Page 1: Ax45-8X / Ax45-8Xn
AX45-8X AX45-8X / AX45-8XN DOC. NO.: AX458XN-OL-E0305B...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
’ ’ AX45-8X / AX45-8XN.............................1 What’s in this manual................................2 You Must Notice..................................8 Before You Start..................................9 Overview....................................10 Feature Highlight ..................................11 Quick Installation Procedure ..............................15 Motherboard Map ................................... 16 Block Diagram ..................................17 Hardware Installation ..........................18 About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................. 19 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................
Page 3 DIMM Sockets ..................................31 DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ..........................33 Front Panel Connector................................34 ATX Power Connector................................35 AC Power Auto Recovery................................ 35 STBY LED ....................................36 IDE and Floppy Connector..............................37 ATA/133 Supported................................. 39 IrDA Connector ..................................40 Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot....................
Page 4 Case Open Connector ................................52 CD Audio Connector ................................53 MODEM-CN Connector ................................54 Front Audio Connector ................................55 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector........................56 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................. 57 Dr. LED Connector.................................. 58 Battery-less and Long Life Design ............................60 Over-current Protection................................
Page 5 Installing AGP Driver................................74 AOConfig Utility ..................................75 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................77 Phoenix Award BIOS..........................78 About BIOS Function Description… ............................79 How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program ......................80 How To Enter BIOS Setup............................... 81 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ........................... 82 Glossary ..............................84 AC97 CODEC..................................
Page 6 ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ............................. 87 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ......................88 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ..........................88 EV6 Bus....................................88 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ............................. 88 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................89 FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................89 Flash ROM .....................................
Page 7 SATA (Serial ATA) ................................... 92 SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................92 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)..............................93 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ............................... 93 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .............................. 93 Wireless LAN – 802.11b................................93 ZIP file ....................................94 Troubleshooting .............................95 Technical Support..........................99 Product Registration..........................102 How to Contact Us..........................103...
Page 8: You Must Notice
All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes. AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it.
Page 9: Before You Start
This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD...
Page 10: Overview
More than that, 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. Besides, AX45-8X / AX45-8XN has a S/PDIF connector and an...
Page 11: Feature Highlight
132MB/s. The Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR) slot provided from AX45-8X / AX45-8XN can support CNR interface for a Modem/Audio card. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 2112MB/s.
Page 12 SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in few seconds when you fail to system overclocking. 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU frequency from 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and helps your system get maximum performance.
Page 13 Dr. LED Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this AX45-8X / AX45-8XN M/B to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter. 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.
Page 14 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 15: Quick Installation Procedure
This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory (DIMM) Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot...
Page 16: Motherboard Map
Motherboard Map Realtek 8100BL LAN Chip (For AX45-8XN) MODEM-CN Connector ALC650 AC’97 CODEC PC99 Colored Back Panel Front Audio Connector Resettable Fuse CD-IN Connector JP28 PS2 Keyboard/ Chassis Intrusion Detector Mouse Wakeup Jumper CNR Expansion Slot 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors WOM Connector...
Page 17: Block Diagram
DDR266/DDR333 SDRAM Up to 3GB/2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Socket x3 Socket 478 533MHz System Intel Pentium 4 CPU(Willamette /Northwood) PCI Bus SIS 648 Primary 66/100/133 Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary AGP 8X Slot Channel RealTek AC97 SIS 963L CODEC Realtek RTL8100BL...
Page 18: 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 19: 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 20: 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 21: 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 22 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, you may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel.
Page 23 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 24: 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 25 “ ” “ ” 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...
Page 26: 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 27 Willamette CPU Core System Northwood CPU Core System Ratio Ratio Frequency Clock Frequency Clock Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1.5G 1.6G Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 1.6G 1.6G Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1700MHz 100MHz...
Page 28: 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. CPU FAN Connector +12V SENSOR FAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support +12V SENSOR...
Page 29: Jp28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-Up Jumper
This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
Page 30: Jp29 Memory Voltage Jumper
This motherboard supports all DDR200/266/333 DDR SDRAM on market, therefore you don’t need to adjust this JP29 memory voltage jumper from its default setting. However, if you wish to use DDR400 SDRAM which requires higher voltage on this motherboard, you may have to adjust the jumper to pin1-2 for a higher voltage supply up to 2.7V.
