AOpen I975XAYDG User Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter Table of Contents

Chapter Table of Contents ....................................................................... 1

1.1 Saftey Precautions.......................................................................................4

1.2 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start.......................................................... 6

1.3 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................7

1.4 Safety Information ......................................................................................7

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard............................................... 8

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................8

2.2 Specification...............................................................................................9

2.3 Block Diagram ..........................................................................................10

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation............................................................. 11

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .......................................................................11

3.2 Installation You Have to Know.....................................................................12

Installing CPU ...........................................................................................12

Installing CPU Cooler .................................................................................13

Installing CPU and System Fans .................................................................. 15

Installing CPU and System Fans .................................................................. 16

Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................17

Maximum the Performance of the Dual Channel ............................................18

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................19

Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................20

Connecting ATX Power Cables.....................................................................21

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ...........................................................22

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................22

Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................22

Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................23

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................24

1

Adjusting your Hot Plug Hard Disk Setting....................................................26

Connecting PCI express x16 Graphics Slot....................................................27

Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot ..................................................................29

10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported...............................................................30

Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................31

Connecting 1394.......................................................................................32

Connecting IR...........................................................................................33

Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effects .................................................................39

Connecting Front Audio.............................................................................. 40

Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................41

Connecting COM1......................................................................................42

Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................43

LED Indication ..........................................................................................44

3.4 Jumper Settings........................................................................................ 45

4.2 Other Useful Features ................................................................................48

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 49

5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 49

5.2 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program........................................50

5.3 How To Enter BIOS Setup...........................................................................50

Standard CMOS Features ...........................................................................51

Advanced BIOS Features............................................................................ 53

Advanced Chipset Features.........................................................................55

Integrated Peripherals ...............................................................................57

Power Management Setup..........................................................................62

PC Health Status.......................................................................................64

Frequency/Voltage Control .........................................................................65

Load Optimized Defaults ............................................................................68

Set Supervisor Password............................................................................69

Set User Password.....................................................................................69

2

Save & Exit Setup .....................................................................................69

Exit without Saving ...................................................................................69

5.4 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................70

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers................................................................... 72

6.1 Installing Drivers.......................................................................................73

6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 74

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 75

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 76

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................77

Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................77

Technical Support......................................................................................78

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 78

3

1.1 Saftey Precautions

Read and follow the content of the Safety Precautions carefully so that you will not
cause damages to yourself or the system. Before you install or remove any
components on the motherboard, please make sure to disconnect the power first
in case of damaging motherboard or other components.

1. Pay attention to the warnings and notes in this manual to avoid causing
unexpected damages.

2. If you want to wipe the system with a wet cloth, make sure the power cord is
disconnected. We strongly suggest not wiping the system with chemical
detergent or sprayed detergent.

3. When moving the system, do not put the system on uneven, unsteady or
slanting surfaces.

4. Do not put water cups or beverages near the PC system to protect the system
from being damaged by liquids.

5. There are ventilati n g holes on the backboard of the computer case to
dissipate heat from the machine. You should pay attention to the position of
the PC so that the ventilating holes will not be blocked. And please not put
your PC on somewhere is not sturdy. – For examples, rug or bed mattress.
Ensure smooth air flow for heat dissipation.

6. Before plugging on power, make certain the electric voltage in your area
complies with that of the PC. If you are uncertain, consult your PC dealer or
power electricity Service Compan y firs t .

7. Do not place your PC on power cords. Do not leave the power lines in tangles
which may cause people to stumble.

8. It normally takes several power sockets to meet the need of a PC system.
Make sure the extension power line is capable of handling the total power load
for all equipment. In other words, the combined amperage of all electrical
appliances on the same extension line must not exceed the strength of
electric currents or the fuse of the extension line.

9. When your PC system runs into problems, do not try to fix it unless you
possess adequate technical know-how concerning hardware installation and
system maintenance. It would advisable to seek assistance from qualified
maintenance personnel so as to avoid improper disassembling.

10. When encountering the following more dangerous situations, unplug the
power to shut down the system and then seek help from professional
technicians to fix the problems:

4

* When liquids find their way into the equipment.
* When the PC is soaked by rain.
* When power cords or power sockets are damaged.
* When the PC system falls to the ground and is damaged.
* When some problems cannot be solved even after you installed the system

according to the manual or the troubleshooting procedures.

Disposal Instruction

For better protection of our earth, please don't throw this electronic device into
municipal trash bin when discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure utmost
protection of the global environment, please recycle the product.

For more information about the collection and recycling of Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE) , you are invited to visit our homepage at
www.aopen.com under “Green Products”.

5

1.2 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start

First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products.
Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal
needs with our gre at industr y-d esigning ability and our ev erlasti ng perse ver ance
to the quality of all our products.

This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it
well for your future reference. If you lost your printed manual, you may also go to
our website at http://www.aopen.com

Now, we would like to invite you to personally experience this user-friendly
manual and all of the powerful functions this AOpen product offers.

The logos of Adobe and Acrobat are the registered trademarks of Adobe Systems
Incorporated.

The logos of AMD, Athlon, and Duron are the registered trademarks of Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc.

The logos of Intel, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, III, Pentium 4 and Pentium Mare the registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation.

The logos of nVidia are the registered trademarks of nVidia Corporation.
The logos of Microsoft, Windows are the registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in

America and other countries.

to download the updated file.

All the titles of the products and the trademarks mentioned in this manual are for the
purpose of illustrative conveniences and are possessed by their respective firms.

We regret not informing about any changes in usage standards and other related
information. AOpen reserves the right of altering or modifying the content of this manual. In
case of any mistakes or incorrect descriptions, which include those on the products, AOpen
makes no guarantee or commitments.

This document is based on the copyright laws in order to protect our company and reserve
all rights.

Under no circumstances are any types of duplicating and loading this brochure in any
databases and media permitted except the permission signed on formal document by
AOpen Company.

1996-2006 Copyrights, AOpen Ltd. All rights reserved.

6

1.3 Features of This Manual

T o help you g rab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain
conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently:

Note

Warning / Caution

Warning

Tip

Warning

This contains knowledge you should know in process
of assembling, or some helpful tips.

Please be careful when you see this mark. It
highlights mistakes that occur often during
assembling, or something you need to pay attention
to.

This tip tells you some useful information that will
make your installation smoothly.

