AOpen AX45-4D MAX Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AX45-4D Max
DOC. NO.: AX454DMAX-OL-E0211B

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AX45-4D Max...............................................................................................................................................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 “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................. 21
JP14 Clear CMOS Data.......................................................................................................................................................... 22
CPU Installation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................................................................ 26
Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage................................................................................................................................. 28
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ......................................................................................................... 30
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 31
DIMM Sockets ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32

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DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ............................................................................................................................ 34
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 35
ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 36
AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 36
STBY LED .............................................................................................................................................................................. 37
IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 38
ATA/133 Supported................................................................................................................................................................. 40
IrDA Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot................................................................................................... 42
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 43
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector .................................................................................................................. 44
WOM by External BOX Modem............................................................................................................................................... 45
WOM by Internal Modem Card................................................................................................................................................ 46
WOL (Wake on LAN) .............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ........................................................................................................................................ 49
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 50
Color Coded Back Panel......................................................................................................................................................... 51
Support 2nd USB 2.0 Ports ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
Onboard IEEE 1394 Connectors............................................................................................................................................. 53

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Case Open Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 54
AUX-IN Connector .................................................................................................................................................................. 55
CD-IN Audio Connector .......................................................................................................................................................... 56
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 57
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 58
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................................................................................................................................. 59
Die-Hard BIOS and JP24 Die-Hard BIOS Select Jumper ........................................................................................................ 60
Dr. LED Connector.................................................................................................................................................................. 61
JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers ..................................................................................................................... 63
JP2 Dr. Voice Output Select Jumper....................................................................................................................................... 64
Game Port Bracket Supported ................................................................................................................................................ 65
Battery-less and Long Life Design .......................................................................................................................................... 66
Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 67
Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................... 68
2200µF Low ESR Capacitor.................................................................................................................................................... 69
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)........................................................................................................................................... 71
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................. 72
Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 73
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek............................................................................................................................................. 74

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Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................77
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 78
Install IDE Driver..................................................................................................................................................................... 79
Install USB2.0 Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 80
Installing LAN Driver ............................................................................................................................................................... 81
Installing Onboard Audio Driver............................................................................................................................................... 84
Installing AGP Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 85
AOConfig Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................... 88
Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................89
About BIOS Function Description… ........................................................................................................................................ 90
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .............................................................................................................. 91
How To Enter BIOS Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 93
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment........................................................................................................................... 94
Overclocking ..........................................................................................................................................96
VGA Card & Hard Disk............................................................................................................................................................ 97
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................98
AC97 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 98
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................. 98

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AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................. 98
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..................................................................................................................................................... 99
AOpen Bonus Pack CD .......................................................................................................................................................... 99
APM (Advanced Power Management) .................................................................................................................................... 99
ATA (AT Attachment)............................................................................................................................................................... 99
ATA/66.................................................................................................................................................................................... 99
ATA/100 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 100
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................................................................ 100
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................................................................ 100
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ....................................................................................................................... 100
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ........................................................................................................................................... 101
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM....................................................................................................................................... 101
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module).................................................................................................................................... 101
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ............................................................................................................................................... 101
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ................................................................................................................................... 102
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .................................................................................................................................. 102
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ........................................................................................................... 102
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).............................................................................................................................. 102
EV6 Bus................................................................................................................................................................................ 103

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FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ................................................................................................................................... 103
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)........................................................................................................................................ 103
Flash ROM ........................................................................................................................................................................... 103
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .................................................................................................................................................. 104
I2C Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................. 104
IEEE 1394 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 104
Parity Bit ............................................................................................................................................................................... 104
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................................................................ 105
PC-100 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 105
PC-133 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 105
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM......................................................................................................................................... 105
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ........................................................................................................................... 105
PDF Format .......................................................................................................................................................................... 106
PnP (Plug and Play).............................................................................................................................................................. 106
POST (Power-On Self Test) .................................................................................................................................................. 106
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)..................................................................................................................................................... 106
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)................................................................................................................................ 107
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................. 107
Shadow E2PROM ................................................................................................................................................................. 107

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SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ................................................................................................................................. 107
SMBus (System Management Bus) ...................................................................................................................................... 108
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................................................................................................................................... 108
Ultra DMA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 108
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................... 109
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ............................................................................................................................................ 109
ZIP file .................................................................................................................................................................................. 109
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................110
Technical Support................................................................................................................................114
Product Registration............................................................................................................................117
How to Contact Us...............................................................................................................................118

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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.
Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing, you can print it by A4 paper size and set
2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver.
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX45-4D Max motherboard. AX45-4D Max is Intel®Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form
factor featuring the SIS 655 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45-4D Max motherboard can support Intel®Socket
478 Pentium®4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and
supports AGP 8X mode for you to insert AGP or ADD card. According to different customer’s requirements, this motherboard supports
DDR333 (PC2700) SDRAM and DDR 266 (PC2100) SDRAM up to 4GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA
33/66/100/133 mode. Further flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser (CNR) card option
that allows audio and modem configuration on a single baseboard design. More than that, on the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller
on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use. Besides,
AX45-4D Max has a S/PDIF connector and a RealTek ALC650 AC97 CODEC chipset onboard providing high performance and magic
surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Also, this motherboard supports USB 2.0 function with
a fancy speed of up to 480Mbps, and IEEE 1394 connectors to provide data transfer rate up
to 400Mbps. Now, let’s enjoy all features from AOpen AX45-4D Max motherboard.

