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Online Manual AX45F-1394 What’s in this manual AX45F-1394.................................................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice .....................................................................................................
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Front Panel Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 34 ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................................. 35 AC Power Auto Recovery.............................................................................................
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Front Audio Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 54 Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional) .............................................................................................................................. 55 Case Open Connector............................................................................................................
Online Manual AX45F-1394 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ................................................................................................................. 81 How To Enter BIOS Setup........................................................................................................................................................... 82 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ......................................................................................................
Online Manual AX45F-1394 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).............................................................................................................................................. 98 Bluetooth ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 98 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)........................................................................
Online Manual AX45F-1394 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ......................................................................................................................................... 103 RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ............................................................................................................ 103 RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).......................................................................................................................
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Overview ® Thank you for choosing AOpen AX45F-1394 motherboard. AX45F-1394 is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form ® factor featuring the SIS 648FX chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45F-1394 motherboard supports Intel Socket 478 ® Pentium 4 1.6GHz~3.20GHz and 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. It also supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology which brings additional intelligence to system.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Feature Highlight CPU ® Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 1.6GHz~3.20GHz+ with 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. The AX45F-1394 motherboard supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. Chipset The motherboard is equipped with SIS 648FX chipset.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Memory Provides three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that support DDR 400/333/266 composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512 MB or 1GB RAM up to 3 GB maximum. Hyper-Threading Technology Support Hyper-Threading Technology which brings additional intelligence to systems so that multiple tasks received from the processor can be managed and prioritized more effectively. Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in 4.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Mater IDE Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. On-board AC’97 Sound AX45F-1394 uses RealTek ALC650 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system. Six USB 2.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 S/PDIF Connectors 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. On-board IEEE 1394 Connectors Comes with two onboard IEEE 1394 (IEEE-1394a-2000) fully compliant cable ports at 100/200/400 Mbs/sec for you to connect IEEE 1394 devices, such as digital camera or other IEEE 1394 storage devices.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Motherboard Map Front Audio Connector AUX-IN Connector ALC650 AC’97 CODEC JP27 USB/LAN Wakeup Jumper JP15/16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumper PC99 Colored Back Panel Game Port Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 4-pin 12V.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Block Diagram DDR400/333/266 RAM Up to 3GB 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Socket x3 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU 800/533MHz System Bus PCI Bus SIS 648FX ATA 66/100/133 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 8X Slot SIS 963 RealTek AC97 CODEC Realtek RTL8100BL LAN connect Component AC Link USB2.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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 independently. The to interrupts first logical processor can track one software thread, while processor the tracks second another logical software thread simultaneously.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 CPU Jumper-less Design 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Setting CPU Frequency BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Bus Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed. The default setting is "table select mode". You can adjust the FSB from "CPU Bus Frequency" for overclocking. Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 CPU Ratio 8x, ……….
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Northwood CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x Pentium 4 2.26G 2260MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 133MHz Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz Pentium 4 2.53G Pentium 4 CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x 17x Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x 533MHz 18x Pentium 4 1.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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. SYSFAN2 Connector GND +12V SENSOR Note: Some CPU fans do not have CPUFAN1 Connector SYSFAN3 Connector 31 sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 DIMM Sockets This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR400/333/266 memory up to 3GB. Please note when you wish to use DDR400 RAM which requires higher voltage, you should set RAM voltage in 2.65 or higher by JP 29. The RAM voltage for JP 29 to adjust is from 2.55V-2.70V. Moreover, you can not run all three RAM in slots at the same time when run in DDR 400.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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. 40 pins 2. 52 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot’s bottom. Tab Key 3.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 ATA/133 Supported This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 or ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer. manufactures have introduced the new Ultra ATA-133 interface technology.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 98 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot AX45F-1394 provides an AGP 8x slot which is the latest AGP specification. The AGP 8x calls for the bus to operate at the basic AGP 66-MHz clock frequency and the bandwidth are 2.1Gbytes/s. It is a great improvement on the performance of 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, this model 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem; both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to WOM connector on the motherboard.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 WOM by External BOX Modem Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply, it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active. Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 WOM by Internal Modem Card With the help of the ATX soft power On/Off, it is possible to have a system totally power off, and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call as an answering machine or to send/receive a fax. You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 WOL (Wake on LAN) Connector To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard The South Bridge SIS963 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The orange LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot 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. The analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Support USB 2.0 Ports This motherboard provides six USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the back panel and one header on board. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from back panel or connect USB 2.0 header to the front panel of chassis. Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480 Mbps which is 40 times faster than the traditional one.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 IEEE 1394 Connectors With IEEE1394 MAC Embedded in SiS 963 (with AGERE FW803), the IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, and USB 1.0/1.1 just has 12Mbps. Hence, the IEEE 1394 interface can connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance, such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use the proper cable to connect with devices.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Colored Back Panel The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1 and COM2, Printer, USB, and AC97 sound. The view angle of the drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Connector RJ-45 LAN Connector USB Ports LINE-IN SPEAKER OUT MIC-IN PS/2 Keyboard Connector PS/2 Keyboard: PS/2 Mouse: USB 2.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an ALC650 Codec which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effect, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional) 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 Dr. LED Connector 1 2 3.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 AUX-IN Connector This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Game Port Bracket Supported This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 JP2 Speaker Output Jumper 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 II when it detects any error in operating system. You may also set JP2 to choose sending out voices from buzzer or speaker.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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) 1.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumpers Dr. Voice is a great feature of AX45F-1394, 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 JP27 / JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper This motherboard provides USB and PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP27 / JP28 to enable or disable the resuming st of your system from suspend mode with any USB keyboard or mouse connected. JP28 controls 1 USB channel, and JP27 controls 2 nd USB channel. The factory default setting is set to “Disable” (1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 JP29 DDR Voltage Jumper This motherboard supports all DDR266/333/400 DDR RAM in the market. And in order to get higher and more stable performance of memory, we provide JP29 to adjust the voltage of RAM from 2.55V to 2.70V. However, if you wish to use DDR400 RAM which requires higher voltage, you may have to adjust the jumper to set a suitable voltage supply from 2.65V to 2.70. DDR Voltage JP29 2.55 V 1-2 2.60 V 3-4 2.65 V 5-6 2.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 STBY 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. Warning: Do not install or remove the DIMM module or others devices when the STBY LED lights on.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Resettable 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 Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 3300μF 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, AX45F-1394 implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the Pentium IV, 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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/XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher, it inevitably brings higher heat and system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat problem, however, is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system, expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as they could.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. Also, you can check 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 The following page is surely the most important part of this utility. You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got the options inside in this page. 1. Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature. Ease-of-use and trouble free at your service. 2.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 EzClock Have you ever thought how great it would be if you can adjust the frequency setting on your motherboard under Windows environment and be a real master of your system? Everybody knows that the ratio and frequency setting are key factors to influence the system performance, however, it’s absolutely not an easy task for an amateur to adjust the setting value.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 How You Adjust the Settings in EzClock Utility In EzClock utility, you can adjust CPU Front Side Bus (FSB), the voltage and frequency of VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM. Besides, the CPU related information such as CPU voltage, temperature and CPUFAN rotation speed will also be displayed on this utility. CPU Color Bars: The color bar will light on and show different colors as values change. On default values, it will show green.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 On the bottom rectangular panel represents CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature. The three color bars on the right hand side will light on according to operation temperature. Please refer to the picture shown above. CPU Color Bars: CPU Fan, Voltage and Temperature: The color bars will light on representing CPU fan speed, CPU according to CPU operation voltage and CPU temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees. temperature.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 How Your Boot Screen Looks Like After you finish setting BIOS, these setting values will be displayed on the boot screen like the shown picture here. Every time you boot your system, both default and current settings will pop up on the screen. Your personal settings that had been adjusted earlier will be highlighted; thus, you can have clear idea how your system functions and monitor your system more easily.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX45F1394-102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX45F1394-102.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Wi n B I O S U t i l i t y In the past, users have to keep punching the DEL key at a good timing during POST (Power-On-Self-Test) screen to get into the BIOS, which is inconvenient and clumsy. From now on, AOpen provides an easier way to configure your BIOS. WinBIOS is a customized utility for running exclusively on AOpen motherboards, which allows you to setup your BIOS under Windows environment.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Function keys: Hotkey Function Description It’s definitely easy to handle WinBIOS as if you’re using traditional F1 Get help description. F2 Item Help F3 Changing menu language. F5 Load previous setting table may help you and save your time. Some settings may not come F6 Load setup default setting into effect until you reboot your system. F7 Load turbo setting F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program. F12 Full Screen / Normal Mode BIOS setting.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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 P
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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 XP) 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Installing AGP Driver You can find AGP driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Installing Onboard Sound Driver This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Installing IDE Driver To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Installing LAN Driver You can find LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD and install Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter under Windows 98SE/ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP system.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Install Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter under Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows NT v4.0. [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 2.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 3. In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the "Add Adapter" button. The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears. 4. In the list of network cards, select " requires disk from manufacturer", and then press button. 5. Enter drive and pathname [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\NT (for NT 4.0) which is the path where the setup files OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then chooses the OK button. 6.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Installing USB 2.0 Driver In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB 2.0 driver from the following screen.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 COD EC Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual A GP ( A cc e l era t ed Gr ap h ic Po rt ) The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s. ATA/100, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 6 = 100MB/s. ATA/133, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 8 = 133MB/s. (ATA/133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns.) B IO S ( B as i c I np ut /O ut p ut Sys t e m) BIOS, is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual CNR (C o mmun icat ion a nd N etw or k ing R ise 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.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual E P R O M ( E r a s a b l e P r o g r a m m a b l e R O M) Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light. If BIOS has to be upgraded, you need to remove EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back. E V6 B us EV6 Bus is the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR RAM or ATA/66 IDE bus.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual F las h R O M Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 512KB (4M bit).
AX45F-1394 Online Manual Pa r it y B it 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.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual POST (Power-On Self Test) The BIOS self-test procedure after power-on, sometimes, it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot. P SB ( Pr oc e sso r Sy st e m B us) C l oc k PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual SATA (Serial ATA) The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second, and 300M/bs, 600M/bs to come.
AX45F-1394 Online Manual VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements. VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption. Wireless LAN – 802.11b 802.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes and check if the power No supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 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 XP. End 109 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 T e c h n ic a l S u p p or t Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 5 eForum: AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had 6 Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your 7 Contact Us: Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before contacting us. The part number, serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful. been discussed before or will be answered.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Pa rt N u mbe r a nd Se r ia l N um be r The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, or on component side of PCB. For example: Part No. Serial No. P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.
Online Manual AX45F-1394 Model name and BIOS version Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX45F-1394 R1.00 Jun. 1. 2003 AOpen Inc. Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX45F-1394 is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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