AOpen AX4PE Tube-G User manual

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AX4PE / AX4PE-N
DOC. NO.: AX4PEN-OL-E0208A

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AX4PE / AX4PE-N ........................................................................................................................................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 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 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) ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 36
IrDA Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................... 38
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ..................................................................................................................... 39
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 40
WOL (Wake on LAN) .............................................................................................................................................................. 41
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector .................................................................................................................. 43
WOM by External BOX Modem............................................................................................................................................... 44
WOM by Internal Modem Card................................................................................................................................................ 45
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 46
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (For AX4PE-N Only) ....................................................................................................... 47
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 48
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel............................................................................................................................................... 49
Support 2nd USB 2.0 Ports ...................................................................................................................................................... 50
Case Open Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 51

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CD Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 52
Modem Audio Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 53
COM2 Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 55
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 56
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................................................................................................................................. 57
Dr. LED Connector.................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Battery-less and Long Life Design .......................................................................................................................................... 59
Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 60
Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................... 61
Resetable Fuse....................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................................................. 63
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)........................................................................................................................................... 65
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................. 66
Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 67
Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................68
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 69
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ................................................................................................................ 70
Installing Intel IAA Driver......................................................................................................................................................... 71

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Installing LAN Driver (For AX4PE-N Only)............................................................................................................................... 72
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ............................................................................................................................................. 73
Installing USB2.0 Driver.......................................................................................................................................................... 74
AOConfig Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 77
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................... 79
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .................................................................................................................................................. 80
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ................................................................................................................................................. 84
Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................86
About BIOS Function Description… ........................................................................................................................................ 87
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .............................................................................................................. 88
How To Enter BIOS Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 90
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment........................................................................................................................... 91
Overclocking ..........................................................................................................................................93
VGA Card & Hard Disk............................................................................................................................................................ 94
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................95
AC97 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 95
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................. 95
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................. 95
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..................................................................................................................................................... 96

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AOpen Bonus Pack CD .......................................................................................................................................................... 96
APM (Advanced Power Management) .................................................................................................................................... 96
ATA (AT Attachment)............................................................................................................................................................... 96
ATA/66.................................................................................................................................................................................... 96
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

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FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)........................................................................................................................................ 100
Flash ROM ........................................................................................................................................................................... 100
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .................................................................................................................................................. 101
I2C Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................. 101
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

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SMBus (System Management Bus) ...................................................................................................................................... 105
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................................................................................................................................... 105
Ultra DMA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 106
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................... 106
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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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 AX4PE / AX4PE-N motherboard. AX4PE / AX4PE-N is Intel®Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the
ATX form factor featuring the Intel 845PE chipsets. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AX4PE / AX4PE-N motherboard support
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 DDR333 (PC2700) SDRAM, DDR 266 (PC2100) SDRAM and DDR 200 (PC1600) up
to 2GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 mode and there are 6 PCI slots provided on this board. A total
of 6 USB2.0 ports give you the best use of all USB devices. Besides, AX4PE / AX4PE-N 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 AX4PE /
AX4PE-N 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 845PE chipset contains two core components designed for the desktop platform: the 845PE 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 845PE 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. 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.

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Expansion Slots
Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one AGP 1X/2X/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. AX4PE / AX4PE-N motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. For AD and SBA
signaling, AX4PE / AX4PE-N motherboard can support 4X mode. Of six PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration
and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
Memory
Provides three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support PC2700(DDR333), PC2100(DDR266) and PC1600(DDR200) up to 2GB
compliant SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory).
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.

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LAN Port (For AX4PE-N Only)
On the strength of Intel ICH4 on board, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra
DMA 33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
On-board AC’97 Sound
AX4PE / AX4PE-N uses RealTek AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
Six USB2.0 Ports
Provides two ports on the back panel, two USB connectors, providing a total of six USB2.0 interface devices such as mouse, keyboard,
modem, scanner, etc.
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.

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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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JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup
Enable/Disable Jumpe
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Case Open Connecto
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Motherboard Map
PC99 Colored Back Panel
Resetable Fuse
JP14 CMOS Clear Jumpe
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COM2 Connector
Front Audio Connecto
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IrDA Connecto
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Front Panel Connecto
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SYSFAN3 Connecto
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ATA66/100 IDE Connector x2
FDD Connector
184-pin DIMMx3 supports
PC1600/2100/2700 DDR
SDRAM maximum up to 2GB
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TX Power Connecto
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Intel 845PE Chipset
478-pin CPU socket (Willamette/
Northwood) with Voltage and
Frequency Auto-detection that
supports Intel®Pentium®4
1.4~2.8GHz+ CPU
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32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6
4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector
Low ESR Capacitors
USB2.0 Connecto
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WOL Connecto
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MODEM-CN Connecto
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SYSFAN2 Connecto
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Dr. LED Connector
CPUFAN1 connecto
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S/PDIF Connecto
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CD-IN Connecto
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AC’97 CODEC
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Intel 845PE
Socket 478
Intel Pentium 4
CPU(Willamette
/Northwood)
533MHz System
Bus
DIMM Socket x3
AGP 4X Slot
ICH4
Serial Port x2
USB Port
USB Port x6
32-bit PCI Slot x6
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA 66/100
PC-1600/2100/2700
SDRAM Up to 2GB
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
4Mbit Flash EEPROM
PCI Bus
Winbond
W83627
HF
Floppy Disk Drive x2
RealTek
AC97
CODEC
LAN connect Component
USB Port
USB Port
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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.