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DOC. NO.: AX4GET-OL-E0210A 

 

 

Summary of Contents for AX4GE Tube

Page 1: ...be e A AX X4 4P PE E T Tu ub be e O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Overview Hardware Installation Drivers Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Troubleshooting Technical Support AX4GE Tube AX4PE Tu...

Page 2: ...tart 10 Overview 11 Feature Highlight 12 Quick Installation Procedure 16 Motherboard Map 17 Block Diagram 18 Hardware Installation 19 About User Upgrade Optional and Manufacture Upgrade Optional 20 JP...

Page 3: ...ppy Connector 36 ATA 133 Supported 38 Serial ATA Supported 39 Connecting Serial ATA Disk 40 IrDA Connector 41 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot and Adjustable Voltage 42 AGP Protection Techn...

Page 4: ...r 56 Tube Related components 57 JP3 Tube Power Jumper 58 S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector 59 Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect 60 FM Radio Card Supported 61 The noise is gone SilentTek 63...

Page 5: ...84 Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver For AX4GE Tube 85 Installing Promise SATA Driver 86 Installing LAN Driver 96 Installing Onboard Audio Driver 97 Installing USB2 0 Driver 98 AOConfig Utility...

Page 6: ...udio Modem Riser 114 AOpen Bonus Pack CD 114 APM Advanced Power Management 114 ATA AT Attachment 114 ATA 66 114 ATA 100 115 ATA 133 115 BIOS Basic Input Output System 115 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 115 C...

Page 7: ...grammable ROM 117 EV6 Bus 118 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 118 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array 118 Flash ROM 118 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 119 I2 C Bus 119 IEEE 1394 119 Parity Bit 120 PBSRAM Pipe...

Page 8: ...SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 122 Shadow E2 PROM 122 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 123 SMBus System Management Bus 123 SPD Serial Presence Detect 123 Ultra DMA 124 USB Universal Serial Bus 124 USB2 0 Un...

Page 9: ...nd names used on this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their respective owners All of the specifications and information contained in this manua...

Page 10: ...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 or you can get free downloa...

Page 11: ...d pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB sec According to different customer s requirements this motherboard supports DDR266 PC2100 SDRAM and DDR333 PC2700 SDRAM up to 2GB maximu...

Page 12: ...ace Hub interface AGP interface and an integrated graphics device with analog and digital display ports 845GE only The ICH4 integrates a Universal Serial Bus 2 0 controller Ultra ATA 100 Controller Lo...

Page 13: ...system in 4 8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment function in the BIOS This magic function allows you to adjust...

Page 14: ...atest Serial ATA functions you can connect two Serial ATA devices and one ATA133 device on this motherboard On board AC 97 Sound AX4GE Tube AX4PE Tube uses RealTek AC97 sound chip This on board audio...

Page 15: ...nergy 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 fan...

Page 16: ...k procedure on how to install your system Follow each step accordingly 1 Installing CPU and Fan 2 Installing System Memory DIMM 3 Connecting Front Panel Cable 4 Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5 Conne...

Page 17: ...PE Chipsets 478 pin CPU socket Willamette Northwood with Voltage and Frequency Auto detection that supports Intel Pentium 4 CPU AGP 4x Expansion Slot 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 4 pin 12V ATX Power C...

Page 18: ...ial Port x2 USB Port USB Port x6 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 66 100 DDR200 266 333 SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 4Mbit Flash EEPROM PCI Bus Winbond W83627 HF...

Page 19: ...D can damage your processor disk drives expansion boards and other components Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component 1 Do not remove a component from its protec...

Page 20: ...e Optional Although all of AOpen s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features As a result of this we define feature...

Page 21: ...OS follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2 3 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP14 to its normal...

Page 22: ...Northwood Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket Note Those pictures are for example only they may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased 2 Locate Pin 1 in the so...

Page 23: ...with the motherboard you purchased Note If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well you may damage the CPU 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation CPU cut edge...

Page 24: ...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 Note This picture...

Page 25: ...age 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 eliminat...

Page 26: ...e CPU FSB frequency according to user s settings 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 de...

Page 27: ...signal and generates proper CPU core voltage S Se et tt ti in ng g C CP PU U F Fr re eq qu ue en nc cy y BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper less des...

