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AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L

DOC. NO.: AX4SGL-OL-E0304B

Overview

Installation

Hardware

Drivers &

Utilities

BIOS Setup

AWARD

Glossary

Troubleshooting &

Technical Support

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

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

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

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

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

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 Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 26

AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” ..............................................................................................................................................28

CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable ............................................................................................................................... 29

CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 31

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JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper .............................................................................................. 32

DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 33

Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 35

ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................... 36

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

STBY LED and BOOT LED ........................................................................................................................................... 38

IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 39

Serial ATA Supported (with RAID function, RAID for AX4SG-L only) ............................................................................. 41

IrDA Connector .............................................................................................................................................................49

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................................................................................................... 50

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................... 51

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 52

AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.................................................................................................................... 53

WOL (Wake on LAN) ..................................................................................................................................................... 54

Color Coded Back Panel ...............................................................................................................................................56

Support 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN onboard (for AX4SG-N and AX4SG-L) .......................................................................57

Support Eight USB2.0 Connectors ................................................................................................................................ 58

COM2 Connector ..........................................................................................................................................................59

Game Port Bracket Supported ...................................................................................................................................... 60

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Chassis Intrusion Connector .........................................................................................................................................61

CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 62

AUX-IN Connector......................................................................................................................................................... 63

Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 64

Dr. LED Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 65

AOConfig Utility ............................................................................................................................................................. 67

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

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

Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................ 72

Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 73

Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 77

The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek .................................................................................................................................. 78

EzClock......................................................................................................................................................................... 81

Hyper Threading Technology......................................................................................................................................... 85

Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................87

Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 87

Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility....................................................................................................... 88

Intel Brookdale-G VGA driver ........................................................................................................................................ 89

Installing Intel IAA Driver RAID Edition.......................................................................................................................... 90

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Installing Onboard Sound Driver ...................................................................................................................................91

Installing USB 2.0 Driver ............................................................................................................................................... 92

Installing LAN Driver (for AX4SG-N).............................................................................................................................. 96

Installing LAN Driver (for AX4SG-L) .............................................................................................................................. 99

PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS............................................................................................................ 102

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program................................................................................................... 103

How To Enter BIOS Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 104

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ...............................................................................................................105

WinBIOS Utility ........................................................................................................................................................... 107

Glossary .................................................................................................................................. 109

AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................. 109

ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .....................................................................................................109

ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)....................................................................................................................... 109

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).................................................................................................................................. 110

AMR (Audio/Modem Riser).......................................................................................................................................... 110

ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................... 110

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ...............................................................................................................................111

Bluetooth......................................................................................................................................................................111

CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)...............................................................................................................111

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DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM .................................................................................................................................... 112

ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................................................................................................................... 112

EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................. 112

EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)..................................................................................................................... 112

EV6 Bus ...................................................................................................................................................................... 113

FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................................................................................................................... 113

FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................. 113

FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ............................................................................................................................ 113

Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................. 113

Hyper Threading ......................................................................................................................................................... 114

IEEE 1394................................................................................................................................................................... 114

Parity Bit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 114

PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................. 115

PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................. 115

PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................... 115

POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................................................ 115

PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ............................................................................................................................ 115

RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ................................................................................................ 116

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................... 116

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SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) .................................................................................................................................... 116

SATA (Serial ATA) ....................................................................................................................................................... 116

SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................. 117

SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ..................................................................................................................................... 117

USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................... 117

VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)................................................................................................................................... 117

Wireless LAN – 802.11b .............................................................................................................................................. 118

ZIP file......................................................................................................................................................................... 118

Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 119

Technical Support ...................................................................................................................123

Product Registration ...............................................................................................................126

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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L motherboard. The AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L is Intel® Socket

478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel

built in the M/B, the AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L motherboard can support Intel

MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)

spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 2112MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, the Intel Springdale-G

chipset memory interface supports DDR400/333/266 SDRAM devices with densities of 64,128, 256, 512,1024Mb DDR RAM

DIMM modules and the maximum memory size can be up to 4 GB. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100

mode, Serial ATA

BCM5705 controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform

LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100/1000M bps Ethernet for

office and home use. For AX4SG-N, it integrates Broadcom

BCM4401 controller on board, and it provides 10/100M bps

Ethernet. Besides, the AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L has an AC97

chipset onboard, providing high performance and magic

CODEC

surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. More

than that, this motherboard supports USB 2.0

speed of up to 480Mbps. Now, let’s enjoy all features from AOpen

AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L motherboard.

Springdale-G chipset. As high performance chipset

clock. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 8X/4X mode and pipelined

150 Mbps and there are 6 PCI slots provided on this board. For AX4SG-L, On the strength of Broadcom

function with a fancy

Socket 478 Pentium® 4 and 400/533/800

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CPU

Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 1.6GHz~3.06 GHz+ with 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket

478 technology.

