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VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our 
lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the 

Available Vendor List (AVL)

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link to our official website. 

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http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm

 

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http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for AX4PE Tube-G

Page 1: ...4P PE E A AX X4 4P PE E N N 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 AX4PE AX4PE N DOC NO AX4PEN OL E0208A ...

Page 2: ...Start 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 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 21 CPU Installation 22 CPU Jumper less Design 25 AOpen Watch Dog Timer 26 Full range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage 27 CPU and System Fan Connector with H W Monitoring 29 DIMM Sockets...

Page 3: ...nnector 38 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot 39 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED 40 WOL Wake on LAN 41 WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem Connector 43 WOM by External BOX Modem 44 WOM by Internal Modem Card 45 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 46 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard For AX4PE N Only 47 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wake up Jumper 48 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 49 Supp...

Page 4: ... 56 Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect 57 Dr LED Connector 58 Battery less and Long Life Design 59 Over current Protection 60 Hardware Monitoring 61 Resetable Fuse 62 Low ESR Capacitor 63 Layout Frequency Isolation Wall 65 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink 66 Vivid BIOS technology 67 Driver and Utility 68 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD 69 Installing Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 70 Installing Inte...

Page 5: ...ware Monitoring Utility 79 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive 80 ACPI Suspend to RAM STR 84 Phoenix AWARD BIOS 86 About BIOS Function Description 87 How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program 88 How To Enter BIOS Setup 90 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment 91 Overclocking 93 VGA Card Hard Disk 94 Glossary 95 AC97 95 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 95 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 95 AMR Au...

Page 6: ...ut System 97 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 97 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 98 CODEC Coding and Decoding 98 DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM 98 DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module 98 DMA Direct Memory Access 99 ECC Error Checking and Correction 99 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 99 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 99 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 99 EV6 Bus 100 FCC DoC Declaration of Confor...

Page 7: ...94 101 Parity Bit 102 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM 102 PC 100 DIMM 102 PC 133 DIMM 102 PC 1600 PC 2100 or PC 2700 DDR DRAM 103 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 103 PDF Format 103 PnP Plug and Play 103 POST Power On Self Test 104 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 104 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 104 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 104 Shadow E2 PROM 104 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 105 ...

Page 8: ...l l SMBus System Management Bus 105 SPD Serial Presence Detect 105 Ultra DMA 106 USB Universal Serial Bus 106 USB2 0 Universal Serial Bus 106 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 107 ZIP file 107 Troubleshooting 108 Technical Support 112 Product Registration 115 How to Contact Us 116 ...

Page 9: ...sed on this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their respective owners All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this m...

Page 10: ...r 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 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 s...

Page 11: ...ce 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 this motherboard supports DDR333 PC2700 SDRAM DDR 266 PC2100 SDRAM and DDR 200 PC1600 up to 2GB maximum The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode and there are 6 PCI slots provided on this board A total of 6 USB2 0 po...

Page 12: ... are interconnected via an Intel proprietary interface called Hub Interface The Hub Interface is designed into the 845PE chipset to provide an efficient high bandwidth communication channel between the GMCH and the ICH4 The GMCH component provides the processor interface system memory interface Hub interface AGP interface and an integrated graphics device with analog and digital display ports The ...

Page 13: ...rd 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 Provides three 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support PC2700 DDR333 PC2100 DDR266 and PC1600 DDR200 up to 2GB compliant SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen Watch Dog Timer function that can aut...

Page 14: ... 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5 and supports Enhanced IDE devices On board AC 97 Sound AX4PE AX4PE N uses RealTek AC97 sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system Six USB2 0 Ports Provides two ports on the back panel two USB connectors providing a total of six USB2 0 interface devices such as mouse keyboard modem scanner etc S PDIF Connectors S PDI...

Page 15: ...stem much user friendlier Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status temperature and voltage monitoring and alert through the on board hardware monitor module 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 compa...

Page 16: ...e 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 Connecting ATX Power Cable 6 Connecting Back Panel Cable 7 Power on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8 Setting CPU Frequency 9 Reboot 10 Installing Operating System such as Windows 98 11 Installing Driver and Utility ...

