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DOC. NO.: AX37DP-OL-E0103A 

 

Содержание AX37D Plus

Страница 1: ...lu us s A AX X3 37 7D D 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 Troubleshooting Technical Support AX37D Plus AX37D Pro DOC NO AX37DP OL E0103A ...

Страница 2: ...nual 2 You Must Notice 8 Before You Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 15 Motherboard Map 16 Block Diagram 17 Hardware Installation 19 Clear CMOS Data 20 CPU Installation 21 JP23 FSB PCI Clock Ratio 23 CPU Jumper less Design 25 CPU and Housing Fan Connector with H W Monitoring 31 SDRAM Socket 32 System and RAM Power Indicate LED 35 Front Panel Connector 36 ...

Страница 3: ...DA Connector 42 WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem Connector 43 WOL Wake on LAN 46 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot 48 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 49 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 50 Support 2nd 3rd USB Port 51 Chassis Intrusion Sensor 52 CD Audio Connector 53 Modem Audio Connector 54 AUX IN Connector 55 Front Audio 56 Die Hard BIOS 100 Virus Protection Upgrade Optional...

Страница 4: ...luminum Heatsink 71 Driver and Utility 72 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD Disc 73 Installing Windows 95 74 Installing Windows 98 75 Installing Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 76 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver 77 Installing Onboard Sound Driver 78 Install Onboard IDE RAID Driver AX37D Plus only 79 Install FastCheck Monitoring Utility AX37D Plus only 79 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility 80 ACPI...

Страница 5: ...IOS Upgrade 92 Overclocking 94 VGA Card Hard Disk 95 Glossary 96 AC97 96 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 96 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 96 AMR Audio Modem Riser 97 AOpen Bonus Pack CD 97 APM Advanced Power Management 97 ATA AT Attachment 97 ATA 66 97 ATA 100 98 BIOS Basic Input Output System 98 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 98 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 98 ...

Страница 6: ... Error Checking and Correction 100 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 100 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 100 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 100 EV6 Bus 101 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 101 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array 101 Flash ROM 101 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 102 I2 C Bus 102 IEEE 1394 102 Parity Bit 102 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM 103 PC 100 DIMM 103 PC 133 DIMM 103 PC 1600 or...

Страница 7: ...Power On Self Test 104 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 104 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 105 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 105 Shadow E2 PROM 105 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 105 SMBus System Management Bus 106 SPD Serial Presence Detect 106 Ultra DMA 106 USB Universal Serial Bus 107 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 107 ZIP file 107 Troubleshooting 108 Technical Support 112 Product Registration 115 ...

Страница 8: ...s used on this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their respective owners All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in thi...

Страница 9: ...ades or system configuration changes This Online Manual is saved in PDF format we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 0 for online viewing it is included in Bonus CD 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 prin...

Страница 10: ...t Controller PC1600 and PC2100 DDR SDRAM can be applied to the AX37D Plus AX37D Pro and the maximum memory size can be up to 2GB In addition it has still added two 168 pin SDRAM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 2 GB either The on board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode and the transfer rate up to 100MB s AX37D Plus with a Promise FastTrak 100 Lite IDE RA...

Страница 11: ...ated Client V Link controller with 266MB s bandwidth between Host Client V Link interface provides a V Link PCI and V Link LPC controller Of six PCI slots provided AX37D Plus supports four master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus and two slave PCI slots while AX37D Pro supports five master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding functions also and one...

Страница 12: ...o 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 4 and supports Enhanced IDE devices On board ATA 100 IDE RAID AX37D Plus Only 1 Supports data striping RAID 0 and mirroring RAID 1 Provides dramatic increase in drive performance and or fault tolerant options Offers performance customization and data rebuilds from ...

Страница 13: ...ion that can fully compatible with low power mode and wake up specification 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment function in the BIOS This magic function allows you adjust CPU FSB frequency from 66 248 by 1MHz stepping and lets your system can get maximum performance Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen Watch Dog Timer function that can auto reset system in 4 8 ...

