Aopen ax63 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• AX63

  1
  • Before You Start

    2
  • Quick Installation Procedure

    3
  • Motherboard Map

    4
  • Block Diagram

    5
• Hardware

  6
  • JP14 Clear CMOS

    7
  • JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup

    8
  • CPU Slot and Fan Connector

    10
  • CPU Jumper-less Design

    11
    • Setting CPU Core Voltage

      12
    • Setting CPU Frequency

      13
  • JP23 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio

    15
  • DIMM Socket

    17
  • Front Panel Connector

    19
  • ATX Power Connector

    20
  • AC Power Auto Recovery

    21
  • IDE and Floppy Connector

    22
  • IrDA Connector

    25
  • WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem)

    26
    • WOM by External BOX Modem

      27
    • WOM by Internal Modem Card

      28
  • WOL (Wake on LAN)

    29
  • Sound Blaster SB-Link

    31
  • PC99 Color Coded Back Panel

    32
  • Battery-less and Long Life Design

    33
  • Over-current Protection

    34
  • Hardware Monitoring

    36
  • Resettable Fuse

    37
  • BIOS Write Protection

    38
  • Year 2000 (Y2K)

    39
  • Low ESR Capacitor

    41
  • Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)

    43
• Driver and Utility

  44
  • Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc

    45
  • Installing Windows 95

    46
  • Installing Windows 98

    47
  • Installing Windows NT

    48
  • Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver

    49
  • Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility

    50
  • APM Suspend to Hard Drive

    52
    • Setup APM Suspend to Hard Drive:

      55
    • VESA Compatible VGA Card List

      57
    • APM Compatible Sound Card List

      58
  • ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive

    59
    • Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system

      59
    • Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only)

      59
    • Changing from ACPI to APM

      61
• AWARD BIOS

  63
  • Enter BIOS Setup

    64
  • Change Language

    65
  • Standard CMOS Setup

    66
    • Standard CMOS > Date

      67
    • Standard CMOS > Time

      67
    • Standard CMOS > Primary Master > Type

      68
    • Standard CMOS > Primary Slave > Type

      68
    • Standard CMOS > Secondary Master > Type

      68
    • Standard CMOS > Secondary Slave > Type

      68
    • Standard CMOS > Primary Master > Mode

      69
    • Standard CMOS > Primary Slave > Mode

      69
    • Standard CMOS > Secondary Master > Mode

      69
    • Standard CMOS > Secondary Slave > Mode

      69
    • Standard CMOS > Drive A

      70
    • Standard CMOS > Drive B

      70
    • Standard CMOS > Video

      70
    • Standard CMOS > Halt On

      71
  • BIOS Features Setup

    72
    • BIOS Features > Virus Warning

      73
    • BIOS Features > External Cache

      74
    • BIOS Features > CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

      74
    • BIOS Features > Processor Number Feature

      74
    • BIOS Features > Quick Power On Self Test

      75
    • BIOS Features > Boot From LAN First

      75
    • BIOS Features > Boot Sequence

      76
    • BIOS Features > Swap Floppy Drive

      76
    • BIOS Features > Boot Up NumLock Status

      77
    • BIOS Features > Security Option

      77
    • BIOS Features > PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

      78
    • BIOS Features > OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

      78
    • BIOS Features > Show Logo On Screen

      78
    • BIOS Features > Video BIOS Shadow

      79
    • BIOS Features > C800-CBFF Shadow

      80
    • BIOS Features > CC00-CFFF Shadow

      80
    • BIOS Features > D000-D3FF Shadow

      80
    • BIOS Features > D400-D7FF Shadow

      80
    • BIOS Features > D800-DBFF Shadow

      80
    • BIOS Features > DC00-DFFF Shadow

      80
  • Chipset Features Setup

    81
    • Chipset Features > SDRAM Precharge to Active

      82
    • Chipset Features > SDRAM Active to Precharge

      82
    • Chipset Features > SDRAM Active to CMD

      82
    • Chipset Features > SDRAM CAS Latency

      82
    • Chipset Features > DRAM Clock

      83
    • Chipset Features > DRAM ECC Function

      84
    • Chipset Features > Memory Hole At 15M-16M

      84
    • Chipset Features > Video RAM Cacheable

      84
    • Chipset Features > AGP Aperture Size (MB)

      85
    • Chipset Features > AGP-2X Mode

      85
    • Chipset Features > Pentium II Micro Codes

      85
    • Chipset Features > Y2K CMOS Update

      86
    • Chipset Features > Clock Spread Spectrum

      86
    • Chipset Features > CPU Speed Detected

      86
    • Chipset Features > CPU Clock Frequency

      87
    • Chipset Features > CPU Clock Ratio

      87
    • Chipset Features > Setup CPU Speed

      87
  • Power Management Setup

    88
    • Power Management > ACPI Function

      89
    • Power Management > Power Management

      89
    • Power Management > PM Controlled by APM

      90
    • Power Management > VIdeo Off Method

      90
    • Power Management > Doze Mode

      91
    • Power Management > Suspend Mode

      91
    • Power Management > HDD Power Down

      92
    • Power Management > Suspend Option

      92
    • Power Management > Operating System

      93
    • Power Management > 0V Wake On Modem

      93
    • Power Management > Wake On LAN

      93
    • Power Management > Soft-Off PWR BTTN

      94
    • Power Management > Wake On RTC Timer

      94
    • Power Management > Date (of Month)

