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Summary of Contents for AX4T-533 Pro

Page 1: ...T 5 53 33 3 P Pr ro o O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Overview Hardware Installation Drivers Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary AX4T 533 Pro DOC NO AX4T533P OL E0209A 1 Troubleshooting Technic...

Page 2: ...You Start 10 Overview 11 Feature Highlight 12 Quick Installation Procedure 15 Motherboard Map 16 Block Diagram 17 Hardware Installation 18 About User Upgrade Optional and Manufacture Upgrade Optional...

Page 3: ...on Slot 42 AGP Protection Technology 43 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 44 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard 45 JP13 LAN Enable Disable Jumper 46 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 47 JP28 U...

Page 4: ...60 Resettable Fuse 61 2200 F Low ESR Capacitor 62 Layout Frequency Isolation Wall 63 Fansink on North Bridge 64 Vivid BIOS technology 65 Open JukeBox Player 66 The noise is gone Silent PC 70 Driver an...

Page 5: ...nt 87 Overclocking 89 VGA Card Hard Disk 90 Glossary 91 AC97 91 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 91 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 91 AMR Audio Modem Riser 92 AOpen Bonus Pack CD 92 APM Advan...

Page 6: ...ess 95 ECC Error Checking and Correction 95 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 95 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 95 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 95 EV6 Bus 96 FCC DoC Declaration of Confo...

Page 7: ...Power On Self Test 100 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 100 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 100 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 100 Shadow E2 PROM 101 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 101 SMBus System Management Bus 101 SP...

Page 8: ...A AX X4 4T T 5 53 33 3 P Pr ro o O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Product Registration 111 How to Contact Us 112 8...

Page 9: ...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 chan...

Page 10: ...em 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...

Page 11: ...CPU and chipset In AGP performance it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1066MB sec The MCH component provides Direct RDRAM interface t...

Page 12: ...ice the I O bandwidth over traditional bridge architecture and provides dedicated data paths to fully optimize the additional bandwidth Expansion Slots Including five 32 bit 33MHz PCI one CNR and one...

Page 13: ...ter IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with four connectors that supports eight IDE devices supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4 and s...

Page 14: ...ws you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100 248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment and helps your system get maximum performance Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status temperatu...

Page 15: ...ow to install your system Follow each step accordingly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory RIMM Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connect...

Page 16: ...Audio Connector Realtek ALC650 CODEC AUX IN Connector CNR Expansion Slot 4Mbit Flash ROM BIOS Front Panel Connector JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper Dr LED Connector Chassis Intrusion Detector FDD Connector Sup...

Page 17: ...2GB Primary Channel Channel Flash EEPROM Audio CODEC Modem CODEC AC 97 Link PCI Bus data transferring rate up to 133MB s Firmware Hub Low Pin Count Super I O Floppy Disk Drive x2 CNR Slot AC97 CODEC...

Page 18: ...r 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 u...

Page 19: ...lthough 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 b...

Page 20: ...cedure 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 shorti...

Page 21: ...ion Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the...

Page 22: ...dge Note This socket supports Micro FC PGA2 package CPU which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel Other forms of CPU package cannot be fitted in Note P4 CPU tends to produce higher temperatur...

Page 23: ...on 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...

Page 24: ...ency 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...

Page 25: ...rs or switches are needed BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio CPU Ratio 8x 9x 10x 11x 22x 23x 24x CPU FSB 100 248MHz by 1MHz stepping Warning Intel 850E chipset supports maximum 400MH...

Page 26: ...BIOS manually Northwood CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1 6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1 6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x Pentium 4 1 7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x Pen...

Page 27: ...18x Pentium 4 1 9G 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 19x Pentium 4 2 0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Celeron CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio 1 7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x 1 8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MH...

Page 28: ...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 without H W monitoring connector SENSOR 12V GND Note...

Page 29: ...ngly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown 2 P...

Page 30: ...in POST but it still allows you to select the RDRAM type manually by BIOS setup program Please note that 400MHz FSB doesn t support RIMM PC1066 Note Based on Intel 850E chipset specification AX4T 533...