Page 28: ...33MHz 533MHz 20x Pentium 4 2 8G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21x Warning Intel 845GE PE chipset supports maximum 400MHz 100MHz 4 533MHz 133MHz 4 system bus and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause...

Page 29: ...it th h H H W W M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g 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 Note Some CPU fans...

Page 30: ...le e V Vo ol lt ta ag ge e This motherboard has three 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC1600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 or PC2700 DDR333 memory up to 2GB To have better and stable perfor...

Page 31: ...down and match the socket s size as depicted below 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 3 Repeat step 2 t...

Page 32: ...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 PC2...

Page 33: ...lock speaker power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode Locate...

Page 34: ...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 A AC C P Po ow we er r A Au ut to o R Re ec co ov ve...

Page 35: ...t 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 du...

Page 36: ...nect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin 80 wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage IDE2 Secondary IDE1 Primary...

Page 37: ...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 Warning The specification of the IDE cable is a maxim...

Page 38: ...r new operating systems such as Window XP that demand more storage space and faster data transfer rates from more responsive computing experiences To make good use of this new technology and enjoy its...

Page 39: ...further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes second However while ATA has enjoyed an illustrious track record the specification is now showing its age and imposes some serious design issues...

Page 40: ...a power cable Please note that it is a jumper free implement you don t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk When connecting two serial ATA disks the system will automatically take the...

Page 41: ...ation 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...

Page 42: ...Tube 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 use...

Page 43: ...en AGP Protection Technology is implemented this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out Please note that if you install a AGP card...

Page 44: ...e 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 Ethern...

Page 45: ...AX X4 4P PE E T Tu ub be e O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased WOL Connector Motherboard Sid...

Page 46: ...Midi for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard Note This picture is...

Page 47: ...t 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 blin...

Page 48: ...ke e u up p J Ju um mp pe er r This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard mouse wake up function You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function which could resume your system from suspend mode with k...

Page 49: ...nd data area lately This motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method without any software or BIOS coding involved therefore it is 100 virus free You may restore the originally m...

Page 50: ...ng 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...

Page 51: ...her 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 w...

Page 52: ...ou have to enable it in the system BIOS connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis So whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis the system will beep to...

Page 53: ...io through IDE bus However in order to use Open Jukebox player which is driven under BIOS it is a MUST to connect audio cable to CD IN connector on the motherboard C CD D A Au ud di io o C Co on nn ne...

Page 54: ...E T Tu ub be e O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A AU UX X I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound L GND GND R...

Page 55: ...ua al l C CO OM M2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This motherboard provides two serial ports One of them is on back panel connector and the other is on the lower part of the board With proper cable you...

Page 56: ...nector By the way please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn t have an audio port on the front...

Page 57: ...computer system this motherboard is equipped with a Vacuum Tube You may find its related component as shown below For the detail information of tube installation or other related components please ref...

Page 58: ...o ow we er r s su up pp pl ly y f fo or r V Va ac cu uu um m T Tu ub be e Y Yo ou u m ma ay y s sw wi it tc ch h t th he e p po ow we er r o of ff f w wh he en ne ev ve er r y yo ou u a ar re e n no o...

Page 59: ...ad 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 qual...

Page 60: ...nnovative design of ALC650 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 Bo...

Page 61: ...sion card to allow you enjoy the exciting game broadcasts without missing any good moments Even more you can tape down any exciting pitch for later replay To preserve the original sound of your progra...

Page 62: ...sed in the package for detailed illustration Tip Please use the audio antenna that comes along with this expansion card to get the best receiving quality Placing your PC at different places may have d...

Page 63: ...ed terribly while working with their PC by the irritating noises of these fans As a matter of fact we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases on the contrary we discover...

Page 64: ...nt status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here Of course you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans...

Page 65: ...tiple Level Control This is the most versatile setting that allows you to set fan speed in relation to temperature You may find this setting fits youbest 4 AOpen Recommend Setting This setting is desi...

Page 66: ...CPU and CMOS Setup configurations The RTC real time clock can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged If you lose your CMOS data by accident you can just reload the CMOS configurations...

Page 67: ...pporting CPU over current protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply provide the full line over current protection ATX Switching Power Supply 3 3V Protected by power supply 5V Protected b...

