AOpen MX4SGI-4DL User Manual

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DOC. NO.: MX4SGI4DN-OL-E0312B

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MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL...........................................................................................................................1

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

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

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

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

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

Quick Installation Procedure ....................................................................................................................................................... 15

Motherboard Map ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16

Block Diagram ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17

Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................ 18

About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................... 19

CPU Installation........................................................................................................................................................................... 20

CPU Over-current Protection ...................................................................................................................................................... 23

Hyper Threading Technology ...................................................................................................................................................... 24

Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ...................................................................................................................................................... 26

Full-range Auto-detect CPU Core Voltage .................................................................................................................................. 27

CPU and System Fan Connector ................................................................................................................................................ 29

DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................................. 30

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ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................................. 33

AC Power Auto Recovery............................................................................................................................................................ 33

IDE and Floppy Connector .......................................................................................................................................................... 34

Serial ATA Supported .................................................................................................................................................................. 36

Connecting Serial ATA Disk......................................................................................................................................................... 37

Front Panel Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 40

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot................................................................................................................... 41

IrDA Connector............................................................................................................................................................................ 42

Support 10/100 Mbps (MX4SGI-4DN) and Gigabits (MX4SGI-4DL) LAN onboard .................................................................... 43

Support Eight USB 2.0 Port......................................................................................................................................................... 44

Color Coded Back Panel ............................................................................................................................................................. 45

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................................. 46

Front Audio Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 47

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector...................................................................................................................... 48

CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 49

AUX-IN Connector....................................................................................................................................................................... 50

Chassis Intrusion Connector ....................................................................................................................................................... 51

JP14 Clear CMOS Data .............................................................................................................................................................. 52

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper.................................................................................................................................... 53

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STBY LED (Standby LED)........................................................................................................................................................... 54

AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ................................................................................................................................. 55

Resetable Fuse ........................................................................................................................................................................... 57

Low ESR Capacitor ..................................................................................................................................................................... 58

AOpen “Watch Dog ABS”............................................................................................................................................................ 60

Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................ 61

About BIOS Function Description… ............................................................................................................................................ 62

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ................................................................................................................. 63

How To Enter BIOS Setup........................................................................................................................................................... 64

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .............................................................................................................................. 65

Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................................. 67

Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................68

Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ................................................................................................................................................... 68

Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ................................................................................................................... 69

Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver........................................................................................................................................ 70

Installing LAN Driver.................................................................................................................................................................... 71

Installing Audio Driver.................................................................................................................................................................. 72

Installing USB2.0 Driver .............................................................................................................................................................. 73

AOConfig Utility ........................................................................................................................................................................... 77

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Glossary .................................................................................................................................................79

AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................................. 79

ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)..................................................................................................................... 79

ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ...................................................................................................................................... 79

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................................. 80

AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ......................................................................................................................................................... 80

ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................................... 80

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).............................................................................................................................................. 81

Bluetooth ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 81

CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)............................................................................................................................. 82

DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM.................................................................................................................................................... 82

ECC (Error Checking and Correction)......................................................................................................................................... 82

EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ................................................................................................................ 83

EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................................................... 83

EV6 Bus ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 83

FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)......................................................................................................................................... 83

FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).............................................................................................................................................. 84

FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................................................................................................................................ 84

Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................................. 84

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Hyper Threading.......................................................................................................................................................................... 84

IEEE 1394 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 84

Parity Bit ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 85

PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus................................................................................................................................. 85

PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................................. 86

PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................................... 86

POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................................................................ 86

PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ........................................................................................................................................... 86

RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) .............................................................................................................. 87

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)...................................................................................................................................... 87

SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................................................................... 87

SATA (Serial ATA)........................................................................................................................................................................ 87

SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................................ 88

SPD (Serial Presence Detect)..................................................................................................................................................... 88

USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................... 88

VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .................................................................................................................................................. 88

Wireless LAN – 802.11b.............................................................................................................................................................. 89

ZIP file ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 89

Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................................... 90

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Technical Support ..................................................................................................................................94

Product Registration.............................................................................................................................. 97

How to Contact Us................................................................................................................................. 98

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This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please

keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF format

recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web

site.

Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing, you can print it by A4 paper size and set

2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver.

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Thank you for choosing AOpen MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL motherboard. MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard
(M/B) based on the micro ATX form factor featuring the Intel 865G chipsets
MX4SGI-4DL motherboard supports Intel
performance, it has one AGP slot and supports both AGP 8X/4X mode and ADD card and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up
to 2.1GB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, the Intel 865G (Springdale-G) chipset memory interface supports dual
channel non-ECC DDR266
33/66/100 mode. With integrated Serial ATA in chipset, it aims to provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. A total of 4
USB2.0 ports on the back panel and two USB2.0 connectors on the board give you the best use of all USB devices. More than that, On the
strength of Intel LAN controller on board (For MX4SGI-4DN only) and Kenai gigabit LAN controller
(For MX4SGI-4DL only), which is an highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect
device, it provides 10/100Mbps or Gigabits Ethernet for office and home
use. Besides, MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL has a S/PDIF
an AC97 CODEC
magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now,
let’s enjoy all features from AOpen MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL
motherboard.

®

Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Northwood) 400/533/800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In AGP

, DDR333 and DDR400 DDR RAM up to 4GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA

connector and

chipset onboard, providing high performance and

. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX4SGI-4DN /

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CPU

Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Northwood) 1.6GHz~3.20GHz+ with 400/533/800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket
478 technology.

Chipset

Springdale is a Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on 0.13
micron processor. It provides CPU, DDR, AGP, Hub, CSA Interfaces and integrated graphics with display interfaces. The CPU interface
supports Pentium 4 processor subset of the Extended Mode of the Scalable Bus Protocol. The GMCH memory interface supports up to four
channels of DDR, and the AGP interface supports 0.8V/1.5V signaling with 8X/4X data transfers and 8X/4X AGP Fast Writes. The
integrated graphics controller provides 3D, 2D, and display capabilities while using a portion of system memory for graphics memory (UMA)
to provide a cost effective, high performance graphics solution. The Springdale platform supports the fifth generation I/O Controller Hub
(ICH5).

The ICH5 integrates an Ultra ATA 100 controller, two Serial ATA host controllers, one EHCI host controller and four UHCI host controllers
supporting up to eight external USB2.0 ports, LPC interface controller, flash BIOS interface controller, PCI interface controller, AC’97 digital
controller, integrated LAN controller, an ASF controller and a hub interface for communication with the Springdale GMCH.

Memory

Provides four 184-pin DDR RAM DIMM sockets that support up to 4GB of dual channel non-ECC DDR266 (PC2100), DDR333 (PC2700)
and DDR400

(PC3200) compliant RAM.