1.4 Safety Information

Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit
before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an objec t
that is of ground connection or with metal surface.

Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting.

Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please
make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard
or other components.

7

r

14 17 16

20 22 34 33 32 35

26 27 28 29 30 24 21 23 12 15 31

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

18

19

25

1. CD_IN Connector 19. Realtek HDA CODEC

2. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 20. Printer Connector

3. 1x4 Peripheral Connector 21. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x 2

4. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 22. Marvell Gigabit LAN Chip

5. J4, J5 Front Side Bus Frequency Jumpe

6. PCI Expressx1 Slot x 2 24. Stand By LED

7. Intel ICH7 Chipset 25. Front Audio Connector

8. Intel 975X Chipset 26. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

9. 479-pin CPU Socket supporting Intel Yonah
Core Duo / Solo Processors

10. Serial ATA II connector x 4 28. IEEE 1394 Connector

11. Boot LED 29. Power Master II Ready LED

12. CPU FAN connector 30. USB 2.0 Connector x 2

13. 240-pin DIMM x 4 support DDR II 667MHz 31. Front Panel Connector

14. System FAN1 Connector 32. Power Master II Connector

15. Power FAN connector 33. Reset Switch Connector

16. 24-pin ATX power connector 34. Power Switch Connector

17. ATA100 IDE connector 35. FDD Connector

18. PCI Expressx16 Graphics Slot x 2

23. COM connector

27. ATA133 IDE connector x 2

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

8

2.2 Specification

Here is the main function of your motherboard.

Models i975Xa-YDG

CPU

Chipset

Main Memory

Graphics

IDE

LAN Integrated Marvell Gigabit PCI Expr ess Ethernet Chip
Sound
USB Integrated in Chipset, USB 2.0 x 8 Port

IEEE 1394 Agere 1394 Control Chip

Slots

Back Panel I/O

On Board Connector

BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS
Board Size 305 mm x 244 mm

Intel Yonah Core Duo/Solo Processor
Socket 479
533/667MHz
Intel 975X/ICH7

Dual Channel Mode
DDRII DIMM x 4, DDRII 533/667MHz
Support ECC
DIMM Type : 256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory : 4GB
Dual PCI Expressx16 Graphics Slots
Support Dual Graphics Cards ATi Crossfire Mode
Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA II Controller
JMicron External Serial ATA II Control Chip
ITE IDE ATA133 control chip [Support RAID 0, 1, 0+1]
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

Intel High Definition Audio on-board
Support 7.1 Channel

PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot x 2
PCI Express x 1 Slot x 2
PCI Slot x 2
PS/2 Keyboard x 1, PS/2 Mouse x 1
Hot Plug SATA Connector x 1
USB Port x 4, LAN Port x 1,
IEEE 1394 x 1,
SP/DIF_In x 1, SP/DIF_Out x 1
Speaker_Out x 1
Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1
Side Surround x 1, Rear Surround x 1
Center/Subwoofer x 1
Floppy Drive Connector x 1
IDE Channel: ATA100 x 1
IDE Channel: ATA133 x 2
Serial ATA II Channel x 4
Front Panel x 1
Front Audio x 1
CPU FAN x 1
System FAN x 1
Power FAN x 1
CD_IN x 1,
COM Connector x 1
Printer Connector x 1
IEEE 1394 x 1
USB2.0 Connector x 2
Power Master II Connector x 1
Reset Switch Connector x 1
Power Switch Connector x 1

9

2.3 Block Diagram

Up

p

p

PCI Express x 16

hics Slot

Gra

4 GB/s

Socket 479

Intel Core

Duo/Solo

CPU

(Yonah)

533/667 MHz
System Bus

ATA 33/66/100

300MB/s

PCI Bus

IDE Drive x 2

Serial ATA Port x
4

32-bit PCI Slot x
2

PCI Express x 16

hics Slot

Gra

DDRII DIMM x 2

Marvell
Gigabit

LAN Chip

Hardware Moniter

Parallel Port x 1

PS2 Keyboard x 1

PS2 Mouse x 1

Floppy Disk Drive

Serial Port x 2

4 GB/s

Dual Channel Mode
DDRII 533/667
Support ECC
SDRAM

to 4GB

Winbond

Super I/O

Intel

975X

Chipset

500MB/s

Agere IEEE

1394

Controller

JMicron
Serial ATA
Controller

ITE

ATA133
Controller

PCI Express x 1
Slot x 1

HD Audio

CODEC

ICH7

4Mbits Flash
EEPROM

IEEE 1394 x 2

Serial ATA

IDE Drive x 4

10

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Hardware

q

Installation

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure

2. Installing CPU
Fan & System Fan

3. Installing
Memory Module

4. Installing HD,
CD-ROM and
SATA Disk, etc

5. Connecting Front
Panel Cable

1. Installing CPU

12. Installing Drivers &
Utilities

11. Installing
Operating System
(such as, Windows
XP)

8. Installing Other
Devices (IrDA Remote
Control, Audio, etc)

10. Loading
Default BIOS,
Setting CPU

uency

Fre

9. Connecting
Back Panel Ports
(Keyboard,
Mouse, etc)

6. Connecting ATX
Power Cable

7. Installing PCI
Express x 16 Graphics
Cards & PCI Express x 1
Cards and PCI Cards

11

3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This socket supports uFCPGA & uFCBGA package CPU, which is the latest CPU
package developed by Intel. It is for Yonah core CPU, other forms of CPU package
are impossible to be fitted in.

1. Unscrew the socket screw counter-clockwise.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper
interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the
socket.

3. Lock the CPU socket screw clockwise to fasten CPU.

Socket Pin 1

Socket screw

Golden arrow

12

Installing CPU Cooler

This motherboard comes with a special CPU cooler desiged by AOpen, please
follow the following steps to install CPU cooler.

1. Please apply thermal paste on the bottom of CPU cooler.

2. Gently put CPU cooler onto the CPU retention module.

Thermal
paste

3. Connect cooler’s fan power cable onto CPUFAN connector.

CPUFAN
Connector

13

4. Install two cooler fixing sticks into CPU retention module.

Fixing stick

Note: Make sure that the
sticks have hooked CPU
retention module firmly.