Page 68: ...As you turn on your system this smart design will monitor your system s working voltage fan status and CPU temperature If any of those systems status goes wrong there will be an alarm through the chas...

Page 69: ...uses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken function to protect motherboard user cannot replace them and result in malfu...

Page 70: ...quivalent 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...

Page 71: ...entium III or when overclocking A typical CPU core voltage is 2 0V so a good design should control voltage between 1 860V and 2 140V That is the transient must be below 280mV Below is a timing diagram...

Page 72: ...n 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 we can avoid cross talk a...

Page 73: ...ne e M Ma an nu ua al l E En nl la ar rg ge ed d A Al lu um mi in nu um m H He ea at ts si in nk k Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides b...

Page 74: ...s innovative design VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colours screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen In addition the limited space of BIOS ROM is anothe...

Page 75: ...ox x P Pl la ay ye er r 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...

Page 76: ...han the traditional CD Players Below is the function description of respective buttons Power Pressing O to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System Boot Pre...

Page 77: ...ukeBox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player Press Insert Key Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST It remi...

Page 78: ...ge 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 mor...

Page 79: ...simultaneous multi threading technology SMT Hyper Threading technology allows multiple threads of software applications to be run simultaneously on one processor by duplicating the architectural state...

Page 80: ...e the same execution resources the second thread can use resources that would be otherwise idle if only one thread was executing This results in an increased utilization of the execution resources wit...

Page 81: ...utilities in AOpen Bonus CD You don t need to install all of them to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 200...

Page 82: ...A AX X4 4P PE E T Tu ub be e O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A Au ut to o r ru un n M Me en nu u f fr ro om m B Bo on nu us s C CD D You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD Choose the utility...

Page 83: ...ta al ll la at ti io on n U Ut ti il li it ty y Some Windows systems cannot recognize newer chipsets that release later than those systems therefore marks may appear on Device manager page Intel 845GE...

Page 84: ...On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g I In nt te el l I IA AA A D Dr ri iv ve er r You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications a...

Page 85: ...e O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g I In nt te el l E Ex xt tr re em me e G Gr ra ap ph hi ic c D Dr ri iv ve er r F Fo or r A AX X4 4G GE E T Tu ub be e You can do...

Page 86: ...o Specify an Additional Device s 3 Insert the Promise SATA150 driver diskette into drive A and press Enter key 4 Use or to choose WinXP Promise SATA TX2plus tm IDE Controller from the list that appear...

Page 87: ...completing this step After enabling the SATA150 Windows XP setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box Under Windows XP Mass Storage Controller will be displayed 1 Click on Next and from the gene...

Page 88: ...s 2000 Installation Guide Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation 1 Start the installation a Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes b Floppyless I...

Page 89: ...etup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System WARNING If you will be moving the boot drive containing the existi...

Page 90: ...hat Windows has found Win2000 Promise SATA TX2plus tm IDE Controller should appear 7 Click on Next and then on Finish Confirming Windows 2000 Installation 1 From Windows 2000 open the Control Panel fr...

Page 91: ...press the Enter key 4 Insert the driver diskette into drive A and press the Enter key 5 Choose WinNT Promise SATA TX2plus tm IDE Controller from the list that appears on screen and then press the Ent...

Page 92: ...d then press Add 5 In the Install Drivers dialog box press Have Disk 6 When the Install From Disk appears Insert the driver diskette into drive A then choose OK 7 When the Install Driver dialog box ap...

Page 93: ...e Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button 7 Choose Reinstall Driver and then press Next 8 Choose Specify the location of the driver Advanced then press Next 9 Insert the Promise SATA...

Page 94: ...drivers while installing Windows 98 SE with the SATA controller is enabled already 1 After enabling the Serial ATA controller and configuring the hard drive s partition and format your hard drive s i...

Page 95: ...Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows has found Win98 ME Promise SATA150 TX2plus tm IDE Controller should appear 13 Press Next then Finish Confirming Driver Installation in Window...

Page 96: ...AX X4 4G GE E T Tu ub be e A AX X4 4P PE E T Tu ub be e O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g L LA AN N D Dr ri iv ve er r You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pac...

