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  • Page 1: Ax45H-8X / Ax45H-8Xn

    AX45-8X AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN DOC. NO.: AX45H8XN-OL-E0301A...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ’ ’ AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN ..........................1 What’s in this manual................................2 You Must Notice..................................8 Before You Start..................................9 Overview....................................10 Feature Highlight ..................................11 Quick Installation Procedure ..............................16 Motherboard Map ................................... 17 Block Diagram ..................................18 Hardware Installation ..........................19 About “User Upgrade Optional”...
  • Page 3 ATX Power Connector................................32 AC Power Auto Recovery................................ 32 IDE and Floppy Connector..............................33 ATA/133 Supported................................. 35 IrDA Connector ..................................36 Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot....................37 WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector ........................38 WOM by External BOX Modem............................... 39 WOM by Internal Modem Card..............................
  • Page 4 CD Audio Connector ................................53 MODEM-CN Connector ................................54 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................55 JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ..........................56 JP29 Memory Voltage Jumper ..............................57 STBY LED ....................................58 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED..........................59 Battery-less and Long Life Design ............................61 Over-current Protection................................
  • Page 5 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ............................... 75 Install IDE Driver..................................76 Install USB2.0 Driver................................77 Installing LAN Driver (For AX45H-8XN)........................... 78 Installing Onboard Sound Driver ............................. 81 Installing AGP Driver................................82 AOConfig Utility ..................................83 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................85 Glossary ..............................86 AC97 CODEC..................................
  • Page 6 ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ............................. 89 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ......................90 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ..........................90 EV6 Bus....................................90 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ............................. 90 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................91 FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................91 Flash ROM .....................................
  • Page 7 SATA (Serial ATA) ................................... 94 SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................94 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)..............................95 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ............................... 95 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .............................. 95 Wireless LAN – 802.11b................................95 ZIP file ....................................96 Troubleshooting .............................97 Technical Support..........................101 Product Registration..........................104 How to Contact Us..........................105...

  • 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 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD...

  • Page 10: Overview

    More than that, on the strength of integrated SiS LAN controller with Realtek RTL8100BL PHY on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use. Besides, AX45H-8X /...

  • Page 11: Feature Highlight

    ® ® Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~3.06GHz+ with 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The motherboard is equipped with SIS 648 chipset. SIS 648 Host & Memory & AGP Controller integrates a high performance host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a high performance memory controller, a AGP interface.

  • Page 12: Expansion Slots

    SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). 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 CPU 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 13 Provides four ports on the back panel and one connector with a total of six ports for USB2.0 interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. Dr. LED Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN M/B to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter.

  • Page 14: Agp Protection Technology

    AGP Protection Technology With AGP Protection Technology implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. 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.
  • Page 15 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 16: Quick Installation Procedure

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

  • Page 17: Motherboard Map

    Motherboard Map Realtek 8100BL PHY (For AX45H-8XN) MODEM-CN Connector ALC650 AC’97 CODEC PC99 Colored Back Panel Front Audio Connector Resettable Fuse CD-IN Connector JP28 PS2 Keyboard/ Chassis Intrusion Detector Mouse Wakeup Jumper CNR Expansion Slot 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors WOM Connector...

  • Page 18: Block Diagram

    DDR266/DDR333 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 648 Primary 66/100/133 Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary AGP 8X Slot Channel RealTek AC97 SIS 963L CODEC Realtek RTL8100BL...

  • Page 19: Hardware Installation

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

  • Page 20: About "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 21: 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 22 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 23 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 24: 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 25: 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 26 Willamette CPU Core System CPU Core System Northwood CPU Ratio Ratio Frequency Clock Frequency Clock Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 1.5G Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 1600MHz 100MHz...

  • Page 27: Cpu And System Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)

    Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. CPUFAN1 Connector +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support +12V SENSOR hardware monitoring function.

  • Page 28: 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 29 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 30: 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 31: 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 32: N O N L I N E M A N U A L

    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 33: 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 Primary Master (1st)
  • Page 34 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 35: 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 36: 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 37: Support Agp 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot

    AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN provides an 8x slot which is the latest AGP specification. The AGP 8x calls for the bus to operate at the basic AGP 66MHz clock frequency and the bandwidth is 2.1Gbytes/s. It is a great improvement on the performance of 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.

  • Page 38: Wom (Zero Voltage Wake On Modem) Connector

    Pin 1 +5VSB WOM Connector...

