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AX45F-8X Max Online Manual What’s in this manual AX45F-8X Max .............................................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice ....................................................................................................
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Front Panel Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 36 ATX Power Connector........................................................................................
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 59 AUX-IN Connector....................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Game Port Bracket Supported ..................................................................................
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Driver and Utility ....................................................................................................................................86 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ................................................................................................................................................... 86 Installing AGP Driver ................................................................................................................................
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................................................................. 123 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................................................. 124 EV6 Bus ..................................................................................................................................................
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual SPD (Serial Presence Detect)................................................................................................................................................... 128 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................. 128 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .............................................................................................
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual You Must Notice Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III and Pentium 4 are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Overview ® Thank you for choosing AOpen AX45F-8X Max motherboard. AX45F-8X Max 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-8X Max 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Feature Highlight CPU ® ® Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 (Northwood) 1.6GHz~3.20GHz+ with 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. The AX45F-8X Max motherboard supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. Chipset The motherboard is equipped with SIS 648FX chipset.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Mater IDE Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with three connectors that support six 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-8X Max uses RealTek ALC650 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system. Six USB 2.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Dr. Voice II The Dr. Voice II can identify what kind of problems had occurred in the operating system. It provides English, Chinese, Japanese and German four kinds language versions. 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Quick Installation Procedure This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 1. Installing CPU and Fan 2. Installing System Memory (DIMM) 3. Connecting Front Panel Cable 4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5. Connecting ATX Power Cable 6. Connecting Back Panel Cable 7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8. Setting CPU Frequency 9. Reboot 10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows XP) 11.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Motherboard Map Realtek Gigabit PCI LAN Chip Game Port Connector Resetable Fuse Front Audio Connector CD-IN Connector PC99 Colored Back Panel ALC650 AC’97 CODEC AUX-IN Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper SmartEAR Connector 4-pin 12V.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Block Diagram DDR400/333/266 RAM Up to 3GB PCI Bus DIMM Socket x3 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU 32-bit PCI Slot x6 Serial ATA x2 150MB/S 800/533MHz System Bus ATA 66/100/133 SIS 648FX SATA 1 SATA 2 Primary Channel Secondary Channel AGP 8X Slot SIS 963 LAN connect Component USB2.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Hardware Installation This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual EzColor Breaking through traditional outlook of motherboard, AOpen now brings you a new fresh look of motherboard! – EzColor! Fancy? You may think so, but actually it is a practical and useful feature for amateur or even power-users. Coming in specific color for specific connector and module, components on motherboard are now born with their respective colors.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Claret: Serial ATA connector 1 Power Switch IDE LED ACPI & Power LED SPEAKER RESET Navy Blue: IDE 1 Connector Black: IDE 2 Connector Light Yellow: IDE 3 Connector Note: Colors setting varies on different motherboards, the color setting here applies only to AX45F-8X Max.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual CPU Installation ® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in. Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual CPU Fan Installation This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown. 2. Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module. 1.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Hyper Threading Technology What is Hyper-Threading? Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, an average improvement of ~40% in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual For multiprocessor-capable software applications, the Hyper-Threading based processor is considered two separate logical processors on which the software applications can run without modification. Also, each logical processor responds to interrupts independently. The first logical processor can track one software thread, while the second logical processor tracks another software thread simultaneously.
AX45F-8X Max 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 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual CPU Over-current Protection The Over Current Protection is a popular implementation on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage with a regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and thus makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements a Flash ROM and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption of current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 0.8375V to 1.6V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage. 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".
