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DOC. NO.: AX45-OL-E0110A
Страница 1: ...X4 45 5 A AX X4 45 5 V 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 AX45 AX45 V DOC NO AX45 OL...
Страница 2: ...ice 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 JP14 Clear...
Страница 3: ...Wake on Modem Connector 36 WOM by External BOX Modem 37 WOM by Internal Modem Card 38 WOL Wake on LAN 39 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard Optional 41 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot...
Страница 4: ...6 Pure Aluminum Heatsink 57 Driver and Utility 58 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD Disc 59 Installing LAN Driver Optional 60 Installing Onboard Sound Driver 61 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility 62 ACP...
Страница 5: ...78 AMR Audio Modem Riser 79 AOpen Bonus Pack CD 79 APM Advanced Power Management 79 ATA AT Attachment 79 ATA 66 79 ATA 100 80 BIOS Basic Input Output System 80 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 80 CNR Communica...
Страница 6: ...mmable ROM 82 EV6 Bus 83 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 83 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array 83 Flash ROM 83 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 84 I2 C Bus 84 IEEE 1394 84 Parity Bit 84 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst...
Страница 7: ...odule 87 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 87 Shadow E2 PROM 87 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 87 SMBus System Management Bus 88 SPD Serial Presence Detect 88 Ultra DMA 88 USB Universal Serial Bus 89 VCM Virt...
Страница 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 chan...
Страница 9: ...m 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...
Страница 10: ...12Mb and 1GB DDR SDRAM DIMM modules can be applied to the motherboard and the maximum memory size can be up to 3 GB The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode and the transfer rate u...
Страница 11: ...Audio Modem Controller with AC 97 interface and advanced power management which can strongly enhance the system performance Expansion Slots Including six 32 bit 33MHz PCI one CNR and one AGP 1x2x4X s...
Страница 12: ...on board which is an highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Mater IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE...
Страница 13: ...save users from configuration problems thus making the system much user friendlier Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status temperature and voltage monitoring and alert throu...
Страница 14: ...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 Powe...
Страница 15: ...IDE Connector x2 FDD Connector 184 pin DIMMx3 supports DDR266 DDR333 DIMMx2 DDR SDRAM maximum up to 3 GB ATX Power Connector SIS 645 961 Chipset 478 pin CPU socket Willamette Northwood with Voltage an...
Страница 16: ...t x2 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB Connector x6 32 bit PCI Slot x6 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66100 DDR266 DDR333 DDR SDRAM Up to 1 5GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 2Mbit Flash EEPROM AC L...
Страница 17: ...our 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...
Страница 18: ...rboards 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...
Страница 19: ...e 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 s...
Страница 20: ...areful 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...
Страница 21: ...motherboard 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 Note This socket suppo...
Страница 22: ...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 followin...
Страница 23: ...nd 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...
Страница 24: ...c cy y BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup and no jumpers or switches are needed The defa...
Страница 25: ...z 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...
Страница 26: ...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 System FAN FAN2 or AUX FAN FAN3 connector Note...
Страница 27: ...c ck ke et ts s This motherboard has three 184 pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR 266 or DDR 333 memory up to 3 GB Please be noted that for DDR266 memory you may install them on all of the...
Страница 28: ...ion 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 mo...
Страница 29: ...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 swi...
Страница 30: ...n 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 should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from pow...
Страница 31: ...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 FDC and IDE connector The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identifica...
Страница 32: ...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...
Страница 33: ...indows 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 infra...
Страница 34: ...r With the increasing performance of system the components nowadays always generate enormous heat in your system such as CPU VGA card HDD and so on This motherboard provides thermal sensor for users...
Страница 35: ...t The AX45 AX45 V 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 on...
Страница 36: ...s su up pp po or rt te ed d S Si in nc ce e I In nt te er rn na al l m mo od de em m c ca ar rd d c co on ns su um me es s n no o p po ow we er r w wh he en n s sy ys st te em m p po ow we er r i is s...
Страница 37: ...e en nd d m mo od de e d do oe es s n no ot t r re ea al ll ly y t tu ur rn n o of ff f t th he e s sy ys st te em m p po ow we er r s su up pp pl ly y i it t u us se es s e ex xt te er rn na al l b b...
Страница 38: ...e en nd d r re ec ce ei iv ve e a a f fa ax x Y Yo ou u m ma ay y i id de en nt ti if fy y w wh he et th he er r o or r n no ot t y yo ou ur r s sy ys st te em m i is s i in n t tr ru ue e p po ow we...
Страница 39: ...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...
Страница 40: ...40 A AX X4 45 5 A AX X4 45 5 V V O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l WOL Connector Motherboard Side WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side...
Страница 41: ...ler 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 connectors The green...
Страница 42: ...Riser 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 an...
Страница 43: ...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 RJ 45 LAN connecto...
Страница 44: ...B connectors to connect USB devices such as mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel You can use proper cable to connect other USB connectors to the back panel...
Страница 45: ...ks 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 will send ou...
Страница 46: ...A AX X4 45 5 V V 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...
Страница 47: ...or 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 c...
Страница 48: ...n audio port on the front panel If the housing has been designed with 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 r...
Страница 49: ...conjunction with Dr LED Upgrade Optional which can easily shows what kind of problems may occur on your system during assembly It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installe...
Страница 50: ...ncorrectly 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 Indicate...
Страница 51: ...ut 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 Flas...
Страница 52: ...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...
Страница 53: ...urn 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...
Страница 54: ...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 motherboard is stil...
Страница 55: ...uivalent 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 d...
Страница 56: ...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 i...
Страница 57: ...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 espe...
Страница 58: ...n 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 bef...
Страница 59: ...5 V 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 D Di is sc c You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD disc Choose the utility and d...
Страница 60: ...p 4 Windows 95 will finish the other installation procedures automatically and then restart your system Installing driver for Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME 1 Select Driver from disk provided b...
Страница 61: ...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 ALC201 AC97 CODEC You can find the audio drive...
Страница 62: ...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 fun...
Страница 63: ...e 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 boo...
Страница 64: ...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 suffi...
Страница 65: ...ION 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...
Страница 66: ...ew 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 Powe...
Страница 67: ...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 supplied t...
Страница 68: ...ndows 98 is the only choice Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup Windows 98 ACPI mode Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Func...
Страница 69: ...level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of AX45 AX45 V had optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default setting of BIOS st...
Страница 70: ...s 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 d...
Страница 71: ...OS 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 Changi...
Страница 72: ...d 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 y...
Страница 73: ...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 W...
Страница 74: ...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...
Страница 75: ...sk For example AX45102 BIN AX45102 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 AX45102 an...
Страница 76: ...bus clock Some lab tests results showed that 133MHz is achievable when proper setting and qualified components were presented Not only that the CPU clock ratio can be up to 24x that supports almost al...
Страница 77: ...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 V...
Страница 78: ...ment 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 int...
Страница 79: ...e 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...
Страница 80: ...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...
Страница 81: ...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 Ap...
Страница 82: ...al 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 on...
Страница 83: ...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 int...
Страница 84: ...nnel 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...
Страница 85: ...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...
Страница 86: ...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 card...
Страница 87: ...imilar 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...
Страница 88: ...l 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 m...
Страница 89: ...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 memo...
Страница 90: ...cable 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 th...
Страница 91: ...he 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 fail...
Страница 92: ...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 r...
Страница 93: ...g 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 t...
Страница 94: ...omers 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 h...
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Страница 96: ...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 AX45 is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version...
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