Page 17: ...IDE Connector x2 FDD Connector 184 pin DIMMx3 supports PC1600 2100 2700 DDR SDRAM maximum up to 2GB ATX Power Connector Intel 845PE Chipset 478 pin CPU socket Willamette Northwood with Voltage and Frequency Auto detection that supports Intel Pentium 4 1 4 2 8GHz CPU AGP 4x Expansion Slot 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 4 pin 12V ATX Power Connector Low ESR Capacitors USB2 0 Connector WOL Connector MO...

Page 18: ...us DIMM Socket x3 AGP 4X Slot ICH4 Serial Port x2 USB Port USB Port x6 32 bit PCI Slot x6 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 66 100 PC 1600 2100 2700 SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 4Mbit Flash EEPROM PCI Bus Winbond W83627 HF Floppy Disk Drive x2 RealTek AC97 CODEC LAN connect Component USB Port USB Port B Bl lo oc ck k D Di ia ag gr ra am m ...

Page 19: ...ge 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 protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component If a wrist strap is not available maintain contact with ...

Page 20: ... Although all of AOpen s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features As a result of this we define features that can be upgraded by users as User Upgrade Optional You can upgrade these functions by purchasing additional devices As for functions that cannot be upgraded by users we define them as Manufacture Upgrade ...

Page 21: ...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 setting by shorting pin 1 pin 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 Tip When should I Clear CMOS 1 Boot fail because of overclocking 2 Forget password 3 Troubleshooting Pin 1 Normal default 1 Clear...

Page 22: ...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 socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket CPU pin 1 and cut edge CPU socket Lever 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle CP...

Page 23: ...otherboard 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 Note This socket supports Micro FC PGA2 package CPU which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in ...

Page 24: ...ket 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 retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners 2 Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention modul...

Page 25: ...etection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup therefore no jumpers or switches are used The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper less designs are eliminated There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 Power Regulator CPU VID signal CPU voltage Automatically generates CPU voltage Clock Generator CPU Freq Ratio BIOS Controlled ...

Page 26: ...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 default frequency and POST again With this special feature you can easily overclock your system to get a higher system performance without removing the system housing and save the hassle from setting the jumper t...

Page 27: ...d 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 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 Fre...

Page 28: ...MHz 20x Pentium 4 2 8G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21x Warning Intel 845PE chipset supports maximum 400MHz 100MHz 4 533MHz 133MHz 4 system bus and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause serious system damage Willamette CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1 5G 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15x Pentium 4 1 6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1 7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x Pentiu...

Page 29: ...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 without H W Monitoring connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function SYSFAN2 Connector CPUFAN1 Connector FAN1Connector GND 12V SENSOR GND 12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector GND SENSOR 12V ...

Page 30: ...s that allow you to install PC2100 DDR266 memory or PC2700 DDR333 memory up to 2GB Please note that when you install PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM you can install them fully into 3 sockets however when you install PC2700 DDR SDRAM we suggest you to install DIMM1 and DIMM2 ONLY PC2100 PC1600 DDR SDRAM PC2700 DDR SDRAM DIMM 1 V V DIMM 2 V V DIMM 3 V DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 ...

Page 31: ...1 Make sure the DIMM module s pin face 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 to finish additional DIMM modules installation Note The tabs of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot s bottom 52 p...

Page 32: ...ile at the same time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street Therefore it is a more advanced technology that provides a great overall improvement in system performance DDR266 PC2100 runs two times faster than the traditional PC133 SDRAM with the speed of Front Side Bus FSB up to 266MHz 2x133 266 And DDR333 PC2700 is running at 333MHz FSB Both PC2100 and PC2700 are a new naming standard...

Page 33: ...wer and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing It is 2 pin female connector from the housing front panel Plug this connector to the soft power switch connector marked SPWR Pin1 1 SPWR GND ACPI LED GND ACPILED NC ACPI_...

Page 34: ...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 er ry y 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...

Page 35: ... is AOpen s considerate design that we aim at providing you a friendly system information The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on off stand by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode STBY LED ...

