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2. the suggested sequence to install your new device Please refer to above diagram To achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA 33 66 100 hard disks a special 80 wires IDE cable for Ultra DMA 33 66 100 is required Warning The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum of 46cm 18 inches make sure your cable does not exceed this length IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA devices and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters and ASK IR 56Kbps 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 Pin 1 KEY GND IR RX NC 5V IR_TX IrDA Connector 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 Through a specific audio cable you can connect the S PDIF co
3. Power On Self Test Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Awu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Load Turbo Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Password Integrated Peripherals Save Exit Setup Power Management Setup Exit without Saving PnP PCI Configura na faults PC Health Status pon DILE faults Frequency Voltage Esc Quit ll c lt Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F3 Change Language Load Setup Defaults al 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 environment a Flash With outstanding R amp D ability of AOpen we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash ES Min wizard EzWinFlash With an eye to users convenience EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash 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 even the latest Windows XP In the meanwhile in ord
4. 1 10 Sec Note This diagram for example only it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard 66 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 67 VA EN p AP Open JukeBox Player JNNA Here we are pleased to provide you a brand new powerful interface Open JukeBox Without any cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player This latest Open JukeBox motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC without any hassle of entering Windows operation system n cD SA 00 00 OPEN JUKEBOX TEASEE REE a la 5 S x E E A S E E mI om E oT a gt Copyright by Simon 2002 tL 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 Grower D Display Screen Boot to Operation System Function Key Power Pressing O to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System Boot Pressing B to intelligently boot to Windows Operation System for you Play Pr
5. 2 8GHz with 400 533MHz Front Side Bus FSB designed for Socket 478 technology Chipset The 845PE chipset contains two core components designed for the desktop platform the 845PE Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH and the Intel I O Controller Hub 4 ICH4 These components are interconnected via an Intel proprietary interface called Hub Interface The Hub Interface is designed into the 845PE chipset to provide an efficient high bandwidth communication channel between the GMCH and the ICH4 The GMCH component provides the processor interface system memory interface Hub interface AGP interface and an integrated graphics device with analog and digital display ports The ICH4 integrates a Universal Serial Bus 2 0 controller Ultra ATA 100 Controller Low Pin Count interface Firmware Hub Flash BIOS interface controller PCI interface controller integrated LAN AC 97 digital controller and a Hub Interface for communication with the GMCH Expansion Slots Including six 32 bit 33MHz PCI one CNR and one AGP 4X slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB s The Communication amp Nectworking Riser CNR slot provided from AX4PER AX4PER N can support CNR interface for a Modem Audio card For AGP performance it has one 1 5V AGP interface with 4x SBA Data Transfer and 2x 4x Fast Write capability and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB sec For AD and SBA signaling AXAPER AXAPER N motherboard can support 4X m
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7. 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 EDO Extended Data Output Memory The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM Fast Page Mode Unlike traditional FPM that tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle that is similar to pipeline effect and reduces one clock state 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 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 in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA 66 IDE bus EV6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 For example 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock but the equivalent speed is 200 M
8. auto reset default settings in 4 8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking S PDIF Connector S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is the newest audio transfer file format which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio Six USB2 0 Connectors Provides three ports six USB connectors for USB interface devices such as mouse keyboard modem scanner etc Compared to traditional USB 1 0 1 1 with the speed of 12Mbps USB 2 0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than the traditional one Dr LED The Dr LED has 8 LEDs on this AXAPER AXAPER N to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter 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 lt 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 Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART can also be directed from COM 1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections Quick Installation Procedure This page gives you a quick procedure
9. boot at POST The first type of beep sound consists of a single long beep and two short beeps indicating a video error has failed BIOS from initializing video screen for displaying any additional information The 2 type of beep sound is a single long beep that beeping repeatedly signaling a DRAM error has occurred You may look over the indicated error according to different beep significances To enter to BIOS setup menu press Del when POST Power On Self Test screen is shown on your monitor 84 AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program the function description will appeared at right side of screen Hence you don t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting CHOS Setup Utility Copyright 4C 1984 26680 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features CPU Internal Cache Enable External Cache Enabled Menu Level Li CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Disabled Allows you to choose First Boot Device the VIRUS warning Second Hoot Device feature for IDE Hard Third Boot Device Disk boot sector Boot Other Device protection If this Swap Floppy Drive Disabled function is enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled and someone attempt to Boot Up HumLock Status On write data into this Gate AZH Option Fast area BIOS will show Typematic
10. called Manufacturer Upgrade Optional and some are called User Upgrade Optional Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features in some situations these powerful features are not used to every user Hence we changed some key features as Manufacturer Upgrade Optional for you to choose Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users we call them User Upgrade Optional As for those optional functions that can t be upgraded by ourselves we call them Manufacturer Upgrade Optional If needed you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing User Upgrade Optional components and again you can visit AOpen official web site www aopen com for more detail information 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 PA mE ER E e a T 2 3 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 amp pin2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 Pin 1 Normal Operation Clear CMOS default 21 CPU Installation This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU 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 s
