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DOC. NO.: MX36-OL-E0010A
Page 1: ...X X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Overview Hardware Installation Drivers Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Troubleshooting Technical Support MX36 MX36L DOC NO MX36 OL E...
Page 2: ...l MX36 MX36L 1 What s in this manual 2 You Must Notice 10 Before You Start 11 Overview 13 Feature Highlight 14 Quick Installation Procedure 18 Motherboard Map 19 Block Diagram 20 Hardware Installatio...
Page 3: ...nel Connector 34 ATX Power Connector 36 AC Power Auto Recovery 37 IDE and Floppy Connector 38 IrDA Connector 41 WOL Wake on LAN 42 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port MX36 Only 44 AMR Audio Modem Riser 45 PC...
Page 4: ...are Monitoring 56 Resettable Fuse 57 Year 2000 Y2K 58 Low ESR Capacitor 60 Layout Frequency Isolation Wall 62 Driver and Utility 64 Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc 65 Installing Windows 95 66 Installi...
Page 5: ...r BIOS Setup 83 Standard CMOS Features 84 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 90 Advanced Chipset Features Setup 100 Integrated Peripherals 111 Power Management Setup 124 PNP PCI Configurations Setup 136 PC...
Page 6: ...156 VGA Card Hard Disk 158 Glossary 160 AC97 160 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 160 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 161 AMR Audio Modem Riser 161 AOpen Bonus Pack CD 161 APM Advanced Power...
Page 7: ...d Correction 164 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 164 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 165 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 165 EV6 Bus 165 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 166 FC PGA Flip C...
Page 8: ...nP Plug and Play 170 POST Power On Self Test 170 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 171 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 171 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 171 Shadow E2 PROM 172 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 172 SMBus Sy...
Page 9: ...9 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Troubleshooting 175 Technical Support 179 Product Registration 183...
Page 10: ...manual 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 chan...
Page 11: ...m configuration changes This Online Manual is saved in PDF format we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 0 for online viewing it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe...
Page 12: ...12 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Overview This page left blank intentionally for notes...
Page 13: ...s FSB In the AGP performance it has one AGP slot MX36 only and supports AGP 1X 2X 4X mode and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1066MB sec According to different customer s require...
Page 14: ...entation of computer system with 66 100 133MHz CPU FSB frequencies and based on 64 bit Socket 370 CPU The VIA Apollo PM133 PL133 integrates VIA s VT82C694X system controller and S3 s Savage4 2D 3D gra...
Page 15: ...DRAM controller can run at either the host CPU bus frequency 66 100 133MHz or pseudo synchronous to the CPU bus frequency with built in PLL timing control Onboard S3 Savage4 Graphic Accelerator The M...
Page 16: ...nd chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system Power Management Plug and Play The MX36 MX36L supports the power management function that confirms to the power savi...
Page 17: ...series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 WOM Wake On Modem WOL Wake On LAN features Super Multi I O The MX36 MX36L provides two high speed UART compatibl...
Page 18: ...e on how to install your system Follow each step accordingly 1 Installing CPU and Fan 2 Installing System Memory DIMM 3 Connecting Front Panel Cable 4 Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5 Connecting ATX...
Page 19: ...33 PL133 MX36 MX36L Chipset with S3 Savage4 VGA Controller CPU Fan 2 Connector PC 100 133 DIMM Socket x2 CPU FSB Frequency Select Jumper ATA 33 66 IDE Connector x2 FDD Connector Onboard AC 97 Sound WO...
Page 20: ...um III Celeron CPU 66 100 133MHz FSB DIMM Socket x2 AGP 4X Slot MX36 Only South Bridge VIA VT82C686A Serial Ports USB Port USB Port USB Port x4 32 bit PCI Slot x2 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66...
Page 21: ...21 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Overview This page left blank intentionally for notes...
Page 22: ...ge your processor 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 packa...
Page 23: ...word 3 Troubleshooting Normal Operation default Clear CMOS 1 You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting To clear the CMOS follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC p...
Page 24: ...you plug it into CPU socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket level and up to 90 degree angle 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 e...
Page 25: ...Ad dj ju us st t F FS SB B P PC CI I C Cl lo oc ck k This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock Generally speaking if you are not an overclocker we recommend you to set at th...