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Northwood CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x Pentium 4 2.26G 2260MHz 133MHz 533MHz 17x Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz 24x Ratio Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 133MHz 533MHz 18x Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 200MHz 800MHz 12x Pentium 4 2.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) The fan Connectors are painted in white in EzColor. Please 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. The PowerFAN4 is for SilentTek II function.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual DIMM Sockets This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR400/333/266 memory up to 3GB. The DIMM sockets are painted in electric blue and only support non-ECC DDR RAM. Please install the suitable RAM modules; otherwise serious damage may occur on memory sockets or you RAM modules. Please note when you wish to use DDR400 RAM which requires higher voltage, you should set RAM voltage at 2.60 or higher in BIOS to keep RAM running stably.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual How to Install Memory Modules Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. 2. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in 40 pins 52 pins 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Front Panel Connector The pins of Front Panel Connector are painted in different colors with their respective functions. Please attach the power LED, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins matched in same colors. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing or high light while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector in flame red. Make sure you plug in the right direction with the same color cables. 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. AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. The IDE 1 connector is painted in navy blue; the IDE 3 connector is painted in light yellow; the IDE 2 connector and FDD connector are painted in Black. Be careful of the pin1orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2、IDE3 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of six 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual ATA133 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Serial ATA Supported The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs with its original speed of just 3 Mbytes/second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s. And the latest generation of the interface, Ultra ATA-133, has been developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes/second.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Connecting Serial ATA Disk You will find the claret serial ATA connectors in motherboard easily. To connect a Serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable which is red too. Connect two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial ATA header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Adjusting Your Hard Disk Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard does come with the support for the latest Serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you have had installed them on, the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting. You may simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual If you intend to change the default setting, simply press Enter for a list of selection: 1. Disabled: You may choose this item if you’re sure that only traditional IDE hard disks had been installed on your system. Disabling this item may also cancel the detection to Serial ATA hard disk during POST, which theoretically, could speed up your boot-up timing for a little bit; however, please remember to re-adjust the settings here if you intend to use Serial ATA hard disk later.
AX45F-8X Max 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 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).
AX45F-8X Max Onnlline Manual Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot AX45F-8X Max provides an AGP 8x slot, a sky blue slot which has the latest AGP specification in motherboard. 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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-voltage 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Wake On Modem / Wake On LAN / Wake On PCI Card This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, Wake On LAN and Wake On PCI Card. Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply, it can be triggered by Modem, LAN or Other PCI Cards and resume back to active. If you have an external Modem card and want to use this wake-up feature, please enable the “Wake On Modem” item.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Support Gigabit LAN Chip onboard On the strength of RTL8110S-32 Gigabit LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides Gigabits Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right-hand side LED indicates the link mode, it blinks in orange whenever linking to network.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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 ports 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual IEEE 1394 Connectors With IEEE1394 MAC Embedded in SiS 963 (with AGERE FW802C), 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a latest audio transfer file format that provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Front Audio Connector If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. 7 6 5 Boot O.K. KB HDD 4 Floppy 3 2 1 0 PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages. Once the LED7 (latest LED) is lit, this indicates that the system has completed its boot-up procedure.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Case Open Connector The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual AUX-IN Connector This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual JP14 Clear CMOS Data You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1 1.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumpers Dr. Voice II is a great feature 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 II provides four language versions: English, German, Japanese and Chinese. You can select your preferred language by JP15 & JP16 jumpers.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual JP24 / JP25 BIOS Rescue Jumper Inherited DieHard BIOS, the steps of rescuing your crashed BIOS 1 back to life is the same. First step is to set JP24 to Pin2-3 to boot up the system with BIOS 2. After that, please set the JP24 back to Pin1-2, go to AOpen website to get your BIOS version suited for your motherboard, and have it downloaded. There are two kinds of ways to flash the BIOS 1; you may flash it under Window environment with EZWinflash or under DOS system.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is set to “Disable” (1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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. System Power LED Warning: Do not install or remove the DIMM module or others devices when the STBY LED lights on.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over-clock the CPU.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Resetable Fuse Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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-8X Max implements 3300μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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 temperature. voltage and CPU temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual AOConfig Utility AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 3. This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000/XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Phoenix-AWARD BIOS System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). Phoenix-Award BIOS™ installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting values. You can press key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award BIOS setup program.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---EzWinFlash. With an eye to users convenience, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX45F8XMAX102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX45F8XMAX102.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual WinBIOS Utility 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Function keys: Hotkey Function Description F1 Get help description. F2 Item Help F3 Changing menu language. F5 Load previous setting Furthermore, the hotkeys shown in the table may help you and save F6 Load setup default setting your time. Some settings may not come into effect until you reboot F7 Load turbo setting your system. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Vivid BIOS technology Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Installing AGP Driver You can find AGP driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Installing IDE Driver To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Installing LAN Driver in Win98SE/ME/2000/XP Windows 98 SE Installation Guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD” 3. Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller " 4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 5. Select "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)" 6. Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press “Next". 7. System will ask you to provide the file path for loading driver, please type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press “OK".
AX45F-8X Max 8. System will ask you to insert "Windows 98 CD-ROM" 9. Driver installed. Online Manual 10. Restart computer.
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AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Windows ME Installation Guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD” 3. Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller” 4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 5. Select "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)" 6. Choose "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)", then Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\WinME" in the text box that appears. Press “Next". 7. Driver installed.
