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Summary of Contents for MX4GVR-GN

Page 1: ...L LR R G GN N M MX X4 4G GV VR R G GN 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 DOC NO MX4LRG...

Page 2: ...ou Must Notice 8 Before You Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 14 Motherboard Map 15 Block Diagram 16 Hardware Installation 17 About Optional and Upgrade Optional 18...

Page 3: ...DA Connector 36 Color Coded Back Panel 37 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard 38 COM2 Connector 39 Support Front USB 2 0 Connector 40 Case Open Connector 41 CD Audio Connector 42 AUX IN Connector 43 Front...

Page 4: ...y 58 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD Disc 58 Installing Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 59 Intel VGA driver 60 Installing Intel IAA Driver 61 Installing Onboard Sound Driver 62 Installing LAN...

Page 5: ...io Modem Riser 85 ATA AT Attachment 85 BIOS Basic Input Output System 86 Bluetooth 86 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 87 DDR Double Data Rate RAM 87 ECC Error Checking and Correction 87 EEPROM...

Page 6: ...90 POST Power On Self Test 91 PSB Processor System Bus Clock 91 RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory 91 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 91 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 92 SATA Serial ATA 92 SMBus Sys...

Page 7: ...7 M MX X4 4L LR R G GN N M MX X4 4G GV VR R G GN N O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Product Registration 102 How to Contact Us 103...

Page 8: ...ed 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 subje...

Page 9: ...or system configuration changes This Online Manual is saved in PDF format we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 0 for online viewing it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download f...

Page 10: ...FSB clock and the MX4GVR GN supports 533 MHz FSB According to different customer s requirements the Intel 845GL 845GV chipset memory interface supports DDR266 SDRAM devices with densities of 64 128 2...

Page 11: ...exed Intel DVO Port for Intel Pentium 4 processor platforms And the smart integration in the Intel 845GL 845GV chipset s I O Controller Hub ICH4 features USB controllers supporting six USB 2 0 ports W...

Page 12: ...und M sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment function in the BIOS This magic function...

Page 13: ...e system 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...

Page 14: ...u a quick procedure on how to install your system Follow each step accordingly 1 Installing CPU and Fan 2 Installing System Memory DIMM 3 Connecting Front Panel Cable 4 Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable...

Page 15: ...N Connector PC99 Colored Back Panel AUX IN Connector Onboard AC 97 CODEC Front Audio Connector Realtek RTL8101L LAN Chip Resettable Fuse JP28 Mouse Keyboard Wakeup 2200 F Low ESR Capacitors 4 pin 12V...

Page 16: ...cket x2 Intel ICH4 Serial Port x2 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB2 0 Connector x6 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66100 PC 266 DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel...

Page 17: ...damage your processor disk drives expansion boards and other components Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component 1 Do not remove a component from its protective...

Page 18: ...Open motherboards 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...

Page 19: ...follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2 3 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP14 to its normal se...

Page 20: ...U Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a cut edge on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the s...

Page 21: ...ion CPU cut edge Note If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it may damage the CPU Note This socket supports Micro FC PGA2 package CPU which is the latest CPU package developed...

Page 22: ...U socket 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...

Page 23: ...o detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup therefore no jumpers or switches are used The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper less designs are eliminated Ther...

Page 24: ...the CPU FSB frequency by user s setting that stored in the BIOS If system failed in BIOS POST the Watch Dog ABS will reset the system to reboot in five seconds Then BIOS will detect the CPU s default...

Page 25: ...erboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup and no jumpers or switches are needed CPU Ratio 8x 9x 10x 22x 23x 24x CPU FSB 100 255MHz Home Tip If your system hang...

Page 26: ...equency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 2 4G 2400MHz 133MHz 533MHz 18x Pentium 4 2 53G 2530MHz 133MHz 533MHz 19x Pentium 4 2 66G 2660MHz 133MHz 533MHz 20x Pentium 4 2 80G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21...