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Expansion Slots

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

provided, all of them

MX4SGI-4DL motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP or ADD graphic card. The Accelerated Graphics Port

(AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to

2112MB/s.

are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus. MX4SGI-4DN /

AGP Protection Technology

With AGP Protection Technology implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your

chipsets from being burnt out.

Watch Dog ABS

ncludes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in few seconds when you fail the system overclocking.

I

1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment

Provides “1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB

from 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and help

s your system get maximum performance.

frequency

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LAN Port

MX4SGI-4DN:

MX4SGI-4DL: The Intel Kenai LAN chip implemented on this motherboard is a fully integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T G

Access Control and Physical Layer Transceiver solution for high-performance network applications. It combines triple-speed, IEEE 802.3

compliant media access controller (MAC), PCI bus interface, on-chip buffer memory, and integrated physical layer transceiver in a single

device.

On the strength of Intel LAN chip on board, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.

igabit Ethernet Media

Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE

Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE c

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

ontroller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra

Serial ATA

Integrated in I

the IDE interface, while providing a lower pin count and higher performance. The ICH5 SATA interface supports data transfer rates up to

150MB/s.

n-board AC’97 Sound

O

MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL u sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback

system.

CH5 that contains independent DMA operation on two ports. The SATA controllers are completely software transparent with

ses RealTek AC97

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Eight USB2.0 Ports

back panel and two USBProvides four ports on the connector on the board, providing a total of eight USB2.0 interface devices such as

mouse, keyboard, modem, scanne

r, etc.

S/PDIF Connector

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Dig

allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio.

ital Interface) is the newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and

Power Management/Plug and Play

Supports the power management function that

Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play

user-friendlier.

confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system much

Enhanced ACPI

CPIFully implement the A standard for Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3)

and STD (Suspe

nd to Disk, S4) features.

Super Multi-I/O

Provides one high-speed UART compatible serial port, one VGA port and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also

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

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

1. Installing CPU

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

10. Installing Driver and Utility

and Fan

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AGP LED

Front Audio Connector

AC’97 CODEC

CD-IN Connector

S/PDIF Connector

AUX-IN Connector

32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3

SYSFAN3 Connecto

nd

2

& 3rd USB2.0 Connector

STBY LED

Front Panel Connector

SATA Connector x 2

Chassis Intrusion Connecto

4Mb Flash ROM BIOS

JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper

Motherboard Map

Colored Back Panel

Resetable Fuse
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup
Jum

Low ESR Ca

4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector
AGP 8x Expansion Slot

(For 1.5V AGP card and ADD card only)

478-pin CPU socket (Northwood)
with Voltage and Frequency
Auto-detection that supports

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Intel
CPU

865G/ICH5 Chipsets

SYSFAN2 Connecto

CPUFAN1 connecto

184-pin DIMMx4 support dual

channel DDR400/333/266 DDR

RAM maximum up to 4GB

COM2 Connector

ATX Power Connector

IrDA Connecto

FDD Connector

ATA66/100 IDE Connector x2

acitors

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Socket 478

Intel Pentium 4

CPU (Northw ood)

AGP 8X Slot
Or ADD card

DDR400/333/266 Dual Channel

RAM Up to 4 GB

DIMM Soc ke t x4

400/533/800MHz

System Bus

LAN connect Component

Floppy Disk Drive x2

Intel GMCH

865G

USB Ports x8

PCI Bus
2 Serial ATA Ports

USB Port

USB Port

USB Port

USB Port

32-bit PCI Slot x3

150MB/s

ATA 66/100

Primary

Channel

Secondary

Channel

Primary

Channel

Secondary

Channel

ICH5

RealTek

AC97

CODEC

4Mbit Flash EEPROM

Parallel Port

Serial Port

VGA Port

SATA1

SATA2

IDE Drive x4

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hapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.

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

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

ESD protection.

nd other

requiring

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When you read this online manual and start to assemble your comput

“User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”.

powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful featur

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pgraded by users as “User Upgrade Optional”. You can upgrade these functions by purchasing additional devices. As for functions that

annot be upgrade butors or

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nglish.aopen.com.

d by users, we define them as “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. If need be, you can contact our local distri

se “Manufacture Upgrade Optional” components, and again you are also welcome to visi

for detail information.

er system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as

Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and

es. As a result of this we define features that can be

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

Note: Those pictures are for example only; they may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased.

CPU socket

Lever

CPU pin 1 and

cut edge

CPU cut edge

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installation.

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

cket lever and finish CPU

CPU cut edge

Note: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and

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.

CPU cut edge well, you

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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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C ootteeccttiioonn

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 motherboar

ower supply pro ne over-current protection.

p

vide the full li

Note: Although we have implemented protection circuit and tried to prevent any human operating

mistake, certain risks might still happen when CPU, memory, HDD or add-on cards installed on this

motherboard is damaged due to component failure, human operating error or other unknown natural

reasons. AOpen cannot guarantee that the protection circuit will always work perfectly.

d is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.3V/5V/12V

ATX Switching Power Supply

3.3V (Protected b

5V (Protected by

12V (Protected b

Onboard

Power

Regulator

y power supply)

power supply)

y power supply)

Over-Current

Protection

Circuit

CPU Core Vo

ltage

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What is Hyper-Threading?

Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded
software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased
utilization of pr

CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput.

ocessor execution resources. As a result, an average improvement of ~40% in

How Hyper-Threading Works

A form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT), multiple threads of software applications to
be run simultaneously on one processor by dup hile the same processor execution

Hyper-Threading technology allows

licating the architectural state on each processor w

resources is shared. The figure below
represents how a Hyper-Threading
based processor differentiates a
traditional multiprocessor. The left-hand
configuration shows a traditional
multiprocessor system with two physical
processors. Each processor has its own
indepen
archit
conf
Hyper-Threading technology based
processor. You can see that the
architectural state for each processor is
duplicated, while t
is shared.

dent exe and

ectural st d

iguration represents an Intel

cution resources

ate. The right-han

he execution resources

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For multiprocessor-capable software

applications, the Hyper-Threading

based processor is considered two

separate logical processors on which

the software applications can run

without modification. Also, each logical

processor responds to interrupts

independently. The first logica

processor can track one software

thread, while the second logical

processor tracks another software

thread simultaneously. Because the

two threads share the same execution

resources, the second thread can use

resources that would be otherwise idle

if only one thread was executing. This

results in an increased utilization of the

execution resources within each

physical processor.

