User manual AOPEN AX4SGUL

[. . . ] AOpen i865 Family Motherboards Online Manual AOpen i865 Family Motherboards DOC. NO. :AX4SGUL-OL-E0309A 1 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards What's in this manual Online Manual AOpen i865 Family Motherboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 You Must Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, AOpen i865 Family motherboards implements 2200F capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500F) and it provides better stability for CPU power. 64 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards Online Manual PBE ­ Performance Boosting Engine (for AX4SG and AX4SPE series) Configuring Intel 865 chipset, the performance of this motherboard had been uplifted by implementing PBE Technology (Performance Boosting Engine). Acting as similar as PAT in uplifting the system performance, PBE enable users to optimize the accessing speed and quality between the CPU and Memory. Theoretically speaking, CPU must go through some standard paths to access memory. However, with an optimized path created, CPU may access memory through optimized path in a faster way. Therefore, PBE effectively shortened the distance between CPU and memory and thus increasing system performance as a matter of fact. To enable it, all you have to do is to go to BIOS screen, select Advanced Chipset Feature/Performance Boost Engine. Enable or Disabled PBE Technology Optimized Access Chipsets Memory Normal Access Dual Channel DDR Memory PBE item : Disabled (Default) Note: Enabling this feature will make maximum use of your RAM modules. This is not standard specification of Intel 865G/865PE chipset. Uneven quality RAM modules in the market may not able to withstand this kind of extreme usage and cause the instability of your system. You are taking your own risk for taking advantage of this benefit. 65 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards The noise is gone!!---- SilentTek Online Manual As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher, it inevitably brings higher heat and system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat problem, however, is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system, expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as they could. But at the same time, we believe that same users are affected terribly by the irritating noises of these fans while working with their PC. As a matter of fact, we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases; on the contrary, we discovered that having your fans running at appropriate time and speed not only reduces the noise, but also consumes the least power the system needs, so as to prevent over-wasting of energy resource. Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS and the utility under Windows, "Hardware-Status SilentTek Monitoring", combined "Overheat Warning" and "Fan Speed Control" with user-friendly interfaces to provide you a perfect balance among performance and stability. noises, system 66 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level. Online Manual In "Temp/Fan/Case" page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. Also, you can check if fans are running properly. You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here. Of course, you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans and SilentTek would also pop up a message box to alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed. You may set the highest margin of your CPU and system temperature as default, and SilentTek would pop up a message box to alert you with alarm when the temperature goes beyond the specified margin. 67 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards the options inside in this page. 1. Online Manual Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature. [. . . ] The part number, serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful. 121 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards Part Number and Serial Number Online Manual The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, or on component side of PCB. For example: Part No. Serial No. P/N: 91. 88110. 201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number. 122 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards Model name and BIOS version Online Manual Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1. 0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AX4SG-UL is model name of motherboard; R1. 00 is BIOS version. 123 AOpen i865 Family Motherboards Online Manual Product Registration Thank you for choosing AOpen product. [. . . ]