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AX4SP/AX4SP-N/AX4SPE-N/AX4SPE-L

DOC. NO.: AX4SPEL-OL-E0304A
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  • Page 1: Ax4Sp/Ax4Sp-N/Ax4Spe-N/Ax4Spe-L

    AX4SP/AX4SP-N/AX4SPE-N/AX4SPE-L DOC. NO.: AX4SPEL-OL-E0304A...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    What’s in this manual ..............................2 You Must Notice ................................8 Before You Start ................................9 Overview ..................................10 AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L Comparison Table..................11 Feature Highlight................................12 Quick Installation Procedure ............................16 Motherboard Map ................................17 Block Diagram................................
  • Page 3 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ........................56 Color Coded Back Panel ............................... 57 Support Gigabit or 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (for AX4SP-N, AX4SPE-N and AX4SPE-L) ........... 58 Support Eight USB 2.0 Connectors ..........................59 Game Port Bracket Supported ............................60...
  • Page 4 Installing Onboard Sound Driver ........................... 83 Installing Intel IAA Driver RAID Edition in Windows XP (For AX4SPE-L only) ............. 84 Installing Gigabit LAN Driver in Windows 2000/XP (for AX4SPE-L)................85 Installing BroadCom BCM4401 10/100 LAN Driver in Windows 2000/XP (for AX4SP-N and AX4SPE-N) ....96...
  • Page 5 Installing USB 2.0 Driver in Windows 98SE/ME ......................108 PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS ......................114 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program....................115 How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................116 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ....................... 117 WinBIOS Utility ................................119 Glossary ..........................121 AC97 CODEC ................................
  • Page 6 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)........................124 EV6 Bus ..................................125 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................... 125 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ..........................125 FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ..........................125 Flash ROM .................................. 125 Hyper Threading ................................. 126 IEEE 1394 ................................... 126 Parity Bit ..................................
  • Page 7 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ............................. 129 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ........................... 129 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ........................... 129 Wireless LAN – 802.11b .............................. 130 ZIP file..................................130 Troubleshooting........................131 Technical Support ........................135 Product Registration ....................... 138 How to Contact Us ........................139...

  • Page 8: You Must Notice

    All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes. AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it.

  • Page 9: Before You Start

    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 format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site.

  • Page 10: Overview

    Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L motherboard. The AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / ® ® AX4SPE-L is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel Springdale-P chipset(for ®...

  • Page 11: Ax4Sp / Ax4Sp-N / Ax4Spe-N / Ax4Spe-L Comparison Table

    Following we list functions of all models. “V” represents those functions that the model equips with and “X” represents functions that models don’t have. Please always refer to this page to see the functions of your model. Item AX4SP AX4SP-N AX4SPE-N AX4SPE-L...

  • Page 12: Feature Highlight

    Socket 478 Pentium 4 1.6GHz~3.06 GHz+ designed for Socket 478 technology. AX4SPE-N and AX4SPE-L support 400/533/800 MHz FSB; AX4SP and AX4SP-N only support 400/533 MHz FSB. Chipset Springdale-P/PE is a Memory Controller Hub (MCH) designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron processor.
  • Page 13 PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus, and PCI 6 supports slave mode PCI card only. AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card.
  • Page 14 150MB/s. For AX4SPE-L, it integrates ICH5R on board and supports RAID 0 function under Windows XP when using SATA HDD. On-board AC’97 Sound AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L use the AC97 CODEC sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system. 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment”...
  • Page 15 S/PDIF Connectors S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Eight USB 2.0 Ports Provides six ports on the back panel and one USB 2.0 connector on the board, providing a total of eight USB 2.0 interface to connect devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.

  • Page 16: Quick Installation Procedure

    This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory (DIMM) Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot...

  • Page 17: Motherboard Map

    Broadcom Gigabit LAN chip Motherboard Map (AX4SPE-L only) Broadcom BCM4401 LAN chip (AX4SP-N and AX4SPE-N) Game Port Connector Colored Back Panel CD-IN Connector Onboard AC’97 CODEC JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup AUX-IN Connector Enable/Disable Jumper Front Audio Connector Resetable Fuse S/PDIF Connector...

  • Page 18: Block Diagram

    PCI Bus DIMM Socket x4 SATA 2 Two Serial ATA Ports 150M B/s 800/533/400MHz Socket 478 System Bus Intel Pentium 4 Intel Springdale-P (AX4SP and AX4SP-N) Intel Springdale-PE Primary (AX4SPE-N and AXSPE-L) GMCH 33/66100 Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel...

  • Page 19: Hardware Installation

    This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component.

