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DOC. NO.: AX4BRU-OL-E0209B
Страница 1: ...1 A AX X4 4B BR R U U O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AX4BR U DOC NO AX4BRU OL E0209B...
Страница 2: ...fore You Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 14 Motherboard Map 15 Block Diagram 16 Hardware Installation 17 About User Upgrade Optional and Manufacture Upgrade Optio...
Страница 3: ...onboard 35 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 36 Support 2nd USB Port 37 Connecting COM2 Connector 38 Over current Protection 39 3300 F Low ESR Capacitor 40 Layout Frequency Isolation Wall 41 Enlarged Alumin...
Страница 4: ...eripherals 60 Power Management 67 Boot Options 71 Date and Time 75 System Security 77 Health Monitor 80 Load Default Settings 86 Abort Settings Change 87 Exit Setup 88 Overclocking 89 VGA Card Hard Di...
Страница 5: ...mode 93 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 94 CODEC Coding and Decoding 94 DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM 94 DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module 94 DMA Direct Memory Access 95 ECC Error Checking and Cor...
Страница 6: ...Burst SRAM 98 PC 100 DIMM 99 PC 133 DIMM 99 PC 1600 or PC 2100 DDR DRAM 99 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 99 PDF Format 99 PnP Plug and Play 100 POST Power On Self Test 100 RDRAM Rambus DRAM...
Страница 7: ...in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l SPD Serial Presence Detect 102 Ultra DMA 102 USB Universal Serial Bus 102 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 103 ZIP file 103 Troubleshooting 104 Technical Support 108 Product Regis...
Страница 8: ...is 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 ch...
Страница 9: ...onfiguration 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 sit...
Страница 10: ...le and 533MHz Front Side Bus FSB clock According to different customer s requirements the Intel 845E chipset memory interface supports DDR200 266 SDRAM devices with densities of 128 256 512 and 1024Mb...
Страница 11: ...tel 845E desktop platform It is optimized for the Intel Pentium 4 processor and Northwood processor supporting a single channel of DDR 200 266 Besides it also supports the second generation I O Contro...
Страница 12: ...eration Gigabit MAC design with fully integrated physical layer circuitry to provide a standard IEEE 802 3 Ethernet interface for 1000BASE T and 100BASE TX applications Moreover on the strength of Int...
Страница 13: ...rdware monitor module Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 98 ME 2000 series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 features Super Mult...
Страница 14: ...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 Cab...
Страница 15: ...RAID IDE2 Connector ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector x2 FDD Connector 184 pin DIMM Socket x2 supports PC 200 266 DDR SDRAM maximum up to 2 GB ATX Power Connector CPUFAN Connector Intel 845E chipset 478 pi...
Страница 16: ...ICH4 Serial Port x2 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB Connector x4 32 bit PCI Slot x5 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66 100 PC 200 266 DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 4Mbit Flash...
Страница 17: ...rocessor 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 unti...
Страница 18: ...all 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 upgra...
Страница 19: ...ocedure 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 short...
Страница 20: ...ul 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 cut edge on the C...
Страница 21: ...erboard 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 supports M...
Страница 22: ...shipped we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pic...
Страница 23: ...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...
Страница 24: ...W M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPUFAN connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sen...
Страница 25: ...et ts s This motherboard has two 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR200 or DDR266 memory up to 2GB Both ECC and Non ECC DDR SDRAM are supported but you can t install them both on DI...
Страница 26: ...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...
Страница 27: ...t 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...
Страница 28: ...d 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 pin ATX power co...
Страница 29: ...o ov ve er ry y 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 an UPS that n...
Страница 30: ...nformation The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on off stan...
Страница 31: ...to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector Pin1 of cable is normally marked with red color Addition to IDE connectors we also provide two RAID IDE connectors for you to connect RAID Be careful of the...
Страница 32: ...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 30...
Страница 33: ...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...
Страница 34: ...A AX X4 4B BR R U U 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 Si...
Страница 35: ...grated 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 LED indicates the link mode it lig...
Страница 36: ...ack panel of the housing PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard 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 T...
Страница 37: ...ides four USB 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 the other USB connector to...
Страница 38: ...ne ec ct ti in ng g C CO OM M2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This motherboard comes with a COM1 connector on the back panel However we provide an extra COM2 connector for your convenience Once you nee...
Страница 39: ...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 supp...
Страница 40: ...ent 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...
Страница 41: ...gn 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 interf...
Страница 42: ...l 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 heat consumptio...
Страница 43: ...nus CD You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 2000 before you...
Страница 44: ...C Ch hi ip ps se et t S So of ft tw wa ar re e I In ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n U Ut ti il li it ty y Windows 95 98 cannot recognize this chipset because it was released before the Intel 845E chip...
Страница 45: ...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...
Страница 46: ...o 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...
Страница 47: ...em had already configured by the manufacturer or the dealer There is no need to run BIOS setup program when starting the computer unless you get a run setup program message The setup program loads con...