Страница 14: ...ation problems thus making the system much more user friendly Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status temperature and voltage monitoring and alert through the on board hardware monitor module and Aopen Hardware Monitoring Utility Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 ST...

Страница 15: ... 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 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 Ut...

Страница 16: ...E RAID Connector x2 AX37D Plus Only ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector x2 FDD Connector CD IN Connector Die Hard BIOS with 100 Virus Protection Upgrade Optional JP30 Die Hard BIOS Select Jumper Onboard AC97 CODEC Green AUX IN Connector Red Modem IN Connector CNR Expansion Slot 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 2 nd 3 rd USB Port Connector Dr LED Connector WOM Wake ON Modem Connector WOL Wake ON LAN Connector ...

Страница 17: ...rt x2 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB connector x6 32 bit PCI Slot x6 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66100 PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 2MBit Flash EEPROM Audio CODEC Modem CODEC AC 97 Link IDE Drive x4 Primary Channel Secondary Channel Promise FastTrak 100 IDE RAID Controller Supports ATA100 IDE RAID 0 and RAID 1 Solution AX37D Plus Only PCI Bus CNR Slot 3r...

Страница 18: ...18 A AX X3 37 7D D P Pl lu us s A AX X3 37 7D D P Pr ro o O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l This page is intentionally left blank for notes ...

Страница 19: ... can 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 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 cont...

Страница 20: ...the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2 3 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 pin2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 Tip When should I Clear CMOS 1 Boot fail because of overclocking 2 Forget password 3 Troubleshooting Normal Operation default Cle...

Страница 21: ...l Pentium III and Celeron Socket 370 series CPU 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 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 edge ...

Страница 22: ... s A AX X3 37 7D D P Pr ro o O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Note If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it may damage the CPU 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation CPU cut edge ...

Страница 23: ...ting By the way this motherboard also provides 1MHz Stepping Adjustment feature for overclockers You can adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program Based on the CPU type the adjustment range has three level 66 90 FSB 66MHz such as Celeron 533 100 127 FSB 100 such as Pentium III 800E 133 248 FSB 133 such as Pentium III 800EB MHz for your choosing If you fix the CPU FSB frequency by JP23 the 1M...

Страница 24: ...6MHz 33MHz 66 PCI x2 or x3 2X overclocking 75MHz 37 5MHz 75MHz PCI x2 or x3 3X 100MHz 33MHz 66MHz PCI x2 or x3 or x4 3X overclocking 112MHz 37 3MHz 74 6MHz PCI x2 or x3 or x4 4X 133MHz 33MHz 66MHz PCI x3 or x4 4X overclocking 155MHz 38 75MHz 77 5MHz PCI x3 or x4 Warning VIA Apollo Pro 266 chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause serious system damage ...

Страница 25: ... 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 There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection Intel Socket 370 Pentium III Celeron CPU Power Regulator CPU VID signal CPU voltage Automatically generates CPU voltage Clock Generator CPU Freq Ratio ...

Страница 26: ... AOpen works together with Fairchild to develop a special chip FM3540 that supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1 3V to 3 5 by 0 05 stepping But this motherboard can also automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Voltage Setting Warning Higher CPU core voltage may be able to increase CPU speed for overclocking but you ma...

Страница 27: ...5x 5 5x 6x 6 5x 7x 7 5x and 8x CPU FSB By BIOS Table 66 8 75 83 3 100 103 105 110 112 115 120 124 133 140 and 150 MHz CPU FSB By manual Adjustment 66 248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology Warning VIA Apollo Pro 266 chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause serious system damage Tip If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking si...

Страница 28: ...MHz 66MHz 4 5x Celeron 366 366MHz 66MHz 5 5x Celeron 366 366MHz 66MHz 5 5x Celeron 400 400MHz 66MHz 6x Celeron 433 433MHz 66MHz 6 5 Celeron 466 466MHz 66MHz 7x Celeron 500 500MHz 66MHz 7 5x Celeron 533 533MHz 66MHz 8x Celeron 566 566MHz 66MHz 8 5x Celeron 600 600MHz 66MHz 9x Celeron 667 667MHz 66MHz 10x Celeron 700 700MHz 66MHz 10 5 Pentium III 500E 500MHz 100MHz 5x Pentium III 600E 600MHz 100MHz ...

