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AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AX4B Pro-533 ................................................................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice .............................................................................................................
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper.............................................................................................. 30 DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 31 Front Panel Connector .........................................................................................................................................
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual AUX-IN Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 52 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................................................................................................... 53 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ........................................................................................................................
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Installing LAN Driver ..................................................................................................................................................... 75 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................................................................................................................ 77 Installing USB2.0 Driver ...................................................................................................................
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual ATA/100 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 96 ATA/133 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 96 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) .........................................................................................
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual IEEE 1394 ................................................................................................................................................................... 101 Parity Bit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 101 PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)..............................................................................................
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) .................................................................................................................................... 106 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)................................................................................................................................... 106 ZIP file...............................................................................................................................................
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual You Must Notice Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce you how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Ov er vi e w Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4B Pro-533 motherboard. AX4B Pro-533 is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel® 845E (Brookdale) chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX4B Pro-533 motherboard can support Intel ® Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 (Brookdale) and 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock for Northwood and 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock for Williamett.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual F e a t u r e Hi g h l i g h t CPU Supports Intel ® Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 (Brookdale) 1.4GHz~2.4GHz+ with 400MHz / 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset With Intel ® 845E (Brookdale) chipset is designed for use with the Intel Pentium 4 processor and Northwood processor in the 478-pin package.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Memory Provides three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of PC-200/266 compliant DDR SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). You may install 64, 128, 256, 512Mb and 1Gb DDR SDRAM DIMM modules into each socket. Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Master IDE Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with four connectors that support eight IDE devices, and support Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Six USB ports There are two connectors on the back panel and two USB headers on the board, providing you a total of six USB ports for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. All six USB ports support USB2.0 with a faster speed of data transmission than the traditional USB. Dr. LED Connecting Dr. LED you can easily diagnose the possible problem occurred through 8 LED lights.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Power Management/Plug and Play Supports the power management function that conforms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play, helping save users from configuration problems and makes the system user-friendly. Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans’ status, temperature, voltage monitoring and alert through the on-board hardware monitor module.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Q ui c k I n s t a l l a t i o n P r o c e d ur e This page gives you a quick 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Realtek 8100BL LAN chip Onboard AC’97 CODEC SPDIF Connector Front Audio Connector Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel CD-IN Connector Resettable Fuse JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Enable/Disable Jumper ATX Power Connector 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 3300μF Low ESR Capacitors AUX-IN Connector CNR Expansion Slot FAN2 Connector AGP 4x Expansion Slot (for 1.5V AGP card) 478-pin CPU socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection supporting Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4~2.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m PC-200/266 DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Socket x3 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU 400MHz/533 MHz System Bus Intel 845E MCH PCI Bus ATA 33/66/100 IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 4X Slot Primary Channel Secondary Channel Primary Channel Intel ICH4 AC97 CODEC Promise 20275 AC Link 1st USB Port CNR Slot ATA133 IDE Drive x4 USB Connector x3 Low Pin Count Super I/O 2nd USB Port 3rd USB Port Firmware Hub 4Mbit Flash EEPROM Par
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Har dwar e Ins tal l ati o n This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A b o u t “ O p t i o n a l ” a n d “ U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ” … When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some functions are “Optional”, and some “Upgrade Optional”. Although all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features, in some situations, those powerful features are not commonly used by every user. Therefore, we changed some key features to “Optional” for you to choose.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual J P 1 4 C l e a r C MO S D a t a You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow 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 pin1 & pin2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1 1.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual C P U I n s t al l a ti o n This motherboard supports Intel ® Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Brookdale). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a cut edge on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you may damage the CPU. CPU cut edge Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in. Note: P4 CPU tends to produce higher temperature; for better heat dissipation, we recommend you to install this motherboard with a bigger housing.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual C P U F a n I n st al l a t i o n This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped; we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan according to the following procedures. 2. Press down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module. 1.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual C P U J u m p er - l e s s D e si g n CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-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. Clock Generator Intel ® Socket 478 Pentium 4 CPU Controlled CPU Freq.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers. When you power-on the system, BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeds, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. However, this motherboard also automatically detects CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage. S e t t i n g C P U Fr e q u e n c y BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting You can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed to be set.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Willamette CPU Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 Northwood CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB 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 1.9G 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 19x Pentium 4 2.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual C P U a n d S y s t e m F a n C o n n e c t or ( w i t h H / W M o n i t o r i n 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. FAN2 Connector GND +12V SENSOR CPU Fan Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper 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 mouse. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual DI M M S o c k e t s This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC1600 or PC2100 memory up to 2GB. Both ECC and Non-ECC DDR SDRAM are supported, but you can’t install them both on DIMM at the same time. Otherwise, serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module may be caused. Please note that double-side DDR SDRAM is not allowed to be installed on both DIMM2 and DIMM3.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l Me m o r y M o d u l e s Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 2. 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Tab Key 3. Pin 1 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r Attach the power LED, Keylock, 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard 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 connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A C P o w er A u t o R ec o v er y A traditional ATX system remains at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual I D E a n d Fl o p p y C o n n e c t or Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual ATA/133 Supported This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 or ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual I r DA C o n n e c t o r The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or 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).