Страница 48: ...system is booting This key does not work during any other time The Setup Utility Main Menu appears Use the arrow keys and to move around the Setup Utility screen Use to move to the next page or to ret...
Страница 49: ...Level 1 Cache 32 KB Enabled Level 2 Cache 512 KB Enabled Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 5 inch IDE Primary Channel Master Hard Disk 20020 M B IDE Primary Channel Slave None IDE Secondary Channel Master None...
Страница 50: ...ed of the processor currently installed in your system CPU SDRAM BUS Frequency This parameter specifies the currently FSB Front Side Bus frequency of the CPU SDRAM Level 1 Cache This parameter specifi...
Страница 51: ...tion of the IDE device connected to the master and slave ports of the secondary IDE channel Total Memory This parameter specifies the total amount of onboard memory The memory size is automatically de...
Страница 52: ...al Port 2 This parameter shows the serial port 2 address and IRQ setting Parallel Port This parameter shows the parallel port address and IRQ setting PS 2 Mouse The BIOS utility automatically detects...
Страница 53: ...ame serial number BIOS version etc This information is necessary for troubleshooting may be required when asking for technical support The following shows how the Product Information screen appears Pr...
Страница 54: ...ial number Main Board ID This parameter specifies the motherboard s identification number Main Board S N This parameter specifies the motherboard s serial number System BIOS Version This parameter spe...
Страница 55: ...ri iv ve es s Select Disk Drives to input configuration values for disk drives The following screen shows the Disk Drives menu Disk Drives Floppy Drive A 1 44MB 3 5 inch IDE Primary Channel Master IDE...
Страница 56: ...y drive type The available settings and types supported by the motherboard are listed to the left IDE Drives To configure the IDE drives connected to your system select the parameter that represents t...
Страница 57: ...port of IDE channel 2 IDE Secondary Channel Slave This option lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 2 The following screen appears if you select any of the...
Страница 58: ...ain 0 And when the system boot up system will detect the hard disk and configure it automatically None means there is no device in the channel Device Type This parameter shows which type of IDE drive...
Страница 59: ...r hard disk in MB Hard Disk LBA Mode Hard Disk Block Mode Auto Default Disabled This function enhances disk performance depending on the hard disk in use If you set this parameter to Auto the BIOS uti...
Страница 60: ...splays the following screen Onboard Peripherals Serial Port 1 Enabled Base Address 3F8h IRQ 4 Serial Port 2 Enabled Base Address 2F8h IRQ 3 Parallel Port Enabled Base Address 378h IRQ 7 Operation Mode...
Страница 61: ...ddress Base Address Serial Port 1 3F8h Default 3E8h 2E8h Serial Port 2 2F8h Default 2E8h 3E8h This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the board serial port IRQ IRQ Serial Port 1 4 Def...
Страница 62: ...arallel Port Parallel Port Enabled Default Disabled This parameter allows you to enable or disable the parallel port Base Address Base Address 378h Default 3BCh 278h This item allows you to assign add...
Страница 63: ...ation Mode EPP Default Bi Directional Standard ECP This item lets you set the parallel port mode The mode options are Standard Bi directional EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Parallel Port...
Страница 64: ...Floppy Disk Controller Floppy Disk Controller Enabled Default Disabled This parameter lets you enable or disable the onboard floppy disk controller IDE Controller IDE Controller Both Default Primary D...
Страница 65: ...the function USB Legacy Mode USB Legacy Mode Enabled Disabled Default This parameter lets you enable or disable the USB controller on board When enabled it activates the USB function of the system Wh...
Страница 66: ...et Chip On board 10 100 Ethernet Chip Enabled Default Disabled This parameter allows you to enable or disable the onboard network feature Onboard Ethernet Chip On board Ethernet Chip Enabled Default D...
Страница 67: ...ure The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings Power Management Power Management Mode Enabled IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer OFF System Sleep Timer OFF Sleep Mo...
Страница 68: ...efault 1 to 15min This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes depending on your setting When you access the hard disk again allow 3 to 5 seconds depen...
Страница 69: ...ng through the IRQ channels resume system operation Power Switch 4 sec Power Switch 4 Sec Suspend Power Off Default When set to Power Off the system automatically turns off when the power switch is pr...
Страница 70: ...set a certain time on a certain day to wake up the system from suspend mode Resume Day Resume Day 1 to 31 This item is displayed when you enable the RTC Timer option Here you can specify what date yo...
Страница 71: ...maintains the last power state when the power comes back B Bo oo ot t O Op pt ti io on ns s This option allows you to specify your preferred setting for boot up The following screen appears if you sel...
Страница 72: ...arches fail then it boots from this drive BIOS will display an error message if the drive s specified is not bootable Primary Display Adapter Primary Display Adapter Auto Onboard Default This paramete...
Страница 73: ...mode Even if your setting is Enabled you may also switch to the text mode while booting by pressing when you see the Press DELETE key to enter setup message on the screen When set to Disabled BIOS is...
Страница 74: ...0 100 LANDesk R Service Agent Enabled Disabled Default When set to Enabled this parameter allows system to boot from the LAN card Boot from Gigabit LANDesk R Service Agent Boot from 10 100 LANDesk R S...
