Page 1: W H A T S I N T H I S M A N U A L
AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 DOC. NO.: AX45533M-OL-E0206A...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
’ ’ AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 .........................1 What’s in this manual................................2 You Must Notice..................................9 Before You Start..................................10 Overview....................................11 Feature Highlight ..................................12 Quick Installation Procedure ..............................17 Motherboard Map ................................... 18 Block Diagram ..................................19 Hardware Installation ..........................20 About “User Upgrade Optional”...
Page 3 DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ..........................34 Front Panel Connector................................35 ATX Power Connector................................36 AC Power Auto Recovery................................ 36 STBY LED ....................................37 IDE and Floppy Connector..............................38 ATA/133 Supported................................. 40 IrDA Connector ..................................41 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ........................42 WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector ........................
Page 4 CD Audio Connector ................................54 Front Audio Connector ................................55 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector........................56 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................. 57 Die-Hard BIOS and JP30 Die-Hard BIOS Select Jumper ......................58 Dr. LED Connector.................................. 59 JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers ........................61 JP2 Speaker Enable/Disable Jumpers ............................
Page 5 Install USB2.0 Driver................................75 Installing LAN Driver ................................76 Installing Onboard Sound Driver ............................. 79 Installing AGP Driver................................80 AOConfig Utility ..................................81 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................83 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..............................84 ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ..............................88 AWARD BIOS ............................90 About BIOS Function Description…...
Page 6 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..............................100 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ................................ 100 APM (Advanced Power Management) ..........................100 ATA (AT Attachment) ................................100 ATA/66 ....................................100 ATA/100 ....................................101 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)............................101 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)..............................101 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ........................101 CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................
Page 7 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................104 Flash ROM ................................... 104 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..............................105 C Bus ....................................105 IEEE 1394 .................................... 105 Parity Bit ....................................105 PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ............................106 PC-100 DIMM ..................................106 PC-133 DIMM ..................................106 PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM............................
Page 8 SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................109 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................... 109 Ultra DMA ..................................... 109 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ..............................110 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .............................110 ZIP file ....................................110 Troubleshooting ...........................111 Technical Support..........................115 Product Registration..........................118 How to Contact Us..........................119...
Page 9: 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 10: 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 in format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD...
Page 11: Overview
More than that, on the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use. Besides, AX45-533 Max /...
Page 12: Feature Highlight
AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. For AD and SBA signaling, AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 motherboard can support 4X mode. Of six...
Page 13 Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking. 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU frequency from 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and helps your system get maximum performance.
Page 14 USB2.0 interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. Dr. LED Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 M/B to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter. Dr. Voice Dr. Voice provides 4 language versions (English, Chinese, Japanese and German) that can easily tell you the problem you may encounter.
Page 15 S/PDIF Connectors S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is the newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. On-board IEEE 1394 Connectors (AX45 Max-533 Only) Comes with three onboard IEEE 1394 connectors that provide ports for IEEE 1394 devices, such as digital camera or others IEEE 1394 storage devices.
Page 16 Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
Page 17: 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 18: Motherboard Map
Motherboard Map Realtek 8100BL LAN Chip MODEM-CN Connector ALC650 AC’97 CODEC PC99 Colored Back Panel Front Audio Connector Resettable Fuse CD-IN Connector JP28 USB Keyboard/ Mouse Wakeup Jumper CNR Expansion Slot Chassis Intrusion Detector 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors WOM Connecto AGP 4x Expansion Slot...
Page 19: Block Diagram
PC-2100/2700 SDRAM Up to 3GB/2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Socket x3 Socket 478 533MHz System Intel Pentium 4 CPU(Willamette /Northwood) PCI Bus SIS 645DX Primary 66/100/133 Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary AGP 4X Slot Channel RealTek AC97 SIS 962 CODEC Realtek RTL8100BL...
Page 20: 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 21: About "User Upgrade Optional" And "Manufacture Upgrade Optional
When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features.
Page 22: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data
You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear 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 pin 1 &...
Page 23: Cpu Installation
® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Willamette / Northwood). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface. 1.
Page 24 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. 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.
Page 25 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 26: Cpu Jumper-Less Design
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 27 ” “ ” 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 Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS.
