AOpen AX4BS Pro Easy Installation Manual

CPU Fan Connector AUX-IN Connector 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5 Front Audio Connector FAN3 Connector MIC-In Line-In Speaker-Out PS/2 Keyboard Connector USB Port SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port COM 1 Connector COM2 Connector MIDI/Game Port 478-pin CPU Socket with Frequency/Voltage Auto-detection that supports Intel® Pentium® 4 1.3GHz~2.4GHz+ CPU Low ESR Capacitors ATX Power Connector Intel® 845 Chipset 168-pin DIMM Socket x3 supports maximum memory size up to 3GB FDD Connector ATA33/66/100 IDE Connector x2 MODEM-CN Connector CD-IN Connector IrDA Connector AGP 4x Expansion Slot 2nd USB Port Connector GPO Connector Front Panel Connector PC99 Colored Back Panel Extra Power Connector for 5V & 3.3V JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper FAN2 Connector JP15 & JP16 Dr. Voice Language Select Jumpers (AX4BS Pro Only) JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper and JP30 Die Hard BIOS Select Jumper (Optional) Chassis Intrusion Detector Dr. LED Connector WOL Connector WOM Connector CNR Expansion Slot Die Hard BIOS (Optional)

90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge. Then insert the CPU into the socket. 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. Pin 1 1. JP14 Clear CMOS 2. Installing CPU Everything you need to boot this motherboard is included in this Easy Installation Guide. For more information, a complete Online User's Manual can be found in the Bonus Pack CD Disc. Thanks for the help of saving our earth. PART NO: 49.89J11.E02 DOC. NO: AX4BSP-EG-E0109C Motherboard x 1 40-Wire IDE Cable x 1 (AX4BS Pro Only) 80-Wire IDE Cable x 1 Floppy Drive Cable x 1 Bonus Pack CD x 1 This Easy Installation Guide x 1 User’s Manual x 1 (AX4BS Pro Only) Retention Module You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin1 & pin2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1. Boot fail because of overclocking… 2. Forget password… 3. Troubleshooting… CPU socket lever CPU Pin 1 and cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you may damage the CPU. Normal Operation (default) Clear CMOS 1 2 3 1 2 3

you can also plug it on FAN2 or FAN3 (with H/W monitoring) connector. This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped; we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat ventilation. 5. Setting CPU Voltage & Frequency 4. Installing CPU & Housing Fan 3. CPU Fan Installation Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support fan monitoring. CPU Fan Connector FAN2 Connector Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use key to restore the default setting. Setting CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.10V to 1.85V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage. Setting CPU Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed. Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio CPU Ratio 8x, 9x, 10x, …….22x, 23x, 24x CPU FSB 100~248MHz CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock Ratio Pentium 4 1.3G 1.3GHz 100MHz 13x Pentium 4 1.4G 1.4HGz 100MHz 14x Pentium 4 1.5G 1.5GHz 100MHz 15x Pentium 4 1.6G 1.6GHz 100MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.7G 1.7GHz 100MHz 17x Pentium 4 1.8G 1.8GHz 100MHz 18x Pentium 4 1.9G 1.9GHz 100MHz 19x Pentium 4 2.0G 2.0GHz 100MHz 20x Pentium 4 2.2G 2.2GHz 100MHz 22x Pentium 4 2.4G 2.4GHz 100MHz 24x Warning: Intel® 845 chipset supports maximum 400MHz system bus (100MHz * 4) and 66MHz AGP clock. Higher clock setting may cause serious system damage. FAN3 Connector 1. Gently put the CPU fan down on the retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners. 2. Pressing down four clips one by one to securely install the CPU fan. SENSOR +12V GND Note: To avoid any damage to your CPU socket, we don’t recommend you to uninstall the CPU fan frequently.

6. JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper 8. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables 9. Connecting Front Panel Cable This motherboard provides keyboard and mouse wake-up functions. You can use the JP28 to enable or disable this function. Recently, many viruses have been found that they may destroy bios code and data area. Therefore, this motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method that does not involve any software or BIOS coding, hence it is 100% virus free. You may restore the originally mounted BIOS with 2nd BIOS ROM by setting JP30 to pin 2-3 if it fails to act normally. This motherboard comes with one BIOS ROM, you may contact our local distributor or reseller for purchasing the extra BIOS ROM. Please visit our website: www.aopen.com for details. Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Attach the power LED, speaker, and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR. ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector Pin 1 Primary Slave (2nd) Primary Master (1st) Pin 1 Enable Disable (Default) 1 1 Pin 1 1 Normal (Default) Rescue 1 Pin 1 FDD Connector 1 SPEAKER IDE LED Power Switch ACPI & Power L RESET 1 SPWR GND ACPI & PWR LE GND +5V NC NC GND RESET GND NC NC +5V IDE LED IDE LED +5V +5V GND NC SPEAKER

“tell” you whether it is a component issue or an installed issue, such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard by voice. Dr. Voice provides four language versions including English, German, Japanese and Chinese for choosing. You can select preferred language version by JP15 & JP16. 12. Connecting CD / MODEM / AUX-IN Connector 13. IrDA Connector 10. Dr. Voice (AX4BS Pro Only) 11. Front Audio Connector If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. The CD-IN connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. The MODEM-CN connector is used to connect Mono In/ Mic Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The AUX-IN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. CD-IN (Black) Pin 1 MODEM-CN (Red) AUX-IN (Green) Pin 1 Chinese JP15 JP16 English Japanese German 1 Connector Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 CD-IN Left GND GND Right MODEM-CN Mono In GND GND Mic Out AUX-IN Left GND GND Right MIC_IN2 NC FRONT_R NC FRONT_L GND +5V JS1 NC 1 2 9 10 The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps). Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART2 Mode, make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector. Pin 1 IrDA Connector NC +5V IR_TX GND IR_RX

and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. http://210.63.73.14/tech/download/manual/mb/k7.htm 14. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup 15. AOpen Bonus Pack CD 17. BIOS Upgrade AOpen Easy Flash is a user-friendly flash method. The BIOS binary file and flash routine are combined together and you simply run a single file to complete the flash process. 1. Download new BIOS upgrade zipped file from AOpen's web site. For example, AX4BSP102.ZIP. 2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility. Or Winzip (http://www.winzip.com/) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk. For example, AX4BSP102.BIN & AX4BSP102.EXE 4. Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler (such as EMM386) or device driver. It needs around 520K free memory. 5. Execute A:> AX4BSP102 and the program will do the rest of it. DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS until you are asked to!! 6. Reboot system and press to enter BIOS Setup, Choose "Load Setup Defaults", then “Save & Exit Setup” and finish the BIOS upgrade. Warning: The upgrade of new BIOS will permanently replace your original BIOS content after flashing. The original BIOS setting and Win95/Win98 PnP information will be refreshed and you probably need to re-configure your system. 16. Installing Onboard Sound Driver You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc to choose the utility and driver you need to install. Select the model of your motherboard. Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting. This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC chip, you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.

accordingly to resolve the problem. Part Number and Serial Number The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, on ISA/CPU slot or on component side of PCB. For example: Model name and BIOS version AX4BS Pro R1.00 August. 01. 2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number. AX4BS Pro is the model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version Make sure if the jumper settings for CPU and DRAMs are correct. Clear CMOS. Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. The problem was probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing. Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. No Yes No Yes It is very possible that your keyboard is defective. During system rebooting, press Del to enter BIOS Setup. Choose “Load Setup Default". The problem should be caused by the IDE cables or HDD itself. Re-install Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT. Yes Yes Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the addon cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and Printer. Turn on the power, and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. Start Check if there is display. Press Ctrl, and Alt key at the same time, hold them and then press Del to see if the system reboots. Turn off the system and re-connect the IDE cable. Check if the system can reboot successfully. End No No Part No. Serial No. Part No. Serial No.

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