Page 31: ...a an nu ua al l Pictures below are Direct RDRAM memory module and RIMM terminator also called C RIMM Please do not forget to insert the RIMM terminator into the proper RIMM socket otherwise the system...

Page 32: ...low to finish memory installation 1 Make sure the RIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 60 pins 88 pins 2 Insert the module straight down to the RIMM slot with both...

Page 33: ...Ma an nu ua al l 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional RIMM C RIMM modules installation Direct RDRAM Module C RIMM Module Note Please do not forget to install the C RIMM modules into the proper RIMM sl...

Page 34: ...g 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 connect...

Page 35: ...oard comes with a 20 pin and 4 pin ATX power connector as shown below Make sure you plug in the right direction We strongly recommend you to connect the 4 pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 2...

Page 36: ...cation for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on off stand by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode BOOT LED will keep blinking when you power the...

Page 37: ...Au ut to o R Re ec co ov ve er ry y A traditional ATX system remains at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without...

Page 38: ...y C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r Connect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin 80 wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system d...

Page 39: ...6 or ATA100 IDE devices Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes The IDE bus is 16 bit which means every transfer is two bytes Warning The specification of the IDE cable is a m...

Page 40: ...r ro om mi is se e A AT TA A1 13 33 3 E En na ab bl le e D Di is sa ab bl le e J Ju um mp pe er r JP18 is used to enable or disable onboard Promise ATA133 controller function If you don t want to enab...

Page 41: ...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 Insta...

Page 42: ...slot AGP 1x2x4x is a bus interface targeted for high performance 3D graphic AGP supports memory read write operation and single master single slave one to one only It uses both rising and falling edge...

Page 43: ...on 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 whic...

Page 44: ...g 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...

Page 45: ...orm 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 lin...

Page 46: ...Ma an nu ua al l J JP P1 13 3 L LA AN N E En na ab bl le e D Di is sa ab bl le e J Ju um mp pe er r JP13 is used to enable or disable onboard LAN If you don t want to enable the Onboard LAN you should...

Page 47: ...SB Connectors MIC In Line In Speaker Out PS 2 Keyboard Connector COM 1 Port COM 2 Port PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which is using a PS 2 plug PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which is using a PS 2 plug...

Page 48: ...el le ec ct t J Ju um mp pe er r This motherboard provides USB keyboard mouse wake up function You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function which could resume your system from suspend mode with...

Page 49: ...S SB B2 2 0 0 P Po or rt t This motherboard provides 6 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...

Page 50: ...mally 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 sp...

Page 51: ...n ns so or r The CASE OPEN header provides chassis intrusion monitoring function This function will log an event in the system BIOS when this header is connected You can use the 2 pin chassis intrusio...

Page 52: ...3 P Pr ro o O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 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 CD IN Con...

Page 53: ...53 33 3 P Pr ro o 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 connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound L GND GND R AUX...

Page 54: ...o C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r If the housing has been design with an audio port on the front panel you ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector Pin 1 AUDIO Connector...

Page 55: ...ng Dr LED you can easily find the system problems that may occur while assembling It can clearly indicate whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation through the 8 LED light...

Page 56: ...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 ha...

Page 57: ...tem It can clearly tell you whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation such as CPU memory module VGA PCI add on card FDD HDD or keyboard Dr Voice provides four language ver...

Page 58: ...um mp pe er r This motherboard comes with another considerate option that allows you to turn off the voice from buzzer and speaker You can choose not to be bothered by the warning made from Dr Voice...

Page 59: ...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 fro...

Page 60: ...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 Over Current Protection Circuit Onboard Power Regu...

Page 61: ...or Keyboard and USB port to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken did the job to protect motherboard user still cannot replace it and the motherboard...

Page 62: ...alent 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 deta...

Page 63: ...lled 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 interferenc...

Page 64: ...on n N No or rt th h B Br ri id dg ge e In order to provide a better effect of cooling and make the chipset work more stable we especially design a fansink on the north bridge After locating the fans...

