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DOC. NO.: MX36CE-OL-E0210A
Page 1: ...1 M MX X3 36 6C CE E O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l MX36CE DOC NO MX36CE OL E0210A...
Page 2: ...rview 11 Feature Highlight 12 Quick Installation Procedure 15 Motherboard Map 16 Hardware Installation 17 About User Upgrade Optional and Manufacture Upgrade Optional 18 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 19 CPU In...
Page 3: ...ATA 133 Supported 36 IrDA Connector 37 WOL Wake on LAN 38 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 40 Support Realtek 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard 41 JP13 LAN Select Jumper 42 Color Coded Back Pa...
Page 4: ...one SilentTek 56 Driver and Utility 59 Autorun Menu from Bonus CD 60 Installing Windows 95 61 Installing Windows 98 62 Installing Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows2000 XP 63 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Drive...
Page 5: ...S Upgrade under Windows environment 79 Overclocking 81 VGA Card Hard Disk 82 Glossary 83 AC97 83 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 83 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 83 AMR Audio Modem Riser 84...
Page 6: ...rection 86 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 87 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 87 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 87 EV6 Bus 87 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 88 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Gri...
Page 7: ...ambus DRAM 91 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 92 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 92 Shadow E2 PROM 92 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 92 SMBus System Management Bus 93 SPD Serial Presence Detect 93 UltraATA...
Page 8: ...8 M MX X3 36 6C CE E O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l How to Contact Us 103...
Page 9: ...al 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 wi...
Page 10: ...onfiguration 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 or you can get free download from Adobe web sit...
Page 11: ...t Side bus FSB According to different customer s requirements this motherboard supports DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM and DDR266 PC2100 SDRAM up to 2GB maximum The on board IDE controller supports UltraATA 33 6...
Page 12: ...th bridge supports Intel and non Intel based processor to V Link bus bridge functionality to make a complete Microsoft PC2001 compliant PCI LPC system It includes IEEE 802 3 compliant 10 100 Mbps PCI...
Page 13: ...DE devices in two channels supporting Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5 and other Enhanced IDE devices On board AC97 Sound This motherboard uses the AC97 sound ch...
Page 14: ...ent Supports CPU or system fans status and control temperature and voltage monitoring and alert through the on board hardware monitor module and AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility Enhanced ACPI Fully i...
Page 15: ...o 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 Power Cabl...
Page 16: ...PU VIA CLE266 Chipsets VT8623 VT8235 184 pin DIMMx2 supports PC1600 2100 DDRAM maximum up to 2GB JP23 CPU FSB Select Jumper ATA100 133 IDE Connector x2 CNR Connector JST MIDI Connector SYSFAN3 Connect...
Page 17: ...ocessor 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...
Page 18: ...all of AOpen s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features As a result of this we define features that can be upgrad...
Page 19: ...oubleshooting 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 power 2 Remove ATX power cable from connector PW...
Page 20: ...for example only they may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edg...
Page 21: ...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 between PCI and FSB clock Generally speaking if you are not an overclocker we recommend you to set this...
Page 22: ...Clock Ratio CPU Host PCI Memory 2X 66 33 PCI x2 or x3 2X Overclocking 75 37 5 PCI x2 or x3 3X 100 33 PCI x2 or x3 or x4 3X Overclocking 112 37 3 PCI x2 or x3 or x4 4X 133 33 PCI x3 or x4 Warning VIA...
Page 23: ...PU U F Fr re eq qu ue en nc cy y BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Host Clock CPU PCI Core Frequency CPU FSB Clock CPU Ratio CPU Ratio 3x 3 5x 4x 4 5x 16x CPU FSB 50 248MHz Warning VIA CLE266 c...
Page 24: ...Hz 100MHz 8x Celeron 900 900MHz 100MHz 9x Celeron 1G 1GHz 100MHz 10x Celeron 1 1G 1 1GHz 100MHz 11x Celeron 1 2G 1 2GHz 100MHz 12x Pentium III 800E 800MHz 100MHz 8x Pentium III 850E 850MHz 100MHz 8 5x...
Page 25: ...llow user to set the CPU frequency through BIOS setup therefore no jumpers or switches are used and the disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper less designs are eliminated There will be no worry of...
Page 26: ...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 CPUFAN1 connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector Note S...
Page 27: ...6C CE E 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 t This motherboard has two 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC1600 DDR200 or PC2100 DDR266 memory up to 2G...