Page 28: Full-Range Adjustable Cpu Core Voltage
This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. However, this motherboard can also automatically detects CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
Page 29 Willamette CPU Core System Northwood CPU Core System Ratio Ratio Frequency Clock Frequency Clock Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1.5G 1.6G Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 1.6G 1.6G Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1700MHz 100MHz...
Page 30: Cpu And System Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)
Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on FAN2 or FAN3 connector. CPU FAN Connector +12V SENSOR FAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support +12V hardware monitoring function.
Page 31: Jp28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-Up Jumper
This motherboard provides USB 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 “Enable”(1-2), and you may disable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
Page 32: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC2100 (DDR266) memory up to 3GB or PC2700 (DDR333) memory up to 2GB. Please note that when you install PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM, you can install them fully into 3 sockets; however, when you install PC2700 DDR SDRAM, we suggest you to install DIMM1 and DIMM2 ONLY.
Page 33: 3 U 2 O N L I N E M A N U A L
Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Pin 1 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
Page 34: Ddr 266(Pc2100) And Ddr 333(Pc2700)
DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems. To put it in a simple way, DDR SDRAM is like data going along a two lane highway, while at the same time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street.
Page 35: Front Panel Connector
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.
Page 36: Atx Power Connector
This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction. 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 37: Stby Led
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...
Page 38: Ide And Floppy Connector
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. Secondary Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE 2 (Secondary) IDE 1 (Primary) Pin 1 Primary Secondary Master (1st)
Page 39 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 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. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM.
Page 40: Ata/133 Supported
This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer.
Page 41: Irda Connector
The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 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).
Page 42: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot
AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 provides an 4x slot. The AGP 4x 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 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s.
Page 43: Wom (Zero Voltage Wake On Modem) Connector
Pin 1 +5VSB WOM Connector...
Page 44: Wom By External Box Modem
Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.
Page 45: Wom By Internal Modem Card
Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.
Page 46: Wol (Wake On Lan)
To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
Page 47 WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
Page 48: Support 10/100 Mbps Lan Onboard
The South Bridge SIS962 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors.
Page 49: Cnr (Communication And Network Riser) Expansion Slot
is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power. The analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card.
Page 50: Pc99 Color Coded Back Panel
The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1 and COM2, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP RJ-45 LAN MIDI/Game Port Parallel Port Connector...
Page 51: Support 2 Nd And
This motherboard provides six ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect USB2 and USB3 headers to the front panel of chassis.
Page 52: Onboard Ieee 1394 Connectors (Ax45 Max-533 Only)
This motherboard has three IEEE 1394 connectors onboard. The IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s. Therefore the IEEE 1394 interface can connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance, such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices.
Page 53: 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 by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you.
Page 54: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. CD-IN...
Page 55: 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 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.
Page 56: S/Pdif (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector
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.
Page 57: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
This motherboard comes with an ALC650 Codec which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effect, 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.
Page 58: Die-Hard Bios And Jp30 Die-Hard Bios Select Jumper
BIOS ROM by setting JP30 to pin 2-3 if it fails to act normally. This motherboard comes with one BIOS ROM, you may contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing an extra BIOS ROM. Please visit our website: www.aopen.com for details.
Page 59: Dr. Led Connector
Connecting Dr. LED you can easily find the system problems that may occur while assembling. It can clearly indicate whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation through the 8 LED lights of Dr. LED on the front panel. That is to say you can diagnose your system status quickly.
Page 60 Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. Floppy Boot O.K.
Page 61: Jp15/Jp16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers
Dr. Voice is a great feature of AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2, which can identify the problems you may encounter in the operating system. It can clearly “tell you” whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard.
Page 62: Jp2 Speaker Enable/Disable Jumpers
m sending Pin1 Enable Disable (Default)
Page 63: Battery-Less And Long Life Design
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 64: Over-Current Protection
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.
Page 65: Hardware Monitoring
CPU temperature. If any of those systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if having this function and enabled) to warn the user. Fan Speed AOpen H/W Detection Monitoring...
Page 66: Resettable Fuse
Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and 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 Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job. Resettable Fuse...
Page 67: 2200Μf 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, AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μf)
Page 68 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new 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. That is, the transient must be below 280mV.