Chipset

Springdale-G is a Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2

cache on 0.13 micron processor. It provides CPU, DDR, AGP, Hub, CSA Interfaces and integrated graphics with display

interfaces. The CPU interface supports Pentium 4 processor subset of the Extended Mode of the Scalable Bus Protocol. The

GMCH memory interface supports one up to two channels of DDR, and the AGP interface supports 0.8V/1.5V signaling with

8X/4X data transfers and 8X/4X AGP Fast Writes. The integrated graphics controller provides 3D, 2D, and display capabilities

while using a portion of system memory for graphics memory (UMA) to provide a cost effective, high performance graphics

solution. The Springdale-G platform supports the fifth generation I/O Controller Hub (ICH5 and ICH5R).

The ICH5 integrates an Ultra ATA 100 controller, two Serial ATA host controllers, one EHCI host controller and four UHCI host

controllers supporting eight external USB2.0 ports, LPC interface controller; flash BIOS interface controller, PCI interface

controller, AC’97 digital controller, integrated LAN controller, an ASF controller and a hub interface for communication with the

Springdale-G GMCH. The ICH5R offers the same feature as ICH5 and adds support for RAID 0.

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Expansion Slots

Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. For AX4SG-N

and AX4SG-L, of six PCI slots provided, five of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated

functions and LPC bus, and PCI 1 supports slave mode PCI card only. For AX4SG, all six PCI slots are master PCI slots. AX4SG

/ AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. The

Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support

data transfer rate up to 2112MB/s.

Accelerated

Memory

With Springdale-G chipset, this motherboard can support dual channel Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM. The dual channel mode

allows chipsets to get data in 128 bit and zero wait state bursting between the RAM, The data transfers at 266/333/400MHz. The

four slots of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512 MB or 1GB DDR RAM and maximum up to

4GB.

LAN Port

For AX4SG-L, On the strength of Broadcom BCM5705 on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it

provides 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. For AX4SG-N, there is a Broadcom BCM4401 controller on board,

and it can provide 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.

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Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE

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

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

Serial ATA

Integrated in ICH5 that contains independent DMA operation on two ports. The SATA controllers are completely software

transparent with the IDE interface, while providing a lower pin count and higher performance. The ICH5 SATA interface supports

data transfer rates up to 150MB/s. Because AX4SG-L has ICH5R on board, it supports RAID 0 when using SATA HDD.

On-board AC’97 Sound

AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L 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 100~400 by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and lets your system can get maximum performance.

Watch Dog ABS

Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” functions that can auto-reset default settings in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system

overclocking.

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S/PDIF Connectors

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

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

Eight USB 2.0 Ports

Provides six ports on the back panel and one USB 2.0 connector on the board, providing a total of eight USB 2.0 interface to

connect devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.

Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional)

The Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L M/B to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter.

Power Management/Plug and Play

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

Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers

making the system much user-friendlier.

Plug-and-Play

, 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.

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Enhanced ACPI

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

RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features.

Super Multi-I/O

Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be

directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.

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

1. Installing CPU and Fan

2. Installing System Memory (DIMM)

3. Connecting Front Panel Cable

4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable

5. Connecting ATX Power Cable

6. Connecting Back Panel Cable

7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default

8. Setting CPU Frequency

Reboot

Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98)

10.

Installing Driver and Utility

11.

AGP Slot

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1 GbE LAN (for AX4SG-L)

Onboard AC’97 CODEC

32-bi

t PCI Expansion Slot x6

(for AX4SG-N and AX4SG-L,

PCI 1 supports slave mode

JP14 CMOS

Case Open Connector

Front Panel Connector

COM2 Connector

Game Port Connector

PCI card only)

IrDA Connector

Front Audio Connector

S/PDIF Connector

Dr. LED Connector

CD-IN Connector

AUX-IN Connector

Clear Jumper

USB 2.0 Connector

4Mb Flash Rom BIOS

WOL Connector

SYSFAN3 Connector

STBY LED

Serial ATA Port x2

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Motherboard Map

Resetable Fuse

Colored Back Panel

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Enable/Disable Jumper 4-pin 12V. ATX Powe

SYSFAN2 Connector AGP Protection LED

(For 1.5V AGP card or ADD card)

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

1.6~3.06GHz+ CPU (Northwood)

CPUFAN1 Connector Intel® Springdale-G chipset BOOT LED

184-pin DIMMx4 supports Dual Channel modeDDR400/333/266 (Max. to 4GB)

ATX Power Connector

ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector x2

FDD Connector

r Connector

Pentium4

3300μF Low ESR Capacitors

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Pentium 4

CPU

VGA onboard

AGP 8x/4x Slot

ADD Slot

Floppy Disk Drive x2

DDR 400/333/266 Dual Channel

DIMM Socket x4

800/533/400MHz

System Bus

LAN connect

Component

(For AX4SG-N and

AX4SG-L)

RAM up to 4G

Intel

Springdale-G

GMCH

USB 2.0

Connector x8

PCI Bus

Broadcom BCM5705 (For AX4SG-L) / BCM4401 (for AX4SG-N)

1stUSB Port

2ndUSB Port

3rdUSB Port

4thUSB Port

32-bit PCI Slot x6

Two Serial ATA Ports

150M B/s

ATA

33/66100

Primary

Channel

Secondary

Channel

Intel ICH5(for AX4SG

and AX4SG-N) /

ICH5R(fo r AX4SG-L)

Low

Pin Count Super

I/O

AC97

CODEC

Firmware Hub

4Mbit Flash EEPROM

Parallel Por t

Serial Port x2

SATA 1

SATA 2

IDE D rive x4

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This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.

Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other

components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component.

1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.

2. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. If

a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedure requiring

ESD protection.

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When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called “Manufacturer

Upgrade Optional”, and some are called “User Upgrade Optional”. Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful

features, in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user. Hence, we changed some key features as “Manufacturer

Upgrade Optional” for you to choose. Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users, we call them “User Upgrade Optional”. As for

those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by ourselves, we call them “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”. If needed, you can contact our

local distributors or resellers for purchasing “User Upgrade Optional” components, and again you can visit AOpen official web site:

http://english.aopen.com.tw/

for more detail information.

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You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

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

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 & pin2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

Pin 1

Normal

default

Clear CMOS

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fails because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

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

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and

up to 90-degree angle.

Note: These pictures are for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.

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

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a cut edge on the CPU upper

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

CPU socket

Lever

CPU pin 1 and

cut edge

CPU cut edge

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CPU cut edge

Note: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it

damage the CPU.

Note: This socket supports

Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is

the latest CPU package developed by

Intel. Other forms of CPU package are

impossible to be fitted in.

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

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

following pictures shown.

1. Gently put the CPU Fan down on the

retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners.

2. Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module.

Clip

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CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the

BIOS setup

There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.

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

Intel® Socket 478

CPU VID signal

Power Regulator

(Automatically generates CPU voltage)

Pentium 4

CPU voltage

Clock Generator

CPU Freq. Ratio

BIOS

Controlled

Circuit

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The Over Current Protection is a popular implementation on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU

uses different voltage with a regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and thus makes 5V over current protection

useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.3V/5V/12V

power supply provide the full line over-current protection.

ATX Switching Power Supply

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

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

damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. AOpen

cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly.

12V (Protected by power supply)

3.3V (Protected by power supply)

5V (Protected by power supply)

Onboard Power Regulator

(Over-Current Protection)

CPU Core Voltage

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This Motherboard implements a Flash ROM

Setup configurations. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data

by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.

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

ATX Stand-by Power

Battery

Flash ROM

(Real Time Clock)

Auto Switch

RTC

00:00:00

CMOS

Auto switch to ATX standby

power as long as AC power line

is plugged. This smart design

increases battery life if you still

plug battery on motherboard.

Backup by EEPROM

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CPU FSB

reset the system to reboot in five seconds. Then, BIOS will detect the CPU’s default frequency and POST again. With this

special feature, you can easily overclock your system to get a higher system performance without removing the system housing

and save the hassle from setting the jumper to clear CMOS data when system hangs.

frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will

Enable/Disable Signal

AOpen

Watch Dog ABS

AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers.

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

succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the

from BIOS

BIOS

Reset Signal

Clock Generator

Countdown about

5 seconds if fails

in POST

status. If it

CPU ID Signal

CPU

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This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.1V ~

2.025V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage.

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BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Bus Frequency

This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches

are needed.

CPU Ratio 8x, 9x, 10x,…22x, 23x, 24x

CPU FSB 100MHz~400MHz

Home

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 AOpen “Watch Dog

Timer” reset the system after five seconds and system

will auto-detect hardware ag

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 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x

Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x

Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pentium 4 2.6G 2600MHz 200MHz 800MHz 13X

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

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

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

Pentium 4 3.0G 3000MHz 200MHz 800MHz 15x

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

CPU Core Frequency

FSB Clock System Bus Ratio

Note: Intel Springdale-G chipset only

support Northwood processors, and

don’t support Willamette or Celeron

processors. Northwood processor

would detect the clock ratio

automatically, you may not be able to

adjust the clock ratio in BIOS

manually.

Warning: Intel® Spingdale-G chipset

supports maximum 400/533/800 MHz

(100/133/200MHz*4) system bus and

66MHz AGP clock; higher clock

setting may cause serious system

dama

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Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or

SYSFAN3 connector.

SYSFAN3 Connector

GND +12V SENSOR

SYSFAN2 Connector

CPUFAN1 Fan Connector

Note: Some CPU fans do not have

sensor pin, so that cannot support

hardware monitoring function.

GND +12V SENSOR

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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 from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”

(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

KB/Mouse Wake-up

Disable

(Default)

Pin 1

JP28

1 1

Enable

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This motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install 128-bit dual channel DDR400, DDR333 or

DDR266

may occur on memory sockets or you RAM modules.

