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AX45F-4D Series

DOC. NO.:AX45F4DMAX-OL-E0309A
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  • Page 1: Ax45F-4D Series

    AX45F-4D Series DOC. NO.:AX45F4DMAX-OL-E0309A...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    What’s in this manual ..................................2 You Must Notice .................................... 8 Before You Start .................................... 9 Overview ..................................... 10 AX45F-4D Series Comparison Table ............................11 Feature Highlight ..................................12 Quick Installation Procedure ............................... 17 Motherboard Map ..................................18 Block Diagram ..................................... 19 Hardware Installation ........................
  • Page 3 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ..........................47 Hercules PCI Slot ..................................48 IrDA Connector.................................... 49 Support LAN onboard (for AX45-4DL, AX45-4DN and AX45F-4D Max)..................50 Support USB 2.0 Ports ................................51 Color Coded Back Panel ................................52 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector ........................53 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ..............................
  • Page 4 JP2 Speaker Output Jumper (only for AX45F-4D Max) ......................63 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................64 JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumpers (only for AX45F-4D Max) ................65 JP24 / JP25 BIOS Rescue Jumper (only for AX45F-4D Max) ....................66 JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper............................
  • Page 5 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ..............................97 Installing AGP Driver ................................... 98 Installing Onboard Sound Driver ..............................99 Installing Gigabit LAN Driver (for AX45F-4D Max and AX45F-4DL) ..................100 Installing Realtek 10/100 Mbps LAN Driver in Win98SE/2000/XP (for AX45F-4DN)...............111 Installing IDE Driver................................... 115 Installing SiS Serial ATA Raid Driver in Win 2000/XP .......................
  • Page 6 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)........................130 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ............................ 130 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................... 131 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ............................... 131 ATA (AT Attachment) ................................. 131 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)............................132 Bluetooth ....................................132 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)........................... 133 DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM.............................
  • Page 7 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus..........................136 PDF Format ....................................136 PnP (Plug and Play) .................................. 136 POST (Power-On Self Test) ..............................136 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ............................137 RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ......................137 RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)............................ 137 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ..............................

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

  • Page 10: Overview

    Thank you for choosing AX45F-4D Series. AX45F-4D Series is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor ® featuring the SiS 655FX/964 chipsets. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45F-4D Series supports Intel Socket 478 ®...

  • Page 11: Ax45F-4D Series 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. SATA Diehard Hercules Model Dr. Voice II Slots Slots BIOS PCI Slot AX45F-4D AX45F-4DL 10/100/1000 Mbps AX45F-4DN 10/100 Mbps AX45F-4D Max 10/100/1000 Mbps...

  • Page 12: Feature Highlight

    Socket 478 Pentium 4 1.6GHz~3.20GHz+ with 400/533/800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. The AX45F-4D Series motherboard supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. Chipset The motherboard is equipped with SIS 655FX chipset. The SIS 655FX Host & Memory & AGP Controller integrates a high performance host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a high performance memory controller, an AGP interface and SiS MuTIOL 1G Technology connecting with SiS964 MuTIOL 1G Media IO.

  • Page 13: Expansion Slots

    Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail the system overclocking. 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB...
  • Page 14 Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. For AX45F-4D Max, there are three connectors and support six IDE devices in three channels.
  • Page 15 Eight USB 2.0 Ports Provides four ports on the back panel and two USB 2.0 headers on the board, providing a total of eight USB 2.0 interface to connect devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. S/PDIF Connector 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.
  • Page 16 Enhanced ACPI ® Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) and S5 features.

  • 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 Gigabit LAN chip (for AX45F-4D Max and AX45F-4DL) Realtek 10/100 Mbps LAN chip (for AX45F-4DN) CD-IN Connector AUX-IN Connector Colored Back Panel Onboard AC’97 CODEC S/PDIF Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse JP2 Speaker output Jumper Wakeup Jumper JP15/JP16 Dr.Voice II...

  • Page 19: Block Diagram

    Channel Third Channel AGP 8X Slot For AX45F-4D, AX45F-4DL and AX45F-4DN, Connectors x2 RealTek AC97 CODEC only AX45F-4D Max supports USB Port Die-hard BIOS Gigabit LAN Chip (AX45F-4D Max LAN connect Component and AX45F-4DL) Realtek USB Port 10/100Mbps 4Mbit Flash EEPROM...

