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AX4R Plus
DOC. NO.: AX4RPLUS-OL-E0303C
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  • Page 1 AX4R Plus DOC. NO.: AX4RPLUS-OL-E0303C...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ’ ’ AX4R Plus ............................1 What’s in this manual ..............................2 You Must Notice ................................9 Before You Start ................................10 Overview ..................................11 Feature Highlight................................12 Quick Installation Procedure ............................16 Motherboard Map ................................17 Block Diagram................................18 Hardware Installation........................
  • Page 3 DIMM Sockets ................................32 Front Panel Connector ..............................36 ATX Power Connector ..............................37 STBY LED and BOOT LED ............................38 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................. 39 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................40 Serial ATA Supported ..............................42 Connecting Serial ATA Disk ............................42 Connecting Serial ATA Disk ............................
  • Page 4 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ............................. 55 Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ..........................56 Support Six USB2.0 Connectors ........................... 57 Chassis Intrusion Connector ............................58 CD Audio Connector ..............................59 AUX-IN Connector ................................ 60 Front Audio Connector ..............................61 Dr. LED Connector ................................ 62 JP2 Speaker Enable/Disable Jumpers ..........................
  • Page 5 Driver and Utility ......................... 83 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ..........................84 Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility...................... 85 Installing Intel IAA Driver............................... 86 Installing Onboard Sound Driver ........................... 87 Installing LAN Driver ..............................88 Installing USB2.0 Driver ..............................90 PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS........................
  • Page 6 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ............................... 102 APM (Advanced Power Management)......................... 102 ATA (AT Attachment) ..............................102 ATA/66 ..................................102 ATA/100 ..................................103 ATA/133 ..................................103 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................103 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ............................104 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)......................104 CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ..........................
  • Page 7 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ..........................107 Flash ROM .................................. 107 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ............................107 C Bus ..................................107 IEEE 1394 ................................... 108 Parity Bit ..................................108 PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)..........................108 PC-100 DIMM ................................109 PC-133 DIMM ................................109 PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM .......................
  • Page 8 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..........................112 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ............................. 112 Ultra DMA ................................... 112 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ............................113 USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ............................ 113 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)........................... 113 ZIP file..................................113 Troubleshooting......................... 114 Technical Support ........................118 Product Registration .........................

  • Page 9: You Must Notice

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

  • Page 10: Before You Start

    This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from...

  • Page 11: Overview

    Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form ® factor featuring the Intel® E7205 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AX4R Plus motherboard can support Intel ® Socket 478 Pentium 4 and 400/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.

  • Page 12: Feature Highlight

    2112MB/s. AX4R Plus motherboard can support 4X/8X mode. Of six PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
  • Page 13 Ultra 33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. On-board AC’97 Sound AX4R Plus uses the AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
  • Page 14 Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset default settings in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking. S/PDIF Connectors S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a 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 Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module. 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) features.

  • 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 Front Audio Connector Onboard AC’97 CODEC PC99 Colored Back Panel S/PDIF Connector Green: AUX-IN Connector Black: CD-IN Connector RealTek RTL8100BL JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Joystick/MIDI Connector Enable/Disable Jumper 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector 3300μF Low ESR Capacitors SYSFAN3 Connector CNR Expansion Slot CPUFAN1 Connector with H/W Monitoring Function...

  • Page 18: Block Diagram

    DDR-266/200 DDR DRAM Up to 4G B 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Soc ket x4 Soc ket 478 400/533MHz Intel System Bus Pentium 4 PCI Bus Intel E7205 Primar y 33/66100 Channel IDE Dri ve x4 Sec ondar y AGP Slot Channel AC97 Intel ICH4...

  • Page 19: Hardware Installation

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

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

    When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”, and some are called “User Upgrade Optional”. Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features, in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user. Hence, we changed some key features as “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”...

  • Page 21: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data

    You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 &...
  • Page 22 ® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a cut edge on the CPU upper 1.

  • Page 23: Cpu Installation

    3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel.
  • Page 24 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 25: Cpu Jumper-Less Design

    CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection. Clock Generator ®...
  • Page 26 “ ” “ ” With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very special, useful feature 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 by user’s setting...

  • Page 27: Cpu Core Voltage Auto Detectable

    Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of Home overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the default setting or you can wait the AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” reset the system after five seconds and system will auto-detect hardware again.
  • Page 28 Core Frequency = CPU Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio Clock = PCI Clock x 2 CPU Core Northwood CPU FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Frequency Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz...
  • Page 29 Willamette CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1.8G Pentium 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1.9G Pentium 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 2.0G Celeron CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio 1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz...

