AOpen i865 Family Motherboards

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DOC. NO.:AX4SGUL-OL-E0309A

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What’s in this manual
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What’s in this manual ....................................................................................................................................................................	2
You Must 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
zColor........................................................................................................................................................................................	22
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ..............................................................................................................................................................	24
CPU Installation...........................................................................................................................................................................	25
CPU Fan Installation ...................................................................................................................................................................	27
CPU Over-current Protection ......................................................................................................................................................	29
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” ............................................................................................................................................................	31
Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage ....................................................................................................................................	32

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CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................................	34
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-upJumper....................................................................................................................................	35
DIMM Sockets .............................................................................................................................................................................	36
ATX Power Connector.................................................................................................................................................................	38
AC Power Auto Recovery............................................................................................................................................................	38
IDE and 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 / Wake On LAN / Wake On PCI Card.............................................................................................................	54
Front Audio Connector ................................................................................................................................................................	55
Game Port Bracket Supported ....................................................................................................................................................	56

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COM2 Connector ........................................................................................................................................................................	57
CD Audio Connector....................................................................................................................................................................	58
AUX-INConnector.......................................................................................................................................................................	59
Case Open Connector.................................................................................................................................................................	60
STBY LED (Standby LED) and BOOT LED ................................................................................................................................	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 and Utility................................................................................................................................	83
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ...................................................................................................................................................	83

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Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility.....................................................................................................................		84
Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver (only for AX4SG-U,AX4SG-ULandAX4SG-UN) .......................................................		85
Installing Onboard Sound Driver .................................................................................................................................................		86
Installing Gigabit LAN Driver (for AX4SG-UL,AX4SPE-ULandAX4SPB-UL) .........................................................................		87
Installing Realtek 10/100 Mbps LAN Driver in Win98SE/2000/XP (for AX4SG-UN,AX4SPE-UNandAX4SPB-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 (Communication and Networking Riser)...........................................................................................................................		109
DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM.............................................................................................................................................		109
ECC (Error Checking and Correction).......................................................................................................................................		109
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ..............................................................................................................		109
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)..................................................................................................................................		110

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EV6 Bus ....................................................................................................................................................................................	110
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity).......................................................................................................................................	110
FC-PGA(FlipChip-PinGrid Array)............................................................................................................................................	110
FC-PGA2(FlipChip-PinGrid Array)..........................................................................................................................................	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-OnSelf 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 Detect)...................................................................................................................................................	114
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) .................................................................................................................................................	114

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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

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