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  • Page 1: W H A T S I N T H I S M A N U A L Ax4B-533 Plus

    AX4B-533 Plus DOC. NO.: AX4B533P-OL-E0207A...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ............... 21 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ..............................22 CPU Installation ................................23 CPU Jumper-less Design .............................. 26 AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” ............................27 Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage........................28 CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ....................30...
  • Page 3 JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper....................31 DIMM Sockets ................................32 Front Panel Connector ..............................34 ATX Power Connector ..............................35 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................. 36 STBY LED and BOOT LED ............................37 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................38 ATA/133 Supported ............................... 40 Serial ATA Supported ..............................
  • Page 4 Support 2 and 3 USB 2.0 Ports..........................53 Chassis Intrusion Connector ............................54 CD Audio Connector ..............................55 AUX-IN Connector ................................ 56 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................57 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ............................ 58 Front Audio Connector ..............................59 Dr.

  • Page 5: Award Bios

    Driver and Utility ......................... 76 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ............................. 77 Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility...................... 78 Installing Intel IAA Driver............................... 79 Installing Promise SATA Driver............................80 Installing LAN Driver ..............................86 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ..........................90 Installing USB2.0 Driver ..............................
  • Page 6 AC97 ................................... 110 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..................... 110 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ..........................110 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................111 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ..............................111 APM (Advanced Power Management)..........................111 ATA (AT Attachment) ..............................111 ATA/66 ..................................111 ATA/100 ..................................112 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................112 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ............................
  • Page 7 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ........................115 EV6 Bus ..................................115 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................... 115 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ..........................115 Flash ROM .................................. 116 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ............................116 C Bus ..................................116 IEEE 1394 ................................... 117 Parity Bit ..................................
  • Page 8 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................ 120 Shadow E PROM ................................ 120 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ........................120 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..........................120 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ............................. 121 Ultra DMA ................................... 121 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ............................121 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)...........................

  • 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 you 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 disc or you can get free download from...

  • Page 11: Overview

    ® Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4B-533 Plus motherboard. AX4B-533 Plus is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on ® the ATX form factor featuring the Intel 845E (Brookdale) chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX4B-533 Plus ®...

  • Page 12: Feature Highlight

    1056MB/s. AX4B-533 Plus motherboard includes one 1.5V AGP expansion slot with 4x SBA/Data Transfer and 2x/4x Fast Write capability. For AD and SBA signaling, AX4B-533 Plus motherboard can support 4X mode.
  • Page 13 33/66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5. Besides, they also support Enhanced IDE devices. On-board AC’97 Sound AX4B-533 Plus implements ALC650E AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio supports 5.1 channel and includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
  • Page 14 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and helps your system get maximum performance. Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking. Six USB ports There are two connectors on the back panel and two USB headers on the board, providing you a total of six ports for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.
  • Page 15 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. Dr. Voice Dr. Voice provides 4 language versions (English, Chinese, Japanese and German) that easily tell you the problem occured. Specially tailored made for users, we have defaulted the language versions of Japanese market to Japanese only in order to save users from the hassle of setting jumpers, and thus making motherboard a real jumper less design.
  • Page 16 Enhanced ACPI ® The fully implemented ACPI standard is Windows 98/ME/2000 series compatible; it also supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features. Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. You can also connect UART from COM1 to an Infrared Module for wireless connection.

  • Page 17: Quick Installation Procedure

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

  • Page 18: Motherboard Map

    Motherboard Map Realtek 8100BL LAN chip Onboard AC’97 CODEC S/PDIF Connector Front Audio Connector PC99 Colored Back Panel CD-IN Connector Resettable Fuse AUX-IN Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Enable/Disable Jumper ATX Power Connector 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector CNR Expansion Slot 3300μF Low ESR Capacitors FAN2 Connector AGP 4x Expansion Slot...

  • Page 19: Block Diagram

    PC-200/266 DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Socket x3 Socket 478 400MHz/533 MHz Intel System Bus Pentium 4 PCI Bus Intel 845E Primary 33/66/100/133 Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary AGP 4X Slot Channel AC97 Intel ICH4 CODEC AC Link USB Port...

  • Page 20: Hardware Installation

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

  • Page 21: About "User Upgrade Optional" And "Manufacture Upgrade Optional

    When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features. As a result of this we define features that can be upgraded by users as “User Upgrade Optional”.

  • Page 22: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data

    You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin1 &...
  • Page 23 ® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Brookdale). 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 24: Cpu Installation

    3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish Note: If you do not match the CPU CPU installation. socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you may damage the CPU. CPU cut edge Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, the latest CPU package developed by Intel.
  • Page 25 This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped; we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan according to the following procedures.