Page 26: ...Clock x 2 Clock Ratio CPU Host PCI AGP Memory 2X 66 33 66 PCI x2 or x3 2X Overclocking 75 37 5 75 PCI x2 or x3 3X 100 33 66 PCI x2 or x3 or x4 3X Overclocking 112 37 3 75 PCI x2 or x3 or x4 4X 133 33...
Page 27: ...Core Frequency FSB Clock Ratio Celeron 300A 300MHz 66MHz 4 5x Celeron 366 366MHz 66MHz 5 5x Celeron 366 366MHz 66MHz 5 5x Celeron 400 400MHz 66MHz 6x Celeron 433 433MHz 66MHz 6 5 Celeron 466 466MHz 66...
Page 28: ...00E 700MHz 100MHz 7x Pentium III 750E 750MHz 100MHz 7 5 Pentium III 800E 800MHz 100MHz 8x Pentium III 850E 850MHz 100MHz 8 5x Pentium III 533EB 533MHz 133MHz 4x Pentium III 600EB 600MHz 133MHz 4 5x Pe...
Page 29: ...tection and allows 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 wi...
Page 30: ...l l Hardware Installation S Se et tt ti in ng g C CP PU U C Co or re e V Vo ol lt ta ag ge e This motherboard supports CPU VID function The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the rang...
Page 31: ...ng g F Fa an n C Co on nn ne ec 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 FAN1 or FAN2 connector If you have housing fan you can also plug i...
Page 32: ...so VCM and PC 100 Registered DRAM Tip The driving capability of new generation chipset is limited due to the lack of a memory buffer to improve performance This makes DRAM chip count an important fact...
Page 33: ...ts reliability Tip To identify 2 clock and 4 clock DIMM you may check if there are traces connected to the golden finger pins 79 and 163 of the SDRAM If there are traces the SDRAM is probably 4 clock...
Page 34: ...ors 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 housin...
Page 35: ...I Suspend Type in BIOS Setup the ACPI Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode Suspend Type ACPI LED Power on Suspend S1 Flashing for every second Suspend to RAM S3 or Suspend...
Page 36: ...a al l Hardware Installation A AT TX X P Po ow we er r C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r The ATX power supply uses 20 pin connector shown below Make sure you plug in the right direction COM COM COM COM COM...
Page 37: ...to o R Re ec co ov ve er ry y 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 withou...
Page 38: ...rd Pin 1 I ID DE E a an nd d F Fl lo op pp py y C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r Connect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector The blue connector is IDE1 for cl...
Page 39: ...y to Master and Slave mode Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual...
Page 40: ...s 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...
Page 41: ...software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct 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 A...
Page 42: ...rk card with chipset that supports this feature and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector The system identification information probably IP address is stored on network card and b...
Page 43: ...43 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Ethernet Card WOL Connector M B Ethernet...
Page 44: ...t t M MX X3 36 6 o on nl ly y The MX36 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 si...
Page 45: ...ecause CPU computing power is getting stronger the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power The analogical conversion CODEC circuit requires a different and separa...
Page 46: ...four USB AC97 sound and game port The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing Speaker Out To External Speaker Earphone or Amplifier Line In Comes from the signal source...
Page 47: ...n C CO OM M2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This motherboard provides two serial ports One of them are on back panel connector the other is on the up middle area of this motherboard With proper cable y...
Page 48: ...up pp po or rt t 2 2n nd d U US SB B P Po or rt t This motherboard supports four USB ports Two of them are on back panel connector the other two are on the left bottom area of this motherboard With p...
Page 49: ...6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation CD IN C CD D A Au ud di io o C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This black connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD driv...
Page 50: ...to or r This connector is used 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 standa...
Page 51: ...n nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation V Vi id de eo o A Au ud di io o I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This white connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to o...
Page 52: ...lation F Fr ro on nt t P Pa an ne el l A Au ud di io o U Up pg gr ra ad de e O Op pt ti io on na al l If the housing has been design with an audio port on the front panel you ll be able to connect onb...
Page 53: ...tions without the need 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 configuration...
Page 54: ...ferent voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage for example 2 0V and makes 5V over current protection useless This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over cur...
Page 55: ...nted 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 failur...
Page 56: ...re 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 system s status go wrong there w...
Page 57: ...therboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken did the job to protect motherboard user still cannot replace it...
