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... Control initiat ives, H/W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE's "Smart Guardian" function DIMM S lots x 2 Supports DDR2 533 / 667 95W power consumption. 400 / 533 / 800 MHz VIA P4M900 VIA VT8237A Chrome9 HC 3D / 2D Graphics Max Shared Video Memory is 256 MB ITE 8718F Provides the most...Version 1.0 specification compliant. 4 FSB Chipset 400 / 533 / 800 MHz VIA P4M900 VIA VT8237A Chrome9 HC 3D / 2D Graphics Max Shared Video Memory is not supported Integrated IDE Controller Ultra DMA 33~133 Bus Master Mode supports PIO Mode 0~4, Integrated Serial ATA Controller Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb...
... Control initiat ives, H/W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE's "Smart Guardian" function DIMM S lots x 2 Supports DDR2 533 / 667 95W power consumption. 400 / 533 / 800 MHz VIA P4M900 VIA VT8237A Chrome9 HC 3D / 2D Graphics Max Shared Video Memory is 256 MB ITE 8718F Provides the most...Version 1.0 specification compliant. 4 FSB Chipset 400 / 533 / 800 MHz VIA P4M900 VIA VT8237A Chrome9 HC 3D / 2D Graphics Max Shared Video Memory is not supported Integrated IDE Controller Ultra DMA 33~133 Bus Master Mode supports PIO Mode 0~4, Integrated Serial ATA Controller Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb...
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... without notice. 5 P4M900-M4 Ver 5.x Realtek RTL 8201CL PHY LAN PHY 10 / 100 Mb/s auto negotiation Half / Full duplex capability Sound Codec ALC883 7.1 channels audio out High-Definition Audio support PCI Express x 16... negotiation Half / Full duplex capability VT1708B / ALC662 / ALC861VD 5.1 channels audio out High-Definition Audio support PCI Express x 16 slot PCI Express x 1 slot PCI slot Floppy connector Printer Port connector IDE Connector... x1 x1 x4 x3 Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS with or without notice.
... without notice. 5 P4M900-M4 Ver 5.x Realtek RTL 8201CL PHY LAN PHY 10 / 100 Mb/s auto negotiation Half / Full duplex capability Sound Codec ALC883 7.1 channels audio out High-Definition Audio support PCI Express x 16... negotiation Half / Full duplex capability VT1708B / ALC662 / ALC861VD 5.1 channels audio out High-Definition Audio support PCI Express x 16 slot PCI Express x 1 slot PCI slot Floppy connector Printer Port connector IDE Connector... x1 x1 x4 x3 Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS with or without notice.
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... REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (FOR VER 6.X) LAN Line In/ Surround Line Out Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center PS/2 Keyboar d COM1 VGA USBX2 USBX2 Since the audio chip supports High Definition Audio Specification, the function of each audio jack can be defined by software.
... REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (FOR VER 6.X) LAN Line In/ Surround Line Out Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center PS/2 Keyboar d COM1 VGA USBX2 USBX2 Since the audio chip supports High Definition Audio Specification, the function of each audio jack can be defined by software.
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... Header Pin 1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense 3 1 JSFAN1: System Fan Header Pin 1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense 3 1 Note: The JCFAN1/JSFAN1 support 3-pin head connector. P4M900-M4 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer.
... Header Pin 1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense 3 1 JSFAN1: System Fan Header Pin 1 2 3 Assignment Ground +12V FAN RPM rate sense 3 1 Note: The JCFAN1/JSFAN1 support 3-pin head connector. P4M900-M4 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer.
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.... 40 39 2 1 IDE1 IDE2 11 P4M900-M4 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 2 ...34 1 33 IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk ...
.... 40 39 2 1 IDE1 IDE2 11 P4M900-M4 2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS FDD1: Floppy Disk Connector The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 functionality. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 2 ...34 1 33 IDE1/IDE2: Hard Disk Connectors The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk ...
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... an aggregate of 8GB/s totally. Motherboard Manual PCI-EX16: PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. PCI-EX1_1: PCI-Express x1 Slot - PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction; 500MB/s in total. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits. PCI1 PCI2 12 Data transfer bandwidth...
... an aggregate of 8GB/s totally. Motherboard Manual PCI-EX16: PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express 1.0a compliant. PCI-EX1_1: PCI-Express x1 Slot - PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction; 500MB/s in total. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits. PCI1 PCI2 12 Data transfer bandwidth...