Страница 29: ...I 850E 850MHz 100MHz 8 5x Pentium III 533EB 533MHz 133MHz 4x Pentium III 600EB 600MHz 133MHz 4 5x Pentium III 667EB 667MHz 133MHz 5x Pentium III 733EB 733MHz 133MHz 5 5 Pentium III 800EB 800MHz 133MHz 6x Pentium III 866EB 866MHz 133MHz 6 5 Pentium III 933EB 933MHz 133MHz 7x Pentium III 1000EB 1GHz 133MHz 7 5x Warning VIA Apollo Pro 266 chipset supports maximum 133MHz Bus and 66MHz AGP clock higher...

Страница 30: ...nd set the CPU FSB frequency by user s setting that stored in the BIOS If system failed in BIOS POST the Watch Dog Timer will reset the system to reboot in five seconds Then BIOS will detect the CPU s default frequency and POST again With this special feature you can easily overclock your system to get higher system performance and without removing the cover of system housing to set the jumper to ...

Страница 31: ...t to 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 without H W monitoring connector SENSE 12V GND Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that cannot support fan monitoring CPU Fan Connector Fan2 Connector SENSE 12V GND Fan3 Connector ...

Страница 32: ...r banks of DDR SDRAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 1M 2M4M 8M 16M 32M 64MxN SDRAM with maximum up to 2GB Besides this motherboard has added two 168 pin SDRAM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 2 GB either DDR SDRAM Warning The AX37D Plus AX37D Pro supports both DDR SDRAM and SDRAM please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR SDRAM sockets and vice versa Otherw...

Страница 33: ...tallation 1 Make sure the DIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 2 Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation 52 pins 40 pins Note The tabs of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touc...

Страница 34: ...serting extra RAM modules on SDRAM DIMM while you have had already inserted RAM Modules on DDR SDRAM The correct installation of the terminator module is to insert it on the first SDRAM DIMM socket as shown below 1 Make sure the module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 2 Insert the module straight down to the first SDRAM DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly u...

Страница 35: ...LE ED D This LED indicates there is power applies to motherboard and memory If you connect power to the motherboard this LED will be lighting It is useful to check the system power status when power on off and stand by mode or RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode Warning Do not install or remove the DIMM module or others devices when the LED is lighting System Power LED ...

Страница 36: ...PI speaker power 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 1 Speaker IDE LED Power Switch A...

Страница 37: ...l li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A AT TX X P Po ow we er r C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r The ATX power supply uses 20 pin connector shown below Make sure you plug in the right direction 5V 5V 5V 5V 3 3V 3 3V 3 3V COM COM COM COM COM COM 5V COM 12V PS ON PW OK 12V 5VSB ...

Страница 38: ... power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS that needs to keep power on This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem J JP P2 28 8 K Ke ey yb bo oa ar rd d W Wa ak ke e u up p This motherboard provides keyboard wake up function You can use the JP28 to enable or disable this function Disable ...

Страница 39: ...IDE 2 Slave 4th I ID DE E F Fl lo op pp py y a an nd d I ID DE E R RA AI ID D A AX X3 37 7D D P Pl lu us s o on nl ly 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 IDE RAID AX37D Plus only connector Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage IDE2 Secondary Pin 1 IDE1 Primary ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connect...

Страница 40: ...fer 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 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...

Страница 41: ... sa ab bl le e O On nb bo oa ar rd d I ID DE E R RA AI ID D C Co on nt tr ro ol ll le er r The JP35 is used to enable or disable onboard PROMISE FastTrak 100 Lite IDE RAID controller If you want to disable this controller please turn off the system power first and short pin 2 and pin 3 of JP35 by jumper Pin 1 Enable Default Disable 1 1 ...

