AOpen AX4SG-U, Online Manual

Page 1: ...A AO Op pe en n i i8 86 65 5 F Fa am mi il ly y M Mo o 1 t th he er rb bo oa ar rd ds s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AOpen i865 Family Motherboards DOC NO AX4SGUL OL E0309A ...

Page 2: ...st Notice 8 Before You Start 9 Overview 10 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards Comparison Table 11 Feature Highlight 12 Quick Installation Procedure 17 Motherboard Map 18 Block Diagram 19 Hardware Installation 20 About User Upgrade Optional and Manufacture Upgrade Optional 21 EzColor 22 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 24 CPU Installation 25 CPU Fan Installation 27 CPU Over current Protection 29 AOpen Watch Dog AB...

Page 3: ...d Floppy Connector 39 Serial ATA Supported 41 Connecting Serial ATA Disk 42 Front Panel Connector 45 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 8X Expansion Slot 46 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED 47 IrDA Connector 48 Support 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN onboard 49 Support USB 2 0 Ports 50 Color Coded Back Panel 51 S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector 52 Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect 53 Wake On Modem ...

Page 4: ... 61 Resetable Fuse 62 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink 63 Low ESR Capacitor 64 PBE Performance Boosting Engine for AX4SG and AX4SPE series 65 The noise is gone SilentTek 66 EzClock 69 Hyper Threading Technology 73 AOConfig Utility 75 Phoenix AWARD BIOS 77 How to Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program 78 How To Enter BIOS Setup 79 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment 80 Vivid BIOS technology 82 Driver an...

Page 5: ...g Realtek 10 100 Mbps LAN Driver in Win98SE 2000 XP for AX4SG UN AX4SPE UN and AX4SPB UN 98 Installing USB 2 0 Driver in Windows 98SE ME 102 Glossary 106 AC 97 CODEC 106 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 106 ACR Advanced Communication Riser 106 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 107 AMR Audio Modem Riser 107 ATA AT Attachment 107 BIOS Basic Input Output System 108 Bluetooth 108 CNR Communicati...

Page 6: ...rray 110 Flash ROM 111 Hyper Threading 111 IEEE 1394 111 Parity Bit 112 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 112 PDF Format 112 PnP Plug and Play 112 POST Power On Self Test 112 PSB Processor System Bus Clock 113 RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory 113 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 113 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 113 SATA Serial ATA 114 SMBus System Management Bus 114 SPD Serial Presence Det...

Page 7: ...i il ly y M Mo ot th he er rb bo oa ar rd ds s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l VCM Virtual Channel Memory 115 Wireless LAN 802 11b 115 ZIP file 115 Troubleshooting 116 Technical Support 120 Product Registration 124 How to Contact Us 125 ...

Page 8: ...product and brand names used on this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their respective owners All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies ...

Page 9: ...ly for future upgrades or system configuration changes This Online Manual is saved in PDF format we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 0 for online viewing it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web site Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing it is still capable for hardcopy printing you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet...

Page 10: ...also support ADD cards According to different customer s requirements this M B supports DDR266 DDR333 and DDR400 RAM up to 4GB maximum in Dual Channel mode For AX4SPB series it only has two RAM slots and supports Single Channel mode with maximum capacity up to 2 GB The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode and Serial ATA 150 MB s There are 5 PCI slots provided on this board A to...

Page 11: ...ctions that models don t have Please always refer to this page to see the functions of your model Series Model Chipset Dual Channel RAM Slots LAN VGA Support ADD card PBE AX4SG U Intel 865G V 4 X V V V AX4SG UL Intel 865G V 4 10 100 1000 Mbps V V V AX4SG Series AX4SG UN Intel 865G V 4 10 100Mbps V V V AX4SPE U Intel 865PE V 4 X X X V AX4SPE UL Intel 865PE V 4 10 100 1000 Mbps X X V AX4SPE Series A...

Page 12: ... Protocol The GMCH memory interface supports one up to two channels of DDR for 865G and 865PE chipsets and the AGP interface supports 0 8 1 5V signaling with 8X 4X data transfers and 8X 4X AGP Fast Writes The integrated graphics controller provides 3D 2D and display capabilities while using a portion of system memory for graphics memory UMA to provide a cost effective high performance graphics sol...

