AOpen AX3S-U User manual
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.............................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual .......................................................................................................................................................................2
You Must Notice ................................................................................................................................................................................9
Before You Start ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Overview ..........................................................................................................................................................................................11
Feature Highlight............................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Quick Installation Procedure ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
Motherboard Map ........................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Block Diagram ................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Hardware Installation...................................................................................................................... 20
About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… ............................................................................................................................... 21
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................................ 22
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
CPU Jumper-less Design .............................................................................................................................................................. 27
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)......................................................................................................... 32
DIMM Sockets ................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
Standby Power and Boot Indicate LED ....................................................................................................................................... 35
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................................. 36
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ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................................... 37
AC Power Auto Recovery ............................................................................................................................................................. 38
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper ........................................................................................................ 38
IDE and Floppy Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 39
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................................... 41
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector .................................................................................................................... 42
WOL (Wake on LAN) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 45
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot....................................................................................................................... 47
DVO Connector .............................................................................................................................................................................. 48
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 49
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .................................................................................................................................................... 50
Support 2nd USB Port..................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Chassis Intrusion Sensor .............................................................................................................................................................. 52
CD Audio Connector ...................................................................................................................................................................... 53
Modem Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................... 54
AUX-IN Connector ......................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Die-Hard BIOS (Optional) ............................................................................................................................................................. 57
GPO (General Purpose Output) Connector................................................................................................................................60
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Dr. LED Connector (Upgrade Optional) ...................................................................................................................................... 61
Dr. Voice (AX3S Pro-U only) ........................................................................................................................................................ 63
Battery-less and Long Life Design............................................................................................................................................... 64
Over-current Protection ................................................................................................................................................................. 65
Hardware Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Year 2000 (Y2K) ............................................................................................................................................................................. 68
1500 / 2200μF Low ESR Capacitor ............................................................................................................................................. 70
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ............................................................................................................................................... 72
Pure Aluminum Heatsink............................................................................................................................................................... 73
Driver and Utility .............................................................................................................................74
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ........................................................................................................................................... 75
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility................................................................................................................. 76
Installing Onboard AGP Driver ..................................................................................................................................................... 77
Installing Ultra ATA/100 IDE Driver.............................................................................................................................................. 78
Installing Onboard Sound Driver.................................................................................................................................................. 79
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ........................................................................................................................................................ 80
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)....................................................................................................................................................... 85
AWARD BIOS ....................................................................................................................................87
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About BIOS Function Description… ............................................................................................................................................ 88
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ............................................................................................................................... 89
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................................ 91
BIOS Upgrade ................................................................................................................................................................................ 92
Overclocking .................................................................................................................................... 94
VGA Card & Hard Disk .................................................................................................................................................................. 95
Glossary ...........................................................................................................................................96
AC97 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 96
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)................................................................................................................... 96
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .................................................................................................................................................. 96
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ........................................................................................................................................................... 97
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ................................................................................................................................................................. 97
APM (Advanced Power Management) ........................................................................................................................................ 97
ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 97
ATA/66 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 97
ATA/100 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 98
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) .............................................................................................................................................. 98
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ....................................................................................................................................................... 98
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)............................................................................................................................ 98
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CODEC (Coding and Decoding) .................................................................................................................................................. 99
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ............................................................................................................................................. 99
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module).......................................................................................................................................... 99
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ...................................................................................................................................................... 99
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ....................................................................................................................................... 100
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory...................................................................................................................................... 100
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)............................................................................................................. 100
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................................................. 100
EV6 Bus......................................................................................................................................................................................... 101
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)....................................................................................................................................... 101
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................................................................................................................................ 101
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................................... 101
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock........................................................................................................................................................ 102
I2C Bus........................................................................................................................................................................................... 102
IEEE 1394 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 102
Par ity B it ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 102
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ............................................................................................................................................. 103
PC-100 DIMM ............................................................................................................................................................................... 103
PC-133 DIMM ............................................................................................................................................................................... 103
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PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM ............................................................................................................................................. 103
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus .............................................................................................................................. 103
PDF Format .................................................................................................................................................................................. 104
PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................................... 104
POST (Power-On Self Test)........................................................................................................................................................ 104
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ........................................................................................................................................................... 104
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).................................................................................................................................... 105
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................................................................... 105
Shadow E2PROM ......................................................................................................................................................................... 105
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ..................................................................................................................................... 105
SMBus (System Management Bus) ........................................................................................................................................... 106
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .................................................................................................................................................... 106
Ultra DMA...................................................................................................................................................................................... 106
USB (Universal Serial Bus)......................................................................................................................................................... 107
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ................................................................................................................................................. 107
ZIP file ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 107
Troubleshooting.............................................................................................................................108
Technical Support .........................................................................................................................112
Product Registration .....................................................................................................................115
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How to Contact Us ........................................................................................................................116
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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.
- 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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