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Summary of Contents for MX4BR-533

Page 1: ...MX X4 4B BR R 5 53 33 3 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 MX4BR 533 DOC NO MX4BR533 OL E0203A ...

Page 2: ...e You Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 15 Motherboard Map 16 Block Diagram 17 Hardware Installation 18 About Optional and Upgrade Optional 19 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 20 CPU Installation 21 CPU Jumper less Design 24 Full range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage 26 CPU and System Fan Connector with H W Monitoring 28 DIMM Sockets 29 Front Panel Connector 31 ...

Page 3: ...Graphic Port Expansion Slot 37 AGP Protection Technology 38 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard 39 WOL Wake on LAN 40 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 42 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 43 Support USB2 0 Port 44 Chassis Intrusion Connector 45 CD Audio Connector 46 Modem Audio Connector 47 Front Audio Connector 48 S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector 49 Dr LED Connector 50 Batt...

Page 4: ...9 Driver and Utility 60 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD Disc 61 Installing Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 62 Installing Intel IAA Driver 63 Installing LAN Driver 64 Installing Onboard Sound Driver 67 Installing USB2 0 Driver 68 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility 70 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive 71 ACPI Suspend to RAM STR 75 AWARD BIOS 77 About BIOS Function Description 78 How To Use Awar...

Page 5: ...6 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 86 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 86 AMR Audio Modem Riser 87 AOpen Bonus Pack CD 87 APM Advanced Power Management 87 ATA AT Attachment 87 ATA 66 87 ATA 100 88 BIOS Basic Input Output System 88 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 88 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 88 CODEC Coding and Decoding 89 DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM 89 ...

Page 6: ...t Memory 90 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 90 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 90 EV6 Bus 91 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 91 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array 91 Flash ROM 91 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 92 I2 C Bus 92 IEEE 1394 92 Parity Bit 92 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM 93 PC 100 DIMM 93 PC 133 DIMM 93 PC 1600 or PC 2100 DDR DRAM 93 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 93 ...

Page 7: ... RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 95 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 95 Shadow E2 PROM 95 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 95 SMBus System Management Bus 96 SPD Serial Presence Detect 96 Ultra DMA 96 USB Universal Serial Bus 97 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 97 ZIP file 97 Troubleshooting 98 Technical Support 102 Product Registration 105 How to Contact Us 106 ...

Page 8: ...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 manual includ...

Page 9: ... configuration changes This Online Manual is saved in PDF format we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 0 for online viewing it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing it is still capable for hardcopy printing you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer To do so c...

Page 10: ... customer s requirements this motherboard supports DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM and DDR266 PC2100 SDRAM up to 2GB maximum The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode and the transfer rate up to 100MB s Further flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser CNR card option that allows audio modem and or LAN configuration on a single baseboard design M...

Page 11: ...single channel of DDR 200 266 Besides it also supports the second generation I O Controller Hub Intel ICH4 to provide the features required by a desktop platform Expansion Slots Including three 32 bit 33MHz PCI one CNR and one AGP 4X slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB s The Communication Nectworking Riser CNR slot provided from MX4BR 533 can support CNR interface for a Modem Aud...

Page 12: ...home use Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Mater IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5 and supports Enhanced IDE devices On board AC 97 Sound MX4BR 533 uses the RealTek AC97 sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and pl...

Page 13: ...confirms to the power saving standards of the U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA Energy Star program It also offers Plug and Play which helps save users from configuration problems thus making the system much user friendlier Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen Watch Dog Timer function that can auto reset system in 4 8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking Dr LED Connecting Dr LED you can ea...

Page 14: ... S Environmental Protection Agency EPA Energy Star program It also offers Plug and Play helping save users from configuration problems and makes the system user friendly Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 98 ME 2000 series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 features Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial...

