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DOC. NO.: AX4T2-OL-E0408C
Страница 1: ...1 A AX X4 4T T I II I 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 AX4T II DOC NO AX4T2 OL E0408C...
Страница 2: ...ore 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 CMOS Dat...
Страница 3: ...38 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 39 Support Intel PRO 100 Network Connection Optional 40 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 41 Support 2nd USB Port 42 Chassis Intrusion Sensor 43 CD Aud...
Страница 4: ...g Intel IAA Driver 58 Installing Onboard LAN Driver Optional 59 Installing Onboard Sound Driver 60 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility 61 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive 62 ACPI Suspend to RAM STR 66 AW...
Страница 5: ...AT Attachment 78 ATA 66 78 ATA 100 79 BIOS Basic Input Output System 79 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 79 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 79 CODEC Coding and Decoding 80 DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM 8...
Страница 6: ...82 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 83 I2 C Bus 83 IEEE 1394 83 Parity Bit 84 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM 84 PC 100 DIMM 84 PC 133 DIMM 84 PC 1600 or PC 2100 DDR DRAM 84 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus...
Страница 7: ...86 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 87 SMBus System Management Bus 87 SPD Serial Presence Detect 87 Ultra DMA 88 USB Universal Serial Bus 88 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 89 ZIP file 89 Troubleshooting...
Страница 8: ...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 with...
Страница 9: ...guration 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 si...
Страница 10: ...it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1066MB sec The MCH component provides Direct RDRAM interface that has dual Direct RDRAM channels...
Страница 11: ...ted LAN and Universal Serial Bus USB The platform is also ACPI compliant and supports Full on Stop Grant Suspend to RAM Suspend to Disk and Soft off power management states Through the use of an appro...
Страница 12: ...MA 33 66 100 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4 and supports Enhanced IDE devices On board AC97 Sound AX4T II uses AC97 sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording...
Страница 13: ...nced 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 WOM Wake On Modem WOL Wake On LAN features Su...
Страница 14: ...install your system Follow each step accordingly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory DIMM Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting AT...
Страница 15: ...ion Detector Supports 2nd USB Connector FAN2 Connector Front Audio Connector MODEM CN Connector PC99 Colored Back Panel with 10 100Mbps Ethernet RJ45 Connector Optional Resettale Fuse 4 pin 12V ATX Po...
Страница 16: ...Up to 2GB Primary Channel 4Mbit Flash EEPROM Audio CODEC Modem CODEC AC 97 Link PCI Bus data transferring rate up to 133MB s Firmware Hub Low Pin Count Super I O Floppy Disk Drive x2 CNR Slot AC97 CO...
Страница 17: ...essor 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 y...
Страница 18: ...d powerful features but in some situations these powerful features are not used to every user Hence we make some key features change to optional for you choose Some of these optional functions can be...
Страница 19: ...elow 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...
Страница 20: ...n 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 C...
Страница 21: ...U 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 by In...
Страница 22: ...s 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...
Страница 23: ...umpers or switches are needed BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio CPU Ratio 8x 9x 10x 11x 22x 23x CPU FSB 100 180MHz by 1MHz stepping Warning Intel 850 chipset supports maximum 400MHz...
Страница 24: ...CI Clock x 2 CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock Ratio Pentium 4 1 3G 1 3GHz 100MHz 13x Pentium 4 1 4G 1 4GHz 100MHz 14x Pentium 4 1 5G 1 5GHz 100MHz 15x Pentium 4 1 6G 1 6GHz 100MHz 16x Pentium 4 1 7G 1...
Страница 25: ...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 Note Some CPU f...
Страница 26: ...ecommend 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 pictures shown 2 Pressin...
Страница 27: ...ly while system is in POST but it still allows you to select the RDRAM type manually by BIOS setup program RIMM3 RIMM4 Note Based on Intel 850 chipset specification AX4T II has dual memory channel Ple...
Страница 28: ...ua al l Pictures below are Direct RDRAM memory module and RIMM terminator also called C RIMM Please do not forget to insert the RIMM terminator into the proper RIMM socket otherwise the system cannot...
Страница 29: ...finish memory installation 1 Make sure the RIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 60 pins 88 pins 2 Insert the module straight down to the RIMM slot with both hands...
Страница 30: ...u ua al l 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional RIMM C RIMM modules installation Direct RDRAM Module C RIMM Module Note Please do not forget to install the C RIMM modules into the proper RIMM slots Not...
Страница 31: ...ashing 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 co...
Страница 32: ...X power connector as shown below 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 connector and use sta...
Страница 33: ...v 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 need...
Страница 34: ...nnect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin 80 wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE IDE RAID connector Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage Primary Slave 2nd...
Страница 35: ...0ns 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...
Страница 36: ...ua al l J JP P7 7 R Ra ai id d S Se el le ec ct t J Ju um mp pe er r O Op pt ti io on na al l This jumper allows you to select the Raid function by adjusting the position of its yellow cap JP7 Enable...
Страница 37: ...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...
Страница 38: ...more memory modules on the AGP card Hence the AGP card needs more power to drive these chips The AGP Pro interface has more power pins to provide more power for the card AGP supports only memory read...