Страница 42: ...software 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 56Kbps Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup UART2 Mode make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connecto...

Страница 43: ...t to or r This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off it is recommended to use an internal modem To use internal modem connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard WOM Connector 5VSB NC RI GND ...

Страница 44: ...na al l B BO OX X M Mo od de em m Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard Pin 1 Serial Port Modem Side Serial Port Motherboard Side ...

Страница 45: ...er a phone call as an answering machine or to send receive a fax You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off Both an external box modem and an internal modem card can be used to support Modem Wake Up but if you use an external modem you have to leave your box modem on WOM Connector Modem Card Side WOM Connector Mot...

Страница 46: ...twork card with chipset that supports 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 curre...

Страница 47: ...P Pl lu us s A AX X3 37 7D D P Pr ro o 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 be the same motherboard WOL Connector Motherboard Side WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side ...

Страница 48: ... Sl lo ot t The AX37D Plus AX37D Pro 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 10...

Страница 49: ...rking with Ethernet LAN DSL USB wireless or phone line based home networking added Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger the digital processing job can be integrated into main chipset and share CPU power However the analogy conversion CODEC circuit requires a different and separate circuit design which is put on the lower cost and flexible CNR card Though this motherboard implements audio ...

Страница 50: ...board which is using a PS 2 plug PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which is using a PS 2 plug USB Port Available for connecting USB devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer COM1 Port To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices Speaker Out To External Speaker Earphone or Amplifier Line In Comes from the signal sources such as CD Tape player MIC In From Microphone MIDI Gam...

Страница 51: ...B B P Po or rt t This motherboard supports three USB ports and provides six USB connectors Two of them are on the PC99 colored back panel and 2nd and 3rd port connector is behind PCI3 slot You can use proper cable to connect others USB connectors to the back panel or front panel of chassis 5V SBD2 SBD2 GND KEY 5V SBD3 SBD3 GND NC 1 2 9 10 Pin 1 ...

Страница 52: ...n This function logged the event in the system BIOS when chassis is opened You can use the 2 pin chassis intrusion sensor to connect with Case Open and enable the chassis monitoring function of system BIOS Please contact our local distributor or reseller for purchasing this sensor And again you also can visit our official web site www aopen com tw to get more information Case Open Chassis Intrusio...

Страница 53: ... s A AX X3 37 7D D 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 Pin 1 CD IN R GND GND L ...

Страница 54: ...od de em m A Au 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 ...

Страница 55: ... Pl lu us s A AX X3 37 7D D P Pr ro o O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AUX IN R GND GND 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 ...

Страница 56: ... an audio port on the front panel you ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector By the way please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if housing without an audio port on the front panel FP_MIC FP_VREF PHONE_R NC PHONE_L GND 5V JS1 KEY NC 1 2 9 10 Pin 1 ...

Страница 57: ... that may destroy bios code and data area This motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method that does not involve any software or BIOS coding hence is 100 virus free There is a BIOS flash ROM mounted on the M B when you get it If you want to add extra BIOS flash ROM please contact the local distributor or reseller You also can link to AOpen official website www aopen com tw b...

Страница 58: ... O Op pt ti io on na al l External Controller provides you a better and convenience way to switch the BIOS status between Rescue and Normal without opening the case of your computer You have to plug the jumper cable to the connector pin JP30 on the motherboard Be careful of the orientation when you connect the red wire should correspond to Pin1 Normal Flash ROM Rescue ROM To Form CPU Manual Switch...

Страница 59: ... to read from rescue ROM 2 Boot the system and set the switch back to Normal 3 Follow the BIOS upgrade procedure to rehabilitate BIOS Reboot the system and you should be able to back to normal Rescue Read from Rescue ROM Normal Read from normal Flash ROM Lock Lock your computer to protect your data Tip If you place the switch to the middle as 3rd picture shows you will not be able to boot your sys...

