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Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. 

Load turbo setting value from CMOS. 

Save changed setting and exit setup program. 

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Summary of Contents for MX46S

Page 1: ...M MX X4 46 6S S O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Overview Hardware Installation Drivers Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary MX46S DOC NO MX46S OL E0201A 1 Troubleshooting Technical Support ...

Page 2: ... Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 14 Motherboard Map 15 Block Diagram 16 Hardware Installation 17 About Optional and Upgrade Optional 18 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 19 CPU Installation 20 CPU Jumper less Design 23 CPU and System Fan Connector with H W Monitoring 26 JP28 USB Keyboard Mouse Wakeup 27 DIMM Sockets 28 Front Panel Connector 30 2 ...

Page 3: ...Modem Connector 36 WOM by External BOX Modem 37 WOM by Internal Modem Card 38 WOL Wake on LAN 39 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard Optional 41 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 42 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 43 Support 3 USB Ports 44 CD Audio Connector 45 Modem Audio Connector 46 Front Audio Connector 47 Dr LED Connector Upgrade Optional 48 Battery less and Long Life Design 50 Over ...

Page 4: ...atsink 56 Driver and Utility 57 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD Disc 58 Installing LAN Driver Optional 59 Installing Onboard Sound Driver 60 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive 61 ACPI Suspend to RAM STR 65 AWARD BIOS 67 About BIOS Function Description 68 How To Use Award BIOS Setup Program 69 How To Enter BIOS Setup 71 BIOS Upgrade 72 Overclocking 74 VGA Card Hard Disk 75 Glossary 76 4 ...

Page 5: ... Management 77 ATA AT Attachment 77 ATA 66 77 ATA 100 78 BIOS Basic Input Output System 78 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 78 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 78 CODEC Coding and Decoding 79 DDR Double Data Rated SDRAM 79 DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module 79 DMA Direct Memory Access 79 ECC Error Checking and Correction 80 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 80 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 8...

Page 6: ... Pin Grid Array 81 Flash ROM 81 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 82 I 2 C Bus 82 IEEE 1394 82 Parity Bit 82 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM 83 PC 100 DIMM 83 PC 133 DIMM 83 PC 1600 or PC 2100 DDR DRAM 83 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 83 PDF Format 84 PnP Plug and Play 84 POST Power On Self Test 84 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 84 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 85 6 ...

Page 7: ...adow E 2 PROM 85 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 85 SMBus System Management Bus 86 SPD Serial Presence Detect 86 Ultra DMA 86 USB Universal Serial Bus 87 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 87 ZIP file 87 Troubleshooting 88 Technical Support 92 Product Registration 95 How to Contact Us 96 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 We reserve the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes Our company assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual including t...

Page 9: ...uration 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 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 F...

Page 10: ...and 1GB SDRAM DIMM modules can be applied to the motherboard and the maximum memory size can be up to 2 GB The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode and the transfer rate up to 100MB s Further flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser CNR card option that allows audio modem and or LAN configuration on a single baseboard design More th...

Page 11: ...io Modem Controller with AC 97 interface and advanced power management which can strongly enhance the system performance Expansion Slots Including three 32 bit 33MHz PCI one CNR and one AGP 1x2x4X slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB s The Communication Nectworking Riser CNR slot provided from MX46S can support CNR interface for a Modem Audio card The Accelerated Graphics Port AGP...

Page 12: ...orm LAN Connect device it provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master 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 AC 97 Sound MX46S uses the RealTek ALC201A AC...

Page 13: ...rom configuration problems thus making the system much 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 XP series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 features Su...

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: ...ood with Voltage and Frequency Auto detection that supports Intel Pentium 4 1 4 2 4GHz CPU AGP 4x Expansion Slot 1 5v 3 3V supported 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 4 pin 12V ATX Power Connector Low ESR Capacitors Flash ROM MODEM CN 2nd USB Connector 3rd USB Connector WOL Wake on LAN Connector CD IN Connector PCI LAN Controller WOM Wake on Modem Connector CPU FAN Connector FAN3 Connector CNR LAN NOT ...

