AOpen AX45-8X Max Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AX45-8X Max
DOC. NO.: AX458XM-OL-E0207A

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AX45-8X 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
JP27 / JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ..................................................................................................................... 31
DIMM Sockets ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32

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DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ............................................................................................................................ 34
JP29 DDR Voltage Jumper ..................................................................................................................................................... 35
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 36
ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 37
AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 37
STBY LED .............................................................................................................................................................................. 38
IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 39
ATA/133 Supported................................................................................................................................................................. 41
IrDA Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot................................................................................................... 43
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 44
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector .................................................................................................................. 45
WOM by External BOX Modem............................................................................................................................................... 46
WOM by Internal Modem Card................................................................................................................................................ 47
WOL (Wake on LAN) Connector ............................................................................................................................................. 48
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ........................................................................................................................................ 50
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 51
Colored Back Panel ................................................................................................................................................................ 52
Support 2nd USB 2.0 Port ........................................................................................................................................................ 53

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Onboard IEEE 1394 Connectors............................................................................................................................................. 54
Chassis Intrusion Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 55
CD Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 56
AUX-IN Connector .................................................................................................................................................................. 57
Game Port Bracket Supported ................................................................................................................................................ 58
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 59
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 60
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................................................................................................................................. 61
Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional) .......................................................................................................................... 62
JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers ..................................................................................................................... 64
JP1 Buzzer and JP2 Speaker Enable/Disable Jumpers .......................................................................................................... 65
Battery-less and Long Life Design .......................................................................................................................................... 66
Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 67
Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................... 68
Resettable Fuse...................................................................................................................................................................... 69
3300µF Low ESR Capacitor.................................................................................................................................................... 70
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)........................................................................................................................................... 72
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................. 73
Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 74

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Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................75
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 76
Install IDE Driver..................................................................................................................................................................... 77
Install USB2.0 Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 78
Installing LAN Driver ............................................................................................................................................................... 79
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ............................................................................................................................................. 82
Installing AGP Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 83
AOConfig Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 84
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................... 86
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .................................................................................................................................................. 87
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ................................................................................................................................................. 91
AWARD BIOS ..........................................................................................................................................93
About BIOS Function Description… ........................................................................................................................................ 94
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ............................................................................................................................ 95
How To Enter BIOS Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 97
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment........................................................................................................................... 98
Overclocking ........................................................................................................................................100
VGA Card & Hard Disk.......................................................................................................................................................... 101
Glossary ...............................................................................................................................................102

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AC97 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 102
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ............................................................................................................... 102
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ........................................................................................................................................... 102
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ................................................................................................................................................... 103
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ........................................................................................................................................................ 103
APM (Advanced Power Management) .................................................................................................................................. 103
ATA (AT Attachment)............................................................................................................................................................. 103
ATA/66.................................................................................................................................................................................. 103
ATA/100 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 104
ATA/133 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 104
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................................................................ 104
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................................................................ 104
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ....................................................................................................................... 105
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ........................................................................................................................................... 105
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM....................................................................................................................................... 105
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module).................................................................................................................................... 105
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ............................................................................................................................................... 106
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ................................................................................................................................... 106
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .................................................................................................................................. 106

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EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ........................................................................................................... 106
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).............................................................................................................................. 106
EV6 Bus................................................................................................................................................................................ 107
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ................................................................................................................................... 107
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)........................................................................................................................................ 107
Flash ROM ........................................................................................................................................................................... 107
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .................................................................................................................................................. 108
I2C Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................. 108
IEEE 1394 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 108
Parity Bit ............................................................................................................................................................................... 109
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................................................................ 109
PC-100 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 109
PC-133 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 109
PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM..........................................................................................................................110
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ............................................................................................................................110
PDF Format ...........................................................................................................................................................................110
PnP (Plug and Play)...............................................................................................................................................................110
POST (Power-On Self Test) ...................................................................................................................................................111
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)......................................................................................................................................................111

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RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).................................................................................................................................111
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ..............................................................................................................................................111
Shadow E2PROM ..................................................................................................................................................................111
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ..................................................................................................................................112
SMBus (System Management Bus) .......................................................................................................................................112
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)................................................................................................................................................112
Ultra DMA ..............................................................................................................................................................................113
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ....................................................................................................................................................113
USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ...............................................................................................................................................113
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .............................................................................................................................................114
ZIP file ...................................................................................................................................................................................114
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................115
Technical Support................................................................................................................................119
Product Registration............................................................................................................................122
How to Contact Us...............................................................................................................................123

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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 AX45-8X Max motherboard. AX45-8X Max is Intel®Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form
factor featuring the SIS 648 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45-8X 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 and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 2112MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, this
motherboard supports DDR333 (PC2700) SDRAM up to 2GB maximum and DDR 266 (PC2100) SDRAM up to 3GB 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, AX45-8X Max has a S/PDIF connector and an AC97 CODEC chipset onboard,
providing high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now,
let’s enjoy all features from AOpen AX45-8X Max motherboard.

