AOpen AX45-V (91.88I10.004) Motherboard
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1. XY SKE Ep Mas loe Ese ai Sei A 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 1 10 Sec Note This diagram for example only it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard 56 Pure Aluminum Heatsink Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability Aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU 57 Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc 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 installation guide 58 Auto r2. 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 E PROM 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 out 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 RIM
3. 78 AMR AUGO IOC FAIS EE 79 AOPEN BONUS Fack 0 sirere ee E E E E EE A E ONENE E EER EEEE A E E EEEE 79 APM Advanced Power Management 79 EE 79 Ee 79 ATA TOO oe ceo T M 80 BIOS Basic Input Output NEE 80 EE MOGE gees 80 CNR Communication and Networking Hiser nares nnnnaa nnn nsns saa anas sss sssa asas sss sss a aa sss n sess s aa rns n nnn 80 EREM 81 DDF Double ER E 81 DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module EE 81 DMA Direct Memory Access 81 ECC Eror Checking and ee E 82 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable HOM 82 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM iie tinto ertt datam Rn pna nrbis a Fog ba mk urbi adn FER ded anbde eu o Pide do sod kin ie yan ride dads 82 EV DU ES 83 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity ccccccccssseececcccccsseseeecceesssuseeeeeeesssueeseecesssasauseeeeesssseeseeessssauseeeeeeesssaeeeesssssuaaeeesessssaaneseees 83 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array EE 83 e a E E 83 FSB FION Sid EE 84 15 7 eege 84 TE 84 PRI IG ee 84 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst DE 85 TIET 85 FET er ne ee keene ee ee eee ne manne ee eee In ee eee ee eee ee ne ee eee ee ene ee ene ee een eee 85 EE TT sorserien aiee iE E A R TE E EERS 85 PCI Peripheral Component Interface BS uiii eee eee 85 x5 zog ne eT A ne om ee UF ee 8
4. The IDE bus is 16 bit which means every transfer is two bytes Clock Period Clock Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate Count c ignal lity i PIO mode 0 1 600ns x 2byte 3 3MB s eS TU is recommended to set the PIO mode 1 1 383ns x 2byte 5 2MB s b far end side device to PlOmode2 30ns 8 240s 1 240ns x 2byte 8 3MB s uS UE PIO mode 4 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s to install your new device DMA mode 0 1 480ns x 2byte 4 16MB s Please refer to above DMA mode 1 1 150ns x 2byte 13 3MB s diagram DMA mode 2 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s Te achieve the best UDMA 33 120ns x 2byte x2 33MB s SE UDMA100 1 40ns x 2byte x2 100MB s Ee 5 cable for Ultra DMA 66 100 is reauired 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 NC KEY 45V GND IR TX IR RX I
5. to make it 0000 01 d Save changes 2 Select Add New Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find ACPI BIOS and remove Plug and Play BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD EXE C File Changing from ACPI to APM 1 Run Regedit exe a Go through the following path 65 HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b Right click and select Modify change 01 to 02 to make it 0000 02 c Save changes 2 Select Add New Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find Plug and Play BIOS and remove ACPI BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Run Add New Hardware again and it will find Advanced Power Management Resource 5 Click OK ACPI Suspend to RAM STR This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function With this function you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power When go into Suspend lt gt lt Power loss Backup by 3 3V Power When power on next time E Power back to Power back to work work 67 To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM please follow the proc
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7. 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 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 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
8. Never b Click on Hibernate and select Enable Hibernate Support then Apply c Click on the Advanced tab you ll see Hibernate on Power Buttons Note that this option will only be seen after step b mentioned above has been completed otherwise only Standby and Shutdown will be shown Select Hibernate and Apply 3 Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD utility a If you assign the whole disk to your Win 98 system FAT 16 or FAT 32 please run aozvhdd c file Please remember sufficient free space has to be reserved in the disk e g if you have 64 MB DRAM and 16 MB VGA card installed the system needs at least 80 MB free space The utility will locate the space automatically b If you assign an individual partition for Win 98 please run aozvhdd c partition Of course the system needs to provide unformatted an empty partition 4 Reboot system 5 You ve already implemented ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive Click Start gt Shut Down gt Standby then the screen will go off immediately And 1 minute or so will be taken for the system to save what s in the memory to the hard drive the larger the memory size the longer this process will take Changing from APM to ACPI Windows 98 only 1 Run Regedit exe a Go through the following path HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b Select ADD Binary and name it as ACPIOPTION c Right click and select Modify add 01 after 0000
9. The South Bridge SIS961 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 disable this function you may simply adjust it through BIOS Green ACT Orange Speed 41 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 IEEEEBEETETENI 42 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I O devices are PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse RJ 45 LAN Connector Optional COM1 and COM2 Printer Six USB AC97 sound and game ports The view angle of drawin
