AOpen AX45F8XMAX User Manual

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AX45F-8X Max .............................................................................................................................................1

What’s in this manual .................................................................................................................................................................... 2

You Must Notice ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8

Before You Start ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9

Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Feature Highlight ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Quick Installation Procedure ....................................................................................................................................................... 15

Motherboard Map ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16

Block Diagram ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17

Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................ 18

About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................... 19

EzColor........................................................................................................................................................................................ 20

CPU Installation........................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Hyper Threading Technology ...................................................................................................................................................... 25

CPU Jumper-less Design ............................................................................................................................................................ 27

CPU Over-current Protection ...................................................................................................................................................... 28

AOpen “Watch Dog ABS”............................................................................................................................................................ 29

CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable............................................................................................................................................. 31

CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................................ 32

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DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34

Front Panel Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 36

ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................................. 37

AC Power Auto Recovery............................................................................................................................................................ 37

IDE and Floppy Connector .......................................................................................................................................................... 38

ATA133 Supported ...................................................................................................................................................................... 40

Serial ATA Supported .................................................................................................................................................................. 41

IrDA Connector............................................................................................................................................................................ 45

Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ..................................................................................................... 46

AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ................................................................................................................................. 47

Wake On Modem / Wake On LAN / Wake On PCI Card............................................................................................................. 48

Support Gigabit LAN Chip onboard............................................................................................................................................. 49

Support USB 2.0 Ports ................................................................................................................................................................ 50

IEEE 1394 Connectors................................................................................................................................................................ 51

Colored Back Panel..................................................................................................................................................................... 52

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector...................................................................................................................... 53

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................................. 54

Front Audio Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 55

Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional).............................................................................................................................. 56

Case Open Connector................................................................................................................................................................. 58

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CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 59

AUX-IN Connector....................................................................................................................................................................... 60

Game Port Bracket Supported .................................................................................................................................................... 61

JP2 Speaker Output Jumper ....................................................................................................................................................... 62

JP14 Clear CMOS Data .............................................................................................................................................................. 63

JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumpers...................................................................................................................... 64

JP24 / JP25 BIOS Rescue Jumper ............................................................................................................................................. 65

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper.................................................................................................................................... 66

STBY LED ................................................................................................................................................................................... 67

Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ...................................................................................................................................................... 68

Resetable Fuse ........................................................................................................................................................................... 69

3300µF Low ESR Capacitor........................................................................................................................................................ 70

EzClock ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 72

AOConfig Utility ........................................................................................................................................................................... 76

Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................ 78

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ................................................................................................................. 79

How To Enter BIOS Setup........................................................................................................................................................... 79

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .............................................................................................................................. 81

WinBIOS Utility............................................................................................................................................................................ 83

Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................................. 85

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Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................86

Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ................................................................................................................................................... 86

Installing AGP Driver ................................................................................................................................................................... 87

Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................................................................. 88

Installing IDE Driver..................................................................................................................................................................... 89

Installing LAN Driver in Win98SE/ME/2000/XP........................................................................................................................... 90

Installing Serial ATA Driver in Win98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP .................................................................................................... 107

Installing USB 2.0 Driver ........................................................................................................................................................... 119

Glossary ...............................................................................................................................................120

AC97 CODEC ........................................................................................................................................................................... 120

ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)................................................................................................................... 120

ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) .................................................................................................................................... 120

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................... 121

AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ....................................................................................................................................................... 121

ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................................. 121

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)............................................................................................................................................ 122

Bluetooth ................................................................................................................................................................................... 122

CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)........................................................................................................................... 123

DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM.................................................................................................................................................. 123

ECC (Error Checking and Correction)....................................................................................................................................... 123

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EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................................................................. 123

EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................................................. 124

EV6 Bus .................................................................................................................................................................................... 124

FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)....................................................................................................................................... 124

FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................................................................................................................................ 124

FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).......................................................................................................................................... 124

Flash ROM ................................................................................................................................................................................ 125

Hyper Threading........................................................................................................................................................................ 125

IEEE 1394 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 125

Parity Bit .................................................................................................................................................................................... 126

PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus............................................................................................................................... 126

PDF Format............................................................................................................................................................................... 126

PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................................. 126

POST (Power-On Self Test) ...................................................................................................................................................... 127

PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ......................................................................................................................................... 127

RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ............................................................................................................ 127

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).................................................................................................................................... 127

SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................................................................. 127

SATA (Serial ATA)...................................................................................................................................................................... 128

SMBus (System Management Bus) .......................................................................................................................................... 128

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SPD (Serial Presence Detect)................................................................................................................................................... 128

USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................. 128

VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ................................................................................................................................................ 129

Wireless LAN – 802.11b............................................................................................................................................................ 129

ZIP file ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 129

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................... 130

Technical Support ................................................................................................................................134

Product Registration............................................................................................................................ 138

How to Contact Us............................................................................................................................... 139

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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

recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe

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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

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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX45F-8X Max motherboard. AX45F-8X Max is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX

form factor featuring the SIS 648FX chipset

Socket 478 Pentium

Technology which brings additional intelligence to system. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 8X mode

pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 2112MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, AX45F-8X Max

supports DDR 400/333/266 RAM up to 3GB maximum. The onboard

IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode and Serial ATA

150 MB/s. There are 6 PCI slots provided on this board and two

IEEE1394

A total of 4 USB 2.0

board give you the best use of all USB devices at the fancy speed up

to 480Mbps. More than that, on the strength of Realtek Gigabit LAN

controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect

device, it provides 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.