11. chassis Pin 1 DCD SOUT GND RIZ RTS SIN DTR DSR CTSH 58 JP1 Buzzer Enable Disable Jumper This motherboard comes with another considerate option that allows you to turn off the voice from buzzer You can choose not to be bothered by the warning made from it when it detects any error in operating system To disable this function set JP1 to pin 2 3 to stop the buzzer from sending out voices Enable Disable Default JP1 Buzzer Jumper Battery less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery 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 switching 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 CPU Over current Protection Over Current Protection has been popularly implemented on ATX 3 3V 5V 12V switching power supply for a while However new generation CPU is able to use regulator of different voltages to transfer 12V to CPU voltage for example to 2 0V This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard that supports CPU over
12. everything alright and finishes the booting the LED will stay on otherwise it will remain flashing to warn you that mistakes have occurred during POST STBY LED BOOT LED IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage TC m AA IDE 2 Secondary IDE 1 Primary ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector FDD Connector Pin 1 37 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 This motherboard supports ATA33 ATA66 or ATA100 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 Clock Period Clock Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate Count PO mode 2 iom fe 26008 1 240ns x 2byte amp 3ME PIO mode 3 sons fe 180s ri8ons xoyie 111M5 For better signal quality it is recommended to set the far end side device to master mode and follow
13. for overclocking Core Frequency CPU FSB Clock CPU Ratio PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock Clock Ratio AGP Clock PCI Clock x 2 CPU FSB 100 248MHz 27 Northwood CPU CPU Core System co Bus Pentium 4 1 66 100M oe eee Eaten Resin edd entium te00MHz Z z CPU dd al Pentium 4 Pentium 4 1 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz sous 100MHz 400MHz 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x Pentium 4 2 0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x 1 7G Pentium 4 Pentium 4 2 2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x 1 8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 2 26G 2260MHz 133MHz 533MHz 17x Pentium 4 2 4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Pentium 4 2 4G 2400MHz 133MHz 533MHz 2 0G Pentium 4 2 53G 2530MHz 133MHz 533MHz o e Pentium 4 2 66G 2660MHz 133MHz 533MHz 20x Frequency Clock Bus Pentium 4 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 1 8 Warning Intel 845PE chipset supports maximum 400 533MHz 100 133MHz 4 system bus and Note Since the latest processor Northwood would detect the clock ratio automatically you may not be able to adjust the clock ratio in BIOS manually 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause serious system damage CPU and System Fan Connector with HW Monitoring Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPUFAN1 connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector SYSFAN2 Connector GND 12V SENSOR S
14. from them 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 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 the component side of PCB For example P N 91 988 110 201 S N 91949378KN73 Part No Serial No P N 91 88110 201 is part number S N 91949378KN73 is serial number AAAPENH AASPER N elis 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 d AXAPER N R1 20 S2p 01 2002 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright O 2002 Award Software Inc AX4PER N is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version 112 Ra Welcometo AOpe Product Registration 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 Club AOpen program Receive email notification about product safety alerts lts purpose is to alert consumers quickly an
15. 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 2002 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 4 0 for online viewing it is included in Bonus CD disc 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 Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver Thanks for the help of saving our earth Overview Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4PER AXAPER N motherboard The AXAPER AX4PER N is Intel Soc
16. 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 m om B IM ee E 0 Installing Operating System such as Windows 98 1 Installing Driver and Utility 16 Motherboard Map Bibi bid FididdBsEBFE i TT LIN BELL PER ISRREBEEE pid Fl mui B BELLES FIR d CL REL IER HEBEL BEA EI ESB b bin d BEFEFE REI L 138 i LEDO AAA IBIEBREBELI VIA 138 BUEREEL EDI EI A LL EE 14 18 AAA BET EUM A A REL Bid AA A Fididdi VEA EEE AAA AA ILLERA IIA CA iina i at i g TTTTTITIIT pi bia RE DTTTIITTIT ATT Too 1 me annaannnaarn Block Diagram DDR 266 333 SDRAM Up to 2GB 400 533MHz System Bus PCI Bus ATA Primary m 33 66 100 Channel Ee za Secondary amm Channel E NEM Intel 845PE IDE Drive x4 AGP 4X Slot Intel IC H4 Realtek RTL8100BL AC Link Firmware Hub USB Port x6 Floppy Disk Drive x2 ES sg Hardware Installation This chapter describes jumpers connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard 19 About Manufacturer Upgrade Optional and User Upgrade Optional When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system you may find some of functions are
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18. 102 PREPAID LS DRAIN m A AA A des Q 102 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module sente alae e ee ae eie tee qa tnit pela Eb ete eb eti 102 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ici datar A tux A ti ii a A A AAA AAA 103 e e ro OA MM IM 103 SIMM Single ALIAS Memory Module triti it ue A ead eu peas 103 SMB s System Management BuSo rucnu ao 103 SPD Serial Presence Delect uiu en etr ae EA e iu ta a dat e E aue E a ane 104 BP NO Pm IIT E 104 USB UPIVErsak Senak BUS aac nA a cu eta afc ea hale ai lah ives cic eG ae TS ee A ae ae ap ean ae 104 VOM Virtual Channel MemoLy i i oed odo dub a a A qidege dedo daga do do daqo da gU de sudes 105 V4 iil rmt eRe E TOD N 105 TroubleshootiNQoeccccccccc eee 106 Technical SUP DORE sonn aaa a A aa a a aa A aaa AE aa 110 Product Registration issiria anana a 113 How to Gontact Us ias 114 You Must Notice Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated AMD the AMD logo Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Intel the Intel logo Intel Celeron Pentium II Pentium IIl Pentium 4 are trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States 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
