Aopen AX4GPRO User Manual

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AX4G Pro

DOC. NO.: AX4GP-OL-E0206B

Overview

Installation

Hardware

Drivers &

Utilities

BIOS Setup

AWARD

Glossary

Troubleshooting &

Technical Support

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AX4G Pro .......................................................................................................................................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 “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

CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 30

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper.............................................................................................. 31

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DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 32

Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 34

ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................... 35

AC Power Auto Recovery.............................................................................................................................................. 36

IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 37

IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 39

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................................................................................................... 40

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................... 41

AGP Slot ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42

WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector......................................................................................................... 43

WOM by External BOX Modem .....................................................................................................................................44

WOM by Internal Modem Card...................................................................................................................................... 45

WOL (Wake on LAN) ..................................................................................................................................................... 46

CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot ............................................................................................48

PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .....................................................................................................................................49

Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard .............................................................................................................................. 50

JP13 LAN Enable/Disable Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 51

Support Six USB2.0 Connectors ...................................................................................................................................52

Chassis Intrusion Connector .........................................................................................................................................53

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CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 54

AUX-IN Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 55

Front Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................56

Die-Hard BIOS (User Upgrade optional) .......................................................................................................................57

Dr. LED Connector........................................................................................................................................................59

Dr. Voice ....................................................................................................................................................................... 61

Battery-less and Long Life Design ................................................................................................................................62

CPU Over-current Protection.........................................................................................................................................63

Hardware Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................... 64

AOConfig Utility.............................................................................................................................................................65

Resetable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................. 67

3300µF Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................... 68

Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ................................................................................................................................. 69

Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................70

Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 71

Vivid BIOS technology...................................................................................................................................................75

Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................76

Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 77

Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility...................................................................................................... 78

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Intel Brookdale-G VGA driver ........................................................................................................................................ 79

Installing Intel IAA Driver............................................................................................................................................... 80

Installing Onboard Sound Driver ...................................................................................................................................81

Installing LAN Driver ..................................................................................................................................................... 82

Installing USB2.0 Driver................................................................................................................................................84

Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................................................................................................................ 86

ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive......................................................................................................................................... 87

ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)........................................................................................................................................ 92

AWARD BIOS ..............................................................................................................................94

About BIOS Function Description… ..............................................................................................................................95

How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program .................................................................................................................. 96

How To Enter BIOS Setup............................................................................................................................................. 98

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 99

Overclocking............................................................................................................................ 101

VGA Card & Hard Disk ................................................................................................................................................ 102

Glossary ..................................................................................................................................103

AC97 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 103

ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .....................................................................................................103

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................. 103

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AMR (Audio/Modem Riser).......................................................................................................................................... 104

AOpen Bonus Pack CD ............................................................................................................................................... 104

APM (Advanced Power Management).........................................................................................................................104

ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................... 104

ATA/66 ........................................................................................................................................................................104

ATA/100 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 105

ATA/133 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 105

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) .............................................................................................................................. 105

Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ...................................................................................................................................... 106

CNR (Communication and Networking Riser).............................................................................................................. 106

CODEC (Coding and Decoding).................................................................................................................................. 106

DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ............................................................................................................................. 106

DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)..........................................................................................................................107

DMA (Direct Memory Access)...................................................................................................................................... 107

ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................................................................................................................... 107

EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ........................................................................................................................ 107

EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................. 108

EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .................................................................................................................... 108

EV6 Bus ...................................................................................................................................................................... 108

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FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................................................................................................................... 108

FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)..............................................................................................................................108

Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................. 109

FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ........................................................................................................................................ 109

I2C Bus........................................................................................................................................................................109

IEEE 1394................................................................................................................................................................... 110

Parity Bit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 110

PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ............................................................................................................................... 110

PC-100 DIMM ..............................................................................................................................................................111

PC-133 DIMM ..............................................................................................................................................................111

PC-1600 or PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM .............................................................................................................111

PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ..................................................................................................................111

PDF Format..................................................................................................................................................................111

PnP (Plug and Play).................................................................................................................................................... 112

POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................................................ 112

RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ........................................................................................................................................... 112

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................... 112

SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) .................................................................................................................................... 113

Shadow E2PROM ........................................................................................................................................................ 113

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SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ....................................................................................................................... 113

SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................. 113

SPD (Serial Presence Detect)..................................................................................................................................... 114

Ultra DMA ................................................................................................................................................................... 114

USB (Universal Serial Bus) ......................................................................................................................................... 114

VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)................................................................................................................................... 115

ZIP file......................................................................................................................................................................... 115

Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 116

Technical Support ...................................................................................................................120

Product Registration ............................................................................................................... 123

How to Contact Us ..................................................................................................................124

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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

get free download from Adobe web site

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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4G Pro motherboard. The AX4G Pro is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the

ATX form factor featuring the Intel® 845G (Brookdale) chipset

motherboard can support Intel

it has one DVO / TV-OUT slot which supports DVO or TV-Out card, or 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 845G chipset memory interface supports DDR333/266 SDRAM devices with densities of 64, 128, 256,

512Mb DDR SDRAM DIMM modules and the maximum me

Ultra DMA

flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Co

and Network Riser (CNR) card option that allows audio, mo

configuration on a single baseboard design. More than th

the strength of RealTek

an highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it pro

10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use.Besides,

AX4G Pro has an AC97

performance and magic surround stereo sound to let

people enjoy working with it. Now, let’s enjoy all features

from AOpen AX4G Pro motherboard.

®

Socket 478 Pentium® 4 and 400/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance,

33/66/100 mode and the transfer rate up to 1

RTL8100BL controller on board, whi

CODEC chipset onboard, providin

. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AX4G Pro

mory size can be up to 2 GB. The onboard IDE controller supports

0MB/s. Further

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CPU

Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pent designed for Socket 478

techno

logy.

ium® 4 1.4GHz~2.4GHz+ with 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)

Chipset

With the Intel

and prove

leading-edge AGP

chipset's I/O Controller Hub (ICH4) features USB controllers supporting six USB ports. With support for 5.1 channels of AC’97

audio and the ability to make the most of soft audio/modem technology, the 845G chipset delivers an ideal solution for

innovative new form factors.