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... +5V standby voltage. JUSBV2: +5V for USB ports at JUSB1/JUSBLAN1. JUSBV2: USB ports at Front Panel This header allows user to support this function "Power-On system via USB device," "JUSBV1/ JUSBV2" jumper cap should be placed on the PC front panel, and also ... Key NC 2 1 10 9 JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSBV1/JUSBV2: Power Source Headers for USB Ports Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at front panel (JUSB2/JUSB3). P4M900-M4 JUSB2/JUSB3: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at front panel (JUSB2/JUSB3) are powered by +5V standby voltage. 1 3 3 1 3 1 Pin 1-2 close JUSBV1 1 3 3 1 1 3 Pin ...
... +5V standby voltage. JUSBV2: +5V for USB ports at JUSB1/JUSBLAN1. JUSBV2: USB ports at Front Panel This header allows user to support this function "Power-On system via USB device," "JUSBV1/ JUSBV2" jumper cap should be placed on the PC front panel, and also ... Key NC 2 1 10 9 JUSB2 JUSB3 JUSBV1/JUSBV2: Power Source Headers for USB Ports Pin 1-2 Close: JUSBV1: +5V for USB ports at front panel (JUSB2/JUSB3). P4M900-M4 JUSB2/JUSB3: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at front panel (JUSB2/JUSB3) are powered by +5V standby voltage. 1 3 3 1 3 1 Pin 1-2 close JUSBV1 1 3 3 1 1 3 Pin ...
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TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to drive, can be booted from hard disk 1. Contact technical support. 2. module snaps into place. Make sure both ends of breaking down firmly until the and hard drive is impossible. is spinning. Screen message says "Invalid ...
TROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to drive, can be booted from hard disk 1. Contact technical support. 2. module snaps into place. Make sure both ends of breaking down firmly until the and hard drive is impossible. is spinning. Screen message says "Invalid ...
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... OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in the About panel, you do not need to install DirectX 8.1.) 23 P4M900-M4 CHAPTER...
... OS Support: Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above. (The Windows XP operating system includes DirectX 8.1. Moreover, to protect users' computer systems if the setting is not appropriate when testing and results in the About panel, you do not need to install DirectX 8.1.) 23 P4M900-M4 CHAPTER...
Bios Setup
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... the EPA Green PC spec ification. Power to describe the settings in the Pheonix-Award™ BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. P4M900-M4 BIOS Setup Introduction The purpose of this manual is to the hard disk drives and video monitors can do without accessing programs from a... also included in BIOS Setup. Some additional features, such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. EPA Green PC Support This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. The power of the Advanced Power Management (APM) ...
... the EPA Green PC spec ification. Power to describe the settings in the Pheonix-Award™ BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. P4M900-M4 BIOS Setup Introduction The purpose of this manual is to the hard disk drives and video monitors can do without accessing programs from a... also included in BIOS Setup. Some additional features, such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. EPA Green PC Support This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. The power of the Advanced Power Management (APM) ...
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...more detail about how to navigate in the ACPI specification, developed by using the keyboard. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU. E xit Current page and return to Main Menu General help and press ... Page Setup Menu - Keystroke Up arrow Down arrow Left arrow Right arrow Move Enter PgUp key PgDn key + Key - P4M900-M4 ACPI Support Pheonix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. It provides ASL code for help on the ...
...more detail about how to navigate in the ACPI specification, developed by using the keyboard. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This PHEONIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU. E xit Current page and return to Main Menu General help and press ... Page Setup Menu - Keystroke Up arrow Down arrow Left arrow Right arrow Move Enter PgUp key PgDn key + Key - P4M900-M4 ACPI Support Pheonix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. It provides ASL code for help on the ...
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... used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB. Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing. P4M900-M4 MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1. Small Logo(EPA) Show This item...
... used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB. Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing. P4M900-M4 MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer. The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1. Small Logo(EPA) Show This item...
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... that attempts to write to select Vlink mode. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. VLink 8X Support This item allows you to this area is able to improve the system performance. Check the user information of the system BIOS ROM at ...this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. VIA PWR Management The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Select Enabled to support delay transactions cycles. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. P4M900-M4 PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to...