19. ATA 66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns The data transfer rate is 1 40ns x 2 bytes x 2 100MB s To use ATA 100 you need special 80 wire IDE cable the same as ATA 66 ATA 133 ATA 133 is a new IDE specification under developing ATA 133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA 66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns The data transfer rate is 1 30ns x 2 bytes x 2 133MB s To use ATA 133 you need special 80 wire IDE cable the same as ATA 66 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 Bus Master IDE DMA mode The traditional PIO Programmable I O IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting for the mechanical events To reduce the workload of the CPU the bus master IDE device transfers data from to memory without interrupting CPU and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device You need the bus master IDE driver and the bus master IDE HDD to support bus master IDE mode CNR Communication and Networking Riser The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implemen
20. COM1 Printer USB AC97 sound and game ports The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing RJ45 10 100 SPP EPP ECP MIDI Game Port LAN Jack PS 2 Mouse Parallel Port For AXAPER N Connector Am pa PS 2 Keyboard COM 1 Port MIC In USB 2 0 Connector f Connectors Line In PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which is using a PS 2 plug Speaker Out PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which is using a PS 2 plug USB Port Available for connecting USB devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer COM1 COM2 Port To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices VGA Connector To connect with PC monitor Speaker Out To External Speaker Earphone or Amplifier Line In Comes from the signal sources such as CD Tape player MIC In From Microphone MIDI Game Port For 15 pin PC joystick game pad or MIDI devices 48 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard For AX4PER N The South Bridge ICH4 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 The green LED indicates the link mode it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data The orange LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights when data is transferring in 100Mbps mode To enable or disabl
21. D r 5V So NC O 5V ACPI_B ACPILED GND 6 5 GND gt Blue Speak h SPEAKER PESE Reset 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 sround Ground 12V COM 5 5 COM COM PW OK 3 3V 5VSB 3 3V m pe 12V 1339 ool L sv 12V 9V COM 5Y PS ON COM COM COM AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at 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 GO a STBY LED and BOOT LED Both STBY LED and BOOT LED are AOpen s considerate designs that we aim at providing you friendly system information The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on off stand by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode BOOT LED will keep blinking when you power the system on and when your system is under POST Power On Self Test After POST diagnoses
22. ENSOR 12V GND CPUFAN1 Connector GND 12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector 29 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wake up Jumper This motherboard provides keyboard mouse wake up function You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed The factory default setting is set to Disable 1 2 and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2 3 Pin1 JP28 KB Mouse Wake up omg m Disable Enable Default DIMM Sockets This motherboard has three 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC2100 DDR266 memory 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 PC2100 PC1600 PC2700 DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM ommi o Vo o y O omma v omms fv How to Install Memory Modules 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 m WINE P N 77 10203 540 d bi BIER SIN 2001314 00001 RAN delo IF LABEL REMOVED 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 Tab a BLU 3 Repeat step 2 to finish addit
23. G amp Device Class IRQ 9 E E 63 File View Help Be d 3 amp F IDE Master A O VHOYHADAB78TX3 Major Ver ATA ATAPI S Model Number IBM DTLA 307020 DMA Ultra DMA 5 Firmware Rev TX30A50C PIO Mode H PIO mode 4 Media Type Not removable 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 Major Ver Not report Model Number OPEN CD AWCRW2 DMA Ultra DMA 2 Firmware Rev 1 27 PIO Mode H PIO mode 4 Media Type Removable device Capacity MB T z 2 S x This page presents the IDE devices information such as the serial number the manufacturer the firmware version and capacity From this page users may obtain the technical support information of AOpen Moreover detailed information could be saved in bmp or txt format File View Help Save Data Erl s Save Bitmap gt Exit AOpen inc Alt F4 Telephone web Download Test Report eForum FAQ AOConfig Version R1 07 Copyright C 2002 Thank you for choosing 40 pen V YOpen Taiwan 886 2 3789 5888 x http www aopen co
24. Hate Setting Disabled a warning message on HE screen and alarm beep Security Option Setup 05 Select For DRAM gt 64MB Hon 0527 Uideo BIOS Shadow Enabled tie Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fii Save ESC Exit Pi C neral Help FS Previous Values ATA A LT F Optimized De aults Menu Items Select Window Item Function Description Window How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program Generally you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose then press Enter key to select and use the Page Up and Page Down key to change setting value You also can press F1 key for help and press Esc key to quit Phoenix Award BIOS setup program The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award BIOS setup program By the way all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup you can press F3 key selecting preferred menu language to display Description Key Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Page Down or Changing setting to previous value or decrease value Select the item In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 n sub menu Exit current menu to main menu Highlight previous item Down Arrow Highlight next item AAAPENH AASPER N aE LE 87 After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables Power on and enter the BIOS Setup press Del during POST
25. Hz FCC DoC Declaration 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 CPU It can only be plugged into SKT370 socket Flash ROM Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility but it is also easier to be infected by virus Because of increase of new functions BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB 2M bit AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB 2Mbit Flash ROM Now flash ROM size is moving to 4M bit on AX6C Intel 820 and MX3W Intel 810 motherboard AOpen motherboard uses EEPROM for jumper less and battery less design FSB Front Side Bus Clock FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock CPU internal clock CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio lC Bus See SMBus IEEE 1394 IEEE 1394 is a low cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100 200 or 400 Mbps One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps Serial Bus Management provides overall configuration control of the serial bus in the form of optimizing arbitration timing guarantee of adequate electrical power for all dev
26. OST 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 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 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 favorite Open JukeBox skin If you see this little logo A beside your model name on the BIOS download page http english aopen com tw tech download skin it is assured that your motherboard supports this innovative feature Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 98 before you can install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system s installat