Page 13: ...e up to 132MB s Of five PCI slots provided all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus AOpen i865 Family motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card The Accelerated Graphics Port AGP specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed The AGP video cards support data transfer r...

Page 14: ...oller UL series or Realtek 10 100 Mbps LAN controller UN series on board this motherboard provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for UL series it is 10 100 1000 Mbps for office and home use For U series motherboard it does not support LAN onboard Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels supports Ultra ...

Page 15: ...scanner etc S PDIF Connector S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is the newest audio transfer file format which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio Power Management Plug and Play Supports the power management function which confirms to the power saving standards of the U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA Energy Star ...

Page 16: ...ardware Status Monitoring Overheat Warning and Fan Speed Control with user friendly interfaces to provide a perfect balance among noises system performance and stability Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 98 ME 2000 XP series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 and S5 features ...

Page 17: ...ves you a quick procedure on how to install your system Follow each step accordingly 1 Installing CPU and Fan 2 Installing System Memory DIMM 3 Connecting Front Panel Cable 4 Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5 Connecting ATX Power Cable 6 Connecting Back Panel Cable 7 Power on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8 Setting CPU Frequency 9 10 11 Reboot Installing Operating System such as Windows XP Installin...

Page 18: ...X Power Connector Intel 865G 865PE 848P Chipset that supports 400 533 800MHz FSB DDR 266 333 400 and AGP 8X 478 pin CPU socket Northwood with Voltage and Frequency Auto detection that supports Intel Pentium 4 1 6 3 20GHz CPU AGP Protection LED Connector SYSFAN1 Low ESR Capacitors 4 pin 12V ATX Power Connector 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots x5 USB 2 0 Connectors x 2 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Onboard AC 97 COD...

Page 19: ... IDE Drives x4 ATA 33 66 100 DDR400 333 266 Dual Channel RAM Up to 4GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 4Mbit Flash EEPROM PCI Bus Floppy Disk Drive RealTek AC97 CODEC LAN connect Component USB Port USB Port SATA 1 Serial ATA Ports x2 USB Port SATA 2 VGA onboard AGP bus Gigabit LAN Chip UL series Realtek 10 100Mbps UN series Support ADD Card for AX4SG series 150MB s For AX4SPB series it only has ...

Page 20: ...c discharge ESD can damage your processor disk drives expansion boards and other components Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component 1 Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component If a wrist strap is not availabl...

Page 21: ...facture Upgrade Optional Although all of AOpen s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features As a result of this we define features that can be upgraded by users as User Upgrade Optional You can upgrade these functions by purchasing additional devices As for functions that cannot be upgraded by users we define them...

Page 22: ... specific color for specific connector and module components on motherboard are now born with their respective colors Users may now easily recognize what jumper or cable should match with specific jumper or cable by COLOR without having the trouble of holding user guide in one hand and connecting jumpers with the other hand And what makes this feature so great is that even the easy to get confused...

Page 23: ... O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Claret Serial ATA connector Navy Blue IDE 1 Connector Note Colors setting varies on different motherboards the color setting here applies only to AOpen i865 Family Motherboards Black IDE 2 Connector RESET ACPI Power LED Power Switch 1 SPEAKER IDE LED ...

Page 24: ...g To clear the CMOS follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2 3 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin1 pin2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 Pin 1 1 1 Tip When should I Clear CMOS 1 Boot fails because of overclocking 2 Forget password 3 Troubles...

Page 25: ...ries CPU Northwood Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket CPU pin 1 and cut edge CPU socket Lever CPU cut edge Note Those pictures are for example only they may not look the same with ...

Page 26: ...U installation CPU cut edge Note If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well you may damage the CPU Note This socket supports Micro FC PGA2 package CPU which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in Note This picture is for example only it may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased ...

Page 27: ...pped we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown 1 Gently put the CPU Fan down on the retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners 2 Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module Clip Note ...