Page 16: ...Port x2 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB Connector x6 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66100 PC100 133 SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 2Mbit Flash EEPROM AC Link PCI Bus CNR Slot Winbond W83637 W83627 Floppy Disk Drive x2 RealTek ALC201A AC97 CODEC Realtek RTL8100 LAN connect Component 3rd USB Port B Bl lo oc ck k D Di ia ag gr ra am m 16 ...

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: ...nclude many amazing and powerful features in some situations these powerful features are not used to every user Hence we changed some key features as Optional for you to choose Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users we call them Upgrade Optional As for those optional functions that can t be upgraded by ourselves we call them Optional If needed you can contact our local distributors ...

Page 19: ...re 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 pin 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 Pin 1 Tip When should I Clear CMOS 1 Boot fail because of overclocking 2 Forget password 3 Troubleshooting 1 1 Normal default Clear CMOS 19 ...

Page 20: ...reful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for the mark on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and the mark then insert the CPU into the socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle CPU pin 1 and cut edge CPU socket Lever CPU cut edge Note These pictures are for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 20 ...

Page 21: ...te If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it may damage the CPU Note This socket supports Micro FC PGA2 package CPU which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 21 ...

Page 22: ...hipped we strongly recommend you to install special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown 1 Gently put the CPU Fan down on the retention module with clips aligning correctly to the four corners 2 Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module Clip 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 478 Pentium 4 Celeron CPU CPU voltage Clock Generator BIOS Controlled Circuit CPU Freq Ratio CPU VID signal Power Regulator Automatically generates CPU voltage...

Page 24: ... BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup and no jumpers or switches are needed The default setting is table select mode You can adjust the FSB from CPU Host SDRAM PCI Clock for overclocking Core Frequency CPU FSB Clock CPU Ratio PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock Clock Ratio AGP Clock PCI Clock x 2 24 C...

Page 25: ... of the Advanced Chipset Features We provide 8 16 32 64 and 128MB for choosing It supports up to 128 MB shared system memory It is recommended to keep enough system memory for your operating system 25 Pentium 4 1 4G CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1 5G Pentium 4 1 6G Pentium 4 1 7G Pentium 4 1 8G Pentium 4 1 9G Pentium 4 2 0G Pentium 4 2 2G Pentium 4 2 4G 2400MHz 400MHz...

Page 26: ... 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 chassis fan you can also plug it on System FAN FAN2 or AUX FAN FAN3 connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that cannot support hardware monitoring function FAN2 Connector FAN3 Connector Without Hardware Monitor GND 12V SENSOR CPU Fan Connector 26 ...

Page 27: ...r rd d M Mo ou us se e W Wa ak ke eu up p This jumper allows you to enable or disable the function of system wakeup through USB keyboard To enable this function by setting the jumper to pin 2 3 you can resume your system from suspend mode when an USB keyboard is used 1 1 Enable Disable Default 27 ...

Page 28: ... X4 46 6S S 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 two 168 pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 133 SDRAM memory up to 2 GB DIMM1 DIMM2 28 ...

Page 29: ...re 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 module...

Page 30: ...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 1 SPWR NC NC 5V IDE LED IDE LED 5V 5V GND...

Page 31: ...or before connecting the 20 pin connector A AC C P Po ow we er r A Au ut to o R Re ec co ov ve er ry y COM COM 5V 5V 5V 12V 5VSB PO OK COM 5V Ground 12V 12V Ground Pin1 COM PS ON COM 12V 3 3V 3 3V 3 3V COM 5V COM 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 need...

Page 32: ... pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage Secondary Master 3rd Secondary Slave 4th Primary Slave 2nd Primary Master 1st Pin 1 FDD Connector Pin 1 IDE 1 Primary IDE 2 Secondary ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector Pin 1 32 ...

Page 33: ... device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device Please refer to above diagram 2 To achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA 66 100 hard disks a special 80 wires IDE cable for Ultra DMA 66 100 is required Clock Period 33 Warning The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum of 46cm 18 inches make sure your cable does not exceed this length PIO mode 0 PIO mode ...

Page 34: ... 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 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 1 KEY GND IR_RX NC 5V IR_TX I I...

Page 35: ... MX46S 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 35 ...