10. and PC 2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz 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 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 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
11. 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 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 simil
12. 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 value You also can press lt F1 gt key for help and press lt Esc gt key to quit 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 lt F3 gt key selecting preferred menu language to display Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Page Down or Changing setting to previous value or decrease value 1 In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 Insub menu Exit current menu to main menu Highlight previous item Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu 71 After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables Power on and enter the BIOS Setup press lt Del gt during POST Power On Self Test Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Del Standard CMOS Features Load Setup Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Turbo Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Password Integrated Peripherals Save amp Exit Setup Power Management Setup Exit without Saving PnP PCI Configurations Load EEPROM Defaults PC Health Status Save EEPROM Defaults Frequency Voltage Control Esc Quit tf lowe Se
13. 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 E Cancel ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system It saves your current work system status memory and screen image into hard disk and then the system can be totally power off Next time when power is on you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again If your memory is 64MB normally you need to reserve at least 64MB HDD space to save your memory image When go into Suspend Save into When power on next time Restore within seconds System Requirement 1 AOZVHDD EXE 1 30b or later 2 Delete config sys and autoexec bat Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1 Execute Setup exe p j to install Windows 98 2 After Windows 98 s installation is complete go to the Control Panel gt Power Management a Set Power Schemes gt System Standby to
14. 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 50 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 51 Over current Protection The Over Current Protection was very popular implemented on ATX 3 3V 5V 12V switching power supply However the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage for example 2 0V and makes 5V over current protection useless This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over current protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply provide the full line over current protection 12V Protected by power supply 3 3V Protected by power supply 5V Protected by power su
15. the system BIOS connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis So whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or the opening of the chassis the system will send out beep sound 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 aa mt FER S E C 18 itl al SENSOR CIO GND Chassis Intrusion Connector 45 CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound GND GND CD IN 46 Modem Audio Connector This connector is used to connect Mono In MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit The pin 1 2 is Mono In and the pin 3 4 is MIC Out Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet only some internal modem cards implement this connector MIC OUT GND GND MONO IN MODEM CN Connector 47 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 5 6 and 9 10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable Please do not remove these 5 6 and 9 10 yellow jumper caps if there s no audio port on the front panel KE E O Yo Ga E ta 09 Pin 1 AUD RET L KEY AUD RE
16. 4GHz with 400MHz Front Side Bus FSB designed for Socket 478 technology Chipset The motherboard is equipped with SIS 645 961 chipset SIS 645 chipset consists of host interface Controller and integrated high performance DDR SDRAM Host system controller which provide superior performance between the CPU SDRAM AGP bus and delivering 533MB s Bandwidth In coordination with SIS 645 the SIS 961 chipset integrated fast Ethernet Home networking controller Audio Modem Controller with AC 97 interface and advanced power management which can strongly enhance the system performance Expansion Slots Including six 32 bit 33MHz PCI one CNR and one AGP 1x2x4X slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB s The Communication amp Nectworking Riser CNR slot provided from AX45 AX45 V can support CNR interface for a Modem Audio card 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 1056MB s AX45 AX45 V motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card For AD and SBA signaling AX45 AX45 V motherboard can support 4X mode Of six PCI slots provided all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus Memory With SIS 645 961 chipset the AX45 AX45 V can support Double Data Rate DDR SDRAM The DDR SDRAM interface allows zero wait st
17. 6 Eege Ez tol me T M 86 POST Power On Er 86 RDRAM Rambus DRAI 86 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 87 SDRAM Synchronous DAAM sR 87 EE 87 SIMM Single In Line Memory MOQUIC E 87 SMBus System Management BUS eee 88 wiad BNET eI EE 88 Ee acantecections 88 USB Universal Serial BUS sririsirinivsssenrai irika Entiri raana EEEE ENA AENA E A ERARA EETA A EEA ETARE EEO EA AEEA ENARA AEEA 89 VOM Viral EE E raa ME 89 SEELEN 89 BR e ei nee an e E 90 R Kaner e ee ER 94 mee Wana eI aretet a ANE 97 POW TO CONECT DEEN 98 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 III 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 s