The figure below represents how Hyper-Threading saves time when it works. With two logical pro

processor, multi-threaded applications can now take advantage of thread-level parallelism o

performance. As software applications continue to be optimized to take greater advant

technology provides an additional boost for newer capabilities and the growing needs of today’

l

cessors available on every single physical

n

each physical processor for additional

age of processor parallelism, Hyper-Threading

s users.

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Cool down CPU and Chipset are important

when you are trying to over-clock the CPU

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for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially

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This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected.

SSeettttiinngg CCPPUU FFrreeq

BIOS Setup > Frequency/V

This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you

s "table select mode". You can ad

Core Frequency = CPU FSB

PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clo

AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2

CPU Ratio 8x

CPU FSB (Manually) 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment

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oltage Control > CPU Clock Setting

just the FSB from "CPU Host/SDRAM/PCI Clock" for overclocking. i

Clock * CPU Ratio

, 10x… 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x

can set CPU frequency in BIOS; no jumpers or switches are needed. The default setting

ck Ratio

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Northwood CPU

Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x
Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x
Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x
Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x
Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x
Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x
Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 133MHz 533MHz 16x
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 2.8G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21x
Pentium 4 2.8G 2800MHz 200MHz 800MHz 14x
Pentium 4 3.0G 3000MHz 200MHz 800MHz 15x
Pentium 4 3.06G 3060MHz 133MHz 533MHz 23x
Pentium 4 3.20G 3192MHz 133MHz 533MHz 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

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Ratio

Warning: Intel 865G chipset supports

maximum 800MHz (200MHz*4) system
bus and 66MHz AGP clock; higher clock
setting may cause serious system damage.

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Plug in the CPU f able to the CPUFAN1 ctor. have c

connector.

an c 3-pin conne If you hass s fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3

YSF

S AN3 Conn

CPUF nector

AN1 Con

SENSOR

+12

D

GN

V

i

ector

GND
+12V
SENSOR

SENSOR
+12V

GND

SYSFAN2 Connecto

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sockets or you RAM modules. n you install DDR333 memory module and have your CPU FSB set at 800MHz,

he memory can only run t is l r other limitation of CP es, please see the table

elow.

b

W rd supports DDR RAM. Please do

arning: This motherboa

n on the DDR RAM sockets; otherwise it

ot install the SDRAM

will cause serious da

module.

This motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install 128-bit dual

channel

supported. Please install suitable modules; otherwise serious damage may occur on memory

Please note that whe

with the speed of DDR320. I imitation of Intel. Fo U typt

mage on memory sockets or SDRAM

DDR400

, DDR333 or DDR266 memory up to 4GB. Only

CPU FSB 400MHz V X X

CPU FSB 533MHz V V X

CPU FSB 800MHz V V V

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DDR266 DDR333 DDR400

Note: To run dual channel speed, you have to use

the same type memory modules installed on two

DIMMs. If you install two different sized modules,

the system can only run single channel mode and

with the speed of that lower memory module.

non-ECC DDR RAM is

DIMMA1
DIMMA2
DIMMB1
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Dual Channel memory configuration provi

Channel, the DIMM modules you’re using

● Same DRAM technology (128Mb, 256M

● Same Density (128MB, 256MB, 512MB, etc.) ● Same DRAM bus width (x8 or x16)

● Matched DIMM configuration in each channel ● Both either single-sided or dual-sided

Note: Memory interface speed will be set to the low

O ith matched DIMM population. Table show th same Or and

ptimize performance for dual channel is obtained w

y, but are non-matching as bus width, technolog

Densit

ingle channel mode.

s

Non-Matched

128MB DIMMs

Non-Matched

256MB DIMMs

Organization Densit

16Mx64 128MB 16Mx8 *8 pcs 128MB 1

16Mx64 128MB 16Mx16 *4 pcs 256MB 1

32Mx64 256MB 16Mx8 *16 pcs 128MB 2

32Mx64 256MB 32Mx8 *8 pcs 256MB 1

d

es higher performance than single channel configuration. To get the highest performance of Dual

m

ust meet the following conditions:

b, or 512Mb)

est speed of memory populated.

y and/or ferent. Mixing these DIMMs will put pla rm into

y position Technology External Com

below s DIMMs wi ganization

external banks are dif tfo

Different

Bus Width

Different

Tech ogy nol

Different

Technology

Different # of

DRAM Banks

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

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

2. Insert the modul

. Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.

3

Pin 1

e straight down to the DIMM slot with bot

Ta b

Key

52 pins 40 pins

h hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.

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as depicted below.

Pin 1

Note: The tab

will close-up t

place when the DIMM touches the

slot’s bottom.

s of the DIMM slot

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This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Ma

you to connect the 4-pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20-pin ATX power connector an

sig

de ned for Pentium 4 system.

R

AACC PPoowweerr AAuuttoo R

A traditional ATX system should is inconvenient for a

w p power-on. This motherboard impleme

net ork server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to kee nts an AC Power Auto Recovery

function to solve this problem.

eeccoovveerryy

remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design

ke sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend

d use standard power supply specially

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

orientation may cause system damage.

Secondar

Slave (4th)

y

Secondary

Master (3rd )

Pin 1

FDD Connector

Pin 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

ATA 66/100 IDE

Connector

IDE 2 (Secondary)

IDE 1 (Primary)

Primary

Master (1st)

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IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and ID

of four devices. In order to work together, the two

can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refe

your hard disk and CDROM manual acc

Tip:

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

master mode and follow the suggested sequence to inst

Please refer to above diagram

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

80-wires IDE cable for Ultra DMA 66/100 is required.

ordingly.

E2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total

devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one

all your new device.

rd disks, a special

Warning: The s

make sure you

pecification of the IDE cable is a maximum 8 inches);

r cable does not exceed this length.

of 46cm (1

r to

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Intel ICH5 integrates two Serial ATA host controllers that provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150

Mbytes/second. The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs

with its original speed of just 3 Mbytes/second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s. And the latest

generation of the interface, Ultra ATA-133, has been developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133

Mbytes/second. However, while ATA has enjoyed an illustrious track record, the specification is now showing its age and imposes some

erious desi ues on today’s developers, including a 5-volt signaling requirement, high pin count, and serious cabling headaches.

s gn iss

The Serial A s torage interface to scale with the growing

media rate dema th existing operating systems and drivers,

adding performa e. It reduces voltage and pins count requirements and can be implemented with thin and

asy to ro

TA pecification is designed to overcome these design limitations while enabling the s

nds of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility wi

nce headroom for years to com

ute cables. e

SATA port 1 (ICH5)

SATA port 2 (ICH5)

Note: Please note that only under

Windows XP and Windows.Net

environment can you install the

total of 2 Parallel ATA and 2 Serial

TA disks.

