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Summary of Contents for MX34-U

Page 1: ...M MX X3 34 4 U U O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Overview Hardware Installation Drivers Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary MX34 U DOC NO MX34U OL E0109A 1 Troubleshooting Technical Support ...

Page 2: ... Before You Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 14 Motherboard Map 15 Block Diagram 16 Hardware Installation 17 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 18 CPU Installation 19 JP23 FSB PCI Clock Ratio 21 CPU Jumper less Design 23 CPU and Housing Fan Connector with H W Monitoring 28 DIMM Sockets 29 Front Panel Connector 33 2 ATX Power Connector 34 ...

Page 3: ...GP Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot 43 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 44 Support 2nd USB Port 45 JP12 Enable Disable Onboard Sound 46 CD Audio Connector 47 Modem Audio Connector 48 AUX IN Connector 49 Front Audio Connector 50 Battery less and Long Life Design 51 Over current Protection 52 Hardware Monitoring 53 Resettable Fuse 54 Low ESR Capacitor 55 3 Layout Frequency Isolation Wall 57 ...

Page 4: ...oard Sound Driver 62 Installing Windows 95 63 Installing Windows 98 63 Installing Windows NT 64 Installing Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows2000 64 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive 65 ACPI Suspend to RAM STR 69 AWARD BIOS 71 About BIOS Function Description 72 How To Use Award BIOS Setup Program 73 How To Enter BIOS Setup 75 BIOS Upgrade 76 Overclocking 78 VGA Card Hard Disk 79 4 Glossary 80 ...

Page 5: ...wer Management 81 ATA AT Attachment 81 ATA 66 81 ATA 100 82 BIOS Basic Input Output System 82 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 82 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 82 CODEC Coding and Decoding 83 DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM 83 DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module 83 DMA Direct Memory Access 83 ECC Error Checking and Correction 84 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 84 5 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ...

Page 6: ...p Pin Grid Array 85 Flash ROM 85 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 86 I2 C Bus 86 IEEE 1394 86 Parity Bit 87 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM 87 PC 100 DIMM 87 PC 133 DIMM 87 PC 1600 or PC 2100 DDR DRAM 87 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 88 PDF Format 88 PnP Plug and Play 88 POST Power On Self Test 88 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 89 6 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 89 ...

Page 7: ...adow E2 PROM 89 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 90 SMBus System Management Bus 90 SPD Serial Presence Detect 90 Ultra DMA 91 USB Universal Serial Bus 91 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 92 ZIP file 92 Troubleshooting 93 Technical Support 97 Product Registration 100 How to Contact Us 101 7 ...

Page 8: ... are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their respective owners All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual including th...

Page 9: ...n changes This Online Manual is saved in PDF format we recommend you to use Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 0 for online viewing it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing it is still capable for hardcopy printing you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer To do so choose Fi...

Page 10: ...ront Side Bus FSB clock In the AGP performance it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 1X 2X 4X mode and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB sec According to different customer s requirements 8 16 32 64 128 256 and 512MB SDRAM DIMM modules can be applied to the motherboard and the maximum memory size can be up to 1 5 GB The on board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100...

Page 11: ...asily at 66 100 133MHz This chipset also supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 with VIA VT82C694T and VT82C686B EIDE USB and keyboard PS2 Mouse interface plus RTC CMOS on chip Expansion Slots Including three 32 bit 33MHz PCI and one AGP 4X slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB s The Accelerated Graphics Port AGP specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed Th...

Page 12: ...IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5 and supports Enhanced IDE devices On board AC97 Sound MX34 U M B has an AC97 CODEC sound chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system Four USB Connectors Providing...

Page 13: ...roblems thus making the system much more user friendlier Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status temperature and voltage monitoring and alert through the on board hardware monitor module Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 98 ME 2000 series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 WOM Wake On Modem features S...

Page 14: ...nstall your system Follow each step accordingly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory DIMM Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot Installing Operating System such as Windows 98 Installing Driver and Utility 14 ...

Page 15: ...oltage Frequency Auto detection supports Intel Pentium III Both Coppermine Tualatin are supported and Celeron 533MHz 1 2GHz CPU WOM Wake On Modem WOL Wake On LAN 32bit PCI Expansion Slot x 3 Support 2 nd USB Port VIA Apollo Pro 133T Chipset with Aluminum Heatsink IrDA Connector PC133 DIMM Slot x3 ATX Power Connector FAN2 with H W Monitoring Front Panel Connector JP23 FSB Select Jumper 2Mbit Flash ...