Page 28: ...ovide CPU voltage auto detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup therefore no jumpers or switches are used The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper less designs are eliminated There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 CPU voltage Clock Generator BIOS Controlled Circuit CPU Freq Ratio CPU VID signal Power Regulator Auto...

Page 29: ...ith switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over current protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply provide the full line over current protection Note Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake there is still certain risk that CPU memory HDD add on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure human o...

Page 30: ...ption of current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations The RTC real time clock can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged If you lose your CMOS data by accident you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual Battery ATX Stand by Power RTC Real Time Clock 00 00 00 Flash ROM CMOS Auto switch to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is...

Page 31: ...y and set the CPU FSB frequency according to user s settings stored in the BIOS If system failed in BIOS POST the Watch Dog Timer will reset the system to reboot in five seconds Then BIOS will detect the CPU s default frequency and POST again With this special feature you can easily overclock your system to get a higher system performance without removing the system housing and save the hassle fro...

Page 32: ...V to 1 6000V It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage S Se et tt ti in ng g C CP PU U F Fr re eq qu ue en nc cy y BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Bus Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency in BIOS no jumpers or switches are needed The default setting is table select mode You can adjust the FSB from CPU Host RAM PCI Clock for overclocking Core Fre...

Page 33: ...4 2 6G 2600MHz 200MHz 800MHz 13x Pentium 4 2 66G 2660MHz 133MHz 533MHz 20x Pentium 4 2 8G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21x Pentium 4 2 8G 2800MHz 200MHz 800MHz 14x Pentium 4 3 06G 3066MHz 133MHz 533MHz 23x Pentium 4 3 20G 3200MHz 200MHz 800MHz 16x Note With CPU speed changing rapidly there might be fastest CPU on the market by the time you received this installation guide This table is kindly for your re...

Page 34: ...W W M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g The fan Connectors are painted in white in EzColor Please plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPUFAN connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function SYSFAN1 Connector CPUFAN Connector SENSOR 12V GND GND 12V SENSOR GND 12V SE...

Page 35: ... se e W Wa ak ke e u up p J Ju um mp pe er r This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard mouse wake up function You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse The factory default setting is set to Disable 1 2 and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2 3 Pin 1 1 1 Disable Default Enable ...

Page 36: ...ets are painted in electric blue and only support non ECC DDR RAM Please install suitable modules otherwise serious damage may occur on memory sockets or you RAM modules The RAM voltage for you to adjust is from 2 60V 2 70V DIMMA1 DIMMA2 DIMMB1 DIMMB2 Warning This motherboard supports DDR SDRAM Please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR SDRAM sockets otherwise it will cause serious damage on memor...

Page 37: ...IMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place Note The tabs of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot s bottom Note Please pay attention to the Blue slots To run dual channel speed you should insert the RAM in the slot of DIMM A1 and DIMM B1 or DIMM A2 and DIMM B2 Please don t use the different frequency DIMM...

Page 38: ...o connect the 4 pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20 pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system 12V 12V Ground Ground A AC C P Po ow we er r A Au ut to o R Re ec co ov ve er ry y A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstati...

Page 39: ...oppy cable and 40 pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector The IDE 1 connector is painted in navy blue the IDE 2 connector and FDD connector are painted in Black Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage Pin1 Primary Slave 2nd Primary Master 1st Secondary Master 3rd Secondary Slave 4th ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector IDE 1 Primary IDE 2 Secondary Pin 1...

Page 40: ...he hard disk or the CDROM The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly Warning The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum of 46cm 18 inches make sure your cable does not exceed this length Tip 1 For better signal quality it is recommended to set the far end side device to master mode and follow the ...

Page 41: ...ever while ATA has enjoyed an illustrious track record the specification is now showing its age and imposes some serious design issues on today s developers including a 5 volt signaling requirement high pin count and serious cabling headaches The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome these design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate deman...

Page 42: ...ect a power cable Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement you don t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk When serial ATA hard disks are installed on serial ATA ports the one connected on Port 0 SATA 1 will be set as the first boot device automatically Please be noted that it doesn t support Hot Plug in function Item Parallel ATA Serial ATA Bandwidth 100 133 MB Sec 150 30...

