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    Motherboard P4GE-VM User Guide
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    express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL
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    the CPU 1-10 1.8 System memory 1-11 1.9 Expansion slots 1-12 1.9.1 Standard interrupt assignments 1-12 1.9.1 IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1-12 1.10 Switches and jumpers 1-13 1.11 Connectors 1-16 Chapter 2: BIOS information 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 2-2 2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ
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    2-24 2.5.2 Hardware Monitor 2-25 2.6 Boot Menu 2-26 2.7 Exit Menu 2-28 Chapter 3: Software support 3.1 Install an operating system 3-2 3.2 Support CD information 3-2 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3-2 3.2.2 Drivers menu 3-3 3.2.3 Utilities menu 3-3 3.2.4 ASUS Contact Information 3-4 iv
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    . This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation
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    signal cables from the motherboard, ensure that all service technician or your retailer. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it, carefully read all the manuals screws, and staples away from connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry. • Avoid dust, humidity, and
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    this guide To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual. WARNING updates. 1. ASUS Websites The ASUS websites worldwide provide updated information on ASUS hardware and software products. The ASUS websites are listed in the ASUS
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    [email protected] ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria) Address: Harkortstr. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany General Fax: +49-2102-442066 General Email: [email protected] (for marketing requests only) Technical Support Support Hotline: MB/Others: +49-2102-9599-0 Notebook: +49-2102-9599-10
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    P4GE-VM specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus (FSB) Memory Expansion slots VGA IDE Audio (optional) LAN (optional) Special features Rear panel I/O Internal I/O Socket 478 for Intel® Pentium® 4/Celeron On-die 512KB/256KB L2 cache with full speed Intel® Hyper-Threading technology ready
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    P4GE-VM specifications summary BIOS features Industry standard Manageability Form Factor Support CD contents 2Mb Flash ROM, Award BIOS, TCAV, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS2.3, CrashFree BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash PCI 2.2, USB 2.0 WfM 2.0. DMI 2.0, WOL/WOR by PME, chassis intrusion, SMBus Micro-ATX form
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    Chapter 1 This chapter describes the features of the P4GE-VM motherboard. It includes brief descriptions of the motherboard components, and illustrations of the layout, jumper settings, and connectors. Product introduction
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    in 478-pin package coupled with the Intel® 845GE chipset to set a new benchmark for a cost-effective desktop platform solution. Supporting up to 2GB of system memory with PC2700/2100/1600 DDR SDRAM, high-resolution graphics via an AGP 4X slot, USB 2.0, and 6-channel audio features, the P4GE-VM is
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    1.3 Motherboard components Before you install the motherboard, learn about its major components and available features to facilitate the installation and future upgrades. 34 5 67 8 9 18 17 16 15 19 14 20 13 21 29 28 27 26 25 ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 10 11 12 22 23 24 1-3
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    power supply. 3 CPU socket. A 478-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor, with 533/400 MHz system bus that allows 4.3GB/s and 3.2GB/s data transfer rates, respectively. 4 North bridge controller. The Intel® 845GE Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH
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    9-pin COM1 port is for pointing devices or other serial devices. 28 USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices. 29 PS/2 keyboard port. This purple connector is for a PS/2 keyboard. ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 1-5
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    Line Out Below:Mic In LAN PHY Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 01 23 DIMM1 DIMM2 FP_AUDIO AGP_WARN AUX CD SB_PWR BCS2 BCS1 Audio Codec J6 GAME PCI1 P4GE-VM PCI2 PCI3 COM2 Intel I/O Controller Hub (ICH4) BATTERY1 SMB 2.0 ASUS Mozart USB_56 USBPWR_56 CHASSIS1 IDE_LED ASUS PANEL1 24.4cm
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    the system to power up. This LED remains off if you plug in a 1.5V AGP card. ® AGP_WARN P4GE-VM P4GE-VM Onboard LED ON Incorrect AGP Card OFF Correct AGP Card SB_PWR ON Standby Power OFF Powered Off Install only 1.5V AGP cards on this motherboard! ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 1-7
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    cm). Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 1.6.1 Placement direction When installing the motherboard, make sure that you place it into the chassis in the correct orientation
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    up the system and enter BIOS Setup (see Chapter 2). Under the Advanced Menu, make sure that the item Hyper-Threading Technology is set to Enabled. The item appears only if you installed a CPU that supports HyperThreading Techonology. 3. Reboot the computer. ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 1-9
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    Follow these steps to install a CPU. 1. Locate the 478-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard. 2. Unlock the socket by pressing the lever sideways, then lift it up to a 90°- 100° angle. Socket Lever Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90°-100° angle, otherwise the CPU does not fit in
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    following figure illustrates the location of the DDR DIMM sockets. ® 80 Pins P4GE-VM 104 Pins P4GE-VM 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets This motherboard supports different memory frequencies depending on the CPU FSB (Front Side Bus) and the type of DDR DIMM. CPU FSB 533 MHz 400 MHz DDR DIMM Type PC2700
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    1 shared Onboard USB controller 2 - - - used - - - - Onboard USB controller 3 - - used - - - - - Onboard USB 2.0 controller shared Onboard LAN (optional) - - - - used - - - Onboard audio - used - - - - - - When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ
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    114MHz 76MHz 38MHz 120MHz 60MHz 30MHz 125MHz 62MHz 31MHz 133MHz 66MHz 33MHz 135MHz 67MHz 33MHz Set the CPU frequency only to the recommended settings. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies are not guaranteed to be stable. ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 1-13
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    or disable the JumperFree™ mode. The JumperFree mode allows you to change CPU settings through the BIOS setup instead of using the DIP switches. ® J6 ON OFF SW1 ON 12345 P4GE-VM P4GE-VM JumperFree™ Mode Setting 12 Jumper Free 23 Jumper Mode (Default) The J6 jumper is set in conjunction with
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    enable or disable the SMBus 2.0 support on the motherboard. When these jumpers are set to pins 2-3 (Support), you may install PCI devices that comply with SMBus 2.0 specification. ® P4GE-VM P4GE-VM SMBus 2.0 SMB2.0 2 1 Not Support (Default) 3 2 Support ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 1-15
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    driver from the support CD to activate the 6-channel audio feature. 2. If your motherboard does not have the BCS1 and BCS2 jumpers, adjust the speaker output settings using the 6-channel audio software interface. ® BCS1 BCS2 12 23 P4GE-VM (BASS/CENTER) (CENTER/BASS) (Default) P4GE-VM Bass
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    when you connect the cables. 2. The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA/100/66 cable is intentional. ® SEC_IDE PRI_IDE NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1. P4GE-VM PIN 1 P4GE-VM IDE Connectors ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 1-17
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    (10-1 pin COM2) This connector accommodates a second serial port using an optional serial port bracket. Connect the bracket cable to this connector then install the bracket into a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. The COM2 bracket is purchased separately. ® COM2 PIN 1 P4GE-VM P4GE-VM
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    with a jumper cap. If you wish to use the chassis intrusion detection feature, remove the jumper cap from the pins. ® CHASSIS +5VSB_MB Chassis Signal GND P4GE-VM P4GE-VM Chassis Alarm Lead (Default) ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 1-19
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    GND P4GE-VM 8 1 GAME1 16 9 P4GE-VM Game Connector MIDI_IN J2B2 J2CY MIDI_OUT J2CX J2B1 GND 9. USB header (10-1 pin USB_56) If the USB ports on the rear panel are inadequate, a USB header is available for additional USB ports. The USB header complies with USB 2.0 specification that supports
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    audio models only) These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card. ® P4GE-VM AUX1(White) CD_IN1(Black) Right Audio Channel Ground Ground Left Audio Channel P4GE-VM Internal Audio Connectors ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide
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    MLED ExtSMI# Ground PWR Ground Reset Ground P4GE-VM P4GE-VM System Panel Connectors Message LED SMI Lead SMI) This 2-pin connector allows you to manually place the system into a suspend mode, or SLEEP, or ON and SOFT OFF, depending on the BIOS or OS settings. Pressing the power switch while in
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    Chapter 2 This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS information
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    use EZ Flash, press + during POST to display the following screen. ASUS EZ Flash V1.00 Copyright (C) 2002, ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. [Onboard BIOS Information] BIOS Version : ASUS P4GE-VM ACPI BIOS Revision 1002 BIOS Model : P4GE-VM BIOS Built Date : 04/16/02 Please Enter File Name for
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    main BIOS area. DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS area! Doing so may cause system boot failure. 8. When the update process is done, the message, "Press a key to reboot" appears. Press any key to reboot the system with the new BIOS. ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-3
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    AFLASH.EXE is a Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the motherboard. This file works only in DOS mode. To determine the BIOS version of your motherboard, check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left
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    >. 4. At the Main Menu, type 2 then press . The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears. 5. Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path, for example, A:\XXX- XX.XXX, then press . To cancel this operation, press . ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-5
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    boot problems. Just repeat the process, and if the problem persists, load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk. If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, the system may not boot. If this happens, call the ASUS service center for support
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    One long beep followed by three short beeps High frequency beeps when system is working Meaning No error during POST No DRAM installed or detected Video card not found or video card memory bad CPU overheated; System running at a lower frequency ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-7
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    Setup program This motherboard supports a programmable Flash ROM that you can update using the provided utility described in section "2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS." Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to "Run Setup". This
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    displayed that will not fit in the window. Use and or the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the entire help document. Press to display the first page, press to go to the last page. To exit the help window, press or . ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide
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    the Setup program, note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu. This window displays the help text for the currently highlighted field. 2.3 or + keys to move between the month, day, and year fields. 2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS information
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    to halt. Configuration options: [All Errors] [No Error] [All but Keyboard] [All but Disk] [All but Disk/Keyboard] Installed Memory [XXX MB] This field automatically displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during the boot process. ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-11
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    may detect incorrect parameters. In these cases, select [User Type HDD] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters. Refer to the next section for details to fail to recognize the installed hard disk. [User Type HDD] Manually enter the number of cylinders, heads and sectors per track for