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A GP E x p a n si o n S l o t The AX4B Pro-533 provides an AGP 4x slot. AGP 1x2x4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. It 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 = 1056MB/s. And this AGP expansion slot supports 1.5V AGP card only.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual AGP Protection Technology With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX4B Pro-533 implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector T h i s m o t h e r b o a r d i m p l e m e n ts s p e c i a l c i r c u i t t o s u p p o r t W a k e O n M o d e m ; b o t h I n t e r n a l m o d e m c a r d a n d e x t e r n a l b o x m o d e m a r e s u p p o r t e d . S i n c e I n t e r n a l m o d e m c a r d c o n s u m e s n o p o we r wh e n s ys t e m p o we r i s o f f , i t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t o u s e a n i n t e r n a l m odem .
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual W O M b y E xt er n al B OX M o d em Tradit i onal Green P C s us pend m ode does not real l y t urn off t he s yst em power suppl y, it us es external box m odem t o t rigger MB C O M p o r t a n d r e s um e b ac k t o a c t i v e . Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual W O M b y I n t er n al M o d e m C ar d W ith t he help of t he AT X soft power On/Off, i t is poss ibl e t o have a s yst em t otal l y power off , and wak eup t o aut om at ic all y ans wer a phone c al l as an ans weri ng m ac hi ne or t o s end/ rec ei ve a f ax. You m ay i dent if y whet her or not your s ys t em is i n t rue power off m o d e b y c h e c k i n g t o s e e i f t h e f a n o f y o u r p o w e r s u p p l y i s o ff .
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with a chipset supporting this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual C N R ( C o m m u ni c a t i o n a n d N e t w or k Ri s e r ) E x pa n s i o n S l o t CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem 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 and share CPU power.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual P C 9 9 C ol or C o d e d B a c k P a n e l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and COM2, Printer, six USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual S u p p o r t 2 n d a n d 3 r d U S B 2 . 0 P or t s This motherboard provides six USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual C h a s s i s I n t r u s i o n C o n n e c t or The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, 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 by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual C D A u d i o C o n n e c t or This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND GND L Note: Though some of the latest versions of Windows C D -I N C o n n ec t o r support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to connect audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A U X -I N C o n n e c t o r This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual S / P DI F ( S o n y / P hi l i p s D i gi t a l I nt e r f a c e ) C o n n e c t o r S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a latest audio transfer file format that provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog. 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an ALC650 Codec which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effect, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Fr o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t o r 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 remove 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Dr. LED Connector Connecting Dr. LED you can easily find the system problems that may occur while assembling. It can clearly indicate whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation through the 8 LED lights of Dr. LED on the front panel. That is to say you can diagnose your system status quickly. Pin 1 1 2 3.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. 7 6 5 Boot O.K. KB HDD 4 Floppy 3 2 1 0 PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages. Once the LED7 (latest LED) is lit, this indicates that the system has completed its boot-up procedure.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers Dr. Voice is a great feature of AX4B Pro-533, which can identify the problems you may encounter in the operating system. It can clearly “tell you” whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard. Dr. Voice provides four language versions: English, German, Japanese and Chinese. You can select your preferred language by JP15 & JP16 jumpers.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual J P 1 B u z z e r a n d J P 2 S p e a k e r E n a bl e / Di s a bl e J u m p e r s This motherboard comes with another considerate option that allows you to turn off the voice from buzzer and speaker. You can choose not to be bothered by the warning made from Dr. Voice when it detects any error in operating system. To disable this function, set JP1 and JP2 to pin 2-3 to stop both the buzzer and speaker from sending out voices.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual B a t t e r y - l e s s a n d L o n g Li f e D e s i g n This Motherboard implements a Flash ROM and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption of current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations. 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n The Over Current Protection is a popular implementation on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage with a regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and thus makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual H a r d w a r e M o ni t o r i n g This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of those systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if having this function and enabled) to warn the user.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual R e se t ta b l e F u s e Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual 3 3 0 0 μ F L o w E S R C a p a c i t or The quality of low ESR capacitor (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. Moreover, AX4B Pro-533 implements 3300μF capacitors that have much larger capacity than normal capacitor (1000 and 1500 μf) and provide better stability for CPU power.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual E nl a r g e d Al u m i n u m H e a t s i n k Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over-clock the CPU.