Please note that when you install DDR333 memory

module and have your CPU FSB set at 800MHz, the

memory can run with the speed of DDR320. For other

limitation of CPU types, please see the table below.

memory up to 4GB. Only non-ECC DDR RAM is supported. Please install suitable modules; otherwise serious damage

Warning: This motherboard supports DDR RAM. Please

do not install the SDRAM on the DDR RAM sockets;

otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory

sockets or SDRAM module.

Item

CPU FSB 400MHz V X X

CPU FSB 533MHz V V X

CPU FSB 800MHz V

Note: To run dual channel speed, you have to

use the same type memory modules installed on

two DIMM. If you install two different sized

modules, the system can only run single channel

mode and with the speed of that lower memory

module.

DDR266 DDR333 DDR400

⊙

DIMMA1 DIMMA2

DIMMB1 DIMMB2

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

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

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

in place.

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

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Note: Please pay attention

to the blue slots. To run dual

channel speed, you should

insert the RAM in the slot of

DIMM A1 and DIMM B1 or

DIMM A2 and DIMM B2.

Please don't use the

different frequency DIMM

on dual channel.

52 pins40 pins

Note: The tabs of the DIMM

slot will close-up to hold the

DIMM in place when the

DIMM touches the slot’s

bottom.

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Pin1

Attach the power LED, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the

corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI

& Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

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

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

switch connector marked SPWR.

Suspend Type ACPI LED

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

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

IDE LED

SPEAKER

Power Switch

ACPI & Power LED

RESET

IDE LED

SPEAKER

+5V

+5V +5V

GND

SPWR

GND

ACPILED-

GND

ACPILED+ NC NC GND RESET GND

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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 Pentium 4 system.

+12V

Ground

4-Pin 12V ATX Power Connector

20-Pin Power Connector

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A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is

inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This motherboard implements

an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem.

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Both STBY LED and BOOT LED are AOpen’s considerate designs that aim at providing you friendly system information. The

STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system

power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM

mode.

BOOT LED will keep blinking when you power the system on and when your system is under POST (Power-On Self Test)

POST diagnoses everything alright and finishes the booting, the LED will stay on otherwise it will remain flashing to warn you

that mistakes have occurred during POST.

System

Power LED

. After

BOOT LED

Warning: Do not install or remove the

DIMM module or others devices when

the STBY LED lights on.

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Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation.

Wrong orientation may cause system damage.

Secondary

Slave (4th)

Secondary

Master (3rd)

Pin 1

FDD Connector

Pin 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

ATA 66/100 IDE Connector

IDE 2 (Secondary)

IDE 1 (Primary)

Primary

Master (1st)

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IDE1 is also known as the primary channel, IDE2 is known as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two 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 refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.

Warning: The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum

of 46cm (18 inches); make sure your cable does not exceed

this length.

Tip:

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

side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence

to install your new device. Please refer to above diagram

2. To achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA 66/100 hard

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

required.

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

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

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

track record, the specification is now showing its age and imposes some serious design issues on today’s developers, including

a 5-volt signaling requirement, high pin count, and serious cabling headaches.

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

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

operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It reduces voltage and pins count

requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to route cables.

Port 0

Serial ATA

Connectors

Port 1

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To connect a Serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial

ATA header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please

be noted that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk. When serial ATA hard

disks are installed on serial ATA ports, the one connected on Port 0(SATA 1) will be set as the first boot device automatically.

Please be noted that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function.

Item Parallel ATA Serial ATA

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

Vol ts 5V 250mV

Pins 40 7

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

Cable Wide Thin

Ventilation Bad Good

Peer-to-Peer No Yes

Comparison between Parallel ATA and Serial ATA

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

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

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

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

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

intention of changing its setting, the default would be Auto.

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

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

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

cancel the detection to Serial ATA hard disk during POST, which theoretically,

could speed up your boot-up timing for a little bit; however, please remember

to re-adjust the settings here if you intend to use Serial ATA hard disk later.

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

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

will automatically recognize the first hard disk on IDE1 as the first boot

device.

Note: Please be informed that when you are using Windows98/ME with six hard disks fully installed, Auto mode is not able

to function properly, it’s just because Windows98/Me is not able to energize Enhanced Mode to detect all hard disks.

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

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

as your first boot device. But please be aware that Serial ATA will exist with IDE in a mapping way, which also means it will

occupy one of the IDE Channel and left you with one IDE Channel only.

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

recommended to select Enhanced Mode. The system would be able to detect all six devices (traditional IDE x4, Serial ATA

x 2) completely and functions perfectly under this mode. But please be noted that it is defaulted with using traditional IDE

as the first boot device.

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

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

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

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

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RAID level 0, which is the fastest drive array you can have, is a performance-oriented disk mapping method. The data in this

array gets written across a stripe or different disks for a faster transfer. This technique has striping but no redundancy of data. It

offers the best performance but no fault-tolerance. Reads and writes sector of data interleaved between multiple drives. When

any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. Performance is better than a single drive since the workload is balanced

between the array members. This array type is for high performance systems. Identical drives are recommended for

performance as well as data storage efficiency. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of members times the

smallest member capacity. For example, one 40GB and one 60GB drives will form an 80GB (40GBx2) disk array.