®

845G (Brookdale) chipset, Intel delivers a discrete graphics solution with all the performance, innovative features

n reliability of the Intel

graphics solution for Intel

®

845G chipset. With its highly scalable design, the new 845G chipset offers an ideal,

®

Pentium® 4 processor platforms. And the smart integration in the Intel 845G

Expansion Slots

I local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The

ncluding six 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 4X slots. The PCI

Communication & Nec

For AGP performance,

SBA/Data Transfer and 2x/4x Fast Write capability and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec. For AD

and SBA signaling, AX4G Pro 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. However, if you enable onboard LAN or insert CNR LAN

card, the 6th PCI slot will become a slave PCI slot.

tworking Riser (CNR)

it has one DVO / TV-OUT slot which supports DVO or TV-Out card, or 1.5V AGP interface with 4x

slot provided from AX4G Pro can support CNR interface for a Modem/Audio card.

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Memory

Provides three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of DDR333/266 compliant DDR SDRAM

(Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) (Please note that only CPU FSB 533MHz supports DDR333). You may install

64, 128, 256, 512Mb DDR SDRAM DIMM modules into each socket.

LAN Port

On the str

provides

ength of RealTek RTL8100BL controller on board, which is an highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it

10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.

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,

33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.

supports Ultr

a DMA

On-board AC’97 Sound

AX4G Pro uses the 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 FSB frequency

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

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Watch Dog Timer

Includes AOpen “Watch Dog

overclocking.

Timer” function that can auto-reset default settings in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system

Die-Hard BIOS with external controller (User Upgrade optional)

The Die-Hard BIOS technology is a very effective hardware protection method that doesn’t involve any software or BIOS coding.

Hence, it is 100% virus free.

S/PDIF Connecto

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical

fiber and allow

s you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio.

rs

Six USB Connectors (2.0)

Provides three ports, six USB connectors for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. Compared

to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 wi

the traditional one.

th the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps, which is 40 times faster than

Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional)

The Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this AX4G Pro M/B to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter.

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Dr. Voice

The Dr. Voice provides 4 kinds of language version (English, Chinese, Japanese and German) that can easily to tell what kind of

problem you may encounter. Specially tailored made for users, we have defaulted the language versions of Japanese market to

Japanese only to save users from the trouble of setting jumpers, and thus making motherboard a real jumper less design.

Power Management/Plug and Play

that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Supports the power management function

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

making the sy

stem much user-friendlier.

, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus

Hardware Monitoring Management

Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor

module.

Enhanced ACPI

Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to

RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) fea

tures.

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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ou a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. This page gives y

. Installing CPU1 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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Resetable Fuse

Audio Connector

Front

Onboard

Black: CD-IN Connector

Green: A IN Connector

JP28 Keyboar o

32-bit PCI E n

Chassis Intru n

n

2

& 3

Front Panel Connector

JP2 Jumper (Speaker)

AC’97 CODEC

P

S/ DIF Connector

UX-

d/M

use Wakeup

le/D

Enab

CNR Expa

r

USB Connector(2.0)

JP1 J

(User Uprade optional)

isable Jumper

nsion Slot

xpa

sion Slot x6

sio

Connector

bit

4M Flash ROM

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Connec

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Conne

WOL

Connector

LED

Dr. Connector

AN3

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Connector

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Select Jumper

WOM Connector

JP30 Die Hard BIOS

Select jumper

Mo

therboard Map

(User Upgrade optional)

JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper

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PC99 Colored Back Panel

RealTek RTL8100BL

JP13 LAN Enable/Disable Jumper

4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector

3300μF Low ESR Capacitors

FAN2 Connector

AGP Slot (For 1.5V AGP card or ADD card)

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

1.4~2.4GHz+ CPU CPU Fan Connector with H/W Monitoring Function

Intel®845G chipset (Brookdale) 184-pin DIMMx3 supports DDR333/DDR266 (Max. to 2GB)

ATA/33/66/100 IDE Connector x2

ATX Po wer Conn ec tor

FDD Connector

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Pentium® 4

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Socket 478

Intel

Pentium 4

CPU

AGP 4X Slot

Or

DVO Port

400/533MHz

System Bus

Floppy Disk Drive x2

PC-266/333 DDR

SDRAM Up to 2GB

DIMM Socket x3

Intel 845

GMCH

LAN connect Component

USB (2.0)

Connector x6

PCI Bus

Realtek

RTL8100BL

1stUSB Port

2ndUSB Port

3rdUSB Port

32-bit PCI Slot x6

ATA

33/66100

Primary

Channel

Secondary

Channel

Intel ICH4

Low Pin

Count Super

I/O

AC97

CODEC

AC Link

Firmware Hub

4Mbit Flash EEPROM

Parallel Port

Serial Port x2

IDE Drive x4

CNR Slot

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apter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.

This ch

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

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component. If a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout an

procedure requiring ESD protection.

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When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you

“Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”, and some are called “User Upgrade Optional”. Thoug

amazing and powerful features, in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user. Hence, we changed

s s as “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” for you to choose. Some optional functions that can be upgrad

ome key feature ed by

u

sers, we call the all them

“

Manufacturer Upgrade “User Upgrade

Optional” compon s,

may find some of functions are called

h all AOpen motherboards include many

m “User Upgrade Optional”. As for those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by ourselves, we c

Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing

ent and again you can visit AOpen official web site: www.aopen.com

for more detail information.

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You can clear CMOS t

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 & pin2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

o restore system default setting. To clear theJ CMOS, follow the procedure below.

Pin 1

1

Normal Operation

(default)

1

Clear CMOS

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Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fail because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

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

so . cket

. P

1 ull up the CPU socket lever and

u

p to 90-degree angle.

2.

Locate P i

nterfa

in 1 in the socket and look for a cut edge on the CPU upper

ce. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.

Note: These pictures nly, xactly be the same motherboard.

are for example o it may not e

CPU socket

Lever

CPU pin 1 and

cut edge

CPU cut edge

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3. Press down the CPU CPU installation.

Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.

socket lever and finish

CPU cut edge

Note: This socket supports

icro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which

M

the latest CPU package developed

is

Intel. Other forms of CPU package

by

are impossible to be fitted in.

Note: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it

damage the CPU.

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motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to

ll AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the

Fan correct Fan correct

1. Gently put the CPU Fan down on the

retention module with clips aligning

retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners.

correctly to the four corners.

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own the four clips with force one by

retention module.

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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

designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wr no g CPU voltage detection.

, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less

®

Intel

Pentium 4 CPU

CPU VID signal

Power Regulator

(Automatically generates CPU voltage)

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Socket 478

CPU voltage

Clock Generator

CPU Freq. Rat

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With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very special, useful feature for overclockers. When you

power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST

enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB

that 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

gain. With this special feature, you can easily overclock your system to get higher system performance, and without removing

a

he cover of system housing to set the jumper to clear CMOS data when your system hange .

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AOpen

Watch Dog

Timer

Enable/Disable

AOOppeenn ““WWaattcchh DDoogg TTiimmeerr

Signal

from BIO

Countdown about

5 seconds if fails

in POST

S

Rese

BIOS

t Signal

Clock Generator

CPU

status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will

frequency by user’s setting

CPU ID Signal

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This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. But this motherboard can also automatic ally det ects CPU V ID s ignal and generat es proper CP U core vol tage.

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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 B IOS set up, and no j um pers or s witches are needed.

CPU Ratio CPU FSB

Home

8x, 9x, 10x,…22x, 23x, 24x 100~248MHz

Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the default setting or you can wait the

Open “Watc h Dog Time r” rese t the sys tem afte r five seconds and system will auto-detect hardware a

ain.

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Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio

AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2

Northwood CPU

Pentium 4

1.6G Pentium 4

1.7G Pentium 4

1.8G Pentium 4

2.0G Pentium 4

2.2G Pentium 4

2.4G Pentium 4

2.4G

CPU Core Frequency

1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x

1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x

1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x

1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x

2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x

2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x

2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz 24x

2400MHz 133MHz 533MHz 18x

FSB Clock System Bus Ratio

Warning: Intel® 845G chipset supports maximum 400/533MHz (100/133MHz*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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CPU Core Frequency

FSB Clock System Bus Ratio

Pentium 4

1.5G Pentium 4

1.6G Pentium 4

1.7G Pentium 4

1.8G Pentium 4

1.9G Pentium 4

2.0G

1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15x

1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x

1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x

1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x

1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 19x

2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x

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CCPPUU aanndd SSyysstteemm FFaann CCoonnnneeccttoorr ((wwiitthh HH//WW MMoonniittoorriinngg))

Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chas is fan, you can also plug it on System Fan (FAN2)

or FAN3 (AUX n) connect

Fa or.

s

FAN2 Connector

CPU Fan Connector

GND +12V SENSOR

SENSOR +12V GND

FAN3 Connector

GND

+12V

SENSOR

Note: Some CPU fans do not have

sensor pin, so that cannot support

hardware monitoring function.

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

could resume your system fr spend mode lt setting is

D le”(1-2), D le”(1-2),

isab

y

eey

with keyboard or mouse installed. The factory defau set to

om su

and y ion by setting the jumper to 2-3.

ou may enable this funct

ou may enable this funct“ “

with keyboard or mouse installed. The factory defau set to

KB/Mouse Wake-up

1

Disable

(Default)

reyybbooaarrdd//MMoouussee WWaakkee--uupp EEnnaabbllee//DDiissaabbllee JJuummppeerr

JP28

Enable

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DDIIMMMM SSoocckkeettss

This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC266 or PC333 memory up to 2 GB.

Non-ECC DDR SDRAM is supported, but you can’t install them both on DIMM. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on

memory sockets or SDRAM module (Please note that only CPU FSB 533 supports DDR333).

DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3

Warning: Ple le-side DDR

SDRAM is not allowed to be installed on both

DIMM2 and DIMM3. But if you have had

installed t on

them, the n only read one side DDR

SDRAM 2 and DIMM3. However,

you are not recommended to do so, otherwise,

it will cause serious damage on memory

sockets or SDRAM module.

ase note that doub

wo doub

system ca

on each DIMM

le-side DDR SDRAM

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H mmoorryy MMoodduulleess

Please follow the procedure a

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

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

2

in place.

. Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.

3

Ta b

s shown below to finish memory installation.

40 pins 52 pins

Note: The tabs of the DI

will close-up to hold the

place when the DIMM t

the slot’s bottom.

DIMM in

MM slot

ouches

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Attach the power LED, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to th corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend m ode.

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 mark ed SPW R.

Suspend Type ACP I LED

Power on Suspend (S1) or Suspend to RAM (S3) Blinking between green and red

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

NC NC

+5V IDE LED IDE LED

+5V

GND

NC

1

5VSB SPWR ACPI LED GND ACPILED NC ACPI_B GND RESET GND

IDE LED

Speaker

1

SPWR

CPI & PWR

LED

CPILED

(Blue)

Reset

SPEAKER

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This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction. 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 Pent ium 4 s ystem.

Pin1

Ground 12V 12V

4-Pin 12V ATX Power Connector

COM COM

-5V +5V +5V

5VSB

PO-O

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+12V

COM

+5V

20-Pin Power Connector

COM PS-ON COM

-12V +3.3V

+3.3V +3.3V COM +5V COM

AAXX44GG PPrro

AACC PPoowweerr AAuuttoo RReeccoov

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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IIDDEE aanndd FFllooppppyy CCoonnnneeccttoo

Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. The blue connector is IDE1 for

clear identification. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.

r

Secondary

Slave (4th)

Pin 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector

Pin 1

FDD Connector

Secondary

Master (3rd)

IDE 2 (Secondary)

IDE 1 (Primary)

Primary Master

(1st)

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IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports t wo IDE devices that make a total of four 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 ref er to your hard dis k and CDROM manual acc ordingly.

This motherboard supports ATA33 modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit , which means every transfer is two bytes.

