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MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual What’s in this manual MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L ..................................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................................................ 2 You Must Notice.......................................................................................................
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 33 AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 33 IDE and Floppy Connector..............................................................................................
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual STBY LED (Standby LED) ...................................................................................................................................................... 54 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 55 Resetable Fuse......................................................................................................................
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................... 80 Glossary .................................................................................................................................................81 AC97 CODEC...................................................................................................................................
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Flash ROM ............................................................................................................................................................................. 86 Hyper Threading ..................................................................................................................................................................... 86 IEEE 1394 ..............................................................................................
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Troubleshooting .....................................................................................................................................92 Technical Support..................................................................................................................................96 Product Registration..............................................................................................................................99 How to Contact Us........
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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 and 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Overview Thank you for choosing AOpen MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L motherboard. MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the micro ATX form factor featuring the Intel Springdale-G chipsets. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L motherboard supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 / Prescott / Springdale chipsets and 400/533/800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Feature Highlight CPU Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Northwood / Prescott) 1.6GHz~3.06GHz+ with 400/533/800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset Springdale is a Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron processor and Prescott processor. It provides CPU, DDR, AGP, Hub, CSA Interfaces and integrated graphics with display interfaces.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Expansion Slots Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. Of three PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus. MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP or ADD graphic card.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual LAN Port MX4SGI-N: On the strength of Intel LAN chip on board, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. MX4SGI-L: The Intel Kenai LAN chip implemented on this motherboard is a fully integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Control and Physical Layer Transceiver solution for high-performance network applications. It combines triple-speed, IEEE 802.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Eight USB2.0 Ports Provides six ports on the back panel and one USB connector on the board, providing a total of eight USB2.0 interface devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. S/PDIF Connector S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is the newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Quick Installation Procedure 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. Installing Operating System (such as Windows XP) 11.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Motherboard Map Front Audio Connector Colored Back Panel AC’97 CODEC AUX-IN Connector Resetable Fuse CD-IN Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper Low ESR Capacitors S/PDIF Connector 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector SYSFAN3 Connector AGP 8x Expansion Slot 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 478-pin CPU socket (Northwood/Prescott) with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel® Pentium® 4 1.6~3.06GHz+ CPU USB2.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Block Diagram DDR400/333/266 Dual Channel SDRAM Up to 2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 DIMM Socket x2 PCI Bus 2 Serial ATA Ports 400/533/800MHz Socket 478 System Bus Intel Pentium 4 CPU (Northwood / Prescott) SATA1 150MB/s SATA2 Intel Springdale-G ATA 66/100 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 8X Slot ICH5 RealTek AC97 CODEC LAN connect Component USB Port USB Port x8 USB Port 4Mbit Flash EEPROM USB Port Parallel Port USB Port Serial Port VGA Port
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Hardware Installation 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual CPU Installation This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Willamette / Northwood). 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 mark on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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, you 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 look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual CPU Fan Installation 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual CPU Over-current Protection The Over Current Protection is a popular implementation on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage with a regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and thus makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Hyper Threading Technology What is Hyper-Threading? Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, an average improvement of ~40% in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual For multiprocessor-capable software applications, the Hyper-Threading based processor is considered two separate logical processors on which the software applications can run without modification. Also, each logical processor responds to interrupts independently. The first logical processor can track one software thread, while the second logical processor tracks another software thread simultaneously.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Enlarged Aluminum 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Full-range Auto-detect CPU Core Voltage This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports auto-detect CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. You don’t have to manually adjust it. However, this motherboard can also automatically detects CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual 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 2.2G 2200MHz 133MHz 533MHz 16x Pentium 4 2.26G 2260MHz 133MHz 533MHz 17x Pentium 4 2.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) 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. SYSFAN3 Connector GND +12V SENSOR CPUFAN1 Connector GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector 30 Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual DIMM Sockets This motherboard has two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install 128-bit dual channel DDR400, DDR333 or DDR266 memory up to 2GB. Only non-ECC DDR RAM is supported. Please install suitable modules; otherwise serious damage may occur on memory sockets or you RAM modules. Please note that when you install DDR333 memory module and have your CPU FSB set at 800MHz, the memory can only run with the speed of DDR320. It is limitation of Intel.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual How to Install Memory 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. Pin 1 52 pins 2. 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Tab Key 3. Pin 1 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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. +12V +12V Ground Ground AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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. Tip: 1.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Serial ATA Supported Intel ICH5 integrates two Serial ATA host controllers that 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. And the latest generation of the interface, Ultra ATA-133, has been developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes/second.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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 note that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Adjusting Your Hard Disk Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard also supports the latest Serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you install them, the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting. You can simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly. After having properly installed your hard disks, you can directly go to the BIOS setting screen for adjustment.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual If you intend to change the default setting, simply press Enter for a list of selection: 1. Disabled: You may choose this item if you’re sure that only traditional IDE hard 2. disks are installed on your system. Disabling this item may also cancel the detection to Serial ATA hard disk during POST, which theoretically, could speed up your boot-up timing a bit; however, please remember to re-adjust the settings here if you intend to use Serial ATA hard disk later.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Front Panel Connector Attach the power LED, Keylock, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual IrDA Connector 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).