5. Push the iron plate of cooler fixing stick up a bit.

14

Iron plate

6. Then press iron plate downward till you hear a “clip” sound.

Note: Make sure that the
iron plate have hooked CPU
retention module firmly.

15

Installing CPU and System Fans

Plug the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan,
you can also plug it in and SYSFAN and PWRFAN connector.

CPUFAN Connector

GND
+12V
Sensor

PWRFAN Connector

Sensor
+12V
GND

Sensor
+12V
GND

SYSFAN1 Connector

Note: Some CPU FANs do
not have sensor pin so that
they cannot support fan
monitoring.

16

Installing Memory Modules

DIMM slots are designed in black and navy blue which are very easy to recognize.
Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down
firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.

Tab

Pin 1

Limition: Due to the implemention of SLI function that required to reserve
buffers of memory, this board with Intel Yonah CPU can not support up to 4GB memory
address.).

Key

Note: The tabs of the DIMM
slot will clip to hold the DIMM in
place when the DIMM touches
the slot’s bottom.

17

Maximum the Performance of the Dual Channel

To obtain the highest performance of Dual Channel, the configuration of DIMM
must meet the following conditions.

Matched DIMM configuration in each channel

● Same density (256MB~1GB)
As long as you inse rt memory modules of same densit y into Chan nel 1 (DIMM1
& DIMM3) and Channel 2 (DIMM2 & DIMM4), dual channel mode will be
enabled.
DIMM1 + DIMM3 = DIMM2 + DIMM4
Ex: if you insert 1GB memory module into DIMM1 and DIMM3, dual channel
Mode will be enabled when DIMM2 + DIMM4 = 1GB

● Same DRAM bus width (x8 or x16)

● Either single-sided or double-sided

Note: Using memory modules of different chip will
cause system unstable.

When dual channel mode is successfully enabled, the screen will show “Dual
Channel Mode Enabled” while entering POST screens.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 1984-2003, Phoenix Technologies, LTD.

i975Xa-YDG R1.00 Feb. 24.2006 AOpen Inc.

Main Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M CPU 000 @ 2.19GHz(199x11), 2 CPUs
Memory Testing : 1047552K
CPU Brand Name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M CPU 000 @ 1.03GHz

Memory Frequency For DDR2 667 (Dual Channel Mode Enabled)
IDE Channel 0 Master : Maxtor 6E040L0 NAR61590
IDE Channel 0 Slave : None
IDE Channel 2 Master : None
IDE Channel 2 Slave : None
IDE Channel 3 Master : None
IDE Channel 3 Slave : None

18

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connect the 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy
connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong
orientation may cause system damage.

Pin 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector

Primary

Master (1st)

Primary

Slave (2nd)

Pin 1

Secondary

Slave (4th)

ATA 66/100/133 IDE Connector

Pin 1

Primary

Master (1st)

IDE2 (Primary)

Secondary

Master (3rd)

FDD Connector

Pin 1

19

Connecting Front Panel Cable

Attach the power LED, speaker 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 housing, which is a 2-pin female
connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power
switch connector marked SPWR.

HDD LED
HDD LED

SPEAKER

Front Panel Connector

20

NC
NC

+5V

+5V
+5V

GND

NC

1

Power Switch
GND

Power LED-

GND

Power LED+
NC
GND

GND
RESET
GND

Connecting ATX Power Cables

This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown
below. Make sure you plug them in the right direction. We strongly recommend
you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 20-pin connector.

Note: Please aim the power plug at the left side of the 24-pin AT X power
connector when the foolproof design faces you as shown.

Aiming at the

left side

+12V
+12V
Ground
Ground

Foolproof

21

g p

”

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency

Setting CPU Core Voltage

This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage
automatically during power-on.

Setting CPU Frequency

i975Xz-YDG is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through 1MHz
stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS. CPU Core Frequency = CPU external
frequency x CPU Ratio. However, all CPU now selling in the market belong to
"Fixed Multiplier". That means users can not adjust the CPU Ratio but only change
CPU FSB clock to achieve overclocking.

(Users do the overclocking at their own risk!!)

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Bus Frequency

Processor

Number

Core Duo T2700 65nm 2.33GHz 667MHz 2MB L2
Core Duo T2600 65nm 2.16GHz 667MHz 2MB L2
Core Duo T2500 65nm 2GHz 667MHz 2MB L2
Core Duo T2400 65nm 1.83GHz 667MHz 2MB L2
Core Duo T2300 65nm 1.66GHz 667MHz 2MB L2
Core Solo T1400 65nm 1.83GHz 667MHz 2MB L2
Core Solo T1300 65nm 1.66GHz 667MHz 2MB L2

Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be faster CPU on the market by the

time you receiv ed this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references only.

Architecture

Clock

Speed

Front

Side Bus

Cache Ratio

14
13
12
11
10
11
10

Tip: When you fail to over-clock, you could:

1. Clear CMOS (JP14) to restore the default setting.

2. After turnin

Warning: Intel 975X chipset support maximum 667MHz (166MHz*4) system
bus; higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.

ower on, press “Home

immediately until the screen appears.

22

Connecting Serial ATA

To connect a serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect
two ends of the serial AT A cable to the serial A T A 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 AT A hard disks are installed on serial
AT A ports, the one connected on P ort0 (SA T A1) will be set as the first boot device
automatically.

SATA2

SATA1

Serial ATA II Port

SATA3

SATA4

23

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting

Except its original 1 set of parallel IDE, this motherboard supports the latest serial
ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed serial AT A hard disks
on your operating system after having them instal led, the p roblem ma y lie in th e
BIOS setting. You can simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly.

After installing your hard disks properly, you can directly go to BIOS setting
screen for adjustment. Simply pressing “Integrated Peripherals Æ OnChip
IDE Device Æ On-Chip Serial ATA” to choose your preferable mode. If you
have no intention of changing its original setting, the default would be “Auto”.

24

If you desire to change the default setting,
press Enter for selection list:

Disabled:

there are only traditional IDE hard disks
had been installed on your system.
Disabling this item will also cancel the
detection of serial ATA hard disks during
POST, which will theoretically speed up

your boot-up time a little bit; however,
please remember to re-adjust the setting here if you want to use serial ATA hard
disk later.

Auto:

This is factory default setting on this motherboard. Basically, if your system
functions properly, it is no necessary to change it. The system will automatically
recognize PATA (IDE) as primary..