  • Page 30: 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. SENSOR +12V SYSFAN3 Connector SENSOR +12V CPUFAN1 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have +12V sensor pin, so that cannot support SENSOR...
  • Page 31 This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3. JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Pin 1...

  • Page 32: Dimm Sockets

    This motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266 or DDR200 memory up to 4 GB. Both ECC or Non-ECC DDR RAM are supported . DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4...
  • Page 33 Each DIMM slot supports up to a maximum size of 1GB. Users can install either single- or double-sided modules to meet their own needs. Please note that Channel A DIMMS (DIMM1 and DIMM3) can respectively work alone, but Channel B DIMMS (DIMM2 and DIMM4) must work in pair with Channel A DIMMs.
  • Page 34 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. 40 pins 52 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.
  • Page 35 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.

  • Page 36: Front Panel Connector

    Attach the power LED, 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 37: Atx Power Connector

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

  • Page 38: Stby Led And Boot Led

    Both STBY LED and BOOT LED are AOpen’s considerate designs 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...

  • Page 39: Ac Power Auto Recovery

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

  • Page 40: Ide And Floppy Connector

    Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Primary Primary Master Slave (2nd) (1st) IDE 1 (Primary) IDE 2 (Secondary)
  • Page 41 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.

  • Page 42: Serial Ata Supported

    This motherboard comes with a Silicon Image Serial ATA (Sil3112ACT144) controller, aiming to 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 43: Connecting Serial Ata Disk

    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. Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement;...

  • Page 44: 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). Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART Mode, make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector.

  • Page 45: S/Pdif (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector

    S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with better audio quality.
  • Page 46 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 47: Agp Slot

    The AX4R Plus 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. AGP is now moving to AGP 8x...

  • Page 48: Agp Protection Technology

    With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX4R Plus 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 an AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported by Intel E7205 chipset, the AGP_LED will light up to warn you...

  • Page 49: Wom (Zero Voltage Wake On Modem) Connector

    This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard.

  • Page 50: Wom By External Box Modem

    Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard.

  • Page 51: Wom By Internal Modem Card

    Note: This picture is for example only, it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard.

  • Page 52: Wol (Wake On Lan)

    This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. 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 53 WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.

  • Page 54: 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 55 The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and COM2, RJ45 LAN, PrinterUSB, and AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. RJ45 10/100 SPP/EPP/ECP PS/2 Mouse LAN Jack Parallel Port Connector Line-In...
  • Page 56 The South Bridge ICH4 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
  • Page 57 Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps, which is 40 times faster than the traditional one. Except for the speed increase, USB 2.0 supports old USB 1.0/1.1 software and peripherals, offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers.

  • Page 58: Chassis Intrusion Connector

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

  • Page 59: Cd Audio Connector

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

  • Page 60: Aux-In Connector

    This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.

  • Page 61: Front Audio Connector

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

  • Page 62: Dr. Led Connector

    In conjunction with Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional), which can easily shows what kind of problems may occur on your system during assembly. It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr. LED.
  • Page 63 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. Boot O.K.

  • Page 64: Jp2 Speaker Enable/Disable Jumpers

    This motherboard comes with another considerate option that allows you to turn off the voice from speaker. You can choose not to be bothered by the warning made from Dr. Voice when it detects any error in operating system. To disable this function, set JP2 to pin 2-3 to stop both the speaker from sending out voices.
  • Page 65 This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged.

  • Page 66: Cpu Over-Current Protection

    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 67: Aoconfig Utility

    AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendlier computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detective utility. AOconfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.
  • Page 68 NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please be informed that AOconfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Meanwhile, all applications must be closed before starting AOconfig.
  • Page 69 BIOS with 2nd BIOS ROM by setting JP30 to pin 2-3 if it fails to act normally. This motherboard comes with one BIOS ROM, you may contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing an extra BIOS ROM. Please visit our website: www.aopen.com for details. BIOS2...
  • Page 70 External Controller provides you a better and convenience way to switch the BIOS status between “Rescue” and “Normal” without opening the case of your computer. You have to plug the jumper cable to the connector pin (JP30) on the motherboard. Be careful of the orientation when you connect, the red wire should correspond to Pin1.
  • Page 71 Note: If you suspect your BIOS is infected by virus, just rescue your bios by following steps: Turn off the system, set the External Controller to “Rescue” to read from rescue ROM. Boot the system and set the switch back to “Normal”. Follow the BIOS upgrade procedure to rehabilitate BIOS.
  • Page 72 CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, AX4R Plus implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 and 1500μf) and it provides better stability for CPU power.