Besides, AX45F-8X Max has a S/PDIF connector and an AC97

chipset onboard, providing high performance and magic

CODEC

surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now, let’s

enjoy all features from AOpen AX45F-8X Max motherboard.

4 1.6GHz~3.20GHz and 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. It also supports Intel Hyper-Threading

connectors which provide data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s.

ports on the back panel and one connector on

. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45F-8X Max motherboard supports Intel®

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CPU

Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Northwood) 1.6GHz~3.20GHz+ with 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for

ocket 478 technology. The AX45F-8X Max motherboard supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology.

Chipset

The motherboard is equipped with SIS 648FX chipset. The SIS 648FX Host & Memory & AGP Controller integrates a high performance

host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a high performance memory controller, an AGP interface and SiS MuTIOL 1G Technology

connecting with SiS963L MuTIOL 1G Media IO. The host interface plays the role of processor transactions’ dispatcher. It dispatches

transactions to Memory, I/O interface and AGP bus. Transactions to different destinations can be dispatched concurrently in order to

maximum pipeline efficiency. The Memory con

CKE# pins asserted in ACPI S3 state in which only AUX source deliver power. The AGP interface supports external AGP slot with AGP

4X/8X capability and F

ast Write Transactions.

troller supports DDR 400/333/266 RAM and the Suspend to RAM function by retaining the

Expansion Slots

Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 4X/8X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. All six PCI slots are

master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

specificatio

n provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. And the data transfer rate can be up to 2112MB/s.

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Memory

Provides three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that support DDR 400/333/266 composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512 MB or

1GB RAM up to 3 GB maximum.

Hyper-Threading Technology

Support Hyper-Thread

can be managed

ing Technology which brings additional intelligence to systems so that multiple tasks received from the processor

and prioritized more effectively.

Watch Dog ABS

Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail the system overclocking.

1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment

Provides “1MH frequency

from 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and helps your system get maximum performance.

z Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB

LAN Port

On the strength of Realtek Gigabit LAN controlle

10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.

r on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides

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Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Mater IDE

Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with three connectors that support six IDE devices in two channels, supports

66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.

Ultra DM

On-board AC’97

AX45F-8X Max uses RealTek ALC650 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback

system.

Sound

Six USB 2.0 Ports

Provides four ports on the back panel and one connector on board to connect USB 2.0 interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard,

modem, scanner, etc.

AGP Protection Technology

With AGP Protection Technology

hipsets from being burnt out.

implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your

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Dr. Voice II

The Dr. Voice II can identify what kind of pro l

German four kinds language versions.

b ems had occurred in the operating system. It provides English, Chinese, Japanese and

S/PDIF Connectors

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Inte

and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio.

rface) is the newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber

On-boa

Comes with two onboard IEEE 1394 (IEEE-139

1394 devices, such as digital camera or other IEEE 1394 storage devices.

rd IEEE 1394 Connectors

4a-2000) fully compliant cable ports at 100/200/400 Mbs/sec for you to connect IEEE

Power Management/Plug and Play

Supports the power management function that confirms to the p S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play

much user-friendlier.

r ment

HaSudware Monitoring Manage

pp mperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module.

orts CPU or system fans status, te

, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system

ower-saving standards of the U.

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This p to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.

age gives you a quick procedure on how

2. Installing System Memory (DIMM)

3. Connecting Front Panel Cable

6. Connecting Back Panel Cable

7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default

8. Setting CPU Frequency

9. Reboot

10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows XP)

11. Installing Driver and Utility

alling CPU

Inst and Fan

. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable4

. Connecting ATX Power Cable5

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Motherboard Map

Realtek Gigabit PCI LAN Chip

32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x6

Game Port Connector

Front Audio Connector

CD-IN Connecto

ALC650 AC’97 CODEC

AUX-IN Connecto

SmartEARConnecto

S/PDIF Connecto

IrDA Connecto

US 2.0 ConnectorB

ie-hard BIOS IID

JP24/JP25 BIOS Rescue Jumper

Serial ATA Connectors x2

Languag Select Jumper

IEEE

JP2 Speaker output Jumper

JP14 CMOS Clear Jum

JP15/16 Dr. Voice II

1394 Connectors x2

SYS-FAN3 Connecto

Front Panel Connector

Case Open Connector

Dr. LED Connecto

Resetable Fuse

PC99 Colored Back Panel

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jum

4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector

3300μF Low ESR Capacitors

SYS-FAN2 Connector

AGP 8x/4x Expansion slot

478-pin CPU socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel

1.6~3.20GHz+ CPU

SIS 648FX/963 Chipset

CPU FAN connector

184-pin DIMMx3 sup 266/333/400 RAM maximum up to 3GB

Power Tempe Detecting Co ctor

Power Fan 4

FDD Connector ATA 66/100/13

Connectorsx3

rature

nne

3 IDE

entium 4

ports DDR

r ATX Power Connecto

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Socket 478

Intel Pentium 4

CPU

1stIEEE1394

2ndIEEE 1394

AGP 8X Sl ot

DDR400/333/266 RAM

Up to 3GB

DIMM Socket x3

800/533MHz

System Bus

LAN connect Component

AGERE

FW802C

Floppy Disk Drive x2

SIS 648FX

USB2.0 Ports x6

PCI Bus

Realtek

Gigabit LAN

Chip

1stUSB Port

2ndUSB Port

3rdUSB Port

32-bit PCI Slot x6

Serial ATA x2

150MB/S

ATA

66/100/133

SATA 1

SATA 2

Primary Channel

Secondary

Channel

SIS 963

IT8705F

Third

ITE

RealTek

AC97

CODEC

2Mbit Flash EEPROM

Parallel Port

Serial Port x2

IDE Drive x6

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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.