Combined Mode:

installed at the same time, then you can choose this mode. Under this mode, you
can randomly choose either IDE hard disks or serial AT A had disk as your first boot
device. But please note, IDE will exist with serial ATA in a mapping way, which
means it will occupy one of the serial Channel and leave you one serial Channel
only. When PATA Mode is set to primary, SATA3 and SATA4 will be set to secondary,
and when PA TA Mode is set to secondary , SA T A1 and SA T A2 will be set to primary.

Enhanced Mode:

Windows.NET Server), it is highly recommended that you select Enhanced Mode.
Under this mode the system will detect all six devices (traditional IDE x 2, Serial
AT A x 4) completely and function perfectly. But please note that PA T A Mode is set
to primary under this mode.

Note: According to practical lab tests of us, there are no obvious
problems or mistakes happened when we set this mode under
Windows2000 operating system; however, it is not recommended by
Intel.

If you have traditional IDE hard disks and serial AT A hard disks

If you are using the latest operating system (say , Windows XP,

You can choose this item if

SATA Only:

You may select this mode if you install serial ATA hard disks only.

25

Adjusting your Hot Plug Hard Disk Setting

External Hot Plug SATA HDD:

1. Plug SATA cable to onboard External

2. Plug SATA cable to SATA HDD

26

Connecting PCI express x16 Graphics Slot

This motherboard provides a PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot, a black slot having
the latest PCI Express x 16 specification on motherboard. The PCI Express x 16 is
a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. T raditionally AGP used
both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 8X AGP, and the data transfer
rate could achieve 2.1GB/s. Now PCI Express x 16 is moving to higher data
transfer rate, which is upgraded to 8.0GB/s (250MB/s x 16 x 2, it’s 4.0GB/s per
direction)..

PCIex16

JP3 ~ JP12

27

1. Please plug ATX 4Pin Power to the onboard 4 Pins peripherals connector. It is

recommended and must plug while you want to use one or two PCI Express
VGA. This power can provide extra power from power supply to make sure all
peripherals run well. It is POWER IN connector.

2. Plug PCI Express VGA card properly

3. This MB allow you plug two PCI Express x 16 VGA cards

28

Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot

This motherboard provides one PCI Express x 1 slot, which is located between the
PCI Express x 16 and traditional PCI slot. In order to go with the step of today’s
and tomorrow’s processors, PCI Express x 1 provides higher I/O bandwidth. The
transfer data rate could achieve 500MB/s concurrently (it’s 250MB/s per
direction), which is nearly 4 time s faster than the t raditional P CI. Y ou could ins tall
any PCI Express x 1 device in these slots for your preference.

PCIex1

29

10/100/1000Mbps LAN Supported

On the strength of Marvell Gigabit LAN controller on board, this motherboard
provides 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45
connector is located on the top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED
indicates link mode; it lights in yellow when linking to n etwork. The left hand side
LED indicates the transfer mode and will light in green when data is transferring
at 100Mbps (never lights while at 10Mbps), but will light in orange when
transferring in Gigabit’s mode. To enable or disable this function, you may simply
adjust it through BIOS. To enable LAN wakeup function, you have to set the
“Wake on PCI Card” enable in the BIOS “Power Management Setup” section.

ACT LED (Right)

Yellow

Speed LED (Left)

Green 100Mbps

Orange Gigabit mode

30

Connecting USB2.0

This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as
mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the back panel.
You can use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or
chassis front panel.

Pin 1

Pin 1

31

Connecting 1394

A

(

)

With IEEE1394 Chip on board (AGERE 1394), having its data transfer rate up to
400Mb/s, this interface can connect to devices that require high data transferring
performance such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please
use appropriate cables to connect IEEE1394 devices.

Pin1

+12V (Fused)

TPA+

GND

TPB+

1 2

-

TP
GND

TPB-

Fused

+12V
SHIED GND

IEEE 1394 Connector

32

Warning: Please note that
Hot-Plug is not allowed on
IEEE 1394 headers; doing so
will burn the controller IC and
damage the motherboard.

Connecting IR

1. Take IR_Receiver and IR_Remote Control from package

2. Install IR_Receiver

(1) Instal l IR_Receiver Connector on the Power Master II Connector

IR_Data_In

1

+5VSB

GND

KEY

Power Master II

Connector

33

(2) Instal l IR_Receiver on the front panel of case, the receiver should not

have any block on it. So it can receive IR signal without interfere.

IR Receiver

3. Remote Control Installation:

(1) Pul l out Remote Control’s battery socket

Push the stick on the
left side and pull out
battery socket

(2) Pl acce battery into battery socket and plug into remote control

togetherly

34

4. Install AOpen COO Paradise Utility

(1) Put AOpen Bonus Pack CD into Optical driver, there will show screen

with ” EZInstall”, Select “Install Utilities”. In “Install Utilities”, click
“AOpen COO Paradise”

Press the icon will prompt the
“Install Utility” page. You
may also press “Back” to
return to the Main page.

(2) After installation, you can find icon on the desk with AOpen COO

Paradise Utility

35

36

5. Remote Control picture

Power On/Off

Windows Media Player

Previous Track

Task

Play

Pause

Next Track

Arrows

Window
Fast key

Auto Mode / Normal Mode
FSB Up

FSB Down
Vloume Up

Vloume Down
Mute

Stop

Full Screen,
(Zoom Out/In)

Enter

AOpen remote control can help you to make convience life. You can

1). Power On/Off control for PC

- One can use remote con trol to power on the machine and shut down the
machine with one click on remote control.

2). Over-clocking

- User can use this remote control to make over-clocking with 1MHz step per
click. Especial under game environment, user can click to increase performance
instantly . No need to shut down machine and power on again to enter BIOS setup.
Over-clcokin g using AOpen remo te control is ve ry convience a nd instant solut ion.

3). Window Media player control to play DVD, VCD

- With AOpen remote control on hand. User can enjoy AV program with one
thumb click. Media player is ready for it. You can enjoy MP3/ VCD, even DVD if
your system provided DVD decoder through window media player.

37

Below picture show you the AOpen COO Paradise utility which it brings clear
information for you while you are over-clocking.