Page 36: ...Secondary Master 3rd Pin 1 I ID DE E a an nd d F Fl lo op pp py y C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r Connect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage Pin 1 ATA 66 100 IDE Connector FDD Connector IDE 1 Primary IDE 2 Secondary ...

Page 37: ... 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 maximum of 46cm 18 inches make sure your cable does not exceed this length Tip 1 For better signal quality it is recommended to set the far end side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to ins...

Page 38: ...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 IR_TX 5V NC IR_RX ...

Page 39: ...lo ot t AX4PE AX4PE N 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 ...

Page 40: ...ection Technology is implemented this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3 3V which is not supported by Intel 845PE the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage You may contact your AGP card vendor for further support War...

Page 41: ...ect 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 WO...

Page 42: ...X X4 4P PE E N N 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 Side WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side ...

Page 43: ...x m mo od de em m a ar re e s su up pp po or rt te ed d S Si in nc ce e I In nt te er rn na al l m mo od de em m c ca ar rd d c co on ns su um me es s n no o p po ow we er r w wh he en n s sy ys st te em m p po ow we er r i is s o of ff f i it t i is s r re ec co om mm me en nd de ed d t to o u us se e a an n i in nt te er rn na al l m mo od de em m T To o u us se e i in nt te er rn na al l m mo o...

Page 44: ...re ea al ll ly y t tu ur rn n o of ff f t th he e s sy ys st te em m p po ow we er r s su up pp pl ly y i it t u us se es s e ex xt te er rn na al l b bo ox x m mo od de em m t to o t tr ri ig gg ge er r M MB B C CO OM M p po or rt t a an nd d r re es su um me e b ba ac ck k t to o a ac ct ti iv ve e Note This picture is for example only it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purc...

Page 45: ...Yo ou u m ma ay y i id de en nt ti if fy y w wh he et th he er r o or r n no ot t y yo ou ur r s sy ys st te em m i is s i in n t tr ru ue e p po ow we er r o of ff f m mo od de e b by y c ch he ec ck ki in ng g t to o s se ee e i if f t th he e f fa an n o of f y yo ou ur r p po ow we er r s su up pp pl ly y i is s o of ff f B Bo ot th h a an n e ex xt te er rn na al l b bo ox x m mo od de em m a...

Page 46: ...dem 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 sl...

Page 47: ...4 on board 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 t...

Page 48: ...p 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 keyboard or mouse The factory default setting is set to Disable 1 2 and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2 3 JP28 KB Mouse Wake up Pin 1 Enable Disable Default 1 1 ...

Page 49: ... 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 ...

Page 50: ...can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect the front USB connector to the front panel of chassis Compared to traditional USB 1 0 1 1 with the speed of 12Mbps USB 2 0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than the traditional one Except for the speed increase USB 2 0 supports old USB 1 0 1 1 software and peripherals offering impressive and even b...

Page 51: ... enable it in the system BIOS connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis So whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis the system will beep to inform you 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 Pin 1 1 GND Sensor I In n...

Page 52: ... of Windows support Digital Audio 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 ec ct to or r This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound ...

Page 53: ...nector 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 M MO OD DE EM M C CN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r ...

Page 54: ...DCD SOUT GND RI RTS 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 left middle of board With proper cable you can connect it to the back panel of chassis Pin 1 SIN DTR DSR CTS 1 2 ...

Page 55: ...this connector By the way please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn t have an audio port on the front panel Note 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 56: ...og Normally there are two S PDIF outputs as shown one for RCA connector the most common one used for consumer audio products and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality Through a specific audio cable you can connect the S PDIF connector to a S PDIF audio module bearing S PDIF digital output However you must have a S PDIF supported speaker with S PDIF digital input to make ...

Page 57: ...esign of ALC650E you re able to use standard line jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module To apply this function you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel Picture below represents the standard location of all speakers in 5 1 Channel sound track Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the...

Page 58: ...ca an n c cl le ea ar rl ly y i in nd di ic ca at te e w wh he et th he er r t th he e p pr ro ob bl le em m i is s c ca au us se ed d f fr ro om m c co om mp po on ne en nt ts s o or r i im mp pr ro op pe er r i in ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n t th hr ro ou ug gh h t th he e 8 8 L LE ED D l li ig gh ht ts s o of f D Dr r L LE ED D o on n t th he e f fr ro on nt t p pa an ne el l T Th ha at t i...