  • Page 20: About "Manufacturer Upgrade Optional" And "User Upgrade Optional

    “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing “User Upgrade Optional” components, and again you can visit AOpen official web site: http://english.aopen.com.tw/...

  • Page 21: Ezcolor

    Breaking through traditional outlook of motherboard, AOpen now brings you a new fresh look of motherboard! – EzColor! Fancy? You may think so, but actually it is a practical and useful feature for amateur or even power-users. Coming in specific color for specific connector and module, components on motherboard are now born with their respective colors.
  • Page 22 Red: Serial ATA connector Power Switch ACPI & Power LED IDE LED SPEAKER RESET Blue: IDE 1 Connector Note: Colors setting varies on different motherboards, the color setting here applies only to AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L.

  • Page 23: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data

    You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 &...

  • Page 24: Cpu Installation

    ® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a cut edge on the CPU upper 1.
  • Page 25 CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may 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.
  • Page 26 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.
  • Page 27 CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.

  • Page 28: Cpu Over-Current Protection

    Note: Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake, there is still certain risk that CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. AOpen cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly.
  • Page 29 This Motherboard implements a Flash ROM and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption of current CPU and CMOS 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.

  • Page 30: Aopen "Watch Dog Abs

    “ ” “ ” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS.

  • Page 31: Cpu Core Voltage Auto Detectable

    Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of Home overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the default setting or you can wait the AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” reset the system after five seconds and system will auto-detect hardware again.
  • Page 32 Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 CPU Core Northwood CPU FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Frequency Note: Intel Springdale-P/PE chipset Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz...

  • Page 33: Cpu And System Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)

    The fan Connectors are painted in white in EzColor. Please plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector +12V SENSOR CPUFAN1 Fan Connector...

  • Page 34: Jp28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-Up Enable/Disable Jumper

    This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. The factory default setting is set to “Disable” (1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3. Pin 1 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up...

  • Page 35: Dimm Sockets

    This motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install 128-bit dual channel DDR400, DDR333 or DDR266 memory up to 4GB (AX4SPE-N and AX4SPE-L support DDR400/333/266; AX4SP and AX4SP-N support DDR333/266). The DIMM sockets are painted in blue and purple in this motherboard and please insert RAM into the slots in same color to get performance of Dual channel.
  • Page 36 Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. Note: Please pay attention to the blue slots. To run dual Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. channel speed, you should insert the RAM in the slot of DIMM A1 and DIMM B1 or DIMM A2 and DIMM B2.
  • Page 37 Maximum the performance of Dual Channel To get the highest performance of Dual Channel, the DIMM must meet the following conditions. Matched DIMM configuration in each channel Same Density (128MB, 256MB, 512MB, etc.) Same DRAM technology (128Mb, 256Mb, or 512Mb) ●...

  • Page 38: Front Panel Connector

    The pins of Front Panel Connector are painted in different colors with their respective functions. Please attach the power LED, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins matched in same colors. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

  • Page 39: Atx Power Connector

    This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector in Dark Red. Make sure you plug in the right direction with the same color cables. We strongly recommend you to connect the 4-pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20-pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system.

  • Page 40: Ac Power Auto Recovery

    A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem.

  • Page 41: Stby Led

    STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate designs that aim at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode.

  • Page 42: Ide And Floppy Connector

    Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. The IDE 1 connector is painted in blue; the IDE 2 and FDD connector are painted in Black. It is easily to identify and be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
  • Page 43 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel, IDE2 is known as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode.

  • Page 44: Serial Ata Supported (With Raid Function, Raid 0 For Ax4Spe-L Only)

    The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs with its original speed of just 3 Mbytes/second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s. And the latest generation of the interface, Ultra ATA-133, has been developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes/second. However, while ATA has enjoyed an illustrious track record, the specification is now showing its age and imposes some serious design issues on today’s developers, including a 5-volt signaling requirement, high pin count, and serious cabling headaches.
  • Page 45 You will find the RED serial ATA connectors in motherboard easily. To connect a Serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable which is red too. Connect two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial ATA header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable.
  • Page 46 Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard does come with the support for the latest Serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you have had installed them on, the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting.
  • Page 47 If you intend to change the default setting, simply press Enter for a list of selection: Disabled: You may choose this item if you’re sure that only traditional IDE hard disks had been installed on your system. Disabling this item may also cancel the detection to Serial ATA hard disk during POST, which theoretically, could speed up your boot-up timing for a little bit;...
  • Page 48 ’ ’ RAID level 0, which is the fastest drive array you can have, is a performance-oriented disk mapping method. The data in this array gets written across a stripe or different disks for a faster transfer. This technique has striping but no redundancy of data. It offers the best performance but no fault-tolerance.
  • Page 49 After having properly installed your Serial ATA hard disks, you may directly get into the BIOS setting screen for adjustment. You may simply press “Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device On-Chip Serial ATA” to choose Enhanced mode. In order to utilize Serial ATA function, please select RAID in SATA Mode. Finally, do save the changes and exit BIOS setup screen.
  • Page 50 In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID device smoothly, we have to enter RAID Configuration Utility to do some configuration. After finishing the BIOS setup and reboot, you will see [Press CTRL + I to enter configuration Utility] about half way through the boot up.
  • Page 51 The IAA RAID Edition is designed to provide functionality for the Intel (R) ICH5R SATA RAID Controller. This product is available for use on Pentium (R) 4 processor-based systems with an ICH5R I/O Controller Hub and running Microsoft Windows XP. Software installation is flexible and fully automated for Windows XP. You can find it in the AOpen Bonus Pack.

