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3-1 

Chapter 3 

Award BIOS 

This chapter tells how to configure the system parameters.  You may update 
your BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility.  
 

 

Important:

  Because the BIOS code is the most 

often changed part of the mainboard design, the 
BIOS information contained in this chapter 
(especially the Chipset Setup parameters) may be 
a little different compared to the actual BIOS that 
came with your mainboard.   

Summary of Contents for MX3L

Page 1: ...MX3L User s Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO 49 88101 081 DOC NO MX3L 1 E9901A...

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Page 3: ...cument Number MX3L 1 E9901A Model and revision For MX3L rev 1 xx Manual version English rev A Release Date Jan 18 1999 More help for latest information Taiwan http www aopen com tw USA http www aopenu...

Page 4: ...s publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic opt...

Page 5: ...ervicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Further this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time t...

Page 6: ...equency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur i...

Page 7: ...and special features Chapter 2 Hardware Installation describes hardware jumpers connectors and memory configuration There are user friendly drawings to locate jumper and connector Chapter 3 AWARD BIO...

Page 8: ...to press on the keyboard Note Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic Warning Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions C...

Page 9: ...2 2 2 Setting the CPU Voltage 5 2 2 3 Clearing the CMOS 5 2 2 4 Onboard Audio 6 2 2 5 KB MS Wakeup 6 2 3 CONNECTORS 7 2 3 1 Power Cable 7 2 3 3 Fan 7 2 3 4 PS 2 Mouse 8 2 3 5 Keyboard 8 2 3 6 Serial D...

Page 10: ...SET FEATURES SETUP 10 3 5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 18 3 6 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 25 3 7 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 30 3 8 LOAD TURBO DEFAULTS 30 3 9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 31 3 10 PASSWORD SETTING 38 3 11...

Page 11: ...design are eliminated There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection and no need to re open the housing if CMOS battery loss The only jumper left is to clear CMOS which is a safety hook if you...

Page 12: ...g mouse button twice successively AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network se...

Page 13: ...ore voltage This motherboard supports the CPU core voltage from 1 3V to 2 05V that can be applied to various CPU type in future Resetable Fuse This motherboard implements resetable fuses to prevent an...

Page 14: ...ce supports 3 5 inches drives with 720KB 1 44MB or 2 88MB format or 5 25 inches drives with 360KB 1 2MB format IDE Interface Dual channel IDE interface support maximum 4 IDE hard disks or CDROM mode 4...

Page 15: ...PNP PCI Configuration PnP OS Installed select No This can give BIOS the capability to allocate system resources for Suspend to Hard Drive 3 Boot up your system into DOS command prompt If you are Win...

Page 16: ...n C AOZVHDD c partition If there is no extra free partition and you don t want your data lost please do not use this partition method 6 After creating above partition or hidden file please reboot your...

Page 17: ...x AGP PLOTECH 3D IMAGE 9850 AGP CARDEX S3 Virge GX AGP Tip The following sound cards have been tested OK for Suspend to Hard Drive Creative Sound Blaster PCI 64 Creative Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster...

Page 18: ...to automatically answer a phone call such as answering machine or to send receive fax You may identify the true power off by checking fan of your power supply Both external box modem and internal mod...

Page 19: ...pend to Hard Drive function 3 Turn system power off by soft power switch 4 Connect RS232 cable of external box Modem to COM1 or COM2 5 Connect telephone line to external box Modem Turn on Modem power...

Page 20: ...oltage monitoring function monitors CPU core voltage It is automatically implemented by BIOS and Hardware Monitor utility the file name is like aohw100 exe where 100 means the version number no hardwa...

Page 21: ...he earth AOpen MX3L implements the battery less motherboard design There is no need to have battery for RTC real time clock and CMOS Setup as long as ATX power cable is plugged In case of the AC power...

Page 22: ...n 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...

Page 23: ...lowing figure shows the locations of the jumpers and connectors on the system board I S A 1 FDC IDE2 IDE1 USB KB2 BIOS PANEL P C I 2 P C I 3 IrDA DIMM2 DIMM3 CPU FAN1 PWR2 COM1 PRINTER PS 2 MS CPUFAN2...

Page 24: ...RINTER Printer connector PWR2 ATX power connector USB USB connector FDC Floppy drive connector IDE1 IDE1 primary channel IDE2 IDE2 secondary channel CPUFAN1 CPU fan connector CDUFAN2 CPU fan connector...

Page 25: ...ing if CMOS battery loss The CPU frequency selection is set by going into BOIS Setup Chipset Features Setup CPU Clock Frequency The possible setting is 66 8 68 5 75 83 3 MHz BOIS Setup Chipset Feature...

Page 26: ...TX 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 pins 1 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 6 Turn o...

Page 27: ...audio by setting this jumper to Disabled JP12 1 2 3 Enabled default JP12 1 2 3 Disabled 2 2 5 KB MS Wakeup JP28 1 2 2 3 KB MS Wakeup Disabled Enabled This jumper is used to enable or disable Keyboard...