Page 43: ...nable to find your newly installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you have had installed them on the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting You may simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly After having properly installed your hard disks you may directly get into the BIOS setting screen for adjustment You may simply press Integrated Peripherals Æ On Chip IDE Dev...

Page 44: ...energize Enhanced Mode to detect all hard disks 3 Combined Mode If you have had installed traditional IDE hard disks and Serial ATA hard disks at the same time then you may choose this Combined Mode Under this mode you may randomly choose either IDE hard disks or Serial ATA had disk as your first boot device But please be aware that Serial ATA will exist with IDE in a mapping way which also means ...

Page 45: ...rs If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI Power LED will keep flashing or high light while the system is in suspend mode Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing It is 2 pin female connector from the housing front panel Plug this connector to the soft power switch connector marked SPWR Suspend Type ACPI LED Power on Suspend S1 or Suspend to RAM S3 Flashing for every seco...

Page 46: ...hich is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 2 1GB s You can also adjust AGP voltage in BIOS within a range from 1 5V to 1 6V For AX4SG series this AGP slot could automatically become an AGP slot or a Multiplexed Intel DVO Output depending on what kind of cards inserted like AGP or ADD AGP Digital Display cards With ADD card cabled to this slot Multiplexed Intel DVO output could provide high speed digital connectio...

Page 47: ...ard When AGP Protection Technology is implemented this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3 3V which is not supported by Intel 865 chipset the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage You may contact your AGP card vendor ...

Page 48: ... application software such as Laplink or Windows 98 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA devices and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters and ASK IR 56Kbps Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup UART Mode make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the I...

Page 49: ...herboards they do not support LAN onboard The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors The right hand side LED indicates link mode it lights in orange whenever linking to network The left hand side LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights in green when data is transferring in 100Mbps never lights while in 10Mbps but lights in orange when transferring in Gigabit s mode To en...

Page 50: ...r connect the front USB connector to the front panel of chassis Compared to traditional USB 1 0 1 1 with the speed of 12Mbps USB 2 0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps that is 40 times faster than the traditional one Except for the speed increase USB 2 0 supports old USB 1 0 1 1 software and peripherals offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers On this motherboard all eight ports...

Page 51: ...lel Port PS 2 Mouse Connector Line In USB 2 0 Ports Speaker Out MIC In USB 2 0 Ports VGA Port for AX4SG series only PS 2 Keyboard Connector COM 1 Port PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which use a PS 2 plug PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which use a PS 2 plug USB Port Available for connecting USB devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer COM1 Port To connect with pointing devices modem ...

Page 52: ...joy digital audio instead of analog Normally there are two S PDIF outputs as shown one for RCA connector the most common one used for consumer audio products and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality Through a specific audio cable you can connect the S PDIF connector to a S PDIF audio module bearing S PDIF digital output However you must have a S PDIF supported speaker w...

Page 53: ...ength of the innovative design of ALC655 you re able to use standard line jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module To apply this function you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel Picture bellow represents the standard location of all speakers in 5 1 Channel sound tracks Please connect the plug of ...

Page 54: ...is s motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem Wake On LAN and Wake On PCI Card Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply it can be triggered by Modem LAN or Other PCI Cards and resume back to active If you have an external Modem card and want to use this wake up feature Please enable the Wake On Modem item For an internal modem LAN and other PCI ...

Page 55: ...or By the way please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn t have an audio port on the front panel Front Audio Connector Pin 1 1 AUD_MIC AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R NC AUD_FPOUT_L AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R KEY AUD_RET_L Note Please remove the jumper cap from the front audio connector before you conn...

Page 56: ...o or rt te ed d This motherboard comes with a game port Joystick Midi for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard Joystick Module User Upgrade Optional Pin1 1 5V JAB1 JACX GND GND JACY JAB2 5V 5V JBB1 JBCX MIDI_TXD JBCY JBB2 MIDI_RXD KEY Game Port Connector ...

Page 57: ... Ma an nu ua al l C CO OM M2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This motherboard provides two serial ports One of them is on back panel connector and the other is on the upper left of board With proper cable you can connect it to the back panel of chassis Pin 1 1 DCD SOUT GND RI RTS SIN DTR DSR CTS COM2 Connector ...