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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 Optional” components, and again you are also welcome to visit our official website at

www.aopen.com

for detail information.

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Breaking through traditional outlook of motherboard, AOpen now brings you a new fresh look of motherboard! – EzColor!

Fancy? You may think so, but actually it is a practical and useful feature for amateur or even power-users. Coming in specific color for

specific connector and module, components on motherboard are now born with their respective colors. Users may now easily recognize

what jumper or cable should match with specific jumper or cable by COLOR, without having the trouble of holding user guide in one

hand and connecting jumpers with the other hand.

And what makes this feature so great is that, even the easy-to-get-confused front panel connector is differentiated now with different

light colors!

Sky Blue: AGP Slot

Sand: PCI Slot

Flame Red:

Both 4-pin and 12-pin

ATX connector

Electric Blue:

Memory Module

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Power Switch

IDE LED

SPEAKER

Note: Colors setting varies on different motherboards, the color setting here applies only to AX45F-8X Max.

ACPI & Power LED

RESET

Claret: Serial ATA connector

Navy Blue: IDE 1 Connector

Black: IDE 2 Connector

Light Yellow: IDE 3 Connector

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This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Northwood). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into

CPU socket.

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and

up to 90-degree angle.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.

Note ok the same with the motherboard you purchased.

: Those pictures are for example only; they may not lo

CPU socket

Lever

CPU pin 1 and

cut edge

CPU cut edge

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3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation.

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CPU cut edge

Note: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you

may damage the CPU.

Note: This socket supports

Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is

the latest CPU package developed by

Intel. Other forms of CPU package are

impossible to be fitted in.

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This motherboard comes with a retention module att CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to install

Open speci signed CPU Fan as shown below on module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan

orrectly as the f ing pictures shown.

Gently put the CPU Fan down on the

retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners.

ollowc

ached on the

on the retentiA al de

Pressing down the four clips with force one by one

on the retention module.

Clip

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What is Hyper-Threading?

Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded sof parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resource of ~40% in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput.

ware applications to process threads in

. As a result, an average improvement

How Hyper-Threading Works

A form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT), Hyper-Threading technology allows multiple threads of software applications to be run simultaneously on one processor by duplicating the architectural state on each processor while the same processor execution resources is shared. The figure below represents how a Hyper-Threading based processor differentiates a traditional multiprocessor. The left-hand configuration shows a traditional multiprocessor system with two physical processors. Each processor has its own independent execution

resources and architectural state. The right-hand configuration represents an Intel Hyper-Threading technology based processor. You can see that the architectural state for each processor is duplicated, while the execution resource is shared.

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For multiprocessor-capable software applications, the Hyper-Threading based processor is considered two separate logical processors on which the software applications can run without modification. Also, each logical processor responds to interrupts independently. The first logical processor can track one software thread, while the second logical processor tracks another software thread simultaneously. Because the two threads share the same execution resources, the second thread can use resources that would be otherwise idle if only one thread was executing. This results in an increased utilization of the execution resources within each physical processor.

The figure below represents how

Hyper-Threading saves time when it works. With two logical processors available on every single physical processor, multi-threaded

applications can now take advantage of thread-level parallelism on each physical processor for additional performance. As software

applications continue to be optimized to take greater advantage of processor parallelism, Hyper-Threading technology provides an

additional boost for newer capabilities and the growing needs of today’s users.

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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 VID signal

(Automatically generates CPU voltage)

Intel® Socket 478

Power Regulator

Pentium 4

CPU voltage

Clock Generator

CPU Freq. Ratio

BIOS

Controlled

Circuit

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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.

ATX Switching Power Supply

Note: Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake,

there is still certain risk that CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be

damaged because of component failure, human operating error or

cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly.

5V (Protected by power supply)

3.3V (Protected by power supply)

12V (Protected by power supply)

Onboard Power Regulator

(Over-Current Protection)

unknown nature reason. AOpen

CPU Core Voltage

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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 from setting the jumper to clear

CMOS data when system hangs.

AOpen

Watch Dog ABS

Enable/Disable Signal from

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

will enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency according

BIOS

Reset Signal

Clock Generator

Countdown about

5 seconds if fails

in POST

CPU

status. If it succeeded, the BIOS

CPU ID Signal

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This Motherboard implements a Flash ROM

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.

and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption of current CPU and

ATX Stand-by Power

Battery

Flash ROM

(Real Time Clock)

Auto Switch

RTC

00:00:00

CMOS

Auto switch 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

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This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 0.8375V to

1.6V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage.

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BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Bus Frequency

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 Bus Frequency" 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, ……….30x

CPU FSB (By BIOS table) 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping

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Northwood CPU

Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x

Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x

Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x

Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x

Pentium 4 2.26G 2260MHz 133MHz 533MHz 17x

Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz 24x

Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 133MHz 533MHz 18x

Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 200MHz 800MHz 12x

Pentium 4 2.53G 2530MHz 133MHz 533MHz 19x

Pentium 4 2.66G 2660MHz 133MHz 533MHz 20x

Pentium 4 2.80G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21x

Pentium 4 2.80G 2800MHz 200MHz 800MHz 14x

Pentium 4 3.00G 3000MHz 200MHz 800MHz 15x

Pentium 4 3.06G 3060MHz 133MHz 533MHz 23x

Pentium 4 3.20G 3200MHz 200MHz 800MHz 16x

CPU Core

Frequency

FSB Clock

System

Bus

Ratio

Celeron CPU

Celeron 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x

Celeron 2.1G 2100MHz 100MHz 400MHz 21x

Celeron 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x

Celeron 2.4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz 24x

Warning: SIS 648FX chipset supports maximum

400MHz/533MHz/800MHz system bus and 66MHz AGP

clock; higher clock setting may cause serious system

damage.

