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Страница 1: ...1 M MX X4 4G G 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 MX4G DOC NO MX4G OL E0204A...
Страница 2: ...erview 11 Feature Highlight 12 Quick Installation Procedure 16 Motherboard Map 17 Block Diagram 18 Hardware Installation 19 About Optional and Upgrade Optional 20 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 21 CPU Installat...
Страница 3: ...nnector 39 S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector 40 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot 41 AGP Protection Technology 42 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 43 PC99 Col...
Страница 4: ...Wall 57 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink 58 Driver and Utility 59 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD Disc 60 Installing Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 61 Intel 845G VGA driver 62 Installing Intel IAA...
Страница 5: ...de under Windows environment 81 Overclocking 83 VGA Card Hard Disk 84 Glossary 85 AC97 85 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 85 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 85 AMR Audio Modem Riser 86 AOpen...
Страница 6: ...DMA Direct Memory Access 89 ECC Error Checking and Correction 89 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 89 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 90 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 90 EV6 Bus 90 FCC DoC...
Страница 7: ...and Play 94 POST Power On Self Test 94 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 94 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 94 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 95 Shadow E2 PROM 95 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 95 SMBus System Managemen...
Страница 8: ...8 M MX X4 4G G O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Product Registration 105 How to Contact Us 106...
Страница 9: ...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 witho...
Страница 10: ...iguration 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 site A...
Страница 11: ...long burst transfer up to 1 06GB sec According to different customer s requirements the Intel 845G chipset memory interface supports DDR200 266 333 SDRAM devices with densities of 64 128 256 512MB or...
Страница 12: ...USB controllers supporting six USB2 0 ports With support for AC 97 audio and the ability to make the most of soft audio modem technology the 845G chipset delivers an ideal solution for innovative new...
Страница 13: ...IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two 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 5...
Страница 14: ...ix USB2 0 Connectors Provides three ports six USB connectors for USB interface devices such as mouse keyboard modem scanner etc AGP Protection Technology With AGP Protection Technology implemented thi...
Страница 15: ...e 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 Multi I O...
Страница 16: ...nstall 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...
Страница 17: ...Connector 184 pin DIMMx2 supports DDR200 DDR266 DDR333 Max to 2GB ATX Power Connector CPU Fan Connector Intel 845G chipset 478 pin CPU socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto detection that support Int...
Страница 18: ...nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB2 0 Connector x6 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66100 PC 200 266 333 DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 4Mbit Flash EEPROM AC Link...
Страница 19: ...ssor 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 yo...
Страница 20: ...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 function...
Страница 21: ...dure 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...
Страница 22: ...tation when you plug it into CPU socket Note These pictures are for example only it may not look exactly the same with the motherboard you purchased 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a cut edg...
Страница 23: ...the CPU 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation CPU cut edge Note This socket supports FC PGA2 package CPU which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel Other forms of CPU...
Страница 24: ...ped 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 picture...
Страница 25: ...lows 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...
Страница 26: ...according to user s settings stored in BIOS If system fails in BIOS POST then Watch Dog Timer will reset the system to reboot in five seconds BIOS will detect the CPU s default frequency and POST agai...
Страница 27: ...U core voltage S Se et tt ti in ng g C CP PU U F Fr re eq qu ue en nc cy y BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency t...
Страница 28: ...SB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1 5G 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 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...
Страница 29: ...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 connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pi...
Страница 30: ...J Ju um mp pe er r This motherboard provides keyboard mouse wake up function You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mous...
Страница 31: ...R DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR200 DDR266 or DDR333 memory up to 2 GB Both ECC and Non ECC DDR SDRAM are supported but you can t install them both on DIMM Otherwise it will cause serious...
Страница 32: ...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...
Страница 33: ...me time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street Therefore it is a more advanced technology that provides a great overall improvement in system performance DDR266 PC2100 runs two times fast...
Страница 34: ...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...
Страница 35: ...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 standard power supply specially designed...
Страница 36: ...ry y A traditional ATX system should remain power off when AC power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS implemented which has to k...
Страница 37: ...n 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 identification Be...
Страница 38: ...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...
Страница 39: ...Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection 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...
Страница 40: ...log Normally there are two S PDIF outputs as shown one for RCA connector the most common one used for consumer audio products and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality Throu...
Страница 41: ...P 1x 2x 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 edg...
Страница 42: ...tion Technology is implemented this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3 3V wh...
Страница 43: ...at 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 and share...
Страница 44: ...ng a PS 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 VGA Connec...
Страница 45: ...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 lights when linking to network and blinking when t...
Страница 46: ...k panel or connect USB2 and USB3 headers to the front panel of chassis Compared to traditional USB 1 0 1 1 with the speed of 12Mbps USB 2 0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps which is 40 times faster tha...