Page 58: ...c ct to or r This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound 1 L GND GND R Note Though some of the latest versions of Windows support Digital Audio through IDE bus However in order to use Open Jukebox player which is driven under BIOS it is a MUST to connect audio cable to CD IN connector on the motherboard CD IN Connector ...

Page 59: ...mi il ly y M Mo ot th he er rb bo oa ar rd ds s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A AU UX X I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound AUX IN Connector L GND GND R ...

Page 60: ...o make this function works you have to enable it in the system BIOS connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis So whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis the system will beep to inform you Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis you may purchase an extra sensor attach it on your chassis and make a good use of t...

Page 61: ...otherboard This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on off stand by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode BOOT LED will keep blinking when you power the system on and when your system is under POST Power On Self Test After POST diagnoses everything all right and finishes the booting the LED will stay on otherwise it...

Page 62: ...herboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken function to protect motherboard user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard With expensive Resetable Fuse the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job Resetable Fuse ...

Page 63: ...O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l E En nl la ar rg ge ed d A Al lu um mi in nu um m H He ea at ts si in nk k Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clock the CPU ...

Page 64: ...itor Low Equivalent Series Resistance during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know how that requires experience and detail calculation Not only that AOpen i865 Family motherboards implements 2200μF capacitors which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000 1500μF and it provides better stability for CPU p...

Page 65: ...ard paths to access memory However with an optimized path created CPU may access memory through optimized path in a faster way Therefore PBE effectively shortened the distance between CPU and memory and thus increasing system performance as a matter of fact To enable it all you have to do is to go to BIOS screen select Advanced Chipset Feature Performance Boost Engine Note Enabling this feature wi...

Page 66: ...ers are affected terribly by the irritating noises of these fans while working with their PC As a matter of fact we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases on the contrary we discovered that having your fans running at appropriate time and speed not only reduces the noise but also consumes the least power the system needs so as to prevent over wasting of energy resou...

Page 67: ...e You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here Of course you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans and SilentTek would also pop up a message box to alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed You may set the highest margin of your CPU and system temperat...

Page 68: ...housing A series of lab tests were conducted under the real world scenario to determine optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU working condition and temperature Most of the time the fan would remain still when CPU is not fully utilized The following page is surely the most important part of this utility You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got the options i...

Page 69: ...ds you have to get into BIOS screen for the frequency and reboot the system again and again But from now on you don t surfer the boring stuffs anymore With brand new and user friendly EzClock that AOpen specially designs for his users you can adjust those important values as you please and think of suitable This tailor made EzClock allows you to set the voltage and frequency of CPU VGA PCI and mem...

Page 70: ...e color bar goes to right and turns red After finishing those value settings you can press Apply button on the upper right hand corner to save changes to CMOS Control buttons _ button allows you to minimize the utility and X button to close the utility Pressing Apply button you can save the changes to CMOS VGA AGP PCI and DRAM Voltage Clock Area Pressing _ and buttons you can adjust the voltage an...

Page 71: ...st the Settings in BIOS How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS Apart from EzClock utility the voltage and frequency values of CPU PCI and memory can also be adjusted on BIOS page By pressing PgUp or PgDn keys you can adjust the frequency values of CPU Bus PCI Bus and DRAM Apart from EzClock utility the voltage and frequency values of CPU PCI and memory can also be adjusted on BIOS page By pressing Pg...

Page 72: ...yed on the boot screen like the shown picture here Every time you boot your system both default and current settings will pop up on the screen Your personal settings that had been adjusted earlier will be highlighted thus you can have clear idea how your system functions and monitor your system more easily Current values of your system The highlighted setting value you manually adjust Default sett...

Page 73: ...orks A form of simultaneous multi threading technology SMT Hyper Threading technology allows multiple threads of software applications to be run simultaneously on one processor by duplicating the architectural state on each processor while the same processor execution resources is shared The figure below represents how a Hyper Threading based processor differentiates a traditional multiprocessor T...