Page 15: ...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 16: ... pin DDR DIMM Socket x2 supports PC 200 266 DDR SDRAM maximum up to 2 GB ATX Power Connector Intel 845E chipset with MCH ICH4 that supports LAN Ultra ATA 100 SDRAM Solution 478 pin CPU socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto detection that support Intel Pentium 4 1 4 2 4GHz CPU AGP 4x Expansion Slot 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 4 pin 12V ATX Power Connector Low ESR Capacitors Realtek ALC201A AC 97 ...

Page 17: ...4 Serial Port x2 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB Connector x6 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66100 PC 200 266 DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 2Mbit Flash EEPROM AC Link PCI Bus CNR Slot Firmware Hub Low Pin Count Super I O Floppy Disk Drive x2 RealTek ALC201A Realtek 8100BL LAN connect Component 3rd USB Port B Bl lo oc ck k D Di ia ag gr ra am m ...

Page 18: ...ur 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 the s...

Page 19: ...oards include many amazing and powerful features in some situations these powerful features are not used to every user Hence we changed some key features as Optional for you to choose Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users we call them Upgrade Optional As for those optional functions that can t be upgraded by ourselves we call them Optional If needed you can contact our local distri...

Page 20: ... 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 1 Normal default 1 Clear CMOS Tip When should I Clear CMOS 1 Boot fail because of overclocking 2 Forget password 3 Troubleshooting P...

Page 21: ...reful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket Note These pictures are for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 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 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 CPU cut...

Page 22: ...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 Note P4 CPU tends to produce higher temperature for better heat dissipation we recommend you to install this motherboard with a bigger housing Besides by doing so y...

Page 23: ...hen 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 module Cli...

Page 24: ...n 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 CPU Power Regulator CPU VID signal CPU voltage Automatically generates CPU voltage Clock Generator CPU Freq Ratio BIOS Controlled Cir...

Page 25: ...quency according to user s settings stored in BIOS If system fails in BIOS POST then Watch Dog Timer will reset the system to reboot in five seconds 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 to clear CMOS...

Page 26: ...erates 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 You can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup and no jumpers or switches are needed to be set CPU Ratio 8x 9x 10x 22x 23x 24x CPU FSB 100 248MHz by 1MHz stepping Tip If your system hangs or fails to boot due to overclocking simply use Home key to rest...

Page 27: ... 4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz 24x Pentium 4 2 4G 2400MHz 133MHz 533MHz 18x 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 Pentium 4 1 8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x Pentium 4 1 9G 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 19x Pentium 4 2 0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Warning Intel 845E chi...

Page 28: ...or r w wi 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 CPU FAN connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on FAN2 or FAN3 connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that cannot support hardware monitoring function CPU FAN Connector FAN2 Connector GND 12V SENSOR FAN3 Connector ...

Page 29: ... BR R 5 53 33 3 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l D DI IM MM M S So oc ck ke et ts s This motherboard has two 184 pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC200 or PC266 DDR SDRAM memory up to 2GB DIMM1 DIMM2 ...

Page 30: ...he DDR DIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 2 Insert the module straight down to the DDR DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DDR DIMM module is securely in place 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DDR 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 5...

Page 31: ...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 Speaker IDE LED SPWR ACPI PWR LED Reset 1 5VS...

Page 32: ... insert the 4 pin connector before connecting the 20 pin connector 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 remains at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem 5V 5V 5V 5V 3 3...

Page 33: ... 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 FDC and IDE connector The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage Pin 1 ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector FDD Connector IDE 1 Primary IDE 2 Secondary ...

Page 34: ...ode 0 30ns 20 600ns 1 600ns x 2byte 3 3MB s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns 1 383ns x 2byte 5 2MB s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns 1 240ns x 2byte 8 3MB s PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns 1 180ns x 2byte 11 1MB s PIO mode 4 30ns 4 120ns 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s DMA mode 0 30ns 16 480ns 1 480ns x 2byte 4 16MB s DMA mode 1 30ns 5 150ns 1 150ns x 2byte 13 3MB s DMA mode 2 30ns 4 120ns 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s UDMA 33 30ns ...

