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AX4R Plus Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AX4R Plus ........................................................................................................................................ 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice ...............................................................................................................
AX4R Plus Online Manual DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 32 Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 36 ATX Power Connector ......................................................................................................................
AX4R Plus Online Manual PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ..................................................................................................................................... 55 Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard .............................................................................................................................. 56 Support Six USB2.0 Connectors .................................................................................................................................
AX4R Plus Online Manual Driver and Utility ......................................................................................................................... 83 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 84 Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility......................................................................................................
AX4R Plus Online Manual AOpen Bonus Pack CD ............................................................................................................................................... 102 APM (Advanced Power Management)......................................................................................................................... 102 ATA (AT Attachment) .............................................................................................................................................
AX4R Plus Online Manual FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................. 107 Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................. 107 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .....................................................................................................................
AX4R Plus Online Manual SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................. 112 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ..................................................................................................................................... 112 Ultra DMA .....................................................................................................................................................
AX4R Plus 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, Pentium 4 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual 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 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Overview ® Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4R Plus motherboard. The AX4R Plus is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel® E7205 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AX4R Plus motherboard can support Intel ® ® Socket 478 Pentium 4 and 400/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.
AX4R Plus Online Manual F e a t u r e Hi g h l i g h t CPU Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 1.4GHz~3.06GHz+ with 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology (Supports Intel ® Hyper-Threading Technology). Chipset With the Intel ® E7205 chipset, Intel delivers a discrete graphics solution with all the performance, innovative features and proven reliability of the Intel® E7205 chipset.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Overview Memory Provides four 184-pin DDR RAM DIMM sockets that support up to 4GB of DDR200/266 compliant DDR RAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). You may install 64, 128, 256, 512Mb DDR RAM DIMM modules into each socket.. LAN Port On the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL controller on board, which is an highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset default settings in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking. S/PDIF Connectors S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Six USB2.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module. Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features. Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus Front Audio Connector Onboard AC’97 CODEC S/PDIF Connector Green: AUX-IN Connector Black: CD-IN Connector Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel RealTek RTL8100BL JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Enable/Disable Jumper 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector 3300μF Low ESR Capacitors SYSFAN3 Connector CPUFAN1 Connector with H/W Monitoring Function Joystick/MIDI Connector CNR Expansion Slot 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 AGP Slot (For 1.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m DDR-266/200 DDR DRAM Up to 4G B 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Soc ket x4 Soc ket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU 400/533MHz System Bus Intel E7205 PCI Bus ATA 33/66100 Primar y Channel IDE Dri ve x4 Sec ondar y Channel AGP Slot Intel ICH4 AC97 CODEC Realtek RTL8100BL LAN c onnec t Component AC Link USB Connector x6 CNR Slot 1st USB Port Low Pin Count Super I/O 2nd USB Port Firmware H ub 3Mbit Fl ash EEPROM 3rd USB Port Parallel Port Serial Port x2
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual A b o u t “ M a n u f a c t ur e r U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ” a n d “ Us e r U p g r a d e O pt i o n a l ” … 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.
AX4R Plus 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 pins 1 & pin2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1 1.
AX4R Plus 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. 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual 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.
AX4R Plus 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 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.
AX4R Plus 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 BIOS Pentium 4 CPU Controlled CPU Freq.
AX4R Plus Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” 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 Timer” 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 Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
AX4R Plus Online Manual CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected. It is not necessary to set 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 This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio Northwood CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x Pentium 4 2.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Willamette CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 1.8G 4 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x Pentium 1.9G Pentium 2.0G 4 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 19x 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x 4 Celeron CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio 1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x 1.
AX4R Plus 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 CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. SENSOR +12V GND SYSFAN3 Connector SENSOR +12V GND CPUFAN1 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have GND +12V SENSOR sensor pin, so that cannot support hardware monitoring function.
AX4R Plus 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 installed. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
AX4R Plus Online Manual DI M M S o c k e t s This motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266 or Both ECC or Non-ECC DDR RAM are supported. DDR200 memory up to 4 GB.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Each DIMM slot supports up to a maximum size of 1GB. Users can install either single- or double-sided modules to meet their own needs. Please note that Channel A DIMMS (DIMM1 and DIMM3) can respectively work alone, but Channel B DIMMS (DIMM2 and DIMM4) must work in pair with Channel A DIMMs. It is recommended that users have to install memory modules of the same type and density on DDR DIMMs in pairs.
AX4R Plus 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. 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 place when the DIMM touches the slot’s bottom.
AX4R Plus 3. Online Manual Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual S T B Y L E D a n d B OO T L E D Both STBY LED and BOOT LED are AOpen’s considerate designs that we aim at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode.
AX4R Plus Online Manual A C P o w er A u t o R ec o v er y A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem.
AX4R Plus 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 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Serial ATA Supported This motherboard comes with a Silicon Image Serial ATA (Sil3112ACT144) controller, aiming to provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs with its original speed of just 3 Mbytes/second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Connecting Serial ATA Disk To connect a Serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial ATA header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk.
AX4R Plus 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, 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).
AX4R Plus 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 newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. 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 better audio quality.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual A GP Sl o t The AX4R Plus provides an AGP 8x slot. The AGP 8x 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 4X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 8x mode, which is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 =2.1GB/s, This AGP expansion slot is for 1.5V-1.6V AGP card only.
AX4R Plus Online Manual AGP Protection Technology With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX4R Plus implements a brand 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 an AGP card with 3.
AX4R Plus Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard.
AX4R Plus 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 Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard.
AX4R Plus 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 .
AX4R Plus 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 chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector.
AX4R Plus Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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, RJ45 LAN, PrinterUSB, and AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. RJ45 10/100 LAN Jack SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Connector Line-In USB2.
AX4R Plus Online Manual S u p p o r t 1 0/ 1 00 M b p s L A N o n b o a r d 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 green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
AX4R Plus Online Manual S u p p o r t S i x US B 2 . 0 C o n n e c t or s 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. 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. On this motherboard, all six USB connectors support USB 2.0 function.
AX4R Plus 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 the opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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 5-6 and 9-10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable. Please do not remove these 5-6 and 9-10 yellow jumper caps if there’s no audio port on the front panel.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Dr. LED Connector In conjunction with Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional), which can easily shows what kind of problems may occur on your system during assembly. It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr. LED. This can helps you to have a self-diagnostic to your system status quickly. Pin 1 1 2 3.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual J P 2 S p e a k e r E n a bl e / D i s a b l e J um p e r s This motherboard comes with another considerate option that allows you to turn off the voice from 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 JP2 to pin 2-3 to stop both the speaker from sending out voices. The language selections of Dr.Voice can be adjusted in BIOS.
AX4R Plus 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 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual C P U O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual A O C o n f i g Ut i l i t 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual 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. Please be informed that AOconfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Di e - H a r d B I O S a n d J P 3 0 Di e - H a r d BI O S S e l e c t J u m p e r Many viruses have been found that may destroy bios code and data area lately. This motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method without any software or BIOS coding involved, therefore it is 100% virus free. You may restore the originally mounted BIOS with 2nd BIOS ROM by setting JP30 to pin 2-3 if it fails to act normally.
AX4R Plus Online Manual E x t e r n a l C o n t r ol l e r f or DI E - H A R D BI O S ( U s e r U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ) External Controller provides you a better and convenience way to switch the BIOS status between “Rescue” and “Normal” without opening the case of your computer. You have to plug the jumper cable to the connector pin (JP30) on the motherboard. Be careful of the orientation when you connect, the red wire should correspond to Pin1.
AX4R Plus Online Manual Note: If you suspect your BIOS is infected by virus, just rescue your bios by following steps: 1. Turn off the system, set the External Controller to “Rescue” to read from rescue ROM. 2. Boot the system and set the switch back to “Normal”. 3. Follow the BIOS upgrade procedure to rehabilitate BIOS. Reboot the system, and you should be able to go back to normal mode.
AX4R Plus 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. Not only that, AX4R Plus implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 and 1500μf) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
AX4R Plus Online Manual 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”.
AX4R Plus Online Manual F a n s i n k o n N or t h Br i d g e In order to provide a better effect of cooling and make the chipset work more stable, we especially design a fansink on the north bridge. After locating the fansink on the north bridge, plug the connector to the header marked SYSFAN3 on the motherboard.
AX4R Plus Online Manual The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher, it inevitably brings higher heat and system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat problem, however, is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system, expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as it could.
AX4R Plus Online Manual In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis, plus checking if fans are running properly. The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level. You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here.
AX4R Plus Online Manual The following page is sure to be the most important part of this utility, you may control the rotation speed of specific fans you got with options inside in this page. Respectively illustrate as follow: 1. Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature.
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AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
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AX4R Plus 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 disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. on system’s installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 2000 and Windows 98.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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 You can install the Intel INF Update Utility from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks.
AX4R Plus 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 the AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc.
AX4R Plus 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 AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
AX4R Plus Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g L A N Dr i v e r Introduction: ------------This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows 98/98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual [Windows NT 3.5, 3.51 & 4.0] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows NT : ----------------------------------------------------When you are in Windows NT : 1. In the Main group of NT, select the "Control Panel" icon. 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g U S B 2 . 0 Dr i v e r * 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual * Windows XP Installation Guide *********************************************** Installing Driver in Existing 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 on "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Install from a list or special location (Advanced)", click "Next" 2.
AX4R Plus Online Manual P H O E N I X - 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 Phoenix-AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
AX4R Plus 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 friendlier 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual 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 Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program.
AX4R Plus Online Manual 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual 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.
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AX4R Plus Online Manual 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: WAX4RPLUS102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX4RPLUS102.EXE & WAX4RPLUS102.BIN. 4. Double click on the WAX4RPLUS102.EXE, EZWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard.
AX4R Plus Online Manual VG A C ar d & H ar d D i s k VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your 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 List (AVL) by link to our official website. VGA: http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.
AX4R Plus 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).
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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 package of Intel for Pentium III CPU. It can only be plugged 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual P D F F o r ma t A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader. You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader). 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).
AX4R Plus Online Manual R I M M ( Ra m b u s I n l i n e M e m o r y M o d u l e ) 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices. 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.
AX4R Plus Online Manual S M B us ( S y s te m Ma n a g e m e n t B us ) SMBus is also called I2C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message.
AX4R Plus Online Manual U S B ( U n i v e rs a l S e r i a l B us ) USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s, but the newly design USB2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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.
AX4R Plus 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. No Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 116 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
AX4R Plus 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 117 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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