CPU Core

Frequency

FSB

Clock

System

Bus

Note: SiS648FX/SiS963 Chipset only support Northwood processor, and don’t support Willamette processor. Northwood processor would detect the clock ratio automatically, you may not be able to adjust the clock ratio in BIOS manually. BIOS will show the adjustable settings for customers to choose.

Ratio

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The fan Connectors are painted in white in EzColor. Please 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. The PowerFAN4 is for SilentTek II function.

SYSFAN3 Connector

GND +12V SENSOR

PowerFAN4 Connector

GND +12V SENSOR

SYSFAN2 Connector

CPUFAN1 Connector

GND +12V SENSOR

Note: Some CPU fans do not have

sensor pin, so that they cannot support

hardware monitoring function.

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This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR400/333/266 memory up to 3GB. The DIMM

sockets are painted in electric blue and only support non-ECC DDR RAM. Please install the suitable RAM modules; otherwise serious

damage may occur on memory sockets or you RAM modules. Please note when you wish to use DDR400 RAM which requires higher

voltage, you should set RAM voltage at 2.60 or higher in BIOS to keep RAM running stably. The RAM voltage for you to adjust is from

2.55V-2.70V.

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

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Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation.

1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below.

2. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in

place.

3. Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.

Note: These images are for example only; they may not be exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.

Ta b

Key

52 pins40 pins

Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot

will close-up to hold the DIMM in

place when the DIMM touches the

slot’s bottom.

Pin 1

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Pin 1

IDE LED

SPEAKER

The pins of Front Panel Connector are painted in different colors with their respective

functions. Please attach the power LED, speaker, power and reset switch connectors

to the corresponding pins matched in same colors. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item

in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing or high light while the system

is in suspend mode.

Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector

from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector

marked SPWR.

Suspend Type ACPI LED

Power on Suspend (S1) Keep flashing every second

Suspend to RAM (S3) The LED keep high light

Suspend to Disk (S4) The LED will be turned off

Power Switch

ACPI & Power LED

RESET

IDE LED IDE LED

SPEAKER

NC NC

+5V

+5V +5V

GND

SPWR GND ACPILEDGND ACPILED+ NC NC GND RESET GND

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This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector in flame red. Make sure you plug in the right direction with the

same color cables. 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 designed for Pentium 4 system.

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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.

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Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. The IDE 1 connector is painted in navy

blue; the IDE 3 connector is painted in light yellow; the IDE 2 connector and FDD connector are painted in Black. Be careful of the

pin1orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.

Pin 1

FDD Connector

Pin 1

ATA 66/100/133

IDE Connector

IDE 1

IDE 2

IDE 3

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IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2、IDE3 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that

make a total of six 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.

Tip:

1. For better signal quality, it is recommended to set the far end side device to

master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device.

Please refer to above diagram

2. To achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA 66/100/133 hard disks, a special

80-wires IDE cable for Ultra DMA 66/100/133 is required.

Warning: The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum of 46cm (18 inches);

make sure your cable does not exceed this length.

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This motherboard supports ATA6 6, 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 make 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.

Mode Clock Period Clock Count Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate

PIO mode 0 30ns 20 600ns (1/600ns) x 2byte = 3.3MB/s

PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns (1/383ns) x 2byte = 5.2MB/s

PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns (1/240ns) x 2byte = 8.3MB/s

PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns (1/180ns) x 2byte = 11.1MB/s

PIO mode 4 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte = 16.6MB/s

DMA mode 0 30ns 16 480ns (1/480ns) x 2byte = 4.16MB/s

DMA mode 1 30ns 5 150ns (1/150ns) x 2byte = 13.3MB/s

DMA mode 2 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte = 16.6MB/s

ATA 66 30ns 2 60ns (1/60ns) x 2byte x2 = 66MB/s

ATA 100 20ns 2 40ns (1/40ns) x 2byte x2 = 100MB/s

ATA 133 15ns 2 30ns (1/30ns) x 2byte x2= 133MB/s

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The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs with its original speed of just 3

Mbytes/second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s. And the latest generation of the interface, Ultra ATA-133, has been

developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes/second. However, while ATA has enjoyed an illustrious track record, the

specification is now showing its age and imposes some serious design issues on today’s developers, including a 5-volt signaling

requirement, high pin count, and serious cabling headaches.

The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome these design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the

growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems

and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It reduces voltage and pins count requirements and can be implemented

with thin and easy to route cables.

SATA port 1 (Promise) SATA port 2 (Promise)

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You will find the claret serial ATA connectors in motherboard easily. To connect a Serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA

cable which is red too. Connect two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial ATA header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every

other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set

jumpers to define a master or slave disk. When serial ATA hard disks are installed on serial ATA ports, the one connected on Port

0(SATA 1) will be set as the first boot device automatically. Please be noted that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function.

Note: These images are for example only; they may not be exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.