Page 27: ...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 System Fan FAN2 or FAN3 AUX Fan connector Note Some CPU...

Page 28: ...is sa ab 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...

Page 29: ...MM M S So oc ck ke et ts s This motherboard has two 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC266 memory up to 2GB Both ECC and Non ECC DDR SDRAM are supported but you can t install them b...

Page 30: ...installation 1 Make sure the DIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 52 pins 40 pins 2 Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press dow...

Page 31: ...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...

Page 32: ...his motherboard comes with a 20 pin and 4 pin ATX power connector Make sure you plug in the right direction We strongly recommend you to connect the 4 pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20 pi...

Page 33: ...o R Re ec co ov ve er ry y C 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...

Page 34: ...in 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...

Page 35: ...er Rate PIO mode 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...

Page 36: ...re such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA devices and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters and ASK IR 5...

Page 37: ...tor Line In USB2 0 Ports Speaker Out MIC In PS 2 Keyboard USB 2 0 Ports VGA Port COM 1 Port PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which use a PS 2 plug PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which use a PS 2 plug USB...

Page 38: ...k 8101L LAN controller on board which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB c...

Page 39: ...al l C CO OM M2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This motherboard provides two serial ports One of them is on back panel connector and the other is on the upper left of board With proper cable you can c...

Page 40: ...connect USB devices such as mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are four connectors on the back panel You can use proper cables to connect the Front USB connector to USB modules or front panel of c...

Page 41: ...ction 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 the opening of the chassis the system wil...

Page 42: ...X X4 4G GV VR R G GN N 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 soun...

Page 43: ...N N M MX X4 4G GV VR R G GN N 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 R...

Page 44: ...please remove 5 6 and 9 10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable Please do not remove these 5 6 and 9 10 yellow jumper caps if there s no audio port on the front pane...

Page 45: ...ions 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...

Page 46: ...upports CPU over current protection and it applies to 3 3V 5V 12V power supply for providing full line over current protection 12V Protected by power supply 5V Protected by power supply Onboard Power...

Page 47: ...m As you turn 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 th...

Page 48: ...Keyboard and 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 motherboar...

Page 49: ...w 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 a...

Page 50: ...et and CPU working in stable condition The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen s unique design called Frequency Isolation Wall Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions wher...

Page 51: ...Ma an nu ua al l E En nl la ar rg ge ed d A Al lu um mi in nu um m H He ea at ts si in nk k Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better h...

Page 52: ...plements special circuit to support Wake On Modem Wake On LAN and Wake On PCI Card Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply it can be triggered by Modem LAN or Other PCI...

Page 53: ...P Pl la ay ye er r Here we are pleased to provide you a brand new powerful interface Open JukeBox Without any cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player This latest Open JukeBox moth...

Page 54: ...pen Jukebox player which is driven under BIOS 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 W...

Page 55: ...ox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player Press Insert Key Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST It reminds...

Page 56: ...s skin You can download as many skins as you want from AOpen Website and changing them whenever you want by using this useful utility EzSkin which may also be downloaded from our website Even more you...

Page 57: ...nnovative design 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 bi...

Page 58: ...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 2000 XP before you can install any drivers or utilit...

Page 59: ...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 it was released before the Intel 8...

Page 60: ...4 4G GV VR R G GN N O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In nt te el l V VG GA A d dr ri iv ve er r You can install Intel VGA Driver to get the best graphics function of the chipset You can find it...

Page 61: ...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...

Page 62: ...G GN 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 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 You can find the audio driv...

Page 63: ...V VR R G GN 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 This motherboard integrates Realtek 10 100Mbps PCI LAN Chip You can find LAN driver from...

Page 64: ...from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Specify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows 95 WIN95A for Windows 95 and Win95A or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows 95 W95OSR2 for...

Page 65: ...SYS will auto detect the line speed 10 Mb or 100Mb while the RTL8139 SYS is loading The other values 10 or 100 are only used when you want to forced RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb...

