AOpen AX4GE Tube Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube
DOC. NO.: AX4GET-OL-E0210A

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AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube............................................................................................................................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
JP14 Clear CMOS Data.......................................................................................................................................................... 21
CPU Installation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................................................................ 25
AOpen “Watch Dog Timer”...................................................................................................................................................... 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

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DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700) ............................................................................................................................ 32
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 33
ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 34
AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 34
STBY LED (Standby LED) and BOOT LED............................................................................................................................. 35
IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 36
ATA/133 Supported................................................................................................................................................................. 38
Serial ATA Supported .............................................................................................................................................................. 39
Connecting Serial ATA Disk..................................................................................................................................................... 40
IrDA Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................... 41
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot and Adjustable Voltage ................................................................................ 42
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 43
WOL (Wake on LAN) .............................................................................................................................................................. 44
Game Port Bracket Supported ................................................................................................................................................ 46
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ........................................................................................................................................ 47
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 48
Die-Hard BIOS and JP24 Die-Hard BIOS Select Jumper ........................................................................................................ 49
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel............................................................................................................................................... 50
Support 2nd USB 2.0 Ports ...................................................................................................................................................... 51

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Case Open Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 52
CD Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 53
AUX-IN Connector .................................................................................................................................................................. 54
COM2 Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 56
Tube Related components ...................................................................................................................................................... 57
JP3 Tube Power Jumper......................................................................................................................................................... 58
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 59
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................................................................................................................................. 60
FM Radio Card Supported ...................................................................................................................................................... 61
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek............................................................................................................................................. 63
Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 67
Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................... 68
Resetable Fuse....................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................................................. 70
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)........................................................................................................................................... 72
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................. 73
Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 74
Open JukeBox Player ............................................................................................................................................................. 75

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Hyper Threading Technology .................................................................................................................................................. 79
Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................81
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 82
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ................................................................................................................ 83
Installing Intel IAA Driver......................................................................................................................................................... 84
Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver (For AX4GE Tube) ...................................................................................................... 85
Installing Promise SATA Driver................................................................................................................................................ 86
Installing LAN Driver ............................................................................................................................................................... 96
Installing Onboard Audio Driver............................................................................................................................................... 97
Installing USB2.0 Driver.......................................................................................................................................................... 98
AOConfig Utility .................................................................................................................................................................... 101
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility .................................................................................................................................... 103
Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ..........................................................................................................................104
About BIOS Function Description… ...................................................................................................................................... 105
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ............................................................................................................ 106
How To Enter BIOS Setup..................................................................................................................................................... 108
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment......................................................................................................................... 109
Overclocking ........................................................................................................................................111
VGA Card & Hard Disk...........................................................................................................................................................112

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Glossary ...............................................................................................................................................113
AC97 .....................................................................................................................................................................................113
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................113
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................113
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ....................................................................................................................................................114
AOpen Bonus Pack CD .........................................................................................................................................................114
APM (Advanced Power Management) ...................................................................................................................................114
ATA (AT Attachment)..............................................................................................................................................................114
ATA/66...................................................................................................................................................................................114
ATA/100 .................................................................................................................................................................................115
ATA/133 .................................................................................................................................................................................115
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).........................................................................................................................................115
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).................................................................................................................................................115
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ........................................................................................................................116
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................................................................................................................................116
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM........................................................................................................................................116
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module).....................................................................................................................................116
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ................................................................................................................................................117
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ....................................................................................................................................117

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EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ...................................................................................................................................117
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ............................................................................................................117
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)...............................................................................................................................117
EV6 Bus.................................................................................................................................................................................118
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ....................................................................................................................................118
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).........................................................................................................................................118
Flash ROM ............................................................................................................................................................................118
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ...................................................................................................................................................119
I2C Bus ..................................................................................................................................................................................119
IEEE 1394 .............................................................................................................................................................................119
Parity Bit ............................................................................................................................................................................... 120
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................................................................ 120
PC-100 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 120
PC-133 DIMM....................................................................................................................................................................... 120
PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM......................................................................................................................... 121
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ........................................................................................................................... 121
PDF Format .......................................................................................................................................................................... 121
PnP (Plug and Play).............................................................................................................................................................. 121
POST (Power-On Self Test) .................................................................................................................................................. 122

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RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)..................................................................................................................................................... 122
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)................................................................................................................................ 122
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................. 122
Shadow E2PROM ................................................................................................................................................................. 122
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ................................................................................................................................. 123
SMBus (System Management Bus) ...................................................................................................................................... 123
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................................................................................................................................... 123
Ultra DMA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 124
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................... 124
USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) .............................................................................................................................................. 124
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ............................................................................................................................................ 125
ZIP file .................................................................................................................................................................................. 125
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................126
Technical Support................................................................................................................................130
Product Registration............................................................................................................................133
How to Contact Us...............................................................................................................................134

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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 4.0 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
2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver.
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube motherboard. AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube is Intel®Socket 478 motherboard
(M/B) based on the micro ATX form factor featuring the Intel 845GE / Intel 845PE chipsets. As high performance chipset built in the M/B,
AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube motherboard supports Intel®Socket 478 Pentium®4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 400/533 MHz Front Side
Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst
transfer up to 1056MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, this motherboard supports DDR266 (PC2100) SDRAM and
DDR333 (PC2700) SDRAM up to 2GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100, Promise ATA133 and Serial
ATA mode and there are 3 PCI slots provided on this board. In addition, AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube Motherboard incorporates Sovtek 6922
dual Triode tube to provide you an incredible sound effects that even audiophiles would be stunned when they listen to the music. Besides,
AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube has 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 AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube motherboard.