Page 28: ...2 3 3 Fan Plug in the fan cable to the fan connectors onboard The fan connectors are marked CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 and FAN on the system board You can plug the CPU fan cable to both the 3 pin fan connector C...

Page 29: ...e PCB 2 3 5 Keyboard The onboard PS 2 keyboard connector is a 6 pin Mini Din connector marked KB2 The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing PS 2 KB PCB 2 3 6 Serial Device...

Page 30: ...nnector is a 25 pin D type connector marked PRINTER The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing PRINTER PCB 2 3 8 USB Device You can attach USB devices to the USB connector...

Page 31: ...devices In order to work together the two devices on each channel must be set differently to master and slave mode either one can be hard disk or CDROM The setting as master or slave mode depends on t...

Page 32: ...Connector The Panel multifunction connector is a 20 pin connector marked as PANEL on the board Attach the power LED keylock speaker SPWR IDE LED and reset switch to the corresponding pins as shown in...

Page 33: ...h as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters ASK IR 56Kbps and Fast IR 4Mbps 2 m...

Page 34: ...off it is recommended to use Internal Modem To use AOpen MP56 connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of MP56 to WOM connector on the mainboard Pin 1 2 3 4 Description 5V SB NC RING GND 1 2 3 4 WOM 2...

Page 35: ...tor This connector is used to connect Mono In Mic Out connector of an internal modem card 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 conne...

Page 36: ...Mx64 128MB and double side 1Mx64x2 16MB 2Mx64x2 32MB 4Mx64x2 64MB 8Mx64x2 128MB Tip Here is a trick to check if your DIMM is single side or double side if there are traces connected to golden finger p...

Page 37: ...ng 4 clock SDRAM in consideration of reliability Tip To identify 2 clock and 4 clock SDRAM you may check if there are traces connected to golden finger pin 79 and pin 163 of the SDRAM If there are tra...

Page 38: ...2M by 32 2Mx64 x1 2 16MB Yes but not tested 2M by 32 2Mx64 x2 4 32MB Yes but not tested The following table lists the possible DRAM combinations that is NOT recommended DIMM Data chip Bit size per si...

Page 39: ...ard SPK PCB MIC LINE IN Game Port To fully utilize the audio functions you may connect various peripheral devices that the audio chip supports The following figure shows the different devices that you...

Page 40: ...KHz for record and playback Full duplex operation for simultaneous record and playback Support full DOS compatible modes PC PCI TDMA DDMA Sound Blaster Pro Windows Sound System compatible Stereo Inpu...

Page 41: ...Found dialog box displays 2 Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer and click on OK Windows 95 98 prompts you for the driver disk 3 Insert the driver disk in the appropriate drive an...

Page 42: ...Windows98 instead of AOpen Bonus Pack disc 2 5 2 Setting Up in NT4 0 The card package also comes with NT4 0 drivers Please refer to your NT4 0 manual or online help for any questions on NT4 0 Installi...

Page 43: ...s OK 3 Place your NT4 0 installation CD and press OK the default path is the i386 directory 4 The Generic MPU 401 Joystick Setup dialog box will pop up Select the default configuration resource and pr...

Page 44: ...te your BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility Important Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the mainboard design the BIOS information contained in this chapter especially the Chipset Setup...

Page 45: ...lf Test The BIOS Setup Main Menu appears as follows Tip Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Choose Load Turbo Defaults for best performance with light system loading Refer t...

Page 46: ...ight an item and or to select the value for each item Standard CMOS Date To set the date highlight the Date parameter Press or to set the current date The date format is month date and year Standard C...

Page 47: ...f no HDD is connected to the system The IDE CDROM is always automatically detected Tip For an IDE hard disk we recommend that you use the IDE HDD Auto Detection to enter the drive specifications autom...

Page 48: ...he left Standard CMOS Video Video EGA VGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono This item specifies the type of video card in use The default setting is VGA EGA Since current PCs use VGA only this function is almost usele...

Page 49: ...te the warning 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 st...

Page 50: ...his item lets you enable or disable L2 Cache ECC checking BIOS Features Quick Power On Self Test Quick Power on Self test Enable Disabled This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some items that are...

Page 51: ...System 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...

Page 52: ...ay card BIOS into the DRAM area This enhances system performance because DRAM access time is faster than ROM BIOS Features C800 CBFF Shadow BIOS Features CC00 CFFF Shadow BIOS Features D000 D3FF Shado...

Page 53: ...s These features are related to system performance Caution Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything You may change the parameter settings to im...

Page 54: ...s MA Wait State MA Wait State Slow Fast To enable or disable one additional MA DRAM memory address wait state The default setting is Slow Set it to Fast if you have heavy loading many chip count or lo...

Page 55: ...value is x222 for 60ns EDO DRAM Which means the 2nd 3rd and 4th memory cycles are 2 CPU clocks for EDO The value of x is the timing of first memory cycle Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Lat RAS to CAS SDR...