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual O p e n J u ke B o x P l ay er Here we are pleased to provide you a brand-new powerful interface—Open JukeBox. Without any cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player! This latest Open JukeBox motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC without any hassle of entering Windows operation system.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual How Your Open JukeBox Works The operation of Open JukeBox Player is the same as other CD players. By pressing specific keys on the keyboard you will find playing Open JukeBox Player couldn’t be easier than the traditional CD Players. Below is the function description of respective buttons. Power-Off Button Display Screen Boot to Operation System Function Key Power: Pressing O to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows. Auto: The default setting is “Auto” with which the Open JukeBox will automatically check the CD player every time you power on. The Open JukeBox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player. Press Insert Key: Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Your Open JukeBox EzSkin Except these powerful functions above, Open JukeBox Player is also equipped with another fancy feature for you to change its “skin”. You can download as many skins as you want from AOpen Website, and changing them whenever you want by using this useful utility – EzSkin – which may also be downloaded from our website. Even more, you may design your own skins with innovative idea and sharing them to users around the world by uploading to our website.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Vivid BIOS technology Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously durin
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual D ri v e r a n d U t i l i t y There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus 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 install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A u t o - r u n Me n u f r o m B o n u s C D Di s c You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g I n t e l ® C hi p s e t S o f t w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n U t i l i t y Windows 95/98 cannot recognize this chipset, because they were released earlier than Intel 845 chipset. You can install Intel INF Update Utility from Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g I n t e l I A A Dr i v e r You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications and reduce PC boot times. You can find it in AOpen Bonus Pack CD.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g L A N Dr i v e r You can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, Windows NT and Windows 2000 for Real Tek 8100BL PCI Fast Ethernet adapter by following steps. Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95: ----------------------------------------------------1. Select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer" when being asked which driver you would like to install. 2.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g O n b o a r d S o u n d Dr i v e r This motherboard comes with ALC650 AC97 CODEC. This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS; you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g H a r d w a r e M o n i t or i n g U t i l i t 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g U S B 2 . 0 Dr i v e r This motherboard comes with USB2.0 function. You can install USB2.0 Driver under Windows 2000 and Windows XP from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. Under Windows 2000 System After enabling the USB 2.0 controller and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a "New Hardware Found" dialog box. Under Windows 2000, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed. 1.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Under Windows XP System After enabling the USB 2.0, Windows XP setup will show a "Found New Hardware" dialog box. Under Windows XP, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed. 1. Click "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Install from a list or special location (Advanced)", click "Next" 2. Click "Next," and from the generated choices, choose "Include this location in the search:" 3. Place Bonus CD in CD-ROM. 4.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Install ATA/133 Driver ************************************************* Installing Drivers During Windows 98 Installation ************************************************* Following procedure details the installation of ATA/133 driver while installing Windows 98 (when ATA/133 controller is enabled already). 1. After enabling ATA/133 controller and configuring the hard drive(s), setup partition and format your hard drive(s) if necessary. 2. Install Windows 98 normally. 3.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual ****************************************************** Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation ****************************************************** 1. Start the installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with Windows 2000 installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual ************************************************* Installing Drivers During Windows Me Installation ************************************************* Following procedure details the installation of ATA/133 driver while installing Windows ME (when ATA/133 controller is enabled already). 1. Install Windows Me fully. 2. After installation, go to "Start" menu and choose "Settings." 3. From "Settings" menu, choose "Control Panel." 4.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual ********************************************************* Installing Drivers During New Windows NT 4.0 Installation ********************************************************* 1. Start system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk: a. Floppy install: boot the system with Windows NT installation diskettes. b. Floppyless install: boot from floppy and type "WINNT /B". After files have been copied, the system will reboot.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual **************************************************** Installing Driver During New Windows XP Installation **************************************************** 1. Start installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with Windows XP installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. While rebooting, press after the message "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration...