Page 28: ...re the DIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below 2 Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is secur...
Page 29: ...g along a two lane highway while at the same time data in traditional SDRAM go along a one way street Therefore it is a more advanced technology that provides a great overall improvement in system per...
Page 30: ...ker 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...
Page 31: ...s inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS which has to keep power on all the time This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem A AT TX X...
Page 32: ...formation The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on off stand...
Page 33: ...a ab bl le e t th hi is s f fu un nc ct ti io on n w wh hi ic ch h c co ou ul ld d r re es su um me e y yo ou ur r s sy ys st te em m f fr ro om m s su us sp pe en nd d m mo od de e w wi it th h k ke...
Page 34: ...ary Slave 2nd Secondary Master 3rd 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 FDD and IDE connector Be care...
Page 35: ...Slave mode Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM The setting of master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manuals accordingly War...
Page 36: ...ystems such as Window XP that demand more storage space and faster data transfer rates from more responsive computing experiences To make good use of this new technology and enjoy its best performance...
Page 37: ...ch 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 ASK IR 56Kbps...
Page 38: ...hipset supporting 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 because there is a...
Page 39: ...C CE E O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Note This picture is for example only it may not look exactly the same with the motherboard you purchased WOL Connector Motherboard Side WOL Connector Ethe...
Page 40: ...that supports V 90 analog modem multi channel audio and phone line based networking Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and sha...
Page 41: ...M Mb bp ps s L LA AN N o on nb bo oa ar rd d This motherboard has a fast Ethernet controller on chip On the strength of Realtek 10 100 LAN onboard which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect de...
Page 42: ...nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l J JP P1 13 3 L LA AN N S Se el le ec ct t J Ju um mp pe er r This jumper allows you to enable or disable the LAN onboard function by adjusting the position of yellow c...
Page 43: ...s 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 po...
Page 44: ...SOUT DCD 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 middle left of the board With proper cable you...
Page 45: ...SB devices from back panel or connect USB2 header to the front panel of chassis Compared to traditional USB 1 0 1 1 with the speed of 12Mbps USB 2 0 has a fancy speed up to 480 Mbps which is 40 times...
Page 46: ...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 black connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound R GND GND L C CD D I IN...
Page 47: ...ks you have to enable it in the system BIOS connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis So whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis the system will beep...
Page 48: ...ame port Joystick Midi for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard Jo...
Page 49: ...e front panel you ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector Please remove the jumper cap from the front audio connector before you connect the cable Do not remove this...
Page 50: ...al Time Clock 00 00 00 B Ba at tt te er ry y l le es ss s a an nd d L Lo on ng g L Li if fe e D De es si ig gn n This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save you...
Page 51: ...ing system As you turn on your system this smart design will monitor your system s working voltage fan status and CPU temperature If any of these systems status goes wrong there will be an alarm throu...
Page 52: ...rrent protection in conjunction with 3 3V 5V 12V power supply provide the full line over current protection ATX Switching Power Supply 3 3V Protected by power supply 5V Protected by power supply Onboa...
Page 53: ...nt Keyboard and USB port from over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken function to protect motherboard user cannot replace them otherweise malfunction or damage...
Page 54: ...Frequency Isolation Wall Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range we can avoid cross talk and frequency interferenc...
Page 55: ...VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen In addition the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue When all...
Page 56: ...by the irritating noises of these fans while working with their PC As a matter of fact we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases on the contrary we discovered that havi...
Page 57: ...ll voltages and set your expected margins of warning level You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here Of course you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans and SilentTek...
Page 58: ...conducted under the real world scenario to determine optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU working condition and temperature Most of the time the fan would remain still when CPU is not f...
Page 59: ...onus CD You don t need to install all of them to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 2000 before you install...
Page 60: ...6 6C CE E O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 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 You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD Choose the utility and driver and select...
Page 61: ...s 9 95 5 1 Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2 1 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support Otherwise you need to install USBSUPP EXE 2 Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver VIA...
Page 62: ...er in BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features OnChip USB to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment 2 Install Window 98 into your system 3 Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver which includes VIA A...
Page 63: ...g Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000 XP 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...
Page 64: ...run menu Warning If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver please remove the AGP card driver first Otherwise the screen may go black when rebooting after the un installation Note Installing this...
Page 65: ...l 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 and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset You can fi...
Page 66: ...66 M MX X3 36 6C CE E O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g V VG GA A D Dr ri iv ve er r You can find the VIA CLE266 VGA driver from the autorun menu of Bonus Pack CD...