Page 56: ...E Posting Enabled Disabled To enable or disable CPU to PCI IDE post write cycle The IDE write cycles will be queued in the FIFO or buffer and CPU can be released to do next job Disable it if you find...

Page 57: ...ery Time 1 2 3 4 NA The same as 16 bit I O recovery time This item lets you specify the recovery time for the execution of 16 bit I O commands by count of ISA bus clock If you find any of the installe...

Page 58: ...Disabled The micro codes are used to fix bugs of Pentium II CPU we strongly recommend to enable this item for system reliability reason However this microcode may slightly reduce CPU performance We p...

Page 59: ...8 5 Mhz 75 0 Mhz 83 3 Mhz This item lets you set external clock bus clock The possible settings of current Klamath CPU available on the market are 66 8 MHz the correct setting may vary because of new...

Page 60: ...AWARD BIOS 3 17...

Page 61: ...Power Management Power Management Max Saving Mix Saving User Define Disabled This function allows you to set the default parameters of power saving modes Set to Disable to turn off power management fu...

Page 62: ...k DPMS Blank Screen This determines the way that monitor is off Blank Screen writes blanks to video buffer V H SYNC Blank allows BIOS to control VSYNC and HSYNC signals This function applies only for...

Page 63: ...in 1 Hour This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Standby mode In this mode the monitor power saving feature activates Any activity detected returns the system to...

Page 64: ...r must be kept On to detect activities from modem keyboard mouse and returns the system to full power The system activities is detected by monitoring the IRQ signals or I O Suspend to Hard Drive saves...

Page 65: ...ively reduce CPU speed as well as CPU power Power Management VGA Active Monitor VGA Active Monitor Enabled Disabled To enable or disable the detection of VGA activity for power down state transition P...

Page 66: ...ime hh mm ss Alarm Time hh mm ss Alarm hh mm ss This item is displayed when you enable the Wake ON RTC Timer option Here you can specify what time you want to wake up the system Power Management IRQ 8...

Page 67: ...gement Secondary IDE 1 Power Management Floppy Disk Power Management Serial Port Power Management Parallel Port Primary IDE 0 Enabled Disabled These items enable or disable the detection of IDE floppy...

Page 68: ...Configuration Setup from the main menu PNP PCI Configuration PnP OS Installed PnP OS Installed Yes No Normally the PnP resources are allocated by BIOS during POST Power On Self Test If you are using a...

Page 69: ...I O address PNP PCI Configuration IRQ3 COM2 PNP PCI Configuration IRQ4 COM1 PNP PCI Configuration IRQ5 Network Sound or Others PNP PCI Configuration IRQ7 Printer or Others PNP PCI Configuration IRQ9...

Page 70: ...I Auto Some old PCI IDE add on cards are not fully PnP compatible These cards require you to specify the slot in use to enable BIOS to properly configure the PnP resources This function allows you to...

Page 71: ...Used MEM Base Addr N A C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 This item in conjunction with the Used MEM Length lets you set a memory space for non PnP compatible ISA card This item specifies the memory base...

Page 72: ...IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Auto This item is reserved for engineering purpose to let you assign an IRQ manually to the add on card on each PCI slot If you select Auto system will automatically assig...

Page 73: ...t Features Setup to get slowest and safer setting 3 8 Load Turbo Defaults The Load Turbo Defaults option gives better performance than Optimal values However Turbo values may not be the best setting o...

Page 74: ...nu This option allows you to configure the I O features Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Disabled This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multisector dat...

Page 75: ...er mode Caution It is recommended that you connect the first IDE device of each channel to the endmost connector of the IDE cable Refer to section Connectors for details on how to connect IDE device s...

Page 76: ...e which one is the initial display card Integrated Peripherals Power On Function Power On Function Button Only Keyboard 98 Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right This item is used to select Wake on K...

Page 77: ...forget it please clear CMOS Integrated Peripherals Keyboard Power On Password Keyboard Power On Password You can specify 1 5 keys as a password Integrated Peripherals Hot Key Power On Hot Key Power On...

Page 78: ...stem will power on or power off based on the original state Integrated Peripherals Onboard FDC Controller Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Disabled Setting this parameter to Enabled allows you to connec...

Page 79: ...DA connector refer to section 2 3 Connectors This setting allows infrared serial communication at a maximum baud rate of 115K baud ASKIR Select this setting if you installed an Infrared module via IrD...

Page 80: ...allel Port SPP is the IBM AT and PS 2 compatible mode EPP enhances the parallel port throughput by directly writing reading data to from parallel port without latch ECP supports DMA and RLE Run Length...

Page 81: ...ing that the password has been disabled 3 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection If your system has an IDE hard drive you can use this function to detect its parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup...

Page 82: ...hout Saving Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes Do not use this option if you want to save the new configuration 3 16 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers The NCR 53C810 SCSI BI...

Page 83: ...ut loading any memory handler such as EMM386 or device driver It needs around 520K free memory space 3 Execute A MX3L200 DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS 4 Reboot the system by turn off...

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