AOpen MX4SGI-N Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L
DOC. NO.: MX4SGIN-OL-E0304A

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MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L ..................................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................................................ 2
You Must Notice........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Before You Start........................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Overview................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Feature Highlight .....................................................................................................................................................................11
Quick Installation Procedure ................................................................................................................................................... 16
Motherboard Map ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................19
About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................. 20
CPU Installation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21
CPU Over-current Protection .................................................................................................................................................. 24
Hyper Threading Technology .................................................................................................................................................. 25
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................. 27
Full-range Auto-detect CPU Core Voltage............................................................................................................................... 28
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ......................................................................................................... 30
DIMM Sockets ........................................................................................................................................................................ 31

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ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 33
AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 33
IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 34
Serial ATA Supported.............................................................................................................................................................. 36
Connecting Serial ATA Disk..................................................................................................................................................... 37
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 40
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot................................................................................................................ 41
IrDA Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Support 10/100 Mbps(MX4SGI-N) and Gigabits(MX4SGI-L) LAN onboard ............................................................................. 43
Support Front USB 2.0 Port .................................................................................................................................................... 44
Color Coded Back Panel......................................................................................................................................................... 45
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................................................................................................................................. 46
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 47
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 48
CD Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 49
AUX-IN Connector .................................................................................................................................................................. 50
Case Open Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 51
JP14 Clear CMOS Data.......................................................................................................................................................... 52
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ................................................................................................................................ 53

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STBY LED (Standby LED) ...................................................................................................................................................... 54
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED.............................................................................................................................. 55
Resetable Fuse....................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................................................. 58
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS”........................................................................................................................................................ 60
Phoenix-AWARD BIOS ............................................................................................................................61
About BIOS Function Description… ........................................................................................................................................ 62
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .............................................................................................................. 63
How To Enter BIOS Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 64
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment........................................................................................................................... 65
Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 67
Driver and Utility....................................................................................................................................68
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD............................................................................................................................................... 68
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ................................................................................................................ 69
Installing Intel Extreme Graphic Driver .................................................................................................................................... 70
Installing LAN Driver ............................................................................................................................................................... 71
Installing Audio Driver ............................................................................................................................................................. 72
Installing USB2.0 Driver.......................................................................................................................................................... 73
AOConfig Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 78

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Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................... 80
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................81
AC97 CODEC......................................................................................................................................................................... 81
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................. 81
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) .................................................................................................................................. 81
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................. 82
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..................................................................................................................................................... 82
ATA (AT Attachment)............................................................................................................................................................... 82
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).......................................................................................................................................... 83
Bluetooth ................................................................................................................................................................................ 83
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ......................................................................................................................... 84
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM................................................................................................................................................ 84
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................................................................................................................................... 84
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ............................................................................................................. 85
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................................................................ 85
EV6 Bus.................................................................................................................................................................................. 85
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ..................................................................................................................................... 85
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).......................................................................................................................................... 86
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)........................................................................................................................................ 86

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Flash ROM ............................................................................................................................................................................. 86
Hyper Threading ..................................................................................................................................................................... 86
IEEE 1394 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 86
Parity Bit ................................................................................................................................................................................. 87
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ............................................................................................................................. 87
PDF Format ............................................................................................................................................................................ 88
PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................................................................ 88
POST (Power-On Self Test) .................................................................................................................................................... 88
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock........................................................................................................................................ 88
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ........................................................................................................... 89
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).................................................................................................................................. 89
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................... 89
SATA (Serial ATA) ................................................................................................................................................................... 89
SMBus (System Management Bus) ........................................................................................................................................ 90
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)................................................................................................................................................. 90
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ............................................................................................................................................... 90
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .............................................................................................................................................. 90
Wireless LAN – 802.11b.......................................................................................................................................................... 91
ZIP file .................................................................................................................................................................................... 91

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Troubleshooting .....................................................................................................................................92
Technical Support..................................................................................................................................96
Product Registration..............................................................................................................................99
How to Contact Us...............................................................................................................................100

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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
2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver.
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Thank you for choosing AOpen MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L motherboard. MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L is Intel®Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based
on the micro ATX form factor featuring the Intel Springdale-G chipsets. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L
motherboard supports Intel®Socket 478 Pentium®4 / Prescott / Springdale chipsets and 400/533/800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In
AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports both AGP 8X/4X mode and ADD card and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst
transfer up to 2112MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, this motherboard supports dual channel non-ECC DDR266,
DDR333 and DDR400 SDRAM up to 2GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 mode, Serial ATA 150 and
there are 3 PCI slots provided on this board. A total of 6 USB2.0 ports on the back panel and one USB2.0 connector on the board give you
the best use of all USB devices. More than that, MX4SGI-N uses Intel LAN controller on board, providing you 10/100Mbps for office and
home use. MX4SGI-L uses Kenai gigabit LAN controller, providing you as fast speed as 1000Mbps. Besides, MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L has a
S/PDIF connector and an AC97 CODEC chipset onboard, providing high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy
working with it. Now, let’s enjoy all features from AOpen MX4SGI-N / MX4SGI-L
motherboard.