Page 16: ...em Bus DIMM Socket x3 AGP 4X Slot South Bridge VIA VT82C686B Serial Port x2 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB Connector x4 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66100 PC 100 133 SDRAM Up to 1 5GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 2Mbit Flash ROM Audio CODEC AC 97 Link PCI Bus Firmware Hub Floppy Disk Drive x2 B Bl lo oc ck k D Di ia ag gr ra am m ...

Page 17: ...ssor disk drives expansion boards and other components Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component 1 Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component If a wrist strap is not available maintain contact with the system un...

Page 18: ...dure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2 3 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 and pin 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 Tip When should I Clear CMOS 1 Boot fail because of overclocking 2 Forget password 3 Troubleshooting 1 1 Normal default Clear CMOS 18 ...

Page 19: ...ntation when you plug it into CPU socket 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle CPU cut edge CPU socket Lever CPU pin 1 and cut edge Note These pictures are for example only it may not be exactly the same as the motherboard you ...

Page 20: ...tch the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well you may damage the CPU Note This socket supports FC PGA FC PGA2 package CPU which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel We strongly recommend you not to insert former PPGA package CPU onto it Note These pictures are for example only it may not be exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased 20 ...

Page 21: ...specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock Generally speaking if you are not overclockers we recommend you to set at the default setting Pin 1 1 1 1 1 FSB 100MHz Auto Detect Default FSB 66MHz FSB 133MHz Warning VIA Apollo Pro 133T chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause serious system damage 21 ...

Page 22: ...I x2 or x3 2X overclocking 75MHz 37 5MHz 75MHz PCI x2 or x3 3X 100MHz 33MHz 66MHz PCI x2 or x3 or x4 3X overclocking 112MHz 37 3MHz 74 6MHz PCI x2 or x3 or x4 4X 133MHz 33MHz 66MHz PCI x3 or x4 4X overclocking 155MHz 38 75MHz 77 5MHz PCI x3 or x4 Warning VIA 694T chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause serious system damage 22 ...

Page 23: ...the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup therefore no jumpers or switches are used The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper less designs are eliminated There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection Intel Socket 370 Pentium III Celeron CPU CPU voltage Clock Generator BIOS Controlled Circuit CPU Freq Ratio CPU VID signal Power Regulator Automatically generates CPU voltag...

Page 24: ...h FAIRCHILD to develop a special chip FAN5056B that supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1 05V to 1 825 by 0 025V stepping But this motherboard can also automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Voltage Setting Warning Higher CPU core voltage may be able to increase CPU speed for overclocking but you may damage the CPU o...

Page 25: ...tches are needed BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Speed Setting CPU Ratio 3x 3 5x 4x 4 5x 5x 5 5x 6x 6 5x 7x 7 5x 8x 8 5x 9x 9 5x 10x 10 5x 11x 11 5x 12x 12 5x 13x 13 5x 14x 14 5x 15x 15 5x and 16x CPU FSB By BIOS Table 66 8 75 83 3 100 103 105 110 112 115 120 124 133 3 140 and 150 MHz Warning VIA Apollo 133T chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may ...

Page 26: ... Ratio AGP Clock PCI Clock x 2 26 CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock Ratio Celeron 533 533MHz 66MHz 8x Celeron 566 566MHz 66MHz 8 5x Celeron 600 600MHz 66MHz 9x Celeron 667 667MHz 66MHz 10x Celeron 700 700MHz 66MHz 10 5 Celeron 766 766MHz 66MHz 11 5x Celeron 800 800MHz 100MHz 8x Celeron 850 850MHz 100MHz 8 5x Celeron 900 900MHz 100MHz 9x Celeron 1 2G 1 2GHz 100MHz 12x Pentium III 500E 500MHz 100MHz ...

Page 27: ...z 4 5x Pentium III 667EB 667MHz 133MHz 5x Pentium III 733EB 733MHz 133MHz 5 5 Pentium III 800EB 800MHz 133MHz 6x Pentium III 866EB 866MHz 133MHz 6 5 Pentium III 933EB 933MHz 133MHz 7x Pentium III 1G 1GHz 133MHz 7 5x Pentium III 1 13G 1 13GHz 133MHz 8 5x Pentium III 1 2G 1 2GHz 133MHz 9x Warning VIA Apollo Pro 133T chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cau...