38

Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effects

This motherboard comes with an ALC880 CODEC, which supports the latest 7.1
Channel with high quality of audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio
experience. This motherboard provides 7.1 Channel ports shown as below.
Picture represents the standard location of all speakers in 7.1 Channel sound
tracks. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green “Speaker out”
port , rear surround speakers to orange port, side surround speakers to gray port
and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to black port on the back panel.

39

Connecting Front Audio

r

Y

_

_

If the housing is 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 the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the
cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an
audio port on the front panel.

Pin1

MIC_L

1

AUD_GND
FRONT_IO_Plug
AUD_RET_R
KE
AUD_RET_L

40

AUD

AUD_MIC_R

AUD

FRONT_IO_SENSE

FPOUT_R

AUD_FPOUT_L

Front Audio Connecto

Connecting CD_IN

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

CD-IN Connector

L
GND
GND

R

41

Connecting COM1

r

This motherboard provides two serial ports. All of them are on the left of PCI32
slot. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.

DCD#
SOUT
GND
RTS#
R1#

1

SIN
DTR#
DSR
CTS#

COM1 Connecto

42

Colored Coded Back Panel

The onboard I/O devices have PS2 Keyboard/Mouse, Serial ATA II, RJ-45 LAN
Jack, IEEE 1394 Ports, USB Ports, S/PDIF_Out, S/PDIF_Inand Audio Connector,
ect. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

PS/2 Keyboard

Connector

Hot Plug SATA II

IEEE

1394

LAN Jack

USB 2.0 Ports

RJ45

S/PDIF_Out

S/PDIF_In

Rear SUR
Line-In
Center/

Subwoofer
Speaker Out
MIC_In
Side SUR

PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard which use a PS/2 connector.
PS/2 Mouse: For PC-Mouse which use a PS/2 connector.
Serial ATA: To connect with Serial ATA Hardware Drive Disk.
IEEE 1394 Port: Available for connecting IEEE 1394 interface devices.
USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices.
RJ-45 LAN Port: To connect Ethernet for home or office use.
S/PDIF Out: An optical S/PDIF output to send signals via the digital

outputs.

S/PDIF In:

An optical S/PDIF input to record from the digital inputs.

Side Surround: For side surround speaker.
Center/Subwoofer: For center & subwoofer speaker.
Rear Surround: For rear speaker.
Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player.
Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier.
MIC-In: To connect with Microphone

43

LED Indication

LED indication including Standby LED and BOOT LED are AOpen’s considerate
designs that aim at providing you friendly system information.

STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard, giving you a
convenient indication check the system power status in 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). After POST diagnoses everything all
right and finishes the booting, the LED will stay on otherwise it will remain
flashing to warn you that mistakes have occurred during POST.

Power Master II Ready LED will light up while Power Master Function is
working.

STBY LED

BOOT LED

Power Master II Ready LED

44

3.4 Jumper Settings

JP14 Clear CMOS

Pin 1

You can clear CMOS t o restore s ystem de fault se tting. 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 pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

1

Normal

(Default)

JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper

Clear CMOS

1

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fails because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

45

1 1

JP28 Keyboard/
Mouse Wakeup Jumper

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. The factory default
setting is “Disable” (1-2), and you may enable this
function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

Pin 1

Disable

(Default)

JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse

Enable

46

JP4 and JP5 Front Side
Bus Clock Frequency
Jumper

Front Side Bus, FSB is also known as the
Processor Bus, Memory Bus, or System Bus and
connects the CPU with the main memory and is
used to connect to other components within the
computer.

Front Side Bus Frequency Jumper

JP4

JP5

Normal

(Default)

47

1

1

JP5

FSB 800MHz

(Take off Jumpers)

Over-Clocking

1JP4

1

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

4.2 Other Useful Features

With excellent design ability of R&D team, AOpen boasts for its various powerful
and handy features that come with our product like follows. You are welcomed
to visit our technical website to learn more about those features.

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

48

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

5.1 Introduction

System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu; this menu
allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into
the 128 bytes CMOS area (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset).

The Phoenix-Award BIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is
a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical
low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel
ports.

AOpen’s R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS settings of this
motherboard. However, some default settings of BIOS cannot fine-tune those
sections that controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide
you and help you to configure some other settings.

T o enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST (P ower-On Self Test) screen
is shown on your monitor.

49

5.2 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup
Program

Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose,
press <Enter> key to select, and use <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to
change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS
setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in
the Phoenix-AwardBIOS setup program.

Key Description

Page Up or + Change setting to next value or increase the value.
Page Down or - Change setting to previous value or decrease value.
Enter Select the item.
Esc In main menu: Quit without saving any changes.

In sub menu: Exit current menu to main menu.
Up Arrow Highlight previous item.
Down Arrow Highlight next item.
Left Arrow Move the light bar to left side of menu.
Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu.
F10 Save changed settings and exit setup program.

5.3 How To Enter BIOS Setup

After finishing the jumper settings and connecting cables, you can power on and
enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self T est) and choose
"Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.

Del

50

Standard CMOS Features

The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the date,
time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and <PgUp>
or <PgDn> to select the value for each item.

Standard CMOS Features > Date

To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Press <PgUp> or <PgDn> to set
the current date. The date format is month, date, and year.

Standard CMOS features > Time

To set the time, highlight the Time parameter. Pres s <PgUp> or <PgDn> to set
the current time in hour, minute, and second format. The time is based on the
24 hour military clock.

Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 0 Master
Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 0 Slave
Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 2 Master
Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 2 Slave
Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 3 Master
Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 3 Slave

This item lets you select the IDE hard d isk parameters that your system supports.
These parameters are Size, Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder
for Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing Zone and Number of
Sector per Track. The default setting is
automatically detect the parameters of installed HDD (Hard Disk Drive) at POST
(Power-On Self Test). If you prefer to enter HDD parameters manually, select
Manual.

51

Auto, which enables BIOS to

Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 0 Master > IDE HDD
Auto-Detection

Press “Enter” to auto-detect parameters of HDD

Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 0 Master > IDE Channel 0 Master
(Slave)

Define the parameters of IDE devices in Channel 0 (Master or Slave). Available
options:

z None: if there is no device, please select “None” for speeding boot up.
z Auto: enable BIOS to auto-detect parameters of IDE device. (Default)
z Manual: allow users to define parameter of IDE device.

Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 0 Master > Access Mode

Set the using mode of HDD. Available options: CHS / LBA / Large / Auto
(default). User can select the mode according to the label on HDD.

z Cylinder: Enter cylinder number
z Head: Enter head number
z Precomp: Write precompensation
z Landing Zone: Location of head
z Sector: Sector Number

Standard CMOS features > Drive A
This item allows use r select the floppy drive type. Ava ilable items: None / 360KB

5.25” / 1.2MB 5.25” / 720KB 3.5” / 1.44MB 3.5” / 2.88MB 3.5”
Standard CMOS features > HaltOn

This parameter enables you to control the system stops in case of Power-On Self
Test (POST) error. Available items: No errors / All errors / All, But Keyboard
/ All, But Diskette / All, But Disk/Key

52

Advanced BIOS Features

This screen appears when you select the option "Advanced BIOS Features" from
the main menu.

Advanced BIOS Features > Removable Device Priority
Advanced BIOS Features > Removable Device Priority > Floppy Disks
Advanced BIOS Features > Hard Disk Boot Priority

z Ch0 M.: MAXTOR 6L080J4
z Bootable Add-in Cards

Advanced BIOS Features > CD-ROM Boot Priority

This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence.

Advanced BIOS Features > First Boot Device
Advanced BIOS Features > Second Boot Device
Advanced BIOS Features > Third Boot Device

This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence.
Available options:

z Removable: Floppy, USB, ZIP…etc
z Hard Disk: Hard Disk Drives
z CD-ROM: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM…etc
z LAN: LAN Card with boot ROM

z Disabled

Advanced BIOS Features > Boot Other Device

This parameter allows you to enable other system boot up devices that is not
described above.

53

Advanced BIOS Features > Security Option

The “System” option limits access to both the System boot and BIOS setup. A
prompt asking you to enter your password appears on the screen every time you
boot the system.

The “Setup” option limits access only to BIOS setup.
T o disable the security option, select Password Setting from the main menu, don't

type anything and just

Advanced BIOS Features > Full Screen Logo Show

Available options: Disabled, Enabled

press <Enter>

54

Advanced Chipset F e atures

The "Advanced Chipset Features" includes settings for the chipset dependent
features. These features are related to system performance.

Warning: Make sure you fully understand the items contained
in this menu before you try to change anything. You may change
the parameter settings to improve system performance. However,
it may cause your system to be unstable if the setting is not

Advanced Chipset features > DRAM Timing Selectable

Available options:

z By SPD: System will define timing according to default of Dram. (Default)
z Manual: Allow user to define timing himself.

Advanced Chipset features > CAS Latency Time

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency
depends on the DRAM timing.
Available options: 5, 4, 3, 6, Auto

Advanced Chipset features > DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

This field lets user to insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe
signals, used when RAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives fater
performance; and Slow give more stable performance. This field applies only
when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
Available options: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Auto

Advanced Chipset features > DRAM RAS# Precharge

If an insufficient number of cycles are allowed for the RAS to accumulate its
charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may
fail to retain data. Fast give faster performance; and Slow gives more stable
performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the
system.
Available options: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Auto

55

Advanced Chipset features > Precharge dealy (tRAS)

Select the operating system that is active to precharge delay.
Available options: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Advanced Chipset features > System Memory Frequency

This item is used to set DRAM timing.
Available options: DDRII533 MHz, 667 MHz, Auto

Advanced Chipset features > PCI Express Root Port Func
Advanced Chipset features > DRAM Data Integrity Mode
Advanced Chipset features > PEG Force X1

This item is use d t o s ele ct dis play first from onboard VGA or P CI E xp r es sGraphic
card.
Available options: Disabled, Enabled

56

Integrated Peripherals

This submenu appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" from the
main menu. This option allows you to configure the I/O features.

Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device

Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

This item allows you to select work mode on PATA .
Available options:

z Disabled: Disabled PATA Controller
z Enabled: Enabled PATA Controller

57

Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > On-Chip Secondary PCI
IDE

This item allows you to select work mode on PATA .
Available options:

z Disabled: Disabled PATA Controller
z Enabled: Enabled PATA Controller

Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > On-Chip Serial ATA

This item allows you to select work mode between SATA.
Available options:

z Disabled: Disabled SATA Controller
z Auto: Auto arrange by BIOS
z Combined Mode: PA TA and SA T A are combine. Max. of 2 IDE drives in each

channel.

z Enhanced Mode: Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. of 6 IDE drives are

supported.

z SATA only: SATA is operating in legacy mode..
Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > PATA IDE Mode

When On-chip SATA is selected to ”Combined Mode” , this item allows you to
set PATA to primary or secondary.

Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > SATA Port Speed Settings
Available options: Disabled, Force GENI, Force GENII

Integrated peripherals > Onboard Device > USB Controller

This item lets you enable or disable the USB controller.
Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Integrated peripherals > Onboard Device > USB 2.0 Controller

This item lets you enable or disable the USB 2.0 controller.

58

Integrated peripherals > Onboard Device > USB Keyboard Support

This item lets y o u enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard
BIOS. The keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command and let you use
USB keyboard during POST or after boot if you don't have USB driver in the
operating system.

Integrated peripherals > Onboard Device > Azalia/AC97 Audio Select
This item is used to enable or disable the onboard audio.

Integrated peripherals > Onboard Device > Onboard LAN Control
This item lets you enable or disable onboard LAN.

Integrated peripherals > Onboard Device > Onboard 1394 Control
This item lets you enable or disable onboard 1394.

Integrated peripherals > Onboard Device > Onboard IDE Control
This item lets you enable or disable onboard IDE.

Integrated peripherals > Onboard Device > Onboard SATA2 Control
This item lets you enable or disable onboard SATA.

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device

This item allows you to set SuperIO device.

Note:
 Whenever you change this item, it will only take

effect after you restart the system and successfully
boot the Windows or DOS.

 Wake on Mouse function appies to PS/2 mouse only.
 If you set a password but forget it, please clear

CMOS.
If you want to use Wake on Mouse function in DOS, it is
necessary to install the DOS driver of the mouse.

59

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > Power ON Function

This item is used to select Wake on Keyboard/Mouse mode.

z Password: Disable the function of power button and let the system can

only be powered on through the preset keys (like a password).

z Hot Key: If selecting this option, you also need to specify the hot key from

“Hot Key Power On” item.

z Any Key: This function allows you wake up the system by clicking any key.
z Button Only: Disable Wake on KB/MS function. You can boot up your

system by power button only.

