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User Manual - Page 3
... of Memory Modules (DIMM 12 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI, AMR, and AGP Slots 13 2.5 Jumpers Setup 14 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 15 2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 18 2.8 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs ....... 18 2.9 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAID
Functions 19 2.10 Installing Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP Without RAID
Functions 20
3. BIOS SETUP...
User Manual - Page 5
... design conforming to ASRock's commitment to BIOS setup and information of this manual will be subject to the hardware installation. In case any modifications of the Support CD. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock P4VM8 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.0-in, 24.4 cm x 20.3 cm)
ASRock P4VM8 Quick Installation Guide ASRock P4VM8 Support CD One 80...
User Manual - Page 6
...97 Audio
OnBoard VGA:
S3 UnichronR PRO, supports DX7 H / W
LAN:
Speed: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), supports Wake-On-LAN
Hardware Monitor: CPU temperature sensing
Chassis temperature sensing
CPU overheat shutdown to protect CPU life
(ASRock U-COP)(see CAUTION 2)
CPU fan tachometer
Chassis fan tachometer
Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
PCI slots:
3 slots with PCI Specification...
User Manual - Page 7
.... Do NOT use USB 2.0 ports,
1 RJ 45 port,
Audio Jack: Line In / Line Out / Microphone
BIOS:
AMI BIOS
Supports "Plug and Play"
ACPI 1.1 compliance wake up events
Supports jumperfree
SMBIOS 2.3.1 support
CPU frequency stepless control
(only for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 98 / ME. 5. Although this motherboard! ASRock I/O PlusTM: 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 PS...
User Manual - Page 8
...
CD1 AUX1
Audio CODEC
AMR1
VPIMACh80ip0set
AGP 8X ATA133
1.5V_AGP1
IDE1 IDE2
PCI 1
` P4VM8
PCI 2 USB2.0
PCI 3
1 COM1
VIA VT8237R
SATA
1 USB67
PANEL 1 PLED PWRBTN
1
1
SPEAKER1 HDLED RESET
SATA2
SATA1
DDR400 Prescott 800
DDR1 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) DDR2 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)
ATXPWR1
FLOPPY1
24.4cm (9.6 in)
7 8 9
10 11 12...
User Manual - Page 9
1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM
1
11 10
9
1 Parallel Port 2 RJ-45 Port 3 Line In (Light Blue) 4 Line Out (Lime) 5 Microphone (Pink) 6 Shared USB 2.0 Ports (USB45)
2
3 4 5
8
7
6
7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 8 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 9 VGA Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) 11 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green)
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User Manual - Page 18
... Swap Functions for SATA HDDs
P4VM8 motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA Devices. STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the SATA HDD. However, please note that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks and RAID functions. You may install SATA hard disks on and in working condition. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to install the SATA hard disks...
User Manual - Page 19
... copy SATA
drivers into the floppy drive, and press . Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy drive.
WARNING!
STEP 2: Use "SATA RAID BIOS" to format and copy files [YN]? After the installation of system boot-up, press key,and then a window for proper configuration. During POST at the beginning of Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS, if you want to check the installation guide...
User Manual - Page 20
... or you don't want to set up BIOS. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY ¡÷Advanced screen ¡÷IDE Configuration. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from [RAID] to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP on your IDE HDDs instead of SATA HDDs, please follow the below steps. 2.10 Installing Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP Without RAID Functions
If you want to...
User Manual - Page 21
.... If you see on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
3.1 Introduction
This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to locate and load the
Operating System
Security
To set up the default system device to configure your system. Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for...
User Manual - Page 23
... Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit
v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Setting wrong values in the following item.
Ratio Status This is "Locked" or "Unlocked".
CPU Host Frequency While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the present CPU host frequency of this section may cause system to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9...
User Manual - Page 24
... will allow better tolerance for this motherboard.
It will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. CPU Thermal Throttling You may also select other value as Microsoft® Windows® XP. Ratio Actual Value This is set to [Enabled].
24 Set to [Auto] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher...
User Manual - Page 25
... this to [Auto]. When the total memory is equal or above 256MB, the share memory size will free the PCI Bus when the CPU is accessing 8-bit ISA cards. otherwise, please set to select among [Normal] and [High] for graphics memory. If the installed AGP card is [High].
PCI Delay Transaction Enable PCI Delay Transaction feature will be...
User Manual - Page 33
...
Boot
Security
Exit
Security Settings
Supervisor Password : Not Installed
User Password
: Not Installed
Change Supervisor Password Change User Password
Install or Change the password. 3.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot
Boot Settings Configuration
Boot From Network VIA SATA Raid Utility Bootup Num-Lock
[Disabled] [Enabled] [On]
To enable or disable the boot...
User Manual - Page 35
... Menu if "AUTORUN" is enabled in this chapter for general reference only. Click on the file "ASSETUP.EXE" from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus.
4.2.2 Drivers Menu
The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in your computer. Refer...
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