Страница 60: ...i io on na al l In conjunction with Dr LED Upgrade Optional which can easily show what kind of problem you may incur on your system during assembly It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr LED This helps you quickly self diagnostic your system status 1 2 5 6 3 3V NC GND GPO12 GPO14 GPO14 Pin 1 ...

Страница 61: ...en 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 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 th...

Страница 62: ...ions without using the 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 can i...

Страница 63: ...ulator onboard which supports CPU over current protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply to 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 t...

Страница 64: ...e monitoring system 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 go wrong there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user CPU Voltage CPU CPU Temperature System Voltage Power Fan Speed Fan Detection Circuit AOpen H W Monitoring Utility ...

Страница 65: ...d has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that user cannot replace it when it is damaged did the job to protect motherboard and the motherboard remains malfunction With expensive Resettable Fuse the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job Resettable Fuse ...

Страница 66: ...1997 1998 1999 1900 that means it may have the Y2K problem Below is a diagram of how applications work with the OS BIOS and RTC In order to keep the best compatibility in the PC industry there is a rule that applications must call the OS to get services and OS must call the BIOS and then only BIOS is allowed to access the hardware RTC directly There is a Tick Routine that goes live around every 50...

Страница 67: ...l l follow the rule to get date time information There will be no Y2K problem such as NSTL s test program But unfortunately again we found some test programs such as Checkit 98 accesses RTC CMOS directly This motherboard has hardware Y2K checking and protection that ensures risk free operation ...

Страница 68: ...itor 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 this motherboard implements 2200μf condensers which is much larger than normal condenser 1000 or 1500μf and it provides better stability for CPU power ...

Страница 69: ...tium III 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 exactly be the same as the diagra...

Страница 70: ...s unique 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 ...

Страница 71: ...O On nl li in ne e M 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 clock ...

Страница 72: ...cluded in AOpen Bonus CD disc 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 ...

Страница 73: ... 37 7D D P Pr ro 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 driver and select model name ...

Страница 74: ... 1 First don t install any add on card except AGP card 2 Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2 1 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support Otherwise you need to install USBSUPP EXE 3 Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry INF program 4 Finally Install other add on cards and their drivers ...

Страница 75: ... on card except AGP card 2 Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features OnChip USB to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment 3 Install Window 98 into your system 4 Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver IRQ Routing VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry INF program 5 Finally Install other add on cards and their drivers ...

Страница 76: ... Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000 you do not need to install the 4 in 1 driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system Users with Windows 98 SE may update the VIA Registry INF and AGP drivers by installing them individually Please refer to VIA Technologies Inc for latest version of 4 in 1 driver http www...

Страница 77: ...aster For Windows NT use VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver VIA AGP IRQ Routing Driver For Windows 98 use VIA Registry INF Driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu Warning If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver please remove the AGP card driver first Otherwise the screen may go black at rebooting after the un installation Note Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend t...

Страница 78: ...a 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 an AD 1885 AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu ...

Страница 79: ...A 100 IDE RAID Manual for more detail information I In ns st ta al ll l F Fa as st tC Ch he ec ck k M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g U Ut ti il li it ty y A AX X3 37 7D D P Pl lu us s o on nl ly y You can monitor the operating status of disk array and drives configured on the IDE RAID channel using the supplies FastCheck monitoring utility for Windows based operating system FastCheck generates visua...

Страница 80: ...l li in ng g H Ha ar rd dw wa ar re e M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g U Ut ti il li it ty y You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature fans and system voltage The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software No hardware installation is needed ...

Страница 81: ...nd screen image into hard disk and then the system can be totally power off Next time when power is on you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again If your memory is 64MB normally you need to reserve at least 64MB HDD space to save your memory image Hard Disk Hard Disk System Image Status ...

Страница 82: ... 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 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 autom...

Страница 83: ...S 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 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 e...

Страница 84: ... Select Add New Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find Plug and Play BIOS and remove ACPI BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Run Add New Hardware again and it will find Advanced Power Management Resource 5 Click OK Tip 02 means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled Tip Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI sus...

