AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2.........................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................................................2
You Must Notice........................................................................................................................................................................9
Before You Start......................................................................................................................................................................10
CPU Installation......................................................................................................................................................................23
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................................................................26
Full-range Adjustable CPU Core V o ltage.................................................................................................................................28
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)............................................................................. ............................ 30
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake- up J u mper................................................................................................................................31
DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ............................................................................................................................ 34
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 35
ATX Power Connector.............................................................................................................................................................36
AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................36
IDE and Floppy Connector......................................................................................................................................................38
AGP (Accelerated Graphi c Port) Expansion Slot..................................................................................................................... 42
WOM (Zero Volt age Wake on Modem) Connector..................................................................................................................43
WOM by External BOX Modem...............................................................................................................................................44
WOM by Internal Modem Card................................................................................................................................................45
WOL (Wake on LAN).............................................................................................................................................................. 46
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard........................................................................................................................................ 48
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 49
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel............................................................................................................................................... 50
USB 2.0 Ports........................................................................................................................................... 51
CD Audio Connector...............................................................................................................................................................54
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 55
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector...................................................................................................................56
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect.............................................................................................................................................. 57
Die-Hard BIOS and JP30 Die-Hard BIOS Select Jumper........................................................................................................ 58
Dr. LED Connector.................................................................................................................................................................. 59
JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers..................................................................................................................... 61
Battery-less and Long Life Design .......................................................................................................................................... 63
Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................72
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 73
Install IDE Drive r.....................................................................................................................................................................74
Installing LAN Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 76
Installing AG P Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 80
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..................................................................................................................................................84
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)................................................................................................................................................. 88
AWARD BIOS ..........................................................................................................................................90
About BIOS Function Description…........................................................................................................................................91
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program............................................................................................................................ 92
How To Enter BIOS Se tu p ....................................................................................................................................................... 94
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment........................................................................................................................... 95
VGA Card & Hard Disk............................................................................................................................................................98
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)...................................................................................................................................................100
APM (Advanced Power Management).................................................................................................................................. 100
ATA (AT Attachment).............................................................................................................................................................100
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................................................................ 101
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)....................................................................................................................... 101
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ........................................................................................................................................... 102
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM....................................................................................................................................... 102
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module).................................................................................................................................... 102
ECC (Error Checking and Correction)...................................................................................................................................103
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory.................................................................................................................................. 103
EEPROM (Electro n ic Erasable Progr a mmable ROM)........................................................................................................... 103
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock.................................................................................................................................................. 105
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PDF Format..........................................................................................................................................................................107
PnP (Plug and Play).............................................................................................................................................................. 107
POST (Power-On Self Test).................................................................................................................................................. 107
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module)................................................................................................................................. 108
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)...............................................................................................................................................109
USB (Universal Serial Bus)....................................................................................................................................................110
ZIP file...................................................................................................................................................................................110
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 motherboard. AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 is Intel® Socket 478
motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the SIS 645DX chipset
Max / AX45-533 U2 motherboard can support Intel
clock. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to
1056MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, this motherboard supports DDR333 (PC2700) SDRAM up to 2GB maximum
and DDR 266 (PC2100) SDRAM up to 3GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA
flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser (CNR)
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, AX45-533 Max /
AX45-533 U2 has a RealTek ALC650 AC97
surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now, let’s enjoy all features from
AOpen AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 motherboard.
®
Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
CODEC chipset onboard providing high performance and magic
. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45-533
Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.4GHz+ with 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket
478 technology.
Chipset
The motherboard is equipped with SIS 645DX chipset. SIS 645DX chipset consists of host interface Controller and integrated high
performance DDR SDRAM
coordination with SIS 645DX, the SIS 962 chipset is integrated fast Ethernet/Home networking controller, Audio/Modem Controller wit h
AC’97 interface and advanced power management, which can strongly enhance the system performance.
Host system controller, which provides superior performance among CPU, SDRAM, and AGP buses. In
Expansion Slots
Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 1X/2X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The
Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR)
Modem/Audio card. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot
for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. For AD and SBA signaling, AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 motherboard can support 4X mode.Of six
PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
slot provided from AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 can support CNR interface for a
specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The
Provides three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of PC2700(DDR333) and 3GB of 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 soft ware 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 Frequency Adjustment
Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” 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 ofRealtek 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.
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors t hat support four 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
AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 uses RealTek ALC650AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and
playback system.
Six USB2.0 Connectors
Provides three ports, six USB c onnect o rs f or USB 2.0 interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.
Dr. LED
Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 M/B 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 may encounter.
You can also adjust the volume of Dr. Voice through speakers. Specially tailored made for users, we have defaulted the language versi ons
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 (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 (AX45 Max-533 Only)
Comes with three 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 power-saving standards of the U.S. Environm ental Protection Agency (EPA)
Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play
user-friendlier.
, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system much
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, S3), STD
(Suspend to Disk, S4) features.
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.
This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.
Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other
components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component.
1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.
2. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. If
a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedure requiring
ESD protection.
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 incl uded 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 o r
resellers to purchase “Manufacture Upgrade Optional” components, and again you are also welcome to visit our official website at
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
up to 90-degree angle.
2. Locat e Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface.
Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.
Note: Those pictures are for example only; they may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU
installation.
Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
CPU cut edge
Note: If you do not match the CPU
socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it
ma
damage the CPU.
Note: This socket supports
Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is
the latest CPU package developed by
Intel. Other forms of CPU package are
impossible to be fitted in.
This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket 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
retention module with clips aligning correctl
to the four corners.
2. Pressi ng do wn t he fou r c li ps wi th f orc e o ne by one
on the retention module.
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
according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five
seconds. Then, BIOS will detect the CPU’s default frequency and POST again. With this special feature, you can easily overclock your
system to get a higher system performance without removing the system housing and save the hassle f rom setting the jumper to clear
CMOS data when system hangs.
status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency
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.
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BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > 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
Warning: SIS 645DX chipset supports maximum
400MHz (100MHz*4) / 533MHz (133MHz*4) system bus
and 66MHz AGP clock; higher clock setting may cause
serious system damage.
Note: Since the latest processor, Northwood,
would detect the clock ratio automatically,
you may not be able to adjust the clock ratio
in BIOS manually.