Page 67: ...oft Windows 95 1 Ask you to select which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Specify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows 95 WIN...
Page 68: ...CI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139 SYS will auto detect the line speed 10 Mb or 100Mb while the RTL8139 SYS is loading The other values 10 or 100 are only used when you want to forced RTL...
Page 69: ...n the Network Settings dialog box choose the Configure button The Input Ethernet ID dialog box appears and input adapter s Ethernet ID Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP Select SKIP if onl...
Page 70: ...s s w wi it th h U US SB B2 2 0 0 f fu un nc ct ti io on n Y Yo ou u c ca an n i in ns st ta al ll l U US SB B2 2 0 0 D Dr ri iv ve er r u un nd de er r W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 98 8S SE E W Wi in nd d...
Page 71: ...s 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 info...
Page 72: ...can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard Before running AOConfig all applications must be closed 4 From this page users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen...
Page 73: ...r 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 system voltage and other useful information The hardware monitor...
Page 74: ...une 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 Currently there are two kinds of beep sound...
Page 75: ...o give users a friendly computer system Now we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into BIOS Flash ROM When you select one function of BIOS setup program the function description w...
Page 76: ...it Phoenix Award BIOS setup program The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix Award BIOS setup program By the way all products of AOpen also provide a special funct...
Page 77: ...to left side of menu Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu F1 Get menu or item help description F3 Changing menu language F5 Load previous setting value from CMOS F6 Load fail save sett...
Page 78: ...u finish jumper settings 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 Warning Pl...
Page 79: ...ew BIOS Flash wizard EzWinFlash With an eye to users convenience EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you...
Page 80: ...e model name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps 5 You may select preferred language in the main menu then click...
Page 81: ...PU bus clock But it comes with clock generator of 992MHz 248MHz x 4 when we design it to accommodate with future CPU bus clock Not only that the CPU clock ratio can be up to 24x that supports almost a...
Page 82: ...for your reference the following list has been successfully overclocked in our lab Please note that AOpen cannot guaranty if they can be successfully overclocked again Please check Available Vendor L...
Page 83: ...o operating 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...
Page 84: ...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 t...
Page 85: ...as si ic c I In np pu ut t O Ou ut tp pu ut t S Sy ys st te em m BIOS is a set of assembly routine program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM BIOS controls Input output devices and other hardware devi...
Page 86: ...he analog to digital conversion It is part of AC97 sound modem solution 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 6...
Page 87: ...nd Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals but the interface technology is different Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM E EP PR RO OM M E Er ra as sa ab bl le e P Pr ro og gr r...
Page 88: ...hat 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 Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals It is easier...
Page 89: ...sochronous 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 addition to an ar...
Page 90: ...clock P PC C 1 13 33 3 D DI IM MM M SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU FSB bus clock P PC C 1 16 60 00 0 P PC C 2 21 10 00 0 o or r P PC C 2 27 70 00 0 D DD DR R D DR RA AM M Based on FSB frequency...
Page 91: ...ing system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts PnP BIOS or operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ DMA Memory Currently almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are...
Page 92: ...r as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer SDRAM comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V AOpen is the first company to support dual SDRAM DIMMs onboard AP5V from Q1 1996 S Sh ha ad do ow w E E 2...
Page 93: ...lt tr ra aA AT TA A UltraATA or more accurately UltraATA 33 is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer s data path or bus to the computer s random access memor...
Page 94: ...speed increase USB 2 0 supports old USB 1 0 1 1 software and peripherals offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers V VC CM M V Vi ir rt tu ua al l C Ch ha an nn ne el l M Me em m...
Page 95: ...l l T Tr ro ou ub bl le es sh ho oo ot ti in ng g 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 Start Make...
Page 96: ...A 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 motherboard failure P...
Page 97: ...nue 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 Check if the system reboots...
Page 98: ...em 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 End Yes Turn off the sys...
Page 99: ...h 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 english aopen com...
Page 100: ...eer or professional users on the news group http english aopen com tw tech newsgrp default htm Contact Distributors Resellers We sell our products through resellers and integrators They should know yo...
Page 101: ...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 MX36CE is model name of motherboard R1 00 is BIOS version MX36C...
Page 102: ...ssues Receive email notification about latest product s announcements Be able to personalize your AOpen web pages Receive e mail notification about latest BIOS Driver Software release information Have...
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