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User Manual - Page 3
... Slots (PCI and AGP Slots 13 2.7 USB 2.0 Notice 13 2.8 Jumpers Setup 14 2.9 Connectors 15 2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 17 2.11 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 18
3 BIOS Setup 19
3.1 BIOS Setup Utility 19 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 19 3.1.2 Legend Bar 19
3.2 Main Menu 20 3.3 Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit Menus ..... 22
4 Software Support 23
4.1 Install Operating...
User Manual - Page 4
... latest memory and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock P4i45PE+ Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 7.0-in, 30.5 cm x 17.8 cm)
ASRock P4i45PE+ Quick Installation Guide ASRock P4i45PE+ Support CD One 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100 IDE Ribbon Cable One Ribbon Cable for a 3.5-in Floppy Drive Two Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables...
User Manual - Page 6
...: OS:
AMI legal 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. P4i45PE+ motherboard may be fine tuned to support higher CPU bus frequencies on certain condition (over-clocking...
User Manual - Page 10
Chapter 2 Installation
P4i45PE+ 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.
Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages...
User Manual - Page 11
... also needed to improve heat dissipation. Make sure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see page 8, No. 30). For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan and heatsink vendors.
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User Manual - Page 12
2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)
P4i45PE+ 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...
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 P4i45PE+ 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 18
... the floppy drive, and press . The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy diskette.
Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you may start to use "SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utility" to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD...
User Manual - Page 19
... with the following selections:
MAIN
Sets up the basic system configuration
ADVANCED
Sets up the advanced features
SECURITY
Sets up the security features
POWER
Configures Power Management features
BOOT
Configures the default system device that is used
to locate and load the Operating System
EXIT
Exits the current menu or the BIOS Setup
To access the menu bar items...
User Manual - Page 20
... appears.
Main Advanced
System Date System Time
Floppy Drives IDE Devices
BIOS Version Processor Type Processor Speed Cache Size Microcode Update Total Memory
DDR1 DDR2
AMIBIOS SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a Security Power Boot Exit
Nov 10 2003 Mon 16:07:40
[ Setup Help ]
Month: Jan - Dec Day: 01 - 31 Year: 1980 - 2099
P4i45PE+ BIOS P2.30 Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2400 MHz 512 KB F24 / 18 256...
User Manual - Page 23
... 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. 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 PC...
User Manual - Page 24
... a computer system with an Intel Pentium®4 processor that supports Hyper-Threading Technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft® Windows® XP. Set to [Auto] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support...
User Manual - Page 3
... 11 2.3 CPU Installation 12 2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan 12 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 13 2.6 Expansion Slots 13 2.7 Jumpers Setup 14 2.8 Connectors 15
3 BIOS Setup 18
3.1 BIOS Setup Utility 18 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar 18 3.1.2 Legend Bar 18
3.2 Main Menu 19 3.3 Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit Menus ..... 21
4 Software Support 22
4.1 Installing Operating...
User Manual - Page 4
...this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock P4i45PE motherboard (ATX form factor: 12" x 8.6", 30.5 x 21.8 cm) ASRock P4i45PE Quick Installation Guide ASRock Intel-Intel Series Support CD 1 Cable for IDE devices (1 x ATA 66/100) 1 Cable for floppy drive (1 x ribbon cable) 1 ASRock...
User Manual - Page 5
...100 MHz - 248MHz
Memory: 2 DDR DIMM slots: DDR1 and DDR2 (PC2100 / PC2700), Max. 2GB
IDE:
IDE1: ATA 100 / Ultra DMA Mode 5;
IDE2: ATA 100 / Ultra DMA Mode 5;
Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
Floppy Port: Supports 1 floppy disk drive
Audio:
5.1 channels AC'97 Audio
LAN:
Speed: 802.3u (10/100 Ethernet), supports Wake-On-LAN
Hardware Monitor: CPU temperature sensing (ASRock U-COP);
Chassis...
User Manual - Page 6
...® Windows® 98/ME/2000. Please refer to Microsoft® official document at http://www.microsoft.com/HWDEV/BUS/usb/USB2support.asp
6. Although P4i45PE offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over clocking. When the CPU frequency of P4i45PE is set to perform over clocking, other clocks, such as PCI clock, AGP clock, and Memory clock will...
User Manual - Page 18
... with the following selections:
MAIN
Sets up the basic system configuration
ADVANCED
Sets up the advanced features
SECURITY
Sets up the security features
POWER
Configures Power Management features
BOOT
Configures the default system device that is used
to locate and load the Operating System
EXIT
Exits the current menu or the BIOS Setup
To access the menu bar items...
User Manual - Page 19
... appears.
Main Advanced
System Date System Time
Floppy Drives IDE Devices
BIOS Version Processor Type Processor Speed Cache Size Microcode Update Total Memory
DDR1 DDR2
AMIBIOS SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a Security Power Boot Exit
Apr 29 2003 Tue 16:07:40
[ Setup Help ]
Month: Jan - Dec Day: 01 - 31 Year: 1980 - 2099
P4I45PE BIOS P1.20 Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2400 MHz 512 KB F24 / 0F 256...
User Manual - Page 22
... 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. 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 PC...
User Manual - Page 23
...: This shows current CPU host frequency of the installed motherboard.
CPU Ratio Selection: CPU Ratio is the multiple that times the frontside bus frequency will equal the core speed of the installed processor. Whether the option is open or locked is determined by the installed processor.
SDRAM Frequency: If set to [Auto], the motherboard will detect the inserted memory module(s) and automatically...