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Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary DOC. NO.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N .................................................................................................................. 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice ...................................................................................................
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 33 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 34 IrDA Connector ....................................................................................................................
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ................................................................................................................................. 54 Pure Aluminum Heatsink ............................................................................................................................................... 55 Driver and Utility ................................................................................................................
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual AC97 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 78 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 78 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .....................................................................................................
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ...................................................................................................................... 82 EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 83 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) .................................................................................................
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ...................................................................................................................................... 87 Shadow E 2PROM .......................................................................................................................................................... 88 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .................................................................................................
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Ov er vi e w Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N motherboard. This motherboard is Intel® Pentium 4 (Willamette/Northwood) motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form featuring the Intel ® 850E chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 1.4GHz~2.4GHz CPU.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual F e a t u r e Hi g h l i g h t CPU Supports Intel ® Socket 478 Pentium ® 4 1.4GHz~2.4GHz with 400/533MHz system bus designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The Intel ® 850E chipset supports dual-channel RDRAM memory, delivering the most performance and headroom to maximize the performance of Pentium 4 processor-based systems.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Memory Provides four 168-pin DRDRAM DIMM socket that support up to 2GB of PC-600/800/1066 compliant DRDRAM (Direct Rambus DRAM). You may install 64, 128, 256 or 512MB with ECC (Error Checking and Correction) RDRAM RIMM modules into each socket.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and helps your system get maximum performance. Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Q ui c k I n s t a l l a t i o n P r o c e d ur e This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N MODEM-CN Connector Front Audio Connector CD-IN Connector Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel with 10/100Mbps Ethernet RJ45 Connector Resettale Fuse 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup 4Mbit Flash ROM BIOS IrDA Connector CNR Expansion Slot CPU Fan Connector 478-pin CPU socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 1.4~2.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m PC-600/800/1066 Direct RDRAM Up to 2GB RIMM Socket x2 RIMM Socket x2 Dual Channel RDRAM data transferring rate up to 3.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Har dwar e Ins tal l ati o n This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual A b o u t “ U s e r U p gr a d e O pt i o n a l ” a n d “ Ma n u f a c t ur e U p g r a d e O pt i o n a l ” … 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual J P 1 4 C l e a r C MO S D a t a You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin1 & pin2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual C P U I n s t al l a ti o n This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium ® 4 1.4~2.4GHz Socket 478 series CPU. Please follow steps below to finish CPU installation. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket level and up to 90-degree angle.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket level and finish CPU installation. Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may damage the CPU. CPU cut edge Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package cannot be fitted in. Note: P4 CPU tends to produce higher Note: The CPU you purchased may look different from the one shown here.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual C P U J u m p er - l e s s D e si g n 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 series Pentium 4 CPU Controlled CPU Freq.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual S e t t i n g C P U Fr e q u e n c y This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual S upport e d CP U Fre que nc y Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * 4 * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 Northwood CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz Pentium 4 2.0G CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual C P U a n d H o u s i n g F a n C o n n e c t o r ( w i t h H/ W M o ni t o r i n g ) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on FAN2 or FAN3 (without H/W monitoring) connector. CPU Fan Connector GND +12V SENSOR GND NC +12V FAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l CP U H e a t s i n k a n d F a n 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. 1. Gently put the CPU Fan down on the retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners. 2.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual RI M M S o c k e t s This motherboard has four 184-pin RIMM sockets that allow you to install PC600, PC800 and PC1066 RDRAM up to 2GB. AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N will detect the RDRAM speed automatically while system is in POST, but it still allows you to select the RDRAM type manually by BIOS setup program. Note: Based on Intel 850E chipset specification, AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N has dual memory channel.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Pictures below are Direct RDRAM memory module and RIMM terminator (also called C-RIMM). Please do not forget to insert the RIMM terminator into the proper RIMM socket, otherwise the system cannot be booted.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l Me m o r y M o d u l e s Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the RIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. 60 pins 2. 88 pins Insert the module straight down to the RIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the RIMM module is securely in place.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 3. Online Manual Repeat step 2 to finish additional RIMM & C-RIMM modules installation. Direct RDRAM Module C-RIMM Module Note: Please do not forget to install the C-RIMM modules into the proper RIMM slots. Note: Pictures shown here are for reference only.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r Attach the power LED, EMPI, 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown below. 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. COM +5V COM +3.3V +3.3V +3.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual A C P o w er A u t o R ec o v er y A traditional ATX system remains at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual I D E a n d Fl o p p y C o n n e c t or Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual I r DA C o n n e c t o r 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).