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Block 4

Block 5

Block 6

Block 7

Block 8

Logical Drive

Striping

Block 1

Block 3

Block 5

Block 7

Block 2

Block 4

Block 6

Block 8

Physical Disks

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

may simply press “Integrated Peripherals Æ OnChip IDE Device Æ On-Chip Serial ATA” to choose Enhanced mode. In order to

utilize Serial ATA function, please select RAID in SATA Mode. Finally, do save the changes and exit BIOS setup screen.

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In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID device smoothly, we have to enter RAID

Configuration Utility to do some configuration. After finishing the BIOS setup and reboot, you will see [Press CTRL + I to enter

configuration Utility] about half way through the boot up. Please press these two buttons simultaneously. When you enter you

will be presented with a screen as shown below:

1. Create RAID Volume:

This section allows users to choose the strip

size and disk volume of RAID.

2. Delete RAID Volume:

This section allows users to delete the volume

of RAID. Please be noted that deleting a

volume will destroy volume data and cause

any member disks to become available as

non-RAID disks.

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID:

Users can remove any internal RAID

structures from all RAID disks, including disks

with working volume. Select “Yes” will cause

all data on any disk to be lost.

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

The IAA RAID Edition is designed to provide functionality for the Intel (R) ICH5R SATA RAID Controller. This product is available

for use on Pentium (R) 4 processor-based systems with an ICH5R I/O Controller Hub and running Microsoft Windows XP.

Software installation is flexible and fully automated for Windows XP. You can find it in the AOpen Bonus Pack.

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

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

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

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

to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector.

Pin 1

+5V

IR_TX

IrDA Connector

KEY GND IR_RX

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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 the other for optical connector with better

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 of this function.

(RCA)

F OUT

S/PDI

S/PDIF IN

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

(Optical)

S/PDIF Module

(User Upgrade Optional)

S/PDIF

Cable

Pin 1

S/PDIF Connector

+5V NC SPDIFOUT GND SPDIFIN

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This motherboard comes with an ALC650 CODEC, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, 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 5.1Channel 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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AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L provide an AGP 8x slot. The AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D

graphic. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 4X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 =

1056MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 8x mode, which is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 =2.1GB/s. 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 slot, Multiplexed Intel DVO output could provide high-speed digital connection for

digital displays or TV-OUT functionality. You can also adjust AGP voltage in BIOS within a rage from 1.5V to 1.7V.

Warning: It is strongly

recommended not to

adjust voltage/clock of

AGP/PCI when

connecting any SATA

service. It is because

when the voltage/clock

for AGP/PCI is

adjusted, the clock for

SATA couldn’t keep

100MHz, and the

system will be unstable.

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With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, this model implements a blend new technology to

protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented,

this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note

that if you install an AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the

possible damage of the exceeding voltage. You may contact your AGP card vendor for further support.

AGP LED

Warning: It is strongly recommended not

to install a 3.3V AGP card, which is not

supported. When you do so, the AGP LED

on the motherboard will light up to warn you

the possible damage.

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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 WOL 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 600mA ATX standby current is required to support the LAN card for

this function.

WOL Connector

LID

GND

+5VSB

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WOL Connector

(Motherboard Side)

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

WOL Connector

(Ethernet Card Side)

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The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and VGA, RJ45 LAN, Printer, USB2.0, AC97 sound and game

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

PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which use a PS/2 plug. PS/2 Mouse: For PC-Mouse, which use a PS/2 plug. USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices. Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP printer. COM1 Port: To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial devices. VGA Connector: To connect with PC monitor. Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player. MIC-In: From Microphone.

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

PS/2 Keyboard

Connector

USB 2.0

Port

SPP/EPP/ECP

Parallel Port

COM 1 Port VGA Port

RJ45 LAN Jack

(for AX4SG-N

and AX4SG-L)

USB 2.0

Port

Line-In

Speaker Out

MIC-In

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The South Bridge ICH5(R) includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of Broadcom BCM5705(for AX4SG-L)

or BCM4401(for AX4SG-N) LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, AX4SG-L

provides 10/100/1000M bps Ethernet for office and home use and AX4SG-N provides 10/100M bps Ethernet, the Ethernet

RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link mode, it lights in orange

whenever linking to network. The left hand side LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights in green when data is

transferring in 100Mbps (never lights while in 10Mbps), but lights in orange when transferring in Gigabit’s mode. To enable or

disable this function, you may simply adjust it through BIOS.

Transferring (Left)

Green 100Mbps

Orange Gigabit

Linking (Right)

Orange

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Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps, which is 40 times

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

offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers. On this motherboard, all eight USB connectors support USB 2.0

function. To connect those two headers, you have to use proper USB cables and connect them to any USB models.

Pin 1

USB2 Connector

+5V

SBD6-

SBD6+

GND

KEY

USB 2.0 Connector

+5V SBD7SBD7+ GND NC

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This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them is on back panel connector, and the other is on the upper left of board.

