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1. 16 6MB s x4 66MB s 16 6MB s x6 100MB s USB Universal Serial Bus USB is a 4 pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low medium speed peripherals less than 10Mbit s such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated VCM Virtual Channel Memory NEC s Virtual Channel Memory VCM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service multimedia requirements VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and l O pins Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption ZIP file A compressed file format to reduce file size To unzip file run shareware PKUNZIP http www pkware com for DOS and other operating system or WINZIP http www winzip com for windows environment J Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem 110 F Technical Support Dear Customer Thanks for choosing AOpen products To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority However we receive numerous emails and phone calls worldwide everyday it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time We recommend you follow the procedures below an
2. AC 97 Audio The InstallShield Wizard will install Avance AC S Audio on your computer To continue click Next et 84 Installing AGP Driver You can find AGP driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu Welcome Welcome to the SiS Acceleration Graphic Port Setup program This program will install SiS Acceleration T Graphic Port on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Zelter bOKCE 85 AOConfig Utility AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation 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 s
3. especially when overclocking layout is the most important factor to make sure both chipset and CPU are working in stable condition The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen s unique design called Frequency Isolation Wall Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range we can avoid cross talk and frequency interference between each region s operations and condition The trace length and route must be calculated carefully For example the clock trace must be equal to length not necessarily as short as possible so that clock skew will be controlled within few a pico second 1 10 Sec Note This diagram for example only it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased 71 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink 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 eat LJ bd LJ el 72 Vivid BIOS technology GH id BIO Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen Let s rule out the V tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST AO
4. CPU FSB bus clock PC 133 DIMM SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU_FSB bus clock PC 1600 or PC 2100 DDR DRAM Based on FSB frequency the DDR DRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type of working frequency Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64 bit it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s and 266x64 8 2100MB s Hence the PC 1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz and PC 2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz FSB frequency PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus Bus for the internal connection of peripheral devices high speed data channel between the computer and expansion card PDF Format A file format for electronic document PDF format is independent from platform you can read PDF file under Windows Unix Linux Mac with different PDF reader You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape note that you need to install PDF plug in first Included in Acrobat Reader PnP Plug and Play The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system such as Windows 95 These registers are used by BIOS and operating system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts PnP BIOS or operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ DMA Memory Currently almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are already PnP compliant POST Power On Self Test The BIOS self test procedure after power on sometimes it is the first or the second screen shown on your m
5. IDE devices in two channels supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5 and supports Enhanced IDE devices On board AC 97 Sound AX45 4D Max uses RealTek ALC650 AC97 sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system Six USB2 0 Connectors Provides six USB ports for USB2 0 interface devices such as mouse keyboard modem scanner etc Dr LED User Upgrade Optional Dr LED has 8 LEDs on this motherboard to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter Dr Voice Dr Voice provides 4 language versions English Chinese Japanese and German that can easily tell you the problem you encounter You can also adjust the volume of Dr Voice through speakers Specially tailored made for users we have defaulted the language versions of Japanese market to Japanese only in order to save users from the hassle of setting jumpers and thus making motherboard a real jumper less design 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 On board IEEE 1394 Connectors Comes with two onboard IEEE 1394 connectors that provide ports for IEEE 1394 devices such as digital camera or others IEEE 1394 storage devices Power Management Plug and Play Supports the power management function that confirms to the
6. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off it is recommended to use an internal modem To use internal modem connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of modem card to WOM connector on the motherboard Pin 1 l E Open KL bd LJ p E 5VSB NC RI GND WOM Connector 44 WOM by External BOX Modem Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active Serial Port Modem Side Serial Port Motherboard Side Note This picture is for example only it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased 45 WOM by Internal Modem Card With the help of the ATX soft power On Off it is possible to have a system totally power off and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call as an answering machine or to send receive a fax You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off Both an external box modem and an internal modem card can be used to support Modem Wake Up but if you use an external modem you have to leave your box modem on Note This picture is for example only it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased 46 WOL Wake on LAN To use Wake On LAN function you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature and conn
7. an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard if having this function and enabled to warn the user Fan Speed CPU Temperature CPU Voltage System Voltage 2200 F Low ESR Capacitor The quality of low ESR capacitor 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 AX45 4D Max implements 2200 y F capacitors which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000 amp 1500 y F and it provides better stability for CPU power 69 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs such as the new Pentium Ill or when overclocking A typical CPU core voltage is 2 0V so a good design should control voltage between 1 860V and 2 140V That is the transient must be below 280mV Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 60A current is applied Tek ENE EE 2955 Acqs i G 2 06 V 23 Feb 1999 11 38 17 Note This diagram for example only it may not be exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased Layout Frequency Isolation Wall gt Sc y e o Ce x de Ge Ce uis n For high frequency operation
8. 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 even the latest 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 provide easier way for users usage in changing BIOS setting EzWinFlash V1 0 0 28 Nov 2001 16 54 25 Flash ROM Information CheckSum F1A9H Option Clear PnP Area Clear DMI Area Clear CMOS Flash Type Intel E8280 Start Flash Current BIOS Information Model Name AX3SPlus BIOS Version RLl09 Release Date DA 09 2007 o New BIOS Information Model Name Ax3SPlus BIOS Version R 09 Release Date Oct 09 2001 Save BIOS Language English C German C Chinese BIG5 About Exit HAD If you are sure to program new BIOS please press Start Flash button 94 You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps and its STRONGLY RECOMMANDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading 1 Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site ex http www aopen com 2 Unzip the download BIOS package ex WAX454DM102 ZIP with WinZip http www winzip com in Windows environment 3 Save the unzipped files into a folder for example WAX454DM102 E
