Aopen AX4SPEGN User Manual
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AX4SP-G/AX4SP-GN/AX4SPE-G/AX4SPE-GN
DOC. NO.: AX4SPEGN-OL-E0307A
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AX4SP-G/AX4SP-GN/AX4SPE-G/AX4SPE-GN ......................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Before You Start..............................................................................................................................................................9
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN Comparison Table ......................................................................... 11
Feature Highlight........................................................................................................................................................... 12
Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................................................................................16
Motherboard Map .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Block Diagram ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Hardware Installation................................................................................................................ 19
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… ...................................................................... 20
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 21
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 22
CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 26
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” ..............................................................................................................................................28
CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable ............................................................................................................................... 29
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CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 31
JP22 Front Side Bus 800 MHz OverClocking Jumper ................................................................................................... 32
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper .............................................................................................. 33
DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 34
Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................37
ATX Power Connector...................................................................................................................................................38
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 39
STBY LED ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................41
Serial ATA Supported ....................................................................................................................................................43
IrDA Connector .............................................................................................................................................................47
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 48
Color Coded Back Panel ...............................................................................................................................................49
Support Realtek 8101L LAN Chip onboard (for AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN) .............................................................. 50
Support Eight USB 2.0 Connectors ............................................................................................................................... 51
Game Port Bracket Supported ...................................................................................................................................... 52
Chassis Intrusion Connector .........................................................................................................................................53
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 54
AUX-IN Connector......................................................................................................................................................... 55
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Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 56
AOConfig Utility ............................................................................................................................................................. 57
Resetable Fuse .............................................................................................................................................................59
3300µF Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................... 60
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................ 62
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 63
EzClock......................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Hyper Threading Technology......................................................................................................................................... 68
Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................70
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 70
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility....................................................................................................... 71
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ...................................................................................................................................72
Installing LAN Driver in Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP (for AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN)...............................................73
Installing USB 2.0 Driver in Windows 98SE/ME ............................................................................................................ 77
PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS..............................................................................................................83
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program..................................................................................................... 84
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 85
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .................................................................................................................86
WinBIOS Utility ............................................................................................................................................................. 88
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Glossary ....................................................................................................................................90
AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................... 90
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 90
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................................................................................................................... 90
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).................................................................................................................................... 91
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................ 91
ATA (AT Attachment) .....................................................................................................................................................91
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................92
Bluetooth....................................................................................................................................................................... 92
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................ 92
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ...................................................................................................................................... 93
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 93
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .................................................................................................... 93
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)....................................................................................................................... 93
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 94
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...........................................................................................................................94
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................ 94
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................. 94
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 94
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Hyper Threading ........................................................................................................................................................... 95
IEEE 1394..................................................................................................................................................................... 95
Parity Bit .......................................................................................................................................................................95
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ...................................................................................................................96
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................... 96
PnP (Plug and Play) ...................................................................................................................................................... 96
POST (Power-On Self Test) ..........................................................................................................................................96
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock .............................................................................................................................. 96
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) .................................................................................................. 97
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................................................................................................................97
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ...................................................................................................................................... 97
SATA (Serial ATA) .........................................................................................................................................................97
SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................... 98
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ....................................................................................................................................... 98
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) .....................................................................................................................................98
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)..................................................................................................................................... 98
Wireless LAN – 802.11b ................................................................................................................................................ 99
ZIP file........................................................................................................................................................................... 99
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 100
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Technical Support ...................................................................................................................104
Product Registration ...............................................................................................................107
How to Contact Us .................................................................................................................. 108
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN motherboard. The AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN /
AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN is Intel
chipset(for AX4SP-G and AX4SP-GN) or Intel
built in the M/B, the AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN motherboard can support Intel
and 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
Overclocking). In the AGP
long burst transfer up to 2112MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, the Intel 865-P/PE chipset memory
interface supports DDR
DDR RAM modules and the maximum memory size can be up to
2 GB. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA
mode, Serial ATA
on this board. On the strength of RealTek 8101L LAN controller
(for AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN) on board, it provides 10/100M
bps Ethernet for office and home use. Besides, the AX4SP-G /
AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN has an AC97 CODEC
chipset onboard, providing high performance and magic
surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. More
than that, this motherboard supports USB 2.0
fancy speed up to 480Mbps. Now, let’s enjoy all features from
AOpen AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN
motherboard.
®
Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel® 865-P
performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 8X/4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction
400/333/266 (Intel 865-P chipset only support DDR333/266) with densities of 128, 256, 512MB or 1 GB
150 Mbps and there are 5 PCI slots provided
®
865-PE chipset(for AX4SPE-G and AX4SPE-GN) . As high performance chipset
clock(for AX4SP-G and AX4SP-GN, they support 533/400 FSB clock and 800MHz
33/66/100
function with a
®
Socket 478 Pentium® 4
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Following we list functions of all models. “V” represents those functions that the model equips with and “X” represents
functions that models don’t have. Please always refer to this page to see the functions of your model.
Item AX4SP-G AX4SP-GN AX4SPE-G AX4SPE-GN
Chipset (NB, SB)
FSB
Memory
LAN
Intel 865-P, Intel ICH5 Intel 865-P, Intel ICH5 Intel 865-PE, Intel ICH5 Intel 865-PE, Intel ICH5
533/400 MHz 533/400 MHz 800/533/400 MHz 800/533/400 MHz
DDR 333/266 DDR 333/266 DDR 400/333/266 DDR 400/333/266
X
RealTek 8101L
10/100Mbps
X
RealTek 8101L
10/100Mbps
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CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 1.6GHz~3.20 GHz+ designed for Socket 478 technology. AX4SPE-G and AX4SPE-GN
support 400/533/800 MHz FSB; AX4SP-G and AX4SP-GN only support 400/533 MHz FSB.