18. AX45 V is Intel Socket 478 motherboard M B based on the ATX form factor featuring the SIS 645 SIS 961 chipset As high performance chipset built in the M B the AX45 AX45 V motherboard can support Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 Willamette Northwood and 400 MHz Front Side Bus FSB clock In the AGP performance it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB sec According to different customer s requirements 128 256 512Mb and 1GB DDR SDRAM DIMM modules can be applied to the motherboard and the maximum memory size can be up to 3 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 and or LAN configuration on a single baseboard design More than that on the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board which is an highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use Optional Besides the AX45 AX45 V has a RealTek ALC201A 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 AX45 AX45 V motherboard S 10 Feature Highlight CPU Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 Willamette Northwood 1 3GHz 2
19. M 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 new 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 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 Virt
20. 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 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 BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of assembly routine program that reside in EPROM or
21. Overview Hardware Drivers amp AWARD Glossary Troubleshooting amp Installation Utilities BIOS Setup Technical Support DOC NO AX45 OL E0110A Online Manual AX45 V What s in this manual AXIS ANAIS Mc Wa e A P M ee 2 WO gio T 8 INR PR NCC E 9 9 4 27 PER 10 PATI olei isi ttc i 11 EELER 14 eT es Ee EE EE 15 stare III EE 16 Hardware INStalla tioi eegene 17 About Optional and Upgrade Optional sss sss 18 dP TIL Par EEN 19 OPU MEAO EE 20 Ee Eege 23 GPU and System Fan Connector with HIW Monitoring sss eee eee 26 POINT SOG UG cing area tras pic areas cio cm 27 EE 29 ATA OWE COSCO re sates eee lec acdc ees Sa ue dM eee ee eee 30 AC e EEN 30 EE 31 WADA CONECO ee 33 Ferma ee EE 34 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot E 35 WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem CGonnechor nnn nnns nnnaa hann nnns sss aas n nsa s asa sans s aaa annos 36 WOM by Extemal BOX Moden E EE 37 WOM by Internal Modemi Gard EE 38 8 NI cT 00 EE 39 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard COottonall eese eene nhanh nn nnnn nain nnns sss s asas asas s san
22. T R AUD VCC AUD GND AUD FPOUT L NC AUD FPOUT R AUD MIC BIAS AUD MIC Dr LED Connector Upgrade Optional In conjunction with Dr LED 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 self diagnostic to your system status quickly Pin 1 1 2 3 3V GPO11 GPO12 GND GPO13 5 6 49 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 E ME O0 E ME 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 0 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
23. ans status temperature and voltage monitoring and alert through the on board hardware monitor module Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 98 ME 2000 series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 features 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 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 St E 24 40 SS ecu ech e Installing Operating System such as Windows 98 Installing Driver and Utility 4 1 Motherboard Map Block Diagram DDR266 DDR333 DDR SDRAM Up to 1 5GB 400MHz System Bus PCI Bus SIS 645 ATA Primary Ex 4 4 33 66100 Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel RealTek ALC201A SIS 961 AC97 CODEC AGP 4X Slot Realtek RTL8100BL AC Link Winbond H USB eda Firmware Hub Connector x6 W83627 Floppy Disk Drive x2 a l 16 Hardware Installation This chapter describes jumpers
24. ar 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 MHz 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 new package of Intel for Pentium III CPU It can plug into SKT370 socket but require motherboard to add some signals on socket 370 That is the motherboard needs to be redesigned Intel is going to ship FC PGA 370 CPU and phase out slot CPU Flash ROM Flash ROM can be r
25. as asas sss s saa sans n 41 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Sot 42 PC9I9 Color Codd Back Panal NEP ER 43 eer E 44 WU CM dO Clot EE 45 EE EE tee 46 EE EE 47 EE 48 Dr LED Connector ele le EE eene 49 Daley ACSS and LONG LIC DSI ON EE 51 Over current Protection RIT R A 52 EE IV OI ONIN ERE 53 giu A HAHA aM w PR 54 ET COW EE 55 LAV Our urce iesiecim ET 56 Pure Aluminum el 57 Kie Gy ral T EET A A T A A A E A E A A T E E donk Auto run Menu from Bonus GREEN 59 Installing LAN Driver Optional E 60 Installing Onboard e RR 61 installing Hardware MONIOHNG UY EE 62 ACF Sneen e Ee e 63 ACPI Suspend lo RAM 9 TI srrisnras ee iE E E E Ei 67 RE CEA About BIOS Function Descrioiion seen nn hannes nnna naa an nnn ss sasa asas nsns sss s sagas ss sss a aa aa sss s sas a assa sss enneren 70 How To Use Award BIOS Setup Program tees eee 71 xe TO ENT BIOS SAUD E 73 EOS ee M 74 Overclocking VCAL A Ee La oee E ERO E EN ERE E E TE 77 Elke e EE Ee 78 ACPI Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface eene enn nhanh sss snnaa nnns sn tasas aaa sans rasa saa assa sana aaa 78 AGF ACCC eae Graphie FOr RR
26. ate bursting between the SDRAM and the data buffers at 66 100 133MHz The six banks of DDR SDRAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 1M 2M4M 8M 16M 32M 64Mx1GB DDR SDRAM and maximum up to 3 GB LAN Port Optional On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board which is an highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Mater 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 AX45 AX45 V uses the RealTek ALC201A AC97 sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system Six USB Connectors Provides three ports six USB connectors for USB interface devices such as mouse keyboard modem scanner etc Dr LED Upgrade Optional The Dr LED has 8 LEDs on this AX45 AX45 V M B 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 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 f