9. clock ratio can be up to 24x that supports almost all of Pentium 4 CPUs in the future and provides flexibility for overclockers But not guaranty 96 VGA Card amp Hard Disk VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking for your reference the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again Please check the Available Vendor List AVL by link to our official website VGA http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb vga oc htm HDD http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb hdd oc htm Glossary AC97 Basically AC97 specification separates sound modem circuit to two parts digital processor and a CODEC for analogy l O they are linked by AC97 link bus Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset the cost of sound modem onboard solution can be reduced ACPI Advanced Configuration 8 Power Interface 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 BIOS The chipset or super I O chip needs to provide standard register interface to operating system such as Windows 98 This is a bit similar as the PnP register interface ACPI defines ATX momentary soft power switch to control the power state transition AGP Accelerated Graphic Port AGP is a bus interface targeted for high perfo
10. front panel Pin 1 AUD_MIC AUD_GND AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD VCC AUD FPOUT R AUD RET R NC KEY AUD FPOUT L AUD RET L 57 S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is a latest audio transfer file format that provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy 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 with S PDIF digital input to make the most of this function SPDIFIN GND l Pin 1 SPDIFOUT 1 NE S PDIF NW ns Connector M a S PDIF OUT RCA S PDIF IN S PDIF OUT S PDIF IN Optical S PDIF Cable S PDIF Module Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an ALC650 Codec which supports high quality of 5 1 Channel audio effect bringing you a brand new audio experience On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650 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
11. is a new IDE specification under developing ATA 100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA 66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns The data transfer rate is 1 40ns x 2 bytes x 2 100MB s To use ATA 100 you need special 80 wire IDE cable the same as ATA 66 BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of assembly routine program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM BIOS controls Input output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard In general to provide hardware independent portability operation system and drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices Bus Master IDE DMA mode The traditional PIO Programmable I O IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting for the mechanical events To reduce the workload of the CPU the bus master IDE device transfers data from to memory without interrupting CPU and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device You need the bus master IDE driver and the bus master IDE HDD to support bus master IDE mode CNR Communication and Networking Riser The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN home networking DSL USB wireless audio and modem subsystems widely used in today s connected PCs The CNR specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs IH
12. isochronous channel ID and notification of errors There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Asynchronous transport is the traditional computer memory mapped load and store interface Data requests are sent to a specific address and an acknowledgment is returned In addition to an architecture that scales with silicon technology IEEE 1394 features a unique isochronous data channel interface Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a pre determined rate This is especially important for time critical multimedia data where just in time delivery eliminates the need for costly buffering Parity Bit The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte normally it is even parity mode that is each time the memory data is updated parity bit will be adjusted to have even count 1 for each byte When next time if memory is read with odd number of 1 the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM For Socket 7 CPU one burst data read requires four QWord Quad word 4x16 64 bits PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence Normally it is 3 1 1 1 total 6 clocks which is faster than asynchronous SRAM PBSRAM is often used on L2 level 2 cache of Socket 7 CPU Slot 1 and Socket 370 CPU do not need PBSRAM PC 100 DIMM SDRAM DIMM that supports 100MHz
13. language versions English German Japanese and Chinese for your choices You can select preferred language version by JP15 amp JP16 jumpers However if you want to disable this function you may also set JP2 to decide either you wish the voice coming out from the buzzer or from your audio speaker Moreover the sound volume of Dr Voice ll can be adjusted from the speaker JP16 Pin 1 JP15 Pin 1 JP16 Pin1 Ro DI O O JP15 Pin 1 RYO o ogo o English Japanese Chinese German Default 63 JP2 Dr Voice Output Select Jumper This motherboard comes with another considerate option that allows you to control the voice output You can choose to let the voice come out from the PC buzzer on the board by setting JP2 to pin 1 2 or have the voice out from audio speaker by setting JP2 to pin 2 3 Pin1 1 1 lolo To PC Buzzer Audio Speaker LA Open LJ Ld E c D 64 Game Port Bracket Supported 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 5V 5V JAB1 JBB1 JACX JBCX GND MIDI_TXD GND JBCY JACY JBB2 JAB2 MIDI_RXD 5V KEY 65 Battery less and Long Life Design This Motherboa
14. motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD 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 77 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD Choose the utility and driver and select model name Motherboard Online Manual Acrobat Keader et AOpen Bonus Pack DocuCom Reader Motherboard Drivers Motherboard Drivers Hardware Monitor Utilit i fij d Please select your motherboard and OS from E the following list Norton Antivirus p ER click OE to install driver Norton CrashGuard mc or click Cancel to the previous window 3Deep E Color Ax45 4D Max e vindaws xP Microsoft DirectX 5 1 AOConfig Exit eee meh SiS IDE Driver for Windows 2000P SiS USB 2 0 Driver Realtek Avance ACY Audio Driver Realtek RTL81 39 61 Ox NIC Driver Install drivers of your motherboard including Chipset 54 LAN RAID IDE and Audio drivers You have to refer to the user s manual to check what chipset your motherboard is based on 78 Install IDE Driver To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD 7 SiS Mini IDE Driver Setup ver r2 01c _ SiS Mint IDE Driver Setup r2 01c SiS IDE Driver Welcome to the SiS Mini IDE Driver Setup prog
15. 1 CECCO CLO LO Ecri enre mE Con Le ll RR RR ID ERE da HER A nium esses tees Mus ER pite WM 3 E 3 3 3 e enaimoodsmsoodn Block Diagram Dual Memory Channel DDR333 266 Max 1GB Per DIMM 533MHz System Bus PCI Bus ATA Primary emm 66 100 133 Channel Ma um IDE Drive x4 Secondary emm Channel SIS 655 AGP 4X 8X Slot uum um RealTek AC97 SIS 963 CEP Realtek RTL8100BL AC Link USB2 0 Winbond Portsx6 W83697HF Floppy Disk Drive x2 Hardware Installation This chapter describes jumpers connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard 20 About User Upgrade Optional and Manufacture Upgrade Optional When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system you may notice that some of the functions are marked as User Upgrade Optional or Manufacture 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 as Manufacture Upgrade Optional If need be you can contact our local distributors or resellers to purchase Manufacture Upgrade Option
16. 105 PG 1000 OF PC 2100 DDR ODESAM c E o toe enia a E laa ica 105 PCI Peripheral Component Interface BUS ii a 105 RI ene 106 EN RIU IO Flay EE 106 USO O EST TOST INPP EE EE EE 106 E Ee 106 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module s M iD t o dem Ep a dr e UR E do dm Ee nus 107 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ioi eto ieu REI ae et Had taut ud ie iau aD tt 107 Shadow ESPEROM EE 107 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 107 SMBus System Management BUS ed ele teris e bte 108 ESTA uec Bio AA PSP sataaden dasdasies dawns O AR SROS 108 dia DMA illa 108 USB TUDIVersa Seidl BUS etsium uectecsta au ree eet I MM dI MM D MM MM d M E TE 109 VGEM Virtual Channel MOOD x sso oed qe uc eR o E EE ER IRE CU ERE AE Ao acs segs a aaa IE saa OR a EA b Eds 109 LEN TING D Ee EE 109 Troublesho0tinG i a 110 Technical SUPDOR E 114 Product Regitstratton ue KEEEK KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEE KEN 117 How to Contact Us ee dee 118 You Must Notice Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated AMD the AMD logo Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Intel the Intel logo Intel Celeron Pentium Il Pentium Ill and Pentium 4 are trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All product and bran
