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1. GO Ez instal 79 Installing Utilities AOpen provides you many friendly and powerful utilities to manage your system You can install listed functions you desire and press GO to start installation Install Utilities Intel PROSet Software SilentTek Hardware Monitor III AOConfig WinDMI Ezskin Adobe Acrobat Reader 3Deep E Color Ez instal 80 Glossary AC 97 CODEC Basically AC 97 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 Audio CODEC 97 briefly called AC 97 is the specification regulated by Intel and it s about the structure of audio conversion The special place about CODEC is that it is separated from sound card CODEC is an independent chipset Therefore PCI sound card could possess with 90db and do other application process as well We called CODEC that meets this structure AC 97 CODEC ACPI Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 1997 It intends to save more power by taking full control of power management to operating system and bypass BIOS The chipset or super I O chip needs to provide standard register interface to operating system suc
2. 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 It reminds you of pressing Ins key on your keyboard to start Open JukeBox Player otherwise the system will launch the Windows Operation System CD Player Choosing this setting allows the system to launch Open JukeBox Player every time you power on However by pressing B on your keyboard the Windows Operation System will be launched Your Open JukeBox EzSkin 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 Even more you may design your own skins with innovative idea and sharing them to users around the world by uploading to our website For further technical information we welcome you to visit our website at http english aopen com tw tech download skin Motherboard Marne ASA Pro Bll Space Remain 15446 Bytes 18 02 KE nnn Image File Mame Size after compress C Vivid BIOS Skin Open JukeBox Skin Load Image Chang
3. E Pentium 4 2 0G 2000MHz 100MHz Pentium 4 2 2G 2200MHz 100MHz 17x 19x Pentium 4 2 2G 2200MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 2 26G 2260MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 2 4G 2400MHz 100MHz Pentium 4 2 4G 2400MHz 133MHz Pentium 4 2 53G 2530MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 2 6G 2600MHz 200MHz Pentium 4 2 66G 2660MHz Pentium 4 2 8G 2800MHz 2o0mHz soomHz tax 14x Pentium 4 3 06G 3066MHz 133MHz 533MHz 23x Pentium 4 3 20G 3200MHz 200MHz 800MHz Note With CPU speed changing rapidly there might be fastest CPU on the market by the time you received this installation guide This table is kindly for your references only Note Intel 865G 865GV chipset only Support Northwood processors Northwood processors would detect the clock ratio automatically you may not be able to adjust the clock ratio in BIOS Warning Intel 865G 865GV chipset Supports maximum 800MHz 200MHZ2 4 system bus and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause serious system damage CPU and System Fan Connector with H W Monitoring Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPUFAN connecior If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector SENSOR 12V GND A a L gt D i r LE E Di CTT SENSOR 12V GND CPUFAN Connector SENSOR 12V GND 31 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wake up Jumper This motherboard provides keyboard mouse wake up function You can use JP28 to enable or
4. Enabled Enabled AUTO Auto Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Fl1O Save ESC Exit Fl General Help Defaults F7 Turbo Defaults If you intend to change the default setting simply press Enter for a list of selection 1 Disabled You may choose this item if you re sure that only traditional IDE hard ee disks had been installed on your system Disabling this item may also cancel combined Mode the detection to Serial ATA hard disk during POST which theoretically could Enhanced Mode d bool iii f little bit h beri SATA Only speed up your boot up timing for a little bit however please remember to re adjust the settings here if you intend to use Serial ATA hard disk later 2 Auto This is the default setting upon receipt of the motherboard Basically if your system functions properly it s not necessary to change it The system will automatically recognize the first hard disk on IDE1 as the first boot device On Chip Serial ATA Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Note Please be informed that when you are using Windows98 ME with six hard disks fully installed Auto mode is not able to function properly it s just because Windows98 Me is not able to energize Enhanced Mode to detect all hard disks 3 Combined Mode If you have had installed traditional IDE hard disks and Serial ATA hard disks at the same time then you may choose this Combined Mode Under this mode you may randomly choose either IDE hard disks or Serial ATA ha
5. line Manua DOC NO MX4SGI4DL2 OL E0310A What s in this manual MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN 2 0 c cece eee eee ee ee eee eee esas eens eeaeesaeeeaeeeaeeeaneeaneeanengnes ALTER aaa aE te sare IEA alco Oo O e TI o O 0 ee awe A dneent 2 nn nn ce oe E UA merece ded E E E 8 BET OE ie as set esac nt ee Ag un O E ena E ETE 9 OVA Wenders dls 10 A e SU EOI enor ne eee een reer E 11 QUICK TISIAIAHON Procedure aaa A A intento 16 a MaD errereen sirna Enn nee EEEE AENEA EEE EEEIEE EE EEIE EEO EEE ERAEN EEEE EEEE EEE EEEE EEEE ENEE EEE 17 BOK OA AA asec E E E E o o A E PEO Po 18 Hardware Installation ope 19 About User Upgrade Optional and Manufacture Upgrade Optional ooccccccccoccnnccnncccoconnconnonononononnnnonnonononnnononononnnnnnnononenas 20 Clear CMOS DAS ccoo ado saancuondetnsuncineadanaanndiauabeneeiuntaceaseaquaurmenanes 21 OPOSITOR A EA E A A A A A E 22 e o AAA E E RR O PO UE CO O e taeda 24 CPU Overcurrent Frotectior disco ii O IA AAA AAA AAA A EA debi 26 ACER WEA DOTADO ri dina 28 Full range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage lt uvciviosonionicin ariadna id RA A A A A AA AA A AAA 29 CPU and System Fan Connector with PAW Montoring A ds 31 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wake Up JUN A Addis 32 AMMO OCR CUS AAA AA AAA AAA E na peta ae a ade AS 33 PAG TOWEL AO TRCCOV EV us res So as Nees ol dd tet 35 NN a e a 36 Seal ATA SUPPONE aeoea ar a ved E EAR its 38 CONMECTAG Send ATA DISK anoe A E E AAE E aces 39 Fontra
6. DDR SDRAM on the market are DDR200 DDR266 and DDR333 with more coming around soon DDR200 transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s PC1600 DDR266 transfer bandwidth up to 266x64 8 2100MB s PC2100 DDR333 transfer bandwidth up to 333x64 8 2700MB s PC2700 DDR400 transfer bandwidth up to 400x64 8 3200MB s PC3200 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 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM Also be 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 EPROM Erasable Programmable 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 EV6 Bus EV6 Bus is 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 EV6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 200 MHz EV6 bus 200MHZz 100 MHz external bus clock x 2 FCC DoC De
7. Including three 32 bit 33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X 4X slots MX4SGVI 4DN2 comes with an ADD slot The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB s Of three PCI slots provided all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card and MX4SGVI 4DN2 equips with an ADD slot supporting ADD cards only The 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 Or you may have ADD card cabled to this AGP slot to provide high speed digital connection for digital displays 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 Hyper Threading Technology Support Hyper Threading Technology which brings additional intelligence to systems so that multiple tasks received from the processor can be managed and prioritized more effectively Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen Watch Dog ABS function that can auto reset system in 4 8 seconds when you fail the system overclocking 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment Provides 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment function in the BIOS This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100 255M
8. TEREI 3 El in T 5 Be 1511 AR pigs HAN ARA EXA sabi ELLE ERECT LELLI Ga D 4 pes freee a ERLVIA 17 Block Diagram DDR400 333 266 Dual Channel RAM Up to 4GB PCI Bus SATA 1 ay Serial ATA Port x2 150MB s Intel 865G for SATA 2 Eu MX4SGI 4DN2 amp AGP bus MX4SGI 4DL2 400 533 800MHz System Bus ATA Intel 865GV for 33 66 100 MX4SGVI 4DN2 Primary m Channel ay Exa IDE Drive x4 Ma AGP 8X Slot Support ADD Card MX4SGVI 4DN2 supports ADD cards only Secondary eo Channel Intel PHY for MX4SGI 4DN2 8 MX4SGVI 4DN2 USB Port x8 Floppy Disk Drive x2 Ema Bis Hardware Installation This chapter describes jumpers connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard 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 As a result of this we define features that can be upgraded by users as User Upgrade Optional You can upgrade these functions by purchasing additional devices As for functions that cannot be upgraded b