27. cessful 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 17 Glossary AC97 Basically AC97 specification separates sound modem circuit to two parts digital processor and a CODEC for analogy UO 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 slave 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
28. connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard About Optional and Upgrade Optional When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system you may find some of functions are called Optional and some are called 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 Optional for you to choose Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users we call them Upgrade Optional As for those optional functions that can t be upgraded by ourselves we call them Optional If needed you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing Upgrade Optional components and again you can visit AOpen official web site www aopen com for more detail information 18 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 2 3 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP 14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 amp pin 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 Normal Clear CMOS default 19 CPU Installation This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU Willamette Northwood Be ca
29. e 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 AXST 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 FC 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 devices 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 featur
30. edures as below System Requirement An ACPI OS is required Currently Windows 98 is the only choice Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup Windows 98 ACPI mode Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS Setup gt Power Management Setup gt ACPI Function Enabled BIOS Setup gt Power Management Setup gt ACPI Suspend Type S3 2 Go to Control Panel gt Power Management Set Power Buttons to Standby 3 Press power button or standby button to wake up the system 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 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 AX45 AX45 V had 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 To enter to BIOS setup menu press lt Del gt when POST Power On Self Test screen is shown on your monitor 69 AOpen always dedicates to give users a m
31. en 12V x Ce oa y c SIRI U STT T LULU E a COM COM PS ON s Bees 5V 7 Es 3 3V Bonk D on b y R I L H2V 0 E eg s LEi AC Power Auto Recovery E 5v 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 30 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 Pin 1 IDE 1 Primary IDE 2 Secondary FDD Connector ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector 31 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
32. es 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 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 DDR DRAM Based on FSB frequency the DDR DRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type 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 Hence the PC 1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz
33. g shown here is from the back panel of the housing RJ 45 LAN SPP EPP ECP PS 2 Mouse Connector Parallel Port MIDI Game Port Connector Optional e d E E 4 a e M Le EP Se ED T Ee FON COM ESN MIC In PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which is using a PS 2 plug ied 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 RJ 45 LAN connector To connect Ethernet for home or office use 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 43 Support 3 USB Ports This motherboard provides six USB connectors to connect USB devices such as mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel You can use proper cable to connect other USB connectors to the back panel or front panel of chassis Pin 1 USB2 Connector USB FP OCO KEY GND GND USB FP P1 USB FP PO USB FP bi USB FP PO USBPWRO USBPWRO dd Chassis Intrusion Connector The CASE OPEN header provides chassis intrusion monitoring function To make this function works you have to enable it in
34. h as EMM386 or device driver It needs around 520K free memory spaces 5 Execute A gt AX45102 and the program will do the rest of it DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS until you are asked to 6 Reboot system and press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Defaults then Save amp Exit Setup Done 75 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 400MHz CPU bus clock Some lab tests results showed that 133MHz is achievable when proper setting and qualified components were presented Not only that the CPU clock ratio can be up to 24x that supports almost all of Pentium 4 CPUs in the future and provides flexibility for overclockers But not guaranty 76 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 suc
35. lect Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F3 Change Language Time Date Hard Disk Type a 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 By flashing your motherboard you agree to accept the possibility of BIOS flash failure If you motherboard is working and is stable and there are no major bugs that were fixed by a latter BIOS revision we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS By doing so you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure If you indeed intent on upgrading PLEASE BE SURE to use the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model AOpen Easy Flash is a little different than traditional flash method The BIOS binary file and flash routine are linked together and you simply run a single commend to complete the flash process 74 Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures applies for Award BIOS ONLY 1 Download new BIOS upgrade zip file from AOpen s web site For example AX45102 Z IP 2 Run shareware PKUNZIP http www pkware com which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility Or Winzip http www winzip com in Windows environment 3 Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk For example AX45102 BIN amp AX45102 EXE 4 Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler suc