Page 74: ...wo threads share the same execution resources the second thread can use resources that would be otherwise idle if only one thread was executing This results in an increased utilization of the execution resources within each physical processor The figure below represents how Hyper Threading saves time when it works With two logical processors available on every single physical processor multi threa...

Page 75: ...eration system and hardware such as motherboard CPU memory PCI devices and IDE devices The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance Moreover AOConfig allows users to save information in BMP or TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of...

Page 76: ...urer firmware version and capacity 4 From this page users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen Moreover detailed information could be saved in bmp or txt format NOTE AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 or Windows XP Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard Before running AOConfig all applications must be c...

Page 77: ...IOS The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS settings of AOpen i865 Family motherboards have been optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default setting of BIOS still can t fine tune the chipset controlling entire system Therefore the rest of this chapter intends to guide you the process of configuring...

Page 78: ...program The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix Award BIOS setup program Key Description Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Page Down or Changing setting to previous value or decrease value Enter Select the item Esc 1 In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 In sub menu Exit current menu to main menu Up Arrow Highlight previou...

Page 79: ...OS S S Se et tu up p After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables power on and enter the BIOS Setup Press Del during POST Power On Self Test and choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Del Warning Please avoid of using Load Turbo Defaults unless you are sure your system components CPU DRAM HDD etc are good enough for turbo setting ...

Page 80: ...ion cleverly to prevent your system from any possible failure Moreover EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to go with any windows platform you might be using no matter if you re using Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 or Windows XP In the meanwhile in order to provide a much more user friendly operating environment AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi language function to pr...

Page 81: ... EXE EzWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps 5 You may select preferred language in the main menu then click Start Flash to start the BIOS upgrade procedure 6 EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows You ...

Page 82: ...g POST With this innovative design VividBIOS now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colours screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen In addition the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space consuming and uncompressed Bitmap AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation to recognize the smaller siz...

Page 83: ...You don t need to install all of them to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows XP before you install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system s installation guide A Au ut to o r ru un n M Me en nu u f fr ro om m B Bo on nu us s C CD D You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD Choose the ...

Page 84: ...wa ar re e I In ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n U Ut ti il li it ty y The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility should be installed onto the target system and the Windows INF files outline the operating system how the chipset components will be configured It is recommended that the Intel Chipset Software Installation utility be installed onto the target system prior to the installation of ot...

Page 85: ...st ta al ll li in ng g I In nt te el l E Ex xt tr re em me e G Gr ra ap ph hi ic c D Dr ri iv ve er r o on nl ly y f fo or r A AX X4 4S SG G U U A AX X4 4S SG G U UL L a an nd d A AX X4 4S SG G U UN N You can install Intel Extreme graphic driver to get the best graphics function of the chipset You can find it in the Bonus Pack CD disc ...

Page 86: ...On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g O On nb bo oa ar rd d S So ou un nd d D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard comes with AC 97 CODEC This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu ...

Page 87: ...or r A AX X4 4S SG G U UL L A AX X4 4S SP PE E U UL L a an nd d A AX X4 4S SP PB B U UL L Install LAN Driver in Windows 98SE 1 Open the Device Manager and check if there is a PCI Ethernet Controller in Other devices 2 Insert the supplied Bonus CD 3 Double click PCI Ethernet Controller 4 Click Reinstall Driver in the General Tab 5 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using ...

Page 88: ... nu ua al l 6 Select Specify a location and type G Driver LAN RTL8100S 32 Win98 in the text box that appears Press Next 7 System will ask you to provide the file path for loading driver please type G Driver LAN RTL8100S 32 Win98 in the text box that appears Press OK 8 System will ask you to insert Windows 98 CD ROM ...

Page 89: ...89 A AO Op pe en n i i8 86 65 5 F Fa am mi il ly y M Mo ot th he er rb bo oa ar rd ds s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 9 Driver installed 10 Restart computer 11 Confirming Windows 98 Installation ...

Page 90: ...troller in Other devices 2 Insert the supplied Bonus CD 3 Double click PCI Ethernet Controller 4 Click Reinstall Driver in the General Tab 5 Select Specify the location of the driver Advanced 6 Choose Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now Recommended then Select Specify a location and type G Driver LAN RTL8100S 32 WinME in the text box that appears Press Next 7 Driver in...

