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The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN, home 
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Summary of Contents for MX4GV

Page 1: ...1 M MX X4 4G GV V 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 MX4GV DOC NO MX4GV OL E0208A...

Page 2: ...ew 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...

Page 3: ...Connector 36 IrDA Connector 38 ADD AGP Digital Display Slot 39 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED 40 WOL Wake on LAN 41 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 43 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN...

Page 4: ...yout Frequency Isolation Wall 60 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink 61 Vivid BIOS technology 62 Driver and Utility 63 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD 64 Installing Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 65 I...

Page 5: ...Enter BIOS Setup 80 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment 81 Overclocking 83 VGA Card Hard Disk 84 Glossary 85 AC97 85 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 85 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 85 A...

Page 6: ...Line Memory Module 88 DMA Direct Memory Access 89 ECC Error Checking and Correction 89 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 89 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 89 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM...

Page 7: ...Format 93 PnP Plug and Play 93 POST Power On Self Test 94 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 94 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 94 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 94 Shadow E2 PROM 94 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 95 SMBu...

Page 8: ...8 M MX X4 4G GV V O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Troubleshooting 98 Technical Support 102 Product Registration 105 How to Contact Us 106...

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: ...nfiguration 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...

Page 11: ...e 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 DDR200 PC16...

Page 12: ...s I O Controller Hub ICH4 features USB controllers supporting six USB2 0 ports With support for AC 97 audio and the ability to make the most of soft audio modem technology the 845VG chipset delivers...

Page 13: ...ment Provides 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment function in the BIOS This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100 248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment and helps your system get m...

Page 14: ...e newest audio transfer file format which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio Power Management Plug and Play Supports the po...

Page 15: ...98 ME 2000 series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 features Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port w...

Page 16: ...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...

Page 17: ...x2 FDD Connector 184 pin DIMMx2 support DDR200 266 SDRAM maximum up to 2GB ATX Power Connector Intel 845GV Chipset 478 pin CPU socket Willamette Northwood with Voltage and Frequency Auto detection tha...

Page 18: ...x2 AGP 4X Slot ICH4 Serial Port x2 USB Port USB Port x6 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 66 100 DDR200 266 SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 4Mbit Flash EEPROM PCI Bus...

Page 19: ...cessor 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...

Page 20: ...ll 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 upgrade...

Page 21: ...re 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 p...

Page 22: ...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 mar...

Page 23: ...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 sup...

Page 24: ...ipped 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 pictu...

Page 25: ...d 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 w...

Page 26: ...ccording 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 P...

Page 27: ...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 f...

Page 28: ...tium 4 2 8G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21x Warning Intel 845GV chipset supports maximum 400MHz 100MHz 4 533MHz 133MHz 4 system bus and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause serious system damage W...

Page 29: ...on ni it to or ri in ng g Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPUFAN1 connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor p...

Page 30: ...V 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 DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC2100 DDR266 memory or PC1600 DDR200 memory up t...

Page 31: ...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 securel...

Page 32: ...ing along a two lane highway while at the same time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street Therefore it is a more advanced technology that provides a great overall improvement in system p...

Page 33: ...et 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 fro...

Page 34: ...nector 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...

Page 35: ...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...

Page 36: ...dary Master 3rd 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 ori...

Page 37: ...g 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 inc...

Page 38: ...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 mod...

Page 39: ...into the special designed purple slot as you can see which we call ADD slot here The function of these two DVO ports is to support a variety of digital display devices such as LCDs and Digital input...

Page 40: ...gy is implemented this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of ADD card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out Please note that if you install a ADD card with 3 3V which is not su...

Page 41: ...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 instal...

Page 42: ...GV V 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 Ether...

Page 43: ...hat 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...

Page 44: ...s 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 transferrin...

Page 45: ...ides 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...

Page 46: ...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 c...

Page 47: ...per 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...

Page 48: ...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...

Page 49: ...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 d...

Page 50: ...sed 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 connecto...

Page 51: ...D 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 c...

Page 52: ...tor 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 pan...

Page 53: ...ormally 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...

Page 54: ...onfigurations 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 t...

Page 55: ...rent 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 Onboar...

Page 56: ...ystem 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...

Page 57: ...ard 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...

Page 58: ...ies 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 calcul...

Page 59: ...erclocking 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 Digita...

Page 60: ...led 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 interfer...

Page 61: ...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 consumptio...

Page 62: ...ividBios 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...

Page 63: ...nus 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 2000 before you install...

Page 64: ...4G GV V 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...

Page 65: ...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 845GE...

Page 66: ...a 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 tim...

Page 67: ...O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g I In nt te el l E Ex xt tr re em me e G Gr ra ap ph hi ic c D Dr ri iv ve er r You can download Intel Extreme graphic driver from...

Page 68: ...68 M MX X4 4G GV V O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g L LA AN N D Dr ri iv ve er r You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD...

Page 69: ...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 fin...

Page 70: ...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 Nex...

Page 71: ...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...

Page 72: ...on 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 firs...

Page 73: ...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 inform...

Page 74: ...an 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...

Page 75: ...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...

Page 76: ...ritical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS settings of MX4GV have been optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default settin...

Page 77: ...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...

Page 78: ...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 C...

Page 79: ...79 M MX X4 4G GV V 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 80: ...inish 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 P...

Page 81: ...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 d...

Page 82: ...odel 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 Sta...

Page 83: ...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 Pe...

Page 84: ...r 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 L...

Page 85: ...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...

Page 86: ...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...

Page 87: ...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 devic...

Page 88: ...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...

Page 89: ...s 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...

Page 90: ...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 SKT37...

Page 91: ...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...

Page 92: ...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 automat...

Page 93: ...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 independe...

Page 94: ...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 t...

Page 95: ...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...

Page 96: ...e 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...

Page 97: ...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...

Page 98: ...hen 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 proce...

Page 99: ...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 Ple...

Page 100: ...ue 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...

Page 101: ...m 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 syst...

Page 102: ...h 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...

Page 103: ...upport 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 sh...

Page 104: ...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 MX4GV is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version MX4GV...

Page 105: ...sues Receive email notification about latest product s announcements Be able to personalize your AOpen web pages Receive e mail notification about latest BIOS Driver Software release information Have...

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