Страница 39: ...m multi channel audio and phone line based networking Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power The analogy conver...
Страница 40: ...O O 1 10 00 0 N Ne et tw wo or rk k C Co on nn ne ec ct ti io on n O Op pt ti io on na al l This motherboard has a fast Ethernet controller on chip On the strength of LAN chip onboard it provides 10 1...
Страница 41: ...PS 2 plug RJ45 10 100Mbps LAN Connector Optional MIDI Game Port COM 2 Port COM 1 Port SPP EPP ECP Parallel Port USB Connectors PS 2 Keyboard Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector MIC In Line In Speaker Out U...
Страница 42: ...rt t This motherboard provides 4 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 othe...
Страница 43: ...CASE OPEN header provides chassis intrusion monitoring function This function will log an event in the system BIOS when this header is connected You can use the 2 pin chassis intrusion sensor to conn...
Страница 44: ...T I II I 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 CD IN R GND...
Страница 45: ...ed 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...
Страница 46: ...Co on nn ne ec ct to or r If the housing has been design with an audio port on the front panel you ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R...
Страница 47: ...eed 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 Flash ROM an...
Страница 48: ...er current protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply provide the full line over current protection 12V Protected by power supply 5V Protected by power supply Over Current Protection Circ...
Страница 49: ...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 chassis e...
Страница 50: ...oard and USB port to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken did the job to protect motherboard user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is sti...
Страница 51: ...ltage They include induction regulators and three phase synchronous motors called synchronous condensers both of which vary the effective amount of inductance and capacitance in the transmission circu...
Страница 52: ...n 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 Di...
Страница 53: ...g 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 where each region ope...
Страница 54: ...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 especi...
Страница 55: ...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...
Страница 56: ...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 an...
Страница 57: ...t te e m ma ar rk k f fr ro om m W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 95 5 9 98 8 Windows 95 98 cannot recognize this chipset because it was released before the Intel 850 chipset You can install the Intel INF Upda...
Страница 58: ...u 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 times You...
Страница 59: ...choose the Device Manager tab 6 In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI Ethernet Controller Choose it and then press Properties button 7 Choose Driver tab in the Properti...
Страница 60: ...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 an RealTek ALC201 chip You can find the audio driver from the...
Страница 61: ...all 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 installati...
Страница 62: ...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 63: ...n 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 fr...
Страница 64: ...ENT 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...
Страница 65: ...98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled 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 remov...
Страница 66: ...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 to DRAM w...
Страница 67: ...y Windows 98 is the only choice 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...
Страница 68: ...support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of AX4T II had optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default setting of BIOS still can t...
Страница 69: ...e 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 descripti...
Страница 70: ...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 70 Key Description Page Up or Changing se...
Страница 71: ...ng 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 sele...
Страница 72: ...he 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 Del 72 Warnin...
Страница 73: ...IOS 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...
Страница 74: ...ample AX4T2102 BIN AX4T2102 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 AX4T2102 and the...
Страница 75: ...accommodate future CPU bus clock Our lab test results shown that 115MHz is achievable when proper setting and qualified components were presented we feel quite comfortable overclocking to 115MHz Not o...
Страница 76: ...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 Li...
Страница 77: ...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 A...
Страница 78: ...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...
Страница 79: ...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 t...
Страница 80: ...ion 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...
Страница 81: ...hat 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...
Страница 82: ...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...
Страница 83: ...ontrol of the serial bus in the form of optimizing arbitration timing guarantee of adequate electrical power for all devices on the bus assignment of isochronous channel ID and notification of errors...
Страница 84: ...tomatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence Normally it is 3 1 1 1 total 6 clocks which is faster than asynchronous SRAM PBSRAM is often used on L2 level 2 cache o...
Страница 85: ...s IE and Netscape note that you need to install PDF plug in first Included in Acrobat Reader P Pn nP P P Pl lu ug g a an nd d P Pl la ay y The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface...
Страница 86: ...le e 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices S SD DR RA AM M S Sy yn nc ch hr ro on no ou us s D DR RA AM M SDRAM...
Страница 87: ...n na ag ge em me en nt t B Bu us s SMBus is also called I2C bus It is a two wire bus developed for component communication especially for semiconductor IC For example set clock of clock generator for...
Страница 88: ...chnology Ultra DMA support in your computer means that it will boot start and open new applications more quickly It will help users of graphic intensive and applications that require large amounts of...
Страница 89: ...equirements 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...
Страница 90: ...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 cards and cables in...
Страница 91: ...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 repairing Turn on the po...
Страница 92: ...e Yes It is very possible that your keyboard is defective No Check if the system reboots Yes No Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Check if there is display Press Ctrl and Alt key at the sa...
Страница 93: ...hould 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 Windows 98 During...
Страница 94: ...more 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...
Страница 95: ...r all their attitude of service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them 6 6 Contact Us Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom befo...
Страница 96: ...S 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 AX4T II R1 00 Oct 15 2000 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extens...
Страница 97: ...es Receive email notification about latest product s announcements Be able to personalize your AOpen web pages Receive e mail notification about latest BIOS Driver Software release information Have op...
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