... that attempts to write to select Vlink mode. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. VLink 8X Support This item allows you to this area is able to improve the system performance. Check the user information of the system BIOS ROM at ...this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. VIA PWR Management The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Select Enabled to support delay transactions cycles. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. P4M900-M4 PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to...
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...for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. The Choices: RAID, IDE (default). Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set this option to "Disab led". P4M900-M4 SATA Controller This option allows you to enable the on your... drive does not support prefetching, or if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface. IDE DMA Transfer Access...
...for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. The Choices: RAID, IDE (default). Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set this option to "Disab led". P4M900-M4 SATA Controller This option allows you to enable the on your... drive does not support prefetching, or if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface. IDE DMA Transfer Access...
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... Block Mode Block mode is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to control the onboard HD audio. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. If your hard drive and your system. P4M900-M4 Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra... DMA function can be implemented if it is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors read / write per sector where the drive can support. If your operating environment requires a DMA ...
... Block Mode Block mode is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to control the onboard HD audio. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. If your hard drive and your system. P4M900-M4 Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra... DMA function can be implemented if it is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors read / write per sector where the drive can support. If your operating environment requires a DMA ...
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... card. Soft-Off by PWRBTN This item determines the behavior of the VGA card does not support the init ialization feature, the display may work abnormally or not function after a power fail or interrupts occurs. P4M900-M4 Video Off Method This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank. DPMS Initial display...
... card. Soft-Off by PWRBTN This item determines the behavior of the VGA card does not support the init ialization feature, the display may work abnormally or not function after a power fail or interrupts occurs. P4M900-M4 Video Off Method This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank. DPMS Initial display...
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... The Choices: Hot Key (default), Password. PS2KB Wakeup from S3/ S4/ S5 This item allows you to disabled or enables the High Precision Event Timer. P4M900-M4 HPET Support This option allows you to wake up from S3/ S4/ S5 with a maximum length of the High Precision Event Timer.
... The Choices: Hot Key (default), Password. PS2KB Wakeup from S3/ S4/ S5 This item allows you to disabled or enables the High Precision Event Timer. P4M900-M4 HPET Support This option allows you to wake up from S3/ S4/ S5 with a maximum length of the High Precision Event Timer.
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... when "RTC Resume" is set the date and time at which supports the Wake on motherboard to Full ON state. Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) You can set to disable or enable Modem Ring Resume function. For this function to "Enabled". P4M900-M4 The Choices: Disabled (default), Ctrl+F1, Ctrl+F2. Ctrl+F3...
... when "RTC Resume" is set the date and time at which supports the Wake on motherboard to Full ON state. Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) You can set to disable or enable Modem Ring Resume function. For this function to "Enabled". P4M900-M4 The Choices: Disabled (default), Ctrl+F1, Ctrl+F2. Ctrl+F3...
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... peripheral. PCI / ISA PnP signify that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP ISA add-on cards and peripherals. P4M900-M4 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on cards. The above settings will detect the system resources...Legacy is the term, which resources are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to assign IRQ & DMA for ISA PnP add-on cards. The system needs to record and update ESCD...
... peripheral. PCI / ISA PnP signify that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP ISA add-on cards and peripherals. P4M900-M4 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on cards. The above settings will detect the system resources...Legacy is the term, which resources are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to assign IRQ & DMA for ISA PnP add-on cards. The system needs to record and update ESCD...
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P4M900-M4 ACT (0) to ACT (1) (tRRD) This item allows you to determine the selection for ACT (0) to select the CPU Ratio. Special Notice: If the system's frequency ... defaults setting. Min= 6 Max= 50 Key in a DEC number. Async PCIE CLOCK This item allows you to ACT (1) (tRRD) The Choices: 3T (default). 1T CMD Support The Choices: Disable (default), Auto. CPU CLOCK This item allows you to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting, it may cause CPU or...
P4M900-M4 ACT (0) to ACT (1) (tRRD) This item allows you to determine the selection for ACT (0) to select the CPU Ratio. Special Notice: If the system's frequency ... defaults setting. Min= 6 Max= 50 Key in a DEC number. Async PCIE CLOCK This item allows you to ACT (1) (tRRD) The Choices: 3T (default). 1T CMD Support The Choices: Disable (default), Auto. CPU CLOCK This item allows you to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting, it may cause CPU or...