Страница 75: ...battery remains good approximately seven years and connected the clock continues to keep the date and time accurately even when the power is off Date and Time Date Sat Aug 17 2002 Time 20 16 56 Date D...
Страница 76: ...al l Day 1 to 31 Year 1980 to 2079 Time Time hh mm ss Highlight the items on the Time parameter and press or to set the time following the hour minute second format Valid values for hour minute and s...
Страница 77: ...nd its data The following screen appears if you select System Security from the Main menu System Security Supervisor Password None User Password Password on Boot Disk Driver Control Floppy Drive Norma...
Страница 78: ...u by pressing the ENTER key The Supervisor Password windows will appear as shown above 2 Type a password The password may consist of up to seven characters Be very careful when typing your password be...
Страница 79: ...t before you access to normal operation on the system This item is available only when Supervisor Password is set Password on Boot Password on Boot None Default Present If you set this password the sy...
Страница 80: ...tion Normal Hard disk drive functions normally Write Protect All Sectors Disables the write function on all sectors Write Protect Boot Sector Disables the write function only on the boot sector H He e...
Страница 81: ...tor Status Temperature Voltage Fan Disabled CPU Fan 1st System Fan 2nd System Fan Memory ECC Enabled Threshold Setting CPU Temperature 70 C 158 F CPU Core Voltage 1 50 V CPU Voltage 0 2 V 3 3 V 0 4 V...
Страница 82: ...ging function Clear Event Logs Clear Event Logs Enabled Disabled Default This item allows you to enable or disable the system event logs clearing function Please enable it if you want to clear the eve...
Страница 83: ...dware status such as fan and memory information Health Monitor Status Health Monitor Status Represents the system information Health Monitor Status CPU Temperature 0038 CPU Core Voltage 1 50 V CPU Vol...
Страница 84: ...t Disabled ECC or Error Correcting Code tests the accuracy of data as it passes in and out of memory This parameter enables or disables the monitoring of this function Threshold SettingThreshold Setti...
Страница 85: ...Power off if CPU Temperature too High This parameter allows you to enable or disable the automatic power off when CPU temperature is too high Alert Beep When Log an Event Alert Beep When Log an Event...
Страница 86: ...hen you load the default settings some of the parameters are grayed out with their fixed settings These grayed parameters are not user configurable The following dialog box appears when you select Loa...
Страница 87: ...S and reload your previous settings The following dialog box appears when you select Abort Settings Change from the main menu Abort Settings Changes Do you want to abort settings changes YES NO Select...
Страница 88: ...AX X4 4B BR R U U O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l E Ex xi it t S Se et tu up p Use this option to exit the BIOS utility Exit Setup Settings have been changed Do you want to save CMOS setting YE...
Страница 89: ...s clock Our lab test results showed that 120MHz 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 all of...
Страница 90: ...our 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...
Страница 91: ...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 interfac...
Страница 92: ...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...
Страница 93: ...t output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard In general to provide hardware independent portability operation system and drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardwa...
Страница 94: ...R 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 ea...
Страница 95: ...arity mode can only detect single bit error E ED DO O E Ex xt te en nd de ed d D Da at ta a O Ou ut tp pu ut t M Me em mo or ry y The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM Fast Page Mode...
Страница 96: ...6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 For example 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz F FC CC C D Do oC C D De ec cl la ar ra at ti io on...
Страница 97: ...unctions BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB 2M bit AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB 2Mbit Flash ROM Now flash ROM size is moving to 4M bit on AX6C Intel 820 and MX3W Intel 810 m...
Страница 98: ...con technology IEEE 1394 features a unique isochronous data channel interface Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a pre determined rate This is especially important for time...
Страница 99: ...nd 266x64 8 2100MB s Hence the PC 1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz and PC 2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz FSB frequency P PC CI I P Pe er ri ip ph he er ra al l C Co om mp po on ne en nt t I...
Страница 100: ...f T Te es st t The BIOS self test procedure after power on sometimes it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot R RD DR RA AM M R Ra am mb bu us s D DR RA AM M Rambu...
Страница 101: ...for jumper less and battery less design S SI IM MM M S Si in ng gl le e I In n L Li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le e SIMM socket is only 72 pin and is only single side The golden finger s...
Страница 102: ...oped as a proposed industry standard by the Quantum corporation makes of hard disk drives and Intel makes of chipset that support computer bus technology Ultra DMA support in your computer means that...
Страница 103: ...ia 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...
Страница 104: ...then remove all of the add on cards and cables including VGA IDE FDD COM1 COM2 and printer T Tr ro ou ub bl le es sh ho oo ot ti in ng g If you encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the pro...
Страница 105: ...GA 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...
Страница 106: ...inue 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 reboot...
Страница 107: ...tem 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 sy...
Страница 108: ...uch 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 c...
Страница 109: ...onal 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 should know your system confi...
Страница 110: ...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 AX4BR U is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version AX4B...
Страница 111: ...issues 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 Hav...
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