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AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual What’s in this manual AX4PER-G / AX4PER-GN .................................................................................................................. 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice ..........................................................................................................................
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ...................................................................................................................... 28 DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 29 Front Panel Connector ......................................................................................................................
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 2200µF Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................... 49 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ................................................................................................................................. 50 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ................................................................................................................
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 77 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................................................................................................................... 77 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual Parity Bit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 83 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................... 83 PDF Format.........................................................................................................................
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Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce to the user 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 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Ove rv ie w ® Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4PER-G / AX4PER-GN motherboard. The AX4PER-G / AX4PER-GN is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel® 845PE chipset. As high performance chipset built in the ® ® M/B, the AX4PER-G / AX4PER-GN motherboard can support Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance, it has one 1.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual Fea t ure Highligh t CPU ® Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 1.4GHz~3.06GHz+ with 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The 845PE chipset contains two core components designed for the desktop platform: the 845PE Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH), and the Intel I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4). These components are interconnected via an Intel proprietary interface called Hub Interface.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual Memory Provide two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of DDR333/266 compliant DDR SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). You may install 64, 128, 256, 512Mb DDR SDRAM DIMM modules into each socket. LAN Port (For AX4PER-GN) On the strength of RealTek RTL8101L controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual WatchDog ABS Includes AOpen “WatchDog ABS” function that can auto-reset default settings in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking. Six USB 2.0 Connectors Provides four ports, one USB 2.0 connector for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. 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 than the traditional one.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual Qui ck I nst al la ti o n Pr oce dur 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN RealTek RTL8101L (For AX4PER-GN) Game Port Connector CD-IN Connector Onboard AC’97 CODEC Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel Resetable Fuse Front Audio Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector Low ESR Capacitors SYSFAN2 Connector 4xAGP Slot 478-pin CPU socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that ® ® support Intel Pentium 4 1.4~3.06GHz+ CPU IrDA Connector 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 USB 2.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN B l o c k D i a gr a m DDR 266/333 SDRAM Up to 2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Socket x2 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU 533MHz System Bus PCI Bus Intel 845PE ATA 33/66/100 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 4X Slot Intel ICH4 LAN Connect Component Realtek RTL8101L 1st USB Port USB Port x6 AC97 CODEC 2nd USB Port Low Pin Count Super I/O 4Mbit Flash EEPROM 3rd USB Port Parallel Port Serial Port x2 Floppy Disk Drive x2 16
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Har d w ar e Ins t al l ati on 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN A b o u t “ Ma n u f a c t ur e r U p g ra d e O p ti o n a l ” a n d “ U s e r U p g r a d e Optional”… When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”, and some are called “User Upgrade Optional”. Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features, in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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 pin 1 & pin2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1 1.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN CPU I ns t al la ti on ® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU. 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU 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 Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in. Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN CPU Fa n I ns ta ll at i on 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 on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown. 2. Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module. 1.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN CPU J umpe r- le s s Des i gn 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 BIOS Pentium 4 CPU Controlled CPU Freq.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very special, useful feature for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency by user’s setting that stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog ABS” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual Setting CPU Frequency BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Frequency Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed. The default setting is "table select mode". You can adjust the FSB from "CPU Host/SDRAM/PCI Clock" for overclocking.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Northwood CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Willamette CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x Pentium 4 1.5G 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15x Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Pentium 4 1.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN C P U a n d S y s t e m F a n C o n n e c t o r ( w i t h H / W Mo n i t o r i n g ) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector SENSOR +12V GND CPUFAN1 Connector GND +12V SENSOR Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up 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 installed. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN DI MM S o ck et s This motherboard has two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC266/333 memory up to 2GB. Both ECC and Non-ECC DDR SDRAM are supported, but you can’t install them both on DIMM. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN How to Install Memory ry Modules 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. 40 pins 2. 52 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. Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up to hold the DIMM in Tab 3.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Front Panel Con nector Attach the power LED, 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX 4PER- GN X4 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. +12V +12V Ground Ground AC Pow er Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN IDE and Floppy Connector 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 careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN A G P ( A c c e le ra t e d G ra p h i c P o r t ) E x pa n s i o n S l o t This motherboard provides an AGP 4x slot. The AGP 4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Ir DA Co nne ct or 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, 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).