Item Parallel ATA Serial ATA

Bandwidth 100/133 MB/Sec 150/300/600 MB/Sec

Vol ts 5V 250mV

Pins 40 7

Length Limitation 18 inch (45.72cm) 1 meter (100cm)

Cable Wide Thin

Ventilation Bad Good

Peer-to-Peer No Yes

Comparison between Parallel ATA and Serial ATA

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Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard does come with the support for the latest Serial ATA hard disk. If you are

unable to find your newly installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you have had installed them on, the problem

mainly lies in the BIOS setting. You may simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly.

After having properly installed your hard disks, you may directly get into the BIOS setting screen for adjustment. You may simply press

“Integrated Peripherals Æ On-Chip IDE Device Æ On-Chip Serial ATA” to choose your preferable mode. If you have no intention of

changing its setting, the default would be Auto.

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If you intend to change the default setting, simply press Enter for a list of selection:

1. Disabled: You may choose this item if you’re sure that only traditional IDE hard

disks had been installed on your system. Disabling this item may also cancel the

detection to Serial ATA hard disk during POST, which theoretically, could speed up

your boot-up timing for a little bit; however, please remember to re-adjust the

settings here if you intend to use Serial ATA hard disk later.

2. Auto: This is the default setting upon receipt of the motherboard. Basically, if your

system functions properly, it’s not necessary to change it. The system will

automatically recognize the first hard disk on IDE1 as the first boot device.

Note: Please be informed that when you are using Windows98/ME with six hard

disks fully installed, Auto mode is not able to function properly, it’s just because Windows98/Me is not able to energize Enhanced

Mode to detect all hard disks.

3. Combined Mode: If you have had installed traditional IDE hard disks and Serial ATA hard disks at the same time, then you may

choose this Combined Mode. Under this mode, you may randomly choose either IDE hard disks or Serial ATA had disk as your first

boot device. But please be aware that Serial ATA will exist with IDE in a mapping way, which also means it will occupy one of the

IDE Channel and left you with one IDE Channel only.

4. Enhanced Mode: If you are using the latest operating system (say, Windows XP, Windows.NET Server), it is highly recommended

to select Enhanced Mode. The system would be able to detect all six devices (traditional IDE x4, Serial ATA x 2) completely and

functions perfectly under this mode. But please be noted that it is defaulted with using traditional IDE as the first boot device.

Note: From our practical lab tests, we found no obvious problem or mistakes happened under Windows2000 operating system, but,

however, it is not within the regulation recommended by Intel.

5. SATA Only: You may select this SATA only mode if you have had installed Serial ATA hard disks only. It also allows you to select

booting sequence from Port0 (SerialATA1) or Port1 (SerialATA2).

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The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or

Windows 98 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This

connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).

Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART Mode, make sure to have

the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector.

Pin 1

+5V

IR_TX

IrDA Connector

KEY GND IR_RX

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AX45F-8X Max provides an AGP 8x slot, a sky blue slot which has the latest AGP specification in motherboard. The AGP 8x calls for the

bus to operate at the basic AGP 66-MHz clock frequency and the bandwidth are 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 transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 = 2112MB/s. You can adjust AGP voltage in BIOS within a

rage from 1.5V to 1.6V

Warning: It is strongly

recommended not to

adjust voltage/clock of

AGP/PCI when

connecting any SATA

service. It is because

when the voltage/clock

for AGP/PCI is adjusted,

the clock for SATA

couldn’t keep 100MHz,

and the system will be

unstable.

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With the outstanding R&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-voltage 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 SIS648FX, 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.

Warning: It is strongly recommended not to

install a 3.3V AGP card, which is not

supported by SIS648FX. When you do so, the

AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to

warn you the possible damage.

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This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, Wake On LAN and Wake On PCI Card.

Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply, it can be triggered by Modem, LAN or Other PCI Cards and

resume back to active. If you have an external Modem card and want to use this wake-up feature, please enable the “Wake On Modem”

item. For an internal modem, LAN and other PCI cards, please enable the “Wake On PCI Card” item.

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On the strength of RTL8110S-32 Gigabit LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides

Gigabits Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right-hand side LED

indicates the link mode, it blinks in orange whenever linking to network. The left-hand side LED indicates the Connecting mode, and it

lights in green when 100Mbps LAN is connected (never lights while 10Mbps is connected), but lights in yellow when Gigabits LAN is

connected. To enable or disable this function, you may simply adjust it through BIOS. To enable LAN wakeup function, you have to set

the “Wake on PCI Card” enable in the BIOS “Power Management Setup” section.

Transferring (Left)

Green 100Mbps

Yellow Gigabit

Linking (Right)

Orange

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This motherboard provides six USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports

on the back panel and one header on board. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from back panel or connect USB 2.0

header 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.

Pin1

USB 2.0 Connector

KEY GND SBD2+

SBD +5V

GND

SBD3+

D3-

+5V

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With IEEE1394 MAC Embedded in SiS 963 (with AGERE FW802C), the IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, and USB

1.0/1.1 just has 12Mbps. Hence, 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 cable to connect with devices.

TPB-

GND TPA-

10 9

2 1

+12V (Fused) TPB+ GND TPA+

SHIED GND

+12V (Fused)

Pin 1

IEEE 1394

Port 1 & 2

Warning: Please be noted that

Hot-Plug in is not allowed on

IEEE 1394 header, because it

will burn the IC of the controller

and damage the motherboard.

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The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1 and COM2, Printer, USB, and AC97 sound.

