AOpen AX4SP Setup guide

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AX4SP/AX4SP-N/AX4SPE-N/AX4SPE-L...............................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Before You Start .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L 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
EzColor ......................................................................................................................................................................... 21
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 23
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 24
CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 28
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” .............................................................................................................................................. 30

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CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable ............................................................................................................................... 31
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ............................................................................................... 33
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper.............................................................................................. 34
DIMM Sockets............................................................................................................................................................... 35
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 38
ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 39
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 40
STBY LED..................................................................................................................................................................... 41
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 42
Serial ATA Supported (with RAID function, RAID 0 for AX4SPE-L only) ........................................................................ 44
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 52
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................................................................................................... 53
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................... 54
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 55
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED .................................................................................................................... 56
Color Coded Back Panel ............................................................................................................................................... 57
Support Gigabit or 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (for AX4SP-N, AX4SPE-N and AX4SPE-L) ........................................... 58
Support Eight USB 2.0 Connectors ............................................................................................................................... 59
Game Port Bracket Supported ...................................................................................................................................... 60

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Chassis Intrusion Connector ......................................................................................................................................... 61
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 62
AUX-IN Connector......................................................................................................................................................... 63
Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 64
AOConfig Utility............................................................................................................................................................. 65
Resetable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................. 67
3300µF Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................... 68
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................ 70
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 71
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek .................................................................................................................................. 72
EzClock......................................................................................................................................................................... 75
Hyper Threading Technology......................................................................................................................................... 79
Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................81
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 81
Installing Intel®Chipset Software Installation Utility....................................................................................................... 82
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................................................... 83
Installing Intel IAA Driver RAID Edition in Windows XP (For AX4SPE-L only) ............................................................. 84
Installing Gigabit LAN Driver in Windows 2000/XP (for AX4SPE-L)............................................................................... 85
Installing BroadCom BCM4401 10/100 LAN Driver in Windows 2000/XP (for AX4SP-N and AX4SPE-N) ................... 96

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Installing USB 2.0 Driver in Windows 98SE/ME .......................................................................................................... 108
PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................ 114
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program................................................................................................... 115
How To Enter BIOS Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 116
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ............................................................................................................... 117
WinBIOS Utility ........................................................................................................................................................... 119
Glossary .................................................................................................................................. 121
AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................. 121
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..................................................................................................... 121
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)....................................................................................................................... 121
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).................................................................................................................................. 122
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser).......................................................................................................................................... 122
ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................... 122
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) .............................................................................................................................. 123
Bluetooth..................................................................................................................................................................... 123
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser).............................................................................................................. 123
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM .................................................................................................................................... 124
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................................................................................................................... 124
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................. 124

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EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)..................................................................................................................... 124
EV6 Bus ...................................................................................................................................................................... 125
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................................................................................................................... 125
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................. 125
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)............................................................................................................................ 125
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................. 125
Hyper Threading ......................................................................................................................................................... 126
IEEE 1394................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Parity Bit ..................................................................................................................................................................... 126
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................. 127
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................. 127
PnP (Plug and Play) .................................................................................................................................................... 127
POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................................................ 127
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ............................................................................................................................ 127
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ................................................................................................ 128
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................... 128
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) .................................................................................................................................... 128
SATA (Serial ATA) ....................................................................................................................................................... 128
SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................. 129

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SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ..................................................................................................................................... 129
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................... 129
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)................................................................................................................................... 129
Wireless LAN – 802.11b .............................................................................................................................................. 130
ZIP file......................................................................................................................................................................... 130
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 131
Technical Support ................................................................................................................... 135
Product Registration ............................................................................................................... 138
How to Contact Us .................................................................................................................. 139

