AOpen AX64 Setup guide
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AX64 ..........................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................... 2
Before You Start .......................................................................................................................... 9
Quick Installation Procedure ...................................................................................................... 10
Motherboard Map ...................................................................................................................... 11
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................... 12
Hardware.................................................................................................13
JP14 Clear CMOS ..................................................................................................................... 14
CPU Slot.................................................................................................................................... 15
CPU and Housing Fan Connector.............................................................................................. 16
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................... 17
JP23/JP29 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio................................................................................................ 21
DIMM Socket ............................................................................................................................. 23
RAM Power LED........................................................................................................................ 25
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................... 26
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ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................ 28
AC Power Auto Recovery ..........................................................................................................29
IDE and Floppy Connector......................................................................................................... 30
IrDA Connector.......................................................................................................................... 33
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) ...................................................................................... 34
WOL (Wake on LAN) ................................................................................................................. 37
4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)........................................................................................... 39
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ........................................................................................................ 40
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel.................................................................................................. 41
Support 4 USB Ports.................................................................................................................. 42
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound........................................................................................ 43
Modem Audio Connector ...........................................................................................................44
Video_Audio_IN Connector........................................................................................................45
CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................. 46
Battery-less and Long Life Design ............................................................................................. 47
Over-current Protection.............................................................................................................. 48
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Hardware Monitoring.................................................................................................................. 50
Resettable Fuse......................................................................................................................... 51
Year 2000 (Y2K) ........................................................................................................................ 52
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall).............................................................................................. 55
Driver and Utility .....................................................................................56
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ........................................................................................... 57
Installing Windows 95 ................................................................................................................ 58
Installing Windows 98 ................................................................................................................ 59
Installing Windows 98 SE & Windows2000 ................................................................................ 60
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver.......................................................................................................... 61
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................ 62
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility .........................................................................................63
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..................................................................................................... 64
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) .................................................................................................... 71
AWARD BIOS ...........................................................................................73
Enter BIOS Setup ...................................................................................................................... 74
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Change Language ..................................................................................................................... 75
Standard CMOS Setup .............................................................................................................. 76
BIOS Features Setup................................................................................................................. 82
Chipset Features Setup ............................................................................................................. 92
Power Management Setup....................................................................................................... 101
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .................................................................................................. 109
Load Setup Defaults ................................................................................................................ 117
Load Turbo Defaults................................................................................................................. 118
Integrated Peripherals.............................................................................................................. 119
Password Setting..................................................................................................................... 131
IDE HDD Auto Detection.......................................................................................................... 132
Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................................................... 134
Load EEPROM Default ............................................................................................................ 135
Save EEPROM Default............................................................................................................ 135
Exit without Saving................................................................................................................... 135
NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ................................................................................................... 135
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BIOS Upgrade ......................................................................................................................... 136
Overclocking .........................................................................................137
Recommended Overclocking Settings ..................................................................................... 139
VGA and HDD ......................................................................................................................... 141
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Glossary ................................................................................................142
AC97 ....................................................................................................................................... 142
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .................................................................. 142
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .............................................................................................. 143
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...................................................................................................... 143
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ........................................................................................................... 143
APM......................................................................................................................................... 143
ATA/66..................................................................................................................................... 144
ATA/100 ................................................................................................................................... 144
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................... 144
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................... 145
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) .............................................................................................. 145
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DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)....................................................................................... 145
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...................................................................................... 145
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory..................................................................................... 146
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................. 146
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................. 146
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...................................................................................... 146
FC-PGA................................................................................................................................... 147
Flash ROM .............................................................................................................................. 147
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..................................................................................................... 147
I2C Bus.................................................................................................................................... 147
P1394 ...................................................................................................................................... 148
Parity Bit .................................................................................................................................. 148
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................... 148
PC100 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 148
PC133 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 149
PDF Format ............................................................................................................................. 149
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PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................. 149
POST (Power-On Self Test)..................................................................................................... 149
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)........................................................................................................ 150
RIMM....................................................................................................................................... 150
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................ 150
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .................................................................................... 150
SMBus (System Management Bus) ......................................................................................... 151
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).................................................................................................. 151
Ultra DMA/33 ........................................................................................................................... 151
USB (Universal Serial Bus)...................................................................................................... 152
ZIP file ..................................................................................................................................... 152
Troubleshooting ....................................................................................153
Technical Support.................................................................................157
Part Number and Serial Number ........................................................................... 159
Model name and BIOS version .............................................................................. 160
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