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CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium®4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.8GHz+ with 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket
478 technology.
Chipset
The Sis655 Host & Memory & AGP Controller integrates a high performance host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a high
performance memory controller and an AGP interface. The SiS655 Host Interface features the AGTL & AGTL+ compliant bus driver
technology with integrated on-die termination to support Intel Pentium 4 series processors with FSB up to 133MHz. The memory controller
can support dual channel DDR access, offering bandwidth up to 5.4GB/s under DDR333. The AGP interface can support external AGP slot
with AGP 4X/8X capability and Fast Write Transactions. The SiS963 MuTIOL Media I/O integrates one Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Host
Controllers, the 1394a Mac, the Audio Controller with AC97 Interface, the Ethernet MAC Controller with standard MII interface, three
Universal Serial Bus 1.1 Host Controllers, the IDE Master/Slave controllers, and SiS MuTIOL technology. The PCI to LPC bridge, I/O
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller, legacy system I/O and legacy power management functionality are integrated as well.

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Expansion Slots
Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 4X/8X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The
Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR) slot 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. AX45-4D Max motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot
for a bus mastering AGP graphic card or ADD card. Of five PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and
decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
Memory
Provides four 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 4GB of PC2700(DDR333) and PC2100(DDR266) compliant SDRAM
(Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory).
Die-Hard BIOS with external controller
Die-Hard BIOS technology is an effective hardware protection method without any software or BIOS coding involved. Therefore, it is 100%
virus free.
Watch Dog Timer
Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking.

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1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking
Provides “1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking” 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.
LAN Port
On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100
Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Mater IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra
DMA 33/66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
On-board AC’97 Sound
AX45-4D Max uses RealTek ALC650 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
Six USB2.0 Connectors
Provides six USB ports for USB2.0 interface devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.

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Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional)
Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this motherboard to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter.
Dr. Voice
Dr. Voice provides 4 language versions (English, Chinese, Japanese and German) that can easily tell you the problem you encounter. You
can also adjust the volume of Dr. Voice through speakers. Specially tailored made for users, we have defaulted the language versions of
Japanese market to Japanese only in order to save users from the hassle of setting jumpers, and thus making motherboard a real jumper
less design.
S/PDIF Connector
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.
On-board IEEE 1394 Connectors
Comes with two onboard IEEE 1394 connectors that provide ports for IEEE 1394 devices such as digital camera or others IEEE 1394
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Power Management/Plug and Play
Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system much
user-friendlier.
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module.
Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows®98/ME/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD
(Suspend to Disk, S4) features.
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.

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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 98)
11. Installing Driver and Utility

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IEEE 1394 Connector x2
Case Open Connecto
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Motherboard Map
Colored Back Panel
JP14 CMOS Clear Jumpe
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Realtek 8100BL LAN Chip
CNR Expansion Slo
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Front Audio Connecto
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IrDA Connecto
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Front Panel Connecto
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SYSFAN2 Connecto
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Dr. LED Connecto
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ATA100/133 IDE Connector x2
FDD Connecto
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184-pin DIMMx4 supports dual
channel DDRAM333/266
maximum up to 4GB
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478-pin CPU socket
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32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector
JP28 USB Keyboard
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2nd USB2.0 Connecto
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WOM Connecto
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WOL Connecto
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CD-IN Connecto
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SYSFAN3 Connecto
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Die-Hard BIOS 2
CPUFAN1 connecto
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JP15/16 Dr. Voice Language
Select Jum
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S/PDIF Connecto
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JP24 Die-Hard BIOS Select
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JP2 S
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SIS 655
Socket 478
Intel Pentium 4
CPU(Willamette
/Northwood)
533MHz System
Bus
DIMM Socket x2
AGP 4X/8X Slot
SIS 963
Serial Port x2
2nd USB Port
1st USB Port
USB2.0
Portsx6
32-bit PCI Slot x5
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA
66/100/133
Dual Memory Channel DDR333/266
(Max. 1GB Per DIMM)
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
2Mbit Flash EEPROM
AC Link
PCI Bus
CNR Slot
Winbond
W83697HF
Floppy Disk Drive x2
RealTek
AC97
CODEC
Realtek
RTL8100BL
LAN connect Component
3rd USB Port
AGERE
FW802A
2nd IEEE 1394
1st IEEE1394
DIMM Socket x2
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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. 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.