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Page 1: Mx4Sgi-4Dn / Mx4Sgi-4Dl
MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL DOC. NO.: MX4SGI4DN-OL-E0305A... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
’ ’ MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL ...........................1 What’s in this manual ..................................2 You Must Notice .................................... 8 Before You Start .................................... 9 Overview ..................................... 10 Feature Highlight ..................................11 Quick Installation Procedure ............................... 15 Motherboard Map ..................................16 Block Diagram ..................................... 17 Hardware Installation ..........................18... - Page 3 Front Panel Connector ................................40 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot ........................41 IrDA Connector.................................... 42 Support 10/100 Mbps (MX4SGI-4DN) and Gigabits (MX4SGI-4DL) LAN onboard ..............43 Support Eight USB 2.0 Port................................. 44 Color Coded Back Panel ................................45 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ..............................
- Page 4 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ..........................55 Resetable Fuse ................................... 57 Low ESR Capacitor ..................................58 AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” ................................60 Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ..........................61 About BIOS Function Description… ............................62 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ......................... 63 How To Enter BIOS Setup................................
- Page 5 Glossary ..............................79 AC97 CODEC ..................................... 79 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)........................79 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ............................79 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ..............................80 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ................................. 80 ATA (AT Attachment) ................................... 80 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).............................. 81 Bluetooth .....................................
- Page 6 Hyper Threading..................................84 IEEE 1394 ....................................84 Parity Bit ...................................... 85 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus..........................85 PDF Format ....................................86 PnP (Plug and Play) ..................................86 POST (Power-On Self Test) ................................ 86 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ............................86 RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ......................
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Page 7: M X 4 S G I - 4 D N / M X 4 S G I - 4 Dl
Technical Support..........................94 Product Registration..........................97 How to Contact Us..........................98... -
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 or you can get free download from Adobe web... -
Page 10: Overview
® Thank you for choosing AOpen MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL motherboard. MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the micro ATX form factor featuring the Intel 865G chipsets. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX4SGI-4DN / ®... -
Page 11: Feature Highlight
® ® Suppo rts Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 (Northwood / Prescott) 1.6GHz~3.20GHz+ with 400/533/800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset Springdale is a Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron processor and Prescott processor. -
Page 12: Expansion Slots
Watch Dog ABS ncludes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in few 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... - Page 13 IDE interface, while providing a lower pin count and higher performance. The ICH5 SATA interface supports data transfer rates up to 150MB/s. n-board AC’97 Sound MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL u ses RealTek AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback...
- Page 14 Eight USB2.0 Ports Provides four ports on the back panel and two connector on the board, providing a total of eight USB2.0 interface devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanne r, etc. S/PDIF Connector S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Dig ital 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.
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Page 15: 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 16: Motherboard Map
otherboard Map AGP LED nt Audio Connector Colored Back Panel AC’97 CODEC Resetable Fuse CD-IN Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup /PDIF Connector Jumper X-IN Connector Low ESR Ca pacitors 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector AGP 8x Expansion Slot 32-bit PCI Ex pansion Slot x3 (For 1.5V AGP card and ADD card on 478-pin... -
Page 17: Block Diagram
DDR400/333/266 Dual Channel RAM Up to 4GB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 DIMM Socket x4 PCI Bus Primary SATA1 Channel 2 Serial ATA Ports 150MB/s 400/533/800MHz Socket 478 SATA2 System Bus Intel Pentium 4 Secondary CPU (Northwood / Prescott) Channel Intel GMCH 865G ATA 66/100 Primary... -
Page 18: Hardware Installation
This c hapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, a nd 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 19: About "User Upgrade Optional" And "Manufacture Upgrade Optional
“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 featur es. -
Page 20: 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 21 3. Press down the CPU so cket 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 damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel.
- Page 22 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.
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Page 23: Cpu 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 24: 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 pr ocessor execution resources. As a result, an average improvement of ~40% in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. - Page 25 For multiprocessor-capable software applications, 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 logica processor can track one software thread, while second logical processor tracks another...
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Page 26: 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 27: Full-Range Auto-Detect Cpu Core Voltage
This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected. BIOS Setup > Frequency/V oltage Control > CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency in BIOS; no jumpers or switches are needed. The default setting s "table select mode". - Page 28 CPU Core System Northwood CPU FSB Clock Ratio Frequency Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz...