Page 91: ...he er rb bo oa ar rd ds s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 9 Confirming Windows ME Installation 9 Confirming Windows ME Installation 91 A AO Op pe en n i i8 86 65 5 F Fa am mi il ly y M Mo ot th he er rb bo oa ar rd ds s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l ...

Page 92: ...etwork window opens select the Adapters tab 2 Click Add to install a new adapter All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters 3 When the Select Network Adapter window opens click Have Disk 4 When prompted insert the BONUS CD type the path G Driver LAN RTL8100S 32 Winnt4 to the driver and click OK 5 With Realtek RTL8169 8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC highlighted in the Selec...

Page 93: ...93 A AO Op pe en n i i8 86 65 5 F Fa am mi il ly y M Mo ot th he er rb bo oa ar rd ds s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 6 Restart computer 7 Confirming Windows NT Installation ...

Page 94: ...n nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Install LAN Driver in Windows 2000 1 Open the Device Manager and check if there is a Ethernet Controller in Other devices 2 Insert the supplied Bonus CD 3 Right click Ethernet Controller and then select Properties 4 Click Reinstall Driver in the General Tab ...

Page 95: ...s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 5 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended 6 Select Specify a location and then click Next 7 Type G Driver LAN RTL8100S 32 Win2000 in the text box that appears Press OK 8 Driver installed 9 Confirming Windows 2000 Installation ...

Page 96: ...er in Other devices 2 Insert the supplied Bonus CD 3 Right click Ethernet Controller then select Update Driver 4 Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and then Click Next 5 Choose Search for the best driver in these locations and then select Include this location in the search Type G Driver LAN RTL8100S 32 WinXP in the text box that appears Press Next 6 Driver installed 7 Confir...

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Page 98: ...ng g R Re ea al lt te ek k 1 10 0 1 10 00 0 M Mb bp ps s L LA AN N D Dr ri iv ve er r i in n W Wi in n9 98 8S SE E 2 20 00 00 0 X XP P f fo or r A AX X4 4S SG G U UN N A AX X4 4S SP PE E U UN N a an nd d A AX X4 4S SP PB B U UN N This motherboard integrates Realtek 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Chip You can find this driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu ...

Page 99: ... which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Specify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows 95 WIN95A for Windows 95 and Win95A or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows 95 W95OSR2 for Windows 95 OSR2 3 Windows 95 will appear some messages to insert Windows 95 system disk to complete setup step 4 Windows 95 will finish the other instal...

Page 100: ...CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows NT for NT 4 0 which is the path where the setup files OEMSETUP INF is located and then chooses the OK button 6 The screen will appear Select Line Speed dialog box which is provided by RTL8139 SYS driver The default value is auto so that the RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139 SYS will auto detect the line speed 10 Mb or 100Mb while the RTL8139...

Page 101: ...ing process If any additional network software options were installed you may be prompted for specific information for these packages 10 Restarting your system you will acquire network service NOTES Installing Multiple LAN Adapters Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2 in the Network Settings dialog box choose the Configure button The Input Ethernet ID dialog box appears and inp...

Page 102: ...rb bo oa ar rd ds s O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g U US SB B 2 2 0 0 D Dr ri iv ve er r i in n W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 98 8S SE E M ME E This motherboard comes with USB 2 0 You can find the driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu ...

Page 103: ...5 In the System window choose the Hardware tab 6 Press the Device Manager button in the Hardware window 7 In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for Universal Serial Bus USB Controller Choose it and then press the mouse right button and click Properties 8 Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window choose Update Driver and then press Next 9 Choose Search for a suitable dri...

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Page 105: ...ist and then press Enter 2 Choose Specify a location and then press Next 3 Insert the Bonus CD in CD ROM 4 Type CD ROM Driver Intel USB2 0 Win2000 in the text box that appears Press OK 5 Click on Next A message informing you that Windows has found Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller ICH5 should appear 6 Click on Next and then on Finish Confirming Windows 2000 Installation 1 From Windows 2000...