Page 35: ... bl le e J Ju um mp pe er r This motherboard provides keyboard mouse wake up function You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse The factory default setting is set to Enable 1 2 and you may disable this function by setting the jumper to 2 3 Enable Default Disable JP28 KB Mouse Wake up 1 1 Pin1 ...

Page 36: ...ndows 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 1 KEY GND IR_RX NC 5V IR_TX P...

Page 37: ...ot t MX4BR 533 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 38: ...y 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 845E the AGP protection LED will light up to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage You may contact your AGP card vendor for further support Warning It is strongly recom...

Page 39: ...rm LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors The green LED indicates the link mode it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data The orange LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights when data is transferring in 100Mbps mode To enable or disable this function you may simply ...

Page 40: ...set supporting this feature and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector The system identification information probably IP address is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet you need to install network management software such as ADM for the checking of how to wake up the system Note that at least 600mA ATX standby current is required to suppo...

Page 41: ... R 5 53 33 3 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Note This picture is for example only it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased WOL Connector Motherboard Side WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side ...

Page 42: ...iser that supports V 90 analog modem multi channel audio and phone line based networking Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power The analogy conversion CODEC circuit requires a different and separate circuit design which is put on CNR card This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board but reserve CNR slot fo...

Page 43: ... using a PS 2 plug USB Port Available for connecting USB devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer COM1 COM2 Port To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices RJ45 LAN Connector To connect to LAN Network VGA Connector To connect with PC monitor Speaker Out To External Speaker Earphone or Amplifier Line In Comes from the signal sources such as CD Tape player MIC I...

Page 44: ...k panel or connect USB2 and USB3 headers to the front panel of chassis Compared to traditional USB 1 0 1 1 with the speed of 12Mbps USB 2 0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than the traditional one Except for the speed increase USB 2 0 supports old USB 1 0 1 1 software and peripherals offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers On this motherboard all six...

Page 45: ...this function works you have to enable it in the system BIOS connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis So whenever the sensor is triggered by lights 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 fun...

Page 46: ...B BR R 5 53 33 3 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l CD IN R GND GND 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 ...

Page 47: ...u ud di io o C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This connector is used to connect Mono In MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit The pin 1 2 is Mono In and the pin 3 4 is MIC Out Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet only some internal modem cards implement this connector ...

Page 48: ...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 panel Note Please remove the jumper cap from the Front Panel Audio Connector before you connect the cable Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if housing without an audio port on the front panel Pin 1...

Page 49: ...ital audio instead of analog Normally there are two S PDIF outputs as shown one for RCA connector the most common one used for consumer audio products and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality Through a specific audio cable you can connect the SPDIF connector to a S PDIF audio module bearing S PDIF digital output However you must have a S PDIF supported speaker with SPDI...

Page 50: ...r 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 lights of Dr LED on the front panel That is to say you can diagnose your system status quickly Pin 1 2 1 6 5 3 3V GND GPO19 GPO20 GPO21 ...

Page 51: ...correctly or is damaged LED 1 Indicates that the memory may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 2 Indicates that the AGP may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 3 Indicates that the PCI card may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 4 Indicates that the floppy disk drive may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 5 Indicates that the HDD may have ...

Page 52: ...t the need of a battery The RTC real time clock can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged If you lose your CMOS data by accident you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual 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 ba...

Page 53: ...s 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 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 try to prevent any human operating m...

Page 54: ...rn on your system this smart design will continue to monitor your system s working voltage fan status and CPU temperature If any of these systems status goes wrong there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard if existed to warn the user CPU Voltage CPU CPU Temperature System Voltage Power Fan Speed Fan Detection Circuit AOpen H W Monitoring Utility ...

Page 55: ...nd USB port to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken function as protecting the motherboard user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunctioning With expensive Resettable Fuse the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function after the fuse had done its protection job Resettable Fuse ...