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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
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
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L motherboard. The AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N /
AX4SPE-L is Intel®Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the Intel®Springdale-P chipset(for
AX4SP and AX4SP-N) or Intel®Springdale-PE chipset(for AX4SPE-N and AX4SPE-L) . As high performance chipset built in the
M/B, the AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L motherboard can support Intel®Socket 478 Pentium®4 and 400/533/800
MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock(for AX4SP and AX4SP-N, 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 Springdale-P/PE chipset memory interface supports
DDR400/333/266 (Intel Springdale-P chipset only support DDR333/266) RAM devices with densities of 128, 256, 512Mb DDR
RAM modules and the maximum memory size can be up to 4 GB. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100
mode, Serial ATA 150 Mbps and there are 6 PCI slots provided on
this board. For AX4SPE-L, it also supports RAID 0 function under
Windows XP when use Serial ATA hard disks. On the strength of
Broadcom Gigabit BCM5705 controller (for AX4SPE-L) or
Broadcom BCM4401 LAN controller (for AX4SP-N and AX4SPE-N)
on board, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home
use. Besides, the AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L 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 of up to 480Mbps. Now, let’s enjoy all features from
AOpen AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L motherboard.

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Following we list functions of all models. “V” represents those functions that the model equips with and “X” represents
functions that models don’t have. Please always refer to this page to see the functions of your model.
Item AX4SP AX4SP-N AX4SPE-N AX4SPE-L
Chipset (NB, SB) Intel Springdale-P,
Intel ICH5
Intel Springdale-P,
Intel ICH5
Intel Springdale-PE,
Intel ICH5
Intel Springdale-PE,
Intel ICH5R
FSB 533/400 MHz 533/400 MHz 800/533/400 MHz 800/533/400 MHz
Memory DDR 333/266 DDR 333/266 DDR 400/333/266 DDR 400/333/266
LAN X
Broadcom BCM4401
10/100Mbps
Broadcom BCM4401
10/100Mbps
Gigabit BCM5705
10/100/1000Mbps
RAID 0 X X X V

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CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium®4 1.6GHz~3.06 GHz+ designed for Socket 478 technology. AX4SPE-N and AX4SPE-L
support 400/533/800 MHz FSB; AX4SP and AX4SP-N only support 400/533 MHz FSB.
Chipset
Springdale-P/PE is a Memory Controller Hub (MCH) designed for use with the Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on
0.13 micron processor. The MCH provides CPU, DDR, AGP, Hub, and CSA Interfaces. The CPU interface supports Pentium 4
processor subset of the Extended Mode of the Scalable Bus Protocol. The MCH memory interface supports one up to two
channels of DDR, and the AGP interface supports 0.8V/1.5V signaling with 8X/4X data transfers and 8X/4X AGP Fast Writes.
The Springdale-P/PE platform supports the fifth generation I/O Controller Hub (ICH5 and ICH5R).
The ICH5 integrates an Ultra ATA 100 controller, two Serial ATA host controllers, one EHCI host controller and four UHCI host
controllers supporting eight external USB 2.0 ports, LPC interface controller; flash BIOS interface controller, PCI interface
controller, AC’97 digital controller, an ASF controller and a hub interface for communication with the Springdale-P/PE MCH. The
ICH5R offers the same feature as ICH5 and adds support for RAID 0 functions.
Expansion Slots

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Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. Of six PCI slots
provided, five of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus, and PCI 6
supports slave mode PCI card only. AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot
for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. 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 2112MB/s.
Memory
With Springdale-P/PE chipset, this motherboard can support dual channel Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM. The dual channel
mode allows chipsets to get data in 128 bit and zero wait state bursting between the RAM, The data transfers at
266/333/400MHz(AX4SP and AX4SP-N only support DDR266/333MHz). The four slots of DDR RAM can be composed of an
arbitrary mixture of 128, 256, 512 MB or 1GB DDR RAM and maximum up to 4GB.
LAN Port (AX4SP-N, AX4SPE-N and AX4SPE-L only)
For AX4SPE-L, on the strength of Broadcom BCM5705 on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it
provides 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. For AX4SP-N and AX4SPE-N, there is a Broadcom BCM4401
controller on board, and it can provide 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.
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.