  • Page 52: Irda Connector

    The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 98 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps). Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART Mode, make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector.

  • Page 53: S/Pdif (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector

    S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with better audio quality.

  • Page 54: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

    This motherboard comes with an ALC650 CODEC, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel.

  • Page 55: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot

    Onli AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L provide an AGP 8x slot, a light blue slot in motherboard. The AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 4X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.

  • Page 56: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led

    With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, this model implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install an AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the...

  • Page 57: Color Coded Back Panel

    The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and COM2, RJ45 LAN, Printer, USB2.0 and AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. RJ45 LAN Jack SPP/EPP/ECP (for AX4SP-N, AX4SPE-N Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse and AX4SPE-L)

  • Page 58: Support Gigabit Or 10/100 Mbps Lan Onboard (For Ax4Sp-N, Ax4Spe-N And Ax4Spe-L)

    On the strength of Broadcom Gigabit BCM5705 LAN controller (for AX4SPE-L) or Broadcom BCM4401 LAN controller (for AX4SP-N and AX4SPE-N) on board, this motherboard provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use. For AX4SP, there is no LAN module integrated on board. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link mode, it lights in orange whenever linking to network.

  • Page 59: Support Eight Usb 2.0 Connectors

    Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps, which is 40 times faster than the traditional one. Except for the speed increase, USB 2.0 supports old USB 1.0/1.1 software and peripherals, offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers.

  • Page 60: Game Port Bracket Supported

    This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard. Pin1 Joystick Module (User Upgrade Optional)

  • Page 61: Chassis Intrusion Connector

    The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or the opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you.

  • Page 62: Cd Audio Connector

    This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. Note: Though some of the latest versions of Windows support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in CD-IN Connector order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to insert audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.

  • Page 63: Aux-In Connector

    This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN Connector...

  • Page 64: Front Audio Connector

    If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove 5-6 and 9-10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable.

  • Page 65: Aoconfig Utility

    Moreover, AOconfig allows users to save information in *.BMP or *.TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or further diagnosis of system problem. The system page shows the...
  • Page 66 .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or Windows XP. Please be informed that AOconfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Meanwhile, all applications must be closed before starting AOconfig.

  • Page 67: Resetable Fuse

    Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function as protecting the motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunctioning. With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function after the fuse had done its protection job.

  • Page 68: 3300Μf Low Esr Capacitor

    CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1500 and 2200μf) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
  • Page 69 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V.

  • Page 70: Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink

    Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over-clock the CPU.

  • Page 71: Vivid Bios Technology

    VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

  • Page 72: The Noise Is Gone

    Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS and the...
  • Page 73 In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the The first image you have here is the Voltage Status current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. page. You can find current status of all voltages and set Also, you can check if fans are running properly. your expected margins of warning level.
  • Page 74 You may find that this setting fits you best. AOpen Recommend Setting: This setting is designed specifically for AOpen housing. A series of lab tests were conducted under the real world scenario to determine optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU working condition and temperature.

  • Page 75: Ezclock

    But from now on, you don’t surfer the boring stuffs anymore. With brand-new and user-friendly EzClock that AOpen specially designs for his users, you can adjust those important values as you please and think of suitable. This tailor-made EzClock allows you to set...
  • Page 76 How You Adjust the Settings in EzClock Utility In EzClock utility, you can adjust CPU Front Side Bus (FSB), the voltage and frequency of VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM. Besides, the CPU related information such as CPU voltage, temperature and CPUFAN rotation speed will also be displayed on this utility. On the left circle area shows Ratio, FSB and frequency information CPU Color Bars: The color bar will...
  • Page 77 On the bottom rectangular panel represents CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature. The three color bars on the right hand side will light on according to operation temperature. Please refer to the picture shown above. CPU Color Bars: CPU Fan, Voltage and Temperature: The color bars will light on representing CPU fan speed, CPU...
  • Page 78 How Your Boot Screen Looks Like After you finish setting BIOS, these setting values will be displayed on the boot screen like the shown picture here. Every time you boot your system, both default and current settings will pop up on the screen. Your personal settings that had been adjusted earlier will be highlighted;...

