AOpen AX3S Pro Setup guide
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AX3S Pro
DOC. NO: AX3SP-OL-E0010C
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AX3S Pro ................................................................................................... 1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................... 2
Before You Start ........................................................................................................................ 10
Quick Installation Procedure ...................................................................................................... 11
Motherboard Map ...................................................................................................................... 12
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................... 13
Hardware.................................................................................................14
JP14 Clear CMOS ..................................................................................................................... 15
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup................................................................................................. 16
CPU Socket and Fan Connector................................................................................................ 18
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................... 19
JP23/JP29 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio................................................................................................ 23
DIMM Socket ............................................................................................................................. 24
RAM Power LED & Blinking LED ............................................................................................... 25
PC-Doctor Debug LED (Optinal) ................................................................................................ 26
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Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................... 28
ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................ 30
AC Power Auto Recovery ..........................................................................................................31
IDE and Floppy Connector......................................................................................................... 32
IrDA Connector.......................................................................................................................... 35
GPIO-Connector (General Purpose I/O) (Optional) .................................................................... 36
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) ...................................................................................... 37
WOL (Wake on LAN) ................................................................................................................. 40
4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ........................................................................................... 42
CNR (Communications and Networking Riser)........................................................................... 43
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel.................................................................................................. 45
Support 4 USB Ports.................................................................................................................. 46
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound Chip................................................................................ 47
CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................. 48
Video_Audio_IN Connector........................................................................................................49
Modem Audio Connector ...........................................................................................................50
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Front Panel Audio (Optional) ....................................................................................................... 51
Battery-less and Long Life Design ............................................................................................. 52
Over-current Protection.............................................................................................................. 54
Hardware Monitoring.................................................................................................................. 56
Resettable Fuse......................................................................................................................... 57
JP30 Die-Hard BIOS (100% Virus Protection) (Optional) .................................................................. 58
BIOS Write Protection................................................................................................................ 61
Year 2000 (Y2K) ........................................................................................................................ 62
2200uF Low ESR Capacitor....................................................................................................... 64
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall).............................................................................................. 66
24K Gold Heatsink..................................................................................................................... 67
Driver and Utility .....................................................................................68
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ........................................................................................... 69
Eliminate “?” mark from Windows 95/98..................................................................................... 70
Installing Onboard AGP Driver...................................................................................................71
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................ 72
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Installing Ultra ATA/100 IDE Driver.............................................................................................73
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ......................................................................................... 74
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..................................................................................................... 76
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) .................................................................................................... 83
AWARD BIOS ........................................................................................... 85
Enter BIOS Setup ...................................................................................................................... 86
Change Language ..................................................................................................................... 87
Standard CMOS Features..........................................................................................................88
Advanced BIOS Features ..........................................................................................................94
Advanced Chipset Features..................................................................................................... 103
Integrated Peripherals.............................................................................................................. 109
Power Management Setup....................................................................................................... 126
PnP/PCI Configurations ........................................................................................................... 136
PC Health Status ..................................................................................................................... 141
Frequency / Voltage Control..................................................................................................... 143
Load Setup Defaults ................................................................................................................ 147
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Load Turbo Defaults................................................................................................................. 148
Set Password........................................................................................................................... 149
Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................................................... 150
Exit without Saving................................................................................................................... 151
Load EEPROM Default ............................................................................................................ 151
Save EEPROM Default............................................................................................................ 151
NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ................................................................................................... 151
BIOS Upgrade ......................................................................................................................... 152
Overclocking ......................................................................................... 154
VGA and HDD ......................................................................................................................... 156
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Glossary ................................................................................................157
AC97 ....................................................................................................................................... 157
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .................................................................. 157
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .............................................................................................. 158
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...................................................................................................... 158
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ........................................................................................................... 158
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APM......................................................................................................................................... 158
ATA/66..................................................................................................................................... 159
ATA/100 ................................................................................................................................... 159
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................... 159
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................... 160
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) .............................................................................................. 160
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)....................................................................................... 160
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...................................................................................... 160
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory..................................................................................... 161
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................. 161
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................. 161
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...................................................................................... 161
Flash ROM .............................................................................................................................. 162
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..................................................................................................... 162
I2C Bus.................................................................................................................................... 162
P1394 ...................................................................................................................................... 162
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PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................... 163
PC100 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 163
PC133 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 163
PDF Format ............................................................................................................................. 163
PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................. 164
POST (Power-On Self Test)..................................................................................................... 164
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)........................................................................................................ 164
RIMM....................................................................................................................................... 164
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................ 165
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .................................................................................... 165
SMBus (System Management Bus) ......................................................................................... 165
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).................................................................................................. 165
Ultra DMA/33 ........................................................................................................................... 166
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ...................................................................................................... 166
ZIP file ..................................................................................................................................... 166
Troubleshooting ....................................................................................167
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Technical Support.................................................................................171
Part Number and Serial Number ........................................................................... 173
Model name and BIOS version .............................................................................. 174
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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk
drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the
following precautions before you install a system component.
1.Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you
are ready to install it.
2.Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system
unit before handling a component. If a wrist strap is not available,
maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedure
requiring ESD protection.
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1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
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