Mode Clock Period Clock

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 33 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte x2 = 33MB/s ATA 66 30ns 2 60ns (1/60ns) x 2byte x2 = 66MB/s ATA100 20ns 2 40ns (1/40ns) x 2byte x2 = 100MB/s

Warning: The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum of 46cm (18 inches); make sure your cable does not exc eed this lengt h.

, ATA66 or ATA100 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA

Count

Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate

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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 33/66/100 hard disks, a special 80-wires IDE cable for Ultra DMA 33/66/100 is re

uired.

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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 95 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.

N

C

+5

V

IR_T

X

A

IIrr CCoonnnne

DDA

KEY GND IR_RX

e

ccttoorr

Pin 1

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S//PPDDIIFF ((SSoonnyy//PPh

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through

optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one

for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and t

audio quality. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module,

which bears S/PDIF digital output. However, you must have a S/PDIF supported speaker/amplifier/decoder with S/PDIF digital

input to connect to the S/PDIF digital output to make the most out

cting to

Conne

Connecting to

Optical Cable

S/PDIF Mo

(Optiona

hS//PPDDIIFF ((SSoonnyy//PPhhS

iilliippss DDiiggiittaall IInntteerrffa

Pin 1

Audio cable

S/PDIF

Connector

+5VSB

1

NC

S/PDIFOUT

du

l)

le

GND S/PDIFIN

a

ccee)) CCoonnnneeccttoorr

of this function.

he other for optical connector with better

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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 bellow 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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With Intel 845G chipset implemented, this AGP slot could automatically become an AGP slot or a Multiplexed Intel DVO Output

depending on what kind of cards inserted, like AGP, or ADD (AGP Digital Display) cards. With ADD card cabled to this slo

Multiplexed Intel DVO output could provide high-speed digital connection for digital displays or TV-OUT functionality. As for A

function, it supports 1.5V AGP card only, please do not insert 3.3V AGP card, otherwise, it could cause serious damage to the

motherboard.

GP

Warning: Please

do not insert 3.3V

AGP card on it,

otherwise, it may

cause serious

damage.

t,

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WWOOMM ((ZZeerroo VVoollttaaggee WWaakkee oonn MMooddeemm)) CCoonnnneeccttoorr

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Pin 1

WOM Connector

+5VSB

NC RI-

GND

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W

TTrraaddiittiioonnaall GGrreeeenn PPCC ssuussppeenndd mmooddee ddooeess nnoott rreeaallllyy ttuurrnn ooffff tthhee ssyysstteemm ppoowweerr ssuuppppllyy,, iitt uusseess eexxtteerrnnaall bbooxx mmooddeemm ttoo ttrriiggggeerr MMBB

CCOOMM ppoorrtt aanndd rreessuummee bbaacckk ttoo aaccttiivvee..

Note: This picture is for example only, it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard.

Pin 1

Serial Port

(Modem Side)

Serial Port

(Motherboard Side)

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WWiitthh tthhee hheellpp ooff tthhee AATTXX ssoofftt ppoowweerr OOnn//OOffff,, iitt iiss ppoossssiibbllee ttoo hhaavvee aa ssyysstteemm ttoottaallllyy ppoowweerr ooffff,, aanndd wwaakkeeuupp ttoo aauuttoommaattiiccaallllyy aannsswweer

ne

aa pphhoonnee ccaallll aass aann aannsswweerriinngg mmaacchhiin

mmooddee bbyy cchheecckkiinngg ttoo sseeee iiff tthhee ffaann ooff yyoouurr ppoowweerr ssuuppppllyy iiss ooffff.. BBo

u

sseedd ttoo ssuuppppoorrtt MMooddeemm WWaakkee UUpp,, bbuutt iiff yyoouu uussee aann eexxtteerrnnaall mmood

u

Note: This picture is for example only, it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard.

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o

tthh aann eexxtteerrnnaall bbooxx mmooddeemm aanndd aann iinntteerrnnaall mmooddeemm ccaarrdd ccaann bbee

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eemm,, yyoouu hhaavvee ttoo lleeaavvee yyoouurr bbooxx mmooddeemm oonn..

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WWOOLL ((WWaakkee oonn LLAANN))

This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard W OL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system. Note that, at least 600m A ATX standby current is required to support the LAN c ard for t his func tion.

WOL Connector

+5VSB GND LID

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WOL Connector

(Motherboard Side)

Note: This picture is for exa not exactly be the same motherboard.

mple only, it may

WOL Connector

(Ethernet Card Side)

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CCNNRR ((CCoommmmuunniiccaattiioonn aanndd NNeettwwoorrkk RRiisseerr)) EExxppaannssiioonn SSlloott

CNRCNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analo

udio, and phone-line based netw al processing job can be

a

mplemented in main chipset and

i

c e CNR slot for the ircuit design,

option of modem f

which is put on CNR serv

unction. Note th

orking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digit

share CPU power. The analogy conversion (CODEC

card. This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board, but re

at you can still use PCI modem card.

) circuit requires a

ommmmuunniiccaattiioonn aanndd NNeettwwoorrkk RRiisseerr)) EExxppaannssiioonn SSlloott

g modem, multi-channel

different and separate

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PPCC9999 CCoolloorr CCooddeedd BBaacckk PPaanneell

The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and VGA, Printer, USB (2.0), AC97 sound and game ports.

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

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

SPP/EPP/ECP

Parallel Port

MIDI/Game Port

RJ45 10/100

LAN Jack

PS/2 Keyboard

PS/2 Keyboard: board, which is using a PS/2 plug. PS/2 Mouse: se, which is using a PS/2 plug. USB Port: cting USB devices. Parallel Port: ith SPP/ECP/EPP printer. COM1/COM2 Port: ith pointing devices, modem or others serial devices. VGA Connector: ith PC monitor. Speaker Out: peaker, Earphone or Amplifier. L MIC-In: MIDI/Game Port: For 15-pin PC joystick, game pad or MIDI devices.

Connector

ine-In: e signal sources, such as CD/Tape player.

COM 1 Port

For standard key For PC-Mou Available for conne To connect w To connect w To connect w To External S Comes from th From Microphone.

