What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Before You Start............................................................................................................................................................10
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… ...................................................................... 20
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 21
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 22
CPU Jumper-less Design .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage....................................................................................................................... 27
You Must Know When Using FSB 533...........................................................................................................................30
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CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 32
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 34
ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................... 35
AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................................................................................................................................36
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 37
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector......................................................................................................... 42
WOM by External BOX Modem ..................................................................................................................................... 43
WOM by Internal Modem Card ...................................................................................................................................... 44
WOL (Wake on LAN) ..................................................................................................................................................... 45
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot ............................................................................................ 47
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .....................................................................................................................................48
Support 2nd USB Port .................................................................................................................................................... 49
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 51
Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 55
Dr. LED Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 56
Battery-less and Long Life Design................................................................................................................................. 58
CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 59
Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 65
Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................70
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 71
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility III ........................................................................................................................75
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ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive.........................................................................................................................................76
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)........................................................................................................................................ 81
AWARD BIOS..............................................................................................................................83
About BIOS Function Description… .............................................................................................................................. 84
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program...................................................................................................................85
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 87
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .................................................................................................................88
VGA Card & Hard Disk .................................................................................................................................................. 91
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................ 93
APM (Advanced Power Management)...........................................................................................................................93
ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................... 93
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ........................................................................................................................................ 95
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................ 95
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ....................................................................................................................................95
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ...............................................................................................................................95
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)............................................................................................................................96
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 96
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ..........................................................................................................................96
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 97
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................................................................................................................... 97
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 98
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .......................................................................................................................................... 98
I2C Bus ..........................................................................................................................................................................98
Parity Bit .......................................................................................................................................................................99
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus .................................................................................................................100
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................. 100
PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................... 101
POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................................................101
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ....................................................................................................................... 102
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).....................................................................................................................................103
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ......................................................................................................................................... 103
ZIP file......................................................................................................................................................................... 104
How to Contact Us .................................................................................................................. 113
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4BE motherboard. The AX4BE is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form
factor featuring the Intel
support Intel
one AGP slot, which supports 1.5V AGP interface with 4x SBA/Data Transfer and 2x/4x Fast Write capability and pipelined
spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, the Intel 845D chipset
memory interface supports DDR SDRAM devices with densities of 64, 128, 256, 512Mb and 1G DDR SDRAM DIMM modules
and the maximum memory size can be up to 2 GB. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA
transfer rate up to 100MB/s. Further flexibility can be ach
advantage of the Communication and Network Riser (CNR)
that allows audio, modem on a single baseboard design. Be
the AX4BE has an AD1885 AC97
providing high performance and magic surround stereo sou
let people enjoy working with it. Now, let’s enjoy all features
AOpen AX4BE motherboard.
®
®
Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Brookdale) and 400/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance, it has
845D (Brookdale) chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AX4BE motherboard can
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CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Brookdale) 1.4GHz~2.4GHz+ with 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for
Socket 478 technology.
Chipset
With the Intel® 845D (Brookdale) chipset, Intel delivers a discrete graphics solution with all the performance, innovative features
and proven reliability of the Intel
leading-edge AGP graphics solution for Intel
chipset's I/O Control ler Hub (ICH2) f eatures two USB c ont rollers support ing f our USB ports .
®
845D chipset. With its highly scalable design, the new 845D chipset offers an ideal,
®
Pentium® 4 processor platforms. And the smart integration in the Intel 845
Expansion Slots
Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 1x2x4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The
Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR)
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. AX4BE motherboard includes one 1.5V AGP expansion slot with 4x SBA/Data Transfer and
2x/4x Fast Write capability. For AD and SBA signaling, AX4BE motherboard can support 4X mode. Of five PCI slots provided, all
of them are mast er PCI s lots with arbitrat ion and dec oding for al l int egrated f unct ions and LP C bus.
specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed which supports
slot provided from AX4BE can support CNR interface for a Modem/Audio card. The
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Memory
Provides three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of PC-200/266 compliant DDR SDRAM
(Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). You may install 64, 128, 256, 512Mb DDR SDRAM DIMM modules into each
socket.
Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Master IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels,
supports Ultra DMA
33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
On-board AC’97 Sound
AX4BE uses the AD 1885 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment
Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you adjust CPU FSB
frequency from 100~248 by 1M
Hz stepping adjustment, and lets your system can get maximum performance.
Watch Dog Timer
Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking.
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Four USB Connectors
Provides two ports, four USB connectors for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.
Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional)
The Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this AX4BE M/B to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter.
AGP Protection Techn
With AGP Protection Technology implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card a
y
our chipsets from being burnt out.
ology
nd prevent
Power Management/Plug and Play
Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Energy Star program.
making the system much user-friend
Hardware Monitoring Mana
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor
module.
It also offers Plug-and-Play
lier.
gement
, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus
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Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to
RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features.
Super Multi-I/O
rial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be Provides two high-speed UART compatible se
directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
Celeron CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System BusRatio
1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x
1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x
CPU Core
Frequency
CPU Core
Frequency
FSB Clock System Bus Ratio
FSB Clock System Bus Ratio
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Warning: Intel® 845D chipset supports
maximum 533MHz (133MHz*4)
system bus and 66MHz AGP clock;
higher clock setting may cause
serious system damage.
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This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DI M M s ockets that allow you to install DDR200 or DDR266 memory up to 2 GB. Both
ECC and Non-ECC DDR SDRAM are supported, but you can’t install them both on DIMM. Otherwise, it will cause serious
damage on memory soc kets or SDRA M modul e.
DIMM1
DIMM2
DIMM3
Warning: Please note that double-side DDR
SDRAM is not allowed to be installed on both
DIMM2 and DIMM3.But if you have had
installed two double-side DDR SDRAM on
them, the system can only read one side DDR
SDRAM on each DIMM2 and DIMM3. However,
you are not recommended to do so, otherwise,
it will cause serious damage on memory
sockets or SDRAM module.
Though Intel 845D only claims FSB of 400MHz, we are managed to fine-tune the FSB to 533Mhz by BIOS. Hence, in due of
overclocking, the following testing of various memory modules of different brands had been approved for you to be running
smoothly on any operation.
Warning: You are advised to use the conf igurati on, w hich w e hav e
tested running properly for you. Otherw ise, y ou are taking y our own
risk for any over cloc ki ng performance.
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Vendor
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