Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Additional features

Additional features of the AOpen AX4PE Max motherboard include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors for connecting mice & keyboards, six USB 2.0 ports, Suspend to Disk, Suspend to RAM, 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 AX4PE Max also includes an integrated six-channel, AC'97 2.2-compatible Realtelk ALC650 5.1 card, a Realtek RTL8100BL network controller, a Firewire controller, and a two-channel Serial ATA controller.

Finally, last but not least, the AX4PE Max also includes "Open Jukebox Player", which allows CDs to be played in DOS mode, without even needing to boot into Windows.

Below, a photo of the AOpen AX4PE Max.

Installation

Installation of the AOpen AX4PE Max is quite simple, since there is no real need to play with jumpers. Simply place the board in a case, plug in, boot-up, and drop into the BIOS to make any adjustments.

Software bundle

The installation CD includes the Intel 4.00.1009 patch, drivers for the USB 2.0 controller, drivers for the sound-card, Adobe Acrobat Reader, a digital rendition of the user's manual, a Windows-compatible hardware monitoring program, Norton Antivirus, Docucom Reader 2.0, Pro Magic 6.0, E-Color, DirectX 8.1, and AOpen AOConfig.

Hardware bundle

The AOpen X4PE Max comes with: two 80-wires ATA100 cables, a floppy-drive cable, a Serial ATA cable, a backplate with a pair of USB ports, a backplate with a pair of Firewire ports, and a cover for the back panel.

Next: Specifications.

AOpen AX4PE