User manual AOPEN AX4TII

Overview Hardware Installation Troubleshooting & Technical Support Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Online Manual DOC. NO.: AX4T2-OL-E0408C AX4T II AX4T II 1 AX4T II W h a t 's i n t h i s m a n u a l Online Manual AX4T II .............................................................................................................................................1 What's in this manual ......................................................................................................................................................2 You Must Notice ..............................................................................................................................................................8 Before You Start ..............................................................................................................................................................9 Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................10 Feature Highlight ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 Quick Installation Procedure..........................................................................................................................................14 Motherboard Map ..........................................................................................................................................................15 Block Diagram ...............................................................................................................................................................16 Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................................17 About "Optional" and "Upgrade Optional"... ...................................................................................................................18 JP14 Clear CMOS Data .................................................................................................................................................19 CPU Installation.............................................................................................................................................................20 CPU Jumper-less Design...............................................................................................................................................22 CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)...............................................................................................25 RIMM Sockets ...............................................................................................................................................................27 Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................31 ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................32 2 AX4T II Online Manual AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................................................................................................................................33 IDE, Floppy AND IDE RAID (Optional) Connector .........................................................................................................34 JP7 Raid Select Jumper (Optional)................................................................................................................................36 IrDA Connector ..............................................................................................................................................................37 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Pro Expansion Slot .....................................................................................................38 CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot ............................................................................................39 Support Intel ® PRO/100 Network Connection (Optional)................................................................................................40 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel......................................................................................................................................41 Support 2nd USB Port.....................................................................................................................................................42 Chassis Intrusion Sensor...............................................................................................................................................43 CD Audio Connector ......................................................................................................................................................44 Modem Audio Connector ...............................................................................................................................................45 Front Audio Connector...................................................................................................................................................46 Battery-less and Long Life Design .................................................................................................................................47 Over-current Protection .................................................................................................................................................48 Hardware Monitoring .....................................................................................................................................................49 Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................50 Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................................51 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) .................................................................................................................................53 3 AX4T II Online Manual Pure Aluminum Heatsink ...............................................................................................................................................54 Driver and Utility..........................................................................................................................55 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ..............................................................................................................................56 Eliminate "?" mark from Windows 95/98 ........................................................................................................................57 Installing Intel IAA Driver ...............................................................................................................................................58 Installing Onboard LAN Driver (Optional) ......................................................................................................................59 Installing Onboard Sound Driver....................................................................................................................................60 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................................................................................................................61 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .........................................................................................................................................62 ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ........................................................................................................................................66 AWARD BIOS ................................................................................................................................68 About BIOS Function Description... ...............................................................................................................................69 How To Use AwardTM BIOS Setup Program ...................................................................................................................70 How To Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................................................72 BIOS Upgrade ...............................................................................................................................................................73 Overclocking ................................................................................................................................75 VGA Card & Hard Disk ..................................................................................................................................................76 Glossary .......................................................................................................................................77 AC97 .............................................................................................................................................................................77 4 AX4T II Online Manual ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)........................................................................................................77 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ....................................................................................................................................77 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ............................................................................................................................................78 AOpen Bonus Pack CD .................................................................................................................................................78 APM (Advanced Power Management) ...........................................................................................................................78 ATA (AT Attachment)......................................................................................................................................................78 ATA/66 ...........................................................................................................................................................................78 ATA/100 .........................................................................................................................................................................79 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................79 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).........................................................................................................................................79 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ................................................................................................................79 CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ....................................................................................................................................80 DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM................................................................................................................................80 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................................................................80 DMA (Direct Memory Access) ........................................................................................................................................80 ECC (Error Checking and Correction)............................................................................................................................81 EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory...........................................................................................................................81 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ....................................................................................................81 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .......................................................................................................................81 5 AX4T II Online Manual EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................82 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)............................................................................................................................82 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................82 Flash ROM ....................................................................................................................................................................82 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock...........................................................................................................................................83 I2C Bus ..........................................................................................................................................................................83 IEEE 1394 .....................................................................................................................................................................83 Parity Bit........................................................................................................................................................................84 PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) .................................................................................................................................84 PC-100 DIMM ................................................................................................................................................................84 PC-133 DIMM ................................................................................................................................................................84 PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM .................................................................................................................................84 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus....................................................................................................................85 PDF Format ...................................................................................................................................................................85 PnP (Plug and Play) ......................................................................................................................................................85 POST (Power-On Self Test) ...........................................................................................................................................85 RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)..............................................................................................................................................86 RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).........................................................................................................................86 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ......................................................................................................................................86 6 AX4T II Online Manual Shadow E 2PROM ..........................................................................................................................................................86 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ..........................................................................................................................87 SMBus (System Management Bus) ...............................................................................................................................87 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .......................................................................................................................................87 Ultra DMA ......................................................................................................................................................................88 USB (Universal Serial Bus)............................................................................................................................................88 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .....................................................................................................................................89 ZIP file ...........................................................................................................................................................................89 Troubleshooting ...........................................................................................................................90 Technical Support........................................................................................................................94 Product Registration....................................................................................................................97 How to Contact Us.......................................................................................................................98 7 AX4T II You Must Notice Online Manual Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 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No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior written permission from AOpen Corporation. Copyright© 1996-2000, AOpen Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8 AX4T II Before You Start Online Manual 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. Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing, you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver. Thanks for the help of saving our earth. 9 AX4T II Ov er vi e w Online Manual Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4T II motherboard. This motherboard is Intel ® Pentium 4 (Willamette/Northwood) motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form featuring the Intel ® 850 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AX4T II can support Intel® Pentium ® 4 800MHz~2.0GHz+ CPU. With Intel® QDR (Quad Data Rate) technology, AX4T II supports 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock and provides up to 3.2GB/s data bandwidth between CPU and chipset. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1066MB/sec. The MCH component provides Direct RDRAM interface that has dual Direct RDRAM channels support PC-600/800 RDRAM operation and maximum up to 2GB. The on-board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 mode and the transfer rate up to 100MB/s. Further flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser (CNR) card option that allows audio, modem, and/or LAN configuration on a single baseboard design. Besides, the AX4T II has an AC97 CODEC chipset onboard for provides high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now, enjoy all features from AOpen AX4T II. 10 AX4T II F e a t u r e Hi g h l i g h t CPU Online Manual Supports Intel ® Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 800MHz~2.0GHz+ with 400MHz system bus designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The Intel®- 850 chipset consists of three main components: Memory Control Hub (MCH), I/O Control Hub 2 (ICH2X) and Firmware Hub (FWH). All these components are interconnected via an Intel ® proprietary interface called hub interface. The hub interface designed into the Intel® 850 chipset to provide efficient communication between components. Additional hardware platform features include AGP 4x mode, Direct RDRAM, Ultra ATA/100, Low Pin Count (LPC) interface, integrated LAN and Universal Serial Bus (USB). The platform is also ACPI compliant and supports Full-on, Stop Grant, Suspend to RAM, Suspend to Disk and Soft-off power management states. Through the use of an appropriate LAN connect, the platform supports Wake-on-LAN for remote administration and troubleshooting. Expansion Slots Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP Pro slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR) slot provided from AX4T II can support CNR interface for a LAN/Modem/Audio card. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1066MB/s. As AX4T II motherboard includes one AGP Pro expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card, for AD and SBA signaling, AX4T II can support AGP 4X mode. 11 AX4T II Memory Online Manual Provides four 168-pin DRDRAM DIMM socket that support up to 2GB of PC-600/800 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. Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. On-board AC97 Sound AX4T II uses AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system. Four USB Connectors AX4T II provides two ports, four USB connectors for USB interface devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. Power Management/Plug and Play AX4T II 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. 12 AX4T II Hardware Monitoring Management Online Manual 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 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features. Super Multi-I/O AX4T II provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections. 13 AX4T II 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. Online Manual 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory (DIMM Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot 10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98) 11. Installing Driver and Utility 14 AX4T II MODEM-CN Connector Front Audio Connector CD-IN Connector Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel with 10/100Mbps Ethernet RJ45 Connector(Optional) Resettale Fuse 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector CPU Fan Connector 4Mbit Flash ROM BIOS IrDA Connector CNR Expansion Slot 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5 AGP Pro Expansion Slot 478-pin CPU socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 1.30~1.50GHz+ CPU Low ESR Capacitors Front Panel Connector AGP Pro External Power Connector JP7 Raid Select Jumper (Optional) ATA/100 IDE RAID Connector x2 (Optional) FDD Connector JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper Supports 2nd USB Connector FAN2 Connector Chassis Intrusion Detector 15 184-pin RIMM Socket x4 supports PC-600/800 RDRAM maximum up to 2GB Intel ® 850 chipset with MCH, ICH2X and FWH that supports LAN, Ultra ATA/100, RDRAM Solution FAN3 Connector ATX Power Connector ATA33/66/100 IDE Connector x2 AX4T II Bl o c k D i a g r a m PC-600/800 Direct RDRAM Up to 2GB Online Manual RIMM Socket x2 RIMM Socket x2 Dual Channel RDRAM data transferring rate up to 3.2GB/s 32-bit PCI Slot x5 PCI Bus data transferring rate up to 133MB/s Primary Channel Secondary Channel ATA 33/66100 400MHz System Bus IDE Drive x4 AC97 CODEC Audio CODEC AGP Pro Slot USB Connector x4 1st USB Port AC'97 Link 2nd USB Port CNR Slot Low Pin Count Super I/O Modem CODEC Firmware Hub 4Mbit Flash EEPROM Floppy Disk Drive x2 Parallel Port Serial Port x2 16 AX4T II 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. 2. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. If a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedure requiring ESD protection. 17 AX4T II A b o u t " O p t i o n a l " a n d " U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l " ... Online Manual When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called "Optional", and some are called "Upgrade Optional". Owing to all of AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features, but in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user. Hence, we make some key features change to optional for you choose. Some of these optional functions can be upgrade by users, and therefore we called these optional functions are "Upgrade Optional". About the optional functions that you can't upgrade by yourself, we called them "Optional". If needed, you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing "Upgrade Optional" components, and again you can visit AOpen official web site: www.aopen.com.tw to get more detail information. 18 AX4T II J P 1 4 C l e a r C MO S D a t a Online Manual You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 & pin2. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1. Boot fail because of overclocking... 2. Forget password... 1 1 3. Troubleshooting... Clear CMOS Normal Operation (Default) 19 AX4T II C P U I n s t al l a ti o n Online Manual This motherboard supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 1.30~1.50GHz+ Socket 478 series CPU. Please follow the step as below to finish CPU installation. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket level and up to 90-degree angle. 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. CPU socket Lever CPU pin 1 and cut edge CPU cut edge Note: These pictures are for example only; they may not exactly be the same as the motherboard you purchased. 20