9. ioj xi File view Help E Bus Dev Fun Device Description 00 00 00 VIA Standard CPU to PCI Bridge 00 01 00 WI CPU to AGP Controller 00 06 00 VIA USB Universal Host Controller 00 06 01 YI4 USB Universal Host Controller 00 06 02 VIA USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controller 00 11 00 WI Standard PCI to ISA Bridge 00 11 01 VIA Bus Master IDE Controller 00 11 02 VIA USB Universal Host Controller 00 11 03 VIA USB Universal Host Controller Oo 11 05 Avance AC 9 Audio for VIA A Audio Controller 0 00 00 AOpen GeForcel Windows lt p 2k Driver v27 50 m Detail Information Vendor ID Device ID Revision SubSystem Device Class IRQ File view Help de F IDE1 Master Serial Number YHOYHAQ4678TX3 Major Ver ATAVATAPI S Model Number IBM DTL4 307020 DMA Ultra DMA 5 Firmware Rev ee PIO A ome Media Type Notremovable Capacity 20576 MB IDE1 Slave Serial Number None Major Ver None Model Number None DMA None Firmware Rev None PIO Mode H None Media Type None Capacity None MB IDE2 Master Serial Number None Major Ver None Model Number None DMA None Firmware Rev None PIO Mode H None Media Type None Capacity None MB IDE2 Slave Serial Number MajorVer Not report Model Number AOPEN CD AWCRW2 pma Ultra DMA 2 Firmware Rev 1 27 PIO Mode H PIO mode 4 Media Type Removable device Capacity MB AOpen inc This page presents t
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12. P k AEA a md j ever al CPU pin 1 and cut edge CPU cut edge Note Those pictures are for example only they may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased 22 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation CPU cut edge Note This picture is for example only it may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased 23 CPU Fan Installation 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 2 Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module 1 Gently put the CPU Fan down on the retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners Clip Note The picture above may look different from the product you purchased 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 CPU Freq Ratio CPU VID signal CPU voltage Automatically generates CPU voltage 25 CPU Over current Protection The Over Current Prot
13. Play Stop Pause Eject Repeat Volume Rewind Forward gt Pressing arrow keys to rewind or forward the music OPEN JUREBOX Display Screen POWER gt Function Key Pressing O to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System Pressing B to intelligently boot to Windows Operation System for you Pressing A to start playing CD music Pressing S to stop the music playing Pressing P to pause the music playing temporarily Pressing E to eject CD tray for you to change CD disc Like other CD Players pressing R to shift the repeat mode Pressing or to adjust the volume of playing music Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Menu Level First Boot Device CDROM Second Boot Devic Third Boot Devicel Enter AOpen CD Player Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Auto Boot Up Floppy Se Press Insert Key Boot Up NumLock Sj CD Player Typematic Rate Se Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Contr j _ _ q H OS Select For DRA tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Enter Aopen CD Pl Show Logo On Screen Enab led Tl2 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F2 Item Help F3 Language F5 Previous Values F6 Setup Defaults F7 Turbo Defaults
14. able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference ej Un for you Contact Us Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before contacting us The part number serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful mall Part Number and Serial Number The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label You can find this bar code label on the outside packing or on component side of PCB For example UI I UN P N 91 88110 201 5 N 919493 8KN 3 Part No di Serial No Dr 18811020Y8419493 8KN73 gt P N 91 88110 201 is part number S N 91949378KN73 is serial number Model name and BIOS version Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen POST screen For example MX4SGI 4DL2 R1 00 Oct 1 2003 AOpen Inc Phoenix Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright O 2003 Award Software Inc MX4SGI 4DL2 is model name of motherboard R1 00 is BIOS version 98 N Product Registration Welcometo AOpen Thank you for choosing AOpen product AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration To register your product will ensure the high quality of services from AOpen After the registration you will Have opportunities to play online slot machine and win a prize from AOpen by accumulating your bonuses for later prize exchange Be upgraded to gold membership of Clu
15. auto run menu of Bonus CD Choose the utility and driver and select model name El a Install driver Install utility 7 Browse CD contents gun Readme 0 a A a a nando li Exit CD U Welcome Install User manual of your motherboard Thank you for choosing AOpen MX4SGI 4DL2 AOpen Inc http iww aopen com tw TEL 886 2 3789 5888 FAX 886 2 3789 5899 AOpen America Inc http english aopen corn tw TEL 1 510 489 8928 FAX 1 510 489 1998 AOpen Computer B V http www aopen nl TEL 31 73 645 9516 FAX 31 73 645 9604 Contact us AOpen Computer GmbH http www aopencom de TEL 49 2131 1243 710 FAX 49 2131 1243 999 AOpen Japan Inc http Awww aopen co jp TEL 81 048 290 1800 FAX 81 048 290 1820 AOpen International Co Ltd http www aopen corm cn TEL 86 21 6225 8622 FAX 86 21 6225 7926 go AAA El p Click to install online manual Installing Drivers The Bonus CD will automatically list all drivers related to this motherboard for you Those checks marked in grey indicate necessary drivers you cannot click them off to disable installing Other red checks can be disable if you don t want to install them now Please GO drivers will be automatically installed Install Driver LA Intel Extreme 2 Graphics Driver LA Realtek Avance AC97 Audio Driver LA Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility LA Intel Gigabit Network Connection Driver
16. by lights or by the opening of the chassis the system will beep to inform you Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis you may purchase an extra sensor attach it on your chassis and make a good use of this function 3 Y 11 o EF P p 4 Y Mr a i ly ARA Ge ifi HH H B HB HH HH H H HH HH HB H H ifi HB a A E H B ape HH il H H if Case Open Connector GND Sensor 56 STBY LED Standby LED Both STBY LED is AOpen s considerate design that aims 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 power on off stand by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode STBY LED 57 Resetable Fuse Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB 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 Resetable Fuse 58 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when yo
17. 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 AUD_RET_L KEY AUD_RET_R AUD_VCC AUD_GND AUD FPOUT_L NC AUD _FPOUT_R AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_MIC O r n TEREPEEREE ERE IRI ERE ERR AREA RIADA ARA PHEIDIO PA r gt i ary Front Audio Connector 52 CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound p9 p Ai 9 Mi EY ig TA do E E GND GND CD IN Connector 53 AUX IN Connector This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound Q Z GND AUX IN Connector 54 COM2 Connector This motherboard provides two serial ports One of them is on back panel connector and the other is on the upper left of board With proper cable you can connect it to the back panel of chassis Pin 1 MAOUT TETTETETT ETTET ETTET EEEE TETT ETTE TETT ETETE rate I ar H z H i H H H i i H 2 i H H H i 3 z H z E d nn D DOD SIN SOUT DTR GND CTS RI DSR RTS COM2 Connector 55 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
