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AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AX4T-533 Pro .................................................................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice .............................................................................................................
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual STBY LED and BOOT LED ........................................................................................................................................... 36 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 37 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers ........................................................................................................... 57 JP2 Speaker and Buzzer Select Jumper ....................................................................................................................... 58 Battery-less and Long Life Design ................................................................................................................................
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .................................................................................................... 84 How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 86 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .................................................................................................................
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual CODEC (Coding and Decoding) .................................................................................................................................... 94 DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ............................................................................................................................... 94 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................................................................
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM ................................................................................................................. 99 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................... 99 PDF Format...............................................................................................................................................................
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual Product Registration ................................................................................................................. 111 How to Contact Us ....................................................................................................................
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual Ov er vi e w Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4T-533 Pro motherboard. This motherboard is Intel® Pentium 4 (Willamette/Northwood) motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form featuring the Intel ® 850E chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX4T-533 Pro supports Intel® Pentium ® 4 1.4GHz~2.8+ GHz CPU. With Intel ® QDR (Quad Data Rate) technology, AX4T-533 Pro supports 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock and provides up to 3.
AX4T-533 Pro 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~2.8+ GHz with 400/533MHz system bus designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The Intel ® 850E chipset supports dual-channel RDRAM memory, delivering the most performance and headroom to maximize the performance of Pentium 4 processor-based systems. Its Memory Control Hub (MCH) delivers dual RDRAM memory channels and a 400/533 MHz system bus, providing the latest graphics support through 1.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual Memory Provides four 184-pin RDRAM RIMM socket that support up to 2GB of PC-600/800/1066 compliant DRDRAM (Direct Rambus DRAM). You may install 64, 128, 256 or 512MB with ECC (Error Checking and Correction) RDRAM RIMM modules into each socket.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual Power Management/Plug and Play AX4T-533 Pro supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making system user-friendlier. 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 (RIMM) 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.
AX4T-533 Pro JP13 LAN Enable/Disable Online Manual Motherboard Map Realtek LAN Controller CD-IN Connector AUX-IN Connector PC99 Colored Back Panel 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector Realtek ALC650 CODEC Front Audio Connector CPUFAN1 Connector CNR Expansion Slot JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5(Master) AGP Expansion Slot JP2 Speaker/Buzzer Select Jumper SYSFAN3 Connector S/PDIF Connector 478-pin CPU socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 1
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m PC-600/800/1066 Direct RDRAM Up to 2GB RIMM Socket x2 RIMM Socket x2 Dual Channel RDRAM data transferring rate up to 3.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual A b o u t “ U s e r U p gr a d e O pt i o n a l ” a n d “ Ma n u f a c t ur e 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 notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1 1.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual C P U I n s t al l a ti o n This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium ® 4 1.4~2.4GHz Socket 478 series CPU. Please follow steps below to finish CPU installation. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket level and up to 90-degree angle.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket level and finish CPU installation. Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may damage the CPU. CPU cut edge Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package cannot be fitted in. Note: P4 CPU tends to produce higher Note: The CPU you purchased may look different from the one shown here.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 Controlled CPU Freq.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard 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 according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual S e t t i n g C P U Fr e q u e n c y This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual S upport e d CP U Fre que nc y Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * 4 * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual Willamette CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x Pentium 4 1.9G 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 19x Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Celeron CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio 1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x 1.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual C P U a n d H o u s i n g F a n C o n n e c t o r ( w i t h H/ W M o ni 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 (without H/W monitoring) connector. CPUFAN1 Connector SENSOR +12V GND GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector 28 Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l CP U H e a t s i n k a n d F a 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. 1. Gently put the CPU Fan down on the retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners. 2.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual RI M M S o c k e t s This motherboard has four 184-pin RIMM sockets that allow you to install PC600, PC800 and PC1066 RDRAM up to 2GB. AX4T-533 Pro will detect the RDRAM speed automatically while system is in POST, but it still allows you to select the RDRAM type manually by BIOS setup program. Please note that 400MHz FSB doesn’t support RIMM PC1066. Note: Based on Intel 850E chipset specification, AX4T-533 Pro has dual memory channel.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual Pictures below are Direct RDRAM memory module and RIMM terminator (also called C-RIMM). Please do not forget to insert the RIMM terminator into the proper RIMM socket, otherwise the system cannot be booted.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 RIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. 60 pins 2. 88 pins Insert the module straight down to the RIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the RIMM module is securely in place. Note: The tabs of the RIMM slot will close-up to hold the RIMM in place when the RIMM touches the slot’s bottom.