  • Page 39: 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 40: 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 41: 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 42 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 43: Support 10/100 Mbps Lan Onboard (For Ax45H-8Xn)

    On the strength of integrated SIS LAN controller with Realtek RTL8100BL PHY 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 44: 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 45: Support 2 Nd And

    This motherboard provides six ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from back panel or connect USB2 header to the front panel of chassis.

  • Page 46: Colored Back Panel

    The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1 and COM2, Printer, USB, and AC97 sound. The view angle of the drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. LAN Connector SPP/EPP/ECP (For AX45H-8XN) MIDI/Game Port Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse...

  • Page 47: 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 48: 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 49: 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 50: 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 51 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 52: 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 53: Cd Audio Connector

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

  • Page 54: Modem-Cn Connector

    This connector is used to connect Mono In/MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is MIC Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.

  • Page 55: 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 56: 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 57: Jp29 Memory Voltage Jumper

    This motherboard supports all DDR200/266/333 DDR-RAM in the market, therefore you don’t need to adjust this JP29 memory voltage jumper from its default setting. However, if you wish to use DDR400 that requires higher voltage on this motherboard, you may have to adjust the jumper to pin1-2 for a higher voltage supply up to 2.7V.

  • Page 58: 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 59: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led

    With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN implements a brand new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported by SIS648, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage of...
  • Page 60 “ ” “ ” 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...

  • Page 61: 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 62: 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 63: 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 64: Resetable 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 Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job. Resetable Fuse...

  • Page 65: 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, AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
  • Page 66 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 67: Phoenix-Award Bios

    Most BIOS settings of this model 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 68: 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 69: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program

    The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-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 70 Description Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program.

  • Page 71: 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 72: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment

    Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language function to provide easier way for users’ usage in changing BIOS setting.
  • Page 73 Download the new version of BIOS package file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX45H8XN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX45H8XN102.EXE & WAX45H8XN102.BIN.

  • Page 74: 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 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

  • Page 75: 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 76: Install Ide Driver

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

  • Page 77: Install Usb2.0 Driver

    In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB2.0 driver from the following screen.

  • Page 78: Installing Lan Driver (For Ax45H-8Xn)

    You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD and install it under Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows XP.
  • Page 79 For Windows 95 and Windows NT: This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows NT v4.0 driver for Realtek RTL8139PCI Fast Ethernet adapter. [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 : ----------------------------------------------------- 1.
  • Page 80 4. In the list of network cards, select "<other> Requires disk from manufacturer", and then press <Enter> button. 5. Enter drive and pathname [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\NT (for NT 4.0) which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then choose the OK button.

  • Page 81: 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 83: 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 84 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 85: 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 86: Glossary

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

  • Page 87: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port)

    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 88: Bios (Basic Input/Output System)

    bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s.

  • Page 89: Cnr (Communication And Networking Riser)

    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.

  • Page 90: Eeprom (Electronic Erasable Programmable Rom)

    Also known as E PROM. Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface technology is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM. 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.

  • Page 91: Fc-Pga (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)

    FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket. After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478 socket as well.

  • Page 92: Parity Bit

    networking, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing. Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards. Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A/V to Firewire converters. The advantages of the IEEE1394: High data transfer rate –...

  • Page 93: Pdf Format

    With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange. Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file, including fonts and graphics, and they can be distributed by e-mail or stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms.

  • Page 94: Rimm (Rambus Inline Memory Module)

    by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM” with transfer rate of 600/700/800MHz, providing bandwidth as high to 1.6GB. 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology.

  • Page 95: Spd (Serial Presence Detect)

    communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message. SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM. SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters. SPD can be used by BIOS to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM.

  • Page 96: Zip File

    station or between two wireless clients. 802.11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming: 802.11 = 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using either frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)). 802.11a = 54 Mbps in the 5GHz band, using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) 802.11b (11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS).

  • Page 97: 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 98 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 99 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 100 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 101: 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 102 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 eForum: We welcome you to join AOpen eForum to discuss our products with other users. Your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered by other power users here. http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/...
  • Page 103 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX45H-8XN R1.20 Jan.01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX45H-8XN is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.

  • Page 104: 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 105: 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 America Inc. AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Tel: 1-510-489-8928 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Fax: 31-73-645-9604...

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