Page 59: ...MOS Setup configurations The RTC real time clock can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged If you lose your CMOS data by accident you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual Backup by EEPROM Auto Switch Battery ATX Stand by Power Auto switching to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is plugged This smart design increases b...

Page 60: ...PU 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 by power supply Onboard Power Regulator Over Current Protection Circuit CPU Core Voltage 12V Protected by power supply Note Although we have implemented protection circuit and tried to prevent any human operatin...

Page 61: ...n 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 chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard if having this function and enabled to warn the user CPU Voltage CPU CPU Temperature System Voltage Power Fan Speed Fan Detection Circuit AOpen H W Monitoring Utili...

Page 62: ...event Keyboard and USB port from over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken function to protect motherboard user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard With expensive Resetable Fuse the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job Resettable Fuse ...

Page 63: ...ent 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 AX4PE AX4PE N implements 2200μF capacitors which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000 1500μF and it provides better stability for CPU power ...

Page 64: ... 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 captured by a Digital Storage Scope it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 60A current is applied Note This diagram for example only it may not be exactly the same as the motherboard yo...

Page 65: ... 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 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 to length not necessarily as short as p...

Page 66: ...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 better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clock the CPU ...

Page 67: ...ve 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 another big issue When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space consuming and uncompressed Bitmap AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation to recognize the smaller sized GIF format and even dy...

Page 68: ... in AOpen Bonus CD You don t need to install all of them to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 98 before you install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system s installation guide Note Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 2000 and Windows XP ...

Page 69: ... AX X4 4P PE E N N 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 and driver and select model name ...

Page 70: ...t te el l C Ch hi ip ps se et t S So of ft tw wa ar re e I In ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n U Ut ti il li it ty y Windows 95 98 cannot recognize this chipset because they were released earlier than Intel 845PE chipset You can install Intel INF Update Utility from Bonus Pack CD auto run menu to eliminate the marks ...

Page 71: ...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 and reduce PC boot times You can find it in AOpen Bonus Pack CD ...

Page 72: ...PE E A AX X4 4P PE E N N 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 F Fo or r A AX X4 4P PE E N N O On nl ly y You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD ...

Page 73: ... nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g O On nb bo oa ar rd d S So ou un nd d D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu ...

Page 74: ...d from the list and then press Enter 2 Choose Specify 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 has found Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller A1 should appear 6 Click on Next and then on Finish Confirming Windows 2000 Installation 1 From Wi...

Page 75: ...n the text box that appears 5 Click on Next A message informing you that Windows XP has found Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller A1 should appear 6 When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the USB driver click on Finish Confirming Windows XP Installation 1 Tools Folder Options View Change below item 2 Enable Display the full path in the title bat 3 Enable Show Hidden files and f...

Page 76: ...sion 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 dllcache You need to copy file to this directory first Otherwise Windows XP will replace file from this directory to system32 drivers 3 Copy all test drivers to windir system32 drivers 3 Check USB driver version again 1 USBEHCI SYS 3 20 2002 ...

Page 77: ...re such as motherboard CPU memory PCI devices and IDE devices The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance Moreover AOConfig allows users to save information in BMP or TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems 2 The PC...

Page 78: ... 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 information of AOpen Moreover detailed information could be saved in bmp or txt format 3 This page presents the IDE device information such as serial number manufacturer firmware version and capacity ...

Page 79: ... 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 hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software No hardware installation is needed ...

Page 80: ...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 Hard Disk Hard Disk System Image Status Save into ...

Page 81: ...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...

Page 82: ...VERSION DETECT b Select ADD Binary and name it as ACPIOPTION c Right click and select Modify add 01 after 0000 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 th...

Page 83: ... 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 Tip 02 means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled ...

Page 84: ...ing 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 When power on next time Other System Devices System Image Status in the DRAM Power loss Other System Devices System Image ...