  • Page 79: Hyper Threading Technology

    What is Hyper-Threading? Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, an average improvement of ~40% in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. How Hyper-Threading Works A form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT), Hyper-Threading technology allows multiple threads of software applications to be run simultaneously on...
  • Page 80 For multiprocessor-capable software applications, the Hyper-Threading based processor is considered two separate logical processors on which the software applications without modification. Also, each logical processor responds to interrupts independently. first logical processor can track one software thread, while the second logical processor tracks another software thread simultaneously.

  • Page 81: Driver And Utility

    There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows XP) before you can install any drivers or utilities.

  • Page 82: Installing Intel ® Chipset Software Installation Utility

    ® ® ® The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility should be installed onto the target system and the Windows * INF files outline the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. It is recommended that the Intel ® Chipset Software Installation utility be installed onto the target system prior to the installation of other drivers.

  • Page 83: Installing Onboard Sound Driver

    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.

  • Page 84: Installing Intel Iaa Driver Raid Edition In Windows Xp (For Ax4Spe-L Only)

    The IAA RAID Edition is designed to provide functionality for the Intel ICH5R SATA RAID Controller. This product is available for use on Pentium (R) 4 processor-based systems with an ICH5R I/O Controller Hub and running Microsoft Windows XP. Software installation is flexible and fully automated for Windows XP. You can find it in the AOpen Bonus Pack.

  • Page 85: Installing Gigabit Lan Driver In Windows 2000/Xp (For Ax4Spe-L)

    For Win2000/XP operating system, please kindly follow this InstallShield Wizard for steps.
  • Page 86 BroadCom Ethernet Driver Install Guide under Win98SE/ME Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices"...
  • Page 87 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD” 3. Click "PCI Ethernet Controller " → " Driver " → "Update Driver" and Select "Install the software automatically Recommended) " And then Click "Next".
  • Page 88 4. When prompted, insert the media to be searched into your CD-ROM drive, type the path to the driver, and select OK. Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705 Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705" is the designation of the driver on your system.
  • Page 89 5. In the Driver Files Search Results window, verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown, and then click Next. 6. Then OS will request to insert the Bonus CD into CD-ROM Drive...
  • Page 90 Type the path of the BroadCom Ethernet driver and select " OK " Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705 Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705" is the designation of the " b57w2k.sys " on your Bonus CD. 8. BroadCom Ethernet driver installation finish.
  • Page 91 BroadCom Ethernet Driver Install Guide under Windows NT4.0 Verify that the Windows NT system is upgraded with Service Pack 4 or later. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have System Administrator privileges to install the driver software. Open the Control Panel.
  • Page 92 Click "Add" to install a new adapter. All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click "Have Disk"..When prompted, insert the driver installation media, or choose a location to install the driver from. Type the path to the driver, and click "OK".
  • Page 93 With "Gigabit Ethernet Controller" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK".
  • Page 94 The adapter files are installed, and then the Network window is displayed showing the newly installed adapter.
  • Page 95 Click "Close", then the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window appears. Configure the TCP/IP protocol and click "OK". When prompted to restart your computer, click "Yes".

  • Page 96: Installing Broadcom Bcm4401 10/100 Lan Driver In Windows 2000/Xp (For Ax4Sp-N And Ax4Spe-N)