  • 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: 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 23 Power Switch ACPI & Power LED IDE LED SPEAKER Navy Blue: IDE 1 Connector RESET Black: IDE 2 Connector Light Yellow: IDE 3 Connector Note: Colors setting varies on different motherboards; the color setting here applies only to AX45F-4D Series Motherboards.

  • 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 mark on the CPU upper interface. 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.
  • Page 25 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, you may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel.

  • Page 26: Cpu Fan Installation

    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.

  • 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: Full-Range Adjustable Cpu Core Voltage

    This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 0.8375V to 1.6000V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Bus Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency in BIOS;...
  • Page 32 CPU Core System Northwood CPU Ratio Frequency Clock Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz Note: SiS 655FX/964 chipset only support Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz Northwood processors (also support Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz Celeron...

  • 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 CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector. +12V SENSOR SYSFAN1 Connector +12V SENSOR +12V...

  • Page 34: Dimm Sockets

    The motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install 128-bit dual channel DDR400, DDR333 DDR266 memory up to 4GB maximum. The DIMM sockets are painted in electric blue / navy blue and only support non-ECC DDR RAM. Please install suitable modules;...
  • Page 35 Note: Please pay attention to the Blue slots. To run dual Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. channel speed, you should insert the RAM in the slot of Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. DIMM A1 and DIMM B1 or DIMM A2 and DIMM B2.

  • Page 36: 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) ● ● Same DRAM bus width (x8 or x16) Either single-sided or dual-sided ●...

  • Page 37: Atx Power Connector

    This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector in flame red. 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 38: 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 navy blue; the IDE 3 connector is painted in light yellow; the IDE 2 connector and FDD connector are painted in Black. Be careful of the pin1 orientation.
  • Page 39 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2、 IDE3 as the secondary and third channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of six devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode.

  • Page 40: Ata133 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: Serial Ata Supported

    It reduces voltage and pins count requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to route cables. SATA Port3 SATA SATA Port1 Port2 SATA Port4 Note: Only AX45F-4D Max supports 4 SATA Ports; AX45F-4D / AX45F-4DL / AX45F-4DN support 2 SATA Ports.

  • Page 42: Connecting Serial Ata Disk

    You will find the claret serial ATA connectors in motherboard easily. To connect a Serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. 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 43 Except its original 3 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 44: Support Raid 0 And Raid 1

    With SiS964 chipset onboard, this motherboard provides a cost-effective, high performance stripping (RAID 0) and mirroring (RAID 1) solution. With stripping, identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance. Mirroring increase read performance through load balancing and elevator seeking while creating a complete backup of your files. When supporting RAID 0 or RAID 1, you should connect SATA hard driver disks to SATA Header 1and 2.

  • Page 45: 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 &...

  • Page 46: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot

    AX45F-4D Series provides an 8X slot, a sky blue slot which has the latest AGP specification in motherboard. The AGP 8x calls for the bus to operate at the basic AGP 66-MHz clock frequency and the bandwidth are 2.1Gbytes/s. It is a great improvement on the performance of 3D graphic.

  • Page 47: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led

    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 voltage 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 a AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported by SiS655FX/964 chipset, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn...

  • Page 48: Hercules Pci Slot

    Spotted easily among other PCI slots onboard, this Hercules PCI slot comes in a special BLUE color to illustrate its uniqueness and usefulness. As independent as Hercules is, it comes in a separate set of 3.3 volt power circuitry which supplies needed current and making it virtually free from the “loading issue” of traditional PCI slot. In addition, traces around this specially designed slot power delivery are upgraded in terms of their trace thickness, making its signals much more robust than their fellow PCI slots onboard.

  • Page 49: 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).

  • Page 50: Support Lan Onboard (For Ax45-4Dl, Ax45-4Dn And Ax45F-4D Max)

    On the strength of Gigabit LAN controller (AX45F-4D Max and AX45F-4DL) or Realtek 10/100Mbps LAN controller (AX45F-4DN) on board, this motherboard provides 10/100/1000 Mbps (for AX45F-4DN, it is 10/100 Mbps) Ethernet for office and home use. AX45F-4D motherboard does not support LAN onboard. 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 51: Support Usb 2.0 Ports

    This motherboard provides eight 2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two USB headers on the board for you to connect two 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.

