AOpen AX64 PRO Setup guide

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AX64 Pro
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AX64 Pro ...................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................... 2
Before You Start ........................................................................................................................ 10
Quick Installation Procedure ...................................................................................................... 11
Motherboard Map ...................................................................................................................... 12
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................... 13
Hardware.................................................................................................14
JP14 Clear CMOS ..................................................................................................................... 15
CPU Slot.................................................................................................................................... 16
CPU and Housing Fan Connector.............................................................................................. 17
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................... 18
JP23/JP29 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio................................................................................................ 23
DIMM Socket ............................................................................................................................. 25
RAM Power LED........................................................................................................................ 27
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................... 28

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ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................ 30
AC Power Auto Recovery ..........................................................................................................31
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IDE and Floppy Connector......................................................................................................... 32
IrDA Connector.......................................................................................................................... 35
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) ...................................................................................... 36
WOL (Wake on LAN) ................................................................................................................. 39
4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)........................................................................................... 41
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ........................................................................................................ 42
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel.................................................................................................. 43
Support 4 USB Ports.................................................................................................................. 44
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound........................................................................................ 45
Modem Audio Connector ...........................................................................................................46
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Video_Audio_IN Connector........................................................................................................47
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CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................. 48
Battery-less and Long Life Design ............................................................................................. 49
Over-current Protection.............................................................................................................. 50

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Hardware Monitoring.................................................................................................................. 52
Resettable Fuse......................................................................................................................... 53
JP30 Die-Hard BIOS (100% Virus Protection)............................................................................ 54
Year 2000 (Y2K) ........................................................................................................................ 56
2200uF Low ESR Capacitor....................................................................................................... 58
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall).............................................................................................. 60
24K Gold Heatsink..................................................................................................................... 61
Driver and Utility ..................................................................................... 62
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ........................................................................................... 63
Installing Windows 95 ................................................................................................................ 64
Installing Windows 98 ................................................................................................................ 65
Installing Windows 98 SE & Windows2000 ................................................................................ 66
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver.......................................................................................................... 67
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................ 68
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility .........................................................................................69
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..................................................................................................... 70

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ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) .................................................................................................... 77
AWARD BIOS ...........................................................................................79
Enter BIOS Setup ...................................................................................................................... 80
Change Language ..................................................................................................................... 81
Standard CMOS Setup .............................................................................................................. 82
BIOS Features Setup................................................................................................................. 88
Chipset Features Setup ............................................................................................................. 98
Power Management Setup....................................................................................................... 107
PNP/PCI Configuration ............................................................................................................ 115
Load Setup Defaults ................................................................................................................ 123
Load Turbo Defaults................................................................................................................. 124
Integrated Peripherals.............................................................................................................. 125
Password Setting..................................................................................................................... 137
IDE HDD Auto Detection.......................................................................................................... 138
Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................................................... 140
Load EEPROM Default ............................................................................................................ 141

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Save EEPROM Default............................................................................................................ 141
Exit without Saving................................................................................................................... 141
NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ................................................................................................... 141
BIOS Upgrade ......................................................................................................................... 142
Overclocking .........................................................................................143
Recommended Overclocking Settings ..................................................................................... 145
VGA and HDD ......................................................................................................................... 147
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AC97 ....................................................................................................................................... 148
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .................................................................. 148
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .............................................................................................. 148
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...................................................................................................... 149
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ........................................................................................................... 149
APM......................................................................................................................................... 149
ATA/66..................................................................................................................................... 149
ATA/100 ................................................................................................................................... 149

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BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................... 150
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................... 150
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) .............................................................................................. 150
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)....................................................................................... 150
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...................................................................................... 151
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory..................................................................................... 151
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................. 151
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................. 151
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...................................................................................... 151
FC-PGA................................................................................................................................... 152
Flash ROM .............................................................................................................................. 152
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..................................................................................................... 152
I2C Bus.................................................................................................................................... 152
P1394 ...................................................................................................................................... 152
Parity Bit .................................................................................................................................. 153
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................... 153

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PC100 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 153
PC133 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 153
PDF Format ............................................................................................................................. 153
PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................. 154
POST (Power-On Self Test)..................................................................................................... 154
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)........................................................................................................ 154
RIMM....................................................................................................................................... 154
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................ 155
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .................................................................................... 155
SMBus (System Management Bus) ......................................................................................... 155
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).................................................................................................. 155
Ultra DMA/33 ........................................................................................................................... 156
USB (Universal Serial Bus)...................................................................................................... 156
ZIP file ..................................................................................................................................... 156
Troubleshooting...................................................................................157
Technical Support ...............................................................................161

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Part Number and Serial Number ........................................................................... 163
Model name and BIOS version .............................................................................. 164

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