The view angle of the drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

PS/2 Keyboar For standard keyboard, which used: PS/2 plug. PS/2 Mouse: For PC-Mouse, which use PS/2 plug. USB 2.0 Port: Available for connecting USB1.1/2.0 devices. Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP printer.

RJ-45 LAN conn To connect Ethernet for home or office use. Speaker O To External Speak Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player. MIC-In: From Microphone.

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

USB Ports

P d

S/2 Keyboar

Connector

rt: COM1/COM2 Po To connect with pointing devices, modem or

ector

ut: er, Earphone or Amplifier.

COM 1 Port

SPP/EPP/ECP

Parallel Port

COM 2 Port

others serial devices.

RJ-45 LAN Connector

USB Ports

LINE-IN

SPEAKER OUT

MIC-IN

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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.

S/PDIF OUT (RCA)

S/PDIF IN (RCA)

S/PDIF OUT (Optical)

S/PDIF IN (Optical)

(User Upgrade Optional)

S/PDIF

Cable

S/PDIF Module

DIFIN

GND

Pin 1

S/PDIF Connector

+5V

NC SPDIFOUT

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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. 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.

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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 front panel.

FP_MIC

FP_VREF

PHONE_R

PHONE_L

Front Audio Connector

GND +5V JS1

Pin 1

Note: 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 doe

have an audio port on the front panel, othe

rwise you can hear from back panel.

sn’t

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Connecting Dr. LED you can easily

roblem components or improper installation through hts of Dr. LED on the front panel. That is to say you

p is caused from

can diagnose your system status quickly.

find the system problems that may occur while assembling. It can clearly indicate whether the

the 8 LED lig

Pin 1

LED C ector onnDr.

1 2

3.3V NC

GND

S1 S2 S3

5 6

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Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it

an be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing.

The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages. Once

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.

ED 3 - Indicates that the PCI card mayL

LED 4 - Indicates that the floppy disk drive may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

ED 5 - Indicates that the HDD may

L have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

ED 6 - Indicates that the keyboard

ED 7 - Indicates that the system is

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Boot O.K.

may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

OK.

KB H

have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

Floppy

the LED7 (latest LED) is lit, this indicates that the

CPUVideo MemoryPCI

Note:

During POST (Power On Self Test) procedure, the Debug

LED will light on sequentially from LED0 to LED7 until the system

boot O.K

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The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this f

system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the

opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you. Please be informed that this useful funct

you may purchase an extra sensor, attach it on your chassis, and make a good use of

unction works, you have to enable it in the

sensor is triggered by lights or by the

ion only applies to advanced chassis,

this function.

Pin 1

GND

Sensor

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This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.

CD-IN Connector

GND

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This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.

GND

AUX-IN Connector

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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)

Game Port Connector

KEY

MIDI

_RXD

JBB2

JBCY

MIDI

_TXD JBCX

BB1

+5V

+5V JAB2 JACY GND GND JACX JAB1 +5V

Pin1

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This motherboard comes with another considerate option that allows you to turn off the voice from buzzer and speaker. You can choose

not to be bothered by the warning made from Dr. Voice II when it detects any error in operating system. You may also set JP2 to choose

sending out voices from buzzer or speaker.

Pin1

Buzzer

(Default)

Speaker

(

)

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Pin 1

Normal

default

Clear CMOS

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fails because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

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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.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

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Dr. Voice II is a great feature which can identify the problems you may encounter in the operating system. It can clearly “tell you”

whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD,

HDD or ke English, German, Japanese and Chinese. You can select your

referred langua may also set JP2 to choose sending out voices from buzzer or speaker

yboard. Dr. Voice II provides four language versions:

ge by JP15 & JP16 jumpers. Furthermore, you

JP16 Pin 1

JP15 Pin 1

Dr. Voice Language

Select Jumper

P15

English (Default)

JP1

Chinese

Japanese German

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Inherited DieHard BIOS, the steps of rescuing your crashed BIOS 1 back to life is the same. First step is to set JP24 to Pin2-3 to boot up

the system with BIOS 2. After that, please set the JP24 back to Pin1-2, go to AOpen website to get your BIOS version suited for your

motherboard, and have it downloaded. There are two kinds of ways to flash the BIOS 1; you may flash it under Window environment

with EZWinflash or under DOS system. To flash under Window environment is easy; you may just download the BIOS version and

implement it with EZWinflash. For Flashing BIOS under DOS system, please unzip the BIOS version after downloading from website,

and execute it under DOS. These two versions of BIOS have been provided on our website for your downloading. DieHard BIOS II is

further enhanced with data saving function. In addition to read-only ROM, DieHard BIOS II allows you to turn your second ROM into a

Read-and-write ROM with larger space provided. You may download fancy skins from our website

(http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloads

Protection).

Note: Please be noted that you will not be able to

use the second BIOS ROM for boot-up after setting

JP25 to Pin 2-3 for the purpose of saving skins of

JukeBox, JukeBox FM or VividBIOS.

) to apply them on JukeBox, JukeBox FM or VividBIOS by adjusting JP25 to Pin2-3 (No

Pin1

JP 24

Boot from

BIOS1(default)

JP 25

Protect

BIOS2(default)

Boot from

BIOS2

Not protect

BIOS2

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This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could

resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is set to “Disable” (1-2), and you may

enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

Pin 1

JP28 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper

Disable

(Default)

Enable

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STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that we aim at providing you friendly sy

ower is provide you to check the system power status in many circumstances

such as pow Suspend to RAM mode

d to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for

er on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during

Warning: Do not install or remove the

DIMM module or others devices when the

STBY LED lights on.

stem information. The STBY LED will light up when

System

Power LED

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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.