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual A G P ( A c c e l e r a t e d G r a p hi c P o r t ) E x p a n s i o n S l ot AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N provides an AGP 4x slot. AGP 1x2x4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. It uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual AGP Protection Technology With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Warning: It is strongly recommended not to install a 3.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual C N R ( C o m m u ni c a t i o n a n d N e t w or k Ri s e r ) E x pa n s i o n S l o t 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual S u p p o r t I n t e l ® P R O / 1 0 0 N e t w or k C o n n e c t i o n ( F or A X 4 T I I - 5 3 3 N ) This motherboard has a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of LAN chip onboard, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet connector is located on top of USB connectors.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual P C 9 9 C ol or C o d e d B a c k P a n e l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and COM2, Printer, RJ45 LAN (optional), four USBs, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Select Jumper This motherboard provides 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 “Enable”(1-2), and you may disable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual S u p p o r t 2 n d U S B P or t This motherboard provides 4 USB connectors to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cable to connect others USB connectors to the back plane or front panel of chassis.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual C h a s s i s I n t r u s i o n S e n s or The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. This function will log an event in the system BIOS when this header is connected. You can use the 2-pin chassis intrusion sensor to connect with this header, and enable the chassis monitoring function of system BIOS.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual C D A u d i o C o n n e c t or This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual M o d e m A u di o C o n n e c t o r 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Fr o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t o r If the housing has been design with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual B a t t e r y - l e s s a n d L o n g Li f e D e s i g n This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n The Over Current Protection was very popular implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual H a r d w a r e M o ni t o r i n g This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if existed) to warn the user.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual R e se t ta b l e F u s e Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (did the job to protect motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can back to normal function after fuse did the protection job.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual L o w E S R C a p a c i t or A group of large capacitors that meet the requirements of today’s high performance motherboard design. The theory behind this is long transmission lines have considerable inductance and capacitance as well as resistance. When a current flows through the line, inductance and capacitance have the effect of varying the voltage on the line as the current varies. Thus the supply voltage varies with the load.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V. That is, the transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 18A current is applied.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual P ur e Al u m i n u m H e a t s i n k Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability. Aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to overclock.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual D ri v e r a n d U t i l i t y There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual A u t o - r u n Me n u f r o m B o n u s C D Di s c You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Eliminate “?” mark from Windows 95/98 Windows 95/98 cannot recognize this chipset, because it was released before the Intel 850E chipset. You can install the Intel INF Update Utility from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g I n t e l I A A Dr i v e r You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications and reduce PC boot times. You can find it in the AOpen Bonus Pack CD.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g O n b o a r d L A N Dr i v e r ( F o r A X 4 T I I - 5 3 3 N ) This motherboard comes with an Intel® 10/100Mbps LAN controller. You can find the LAN driver from the Bonus Pack CD.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual I n s t al l i n g O n b o ar d A u d i o D r i ve r This motherboard comes with a RealTek ALC201A chip. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g H a r d w a r e M o n i t or i n g U t i l i t y You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed. To install the software, double click “Setup.exe”. The driver will be copied into Windows directory and an entry of “Hardware Monitor” in the start menu will be created.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual A C P I S u s p e n d t o H a r d Dr i v e ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual System Requirement 1. AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. 2. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a. Set Power Schemes > System Standby to "Never". b. Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable Hibernate Support" then "Apply". c.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "ACPI BIOS" and remove "Plug and Play BIOS") 3.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "Plug and Play BIOS" and remove "ACPI BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual A C PI S u s p e n d t o R A M ( S T R ) This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement 1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, Windows 98 is the only choice. 2. The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly. Procedures 1. Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Function: Enabled BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Suspend Type: S3. 2. Go to Control Panel > Power Management.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual P h o en i x - A W AR D B I O S 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). The AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual A b o u t BI O S F u n c t i o n De s c r i p t i o n … AOpen always dedicates to give users 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 appeared at right side of screen. Hence, you don’t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting value. You also can press key for help and press key to quit Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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. Note: AOpen always dedicates to give users 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 appeared at right side of screen.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual BI O S U p g r a d e u n d e r Wi n d o w s e n v i r o n m e n t 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EZWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMMANDED 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: WAX4T2533N102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual O v e r cl o c k i n g As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual VG A C ar d & H ar d D i s k VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website. VGA: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. A C P I ( A d v a n c e d C o n f i g ur a t i o n & P ow e r I n te r f a c e ) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual A M R ( A u d i o/ M o d e m R i s e r ) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. A O pe n B o n us P a c k C D A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product; there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual ATA/100 ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. B I O S ( Ba s i c I n p u t / O u t p u t S y s t e m ) BIOS is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual C O DE C ( C o d i n g a n d De c o di n g ) Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. D D R ( D o u b l e Da t a R a te d ) S D R A M DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual E C C ( E r r or C he c k i n g a n d C or r e c t i o n ) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual EV 6 B u s EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus. EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2. For example, 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock, but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual F S B ( F r o n t S i d e B u s ) C l oc k FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio I2C Bus See SMBus. IE EE 1 39 4 IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual P a r i t y Bi t 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual P C -1 6 0 0 o r P C - 2 1 0 0 D D R D R A M Based on FSB frequency, the DDR DRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type of working frequency. Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, and 266x64/8=2100MB/s. Hence, the PC-1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz and PC-2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz FSB frequency.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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. R D R A M ( R a mb u s D R A M ) Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer. Theoretically, the data transfer should be high than SDRAM. RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual 2 S ha d o w E P R O M A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E 2PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E 2PROM for jumper-less and battery-less design S I M M ( S i n gl e I n Li n e Me m o r y M o d u l e ) SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical. That is why it was called Single In Line. SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32-bit data.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual U l t ra D M A Ultra DMA (or, more accurately, Ultra DMA/33) is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer’s data path (or bus) to the computer’s random access memory (RAM). The Ultra DMA/33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33.3MB/s, twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory (DMA) interface.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual T r ou b l e s h o o t i n g 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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 93 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.~~
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 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 94 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual T e ch n ic a l Su p p o r t Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N 5 6 7 Online Manual News Group: News posted by computer experts, you are welcome to join any discussion here. http://www.aopen.com/tech/newsgrp/default.htm Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us.
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AX4T II-533 / AX4T II-533N Online Manual Mo d e l n a m e a n d B I O S v e r s i o n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX4T II-533N R1.00 Mar. 15. 2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2002, Award Software, Inc. AX4T II-533N is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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