Page 31: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC2100 (DDR266) memory up to 3GB or PC2700 (DDR333) memory up to 2GB. Please note that when you install PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM, you can install them fully into 3 sockets; however, when you install PC2700 DDR SDRAM, we suggest you to install DIMM1 and DIMM2 ONLY.
Page 32 Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 40 pins Insert the 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 33: N O N L I N E M A N U A L
DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems. To put it in a simple way, DDR SDRAM 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 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: 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 power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as...
Page 37: 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. Secondary Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE 2 (Secondary) IDE 1 (Primary) Pin 1 Primary Primary Master (1st)
Page 38 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 39: 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 40: 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).
Page 41: Support Agp 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot
AX45-8X / AX45-8XN provides an 8x slot which is the latest AGP specification. The AGP 8x calls for the bus to operate at the basic AGP 66MHz 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 42: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led
With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX45-8X / AX45-8XN 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 a AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported by SIS648, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage of...
Page 43: Wom (Zero Voltage Wake On Modem) Connector
Pin 1 +5VSB WOM Connector...
Page 44: 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 45: 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 46: 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 47 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 48: Support 10/100 Mbps Lan Onboard (For Ax45-8Xn)
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 49: 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 50: Colored 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. The view angle of the drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. LAN Connector SPP/EPP/ECP MIDI/Game Port (For AX45-8XN) Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse...
Page 51: Support 2 Nd And
This motherboard provides six ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from back panel or connect USB2 header to the front panel of chassis.
Page 52: N O N L I N E M A N U A L
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 53: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
Page 54: Modem-Cn Connector
This connector is used to connect Mono In/MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is MIC Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.
Page 55: 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 56: 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 57: 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 58: 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. Pin 1 3.3V...
Page 59 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 60: 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 61: 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 62: Resetable Fuse
Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job. Resettable Fuse...
Page 63: 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, AX45-8X / AX45-8XN implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μf) and it...
Page 64 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. That is, the transient must be below 280mV.
Page 65: 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 66: Vivid Bios Technology
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 67: 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 98) before you install any drivers or utilities.
Page 68: Install Ide Driver
To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.
Page 69: Install Usb2.0 Driver
In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB2.0 driver from the following screen.
Page 70: Installing Lan Driver (For Ax45-8Xn)
AX45-8XN comes with Realtek LAN chip onboard. For users using Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP, please download the LAN driver from Bonus Pack CD.
Page 71: N O N L I N E M A N U A L
For Windows 95 and NT4.0 users, please follow the procedures bellow to install the 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 : -----------------------------------------------------...
Page 72 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. Enter drive and pathname [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\NT (for NT 4.0) which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then choose the OK button.
Page 73: Installing Onboard Sound 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 75: 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 76 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 77: 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 78: Phoenix Award Bios
Most BIOS setting of this model had been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling the entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup procedures.
Page 79: 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 80: How To Use Phoenix Award™ Bios Setup Program
<Page Down> key to change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. Alternatively, it's strongly recommended to install AOpen’s newest WinBIOS Utility to get more detailed description, further powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS. Description Page Up or + Changing setting to next value or increase the value.
Page 81: 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 82: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment
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 83 Download the new version of BIOS package file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX458XN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX458XN102.EXE & WAX458XN102.BIN.
Page 84: Glossary
Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.
Page 85: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port)
The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
Page 86: Bios (Basic Input/Output System)
bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s.
Page 87: Cnr (Communication And Networking Riser)
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 88: 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 89: Fc-Pga (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)
FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket. After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478 socket as well.
Page 90: Parity Bit
networking, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing. Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards. Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A/V to Firewire converters. The advantages of the IEEE1394: High data transfer rate –...
Page 91: Pdf Format
With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange. Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file, including fonts and graphics, and they can be distributed by e-mail or stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms.
Page 92: Rimm (Rambus Inline Memory Module)
by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM” with transfer rate of 600/700/800MHz, providing bandwidth as high to 1.6GB. 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology.
Page 93: Spd (Serial Presence Detect)
communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message. 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.
Page 94: Zip File
station or between two wireless clients. 802.11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming: 802.11 = 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using either frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)). 802.11a = 54 Mbps in the 5GHz band, using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) 802.11b (11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS).
Page 95: 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 96 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 97 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 98 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 99: 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.
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Page 101 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX45-8XN R1.20 Jun.01.2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX45-8XN is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.
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