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN P C 9 9 C o l o r C o d e d B a c k P a ne l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. PS/2 Mouse Connector SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port RJ45 10/100 LAN Jack (For AX4PER-GN) Line-In Speaker Out MIC-In USB 2.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Supp or t 10 /1 00 Mbps LAN onboa r d ( For A X4 PER- GN) The South Bridge ICH4 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of RealTek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The orange LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Supp or t USB 2 .0 Conne c t ors This motherboard provides six USB 2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are one USB connector on the board for you to connect four USB devices and two other ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect the front USB connector to the front panel of chassis. Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Ga me P ort Bra c ke t Sup p ort e d This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN C a s e O p e 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN CD Audi o Conne ctor 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 Windows versions support CD-IN Connector “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to insert audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Front Au dio Con nector 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 caps from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove the yellow jumper caps if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Bat te ry -les s a nd Long Lif e Des ign This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN CPU Ov er-c urre nt Prot e ct ion Over Current Protection has been popularly implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply for a while. However, new generation CPU is able to use regulator of different voltages to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, to 2.0V). This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard that supports CPU over-current protection, and it applies to 3.3V/5V/12V power supply for providing full line over-current protection.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Har dwa r e Moni t o ri ng This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if existed) to warn the user.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN AOCo nf i g Uti l it y AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendlier computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detective 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 3. This page presents the IDE devices information, such as the serial number, the manufacturer, the firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users may obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 22 00 μ F Low E S R Ca pac it 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. Not only that, AX4PER-G / AX4PER-GN implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 and 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Enlarged Alumin um Heatsink 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Wake On Modem / Wake On LAN / Wake On PCI Card Thi s motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, Wake On LAN and Wake On PCI Card. Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply, it can be triggered by Modem, LAN or Other PCI Cards and resume back to active. If you have an external Modem card and want to use this wake-up feature, Please enable the “Wake On Modem” item.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Open JukeBox Player 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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 simultaneou
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN D r i v e r a n d Ut 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 XP) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN ® I n s t a l li n g I nt e l ® C h i p s e t S o f t w a r e I n s ta ll a t i o n U ti l it y The Intel ® Chipset Software Installation Utility should be installed onto the target system and the Windows * INF files outline the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. It is recommended that the Intel ® Chipset Software Installation utility be installed onto the target system prior to the installation of other drivers.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN I n s t a l li n g I nt e l I A A D r iv e r The Intel(R) Application Accelerator is designed to improve performance of the storage sub-system and overall system performance. This software delivers improved performance through several ingredient technologies (components). Installation of the Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility should be prior to loading the Intel(R) Application Accelerator.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Installing Onboard Sound Driver This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Installing LAN Driver (For AX4PER-GN) This motherboard integrates Realtek 10/100Mbps PCI LAN Chip. You can find LAN driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual Install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows NT v4.0 driver for Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter. [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95: ---------------------------------------------------------------------1. Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 2.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual 2. In the Control Panel window, choose the "Network" icon. 3. In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the "Add Adapter" button. The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears. 4. In the list of network cards, select " Requires disk from manufacturer", and then press button. 5. Enter drive and pathname [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\NT (for NT 4.0) which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then choose the OK button. 6.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual "Input Ethernet ID" dialog box appears and input adapter's Ethernet ID. Last step is to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP. Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Installing USB 2.0 Driver This motherboard has six USB 2.0 ports. You can find USB driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual Windows 2000 Installation Guide ********************************************************** Installing Driver in Existing 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.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual 1. From Windows 2000, open the Control Panel from "My Computer" followed by the System icon. 2. Choose the "Hardware" tab, and then click the "Device Manager" tab. 3. Click the "+" in front of "Universal Serial Bus controllers". "Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller A1" should appear.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual ***************************************** Confirming Windows XP Installation ***************************************** 1. Tools/Folder Options/View. Change below item: 2. Enable "Display the full path in the title bat". 3. Enable "Show Hidden files and folders". 4. Disable "Hide extensions of known files types". 5. Disable "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)". 6.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual 1. Start button/run/Regedit 2. Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SFCDisable = 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. Otherwise, Windows XP will replace file from this directory to system32\drivers. 3. Copy all test drivers to %windir%\system32\drivers. 3.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN P hoenix - AW ARD BIOS 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 Phoenix-Award BIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN How To Use Phoenix-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 Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award BIOS setup program.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Key Description F6 Load Setup Default setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN B I 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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: WPRGN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WPRGN102.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 COD EC Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual A GP ( A cc e l era t ed Gr ap h ic Po rt ) The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s. ATA/100, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 6 = 100MB/s. ATA/133, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 8 = 133MB/s. (ATA/133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual C N R ( C om m un i ca t io n a nd N et wo rk i ng R i s er) The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing 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 manufacturers, silicon supplier and Microsoft.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual E P R O M ( E r a s a b l 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. If BIOS has to be upgraded, you need to remove EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back. E V6 B u s EV6 Bus is the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual F la sh R O M Flash ROM 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 increased from 64KB to 512KB (4M bit).
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual Pa r it y B i t The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated, parity bit will be adjusted to have even count "1" for each byte. When next time, if memory is read with odd number of "1", the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual POST (Power-On Self Test) The BIOS self-test procedure after power-on, sometimes, it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot. P SB ( P r oc e ss or S yst e m B us ) C l oc k PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual SATA (Serial ATA) The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second, and 300M/bs, 600M/bs to come.
AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Online Manual VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements. VCM increases 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 reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption. Wireless LAN – 802.11b 802.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN T r o u b l es 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.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes No and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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. No Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 89 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN 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? The problem should be caused by the cable or HDD itself. Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98.
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Online Manual AX4PER- G / AX4PER- GN Mo de l n a me an d B I O S v er s io n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX4PER-GN R1.00 Feb.01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX4PER-GN is model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version.
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