18. design from Intel that enables multi threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources As a result an average improvement of 40 in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput How Hyper Threading Works A form of simultaneous multi threading technology SMT Hyper Threading technology allows multiple threads of software applications to be run simultaneously on one processor by duplicating the architectural state on each processor while the same processor execution resources is shared The figure below Multiprocessor Hyper Th reading represents how a Hyper Threading based y processor differentiates a traditional multiprocessor The left hand configuration shows a traditional multiprocessor system with two physical processors Each processor has its own independent execution resources and architectural state The right hand configuration represents an Intel Hyper Threading technology based processor You can see that the architectural state for each processor is duplicated while coe Sree POEL the execution resources is shared AS Architecture State eax ebx control registers etc zAFIC Processor Processor Processor Execution Execution Execution Resources Resources Resources 64 For multiprocessor capable software applications the Hyper Threading based processor is considered two separate logical proces
19. instead of analog audio Power Management Plug and Play Supports the power management function which 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 Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status temperature and voltage monitoring and alert through the on board hardware monitor module SilentTek Combines Hardware Status Monitoring Overheat Warning and Fan Speed Control with user friendly interface to provide a perfect balance among noises system performance and stability Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 98 ME 2000 XP series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 and S5 features 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 Pt eS Ye YP SS ok Installing Operating System such as Windows XP onl oom Installing Driver and Utility 16 Motherboard Map po F PPPT PEPPEFOE
20. 0 1 00 a fii 410340 KG K 33v M s0 230 400 ara se y sv Mas 7 400 MN soo Teste id 12 WET 10 00 z 14 00 4299 A v 124 WEAS 14 00 O E 10 00f 11 04 42 y sy WE 53 8 00 O M 4 00 449 4 y 5vsb Mef 449 4 00 U JUE 6 00 553 14 MEN y rFan Speed Low Limit ceurent 2265 re SYSFan2 1324 fan off Ren SYSFen3 E 1324 nn RP A IE 9 Unit Chassis Int sion Status vbat Me 250 150 j 410 350 A y in py cid platform can t use chassis Intrusion l Of course you may set your You may check your defaulted lowest margin for system voltage from the l your fans and SilentTek would indicating bar here l also pop up a message box to l LO TS ee ee alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed 62 Load Default ClearLog Ext Load Default Clear Logi You may set the highest margin of your CPU and system temperature as default and SilentTek would pop up a message box to alert you with alarm when the temperature goes beyond the specified margin AA A oo 7 ae ae ee eee eee ee The following page is surely the most important part of this utility You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got HE Op MEOIN UIE page 1 Smart FAN Control This is the default setting of l 2 Silent Wek SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer ms housing With a special algorithm devel
21. Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless transferring technology that enables short range wireless connections between desktop and laptop computers personal digital assistants PDAs cellular phones printers scanners digital cameras and even home appliances The principle of Bluetooth a chipset is to transfer information and voices at the frequency of ISM Band Every Bluetooth technology devices do come with a standard address for you to connect one to one or one to seven to form a Pico net with transferring range up to 10 meters 100 meters to follow using low power radio Bluetooth do not only possess high transfer rate of 1MB s it also could be encrypted with pin code With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second it s difficult to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electromagnetic wave 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 DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM For ex PC 100 PC 133 infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way Based on FSB frequency
22. GI 4DN2 and MX4SGVI 4DN2 on board this motherboard provides 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors The right hand side LED indicates link mode it lights in orange whenever linking to network The left hand side LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights in green when data is transferring in 100Mbps never lights while in 10Mbps but lights in orange when transferring in Gigabit s mode MX4SGI 4DL2 To enable or disable this function you may simply adjust it through BIOS a a 0 Transferring Left ae die Green 100Mbps SOCCTOS E Orange Gigabit mode Linking Right Orange 46 Support USB 2 0 Ports This motherboard provides eight USB 2 0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are two USB headers on the board for you to connect two USB devices and four other ports on the back panel You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from back panel or connect the front USB connector to the front panel of chassis Compared to traditional USB 1 0 1 1 with the speed of 12Mbps USB 2 0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps that is 40 times faster than the traditional one Except for the speed increase USB 2 0 supports old USB 1 0 1 1 software and peripherals offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers On this motherboard all eight ports support USB 2 0 function S 3 5V 5V ca
23. Hz by 1MHz stepping adjustment and helps your system get maximum performance LAN Port On the strength of Intel PHY for MX4SGI 4DN2 and MX4SGVI 4DN2 or integrated CSA LAN controller for MX4SGI 4DL2 on board this motherboard provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for MX4SGI 4DL2 it is 10 100 1000 Mbps for office and home use Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5 and supports Enhanced IDE devices Serial ATA Integrated in ICH5 that contains independent DMA operation on two ports the SATA controllers are completely software transparent with the IDE interface while providing a lower pin count and higher performance The ICH5 SATA interface supports data transfer rates up to 150MB s On board AC 97 Sound MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN2 uses RealTek AC 97 CODEC sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system Eight USB 2 0 Ports Provides four ports on the back panel and two USB 2 0 headers on the board providing a total of eight USB 2 0 interface to connect devices such as mouse keyboard modem scanner etc S PDIF Connector S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is the newest audio transfer file format which provides impressive quality through fiber optics and allows you to enjoy digital audio
24. a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for MX4SGI 4DN2 and MX4SGVI 4DN2 and 10 100 1000 Mbps for MX4SGI 4DL2 for office and home use Besides MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN2 has a S PDIF connector and an AC 97 CODEC RealTek ALC655 chipset onboard providing high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it Now let s enjoy all features from AOpen MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN2 motherboard 10 Feature Highlight CPU Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 Northwood 1 6GHz 3 20GHz with 400 533 800MHz Front Side Bus FSB designed for Socket 478 technology Chipset Intel 865G is a Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 512 KB L2 cache on 0 13 micron processor lt provides CPU DDR AGP Hub CSA Interfaces and integrated graphics with display interfaces The CPU interface supports Pentium 4 processor subset of the Extended Mode of the Scalable Bus Protocol The GMCH memory interface supports one up to two channels of DDR and the AGP interface supports 0 8 1 5V signaling with 8X 4X data transfers and 8X 4X AGP Fast Writes The integrated graphics controller provides 3D 2D and display capabilities while using a portion of system memory for graphics memory UMA to provide a cost effective high performance graphics solution The Intel 865 platform supports the fifth generation I O Contro
25. access latency and reduced power consumption Wireless LAN 802 11b 802 11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology which is an interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients 802 11 families include 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 ZIP file A compressed file format to reduce file size To unzip file run shareware PKUNZIP http www pkware com for DOS and other operating system or WINZIP http www winzip com for windows environment 91 Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem 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 With your help we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers Thank
