Page 1: Ax45-4D Max
AX45-4D Max DOC. NO.: AX454DMAX-OL-E0211B...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
’ ’ AX45-4D Max...............................1 What’s in this manual................................2 You Must Notice..................................9 Before You Start..................................10 Overview....................................11 Feature Highlight ..................................12 Quick Installation Procedure ..............................17 Motherboard Map ................................... 18 Block Diagram ..................................19 Hardware Installation ..........................20 About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................. 21 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................
Page 3 DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ..........................34 Front Panel Connector................................35 ATX Power Connector................................36 AC Power Auto Recovery................................ 36 STBY LED ....................................37 IDE and Floppy Connector..............................38 ATA/133 Supported................................. 40 IrDA Connector ..................................41 Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot....................42 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED..........................
Page 4 Case Open Connector ................................54 AUX-IN Connector .................................. 55 CD-IN Audio Connector ................................56 Front Audio Connector ................................57 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector........................58 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................. 59 Die-Hard BIOS and JP24 Die-Hard BIOS Select Jumper ......................60 Dr.
Page 5 Driver and Utility ............................77 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ............................... 78 Install IDE Driver..................................79 Install USB2.0 Driver................................80 Installing LAN Driver ................................81 Installing Onboard Audio Driver............................... 84 Installing AGP Driver................................85 AOConfig Utility ..................................86 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................88 Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ..........................89 About BIOS Function Description…...
Page 6 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................. 98 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..............................99 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ................................99 APM (Advanced Power Management) ............................ 99 ATA (AT Attachment) ................................99 ATA/66 ....................................99 ATA/100 ....................................100 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)............................100 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)..............................100 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ........................
Page 7 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................... 103 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................103 Flash ROM ................................... 103 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..............................104 C Bus ....................................104 IEEE 1394 .................................... 104 Parity Bit ....................................104 PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ............................105 PC-100 DIMM ..................................
Page 8 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ..........................107 SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................108 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................... 108 Ultra DMA ..................................... 108 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ..............................109 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ............................109 ZIP file ....................................109 Troubleshooting ...........................110 Technical Support..........................114 Product Registration..........................117 How to Contact Us..........................118...
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 in format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD...
Page 11: Overview
Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form ® factor featuring the SIS 655 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45-4D Max motherboard can support Intel Socket ® 478 Pentium 4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.
Page 12: Feature Highlight
® ® Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.8GHz+ with 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The Sis655 Host & Memory & AGP Controller integrates a high performance host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a high performance memory controller and an AGP interface.
Page 13: Expansion Slots
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. AX45-4D Max motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card or ADD card. Of five PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
Page 14 33/66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. On-board AC’97 Sound AX45-4D Max uses RealTek ALC650 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
Page 15 Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional) Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this motherboard to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter. Dr. Voice Dr. Voice provides 4 language versions (English, Chinese, Japanese and German) that can easily tell you the problem you encounter. You can also adjust the volume of Dr.
Page 16: Hardware Monitoring Management
Power Management/Plug and Play Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system much user-friendlier.
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 AUX-IN Connector CD-IN Connector Colored Back Panel Front Audio Connector Dr. LED Connector JP2 Speaker Jumper CPUFAN1 connector JP15/16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumper CNR Expansion Slot 478-pin CPU socket S/PDIF Connector (Willamette/Northwood) JP28 USB Keyboard/ ®...
Page 19: Block Diagram
Dual Memory Channel DDR333/266 (Max. 1GB Per DIMM) DIMM Socket x2 DIMM Socket x2 32-bit PCI Slot x5 Socket 478 533MHz System Intel Pentium 4 CPU(Willamette /Northwood) PCI Bus SIS 655 Primary 66/100/133 Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary AGP 4X/8X Slot Channel RealTek AC97...
Page 20: Hardware Installation
This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component.
Page 21: About "User Upgrade Optional" And "Manufacture Upgrade Optional
When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features.
Page 22: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data
You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear CMOS, follow the procedure below. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 &...
Page 23: 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 24 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 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 on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown.
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.
Page 27 ” “ ” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS.
Page 28: Full-Range Adjustable Cpu Core Voltage
This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. However, this motherboard can also automatically detects CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
Page 29 Willamette CPU Core System Northwood CPU Core System Ratio Ratio Frequency Clock Frequency Clock Pentium 4 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1.5G Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1.6G Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz...
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. CPUFAN1 Connector +12V SENSOR +12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support +12V hardware monitoring function.
Page 31: Jp28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-Up 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.
Page 32: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has four 184-pin dual channel DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC2100 (DDR266) or PC2700 (DDR333) memory up to 4GB. Please note that if you wish to have the best performance of 128bit bandwidth, you have to install the same type of DIMM models on both Channel A and Channel B at the same time.
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. Pin 1 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
Page 34: Ddr 266(Pc2100) And Ddr 333(Pc2700)
DDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems. To put it in a simple way, DDRAM is like data going along a two lane highway, while at the same time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street.
Page 35: 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 36: 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 37: Stby Led
STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that we aim at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when AC power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such...
Page 38: 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. Primary Primary Slave (2nd) Master (1st) IDE 1 (Primary) IDE 2 (Secondary) Pin 1 Secondary Secondary Slave (4th)
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. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM.
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: Irda Connector
The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).