Page 58: ...an RTC circuit Real Time Clock in conjunction with 128 bytes of CMOS RAM data in the chipset of the motherboard The RTC has only two digits and the CMOS has another 2 digits Unfortunately this circuit...
Page 59: ...at degrades system performance The Tick Routine of the AOpen BIOS has 4 digits for year coding as long as applications and the operating system follow the rule to get date time information There will...
Page 60: ...w w E ES SR R C Ca ap pa ac ci it to or r The quality of low ESR capacitor Low Equivalent Series Resistance during high frequency operation is very important for stability of CPU power The location of...
Page 61: ...w Pentium III or when overclocking A typical CPU core voltage is 2 0V so a good design should control voltage between 1 860V and 2 140V That is the transient must be below 280mV Below is a timing diag...
Page 62: ...en 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...
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Page 64: ...ded in AOpen Bonus 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 Win...
Page 65: ...n nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Drivers Utilities A Au ut to or 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 autorun menu of Bonus CD disc Choose the utilit...
Page 66: ...rst don t install any add on card except AGP card 2 Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2 1 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support Otherwise you need to install USBSUPP EXE 3 Install the VIA 4 in 1 driv...
Page 67: ...ard except AGP card 2 Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features OnChip USB to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment 3 Install Window 98 into your system 4 Install t...
Page 68: ...ws 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...
Page 69: ...For Windows NT use 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 Warning If you want to uninstall the...
Page 70: ...ivers Utilities 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 a AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset...
Page 71: ...in ng g H Ha ar rd dw wa ar re e M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g U Ut ti il li it ty y You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature fans and system voltage The hardware monito...
Page 72: ...eration system It saves your current work system status memory and screen image into hard disk and then the system can be totally power off Next time when power is on you can resume your original work...
Page 73: ...6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Drivers Utilities Hard Disk Hard Disk System Image Status Save into Restore within seconds When power on next time System Image Status When go...
Page 74: ...ct Enable Hibernate Support then Apply c Click on the Advanced tab you ll see Hibernate on Power Buttons Note that this option will only be seen after step b mentioned above has been completed otherwi...
Page 75: ...n Of course the system needs to provide unformatted an empty partition 4 Reboot system 5 You ve already implemented ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive Click Start Shut Down Standby then the screen will go off...
Page 76: ...MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT 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...
Page 77: ...CPI to APM 1 Run Regedit exe a Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b Right click and select Modify change 01 to 02 to make it...
Page 78: ...low 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 T...
Page 79: ...ut going through 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 s...
Page 80: ...y choice Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup Windows 98 ACPI mode 2 The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS...
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Page 82: ...system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset To enter to BIOS setup menu press Del when POST Power On Self Test screen is...
Page 83: ...finish the 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 W...
Page 84: ...OS Setup S St ta an nd da ar rd d C CM MO OS S F Fe ea at tu ur re es s The Standard CMOS Features sets the basic system parameters such as the date time and the hard disk type Use the arrow keys to h...
Page 85: ...e date highlight the Date parameter Press PgUp or PgDn to set the current date The date format is month date and year Standard CMOS Features Time hh mm ss To set the time highlight the Time parameter...
Page 86: ...3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup IDE HDD Auto Detection IDE HDD Auto Detection This item lets the system to the HDD s size head on this...
Page 87: ...disk and configure it automatically None means there is no device in the channel Standard CMOS Setup IDE Primary Master Slave IDE Secondary Master Slave Access Mode Mode Auto Default CHS LBA Large The...
Page 88: ...fault 2 88MB 3 5 These items select the floppy drive type The available settings and types supported by the motherboard are listed to the left Standard CMOS Setup Video Video EGA VGA Default CGA40 CGA...
Page 89: ...e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup Halt On Halt On No Errors All Errors All But Keyboard Default All But Diskette All But Disk Key This parameter enables you to control the syst...
Page 90: ...6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup A Ad dv va an nc ce ed d B BI IO OS S F Fe ea at tu ur re es s S Se et tu up p This screen appears when you select the option Advanced BIOS...
Page 91: ...91 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup This is the lower half of Advanced BIOS Features submenu...
Page 92: ...ing message This feature protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk from virus intrusion Any attempt during boot up to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive stops the sys...
Page 93: ...that you leave it enabled unless you are troubleshooting a problem Advanced BIOS Features External Cache External Cache Enabled Default Disabled Enabling this parameter activates the CPU L2 cache Dis...