26. age Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver Thanks for the help of saving our earth Overview Thank you for choosing AOpen MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN2 motherboard MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN2 is Intel Socket 478 motherboard M B based on the micro ATX form factor featuring the Intel 865G for MX4SGI 4DN2 8 MX4SGI 4DL2 Intel 865GV_ for MX4SGVI 4DN2 chipsets As high performance chipset built in the M B MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN2 motherboard supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 1 6GHz 3 20GHz It supports 400 533 800MHz Front Side Bus FSB clock and Hyper Threading Technology that brings additional intelligence to systems In the AGP performance it has one AGP slot to support AGP 8X 4X mode and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 2112MB sec The slot also support ADD card MX4SGVI 4DN2 equips with ADD slot that doesn t support AGP card but ADD card According to different customer s requirements this motherboard supports DDR266 DDR333 and DDR400 RAM up to 4GB maximum The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode and Serial ATA 150 MB s There are 3 PCI slots provided on this board A total of four USB 2 0 ports on the back panel and two headers on the board give you the best use of all USB devices with the fancy speed up to 480Mbps More than that on the strength of integrated Intel PHY and CSA LAN controller for MX4SGI 4DL2 on board which is
27. ash module together so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically EzWinFlash detects your motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from any possible failure Moreover EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to go with any windows platform you might be using no matter if you re using Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 or 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 lEzWinFlash 1 0 0 28 Nov 2001 16 54 25 Flash ROM Information CheckSum F1A9H Option Clear PnP Area l Clear DMI Area Y Clear CMOS Flash Type Start Flash Current BIOS Information Model Name AX3SPlus o o BIOS Version mos ooo Release Date Oct09 2001 New BIOS Information Model Name AX3SPlus o BIOS Version Mmg o o Release Date ct 09 2001 Save BIOS Language English C German C Chinese BIG5 About Exit WEH Message If you are sure to program new BIOS please press Start Flash button 75 You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps and it s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before y
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29. claration of Conformity The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations This standard allows DIY component such as motherboard to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array FC means Flip Chip FC PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0 18um process CPU which can be plugged into SKT370 socket FC PGA2 Flip Chip Pin Grid Array After FC PGA FC PGA2 is the package for 0 13um process CPU developed by Intel which can be plugged into SKT423 478 socket as well 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 512KB 4M bits Hyper Threading Hyper Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources As a result an average improvement of 40 in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput IEEE 1394 IEEE 1394 which also called Firewire is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio A V consumer application is its low cost Fire wire interface is capable of supporting various h
30. d at 32 bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MB sec 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 You may download Acrobat Reader in order to read PDF file from its website www adobe com PnP Plug and Play Oversimplified Plug and Play automatically tells the software device drivers where to find various pieces of hardware devices such as modems network cards sound cards etc Plug and Play s task is to match up physical devices with the software device drivers that operates them and to establish channels of communication between each physical device and its driver POST Power On Self Test The BIOS self test procedure after power on sometimes it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot PSB Processor System Bus Clock PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU CPU internal clock CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16 bits Basicall
31. d disk as your first boot device But please be aware that Serial ATA will exist with IDE in a mapping way which also means it will occupy one of the IDE Channel and left you with one IDE Channel only 4 Enhanced Mode If you are using the latest operating system say Windows XP Windows NET Server it is highly recommended to select Enhanced Mode The system would be able to detect all six devices traditional IDE x4 Serial ATA x 2 completely and functions perfectly under this mode But please be noted that it is defaulted with using traditional IDE as the first boot device Note From our practical lab tests we found no obvious problem or mistakes happened under Windows2000 operating system but however it is not within the regulation recommended by Intel 5 SATA Only You may select this SATA Only mode if you have had installed Serial ATA hard disks only It also allows you to select booting sequence from Porto SerialATA1 or Porti SerialATA2 Front Panel Connector oo es a ty ze Ral o gt ant vse G 3 si of 2 Lo i mm A E 2 A Attach the power LED Keylock speaker power and reset switch connectors to the set p ao corresponding pins If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI amp oer dl ie Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode ASA e o SU jo MATO AGP Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing It is 2 pin female connector fala DE E fro
32. d your newly installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you have had installed them on the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting You may simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly After having properly installed your hard disks you may directly get into the BIOS setting screen for adjustment You may simply press Integrated Peripherals gt On Chip IDE Device gt On Chip Serial ATA to choose your preferable mode If you have no intention of changing its setting the default would be Auto Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Load Setup Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Featu Advanced Chipset Fe OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Onboard Device Press Enter SuperIO Device s Dr Voice Dr LED Diagno Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Se Onchip IDE Device PnP PCI Configurati Silent BIOS HW Moni Frequency voltage C Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setu t Move F2 Item Help FS Previ Enter Select IDE HDD Block Mode On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA On Chip Serial ATA I Move Enter Select PU PD Value F2 Item Help FS Previous Values F6 Setup
33. 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 Pin 1 A As 2 UTE 2 i i 2 i i 1 i i i 2 i 1 i i z i z H d n Disable Enable Default 32 DIMM Sockets This motherboard has four 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install 128 bit dual channel DDR400 DDR333 or DDR266 memory up to 4GB Only non ECC DDR SDRAM is supported Please install suitable modules otherwise serious damage may occur on memory sockets or RAM modules Please note that when you install DDR333 memory module and have your CPU FSB set at 800MHz the memory can only run with the speed of DDR320 It is limitation of Intel For other limitation of CPU types please see the table below CPU FSB 400MHz CPU FSB 533MH2 CPU FSB 800MHz DIMMA1 DIMMA2 DIMMB1 DIMMB2 Note To run dual channel speed you have to use the same type memory modules installed on two DIMMs If you install two different sized modules the system can only run single channel mode and with the speed of that lower memory module Warning This motherboard supports DDR SDRAM Please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR SDRAM sockets otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module How to Install Memory Modules Note Please pay attention
34. e Skin About Exit Phoenix AWARD BIOS System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset Phoenix Award BIOS installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS settings of MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN2 have been optimized by AOpen s R amp 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 To enter to BIOS setup menu press lt Del gt when POST Power On Self Test screen is shown on your monitor 72 How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program Generally you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose then press lt Enter gt key to select and use the lt Page Up gt and lt Page Down gt key to change setting values You can press lt Esc gt 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 Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Changing setti