Page 106: ...ould possess with 90db and do other application process as well We called CODEC that meets this structure AC 97 CODEC A AC CP PI I A Ad dv va an nc ce ed d C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n P Po ow we er r I In nt te er rf fa ac ce e ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 1997 It intends to save more power by taking full control of power management to operating system and bypass ...

Page 107: ...R A Au ud di io o M Mo od de em m R Ri is se er r The CODEC circuit of AC 97 sound modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card AMR card that connects to motherboard through AMR connector A AT TA A A AT T A At tt ta ac ch hm me en nt t Before talking about ATA AT Attachment we must understand DMA Direct Memory Access which allows devices to skip the CPU devices and access memory...

Page 108: ... drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices B Bl lu ue et to oo ot th h Bluetooth is a wireless transferring technology that enables short range wireless connections between desktop and laptop computers personal digital assistants PDAs cellular phones printers scanners digital cameras and even home appliances The principle of Bluetooth a chipset is to transfer info...

Page 109: ...d simple to adopt way Based on FSB frequency DDR SDRAM on the market are DDR200 DDR266 and DDR333 with more coming around soon DDR200 transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s PC1600 DDR266 transfer bandwidth up to 266x64 8 2100MB s PC2100 DDR333 transfer bandwidth up to 333x64 8 2700MB s PC2700 DDR400 transfer bandwidth up to 400x64 8 3200MB s PC3200 E EC CC C E Er rr ro or r C Ch he ec ck ki in...

Page 110: ...DRAM or ATA 66 IDE bus EV6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 200 MHz EV6 bus 200MHz 100 MHz external bus clock x 2 F FC CC C D Do oC C D De ec cl la ar ra at ti io on n o of f C Co on nf fo or rm mi it ty y The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations This standard allows DIY component such as motherboard to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing F FC C ...

Page 111: ...al data transfer protocol and interconnection system The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio A V consumer application is its low cost Fire wire interface is capable of supporting various high end digital A V applications such as consumer A V device control and signal routing Digital Video DV editing home networking and more than 32 channels of dig...

Page 112: ...P PD DF F F Fo or rm ma at t With PDF file it is easy to do universal document exchange Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format PDF Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file including fonts and graphics and they can be distributed by e mail or stored on the World Wide Web an intranet a file system or a CD ROM for other users to view on any plat...

Page 113: ... new structure of Multibank which is quite different from FPM EDO SDRAM Using different memory module as well RDRAM uses RIMM with transfer rate of 600 700 800MHz providing bandwidth as high to 1 6GB R RI IM MM M R Ra am mb bu us s I In nl li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le e 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 1...

Page 114: ...ss motherboard The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit s it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send receive message S SP PD D S Se er ri ia al l P Pr re es se en nc ce e D De et te ec ct t SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters SPD can be used by BIOS to...

Page 115: ...le es ss s L LA AN N 8 80 02 2 1 11 1b b 802 11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology which is an interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients 802 11 families include the following specifications and with more coming 802 11 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2 4 GHz band using either frequency hopping spread spectrum FHSS or direct ...

Page 116: ...nter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable then remove all of the add on cards and cables including VGA IDE FDD COM1 COM2 and printer Make sure if all jumper settings are correct Clear CMOS then plug the ATX power cord correctly For P4 system please also plug the 4pin 12V cord Start Next ...

Page 117: ... M Ma an nu ua al l Continue Install the VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly Yes No Next ...

Page 118: ...li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Continue Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Yes No Check if there is display Yes It is very possible that your keyboard is defective No Check if the system reboots Press Ctrl and Alt key at the same time hold them and then press Del to reboot the system Next ...

Page 119: ... an nu ua al l Continue The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself Check if the system can reboot successfully No Yes Turn off the system and re connect IDE cable Re install the operating system such as Windows XP End During system rebooting press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Default ...

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Page 122: ... l P Pa ar rt t N Nu um mb be er a an nd d S Se er ri ia al l N Nu um mb be er r r The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label You can find this bar code label on the outside packing or on component side of PCB For example P N 91 88110 201 is part number S N 91949378KN73 is serial number Part No Serial No ...

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