Page 36: ...p po or rt te ed d S Si in nc ce e I In nt te er rn na al l m mo od de em m c ca ar rd d c co on ns su um me es s n no o p po ow we er r w wh he en n s sy ys st te em m p po ow we er r i is s o of ff f i it t i is s r re ec co om mm me en nd de ed d t to o u us se e a an n i in nt te er rn na al l m mo od de em m T To o u us se e i in nt te er rn na al l m mo od de em m c co on nn ne ec ct t 4 4 p...

Page 37: ... m mo od de e d do oe es s n no ot t r re ea al ll ly y t tu ur rn n o of ff f t th he e s sy ys st te em m p po ow we er r s su up pp pl ly y i it t u us se es s e ex xt te er rn na al l b bo ox x m mo od de em m t to o t tr ri ig gg ge er r M MB B C CO OM M p po or rt t a an nd d r re es su um me e b ba ac ck k t to o a ac ct ti iv ve e Pin 1 Serial Port Motherboard Side Serial Port Modem Side 3...

Page 38: ... r re ec ce ei iv ve e a a f fa ax x Y Yo ou u m ma ay y i id de en nt ti if fy y w wh he et th he er r o or r n no ot t y yo ou ur r s sy ys st te em m i is s i in n t tr ru ue e p po ow we er r o of ff f m mo od de e b by y c ch he ec ck ki in ng g t to o s se ee e i if f t th he e f fa an n o of f y yo ou ur r p po ow we er r s su up pp pl ly y i is s o of ff f B Bo ot th h a an n e ex xt te er...

Page 39: ...rom 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 this function WOL connector L...

Page 40: ...M MX X4 46 6S S O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side WOL Connector Motherboard Side 40 ...

Page 41: ...latform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors The green LED indicates the link mode it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data The orange LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights when data is transferring in 100Mbps mode To enable or disable this function you may si...

Page 42: ...t 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 share CPU power The analogy conversion CODEC circuit requires a different and separate circuit design which is put on CNR card This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board but reserve CNR slot for the op...

Page 43: ...SB Port Available for connecting USB devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer VGA Connector RJ 45 LAN Connector MIC In Line In Speaker Out MIDI Game Port COM 1 Port SPP EPP ECP Parallel Port PS 2 Keyboard Connector USB Port PS 2 Mouse Connector COM1 COM2 Port To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices RJ 45 LAN connector To connect Ethernet for home or office ...

Page 44: ...ces 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 Pin 1 U US SB B3 3 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r U US SB B2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r KEY GND USB_ FP_P0 USB_FP_P0 USBPWR0 USB_FP_OC0 GND USB_FP_P1 USB_FP_P1 USBPWR0 1 44 ...

Page 45: ... 46 6S S 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 CD IN R GND GND L 45 ...

Page 46: ...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 MIC OUT GND GND MONO IN M MO OD DE EM M C CN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r 46 ...

Page 47: ... remove 5 6 and 9 10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable Please do not remove these 5 6 and 9 10 yellow jumper caps if there s no audio port on the front panel Pin 1 AUD_RET_L KEY AUD_RET_R AUD_VCC AUD_GND AUD_FPOUT_L NC AUD_FPOUT_R AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_MIC 1 47 Note Please remove the jumper cap from the Front Panel Audio Connector before you connect the cable Do not...

Page 48: ...on with Dr LED Upgrade Optional which can easily shows what kind of problems may occur on your system during assembly It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr LED This can helps you to have a self diagnostic to your system status quickly GPO11 GPO12 GPO13 3 3V GND 1 2 Pin 1 5 6 48 ...

Page 49: ... 0 Indicates that the CPU may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 1 Indicates that the memory may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 2 Indicates that the AGP may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 3 Indicates that the PCI card may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 4 Indicates that the floppy disk drive may have been installed incorrectly ...

Page 50: ...ed 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 Battery ATX Stand by Power 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 pl...

Page 51: ...ver 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 51 Note Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mista...

Page 52: ...implements a hardware 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 systems status goes wrong there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard if existed to warn the user 52 ...

Page 53: ...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 53 ...