17. 5 will appear some messages to insert Windows 95 system disk to complete setup step Windows 95 will finish the other installation procedure automatically then you restart the system Windows NT 3 5 3 51 4 4 0 Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows NT When you are in Windows NT 1 In the Main group of NT select the Control Panel icon 2 In the Control Panel window choose the Network icon 3 In the Network Settings dialog box choose the Add Adapter button The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears 4 In the list of network cards select lt other gt Requires disk from manufacturer and then press lt Enter gt button 5 Enter drive and pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows NT for NT 4 0 which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP INF is located and then choose the OK button The screen will appear Select Line Speed dialog box which is provide 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 SYS is loading The other values 10 or 100 are only used when you want to forced RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb The screen will appear Input EthernetlD dialog box which is provide by RTL8139 SYS driver This option is only required when you have more than one Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this computer Select SKIP if
18. AX45 4D Max motherboard 11 Feature Highlight CPU Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 Willamette Northwood 1 4GHz 2 8GHz with 533MHz Front Side Bus FSB designed for Socket 478 technology Chipset The Sis655 Host amp Memory amp AGP Controller integrates a high performance host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor a high performance memory controller and an AGP interface The SiS655 Host Interface features the AGTL amp AGTL compliant bus driver technology with integrated on die termination to support Intel Pentium 4 series processors with FSB up to 133MHz The memory controller can support dual channel DDR access offering bandwidth up to 5 4GB s under DDR333 The AGP interface can support external AGP slot with AGP 4X 8X capability and Fast Write Transactions The SiS963 MuTIOL Media I O integrates one Universal Serial Bus 2 0 Host Controllers the 1394a Mac the Audio Controller with AC97 Interface the Ethernet MAC Controller with standard MII interface three Universal Serial Bus 1 1 Host Controllers the IDE Master Slave controllers and SiS MuTIOL technology The PCI to LPC bridge I O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller legacy system I O and legacy power management functionality are integrated as well Expansion Slots Including five 32 bit 33MHz PCI one CNR and one AGP 4X 8X slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB s The Communication amp Nectworking Riser CNR slot can support CNR i
19. C SPWR e 5V ACPI LED e IDE LED GND O ACPI amp PWR IDE LED ACPILED IDE LED s LED sv OJO NC La 5V OMS ACPI B S ACPILED GND O O GND M II Blue NC LOTO RESET Speaker e Reset SPEAKER G10 GND 35 ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20 pin and 4 pin ATX power connector Make sure you plug in the right direction We strongly recommend you to connect the 4 pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20 pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially desianed for Pentium 4 svstem rra Ground pa 12V 12 Y Ground 54 COM o AC Power Auto Recovery 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 workstation without an UPS that needs to keep power on This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem 36 STBY LED STBY LED is AOpen s considerate design that we aim at providing you friendly system information The STBY LED will light up when AC power is provided to the motherboard 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 System Power LED 37 IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE co
20. Control This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing With a special algorithm developed by AOpen paolo the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of Enable FAN Speed Control e Silent Tek CPU and ambient temperature Ease of use and trouble FAN Speed Control e free at your service C Smart Fan Contre Setting Fixed Fan Control Setting 2 Fixed FAN Control Under this setting a desired fan speed is set fixed when operating Multiple Level Control Setting AOpen Recommend Setting 3 Multiple Level Control This is the most versatile Current Fan Control SE Disable Fan Control setting that allows you to set fan speed in relation to ERR Control temperature You may find that this setting fits you best D 4 AOpen Recommend Setting This setting is designed specifically for AOpen 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 CD ROM Rotation Speed Control by enabling the CD ROM Rotation Speed Control you can adjust the rotation speed of your CD ROM When you set the speed to high level the CD ROM will work at its fastest speed and it will run at basic required speed while you set the value to low speed 76 Driver and Utility There are
21. D is exactly the same as 5 25 in floppy drive so that it can be mount into normal 5 25 in drive bay of any housing 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 LR E E NL EL ME ML HDD Floppy PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages Once the LED7 latest LED is lit this indicates that the system has completed its boot up procedure The 8 LEDs indicate the following messages when lit LED 0 Indicates that the CPU may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 1 Indicates that the memory may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 2 Indicates that the AGP may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 3 Indicates that the PCI card may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 4 Indicates that the floppy disk drive may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 5 Indicates that the HDD may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 6 Indicates that the keyboard may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 7 Indicates that the system is OK 62 JP15 JP16 Dr Voice Language Select Jumpers Dr Voice ll is the second version of Dr Voice It can identify what kind of problems have occurred in the operating system It can also clearly tell you whether there is a component issue or an installed issue such as CPU memory module VGA PCI add on card FDD HDD or keyboard by voice The Dr Voice ll provides four kinds of
22. DIMM Sockets This motherboard has four 184 pin dual channel DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC2100 DDR266 or PC2700 DDR333 memory up to 4GB Please note that if you wish to have the best performance of 128bit bandwidth you have to install the same type of DIMM models on both Channel A and Channel B at the same time For over clocking purpose you can adjust memory voltage in BIOS from 2 5V to 2 7V Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Item Help CPU Speed User Setting 133 CPU Clock Ratio Menu Level clock Spread Spec CPU Voltage Setti AGP Voltage Setti DDR Voltage Setti MM NN Ph Channel B T Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Te Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F2 Item Help FS Previous Values F6 Setup Defaults F7 Turbo Defaults Channel A Note You will have to take your own risk when overclocking How to Install Memory Modules Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation 1 Make sure the DIMM modules pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below RB WE EE 2a We RE on e RE Ur mr rt fo mr mt LIO b E gt 95 D HT8VDDT8646G 26562 ES PC2100U 25330 A0l US BZAATOB001 200029 ll MO 1 E E E E E E S e Pin 1 52 pins 40 pins 2 Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until th
23. MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 1 MH 100MH 400MH Pentium 4 2 2G 2200MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 2 26G 2260MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium A 2 4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium A 2 4G 2400MHz 133MHz 533MHz EIE E SEI CPU Erequency Glock Bus igo 1 ms mmm 400mhz Do wm ww some m 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1 8G Warning SIS 655 chipset supports maximum 400MHz 100MHz 4 533MHz 133MHz 4 system bus and Note Since the latest processor Northwood 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause would detect the clock ratio automatically you may not be able to adjust the clock ratio in BIOS manually serious system damage CPU and System Fan Connector with H W Monitoring Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPUFAN1 connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector CPUFAN1 Connector GND 12V SENSOR GND open 12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector GND 12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Comnector 30 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wake up Jumper This motherboard provides 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 Pin1 DR D Disable Enable Default 31
