Viglen Vig580s Technical Information

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 01-02-2005 C O M P U T E R S N E T W O R K S S O L U T I O N S.. Vig580s Motherboard Manual

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 9flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to 300MB/s data transfer rate. 8-Channel High D

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 10Onboard LED Support The Motherboard comes with a standby power LED that lights up to indicate that the system is ON, in

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 11System Board Components Intel GMCH945GIntel ICH7 Super I/OLANABC DEFG HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAABB Figure 2: Motherboard La

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 12Overview of System Board Components A – Front Panel Audio Connector This connector allows for the use of front facing

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 13K – DIMM Channel A & B Sockets This allows up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM to be installed. Up to 1GB of RAM in each slot. L

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 14X – Intel® 82945G Graphics Memory / Controller Hub (GMCH) The Intel® 945G graphics memory controller hub (GMCH) and the

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 15Back Panel Connectors The Motherboard external IO connectors are attached to a metallic I/O shield. This shield serves

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 16(4) Rear Speaker Out Port (Gray) This port connects to the rear speakers on a 4-channel, 6-channel or 8-channel audio co

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 17(13) Serial Port This 9-pin COM1 port is for pointing devices or other serial devices. (14) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 18Chapter 2: System Board Options The VIG580S Motherboard is capable of accepting Core 2 Duo and Pentium® D CPU’s. RAM

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Vig580s Motherboard Manual 19 Make sure you are earthed and free of static charge before you open the computer case. If you are unsure about upgradi

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 20Motherboard Jumper Settings Intel GMCH945GIntel ICH7 Super I/OLAN123123DEFAULTNORMALCLEARCMOS Figure 4: Motherboard Jump

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 21Table 5: Front Panel Audio Jumper Settings Function Jumper Configuration Normal 5 – 6 and 9- 10 The audio line signals

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 22Motherboard Connectors There are connectors on the Motherboard for FAN, IDE, Power supply, CD audio, Floppy, IDE, S-ATA

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 23Front Panel Connectors The following are all connectors situated along the front edge of the Motherboard. They are ofte

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 24 Figure 7: Floppy Drive Connector PCI IDE Connector (40-1 pin PRI_PCIIDE1) This connector is for an Ultra DMA 133/100/

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 25S-ATA Connectors (7-pin S-ATA1, S-ATA2, S-ATA3, S-ATA4) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 26 Figure 10: CPU, Power and Chassis Fan Connector Note: Make sure that your Fan Power (FANPWR1) jumper setting is correc

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 27ATX Power Connectors (24-pin EATXPWR1 & 4-pin ATX12V1) These connectors are for ATX power supply plugs. The plugs fr

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 28Optical Drive Audio Connector This connector is for the 4-pin audio cable that connects to the audio connector at the ba

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 2Copyrights and Trademarks Please note The material in this manual is subject to change without notice. Trademarks Micr

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 29Central Processing Unit (CPU) The Motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA775 socket designed for the Intel® Core 2 D

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 30Note: Before installing the CPU, make sure that the cam box is facing towards you and the load lever is on your left. 2.

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 315. Position the CPU over the socket, making sure that the gold triangle is on the bottom-left corner of the socket. The

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 32Hyper-Threading Technology item in the BIOS to ensure system stability and performance. • Installing Windows® XP Servic

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 332. Push each of the pins downward to secure the heatsink and fan assembly in place. Figure 22: Securing the Heatsink

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 34Note: Do not forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring errors can occur if you fail to plug this conne

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 35Note: • In the second column, "DS" refers to double-sided memory modules (containing two rows of DDR2 SDRAM)

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 36Dual Channel (Interleaved) Mode Configuration Figure 26 shows a dual channel configuration using two DIMMs. In this exam

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 37Installing & Removing DDR2 SDRAM Memory Modules (DIMMs) Installing Memory You can install from 128MB to 4GB of memo

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 38Removing Memory 1. To remove a DIMM, follow these steps: 2. Observe the precautions in “Upgrading and ESD precautions”

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 3Contents Chapter 1: Motherboard Overview 5 Feature Summary 6 Motherboard Special Features 8 Additiona

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 39PCI Slots There are two 32-bit PCI slots on this Motherboard. The slots support PCI cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card,

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 40Replacing the Clock/CMOS RAM Battery A lithium battery is installed in a socket on the system board. The battery has an

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 41Chapter 3: Solving Problems The first part of this chapter helps you identify and solve problems that might occur when

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 42Troubleshooting Procedures This section provides a step-by-step troubleshooting procedure to identify a problem and loca

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 43Problems Operating Add-in Boards Problems related to add-in boards are usually related to improper board installation or