With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.

Pin 1

DCD# SOUT

1 2

SIN DTR#

GND

RI#

RTS#

COM2 Connector

DSR# CTS#

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This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function

you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard.

Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.

Joystick Module

(User Upgrade Optional)

Pin1

Game Port Connector

+5V

JAB1

JACX

GND GND

JACY

JAB2

+5V

+5V JBB1 JBCX MIDI_TXD JBCY JBB2 MIDI_RXD KEY

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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

function.

Pin 1

Sensor GND

Chassis Intrusion

Connector

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

CD-IN Connector

GND

Note: Though some of the latest versions of Windows

support “Digital Audio” 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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This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.

AUX-IN Connector

GND

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

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

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

AUD_MIC

AUD_MIC_BIAS

AUD_FPOUT_R

AUD_FROUT_L

1 2

AUD_GND

AUD_VCC

AUD_RET_R

KEY

AUD_RET_L

9 10

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

housing without an audio port on the front panel.

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In conjunction with Dr. LED (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 LED on the front panel of Dr.

LED. This can help you to have a self-diagnostic to your system status quickly.

Pin 1

3.3V

KEY

GND

1 2

5 6

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

so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. This module is User Upgrade Optional.

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

that the system has completed its boot-up procedure.

The 8 LED indicate the following messages when lit:

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

LED 1 - Indicates that the memory may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

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

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

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

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

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

LED 7 - Indicates that the system is OK.

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Boot O.K.

HDD

Floppy

PCI MemoryVideo CPU

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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and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.

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

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

AOpen 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

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

2. The PCI device page shows the configurations of all PCI devices installed on your motherboard.

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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 may obtain the technical support information of AOpen.

Moreover, detailed information

could be saved in .bmp or .txt

format.

NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or Windows XP. Please be informed that

AOconfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Meanwhile, all applications

must be closed before starting AOconfig.

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Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered

onboard that when it is broken (function as protecting the motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still

malfunctioning.

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

job.

Resetable

Fuse

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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, AX4SG / AX4SG-N / AX4SG-L implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1500 and 2200μf) and it provides better stability for CPU power.

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The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new

Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V

and 2.140V. That is, the transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it

shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 60 current is applied.

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

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Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption

especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU.

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without any hassle of entering Windows operation system.

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

Without any cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player! This latest Open

JukeBox motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC

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How Your Open JukeBox Works

The operation of Open JukeBox Player is the same as other CD players. By pressing specific keys on the keyboard you will find

playing Open JukeBox Player couldn’t be easier than the traditional CD Players. Below is the function description of respective

buttons.

Power-Off Button

Operation System

Boot to

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 Vol u me +/ - : Pressing + or – to adjust the volume of playing music.

Rewind/Forward Å / Æ: Pressing arrow keys, to rewind or forward the music.

, to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System.

, to intelligently boot to Windows Operation System for you. , 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.

, to shift the repeat mode.

Note: Though some of the latest

version of Windows support “Digital

Audio” 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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Dis

Function Key

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Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS

There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows.

Auto

: The default setting is “Auto” with which the Open JukeBox will automatically check the CD player every time you power

on. The Open JukeBox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player.

Press Insert Key

you of pressing “Ins” key on your keyboard to start Open JukeBox Player; otherwise the system will launch the Windows

Operation System.

CD Player

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

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

: Choosing this setting allows the system to launch Open JukeBox Player 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 Website, and changing them whenever

you want by using this useful utility – EzSkin – which may also be downloaded from our website.

Even more, you may design your own skins with innovative idea and sharing them to users around the world by uploading to our website. For further technical information, we welcome you to visit our website at

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/skin

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

VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative

design, VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on

POST screen.

In addition, the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue. When all of the traditional BIOS can only show

space-consuming and uncompressed Bitmap, AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the

smaller-sized GIF format and even dynamic-showing GIF animation.

Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player, you may use the same EzSkin utility to

change your Vivid BIOS screen or to download your favorite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this little logo your model name on the BIOS download page, http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/skin

motherboard supports this innovative feature!

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

the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly

developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen!

shown beside

, it is assured that your

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As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher, it inevitably brings higher heat and

system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat problem, however, is to

spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system, expecting these

fans could cool down our machine as much as they could.

But at the same time, we believe that same users are affected terribly by the irritating noises of these fans while working with

their PC. As a matter of fact, we do not have to get our

fans running at such a high speed in most cases; on the

contrary, we discovered that having your fans running at

appropriate time and speed not only reduces the noise,

but also consumes the least power the system needs, so

as to prevent over-wasting of energy resource.

Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a

new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system

quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS and the

utility under Windows, SilentTek combined

“Hardware-Status Monitoring”, “Overheat Warning” and

“Fan Speed Control” with user-friendly interfaces to

provide you a perfect balance among noises, system

performance and stability.

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The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level.

You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here.

In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. Also, you can check if fans are running properly.