AX45F-8X Max 8. Restart computer. 9.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Windows NT 4.0 Installation Guide 1. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab. 2. Click "Add" to install a new adapter. All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 3. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click "Have Disk".... 4. When prompted, insert the BONUS CD, type the path "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Winnt4" to the driver, and click "OK". 5. With "Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK". 6. Restart computer.
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AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Windows 2000 Installation Guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD " 3. Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Properties".
AX45F-8X Max 4. Online Manual Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab. 5.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 6. Select "Specify a location", and then click "Next". 7. Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press “OK".
AX45F-8X Max 8. Driver installed. 9.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Windows XP Installation Guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices". 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD " 3. Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Update Driver".
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 4. Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and then click "Next". 5. Choose "Search for the best driver in these locations", and then select "Include this location in the search:" Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\WinXP" in the text box that appears. Press “Next ".
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 6. Driver installed. 7.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Installing Serial ATA Driver in Win98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP Windows 98 SE Installation Guide *********************************************************** Installing Drivers during Windows 98 SE Installation *********************************************************** The following details the installation of the Serial ATA drivers while installing Windows 98 SE (with the SATA controller is enabled already). 1.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 9. Choose "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now (recommended)," then press "Next." 10. Insert the Promise SATA150 driver diskette into drive A. 11. Choose "Specify a Location," and then type "A:\" 10a. Insert the "Bonus CD" in CD-ROM. 11a. Choose "Specify a Location," and then type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\SATA150\Driver\Win98-Me" in the text box. 12. Press the "Next" button.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Windows ME Installation Guide ******************************************************** Installing Drivers during Windows ME Installation ******************************************************** The following details the installation of the Serial ATA drivers while installing Windows ME (with the Serial ATA controller is enabled already). 1. Install Windows Me fully. 2. After installation, go the "Start" menu and choose "Settings." 3.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 10. Choose "Specify a Location," and then type "A:\" 9a. Insert the "Bonus CD" in CD-ROM. 10a. Choose "Specify a Location," and then type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\SATA150\Driver\Win98-Me" in the text box. 11. Press the "Next" button. A message informing you that Windows Me has found "Win98-ME Promise SATA150 TX2plus(tm) IDE Controller" should appear. 12. Press "Next," then "Finish".
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Windows NT 4.x Installation Guide ****************************************************************** Installing Drivers during New Windows NT 4.0 Installation ****************************************************************** 1. Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk: a. Floppy install: boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes. b. Floppyless install: boot from floppy and type "WINNT /B".
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 8. After a successful installation, the "SCSI Adapter Setup" box will show that the "WinNT Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" driver has been installed. ****************************************************** Installing Drivers with Existing Windows NT 4.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Windows 2000 Installation Guide ************************************************************** Installing Driver during New Windows 2000 Installation ************************************************************** 1. Start the installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 6. From the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press the Enter key. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 4a. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM. 5a. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\SATA150\Driver\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press “OK ". 6. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows has found "Win2000 Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" should appear. 7. Click on "Next," and then on "Finish." ******************************************* Confirming Windows 2000 Installation ******************************************* 1.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Windows XP Installation Guide ************************************************************ Installing Driver during New Windows XP Installation ************************************************************ 1. Start the installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 6. The Windows XP Setup screen will appear again saying, "Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices:" The list will include "Win XP Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller". NOTE: If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are specified, continue to the next step.- 7. From the Windows XP Setup screen, press the Enter key.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 2. Click on "Next," and from the generated choices, choose "Include this location in the search:" 3. Insert the Promise SATA150 driver diskette into drive A. 4. Type "A:\" in the text box that appears. Press “OK ". 3a. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM. 4a. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\SATA150\Driver\WinXP" in the text box that appears. Press “OK ". 5. Click on "Next.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Installing USB 2.0 Driver In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB 2.0 driver from the following screen.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Glossary AC97 CODEC 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-8X Max Online Manual AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 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-8X Max Online Manual 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.) BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) BIOS, is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) 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-8X Max 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. EV6 Bus 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-8X Max Online Manual Flash ROM 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-8X Max Online Manual Parity Bit 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. PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus Developed by Intel, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local bus standard.
AX45F-8X Max 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. PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU.
AX45F-8X Max 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-8X Max 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.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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.
AX45F-8X Max 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 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
AX45F-8X Max Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows XP. End 133 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AX45F-8X Max Online Manual 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, 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.
AX45F-8X Max 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: AX45F- 8X Max R1.00 Jul. 1. 2003 AOpen Inc. Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX45F- 8X Max is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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