Page 42: Support Agp 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot
AX45-4D Max provides an 8x slot which is the latest AGP specification. The AGP 8x calls for the bus to operate at the basic AGP 66-MHz clock frequency and the bandwidth is 2.1Gbytes/s. It is a great improvement on the performance of 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
Page 43: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led
With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, this model 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. Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported by SIS655, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage of the...
Page 44: Wom (Zero Voltage Wake On Modem) Connector
Pin 1 +5VSB WOM Connector...
Page 45: 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 look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.
Page 46: 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 47: Wol (Wake On Lan)
To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
Page 48 WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
Page 49: Support 10/100 Mbps Lan Onboard
The South Bridge SIS963 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.
Page 50: 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 51: Color Coded Back Panel
The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1 and COM2, Printer, USB, and AC97 sound ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP RJ-45 LAN Parallel Port Connector PS/2 Mouse Line-In...
Page 52: Support
This motherboard provides six ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect USB header on the board to the front panel of chassis.
Page 53 This motherboard has two IEEE 1394 connectors onboard. The IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s. Therefore the IEEE 1394 interface can connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance, such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices.
Page 54: Case Open Connector
The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you.
Page 55: Aux-In Connector
This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
Page 56: Cd-In Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. CD-IN...
Page 57: 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 58: 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 59: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
This motherboard comes with an ALC650 Codec which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effect, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module.
Page 60: Die-Hard Bios And Jp24 Die-Hard Bios Select Jumper
Many viruses have been found lately that they may destroy bios code and data area. This motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method without any software or BIOS coding involved, therefore it is 100% virus free. You can also choose whether you want to boot your system from BIOS 1 or BIOS2 by setting JP24.
Page 61: 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 62 Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. Floppy Boot O.K.
Page 63: Jp15/Jp16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers
Dr. Voice II is the second version of Dr. Voice. It can identify what kind of problems have occurred in the operating system. It can also clearly “tell” you whether there is a component issue or an installed issue, such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard by voice.
Page 64: Jp2 Dr. Voice Output Select Jumper
Pin1 PC Buzzer Audio Speaker...
Page 65: Game Port Bracket Supported
This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard. Joystick Module (User Upgrade Optional) Pin1...
Page 66: 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 67: 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 68: 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 69: 2200Μf Low Esr Capacitor
CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, AX45-4D Max implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it provides...
Page 70 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V.
Page 71: 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...
Page 72: 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 73: 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 74: The Noise Is Gone
Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS and the utility under...
Page 75 In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. Also, you can check if fans are running properly. your expected margins of warning level.
Page 76 You may find that this setting fits you best. AOpen Recommend Setting: This setting is designed specifically for AOpen housing. A series of lab tests were conducted under the real world scenario to determine optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU working condition and temperature.
Page 77: Driver And Utility
There are motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows XP) before you install any drivers or utilities.
Page 78: Auto-Run Menu From Bonus Cd
You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
Page 79: Install Ide Driver
To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.
Page 80: Install Usb2.0 Driver
In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB2.0 driver from the following screen.
Page 81: Installing Lan Driver
Introduction: ------------- This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, 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 : ----------------------------------------------------- Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer".
Page 82 2. In the Control Panel window, choose the "Network" icon. 3. In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the "Add Adapter" button. The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears. 4. In the list of network cards, select "<other> Requires disk from manufacturer", and then press <Enter> button. 5.
Page 83 [Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP] Please find the LAN driver from the Bonus Pack CD Autorun menu.
Page 84: Installing Onboard Audio Driver
This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 AC97 CODEC. This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS; you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
Page 86: Aoconfig Utility
Moreover, AOConfig allows users to save information in *.BMP or *.TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems. 1. The system page shows the...
Page 87 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 88: Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility
You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
Page 89: Phoenix-Award Bios
Most BIOS settings of this model have been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling entire system. Therefore, the rest of this chapter intends to guide you the process of configuring your system setup.
Page 90: About Bios Function Description
… AOpen always dedicates to give user a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appear at the right side of screen.
Page 91: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program
The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provide a special function in BIOS setup; you can press <F3> key selecting you preferred menu language.
Page 92 Description Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program.
Page 93: How To Enter Bios Setup
After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
Page 94: 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 95 1. Download the new version of BIOS package file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX454DM102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX454DM102.EXE & WAX454DM102.BIN.
Page 96: 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 97: Vga Card & Hard Disk
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 98: 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 first company to support 4X AGP...
Page 99: 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 100: 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 101: Codec (Coding And Decoding)
Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way.
Page 102: Ecc (Error Checking And Correction)
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 103: Ev6 Bus
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 104: Fsb (Front Side Bus) Clock
FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio See SMBus. 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.
Page 105: Pbsram (Pipelined Burst Sram)
For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits). PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence. Normally, it is 3-1-1-1, total 6 clocks, which is faster than asynchronous SRAM.
Page 106: 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 107: Rimm (Rambus Inline Memory Module)
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 108: Smbus (System Management Bus)
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.
Page 109: 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) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
Page 110: 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 111 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 112 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 113 Continue During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. The problem should be Check if the system can caused by the IDE cable reboot successfully? or HDD itself.
Page 114: 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 115 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group. http://english.aopen.com.tw/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 efficiently and provide important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them.
Page 116 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX45-4D Max R1.20 Jun.01.2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2002, Award Software, Inc. AX45-4D Max is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.
Page 117: 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 118: How To Contact Us
Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. Pacific Rim Europe America AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. AOpen America Inc. Tel: 1-510-498-8928 Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Fax: 1-510-489-1998 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899...

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