27. Overview Hardware Drivers amp AWARD Glossary Troubleshooting amp Installation Utilities BIOS Setup Technical Support DOC NO AXAPERN OL E0209A Online Manual What s in this manual MER SN AAPP A 2 YOU MUSEOS 9 BETO VOS OR ante 10 A E A 5 e e E E M 11 AD IgM a Lola 11 lo y EE 12 Ot quciuizdbdsec i 16 uv forc sole clue MR ets 17 DIOCK DIIGO GM PARO E E A M 18 Hardware Installation inicia MO About Manufacturer Upgrade Optional and User Upgrade OptiONal ocoococccncccnncncnconenocnononnononnononnnnnonnnnnnononenononnnns 20 o SSP o a o ro 21 FP TST AI OUR OE Po o AQ A A A T 22 dd O a O MAA E po oo SE EEEE RE EEEIEE REE PERET 25 Full range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage ccccccccccececceeceeseceeseeseeseeseesuesuesueseesuedeseeseseeseesaesueseseesanesueseesueseesesseesueseesas 27 CPU and System Fan Connector with H W Monitoring sessi nennen nnne nennen nnn enne nnn nnns 29 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wake up Jumper cccccccccsecnccecseceenecee seen eneneesee nnn nnne nn sessi sepas sara ssa saa an 30 DIMM SOCKS ec NELLE A Ln e M n d EN EM a indue LAE E e 31 Woor 266 P C2100 and DDR GOD 33 Pronk A e o 8 i O RE E E E EE E Ang e E E G 34 A ue
28. SDRAM DIMM that supports 100MHz CPU FSB bus clock PC 133 DIMM SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU FSB bus clock PC 1600 or PC 2100 or PC 2700 DDR DRAM Based on FSB frequency the DDR DRAM has 200MHz 266MHz and 333 MHz three types of working frequency Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64 bit it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s and 266x64 8 2100MB s and 333x64 8 2700MB s Hence the PC 1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz PC 2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz and PC 2700 DDR DRAM is working with 166MHz FSB frequency PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus Bus for the internal connection of peripheral devices high speed data channel between the computer and expansion card PDF Format A file format for electronic document PDF format is independent from platform you can read PDF file under Windows Unix Linux Mac with different PDF reader You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape note that you need to install PDF plug in first Included in Acrobat Reader PnP Plug and Play The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system such as Windows 95 These registers are used by BIOS and operating system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts PnP BIOS or operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ DMA Memory Currently almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are already PnP compliant POST Power On Se
29. Setup program This program will install Hardware Monitor IIl on your red computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel 83 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 The Phoenix AwardBIOS that 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 setting of AXAPER AXAPER N had 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 Hence the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup Currently there are two kinds of beep sound when system fails to
30. current protection and it applies to 3 3V 5V 12V power supply for providing full line over current protection 5V Protected by power suppl 3 3V Protected by power supply 12V Protected by power supply CPU Core Voltage Hardware Monitoring This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system As you turn on your system this smart design will continue to monitor your system s working voltage fan status and CPU temperature If any of these systems status goes wrong there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard if existed to warn the user Fan Speed CPU Temperature CPU Voltage System Voltage wu y N AOConfig Utility AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendlier computer environment We now bring you a comprehensive system detective utility AOconfig is a Windows based utility with user friendly interface that allows users to obtain 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 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 further diagnosis of system problem The system page shows the de
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32. dd Adapter button The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears 4 In the list of network cards select lt other gt Requires disk from manufacturer and then press Enter button 5 Enter drive and o ete CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WinNT4 for NT 4 0 which is the path where thesetup file OEMSETUP INF is located and then choose the OK button 6 The screen will appear Select Line Speed dialog box which is Prode by RTL8139 SYS driver The default value is auto so that the RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139 SYS will auto detect the line speed 10 Mb or 100Mb while the RTL8139 SYS is loading The other values 10 or 100 are only used when you want to forced RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb 7 The screen will appear Input EthernetID dialog box which is provide by RTL8139 SYS driver This option is only required when you have more than one Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this computer Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer 8 Bus Location display in next screen Your machine contains more than one hardware bus please select the Bus Type and Bus number on which your network adapter card is installed 9 NT will then perform the binding process If any additional network software options were installed you may be rompted for specific information for these packages 10 Restarting your system you will acquire network service Installin
33. e Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager tab 9 Click the in front of Universal Serial Bus controllers Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller A1 should appear Windows XP Installation Guide kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk After enabling the USB 2 0 Windows XP setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box Under Windows XP Universal Serial Bus USB Controller will be displayed 1 Er et oe I E em eer dero Click on Next and from the generated list box choose Install from a list or special location Advanced click Next Click on Next and from the generated choices choose Include this location in the search Insert the Bonus CD in CD ROM Type CD ROM Driver Intel USB2 0 WinXP in the text box that appears Click on Next A message informing you that Windows XP has found Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller A1 should appear When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the USB driver click on Finish kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Confirming Windows XP Installation Tools Folder Options View Change below item Enable Display the full path in the title bat Enable Show Hidden files and folders Disable Hide extensions of known files types Disable Hide protected operating system files Recommended Check USB driver version