VGA Port

MIC-In

Line-In

Speaker Out

USB (2.0)

Connectors

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The South Bridge ICH4 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of RealTek 8100BL LAN controller on

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

the Ethernet

linkin

is tran

RJ45 connector

g to hen ata. The orange LED indic er mode, hen data

network an

sfe To enable or disable this function, you may it through

rring in 100

d blinking w

Mbps mode.

located on top of USB connectors. The green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when

is

transferring d ates the transf

10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use,

and it lights w

simply adjust

BIOS.

Green/ACT

Orange/Speed

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JP13 is used to enable or disable onboard LAN. If you don’t want to enable the Onboard LAN, you should set this jumper t

2-3.

11

Enable

(Default)

Disable

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SSuuppppoorrtt SSiixx UUSSBB22..00 CCoonnnneeccttoorrss

Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbp

faster than the traditional one. Except for the speed increase, USB 2.0 supports old USB 1.0/1.1 software and peripherals,

impressive and even better compatibility to customer

offering

unction. To connect those two headers, you have to use proper USB

f

Pin 1

USB2 and USB3 Connector

1 2

USBPWR0

_P0+

PUSB_F

_P0-

GND

KEY

9 10

USB_FP

USBPWR0

_FP_P1-

USB

B_FP_P1+

US

GND USB_FP_OC0

s, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps, which is 40 times

s. On this motherboard, all six USB connectors support USB 2.0

cables and connect them to any USB models.

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CChhaassssiiss IInnttrruussiioonn CCoonnnneeccttoorr

The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in

the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or

the opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you. Please be informed that this useful function only

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

unction. f

SENSOR

1

GND

Chassis Intrusion

Connector

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CCDD AAuuddiioo CCoonnnneeccttoorr

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

CCDD--IINN CCoonnnneeccttoorr

R

GND

L

Note: Though some

“Digital Audio” through IDE b

Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to

insert audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.

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of the lat Windows support

est version of

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

AAUUXX--IINN CCoonnnneecct

L

GND

R

t

oorr

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If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to co

through this connector. By the way, please remove 5-6 and 9-10 jumper caps from

connecting the cable. Please do not remove these 5-6 and 9-10 yellow jumper caps if there’s no audio port on the front

panel.

Pin 1

1 2

AUD_MIC

AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R

NC

AUD_FROUT_L

e

AUD_GND AUD_VCC

AUD_RET_R KEY AUD_RET_L

9 10

ccttoorr

nnect onboard audio to front panel

the Front Audio Connector before

Note: Please remove the jumper cap from the Front Panel Audio Connector

before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if

housin

without an audio port on the front panel.

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DDiiee--HHaarrdd BBIIOOSS ((UUsseerr UUppggrraaddee ooppttiioonnaall))

Recently, many viruses have been found that they may destroy bios code and data area. Therefore, this motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method that does not involve any software or BIOS coding, hence it is 100% virus free. You may restore the originally mounted BIOS with 2 This motherboard comes with one BIOS ROM, you may contact our local distributor or reseller for purchasing the extra BIOS ROM. Please visit our website: www.aopen.com

Rescue ROM

(User Upgrade optional)

1 1

normal

JP30 Pin 1

BIOS

ROM

rescue

for details.

nd

BIOS ROM by s ettin g JP30 to pi n 2-3 if it f ails to ac t norma lly.

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EExxtteerrnnaall CCoonnttrroolllleerr ffoorr DDIIEE--HHAARRDD BBIIOOSS ((UUsseerr UUppggrraaddee ooppttiioonnaall))

External Controller provides you a better and convenience way to switch the BIOS status between “Rescue” and “Normal”

without opening the case of your computer. You have to plug the jumper cable to the connector pin (JP30) on the motherboard.

Be careful of the orientation when you connect, the red wire should correspond to Pin1.

Manual Switch

Flash ROM

To / Form CPU

Read/Write

Normal

Read Only

Rescue ROM

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In conjunction with Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional), which can easily shows what kind of problems may occur on your system

during assembly. It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front

panel of Dr. LED. This can helps you to have a self-diagnostic to your system status quickly.

Pin 1

3.3V

KEY

GND

1 2

S1

S2 S3

5 6

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Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box w

so that it can be mount into normal

The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages. Once the LED7 (latest LED) is lit, this indicates

hat the system has completed its boot-up procedure.

t

he 8 LEDs indicate the following messages when lit:

T

ED 0 - Indicates that the CPU may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

L

ED icates that the memory may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

L 1 - Ind

LED 2 - Indicates that the AGP may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

ED 3 - Indicates that the PCI card may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

L

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

L

ED 5 - Indicates that the HDD may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

L

LED 6 - Indicates that the keyboard may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

ED 7 - Indicates that the is OK.

L system

ith 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive,

5.25 in drive bay of any housing.

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Boot O.K.

KB HDD

Floppy

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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DDrr.. VVooiiccee

The Dr. Voice is a great feature of AX4G Pro motherboard, which can identifies what kind of problems had occurred in the

operating system. It can even c ea “tell” hether there a

module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard by voic

English, German, Japanese a es or y cho

umpers. However, if you want to disable this function, you may

j

speaker from making out voices respectively.

JP15

Pin 1

JP15 Pin 1

English

(Default)

Dr. Voice

Language

Select Jumper

JP16 Pin 1

Chinese

l rly w

nd Chin e f our osing ou sel t prefe d la

JP16

Pin 1

J

P1 & JP2

Japanese

German

co ponent ssue an in alled issue, such as CPU, memory

is m i or st

e. The Dr. Voice provides four kinds of language versions,

. Y can ec rre nguage version by JP15 & JP16

also set JP1 and JP2 to pin 2-3 to disable the buzzer and

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Auto Switch

RTC

CMOS

Battery ATX Stand-by Power

uto switching 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

BBaatttteerryy--lleessss aanndd LLoonngg LLiiffee DDeessiiggnn

This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. 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.

Flash ROM

(Real Time Clock)

00:00:00

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Over Current Protection has been popularly implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply for a while. However, new generation CPU is able to use regulator of different voltages to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, to 2.0V). This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard that supports CPU over-current protection, and it applies to 3.3V/5V/12V power supply for providing full line over-c urrent prot ect ion.