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Page 29: Cpu And System Fan Connector
Plug in the CPU f an c able to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 conne ctor. If you have c hass s fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. AN3 Conn ector +12V SENSOR SENSOR +12V CPUF AN1 Con nector SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector... -
Page 30: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install 128-bit dual channel DDR400, DDR333 DDR266 memory up to 4GB. Only non-ECC DDR RAM is supported. Please install suitable modules; otherwise serious damage may occur on memory sockets or you RAM modules. - Page 31 Dual Channel memory configuration provi es higher performance than single channel configuration. To get the highest performance of Dual Channel, the DIMM modules you’re using ust meet the following conditions: Same DRAM technology (128Mb, 256M b, or 512Mb) ● Same Density (128MB, 256MB, 512MB, etc.) Same DRAM bus width (x8 or x16) ●...
- Page 32 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 modul e straight down to the DIMM slot with bot h hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.
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Page 33: Atx Power Connector
This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Ma ke 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 an d use standard power supply specially ned for Pentium 4 system. -
Page 34: 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. Secondar Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd ) IDE 2 (Secondary) IDE 1 (Primary) Pin 1 Primary Primary... - Page 35 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and ID E2 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.
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Page 36: Serial Ata Supported
Intel ICH5 integrates two Serial ATA host controllers that provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs with its original speed of just 3 Mbytes/second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s. And the latest generation of the interface, Ultra ATA-133, has been developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes/second. -
Page 37: Connecting Serial Ata Disk
To connect a Serial ATA di k, 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 th disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please note that it is a jumper free implement;... - Page 38 Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard also supports 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 install them, the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting. You can simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly.
- Page 39 If you intend to change the default setting, s imply press Enter for a list of selection: Disabled: You may choose this item if you’re sure that only traditional IDE hard disks are installed on your system. Disabling this item may also cancel the detection to Serial ATA hard disk during POST, which theoretically, could speed up your boot-up timing a bit;...
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Page 40: 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 41: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot
MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL provides an 8x slot. The AGP 8x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 4X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. -
Page 42: Irda Connector
The IrDA connector can be co figured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Conn ection, 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 43: Support 10/100 Mbps (Mx4Sgi-4Dn) And Gigabits (Mx4Sgi-4Dl) Lan Onboard
On the strength of Intel 10/100Mbps LAN controller (MX4SGI-4DN) or Kenai Gigabits LAN controller (MX4SGI-4DL) on board, which is a highly integrated platform LAN connect device, it provides 10/ 100Mbps or gigabits Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. -
Page 44: Support Eight Usb 2.0 Port
This motherboard provides eight ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two USB connectors on the board for you to connect four USB devices and four other ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from back panel or connect the front USB connector to the front panel of chassis. -
Page 45: Color Coded Back Panel
The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA port, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of draw ng shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP RJ-45 LAN PS/2 Mouse Parallel Port Connector... -
Page 46: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
This motherboard comes with an ALC650F CODEC, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650F, you're ab le to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. -
Page 47: 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 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: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. CD-IN... -
Page 50: Aux-In Connector
This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN... -
Page 51: Chassis Intrusion Connector
The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this fu nction works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, co nnect 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 52: 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 it s normal setting by shorting pin 1 &... -
Page 53: 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 54: Stby Led (Standby 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 power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode. -
Page 55: 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-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chip sets from being burnt out. - Page 56 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.
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Page 57: 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 58: 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, MX4SGI-4DN / MX4SGI-4DL implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF and it provides better stability for CPU power. - Page 59 The power circuit of the CPU core volt age must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU co re 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.
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Page 60: 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 frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIO... -
Page 61: Phoenix-Award Bios
Most BIOS set ting of MX4SG I-4DN / MX4SGI- 4DL have been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fi ne-tune the chip set controlling entire system. -
Page 62: About Bios Function Description
… … AOpen always dedicates to give user a more friendly computer syste m. 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 63: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program
Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. Alternatively, it's strongly recommended to i nstall AOpen’s newest WinBIO S Utility to get more detailed description, further po werful functions and advanced setting of BIOS. -
Page 64: 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: P lease avoid of using "Load Turbo De faults", unless you are sure y our system components (CPU, DRA... -
Page 65: 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 conve nience, 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... - Page 66 You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex:http://english.aopen.com.tw/) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WMX4SGI4DN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.