Page 69: Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)
CPU are working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “Frequency Isolation Wall”. Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions, where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range, we can avoid cross talk and frequency interference between each region’s operations and...
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: Driver And Utility
There are motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you install any drivers or utilities.
Page 73: Auto-Run Menu From Bonus Cd
You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
Page 74: Install Ide Driver
To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.
Page 75: Install Usb2.0 Driver
In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB2.0 driver from the following screen.
Page 76: Installing Lan Driver
You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD and install it under Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows 98/98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT v4.0 driver for Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter. [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 : ----------------------------------------------------- 1.
Page 77 [CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WIN2000 (for Windows 2000) or [CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WINME (for Windows ME) or [CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WinXP (for Windows XP) 3. Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME will appear some messages to insert Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME system disk to complete setup step. 4. Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME will finish the other installation procedure automatically, then you restart the system. [Windows NT 3.5, 3.51 &...
Page 78 RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139.SYS will auto-detect the line speed, 10 Mb or 100Mb, while the RTL8139.SYS is loading. The other values, "10" or "100", are only used when you want to forced RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb. 7.
Page 79: Installing Onboard Sound Driver
This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 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 81: 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 for further diagnose of system problems. 1. The system page shows the...
Page 82 NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Before running AOConfig, all applications must be closed.
Page 83: Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility
You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
Page 84: Acpi Suspend To Hard Drive
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again.
Page 85: System Requirement
System Requirement AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a.
Page 86 Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d.
Page 87 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes. 2.
Page 88: Acpi Suspend To Ram (Str)
This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
Page 89 To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement An ACPI OS is required. Currently, except Windows 95 and Windows NT, all other Windows Systems support ACPI. Procedures Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Function: Enabled BIOS Setup >...
Page 90: Award Bios
Most BIOS settings of AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 have 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. Therefore, the rest of this chapter intends to guide you the process of configuring your system setup.
Page 91: About Bios Function Description
… AOpen always dedicates to give user a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appear at the right side of screen.
Page 92: How To Use Award™ Bios Setup Program
The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provide a special function in BIOS setup; you can press <F3> key selecting you preferred menu language.
Page 93 Description Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program.
Page 94: How To Enter Bios Setup
After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test) and 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 95: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment
With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---- EZWinFlash. With an eye to users convenience, EZWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically.
Page 96 1. Download the new version of BIOS package file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX45P533102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX45P533102.EXE & WAX45P533102.BIN.
Page 97: Overclocking
As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them "Overclocker".
Page 98: Vga Card & Hard Disk
VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website.
Page 99: Glossary
AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to 4X mode, 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s. AOpen is the first company to support 4X AGP...
Page 100: Amr (Audio/Modem Riser)
Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions. AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management. ATA is the specification of diskette interface. In 80’s, many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together.
Page 101: Ata/100
ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66.
Page 102: Codec (Coding And Decoding)
Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way.
Page 103: Ecc (Error Checking And Correction)
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.
Page 104: Ev6 Bus
Flash ROM 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 infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM.
Page 105: Fsb (Front Side Bus) Clock
FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio See SMBus. IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps.
Page 106: Pbsram (Pipelined Burst Sram)
For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits). PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence. Normally, it is 3-1-1-1, total 6 clocks, which is faster than asynchronous SRAM.
Page 107: Pdf Format
A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader. You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader).
Page 108: Rimm (Rambus Inline Memory Module)
SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V. AOpen is the first company to support dual-SDRAM DIMMs onboard (AP5V), from Q1 1996 A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E...
Page 109: Smbus (System Management Bus)
SMBus is also called I2C 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 110: Usb (Universal Serial Bus)
USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
Page 111: Troubleshooting
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 112 Continue 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 power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
Page 113 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 114 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.
Page 115: Technical Support
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 116 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group. http://www.aopen.com/tech/newsgrp/default.htm 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 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 if next time you want to buy something else from them.
Page 117 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX45-533 Max / AX45-533 U2 R1.20 Jun.01.2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2002, Award Software, Inc.
Page 118: 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 119: How To Contact Us
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: 1-510-498-8928 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Fax: 31-73-645-9604...

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