AOpen AX4GE User Manual
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DOC. NO.: AX4GEN-OL-E0208A
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Overview
Installation
Hardware
Drivers &
Utilities
BIOS Setup
AWARD
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
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AX4GE / AX4GE-N ........................................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................................................ 2
You Must Notice........................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Before You Start...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Overview..................................................................................................................................................................................11
Feature Highlight .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Quick Installation Procedure ................................................................................................................................................... 16
Motherboard Map ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................19
About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................. 20
JP14 Clear CMOS Data.......................................................................................................................................................... 21
CPU Installation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................................................................ 25
AOpen “Watch Dog Timer”...................................................................................................................................................... 26
Full-range Auto-detect CPU Core Voltage............................................................................................................................... 27
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ......................................................................................................... 29
DIMM Sockets ........................................................................................................................................................................ 30
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DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ............................................................................................................................ 32
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 33
ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 34
AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 34
STBY LED (Standby LED) ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 36
IrDA Connector....................................................................................................................................................................... 38
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot..................................................................................................................... 39
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 40
WOL (Wake on LAN) .............................................................................................................................................................. 41
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector .................................................................................................................. 43
WOM by External BOX Modem............................................................................................................................................... 44
WOM by Internal Modem Card................................................................................................................................................ 45
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 46
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (For AX4GE-N Only) ....................................................................................................... 47
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 48
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ............................................................................................................................................... 49
Support 2nd USB 2.0 Ports ...................................................................................................................................................... 50
Case Open Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 51
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CD Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................... 52
Modem Audio Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 53
COM2 Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 55
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 56
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................................................................................................................................. 57
Dr. LED Connector.................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Battery-less and Long Life Design .......................................................................................................................................... 59
Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 60
Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................... 61
Resetable Fuse....................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................................................. 63
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ........................................................................................................................................... 65
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink.................................................................................................................................................. 66
Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 67
Driver and Utility.................................................................................................................................... 68
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 69
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ................................................................................................................ 70
Installing Intel IAA Driver......................................................................................................................................................... 71
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Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver .................................................................................................................................... 72
Installing LAN Driver (For AX4GE-N Only) .............................................................................................................................. 73
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ............................................................................................................................................. 74
Installing USB2.0 Driver.......................................................................................................................................................... 75
AOConfig Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 78
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................... 80
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .................................................................................................................................................. 81
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ................................................................................................................................................. 85
Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................87
About BIOS Function Description… ........................................................................................................................................ 88
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .............................................................................................................. 89
How To Enter BIOS Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 91
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ........................................................................................................................... 92
Overclocking .......................................................................................................................................... 94
VGA Card & Hard Disk............................................................................................................................................................ 95
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................96
AC97 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 96
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................. 96
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................. 96
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AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..................................................................................................................................................... 97
AOpen Bonus Pack CD .......................................................................................................................................................... 97
APM (Advanced Power Management) .................................................................................................................................... 97
ATA (AT Attachment)............................................................................................................................................................... 97
ATA/66.................................................................................................................................................................................... 97
ATA/100.................................................................................................................................................................................. 98
ATA/133.................................................................................................................................................................................. 98
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).......................................................................................................................................... 98
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).................................................................................................................................................. 98
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ......................................................................................................................... 99
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................................................................................................................................. 99
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM......................................................................................................................................... 99
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)...................................................................................................................................... 99
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ............................................................................................................................................... 100
ECC (Error Checking and Correction)................................................................................................................................... 100
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .................................................................................................................................. 100
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ........................................................................................................... 100
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).............................................................................................................................. 100
EV6 Bus................................................................................................................................................................................ 101
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FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ................................................................................................................................... 101
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)........................................................................................................................................ 101
Flash ROM ........................................................................................................................................................................... 101
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock.................................................................................................................................................. 102
I2C Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................. 102
IEEE 1394 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 102
Parity Bit............................................................................................................................................................................... 103
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................................................................ 103
PC-100 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 103
PC-133 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 103
PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM......................................................................................................................... 104
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ........................................................................................................................... 104
PDF Format.......................................................................................................................................................................... 104
PnP (Plug and Play).............................................................................................................................................................. 104
POST (Power-On Self Test) .................................................................................................................................................. 105
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)..................................................................................................................................................... 105
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)................................................................................................................................ 105
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................. 105
Shadow E2PROM ................................................................................................................................................................. 105
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SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ................................................................................................................................. 106
SMBus (System Management Bus) ...................................................................................................................................... 106
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................................................................................................................................... 106
Ultra DMA............................................................................................................................................................................. 107
USB (Universal Serial Bus)................................................................................................................................................... 107
USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus).............................................................................................................................................. 107
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ............................................................................................................................................ 108
ZIP file .................................................................................................................................................................................. 108
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................109
Technical Support ................................................................................................................................113
Product Registration............................................................................................................................ 116
How to Contact Us............................................................................................................................... 117
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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 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD
site.
