Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Additional features

Additional features of the AOpen AX4B 533 Tube motherboard include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors for connecting mice & keyboards, six USB v2.0 ports, RX/TX connectors for infrared, Dr. Led (option), Watch Dog Timer, DieHard BIOS (option), an SPDIF interface, and start-up from the mouse, keyboard, or at a pre-set time. Hardware monitoring of fan speed, CPU temperature, and of voltages is also included as a standard feature of this PC99-compliant motherboard.

The AOpen AX4B 533 Tube also includes an integrated six-channel, AC'97 2.2-compatible Realtek ALC650 5.1 sound-card, and an integrated network controller.

Below, a photo of the AOpen AX4B 533 Tube.

Installation

Installation of the AOpen AX4B 533 Tube is quite simple, as there is no need to play with jumpers. Simply place the board in a case, plug it in, boot-up, and drop into the BIOS to make any adjustments.

Software bundle

The installation CD includes the Intel 4.00.1013 patches, drivers for the USB 2.0 controller, drivers for the sound-card, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, a digital rendition of the user's manual, a Windows-compatible utility for monitoring the hardware, Norton Antivirus, Norton Crash Guard, 3Deep E-Color, Docucom, DirectX 8.1, and AOpen AOConfig.

Hardware bundle

The AOpen AX4B 533 Tube comes with: one 80-pin ATA100 cable, one 40-pin ATA33 cable, a floppy-drive cable, and a back-plate with the audio ports for the amplifier, the SPDIF connector, and a headphone jack. Also note that the amplifier ports use very high-quality Cardas audio cables.

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AOpen AX4B 533 Tube