Frequently Asked Questions - AOpen AX6BC User Manual

Soft Power Off means to turn off system through software, Windows 95
Shutdown function can be used to verify if your mainboard supports soft power
off. AOpen AX5T/AX5TC/AX6F/AX6L/AX6LC/AX6B/AX6BC support soft
power off.
Q: What is RTC Wake Up Timer (Alarm)?
A: RTC (Real Time Clock) is a device like electronic watch, and keep the
date/time of the computer system running. The Wake Up Timer is more like
an alarm, which wakes up and powers on your system at a pre-defined time
for specific application. It can be set to wake up everyday or on specific date
within a month. The date/time accurate is second. To set the date/time, go
into BIOS setup, Power Management RTC Wake Up Timer, select Enable.
RTC is a standard device of all the mainboard, but Wake Up Timer is not a
standard design, AOpen AX5T/AX5TC/AX6F/AX6L/AX6LC/AX6B/AX6BC
support RTC Wake Up Timer.
Q: What is Lan Wake Up?
A: Lan Wake Up is a technology that enables you to remotely manage the PCs in
your network even if they have been turned off. When the client has been
powered off, the remote network management software could send a wake-up
frame ( or Magic packet) to the client if needed. The Lan Wake Up enabled
adapter in the client will receive that frame can check it to determine whether
the frame contains the correct MAC address. If so, the client turns on the
system by Wake-up call, just as the user turns on the system manually with
the ON/OFF button. The network management software will continue to
perform the tasks that have been programmed to do.
Q: What is the AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)?
A: AGP is a PCI-like bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic.
AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-
slave one-to-one only. The AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the
66MHz clock and produces 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s data transfer rate.
The AOpen AX6L/AX6LC/AX6B/AX6BC MB are designed to support AGP via
the new Intel LX & BX chipset.
Q: What is the AGP bus clock on Intel 440BX chipset?
A: AGP used to perform as the same bus clock as the Intel 440LX chipset were.
If we provide 75Mzh of bus clock to 440LX chipset, AGP will also perform with
75Mhz of clock. The Intel 440BX chipset which supports 100Mhz of bus clock
behaves to meet the specification so that AGP bus clock is always kept by
66Mhz of clock no matter how 440BX chipset bus clock may be set. In this
manner, it will ensure the compatibility & stability of the AGP within defined
specification.

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