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To connect a Serial ATA di

on the motherboard and th

free implement; you don’t

automatically take the one

s

k, you have to have a 7-pin Serial ATA cable. Connect two ends of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA header

e

disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please note that it is a jumper

n

eed to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk. When connecting two Serial ATA disks, the system will

c

onnected to “Serial ATA 1” header as a master disk.

Note: be the same motherboard.

This picture is for example only; it may not exactly

Serial ATA Cable

Comparison between Parallel ATA and Serial ATA

Parallel A

Bandwidth 100/133 MB/Se

Vol ts

Pins 40

Length Limitation 18 inch (45.72cm)

Cable Wide

Ventilation Good

TA Serial ATA

cs 150/300/600 MB/Secs

5V 250mV

7

1 meter (100cm)

Thin

Bad

Yes Peer-to-Peer No

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Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE,

installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you install them, the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting. You can simply

adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly.

After having properly installed your hard disks, you can directly go to the BIOS

rals Æ OnChip IDE Device Æ On-Chip Ser

eriphe ial ATA”, you can set your preferable mode. If you have no intention to change its original

P

setting, the defau

lt setting is Auto.

this motherboard also supports the latest Serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly

setting screen for adjustment. Simply choosing “Integrated

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If you intend to change the default setting, s

disks fully installed, Auto mode will not function properly, it’s just b

all hard disks.

3. Combined Mode: If you install traditional IDE hard disks and Serial A

Combined Mode. Under this mode, you may randomly choose eith

But please aware that Serial ATA will exist with IDE in a mapping

you with one IDE Channel only.

4. Enhanced Mode: If you use the latest operating system (say, Win

set Enhanced Mode. The system is able to detect all six devices (traditi

mode. But please note that it is defaulted with using traditional IDE

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

however, it doesn’t confirm to the regulation recommended by Intel.

5. SATA Only: You may select this SATA Only mode if you install Serial ATA hard disks only. It allows you to select booting sequence

from Port0 (SerialATA1) or Port1 (SerialATA2).

imply press Enter for a list of selection:

1. Disabled: You

disks are installed on your system. Disabling this item may also cancel the detection

to Serial ATA hard disk during POST, which theoretically, could speed up your

boot-up timing a

intend to use Serial ATA hard disk later.

2. Auto: This is the factory default setting of your motherboard. Basically, if your

system works properly, it’s not necessary to change it. The system will automatically

recognize the first hard disk on ID

Note: Please be

may choose this item if you’re sure that only traditional IDE hard

bit; however, please remember to re-adjust the settings here if you

E1 as the first boot device.

informed that when you are using Windows98/ME with six hard

ecause Windows98/Me cannot recognize Enhanced Mode to detect

TA hard disks at the same time, then you can choose this

er IDE hard disks or Serial ATA had disk as your first boot device.

way, which means it will occupy one of the IDE Channel and leave

dowsXP, Windows.NET Server), it is highly recommended that you

onal IDE x4, Serial ATA x 2) and functions perfectly under this

as the first boot device.

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Pin1

Attach the power LED, Keylock, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the
corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI &
Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector
from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector
marked SPWR.

Suspend Type ACPI LED

Power on Suspend (S1) or Suspend to RAM (S3) Flashing for every second
Suspend to Disk (S4) The LED will be turned off

NC
NC

+5V

+5V
+5V

GND

NC

1

5VSB
SPWR
ACPI LED­ GND
ACPILED
NC
ACPI_B
GND
RESET
GND

IDE LED

Speaker

1

SPWR

ACPI & PWR LED

ACPI LED (BLUE)

Reset

IDE LED
IDE LED

SPEAKER

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MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL provides an AGP 8x slot. The AGP 8x is a bus interface targeted for
high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master

single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 4X AGP, the
data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 8x mode, which is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 =2.1GB/s. This
AGP expansion slot is for AGP card ranging from 1.5V to 1.6V or DVO ADD card only.

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The IrDA connector can be co

Windows 95 Direct Cable Conn

supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2

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

correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector.

n

figured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or

ection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector

meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).

Pin 1

1

NC

+5V

IR_TX

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KEY
GND
IR_RX

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On the strength of Intel 10/100Mbps LAN controller (MX4SGI-4DN) or Kenai Gigabits LAN controller (MX4SGI-4DL) on board, which is a

highly integrated platform LAN connect device, it provides 10/

connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right-hand side LED on RJ45 connector indicates linking mode; It blinks in orange

whenever accessing to network. The left-hand side LE

AN is connected (no

L light while 10Mbps is connected), and light

function, you can simply

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100Mbps or gigabits Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45

D on RJ45 connector indicates connecting mode; it lights in green when 100Mbps

s in green when gigabits LAN is connected. To enable or disable this

adjust it in BIOS.

Connecting (Left)

Green (100Mbps)

Orange (Gigabit)

Linking (Right)

Orange

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This motherboard provides eight USB

printer, etc. There are two USB connectors on the board for you to connect four USB devices and four other

ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from back panel or connect the

front USB connector to the front panel of chassis.

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

the traditional one. Except for the speed in

ven better ts support USB 2.0 function.

e

compatibility to customers. On this motherboard, all eight por

1

+5V

SBD2-

SBD2+

GND

KEY

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Please note that if you would like to use

Note:

USB devices (E

under D

that com

OS environment, you must install driver

es with the devices to make it work.

+5V
SBD3­SBD3+
GND
NC

xample: keyboard, mouse etc.)

crease, USB 2.0 supports old USB 1.0/1.1 software and peripherals, offering impressive and

Pin1

ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem,

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The onboard I/O devices are

ports. The view angle of draw

PS/2 Mouse

Connecto

PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA port, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game

i

ng shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

USB2.0

Ports

SPP/EPP/ECP

Parallel Port

RJ-45 LAN
Connector

PS/2 Keyboa andard keyboard, which is using a PS/2 plug.
PS/2 Mouse: C-Mouse, w s usin
USB Port: ailable for connecting USB devices.
Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP
COM1 Port: connect with pointing devices, s serial devices.
RJ-45 LAN connector To connect Ethernet for home
VGA Connector: To connect with PC monitor.
Spe

aker Out: To External Speaker, Earpho

ine c pla

-In: Comes from the signal sour

L
MIC

-In: From Microphone.

MID game

I/Game Port: For 15-pin PC joystick,

S/2

Kneyboar

P

Co

nector

rd:

To

d

For st
For P
Av

COM 1 Port

hich i g a PS/2 plug.

printer.

modem or other

or office use.

ne or Amplifier.

es, such as CD/Tape

pad or MIDI devices.

VGA Port

USB2.0 Ports

yer.