Page 94: ...ssor Number Feature Processor Number Feature Enabled Default Disabled This item is used to enable or disable Pentium III CPU Number Feature Advanced BIOS Features Quick Power On Self Test Quick Power...
Page 95: ...lt SCSI CDROM First Boot Device Default D E F ZIP LAN Disable This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence The hard disk ID are listed below C Primary master D Primary slave...
Page 96: ...econd drive as drive A or vice versa Advanced BIOS Features Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Disabled Default This item can enable tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40...
Page 97: ...eyboard controller will control the Gate A20 Advanced BIOS Feature Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Setting Enabled Disabled Default This item lets keystrokes repeat at a rate determine by the ke...
Page 98: ...option limits access to both the System boot and BIOS setup A prompt asking you to enter your password appears on the screen every time you boot the system The Setup option limits access only to BIOS...
Page 99: ...o BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocate it to RAM enhance system performance as have more fast data access than ROM Advanced BIOS Features C8000 CBFFF Shadow to DC000 DFFFF Shadow C8000 CBFFF Shadow...
Page 100: ...t Features includes settings for the chipset dependent features These features are related to system performance Warning Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try...
Page 101: ...101 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup This page is the lower half of Advanced Chipset Features submenu...
Page 102: ...d you leave on the default setting value Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM Cycle Length SDRAM Cycle Length 2 3 Default This option controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the d...
Page 103: ...e chipset accesses code data of these areas from the ISA bus directly Normally these areas are reserved for memory mapped I O card Advanced Chipset Features P2C C2P Concurrency P2C C2P Concurrency Ena...
Page 104: ...dvanced Chipset Features Video RAM Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Enabled Disabled Default If you set this item to enable it allows caching of the video BIOS resulting in better system performance Howe...
Page 105: ...option specifies the amount of system memory that can be used by the Accelerated Graphic Port AGP Advanced Chipset Features AGP 4X Mode AGP 4X Mode Enabled Default Disabled If your AGP card supports 4...
Page 106: ...the USB controller Advanced Chipset Features USB Keyboard Support USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disable Default This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the on board BIOS The...
Page 107: ...ains a USB controller an you have a USB mouse Advanced Chipset Features OnChip Sound OnChip Sound Auto Default Disabled This item can let system auto detection or disable the on board AC 97 Audio CODE...
Page 108: ...ts you enable or disable CPU to PCI write buffer Advanced Chipset Features PCI Dynamic Bursting PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled Default Disabled If you enable the PCI dynamic bursting it can increase dat...
Page 109: ...ease the PCI to ISA data transferring performance Advanced Chipset Features PCI 2 Access 1 Retry PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Enabled Default Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the PCI 2 sending a...
Page 110: ...6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features AGP Master 1 WS Read AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled Disabled Default This item allows the AGP reads the texture data...
Page 111: ...M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup I In nt te eg gr ra at te ed d P Pe er ri ip ph he er ra al ls s The following screen appears if you select the option Integrated Peripherals from the main menu Th...
Page 112: ...112 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup This page is the lower half of Integrated Peripherals submenu...
Page 113: ...ip IDE Channel 0 1 OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 Enabled Default Disabled This parameter lets you enable or disable the IDE device connected to the primary secondary IDE connector Integrated Peripherals IDE...
Page 114: ...mode specifies the data transfer rate of HDD For example mode 0 data transfer rate is 3 3MB s mode 1 is 5 2MB s mode 2 is 8 3MB s mode 3 is 11 1MB s and mode 4 is 16 6MB s If your hard disk performanc...
Page 115: ...de IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Default Disabled If your IDE hard drive supports Block Mode you can select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive...
Page 116: ...tegrated Peripherals Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Auto Default 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Disabled This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the bo...
Page 117: ...ndard Sets serial port 2 to operate in normal mode This is the default setting HPSIR This setting allows infrared serial communication at a maximum baud rate of 115K baud SASKIR This setting allows in...
Page 118: ...ransmit Data mode for UART for instance IR device modem etc Normally we suggest you keep the default setting Please see the documentation that comes with your device Integrated Peripherals Onboard Par...
Page 119: ...anced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Parallel Port SPP Standard and Bidirection Parallel Port SPP is the IBM AT and PS 2 compatible mode EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP enhances the parallel port throu...
