AOpen AX4B-533 Plus Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation Drivers &
Utilities AWARD
BIOS Setup Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AX4B-533 Plus
DOC. NO.: AX4B533P-OL-E0207A

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AX4B-533 Plus..................................................................................................................................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
AOpen “Watch Dog Timer”............................................................................................................................................27
Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage.......................................................................................................................28
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ...............................................................................................30

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JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper..............................................................................................31
DIMM Sockets...............................................................................................................................................................32
Front Panel Connector..................................................................................................................................................34
ATX Power Connector...................................................................................................................................................35
AC Power Auto Recovery..............................................................................................................................................36
STBY LED and BOOT LED ...........................................................................................................................................37
IDE and Floppy Connector............................................................................................................................................38
ATA/133 Supported .......................................................................................................................................................40
Serial ATA Supported ....................................................................................................................................................41
Connecting Serial ATA Disk...........................................................................................................................................42
IrDA Connector .............................................................................................................................................................43
AGP Expansion Slot......................................................................................................................................................44
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED....................................................................................................................45
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector.........................................................................................................46
WOM by External BOX Modem.....................................................................................................................................47
WOM by Internal Modem Card......................................................................................................................................48
WOL (Wake on LAN).....................................................................................................................................................49
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot............................................................................................51
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .....................................................................................................................................52

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Support 2nd and 3rd USB 2.0 Ports.................................................................................................................................53
Chassis Intrusion Connector.........................................................................................................................................54
CD Audio Connector .....................................................................................................................................................55
AUX-IN Connector ........................................................................................................................................................56
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector.........................................................................................................57
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ....................................................................................................................................58
Front Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................59
Dr. LED Connector........................................................................................................................................................60
JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers ...........................................................................................................62
JP2 Speaker Enable/Disable Jumper............................................................................................................................63
Battery-less and Long Life Design ................................................................................................................................64
Over-current Protection.................................................................................................................................................65
Hardware Monitoring.....................................................................................................................................................66
Resettable Fuse............................................................................................................................................................67
3300µF Low ESR Capacitor..........................................................................................................................................68
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall).................................................................................................................................69
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................70
Open JukeBox Player....................................................................................................................................................71
Vivid BIOS technology...................................................................................................................................................75

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Driver and Utility .........................................................................................................................76
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD .....................................................................................................................................77
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility......................................................................................................78
Installing Intel IAA Driver...............................................................................................................................................79
Installing Promise SATA Driver......................................................................................................................................80
Installing LAN Driver .....................................................................................................................................................86
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility............................................................................................................................90
Installing USB2.0 Driver................................................................................................................................................91
AOConfig Utility.............................................................................................................................................................93
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive.........................................................................................................................................95
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)........................................................................................................................................99
AWARD BIOS..............................................................................................................................101
About BIOS Function Description… ............................................................................................................................102
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ................................................................................................................103
How To Enter BIOS Setup...........................................................................................................................................105
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ...............................................................................................................106
Overclocking..............................................................................................................................108
VGA Card & Hard Disk................................................................................................................................................109
Glossary.....................................................................................................................................110

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AC97........................................................................................................................................................................... 110
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..................................................................................................... 110
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................. 110
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)...........................................................................................................................................111
AOpen Bonus Pack CD................................................................................................................................................111
APM (Advanced Power Management)..........................................................................................................................111
ATA (AT Attachment) ....................................................................................................................................................111
ATA/66 .........................................................................................................................................................................111
ATA/100 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 112
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).............................................................................................................................. 112
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ...................................................................................................................................... 112
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser).............................................................................................................. 113
CODEC (Coding and Decoding).................................................................................................................................. 113
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ............................................................................................................................. 113
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module).......................................................................................................................... 113
DMA (Direct Memory Access)...................................................................................................................................... 114
ECC (Error Checking and Correction)......................................................................................................................... 114
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ........................................................................................................................ 114
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................. 114

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EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .................................................................................................................... 115
EV6 Bus...................................................................................................................................................................... 115
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)......................................................................................................................... 115
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).............................................................................................................................. 115
Flash ROM.................................................................................................................................................................. 116
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ........................................................................................................................................ 116
I2C Bus........................................................................................................................................................................ 116
IEEE 1394................................................................................................................................................................... 117
Parity Bit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 117
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)............................................................................................................................... 117
PC-100 DIMM ............................................................................................................................................................. 118
PC-133 DIMM ............................................................................................................................................................. 118
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM............................................................................................................................... 118
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................. 118
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................. 118
PnP (Plug and Play).................................................................................................................................................... 119
POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................................................ 119
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ........................................................................................................................................... 119
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................... 119

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SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)....................................................................................................................................120
Shadow E2PROM........................................................................................................................................................120
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .......................................................................................................................120
SMBus (System Management Bus).............................................................................................................................120
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).....................................................................................................................................121
Ultra DMA ...................................................................................................................................................................121
USB (Universal Serial Bus) .........................................................................................................................................121
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)...................................................................................................................................122
ZIP file.........................................................................................................................................................................122
Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................................123
Technical Support .....................................................................................................................127
Product Registration .................................................................................................................130
How to Contact Us ....................................................................................................................131

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