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 set
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4GE / AX4GE-N motherboard. AX4GE / AX4GE-N is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the
ATX form factor featuring the Intel 845GE chipsets
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Intel
Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 400/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance, it has one
AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec. According to different
customer’s requirements, this motherboard supports DDR200 (PC1600), DDR266 (PC2100) SDRAM and DDR333 (PC2700) SDRAM up to
2GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA
6 USB2.0 ports give you the best use of all USB devices. Besides, AX4GE / AX4GE-N has an AC97
high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now, let’s enjoy all features from AOpen AX4GE /
AX4GE-N motherboard.
. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX4GE / AX4GE-N motherboard support
33/66/100 mode and there are 6 PCI slots provided on this board. A total of
CODEC chipset onboard providing
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CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.8GHz+ with 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for
Socket 478 technology.
Chipset
The 845GE chipset contains two core components designed for the desktop platform: the 845GE Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH),
and the Intel I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4). These components are interconnected via an Intel proprietary interface called Hub Interface. The
Hub Interface is designed into the 845GE chipset to provide an efficient, high bandwidth communication channel between the GMCH and
the ICH4. The GMCH component provides the processor interface, system memory interface, Hub interface, AGP interface, and an
integrated graphics device with analog and digital display ports. The ICH4 integrates a Universal Serial Bus 2.0 controller, Ultra ATA/100
Controller, Low Pin Count interface, Firmware Hub Flash BIOS interface controller, PCI interface controller, integrated LAN, AC’97 digital
controller, and a Hub Interface for communication with the GMCH.
Expansion Slots
Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one AGP 1X/2X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Accelerated Graphics
Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up
to 1056MB/s. AX4GE / AX4GE-N motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. For AD and SBA
signaling, AX4GE / AX4GE-N motherboard can support 4X mode. Of six PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration
and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
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Memory
Provides three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of PC2700(DDR333), PC2100(DDR266) and PC1600(DDR200)
compliant SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory).
Watch Dog Timer
Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking.
1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment
Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from
100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and helps your system get maximum performance.
LAN Port (For AX4GE-N Only)
On the strength of Intel ICH4 on board, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support 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.
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On-board AC’97 Sound
AX4GE / AX4GE-N uses RealTek AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
Six USB2.0 Ports
Provides two ports on the back panel, two USB connectors, providing a total of six USB2.0 interface devices such as mouse, keyboard,
modem, scanner, etc.
S/PDIF Connectors
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is the newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and
allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio.
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. It also offers Plug-and-Play
user-friendlier.
, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system much
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module.
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Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 98/ME/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD
(Suspend to Disk, S4) features.