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > KB Power ON Password

You can specify 1-5 keys as a password.

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > Hot Key Power On

If you select “Hot Key” option in “P ower On Function” Item, you need to specify a
hot key here.

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > Onboard Serial Port 1

This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the board serial port.
The default is “3F8/IRQ4”.

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > Onboard Serial Port 2

This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the board serial port. The
default is “2F8/IRQ3”.

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > Onboard Parallel Port

This item controls the onboard parallel port address and interrupt. Available
options: 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > Parallel Port Mode

This item lets you set the parallel port mode. The mode options are SPP
(Standard and Bidirection Parallel Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)
and ECP (Extended Parallel Port). Available options:

z SPP (Standard and Bidirection Paralell Port): SPP is the IBM AT and

PS/2 compatible mode.

z EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port): EPP enhances the parallel port throughput

by directly writing/reading data to/from parallel port without latch.

z ECP (Extend Parallel Port): ECP supports DMA and RLE (Run Length

Encoded) compression and decompression.

z ECP + EPP
z Normal

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > EPP Mode Select

This item lets you select EPP mode protocol.

60

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > ECP Mode Use DMA

This item lets you set the DMA channel of ECP mode.
Available options: 3, 1

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device > PWRON After PWR-Fail

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 item is used to
solve this proble m. Selecting On enabli ng system to automatic ally power-on afte r
AC power resumes; in the other hand, the system will remain power-off if you
select Off. If Former-Sts (former status) option is selected, the system will
power-on or power-off based on the original state.
Available options: Former-Sts, On, Off

61

Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the motherboard
green features. See the following screen.

Power Management > ACPI Suspend Type

This function allows you to select suspend types. S1 is Power On Suspend and S3
is Suspend to RAM.
Available Options: S1, S3, S1 & S3

Power Management > Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume
Power Management > Wake-up by PCI Card

This is a functio n of PCI specif ication 2.2. PCI bus supports standby current to PCI
card and PCI card can wakeup system if it detects certain activity.
Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Power Management > Power On by Ring

The option lets you specify enable or disable Wake On Modem Ring function.
Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Power Management > USB KB Wake-Up From S3

The USB KB wake-up from S3 support USB Keyboard wake up under S3 mode.
Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Power Management > Resume by Alarm

The Wake Up Timer is more like an alarm, which wakes up and powers on your
system at a pre-defined time for a specific application. It can be set to wake up
everyday or on specific date within a month. The date/time is accurate to within
a second. This option lets you enable or disable the RTC Wake Up function.
Available options: By Date, By Week, Disabled

62

Power Management > Date (of Month) Alarm

This item is display ed when yo u enable th e W ake On RT C Timer option. Here y ou
can specify what date you want to wake up the system. For Example, setting to 15
will wake up the system on the 15th day of every month.

Tip: Setting this item to 0 will wake up the system on the specified time (which can
be set in the Wake On RTC Timer) every day.

Power Management > Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

This item is display ed when yo u enable th e W ake On RT C Timer option. Here y ou
can specify what time you want to wake up the system.

63

PC Health Status

The PC Health Status can bring PC important safety parameters for detect Health
of your system.

PC Health Status > System Temperature
PC Health Status > CPU Temperature
PC Health Status > PWR Fan
PC Health Status > CPU Fan
PC Health Status > System Fan

PC health status bring you on the System temperature, CPU temperature,
System Fan, CPU Fan , PWR Fan, Vcore, 5VSB, VCC, VBAT – these important

system parameters for you to check the health status of your system.

64

Frequency/Voltage Control

This submenu allows you to configure the CPU and memory clock.

Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Voltage Setting

This item allows user to adjust CPU Vcore voltage, BIOS will determine the
adjustable value according to the CPU installed.

65

Frequency/Voltage Control > DRAM Voltage Seting

Frequency/Voltage Control > NB Voltage Seting

This item allows user to adjust North Bridge voltage, BIOS will determine the
adjustable value according to the North Bridge default.
Available options: Auto, 1.525V, 1.575V, 1.625V, 1.675V

Frequency/Voltage Control > Spread Spectrum

This item is used to set the value of clock Spread Spectrum. BIOS will determine
the adjustable v alue accor ding to the CPU in stalle d, n ot all items will be showe d.
Available options: Pisable, -0.5%, -1.0%,+-0.25%, +-0.5%

66

Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock

Thie item shows the CPU Clock of status. You can adjust the clock according it.
Available options: 166MHz ~ 199MHz

Tip: When you fail to overclock, you could: Clear CMOS (JP14) to restore the
default setting. After turning power on, press

Frequency/Voltage Control > Power Master

Please press the Del button after you start the computer, then you can enter the
BIOS setting page. Once you get into BIOS setting page, please select the
Frequency/voltage control to set up the Power Master.

67

Frequency/Voltage Control > Power Master > Automatic Mode

Once you enable this mode, Power Master will detect your processor true loading
automatically . When the processor loading is heavy, Power Master will raise your
processor’s clock frequency to meet your requirement. On the contrary , when the
processor is in low loading, Power Master will drop the clock frequency to reduce
the noise from processor fan.

Frequency/Voltage Control > Power Master > Normal Mode

When you choose this mode, Power Master will be turned off. The processor clock
frequency will always keep at the original speed.

Load Optimized Defaults

The "Load Optimized Defaults" option loads optimized settings for optimum
system performance. All the product verification, compatibility/reliability test
report and manufacture quality control are based on “Load Optimized Defaults”.
We recommend using these settings for normal operation. “Load Optimized
Defaults” is not the slowest setting for this motherboard. If you need to verify an
unstable problem, you may manually set the parameter in the “Advanced BIO
Features” and “Adanced Chipset Features” to get slowest and safer setting.

68

Set Supervisor Password

Supervisor Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a
password, the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to
Setup.

To set a password:

1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8
alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as
asterisks on the password screen box.

2. After typing the password, press.

3. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press again to confirm the
new password. After the password entry, the screen automatically reverts to
the main screen.

To disable the password, press “Enter” when being prompted to enter the
password. The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been
disabled.

Set User Password

User Password can authorize users check only . It can not modify the BIOS setting
inside.