Of course, you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans and SilentTek would also pop up a message box to alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed.

You may set the highest margin of your CPU and system temperature as default, and SilentTek would pop up a message box to alert you with alarm when the temperature goes beyond the specified margin.

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The following page is surely the most important part of this utility. You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got

the options inside in this page.

1. Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of

SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer

housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen,

the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of

CPU and ambient temperature. Ease-of-use and trouble

free at your service.

2. Fixed FAN Control: Under this setting, a desired fan

speed is set fixed when operating.

3. Multiple Level Control: This is the most versatile

setting that allows you to set fan speed in relation to

temperature. You may find that this setting fits you best.

4. AOpen Recommend Setting: This setting is designed

specifically for AOpen housing. A series of lab tests were

conducted under the real world scenario to determine

optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU

working condition and temperature. Most of the time, the

CD-ROM Rotation Speed Control: by enabling the CD-ROM

Rotation Speed Control, you can adjust the rotation speed of your

CD-ROM. When you set the speed to high level, the CD-ROM will

work at its fastest speed and it will run at basic required speed

while you set the value to low speed.

fan would remain still when CPU is not fully utilized.

Note: Due to hundreds different brands of fan on the

market, inaccuracy may happen in some cases when you

had your rotation speed adjusted. It is still under the

criterion and please rest assured that it won’t cause any

problem to your system.

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

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

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

have to get into BIOS screen for the frequency and

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

you don’t have to surfer the boring stuffs anymore.

With brand-new and user-friendly EzClock that

AOpen specially designs for his users, you can adjust

those important values as you please and think of

suitable. This tailor-made EzClock allows you to set

the voltage and frequency of CPU, VGA, PCI and

memory under Windows environment as well as in

BIOS setting page; even better, those settings will be

displayed realtime. Having this handy EzClock, you

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

performance of your system. It provides you detailed

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

it works on utility, BIOS and POST.

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How You Adjust the Settings in EzClock Utility

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

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

CPU Color Bars:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

changes to CMOS.

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

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

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

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

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

change these CPU settings.

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

Control buttons:

“_” button allows you to minimize the utility and “X” button to close

the utility. Pressing “Apply” button you can save the changes to CMOS.

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

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

CPU Color Bars:

The color bars will light on

according to CPU operation

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CPU Fan, Voltage and Temperature:

representing CPU fan speed, CPU

voltage and CPU temperature in

Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees.

How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS

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

“+”, “-“, “PgUp” or “PgDn” keys, you can

adjust the frequency values of CPU Bus,

PCI Bus and DRAM.

Also, the same keys help you adjust the

voltage of CPU and DDR settings. Some

values may change while you adjust the

settings. You can press “F10” to save the

changes you’ve made.

Function Keys Description

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How Your Boot Screen Looks Like

After you finish setting BIOS, these setting values

will be displayed on the boot screen like the

shown picture here.

Every time you boot your system, both default and

current settings will pop up on the screen. Your

personal settings that had been adjusted earlier

will be highlighted; thus, you can have clear idea

how your system functions and monitor your

system more easily.

Current values

of your system

Default settings of

this motherboard

The highlighted setting

value you manually

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What is Hyper-Threading?

Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded software applications to process

threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, an

average improvement of ~40% in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput.

How Hyper-Threading Works

A form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT), Hyper-Threading technology allows multiple threads of software

applications to be run simultaneously on

one processor by duplicating the

architectural state on each processor

while the same processor execution

resources is shared. The figure below

represents how a Hyper-Threading based

processor differentiates a traditional

multiprocessor. The left-hand

configuration shows a traditional

multiprocessor system with two physical

processors. Each processor has its own

independent execution resources and

architectural state. The right-hand

configuration represents an Intel

Hyper-Threading technology based

processor. You can see that the architectural state for each processor is duplicated, while the execution resources is shared.

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For multiprocessor-capable software applications, the Hyper-Threading based processor is considered two separate logical

processors on which the software

applications can run without

modification. Also, each logical

processor responds to interrupts

independently. The first logical

processor can track one software

thread, while the second logical

processor tracks another software

thread simultaneously. Because the

two threads share the same

execution resources, the second

thread can use resources that would

be otherwise idle if only one thread

was executing. This results in an

increased utilization of the execution

resources within each physical

processor.

The figure below represents how

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

multi-threaded applications can now take advantage of thread-level parallelism on each physical processor for additional

performance. As software applications continue to be optimized to take greater advantage of processor parallelism,

Hyper-Threading technology provides an additional boost for newer capabilities and the growing needs of today’s users.

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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

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

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

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The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility should be installed onto the target system and the Windows * INF files outline the

operating system how the chipset components will be configured. It is recommended that the Intel

utility be installed onto the target system prior to the installation of other drivers.

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Chipset Software Installation

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You can install Intel VGA Driver to get the best graphics function of the chipset. You can find this driver from the Bonus Pack CD

auto-run menu.