Page 56: ... Low Equivalent Series Resistance during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know how that requires experience and detail calculation Not only that MX4BR 533 implements 2200μF capacitors which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000 1500μf and it provides better stability for CPU power ...

Page 57: ...I 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 18A current is applied Note This diagram for example only it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard ...

Page 58: ...design called Frequency Isolation Wall Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range to avoid cross talk and frequency interference between each region s operations and condition The trace length and route must be calculated carefully For example the clock trace must be equal length not necessarily as short as possible ...

Page 59: ... Ma an nu ua al l P Pu ur re e A Al lu um mi in nu um m H He ea at ts si in nk k Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability Aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU ...

Page 60: ...pen Bonus CD You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 98 before you can install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system s installation guide Note Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98 ...

Page 61: ...3 33 3 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 Choose the utility and driver and select model name ...

Page 62: ...l 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 it was released before the Intel 845E chipset You can install the Intel INF Update Utility from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu to eliminate the marks ...

Page 63: ... 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 the AOpen Bonus Pack CD ...

Page 64: ...Windows 95 system disk to complete setup step 4 Windows 95 will finish the other installation procedure automatically then you restart the system Installing driver for Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME Windows XP 1 Ask you to select which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Specify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WIN9...

Page 65: ...ton 5 Enter drive and pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WinNT4 for NT 4 0 which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP INF is located and then choose the OK button 6 The screen will appear Select Line Speed dialog box which is provide by RTL8139 SYS driver The default value is auto so that the RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139 SYS will auto detect the line speed ...

Page 66: ...l network software options were installed you may be prompted for specific information for these packages 10 Restarting your system you will acquire network service NOTES Installing Multiple LAN Adapters Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2 in the Network Settings dialog box choose the Configure button The Input Ethernet ID dialog box appears and input adapter s Ethernet ID Las...

Page 67: ...nl 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 S So ou un nd d D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard comes with a RealTek AC97 CODEC You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu ...

Page 68: ...be displayed 1 Choose Search for a suitable driver for my device Recommended from the list and press Enter 2 Choose Specify a location and then press Next 3 Place Bonus CD in CD ROM 4 Type CD ROM Driver Intel USB2 0 in the text box that appears Press OK 5 Click Next A message informing you that Windows has found Intel R USB Enhanced Host Controller ICH4 should appear 6 Click Next and then Finish C...

Page 69: ...ocation in the search 3 Place Bonus CD in CD ROM 4 Type CD ROM Driver Intel USB2 0 in the text box that appears 5 Click on Next A message informing you that Windows XP has found Intel R USB Enhanced Host Controller ICH4 should appear 6 When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the USB driver click Finish Confirming Windows XP Installation 1 From Windows XP open Control Panel from My Com...

Page 70: ... 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 the BIOS and utility software No hardware installation is needed ...

Page 71: ... 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 Resto...

Page 72: ...be shown Select Hibernate and Apply 3 Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD utility a If you assign the whole disk to your Win 98 system FAT 16 or FAT 32 please run aozvhdd c file Please remember sufficient free space has to be reserved in the disk e g if you have 64 MB DRAM and 16 MB VGA card installed the system needs at least 80 MB free space The utility will locate the space automatically b If y...

Page 73: ...ON 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 through...

Page 74: ...w 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 Tip Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI suspend to disk P...

Page 75: ...hrough 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 Statu...

Page 76: ...ows 98 is the only choice 2 The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility must have been installed properly 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 77: ... level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of MX4BR 533 had optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default setting of BIOS still can t fine tune the chipset controlling entire system Hence the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup To enter to BIOS setup menu p...

Page 78: ... to give users a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program the function description will appeared at right side of screen Hence you don t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting Menu Items Select Window Item Function Description Window ...

Page 79: ...S 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 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 2 In sub menu Ex...

Page 80: ... 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 you select one function of BIOS setup program the function description will appeared at right side of screen Hence you don t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting ...