Chipset
Intel 865-P/PE is a Memory Controller Hub (MCH) designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on 0.13
micron processor. The MCH provides CPU, DDR, AGP, Hub, and CSA Interfaces. The CPU interface supports Pentium 4
processor subset of the Extended Mode of the Scalable Bus Protocol. The MCH 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 865-P/PE platform supports the fifth generation I/O Controller Hub.
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 USB 2.0 ports, LPC interface controller; flash BIOS interface controller, PCI interface
controller, AC’97 digital controller, an ASF controller and a hub interface for communication with the 865-P/PE MCH.
Expansion Slots
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Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. All of them are
master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus. AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G /
AX4SPE-GN motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. The
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 Graphics
Memory
With Intel 865-P/PE 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(AX4SP-G and AX4SP-GN only support DDR266/333MHz). The two slots of DDR RAM can be composed of an
arbitrary mixture of 128, 256, 512 MB or 1GB DDR RAM and maximum up to 2GB.
LAN Port (AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN only)
For AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN, on the strength of Realtek 8101L LAN Chip on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform
LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels,
supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
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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.
On-board AC’97 Sound
AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN use the AC97 CODEC 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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Eight USB 2.0 Ports
Provides six ports on the back panel and one USB 2.0 header on the board, providing a total of eight USB 2.0 interface to
connect devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.
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.
Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend
to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features.
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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
1. Installing CPU and Fan
2. Installing System Memory (DIMM)
3. Connecting Front Panel Cable
4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable
5. Connecting ATX Power Cable
6. Connecting Back Panel Cable
7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default
8. Setting CPU Frequency
9.
Reboot
Installing Operating System (such as Windows XP)
10.
Installing Driver and Utility
11.
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Realtek 8101L LAN chip
AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN
32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5
Game Port Connector
2Mb Flash ROM BIOS
Onboard AC’97 CODEC
Front Audio Connector
AUX-IN Connector
CD-IN Connector
IrDA Connector
SYSFAN3 Connector
Case Open Connector
FDD Connector
USB 2.0 Connector
JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper
Serial ATA Ports x2
Front Panel Connector
SYSFAN2 Connector
STBY LED
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Motherboard Map
Colored Back Panel
JP22 FSB OverClocking Jumper
Resetable Fuse
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup
Enable/Disable Jumper
ATX Power Connector
3300μF Low ESR Capacitors
4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector
8x AGP Slot
478-pin CPU socket with Voltage
and Frequency Auto-detection that
supports Intel
1.6~3.20GHz+ CPU
Intel® 865-P/PE chipset
CPUFAN1 Connector
184-pin DIMMx2 supports Dual
Channel mode DDR 400/333/266
Max. to 2GB
(only AX4SPE-G and AX4SPE-GN
support DDR400)
ATA 33/66/100
IDE Connectors x2
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Pentium4
Northwood)
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Socket 478
Intel
Pentium 4
CPU
AGP 8x/4x Slot
Floppy Disk Drive x2
800/533/400MHz
System Bus
LAN connect Component
(for AX4SP-GN and
AX4SPE-GN)
DDR 400/333/266 Dual Channel
RAM up to 2G
DIMM Socket x2
Intel 86 5-P
(AX4SP-G and AX4SP-G N)
Intel 865-PE
(AX4SPE-GN and AXS PE-GN)
GMCH
USB 2.0
Connecto r x8
PCI Bus
Two Serial ATA Ports 150M B/s
ATA
33/66100
Realtek 8101L
(AX4SP-GNand
AX4SPE-GN)
1stUSB Port
2ndUSB Port
3rdUSB Port
4thUSB Port
32-bit PCI Slot x5
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Intel ICH5
Channel
Low
Pin
Count
Super
I/O
AC97
CODEC
Firmware Hub
2Mbit Flash EEPROM
Parallel Port
Serial Port x2
SATA 1
SATA 2
IDE Dr ive 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.
1
Normal
default
1
Clear CMOS
Pin 1
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.
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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Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
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CPU cut edge
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.
Note: If you do not match the CPU
socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it
ma
damage the CPU.
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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, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated.
There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.
CPU VID signal
(Automatically generates CPU voltage)
Intel® Socket 478
Power Regulator
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.
5V (Protected by power supply)
3.3V (Protected by power supply)
12V (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
n
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 frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will
reset the system to reboot in five seconds. Then, BIOS will detect the CPU’s default frequency and POST again. With this
special feature, you can easily overclock your system to get a higher system performance without removing the system housing
and save the hassle from setting the jumper to clear CMOS data when system hangs.
AOpen
Watch Dog ABS
Enable/Disable Signal
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 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 again.
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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 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
Pentium 4 3.20G 3200MHz 200MHz 800MHz 16x
Celeron 2.1G 2100MHz 100MHz 400MHz 21x
Celeron 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x
Celeron 2.4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz 24x
Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be fastest CPU on the market by the time
you received this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references only.
CPU Core
Frequency
FSB Clock System Bus Ratio
Note: Intel 865-P/PE chipset only
support Northwood processors, and
don’t support Willamette processors.
Northwood processor would detect
the clock ratio automatically, you may
not be able to adjust the clock ratio in
BIOS manually.
Warning: Intel® 865-P/PE chipset
supports maximum 400/533/800 MHz
(100/133/200MHz*4) system bus and
66MHz AGP clock; higher clock
setting may cause serious system
damage.
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