  • Page 52: Color Coded Back Panel

    The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, COM2 port, Printer, USB, AC’97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. RJ-45 LAN Connector SPP/EPP/ECP (for AX45F-4DL, AX45F-4DN Parallel Port and AX45F-4D Max) PS/2 Mouse LINE-IN Connector SPEAKER OUT USB Ports...

  • Page 53: 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 54: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

    This motherboard comes with an ALC658 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 ALC658, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module.

  • 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: 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. Joystick Module (User Upgrade Optional) Pin1...

  • Page 57: 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 order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under CD-IN Connector BIOS, it is a MUST to connect audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.

  • Page 58: Aux-In Connector

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

  • Page 59: Case Open 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 60: Stby Led (Standby Led)

    STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that aims 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 61: Fansink On North Bridge

    In order to provide a better effect of cooling and make the chipset work more stable, we especially design a fansink on the north bridge. After locating the fansink on the north bridge, plug the connector to the header marked SYSFAN1 on the motherboard.

  • Page 62: 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, AX45F-4D Series implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it...

  • Page 63: Jp2 Speaker Output Jumper (Only For Ax45F-4D Max)

    This motherboard comes with another considerate option that allows you to turn off the voice from buzzer and speaker. You can choose not to be bothered by the warning made from Dr. Voice II when it detects any error in operating system. You may also set JP2 to choose sending out voices from buzzer or speaker.

  • Page 64: 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 pin1 &...

  • Page 65: Jp15/Jp16 Dr. Voice Ii Language Select Jumpers (Only For Ax45F-4D Max)

    Dr. Voice II is a great feature 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 66: Jp24 / Jp25 Bios Rescue Jumper (Only For Ax45F-4D Max)

    Inherited DieHard BIOS, the steps of rescuing your crashed BIOS 1 back to life is the same. First step is to set JP24 to Pin2-3 to boot up the system with BIOS 2. After that, please set the JP24 back to Pin1-2, go to AOpen website to get your BIOS version suited for your motherboard, and have it downloaded.

  • Page 67: Jp28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-Up Jumper

    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 enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

  • Page 68: The Noise Is Gone

    Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet.
  • Page 69 The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the current You can find current status of all voltages and set your temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. Also, expected margins of warning level.
  • Page 70 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 71: 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 72 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 73 On the bottom rectangular panel represents CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature. The three color bars on the right hand 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.
  • Page 74 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 75: 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 one processor by duplicating the architectural state on each processor while the same processor execution...
  • Page 76 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 interrupts independently. first logical processor track software thread, while the second logical processor tracks another...

  • Page 77: 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 78 .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or 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 79: Raid Introduction

    ’ ’ Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures. The idea of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) was first introduced by David A. Patterson, Garth Gibson and Randy H. Katz at the University California at Berkeley in 1988.

  • Page 80: What Are The Raid Levels

    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 81 Block 1 RAID level 1 uses at least two duplicate hard drives and store the exact same Block 2 blocks of information between them. This is the slowest form of fault Block 3 tolerance because the data has to be replicated onto two disks at the same time.

  • Page 82: Hdd Capacity Of Raid Levels

    Logical Drive Physical Disks Physical Disks 80 GB 40 GB 40 GB Logical Drive Physical Disks Physical Disks 40 GB 40 GB 40 GB...

  • Page 83: Serial Ata Raid For Sis964

    With the latest chipsets implemented, SiS964 provides RAID 0 and RAID1 function for the Serial ATA hard disks. You may follow the steps shown below to setup your disk array. 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 OnChip Serial ATA Mode”...
  • Page 84 In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID device smoothly, we have to enter RAID Setting Utility to do some configuration. After finishing the BIOS setup and reboot, you will see [Press CTRL + S to enter RAID Setting Utility] about half way through the boot up.

  • Page 85: Phoenix-Award Bios

    Most BIOS settings of AX45F-4D Series 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 86: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program

    <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 87: 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 88: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment

    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’...
  • Page 89 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: W45F4DMAX102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, W45F4DMAX102.EXE & W45F4DMAX102.BIN.