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Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard

that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard.

With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection

job.

Resetable Fuse

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The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalen Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability

of CPU power. The idea of where t to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation.

Not only that, AX45F-8X Max implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it

rovides better stability for CPU power.

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The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the Pentium IV, o r

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.

Note: This diagram for example only, it may not be exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.

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Have you ever thought how great it would be if you can adjust the frequency setting on your motherboard under Windows environment

and be a real master of your system? Everybody knows that the ratio and frequency setting are key factors to influence the system

performance, however, it’s absolutely not an easy task for an amateur to adjust the setting value. On most traditional motherboards, you

have to get into BIOS screen for the frequency and

reboot the system again and again. But from now on,

you don’t surfer the boring stuffs anymore.

With brand-new and user-friendly EzClock that

AOpen specially designs for his users, you can adjust

those important values as you please and think of

suitable. This tailor-made EzClock allows you to set

the voltage and frequency of CPU, VGA, PCI and

memory under Windows environment as well as in

BIOS setting page; even better, those settings will be

displayed real-time. Having this handy EzClock, you

can monitor the system when you’re fine-tuning the

performance of your system. It provides you detailed

and necessary information. Now let’s take a look how

it works on utility, BIOS and POST.

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How You Adjust the Settings in EzClock Utility

In EzClock utility, you can adjust CPU Front Side Bus (FSB), the voltage and frequency of VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM. Besides, the

CPU related information such as CPU voltage, temperature and CPUFAN rotation speed will also be displayed on this utility.

CPU Color Bars:

The color bar will light on and show different colors as values change. On default values, it will show green.

On the right part of the panel is the section that you adjust the settings of

VGA, AGP, PCI and memory. To adjust the voltage and clock frequency of

those installments, you can press “-“ or “+” on corresponding items. The

color parts represent the situation of values. The higher value you set, the

light on the color bar goes to right and turns red. After finishing those value

settings, you can press “Apply” button on the upper right hand corner to

save changes to CMOS.

VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM Voltage / Clock Area:

Pressing “_” and “+” buttons, you can adjust the voltage and clock frequency values of onboard VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM.

On the left circle area shows Ratio, FSB and frequency information

about CPU. When the values are set to factory default, the light on

the top and bottom of the circle will show green and it will vary as you

change these CPU settings.

CPU Ratio, FSB and frequency displaying area: You can adjust CPU FSB here by entering preferred value.

Control buttons:

“_” button allows you to minimize the utility and “X” button to close the utility. Pressing “Apply” button you can save the changes to CMOS.

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On the bottom rectangular panel represents CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature. The three color bars on the right hand

side will light on according to operation temperature. Please refer to the picture shown above.

CPU Color Bars:

The color bars will light on

according to CPU operation

temperature.

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CPU Fan, Voltage and Temperature:

representing CPU fan speed, CPU

voltage and CPU temperature in

Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees.

How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS

Apart from EzClock utility, the voltage and frequency values of CPU, PCI and memory can also be adjusted on BIOS page. By pressing

“+”, “-“, “PgUp” or “PgDn” keys, you can adjust the frequency values of CPU Bus, PCI Bus and DRAM.

Also, the same keys help you adjust the

voltage of CPU and DDR settings. Some

values may change while you adjust the

settings. You can press “F10” to save the

changes you’ve made.

Function Keys Description

Note: The items provided by EzClock

Utility vary in different motherboards. The

unavailable function in your motherboard

will present in grey.

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How Your Boot Screen Looks Like

After you finish setting BIOS, these setting values

will be displayed on the boot screen like the shown

picture here.

Every time you boot your system, both default and

current settings will pop up on the screen. Your

personal settings that had been adjusted earlier

will be highlighted; thus, you can have clear idea

how your system functions and monitor your

system more easily.

Current values of

your system

Default settings of this

motherboard

The highlighted setting

value you manually adjust

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and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS

and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.

Moreover, AOConfig allows users to save information in *.BMP or *.TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail

and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems.

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

1. The system page shows the detailed information of the motherboard, operating system, processor, and BIOS version.

The PCI device page shows the configurations of all devices install motherboard.

ed in your

PCI

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3. 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. Moreove

detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format.

TE:

AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000/XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be

operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Before running AOConfig, all applications must be

closed.

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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™ installed in the Flash ROM

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&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 <Del> when POST (Power-On Self Test)

Note: Because the BIOS code is the most often

changed part of the motherboard design, the BIOS

information contained in this manual may be different

with actual BIOS that come with your motherboard.

of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS

screen is shown on your monitor.

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Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press <Enter> key to select, and use the <Page Up>

and <Page Down> key to change setting values. You can press <Esc> 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. Alternatively, it's strongly recommended

to install AOpen’s newest

WinBIOS

Key Description

Page Up or + Changing setting to next value or increase the value.

Page Down or - Changing setting to previous value or decrease value.

Enter Select the item.

Esc 1. In main menu: Quit and don’t save any change.

Up Arrow Highlight previous item.

Down Arrow Highlight next item.

Left Arrow Move the light bar to left side of menu.

Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu.

F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS.

F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS.

F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.

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After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On

Utility to get more detailed description, further powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS.

2. In sub menu: Exit current menu to main menu.

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Self Test) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.