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A O C o n f i g Ut i l i t y AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual 3. This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity 4. From this page, users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A W AR D B I O S System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). The AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A b o u t BI O S F u n c t i o n De s c r i p t i o n … 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting value. You also can press key for help and press key to quit Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press during POST (Power-On Self Test) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual BI O S U p g r a d e u n d e r Wi n d o w s e n v i r o n m e n t With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to users convenience, 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 process automatically.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX4BP533102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX4BP533102.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. A C P I ( A d v a n c e d C o n f i g ur a t i o n & P ow e r I n te r f a c e ) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual A M R ( A u d i o/ M o d e m R i s e r ) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. A O pe n B o n us P a c k C D A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product; there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual ATA/100 ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. ATA/133 Compared to traditional ATA/100, ATA/133 has been up to 33 percent increase in interface speed with transfer rate of 133MB/s.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual B us M a s t e r I D E ( D M A m o de ) 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 memory and IDE device.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual D I M M ( D ua l I n L i ne M e m o r y M o d u l e ) DIMM socket has total 168-pin and supports 64-bit data. It can be single or double side, the golden finger signals on each side of PCB are different, and that is why it was called Dual In Line. Almost all DIMMs are made by SDRAM, which operate at 3.3V. Note that some old DIMMs are made by FPM/EDO and only operate at 5V. Do not confuse them with SDRAM DIMM.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual E E P RO M ( E l e c tr o n i c E r a s a b l e P r o g r a m m a b l e R O M ) Also known as E 2PROM. Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface technology is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM. E P R O M (E r a s a bl e P r o g r a m m a b l e R O M ) Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual F C - P G A ( F l i p C hi p - P i n G ri d A r ra 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 la s h R O M Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual IE EE 1 39 4 IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual P C -1 0 0 D I M M SDRAM DIMM that supports 100MHz CPU FSB bus clock. P C -1 3 3 D I M M SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU FSB bus clock. P C -1 6 0 0 , P C -2 1 0 0 o r P C - 2 7 0 0 D D R D R A M Based on FSB frequency, the DDR DRAM has 200MHz, 266MHz and 333MHz three types of working frequency. Because DDR DRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, 266x64/8=2100MB/s and 333x64/8=2700MB/s in these current three DDR DRAM.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual P nP ( P l u g a n d P l a y ) The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as Windows 95). These registers are used 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.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual S D R A M (S y nc h r o n o us D R A M ) SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus (EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal). It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer. SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual S P D ( S e r i a l P r e s e nc e D e te c t ) SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM. SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters. SPD can be used by BIOS to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM. U l t ra D M 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).
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual U S B2 . 0 ( U n i v e r s a l S e r i a l B us ) Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480 Mbps that is 40 times faster than the traditional one. Except for the speed increase, USB 2.0 supports old USB 1.0/1.1 software and peripherals, offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual T r ou b l e s h o o t i n g If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. No The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press to reboot the system. Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 109 No It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98. End 110 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AX4B Pro -533 Online Manual Mo d e l n a m e a n d B I O S v e r s i o n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX4B Pro-533 R1.20 Mar. 01.2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright ©2002, Award Software, Inc. AX4B Pro-533 is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.
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