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Support 10/100 Mbps(MX4SGI-N) and Gigabits(MX4SGI-L) LAN onboard On the strength of Intel 10/100Mbps LAN controller (MX4SGI-N) or Kenai Gigabits LAN controller (MX4SGI-L) on board, which is a highly integrated platform LAN connect device, it provides 10/100Mbps or gigabits Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Support Front USB 2.0 Port This motherboard provides eight USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are one USB connector on the board for you to connect two USB devices and six other ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA port, 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 USB2.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an ALC650F CODEC, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650F, 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Front Audio Connector If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND GND L CD-IN Note: Though some of the latest versions of Windows support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to connect audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual AUX-IN Connector This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Case Open Connector 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual JP14 Clear CMOS Data You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear 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 & pin 2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? Normal (default) Clear CMOS 1.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual STBY LED (Standby LED) STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, this motherboard implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements a Flash ROM and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption of current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Resetable Fuse Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Low ESR Capacitor 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, MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V. That is, the transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 60A current is applied.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” 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 ABS” 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Phoenix-AWARD 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). Phoenix-Award BIOS™ installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual About BIOS Function Description… AOpen always dedicates to give user 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 appear at the right side of screen. Therefore, you don’t need to read this manual while you change BIOS settings.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting values. You can 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press during POST (Power-On Self Test) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex:http://english.aopen.com.tw/) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WMX4SGIN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WMX4SGIN102.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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 colourful 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 simultaneousl
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 2000) before you install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide. Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility The Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility installs to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. It is recommended that the Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation utility be installed onto the target system prior to the installation of other drivers.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver You can download Intel Extreme graphic driver from the Bonus Pack CD.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Installing LAN Driver You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Installing Audio Driver This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS; you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Installing USB2.0 Driver Windows 2000 Installation Guide *************************************************** Installing Drivers During Windows 2000 Installation *************************************************** The following details the installation of the USB 2.0 driver while installing Windows 2000 (with the USB 2.0 controller is enabled already). 1. After enabling the USB 2.0 controller, install Windows 2000 normally. 2.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual 8. Choose the "Driver" tab in the "Properties" window, choose "Update Driver," and then press "Next." 9. Choose "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)". From the list, and then press "Enter". 10. Choose "Specify a location." and then press "Next" 11. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM. 12. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Intel\USB2.0\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press " OK ". Click "Next.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual ************************************************* 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. Choose "Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)". from the list, and then press "Enter". 2.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Windows 98SE Installation Guide *************************************************** Installing Drivers During Windows 98SE Installation *************************************************** Please refer to Windows 2000 USB2.0 installation guide. The installation procedures are the same.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Windows Me Installation Guide ************************************************* Installing Drivers During Windows Me Installation ************************************************* Please refer to Windows 2000 USB2.0 installation guide. The installation procedures are the same.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual AOConfig Utility AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual 3. This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual G l os s a r y A C 9 7 C O DE C 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual A GP ( A c c e l e r a t ed Gr a p h i c P o r t ) 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual drive to connect directly to the ISA bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual interrupted by electromagnetic wave. C N R ( C o m m u n i c a ti o n an d N e t w o r ki n g Ri 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".
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual E E P R O M (E l e c t r o n i c E r a s ab l e P r o g r am m a b l e RO 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 RO 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual F C -P GA (F l i p C h i p -P i n G r i d A r r a y ) FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket. F C - P G A 2 ( F li p C h i p - P i n G r i d A r r a y ) After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478 socket as well. F l a sh R O M Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual capable of supporting various high-end digital A/V applications, such as consumer A/V device control and signal routing, Digital Video (DV) editing, home networking, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing. Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards. Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A/V to Firewire converters.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual P D F F orm a t With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange. Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file, including fonts and graphics, and they can be distributed by e-mail or stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual R D R A M ( R am b u s D y n am i c R a n d o m A c c e ss M em o r y ) A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM” with transfer rate of 600/700/800MHz, providing bandwidth as high to 1.6GB.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual S M Bu s (S y s t em M a n a g em en t B u s ) SMBus is also called I 2C 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual and reduced power consumption. Wireless L AN – 802. 11b 802.11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology, which is an interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients. 802.11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming: 802.11 = 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using either frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)). 802.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L Online Manual Troubleshooting 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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 94 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L 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 95 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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