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User Manual - Page 3
...8 1.4 ASRock I/O PlusTM 9
2 Installation 10
Pre-installation Precautions 10 2.1 CPU Installation 11 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 11 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 12 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI 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 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 18
3 BIOS SETUP...
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4 Software Support 36
4.1 Install Operating System 36 4.2 Support CD Information 36
4.2.1 Running Support CD 36 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 36 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 36 4.2.4 ASRock "PC-DIY Live Demo" Program 36 4.2.5 Contact Information 36
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User Manual - Page 5
... memory and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock P4i48 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.0-in, 30.5 cm x 17.8 cm)
ASRock P4i48 Quick Installation Guide ASRock P4i48 Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive One Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable One Serial ATA...
User Manual - Page 7
... 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 advanced users' reference, see CAUTION 6) Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP compliant
CAUTION!
1. About the setting of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 22.
2. Please check the table below for the memory support...
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Chapter 2 Installation
P4i48 is an ATX form factor (12.0-in x 7.0-in, 30.5 cm x 17.8 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.
Pre-installation Precautions
Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. 1. Unplug the power cord from ...
User Manual - Page 11
... Socket Lever Up to 90°
STEP 2/STEP 3: Match The CPU Marked Corner to The Socket Marked Corner
STEP 4: Push Down And Lock The Socket Lever
2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink
This motherboard adopts 478-pin CPU socket to support Intel® Pentium®4 CPU. It requires larger heatsink and cooling fan to dissipate heat. You...
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2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)
P4i48 motherboard provides two 184-pin DDR (Double Data Rate) DIMM slots. Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components....break
The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation. Step ...
User Manual - Page 13
... and 1 AGP slot on P4i48 motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI
interface. AGP slot: The AGP slot is used to install a graphics card. The ASRock AGP slot
has a special locking mechanism which can securely fasten the graphics card inserted. Please do NOT use a 3.3V AGP card on the AGP slot of...
User Manual - Page 14
...Setting
Description
PS2_USB_PWR1
1_2
2_3
Short pin2, pin3 to enable
(see p.8 No. 1)
+5VSB (standby) for PS/2
+5V
+5VSB
or USB...setup, please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord, then use a jumper cap to short the pins on CLRCMOS0 for 3 seconds. Please rem ember to remove the jumper cap after clearing the CMOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS...
User Manual - Page 17
...connect a CPU fan cable to this connector and match the black wire to the ground pin.
Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector.
Game Port Connector
...(15-pin GAME1) (see p.8 No. 20)
+5V JBB1 JBX MIDI_OUT JBY JBB2 MIDI_IN
1
+5V JAB2 JAY GND GND JAX JAB1 +5V
Connect a Game cable to this connector if the Game port bracket is installed...
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2.7 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation
This motherboard adopts Intel ICH5 south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. You may install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to...
User Manual - Page 19
...on.
Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions ...set up the advanced BIOS features
PCIPnP
To set up the PCI features
Boot
To set up the default system device to locate and load the
Operating System
Security
To set up the security features
Chipset
To set up the chipset features
Exit
To exit the current screen or the BIOS SETUP...
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... BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview
BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit
System Overview
System Time System Date
[14:00:09] [Tue 01/13/2004]
BIOS Version
: P4i48 BIOS P1.00
Processor Type : Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.40 GHz
Processor Speed : 2400 MHz
Cache Size
: 512KB
Microcode Update : 0F29/17
Total Memory...
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... installed processor.
Ratio Actual Value This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this motherboard.
CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated.
Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel Pentium®4 processor that supports Hyper...
User Manual - Page 23
... + SATA] and [SATA + Sec IDE]. If it is set to [Pri IDE + SATA], then the secondary IDE will not work. Likewise, if it is set to [SATA + Sec IDE], then the primary IDE will not work.
Because legacy OS (Windows ME / 98SE) only supports four IDE devices, you have to choose either [Pri IDE + SATA] or [SATA + Sec IDE] when the installed SATA device...
User Manual - Page 24
... item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. Configuration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD]. [Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use of IDE device. [Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive.
After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and...
User Manual - Page 29
... will start to auto-detect; if there is no USB device connected, "Auto" option will disable the legacy USB support.
3.4 PCIPnP Screen
In this section, you may configure the PCI Latency Timer and the PCI IDE Bus Master.
Main Advanced
BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit
Advanced PCI / PnP Settings
WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to...
User Manual - Page 31
... available devices for the hard disk drives, the removable drives, and the CD/DVD drives.
3.6 Security Screen
In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot
Security Chipset Exit
Security Settings
Supervisor Password : Not Installed
User Password
: Not Installed...
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... set the value of this item as [15MB-16MB].
Init. Graphic Adapter Priority This allows you to select [PCI/AGP] or [AGP/PCI] as the initial graphics adapter priority.
Graphics Aperture Size It refers to a section of the PCI memory address range used for graphics memory. It is recommended to leave this field at the default value unless the installed...
User Manual - Page 36
... 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. Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.
4.2.3 Utilities Menu
The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it.
4.2.4 ASRock...