Page 28: ... ct to or r w wi it th h H H W W M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPU FAN connector If you have housing fan you can also plug it on System FAN connector GND 12V SENSOR CPU FAN Connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that they cannot support fan monitoring GND 12V SENSOR 28 ...

Page 29: ...U U O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l D DI IM MM M S So oc ck ke et ts s This motherboard has four 168 pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 PC133 and VCM SDRAM memory up to 1 5GB DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 29 ...

Page 30: ...side it has 64 bit data and 2 or 4 clock signals We strongly recommend you to choose 4 clock SDRAM for its reliability SDRAM DIMM Module ECC Register DIMM Module 30 Note Based on VIA Apollo Pro 133T chipset specification we recommend you to use double side SDRAM modules with DIMM socket 1 2 ...

Page 31: ...ure the DIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 88 pins 60 pins 20 pins 2 Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place Note The tabs of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot s bottom Tab 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modul...

Page 32: ...M MX X3 34 4 U U O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Note These pictures are for example only it may not be exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased 32 ...

Page 33: ... the power LED speaker Power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing It is 2 pin female connector from the housing front panel Plug this connector to the soft power switch connector marked SPWR 1 NC NC 5V IDE LED I...

Page 34: ...o ow we er r A Au ut to o R Re ec co ov ve er ry y COM 5V COM 3 3V 3 3V 3 3V 12V CO 5V COM PW OK 5VSB 12V 5V 5V 34 A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS that needs to keep power on all the time This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to ...

Page 35: ...34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin 80 wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage IDE 2 Secondary IDE 1 Primary Secondary Master 3rd Secondary Slave 4th Pin 1 Primary Master 1st Primary Slave 2nd FDD Connector Pin 1 ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector 35 ...

Page 36: ...ns 20 600ns 1 600ns x 2byte 3 3MB s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns 1 383ns x 2byte 5 2MB s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns 1 240ns x 2byte 8 3MB s PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns 1 180ns x 2byte 11 1MB s PIO mode 4 30ns 4 120ns 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s DMA mode 0 30ns 16 480ns 1 480ns x 2byte 4 16MB s DMA mode 1 30ns 5 150ns 1 150ns x 2byte 13 3MB s DMA mode 2 30ns 4 120ns 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s UDMA 33 30ns 4 120ns ...

Page 37: ... Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA devices and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters and ASK IR 56Kbps Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup UART Mode make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector Pin 1 IrDA Connector 1 NC 5V IR_TX KEY GND I...

Page 38: ... implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off it is recommended to use an internal modem To use internal modem connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard Pin 1 1 5VSB NC RI GND WOM Connector 38 ...

Page 39: ...y E Ex xt te er rn na al l B BO OX X M Mo od de em m Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active Pin 1 Serial Port Motherboard Side Serial Port Modem Side 39 ...

Page 40: ...wering machine or to send receive a fax You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off Both an external box modem and an internal modem card can be used to support Modem Wake Up but if you use an external modem you have to leave your box modem on WOM Connector Modem Card Side Note This diagram for example only it may ...

Page 41: ...eature and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector The system identification information probably IP address is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet you need to install network management software such as ADM for the checking of how to wake up the system Note that at least 600mA ATX standby current is required to support the LAN card for t...

Page 42: ...X X3 34 4 U U O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side WOL Connector Motherboard Side Note This diagram for example only it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard 42 ...

Page 43: ... MX34 U provides an AGP 4x slot The AGP 4x is a bus interface targeted for high performance 3D graphic AGP supports only memory read write operation and single master single slave one to one only AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 2X AGP the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 528MB s AGP is now moving to AGP 4x mode 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 1056MB s 43 ...

Page 44: ...t PS 2 Keyboard USB Port COM 2 Port COM 1 Port MIC In Line In Speaker Out PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which is using a PS 2 plug PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which is using a PS 2 plug USB Port Available for connecting USB devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer COM1 COM2 Port To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices Speaker Out To External Speaker Earph...