Страница 85: ...thout going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again Suspend to SDRAM saves your current work in the system memory it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to SDRAM 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 SDRAM Power loss Other System Devices Sy...

Страница 86: ...e only choice Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup Windows 98 ACPI mode 2 The VIA 4 in 1 Driver 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...

Страница 87: ...87 A AX X3 37 7D D P Pl lu us s A AX X3 37 7D D P Pr ro o O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l This page is intentionally left blank for notes ...

Страница 88: ...tical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of AX37D Plus AX37D Pro 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 ...

Страница 89: ...n 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 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...

Страница 90: ...10 Save changed 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 ...

Страница 91: ...u up p 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 performance Warning Please avoid of using Load Turbo Defaults unless you are sure your system components CPU SDRAM HDD etc are good enough for turbo setting ...

Страница 92: ...URE to use the 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 pro...

Страница 93: ...e floppy disk For example AX37DP102 BIN AX37DP102 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 AX37DP102 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...

Страница 94: ...when proper setting and qualified components were presented we feel quite comfortable overclocking to 150MHz Not only that this motherboard has full range CPU core voltage settings and an option to adjust CPU core voltage The CPU clock ratio can be up to 8x that supports almost all of Pentium III Celeron CPUs in the future and provides flexibility for overclockers For your reference the following ...

Страница 95: ... overclocking for your reference the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again Please check the Available Vendor List AVL 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 ...

Страница 96: ... power management 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 inter...

Страница 97: ... dv va an nc ce ed d P Po ow we er r M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t Unlike ACPI BIOS controls most APM power management functions AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management A AT TA A A AT T A At tt ta ac ch hm me en nt t ATA is the specification of diskette interface In 80 s many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together The AT is mean...

Страница 98: ...us s M Ma as st 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...

Страница 99: ... workstation 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 ...

Страница 100: ...like traditional FPM that tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle that is similar to pipeline effect and reduces one clock state E EE EP PR RO OM M E El le ec ct tr ro on ni ic c E Er ra as sa ab bl le e P Pr ro og gr ra am mm ma ab bl le e R RO OM M Also known as E2 PROM Both EEPROM and Flash ROM ca...

Страница 101: ...el separately without a shielding of housing F FC C P PG GA A F Fl li ip p C Ch hi ip p P Pi in n G Gr ri id d A Ar rr ra ay y FC means Flip Chip FC PGA is a new package of Intel for Pentium III CPU It can plug into SKT370 socket but require motherboard to add some signals on socket 370 That is the motherboard needs to be redesigned Intel is going to ship FC PGA 370 CPU and phase out slot1 CPU F F...

Страница 102: ...sochronous channel ID and notification of errors There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Asynchronous transport is the traditional computer memory mapped load and store interface Data requests are sent 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 ...

Страница 103: ...1 10 00 0 D 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 S SD DR RA AM M Based on FSB frequency the DDR SDRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type of working frequency Because of DDR SDRAM data bus is 64 bit it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200...

Страница 104: ...d by BIOS and operating 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...

Страница 105: ...signal It is similar 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...

Страница 106: ...MM or RIMM U Ul 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 propo...

Страница 107: ...C Ch ha an nn ne 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 acc...

Страница 108: ...ug the AC power cable then remove all of the add on cards and cables including VGA IDE FDD COM1 COM2 and i t 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 ...

Страница 109: ...al l Install the VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard Continue Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing Next No Yes ...

Страница 110: ... an nu ua al l Continue Press Ctrl and Alt key at the same time hold them and then press Del to reboot the system Check if there is display No Yes Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Check if the system reboots No It is very possible that your keyboard is defective Next Yes ...

Страница 111: ...Continue During 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 ...

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

Страница 113: ...answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group http www aopen com tw tech newsgrp default htm Contact Distributors Resellers We sell our products through resellers and integrators They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us After all their attitude of service is an important reference for you if ne...

Страница 114: ...a an 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 AX37D Plus is model name of motherboard R1 00 is BIOS version AX37D Plus R1 00 FEb 01 2001 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc ...

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