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 44Problems & Suggestions Table 9: Problems and Suggestions What happens What to do Application software problems Try

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 45Table 9: Problems and Suggestions (Continued) What happens What to do Hard drive light does not go on when drive is in u

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 46Chapter 4: System BIOS What is the BIOS? The BIOS (Basic Input Output System) is an important piece of software which

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 47Managing and Updating your BIOS The following utility allows you to manage and update the Motherboard Basic Input/Output

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 48the current BIOS file that you can use as backup when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. Copy

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 4 System Information Sub-menu 58 BIOS Advanced Menu 58 USB Configuration Sub-menu 59 CPU Configuration S

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 491. Visit the Viglen FTP site (ftp://ftp.viglen.co.uk/files) and download the latest BIOS file for the VIG580S Motherboar

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 50BIOS Setup Program This Motherboard supports a programmable firmware chip that you can update using the provided utility

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 51BIOS Menu Screen Figure 39: BIOS Screen Layout Menu Bar The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main ite

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 52Menu Items The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specific items for that menu. For example, selecting Main s

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 53Scroll Bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of a menu screen when there are items that do not fit on the screen. P

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 54Main Menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of the basic syste

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 55Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave Sub-menu While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 56Block (Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto] Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to Auto, the data transf

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 57IDE Configuration Sub-menu The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE devices inst

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 58System Information Sub-menu This menu gives you an overview of the general system specifications. The BIOS automatically

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 5Chapter 1: Motherboard Overview Introduction This manual describes the Viglen VIG580S Motherboard inside your computer.

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 59 Figure 46: Advanced Menu JumperFree Configuration Sub-menu This feature is not supported by Viglen. USB Configuratio

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 60USB Function [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the USB function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 61CPU Configuration Sub-menu The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically detects.

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 62Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Enable this item to boot legacy operating systems that cannot support CPUs with extende

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 63Chipset Sub-menu The Chipset menu allows you to change the advanced chipset settings. Select an item then press <Ente

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 64DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge Delay [15 Clocks] Configuration options: [1 Clocks] [2 Clocks] ~ [18 Clocks] DRAM Writ

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 65Azalia Controller [Enabled] Enables or disables the Azalia controller. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] O

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 66ECP Mode DMA Channel [DMA3] Appears only when the Parallel Port Mode is set to [ECP]. This item allows you to set the Par

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 67Plug and Play O/S [No] When set to [No], BIOS configures all the devices in the system. When set to [Yes] and if you ins

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 68Power Menu The Power menu items allow you to change the settings for the Advanced Power Management (APM) and Advanced Co

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 6Feature Summary The Vig580s Motherboard supports Intel® Core 2 Duo®, Pentium® 4 and Celeron® processors with up to 4MB of

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 69APM Configuration Sub-menu Figure 53: APM Configuration Sub-menu Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] When set to Po

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 70Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled] When set to [Enabled], this parameter allows you to turn on the system through a PCI

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 71Hardware Monitoring Sub-menu Figure 54: Hardware Monitoring Sub-menu CPU Temperature [xxx°C/xxx°F] / MB Temperature [

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 72VCORE Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage outp

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 73Boot Settings Configuration Sub-menu Figure 57: Boot Setting Configuration Sub-menu Quick Boot [Enabled] Enabling th

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 74Wait for ‘F1’ If Error [Enabled] When set to Enabled, the system waits for the F1 key to be pressed when error occurs. C

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 75The message “Password Installed” appears after you successfully set your password. To change the supervisor password, fo

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 76To set a User Password: 1. Select the Change User Password item and press <Enter>. 2. On the password box that

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 77Exit Menu The Exit menu items allow you to load the optimal or failsafe default values for the BIOS items, and save or d

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 78Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values. After

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 7o 4 x Serial ATA 2 High Definition Audio Support: • Realtek® ALC882 8-channel CODEC • S/PDIF out interface support •

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 79Chapter 5: Glossary Advanced Dynamic Execution Part of the Pentium® 4 processor's Intel® NetBurst® micro-arc

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 80DRAM Dynamic Ram used for main system memory, providing a moderately fast but cheap storage solution. Enhanced Floating

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 81Internet Streaming SIMD Extensions Consists of 70 instructions and includes single instruction, multiple data for floatin

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 82RAM Random Access Memory - the memory used by the computer for running programs and storing data. ROM Read Only Memory -

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 83Notes

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 84Chapter 6: Suggestions Viglen is interested in continuing to improve the quality and information provided in their manu

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 855. How do you rate the Viglen Technical support and Service Departments?

Vig580s Motherboard Manual 8Power Requirements: • ATX power supply (with 24-pin and 4-pin 12 V plugs) • ATX 12 V 2.0 compliant Motherboard Special