Line-In

Speaker Out

MIC-In

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This motherboard comes with an ALC650F CODEC, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new

audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650F, you're ab

without connecting any external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an

audio application supporting 5.1

Please connect f your front speakers to the green “S er out” port, rea plug to the blue “Line in” port and both of the

enter and subwoofer speakers to the red “MIC in” port.

c

the plug o

Channel. Picture bell the standar of all speakers in 5.1 Channel sound tracks.

o E

Effffeecctt

ow represents

peak

le to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output

d location

r speakers’

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

connector. By the way, please remove 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.

AUD_MIC

AUD_MIC_BIAS

AUD_FPOUT_R

AUD_FPOUT_L

NC

Pin 1

1

AUD_GND

AUD_VCC

AUD_RET_R

KEY

AUD_RET_L

: Please remove the jumper cap from the front audio connector before you

Note

connect the cable. Do not

have an audio

remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t

ort on the front panel.

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S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a latest audio transfer file format that provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows
you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common
one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality. Through a specific audio cable,
you can connect the S/PDIF connector to a S/PDIF audio module bearing S/PDIF digital output. However, you must have a S/PDIF
supported speaker with S/PDIF digital input to make the most of this function.

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

(Optical)

S/PDIF Module

(User Upgrade Optional)

S/PDIF Cable

1

Pin 1

S/PDIFIN

GND

S/PDIFOUT
NC

+

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

CD-IN

R

GND

GND

L

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This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.

R

GND

GND

L

AUX-IN

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The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this fu

BIOS, co

chassis, the system will beep to inform you. Please be informed that this useful ou may

p ach it on your chassis, and make a go

nnect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the

urchase an extra sensor, att od use of this function.

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nction works, you have to enable it in the system

function only applies to advanced chassis, y

Pin 1

Case Open Connector

1

Sensor GND

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You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear 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 it

5. Connect

1

Normal

default

s normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2.

ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

Pin 1

1

Clear CMOS

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fail because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

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This motherboard provides PS2 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 set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may en able
this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

Pin 1

Disable

(Default)

Enable

Pin 1

To ensure JP28 wakeup function
works properly, please go to BIOS to
enable/disable the S3 S4 KB_Mouse
Wake Up item same as the setting
onboard. Otherwise, the JP28
wakeup function will not act
accordingly when suspend mode is

.

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STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that we aim at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power

is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as

power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode.

STBY LED

Wa : Do not install or remove the

rning

DIMM when the

module or

STBY s on.

LED light

others devices

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

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

motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chip

AG

P by Intel Springdale-G, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible

a card with 3.3V, which is not supported

damage of the

exceeding voltage. You ma

og

gyy aanndd AAGGPP LLEEDD

y contact your AGP card vendor for further support.

sets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install

AGP LED

W

arning: It is strongly recommended not to

in t

stall a 3.3V AGP card, which is no

s G. When you do so, the

upported by Intel 865

AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to

warn you the possible damage.

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BBaatttteerryy--lleessss aanndd LLoonngg LLiiffee DDeessiiggn

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 Po

n

wer

Battery

Auto

Flash ROM

RTC

(Real Time Cloc

00:00:00

Switch

k)

CMOS

Auto switching to AT

as long as AC pow

This smart design increases b

if you still plug battery on

life

motherboard.

Backup by EEPROM

X standby power

er line is plugged.

attery

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RReesseettaabbllee FFuussee

Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard

that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard.

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

Resetable

Fuse

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LLooww EESSRR CCaappaacciittoorr

The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of

CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation.

Not only that, MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF

and it provides better stability for CPU power.

)

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The power circuit of the CPU core volt

when overclocking). A typical CPU co

transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only

143mv even when maximum 60A current is applied.

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

age must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or

re voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V. That is, the

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AAOOppeenn ““WWaattcchh DDoogg AABBSS””

user’s settings stored in the BIO S POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.

Then, BIOS will detect the CPU’ overclock your system to get

higher system performance lear CMOS data when

a

system hangs.

AOpe

Watch Dog

S. If system failed in BIO

s default frequency and POST again. With this special feature, you can easily

without removing the system housing and save the hassle from setting the jumper to c

Enable/Disable Signal from

n

ABS

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

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

enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB

BIOS

BIOS

Reset Signal

Clock Generator

Countdown about

5 seconds if fails

in POST

CPU

status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will

frequency according to

CPU ID Signal

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PPhhooeenniixx--AAWWA

System parameters can be modified by

the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS are

Phoenix-Award BIOS™ installed in the Flash ROM

provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.

Most BIOS set

BIOS still can’t fi entire system. Therefore, the rest of this chapter intends to guide you the process of

configuring y

To enter to BIOS setup menu

ting of MX4SG 4DL have been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of

s

ne-tune the chip

our system setup.

, pre On Self Test)ss <Del> when POST (Power- screen is shown on your monitor.

A

RRDD BBIIOOSS

going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save

a, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset).

I-4DN / MX4SGI-

set controlling

Note: Because the BIOS cod

changed part of the motherboa

information contained in this m

with e with your motherboard.

actual BIOS that com

of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS

e is the most often

rd design, the BIOS

anual may be different

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AAbboouutt BBIIOOSS FFuunnccttiioonn DDeessccrriippttiioonn……

AOpen always dedicates to give user a more friendly computer syste

into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS

screen. Therefore, you don’t need to read this manual while you change BIOS settings.

m. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program

setup program, the function description will appear at the right side of

Menu Items Select Window Item Function Description Window

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HHooww TToo UUssee PPhhooeenniixx--AAwwaarrdd™™ BBIIOOSS SSeettuupp PPrrooggrraamm

Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press <Enter> key to select, and use the <Page Up>

and <Page Down> key 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. Alternatively, it's strongly recommended to

i nstall AOpen’s newest WinBIO S Utility to get more detailed description, further po

Key Description

Page Up or + Changing setting to next value or increase the value.

Page Down or - Changing setting to previous value or decrease value.

Enter Select the item.

Esc 1. In main menu: Quit and don’t save any change.

2. 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.

F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS.

F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS.

F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.

werful functions and advanced setting of BIOS.

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HHooww TToo EEnntteerr BBIIOOSS SSeettuupp

After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self

Te st ) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.

Del

Warning: P faults", unless you

are sure y M, HDD, etc.) are

good enough f

lease avoid of using "Load Turbo De

our system components (CPU, DRA

or turbo setting.