Page 45: ...rovides 4 USB connectors to connect USB devices such as mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel You can use proper cable to connect other USB connectors to the back panel or front panel of chassis Pin 1 1 5V SBD2 SBD2 GND KEY 5V SBD3 SBD3 GND NC U US SB B2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r 45 ...

Page 46: ...und onboard JP12 is used to enable or disable onboard VT1611A CODEC chip If you don t want to enable the Onboard Audio you should set this jumper to 2 3 and disable the OnChip Sound from BIOS setting Advanced Chipset Features before you install your preferred PCI Sound Card Pin 1 JP12 Onboard Audio jumper 1 1 D Di is sa ab bl le e E En na ab bl le e D De ef fa au ul lt t 46 ...

Page 47: ... U U O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l C CD D A Au ud di io o C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound R L GND GND CD IN Connector 47 ...

Page 48: ...d to connect Mono In MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit The pin 1 2 is Mono In and the pin 3 4 is MIC Out Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet only some internal modem cards implement this connector MONO IN GND GND MIC OUT M MO OD DE EM M C CN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r 48 ...

Page 49: ... nu ua al l A AU UX X I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound GND GND R A AU UX X I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r L A AU UX X I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r 49 ...

Page 50: ... nt t A Au ud di io o C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel you ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector Pin 1 GND 5V NC KEY NC 9 10 1 2 FP_MIC MICVREF PHONE_R NC PHONE_L 50 ...

Page 51: ...eed of a 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 Backup by EEPROM Auto Switch RTC Real Time Clock 00 00 00 Flash ROM CMOS Auto switching to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is p...

Page 52: ...r current protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply provide the full line over current protection 12V Protected by power supply 5V Protected by power supply Over Current Protection Circuit Onboard Power Regulator 3 3V Protected by power supply ATX Switching Power Supply CPU Core Voltage 52 Note Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake...

Page 53: ...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 chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard if existed to warn the user CPU Voltage CPU CPU Temperature System Voltage Power Fan Fan Speed AOpen H W Monitoring Utility Detection Circuit 53 ...

Page 54: ...ort to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken function as protecting the motherboard user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunctioning With expensive Resettable Fuse the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function after the fuse had done its protection job Resettable Fuse 54 ...

Page 55: ...for the stability of CPU power The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know how that requires experience and detail calculation Not only that this motherboard implements 1500μF capacitors which is much larger than normal condenser 1000μf and it provides better stability for CPU power 55 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed...

Page 56: ...design should control voltage between 1 860V and 2 140V That is the transient must be below 280mV Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 18A current is applied Note This diagram for example only it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard 56 ...

Page 57: ...king in stable condition The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen s unique design called Frequency Isolation Wall Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range to avoid cross talk and frequency interference between each region s operations and condition The trace length and route must be calculated carefully For ...

Page 58: ... an nu ua al l P Pu ur re e A Al lu um mi in nu um m H He ea at ts si in nk k Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability Aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to overclocking 58 ...

Page 59: ...CD disc You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 98 before you can install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system s installation guide Note Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98 59 ...

Page 60: ...n nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A Au ut to o r ru un n M Me en nu u f fr ro om m B Bo on nu us s C CD D D Di is sc c You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD disc Choose the utility and driver and select model name 60 ...

Page 61: ...se VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver VIA AGP IRQ Routing Driver For Windows 98 use VIA Registry INF Driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc Autorun menu Note Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure Warning If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver please remove the AGP card driver first Otherwise the screen may go black at rebooting after the un installation 61...

Page 62: ...n ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g O On nb bo oa ar rd d S So ou un nd d D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard comes with an AC97 CODEC You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu 62 ...

Page 63: ...Install other add on cards and their drivers 1 First don t install any add on card except AGP card 2 Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals OnChip USB to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment 3 Install Window 98 into your system 4 Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver IRQ routing driver and VIA chipset function registry program 5 Finall...

Page 64: ...n ns st ta al ll li in ng g W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 98 8 S SE E W Wi in nd do ow ws s M ME E W Wi in nd do ow ws s2 20 00 00 0 If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000 you do not need to install the 4 in 1 driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system Users with Windows 98 SE may update the VIA...

Page 65: ...o hard disk and then the system can be totally power off Next time when power is on you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again If your memory is 64MB normally you need to reserve at least 64MB HDD space to save your memory image System Image Status Hard Disk When go into Suspend Save int...