24. N connector To connect Ethernet for home or office use VGA Connector To connect with PC monitor Speaker Out To External Speaker Earphone or Amplifier Line In Comes from the signal sources such as CD Tape player MIC In From Microphone MIDI Game Port For 15 pin PC joystick game pad or MIDI devices 51 Support 2 USB 2 0 Ports This motherboard provides six USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are four ports on the PC99 back panel You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect USB header on the board 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 480 Mbps which 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 six ports support USB 2 0 function Pin 1 e LJ Ld LJ DN E nu 5V 5V SBD2 SBD3 SBD2 SBD3 USB2 0 Connector GND GND KEY NC Onboard IEEE 1394 Connectors This motherboard has two IEEE 1394 connectors onboard The IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb s Therefore the IEEE 1394 interface can connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance such as digital camera scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices Please use the proper
25. Overview Hardware Drivers amp AWARD Glossary Troubleshooting 8 Installation Utilities BIOS Setup Technical Support DOC NO AX454DMAX OL E0211B Ma Al What s in this manual E RR MaX EN EE H T 2 o E 9 A o Nes 10 el E 11 A AA rl E E COSO O e A 12 Quick EE EE 17 ui e E A e er nn eee ee eee eer 18 510E E DIE E AAA ee A A SM M 19 Hardware Installation isvaus Gus suus nM nESUEEpSEUME READERS ER FEE EAE ESSE SEA E EM MEUM M MEME EM OU About User Upgrade Optional and Manufacture Upgrade Optional 21 S LIV CMOS DU T X 22 E NOVA cect acetate ew aca lac w 23 ea EE 26 Full range Adjustable CPU Core VOI Occitan PRADA MR RdE 28 CPU and System Fan Connector with H W Monitoring isses eene nnne nnne nnn nares a annees enar nnns 30 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wake up Jumper 31 IBI VEBTeTe CIERRE 32 Woor 266 PC2100 and DDR 2221DC 300 34 EE os o o E E T E E E E T re eer 35 AA A o O A EEE EarSet 36 AC POWT AUTO RECO EE 36 EE 37 BE cobos m 38 Mam ao O e E E S E 40 IrDA Connect SS 41 upport AGP 8X Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Sot 42 AGP Protection Technology an
26. Picture below represents the standard location of all speakers in 5 1 Channel sound track Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green Speaker out port rear speakers plug to the blue Line in port and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to the red MIC in port Front Left 73 Green Front Right Green Rear Left Blue Rear Right 4 fie Die Hard BIOS and JP24 Die Hard BIOS Select Jumper Many viruses have been found lately that they may destroy bios code and data area This motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method without any software or BIOS coding involved therefore it is 100 virus free You can also choose whether you want to boot your system from BIOS 1 or BIOS2 by setting JP24 When it sets to pin1 2 you can boot your system from BIOS 1 and boot from BIOS 2 when you set it to pin2 3 BIOS 2 1 1 BIOS 1 Boot from Boot from BIOS 1 BIOS 2 Pin1 60 Dr LED Connector Connecting Dr LED you can easily find the system problems that may occur while assembling It can clearly indicate whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation through the 8 LED lights of Dr LED on the front panel That is to say you can diagnose your system status quickly 12 ic 3 3V S1 NC S2 GND S3 5 6 61 Dr LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel the size of Dr LE
27. Revision SubSystem Device Class IRQ AOpen inc AOpen inc 86 Eile View Help Be E 3 KE r IDE1 Master Geral Rl pe ee YH YHAO4678TX3 Major Ver ATA ATAPI 5 Model Number IBM DTLA 307020 DMA Ultra DMA 5 Firmware Rev TX30A50C PIO Mode H PIO mode 4 Media Type Not removable Capacity 20576 MB r IDE1 Slave Serial Number None Major Ver None Model Number None DMA None Firmware Rev None PIO Model None Media Type None Capacity None MB r IDE2 Master Serial Number None Major Ver None Model Number None DM None Firmware Rev None PIO Modell None Media Type None Capacity None MB r IDE2 Slave Serial Number Major Ver Not report Model Number OPEN CD Rw CRW2 DMA Ultra DMA 2 Firmware Rev 1 27 PIO Mode H PIO mode 4 Media Type Removable device Capacity E MB AOpen inc This page presents the IDE device information such as serial number manufacturer 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 File View Help Save Data Erl s Save Bitmap gt Exit Alt F4 A Config Version R1 07 Copyright C 2002 Thank you for choosing 40 pen V lOpen Telephone Taiwan 886 2 3789 5888 x Web http www aopen com Downl
28. V card manufacturers silicon supplier and Microsoft CODEC Coding and Decoding Normally CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion lt is part of AC97 sound modem solution DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way Initially a perfect solution for memory intensive server and workstation applications DDR low cost and low voltage will ultimately make it an ideal solution for all segments of the PC market high performance desktop and mobile PCs Value PCs and even Internet Appliances and mobile devices DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module DIMM socket has total 168 pin and supports 64 bit data It can be single or double side the golden finger signals on each side of PCB are different and that is why it was called Dual In Line Almost all DIMMs are made by SDRAM which operate at 3 3V Note that some old DIMMs are made by FPM EDO and only operate at 5V Do not confuse them with SDRAM DIMM DMA Direct Memory Access Channel for communications between the memory and surrounding devices ECC Error Checking and Correction The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64 bit data Each time memory is accessed ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double bit error and a
29. XE 8 WAX454DM102 BIN 4 Double click on the WAX454DM102 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 may click YES to reboot Windows 7 Press lt Del gt at POST to enter BIOS setup choose Load Setup Defaults then Save amp Exit Setup Done It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any application during FLASH PROCESS 95 Overclocking As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user s requirements Reliability compatibility leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards Other than above mentioned design criteria there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them Overclocker This section is dedicated to overclockers This high performance motherboard is designed for maximum 400 533MHz CPU bus clock But it comes with clock generator of 992MHz 248MHz x4 when we design it to accommodate with future CPU bus clock Not only that the CPU
30. al components and again you are also welcome to visit our official website at www aopen com for detail information JP14 Clear CMOS Data You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting To clear CMOS follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 amp pin 2 mom P ge Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 Pin 1 H E Normal Clear CMOS default 22 CPU Installation This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU Willamette Northwood Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface up to 90 degree angle Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket GE m n e i A e o FEE CPU socket CPU pin 1 and Lever cut edge CPU cut edge Note Those pictures are for example only they may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased 23 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation CPU cut edge Note This picture is for example only it may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased 24 CPU Fan Installation This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU soc
31. ard specification to replace the AMR Audio Modem Riser that supports V 90 analog modem multi channel audio and phone line based networking Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power The analogy conversion CODEC circuit requires a different and separate circuit design which is put on CNR card This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board but reserve CNR slot for the option of modem function Note that you can still use PCI modem card lA Open 7 bd E LJ 50 Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I O devices are PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse RJ 45 LAN Connector COM1 and COM2 Printer USB and AC97 sound ports The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing SPP EPP ECP RJ 45 LAN PS 2 Mouse Eu uai NNNM Connector Line In Connector p aes Se TE AA hac i 1 Speaker Out Je e ue i i 5 Mic In ane aa m Lp y z d rem Wi e _ hd TR TT EA PS 2 Keyboard COM 1 Port COM 2 Port USB2 0 Ports Connector PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which is using a PS 2 plug PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which is using a PS 2 plug USB2 0 Port Available for connecting USB1 1 2 0 devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer COM1 COM2 Port To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices RJ 45 LA