AX4T-533 Pro 3. Online Manual Repeat step 2 to finish additional RIMM & C-RIMM modules installation. Direct RDRAM Module C-RIMM Module Note: Please do not forget to install the C-RIMM modules into the proper RIMM slots. Note: Pictures shown here are for reference only.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r Attach the power LED, EMPI, 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to connect the 4-pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20-pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual JP18 Promise ATA133 Enable/Disable Jumper JP18 is used to enable or disable onboard Promise ATA133 controller function. If you don’t want to enable the ATA133 function, you should set this jumper to 2-3.
AX4T-533 Pro 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).
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual A G P ( A c c e l e r a t e d G r a p hi c P o r t ) E x p a n s i o n S l ot AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual AGP Protection Technology With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX4T-533 PRO 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 a AGP card with 3.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 On the strength of Realtek Ethernet 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual J P 1 3 L A N E n a b l e / Di s a bl e J u m p e r JP13 is used to enable or disable onboard LAN. If you don’t want to enable the Onboard LAN, you should set this jumper to 2-3.
AX4T-533 Pro 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, RJ45 LAN (optional), four USBs, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual JP28 USB Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Select Jumper This motherboard provides USB 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 “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual S u p p o r t T h e 2 n d a n d 3 r d U S B 2 . 0 P or t This motherboard provides 6 USB connectors to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cable to connect others USB connectors to the back plane or front panel of chassis.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual C h a s s i s I n t r u s i o n S e n s or The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. This function will log an event in the system BIOS when this header is connected. You can use the 2-pin chassis intrusion sensor to connect with this header, and enable the chassis monitoring function of system BIOS.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 design with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers Dr. Voice is a great feature of AX4T-533 Pro, 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual J P 2 S p e a k e r a n d B uz z e r S e l e c t J u m pe r 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. You may also set JP2 to choose sending out voices from buzzer or speaker.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 was very popular implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual R e se t ta b l e F u s e Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (did the job to protect motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can back to normal function after fuse did the protection job.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual 2 2 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, AX4T-533Pro implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 and 1500μf) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
AX4T-533 Pro 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”.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 during
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual T h e n o i se i s g o n e !! - - - - Si l e n t P C 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 this utility and also the most easy-to-set one, which can be applied to any housing. It can automatically adjust the fan speed by exerting algorithm similar to “Fuzzy Logic”.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 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 98.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g L A N Dr i v e r You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD and install it under Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows 98/98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT v4.0 driver for Realtek RTL8201 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter. [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 : ----------------------------------------------------1.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual [CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WINME (for Windows ME) or [CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WinXP (for Windows XP) 3. Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME will appear some messages to insert Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME system disk to complete setup step. 4. Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME will finish the other installation procedure automatically, then you restart the system. [Windows NT 3.5, 3.51 & 4.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139.SYS will auto-detect the line speed, 10 Mb or 100Mb, while the RTL8139.SYS is loading. The other values, "10" or "100", are only used when you want to forced RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb. 7. The screen will appear "Input EthernetID" dialog box which is provide by RTL8139.SYS driver. This option is only required when you have more than one Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this computer.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual I n s t al l i n g O n b o ar d A u d i o D r i ve r This motherboard comes with a RealTek ALC201A chip. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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. Note: AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appeared at right side of screen.
AX4T-533 Pro 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. De l 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EZWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMANDED 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: WAX4T533P102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX4T533P102.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual O v e r cl o c k i n g As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them "Overclocker".
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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).
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual C N R ( C o m m un i c a t i o n a n d Ne t w o r k i n g R i s e r ) 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual D M A ( D i r e c t Me m o r y Ac c e s s ) Channel for communications between the memory and surrounding devices. E C C ( E r r or C he c k i n g a n d C or r e c t i o n ) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual EV 6 B u s EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus. EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2. For example, 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock, but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz. F C C D o C ( De c l a r a t i o n o f C o n f o r m i ty ) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual F S B ( F r o n t S i d e B u s ) C l oc k FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio I2C Bus See SMBus. 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual P a r i t y Bi 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.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual 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. Therefore, the PC-1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz, PC-2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz and PC-2700 with 166MHz FSB frequency.
AX4T-533 Pro 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. R D R A M ( R a mb u s D R A M ) Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer. Theoretically, the data transfer should be high than SDRAM. RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual 2 S ha d o w E P R O M A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E 2PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E 2PROM for jumper-less and battery-less design S I M M ( S i n gl e I n Li n e Me m o r y M o d u l e ) SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical. That is why it was called Single In Line. SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32-bit data.
AX4T-533 Pro Online Manual 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). The Ultra DMA/33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33.3MB/s, twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory (DMA) interface.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 106 No It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
AX4T-533 Pro 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 107 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AX4T-533 Pro 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: AX4T-533 Pro R1.00 Aug. 15. 2002 AOpen Inc. Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2002, Award Software, Inc. AX4T-533 Pro is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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