AOpen AX4G Pro User manual

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AX4G Pro
DOC. NO.: AX4GP-OL-E0206B

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AX4G Pro .......................................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Before You Start............................................................................................................................................................ 10
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Feature Highlight........................................................................................................................................................... 12
Quick Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 16
Motherboard Map .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Block Diagram............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Hardware Installation................................................................................................................19
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”…...................................................................... 20
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 21
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 22
CPU Jumper-less Design .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage....................................................................................................................... 27
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 30
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper.............................................................................................. 31

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DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 32
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 34
ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 35
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 36
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 37
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 39
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................................................................................................... 40
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................... 41
AGP Slot ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector......................................................................................................... 43
WOM by External BOX Modem ..................................................................................................................................... 44
WOM by Internal Modem Card ...................................................................................................................................... 45
WOL (Wake on LAN)..................................................................................................................................................... 46
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot............................................................................................ 48
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ..................................................................................................................................... 49
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard .............................................................................................................................. 50
JP13 LAN Enable/Disable Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 51
Support Six USB2.0 Connectors ................................................................................................................................... 52
Chassis Intrusion Connector ......................................................................................................................................... 53

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CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 54
AUX-IN Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 55
Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 56
Die-Hard BIOS (User Upgrade optional) ....................................................................................................................... 57
Dr. LED Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 59
Dr. Voice ....................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Battery-less and Long Life Design ................................................................................................................................ 62
CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 63
Hardware Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................................... 64
AOConfig Utility............................................................................................................................................................. 65
Resetable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................. 67
3300µF Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................... 68
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ................................................................................................................................. 69
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................ 70
Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 71
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 75
Driver and Utility ....................................................................................................................... 76
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 77
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility...................................................................................................... 78

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Intel Brookdale-G VGA driver ........................................................................................................................................ 79
Installing Intel IAA Driver............................................................................................................................................... 80
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................................................... 81
Installing LAN Driver ..................................................................................................................................................... 82
Installing USB2.0 Driver ................................................................................................................................................ 84
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................................................................................................................ 86
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive......................................................................................................................................... 87
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)........................................................................................................................................ 92
AWARD BIOS.............................................................................................................................. 94
About BIOS Function Description… .............................................................................................................................. 95
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program .................................................................................................................. 96
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 98
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 99
Overclocking............................................................................................................................101
VGA Card & Hard Disk ................................................................................................................................................ 102
Glossary ..................................................................................................................................103
AC97 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 103
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..................................................................................................... 103
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................. 103

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AMR (Audio/Modem Riser).......................................................................................................................................... 104
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ............................................................................................................................................... 104
APM (Advanced Power Management)......................................................................................................................... 104
ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................... 104
ATA/66 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 104
ATA/100 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 105
ATA/133 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 105
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) .............................................................................................................................. 105
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ...................................................................................................................................... 106
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser).............................................................................................................. 106
CODEC (Coding and Decoding).................................................................................................................................. 106
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ............................................................................................................................. 106
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module).......................................................................................................................... 107
DMA (Direct Memory Access)...................................................................................................................................... 107
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................................................................................................................... 107
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ........................................................................................................................ 107
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................. 108
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .................................................................................................................... 108
EV6 Bus ...................................................................................................................................................................... 108

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FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................................................................................................................... 108
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).............................................................................................................................. 108
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................. 109
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ........................................................................................................................................ 109
I2C Bus........................................................................................................................................................................ 109
IEEE 1394................................................................................................................................................................... 110
Parity Bit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 110
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)............................................................................................................................... 110
PC-100 DIMM ..............................................................................................................................................................111
PC-133 DIMM ..............................................................................................................................................................111
PC-1600 or PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM .............................................................................................................111
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ..................................................................................................................111
PDF Format..................................................................................................................................................................111
PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................... 112
POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................................................ 112
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ........................................................................................................................................... 112
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................... 112
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) .................................................................................................................................... 113
Shadow E2PROM ........................................................................................................................................................ 113

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SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ....................................................................................................................... 113
SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................. 113
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ..................................................................................................................................... 114
Ultra DMA ................................................................................................................................................................... 114
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ......................................................................................................................................... 114
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)................................................................................................................................... 115
ZIP file......................................................................................................................................................................... 115
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................116
Technical Support ................................................................................................................... 120
Product Registration ...............................................................................................................123
How to Contact Us ..................................................................................................................124

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