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s

d

oowws

BBIIOOSS UUppggrraaddee uunnddeerr WWiinnd

With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ----

EzWinFlash. With an eye to users conve

flash module together

from t it helps you complete the flash process autom

web and le

version cleverly to prevent your system from any possible

w rm you might be using, no matter if you’re using

indo s platfo

w

In the mean hile, in order to provide a much more user-friendl

multi-language function to provide easier way for users’ usage in changing BIOS setting.

w

eennvviirroonnmmeenntt

, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded

atically. EzWinFlash detects your motherboard and checks the BIOS

failure. Moreover eration to go with any

Window est Windows XP.

s 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the lat

y operating environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have

nience, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and

, EzWinFlash has been taken into consid

Caution: By updating your motherboard,

you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If

your motherboard is working stable, and

there are no major bugs that had been fixed

by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend

that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS.

If you intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE

SURE to get the right BIOS revision for the

right mothe

possibility fa

rboard model to avoid any

ilure.

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

1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex:http://english.aopen.com.tw/

2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WMX4SGI4DN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com

3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WMX4SGI4DN102.EXE & WMX4SGI4DN102.BIN.

4. Double click on the WMX4SGI4DN102.EXE, EzWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard. If you
had got the wrong BIOS, you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps.

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

6. EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows. You may click

[YES] to reboot Windows.

7. Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup

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

Warning: The new BIOS upgrade will permanently replace your
original BIOS’s settings when flashing. You may need to reconfigure
your BIOS setting so that your system can go back to work as normal.

, choose "Load Setup Defaults", then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!

) in Windows environment.

)

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VViivviidd BBIIOOSS tteecchhnnoollooggyy

Unli

ke earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during

with

graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBios now brings

you

a beautiful and sleek 256 colours screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

In a e-consuming and

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

unco rmat and even

mpressed Bitmap, AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the smaller-sized GIF fo

dyna

mic-showing GIF animation.

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

Vivid BIOS screen or to download your favourite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this little logo
the BIOS download page, http://do , it is assured that your motherboard sup ports this innovative feature!

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

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

experience the lively vivid colourful POST screen!

POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals

show

wnload.aopen.com.tw/downloads

n beside your model name on

veloped VividBIOS to

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OOnnlliinnee MMaannuuaall

DDrriivveerr aanndd UUttiilliittyy

There are motherboard drivers a

finish the hardware installation, you have uch as Windows 2000) before you install any drivers or

utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.

AAuuttoo--rruunn MMeennuu ffrroomm BBoonnuuss CCDD

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

nd utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them to boot your system. But after you

to install your operation system first (s

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IInnssttaalllliinngg IInntteell®® CChhiippsseett SSooffttwwaarree IInnssttaallllaattiioonn UUttiilliittyy

The Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility ins

system how the chipset components will be configure

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

Some Windows systems cannot recognize newer chipsets that release later than those systems, therefore “?” marks may appear

on “Device manager” page. Intel Springdale-G cannot suppor

later Windows systems, you can install Intel INF Update

talls to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating

d. It is recommended that the Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation utility be

t systems earlier than Windows 95 and 98 first version. As for other

Utility from Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks.

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IInnssttaalllliinngg IInntteell EExxttrreemmee GGrraapphhiicc DDrriivveerr

You can download Intel Extreme graphic driver from the Bonus Pack CD.

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r

IInnssttaalllliinngg LLAANN DDrriivveer

You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD.

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IInnssttaalllliinngg AAuuddiioo DDrriivveerr

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

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

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IInnssttaalllliinngg UUSSBB22..00 DDrriivveerr

Windows 2000 Installation Guide

***************************************************

Installing Drivers Dur

********************

*

he following deta ller is enabled

T

lready).

a

. After enabling the US

1

After installation

2.

. From the "Setting

3

. In the "Control P

4

. In the "System" w

5

. Press the "Device

6

In the hierarchical disp se it and then press

7.

the mouse right bu

ing Windows 2000 Installation

******************************

ils the installation of the USB 2.0 driver while installing Windows 2000 (with the USB 2.0 contro

B 2.0 controller, install Windows 2000 normally.

, go the "Start" menu and choose "Settings."

s" menu, choose "Control Panel."

anel" window, double-click on the "System" icon.

indow, choose the "Hardware" tab.

Manager..." button in the "Hardware" window.

lay under "Other Devices" is a listing for "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller". Choo

tton and click "Properties".

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8. Choose the "Driver" tab in the "Properties"

9. Choose "Search for a suitable driver for m

10. Choose "Specify a location." an

11. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM.

12. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Intel\USB2.0\Win2000"

13. Click "Next." A messag SB Enhanced Host Controller - ICH5" should

appear.

14. Click "Next", then “Finish”.

e informing you that Windows has found "Intel PCI to U

d then press "Next"

window, choose "Update Driver," and then press "Next."

y device (Recommended)". From the list, and then press "Enter".

in the text box that appears. Press " OK ".

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*************************************************

Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System

*************************************************

After enabling the USB 2.0 controller and rebooting y

box. Under Windows 2000, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed.

Choo om th

1. se "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)". fr

2. Choo

se "Specify a location." and then press "Next"

3. In

sert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM.

4. T ears.

ype "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Intel\USB2.0\Win2000" in the text box that app

5. Click PCI to

app

6. Click

*

Con

*

1. From Windows 2000 ed by

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

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

on "Next." A message informing you that Windows has found "Intel

ear.

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

***

********************************

firming Windows 2000 Installation

***

********************************

, open the Control Panel from "My Computer" follow

our system, Windows 2000 setup will show a "New Hardware Found" dialog

e list, and then press "Enter".

Press " OK ".

USB Enhanced Host Controller - ICH5" should

the System icon.

.

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Windows 98SE Installation Guide
*************************************************
Installing Drivers During Windows 98SE Installation
**************************************************

**

*

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AAOOCCoonnffiigg UUttiilliittyy

hat allows users to , PCI devices and

t

DE devices. nance.

I

Moreover, AO stem information in

detail and send th

obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory

The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of mainte

Config allows users to save information in *.BMP or *.TXT format which users may collect the sy

em to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems.

AOpen always dedicated

comprehensive sy

stem detection utility. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with

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

2. The PCI device page shows

to provide users a much friendly computer environment. We now bring you a

user-friendly interface

the configurations of all PCI
devices installed in your
motherboard.

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3. This page presents the IDE
device information, such as
serial number, manufacturer,

firmware version, and

4. From this page, users can
obtain the technical support
information of AOpen.

Moreover,
detailed information could be
saved in .bmp or .txt format.

NOTE: AOConfig can be used under

note that AOConfig can only be ope

AOConfig, all applications must be clo

Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please also

rated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Before running

sed.

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GGlloossssaarryy

AACC9977 CCOODDEECC

Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer

analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the ter.

Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.