36. mper 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 23 Setting CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected Setting CPU Frequency BIOS Setup gt Frequency Voltage Control gt 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 for overclocking Core Frequency CPU FSB Clock CPU Ratio PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock Clock Ratio AGP Clock PCI Clock x 2 24 T me L O CPU Core Frequency 25 CPU and System Fan Connector with H W Monitoring Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPU FAN connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on System FAN FAN2 or AUX FAN FANS connector FAN2 Connector GND 12V SENSOR CPU Fan Connector 26 DIMM Sockets This motherboard has three 184 pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR 266 or DDR 333 memory up to 3 GB Please be noted that for DDR266 memory you may install them on all of the sockets but for DDR333 memory you may install only them on two sockets 27 How to Install Memory Modules Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish mem
37. o Serial No P N 91 88110 201 is part number S N 91949378KN73 is serial number YAN Sy ZA leier Mania 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 E AXA5 R1 20 Feb 01 2 91 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc AX45 is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version 96 PA Product Registration Welcometo AOpe 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 Its purpose is to alert consumers quickly and conveniently when products contain technical issues Receive email notification about latest product s announcements Be able to personalize your AOpen web pages Receive e mail notification about latest BIOS Driver Software release information Have opportunities to participate special product promotional programs Enjoy higher service priority to receive technical assistance provided by AOpen specialists worldwide
38. ore 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 4C 1984 26080 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Hoot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up HumLock Status Gate HZH Option Tupematic Hate Setting Security Option 05 Select For DRAM gt 64HB Uideo BIOS Shadow T43 i Move Enter Select FS Previous Ua lues PU PD Value F6 Fail 5afe Defaults Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Floppy HDD H L512H Enabled Disabled Enabled On Fast Disabled Setup Hon 052 Enabled Fil Save Menu Items Select Window Menu Level Le Allows you to choose the U 1 RUS warning Feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this Function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a Warning message on screen and alarm beep ESC Exit Fi F7 Optimized De aults Item Function Description Window How To Use Award BIOS Setup Program Generally you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to
39. ory installation 1 Make sure the DIMM modules pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 3r mm P N 77 10203 540 S N l SIN 20015 1400001 pe 1 5 E Sch ELLAS 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 k N raz 73 i al Tab uy 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation 28 Front Panel Connector Attach the power LED Keylock speaker power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI amp Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing It is 2 pin female connector from the housing front panel Plug this connector to the soft power switch connector marked SPWR 1 1 Y S e nc o iO sPwR S o SPWR NC OI GND SE 5V OTO ACPI LED YE IDE LED JOJO GND IDE LED d ACPI amp PWR IDE LED OTO ACPILED Ol O LED 5V EO O NC OO 5V ll NC Qo GND Ojo GND mg ag E NC OO RESET Speaker EIS Reset SPEAKER Td GND 29 ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20 pin ATX power connector and an extra 4 pin connector as shown below Make sure you plug in the right direction We strongly recommend you to insert the 4 pin connector before connecting the 20 pin connector Ground K
40. pecifications 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 2000 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 AX45 AX45 V motherboard The AX45
41. pply 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 53 Resettable Fuse Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken function as protecting the motherboard user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunctioning With expensive Resettable Fuse the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function after the fuse had done its protection job Resettable Fuse 54 2200 v 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 AX45 AX45 V implements 2200 u F capacitors which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000 amp 1500 p f and it provides better stability for CPU power 55 Layout Frequency Isolation Wall
42. rDA Connector 33 Thermal Sensor Connector With the increasing performance of system the components nowadays always generate enormous heat in your system such as CPU VGA card HDD and so on This motherboard provides thermal sensor for users to detect the temperature of any components You may just connect a sensor on this connector to sense any possible overheating components Se EI f P ze a E B zu DE Temm L RG LSR 34 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot The AX45 AX45 V provides an AGP 4x slot The AGP 4x is a bus interface targeted for high performance 3D graphic AGP supports only memory read write operation and single master single slave 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 4bytes x 2 528MB s AGP is now moving to AGP 4x mode 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 1056MB s 35 WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem both Internal modem card and external box 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 TITEL WOM Connector 36 WOM by External BOX Modem Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power suppl