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 unknown nature reason. AOpen cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly.

ATX

Switching

Power

Supply

5V (Protected by power supply)

3.3V (Protected by power supply)

12V (Protected by power supply)

Onboard

Power

Regulator

Over-Current

Protection

Circuit

CPU Core Voltage

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Fan

CPU

Fan Speed

Detection Circuit

CPU Temperature

CPU Voltage

System Voltage

AOpen H/W Monitoring

Utility

HHaarrddwwaarree MMoonniittoorriinngg

This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to

monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status goes wrong, there will

be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if existed) to warn the user.

Power

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A

Open always dedicated to provide users a much friendlier computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system

detective utility. AOconfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the

operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The

isplays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.

d

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

in detail and send t AOpen directly for technical support or further diagnosis of system problem.

hem to

powerful utility also

1. The system page shows the detail in mo system, the processor, and BIOS version.

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

formation of the

therboard, the operating

talled on your

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3. This page presents the IDE devices information, such as the serial number, the manufacturer, the firmware version, and capacity.

4. From this page, users m ay obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information

could be saved in .bm p or .t xt

format.

NOTE: AOconfig can be us ed in Window s 98S E/ ME, NT4.0/ 2000, or ev en the lat est Window s X P. Please be informed that AOconfig can only be operated in a system equipped wit h an AOpen motherboard. Meanwhi le, al l applications must be clos ed before s tarting AOconfi g.



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RReesseet

Traditiona

onboard that when

malfunctioning

With expensive

job.

t

aabbllee FFuussee

l motherboard has fuse for Keybo

.

Re can be resumed back to normal funct

ard and USB port to prevent ove

it is broken (function as p

setable Fuse, the motherboard

rotecting the motherboard),

r-curr

ent or shortage. These fuses are soldered

user still c

annot replace it and the motherboard is still

ion after the fuse had done its protection

Resetable

Fuse

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3330000

3 RR CCaappaacciittoorr

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

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

calculation.

Not only that, AX4G Pro implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 and 1500μf) and it

provides better stability for CPU pow

μ

FF LLooww EES

S

er.

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

For high frequency operation, especially overclocking,

layout is the most important factor to ma sure

chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The

layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s

unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”.

Separating each critical portion of motherboard into

regions where each region operates in a same or

similar frequency range to a

frequency interference betw

operations and condition.

must be calculated carefu

trace must be equal length (not

as possible) so that clock skew will be controlled

within few a pico second (1/10

ke

void cross talk and

een each region’s

The trace length and route

lly. For example, the clock

necessarily as short

12

Sec)

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Cool down CPU and Chipset is

specially when you are trying to o

e

m

ver clocking the CPU.

luminum heat sink provides better heat consumption important for system reliability. Enlarged a

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Here we are pleased to provide you a brand-new powerful interface—Open JukeBox. Witho

any cost you can have y

motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC without any hassle of entering Windows operation

ystem. s

ut

our PC turn into a fashionable CD player! This latest Open JukeBox

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How Your Open JukeBox Work

The operation of Open JukeBox Play

playing Open JukeBox Player

buttons.

Power-Off Button

Operation

Boot to

System

Power: Pressing O Boot: Pressing B Play: Pressing A Stop: Pressing S Pause: Pressing P Eject: Pressing E Repeat: Like other CD Players, pressing R Volume +/-: Pressing + or – to adjust the volume of playing music.

Rewind/Forward  / : Pressing arrow keys, to rewind or forward the music.

c

ouldn’t be easier than the traditional CD Players. Below is the function description of respective

, to directly power off your computer w , to intelligently boot to Window , to start playing CD music.

, to stop the music playing. , to pause the music playing temporarily. , to eject CD tray for you to change CD disc.

s

er is the same as oth

, to shift the repeat mode.

er CD players. By pressing specific keys on the keyboard you will find

s Operation System for you.

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Dis

Function Key

ith no hassle of entering Windows Operation System.

Note: Though some of the latest

version of Windows support “Digital

udio” through IDE bus. However, in

order to use Open Jukebox player,

which is driven under BIOS, it is a

MUST to insert audio cable to CD-IN

connector on the motherboard.

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Your Open JukeBox Settings in

There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows.

: The d lt setting efau u power

Auto

on. The Ope keBox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in y

Press Inse y

you of press “Ins” key on your keyboard to start Open JukeBo

Operation S m.

CD Player

pressing B keyboard the Windows Operation System will be launched. on your

n Ju our CD player.

: Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST. It reminds

rt Ke

ing x Player; otherwi

ste

y

sing this setting allows the system to launch Open Ju: Choo ox PlayerkeB

is “Auto” with which the Open JukeBox will automatically check the CD player every time yo

BIOS

se the system will launch the Windows

every time you power on. However, by

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Your Open JukeBox EzSkin

Except these powerful functions above, Open JukeBox Player is also equipped with another fancy feature for you to

change its “skin”. You can download as many skins as you want from AOpen W

you want by using this useful utility – EzSkin – which may also be downloaded

Even more, you may design your own skins with innovative idea and sharing them to user website. For further technical information, we welcome you to visit our website at http://www

ebsite, and changing them whenever

from our website.

s around the world by uploading to our

.aopen.com/products/mb/

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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

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

de , VividBios now brings you a beautifu

sign

PO T screen.

In add

space-consuming and un ion, to recognize the

smaller-sized GIF format

Vivid BIOS shares the same EzSkin utility to

hange your Vivid BIOS le logo c

y

our model name on lt.htm

motherboard support

VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen!

S

ition, the lim ow

ited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue. When all of the traditional BIOS can only sh

compressed Bit s considerately tuned the BIOS to next generat

and even dynamic-showing GIF animation.

same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player, you may use the

screen or to download your favorite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this litt

the BIOS download page, http://www.aopen.com/tech/download/mbbios/defau

s this innovative feature!

l and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any import

map, AOpen ha

innovative

ant information shown on

shown beside

, it is assured that your

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and Windows 98.

