User manual AOPEN AX4SPEMAX

[. . . ] Overview Hardware Installation Troubleshooting & Technical Support Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Online Manual DOC. NO. : AX4SPEMAX-OL-E0306B AX4SPE Max AX4SPE Max 1 AX4SPE Max What's in this manual Online Manual AX4SPE MaxU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 TU T What's in this manualU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 TU T You Must NoticeU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 TU T Before You StartU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The three color bars on the right hand CPU Fan, Voltage and Temperature: representing CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees. How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS Apart from EzClock utility, the voltage and frequency values of CPU, PCI and memory can also be adjusted on BIOS page. By pressing "+", "-", "PgUp" or "PgDn" keys, you can adjust the frequency values of CPU Bus, PCI Bus and DRAM. Also, the same keys help you adjust the voltage of CPU and DDR settings. Function Keys Description 75 AX4SPE Max How Your Boot Screen Looks Like After you finish setting BIOS, these setting values will be displayed on the boot screen like the shown picture here. Online Manual Every time you boot your system, both default and current settings will pop up on the screen. Your personal settings that had been adjusted earlier will be highlighted; thus, you can have clear idea how your system functions and monitor your system more easily. Current values of your system NOTE: Due to BIOS versions are updated Default settings of this motherboard The highlighted setting value you manually adjust in an extremely fast speed, it's strongly recommended to download the latest version of EzClock from our website for best compatibility. 76 AX4SPE Max Hyper Threading Technology What is Hyper-Threading? Online Manual Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, an average improvement of ~40% in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. How Hyper-Threading Works A form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT), Hyper-Threading technology allows multiple threads of software applications to be run simultaneously on one processor by duplicating the architectural state on each processor while the same processor execution resources processor is shared. The a figure below represents how a Hyper-Threading based differentiates The traditional configuration multiprocessor. left-hand shows a traditional multiprocessor system with two physical processors. Each processor has its own independent execution resources and architectural state. The right-hand configuration represents an Intel Hyper-Threading technology based processor. processor duplicated, while the execution resources is 77 AX4SPE Max which the software applications can run without modification. Also, each logical interrupts logical logical software processor processor processor thread responds The track can to first one independently. Online Manual For multiprocessor-capable software applications, the Hyper-Threading based processor is considered two separate logical processors on software thread, while the second tracks another simultaneously. Because the two threads share the same execution resources, the second thread can use resources that would be otherwise idle if only one thread was executing. This results in an increased utilization of the execution resources processor. within each physical The figure below represents how Hyper-Threading saves time when it works. With two logical processors available on every single physical processor, multi-threaded applications can now take advantage of thread-level parallelism on each physical processor for additional performance. As software applications continue to be optimized to take greater advantage of processor parallelism, Hyper-Threading technology provides an additional boost for newer capabilities and the growing needs of today's users. 78 AX4SPE Max AOConfig Utility Online Manual AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance. Moreover, AOConfig allows users to save information in *. BMP or *. TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems. 1. The system page shows the detailed information of the motherboard, operating system, processor, and BIOS version. 2. The PCI device page shows the configurations of all PCI devices installed in your motherboard. 79 AX4SPE Max Online Manual 3. This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in . bmp or . txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4. 0/2000, or Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Before running AOConfig, all applications must be closed. 80 AX4SPE Max Online Manual RAID Introduction What's RAID? Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures. [. . . ] http://club. aopen. com. tw/faqU /U HU HU Download Software: After log on and having language selected, you may get the latest updated BIOS/utility and drivers you need under "Type" directory. In most case, newer versions of drivers and BIOS have solved earlier bugs or compatibility problems. HU http://download. aopen. com. tw/downloadsU H 138 AX4SPE Max Online Manual 5 6 7 eForum: AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under "Multi-language". HU http://club. aopen. com. tw/forumU /U HU Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you. [. . . ]