Page 66: ...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 Last step to...

Page 67: ...X4 4G GV VR R G GN 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 U US SB B 2 2 0 0 D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard has six USB 2 0 ports You can find USB driver from the B...

Page 68: ...2000 Universal Serial Bus USB Controller will be displayed 1 Choose Search for a suitable driver for my device Recommended from the list and then press Enter 2 Choose Specify a location and then press...

Page 69: ...USB 2 0 Windows XP setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box Under Windows XP Universal Serial Bus USB Controller will be displayed 1 Click on Next and from the generated list box choose Install...

Page 70: ...Recommended 6 Check USB driver version from My Computer Local Disk C Show the content of this drive Windows directory Show the content of this drive System32 directory Show the content of this drive...

Page 71: ...ndir 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...

Page 72: ...creen 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 W...

Page 73: ...se only Standby and Shutdown 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 aoz...

Page 74: ...llowing path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT 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 S...

Page 75: ...o 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 Ne...

Page 76: ...out going 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...

Page 77: ...95 and Windows NT all other Windows Systems support ACPI 2 The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility must have been installed properly Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS Setu...

Page 78: ...low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of MX4LR GN MX4GVR GN had been optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default se...

Page 79: ...eyboard in the 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 Key Descri...

Page 80: ...R G GN N M MX X4 4G GV VR R G GN 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 ex...

Page 81: ...After you 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 perform...

Page 82: ...Flash has 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...

Page 83: ...P EZWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps 5 You may select preferred language i...

Page 84: ...b and do other application process as well We called CODEC that meets this structure AC97 CODEC A AC CP PI I A Ad dv va an nc ce ed d C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n P Po ow we er r I In nt te...

Page 85: ...yte x 8 2112MB s A AM MR R A Au ud di io o M Mo od de em m R Ri is se er r The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card AMR card that connects to mot...

Page 86: ...ity operation system and drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices B Bl lu ue et to oo ot th h Bluetooth is a wireless transferring technology that enables short rang...

Page 87: ...Based on FSB frequency DDR RAM on the market are DDR200 DDR266 and DDR333 with more coming around soon DDR200 transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s PC1600 DDR266 transfer bandwidth up to 266x64...

Page 88: ...us EV6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 200 MHz EV6 bus 200MHz 100 MHz external bus clock x 2 F FC CC C D Do oC C D De ec cl la ar ra at ti io on n o of f C Co on nf fo or rm mi it ty y The DoC is...

Page 89: ...serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio A V consumer application is its low cost Fire wire...

Page 90: ...bus usually implemented at 32 bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps P PD DF F F Fo or rm ma at t With PDF file it is easy to do universal document exchange Virtually a...

Page 91: ...M R Ra am mb bu us s D Dy yn na am mi ic c R Ra an nd do om m A Ac cc ce es ss s M Me em mo or ry y A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation to achieve high speed of memory through the use of...

Page 92: ...systems and drivers adding performance headroom for years to come It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes second and 300M bs 600M bs to come It reduces voltage and pins count requirement...

Page 93: ...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...

Page 94: ...O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 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 DOS and other operating system or...

Page 95: ...ti in ng g 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 card...

Page 96: ...Continue Install 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 repair...

Page 97: ...u ua al l Continue Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Yes No Check if there is display Yes It is very possible that your keyboard is defective No Check if the system reboots Press Ctrl and...

Page 98: ...nue The problem 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...

Page 99: ...og on and then select your preferred language Under Type directory choose Manuals to go to our manual database You can also find the manual and EIG in AOpen Bonus Pack http club aopen com tw downloads...

Page 100: ...tors They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you Contact Us Please prepare detail system configura...

Page 101: ...nd 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 MX4LR GN R1 00 Feb 1 2003 AOpen Inc Phoenix Award Plu...

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