35. ection is a popular implementation on ATX 3 3V 5V 12V switching power supply However the new generation CPU uses different voltage with a regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage for example 1 475V and thus makes 5V over current protection useless This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over current protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply provide the full line over current protection 5V Protected by power supply 3 3V Protected by power supply 12V Protected by power supply CPU Core Voltage 26 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 ATX Stand by Power Battery Auto Switch Auto switch to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is plugged This smart design increases battery life if you still plug battery on motherboard Backup by EEPROM AOpen Watch Dog ABS s AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers When you 7 y DOG AB power on the system the BIOS will check last system POST status If it succeeded the BIOS Y will enable Watch Dog ABS func
36. es and or other countries All product and brand names used on this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their respective owners 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 This documentation is protected by copyright law All rights are reserved No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior written permission from AOpen Corporation Copyright 1996 2003 AOpen Inc All Rights Reserved 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 PDF format we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 0 for online viewing it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web site Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing it is still capable for hardcopy printing you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer To do so choose File gt P
37. h as Windows 98 This is a bit similar as the PnP register interface ACPI defines ATX momentary soft power switch to control the power state transition ACR Advanced Communication Riser Building on the PC motherboard riser architecture ACR slot is backward compatible with AMR but beyond the limitation of it The ACR specification is designed to support modem audio Local Area Network LAN and Digital Subscriber Line DSL 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 Though AGP and PCI share the same algorithm of 32 bit its frequencies are 66MHz and 33MHz respectively AGP interface had been developed from 2X to 8x 1X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 1 264MB s 2X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s 4X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s 8X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 8 2112MB s AMR Audio Modem Riser The CODEC circuit of AC 97 sound modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card AMR card that connects to motherboard through AMR connector ATA AT Attachment Before talking about ATA AT Attachment we
38. he IDE device information such as serial number manufacturer firmware version and capacity 4 From this page users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen Moreover detailed information could be saved in bmp or txt format File View Help Save Data trl S Save Bitmap b Exit Alt F4 AOConfig Version A1 07 Copyright C 2002 Thank you for choosing AOpen V Open Telephone Taiwan 006 2 3789 5888 y Web http www aopen com Download http www aopen com tech download Test Report http www aopen comtech report eForum http club aopen com tw forum FAQ http club aopen com tw FAG AOpen inc 67 J ie Open JukeBox Pla yer o Here we Y pleased to provide you a brand new powerful interface Open JukeBox Without any y cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player This latest Open JukeBox 3 motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC without any hassle of entering Windows operation system a j Fa Bea m a Fii EL 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 Power Off Button Boot to Operation System Power Boot
39. idBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately and makes them running simultaneously during POST With this innovative design VividBlOS now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colours screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen In addition the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space consuming and uncompressed Bitmap AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation to recognize the smaller sized GIF format and even dynamic showing GIF animation y T AlE Vivid BIOS Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player you may use the same EzSkin utility to change your Vivid BIOS screen or to download your favourite Open JukeBox skin If you see this little logo E beside your model name on the BIOS download page hitp enalish aopen com tw tech download skin it is assured that your motherboard supports this innovative feature MATTON Driver and Utility INZ MALES GI 4 EZ N P OKT SVI ADNZ oP HAET UEI 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 Please refer to your operation system s installation guide Auto run Menu from Bonus CD You can use the
40. igh end digital A V applications such as consumer A V device control and signal routing Digital Video DV editing home 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 Start from 400 Mbps with 800 1600 3200 Mbps coming soon which is about 30 times faster than USB 1 1 Supports up to 63 devices 16 daisy chained with cable length up to about 4 5 m 14 feet Hot pluggable like USB No need to turn of your device to connect or disconnect and you don t need to reboot your PC Also it is a plug and play bus IEEE1394 is very easy to connect Like USB1 1 2 0 Parity Bit The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte normally it is even parity mode that is each time the memory data is updated parity bit will be adjusted to have even count 1 for each byte When next time if memory is read with odd number of 1 the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus Developed by Intel Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI is a local bus standard A bus is a channel used to transfer data to input and from output a computer and to or from a peripheral device Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemente
41. information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard CPU memory PCI devices and IDE devices The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance 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 File view Help 215 x de i Bd Fa F System Compu Name AK77 333 Language E nglish United States Curr User Administratod Date Time 2002 4 25 17 46 17 OS and Memory os Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Total Size 523760 KB OS Version 5 0 2195 Avail Phy 455824 KB Other Info Service Pack 2 Total Pages 2065236 Kg m Processor Processor AMD Athlon tm lt P Vendor Authentic MD Family 6 In Clock 1541 MHz Model 6 FSB 134 MHz Socket Type Socket A Step 2 Ratio 115 m MotherBoard Manufacturer AOpen Inc Model Name AK77 333 Revision R1 02N Release Date Apr 18 2002 g BIOS T Vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD EJ ROM Size 256 KB Version S00PG O i L A The system page shows the detailed information of the motherboard operating system processor and BIOS version The PCI device page shows the configurations of all PCI devices installed in your motherboard 66 AOpen inc
42. jumper less motherboard The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit s it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send receive message SPD Serial Presence Detect 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 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus A Universal Serial Bus USB is an external bus an interconnect standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices such as mouse modems and keyboards Introduced in 1996 USB has completed replaced serial and parallel ports lt also supports plug and play installations and hot plugging Plug and play is the ability to add and remove devices to a computer while the computer is running and have the operating system automatically recognize the change USB 2 0 which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps has been widely used in motherboard these days VCM Virtual Channel Memory 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