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35. e this function you may simply adjust it through BIOS Green ACT E Orange Speed JP13 LAN Enable Disable Jumper JP13 is used to enable or disable onboard LAN If you don t want to enable the Onboard LAN you should set this jumper to 2 3 Pin1 1 1 Enable Disable Default 50 Support USB2 0 Connectors This motherboard provides six USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are two USB connectors on the board for you to connect four USB devices and two other ports on the back panel You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 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 which 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 six ports support USB 2 0 function Pin 1 Pin1 1 2 USBPWRO USBPWRO USB FP PO0 USB FP P1 USB2 0 Connectors USB FP P0 USB FP P1 GND GND KEY USB FP OCO OQ Case Open Connector The CASE OPEN header provides chassis intrusion monitoring function To make this function works you have to enable it in the system BIOS connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis So whenever the sensor is triggered by lights
36. enerates CPU voltage 25 AOpen Watch Dog Timer With this motherboard AOpen provides a very special useful feature 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 FSB frequency by user s setting that stored in the BIOS If 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 higher system performance and without removing the cover of system housing to set the jumper to clear CMOS data when your system hanged Enable Disable Signal from BIOS AOpen Reset Signal Watch Dog yd CPU ID Signal Timer Countdown about 5 seconds if fails in POST 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 Setting CPU Frequency 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 The default setting is table select mode You can adjust the FSB from CPU Host SDRAM PCI Clock
37. er 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 EzWinFlash V1 0 0 28 Nov 2001 16 54 25 Flash ROM Information CheckSum F1A9H Flash Type Intel E82802AB 3 3V 4Mb Option Clear PnP Area l Clear DMI Area i Clear CMOS Current BIOS Information Model Name AX3SPlus BIOS Version R1 09 Release Date Oct 09 2001 New BIOS Information Model Name AX3SPlus BIOS Version RL09 J Release Date 0ct092001 Save BIOS Language English German C Chinese BIG5 About e c E E Message If you are sure to program new BIOS please press Start Flash button Note The model name on this BIOS picture is for reference only It may not be the exact model name 89 You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps and its STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading 1 2 Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site ex http www aopen com Unzip the download BIOS package ex WAX4PERN102 ZIP with WinZip http www winzip com in Windows environment Save the unzipped files into a folder for example WAXAPERN102 EXE 8 WAX4PERN102 BIN Double click on the WAXAPERN102 EXE EzWinFlash will d
38. essing A to start playing CD music Stop Pressing S to stop the music playing Pause Pressing P to pause the music playing temporarily Eject Pressing E to eject CD tray for you to change CD disc Repeat Like other CD Players pressing R to shift the repeat mode Volume Pressing or to adjust the volume of playing music Rewind Forward gt Pressing arrow keys to rewind or forward the music 69 AASPEN AASPER N Onine manval Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Item Help CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Devic Third Boot Device Enter AOpen CD Player Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Se Boot Up NumLock S Typematic Rate Se Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Contr OS Select For DRA Enter Aopen CD Pl Show Logo On Screen T gt 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 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 du
39. et Software Installation Utility This utility will enable Plug amp Play INF support for Intel R chipset components TN Installing Intel IAA Driver You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications and reduce PC boot times You can find it in the AOpen Bonus Pack CD Intel R Application Accelerator Setup Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard R for Intel R Application Accelerator The Install5 hield H Wizard will install Intel H Application Accelerator on pour computer To continue click Next Cancel 76 Installing Onboard Sound Driver This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu wen Aia NO x Avance AC 97 Audio Setup 4 71 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Avance AC 97 Audio The InstallShield Wizard will install Avance ACS Audio on your computer To continue click Next Back Cancel 77 Installing LAN Driver For AX4PER N Introduction This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 Golden version Win95A OSR2 Windows 98 98 SE Windows 2000 Windows ME 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 1 Ask you to select which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Specify the s
40. etect 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 You may select preferred language in the main menu then click Start Flash to start the BIOS upgrade procedure 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 Press Del 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 90 Overclocking As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user s requirements Reliability compatibility leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards Other than above mentioned design criteria there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them Overclocker This section is dedicated to overclockers This high performance motherboard is designed for maximum 400 533MHz CPU bus clock But it comes with clock generator of 992MHz 248MHz x4 when we design it to accommodate with future CPU bus clock Not only that the CPU clock ratio can be up to 24x that supports almost all of Pentium 4 CPUs in the future and pr
41. etup file O l l l CD ROM DrivenLAN TL8100lWindowsWin95WIN95A for Windows 95 and Win95A or IED ROM DriverLANIRTL8100WWindowsIWin95 for Windows 95 OSR2 3 Windows 95 will appear some messages to insert Windows 95 systemdisk to complete setup step 4 Windows 95 will finish the other installation procedure automatically then you restart the system Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME Windows XP Installing driver for Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME Windows XP 1 Ask you to select which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Specify the setup file Be MU CD ROM DrivenLANIRTL8100WindowsWWIN98 for Windows 98 98 SE or CD ROM DrivenLANYRTL8100WindowsWIN2000 for Windows 2000 or CD ROM DrivenLANIRTL8100WWindowsWINME o Windows ME or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WinXP for Windows XP 3 Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME will appear some messages to insert Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME system disk tocomplete setup step 4 Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME will finish the other installation procedure automatically then you restart the system Windows NT 3 5 3 51 amp 4 0 Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows NT When you are in Windows NT 1 In the Main group of NT select the Control Panel icon 2 In the Control Panel window choose the Network icon 3 In the Network Settings dialog box choose the A