  • Page 90: Winbios Utility (Only For Ax45F-4D Max)

    DEL key at a good timing during 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 91: Function Keys

    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 92 Here we are pleased to provide you a brand-new powerful interface—Open JukeBox. Without any cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player! This latest Open JukeBox motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC without any hassle of entering Windows operation system.

  • Page 93: Open Jukebox Player (Only For Ax45F-4D Max)

    How Your Open JukeBox Works The operation of Open JukeBox Player is the same as other CD players. By pressing specific keys on the keyboard you will find playing Open JukeBox Player couldn’t be easier than the traditional CD Players. Below is the function description of respective buttons. Power-Off Button Display Screen Boot to...
  • Page 94 Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows. Auto: The default setting is “Auto” with which the Open JukeBox will automatically check the CD player every time you power on. The Open JukeBox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player. Press Insert Key: Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST.
  • Page 95 Except these powerful functions above, Open JukeBox Player is also equipped with another fancy feature for you to change its “skin”. You can download as many skins as you want from AOpen Website, and changing them whenever you want by using this useful utility –...

  • Page 96: Vivid Bios Technology

    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 colours screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

  • Page 97: 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 XP) before you install any drivers or utilities.

  • Page 98: Installing Agp Driver

    You can find AGP driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.

  • Page 99: Installing Onboard Sound Driver

    This motherboard comes with RealTek 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 100: Installing Gigabit Lan Driver (For Ax45F-4D Max And Ax45F-4Dl)

    Install LAN Driver in Windows 98SE Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" Insert the supplied "Bonus CD" Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller” Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab. Select "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)" Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98"...
  • Page 101 System will ask you to provide the file path for loading driver, please type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press “OK". System will ask you to insert "Windows 98 CD-ROM".
  • Page 102 Driver installed. Restart computer. Confirming Windows 98 Installation.
  • Page 103 Install LAN Driver in Windows ME Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" Insert the supplied "Bonus CD" Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller” Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab. Select "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)". Choose "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now.
  • Page 104 Confirming Windows ME Installation. Confirming Windows ME Installation.
  • Page 105 Install LAN Driver in Windows NT 4.0 In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab. 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"..
  • Page 106 Restart computer. Confirming Windows NT Installation...
  • Page 107 Install LAN Driver in Windows 2000 Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" Insert the supplied "Bonus CD " Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Properties". Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.
  • Page 108 Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)" Select "Specify a location", and then click "Next". Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press “OK". Driver installed. Confirming Windows 2000 Installation.
  • Page 109 Install LAN Driver in Windows XP Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" Insert the supplied "Bonus CD " Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Update Driver". Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and then click "Next". Choose "Search for the best driver in these locations", and then select "Include this location in the search:".

  • Page 111: Installing Realtek 10/100 Mbps Lan Driver In Win98Se/2000/Xp (For Ax45F-4Dn)

    This motherboard integrates Realtek 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Chip. You can find this driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
  • Page 112 Install LAN Driver in Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2 Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 2. Specify the setup file pathname [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\95\WIN95A (for Windows 95 and Win95A) or [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\95\W95OSR2 (for Windows 95 OSR2).
  • Page 113 Install LAN Driver in Windows NT 3.5, 3.51 & 4.0 Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows NT: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When you are in Windows NT: 1. In the Main group of NT, select the "Control Panel" icon. 2. In the Control Panel window, choose the "Network" icon. 3.
  • Page 114 8. "Bus Location" display in next screen. Your machine contains more than one hardware bus; please select the Bus Type and Bus number on which your network adapter card is installed. 9. NT will then perform the binding process. If any additional network software options were installed, you may be prompted for specific information for these packages.

  • Page 115: Installing Ide Driver

    To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.

  • Page 116: Installing Sis Serial Ata Raid Driver In Win 2000/Xp

    This motherboard support RAID 0 and RAID 1 function. You can find the driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu...