DDrriivveerr aanndd UUttiil

There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to

boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows

98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.

l

Note: Please follow recommended procedure

to install Windows 95

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You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Ch

oose the utility and driver and select model name.

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You can install the Intel INF Update Utility from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu to eliminate the “

?” marks.

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PackYou can install Intel VGA Driver to get the best graphics function of the chipset. You can find it in the AOpen Bonus CD

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You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications and reduce PC boot times. You can find i

the A

Open Bonus Pack

CD disc.

t in

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This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.

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------------This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows 98/98 SE, Window 2

[Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A

Installing driver procedure on

----------------------------

1

2

CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\R

[

CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\R

[

3

4

Windows 98, Window

[

nstalling driver for Win98/Win98 SE/Window

I

----------------------------

-

1. Ask you to select w ".

2. Specify the setup file p CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\R

[

CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\R

[

CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\R

[

CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\R

[ 3

ME system disk tocomplete setup step. 4

system.

on:

000, Windows ME, Window

. Ask you to select w ".

. Specify the setup file p

. Windows 95 will appear some messages to ins

. Windows 95 will fin

. Win98/Win98 SE/W s2000/Windows

. Win98/Win98 SE/W tart the

s NT v4.0 driver for Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter.

Microsoft Windows 95 :

-----------------------hich driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer

athname TL8100\Windows\Win95\WIN95A (for Windows 95 and Win95A) or TL8100\Windows\Win95 (for Windows 95 OSR2).

ish the other installation procedure automatically, then you restart the system.

s 98 SE, Windows2000, Windows ME, Windows XP]

-------------------------------------hich driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer

athname TL8100\Windows\WIN98 (for Windows 98/98 SE) or TL8100\Windows\WIN2000 (for Windows 2000) or TL8100\Windows\WINME (for Windows ME) or TL8100\Windows\WinXP (for Windows XP)

indows2000/Windows ME will appear some messages to insert Win98/Win98 SE/Window

indows2000/Windows ME will finish the other installation procedure automatically, then you res

and OSR2]

ert Windows 95 systemdisk to complete setup step.

s2000/Windows ME/Windows XP :

s

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ows NT 3.5, 3.51 & 4.

Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows NT :

----------------------------------------------------When you are in Windows NT :

1. In the Main group of NT, select the "Control Panel" icon.

2. In the Control Panel window, choose the "Network" icon.

3. In the Network Settings di al og box, choose the "Add Adapter" button. The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears.

4. In the list of network c ards, select "<other> Requires disk from manufacturer", and then press <Enter> button.

5. Enter drive and pathname [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WinNT4 (for NT 4.0) which is the path where thesetup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then choose the OK button.

6. The screen will appear "Select Line Speed" dialog box which is provide by RTL8139.SYS driver. The default value is "auto" so that the RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139.SY S will auto-detect the line speed, 10 Mb or 100Mb, while the RTL8139.SYS is loading. The other values, " 10" or " 100", are only used when you want to forced RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb.

7. The screen will appear "Input EthernetID" dialog box which is provide by RTL8139.SYS driver. This option is only required when you have more than one Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this computer. Select "SKIP" if only one adapter is installed on this computer.

8. "Bus Location" dis pl ay i n next s creen. Your machine contains more than one hardware bus, please selec t the Bus Type and Bus number on which your network adapter card is ins tall ed.

9. NT will then perform the binding process. If any addit i onal net work s oftware options were installed, you may be rompted for specific information for these packages.

10. Restarting your system you will acquire network service. NOTES:

-----* Installing Multiple LAN Adapters: Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2,in the "Network Settings" dialog box, choose the " Conf i gure.." button. The "Input Ethernet ID" dialog box appears and input adapter's Ethernet ID. Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP. Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer.

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I

* Windows 2000 Installation Guide

************************************************* Installing Driver in Existing Windows **************************************

After enabling the USB 2.0 c show a "New Hardware Found" dialog box. Under Windows 2000, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed.

1. Choose "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)". from the list, and then press "Enter".

2. Choose "Specify a location." and then press "Next"

3. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM.

4. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Intel\USB2.0" in the text box that appears. Press " OK ".

5. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows has found "Intel (R) USB Enhanced Host Controller (ICH4)" should appear.

6. Click on "Next," and then on "Finish."

************************************ Confirming Windows 2000 Inst ************************************

1. From Windo

2. Choose the "Hardware" tab, an

3. Click the "+" in front of "Universal Serial Bus controllers". "Intel (R) USB Enhanced Host Controller (ICH4)" should appear.

ws 2000, open the Control Panel from "My Computer" followed by the System icon.

0

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ontroller and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will

2000 System

***********

allation

d then click the "Device Manager" tab.

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* Windows XP Installation Guide

*********************************************** Installing Driver in Exis *****************************

After enabling the USB 2.0, Windows XP setup will show Under Windows XP, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controlle

1. Click on "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Install from a list or special location (Advanced)", click "Next"

search:"

3. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM.

5. Click on "Next." A message informing you that W

6. When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the USB driver, click o

*****************************

1. Fro el fm Windows XP, open the Control Pan

2. Click on "Performance and maintenance".

3. Click on the "System" icon.

4. Choose the "Hardware" tab, and then click the "Device Manager" tab.

Host Controller (ICH4)" should appear.

Driver\Intel\USB2.0" in the text box that appears. 4. Type "[CD-ROM]:\

ting Windows XP System

******************

m the generated choices, choose "Include this location in the 2. Click on "Next," and fro

H4)" should app Enhanced Host Controller (IC

**********************************

allation

t Confirming Windows XP Ins

*****

a "Found New Hardware" dialog box.

r" will be displayed.

indows XP has found "Intel (R) USB

ear.

n "Finish"

rom "My Computer".

USB Enhanced 5. Click the "+" in front of "Universal Serial Bus Controllers". "Intel (R)

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ou ca rature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is

Y n install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU tempe

utom rdware installation is needed.

tically im aa plemented by the BIOS and utility software. No ha

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AACCPPII SSuussppeenndd ttoo HHaarrddDDrriivvee

ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status,

memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can

resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run

your application again. If y your memory

image.

our memory is 64MB, normally, you need to reserve at least 64MB HDD space to save

When go into Suspend:

When power-on next time:

System Image &

Status

System Image &

Status

Hard

Save into

Restore within seconds

Disk

Hard

Disk

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System Requirement

1. AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later.

2. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat.

Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system

1. Execute

2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management.

. Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD utility.

3

4. Reboot system.

5. You've already implemented ACPI Suspend to-Hard Drive. Click "Start > Shut Down > Standby" then the screen will go off

"Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98

a. Set Power Schemes > Sy

b. Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable then "Apply".

c. Click on the "Advanced" tab, yo er Buttons". Note tha ption will only be seen after step

b mentioned above has been completed; othe ly "S d "Shutdow be shown. Select "Hibernate" and

"Apply".

a. If you assign the whole di 16 or FAT 32), please run "aozvhdd /c /file". Please remember

sufficient free space ha if you have 64 MB DRAM and 16 MB VGA card installed, the

system needs at least 80 MB free space. The utility will locate the space automatically.

b. If you assign an individual partition for aozvhdd /c /part Of course, the system needs to

provide unformatted

stem Standby to "Never".

Hibernate Support"

u'll see "Hibernate" on "Pow

rwise on

sk to your Win 98 system (FAT

s to be reserved in the disk, e.g.

Win 98, please run "

an empty partition.

tandby" an

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immediately. And 1 minute or so will be taken for the system to save what's in the memory to the hard drive; the larger the

memory size the longer this pro

cess will take.

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Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only)

1. Run "Regedit.exe"

a. Go through the following path

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

SOFTWARE

MICROSOFT

WINDOWS

CURRENT VERSION

DETECT

b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION".

c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01".

d. Save changes.

2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "ACPI BIOS" and

remove "Plug and Play BIOS")

3. Reboot system.

4. Clean boot into DOS and run "AOZVHDD.EXE /C /File"

Changing from ACPI to APM

1. Run "Regedit.exe"

a. Go through the following path

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

SOFTWARE

MICROSOFT

WINDOWS

CURRENT VERSION

DETECT

ACPI OPTION

b. Right click and sel ect "Modif y, change "01" to "02" to mak e it "0000 02".

c. Save changes.

2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "Plug and Play BIOS" and remove "ACPI BIOS")

3. Reboot system.

4. Run "Add New Hardware" again and it will find "Advanced Power Management Resource".

5. Click "OK".

Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is dis abled.

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AACCPPII SSuussppeenndd ttoo RRAAMM ((SSTTRR))

This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.

When go into Suspend:

When power-on next time:

System Image & Status

in the DRAM

System Image & Status

in the DRAM

Backup by 3.3V Power

Power back to w

rk

Other System

Devices

Other System

Devices

Power loss

Power back to w

rk

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T the procedures as below:

o implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow

System Requirement

1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, except Windows 95 and Windows NT, all other Windows Systems support ACPI.

2. The Intel

®

Chipset Software Installa

tion Utility must have been installed properly.

Procedures

. Changed the foll

1 owing BIOS settings.

BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Function: Enabled

BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > A pend Type: S3.

2. Go to Control Panel > Pow

3. Press power button or standby button to wake up the system.

er Management. Set “Power Buttons” to “Standby”.

CPI Sus

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System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters

d saan ve the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset).

The AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM

BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.

Most BIOS settin

can’t fine-tune the

con

of figuring your system using setup.

Currently there are two kinds of beep sound when system fails to boot at POST. The first type of beep sound consists of a single

long BIOS from initializing video screen for displaying any

beep and two short beeps, indicating a video error has failed

additional information. The 2

occurred. ep significances.

To ent r to BIOS setup menu

e

g of AX4G Pro had been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still

chipset controlling entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process

nd

type of beep sound is a single long beep that beeping repeatedly, signaling a DRAM error has

You may look over the indicated error according to different be

, press <Del> when POST (Power-On Self Test) screen is shown on your monitor.

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

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.

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AOpen always dedicates to give users

setup program into the BIOS Flas

appeared at right side of screen. Hence, you don’t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting.

a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS

h ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will

Menu Items Select Window Item Function Description Window

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Generally, you can use the 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 value. You also can press <F1> key for help and press <Esc> key to quit Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award BIOS setup

program. By the w

selecting preferred m

ay, all products of AOpen also prov

enu language to display.

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.

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

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.

F1 Get menu or item help description.

F3 Changing menu language.

F5 Load previous setting value from CMOS.

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ides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3> key

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Key Description

F6 Load Setup Default 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 the setting of jumpers and conne

POST (Power-On Se t)

Del

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. Choose "Load

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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.

Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.

ct correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during ct correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during

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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

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 even the latest 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.

Note: The model name on this BIO e.

S picture is for reference only. It may not be the exact model nam

, EZWinFlash combines the

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 RECOMMMANDED to close all the applicat ions before you s tart t he upgrading.

1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com)

2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX4GP102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.

3. Save the unzipped fil es i nto a fol der, for example, WAX4GP102.EXE & W AX4GP102.BI N.

4. Double click on the WAX4GP102.EXE, EZWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard. If you had got the wrong BIOS, you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash st eps.

5. You may select preferred language in the main m enu, then c lic k [ Start Flash] to s tart the B IOS upgrade procedure.

6. EZWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows. You may click [YES] to reboot Windows.

7. Press <Del> at POS T to enter B IOS s etup, choos e "Load S etup Def aults" , t hen “Save & E xit Set up”. 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.

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Aopen AX4GPRO User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

AX4G Pro

Chipset

Expansion Slots

Memory

Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Master IDE

On-board AC’97 Sound

1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment

Watch Dog Timer

Die-Hard BIOS with external controller (User Upgrade optional)

Six USB Connectors (2.0)

Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional)

Dr. Voice

Power Management/Plug and Play

Hardware Monitoring Management

Enhanced ACPI

Super Multi-I/O

Dr. Voice

Your Open JukeBox EzSkin

System Requirement

Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system

Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only)

Changing from ACPI to APM

System Requirement

Procedures