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AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual What’s in this manual AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN ................................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................................................ 2 You Must Notice.......................................................................................................
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 32 AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 32 IDE and Floppy Connector.............................................................................................
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual CD Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 53 MODEM-CN Connector .......................................................................................................................................................... 54 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ...............................................................................................
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ............................................................................................................................................... 75 Install IDE Driver..................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Install USB2.0 Driver............................................................................................
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................................................................................................................................... 89 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ............................................................................................................. 90 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................................................................
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual SATA (Serial ATA) ................................................................................................................................................................... 94 SMBus (System Management Bus) ........................................................................................................................................ 94 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................................................................................
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Overview Thank you for choosing AOpen AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN motherboard. AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the SIS 648 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN motherboard can support Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 400MHz and 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Feature Highlight CPU Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~3.06GHz+ with 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The motherboard is equipped with SIS 648 chipset. SIS 648 Host & Memory & AGP Controller integrates a high performance host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a high performance memory controller, a AGP interface.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Expansion Slots Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 2X/4X/8X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR) slot provided from AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN can support CNR interface for a Modem/Audio card. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 2112MB/s.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual LAN Port (for AX45H-8XN) On the strength of integrated SIS LAN controller with Realtek RTL8100BL PHY on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual AGP Protection Technology With AGP Protection Technology implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Realtek 8100BL PHY (For AX45H-8XN) MODEM-CN Connector ALC650 AC’97 CODEC Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel Front Audio Connector CD-IN Connector Chassis Intrusion Detector Resettable Fuse JP28 PS2 Keyboard/ Mouse Wakeup Jumper CNR Expansion Slot 4-pin 12V.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Block Diagram DDR266/DDR333 SDRAM Up to 3GB/2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x6 DIMM Socket x3 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU(Willamette /Northwood) 533MHz System Bus PCI Bus SIS 648 ATA 66/100/133 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 8X Slot SIS 963L RealTek AC97 CODEC Realtek RTL8100BL LAN connect Component AC Link USB2.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual CPU Installation This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Willamette / Northwood). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. However, this motherboard can also automatically detects CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage. Setting CPU Frequency BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 133MHz 533MHz 16x Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz 24x Pentium 4 2.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. CPUFAN1 Connector GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector 27 Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual DIMM Sockets This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC2100 (DDR266) memory up to 3GB or PC2700 (DDR333) memory up to 2GB. Please note that when you install PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM, you can install them fully into 3 sockets; however, when you install PC2700 DDR SDRAM, we suggest you to install DIMM1 and DIMM2 ONLY.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual How to Install Memory Modules Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 2. 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Tab Key 3. Pin 1 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems. To put it in a simple way, DDR SDRAM is like data going along a two lane highway, while at the same time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street. Therefore, it is a more advanced technology that provides a great overall improvement in system performance.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Front Panel Connector Attach the power LED, Keylock, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to connect the 4-pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20-pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system. AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly. Tip: 1.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual ATA/133 Supported This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 or ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN provides an AGP 8x slot which is the latest AGP specification. The AGP 8x calls for the bus to operate at the basic AGP 66MHz clock frequency and the bandwidth is 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem; both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to WOM connector on the motherboard.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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. Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (For AX45H-8XN) On the strength of integrated SIS LAN controller with Realtek RTL8100BL PHY on board,, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power. The analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Support 2nd and 3rd USB 2.0 Ports This motherboard provides six USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from back panel or connect USB2 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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. PS/2 Keyboard Connector PS/2 Keyboard: PS/2 Mouse: USB2.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Dr. LED Connector 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 1 2 3.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual MODEM-CN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1 1.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual JP29 Memory Voltage Jumper This motherboard supports all DDR200/266/333 DDR-RAM in the market, therefore you don’t need to adjust this JP29 memory voltage jumper from its default setting. However, if you wish to use DDR400 that requires higher voltage on this motherboard, you may have to adjust the jumper to pin1-2 for a higher voltage supply up to 2.7V. 1 1 Default 2.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN implements a brand new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” 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 Timer” 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Hardware Monitoring This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of those systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if having this function and enabled) to warn the user.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual 2200μF 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, AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V. That is, the transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 60A current is applied.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual About BIOS Function Description… AOpen always dedicates to give user a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appear at the right side of screen. Therefore, you don’t need to read this manual while you change BIOS settings.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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 also press key for help and 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Key Description F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press during POST (Power-On Self Test) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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: WAX45H8XN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX45H8XN102.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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 simultaneousl
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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 98) 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Install IDE Driver To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Install USB2.0 Driver In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB2.0 driver from the following screen.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Installing LAN Driver (For AX45H-8XN) You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD and install it under Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows XP.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual For Windows 95 and Windows NT: This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows NT v4.0 driver for Realtek RTL8139PCI Fast Ethernet adapter. [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 : ----------------------------------------------------1. Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 2.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual 4. In the list of network cards, select " Requires disk from manufacturer", and then press button. 5. Enter drive and pathname [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\NT (for NT 4.0) which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then choose the OK button. 6. The screen will appear "Select Line Speed" dialog box which is provide by RTL8139.SYS driver.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Installing AGP Driver You can find AGP driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual 3. This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s. ATA/100, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 6 = 100MB/s. ATA/133, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 8 = 133MB/s.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) Also known as E2PROM. Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface technology is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM. EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket. FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478 socket as well. Flash ROM Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual networking, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing. Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards. Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A/V to Firewire converters. The advantages of the IEEE1394: High data transfer rate – Start from 400 Mbps, (with 800/1600/3200 Mbps coming soon), which is about 30 times faster than USB 1.1.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual PDF Format With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange. Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file, including fonts and graphics, and they can be distributed by e-mail or stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM” with transfer rate of 600/700/800MHz, providing bandwidth as high to 1.6GB. RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual communicate 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. USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) A Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an external bus (an interconnection) standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual station or between two wireless clients. 802.11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming: 802.11 = 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using either frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)). 802.11a = 54 Mbps in the 5GHz band, using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) 802.11b (11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS).
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press to reboot the system. No Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 99 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98. End 100 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AX45H-8X / AX45H-8XN 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: AX45H-8XN R1.20 Jan.01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX45H-8XN is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.
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