32. cable to connect with devices 10 9 SHIED GND 12V Fused 12V Fused TPB TPB GND GND TPA TPA H GE E E L LJ Pin 1 Pin 1 53 Case Open Connector The CASE OPEN header provides chassis intrusion monitoring function To 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 this function EH e LJ Pin 1 E Sensor GND OK 54 AUX IN Connector This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound AUX IN Connector 55 CD IN Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound SES DN E GND GND CD IN 56 Front Audio Connector If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel you ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector 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
33. d Floppy HDD H L512H Enabled Disabled Enabled On Fast Disabled Setup Hon 052 Enabled Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this Function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a Warning message on screen and alarm beep ti gt se Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi FS Previous Values ATA A Defaults F Optimized De aults Menu Items Select Window Item Function Description Window How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program Generally you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose then press lt Enter gt key to select and use the lt Page Up gt and lt Page Down key to change setting values You can also press F1 key for help and press lt Esc gt key to quit Phoenix Award BIOS setup program The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix Award BIOS setup program By the way all products of AOpen also provide a special function in BIOS setup you can press lt F3 gt key selecting you preferred menu language Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Page Down or Changing setting to previous value or decrease value In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 Insub menu Exit current menu to main menu Highlight previous item Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu A MEL
34. d AGP LED EE 43 WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem Connector cccccsseeeccenseeeeeneeeeeeneeeeenneeeneaeeeeeaneeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeessaaeeesanesananesaaanesaasesananenen 44 WOM by External BOX Mo aaa 45 WOM by intemal E iia 46 UO NET EE 47 Suppor 10 100 Mbps LAN ODO SO EE 49 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Sot 50 COO oded e e E o Pu E E o PRE PURO a 51 Ee 52 Onboard IEEE 1394 COS do 53 Ore EE o MENT TT RR 54 AA rue NR o e eT 55 A E e In 61 JP15 JP16 Dr Voice Language Select Jumpers 63 JP2 Dr Voice Output Select Jumper ek 64 Game Fon E EE ee 65 Battery less and Long Life Design eiiis sess sense enun nnn anne suni ssa su assa ssa a ssa su assis saa sana g sss su sss sa asas sa assa sagas ssa asas aa sana 66 ucc dioe MENTRE L H 67 PA MA ee T RIAS 68 22000F LOW ESF C ODIO essaie dui ere Ind a M AM EOI UM MM M OMM UM DEDE TU 69 Driver and Utility LL aa Aaaa aaa 7 7 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD 78 sialing Hardware MORON UTE sra id Quadra Ka EE Rea naut iii d du 68 Phoenix AWARD 1 Le LN OO ADOUT BIOS Function DESC OU ON s it c r 90 How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program 91 How a ETC e o cas se cen se ee 93 IOS Upgrade under Windows evironment esee sese nn annua nena sua asse nana nn nn rre
35. d 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 that may appear in this manual including the products and software described in it This documentation is protected by copyright law All rights are reserved No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior written permission from AOpen Corporation Copyright 1996 2002 AOpen Inc All Rights Reserved Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed All useful information will be described in later chapters Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes This Online Manual is saved in PDF format we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 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 on your printer To do so choose File gt Page Setup and follow the instruction of your prin
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37. e DIMM module is securely in place Fh j F E a ae d Tab Key Pin 1 VK F KI 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation 33 DDR 266 PC2100 and DDR 333 PC2700 DDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems To put it in a simple way DDRAM is like data going along a two lane highway while at the same time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street Therefore it is a more advanced technology that provides a great overall improvement in system performance DDR266 PC2100 runs two times faster than the traditional PC133 SDRAM with the speed up to 266MHz 2x133 266 And DDR333 PC2700 is running at 333MHz Both PC2100 and PC2700 are a new naming standard for speed of DDR 266 and DDR 333 representing their theoretical speeds of the RAM The theoretical transfer rate of DDR 266 PC2100 is 2 1GB s and 2 7GB s is for DDR 333 PC2700 Front Panel Connector Attach the power LED Keylock speaker power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI A Power LED will keep flashing 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 1 Pin 4 ol NC O O 5vsB Ol SPWR N
38. e also very helpful Part Number and Serial Number The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label You can find this bar code label on the outside packing on ISA CPU slot or on component side of PCB For example PIN 91 69110 201 S N 91949378KN73 Part No Serial No INDO OUAI CUQ DA 000 BE HH UE DEDE HDD A9 0 A VY DI OUR 188110201 91949378KN7 lt AOS A Part No Serial No P N 91 88110 201 is part number S N 91949378KN73 is serial number AAGS 4D MAX VELL Model name and BIOS version Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen POST screen For example AX45 4D Max R1 20 Jun 071 200 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 2002 Award Software Inc AX45 4D Max is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version 116 PA Welcome to AOpen Product Registration Thank you for choosing AOpen product AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration To register your product will ensure the high quality of services from AOpen After the registration you will Have opportunities to play online slot machine and win a prize from AOpen by accumulating your bonuses for later prize exchange Be upgraded to gold membership of Club AOpen program Receive email notification about product safety alerts Its purpose is to alert consumers quickly and conveniently when products con
39. ebur 92 How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables power on and enter the BIOS Setup Press lt Del gt during POST Power On Self Test and choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Del Standard CMOS Features Load Setup Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Turbo Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Password Integrated Peripherals Save amp Exit Setup Power Management Setup Exit without Saving PnP PCI Configura faults Load Setup Defaults Y N Y PC Health Status Faults Frequency Voltage Esc Quit a Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F3 Change Language Load Setup Defaults 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 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment Flash With outstanding R amp D ability of AOpen we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard deii E EzWinFlash With an eye to users convenience EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically EzWinFlash detects your motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from any possible failure Moreover EzWinFlash has
40. ect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector The system identification information probably IP address is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet you need to install network management software such as ADM for the checking of how to wake up the system Note that at least 600mA ATX standby current is required to support the LAN card for this function itt 1 l KE Open LJ LJ E A a LID B GND 8 5VSB WOL connector 47 5 Pa e WOL Connector E unam Ethernet Card Side WOL Connector Motherboard Side Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased 48 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard The South Bridge SIS963 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors The green LED indicates the link mode it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data The orange LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights when data is transferring in 100Mbps mode To enable or disable this function you may simply adjust it through BIOS Green ACT Wa Orange Speed CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot CNR is a riser c
