AOpen AX4GE Tube-G User manual

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AX4GE Tube-G / AX4PE Tube-G
DOC. NO.: AX4GETUBEG-OL-E0211A

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AX4GE Tube-G / AX4PE Tube-G .....................................................................................................................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 “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................. 20
CPU Installation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Hyper Threading Technology .................................................................................................................................................. 24
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................. 26
Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage................................................................................................................................. 27
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ......................................................................................................... 29
DIMM Sockets and Memory Adjustable Voltage ...................................................................................................................... 30
DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ............................................................................................................................ 33

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Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 34
ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 35
AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 35
IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 36
IrDA Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................... 38
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot and Adjustable Voltage ................................................................................ 39
WOL (Wake on LAN) .............................................................................................................................................................. 40
Game Port Bracket Supported ................................................................................................................................................ 42
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ........................................................................................................................................ 43
Color Coded Back Panel......................................................................................................................................................... 44
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................................................................................................................................. 45
Support USB 2.0 Ports............................................................................................................................................................ 46
Case Open Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 47
CD Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 48
AUX-IN Connector .................................................................................................................................................................. 49
COM2 Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 51
Tube Related components ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 53

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FM Radio Card Supported ...................................................................................................................................................... 54
JP3 Tube Power Jumper......................................................................................................................................................... 56
JP14 Clear CMOS Data.......................................................................................................................................................... 57
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 58
Die-Hard BIOS and JP24 Die-Hard BIOS Select Jumper (Optional)........................................................................................ 59
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 60
STBY LED (Standby LED) and BOOT LED............................................................................................................................. 61
AOpen “Watch Dog Timer”...................................................................................................................................................... 62
Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 64
Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................... 65
Resetable Fuse....................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................69
About BIOS Function Description… ........................................................................................................................................ 70
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .............................................................................................................. 71
How To Enter BIOS Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 73
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment........................................................................................................................... 74
Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 76
Open JukeBox Player ............................................................................................................................................................. 77

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Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................81
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 81
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ................................................................................................................ 82
Installing Intel IAA Driver......................................................................................................................................................... 83
Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver (For AX4GE Tube) ...................................................................................................... 84
Installing LAN Driver ............................................................................................................................................................... 85
Installing Onboard Audio Driver............................................................................................................................................... 86
Installing USB2.0 Driver.......................................................................................................................................................... 87
AOConfig Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 90
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek............................................................................................................................................. 92
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................95
AC97 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 95
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................. 95
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................. 95
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..................................................................................................................................................... 96
AOpen Bonus Pack CD .......................................................................................................................................................... 96
APM (Advanced Power Management) .................................................................................................................................... 96
ATA (AT Attachment)............................................................................................................................................................... 96
ATA/66.................................................................................................................................................................................... 96

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ATA/100 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 97
ATA/133 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 97
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).......................................................................................................................................... 97
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).................................................................................................................................................. 97
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ......................................................................................................................... 98
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................................................................................................................................. 98
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM......................................................................................................................................... 98
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)...................................................................................................................................... 98
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ................................................................................................................................................. 99
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................................................................................................................................... 99
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .................................................................................................................................... 99
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ............................................................................................................. 99
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................................................................ 99
EV6 Bus................................................................................................................................................................................ 100
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ................................................................................................................................... 100
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)........................................................................................................................................ 100
Flash ROM ........................................................................................................................................................................... 100
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .................................................................................................................................................. 101
I2C Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................. 101

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IEEE 1394 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 101
Parity Bit ............................................................................................................................................................................... 102
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................................................................ 102
PC-100 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 102
PC-133 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 102
PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM......................................................................................................................... 103
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ........................................................................................................................... 103
PDF Format .......................................................................................................................................................................... 103
PnP (Plug and Play).............................................................................................................................................................. 103
POST (Power-On Self Test) .................................................................................................................................................. 104
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)..................................................................................................................................................... 104
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)................................................................................................................................ 104
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................. 104
Shadow E2PROM ................................................................................................................................................................. 104
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ................................................................................................................................. 105
SMBus (System Management Bus) ...................................................................................................................................... 105
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................................................................................................................................... 105
Ultra DMA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 106
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................... 106

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USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) .............................................................................................................................................. 106
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ............................................................................................................................................ 107
ZIP file .................................................................................................................................................................................. 107
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................108
Technical Support................................................................................................................................112
Product Registration............................................................................................................................115
How to Contact Us...............................................................................................................................116

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