Audio CODEC 97 (briefly called AC97) is the sp and it’

special place about CODEC is that it is sepa n in

could possess with 90db and do other applicatio ODEC

AACCPPII ((AAddvvaanncceedd CCoonnffiigguurraattiioonn && PPoowweerr IInntteerrffaaccee)

ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997). It intends to save more r

management to operating system and by ass BIOS

perating system (such as Windows 98). This is a bit similar as the PnPo

s

witch to control the power state transition.

R

A

CCR

((AAddvvaanncceedd CCoommmmuunniiccaattiioonn RRiisseerr)

A

uild ACR slot is backward compatible with AMR but beyond the limitation of it. The

ing on the PC motherboard riser architecture,

B

CR specification is designed to support modem, audio, Local Area Network (LAN) and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).

A

is digital-based, but music is based on

last stage processing of sound in compu

ecification regulated by Intel,

rated from sound card (CODEC is a

n process as well. We called C

)

p

)

. The chipset or super I/O chip needs to provide standard register interface to

register interface. ACPI defines ATX momentary soft power

s about the structure of audio conversion. The

dependent chipset). Therefore, PCI sound card

that meets this structure AC97 CODEC.

power by taking full control of powe

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)

AAGGPP ((AAcccceelleerraatteedd GGrraapphhiicc PPoorrtt)

The main function of AGP

actually. With the rapid dev

graphic. AGP

share the same algorithm of 32-bit, its frequencies are 66MHz and 33MHz respectively. AGP interface had been developed from

2X to 8x.

1X AGP, data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 1 = 264MB/s

2X AGP, data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s

4X AGP, data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s.

8X AGP, data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 8 = 2112MB/s.

AAMMRR ((AAuuddiioo//MMooddeemm RRiisseerr)

The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to

motherboard through AMR connector.

AATTAA ((AATT AAttttaacchhmmeenntt)

Before talking about ATA (AT Attachment)

CPU devices and access memory directly. DMA specification could not only eliminate the workload of CPU, but also accelerate the

transmission of data. DMA begins with a data transfer rate of 16.6MB/Sec, but afterward developed to new data rate of 33.3MB/Sec,

which is twice the data rate and we called it Ultra DMA. ATA details power and data signals between the drive and

drive controller and the computer's motherboard. Two drives (master and slave) are supported. The ATA specification allows the

supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. Though AGP and PCI

)

simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device

eloping of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D

)

, we must understand DMA (Direct Memory Access), which allows devices to skip the

integrated

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drive to connect directly to the IS

come out with fastest rate later (p

DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s.

Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s.

ATA/66 , data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s.

ATA/100, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 6 = 100MB/s.

ATA/133, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 8 = 133MB/s.

(ATA/133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns.)

BBIIOOSS ((BBaassiicc IInnppuutt//OOuuttppuutt SSyysstteemm)

BIOS, is a set of assembly outine/program that reside in EPROM

hardware devices of motherb

to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices.

h

BBlluueettooootth

Bluetooth is a wireles

computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), cellular phones, printers, scanners, digital cameras and even home appliances. The

principle of Bluetooth (a chipset) is to transfer information and voices at the frequency of ISM Band. Every Bluetooth technology

devices do come with a standard address for you to connect one-to-one or one-to-seven (to form a Pico-net), with transferring

range up to 10 meters (100 meters to follow), using low power radio. Bluetooth do not only possess high transfer rate of 1MB/s, it

also could be encrypted with pin code. With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second, it’s difficult to be intercepted and are less

s transferring technology that enables short-range wireless connections between desktop and laptop

A bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would

lease refer to Serial ATA

)

r or Flash ROM. BIOS controls Input/output devices and other

oard. In general, to provide hardware independent portability, operation system and drivers is required

).

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interrupted by electromagnetic wave.

)

CCNNRR ((CCoommmmuunniiccaattiioonn aanndd NNeettwwoorrkkiinngg RRiisseerr)

The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opp

home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and

specification is an open industry specification and is su

M

DDDDRR ((DDoouubbllee DDaattaa RRaattee)) RRAAM

DDR RAM utilizes the existing SDRAM

bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way. Based on FSB frequency, DDR RAM on the market

are DDR200, DDR266 and DDR333 w

DDR200, transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s (PC1600)

DDR266, transfer bandwidth up to 266x64/8=2100MB/s (PC2100)

DDR333, transfer bandwidth up to 333x64/8=2700MB/s (PC2700)

DDR400, transfer bandwidth up to 400x64/8=3200MB/s (PC3200)

EECCCC ((EErrrroorr CChheecckkiinngg aanndd CCoorrrreeccttiioonn))

The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special

algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode

can only detect single-bit error.

ith more coming around soon.

ortunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN,

modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs". The CNR

pported by OEMs, IHV card manufacturers, silicon supplier and Microsoft.

(For ex, PC-100, PC-133) infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal

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)

EEEEPPRROOMM ((EElleeccttrroonniicc EErraassaabbllee PPrrooggrraammmmaabbllee RROOMM)

is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM.

)

EEPPRROOMM ((EErraassaabbllee PPrrooggrraammmmaabbllee RROOMM)

Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light. If BIOS has to be

upgraded, you need to remove E

s

EEVV66 BBuus

EV6 Bus is the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipm

to transfer data, similar as DDR RAM or ATA/66 IDE bus.

EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2.

200 MHz EV6 bus, 200MHz = 100 MHz external bus clock x 2

FFCCCC DDooCC ((DDeeccllaarraattiioonn ooff CCoonnffoorrmmiittyy)

to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing.

PROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back.

)

ard of FCC EMI regulations. This standard allows DIY component (such as motherboard) The DoC is component certification stand

sh ROMAlso known as E2PROM. Both EEPROM and Fla can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface technology

ent Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge

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FFCC--PPGGAA ((FFlliipp CChhiipp--PPiinn GGrriidd AArrrraayy)

FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for

socket.

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After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package

socket as well.

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Flash RO

infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 512KB (4M bit).

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Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Inte

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

i

improvement of ~40% in CPU resource u

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EEE 1394, which also called Firewire, is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system. The main feature of the

Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio (A/V) consumer application is its low cost. Fire wire interface is

M can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be

g

4

Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370

)

for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478

l that enables multi-threaded software applications to process threads

tilization yields higher processing throughput.

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capable of supporting various high-e

Video (DV) editing, home networkin

capture cards. Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment

using A/

The advantages of the IEEE1394:

High data transfer rate – Start from 400 Mbps, (with 800/1600/3200 Mbps coming soon), which is about 30 times faster than USB

1.1.

Supports up to 63 devices (16 - daisy chained) with cable length up to about 4.5 m (14 feet).