43. ller Hub Intel 865GV chipset is designed to support the Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading HT Technology adding intelligence to help manage and prioritize multiple threads received from the microprocessor This highly scalable solution meets a range of demanding computing needs The 865GV chipset offers high bandwidth interfaces such as dual channel DDR400 main memory 800 MHz system bus integrated graphics controller with Intel Extreme Graphics 2 Technology Intel Communication Streaming Architecture featuring a Dedicated Network Bus DNB interface for wire speed Gigabit Ethernet GbE and Hi Speed USB 2 0 connectivity to ensure the flexibility you expect The ICH5 integrates an Ultra ATA 100 controller two Serial ATA host controllers one EHCI host controller and four UHCI host controllers supporting eight external USB 2 0 ports LPC interface controller flash BIOS interface controller PCI interface controller AC 97 digital controller integrated LAN controller an ASF controller and a hub interface for communication with the 865 GMCH Memory With Intel 865G 865GV chipset this motherboard can support dual channel Double Data Rate DDR RAM The dual channel mode allows chipsets to get data in 128 bits and zero wait state bursting between the RAM The data transfer at 266 333 400MHz The four slots of DDR SDRAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64 128 256 512 MB or 1GB DDR SDRAM and maximum up to 4GB Expansion Slots
44. m the housing front panel Plug this connector to the soft power switch connector marked SPWR Ol NC NC SPWR GND Power Switch O Pint 5V ACPILED IDE LED ACPI amp Power LED IDE LED GND IDE LED ACPILED 5V NC 5V NC SPEAKER GND GND RESET GND RESET NC SPEAKER vA AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 8X Expansion Slot A QS MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 provide an AGP 8X slot The AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for AA 3D graphic AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 4X AGP the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 1056MB s AGP is now moving to AGP 8X mode which is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 2 1GB s This AGP slot could automatically become an AGP slot or a Multiplexed Intel DVO Output depending on what kind of cards inserted like AGP or ADD AGP Digital Display cards With ADD card cabled to this slot Multiplexed Intel DVO output could provide high speed digital connection for digital displays or TV OUT functionality You can also adjust AGP voltage in BIOS within a range from 1 5V to 1 6V Note MX4SGVI 4DN2 implements ADD slot and supports ADD cards only Please DO NOT install AGP card in the ADD slot Warning It is strongly recommended not to adjust voltage clock of AGP PCI when connecting any SATA service It is because when the voltage clock for AGP PCI is adjusted the clock for SATA couldn t keep 100MHz and the system will be unstable AGP Protec
45. me serious design issues on today s developers including a 5 volt signaling requirement high pin count and serious cabling headaches The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome these design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers adding performance headroom for years to come It reduces voltage and pins count requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to route cables Te de e A L E TAAA GE Serial ATA Ports SATA port 1 SATA port 2 38 Connecting Serial ATA Disk To connect a Serial ATA disk you have to have a 7 pin serial ATA cable Connect two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial ATA header on the motherboard and the disk Like every other traditional disk you also have to connect a power cable Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement you don t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk When serial ATA hard disks are installed on serial ATA ports the one connected on Port O SATA 1 will be set as the first boot device automatically Please be noted that it doesn t support Hot Plug in function Comparison between Parallel ATA and Serial ATA 39 Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE this motherboard does come with the support for the latest Serial ATA hard disk If you are unable to fin
46. must understand DMA Direct Memory Access which allows devices to skip the CPU devices and access memory directly DMA specification could not only eliminate the workload of CPU but also accelerate the transmission of data DMA begins with a data transfer rate of 16 6MB Sec but afterward developed to new data rate of 33 3MB Sec which is twice the data rate and we called it Ultra DMA ATA details power and data signals between the drive and integrated drive controller and the computer s motherboard Two drives master and slave are supported The ATA specification allows the drive to connect directly to the ISA 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 ATA 100 data transfer rate is 16 6MHz x 6 100MB s ATA 133 data transfer rate is 16 6MHz x 8 133MB s ATA 133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA 66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of assembly routine program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM BIOS controls Input output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard In general to provide hardware independent portability operation system and drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices
47. nel Connel Orsenna aaa aaa aa dida 42 AGP Accelerated Graphic POR 8X Expansion MOL a a id 43 AGP Projection Technology and AGP LED a T 44 TEINS OTS II EEEE tao E eat 45 Suppor 10 100 T000 MEPE LAN ONDOA O sekeri A hata N a A 46 SUPPO USB Z 0 FONS reia ee RE EE REEE EA EET SAAE AREE AE eS AAE E 47 COJO Coded BACK Fane a E AA EE ET EET T AE ia 48 S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface CONMOCIOL ccccccccccecsssensssnnseseececesessanaaaaussnseeeeseeseessessauauasesseeescessssssauaaaauesssssesessenans 49 Super oA Channel AUGIO ENOC Spionase aE Aia ERTE dd das 50 Wake On Modem Wake On LAN Wake On PCI Card nu ccccccccccccccccceeececeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeesesasenasenasasesesesenasasananegs 51 FONE Audio CONNOR E AAA 52 CD AUuiClo CONMMOCIOM Len ae eg 53 Phoenix AWARD BIOS AUXIN CONNECCION na ana o led e sl a a Poe GO e do o EON aR cd rd el eel ee Nee 54 CTOMECONN OF a A A ad cues Ae 59 CSEE CONO Oar E it E E A 56 STBY LED Stand y LE D e e as iD res Soe teat 57 FRESCTADIC PUSO a a a a hea asa hate eiip ia doeteaandnna tapimand eemvanntwaaadanns 58 Enlarged AULAS A tata 59 EOW E STADE A A E ee one Re ome eT OE 60 THE MOISES GONEN NOTO it dad 61 FAIVDEr Threading Tee OO a a a a a nnd shell sats sbutsedled i AA A a ra e as aat 64 AGORA DIT E EE A RA AAA AA AAA AA ROTA 66 DNS A E er vans toe ISIE er TEE Meee er nD Irena 68 How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program ssccccccccccccsscsnscsense
48. ng to previous value or decrease value Esc 1 In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 In sub menu Exit current menu to main menu Highlight previous item Move the light bar to left side of menu Load fail save setting value from CMOS Load turbo setting value from CMOS Save changed setting and exit setup program Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables power on and enter the BIOS Setup Press lt Del gt during POST Power On Self Test and choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Del Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Load Turbo Defaults NS Advanced Chipset Features Set Password Integrated Peripherals Save amp Exit Setup Power Management Setup Exit Without Saving PnP PCI Configurations Load EEPROM Defaults Silent BIOS HW Monitor save EEPROM Defaults Frequency Voltage Control Credits Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Load Setup Defaults 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 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environmen Flasi With outstanding R amp D ability of AOpen we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard CE EZ EzWinFlash With an eye to users convenience EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and fl
49. oped by AOpen the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of salage TEMPE ananaga SilentTek CPU and ambient temperature Ease of use and trouble 7 Enable FAN Speed Control de Silent Tek free at your service FAN Speed Control 2 Fixed FAN Control Under this setting a desired fan Smart Fan Control f Seting Fixed Fan Control Setting speed is set fixed when operating 3 Multiple Level Control This is the most versatile setting that allows you to set fan speed in relation to temperature You may find that this setting fits you best Multiple Level Control Setting AOpen Recommend Setting Current Fan Control Method Disable Fan Control Enable CD ROM Rotation Speed Control 4 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 Load Default working condition and temperature Most of the time the fan would remain still when CPU is not fully utilized CD ROM Rotation Speed Control by enabling the CD ROM Rotation Speed Control you can adjust the rotation speed of your CD ROM When you set the speed to high level the CD ROM will work at its fastest speed and it will run at basic required speed while you set the value to low speed Hyper Threading Technology What is Hyper Threading Hyper Threading technology is an innovative
