AOpen AX4C-G Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Drivers &
AWARD
Glossary
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AX4C-G / AX4C Pro / AX4C Max
DOC. NO.: AX4CMAX-OL-E0303A

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AX4C-G / AX4C Pro / AX4C Max.........................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Before You Start............................................................................................................................................................ 10
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
AX4C-G / AX4C Pro / AX4C Max Comparison Table ..................................................................................................... 12
Feature Highlight........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Quick Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 18
Motherboard Map .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Block Diagram............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Hardware Installation................................................................................................................21
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… ...................................................................... 22
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 23
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 24
CPU Jumper-less Design .............................................................................................................................................. 27
CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable ............................................................................................................................... 29
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 31

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JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper.............................................................................................. 32
DIMM Sockets (128-Bit DDR Dual Channel) ................................................................................................................. 33
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 35
ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 36
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 37
STBY LED and BOOT LED ........................................................................................................................................... 38
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 39
ATA/133 Supported (AX4C Max only)............................................................................................................................ 41
Serial ATA Supported (with RAID function).................................................................................................................... 42
Connecting Serial ATA Disk ........................................................................................................................................... 43
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 46
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector (AX4C Pro, AXC Max only) ............................................................. 47
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect (AX4C Pro, AX4C Max only) ....................................................................................... 48
AGP 8X Slot .................................................................................................................................................................. 49
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED .................................................................................................................... 50
Hercules PCI Slot.......................................................................................................................................................... 51
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector......................................................................................................... 52
WOL (Wake on LAN) ..................................................................................................................................................... 55
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ..................................................................................................................................... 57

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Support Gigabit or 10/100Mbps LAN onboard (AX4C Pro, AX4C Max only) .................................................................. 58
Support Eight USB2.0 Connectors ................................................................................................................................ 59
Onboard IEEE 1394 Controller (AX4C Max only) .......................................................................................................... 60
Chassis Intrusion Connector ......................................................................................................................................... 61
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 62
AUX-IN Connector......................................................................................................................................................... 63
Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 64
Die-Hard BIOS II (AX4C-G, AX4C Max, AX4C Pro - User Upgrade Optional) ................................................................ 65
External Controller for DIE-HARD BIOS (AX4C-G, AX4C Max, AX4C Pro - User Upgrade Optional)............................. 66
JP2 Dr. Voice Output Select Jumper (AX4C Pro, AX4C Max only) ................................................................................ 68
Dr. LED Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 69
Battery-less and Long Life Design................................................................................................................................. 71
CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 72
AOConfig Utility............................................................................................................................................................. 73
Resetable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................. 75
3300µF Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................... 76
Fansink on North Bridge................................................................................................................................................ 77
Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 78
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 82

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Hyper Threading Technology......................................................................................................................................... 83
RAID Introduction...................................................................................................................... 85
What’s RAID?................................................................................................................................................................ 85
What are the RAID levels? ............................................................................................................................................ 86
HDD Capacity of RAID Levels ....................................................................................................................................... 89
Serial ATA RAID for Intel ICH5R.................................................................................................................................... 90
Serial ATA RAID for Promise PDC20378 ....................................................................................................................... 93
Driver and Utility ..................................................................................................................... 110
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ........................................................................................................................... 110
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility.....................................................................................................111
BroadCOM BCM5705 Gigabit LAN Driver (AX4C Max only)........................................................................................ 112
BroadCOM BCM4401 10/100 LAN Driver (AX4C Pro only) ......................................................................................... 123
Installing Onboard Sound Driver (AX4C Pro, AX4C Max only) .................................................................................... 135
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek ................................................................................................................................ 151
EzClock....................................................................................................................................................................... 154
PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................ 158
About Phoenix-Award BIOS Function Description….................................................................................................... 159
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program................................................................................................... 160
How To Enter BIOS Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 161

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WinBIOS Utility ........................................................................................................................................................... 162
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ............................................................................................................... 164
Glossary .................................................................................................................................. 166
AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................. 166
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..................................................................................................... 166
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)....................................................................................................................... 166
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).................................................................................................................................. 167
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser).......................................................................................................................................... 167
ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................... 167
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) .............................................................................................................................. 168
Bluetooth..................................................................................................................................................................... 168
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser).............................................................................................................. 169
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM .................................................................................................................................... 169
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................................................................................................................... 170
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................. 170
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)..................................................................................................................... 170
EV6 Bus ...................................................................................................................................................................... 170
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................................................................................................................... 171
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................. 171

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FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................................................................................................................ 171
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................. 171
Hyper Threading ......................................................................................................................................................... 171
IEEE 1394................................................................................................................................................................... 172
Parity Bit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 172
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................. 173
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................. 173
PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................... 173
POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................................................ 173
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ............................................................................................................................ 174
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ................................................................................................ 174
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................... 174
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) .................................................................................................................................... 174
SATA (Serial ATA) ....................................................................................................................................................... 175
SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................. 175
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ..................................................................................................................................... 175
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................... 175
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)................................................................................................................................... 176
Wireless LAN – 802.11b .............................................................................................................................................. 176

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ZIP file......................................................................................................................................................................... 177
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 178
Technical Support ................................................................................................................... 182
Product Registration ............................................................................................................... 185
How to Contact Us .................................................................................................................. 186

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