAnti-Virus ProtectionThe item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sectorprotection. If the fu

BIOS Setup3-9to load the disk operating system. The settings are:Floppy The system will boot from floppy drive.LS120 The system will boot from LS-120

Chapter 33-10Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance. WhenNormal is selected, A20 is controlled by a keyboard control

BIOS Setup3-11The Advanced Chipset Features setup option is used to change the values ofthe chipset registers. These registers control most of the sys

Chapter 33-12the contents of the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EPROM on the DRAMmodule. Selecting Yes makes SDRAM Cycle Length and Bank Interleaveauto

BIOS Setup3-13RAS to CASWhen DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressedseparately. This setup item allows you to determine the timing of t

Chapter 33-14AGP for video purposes. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memoryaddress range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cyclest

vBox Contents• 1 x VIA Mainboard• 1 x User’s manual• 1 x Floppy ribbon cable• 1 x ATA-66/100 Hard drive ribbon cable (2 are includedwith the VIA P4XB-

BIOS Setup3-15must wait after each write cycle until PCI bus signals that it is ready toreceive more data. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled.PCI Mast

Chapter 33-16Integrated PeripheralsOnboard Promise Chip (optional)This setting enables/disables the onboard IDE RAID controller. Setting options:Enabl

BIOS Setup3-17VIA OnChip IDE DevicePress <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:OnChip IDE Channel 0/1The integrated per

Chapter 33-18VIA OnChip PCI DevicePress <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:VIA-3058 AC97 AudioAuto allows the mainbo

BIOS Setup3-19Winbond Super IO DevicePress <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:Onboard FDC ControllerThe setting enab

Chapter 33-20IR Transmission DelayThis setting determines whether the IR transmission rate will be delayedwhile converting to receiving mode. Setting

BIOS Setup3-21ECP Mode Use DMAThe ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboardparallel port with the ECP feature. After selecting it, th

Chapter 33-22Power Management SetupThe Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to mosteffectively save energy while operating in a m

BIOS Setup3-23Power Management OptionThis item is used to select the degree (or type) of power saving and is relatedto these modes: Suspend Mode and H

Chapter 33-24Delay 4 Sec. When you press the power button, the computer en-ters the suspend/sleep mode, but if the button ispressed for more than four

viContentsChapter 1. Specifications... 1-1Specifications ... 1-2Layout .

BIOS Setup3-25RTC Alarm ResumeThe field is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the systemon a scheduled time/date.Date (of Month)The f

Chapter 33-26PNP/PCI ConfigurationsThis section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Com-puter Interconnect, is a system which

BIOS Setup3-27system such as Windows®95/98. If you set this field to “manual” choose spe-cific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follo

Chapter 33-28PC Health StatusThis section shows the status of your CPU, fan, warning for overall systemstatus.CPU Warning TemperatureIf the CPU temper

BIOS Setup3-29Frequency/Voltage ControlAuto Detect DIMM/PCI ClkTo reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic interference (EMI), the BIOS de-tects the p

Chapter 33-30CPU RatioThis setting controls the multiplier that is used to determine the internal clockspeed of the processor relative to the external

BIOS Setup3-31This option on the main menu allows users to restore all the BIOS settings tothe default High Performance values. The High Performance D

Chapter 33-32This option on the main menu allows users to restore all the BIOS settings tothe default Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the

BIOS Setup3-33Set Supervisor/User PasswordWhen you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen:Type the password, up to eight c

Chapter 33-34 About Supervisor Password & User Password:Supervisor password : Can enter and change the settings ofthe setup menus.User password: C

viiModem-In Connector: J5 ... 2-13Fan Power Connectors: CFAN2/SFAN1 ...

BIOS Setup3-35Save & Exit SetupWhen you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to save thechanges and quit. A message as below wi

Chapter 33-36Exit Without SavingWhen you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to abandonthe changes. A message as below will appear

Driver Setup4-1This chapter gives you detailed instructions on instal-lation & setup of VIA chipset drivers & C-MediaCMI8738/AD1885 AC’97 audi

Chapter 44-2VIA Apollo P4X266A Chipset DriversThe VIA P4X266A chipset provides superior performance between the CPU,DRAM, V-Link bus and AGP 8x graphi

Driver Setup4-3Driver Installation for Windows® 98SE1. Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD-ROM drive.2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen

Chapter 44-4Driver Installation for Windows® 2000Note: Before installing the VIA chipset driver, you should installingWindows 2000 Service Pack2 or th

Driver Setup4-5Driver Installation for Windows® ME1. Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD-ROM drive.2. The CD will auto-run and the setup screen wi

Chapter 44-6Driver Installation for Windows® NT4.0Note: Install Windows® NT4.0 Service Pack 6 or above before install-ing the VIA drivers into Windows

Driver Setup4-7C-Media CMI8738 Audio Driver (P4XB-RA)C-Media CMI8738 is an audio controller for PCI sound cards. With high speedPCI V2.1 bus controlle

Chapter 44-8Driver Installation for Windows® 98/ME/20001. Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD-ROM drive.2. The CD will auto-run and the setup scre

viiiLoad Optimized Defaults...3-32Set Supervisor/User Password...3-33Save &

Driver Setup4-9Realtek ALC201A Audio Driver (P4XB-SA)The ALC201A is an 18-bit, full duplex AC'97 2.2 compatible stereo audio CODECdesigned for PC

Chapter 44-10Driver Installation for Windows® 98/ME/2000/NT4.01. Insert the provided CD_ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive.2. The CD will auto-run and the

Specifications1-1Chapter 1. SpecificationsSpecifications1The VIA P4XB-RA and P4XB-SA mainboardsare based around the VIA Apollo P4X266A chipset,which