Page 81: ...ou finish 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 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 82: ...right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model AOpen Easy Flash is a little different than traditional flash method The BIOS binary file and flash routine are linked together and you simply run a single commend to complete the flash process Caution AOpen Easy Flash BIOS programs are designed to be compatible with the Award BIOS At the date of this note AOpen Easy Flash BIOS programs are not a...

Page 83: ...r example MX4BR533102 BIN MX4BR533102 EXE 4 Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler such as EMM386 or device driver It needs around 520K free memory spaces 5 Execute A MX4BR533102 and the program will do the rest of it DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS until you are asked to 6 Reboot system and press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Defaults then Save...

Page 84: ... 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 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 heatsink we...

Page 85: ...or 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 86: ...ent 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 targeted ...

Page 87: ... 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 Internation...

Page 88: ...t te er r I ID DE E D DM MA A m mo od de e The traditional PIO Programmable I O IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting for the mechanical events To reduce the workload of the CPU the bus master IDE device transfers data from to memory without interrupting CPU and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and ID...

Page 89: ...orkstation applications DDR low cost and low voltage will ultimately make it an ideal solution for all segments of the PC market high performance desktop and mobile PCs Value PCs and even Internet Appliances and mobile devices D DI IM MM M D Du ua al l I In n L Li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le e DIMM socket has total 168 pin and supports 64 bit data It can be single or double side th...

Page 90: ...l 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 RO OM M Also known as E2 PROM Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re program...

Page 91: ...ithout 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 sh h R ...

Page 92: ...nel ID and notification of errors There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Asynchronous transport is the traditional computer memory mapped load and store interface Data requests are sent to a specific address and an acknowledgment is returned In addition to an architecture that scales with silicon technology IEEE 1394 features a unique isochronous data channel in...

Page 93: ... DI IM MM M SDRAM DIMM that supports 100MHz CPU FSB bus clock P PC C 1 13 33 3 D DI IM MM M SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU FSB bus clock P PC C 1 16 60 00 0 o or r P PC C 2 21 10 00 0 D DD DR R D DR RA AM M Based on FSB frequency the DDR DRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type of working frequency Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64 bit it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s a...

Page 94: ...perating system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts PnP BIOS or operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ DMA Memory Currently almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are already PnP compliant P PO OS ST T P Po ow we er r O On n S Se el lf f T Te es st t The BIOS self test procedure after power on sometimes it is the first or the second screen shown on your monito...

Page 95: ...milar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer SDRAM comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V AOpen is the first company to support dual SDRAM DIMMs onboard AP5V from Q1 1996 S Sh ha ad do ow w E E 2 2 P PR RO OM M A memory space in Flash ROM to simulate E2 PROM operation AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E2 PROM for jumper less and battery less design S SI IM MM M S Si in ng gl le e I In n L Li ...

Page 96: ... lt tr ra a D DM MA A Ultra DMA or more accurately Ultra DMA 33 is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer s data path or bus to the computer s random access memory RAM The Ultra DMA 33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33 3MB s twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory DMA interface Ultra DMA was developed as a proposed industry st...

Page 97: ...e el l M Me em mo or ry y NEC s Virtual Channel Memory VCM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service multimedia requirements VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I O pins Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and...

Page 98: ...able 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 99: ...e 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 100: ...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 101: ... 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 102: ...mers Thanks very much for your understanding AOpen Technical Supporting Team Online Manual Please check the manual carefully and make sure the jumper settings and installation procedure are correct http www aopen com tech download manual 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 www aopen com tech...

Page 103: ...come to join any discussion http www aopen com tech newsgrp default htm Contact Distributors Resellers We sell our products through resellers and integrators They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us After all their attitude of service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them...

Page 104: ...I 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 MX4BR 533 is model name of motherboard R1 0A is BIOS version MX4BR 533 R1 20 Mar 01 2002 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc ...

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