42. from My Computer Local Disk C Show the content of this drive Windows directory Show the content of this drive System32 directory show the content of this drive Drivers directory Show the content of this drive View Details 1 USBEHCI SYS 3 20 2002 2 USBPORT SYS 8 17 2001 3 USBHUB SYS 8 17 2001 So new 3616 driver does not install complete Install by manual 1 Disable Windows File Protection WFP 1 Start button run Regedit 2 Set HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SoftwareMicrosoftWindows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon SFCDisable 1 2 Copy all USB files from CD to HDD 1 Copy all test drivers to Ywindir driver cacheli386 2 Copy all test drivers to windir system32 dllcache You need to copy file to this directory first Otherwise Windows XP will replace file from this directory to system32 drivers 3 Copy all test drivers to Vowindir osystem32 drivers 3 Check USB driver version again 1 USBEHCI SYS 3 20 2002 2 USBPORT SYS 3 20 2001 3 USBHUB SYS 3 20 2001 Test USB20 HDD with restart for 10 times The USB 20 HDD can detection with any problem for all 10 times 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 the BIOS and utility software No hardware installation is needed Hardware Monitor III Hardware Monitor III Welcome Welcome to the Hardware Monitor IIl
43. g Multiple LAN Adapters l l l l Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2 in the Network Settings dialog box choose the Configure button The Input Ethernet ID aa og men appa and input adapter s Ethernet ID Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer Installing USB2 0 Driver Windows 2000 Installation Guide kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk After enabling the USB 2 0 controller and rebooting your system Windows 2000 setup will show a New Hardware Found dialog box Under Windows 2000 Universal Serial Bus USB Controller will be displayed O a A c N a 1 2 Choose Search for a suitable driver for my device Recommended from the list and then press Enter Choose Specify a location and then press Next Insert the Bonus CD in CD ROM Type CD ROM Driver Intel USB2 0 Win2000 in the text box that appears Press OK Click on Next A message informing you that Windows has found Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller A1 should appear Click on Next and then on Finish kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Confirming Windows 2000 Installation kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk From Windows 2000 open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon Choose th
44. ices on the bus assignment of isochronous channel ID and notification of errors There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Asynchronous transport is the traditional computer memory mapped load and store interface Data requests are sent to a specific address and an acknowledgment is returned In addition to an architecture that scales with silicon technology IEEE 1394 features a unique isochronous data channel interface Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a pre determined rate This is especially important for time critical multimedia data where just in time delivery eliminates the need for costly buffering 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 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM For Socket 7 CPU one burst data read requires four QWord Quad word 4x16 64 bits PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence Normally it is 3 1 1 1 total 6 clocks which is faster than asynchronous SRAM PBSRAM is often used on L2 level 2 cache of Socket 7 CPU Slot 1 and Socket 370 CPU do not need PBSRAM PC 100 DIMM
45. ion guide 73 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD Choose the utility and driver and select model name Acrobat Reader DocuCom Keader Motherboard Drivers Motherboard Drivers Hardware Monitor Utility Please select your motherboard and os from the following list Norton Antivirus Norton CrashGuard 3Deep E Color Microsoft DirectX 3 1 A0Config click OK to install driver or click Cancel to the previous window ARSAPER M Windows XF ki Flease Select a Driver from this listto install CHEN DES Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Exit iic es o Intel Application Accelerator E Intel USB 2 0 Driver Installation Guide for WinxP Realtek Avance ACG Audio Driver Realtek LAN Driver Installation Guide G Installs drivers of your motherboard including Chipset 464 LAN RAID IDE and Audio drivers You have to refer to the user s manual ta check what chipset your motherboard is based on 74 Installing Intel amp Chipset Software Installation Utility You can install the Intel INF Update Utility from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu to eliminate the marks but it doesn t work on Windows 95 and Windows 968 first edition Infel Chipset Software Installation Utility Version 4 04 1007 Setup Welcome to the InstallShield R Wizard for Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility W elcome to the Intel R Chips
46. ional DIMM modules installation 32 DDR 266 PC2100 and DDR 333 PC2700 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 Therefore it is a more advanced technology that provides a great overall improvement in system performance DDR266 PC2100 runs two times faster than the traditional PC133 SDRAM with the speed of Front Side Bus FSB up to 266MHz 2x133 266 And DDR333 PC2700 is running at 333MHz FSB Both PC2100 and PC2700 are a new naming standard for speed of DDR 266 and DDR 333 representing their theoretical speeds of the RAM The theoretical transfer rate of DDR 266 PC2100 is 2 1GB s and 2 7GB s is for DDR 333 PC2700 Front Panel Connector Attach the power LED speaker power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI amp Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing lt is 2 pin female connector from the housing front panel Plug this connector to the soft power switch connector marked SPWR Suspend Type I ACPI LED 1 NC 5VSB e NC o O sPwR 2 SPWR 5V ACPI LED x IDE LED GND IDE LED ACPILED E ACPI amp PWR IDE LE
47. ket 478 motherboard M B based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel amp 845PE chipset As high performance chipset built in the M B the AXAPER AXAPER N motherboard can support Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 and 400 533 MHz Front Side Bus FSB clock In the AGP performance it has one 1 5V AGP interface with 4x SBA Data Transfer and 2x 4x Fast Write capability and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB sec According to different customer s requirements the Intel 845PE chipset memory interface supports DDR333 266 SDRAM devices with densities of 64 128 256 512Mb DDR SDRAM DIMM modules and the maximum memory size can be up to 2 GB The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode and the transfer rate up to 100MB s Further flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser CNR card option that allows audio modem configuration on a single baseboard design More than that on the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL Z ee controller on board which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use Besides the AX4PER AX4PER N has an AC97 CODEC 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 AXAPER AX4PER N motherboard 11 Feature Highlight CPU Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 1 4GHz
48. lave one to one only AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 2X AGP the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s AGP is now moving to 4X mode 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s AOpen is the first company to support 4X AGP motherboards by both AX6C Intel 820 and MX64 AX64 VIA 694x started from Oct 1999 AMR Audio Modem Riser The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card AMR card that connects to motherboard through AMR connector AOpen Bonus Pack CD A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product there are motherboard drivers Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities APM Advanced Power Management Unlike ACPI BIOS controls most APM power management functions AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management ATA AT Attachment ATA is the specification of diskette interface In 80 s many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together The AT is meaning International Business Machines Corporation IBM personal computer AT s bus structure ATA 66 ATA 66 uses both rising edge and falling edge but doubles UDMA 33 transfer rate The data transfer rate is 4 times of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x4 66MB s To use ATA 66 you need special ATA 66 IDE cable ATA 100 ATA 100 is a new IDE specification under developing ATA 100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as