  • Page 73: Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)

    For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”. Separating each critical portion of motherboard into...

  • Page 74: 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 SYSFAN3 on the motherboard.

  • Page 75: The Noise Is Gone

    Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to have your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS and the utility under Windows, SilentTek combined “Hardware-Status Monitoring”, “Overheat...
  • Page 76 The first image you have here is the Voltage Status In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the page. You can find current status of all voltages and set current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis, your expected margins of warning level. plus checking if fans are running properly.
  • Page 77 Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature. Ease-of-use and trouble free at your service.
  • Page 78 VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

  • Page 79: Open Jukebox Player

    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 80 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.
  • Page 81 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 82 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 – EzSkin – which may also be downloaded from our website.

  • Page 83: Driver And Utility

    There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities.

  • Page 84: Auto-Run Menu From Bonus Cd Disc

    You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
  • Page 85 ® ® You can install the Intel INF Update Utility from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks.
  • Page 86 You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications and reduce PC boot times. You can find it in AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc.
  • Page 87 This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
  • Page 88 Introduction: ------------- This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows 98/98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT v4.0 driver for Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter. [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 : ----------------------------------------------------- 1.
  • Page 89 [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 90 * Windows 2000 Installation Guide ************************************************* Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System ************************************************* After enabling the USB 2.0 controller and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a "New Hardware Found" dialog box. Under Windows 2000, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller"...
  • Page 91 * Windows XP Installation Guide *********************************************** Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System *********************************************** After enabling the USB 2.0, Windows XP setup will show a "Found New Hardware" dialog box. Under Windows XP, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed. 1.

  • Page 92: Phoenix-Award Bios

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

  • Page 93: About Bios Function Description

    … AOpen always dedicates to give users a friendlier 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 appeared at right side of screen.

  • Page 94: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program

    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 provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3>...
  • Page 95 Description Load Setup Default setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program.

  • Page 96: How To Enter Bios Setup

    After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.

  • Page 97: 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 98 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX4RPLUS102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX4RPLUS102.EXE & WAX4RPLUS102.BIN.
  • Page 99 VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website.

  • Page 100: Glossary

    AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to 4X mode, 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s. AOpen is the...

  • Page 101: Amr (Audio/Modem Riser)

    Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions. AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management. ATA is the specification of diskette interface. In 80’s, many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together.

  • Page 102: Ata (At Attachment)

    ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66.

  • Page 103: Bus Master Ide (Dma Mode)

    The traditional PIO (Programmable I/O) IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting for the mechanical events. To reduce the workload of the CPU, the bus master IDE device transfers data from/to memory without interrupting CPU, and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device.

  • Page 104: Dimm (Dual In Line Memory Module)

    DIMM socket has total 168-pin and supports 64-bit data. It can be single or double side, the golden finger signals on each side of PCB are different, and that is why it was called Dual In Line. Almost all DIMMs are made by SDRAM, which operate at 3.3V. Note that some old DIMMs are made by FPM/EDO and only operate at 5V.

  • Page 105: 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 106: Fc-Pga (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)

    Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM.

  • Page 107: Ieee 1394

    IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.

  • Page 108: Pci (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus

    SDRAM DIMM that supports 100MHz CPU bus clock. SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU bus clock. Based on FSB frequency, the DDR DRAM has 200MHz, 266MHz and 333MHz three types of working frequency. Because DDR DRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, 266x64/8=2100MB/s and 333x64/8=2700MB/s in these current three DDR DRAM.

  • Page 109: Pdf Format

    A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader. You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader).

  • Page 110: Sdram (Synchronous Dram)

    SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V. AOpen is the first company to support dual-SDRAM DIMMs onboard (AP5V), from Q1 1996 A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E...

  • Page 111: Spd (Serial Presence Detect)

    SMBus is also called I2C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message. SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the...

  • Page 112: Usb (Universal Serial Bus)

    USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s, but the newly design USB2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated.

  • Page 113: 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.
  • Page 114 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 115 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 116 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 reboot successfully? cable or HDD itself. Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98.

  • Page 117: 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 118 5 5 5 5 News Group: News posted by computer experts, you are welcome to join any discussion and learning from it. http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/newsgrp/default.htm 6 6 6 6 Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your 6 6 6 6 system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us.
  • Page 119 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX4RPLUS R1.20 Nov.18.2002 AOpen Inc. Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. AX4RPLUS is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.

  • Page 120: 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 121 Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. America Pacific Rim Europe AOpen America Inc. AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. Tel: 1-510-489-8928 Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Fax: 31-73-645-9604...

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