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CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium®4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.4GHz+ with 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket
478 technology.
Chipset
The motherboard is equipped with SIS 648 chipset. SIS 648 Host & Memory & AGP Controller integrates a high performance host interface
for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a high performance memory controller, a AGP interface. The SIS 648 Host Interface supports Intel Pentium
4 Series processors with FSB up to 133MHz. The host interface plays the role of processor transactions’ dispatcher. It dispatches
transactions to Memory, I/O interface and AGP bus. Transactions to different destinations can be dispatched concurrently in order to
maximum pipeline efficiency. The Memory controller can support DDR SDRAM. The memory controller also supports the Suspend to
RAM function by retaining the CKE# pins asserted in ACPI S3 state in which only AUX source deliver power. The AGP interface can
support external AGP slot with AGP 4X/8X capability and Fast Write Transactions.

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Expansion Slots
Including six 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 provided from AX45-8X Max can support CNR interface for a Modem/Audio card. The
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards
support data transfer rate up to 2112MB/s. Of six PCI slots provided, except the first PCI slot is slave, all other five slots are master PCI
slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
Memory
Provides three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of PC2700(DDR333) and 3GB of PC2100(DDR266) compliant
SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory).
Watch Dog Timer
Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking.
1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment
Provides “1MHz Stepping 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.

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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
AX45-8X Max uses RealTek ALC650 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
Six USB2.0 Ports
Provides four ports on the back panel and one connector with a total of six USB ports for USB2.0 interface devices, such as mouse,
keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.
Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional)
Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this AX45-8X Max M/B to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter.

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AGP Protection Technology
With AGP Protection Technology implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your
chipsets from being burnt out.
Dr. Voice
Dr. Voice provides 4 language versions (English, Chinese, Japanese and German) that can easily tell you the problem you may 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 Connectors
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is the newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and
allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio.
On-board IEEE 1394 Connectors
Comes with two onboard IEEE 1394 (IEEE-1394a-2000) fully compliant cable ports at 100/200/400 Mbits/sec for you to connect IEEE 1394
devices, such as digital camera or other IEEE 1394 storage devices.

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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 XP)
11. Installing Driver and Utility

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IEEE 1394 Connector x2
Chassis Intrusion Detecto
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Motherboard Map
PC99 Colored Back Panel
JP14 CMOS Clear Jum
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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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SYS-FAN2 Connector
Dr. LED Connecto
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TA100/133 IDE Connector x2
FDD Connector
184-pin DIMMx3 supports DDR
266/333 SDRAM maximum up
to 3GB/2GB
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TX Power Connector
SIS 648/963 Chi
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478-pin CPU socket
(Willamette/ Northwood) with
Voltage and Frequency
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uto-detection that supports
Intel®Pentium®4
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GP 8x/4x Expansion Slot(1.5V)
32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6
4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector
3300μF Low ESR Capacitors
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse
Wakeu
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2nd USB2.0 Connectors
WOM Connecto
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WOL Connecto
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CD-IN Connecto
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SYS-FAN3 Connec
CPU FAN connecto
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JP15/16 Dr. Voice Language
Select Jumpe
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S/PDIF Connecto
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ALC650 AC
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JP29 DDR Voltage Jumper
JP27 USBLAN Wakeup Jumpe
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JP1 Buzzer Jum
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JST-MIDI Connecto
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JP2 Speaker Jumpe
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SIS 648
Socket 478
Intel Pentium 4
CPU(Willamette
/Northwood)
533MHz System
Bus
DIMM Socket x3
AGP 8X Slot
SIS 963
Serial Port x2
2nd USB Port
1st USB Port
USB2.0 Ports
x6
32-bit PCI Slot x6
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA
66/100/133
DDR266/DDR333
SDRAM Up to
3GB/2GB
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
FW803
2nd IEEE 1394
1st IEEE1394
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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.