50. ou start the upgrading 1 Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site Ex http www aopen com 2 Unzip the download BIOS package ex WMX4SGI4DL2102 ZIP with WinZip http www winzip com in Windows environment 3 Save the unzipped files into a folder for example WSG4DL102 EXE amp WSG4DL102 BIN 4 Double click on the WMX4SGI4DL2102 EXE EzWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps 5 You may select preferred language in the main menu then click Start Flash to start the BIOS upgrade procedure 6 EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows You may click YES to reboot Windows 7 Press lt Del gt at POST to enter BIOS setup choose Load Setup Defaults then Save amp Exit Setup Done It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any application during FLASH PROCESS 76 Vivid BIOS technolog Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen Let s rule out the tradition uae Vivid BIOS idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colourful POST screen Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST AOpen Viv
51. r Rear Left Red Rear Right Blue a i Blue a This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem Wake On LAN and Wake On PCI Card Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply it can be triggered by Modem LAN or Other PCI Cards and resume back to active If you have an external Modem card and want to use this wake up feature Please enable the Wake On Modem item For an internal modem LAN and other PCI cards please enable the Wake On PCI Card item A A Phoenix AwardBIOS CHOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Auto User Define Henu Level po YZH SYNC Blank Yes be Sleep Hode ACPL Suspend Type Run YGABIOS if S3 Resume Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR Button CPU THRM Throttling Wake On PCI Card Wake On Modem USB KB Wake Up From 3 Wake On RIC Timer Datelof Month Alarm Time hh mm ss Alarm Disabled Disabled Instant 0ff 87 0 By OS Disabled Disabled Reload Global Timer Events Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value FI Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F2 I tem Help Fo Previous Values F6 Setup Defaults F Turbo Defaults 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
52. r the most common one used for consumer audio products and the other for optical connector with an even better audio quality Through a specific audio cable you can connect the S PDIF connector to a S PDIF audio module bearing S PDIF digital output However you must have a S PDIF supported speaker with S PDIF digital input to make the most of this function Pin 1 S PDIF OUT S PDIF IN S PDIF Cable Serer S PDIF OUT S PDIF IN Optical j CO ao f ery O ORD iaa S PDIF Connector S PDIF Module User Upgrade Optional 1 5V NC SPDIFOUT GND 5 SPDIFIN 49 Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an ALC655 CODEC which supports high quality of 5 1 Channel audio effects bringing you a brand new audio experience On the strength of the innovative design of ALC655 you re able to use standard line jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module To apply this function you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel Picture bellow represents the standard location of all speakers in 5 1 Channel sound tracks Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green Speaker out port rear speakers plug to the blue Line in port and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to the red MIC in port LJ Front Left Center Front Right Green Red Green L Subwoofe
53. r Be o SBD6 SBD7 Bra la Mal Ha HH Hasan i a i iy PS SBD6 SBD7 Pin 1 tH HOO BH de aa B SOCCESS Cex GND GND KEY NC USB 2 0 Connector 47 Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I O devices are PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse RJ 45 LAN Connector COM1 VGA port Printer USB and AC 97 sound ports The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing SPP EPP ECP RJ 45 LAN PS 2 Mouse Parallel Port Connector _ Connector A pa EEE ee Line In Speaker Out la la a ae Mor MIC In PS 2 Keyboard COM 1 Port VGA Port USB 2 0 Ports Connector PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse USB Port Parallel Port COM1 Port RJ 45 LAN connector VGA Connector Speaker Out Line In MIC In For standard keyboard which use a PS 2 plug For PC Mouse which use a PS 2 plug Available for connecting USB devices To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices To connect Ethernet for home or office use To connect with PC monitor To External Speaker Earphone or Amplifier Comes from the signal sources such as CD Tape player From Microphone 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 connecto
54. s very much for your understanding AOpen Technical Supporting Team de OS LD e Online Manual To download manual please log on and then select your preferred language Under Type directory choose Manuals to go to our manual database You can also find the manual and ElG in AOpen Bonus Pack http download aopen com tw downloads Test Report We recommend you to choose board card device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC It may prevent incompatibility problems http english aopen com tw tech report default htm FAQ Here we list problems that users often encounter and FAQ Frequently Asked Questions You may be able to find a solution to your problem http club aopen com tw faq Download Software After log on and having language selected you may get the latest updated BlOS utility and drivers you need under Type directory In most case newer versions of drivers and BIOS have solved earlier bugs or compatibility problems http download aopen com tw downloads eForum AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered After log on you may select your preferred language under Multi language http club aopen com tw forum Contact Distributors Resellers We sell our products through resellers and integrators They should know your system configuration very well and should be
55. sors on which the software applications can run without modification Also each logical processor responds to interrupts independently The first logical processor can track one software thread while the second logical processor tracks another software thread simultaneously Because the two threads share the same execution resources the second thread can use resources that would be otherwise idle if only one thread was executing This results in an increased utilization of the execution resources within each physical processor The figure below represents how Hyper Threading saves time when it Time proc cycles Mote Each box represents a processor execution unit works With two logical processors available on every single physical processor multi threaded applications can now take advantage of thread level parallelism on each physical processor for additional performance As software applications continue to be optimized to take greater advantage of processor parallelism Hyper Threading technology provides an additional boost for newer capabilities and the growing needs of today s users 65 AOConfig Utility Ed AOConPie Moreover AOConfig allows users to save information in BMP or AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user friendly interface that allows users to obtain
56. sseeeeessesananaauaecseeesseeeessssauaaaauaeseeseesesessssasaaaaaaensseseseesesees 73 HOW TO ENET BIOS SUD e tele dado cias 74 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment Lisandro 79 Yma BIOS TECOS o tela lle 77 Driver and Utility Auto run Menu from Bonus CD ns 78 stalling DIV ONS 1 on 79 WTS TUNA UNOS fists ei ess Sasa inde A Ko eld Ses Aas aad eS n E Si k Alatta 80 GIOSSALY APA A e IO O O erdesueexdsachwnuadsanntinatauiavaccanunaets ACI CODECS o ee eer rere ver eer ere ree 81 ACPI Advanced Contiguration amp POWEF Interface unica a ia A Adi 81 ACR AdvanGed COMMUNICATION TAISCH ss reana ecient aN O ao nis 81 AGP Accelerated Grape POM ait tae act ic uae tol acca e O Ii uae abst 82 AMR Audo Modem ser tt a ld a a il 82 ATA ATAA Chmen e E 82 BIOS Basic APUESTA DA iia 83 O ER 83 CNR Communication and Networking Riser a ao 84 DDR DOUDIG Bata Rato DAVE A ia 84 ECO EXOFCRECKINO and COMECION A A A A seen coheaieoneen tule 84 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM cccccccsseeseeecccsnnenseeeensansnsneseessaneaeeseessansaaaeeeessaaauescessaaaauanseessanannaeseesnas 84 EPROM Erasable Frogrammable ROM surat sceceesonncenact aio sac acccecc sea eeseeaesaacnbeaest Insite 85 BVO Ss ar opto tess eas da a e eee eE 85 FCC DOG Declaration Co a id 85 FO PGANFID GND FIT GHOAAY aie AA A ass 85 PCAPGAZ FID COOP GAO Alay A ta pda oo IS 85 FAST OV esa RO A acti 86 FAV OOF AA E TE EEE ETE eae EE Pes ida nau OEE Waa me AAE