Page 120: ...is item lets you select EPP mode protocol Integrated Peripherals Onboard Legacy Audio Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled Default Disable This item lets you enable or disable on board audio legacy Integrated...
Page 121: ...Integrated Peripherals SB I O Base Address SB I O Base Address 220H Default 240H 260H 280H This item lets you select the on board audio I O base address Integrated Peripherals SB IRQ Select SB IRQ Se...
Page 122: ...MA 2 DMA 3 This item lets you select the on board audio DMA Integrated Peripherals MPU 401 MPU 401 Enabled Disabled Default This item can let you enable or disable the MPU 401 port compatible function...
Page 123: ...X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals Game Port 200 207H Game Port 200 207H Enabled Default Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the on boa...
Page 124: ...O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup P Po ow we er r M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t S Se et tu up p The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the motherboard green fe...
Page 125: ...RD BIOS Setup Power Management ACPI Function ACPI Function Enabled Default Disabled If your OS is ACPI enabled you have to set this item to Enabled or there may be unexpected errors If your OS is APM...
Page 126: ...llows you to set the default parameters of power saving modes Set to Disable to turn off power management function Set to User Define to choose your own parameters Mode Doze Suspend Min Saving 1 hour...
Page 127: ...ected by monitoring the IRQ signals or other events such as I O Power Management Power Management Suspend Mode Suspend Mode Disabled Default 1 min 2 min 4 min 8 min 12 min 20 min 30 min 40 min 1 hour...
Page 128: ...Power Management Video Off Option Video Off Option Suspend Off Default All Modes Off Always On This item lets you to decide whether the video is off in the suspend mode Power Management Video Off Met...
Page 129: ...upported by hardware When Delay 4 sec is selected the soft power switch on the front panel can be used to control power on suspend and off If the switch is pressed for less than 4 seconds during the s...
Page 130: ...130 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup Power Management Wake Up Events...
Page 131: ...VGA activities for power down state transition Power Management Wake Up Events LPT COM LPT COM LPT COM Default NONE LPT COM This item can enable or disable the detection of LPT COM port activities for...
Page 132: ...detection of PCI Master activities for power down state transition Power Management Wake Up Events Wake On PCI Card Wake On PCI Card Disabled Default Enabled This item lets you specify enable or disa...
Page 133: ...ent Wake Up Events Date of Month Date of Month 0 to 31 This item is displayed when you enable the RTC Alarm Resume option Here you can specify what date you want to wake up the system For example sett...
Page 134: ...e e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup Power Management Wake Up Events Primary INTR Primary INTR On Default Off This item can let you enable or disable the wake up ability of a specified IRQ Power Ma...
Page 135: ...itoring IRQ3 COM 2 IRQ4 COM 1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 Hard Disk IRQ15 Reserved Thes...
Page 136: ...S Setup P PN NP P P PC CI I C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on ns s S Se et tu up p The PNP PCI Configurations Setup allows you to configure the PCI devices installed in your system The following s...
Page 137: ...sources will be allocated by PnP operating system PNP PCI Configuration Reset Configuration Data Reset Configuration Data Enabled Disabled Default In case conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or...
Page 138: ...figuration IRQ Resource PNP PCI Configuration IRQ Resource IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Default Legacy ISA When resources are controlle...
Page 139: ...139 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup PNP PCI Configuration DMA Resource...
Page 140: ...IRQ4 for serial port1 PCI ISA PnP devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus archutecture PNP PCI Configuration PCI VGA Palette Snoop PCI VGA Palette Snoop E...
Page 141: ...your system you can enable this function allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs DMAs and I O address PNP PCI Configuration Assign IRQs For USB Assign IRQ For...
Page 142: ...l lt th h S St ta at tu us s As a hardware monitor chip built in the VIA VT82C686A Super South Bridge BIOS will automatically detect system health parameters such as CPU temperature CPU fan speed CPU...
Page 143: ...M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup F Fr re eq qu ue en nc cy y V Vo ol lt ta ag ge e C Co on nt tr ro ol l This option allows you to configure the CPU Front Side B...
Page 144: ...trol Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clock Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clock Enabled Default Disable This item allows you enable or disable DIMM PCI clock auto detection function Frequency Voltage Control Spread Spectr...
Page 145: ...7 83 41 100 33 103 34 112 37 124 41 133 44 124 31 133 33 140 35 150 37 This item allows you modify the CPU FSB clock FSB x Ratio CPU clock Warning If you fail to reboot the system please press Home ke...