49. lf 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 RDRAM Rambus DRAM Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer Theoretically the data transfer should be high than SDRAM RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation For Intel 820 only one RDRAM channel is supported 16 bit data per channel and this channel may have maximum 32 RDRAM devices no matter how many RIMM sockets 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 AOpen is the first company to support dual SDRAM DIMMs onboard AP5V from Q1 1996 Shadow E PROM A memory space in Flash ROM to simulate E7PROM operation AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E PROM for jumper less and battery less design SIMM Single In Line Memory Module SIMM socket is only 72 pin and is only single side The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical That is why it was called Single In Line SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32 bit data SIMM had been phased ou
50. lf diagnostic to your system status quickly Pin 1 3 3V KEY GND 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 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 O O O O 0O O O E Boot O K KB HDD Floppy PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages Once the LED7 latest LED is lit this indicates that the system has completed its boot up procedure The 8 LEDs indicate the following messages when lit LED O0 Indicates that the CPU may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 1 Indicates that the memory may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 2 Indicates that the AGP may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 3 Indicates that the PCI card may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 4 Indicates that the floppy disk drive may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 5 Indicates that the HDD may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 6 Indicates that the keyboard may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 7 Indicates that the system is OK 57 COM2 Connector This motherboard provides two serial ports One of them is on back panel connector and the other is on the left middle of board With proper cable you can connect it to the back panel of
51. m http www aopen com tech download http www aopen com tech report http club aopen com tw forum http club aopen com tw FA Q 64 3300 y F 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 AXAPER AXAPER N implements 3300 y F capacitors which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000 and 1500 y F and it provides better stability for CPU power G5 65 Layout Frequency Isolation Wall eee oe See E See Ac NE MN 5 B e For high frequency operation especially overclocking layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen s unique design called Frequency Isolation Wall Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range to avoid cross talk and frequency interference between each region s operations and condition The trace length and route must be calculated carefully For example the clock trace must be equal length not necessarily as short as possible so that clock skew will be controlled within few a pico second
52. modem are supported Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off it is recommended to use an internal modem To use internal modem connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard Pin 1 WOM Connector 5VSB NC RI GND A N WOM by External BOX Modem Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active Serial Port Modem Side Serial Port Motherboard Side Note This picture is for example only it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard 43 WOM by Internal Modem Card With the help of the ATX soft power On Off it is possible to have a system totally power off and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call as an answering machine or to send receive a fax You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off Both an external box modem and an internal modem card can be used to support Modem Wake Up but if you use an external modem you have to leave your box modem on Note This picture is for example only it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard 44 WOL Wake on LAN This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem but it goes through local area network To use Wake On LAN function you must have a network card with chipset that sup
53. nnector 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 1 5VSB Pin 1 NC S PDIFOUT GND S PDIFIN ed Connector S PDIF OUT RCA S PDIF IN RCA S PDIF Cable S PDIF OUT Optical S PDIF IN Optical S PDIF Module User Upgrade Optional 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 ALC650E 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 below represents the standard location of all speakers in 5 1 Channel sound track 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 Front Left Ef Cantor Front Right Green Red X WE Green Red Rear Left subwoofer Blue s Rear Right Fisiue WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem both Internal modem card and external box
54. ocket and look for a cut edge on the CPU upper up to 90 degree angle interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket NN EMT LARARE EFE Las Wa d da dd d HG 1 I a a e fore a CPU socket i TAT CPU pin 1 and Lever cut edge CPU cut edge Note These pictures are for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 22 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 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 1 Gently put the CPU Fan down on the 2 Pressing down the four clips with force one by retention module with clips aligning one on the retention module correctly to the four corners 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 g
55. ode Of six PCI slots provided all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus However if you enable onboard LAN or insert CNR LAN card the 6th PCI slot will become a slave PCI slot Memory Provides three 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of DDR333 266 compliant DDR SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Please note that only CPU FSB 533MHz supports DDR333 You may install 64 128 256 512Mb DDR SDRAM DIMM modules into each socket LAN Port For AXAPER N On the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL controller on board which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports 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 On board AC 97 Sound AX4PER AXAPER N uses the AC97 sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment function in the BIOS This magic function allows you adjust FSB frequency from 100 248 by 1MHz stepping adjustment and lets your system can get maximum performance Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen Watch Dog Timer function that can