    For Win2000/XP operating system, please kindly follow this InstallShield Wizard for steps.
  • Page 97 BroadCom Ethernet Driver Install Guide under Win98SE/ME Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices"...
  • Page 98 Insert the supplied "Bonus CD” Click "PCI Ethernet Controller " → " Driver " → "Update Driver" and Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended) " And then Click "Next".
  • Page 99 4. When prompted, insert the media to be searched into your CD-ROM drive, type the path to the driver, and select OK. Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401 Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401" is the designation of the driver on your system.
  • Page 100 5. In the Driver Files Search Results window, verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown, and then click Next. 6. Then OS will request to insert the Bonus CD into CD-ROM Drive...
  • Page 101 Type the path of the BroadCom Ethernet driver and select " OK " Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401 Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401" is the designation of the " bcm4sbe5.sys " on your Bonus CD.
  • Page 102 8. BroadCom Ethernet driver installation finish.
  • Page 103 BroadCom Ethernet Driver Install Guide under Windows NT4.0 1. Verify that the Windows NT system is upgraded with Service Pack 4 or later. 2. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have System Administrator privileges to install the driver software. 3.
  • Page 104 Click "Add" to install a new adapter. All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click "Have Disk"..When prompted, insert the driver installation media, or choose a location to install the driver from. Type the path to the driver, and click "OK".
  • Page 105 With "Gigabit Ethernet Controller" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK". The adapter files are installed, and then the Network window is displayed showing the newly installed adapter.
  • Page 106 10. Click "Close", then the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window appears.
  • Page 107 11. Configure the TCP/IP protocol and click "OK". 12. When prompted to restart your computer, click "Yes".
  • Page 108 For Windows 98SE/ME operating system, please kindly follow this InstallShield Wizard for steps.
  • Page 109 Installing USB 2.0 Driver in Windows 2000 ********************************************************** Installing Drivers during Windows 2000 Installation ********************************************************** The following details the installation of the USB 2.0 driver while installing Windows 2000 (with the USB 2.0 controller is enabled already). 1. After enabling the USB 2.0 controller, install Windows 2000 normally. 2.
  • Page 111 8. Choose the "Driver" tab in the "Properties" window, choose "Update Driver," and then press "Next." 9. Choose "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)" from the list, and then press "Enter". 10. Choose "Specify a location." and then press "Next" 11.
  • Page 112 13. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows has found "Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller - ICH5" should appear.
  • Page 113 14. Click on "Next," and then on "Finish." ********************************************************** Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System ********************************************************** After enabling the USB 2.0 controller and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a "New Hardware Found" dialog box. Under Windows 2000, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed. 1.

  • Page 114: Phoenix-Award Bios

    BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports. Most BIOS setting of AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L had been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup.

  • Page 115: Winbios Utility

    <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 install AOpen’s newest WinBIOS Utility to get more detailed description, further powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS.
  • Page 116 After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
  • Page 117 Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or Windows XP. In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language function to provide easier way for users’ usage in changing BIOS setting.
  • Page 118 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: WAX4SPEL102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.
  • Page 119 POST (Power-On-Self-Test) screen to get into the BIOS, which is inconvenient and clumsy. From now on, AOpen provides an easier way to configure your BIOS. WinBIOS is a customized utility for running exclusively on AOpen motherboards, which allows you to setup your BIOS under Windows environment.
  • Page 120 For the latest WinBIOS profile and language pack modules, you may find them from AOpen official web site as shown below: (http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/WinBIOS/default.htm) Note: Due to BIOS versions are updated in an extremely fast speed, it's strongly recommended to download the latest BIOS...

  • Page 121: Glossary

    Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer.

  • Page 122: Ata (At Attachment)

    The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.

  • Page 123: Bluetooth

    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.) BIOS, is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM Flash...
  • Page 124 DDR RAM utilizes the existing SDRAM (For ex, PC-100, PC-133) infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal 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 with more coming around soon.

  • Page 125: Flash Rom

    EV6 Bus is the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge 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 The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations.

  • Page 126: Parity Bit

    Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, an average improvement of ~40% in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. IEEE 1394, which also called Firewire, is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system.
  • Page 127 Developed by Intel, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local bus standard. A bus is a channel used to transfer data to (input) and from (output) a computer and to or from a peripheral device. Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemented at 32-bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps.
  • Page 128 A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM”...
  • Page 129 SMBus is also called I C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For 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.
  • Page 130 – – 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)).
  • Page 131 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.
  • Page 132 Continue Install the VGA card (if have). 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 power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
  • Page 133 Continue Perhaps your VGA card Check if there is display? or monitor is defective. Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key at the same time, hold them and then press <Del> to reboot the system. It is very possible that your Check if the system keyboard is defective.
  • Page 134 Continue During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. The problem should be Check if the system can caused by the IDE cable reboot successfully? or HDD itself. Re-install the operating system such as Windows XP.
  • Page 135 Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us.
  • Page 136 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.
  • Page 137 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX4SPE-L R1.00 Apr.01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX4SPE-L is model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version.

  • Page 138: Product Registration

    Be able to join the discussions of web-based news groups. AOpen makes sure that the information you provide is encrypted, so that it cannot be read or intercepted by other people or companies. Further, AOpen will not disclose any of information you submitted under any conditions. Please consult our...
  • Page 139 Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. Pacific Rim Europe America AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. AOpen America Inc. Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Tel: 1-510-489-8928 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Email: Support@AOpen.NL...

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