41. ely without a shielding of housing FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array FC means Flip Chip FC PGA is a new package of Intel for Pentium III CPU It can plug into SKT370 socket but require motherboard to add some signals on socket 370 That is the motherboard needs to be redesigned Intel is going to ship FC PGA 370 CPU and phase out slot1 CPU Flash ROM Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility but it is also easier to be infected by virus Because of increase of new functions BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB 2M bit AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB 2Mbit Flash ROM Now flash ROM size is moving to 4M bit on AX6C Intel 820 and MX3W Intel 810 motherboard AOpen motherboard uses EEPROM for jumper less and battery less design FSB Front Side Bus Clock FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock CPU internal clock CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio FC Bus See SMBus IEEE 1394 IEEE 1394 is a low cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100 200 or 400 Mbps One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps Serial Bus Management provides overall configuration control of the serial bus in the form of optimizing arbitration timing guarantee of adequate electrical power for all devices on the bus assignment of
42. erformance without removing the system housing and save the hassle from setting the jumper to clear CMOS data when system hangs Enable Disable Signal from BIOS Y Reset Signal CPU ID Signal Countdown about 5 seconds if fails in POST 27 Full range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1 10V to 1 85V However this motherboard can also automatically detects CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage Setting CPU Frequency BIOS Setup gt Frequency Voltage Control gt CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup and no jumpers or switches are needed The default setting is table select mode You can adjust the FSB from CPU Host SDRAM PCI Clock for overclocking Core Frequency CPU FSB Clock CPU Ratio PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock Clock Ratio AGP Clock PCI Clock x 2 CPU Ratio 8x 9x 10x 28x 29x 30x CPU FSB By Manual 100 248MHz Willamette CPU Core System CPU Frequency Meel Bus Pentium A Northwood CPU Core CPU Frequency Pentium A 1 6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15G DEMNM MESI EMEN Pentium 4 Pentium A 4 6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz is ium ES pon pray ge Pentium 4 1 7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz Puma 1700MH 100MH 400MH 17 Pentium A 1 8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17G E Pentium 4 2 0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 2 2G 2200MHz 100
43. ke good use of this new technology and enjoy its best performance we recommend you to pair your system with a hard disk equipped with ATA 133 technology so that your system s need for speed on this motherboard can be satisfied EE seo mw EE Tomo ams ts Is opge 40 IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 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 IrDA connector Pin 1 NC KEY 5V GND IR_TX IR_RX IrDA Connector 41 Support AGP 8X Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot AX45 4D Max provides an AGP 8x slot which is the latest AGP specification The AGP 8x calls for the bus to operate at the basic AGP 66 MHz clock frequency and the bandwidth is 2 1Gbytes s It is a great improvement on the performance of 3D graphic AGP supports only memory read write operation and single master single slave one to one only AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 2X AGP the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 528MB s and AGP 4x mode 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 1056MB s Now the tran
44. ket when shipped 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 2 Pressing down the four clips with force one by one retention module with clips aligning correctly on the retention module to the four corners Clip 25 CPU Jumper less Design CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide 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 CPU Freq Ratio CPU VID signal CPU voltage Automatically generates CPU voltage 26 AOpen Watch Dog Timer AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers When you power on the system the BIOS will check last system POST status If it succeeded the BIOS will enable Watch Dog Timer function immediately 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 p
45. led in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS settings of this model have been optimized by AOpen s R amp 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 your system setup To enter to BIOS setup menu press lt Del gt when POST Power On Self Test screen is shown on your monitor 89 AOpen always dedicates to give user a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program the function description will appear at the right side of screen Therefore you don t need to read this manual while you change BIOS settings CHOS Setup Utility Copyright 4C 1984 26680 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Menu Level Le Virus Warning d CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Hoot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up HumLock Status Gate H R Option Typematic Hate Setting Security Option OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Disable
46. nnector Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage Q i IDE 1 Primary IDE 2 Secondary ATA 66 100 133 IDE Connector FDD Connector Pin 1 38 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices In order to work together the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode Either one can be the 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 ATA 133 Supported This motherboard supports ATA66 ATA100 or ATA133 IDE devices Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes The IDE bus is 16 bit which means every transfer is two bytes As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives the current Ultra ATA 100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer To avoid this problem hard disk manufactures have introduced the new Ultra ATA 133 interface technology Compared to traditional ATA 100 ATA 133 has up to 33 percent increase in interface speed with transfer rate of 133MB s ATA 133 performance is ideal for new operating systems such as Window XP that demand more storage space and faster data transfer rates from more responsive computing experiences To ma
47. nterface for a Modem Audio card The Accelerated Graphics Port AGP specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed AX45 4D Max motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card or ADD card Of five PCI slots provided all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus Memory Provides four 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 4GB of PC2700 DDR333 and PC2100 DDR266 compliant SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Die Hard BIOS with external controller Die Hard BIOS technology is an effective hardware protection method without any software or BIOS coding involved Therefore it is 100 virus free Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen Watch Dog Timer function that can auto reset system in 4 8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking Provides 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking function in the BIOS This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100 248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment and helps your system get maximum performance LAN Port On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Bus Mater IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four
48. oad http www aopen com tech download Test Report http www aopen com tech report eForum http club aopen com tw forum FAQ http club aopen com tw FAG AOpen inc 87 Monitoring Utility You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature fans and system voltage The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software No hardware installation is needed 7 Hardware Monitor Ill SilentTek Hardware Monitor 117 SilentTek Welcome Welcome to the Hardware Monitor Ill SilentTek Setup program This program will install Hardware Monitor III SilentTek on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any partion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law e 88 Phoenix AWARD BIOS System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset Phoenix Award BIOS instal