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Page 67: Vivid Bios Technology
BIOS ROM is another big issue. When all of the traditional BIOS can only show spac e-consuming and unco mpressed Bitmap, AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the smaller-sized GIF fo rmat and even dyna mic-showing GIF animation. -
Page 68: Driver And Utility
There are motherboard drivers a nd 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 (s uch as Windows 2000) before you install any drivers or utilities. -
Page 69: Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility
® ® The Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility ins talls to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configure d. It is recommended that the Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation utility be installed onto the target system prior to the installation of other drivers. -
Page 70: Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver
You can download Intel Extreme graphic driver from the Bonus Pack CD. -
Page 71: Installing Lan Driver
You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD. -
Page 72: Installing Audio Driver
This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS; you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. -
Page 73: Installing Usb2.0 Driver
Windows 2000 Installation Guide *************************************************** Installing Drivers Dur ing Windows 2000 Installation ******************** ****************************** he following deta ils the installation of the USB 2.0 driver while installing Windows 2000 (with the USB 2.0 contro ller is enabled lready). . After enabling the US B 2.0 controller, install Windows 2000 normally. - Page 74 8. Choose the "Driver" tab in the "Properties" window, choose "Update Driver," and then press "Next." 9. Choose "Search for a suitable driver for m y device (Recommended)". From the list, and then press "Enter". 10. Choose "Specify a location." an d then press "Next"...
- Page 75 ************************************************* Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System ************************************************* After enabling the USB 2.0 controller and rebooting y our system, Windows 2000 setup will show a "New Hardware Found" dialog box. Under Windows 2000, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed. Choo se "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)".
- Page 76 Windows 98SE Installation Guide ************************************************* Installing Drivers During Windows 98SE Installation **************************************************...
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Page 77: Aoconfig Utility
Config allows users to save information in *.BMP or *.TXT format which users may collect the sy stem information in detail and send th em to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems. The system page shows the detailed information of the... - Page 78 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 ope rated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Before running AOConfig, all applications must be clo sed.
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Page 79: 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 compu ter. -
Page 80: 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 dev eloping of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. -
Page 81: Bios (Basic Input/Output System)
drive to connect directly to the IS A bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (p lease refer to Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. -
Page 82: Cnr (Communication And Networking Riser)
interrupted by electromagnetic wave. The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opp ortunity 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 su pported by OEMs, IHV card manufacturers, silicon supplier and Microsoft. -
Page 83: Eeprom (Electronic Erasable Programmable Rom)
Also known as E PROM. Both EEPROM and sh 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 E PROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back. -
Page 84: 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 85: Parity Bit
capable of supporting various high-e nd digital A/V applications, such as consumer A/V device control and signal routing, Digital Video (DV) editing, home networkin g, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing. Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards. -
Page 86: 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 th e World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms. -
Page 87: Rdram (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)
A DRAM tech nology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bit s. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM”... -
Page 88: Smbus (System Management Bus)
SMBus is also called I C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message. -
Page 89: Wireless Lan - 802.11B
and reduced power consumption. – – 802.11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology, which is an interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients. 802.11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming: 802.11 = 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using either frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)). -
Page 90: 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 91 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 92 Continue Perhaps your VGA card Check if there is display? or monitor is def ective. Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key the same time, hold th and then pr ess <Del> to reboot the system. It is very possible that your Check if the system keyboard is defective.
- Page 93 Continue During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off th e sys tem 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 94 Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive umerous emails and phone -calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the rocedures below a nd seek help before contact us.
- Page 95 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 96 BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST (POST screen). For example: MX4SGI-4DN R1.00 Mar.01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copy right © 200 3, Award So ftware, Inc. MX4SGI-4DN is model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version.
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Page 97: 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 98 Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. America Pacific Rim Europe AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. AOpen America Inc. Tel: 1-510-498-8928 Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Email:Support@AOpen.NL...
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