Page 66: ...n Select Hibernate and Apply 3 Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD utility a If you assign the whole disk to your Win 98 system FAT 16 or FAT 32 please run aozvhdd c file Please remember sufficient free space has to be reserved in the disk e g if you have 64 MB DRAM and 16 MB VGA card installed the system needs at least 80 MB free space The utility will locate the space automatically b If you assi...

Page 67: ...CT b Select ADD Binary and name it as ACPIOPTION c Right click and select Modify add 01 after 0000 to make it 0000 01 d Save changes 2 Select Add New Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find ACPI BIOS and remove Plug and Play BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD EXE C File Changing from ACPI to APM 1 Run Regedit exe 67 a Go through the...

Page 68: ...ledged but the ACPI function is disabled c Save changes 2 Select Add New Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find Plug and Play BIOS and remove ACPI BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Run Add New Hardware again and it will find Advanced Power Management Resource 5 Click OK 68 Tip Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI suspend to disk Please...

Page 69: ...the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power When go into Suspend System Image Status in the DRAM Other System Devices Power loss Power back to work Other System Devices Backup by 3 3V Power When powe...

Page 70: ...y Windows 98 is the only choice 2 The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S3 2 Go to Control Panel Power Management Set Power Buttons to Standby 3 Press power button or standby button to wake up the system 70 ...

Page 71: ...rt for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of MX34 U motherboard had optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default setting of BIOS still can t fine tune the chipset controlling entire system Hence the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup To enter to BIOS setup menu pres...

Page 72: ... users a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program the function description will appeared at right side of screen Hence you don t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting 72 Item Function Description Window Menu Items Select Window ...

Page 73: ... program By the way all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup you can press F3 key selecting preferred menu language to display 73 Key Description Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Page Down or Changing setting to previous value or decrease value Enter Select the item Esc 1 In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 In sub menu Exit c...

Page 74: ...g and exit setup program Note AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program the function description will appeared at right side of screen Hence you don t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting 74 ...

Page 75: ...he setting of jumpers and connect correct cables Power on and enter the BIOS Setup press Del during POST Power On Self Test Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Del 75 Warning Please avoid of using Load Turbo Defaults unless you are sure your system components CPU DRAM HDD etc are good enough for turbo setting ...

Page 76: ...IOS revision for the right motherboard model AOpen Easy Flash is a little different than traditional flash method The BIOS binary file and flash routine are linked together and you simply run a single commend to complete the flash process Caution AOpen Easy Flash BIOS programs are designed to be compatible with the Award BIOS At the date of this note AOpen Easy Flash BIOS programs are not availabl...

Page 77: ...mple MX34U2U102 BIN MX34U102 EXE 4 Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler such as EMM386 or device driver It needs around 520K free memory spaces 5 Execute A MX34U102 and the program will do the rest of it DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS until you are asked to 6 Reboot system and press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Defaults then Save Exit Setup ...

Page 78: ... qualified components were presented we feel quite comfortable overclocking to 150MHz Not only that this motherboard has full range CPU core voltage settings and an option to adjust CPU core voltage The CPU clock ratio can be up to 8x that supports almost all of Pentium III Celeron CPUs in the future and provides flexibility for overclockers For your reference the following configurations are what...

Page 79: ... reference the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again Please check the Available Vendor List AVL by link to our official website VGA http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb vga oc htm HDD http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb hdd oc htm 79 ...

Page 80: ...perating system and bypass BIOS The chipset or super I O chip needs to provide standard register interface to operating system such as Windows 98 This is a bit similar as the PnP register interface ACPI defines ATX momentary soft power switch to control the power state transition A AG GP P A Ac cc ce el le er ra at te ed d G Gr ra ap ph hi ic c P Po or rt t AGP is a bus interface targeted for high...

Page 81: ... Po ow we er r M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t Unlike ACPI BIOS controls most APM power management functions AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management A AT TA A A AT T A At tt ta ac ch hm me en nt t ATA is the specification of diskette interface In 80 s many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together The AT is meaning International Busi...

Page 82: ...r I ID DE E D DM MA A m mo od de e The traditional PIO Programmable I O IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting for the mechanical events To reduce the workload of the CPU the bus master IDE device transfers data from to memory without interrupting CPU and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device...