Page 97: ...e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g O On nb bo oa ar rd d A Au ud di io o D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper W...

Page 98: ...this location in the search 3 Insert the Bonus CD in CD ROM 4 Type CD ROM Driver Intel USB2 0 WinXP in the text box that appears 5 Click on Next A message informing you that Windows XP has found Inte...

Page 99: ...Software Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon SFCDisable 1 2 Copy all USB files from CD to HDD 1 Copy all test drivers to windir driver cache i386 2 Copy all test drivers to windir system32 dl...

Page 100: ...cify a location and then press Next 3 Insert the Bonus CD in CD ROM 4 Type CD ROM Driver Intel USB2 0 Win2000 in the text box that appears Press OK 5 Click on Next A message informing you that Windows...

Page 101: ...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 allow...

Page 102: ...note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard Before running AOConfig all applications must be closed 4 From this page users can obtain the technical support...

Page 103: ...l ll li in ng g H Ha ar rd dw wa ar re e M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g U Ut ti il li it ty y You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature fans and system voltage The hardwar...

Page 104: ...OS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS settings of AX4GE Tube AX4PE Tube have been optimized by AOpen s R D engineerin...

Page 105: ...ways dedicates to give user a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program th...

Page 106: ...o use keyboard in the Phoenix Award BIOS setup program By the way all products of AOpen also provide a special function in BIOS setup you can press F3 key selecting you preferred menu language Key Des...

Page 107: ...Tu ub be e A AX X4 4P PE E T Tu ub be e O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Key Description F6 Load fail save setting value from CMOS F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS F10 Save changed setting a...

Page 108: ...t tu up p After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables power on and enter the BIOS Setup Press Del during POST Power On Self Test and choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal...

Page 109: ...bring you a whole new BIOS Flash 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 clickin...

Page 110: ...Flash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps 5 You may select preferred language in the m...

Page 111: ...um 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 sup...

Page 112: ...r 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...

Page 113: ...f 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 Pn...

Page 114: ...d dv va an nc ce ed d P Po ow we er r M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t Unlike ACPI BIOS controls most APM power management functions AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management...

Page 115: ...es B BI IO OS S B Ba as si ic c I In np pu ut t O Ou ut tp pu ut t S Sy ys st te em m BIOS is a set of assembly routine program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM BIOS controls Input output devices and...

Page 116: ...em solution D DD DR R D Do ou ub bl le e D Da at ta a R Ra at te ed d S SD DR RA AM M DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available...

Page 117: ...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 u...

Page 118: ...bel separately without a shielding of housing F FC C P PG GA A F Fl li ip p C Ch hi ip p P Pi in n G Gr ri id d A Ar rr ra ay y FC means Flip Chip FC PGA is a new package of Intel for Pentium III CPU...

Page 119: ...verall 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 n...

Page 120: ...detection P PB BS SR RA AM M P Pi ip pe el li in ne ed d B Bu ur rs st t S SR RA AM M For Socket 7 CPU one burst data read requires four QWord Quad word 4x16 64 bits PBSRAM only needs one address deco...

Page 121: ...e B Bu us s Bus for the internal connection of peripheral devices high speed data channel between the computer and expansion card P PD DF F F Fo or rm ma at t A file format for electronic document PD...

Page 122: ...es no matter how many RIMM sockets R RI IM MM M R Ra am mb bu us s I In nl li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le e 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory mo...

Page 123: ...y ys st te em m M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t B Bu us s SMBus is also called I2C bus It is a two wire bus developed for component communication especially for semiconductor IC For example set clock o...

Page 124: ...ions 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 inte...

Page 125: ...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...

Page 126: ...the AC power cable then remove all of the add on cards and cables including VGA IDE FDD COM1 COM2 and printer T Tr ro ou ub bl le es sh ho oo ot ti in ng g If you encounter any trouble to boot you sy...

Page 127: ...al l Install the VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard Continue Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly The problem is probably caused by power supply or m...

Page 128: ...an nu ua al l Continue Press Ctrl and Alt key at the same time hold them and then press Del to reboot the system Check if there is display No Yes Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Check i...

Page 129: ...Continue During system rebooting press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Default Check if the system can reboot successfully No The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself End...

Page 130: ...omers 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 h...

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