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    Device] - for IDE devices not listed here After making your selections on hard disk drive field displays the size for the Manual]. CHS Capacity This field shows the drive's maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered. ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide
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    the number of sectors per block to the highest number that the drive supports. Note that when this field is automatically configured, the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive. You may also manually configure this field. Refer to the documentation that came with the hard drive
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    item. CPU External Frequency (MHz) (when CPU Speed is set to [Manual]) This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus. The bus frequency (external frequency) multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed. ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-15
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    if you installed an Intel Pentium 4 CPU that supports this feature. CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [ BIOS reserves IRQ12, whether or not a PS/2 mouse is detected at startup. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Auto] USB Legacy Support [Auto] This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus (USB
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    This parameter allows you to set the optimal timings for items 2-5, depending on the memory modules that you are using. The default setting is [By SPD], which configures items Idle Timer [Auto] Configuration options: [Infinite] [0T] [8T] [16T] [64T] [Auto] ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-17
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    technology for the video memory of the processor. It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data. You must set this to UC (uncacheable) if your display card does not support this feature, otherwise the system may not boot. Configuration options: [UC] [USWC] Memory Hole At 15M
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    Configuration options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled] USB 2.0 HS Reference Voltage [Medium] This item controls the USB 2.0 high-speed drive strength reference voltage. Configuration options: [ . Configuration options: [Normal] [EPP] [ECP] [ECP+EPP] ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-19
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    [Auto] [NA] [3] [4] [5] [7] [9] [10] [11] [12] [14] [15] PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Some non-standard VGA cards, like graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards, may not show colors properly. Setting this field to [Enabled] corrects this problem. If you are using standard VGA cards, leave this
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    IRQ field to [Yes] if you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are NOT using ICU. Configuration options: [No/ICU] [Yes] ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-21
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    . This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk Advanced Power Management (APM) utility to keep the system time updated even when the computer enters suspend mode. In Windows 3.x box. Video Off Option [Suspend -> Off ] This field determines when to activate the video off
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    OFF] This field defines the video off features. The Display Power Management System (DPMS) feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature. [Blank powers off the system. Configuration options: [Soft off] [Suspend] ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-23
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    ], this parameter allows you to turn on the system through a PCI LAN or modem card. This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at By PS/2 Keyboard [Space Bar] This parameter allows you to use specific keys on the keyboard to turn on the system. This feature requires BIOS information
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    power supplied to the fan. Configuration options: [50°C] [55°C] [60°C] [65°C] [70°C] CPU Fan Lowest Level Voltage This item allows you to set the lowest voltage applied to the CPU fan. Configuration options: [5.5V] [6V] [6.5V] [7V] [7.5] [8V] [8.5] [9V] ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-25
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    displays the CPU and chassis fan speeds in rotations per minute (RPM). If any of the fans is not connected to the motherboard, the specific DEL to enter SETUP". 2.6 Boot Menu Boot Sequence The Boot menu allows you to select among the four possible types of boot devices listed using the up and down
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    clear these data during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST). Configuration options: [No] [Yes] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] This field allows you to set boot virus detection, ensuring a virus-free boot sector. The system halts and displays options: [PIC] [APIC] ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 2-27
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    exit Setup. Select Exit from the menu bar to display the following menu. Pressing does not values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM. The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup system date, system time, and password, the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting. Load Setup
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    Chapter 3 This chapter describes the contents of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package. Software support
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    the motherboard features. The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without notice. Visit the ASUS website for updates. 3.2.1 Running the support CD To begin using the support CD, simply insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu
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    item installs the Avance Logic AC'97 audio driver and application. Intel 10/100 LAN Driver This item installs the Fast Ethernet network driver. 3.2.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. ASUS P4GE-VM motherboard user guide 3-3
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    speed, CPU temperature, and system voltages, and alerts you on any detected problems. This utility helps you keep your computer at a healthy operating condition. Install ASUS Update This program allows you to download the latest version of the BIOS from the ASUS website. Before using the ASUS Update
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