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Serial ATA
Integrated in ICH5/ICH5R that contains independent DMA operation on two ports. The SATA controllers are completely software
transparent with the IDE interface, while providing a lower pin count and higher performance. The ICH5/ICH5R SATA interface
supports data transfer rates up to 150MB/s. For AX4SPE-L, it integrates ICH5R on board and supports RAID 0 function under
Windows XP when using SATA HDD.
On-board AC’97 Sound
AX4SP / AX4SP-N / AX4SPE-N / AX4SPE-L use the AC97 CODEC sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio
recording and playback system.
1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment
Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you adjust FSB frequency
from 100~400 by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and lets your system can get maximum performance.
Watch Dog ABS
Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” functions that can auto-reset default settings in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system
overclocking.

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S/PDIF Connectors
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber
and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio.
Eight USB 2.0 Ports
Provides six ports on the back panel and one USB 2.0 connector on the board, providing a total of eight USB 2.0 interface to
connect devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.
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®98SE/ME/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend
to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features.

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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.
10.
11.
Reboot
Installing Operating System (such as Windows XP)
Installing Driver and Utility

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Motherboard Map
Colored Back Panel
Resetable Fuse
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup
Enable/Disable Jumper
SYSFAN2 Connector
JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper
Onboard AC’97 CODEC
IrDA Connector
Front Panel Connector
SYSFAN3 Connector
USB 2.0 Connector
2Mb Flash ROM BIOS
(AX4SPE-L with 3Mb Flash ROM)
Front Audio Connector
FDD Connector
184-pin DIMMx4 supports Dual
Channel mode DDR 400/333/266
Max. to 4GB
(only AX4SPE-N and AX4SPE-L
support DDR400)
ATX Power Connector
CPUFAN1 Connector
Intel®Springdale-P/PE chipset
478-pin CPU socket with Voltage
and Frequency Auto-detection that
supports Intel Pentium4
1.6~3.06GHz+ CPU
®
(
Northwood
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8x AGP Slot
32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6
3300μF Low ESR Capacitors
Case Open Connector
AUX-IN Connector
Serial ATA Port x2
AGP Protection LED
STBY LED
Game Port Connector
Broadcom Gigabit LAN chip
(AX4SPE-L only)
Broadcom BCM4401 LAN chip
(AX4SP-N and AX4SPE-N)
CD-IN Connector
S/PDIF Connector
(only AX4SPE-L support RAID 0)
4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector
ATA 33/66/100
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Intel Springdale-P
(AX4SP and AX4SP-N)
Intel Springdale-PE
(AX4SPE-N and AXSPE-L)
GMCH
Socket 478
Intel
Pentium 4
CPU
800/533/400MHz
System Bus
DIMM Socket x4
Intel ICH5
(for AX4SP, AX4SP-N
and AX4SPE-N)
ICH5R(for AX4SPE-L)
Serial Port x2
2nd USB Port
1st USB Port
USB 2.0
Connector x8
32-bit PCI Slot x6
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA
33/66100
DDR 400/333/266 Dual Channel
RAM up to 4G
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
2Mbit Flash EEPROM
(for AX4SP,AX4SP-N and
AX4SPE-N) 3Mbit Flash
EEPROM (for AX4SPE-L)
PCI Bus
Firmware Hub
Low
Pin
Count
Super
I/O
Floppy Disk Drive x2
AC97
CODEC
3rd USB Port
Broadcom BCM5702
(AX4SPE-L)
Broadcom BCM4401
(AX4SP-N, AX4SPE-N)
LAN connect Component
(for AX4SP-N ,AX4SPE-N
and AX4SPE-L)
AGP 8x/4x Slot
Two Serial ATA Ports 150M B/s
4th USB Port
SATA 1
SATA 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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When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called “Manufacturer
Upgrade Optional”, and some are called “User Upgrade Optional”. Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful
features, in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user. Hence, we changed some key features as “Manufacturer
Upgrade Optional” for you to choose. Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users, we call them “User Upgrade Optional”. As for
those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by ourselves, we call them “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”. If needed, you can contact our
local distributors or resellers for purchasing “User Upgrade Optional” components, and again you can visit AOpen official web site:
http://english.aopen.com.tw/ for more detail information.