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E1166
First Edition
November
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: BIOS information
Chapter 3: Software support
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003
Electrical safety
Operation safety
Conventions used in this guide
Where to find more information
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)
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Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4GE-VMmotherboard
Chapter 1: Product introduction
ASUS P4GE-VMmotherboard user guide
DIP switches
ATX 12V connector
DDR DIMM sockets
ATX power connector
Super I/O controller
Standby power LED
Audio CODEC
AGP warning LED
LAN PHY
PS/2 mouse port
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1.6.1 Placement direction
1.6.2 Screw holes
1.7.1 Overview
Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology
1.7.2 Installing the CPU
CPU FSB
DDR DIMM Type
Memory Frequency
Standard interrupt assignments
1.9.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard
1.CPU external frequency selection (SW1 Switches 1-5)
2. JumperFree™ mode (J6)
3.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
4.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR_12, USBPWR_34, USBPWR_56)
5.SMBus 2.0 setting (6-pinJ12)
6.Bass/Center setting (3-pinBCS1, BCS2) (on audio models only)
1.Hard disk activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED)
2.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)
3.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE)
4.Serial port 2 connector (10-1pin COM2)
5.ATX power connectors (20-pinATX_POWER1, 4-pinATX12V)
6.CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1, CHA_FAN1)
7. Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
8.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME1)
9.USB header (10-1pin USB_56)
10.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) (on audio models only)
11.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) (on audio models only)
12.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD1, AUX1) (on audio models only)
13.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1)
•System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED)
•Keyboard Lock Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK)
•System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPKR)
•System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI)
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2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
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2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS
Creating a bootable disk
Updating the BIOS
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2.1.3 CrashFree BIOS feature
2.2.1 BIOS menu bar
2.2.2 Legend bar
General help
Saving changes and exiting the Setup program
Scroll bar
Sub-menu
System Time [XX:XX:XX]
System Date [XX/XX/XXXX]
Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]
Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]
Halt On [All Errors]
Installed Memory [XXX MB]
2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave
Type [Auto]
[User Type HDD]
Translation Method [LBA]
Cylinders
Head
Sector
CHS Capacity
2.3.2 Keyboard Features
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [6/Sec]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec]
CPU Speed [Manual]
CPU Frequency Multiple
Memory Frequency [Auto]
Hyper-ThreadingTechnology [Enabled]
CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]
BIOS Update [Enabled]
PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto]
2.4.1 Chip Configuration
SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]
SDRAM CAS Latency
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay
SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay
Onboard VGA [Auto]
Onboard VGA Shared Memory [8 MB]
NTSC/PAL Preference [NTSC]
Graphics Aperture Size [64MB]
AGP Capability [4X Mode]
2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]
Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7]
2.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot 3 IRQ [Auto]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]
USB 1.1 Controllers [3 Controllers]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
Primary VGA BIOS [PCI VGA Card]
IRQ XX Reserved [No/ICU]
Power Management [User Defined]
Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
ACPI Suspend To RAM [Disabled]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off]
2.5.1 Power Up Control
AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]
Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled]
Power Up On PCI Device [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Space Bar]
2.5.2 Hardware Monitor
CPU Q-FanFunction [Disabled]
CPU Temperature Threshold
CPU Fan Lowest Level Voltage
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
VCORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage
IDE Hard Drive
ATAPI CD-ROM
Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)]
Plug & Play O/S [No]
Reset Configuration Data [No]
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Save Changes
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3.2.1 Running the support CD
3.2.2 Drivers menu
Intel Chipset Inf Update program
Intel Application Accelerator Driver
Intel Brookdale-GGraphics Driver
Avance Logic AC’97 Audio Driver and Applications
3.2.4 ASUS Contact Information