To set a password:

1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8
alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as
asterisks on the password screen box.

2. After typing the password, press.

3. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press again to confirm the
new password. After the password entry, the screen automatically reverts to
the main screen.

To disable the password, press “Enter” when being prompted to enter the
password. The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been
disabled.

Save & Exit Setup

This function automatically saves all CMOS values before leaving Setup.

Exit without Saving

Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes. Do not
use this option if you want to save the new configuration.

69

5.4 BIOS Upgrade under Windows

y p

environment

With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash
wizard ---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to convenience for users, EzWinFlash
combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you
have to do is just c lic kin g o n th e u tilit y y ou do wnloa d ed fro m web and le t it h elp
you complete the flash process automatically. EzWinFlash detects your
motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from
any possible failure. Moreover, EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to
go with any windows platform you might be using, no matter if you’re using
Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or Windows XP.

In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating
environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language
function to provide easier way for user in changing BIOS setting.

Caution: You are taking a risk of BIOS flash
failure when you update your system. If your
motherboard is working stable, and there are no
major bugs to be fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we
recommend that you DO NOT upgrade your BIOS.
If you intent on upgrade PLEASE MAKE SURE you
get the right BIOS revision for your motherboard
model so as to avoid an

ossible failure.

Note: The model name on this BIOS picture is for reference only. It may
not be the same model with your motherboard.

70

You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash according to
following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all applications
before you start the upgrades.

Download the latest ve rsion of BIOS packag e zip file from AOpen official web site.
(Ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/

)

Unzip the downloaded BIOS package (ex: WSGMAXII102.ZIP) with WinZip
(http://www.winzip.com

) in Windows environment.

Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WSGMAXII102.EXE &
WSGMAXII102.BIN.

Double click WSGMAXII102.EXE; EzWinFlash will detect the model name and
BIOS version of your motherboard. If you collect wrong BIOS, you will not be
allowed to proceed with the flash steps.

You may select a preferred language in main menu, then click [Start Flash] to
begin the BIOS upgrade procedure.

EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will
pop up to ask you to restart Windows. Click [YES] to reboot Windows.

Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup screen; choose "Load Setup Defaults",
then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!

It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any applications
during FLASH PROCESS.

Warning: The new BIOS upgrade will
permanently replace your original BIOS setting
when flashing. You may need to reconfigure the
BIOS setting before your system goes back to
work as normal.

71

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

You may think that installing drivers and utilities would be a repeated task of going
through those installation wizards and steps-by-steps. Now, you will be surprised
with how “Ez” EzInstall could do. Without wizards or steps, all you have to do is to
do one click and then it’s done. Click and done. Yes. EzInstall makes installation
easy and even foolproof!

After putting in the CD, you will be prompted with AOpen welcome page and our
branches information.

First, click on the install driver ICON at left side for necessary drivers.
Second, click on the install utility ICON at left side for preferred utilities.
Practically, it’s done. But you may also browse CD contents, Readme to get more

information or just exit the CD installation.

Install
driver

Click to install
online manual

Install
utility

Browse CD
Contents

Readme

AOpen
branches
information

Exit CD

72

6.1 Installing Drivers

As you may see from the Installing driver page, EzInstall had picked up necessary
for your motherboard. All you have to do is just click on the “GO”, and n o more
steps afterward, of all listed drivers, grey checks indicate necessary drivers; you
cannot click them off. R ed checks can be disabled if you don’t want to install them
now.

Press the icon will prompt the
“Install Driver” page. You
may also press “Back” to
return to the Main page.

Once clicking “GO”, EzInstall will run the installing procedure
automatically, and prompt a reboot dialog (Some drivers or
utilities may skip the reboot part).

73

6.2 Installing Utilities

Installing Utilities is virtually the same as installing drivers. AOpen provides you
many friendly and powerful utilities to manage your system. Y ou may find lots of
fabulous utilities listed there, and all you have to do is to click on the “GO”, then
it will install the utilities to your system right away without complicated steps.

Press the icon will
prompt the “Install
Utilities” page for your
selection. You may also
press “Back” to get back
to the Main page.

74

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

g

Chapter 7 Troubleshootin

75

Chapter 8 Technical Support

Chapter 8 Technical Support

Dear Customer,
Thanks for choosing AOpen products. We invite you to register at

http://www.aopen.com

to become a Gold Member of Club AOpen so as to
ensure quality service in the future. In order to maintain the best service to every
customer of us, we recommend you to follow the procedures below and seek help
from our branches according to the region you buy the product. With your help,
we can then continue to provide efficient and the best quality service to every
customer.

Thanks very much for your understanding!
AOpen Technical Supporting Team

Europe

AOpen Computer b.v.
Tel:[phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Germany

AOpen Computer GmbH.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Europe http://www.aopen.nl/tech/default.htm
Pacific Rim: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/default.htm
China: http://www.aopen.com.cn/tech/default.htm
Germany: http://www.aopencom.de/tech/default.htm
America: http://usa.aopen.com/tech/default.htm
Japan: http://aopen.jp/tech/index.html

China

艾爾鵬國際貿易(上海)有限公司
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Pacific Rim

AOpen Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Japan

AOpen Japan Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

America

AOpen America Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

76

Model Name and BIOS Version

Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot
screen (POST screen). For example:

Phoenix AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 2005, Phoenix Technologies, LTD.

i975Xa-YDG R1.00 May. 1. 2006 AOpen Inc.

i975Xa-YDG is model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version

Register Your Motherboard

Thanks for choosing AOpen product, please register this motherboard at

http://club.aopen.com.tw/productreg/

and to ensure high service quality and priority from AOpen. You will also have a
chance to play slot machine game to win prize from AOpen. Please prepare the
following information before you start: Model Name, Part Number (P/N), Serial
Number (S/N) and Purchase Date. The Part Number and Serial number are
printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing
or on component side of PCB. For example:

to become a Gold member of Club AOpen,

P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.

Phoenix-Award BIOS ERROR Message

Beep Sound Message
1 short(Beep) System booting is normally.
1 long - 1 short(Beep) DRAM ERROR
1 long - 2 short(Beep) Display card or monitor connected error
1 long - 3 short(Beep) Keyboard Error
Long(Beep) continuous DRAM hasn't inset correctly.

Part No.

77

Serial No.

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

Technical Support

78