49. onitor during system boot RDRAM Rambus DRAM Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer Theoretically the data transfer should be high than SDRAM RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation For Intel 820 only one RDRAM channel is supported 16 bit data per channel and this channel may have maximum 32 RDRAM devices no matter how many RIMM sockets RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology ARIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer SDRAM comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V AOpen is the first company to support dual SDRAM DIMMs onboard AP5V from Q1 1996 Shadow E PROM A memory space in Flash ROM to simulate E7PROM operation AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E PROM for jumper less and battery less design SIMM Single In Line Memory Module SIMM socket is only 72 pin and is only single side The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical That is why it was called Single In Line SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32 bit data SIMM had been phased out on current motherboard design SMBus System Management Bus SMBus is also called I2C bus It is a two wire b
50. only one adapter is installed on this computer Bus Location display in next screen Your machine contains more than one hardware bus please select the Bus Type and Bus number on which your network adapter card is installed NT will then perform the binding process If any additional network software options were installed you may be prompted for specific information for these packages 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 input adapter s Ethernet ID Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP Please find the LAN driver from the Bonus Pack CD Autorun menu InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for ATLSetup for Realtek HTL8139 810x Family NIC The Install5helde Wizard will install ATLSetup for Realtek HTL8133 810 Family MIC 3 00 on our computer To continue click Hert Cancel 83 Installing Onboard Audio Driver This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 AC97 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 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Avance
51. pen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately and makes them running simultaneously during POST With this innovative design VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors 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 sized GIF format and even dynamic showing GIF animation Vivid BIOS Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player you may use the same EzSkin utility to change your Vivid BIOS screen or to download your favorite Open JukeBox skin If you see this little logo Ed beside your model name on the BIOS download page http www aopen com tech download mbbios default htm it is assured that your motherboard supports this innovative feature Y CELS The noise is gone SilentTek E m fast I As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher it inevitably brings higher heat and de Silent Tek system temperature in a relative way The way we deal with this heat problem however is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as they could MINE Manual But at the same time we believe that same users are affected terribl
52. power saving standards of the U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA Energy Star program lt also offers Plug and Play which helps save users from configuration problems thus making the system much user friendlier Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status temperature and voltage monitoring and alert through the on board hardware monitor module Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 98 ME 2000 series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM 3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 features Super Multi 1 0 Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART can also be directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections Quick Installation Procedure This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system Follow each step accordingly Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory DIMM Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot E E Sm SS I 0 Installing Operating System such as Windows 98 1 Installing Driver and Utility 17 Motherboard Map A E Ch n l zys b ro i n y we CR OUT UU FE 8283832 HE FE FE BE D a HUTT DDT DEELT OUUEHTU LEIT HEH HEEGDE KEES Si f LELETET RD AR RR RR RR 1 1
53. ram This program will install SiS Mini IDE Driver on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Back Cancel 79 Install USB2 0 Driver In Bonus Pack CD you can install USB2 0 driver from the following screen H SiS USB Enhanced Host Controller Setup This program will install Sis USB Enhanced Host Controller driver Do you want to continue 59 e 80 Installing LAN Driver Introduction This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 Golden version Win95A OSR2 Windows NT v4 0 driver for Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter Windows 95 Golden version Win95A and OSR2 Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 Ask you to select which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 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 Windows 9
54. rare sss sa nono asse sa asas a aas an 94 Overcloc King O VGA Card amp HUA DISK NER 97 Ell D al cir OO AGE Accelerated Graphie POM NEE 98 AMIR e ee ee ds de tds a dl 99 AOpen BONUS FAKO DS isao a A ded erase ssa uel arias deaeane toss trt espere deett E Loses edo nae samnogseienaadae dears 99 APM Aavanced Power MINIMA ina 99 EELER 99 EE O O EE O E rer 99 Ee p 100 BIOS Basic eeler 100 Bus Master IDE DMA MOAS ege eege 100 CNR Communication and Networking iser 100 CODEG Gouing and Decodin1t ues eot t e a AAA EMT LL E MEM 101 DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM tt red 101 DIMM D aldm Eme Memory Module y ee t E es Y ev EE AW Rep Sco TE ee ee 101 DMAAXDIIectt Memor ACCESS EE 101 ECC Error checkinoxnd GCOTeclo E 102 EDO Extended Data Output MOmoby s uso opo oo unten cd 102 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable HOM 102 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM ot o tot ten oet e oa to pe bea Orb ia taa 102 EVO BUS stis ttes ol asit app e ell sit jr le di e do e 103 FCE DOC Declaration O CONOY AE A id 103 Re e ee EE 103 SE E EE 103 FSB Fioni Side BUS e 104 KEET E A AI I no 104 EE eeh E Ee EE EE 104 Pany c 104 PESRAIVE PIDGHAGG BUSES RAM EE 105 EN MEET Tr E 105 PC 133 DIMM M
55. rd implements a Flash ROM and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption 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 ATX Stand by Power Battery Auto Switch Auto switching to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is plugged This smart design increases battery life if you still plug battery on motherboard Backup by EEPROM Over current Protection The Over Current Protection is a popular implementation on ATX 3 3V 5V 12V switching power supply However the new generation CPU uses different voltage with a regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage for example 2 0V and thus makes 5V over current protection useless This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over current protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply provide the full line over current protection 3 3V Protected by power supply 5V Protected by power supply 12V Protected by power supply CPU Core Voltage 67 Hardware Monitoring This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system As you turn on your system this smart design will monitor your system s working voltage fan status and CPU temperature If any of those systems status goes wrong there will be
56. rmance 3D graphic AGP supports only memory read write operation and single master single slave one to one only AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 2X AGP the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s AGP is now moving to 4X mode 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s AOpen is the first company to support 4X AGP motherboards by both AX6C Intel 820 and MX64 AX64 VIA 694x started from Oct 1999 AMR Audio Modem Riser The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card AMR card that connects to motherboard through AMR connector AOpen Bonus Pack CD A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product there are motherboard drivers Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities APM Advanced Power Management Unlike_ACPI BIOS controls most APM power management functions AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management ATA AT Attachment ATA is the specification of diskette interface In 80 s many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together The AT is meaning International Business Machines Corporation IBM personal computer AT s bus structure ATA 66 ATA 66 uses both rising edge and falling edge but doubles UDMA 33 transfer rate The data transfer rate is 4 times of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x4 66MB s To use ATA 66 you need special ATA 66 IDE cable ATA 100 ATA 100