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You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications, reduce PC boot times and add support for

RAID. Here the IAA Driver RAID Edition Driver only supports Windows XP. You can find the driver from the Bonus Pack CD

auto-run menu.

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This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS; you can find

the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.

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*Windows 98SE Installation Guide

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Installing Drivers with Existing Windows 98SE

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The following section details the installation of USB 2.0 driver on a system that has Windows 98SE already installed.

1. Enable the USB 2.0 controller and boot Windows.

2. The "Add New Hardware Wizard" will appear, informing you that it has found a "PCI Universal Serial Bus."

3. Click on "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Search for best driver for your device (Recommended)".

4. Insert the "Bonus CD" in CD-ROM.

5. Click on "Next," and from the generated choices, choose "Specify a location."

6. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Intel\USB2.0\Win98ME" in the text box that appears.

7. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows has found "Intel USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller" should appear.

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

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Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 98SE

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To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Windows 98SE, perform the following steps:

1. Choose "Settings" from the "Start" menu.

2. Choose "Control Panel," and then double-click on the "System" icon.

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3. Choose the "Device Manager" tab, and then click the "+" in front of "Universal Serial Bus Controllers." "Intel USB 2.0

Enhanced Host Controller" should appear.

* Windows 2000 Installation Guide

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Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System

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After enabling the USB 2.0 controller and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will 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\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press " OK ".

5. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows has found "Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller - ICH5" should

appear.

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

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Confirming Windows 2000 Installation

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1. From Windows 2000, open the Control Panel from "My Computer" followed by the System icon.

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

3. Click the "+" in front of "Universal Serial Bus controllers". "Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller - ICH5" should appear.

*Windows Me Installation Guide

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Installing Drivers with Existing Windows Me System

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The following section details the installation of USB 2.0 driver on a system that has Windows Me already installed and running.

1. After installing the USB 2.0 controller, boot system.

2. The "Add New Hardware Wizard" will appear, informing you that it has found a "PCI Universal Serial Bus."

3. Click on "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)."

4. Click on "Next," and from the generated choices, choose "Specify a location."

5. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM.

6. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Intel\USB2.0\Win98ME" in the text box that appears.

7. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows Me has found "Intel USB2.0 Enhanced Host Controller" should

appear.

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Confirming Driver Installation in Windows Me

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To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Windows Me, perform the following steps:

1. Choose "Settings" from the "Start" menu.

2. Choose "Control Panel," and then double-click on the "System" icon.

3. Choose the "Device Manager" tab, and then click the "+" in front of "Universal Serial Bus Controllers." "Intel USB2.0

Enhanced Host Controller" should appear.

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In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, you can find the LAN driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.

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BroadCom Ethernet Driver Install Guide under Win98SE/ME

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

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD"

3. Click "PCI Ethernet Controller"-> "Driver" -> "Update Driver" and Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended)”

And then Click "Next".

4. When prompted, insert the media to be searched into your CD-ROM drive, type the path to the driver, and select OK.

Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401

Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401" is the designation of the driver on your system.

5. In the Driver Files Search Results window, verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown, and then click next.

6. Then OS will request to insert the Bonus CD into CD-ROM Driver

7. Type the path of the BroadCom Ethernet driver and select "OK”

Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401

Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401" is the designation of the "bcm4sbe5.sys" on your Bonus CD.

8. BroadCom Ethernet driver installation finish

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BroadCom Ethernet Driver Install Guide under Windows NT4.0

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1. Verify that the Windows NT system is upgraded with Service Pack 4 or later.

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2. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have System Administrator privileges to install the driver software.

3. Open the Control Panel.

4. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.

5. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab.

6. Click "Add" to install a new adapter.

All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters

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

8. When prompted, insert the driver installation media, or choose a location to install the driver from. Type the path to the driver,

and click "OK".

For example, to install the adapter driver software for Windows NT, type D:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401 in the Insert Disk location

box (where "d:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401" is the designation of the LAN driver on Bonus CD).

9. With "Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK".

The adapter files are installed, and then the Network window is displayed showing the newly installed adapter.

10. Click "Close", then the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window appears.

11. Configure the TCP/IP protocol and click "OK".

12. When prompted to restart your computer, click "Yes".

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BroadCom Ethernet Driver Install Guide under Win98SE/ME

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

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD"

3. Click "PCI Ethernet Controller"->"Driver"->"Update Driver" and Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended)”

And then Click "Next".

4. When prompted, insert the media to be searched into your CD-ROM drive, type the path to the driver, and select OK.

Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705

Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705" is the designation of the driver on your system. 5．In the Driver Files Search Results window, verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown, then click Next.

6. Then OS will request to insert the Bonus CD into CD-ROM Drive

7. Type the path of the BroadCom Ethernet driver and select "OK"

Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705

Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705" is the designation of the "b57w2k.sys" on your Bonus CD.

8. BroadCom Ethernet driver installation finish

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BroadCom Ethernet Driver Install Guide under Windows NT4.0

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1. Verify that the Windows NT system is upgraded with Service Pack 4 or later.

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