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57. 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 4 SENSOR GND Case Open Connector N J CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound GND GND CD IN Connector 53 AUX IN Connector This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound Y f 005 o E pon TS TT ve E ee amp Me GND GND AUX IN Connector 54 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 caps from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable Do not remove the yellow jumper caps if your housing doesn t have an audio port on the front panel Pin 1 1 2 AUD MIC AUD GND AUD MIC BIAS AUD VCC AUD FPOUT R AUD RET R NC KEY AUD FROUT L AUD RET L Dr LED Connector In conjunction with Dr LED User Upgrade Optional which can easily shows what kind of problems may occur on your system during assembly It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr LED This can helps you to have a se
58. ovides flexibility for overclockers But not guaranty 91 VGA Card amp Hard Disk VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking for your reference the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again Please check the Available Vendor List AVL by link to our official website VGA http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb vga oc htm HDD http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb hdd oc htm Glossary AC97 Basically AC97 specification separates sound modem circuit to two parts digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I O they are linked by AC97 link bus Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset the cost of sound modem onboard solution can be reduced 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 such 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 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port AGP is a bus interface targeted for high performance 3D graphic AGP supports only memory read write operation and single master single s
59. ports 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 Note that at least 600mA ATX standby current is required to support the LAN card for this function F amp 6a o me n in LS amp Soe 5VSB GND LID WOL Connector mm m WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side WOL Connector Motherboard Side Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 46 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot CNR 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 This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board but reserve CNR slot for the option of modem function Note that you can still use PCI modem card Y t 005 o wn q m e ve eee 47 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I O devices are PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse
60. ring 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 70 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 Ando Pro BlLS Space Remain 18448 Bytes 18 02 KE E NEM AME Image File Mame Size after compress f Vivid BIOS Skin Open JukeBox Skin Load Image Change Skin About Exit Vivid BIOS technology EVI id BIOS Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen Let s rule out the V tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful P
61. t on current motherboard design SMBus System Management Bus SMBus is also called 12C bus It is a two wire bus developed for component communication especially for semiconductor IC For example set clock of clock generator for jumper less motherboard The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit s it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send receive message 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 Ultra DMA Ultra DMA or more accurately Ultra DMA 33 is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer s data path or bus to the computer s random access memory RAM The Ultra DMA 33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33 3MB s twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory DMA interface Ultra DMA was developed as a proposed industry standard by the Quantum corporation makes of hard disk drives and Intel makes of chipset that support computer bus technology Ultra DMA support in your computer means that it will boot start and open new applications more quickly It will help users of graphic intensive and applications that require large amounts of access to data on the hard disk drive Ultra DMA uses Cyclical Redundancy Checking CRC offering a ne
62. tail information of the motherboard the operating Device Description VIA Standard CPU to PCI Bridge Compu Name AK77 333 CurUser Administratod system the processor and VIA CPU to AGP Controller Language English United States Date Time 2002 4 25 17 46 17 B O S vers i on VIA USB Universal Host Controller VIA USB Universal Host Controller VIA USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controller VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge 11 01 VIA Bus Master IDE Controller OS and Memory Microsoft Windows 2000 i 523760 KB poate ls 11 Q2 VIA USB Universal Host Controller OS Version 5 0 2135 Avail Phy 455824 KB 11 03 VIAUSB Universal Host Controller Other Info Service Pack 2 Total Pages 2065296 Kg 11 05 Avance AC 9 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller 00 00 AOpen GeForce3 Windows Xp 2k Driver v27 50 m Processor Processor AMD Athlon tm lt P Family Vendor AuthenticAMD Model amp InClock 1541 MHz 6 FSB 134 MHz Socket Type Socket A Step 2 Ratio 115 MotherBoard The PCI device page shows Manufacturer AOpen Inc ModelName AK77 333 the configurations of all PCI jn Nu E devices installed on your DetaiInomaton elos motherboard g Vendor ID Device ID T Vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD T ent SubSystem Fd RoMSie 256 KB Version amp 00P
63. ting 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 CODEC Coding and Decoding Normally CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion It is part of AC97 sound modem solution DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way Initially a perfect solution for memory intensive server and workstation applications DDR low cost and low voltage will ultimately make it an ideal solution for all segments of the PC market high performance desktop and mobile PCs Value PCs and even Internet Appliances and mobile devices DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module DIMM socket has total 168 pin and supports 64 bit data It can be single or double side the golden finger signals on each side of PCB are different and that is why it was called Dual In Line Almost all DIMMs are made by SDRAM which operate at 3 3V Note that some old DIMMs are made by FPM EDO and only operate at 5V Do not confuse them with SDRAM DIMM DMA Direct Memory Access Channel for communications between the memory and surrounding devices ECC Error Checking and Correction The
64. w level of data protection Ultra DMA uses the same 40 pin IDE interface cable as PIO and DMA 16 6MB s x2 33MB s 16 6MB s x4 66MB s 16 6MB s x6 100MB s USB Universal Serial Bus USB is a 4 pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low medium speed peripherals less than 10Mbit s USB 2 0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated 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 access latency and reduced power consumption 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 JE Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem 106 F 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 receiv

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