Hot-pluggable (like USB). No need to turn of your device to connect or disconnect, and you don't need to reboot your PC. Also, it is

a plug-and-play bus.

IEEE1394 is very easy to connect (Like USB1.1/2/0).

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The parity mode u

parity bit will be ad

error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection.

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Developed

(input) and

providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps.

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ses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated,

justed to have even count "1" for each byte. When next time, if memory is read with odd number of "1", the parity

by Intel, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local bus standard. A bus is a channel used to transfer data to

from (output) a computer and to or from a peripheral device. Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemented at 32-bits

nd digital A/V applications, such as consumer A/V device control and signal routing, Digital

g, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing. Gone are those days of expensive video

s

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PPDDFF FFoorrmmaat

With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange. Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document

Format (PDF). Contents in PDF do

distributed by e-mail or stored on th

platforms. You may download Acrobat Reader in order to read PDF file from its website (www.adobe.com

PPnnPP ((PPlluugg aanndd PPllaayy)

Oversimplified, Plug-and-Play automatically tells the software (device drivers) where to find various pieces of hardware (devices)

such as modems, netw

drivers) that operates them and to establish channels of

PPOOSSTT ((PPo

The BIOS self-test procedure after power-on, sometimes, it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system

boot.

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PSB Clock means the external bus clock of

CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio

)

ork cards, sound cards, etc. Plug-and-Play's task is to match up physical devices with the software (device

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cuments are exactly the same as the original file, including fonts and graphics, and they can be

e World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any

).

communication between each physical device and its driver.

)

k

CPU.

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)

RRDDRRAAMM ((RRaammbbuuss DDyynnaammiicc RRaannddoomm AAcccceessss MMeemmoorryy)

A DRAM tech

parallel by s. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using

different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM” with transfer rate of 600/700/800MHz, providing bandwidth as high to

1.6GB.

RRIIMMMM ((RRaammbbuuss IInnlliinnee MMeemmoorryy MMoodduullee)

184-pin memory modu memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16

RDRAM devices.

SSDDRRAAMM ((SSyynncchhrroonnoouuss DDRRAAMM))

SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus (EDO and FPM are

asynchronous and do not hav

DIMM and operates at 3.3V, and have been gradually replaced by DDR RAM.

SSAATTAA ((SSeerriiaall AATTAA)

The Serial ATA specification is desig

growing media rate demands of PC p atforms. Se

systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for y

and 300M/bs, 600M/bs to come. It reduces voltage and

r

oute cables.

nology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in

16-bit

)

le that supports RDRAM

e clock signal). It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer. SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin

)

ned to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the

l rial ATA is to replace parallel ATA

with the compatibility with existing operating

ears to come. It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second,

pins count requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to

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)

SSMMBBuuss ((SSyysstteemm MMaannaaggeemmeenntt BBuuss)

SMBus is also called I

example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one

host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message.

SSPPDD ((SSeerriiaall PPrreesseennccee DDeetteecctt)

SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM. SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM

timing and chip pa

UUSSBB 22..00 ((UUnniivveerrssaall SSeerriiaall BBuuss)

A Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an external bus (an interconnection) standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps. A single

USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as mouse, modems and keyboards. Introduced in 1996, USB

has completed replaced serial and parallel ports. It also supports plug-and-pl

ability to add and remove devices to a computer while the computer is running and have the operating system automatically

recognize the chan e. USB 2.0, which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days.

VVCCMM ((VViirrttuuaall CChhaannnneell MMeemmoorryy)

NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to

service multimedia requirements. VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a

set of fast sta

tic registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency

2

C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For

rameters. SPD can be used by BIOS

g

)

to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM.

)

ay installations and hot plugging Plug-and-play is the

)

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and reduced power consumption.

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802.11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology, which is an interface between a wireless client and a

base station or between two wireless clients.

802.11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming:

802.11 = 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using either frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or direct

sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)).

802.11a = 54 Mbps in the 5GHz band, using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing)

802.11b (11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS).

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A compressed file format to reduce file size. To unzip file, run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/

operating system or WINZIP (http://www.winzip.com/

) for DOS and other

) for windows environment.

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TTrroouubblleesshhoooottiinngg

If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem.

Start

Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on

cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer.

Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.

Clear CMOS

Next

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Continue

Ye

Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard.

Turn on the power

and check if the power

supply and CPU fan work

properly.

The problem is probably caused by

Next

power supply or motherboard failure

Please contact your reseller or local

distributor for repairing.

Nos

.

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Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key the same time, hold th

Continue

Check if there is display?

Yes

at em

ess <Del>

Check if the system

Yes

to reboot the system. and then pr

reboots?

Next

No

No

Perhaps your VGA card

or monitor is def

It is very possible that your

keyboard is defective.

ective.

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During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup.

Choose “Load Setup Default”.

Turn off th tem and re-connect IDE cable. e sys

Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98.

Continue

Check if the system can

reboot successfully?

Yes

End

No

The problem should be

caused by the IDE cable

or HDD itself.

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TTeecchhnniiccaall S

Dear Customer,

Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive

umerous emails and phone everyone on time. We recommend you follow the

n -calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve

rocedures below a continue to provide the best quality service to more

ustomers.

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Thanks very much for your understanding!

AOpen Technical Supporting Team

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Online Manual: To download manual, please log on and then select your preferred language. Under “Type” directory, choose

“Manuals” to go to our manual da AOpen Bonus Pack. tabase. You can also find the manual and EIG in

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http://download.aopen.co

Test Re compatibility your PC. It port: We recommend oose board/card/dev c test reports for assembling

may prevent incompatibility

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http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/repo fault.htmrt/de

FAQ: Here we list prob Asked Questions). You may select your preferred lems that users often encounter and FAQ (Frequently

language after log on and find a solution to your problem.

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

Download Software: After log on and ed, you may get the latest updated BIOS/utility and drivers you having la ge selectngua

need under “Type” directory. In most case, newer versions of drivers and BIOS have solved earlier bugs or compatibility

4

problems.

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http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloads

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The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, on ISA/CPU slot
or on component side of PCB. For example:

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

eForum: AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had been

discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under “Multi-language”.

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

Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system
configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you.

Contact Us: Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before contacting us. The part nu mber , serial
number and BIOS version are also very helpful.

Part No.

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ModedMode

MX4SGI-4DN is model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version.

aammee aanndd BBIIOOSS vveerrssiioonn

aammee aanndd BBIIOOSS vveerrssiioonn

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me and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST

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

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-

MX4SGI-4DN R1.00 Mar.01.2003 AOpen Inc.

Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A

right © 200 ftware, Inc.

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