AOpen AX4SP-G Setup guide

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AX4SP-G/AX4SP-GN/AX4SPE-G/AX4SPE-GN
DOC. NO.: AX4SPEGN-OL-E0307A

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AX4SP-G/AX4SP-GN/AX4SPE-G/AX4SPE-GN ......................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Before You Start .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN Comparison Table ......................................................................... 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 Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 26
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” .............................................................................................................................................. 28
CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable ............................................................................................................................... 29

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CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 31
JP22 Front Side Bus 800 MHz OverClocking Jumper ................................................................................................... 32
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper.............................................................................................. 33
DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 34
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 37
ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 38
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 39
STBY LED..................................................................................................................................................................... 40
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 41
Serial ATA Supported .................................................................................................................................................... 43
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 47
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 48
Color Coded Back Panel ............................................................................................................................................... 49
Support Realtek 8101L LAN Chip onboard (for AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN) .............................................................. 50
Support Eight USB 2.0 Connectors ............................................................................................................................... 51
Game Port Bracket Supported ...................................................................................................................................... 52
Chassis Intrusion Connector ......................................................................................................................................... 53
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 54
AUX-IN Connector......................................................................................................................................................... 55

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Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 56
AOConfig Utility............................................................................................................................................................. 57
Resetable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................. 59
3300µF Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................... 60
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................ 62
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 63
EzClock......................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Hyper Threading Technology......................................................................................................................................... 68
Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................70
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 70
Installing Intel®Chipset Software Installation Utility....................................................................................................... 71
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................................................... 72
Installing LAN Driver in Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP (for AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN)............................................... 73
Installing USB 2.0 Driver in Windows 98SE/ME ............................................................................................................ 77
PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS..............................................................................................................83
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program..................................................................................................... 84
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 85
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 86
WinBIOS Utility ............................................................................................................................................................. 88

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Glossary ....................................................................................................................................90
AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................... 90
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 90
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................................................................................................................... 90
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).................................................................................................................................... 91
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................ 91
ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................... 91
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................ 92
Bluetooth....................................................................................................................................................................... 92
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................ 92
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ...................................................................................................................................... 93
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 93
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................... 93
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)....................................................................................................................... 93
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 94
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................................................................................................................... 94
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................ 94
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................. 94
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 94

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Hyper Threading ........................................................................................................................................................... 95
IEEE 1394..................................................................................................................................................................... 95
Parity Bit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 95
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................... 96
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................... 96
PnP (Plug and Play) ...................................................................................................................................................... 96
POST (Power-On Self Test) .......................................................................................................................................... 96
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock .............................................................................................................................. 96
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) .................................................................................................. 97
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................................................................................................................ 97
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ...................................................................................................................................... 97
SATA (Serial ATA) ......................................................................................................................................................... 97
SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................... 98
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ....................................................................................................................................... 98
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ..................................................................................................................................... 98
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)..................................................................................................................................... 98
Wireless LAN – 802.11b ................................................................................................................................................ 99
ZIP file........................................................................................................................................................................... 99
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 100

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Technical Support ................................................................................................................... 104
Product Registration ............................................................................................................... 107
How to Contact Us .................................................................................................................. 108

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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 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN motherboard. The AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN /
AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN is Intel®Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel®865-P
chipset(for AX4SP-G and AX4SP-GN) or Intel®865-PE chipset(for AX4SPE-G and AX4SPE-GN) . As high performance chipset
built in the M/B, the AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN motherboard can support Intel®Socket 478 Pentium®4
and 400/533/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock(for AX4SP-G and AX4SP-GN, they support 533/400 FSB clock and 800MHz
Overclocking). In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 8X/4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction
long burst transfer up to 2112MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, the Intel 865-P/PE chipset memory
interface supports DDR400/333/266 (Intel 865-P chipset only support DDR333/266) with densities of 128, 256, 512MB or 1 GB
DDR RAM modules and the maximum memory size can be up to
2 GB. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100
mode, Serial ATA 150 Mbps and there are 5 PCI slots provided
on this board. On the strength of RealTek 8101L LAN controller
(for AX4SP-GN and AX4SPE-GN) on board, it provides 10/100M
bps Ethernet for office and home use. Besides, the AX4SP-G /
AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN has an AC97 CODEC
chipset onboard, providing high performance and magic
surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. More
than that, this motherboard supports USB 2.0 function with a
fancy speed up to 480Mbps. Now, let’s enjoy all features from
AOpen AX4SP-G / AX4SP-GN / AX4SPE-G / AX4SPE-GN
motherboard.