What’s in this manual.....................................................................................................................................................................2
You Must Notice.............................................................................................................................................................................8
Before You Start.............................................................................................................................................................................9
About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................................................................18
CPU Installation ...........................................................................................................................................................................20
CPU Jumper-less Design ............................................................................................................................................................23
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)............................................................................................................. 26
Front Panel Connector.................................................................................................................................................................29
ATX Power Connector .................................................................................................................................................................30
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AC Power Auto Recovery ............................................................................................................................................................30
IDE and Floppy Connector ..........................................................................................................................................................31
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector......................................................................................................................35
WOM by External BOX Modem ...................................................................................................................................................36
WOM by Internal Modem Card ....................................................................................................................................................37
WOL (Wake on LAN) ...................................................................................................................................................................38
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (Optional) ...........................................................................................................................40
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot .........................................................................................................41
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ...................................................................................................................................................42
Support 3 USB Ports ...................................................................................................................................................................43
CD Audio Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................44
Front Audio Connector.................................................................................................................................................................46
Dr. LED Connector (Upgrade Optional).......................................................................................................................................47
Battery-less and Long Life Design............................................................................................................................................... 49
Pure Aluminum Heatsink .............................................................................................................................................................55
Driver and Utility ................................................................................................................................... 56
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ...........................................................................................................................................57
Installing LAN Driver (Optional) ...................................................................................................................................................58
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .......................................................................................................................................................60
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)......................................................................................................................................................64
AWARD BIOS ......................................................................................................................................... 66
About BIOS Function Description… ............................................................................................................................................67
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program................................................................................................................................68
How To Enter BIOS Setup ...........................................................................................................................................................70
VGA Card & Hard Disk ................................................................................................................................................................74
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser).......................................................................................................................................................... 76
Bonus Pack CD ...........................................................................................................................................................................76
APM (Advanced Power Management) ........................................................................................................................................76
ATA (AT Attachment)....................................................................................................................................................................76
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ......................................................................................................................................................77
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) .............................................................................................................................77
CODEC (Coding and Decoding)..................................................................................................................................................78
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ............................................................................................................................................. 78
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)..........................................................................................................................................78
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) .........................................................................................................................................79
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ........................................................................................................................................79
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock.........................................................................................................................................................81
Parity Bit ......................................................................................................................................................................................81
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM...............................................................................................................................................82
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus .................................................................................................................................82
PDF Format .................................................................................................................................................................................83
PnP (Plug and Play).....................................................................................................................................................................83
POST (Power-On Self Test).........................................................................................................................................................83
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .......................................................................................................................................84
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .....................................................................................................................................................85
USB (Universal Serial Bus)..........................................................................................................................................................86
ZIP file..........................................................................................................................................................................................86
How to Contact Us ................................................................................................................................ 95
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AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation.
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other countries.
All product and brand names used on this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. We reserve the right to revise this
publication and to make reasonable changes. Our company assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in
this manual, including the products and software described in it.
When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called “Optional”, and
some are called “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 “Optional” for you to choose. Some optional
functions that can be upgraded by users, we call them “Upgrade Optional”. As for those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by
ourselves, we call them “Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing “Upgrade Optional”
components, and again you can visit AOpen official web site: www.aopen.com
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 pin 1 & pin 2.
5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.
Normal
default)
Clear CMOS
Pin 1
Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
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This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Willamette / Northwood). 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.
2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU
upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the
socket.
Note: These pictures are for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
CPU socket
Lever
CPU pin 1 and
cut edge
CPU cut edge
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3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU
installation.
Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
CPU cut edge
Note: If you do not match the CPU
socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it
ma
damage the CPU.
Note: This socket supports
Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is
the latest CPU package developed by
Intel. Other forms of CPU package are
impossible to be fitted in.
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This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to install 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 correctl
to the four corners.
2. Pressing down the four clips with force one by one
on the retention module.
Clip
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CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the
BIOS setup
There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.
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, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated.
Intel® Socket 478
Pentium 4 &
Celeron CPU
CPU VID signal
Power Regulator
(Automatically generates CPU voltage)
CPU voltage
Clock
Generator
CPU Freq. Ratio
BIOS
Controlled
Circuit
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This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected.
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BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting
This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
The default setting is "table select mode". You can adjust the FSB from "CPU Host/SDRAM/PCI Clock" for overclocking.
Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio
PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio
AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2
CPU Ratio 10x… 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x
CPU FSB (By BIOS table) 100, 105, 108, 112 and 133MHz.