Page 146: ...afer than the Turbo settings All the product verification compatibility reliability test report and manufacture quality control are based on Load Setup Defaults We recommend use this settings for norm...
Page 147: ...user who wants to push the motherboard to get better performance Turbo setting does not go though all the detail reliability and compatibility test it is tested only with limited configuration and loa...
Page 148: ...or rd d Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer If you set a password the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup To set a password 1 At the prompt type you...
Page 149: ...e e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup 2 After typing the password press Enter key 3 At the next prompt re type your password and press again to confirm the new password After the password entry the...
Page 150: ...3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup To disable the password just press Enter key when prompted to enter new password The screen displays a message confirming that the pass...
Page 151: ...151 M MX X3 36 6 M MX X3 36 6L L O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup S Sa av ve e E Ex xi it t S Se et tu up p This function automatically saves all CMOS values before leaving Setup...
Page 152: ...nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AWARD BIOS Setup E Ex xi it t w wi it th ho ou ut t S Sa av vi in ng g Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes Do not use this option if...
Page 153: ...o use the right BIOS 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 si...
Page 154: ...ppy disk For example MX36102 BIN MX36102 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 MX36...
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Page 156: ...Overclocker This section is dedicated to overclockers This high performance motherboard is designed for maximum 100MHz CPU bus clock But it comes with clock generator of 150MHz when we design it to ac...
Page 157: ...commended and you are taking your own risk to damage your system or important data Before doing overclocking you must make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting especially CP...
Page 158: ...clocking for your 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 Av...
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Page 160: ...rd solution can be reduced A AC CP PI I A Ad dv va an nc ce ed d C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n P Po ow we er r I In nt te er rf fa ac ce e ACPI is the power management specification of PC97...
Page 161: ...MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s AGP is now moving to 4X mode 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s AOpen is the first company to support 4X AGP motherboards by both AX6C Intel 820 and MX64 AX64 VIA 694x started from Oct...
Page 162: ...ATA specification together The AT is meaning International Business Machines Corporation IBM personal computer AT s bus structure A AT TA A 6 66 6 ATA 66 uses both rising edge and falling edge but dou...
Page 163: ...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...
Page 164: ...Ch he ec ck ki in ng g a an nd d C Co or rr re ec ct ti io on n The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64 bit data Each time memory is accessed ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm The...
Page 165: ...P Pr ro og gr ra am mm ma ab bl le e R RO OM M Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM EPROM can only be erased by ultra violet UV light If BIOS has to be upgraded you need to remove EPROM...
Page 166: ...tium 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...
Page 167: ...O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Glossary F FS SB B F Fr ro on nt t S Si id de e B Bu us s C Cl lo oc ck k FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock CPU internal clock CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Rati...
Page 168: ...nous and isochronous Asynchronous transport is the traditional computer memory mapped load and store interface Data requests are sent to a specific address and an acknowledgment is returned In additio...
Page 169: ...e 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...
Page 170: ...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...
Page 171: ...ny RIMM sockets R RI IM MM M R Ra am mb bu us s I In nl li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le e 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory module may contain up...
Page 172: ...nger signals on each side of PCB are identical That is why it was called Single In Line SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32 bit data SIMM had been phased out on current motherboard design...
Page 173: ...a D DM MA A 3 33 3 Unlike traditional PIO DMA mode which only uses the rising edge of IDE command signal to transfer data UDMA 33 uses both rising edge and falling edge the data transfer rate is doubl...
Page 174: ...multimedia requirements 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 technolog...
Page 175: ...eshooting Technical Support 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 i t T Tr ro ou ub bl le es sh ho oo ot t...
Page 176: ...Support Install the VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard Continue Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly The problem is probably caused by power supply or...
Page 177: ...Technical Support Continue Press Ctrl and Alt key at the same time hold them and then press Del to reboot the system Check if there is display No Yes Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Chec...
Page 178: ...rt Continue During system rebooting press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Default Check if the system can reboot successfully No The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself E...
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Page 181: ...number are printed on bar code label You can find this bar code label on the outside packing on ISA CPU slot or on component side of PCB For example P N 91 88110 201 is part number S N 91949378KN73 i...
Page 182: ...am me e a an nd d B BI IO 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 MX36 is model name of motherboard R1 20...
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