  • Page 26: Cpu Jumper-Less Design

    CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection. Clock Generator ®...

  • Page 27: Aopen "Watch Dog Timer

    “ ” “ ” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers. When you power-on the system, BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeds, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU frequency according to user’s settings stored in BIOS.

  • Page 28: Full-Range Adjustable Cpu Core Voltage

    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 AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” to reset the system after five seconds and the system will auto-detect hardwares again.
  • Page 29 Core Frequency = CPU Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio Clock = PCI Clock x 2 Willamette CPU Core System CPU Core System Ratio Northwood CPU Ratio Frequency Clock Frequency Clock Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz...

  • Page 30: Cpu And System Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)

    Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on FAN2 or FAN3 connector. FAN2 Connector +12V SENSOR CPU FAN Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.

  • Page 31: Jp28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-Up Enable/Disable Jumper

    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. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3. Pin1 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up...

  • Page 32: Dimm Sockets

    This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC200 PC266 memory up to 2GB. Both ECC and Non-ECC DDR SDRAM are supported, but you can’t install them both on DIMM at the same time. Otherwise, serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module may be caused.
  • Page 33 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.

  • Page 34: 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 35: 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 36: Ac Power Auto Recovery

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

  • Page 37: 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 38: Ide And Floppy Connector

    Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. ATA/133 IDE 1 ATA/133 IDE 1 Master (1st) Slave (2nd) Secondary Secondary Master (3rd) Slave (4th) IDE2 (Secondary)
  • Page 39 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode.

  • Page 40: Ata/133 Supported

    This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer.

  • Page 41: Serial Ata Supported

    This motherboard comes with a Promise Serial ATA (PDE20375) 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.

  • Page 42: 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 mainboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please note that it is a jumper free implement;...

  • Page 43: 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, 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 when you plug the IrDA connector in right orientation.

  • Page 44: Agp Expansion Slot

    The AX4B-533 Plus provides an AGP 4x slot. AGP 1x2x4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. It uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 4x mode, 66MHz...

  • Page 45: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led

    With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX4B-533 Plus 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 chipsets from being burnt out.

  • Page 46: Wom (Zero Voltage Wake On Modem) Connector

    Pin 1 WOM Connector +5VSB...

  • Page 47: 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 48: 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 49: 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 a chipset supporting 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 50 WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.

  • Page 51: 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 52: Pc99 Color Coded Back Panel

    The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and COM2, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP MIDI/Game Port Parallel Port LAN Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Keyboard...

  • Page 53: Support 2 Nd And 3 Rd Usb 2.0 Ports

    This motherboard provides six ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect USB2 and USB3 headers to the front panel of chassis.

  • Page 54: Chassis Intrusion Connector

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

  • Page 55: Cd Audio Connector

    This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. Note: Though some of the latest versions of Windows support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to connect audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.

  • Page 56: Aux-In Connector

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

  • Page 57: 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 and two inputs on a S/PDIF module as shown below.

  • Page 58: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

    This motherboard comes with an ALC650E 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 ALC650E, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module.

  • Page 59: 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 60: 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 61 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 62: Jp15/Jp16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers

    Dr. Voice is a great feature of AX4B-533 Plus, which can identify the problems you may encounter in the operating system. It can clearly “tell you” whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard.

  • Page 63: Jp2 Speaker Enable/Disable Jumper

    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 the speaker from sending out voices.

  • Page 64: 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 65: 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 66: 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 67: Resettable Fuse

    Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job.

  • Page 68: 3300Μf Low Esr Capacitor

    CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Moreover, AX4B-533 Plus implements 3300μF capacitors that have much larger capacity than normal capacitor (1000 and 1500 μf) and provide better stability for CPU power.

  • Page 69: Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)

    CPU are working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “Frequency Isolation Wall”. Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions, where each region operates in a same or...

  • Page 70: Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink

    Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over-clock the CPU.

  • Page 71: 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 72 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 73 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 74 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 75: Vivid Bios Technology

    VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.
  • Page 76 There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD. 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 77 You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
  • Page 78 ® ® Windows 95/98 cannot recognize this chipset, because they were released earlier than Intel 845 chipset. You can install Intel INF Update Utility from Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks.
  • Page 79 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...
  • Page 80 If you wish to include your current bootable Serial/Parallel ATA drive using the Windows NT 4.x, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system on your SATA150 TX2Plus Controller, you MUST install the Windows NT4, 2000, or XP driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.
  • Page 81 continue to the next step. If you are using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft, you will be asked if you want to continue the installation. Click on Continue anyway. From the Windows XP Setup screen, press the Enter key. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation.
  • Page 82 Confirming Windows XP Installation From Windows XP, open the Control Panel from the My Computer icon. Click on Performance and maintenance. Click on the System icon. Click the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager tab. Click the “+” in front of SCSI controllers. WinXP Promise SATA150 TX2Plus (tm) IDE Controller should appear. Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation 1.
  • Page 83 devices: ”The list will include “Win2000 Promise SATA150 TX2Plus (tm) IDE Controller”. NOTE: If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are specified, continue to the next step. If you are using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft, you will be asked if you want to continue the installation.
  • Page 84 5. When the Windows 2000 supported SCSI adapter drivers list appears, click Have disk. 6. Insert the SATA150 TX2Plus driver diskette in drive A:\. 7. Type A:\Win2000 in the text box. Click OK . 8. Choose “Win2000 Promise SATA150 TX2Plus (tm) IDE Controller” from the list that appears on screen, then click Next. 9.
  • Page 85 2. Choose Automatic Search for better driver (Recommended) and click Next. 3. Choose “Win98-Me Promise SATA150 TX2Plus (tm) IDE Controller” from the list that appears on screen, then Click OK. 4. When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the SATA150 TX2Plus software, click on Finish. Confirming Driver Installation in Windows Me To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Me, perform the following steps: 1.
  • Page 86 8100BL You can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, Windows NT and Windows 2000 for Real PCI Fast Ethernet adapter by following steps. Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 : ----------------------------------------------------- 1. Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 2.
  • Page 87 [CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WINME (for Windows ME) or [CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WinXP (for Windows XP) 3. Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME will appear some messages to insert Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME system disk to complete setup step. 4. Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME will finish the other installation procedure automatically, then you restart the system.
  • Page 88 Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb. 7. The screen will appear "Input EthernetID" dialog box which is provide by RTL8139.SYS driver. This option is only required when you have more than one Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this computer. Select "SKIP" if only one adapter is installed on this computer.
  • Page 89 This motherboard comes with ALC650E 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 90 You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
  • Page 91 This motherboard comes with USB2.0 function. You can install USB2.0 Driver under Windows 2000 and Windows XP from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. Under 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.
  • Page 92 Under 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. Click "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Install from a list or special location (Advanced)", click "Next" Click "Next,"...
  • Page 93 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. The system page shows the...
  • Page 94 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 95: Acpi Suspend To Hard Drive

    ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) to hard disk, and then the system can be totally powered off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without going through the Windows booting process and running your application again.

  • Page 96: System Requirement

    System Requirement AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a.
  • Page 97 Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d.
  • Page 98 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes. 2.
  • Page 99 This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
  • Page 100 To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement An ACPI OS is required. Currently, except Windows 95 and Windows NT, all other Windows Systems support ACPI. ® The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility must have been installed properly. Procedures Changed the following BIOS settings.

  • Page 101: Award Bios

    BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports. Most BIOS setting of AX4B-533 Plus had been optimized by AOpen 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 is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup.
  • Page 102 … AOpen always dedicates to give users 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 appeared at right side of screen.
  • Page 103 Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3> key selecting preferred menu language to display.
  • Page 104 Description Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program.
  • Page 105 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 106 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 107 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. Download the new version of BIOS package file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX4B533P102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.

  • Page 108: Overclocking

    As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them "Overclocker".
  • Page 109 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 110: 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 111: Ata/66

    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 112: Ata/100

    ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66.
  • Page 113 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 114 Channel for communications between the memory and surrounding devices. The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error.
  • Page 115 Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light. If BIOS has to be upgraded, you need to remove EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back. EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus.

  • Page 116: Flash Rom

    Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM.
  • Page 117 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 118 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 and 266MHz two type of working frequency. Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, and 266x64/8=2100MB/s. Hence, the PC-1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz and PC-2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz FSB frequency.
  • Page 119 The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as Windows 95). These registers are used by BIOS and operating system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts. PnP BIOS or operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ/DMA/Memory. Currently, almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are already PnP compliant.
  • Page 120 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 121: Ultra Dma

    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. Ultra DMA (or, more accurately, Ultra DMA/33) is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer’s data path (or bus) to the computer’s random access memory (RAM).
  • Page 122 NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements. VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption.

  • Page 123: 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 124 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 125 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 126 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 127 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 128 5 5 5 5 News Group: News posted by computer experts. You are welcome to join any discussion. http://www.aopen.com/tech/newsgrp/default.htm 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us.
  • Page 129 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX4B-533 Plus R1.20 Jul. 01.2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright ©2002, Award Software, Inc. AX4B-533 Plus is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.

  • Page 130: 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...
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