User manual AOPEN AX37DPRO

[. . . ] Overview Troubleshooting & Technical Support Hardware Installation Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Online Manual AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro DOC. NO. : AX37DP-OL-E0103A AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro 1 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro W h a t 's i n t h i s m a n u a l Online Manual AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 You Must Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Before You Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Turn off the system, set the External Controller to "Rescue" to read from rescue ROM. Follow the BIOS upgrade procedure to rehabilitate BIOS. Online Manual Reboot the system, and you should be able to back to normal. Normal (Read from normal Flash ROM) Rescue (Read from Rescue ROM) Lock (Lock your computer to protect your data) Tip: If you place the switch to the middle (as 3rd picture shows), you will not be able to boot your system, thus you can protect your data from molesting. 59 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro Dr. LED Connector (Upgrade Optional) Online Manual In conjunction with Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional), which can easily show what kind of problem you may incur on your system during assembly. It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr. This helps you quickly self-diagnostic your system status. Pin 1 1 3. 3V NC GND 5 2 GPO12 GPO14 GPO146 60 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro Online Manual Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5. 25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5. 25 in drive bay of any housing. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Boot O. K. KB HDD Audio PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages. Once the LED7 (latest LED) is lit, this indicates that the system has completed its boot-up procedure. The 8 LEDs indicate the following messages when lit: LED LED LED LED LED LED LED LED 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Indicates Indicates Indicates Indicates Indicates Indicates Indicates Indicates that that that that that that that that the the the the the the the the CPU may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged. system is OK. Note: During POST (Power On Self Test) procedure, the Debug LED will light on sequentially from LED0 to LED7 until the system boot O. K 61 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro B a t t e r y - l e s s a n d L o n g Li f e D e s i g n Online Manual This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without using the battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual. ATX Stand-by Power Battery Auto Switch Auto switching to ATX standby RTC (Real Time Clock) 00:00:00 power as long as AC power line is plugged. This smart design can increases battery life if you still had battery plugged on motherboard. Flash ROM CMOS Backup by EEPROM 62 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n Online Manual It is very popular that the Over Current Protection was implemented on ATX 3. 3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltages that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage (for example, 2. 0V), and thus makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is equipped with switching regulator onboard which supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3. 3V/5V/12V power supply to provide the full line over-current protection. 12V (Protected by power supply) ATX Switching Power Supply 3. 3V (Protected by power supply) 5V (Protected by power supply) Onboard Power Regulator Over-Current Protection Circuit CPU Core Voltage Note: Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake, there is still certain risk that CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. AOpen cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly. 63 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro H a r d w a r e M o ni t o r i n g Online Manual This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system's working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems' status go wrong, there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user. Fan Fan Speed CPU CPU Temperature CPU Voltage Detection Circuit AOpen H/W Monitoring Utility Power System Voltage 64 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro R e se t ta b l e F u s e Online Manual Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that user cannot replace it when it is damaged (did the job to protect motherboard), and the motherboard remains malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job. Resettable Fuse 65 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro Year 2000 (Y2K) Online Manual Y2K is basically a problem of the identification of year code. [. . . ] http://www. aopen. com. tw/tech/report/default. htm FAQ: The latest FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) may contain a solution to your problem. http://www. aopen. com. tw/tech/faq/default. htm Download Software: Check out this table to get the latest updated BIOS/utility and drivers. http://www. aopen. com. tw/tech/download/default. htm 112 AX37D Plus / AX37D Pro Online Manual 5 6 7 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group. http://www. aopen. com. tw/tech/newsgrp/default. htm Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. [. . . ]