Page 83: ...ion applications DDR low cost and low voltage will ultimately make it an ideal solution for all segments of the PC market high performance desktop and mobile PCs Value PCs and even Internet Appliances and mobile devices D DI IM MM M D Du ua al l I In n L Li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le e DIMM socket has total 168 pin and supports 64 bit data It can be single or double side the golde...

Page 84: ...hat tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle that is similar to pipeline effect and reduces one clock state E EE EP PR RO OM M E El le ec ct tr ro on ni ic c E Er ra as sa ab bl le e P Pr ro og gr ra am mm ma ab bl le e R RO OM M Also known as E2 PROM Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re programmed by ...

Page 85: ...a shielding of housing F FC C P PG GA A F Fl li ip p C Ch hi ip p P Pi in n G Gr ri id d A Ar rr ra ay y FC means Flip Chip FC PGA is a new package of Intel for Pentium III CPU It can plug into SKT370 socket but require motherboard to add some signals on socket 370 That is the motherboard needs to be redesigned Intel is going to ship FC PGA 370 CPU and phase out slot1 CPU F Fl la as sh h R RO OM M...

Page 86: ...ntrol of the serial bus in the form of optimizing arbitration timing guarantee of adequate electrical power for all devices on the bus assignment of isochronous channel ID and notification of errors There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Asynchronous transport is the traditional computer memory mapped load and store interface Data requests are sent to a specific...

Page 87: ...tomatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence Normally it is 3 1 1 1 total 6 clocks which is faster than asynchronous SRAM PBSRAM is often used on L2 level 2 cache of Socket 7 CPU Slot 1 and Socket 370 CPU do not need PBSRAM P PC C 1 10 00 0 D DI IM MM M SDRAM DIMM that supports 100MHz CPU FSB bus clock P PC C 1 13 33 3 D DI IM MM M SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MH...

Page 88: ... IE and Netscape note that you need to install PDF plug in first Included in Acrobat Reader P Pn nP P P Pl lu ug g a an nd d P Pl la ay y The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system such as Windows 95 These registers are used by BIOS and operating system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts PnP BIOS or operating system will auto...

Page 89: ...e e 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices S SD DR RA AM M S Sy yn nc ch hr ro on no ou us s D DR RA AM M SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer S...

Page 90: ... na ag ge em me en nt t B Bu us s SMBus is also called I2C bus It is a two wire bus developed for component communication especially for semiconductor IC For example set clock of clock generator for jumper less motherboard The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit s it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send receive message S SP PD D S Se er ri ia al l P P...

Page 91: ...chnology Ultra DMA support in your computer means that it will boot start and open new applications more quickly It will help users of graphic intensive and applications that require large amounts of access to data on the hard disk drive Ultra DMA uses Cyclical Redundancy Checking CRC offering a new level of data protection Ultra DMA uses the same 40 pin IDE interface cable as PIO and DMA 16 6MB s...

Page 92: ...equirements VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I O pins Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption Z ZI IP P f fi il le e A compressed file format to reduce file size To unzip file run shareware PKUNZIP http www pkware com for DOS and other ...

Page 93: ... encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable then remove all of the add on cards and cables including VGA IDE FDD COM1 COM2 and printer Make sure if all jumper settings are correct Next Clear CMOS Start 93 ...

Page 94: ...the VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly Yes No Next 94 ...

Page 95: ... Yes It is very possible that your keyboard is defective No Check if the system reboots Yes No Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Check if there is display Press Ctrl and Alt key at the same time hold them and then press Del to reboot the system Next 95 ...

Page 96: ...ould be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself Check if the system can reboot successfully No Yes Turn off the system and re connect IDE cable Re install the operating system such as Windows 98 During system rebooting press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Default 96 End ...

Page 97: ...more customers Thanks very much for your understanding AOpen Technical Supporting Team Online Manual Please check the manual carefully and make sure the jumper settings and installation procedure are correct http www aopen com tw tech download manual default htm 1 1 Test Report We recommend choosing board card device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC http www aopen com tw ...

Page 98: ...ir attitude of service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them 6 6 Contact Us Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before contacting us The part number serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful 7 7 P Pa ar rt t N Nu um mb be er r a an nd d S Se er ri ia al l N Nu um mb be er r The Part Number and Serial number are p...

Page 99: ...OS S v ve er rs si io on n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen POST screen For example MX34 U R1 20 Nov 01 2000 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc MX34 U is model name of motherboard R1 20 is BIOS version 99 ...

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