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Table of Contents

• AX45F-8X Max

  1
  • What's in this manual

    2
  • You Must Notice

    8
  • Before You Start

    9
  • Overview

    10
  • Feature Highlight

    11
  • Quick Installation Procedure

    14
  • Motherboard Map

    16
  • Block Diagram

    17
• Hardware Installation

  18
  • About"User Upgrade Optional" and "Manufacture Upgrade Optional"…

    19
  • EzColor

    20
  • CPU Installation

    22
  • Hyper Threading Technology

    24
  • CPU Jumper-less Design

    27
  • CPU Over-current Protection

    28
  • AOpen"Watch Dog ABS"

    29
  • CPU Core Voltage Auto Detectable

    31
    • Setting CPU Frequency

      31
  • DIMM Sockets

    34
    • How to Install Memory Modules

      35
  • Front Panel Connector

    36
  • ATX Power Connector

    37
  • AC Power Auto Recovery

    37
  • IDE and Floppy Connector

    38
  • ATA133 Supported

    40
  • Serial ATA Supported

    41
    • Connecting Serial ATA Disk

      42
      • Adjusting Your Hard Disk

        43
  • IrDA Connector

    45
  • Support AGP 8X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot

    46
  • AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED

    47
  • Wake On Modem / Wake On LAN / Wake On PCI Card

    48
  • Support Gigabit LAN Chip onboard

    49
  • Support USB 2.0 Ports

    50
  • IEEE 1394 Connectors

    51
  • Colored Back Panel

    52
  • S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector

    53
  • Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

    54
  • Front Audio Connector

    55
  • Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional)

    55
  • Case Open Connector

    57
  • CD Audio Connector

    59
  • AUX-IN Connector

    60
  • Game Port Bracket Supported

    61
  • JP2 Speaker Output Jumper

    62
  • JP14 Clear CMOS Data

    63
  • JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumpers

    63
  • JP24 / JP25 BIOS Rescue Jumper

    65
  • JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper

    66
  • STBY LED

    66
  • Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink

    68
  • Resetable Fuse

    69
  • 3300μF Low ESR Capacitor

    69
  • EzClock

    72
    • How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS

      74
  • AOConfig Utility

    76
• Phoenix-AWARD BIOS

  78
  • How To Use Phoenix-Award. BIOS Setup Program

    79
  • How To Enter BIOS Setup

    79
  • BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment

    81
  • WinBIOS Utility

    83
  • Vivid BIOS technology

    85
• Driver and Utility

  86
  • Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD

    86
  • Installing AGP Driver

    87
  • Installing Onboard Sound Driver

    87
  • Installing IDE Driver

    89
  • Installing LAN Driver in Win98SE/ME/2000/XP

    90
  • Installing Serial ATA Driver in Win98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP

    106
  • Installing USB 2.0 Driver

    119
• Glossary

  120
  • AC97 CODEC

    120
  • ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)

    120
  • ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)

    120
  • AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)

    121
  • AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)

    121
  • ATA (AT Attachment)

    121
  • BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)

    122
  • Bluetooth

    122
  • CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)

    123
  • DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM

    123
  • ECC (Error Checking and Correction)

    123
  • EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)

    123
  • EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)

    124
  • EV6 Bus

    124
  • FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)

    124
  • FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)

    124
  • FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)

    124
  • Flash ROM

    125
  • Hyper Threading

    125
  • IEEE 1394

    125
  • Parity Bit

    126
  • PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus

    126
  • PDF Format

    126
  • PnP (Plug and Play)

    126
  • POST (Power-On Self Test)

    126
  • PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock

    127
  • RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)

    127
  • RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)

    127
  • SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)

    127
  • SATA (Serial ATA)

    128
  • SMBus (System Management Bus)

    128
  • SPD (Serial Presence Detect)

    128
  • USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus)

    128
  • VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)

    129
  • Wireless LAN – 802.11b

    129
  • ZIP file

    129
• Troubleshooting

  130
• Technical Support

  134
• Product Registration

  138
• How to Contact Us

  139