Page 85: ...s required Currently except Windows 95 and Windows NT all other Windows Systems support ACPI Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S3 2 Go to Control Panel Power Management Set Power Buttons to Standby 3 Press power button or standby button to wake up the system ...

Page 86: ...vides critical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS settings of AX4PE AX4PE N have been optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default setting of BIOS still can t fine tune the chipset controlling entire system Therefore the rest of this chapter intends to guide you the process of configuring your system setup To enter to BI...

Page 87: ...tes to give user a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program the function description will appear at the right side of screen Therefore you don t need to read this manual while you change BIOS settings Menu Items Select Window Item Function Description Window ...

Page 88: ...oard 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 Description Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Page Down or Changing setting to previous value or decrease value Enter Select the item Esc 1 In main menu Quit and don t save any change...

Page 89: ...4 4P PE E A AX X4 4P PE E N N 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 and exit setup program ...

Page 90: ...After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables power on and enter the BIOS Setup Press Del during POST Power On Self Test and choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Warning Please avoid of using Load Turbo Defaults unless you are sure your system components CPU DRAM HDD etc are good enough for turbo setting ...

Page 91: ...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 clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically EzWinFlash detects your motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from any pos...

Page 92: ... detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps 5 You may select preferred language in the main menu then click Start Flash to start the BIOS upgrade procedure 6 EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows You may click YES to reb...

Page 93: ...Hz CPU bus clock But it comes with clock generator of 992MHz 248MHz x4 when we design it to accommodate with future CPU bus clock Not only that the CPU clock ratio can be up to 24x that supports almost all of Pentium 4 CPUs in the future and provides flexibility for overclockers But not guaranty Tip Note that overclocking may also cause thermal problem Please make sure that the cooling fan and the...

Page 94: ...ing for your reference the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again Please check the Available Vendor List AVL by link to our official website VGA http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb vga oc htm HDD http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb hdd oc htm ...

Page 95: ...nagement 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 A AG GP P A Ac cc ce el le er ra at te ed d G Gr ra ap ph hi ic c P Po or rt t AGP is a bus interface targ...

Page 96: ...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 A AT TA A A AT T A At tt ta ac ch hm me en nt t ATA is the specification of diskette interface In 80 s many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together The AT is meaning Intern...

Page 97: ... 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 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 B Bu us s M Ma as s...

Page 98: ...n 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 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 soluti...

Page 99: ...echnology is actually very similar to FPM Fast Page Mode Unlike traditional FPM that tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle that is similar to pipeline effect and reduces one clock state E EE EP PR RO OM M E El le ec ct tr ro on ni ic c E Er ra as sa ab bl le e P Pr ro og gr ra am mm ma ab bl le e R...

Page 100: ...tely 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 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 slot1 CPU F Fl la as s...

Page 101: ...figuration 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 ...

Page 102: ...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 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 c...

Page 103: ... 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 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...

Page 104: ...er 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 module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices S SD DR RA AM M S Sy yn nc ch hr ro on no ou us s D DR RA AM M SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus ...

Page 105: ... 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 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 S SP PD D S Se er r...

Page 106: ...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 U US SB B U Un ni iv ve er rs sa al l S Se er ri ia al l B Bu us s USB is a 4 pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of ca...

Page 107: ... 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 Z ZI IP P f fi il le e A compressed file format to reduce file size To unzip file run shareware PKUNZIP http www pkware com for D...

Page 108: ...wer 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 system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem Start Make sure if all jumper settings are correct Clear CMOS Next ...

Page 109: ...all 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 motherboard failure Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing Next No Yes ...

Page 110: ...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 if the system reboots No It is very possible that your keyboard is defective Next Yes ...

Page 111: ...uring 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 Yes Turn off the system and re connect IDE cable Re install the operating system such as Windows 98 ...

Page 112: ...ks 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 english aopen com tw tech download manual default htm 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Test Report We recommend choosing board card device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC http english aopen com tw...

Page 113: ...ed by our support engineer or professional users on the news group http english aopen com tw 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 t...

Page 114: ...d d B BI IO OS S v ve er rs si io on n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen POST screen For example AX4PE N is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version AX4PE N R1 20 Aug 01 2002 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 2002 Award Software Inc ...

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