Del

Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you

are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are

good enough for turbo setting.

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With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ----

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 been taken into consideration to

go with any windows platform you might be using, no matter if you’re using Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or Windows XP.

In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have

multi-language function to provide easier way for users’ usage in changing BIOS setting.

Caution: By updating your motherboard,

you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If

your motherboard is working stable, and

there are no major bugs that had been fixed

by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend

that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS.

If you intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE

SURE to get the right BIOS revision for the

right motherboard model to avoid any

possibility failure.

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You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close

all the applications before you start the upgrading.

1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip

2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX45F8XMAX102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com

3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX45F8XMAX102.EXE & WAX45F8XMAX102.BIN.

4. me and BIOS version of your motherboard. If

Double click on the WAX45F8XMAX102.EXE; EzWinFlash will detect the model na

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. process automatically, and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows. You may click

EzWinFlash will complete all the

[YES] to reboot Windows.

7. Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup, choose "Load Setup Defaults", then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!

It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any application during FLASH PROCESS.

Warning: The new BIOS upgrade will permanently replace your

original BIOS’s settings when flashing. You may need to reconfigure

your BIOS setting so that your system can go back to work as normal.

file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com)

) in Windows environment.

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timing during POST (Power-On-Self-Test) screen to get into the

BIOS, which is inconvenient and clumsy. From now on, AOpen

provides an easier way to configure your BIOS. WinBIOS is a

customized utility for running exclusively on AOpen motherboards,

which allows you to setup your BIOS under Windows environment.

Designed with traditional-BIOS-alike interface, you may adjust BIOS

parameter with clear descriptions for each item.

WinBIOS is natively designed with multi-language support. There are

various widely-use languages provided on our website for your

downloading, which also helps to prevent wrong settings caused by

misunderstanding of the languages. The only thing you have to do is

to visit our official website and download your respective language

pack (of few KB size), then double-click on it to activate the support

with your chosen language.

Moreover, with high scalability, either for newly bought motherboard or the latest BIOS version with new function, you don’t have to

re-install the whole program again and again. All you have to do is to grab the latest profile from our website, simply double-click on it as

well to support the latest version of your BIOS. You don’t have to spend any extra effort to have your motherboard supported by

WinBIOS.

In the past, users have to keep

punching the DEL key at a good

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Function keys:

It’s definitely easy to handle WinBIOS as if you’re using traditional

BIOS setting. Users can use the arrow keys such

And use

are available. Press

Furthermore, the hotkeys shown in the table may help you and save

your time. Some settings may not come into effect until you reboot

your system.

Caution: After updating your BIOS, please remember to update

WinBIOS profile as well. If the upgraded BIOS version is newer

than WinBIOS profile, WinBIOS will not be able to launch and a

dialog box with error message will pop up. This verification is

designed on purpose to protect your BIOS from damaged by

wrong profile version.

For the latest WinBIOS profile and language pack modules, you may

find them from AOpen official web site as shown below:

(http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/WinBIOS/default.htm

Note: Due to BIOS versions are updated in an extremely fast speed, it's strongly recommended to download the latest BIOS

version and WinBIOS profile from our website upon receipt of the motherboard.

to move around the items in WinBIOS screen.

, “+” or “-” to change the setting value if they

to get back to the previous screen.

Hotkey Function Description

F1 Get help description.

F2 Item Help

F3 Changing menu language.

F5 Load previous setting

F6 Load setup default setting

F7 Load turbo setting

F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.

F12 Full Screen / Normal Mode

)

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Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen 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 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

name on the BIOS download page, http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/skin

innovative feature!

Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the 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!

shown beside your model

, it is assured that your motherboard supports this

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There are 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.

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You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.

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You can find AGP driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.

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T ith RealTek ALC650 AC97 CODEC. This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and uppe

his motherboard comes w r Windows OS; you

can find the audio driver from th

e Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.

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To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.

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Windows 98 SE Installation Guide

1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices"

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD”

3. Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller "

4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.

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5. Select "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)"

6. Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98

7. System will ask you to provide the file path for loading driver, please type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98

appears. Press “OK".

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" in the text box that appears. Press “Next".

" in the text box that

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8. System will ask you to insert "Windows 98 CD-ROM"

9. Driver installed.

10. Restart computer.

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11. Confirming Windows 98 Installation

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Windows ME Installation Guide

1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices"

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD”

3. Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller”

4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.

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5. Select "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)"

6. Choose "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)", then Select "Specify a location", and

type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\WinME

7. Driver installed.

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" in the text box that appears. Press “Next".

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8. Restart computer.

9. Confirming Windows ME Installation

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Windows NT 4.0 Installation Guide

1. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab.

2. Click "Add" to install a new adapt Network Adapters. er. All previously installed drivers are listed under

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3. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click "Have Disk"....

4. When prompted, insert the BONUS CD, type the path "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Winnt4" to the driver, and click "OK".

5. With "Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK".

6. Restart computer.

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7. Confirming Windows NT Installation

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Windows 2000 Installation Guide

1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices"

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD "

3. Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Properties".

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AOpen AX45F8XMAX User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

AX45F-8X Max

Chipset

Expansion Slots

Memory

Hyper-Threading Technology

Watch Dog ABS

1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment

Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Mater IDE

Six USB 2.0 Ports

AGP Protection Technology

Dr. Voice II

S/PDIF Connectors

Power Management/Plug and Play

Motherboard Map

IrDA Connector

Front Audio Connector

AUX-IN Connector

Resetable Fuse

How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS