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AX6C-L Online Manual Before You Start This Online Manual is 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.
AX6C-L Online Manual Quick Installation Procedure This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
AX6C-L Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Back Panel JP29 Onboard Sound AMR CD Audio IrDA Modem Audio ATX Power Connector AC Power Auto Recovery 4X AGP Low ESR capacitor Resettable Fuse 4Mb Flash BIOS Virus Protection Wake on Timer Multi-Languare BIOS JP28 KB/MS Wakeup Jumper-less Design Over-current Protection Thermal Protection Housing Fan CPU Fan Connector System Voltage & Fan Monitoring Intel 820 Chipset WOL Wakeup on LAN Battery-less PC800 RIMM WOM Full-range RDRAM Speed Suspend to RAM Wak
AX6C-L Online Manual Block Diagram CPU 100/133MHz FSB Memory Control Hub (MCH) AGP Card 4X AGP Bus Clock Generator RIMM Rambus Hub Link PCI Card PCI Bus I/O Control Hub (ICH) HDD/CDROM USB ATA/66 IDE Bus AMR Card LPC I/F 4Mb BIOS ROM MIC, Line-in and Speaker AC97 Link Low Pin Count Super I/O Audio CODEC Floppy Serial port, Printer and PS/2 KB/Mouse A Open 5
AX6C-L Online Manual Hardware 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.Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component.
AX6C-L Online Manual JP14 Clear CMOS You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2. 1 1 2 3 2 Normal Operation (default) 3 Clear CMOS 5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector. Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1.
AX6C-L Online Manual JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup This jumper is used to enable or disable Keyboard/Mouse Wake Up function. If you select Enable, you can decide the wake up mode from BIOS Setup > Integrated Peripherals > Power On Function. To implement this function, the power supply 5V standby current must be greater than 800mA. Note that only PS/2 mouse supports Wake on Mouse function.
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AX6C-L Online Manual CPU Slot and Fan Connector Plug CPU to slot1 connector. Be careful of CPU orientation. CPUFAN or FAN connector. Plug in the fan cable to the 3-pin GND +12V SENSE Note: Some CPU fans do not have sense pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring.
AX6C-L Online Manual 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 correct CPU information is saved into the EEPROM. With these technologies, the disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection and no need to re-open the housing in case of CMOS battery loss.
AX6C-L Online Manual Setting CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.3V to 3.5V..
AX6C-L Online Manual Setting CPU Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, no jumpers or switches are needed. BIOS Setup > Frequency Control > CPU Speed Setting CPU Ratio 3.5x, 4x, 4.5x, 5x, 5.5x, 6x, 6.5x, 7x, 7.5x, and 8x CPU FSB 100.2, 105, 114, 120, 124, 128.5, 133.3, 133.9, 138, 143, 148, 150, 152.5, 155, and 160 MHz.
AX6C-L Online Manual Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock Ratio Celeron 300A 300MHz = 66MHz 4.5x Celeron 366 366MHz= 66MHz 5.5x Celeron 366 366MHz= 66MHz 5.5x Celeron 400 400MHz= 66MHz 6x Pentium II 233 233MHz = 66MHz 3.5x Pentium II 333 333MHz = 66MHz 5x Pentium II 350 350MHz= 100MHz 3.5x Pentium II 400 400MHz = 100MHz 4x Pentium III 450 450MHz= 100MHz 4.
AX6C-L Online Manual Pentium III 600E 600MHz = 100MHz 6x Pentium III 600EB 600MHz = 133MHz 4.5x Pentium III 650E 650MHz = 100MHz 6.5x Pentium III 667EB 667MHz = 133MHz 5x Pentium III 700E 700MHz = 100MHz 7x Pentium III 733EB 733MHz = 133MHz 5.
AX6C-L Online Manual RIMM Socket Intel 820 chipset supports 16/18 bit Direct RAMBUS (RDRAM) configurations and supports a maximum of 32 devices on a RDRAM channel. A channel can be populated with mix of 64Mbit, 128Mbit, and 256Mbit RDRAM devices. Hence, the maximum system memory will be various depends on the number of RDRAM devices and the RDRAM device technology. This motherboard has two 184-pin RIMM sockets that allow you to install system memory up to 1GB.
AX6C-L Online Manual RDRAM Technology Maximum Memory on Channel 64 or 72Mbit with parity 256MB 128 or 144Mbit with parity 512MB 256 or 288Mbit with parity 1GB RDRAM Devices MCH #1 #2 #32 Control Data 16/18 bit Terminator A Open 17
AX6C-L Online Manual The RIMM modules have Rambus channel signals as their memory interface. A RIMM module may contain up to a maximum of 16 RDRAM devices. All RDRAM devices on a RIMM must have the same timing characteristics. Therefore, empty RIMM sockets MUST be populated with Continuity RIMM modules, ( CRIMM ) which will be provided with motherboard.
AX6C-L Online Manual Setting RDRAM Speed RDRAM speed means the data transfer rate of RDRAM device, for example, PC800 RIMM has 800MBytes/sec data transfer rate. Following table lists 5 kinds of CPU FSB and RDRAM speed configurations that are supported by Intel 820 chipset. RDRAM Speed FSB Clock Ratio Suggested RDRAM 600MB/s = 100MHz 6x PC600 800MB/s = 100MHz 8x PC800 533MB/s = 133.3MHz 4x PC600 710MB/s = 133.3MHz 5.33x PC700 800MB/s = 133.
AX6C-L Online Manual But with AOpen Full-range RDRAM Speed technology (patent pending) the combination can be expanded to almost unlimited. The RDRAM speed can be set by going into: BIOS Setup > Frequency Control > RDRAM Speed RDRAM Speed = CPU FSB Clock * RDRAM Ratio RDRAM Ratio 4x, 4.5x, 5.33x, 6x, 7.11x and 8x CPU FSB 100.2, 105, 114, 120, 124, 128.5, 133.3, 133.9, 138, 143, 148, 150, 152.5, 155, and 160 MHz.
AX6C-L Online Manual RAM Power LED This LED indicates there is power applies to memory. It is useful to check RAM power during Suspend to RAM. Do not unplug RIMM when this LED is On.
AX6C-L Online Manual Front Panel Connector 1 Keylock IDE LED SPWR + + 1 + + ACPI & Power LED + + Speaker Reset GND KEYLOCK +5V IDE LED IDE LED +5V +5V GND NC SPEAKER SPWR GND ACPI & PWR LED GND +5V NC NC GND RESET GND A Open 22
AX6C-L Online Manual Attach the power LED, keylock, speaker, and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable Power Management > ACPI Function in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Suspend Type ACPI LED Power on Suspend (S1) Flashing for every second Suspend to RAM (S3) Flashing for every 4 seconds Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel.
AX6C-L Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. PWOK +5V 5VSB +5V +12V +3.
AX6C-L Online Manual AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem. If BIOS Setup > Integrated Peripherals > AC PWR Auto Recovery is set to “Enabled” the system will automatically power-on after AC power resumes.
AX6C-L Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector IDE1, IDE2. Pin1 of cable is normally marked with red color. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
AX6C-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.
AX6C-L Online Manual This motherboard supports ATA/66 IDE. 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. Mode Clock Period Clock Count Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate PIO mode 0 30ns 20 600ns (1/600ns) x 2byte = 3.3MB/s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns (1/383ns) x 2byte = 5.2MB/s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns (1/240ns) x 2byte = 8.3MB/s PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns (1/180ns) x 2byte = 11.
AX6C-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 SIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (57.6Kbps).
AX6C-L Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, both internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard.
AX6C-L Online Manual 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.
AX6C-L Online Manual 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.
AX6C-L Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector.
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AX6C-L Online Manual 4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) This motherboard supports 4X AGP. AGP is a bus interface designed for high-performance 3D graphic and supports only memory read/write operation. One motherboard can only have one AGP slot. 2X AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4 bytes x 2 = 528MB/s.
AX6C-L Online Manual AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) AMR is a riser card that supports sound or modem function. Because CPU computing power is getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power. The analog conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, it is put on AMR card. This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board (can be disabled by JP29), but reserve AMR slot for the option of modem function.
AX6C-L Online Manual This motherboard is AC97 sound onboard. That is, audio CODEC is put on motherboard and modem function is supported by AMR card.
AX6C-L Online Manual PC99 Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1 and COM2, Printer, two USB, AC97 sound and Game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. PS/2 Mouse Printer Game Port USB Keyboard COM1 COM2 MIC Line-In Speaker: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. Line-In: From signal source such as CD/Tape player.
AX6C-L Online Manual JP29 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound Chip This motherboard has AC97 sound onboard. JP29 is used to enable or disable onboard AD1881 CODEC chip. If you select Disable, you can use your preferred AMR sound card.
AX6C-L Online Manual CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
AX6C-L Online Manual Modem Audio Connector This connector is used to connect Mono In/Mic Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is Mic Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.
AX6C-L Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements EEPROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from EEPROM and the system will recover as usual.
AX6C-L Online Manual ATX standby power Battery Auto Switch RTC real time clock 00:00:00 EEPROM Auto switch to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is plugged. This smart design increases battery life if you still plug battery on motherboard.
AX6C-L Online Manual Over-current Protection The Over Current Protection was very popular implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard with switching regulator onboard support CPU over-current protection, in conjunction with 3.3V/5V/12V power supply provide the full line over-current protection.
AX6C-L Online Manual Note: Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake, there is still certain risk that CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards that install on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. AOpen cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly.
AX6C-L Online Manual Hardware Monitoring This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these system’s status go wrong, there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user.
AX6C-L Online Manual Resettable Fuse Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (did the job to protect motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can back to normal function after fuse did the protection job. The green part at the left side of JP28.
AX6C-L Online Manual BIOS Write Protection Recently, many viruses have been found that may destroy bios code and data area. This motherboard implements two layers firewall to protect from unauthorized writing to BIOS. One is hardware and the other is software.
AX6C-L Online Manual Year 2000 (Y2K) Y2K is basically a problem of the identification of year code. To save storage space, traditional software uses only two digits for year identification. For example, 98 for 1998 and 99 for 1999, but 00 will be confused with 1900 and 2000. There is an RTC circuit (Real Time Clock) in conjunction with 128 bytes of CMOS RAM data in the chipset of the motherboard. The RTC has only two digits and the CMOS has another 2 digits.
AX6C-L Online Manual Applications Operating System (such as Windows 98) BIOS (Tick Routine) RTC and CMOS data There is a Tick Routine (that goes live around every 50m sec) in the BIOS to keep record of date/time information. In general the BIOS, this Tick Routine does not update the CMOS every time because the CMOS is a very slow device which degrades system performance.
AX6C-L Online Manual Low ESR Capacitor The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for stability of CPU power. The location of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation.
AX6C-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 18A current is applied.
AX6C-L Online Manual Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”.
AX6C-L Online Manual Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.
AX6C-L Online Manual Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc.
AX6C-L Online Manual Eliminate “?” mark from Windows 95/98 Windows 95/98 cannot recognize this chipset, because it was released before the Intel 820 chipset. You can install the Intel INF Update Utility from the Bonus Pack CD disc autorun menu to eliminate the “?” marks.
AX6C-L Online Manual Installing Onboard Sound Driver This motherboard comes with an AD 1881 AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc autorun menu.
AX6C-L Online Manual Installing Bus Master IDE Driver It is necessary to install Bus Master IDE driver to support ATA/66 hard disk. If you need this driver, you can find it in the AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc. Note: Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure.
AX6C-L Online Manual Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. You can find it in the AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc.
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AX6C-L Online Manual ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again.
AX6C-L Online Manual When go into Suspend: System Image & Status Save into Hard Disk When power-on next time: System Image & Status Hard Disk Restore within seconds A Open 62
AX6C-L Online Manual System Requirement 1. AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. 2. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a. Set Power Schemes > System Standby to "Never". b. Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable Hibernate Support" then "Apply". c. Click on the "Advanced" tab, you'll see "Hibernate" on "Power Buttons".
AX6C-L Online Manual b. If you assign an individual partition for Win 98, please run "aozvhdd /c /partition". Of course, the system needs to provide unformatted an empty partition. 2. Reboot system. 3. You've already implemented ACPI Suspend to-Hard Drive. Click "Start > Shut Down > Standby" then the screen will go off immediately. And 1 minute or so will be taken for the system to save what's in the memory to the hard drive; the larger the memory size the longer this process will take.
AX6C-L Online Manual Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "ACPI BIOS" and remove "Plug and Play BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
AX6C-L Online Manual Changing from ACPI to APM 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "00" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes.
AX6C-L Online Manual 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "Plug and Play BIOS" and remove "ACPI BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4. Run "Add New Hardware" again and it will find "Advanced Power Management Resource". 5. Click "OK". Tip: Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI suspend to disk. Please refer to AOpen web site for latest update.
AX6C-L Online Manual ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
AX6C-L Online Manual To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement 1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, Windows 98 is the only choice. Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup Windows 98 ACPI mode. 2. The Intel INF Update Utility must be installed properly. Procedures 1. Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup > Power Management > ACPI Function : Enabled BIOS Setup > Power Management > ACPI Suspend Type :S3. 2.
AX6C-L Online Manual 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 byte CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). To enter to BIOS setup menu, press when POST (Power-On Self Test) screen is shown on your monitor.
AX6C-L Online Manual Enter BIOS Setup Del After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. 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.
AX6C-L Online Manual Change Language F3 You can change language by press . Depends on available BIOS space. The possible languages are English, German, Japanese and Chinese.
AX6C-L Online Manual Standard CMOS Features The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the date, time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and or to select the value for each item.
AX6C-L Online Manual Standard CMOS Features > Date To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Press or to set the current date. The date format is month, date, and year. Standard CMOS Features > Time To set the time, highlight the Time parameter. Press or to set the current time in hour, minute, and second format. The time is based on the 24 hour military clock.
AX6C-L Online Manual Standard CMOS Features > Primary Master Standard CMOS Features > Primary Slave Standard CMOS Features > Secondary Master Standard CMOS Features > Secondary Slave Type None Auto Manual This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters that your system supports. These parameters are Size, Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing Zone and Number of Sector per Track.
AX6C-L Online Manual Standard CMOS Features > Drive A Standard CMOS Features > Drive B Drive A None These items select the floppy drive type. The available settings and types supported by the motherboard are listed to the left. 360KB 5.25" 1.2MB 5.25" 720KB 3.5" 1.44MB 3.5" 2.88MB 3.5" Standard CMOS Features > Video Video EGA/VGA This item specifies the type of video card in use. The default setting is VGA/EGA.
AX6C-L Online Manual Standard CMOS Features > Halt On Halt On This parameter enables you to control the system stops in case of No Errors Power-On Self Test (POST) error.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features This screen appears when you select the option "Advanced BIOS Features" from the main menu.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features > Virus Warning Virus Warning Enabled Disabled Set this parameter to Enabled to activate the warning message. This feature protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk from virus intrusion. Any attempt during boot up to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive stops the system and the following warning message appears on the screen. Run an anti-virus program to locate the problem.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features > Internal Cache External Cache Enabled Disabled Enabling this parameter activates the CPU internal cache (currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the parameter slows down the system. Therefore, we recommend that you leave it enabled unless you are troubleshooting a problem. Advanced BIOS Features > External Cache External Cache Enabled Disabled Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache (currently, PBSRAM cache).
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features > Processor Number Feature Processor Number Feature Enabled This item is used to enable or disable Pentium III CPU Number Feature. Disabled Advanced BIOS Features > Quick Power On Self Test Quick Power on Self test Enable This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some items that are normally checked.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features > First Boot Device Advanced BIOS Features > Second Boot Device Advanced BIOS Features > Third Boot Device First Boot Device A: LS/ZIP This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features > Boot Other Device Boot Other Device Enabled This parameter allows you to enable other system boot up devices that is not described above. Disabled Advanced BIOS Features > Swap Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Enabled Disabled This item allows you to swap floppy drives. For example, if you have two floppy drives (A and B), you can assign the first drive as drive B and the second drive as drive A or vice-versa.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features > Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up NumLock Status On Off Setting this parameter to On enables the numeric function of the numeric keypad. Set this parameter to Off to disregard the function. Disabling the numeric function allows you to use the numeric keypad for cursor control. Advanced BIOS Features > Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Setting Enabled Set this parameter to Enable/Disable the keyboard repeat function.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features > Typematic Delay (Msec) Typematic Delay 250, 500, 750, 1000 This parameter allows you to control the delay time between the first and the second keystroke (where the repeated keystrokes begin). Advanced BIOS Features > Security Option Security Option The System option limits access to both the System boot and Setup BIOS setup. A prompt asking you to enter your password appears on the screen every time you boot the system.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced BIOS Features > Show Logo On Screen Show Logo On Screen Enabled This item lets you show or hide AOpen logo on the POST screen.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced Chipset Features The "Advanced Chipset Features" includes settings for the chipset dependent features. These features are related to system performance. Warning: Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything. You may change the parameter settings to improve system performance. However, it may cause your system to be unstable if the setting is not correct for your system configuration.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced Chipset Features > DRAM Data Integrity Mode DRAM Data Integrity Mode ECC This lets you enable or disable memory ECC function. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double bit error and automatically correct single bit error. Non-ECC Advanced Chipset Features > System BIOS Cacheable System BIOS Cacheable Enable Allows the system BIOS to be cached to allow faster system performance.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced Chipset Features > Video RAM Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable This item lets you cache Video RAM A000 and B000. Enabled Disabled Advanced Chipset Features > Memory Hole At 15M-16M Memory Hole At 15M-16M Enabled Disabled This option lets you reserve system memory area for special I/O cards. The chipset accesses code/data of these areas from the I/O bus directly. Normally, these areas are reserved for memory mapped I/O card.
AX6C-L Online Manual Advanced Chipset Features > AGP Aperture Size (MB) AGP Aperture Size (MB) 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 This item lets you determine the effective size of the AGP Graphic Aperture.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals This submenu appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" from the main menu. option allows you to configure the I/O features.
AX6C-L Online Manual This page is the lower half of Integrated Peripherals submenu.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Integrated Peripherals > On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled This parameter lets you enable or disable the IDE device connected to the primary IDE connector.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > IDE Primary Master UDMA Integrated Peripherals > IDE Primary Slave UDMA Integrated Peripherals > IDE Secondary Master UDMA Integrated Peripherals > IDE Secondary Slave UDMA IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto This item allows you to set the ATA/66 mode supported by the hard disk drive connected to your primary IDE connector. Disabled Integrated Peripherals > USB Controller USB Controller This item lets you enable or disable the USB controller.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > USB Keyboard Support USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. The keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command and let you use USB keyboard during POST or after boot if you don't have USB driver in the operating system. Note: You cannot use both USB driver and USB legacy keyboard at the same time.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > AC97 Audio AC97 Audio This item is used to enable or disable the onboard audio. Auto Disabled Integrated Peripherals > AC97 Modem AC97 Modem Auto The item is used to enable or disable the AC97 modem. If disabled, an AMR modem card can’t work properly.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > Power On Function Power On Function This item is used to select Wake on Keyboard/Mouse mode. Any Key Any Key: This function allows you wake up the system by Button Only Keyboard 98 Password Hot Key clicking any key. Button Only: Disable Wake on KB/MS function. You can boot up your system by power button only. Mouse Left Keyboard 98: If selecting this option, you can boot up the Mouse Right system by power button and the “Wake” key on Keyboard 98.
AX6C-L Online Manual Note: "# Whenever you change this item, it will only take effect after you restart the system and successfully boot the Windows or DOS. "# To implement Wake on Keyboard/Mouse function, you must set JP28 to Enabled. "# Wake on Mouse function applies to PS/2 mouse only. "# If you set a password but forget it, please clear CMOS. "# If you want to use Wake on Mouse function in DOS, it is necessary to install the DOS driver of the mouse.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > Hot Key Power On Hot Key Power On Ctrl-F1, Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, Ctrl-F12 If you select “Hot Key” option in “Power On Function” Item, you need to specify a hot key here.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > Onboard Serial Port 1 Integrated Peripherals > Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the board serial port. Default is Auto. 3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled Note: If you are using network card, make sure that the IRQ do not conflict.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > UART Mode Select UART Mode Select IrDA ASKIR This item is configurable only if the "Onboard Serial Port 2" is enabled. This allows you to specify the mode of serial port2. The available mode selections are: Normal Normal Sets serial port 2 to operate in normal mode. This is the default setting. IrDA (SIR) This setting allows infrared serial communication at a maximum baud rate of 115.2K baud.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > RxD, TxD Active RxD, TxD Active Hi, Hi Hi, Lo, Lo, Hi Lo, Lo This item is used to select RxD (Receive Data) and TxD (Transmit Data) mode for UART, for instance, IR device, modem, etc. Normally, we suggest you keep the default setting. Please see the documentation that comes with your device.
AX6C-L Online Manual Note: If you are using an I/O card with a parallel port, make sure that the addresses and IRQ do not conflict.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port Mode SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP + EPP This item lets you set the parallel port mode. The mode options are SPP (Standard and Bidirection Parallel Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) and ECP (Extended Parallel Port). SPP (Standard and Bidirection Parallel Port) SPP is the IBM AT and PS/2 compatible mode.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > EPP Mode Select EPP Mode Select This item lets you select EPP mode protocol. EPP1.7 EPP1.9 Integrated Peripherals > ECP Mode Use DMA ECP Mode Use DMA This item lets you set the DMA channel of ECP mode.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > AC PWR Auto Recovery AC PWR Auto Recovery Former-Sts On Off A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This item is used to solve this problem. Selecting On enabling system to automatically power-on after AC power resumes; in the other hand, the system will remain power-off if you select Off.
AX6C-L Online Manual Integrated Peripherals > MIDI Port Address MIDI Port Address This item is used to assign an address for the MIDI port. Disabled 330 300 290 Integrated Peripherals > MIDI Port IRQ MIDI Port IRQ This item is used to assign an IRQ for the MIDI port.
AX6C-L Online Manual Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the motherboard green features. See the following screen.
AX6C-L Online Manual This page is the lower half of Power Management submenu.
AX6C-L Online Manual Power Management > ACPI Function ACPI Function Enabled Disabled If your OS is ACPI enabled you have to set this item to Enabled, or there may be unexpected errors. If your OS is APM mode, you can remain the Disabled setting. Power Management > ACPI Suspend Type ACPI Suspend Type S1 This function allows you to select suspend types. S1 is Power On Suspend and S3 is Suspend to RAM.
AX6C-L Online Manual Mode Suspend HDD Power Down Min Saving 1 hour 15 min Max Saving 1 min 1 min Power Management > Video Off Method Video Off Method V/H SYNC + Blank DPMS Blank Screen This determines the way that the monitor is off. Blank Screen writes blanks to video buffer. V/H SYNC + Blank allows BIOS to control VSYNC and HSYNC signals. This function applies only for DPMS (Display Power Management Standard) monitor. The DPMS mode uses DPMS functions provided by the VGA card.
AX6C-L Online Manual Power Management > Suspend Type Suspend Type PWR On Suspend CPU Sleep Mode You can select APM suspend mode by this item. If PWR On Suspend is selected, the CPU clock will be stopped and all other devices are shut off. But power must be kept On to detect activities from modem, keyboard/mouse and returns the system to full power. The system activities are detected by monitoring the IRQ signals or I/O.
AX6C-L Online Manual Power Management > Suspend Mode Suspend Mode Disabled, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min., 8 Min, 12 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Suspend mode. The Suspend mode can be Power On Suspend or Suspend to Hard Drive, selected by "Suspend Type". Power Management > HDD Power Down HDD Power Down Disabled, 1 Min, ....., 15 Min This option lets you specify the IDE HDD idle time before the device enters the power down state.
AX6C-L Online Manual Power Management > Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Delay 4 sec. Instant-Off This is a specification of ACPI and supported by hardware. When Delay 4 sec. is selected, the soft power switch on the front panel can be used to control power On, Suspend and Off. If the switch is pressed for less than 4 seconds during power On, the system will go into Suspend mode. If the switch is pressed for longer than 4 seconds, the system will be turned Off.
AX6C-L Online Manual Power Management > Wake On Modem Wake On Modem Enabled This option lets you specify enable or disable Wake On Modem function. Disabled Power Management > Wake On LAN Wake On LAN Enabled This option lets you specify enable or disable Wake On LAN function. Disabled Power Management > Wake On RTC Timer Wake On RTC Timer By Date By Week Disabled The Wake Up Timer is more like an alarm, which wakes up and powers on your system at a pre-defined time for a specific application.
AX6C-L Online Manual Power Management > Date (of Month) Date (of Month) 0, 1, ....., 31 This item is displayed when you enable the Wake On RTC Timer option. Here you can specify what date you want to wake up the system. For Example, setting to 15 will wake up the system on the 15th day of every month. Tip: Setting this item to 0 will wake up the system on the specified time (which can be set in the Wake On RTC Timer ) every day.
AX6C-L Online Manual Power Management > Primary IDE 0 Power Management > Primary IDE 1 Power Management > Secondary IDE 0 Power Management > Secondary IDE 1 Power Management > FDD, COM, LPT Port Power Management > PCI PIRQ [A-D] # Primary IDE 0 Enabled Disabled These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy, serial, parallel and PCI IRQ activities for power down state transition.
AX6C-L Online Manual PNP/PCI Configuration Setup The PNP/PCI Configuration Setup allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed in your system. The following screen appears if you select the option "PNP/PCI Configuration Setup" from the main menu.
AX6C-L Online Manual PNP/PCI Configuration > Reset Configuration Data Reset Configuration Data Enabled Disabled In case conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or after you configure your system, you can enable this function, allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and I/O address.
AX6C-L Online Manual PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ Resources IRQ 3 Reserved PnP If your device is not PnP compatible and requires a special IRQ to support its function, set the selected IRQ to Reserved. This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected IRQ for the installed legacy device. The default is PnP. Note that PCI cards are always PnP compatible (except old PCI IDE card).
AX6C-L Online Manual PNP/PCI Configuration > PCI/VGA Palette Snoop PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Enabled Disabled Enabling this item informs the PCI VGA card to keep silent (and to prevent conflict) when palette register is updated (i.e., accepts data without responding any communication signals). This is useful only when two display cards use the same palette address and plugged in the PCI bus at the same time (such as MPEQ or Video capture).
AX6C-L Online Manual PNP/PCI Configuration > Assign IRQ For USB Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Disabled In case conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or after you configure your system, you can enable this function, allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and I/O address.
AX6C-L Online Manual PC Health Status This submenu displays hardware monitor status and provide some basic control function. You can install Hardware Monitoring utility without using setup items in this submenu.
AX6C-L Online Manual PC Health Status > CPU Warning Temperature CPU Warning Temperature Disabled 50°C / 122°F This item is used to specify a CPU warning temperature. When the CPU’s temperature is higher than this predefined value, the CPU’s speed will automatically slow down and there will be a warning from BIOS.
AX6C-L Online Manual Frequency Control This submenu allows you to configure the CPU and memory clock.
AX6C-L Online Manual Frequency Control > Clock Spread Spectrum Clock Spread Spectrum Enable Disable This item is used to set clock spread spectrum for EMI testing. Normally, you don’t need to change the default setting. Frequency Control > CPU Speed Setting CPU Speed Setting The item is used to select the CPU clock speed. FSB clock: 100, 105, 114, 120, 124, 128.5, 133.3, 133.9, 138, 143, 148, 152.5, 155, and 160 MHz. CPU Clock = FSB clock x Clock Ratio.. Clock Ratio: x2, x2.5, x 3, x 3.5, x 4, x 4.
AX6C-L Online Manual Frequency Control > RDRAM Speed RDRAM Speed This item is used to select the RDRAM speed. Clock Ratio: x4, x5.
AX6C-L Online Manual Load Setup Defaults The "Load Setup Defaults" option loads optimized settings for optimum system performance. Optimal settings are relatively safer than the Turbo settings. All the product verification, compatibility/reliability test report and manufacture quality control are based on "Load Setup Defaults". We recommend to use this settings for normal operation. "Load Setup Defaults" is not the slowest setting for this motherboard.
AX6C-L Online Manual Load Turbo Defaults The "Load Turbo Defaults" option gives better performance than "Load Setup Defaults". It is provided for the convenience of power user who wants to push the motherboard to get better performance. Turbo setting does not go though all the detail reliability and compatibility test, it is tested only with limited configuration and loading (for example, a system that contains only a VGA card and one DIMM/RIMM).
AX6C-L Online Manual Set Password Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup. To set a password: 1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password screen box. 2. After typing the password, press. 3.
AX6C-L Online Manual Save & Exit Setup This function automatically saves all CMOS values before leaving Setup.
AX6C-L Online Manual Exit without Saving Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes. you want to save the new configuration. Do not use this option if Load EEPROM Default Except "Load Setup Default" and "Load Turbo Default", you may also use "Save EEPROM Default " to save your own settings into EEPROM, and reload by using this item. Save EEPROM Default You may use this item to save your own settings into EEPROM.
AX6C-L Online Manual BIOS Upgrade AOpen Easy Flash is a little different than traditional flash method. The BIOS binary file and flash routine are linked together and you simply run a single commend to complete the flash process. 1. Download new BIOS upgrade zipped file from AOpen's web site. For example, AX6C100.ZIP. 2. Unzip it and we recommend to save into a bootable DOS floppy diskette for error recovery. 3.
AX6C-L Online Manual Warning: The upgrade of new BIOS will permanently replace your original BIOS content after flashing. The original BIOS setting and Win95/Win98 PnP information will be refreshed and you probably need to re-configure your system. Tip: If you prefer to use EPROM writer, you can find BIOS BIN file after unzip.
AX6C-L Online Manual Overclocking As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them "Overclocker".
AX6C-L Online Manual Warning: The design of this product follows CPU and chipset vendor's design guideline. Any attempts to push beyond product specification are not recommended and you are taking your own risk to damage your system or important data. Before doing overclocking, you must make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, especially CPU, memory, hard disks, and AGP VGA cards. Tip: Note that overclocking may also cause thermal problem.
AX6C-L Online Manual Recommended Overclocking Settings For your reference, the following configurations are what we feel comfortable in our lab, But not guaranty. $ CPU Pentium II 400 Memory Apacer RAMBUS 800 (128M) HDD Quantum Fire Ball CX 6.4Gbyte VGA AOpen PA-2010 16M (Voodoo Banshee) CDROM AOpen 940E 40X CDROM BIOS Rev 1.
AX6C-L Online Manual The test result: CPU Speed (MHz) RDRAM Speed (MB/s) Business Winstone 99 100 x 4 = 400 100 x 8 = 800 21.5 105 x 4 = 420 105 x 6 = 630 21.7 114 x 4 = 456 114 x 6 = 684 22.8 120 x 4 = 480 120 x 6 = 720 23.7 124 x 4 = 496 124 x 6 = 744 24.2 128.5 x 3.5 = 449.7 128.5 x 6 = 771 22.8 133.3 x 3.5 = 466.5 133.3 x 6 = 799.8 23.4 133.9 x 3.5 = 468.6 133.9 x 6 = 803.4 23.5 138 x 3.5 = 483 138 x 5.33 = 735.5 23.5 143 x 3.5 = 500.5 143 x 5.33 = 762.1 24.
AX6C-L Online Manual 148 x 3 = 444 148 x 5.33 = 788.8 22.5 150 x 3 = 450 150 x 5.33 = 799.5 22.6 152.5 x 3 = 457.5 152.5 x 5.33 = 812.8 23.6 155 x 3 = 465 155 x 5.33 = 826.1 23.3 160 x 3 = 480 160 x 5.33 = 640 23.4 VGA and HDD VGA and HDD are key components for overclocking, following list are what have been tested in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. VGA: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://www.
AX6C-L Online Manual Glossary AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CDDEC for analog I/O, they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
AX6C-L Online Manual support 4X AGP motherboards by both AX6C (Intel 820) and MX64/AX64 (VIA 694x), started from Oct 1999. AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. AOpen Bonus Pack CD A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product, there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities.
AX6C-L Online Manual ATA/100 ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) BIOS is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM. BIOS controls Input/output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard.
AX6C-L Online Manual DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) DIMM socket has total 168-pin and supports 64-bit data. It can be single or double side, the golden finger signals on each side of PCB are different, that is why it was called Dual In Line. Almost all DIMMs are made by SDRAM, which operate at 3.3V. Note that some old DIMMs are made by FPM/EDO and only operate at 5V. Do not confuse them with SDRAM DIMM.. ECC (Error Checking and Correction) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data.
AX6C-L Online Manual EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) 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. FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations. This standard allows DIY component (such as motherboard) to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing.
AX6C-L Online Manual I2C Bus See SMBus. P1 3 9 4 P1394 (IEEE 1394) is a standard of high-speed serial peripheral bus. Unlike low or medium speed USB, P1394 supports 50 to 1000Mbit/s and can be used for video camera, disk and LAN. PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits). PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence.
AX6C-L Online Manual PDF Format A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader. You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader). PnP (Plug and Play) The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as Windows 95).
AX6C-L Online Manual 32 RDRAM devices, no matter how many RIMM sockets. RIMM 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices. SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allows DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus (EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal). It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer. SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V.
AX6C-L Online Manual with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message. SPD (Serial Presence Detect) SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM. SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters. SPD can be used by BIOS to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM. Ultra DMA/33 Unlike traditional PIO/DMA mode, which only uses the rising edge of IDE command signal to transfer data.
AX6C-L Online Manual ZIP file A compressed file format to reduce file size. To unzip file, run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) for DOS and other operating system or WINZIP (http://www.winzip.com/) for windows environment.
AX6C-L Online Manual Troubleshooting 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.
AX6C-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.
AX6C-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 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
AX6C-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 reboot successfully? No The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself. Yes Re-install operatiing system such as Windows 98.
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AX6C-L Online Manual 3 FAQ: The latest FAQ 4 Download Software: Check out this table to get the latest updated BIOS/utility and 5 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or 6 Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and (Frequently Asked Questions) may contain a solution to your problem. http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/faq/default.htm drivers. http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/default.htm professional users on the news group.
AX6C-L 7 Online Manual 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. Part Number and Serial Number The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, on ISA/CPU slot or on component side of PCB. For example: P/N: 91.88110.
AX6C-L Online Manual 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: AX6BC R1.20 Jun.04.1999 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. AX6BC is model name of motherboard, R1.20 is BIOS version.
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