What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice ..............................................................................................................................................................8
Before You Start..............................................................................................................................................................9
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… ......................................................................18
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 19
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 20
CPU Jumper-less Design .............................................................................................................................................. 23
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” .............................................................................................................................................. 24
Setting CPU Frequency................................................................................................................................................. 25
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 27
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 31
ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................... 32
AC Power Auto Recovery.............................................................................................................................................. 32
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 33
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .....................................................................................................................................37
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (For AX4PER-GN)................................................................................................. 38
Support USB 2.0 Connectors ........................................................................................................................................39
Game Port Bracket Supported ......................................................................................................................................40
Case Open Connector................................................................................................................................................... 41
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 42
Front Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................43
Battery-less and Long Life Design ................................................................................................................................44
CPU Over-current Protection.........................................................................................................................................45
Wake On Modem / Wake On LAN / Wake On PCI Card ................................................................................................ 52
Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 53
Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................58
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ..................................................................................................................................... 58
Installing LAN Driver (For AX4PER-GN)........................................................................................................................62
Installing USB 2.0 Driver...............................................................................................................................................66
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .................................................................................................... 72
How To Enter BIOS Setup............................................................................................................................................. 74
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 75
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .......................................................................................................77
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................................................................................................................... 77
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................78
ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................... 78
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 81
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................................................................................................................... 81
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Parity Bit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 83
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ...................................................................................................................83
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................... 83
PnP (Plug and Play)......................................................................................................................................................83
POST (Power-On Self Test) ..........................................................................................................................................84
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock.............................................................................................................................. 84
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory).................................................................................................. 84
SATA (Serial ATA) ......................................................................................................................................................... 85
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).......................................................................................................................................85
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ..................................................................................................................................... 85
Wireless LAN – 802.11b................................................................................................................................................ 86
ZIP file........................................................................................................................................................................... 86
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