43. reful 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 a black dot or cut edge on the CPU up to 90 degree angle upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket SPs hee Ce ey ELE BRP ERP PREP RES E DRECHEN 1 2 27 20 T TT m CPU socket ZE 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 20 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation CPU cut edge Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 21 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 one retention module with clips aligning correctly on the retention module to the four corners Clip 22 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 ju
44. t htm Test Report We recommend choosing board card device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC http www aopen com tech report default htm FAQ The latest FAQ Frequently Asked Questions may contain a solution to your problem http www aopen com tech faq default htm Download Software Check out this table to get the latest updated BIOS utility and drivers http www aopen com tech download default htm ES GUI INA i News Group Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group http www aopen com tech newsgrp default htm Contact Distributors Resellers We sell our products through resellers and integrators They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them 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 iL LOY Un 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 on ISA CPU slot or on component side of PCB For example HM AE E EE D EU H P N 91 88110 201 S N 919493 8KkHN 3 Part No Serial No UD ITHIIRKINT WII URL URLAUB LAUR Hi 18811020191949378KN7 py Part N
45. t your system Installing driver for Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME 1 Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer when being asked which driver you would like to install 2 Specify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WIN98 for Windows 98 98 SE or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WIN2000 for Windows 2000 or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows Windows ME for Windows ME 3 Follow the procedure and insert your system disk Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME to complete setup step 4 Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME will finish the other installation procedures automatically and then restart your system Installing Onboard Sound Driver This motherboard comes with a RealTek ALC201 AC97 CODEC You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu P Avance AC 97 Audio Setup 4 53 i rf 7 mm Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Avance AC 97 Audio The InstallShield Wizard will install Avance AC S Audio on your computer To continue click Next 61 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 setup lal x 1810 1815 w83627 Hardware Monitor Welcome to the Hardware Monitor Setup program This program will install Hardware Monitor on your Kas computer It
46. ual 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 J Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem 90 93 jJ 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 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 Thanks very much for your understanding AOpen Technical Supporting Team Online Manual Please check the manual carefully and make sure the jumper settings and installation procedure are correct http www aopen com tech download manual defaul
47. un Menu from Bonus CD Disc You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD disc Choose the utility and driver and select model name Online Manual Acrobat Reader DocuCom Reader Motherboard Drivers Hardware Monitoring Utility Norton Antivirus AOChip x Please select your motherboard and OS from the following list click OK to install driver ot click Cancel to the previous window E Color Install AX45 Audio Driver Read AX45 LAN Driver Installation Information Read Memory Stick Driver Installation Information instalis drivers of your motherboard including VIA dun driver AGPIVGA driver Audio driver and RAID driver You have to refer to the user s manual to check what chipset your motherboard is based on 59 Installing LAN Driver Optional You can install LAN Driver under Windows95 98 Windows NT and Windows 2000 for RealTek 8100BL PCI Fast Ethernet adapter by following steps Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 1 Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer when being asked which driver you would like to install 2 Specify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows Win95 WIN9S5A for Windows 95 and Win95A or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows Win95 for Windows 95 OSR2 3 Follow the procedure and insert Windows 95 system disk to complete setup step 4 Windows 95 will finish the other installation procedures automatically and then restar
48. y it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active Serial Port Modem Side Serial Port Motherboard Side 37 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 WOL Wake on LAN To use Wake On LAN function you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector The system identification information probably IP address is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet you need to install network management software such as ADM for the checking of how to wake up the system Note that at least 600mA ATX standby current is required to support the LAN card for this function Dette Peete 2UITUUIR Cee ee LID m GND m 5VSB WOL connector 39 Ca Et so Ethernet Card Side H EACT LEO Sr WOL Connector WOL Connector Motherboard Side IN EEIENMNEUM 40 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard Optional
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