57. t power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS that needs to keep power on This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem 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 IDE 2 Secondary IDE 1 Primary ATA 66 100 IDE Connector 36 FDD Connector 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 The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly 37 Serial ATA Supporte The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs with its original speed of just 3 Mbytes second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s And the latest generation of the interface Ultra ATA 133 has been developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes second However while ATA has enjoyed an illustrious track record the specification is now showing its age and imposes so
58. tion Technology and AGP LED With the outstanding R amp D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit this motherboard 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 Intel 865 chipset the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage You may contact your AGP card vendor for further support AGP LED 44 IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 98 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA devices and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters and ASK IR 56Kbps Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup UART Mode make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector AE ET 1 Pin 1 Oe al Hala a A gt ai as Y TT 8 ee IrDA Connector NC KEY 5V GND IR_TX IR_RX 45 Support 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN onboard On the strength of Intel Gigabit CSA LAN controller for MX4SGI 4DL2 or Intel PHY for MX4S
59. tion immediately and set the CPU FSB frequency according to user s settings stored in the BIOS lf system failed in BIOS POST the Watch Dog Timer will reset the system to reboot in five seconds Then BIOS will detect the CPU s default frequency and POST again With this special feature you can easily overclock your system to get a higher system performance without removing the system housing and save the hassle from setting the jumper to clear CMOS data when system hangs Reset Signal Enable Disable Signal from BIOS Y CPU ID Signal Countdown about 5 seconds if fails in POST 28 Full range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 0 8375V to 1 6000V It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage Setting CPU Frequency BIOS Setup gt Frequency Voltage Control gt CPU Bus Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency in BIOS no jumpers or switches are needed The default setting is table select mode You can adjust the FSB from CPU Host RAM PCI Clock for overclocking Core Frequency CPU FSB Clock CPU Ratio PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock Clock Ratio AGP Clock PCI Clock x 2 CPU Ratio ere CPU FSB By BIOS table 1 29 Northwood CPU CPU Core FSB System Frequency Clock Bus Pentium 4 1 7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 1 8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz
60. to the Blue slots To run dual channel speed you should insert the RAM in the slot of DIMM A1 and DIMM B1 or Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation 1 Make sure the DIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below Py SOUMO P N 77 10203 540 E E DOMINA s n 2001314 00001 E EE F Operi DIMM A2 and DIMM B2 Please dont use the different frequency DIMM on dual channel MB UNB PC2100 CL2 E WARRANTY VOID IF LABEL REMOVED MIDI A MAMMA 40 pins 52 pins 2 Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place Note The tabs of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM in i place when the DIMM touches the Tab del f li I j 4 q slot s bottom Key 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation Note These images are for example only they may not be exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased 34 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 oe 1 2V 12V i Ground D Ground AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain a
61. u are trying to over clock the CPU AR Jl CO aia I are 4 iaa a 59 Low ESR Capacitor The quality of low ESR capacitor Low Equivalent Series Resistance during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know how that requires experience and detail calculation Not only that MX4SGI 4DN2 MX4SGI 4DL2 MX4SGVI 4DN2 implement 2200 y F capacitors which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000 amp 1500 y F and it provides better stability for CPU power 60 ong The noise is gone Silent Tek A As the clock of CPU keeps fd higher and higher it inevitably brings higher heat and E Si lent Tek system temperature in a relative way The way we deal with this heat problem however is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as they could But at the same time we believe that same users are affected terribly by the irritating noises of these fans while working with their PC As a matter of fact we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases on the contrary we Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Silent PC PC Health Status CPUFanl Boot Speed 70 Menu Level SYSFan2 Boot Speed 70 CPUFanl OS Speed 100 This is fan control SYSFan2 OS Speed 100 mode during POST and Fan Mode Smart Control Open Jukebo
62. x after exitting the Jukebox the fan will be set to CPU Set Temp Fan OS Speed SYS Set Temp j Full Speed Run in full speed Smart Control According to the safety temperature you set below fan speed will be controlled as slow as possible Tle lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F2 Item Help F5 Previous Values F6 Setup Defaults F7 Turbo Defaults discovered that having your fans running at appropriate time and speed not only reduces the noise but also consumes the least power the system needs so as to prevent over wasting of energy resource 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 Windows SilentTek combined Hardware Status Monitoring Overheat Warning and Fan Speed Control with user friendly interfaces to provide you a perfect balance among noises system performance and stability The first image you have here is the Voltage Status In Temp Fan Case page you may get aware of the page You can find current status of all voltages and set current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis your expected margins of warning level Also you can check if fans are running properly TempiF aniChassis SilentTek Voltage Temp Fan Chassis SilentTek Voltage r Temperature Lovy Limit High Limit Status vcore 4 1 2
63. y 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 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer SDRAM comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V and have been gradually replaced by DDR SDRAM SATA Serial ATA The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers adding performance headroom for years to come It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes second and 300MB s 600MB s to come It reduces voltage and pins count requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to route cables SMBus System Management Bus SMBus is also called IC bus It is a two wire bus developed for component communication especially for semiconductor IC For example set clock of clock generator for
64. y users we define them as Manufacture Upgrade Optional If need be you can contact our local distributors or resellers to purchase Manufacture Upgrade Optional components and again you are also welcome to visit our official website at english aopen com tw for detail information N O JP14 Clear CMOS Data You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting To clear the CMOS follow the procedure below 1 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 amp pin2 ao e amp P Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 dd ede adele IPSE held DAD A Y A 1 AAA a H H H H H H H H H H H H H s H H z 2 H 5 E 5 Pin 1 Normal Clear CMOS default 21 CPU Installation This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU Northwood Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface up to 90 degree angle Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket PRESSE PPS PRPS RR EE SSP PPPS PPPS Pee ee CARA ee ih hho FEEFFE VERE ae oe ifthe Cees Fa ih bith fe EFEFEF canpa O AE AA AA Ce EA A PECEPRRRSPREREPREER EEE ES LEA EDESA A a A a A A se hr

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