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CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium®4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.8GHz+ with 400/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for
Socket 478 technology.
Chipset
The 845GE/PE chipset contains two core components designed for the desktop platform: the 845GE/PE Graphics Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH), and the Intel I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4). These components are interconnected via an Intel proprietary interface called Hub
Interface. The Hub Interface is designed into the 845GE/PE chipset to provide an efficient, high bandwidth communication channel between
the GMCH and the ICH4. The GMCH component provides the processor interface, system memory interface, Hub interface, AGP interface,
and an integrated graphics device with analog and digital display ports (845GE only). The ICH4 integrates a Universal Serial Bus 2.0
controller, Ultra ATA/100 Controller, Low Pin Count interface, Firmware Hub Flash BIOS interface controller, PCI interface controller,
integrated LAN, AC’97 digital controller, and a Hub Interface for communication with the GMCH.
Expansion Slots
Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one AGP 4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Accelerated Graphics Port
(AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to
1056MB/s. AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. For AD and
SBA signaling, AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube motherboard can support 4X mode. Of three PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI
slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.

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Memory
Provides three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of PC2700(DDR333) and PC2100(DDR266) compliant SDRAM
(Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) (Please note that only CPU FSB 533MHz supports DDR333).
Watch Dog Timer
Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking.
1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment
Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from
100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and helps your system get maximum performance.
AGP Protection Technology
With AGP Protection Technology implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your
chipsets from being burnt out.
LAN Port
On the strength of Intel ICH4 on board, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.

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Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that allow you to connect four IDE devices in two channels,
supporting Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and other Enhanced IDE devices. The
onboard Promise PDC20375 chip supports ATA133 and the latest Serial ATA functions; you can connect two Serial ATA devices and one
ATA133 device on this motherboard.
On-board AC’97 Sound
AX4GE Tube / AX4PE Tube uses RealTek AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback
system.
Sovtek 6922 Dual Triode Tube
This tube Motherboard incorporates Sovtek 6922 dual Triode tube to provide you the incredible sound effects that even audiophiles would
be stunned when they listened the music.
Six USB2.0 Ports
Provides four ports on the back panel, one USB connector on the board, providing a total of six USB2.0 interface devices such as mouse,
keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.

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S/PDIF Connectors
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is the newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and
allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio.
Power Management/Plug and Play
Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system much
user-friendlier.
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module.
Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows®98/ME/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD
(Suspend to Disk, S4) features.
Super Multi-I/O
Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be directed
from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.

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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
1. Installing CPU and Fan
2. Installing System Memory (DIMM)
3. Connecting Front Panel Cable
4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable
5. Connecting ATX Power Cable
6. Connecting Back Panel Cable
7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default
8. Setting CPU Frequency
9. Reboot
10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98)
11. Installing Driver and Utility

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Motherboard Map
PC99 Colored Back Panel
Resetable Fuse
JP14 CMOS Clear Jumpe
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Front Audio Connecto
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COM2 Connecto
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Front Panel Connecto
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SYSFAN3 Connecto
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TA66/100 IDE Connector x2
FDD Connector
184-pin DIMMx2 support
DDR200/266/333 SDRAM
maximum up to 2GB
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Power Connector
Intel 845GE/PE Chipsets
478-pin CPU socket (Willamette/
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32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3
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Low ESR Capacitors
USB2.0 Connecto
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4Mb Flash ROM BIOS
CPUFAN1 connecto
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S/PDIF Connecto
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CD-IN Connecto
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AC’97 CODEC
IrDA Connecto
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Tube Audio Connecto
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Sovtek 6922 dual Triode Tube
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JST-MIDI Connecto
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JP3 Tube Power Jumpe
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FM Connecto
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JP24 Die-Hard BIOS Select Jumpe
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JP25 for internal use only
Serial ATA Chipset
Serial ATA Connector x2
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Intel 845GE
Intel 845PE
Socket 478
Intel Pentium 4
CPU(Willamette
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400/533MHz
System Bus
DIMM Socket x3
AGP 4X Slot
ICH4
Serial Port x2
USB Port
USB Port x6
32-bit PCI Slot x3
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA 66/100
DDR200/266/333
SDRAM Up to 2GB
Primary
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Secondary
Channel
4Mbit Flash EEPROM
PCI Bus
Winbond
W83627
HF
Floppy Disk Drive x2
RealTek
AC97
CODEC
LAN connect Component
USB Port
USB Port
Intel PHY
82562ET
RealTek
AC97
CODEC
RealTek
AC97
CODEC
Promise
PDC20375
ATA133 IDE Drive x 2
Serial ATA Drive x 2
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This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.
Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other
components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component.
1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.
2. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. If
a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedure requiring
ESD protection.

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Ab bo ou ut t “ “U Us se er r U Up pg gr ra ad de e O Op pt ti io on na al l” ” a an nd d “ “M Ma an nu uf fa ac ct tu ur re e U Up pg gr ra ad de e O Op pt ti io on na al l” ”… …
When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as
“User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and
powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features. As a result of this we define features that can be
upgraded by users as “User Upgrade Optional”. You can upgrade these functions by purchasing additional devices. As for functions that
cannot be upgraded by users, we define them as “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. If need be, you can contact our local distributors or
resellers to purchase “Manufacture Upgrade Optional” components, and again you are also welcome to visit our official website at
english.aopen.com.tw for detail information.