      95
    • Power Management > Time (hh:mm:ss)

      95
    • Power Management > VGA

      96
    • Power Management > LPT & COM

      96
    • Power Management > HDD & FDD

      96
    • Power Management > DMA/Master

      96
    • Power Management > Primary INTR

      96
    • Power Management > IRQ [3-15]

      96
  • PNP/PCI Configuration Setup

    97
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > PnP OS Installed

      98
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > Resources Controlled By

      98
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > Reset Configuration Data

      98
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ3 (COM2)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ4 (COM1)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ5 (Network/Sound or Others)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ7 (Printer or Others)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ9 (Video or Others)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ10 (SCSI or Others)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ11 (SCSI or Others)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ14 (IDE 1)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > IRQ15 (IDE2)

      99
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > DMA 0

      100
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > DMA 1

      100
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > DMA 3

      100
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > DMA 5

      100
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > DMA 6

      100
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > DMA 7

      100
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > PCI IDE IRQ Map To

      101
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > Primary IDE INT#

      101
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > Secondary IDE INT#

      101
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > Used MEM Base Addr

      102
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > Used MEM Length

      103
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > Assign IRQ for VGA

      103
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > Modem Use IRQ

      103
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > PCI Slot1 IRQ (Right)

      104
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > PCI Slot2 IRQ

      104
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > PCI Slot3 IRQ

      104
    • PNP/PCI Configuration > PCI Slot4/5 IRQ (Left)

      104
  • Load Setup Defaults

    105
  • Load Turbo Defaults

    106
  • Integrated Peripherals

    107
    • Integrated Peripherals > OnChip IDE First Channel

      108
    • Integrated Peripherals > OnChip IDE Second Channel

      108
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Prefetch Mode

      108
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE HDD Block Mode

      108
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Primary Master PIO

      109
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Primary Slave PIO

      109
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Secondary Master PIO

      109
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Secondary Slave PIO

      109
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Primary Master UDMA

      110
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Primary Slave UDMA

      110
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Secondary Master UDMA

      110
    • Integrated Peripherals > IDE Secondary Slave UDMA

      110
    • Integrated Peripherals > Init Display First

      110
    • Integrated Peripherals > Power On Function

      111
    • Integrated Peripherals > Keyboard Power On Password

      112
    • Integrated Peripherals > Hot Key Power On

      113
    • Integrated Peripherals > AC PWR Auto Recovery

      114
    • Integrated Peripherals > Onboard FDC Controller

      114
    • Integrated Peripherals > Onboard Serial Port 1

      115
    • Integrated Peripherals > Onboard Serial Port 2

      115
    • Integrated Peripherals > UART Mode Select

      116
    • Integrated Peripherals > RxD, TxD Active

      117
    • Integrated Peripherals > IR Transmission Delay

      117
    • Integrated Peripherals > Onboard Parallel Port

      118
    • Integrated Peripherals > Parallel Port Mode

      119
    • Integrated Peripherals > ECP Mode Use DMA

      120
    • Integrated Peripherals > EPP Mode Select

      120
    • Integrated Peripherals > OnChipUSB

      120
    • Integrated Peripherals > USB Keyboard Support

      121
  • Password Setting

    122
  • IDE HDD Auto Detection

    123
  • Save & Exit Setup

    125
  • Load EEPROM Default

    126
  • Save EEPROM Default

    126
  • Exit without Saving

    126
  • NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers

    126
  • BIOS Upgrade

    127
• Overclocking

  128
  • VGA Card

    130
  • Hard Disk

    132
  • Recommended Overclocking Settings

    134
• Glossary

  135
  • ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)

    135
  • AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)

    135
  • AOpen Bonus Pack CD

    136
  • APM

    136
  • ATA/66

    136
  • BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)

    136
  • Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)

    137
  • DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)

    137
  • ECC (Error Checking and Correction)

    137
  • EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory

    138
  • EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)

    138
  • EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)

    138
  • FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)

    138
  • Flash ROM

    139
  • FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock

    139
  • I2C Bus

    139
  • P1394

    139
  • Parity Bit

    140
  • PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)

    140
  • PC100 DIMM

    140
  • PC133 DIMM

    140
  • PDF Format

    141
  • PnP (Plug and Play)

    141
  • POST (Power-On Self Test)

    141
  • RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)

    142
  • RIMM

    142
  • SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)

    142
  • SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module)

    142
  • SMBus (System Management Bus)

    143
  • SPD (Serial Presence Detect)

    143
  • Ultra DMA/33

    143
  • USB (Universal Serial Bus)

    144
• Troubleshooting

  145
• Technical Support

  149
  • Part Number and Serial Number

    151
  • Model name and BIOS version

    152