AOpen MX4GV Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
MX4GV
DOC. NO.: MX4GV-OL-E0208A

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MX4GV .......................................................................................................................................................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) Supported................................................................................................................................................. 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
ADD (AGP Digital Display) Slot ............................................................................................................................................... 39
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 40
WOL (Wake on LAN) .............................................................................................................................................................. 41
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 43
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ........................................................................................................................................ 44
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 45
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel............................................................................................................................................... 46
Support 2nd USB 2.0 Ports ...................................................................................................................................................... 47
Case Open Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 48
CD Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 49
Modem Audio Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 50
COM2 Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 51

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Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 52
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 53
Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 55
Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................... 56
Resetable Fuse....................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)........................................................................................................................................... 60
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................. 61
Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 62
Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................63
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 64
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ................................................................................................................ 65
Installing Intel IAA Driver......................................................................................................................................................... 66
Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver .................................................................................................................................... 67
Installing LAN Driver ............................................................................................................................................................... 68
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ............................................................................................................................................. 69
Installing USB2.0 Driver.......................................................................................................................................................... 70
AOConfig Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 73
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................... 75

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Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................76
About BIOS Function Description… ........................................................................................................................................ 77
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .............................................................................................................. 78
How To Enter BIOS Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 80
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment........................................................................................................................... 81
Overclocking ..........................................................................................................................................83
VGA Card & Hard Disk............................................................................................................................................................ 84
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................85
AC97 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................. 85
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................. 85
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..................................................................................................................................................... 86
AOpen Bonus Pack CD .......................................................................................................................................................... 86
APM (Advanced Power Management) .................................................................................................................................... 86
ATA (AT Attachment)............................................................................................................................................................... 86
ATA/66.................................................................................................................................................................................... 86
ATA/100 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 87
ATA/133 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 87
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).......................................................................................................................................... 87

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Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).................................................................................................................................................. 87
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ......................................................................................................................... 88
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................................................................................................................................. 88
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM......................................................................................................................................... 88
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)...................................................................................................................................... 88
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ................................................................................................................................................. 89
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................................................................................................................................... 89
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .................................................................................................................................... 89
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ............................................................................................................. 89
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................................................................ 89
EV6 Bus.................................................................................................................................................................................. 90
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ..................................................................................................................................... 90
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).......................................................................................................................................... 90
Flash ROM ............................................................................................................................................................................. 90
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .................................................................................................................................................... 91
I2C Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................... 91
IEEE 1394 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 91
Parity Bit ................................................................................................................................................................................. 92
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) .......................................................................................................................................... 92

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PC-100 DIMM......................................................................................................................................................................... 92
PC-133 DIMM......................................................................................................................................................................... 92
PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM........................................................................................................................... 93
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ............................................................................................................................. 93
PDF Format ............................................................................................................................................................................ 93
PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................................................................ 93
POST (Power-On Self Test) .................................................................................................................................................... 94
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)....................................................................................................................................................... 94
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).................................................................................................................................. 94
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................... 94
Shadow E2PROM ................................................................................................................................................................... 94
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ................................................................................................................................... 95
SMBus (System Management Bus) ........................................................................................................................................ 95
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)................................................................................................................................................. 95
Ultra DMA ............................................................................................................................................................................... 96
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ..................................................................................................................................................... 96
USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................ 96
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .............................................................................................................................................. 97
ZIP file .................................................................................................................................................................................... 97

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Troubleshooting .....................................................................................................................................98
Technical Support................................................................................................................................102
Product Registration............................................................................................................................105
How to Contact Us...............................................................................................................................106

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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
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