Page 65: ...sign VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen In addition the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue When...

Page 66: ...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 motherboard aims...

Page 67: ...OS it is a MUST to insert audio cable to CD IN connector on the motherboard Power Pressing O to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System Boot Pressing B to...

Page 68: ...omatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player Press Insert Key Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST It reminds you of pres...

Page 69: ...can download as many skins as you want from AOpen Website and changing them whenever you want by using this useful utility EzSkin which may also be downloaded from our website Even more you may design...

Page 70: ...e 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 discovered that having y...

Page 71: ...l voltages and set your expected margins of warning level You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here 71 You may set the highest margin of your CPU and system temperature as default...

Page 72: ...n SilentPC would judge automatically for your system lifting or lowering the rotation speed Fix FAN Control In this setting you may set a fixed rotation speed for each fan you installed Multiple Contr...

Page 73: ...ed in AOpen Bonus CD You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first before you can in...

Page 74: ...o o 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 D Di is sc c You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD disc Choose the utility and dri...

Page 75: ...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...

Page 76: ...ify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows Win95 WIN95A for Windows 95 and Win95A or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows Win95 for Windows 95 OSR2 3 Windows 95 will appear some messag...

Page 77: ...river procedure on Microsoft Windows NT When you are in Windows NT 1 In the Main group of NT select the Control Panel icon 2 In the Control Panel window choose the Network icon 3 In the Network Settin...

Page 78: ...installed on this computer 8 Bus Location display in next screen Your machine contains more than one hardware bus please select the Bus Type and Bus number on which your network adapter card is instal...

Page 79: ...li in ne 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 a RealTek ALC201A chip You can find the audio driver...

Page 80: ...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 sa...

Page 81: ...nly be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard Meanwhile all applications must be closed before starting AOconfig 4 From this page users may obtain the technical support information of...

Page 82: ...an t fine tune the chipset controlling entire system Therefore this chapter aims to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup Currently there are two kinds of beep sound whe...

Page 83: ...to give users a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program the function des...

Page 84: ...e Phoenix Award BIOS setup program By the way all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup you can press F3 key selecting preferred menu language to display 84 Key Descript...

Page 85: ...ged setting and exit setup program Note AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When...

Page 86: ...inish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables Power on and enter the BIOS Setup press Del during POST Power On Self Test Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Del 86...

Page 87: ...s been taken into consideration to go with any windows platform you might be using no matter if you re using Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 or even the latest Windows XP In the meanwhile in order to...

Page 88: ...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...

Page 89: ...CPU bus clock But it comes with clock generator of 248MHz 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 Pen...

Page 90: ...our 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...

Page 91: ...nt 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 inter...

Page 92: ...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...

Page 93: ...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...

Page 94: ...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...

Page 95: ...ogy 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 me...

Page 96: ...ut 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 package of Intel for Pentium III CPU It can only be plugged i...

Page 97: ...tion 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 e...

Page 98: ...S 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 au...

Page 99: ...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 inde...

Page 100: ...16 bit data per channel and this channel may have maximum 32 RDRAM devices 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...

Page 101: ...MM had been phased out on current motherboard design S SM MB Bu us s S Sy 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 compone...

Page 102: ...ta 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 1...

Page 103: ...edia 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 resul...

Page 104: ...If you encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable then remove all of the add on cards and cable...

Page 105: ...stall the VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing Turn on...

Page 106: ...ontinue Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Yes No Check if there is display Press Ctrl and Alt key at the same time hold them and then press Del to reboot the system Yes It is very possible...

Page 107: ...blem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself Check if the system can reboot successfully No Yes Turn off the system and re connect IDE cable Re install the operating system such as Windows 98...

Page 108: ...ore 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 c...

Page 109: ...ter all their attitude of service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them 6 6 Contact Us Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom be...

Page 110: ...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 AX4T 533 Pro R1 00 Aug 15 2002 AOpen Inc Phoenix Award Plug and Play B...

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