Страница 47: ...u 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 by the opening of the chassis the system will beep to i...
Страница 48: ...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 C CD D I IN N C Co on nn ne e...
Страница 49: ...d 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 50: ...ve the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn t have an audio port on the front panel Note Please remove the...
Страница 51: ...RTS C CO OM M2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This motherboard provides two serial ports One of them are on back panel connector the other is on the middle left between PCI slots With proper cable you...
Страница 52: ...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 53: ...nt protection and it applies to 3 3V 5V 12V power supply for providing full line over current protection ATX Switching Power Supply 3 3V Protected by power supply 12V Protected by power supply Onboard...
Страница 54: ...our 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 chassis...
Страница 55: ...ort 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 still malfunc...
Страница 56: ...t 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 c...
Страница 57: ...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 interfere...
Страница 58: ...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 consumption es...
Страница 59: ...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 98 before you can...
Страница 60: ...n 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...
Страница 61: ...i 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 845G chipset Yo...
Страница 62: ...On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In nt te el l 8 84 45 5G G V VG GA A d dr ri iv ve er r You can install Intel VGA Driver to get the best graphics function of the chipset You can find it in the A...
Страница 63: ...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 times Y...
Страница 64: ...li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g O On nb bo oa ar rd d A Au ud di io o D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC You can find the audio driver from the Bonu...
Страница 65: ...li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g L LA AN N D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard comes with an Intel 10 100Mbps LAN controller embedded within ICH4 You can find the LAN drive...
Страница 66: ...st and then press Enter 2 Choose Specify a location and then press Next 3 Insert the Bonus CD in CD ROM 4 Type CD ROM Driver Intel USB2 0 Win2000 in the text box that appears Press OK 5 Click on Next...
Страница 67: ...x that appears 5 Click on Next A message informing you that Windows XP has found Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller A1 should appear 6 When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the U...
Страница 68: ...CDisable 1 2 Copy all USB files from CD to HDD 1 Copy all test drivers to windir driver cache i386 2 Copy all test drivers to windir system32 dllcache You need to copy file to this directory first Oth...
Страница 69: ...d 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...
Страница 70: ...ard 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 pro...
Страница 71: ...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 72: ...CT 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 d...
Страница 73: ...re 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 Managem...
Страница 74: ...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 75: ...all other Windows Systems support ACPI 2 The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility must have been installed properly Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS Setup Power Management...
Страница 76: ...the chipset controlling entire system Therefore this chapter aims to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup Currently there are two kinds of beep sound when system fails...
Страница 77: ...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 descriptio...
Страница 78: ...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 setti...
Страница 79: ...79 M MX X4 4G G O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Key Description F6 Load fail save setting value from CMOS F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program...
Страница 80: ...sh 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 P...
Страница 81: ...EZWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash pro...
Страница 82: ...l name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps 5 You may select preferred language in the main menu then click Start...
Страница 83: ...s clock But it comes with clock generator of 248MHz when we design it to accommodate with future CPU bus clock Not only that the CPU clock ratio can be up to 24x that supports almost all of Pentium 4...
Страница 84: ...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 85: ...perating 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 AC...
Страница 86: ...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 87: ...ping ATA 133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA 66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns The data transfer rate is 1 30ns x 2 bytes x 2 133MB s To use ATA 133 you need special 80 wire IDE...
Страница 88: ...enting LAN home networking DSL USB wireless audio and modem subsystems widely used in today s connected PCs The CNR specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs IHV card ma...
Страница 89: ...memory and surrounding devices E EC CC C E Er rr ro or r C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g a an nd d C Co or rr re ec ct ti io on n The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64 bit data Each time memory is accessed EC...
Страница 90: ...BIOS has to be upgraded you need to remove EPROM from motherboard clear by UV light re program and then insert back E EV V6 6 B Bu us s EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equip...
Страница 91: ...OM can be re programmed by electronic signals It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility but it is also easier to be infected by virus Because of increase of new functions BIOS size is increa...
Страница 92: ...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 cri...
Страница 93: ...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 In...
Страница 94: ...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 Rambus is...
Страница 95: ...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 signa...
Страница 96: ...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 it w...
Страница 97: ...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 98: ...n 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 procedu...
Страница 99: ...ard 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 Plea...
Страница 100: ...e 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 N...
Страница 101: ...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 syste...
Страница 102: ...anks 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...
Страница 103: ...any discussion here http www aopen com tech newsgrp default htm Contact Distributors Resellers We sell our products through resellers and integrators They should know your system configuration very w...
Страница 104: ...O 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 MX4G is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version MX4G R1...
Страница 105: ...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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