Super Multi-I/O
Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be directed
from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
1. Installing CPU and Fan
2. Installing System Memory (DIMM)
3. Connecting Front Panel Cable
4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable
5. Connecting ATX Power 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 98)
11. Installing Driver and Utility
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Front Audio Connecto
MODEM-CN Connecto
AC’97 CODEC
S/PDIF Connecto
CD-IN Connecto
CNR Connecto
32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6
WOL Connecto
COM2 Connector
Dr. LED Connector
SYSFAN3 Connecto
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup
JP14 CMOS Clear Jumpe
ATA66/100 IDE Connector x2
IrDA Connecto
Enable/Disable Jumpe
Case Open Connecto
USB2.0 Connecto
Front Panel Connecto
Motherboard Map
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PC99 Colored Back Panel
Resetable Fuse
4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector
Low ESR Capacitors
SYSFAN2 Connector
GP 4x Expansion Slot
478-pin CPU socket (Willamette/
Northwood) with Voltage and
Frequency Auto-detection that
supports Intel
1.4~2.8GHz+ CPU
Intel 845GE Chipset
CPUFAN1 connecto
184-pin DIMMx3 supports
PC1600/2100/2700 DDR
SDRAM maximum up to 2GB
TX Power Connector
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Pentium® 4
FDD Connector
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Intel Pentium 4
CPU(Willamett e
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AGP 4X Slot
PC-1600/2100/2700
SDRAM Up to 2GB
DIMM S ocke t x3
533MHz System
Bus
LAN connect Component
Floppy Disk Drive x2
Intel 845GE
USB Port x6
PCI Bus
USB Port
USB Port
USB Port
32-bit PCI Slot x6
ATA 66/100
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
ICH4
Winbond
W83627
HF
RealTek
AC97
CODEC
4Mbit Flash EEPROM
Parallel Port
Serial Port x2
IDE Drive x4
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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
english.aopen.com.tw
for detail information.
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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.
Clear CMOS
Normal
default
Pin 1
Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
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This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Willamette / Northwood). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug
it into CPU socket.
1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and
up to 90-degree angle.
2. 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: Those pictures are for example only; they may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
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.
Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
CPU cut edge
Note: If you do not match the CPU
socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you
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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 attached on the CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to install AOpen
special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the
following pictures shown.
1. Gently put the CPU Fan down on the
retention module with clips aligning correctl
to the four corners.
2. Pressing down the four clips with force one by one
on the retention module.
Clip
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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
There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.
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, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated.
Intel® Socket 478
CPU VID signal
Power Regulator
(Automatically generates CPU voltage)
Pentium 4
CPU voltage
Clock
Generator
CPU Freq. Ratio
BIOS
Controlled
Circuit
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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 Timer
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
Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB
BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
Enable/Disable Signal from
BIOS
Countdown about
5 seconds if fails
in POST
Reset Signal
Clock Generator
status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog
frequency according to user’s settings stored in the
BIOS
CPU ID Signal
CPU
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This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports auto-detect CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. You don’t have to manually
adjust it. However, this motherboard can also automatically detects CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage.
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BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting
This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
The default setting is "table select mode". You can adjust the FSB from "CPU Host/SDRAM/PCI Clock" for overclocking.
Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio
PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio
AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2
CPU Ratio
CPU FSB (By BIOS table)
8x, 10x… 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x
100 and 133 MHz
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Northwood CPU
Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x
Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x
Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x
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 2.53G 2530MHz 133MHz 533MHz 19x
Pentium 4 2.66G 2660MHz 133MHz 533MHz 20x
Pentium 4 2.8G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21x
CPU Core
Frequency
FSB
Clock
System
Bus
Ratio
Willamette
CPU
Pentium 4 1.5G 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15x
Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x
Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x
Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x
Pentium 4 1.9G 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 19x
Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x
CPU Core
Frequency
FSB
Clock
System
Bus
Celeron
CPU
1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x
1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x
CPU Core
Frequency
FSB
Clock
System
Bus
Ratio
Warning: Intel 845GE chipset supports maximum
400MHz (100MHz*4) / 533MHz (133MHz*4) system bus
and 66MHz AGP clock; higher clock setting may cause
serious system damage.
Note: Since the latest processor, Northwood, would
detect the clock ratio automatically, you may not be
able to adjust the clock ratio in BIOS manually.
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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
(without H/W Monitoring) connector.
SYSFAN3 Connecto
SENSOR
FAN1Connector
SYSFAN2 Connector
CPUFAN1 Connector
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GND
+12V
Note: Some CPU fans do not have
sensor pin, so that they cannot support
hardware monitoring function.
GND
+12V
SENSOR
GND
+12V
SENSOR
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This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC1600 (DDR200), PC2100 (DDR266) memory or
PC2700
(DDR333) memory up to 2GB. Please note that when you install PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM, you can install them fully into 3
sockets; however, when you install PC2700 DDR SDRAM, we suggest you to install DIMM1 and DIMM2 ONLY.
DIMM1
DIMM2
DIMM3
DIMM 1
DIMM 2
DIMM 3
PC2100/PC1600
DDR SDRAM
V V
V V
V
PC2700
DDR SDRAM
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