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Table of Contents

• AX45-8X / AX45-8XN

  1
  • What¡¦s in this manual

    2
  • You Must Notice

    8
  • Before You Start

    9
  • Overview

    10
  • Feature Highlight

    11
    • CPU

      11
    • Chipset

      11
    • Expansion Slots

      11
    • Memory

      12
    • Watch Dog ABS

      12
    • 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment

      12
    • Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Mater IDE

      12
    • On-board AC¡¦97 Sound

      13
    • Six USB2.0 Ports

      13
    • Dr. LED

      13
    • AGP Protection Technology

      13
    • S/PDIF Connectors

      13
    • Power Management/Plug and Play

      14
    • Hardware Monitoring Management

      14
    • Enhanced ACPI

      14
    • Super Multi-I/O

      14
  • Quick Installation Procedure

    15
  • Motherboard Map

    16
  • Block Diagram

    17
• Hardware Installation

  18
  • About ¡§User Upgrade Optional¡¨ and ¡§Manufacture Upgrade Optional

    19
  • JP14 Clear CMOS Data

    20
  • CPU Installation

    21
  • CPU Jumper-less Design

    24
    • AOpen ¡§Watch Dog ABS

      25
  • Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage

    26
    • Setting CPU Frequency

      26
  • CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)

    28
  • JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper

    29
  • JP29 Memory Voltage Jumper

    30
  • DIMM Sockets

    31
    • How to Install Memory Modules

      32
  • DDR 266(PC2100) and DDR 333(PC2700)

    33
  • Front Panel Connector

    34
  • ATX Power Connector

    35
  • AC Power Auto Recovery

    35
  • STBY LED

    36
  • IDE and Floppy Connector

    37
  • ATA/133 Supported

    39
  • IrDA Connector

    40
  • Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot

    41
  • AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED

    42
  • WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector

    43
  • WOM by External BOX Modem

    44
  • WOM by Internal Modem Card

    45
  • WOL (Wake on LAN)

    46
  • Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (For AX45-8XN)

    48
  • CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot

    49
  • Colored Back Panel

    50
  • Support 2nd and 3rd USB 2.0 Ports

    51
  • Case Open Connector

    52
  • CD Audio Connector

    53
  • MODEM-CN Connector

    54
  • Front Audio Connector

    55
  • S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector

    56
  • Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

    57
  • Dr. LED Connector

    58
  • Battery-less and Long Life Design

    60
  • Over-current Protection

    61
  • Resetable Fuse

    62
  • 2200£gF Low ESR Capacitor

    63
  • Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink

    65
  • Vivid BIOS technology

    66
• Driver and Utility

  67
  • Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD

    67
  • Install IDE Driver

    68
  • Install USB2.0 Driver

    69
  • Installing LAN Driver (For AX45-8XN)

    70
  • Installing Onboard Sound Driver

    73
  • Installing AGP Driver

    74
  • AOConfig Utility

    75
  • Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility

    77
• Phoenix Award BIOS

  78
  • About BIOS Function Description

    79
  • How To Use Phoenix Award? BIOS Setup Program

    80
  • How To Enter BIOS Setup

    81
  • BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment

    82
• Glossary

  84
  • AC97 CODEC

    84
  • ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)

    84
  • ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)

    84
  • AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)

    85
  • AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)

    85
  • ATA (AT Attachment)

    85
  • BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)

    86
  • Bluetooth

    86
  • CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)

    87
  • DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM

    87
  • ECC (Error Checking and Correction)

    87
  • EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)

    88
  • EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)

    88
  • EV6 Bus

    88
  • FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)

    88
  • FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)

    89
  • FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)

    89
  • Flash ROM

    89
  • Hyper Threading

    89
  • IEEE 1394

    89
  • Parity Bit

    90
  • PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus

    90
  • PDF Format

    91
  • PnP (Plug and Play)

    91
  • POST (Power-On Self Test)

    91
  • PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock

    91
  • RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)

    91
  • RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)

    92
  • SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)

    92
  • SATA (Serial ATA)

    92
  • SMBus (System Management Bus)

    92
  • SPD (Serial Presence Detect)

    93
  • USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus)

    93
  • VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)

    93
  • Wireless LAN ¡V 802.11b

    93
  • ZIP file

    94
• Troubleshooting

  95
• Technical Support

  99
  • Part Number and Serial Number

    100
  • Model name and BIOS version

    101
• Product Registration

  102
• How to Contact Us

  103