57. s are running properly Voltage SilentTek r Temperature CPU Temp 100 50 00 D laan E Fan Speed Load Default SS PTA Load Default Cea e TempiFaniChassis SilentTek Voltage Voltage Temp Fan Chassis Low Limit vcore al H 120 High Limit Status m 410 210 ale v 3v W 2 MB 00 Tare isle Y v Maa 400 MN eoo 5st ar 42v rior 10 00 T NN 1400 1238 dr M 42v 4300 400 10 00 11 04 a v sy WE 53 zm amm 4 00 449 al Y svsb Mef 448 4 00 mm um eoo sss rf vbat EE 250 mm 410 350 3 EN v 1 00 Low Limit Unit I crurani 34 2265 re y SYSFan2 1324 fan off Kai SysFan3 24 1324 fanoff rry Chassis Intipsion Status l C In MO eg platform can t use chassis Intrusion I 1 50 P gt E A SS gt Of course you may set your You may set the highest I You may check your i defaulted lowest margin for margin of your CPU and system voltage from the i your fans and SilentTek would system temperature as l indicating bar here also pop up a message box to alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed default and SilentTek would pop up a message box to alert you with alarm when the temperature goes beyond the specified margin 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 inside in this page 1 Smart FAN
58. sfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 2112MB s You can also adjust AGP voltage in BIOS within a rage from 1 5V to 1 6V Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Item Help CPU Speed User Setting CPU Clock Ratio Menu Level gt AGP Voltage Setting Clock Spread Spec CPU Voltage Setti AGP Voltage Setti DDR Voltage Sett1 TL Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Tl lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F2 Item Help F5 Previous Values F6 Setup Defaults F7 Turbo Defaults AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED With the outstanding R amp D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit this model implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over voltaging of AGP card 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 SIS655 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 for further support ee Irc Ld bd LJ c D E 43 WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported
59. tain technical issues Receive email notification about latest product s announcements Be able to personalize your AOpen web pages Receive e mail notification about latest BIOS Driver Software release information Have opportunities to participate special product promotional programs Enjoy higher service priority to receive technical assistance provided by AOpen specialists worldwide Be able to join the discussions of web based news groups AOpen makes sure that the information you provide is encrypted so that it cannot be read or intercepted by other people or companies Further AOpen will not disclose any of information you submitted under any conditions Please consult our online privacy policy for further information on our company policy 117 How to Contact Us Solutions Components Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products Any opinion will be appreciated Pacific Rim AOpen Inc Tel 886 2 3789 5888 Fax 886 2 3789 5899 China RIRE LEE A ARAS Tel 86 21 6225 8622 Fax 86 21 6225 7926 Europe AOpen Computer b v Tel 31 73 645 9516 Fax 31 73 645 9604 Germany AOpen Computer GmbH Tel 49 1805 559191 Fax 49 2102 157799 118 America AOpen America Inc Tel 1 510 498 8928 Fax 1 510 489 1998 Japan AOpen Japan Inc Tel 81 048 290 1800 Fax 81 048 290 1820
60. ter driver Thanks for the help of saving our earth Overview Thank you for choosing AOpen AX45 4D Max motherboard AX45 4D Max is Intel Socket 478 motherboard M B based on the ATX form factor featuring the SIS 655 chipset As high performance chipset built in the M B AX45 4D Max motherboard can support Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 Willamette Northwood and 533 MHz Front Side Bus FSB clock In the AGP performance it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 8X mode for you to insert AGP or ADD card According to different customer s requirements this motherboard supports DDR333 PC2700 SDRAM and DDR 266 PC2100 SDRAM up to 4GB maximum The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 mode Further flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser CNR card option that allows audio and modem configuration on a single baseboard design More than that on the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use Besides AX45 4D Max has a S PDIF connector and a RealTek ALC650 AC97 CODEC chipset onboard providing high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it Also this motherboard supports USB 2 0 function with a fancy speed of up to 480Mbps and IEEE 1394 connectors to provide data transfer rate up to 400Mbps Now let s enjoy all features from AOpen
61. us developed for component communication especially for semiconductor IC For example set clock of clock generator for jumper less 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 SPD Serial Presence Detect 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 decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM Ultra DMA Ultra DMA or more accurately Ultra DMA 33 is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer s data path or bus to the computer s random access memory RAM The Ultra DMA 33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33 3MB s twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory DMA interface Ultra DMA was developed as a proposed industry standard by the Quantum corporation makes of hard disk drives and Intel makes of chipset that support computer bus technology Ultra DMA support in your computer means that it will boot start and open new applications more quickly It will help users of graphic intensive and applications that require large amounts of access to data on the hard disk drive Ultra DMA uses Cyclical Redundancy Checking CRC offering a new level of data protection Ultra DMA uses the same 40 pin IDE interface cable as PIO and DMA 16 6MB s x2 33MB s
62. utomatically correct single bit error while parity mode can only detect single bit error EDO Extended Data Output Memory The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM Fast Page Mode Unlike traditional FPM that tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle that is similar to pipeline effect and reduces one clock state EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM Also known as E PROM Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals but the interface technology is different Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM EPROM can only be erased by ultra violet UV light If BIOS has to be upgraded you need to remove EPROM from motherboard clear by UV light re program and then insert back EV6 Bus EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA 66 IDE bus EV6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 For example 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations This standard allows DIY component such as motherboard to apply DoC label separat
63. y 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Silent PC PC Health Status CPU Warning Temp CPUFanl Boot Speed SYSFan2 Boot Speed CPUFanl OS Speed SYSFan2 OS Speed Fan Mode Smart Control CPU Set Temp SYS Set Temp I Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Item Help ESC Exit Fl General Help F2 Item Help F5 Previous Values F6 Setup Defaults F7 Turbo Defaults 74 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 resource Today AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution SilentTek to make your system quiet To collocate with hardware circuit BIOS and the utility under Windows SilentTek combined Hardware Status Monitoring Overheat Warning and Fan Speed Control with user friendly interfaces to provide you a perfect balance among noises system performance and stability The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level In Temp Fan Case page you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis Also you can check if fan
64. ystem information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems The system page shows the detailed information of the motherboard operating UE PCI Bridge Compu Name AK77 333 CurUser Administratod system processor and VIA CPU to AGP Controller Language English United States Date Time 2002 4 25 17 46 17 B O S ve rsion VIA USB Universal Host Controller e VIA USB Universal Host Controller VIA USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controller VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge 11 01 VIA Bus Master IDE Controller 11 02 VIA USB Universal Host Controller 11 03 VIA USB Universal Host Controller 11 05 Avance AC 9 Audio for VIA A Audio Controller 00 00 AOpen GeForce3 Windows Xp 2k Driver v27 50 OS and Memory OS Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Total Size 523760 KB OS Version 5 0 2195 Avail Phy a KB Other Info Service Pack 2 Total Pages 2065296 kp r Processor Processor AMD Athlon tm XP Family In Clock a MHz Vendor AuthenticAMD Model 6 FSB 134 MHz Socket Type Socket A Step 2 Ratio 11 5 MatherBoard The PCI device page shows Manufacturer AOpen Inc Model Name AK77 333 the configurations of all PCI d AO eee devices installed in your BIOS motherboard Wendor Phoenix Technologies LTD ROM Size KB Version 6 00 PG Detail Information Vendor ID Device ID

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