- •AOpen i865 Family Motherboards
- •You Must Notice
- •Before You Start
- •Overview
- •Feature Highlight
- •CPU
- •Chipset
- •Memory
- •Expansion Slots
- •AGP Protection Technology
- •Hyper-Threading Technology
- •Watch Dog ABS
- •1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment
- •Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus IDE
- •Serial ATA
- •On-board AC’97 Sound
- •Eight USB 2.0 Ports
- •S/PDIF Connector
- •Power Management/Plug and Play
- •Hardware Monitoring Management
- •Enhanced ACPI
- •Quick Installation Procedure
- •Motherboard Map
- •Block Diagram
- •Hardware Installation
- •EzColor
- •JP14 Clear CMOS Data
- •CPU Installation
- •CPU Fan Installation
- •CPU Over-current Protection
- •Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage
- •Setting CPU Frequency
- •JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper
- •DIMM Sockets
- •How to Install Memory Modules
- •ATX Power Connector
- •AC Power Auto Recovery
- •IDE and Floppy Connector
- •Serial ATA Supported
- •Connecting Serial ATA Disk
- •Adjusting Your Hard Disk
- •Front Panel Connector
- •AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED
- •IrDA Connector
- •Support 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN onboard
- •Support USB 2.0 Ports
- •Color Coded Back Panel
- •Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
- •Front Audio Connector
- •Game Port Bracket Supported
- •COM2 Connector
- •CD Audio Connector
- •AUX-IN Connector
- •Case Open Connector
- •STBY LED (Standby LED) and BOOT LED
- •Resetable Fuse
- •Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink
- •Low ESR Capacitor
- •The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek
- •EzClock
- •How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS
- •Hyper Threading Technology
- •AOConfig Utility
- •Phoenix-AWARD BIOS
- •How To Enter BIOS Setup
- •Vivid BIOS technology
- •Driver and Utility
- •Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD
- •Installing Onboard Sound Driver
- •Install LAN Driver in Windows 98SE
- •Install LAN Driver in Windows ME
- •Install LAN Driver in Windows NT 4.0
- •Install LAN Driver in Windows 2000
- •Install LAN Driver in Windows XP
- •Install LAN Driver in Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2
- •Install LAN Driver in Windows NT 3.5, 3.51 & 4.0
- •Installing USB 2.0 Driver in Windows 98SE/ME
- •Glossary
- •AC’97 CODEC
- •ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)
- •ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)
- •AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)
- •AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)
- •ATA (AT Attachment)
- •BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
- •Bluetooth
- •CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)
- •DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM
- •ECC (Error Checking and Correction)
- •EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)
- •EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)
- •EV6 Bus
- •FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)
- •FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)
- •FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)
- •Flash ROM
- •Hyper Threading
- •IEEE 1394
- •Parity Bit
- •PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus
- •PDF Format
- •PnP (Plug and Play)
- •POST (Power-On Self Test)
- •PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock
- •RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)
- •RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)
- •SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)
- •SATA (Serial ATA)
- •SMBus (System Management Bus)
- •SPD (Serial Presence Detect)
- •USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus)
- •VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)
- •Wireless LAN – 802.11b
- •ZIP file
- •Troubleshooting
- •Technical Support
- •Part Number and Serial Number
- •Model name and BIOS version
- •Product Registration
- •How to Contact Us

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What’s in this manual |
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AOpen i865 Family Motherboards .............................................................................................................. | 1 |
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 | 29 |
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” ............................................................................................................................................................ | 31 |
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CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................................ | 34 |
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse | 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 |
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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!! | 66 |
EzClock ....................................................................................................................................................................................... | 69 |
Hyper Threading Technology ...................................................................................................................................................... | 73 |
AOConfig Utility ........................................................................................................................................................................... | 75 |
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How to Use | 78 |
How To Enter BIOS Setup........................................................................................................................................................... | 79 |
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .............................................................................................................................. | 80 |
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................................. | 82 |
Driver and Utility................................................................................................................................ | 83 |
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Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility..................................................................................................................... |
| 84 |
Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver (only for |
| 85 |
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................................................................. |
| 86 |
Installing Gigabit LAN Driver (for |
| 87 |
Installing Realtek 10/100 Mbps LAN Driver in Win98SE/2000/XP (for | .............. 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 |
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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 | 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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