AOpen AX45F-1394 User manual

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AX45F-1394
DOC. NO.: AX45F1394-OL-E0306A

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AX45F-1394.................................................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual .................................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Before You Start ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Feature Highlight ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Quick Installation Procedure ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
Motherboard Map ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Block Diagram ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................18
About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................... 19
CPU Installation........................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Hyper Threading Technology ...................................................................................................................................................... 23
CPU Jumper-less Design ............................................................................................................................................................ 25
CPU Over-current Protection ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” ............................................................................................................................................................ 27
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................................ 31
DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................................. 32

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Front Panel Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 34
ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................................. 35
AC Power Auto Recovery............................................................................................................................................................ 35
IDE and Floppy Connector .......................................................................................................................................................... 36
ATA/133 Supported ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38
IrDA Connector............................................................................................................................................................................ 39
Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ..................................................................................................... 40
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ................................................................................................................................. 41
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector...................................................................................................................... 42
WOM by External BOX Modem................................................................................................................................................... 43
WOM by Internal Modem Card.................................................................................................................................................... 44
WOL (Wake on LAN) Connector ................................................................................................................................................. 45
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard............................................................................................................................................ 47
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot......................................................................................................... 48
Support USB 2.0 Ports ................................................................................................................................................................ 49
IEEE 1394 Connectors................................................................................................................................................................ 50
Colored Back Panel..................................................................................................................................................................... 51
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector ...................................................................................................................... 52
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................................. 53

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Front Audio Connector ................................................................................................................................................................ 54
Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional).............................................................................................................................. 55
Case Open Connector................................................................................................................................................................. 57
CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 58
AUX-IN Connector....................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Game Port Bracket Supported .................................................................................................................................................... 60
JP2 Speaker Output Jumper ....................................................................................................................................................... 61
JP14 Clear CMOS Data .............................................................................................................................................................. 62
JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumpers...................................................................................................................... 63
JP27 / JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ........................................................................................................................ 64
JP29 DDR Voltage Jumper ......................................................................................................................................................... 65
STBY LED ................................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ...................................................................................................................................................... 67
Resettable Fuse .......................................................................................................................................................................... 68
3300µF Low ESR Capacitor........................................................................................................................................................ 69
AOConfig Utility ........................................................................................................................................................................... 71
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek................................................................................................................................................. 73
EzClock ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................80

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How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ................................................................................................................. 81
How To Enter BIOS Setup........................................................................................................................................................... 82
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .............................................................................................................................. 83
WinBIOS Utility............................................................................................................................................................................ 85
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................................. 87
Driver and Utility ....................................................................................................................................88
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ................................................................................................................................................... 88
Installing AGP Driver ................................................................................................................................................................... 89
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................................................................. 90
Installing IDE Driver..................................................................................................................................................................... 91
Installing LAN Driver.................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Installing USB 2.0 Driver ............................................................................................................................................................. 95
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................96
AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................................. 96
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)..................................................................................................................... 96
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ...................................................................................................................................... 96
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................................. 97
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ......................................................................................................................................................... 97
ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................................... 97

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BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).............................................................................................................................................. 98
Bluetooth ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 98
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)............................................................................................................................. 99
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM.................................................................................................................................................... 99
ECC (Error Checking and Correction)......................................................................................................................................... 99
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ................................................................................................................ 99
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................................................. 100
EV6 Bus .................................................................................................................................................................................... 100
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)....................................................................................................................................... 100
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................................................................................................................................ 100
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).......................................................................................................................................... 100
Flash ROM ................................................................................................................................................................................ 101
Hyper Threading........................................................................................................................................................................ 101
IEEE 1394 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 101
Parity Bit .................................................................................................................................................................................... 102
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus............................................................................................................................... 102
PDF Format............................................................................................................................................................................... 102
PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................................. 102
POST (Power-On Self Test) ...................................................................................................................................................... 103

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PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ......................................................................................................................................... 103
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ............................................................................................................ 103
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).................................................................................................................................... 103
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................................................................. 103
SATA (Serial ATA)...................................................................................................................................................................... 104
SMBus (System Management Bus) .......................................................................................................................................... 104
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)................................................................................................................................................... 104
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................. 104
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ................................................................................................................................................ 105
Wireless LAN – 802.11b ............................................................................................................................................................ 105
ZIP file ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 105
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................106
Technical Support................................................................................................................................110
Product Registration............................................................................................................................114
How to Contact Us...............................................................................................................................115

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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 5.0 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
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX45F-1394 motherboard. AX45F-1394 is Intel®Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form
factor featuring the SIS 648FX chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX45F-1394 motherboard supports Intel®Socket 478
Pentium®4 1.6GHz~3.20GHz and 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. It also supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology which
brings additional intelligence to system. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 8X mode pipelined
spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 2112MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, AX45F-1394 supports DDR
400/333/266 RAM up to 3GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode. There are 6 PCI slots provided
on this board and two IEEE1394 connectors which provide data transfer
rate up to 400Mb/s. 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. A total of 4
USB 2.0 ports on the back panel and one header on board give you the
best use of all USB devices at the fancy speed up to 480Mbps. 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, AX45F-1394 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 AX45F-1394 motherboard.