  • Page 117: Installing Promise Serial Ata Driver (Only For Ax45F-4D Max)

    Windows 98 SE Installation Guide *********************************************************** Installing Drivers during Windows 98 SE Installation *********************************************************** The following details the installation of the Serial ATA drivers while installing Windows 98 SE (with the SATA controller is enabled already). 1. After enabling the Serial ATA controller and configuring the hard drive(s) partition and format your hard drive(s), if necessary. 2.
  • Page 118 10. Insert the Promise SATA150 driver diskette into drive A. 11. Choose "Specify a Location," and then type "A:\" 10a. Insert the "Bonus CD" in CD-ROM. 11a. Choose "Specify a Location," and then type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\SATA150\Driver\Win98-Me" in the text box. 12. Press the "Next" button. A message informing you that Windows has found "Win98-ME Promise SATA150 TX2plus(tm) IDE Controller"...
  • Page 119 Windows ME Installation Guide ******************************************************** Installing Drivers during Windows ME Installation ******************************************************** The following details the installation of the Serial ATA drivers while installing Windows ME (with the Serial ATA controller is enabled already). 1. Install Windows Me fully. 2. After installation, go the "Start" menu and choose "Settings." 3.
  • Page 120 11. Press the "Next" button. A message informing you that Windows Me has found "Win98-ME Promise SATA150 TX2plus(tm) IDE Controller" should appear. 12. Press "Next," then "Finish". *************************************************** Confirming Driver Installation in Windows ME *************************************************** To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Windows ME, perform the following steps: 1.
  • Page 121 Windows NT 4.x Installation Guide ****************************************************************** Installing Drivers during New Windows NT 4.0 Installation ****************************************************************** 1. Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk: a. Floppy install: boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes. b. Floppyless install: boot from floppy and type "WINNT /B". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot, press the "F6"...
  • Page 122 8. After a successful installation, the "SCSI Adapter Setup" box will show that the "WinNT Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" driver has been installed. ****************************************************** Installing Drivers with Existing Windows NT 4.0 ****************************************************** WARNING: If you wish to use your current bootable drive with the Windows NT4 operating system on the SATA150, perform the steps below while the boot drive is still attached to your existing onboard IDE controller.
  • Page 123 Windows 2000 Installation Guide ************************************************************** Installing Driver during New Windows 2000 Installation ************************************************************** 1. Start the installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot, press <F6>...
  • Page 124 6. From the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press the Enter key. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation. ********************************************************* Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System ********************************************************* WARNING: If you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows 2000 operating system to the SATA150 connector, the SATA150 driver MUST be loaded on to this hard drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.
  • Page 125 5a. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\SATA150\Driver\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press “OK ". 6. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows has found "Win2000 Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" should appear. 7. Click on "Next," and then on "Finish." ******************************************* Confirming Windows 2000 Installation *******************************************...
  • Page 126 Windows XP Installation Guide ************************************************************ Installing Driver during New Windows XP Installation ************************************************************ 1. Start the installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot, press <F6>...
  • Page 127 include "Win XP Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller". NOTE: If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are specified, continue to the next step.- 7. From the Windows XP Setup screen, press the Enter key. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation.
  • Page 128 4. Type "A:\" in the text box that appears. Press “OK ". 3a. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM. 4a. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\SATA150\Driver\WinXP" in the text box that appears. Press “OK ". 5. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows XP has found "Win XP Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" should appear.

  • Page 129: Installing Usb 2.0 Driver

    This motherboard comes with USB 2.0. You can find the driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.

  • Page 130: Glossary

    ’ ’ Basically, AC’97 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. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.

  • Page 131: 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 132: 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 133 The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN, home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs". The CNR specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs, IHV card manufacturers, silicon supplier and Microsoft. DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM (For ex, PC-100, PC-133) infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal...
  • Page 134 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 EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back. 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 SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus.

  • Page 135: Flash Rom

    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 512KB (4M bits). 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.

  • Page 136: Parity Bit

    The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated, parity bit will be adjusted to have even count "1" for each byte. When next time, if memory is read with odd number of "1", the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection.
  • Page 137 PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits.
  • Page 138 The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come.
  • Page 139 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 static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption.
  • Page 140 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 141 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 142 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 143 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 144 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 145 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 146 The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, or on component side of PCB. For example: Part No. Serial No. P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.
  • Page 147 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX45F-4D Max R1.00 Sep. 1. 2003 AOpen Inc. Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX45F-4D Max is model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version.

  • Page 148: 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 online privacy policy further information on our company policy.
  • Page 149 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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