Page 54: ...valent Series Resistance during high frequency operation is very important 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 MX46S implements 1500μF capacitors which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000μF and it provides better stability for CPU power 54 ...

Page 55: ...rking in stable condition The layout of this motherboard implements our 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 exa...

Page 56: ...u 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 over clocking the CPU 56 ...

Page 57: ...D 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 57 ...

Page 58: ...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 58 ...

Page 59: ...95 system disk to complete setup step 4 Windows 95 will finish the installation procedure automatically then you restart the system Installing driver for Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME Windows XP 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 WIN98 for Windows ...

Page 60: ... 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 a RealTek ALC201A AC97 CODEC You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu 60 ...

Page 61: ...rd 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 into Re...

Page 62: ... 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 assig...

Page 63: ...T 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 a Go through the fol...

Page 64: ...wledged 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 64 Tip Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI suspend to disk Pleas...

Page 65: ...he 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 power...

Page 66: ...ows NT all other Windows Systems support ACPI Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup ACPI mode 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 sys...

Page 67: ...el support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of MX46S had optimized by our 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 press Del whe...

Page 68: ...sers 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 Item Function Description Window Menu Items Select Window 68 ...

Page 69: ...p program By the way all products of We also provide a special function in the BIOS setup you can press F3 key selecting preferred menu language to display Key Description Changing setting to next value or increase the value Changing setting to previous value or decrease value Select the item 1 In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 In sub menu Exit current menu to main menu Move the light ...

Page 70: ...M MX X4 46 6S S O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l F6 70 Load fail save setting value from CMOS Load turbo setting value from CMOS Save changed setting and exit setup program Key Description F10 F7 ...

Page 71: ...t correct cables Power on and enter the BIOS Setup press Del during POST After you 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 71 Warning Please avoid of using Load Turbo Defaults unless you are sure your system components CPU DRAM HDD etc are g...

Page 72: ... right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model 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 Easy Flash BIOS programs are designed to be compatible with the Award BIOS At the date of this note Easy Flash BIOS programs are not available for AMI ...

Page 73: ...le MX46S102 BIN MX46S102 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 MX46S102 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 Done...

Page 74: ... Some lab tests results showed that 133MHz is achievable when proper setting and qualified components were presented Not only that the CPU clock ratio can be up to 24x that supports almost all of Pentium 4 CPUs in the future and provides flexibility for overclockers Warning The design of this product follows CPU and chipset vendor s design guideline Any attempts to push beyond product specificatio...

Page 75: ...ur 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 tech report overclk mb vga oc htm HDD http www aopen com tech report overclk mb hdd oc htm 75 ...

Page 76: ...ating 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 pe...

Page 77: ...we er r M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t Unlike ACPI BIOS controls most APM power management functions 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 Business Machines...

Page 78: ...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 79: ...on 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 golden...

Page 80: ...at 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 E 2 PROM Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re programmed by ...

Page 81: ...ut 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 O...

Page 82: ...nd 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 address and an acknowledgment is returned In addition to an architecture that scales with silicon technology IEEE 1394 features a unique isochronous data channel interface ...

Page 83: ...M 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 133MHz CPU FSB bus clock P PC C 1 16 60 00 0 o or r P PC C 2 21 10 00 0 D DD DR R D DR RA AM M Based on FSB frequency the DDR DRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type of working frequency Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64 bit it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s and 266x6...

Page 84: ... 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 already PnP compliant P PO OS ST T P Po ow we er r O On n S Se el lf f T Te es st t The BIOS self test procedure after power on sometimes it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during...

Page 85: ...AM to use burst mode transfer SDRAM comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V Our company is the first company to support dual SDRAM DIMMs onboard AP5V from Q1 1996 S Sh ha ad do ow w E E 2 2 P PR RO OM M A memory space in Flash ROM to simulate E 2 PROM operation our motherboard uses Shadow E 2 PROM for jumper less and battery less design S SI IM MM M S Si in ng gl le e I In n L Li in ne e...

Page 86: ...a a D DM MA A Ultra DMA or more accurately Ultra DMA 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 memory RAM The Ultra DMA 33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33 3MB s twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory DMA interface Ultra DMA was developed as a proposed industry standard b...

Page 87: ...em mo or ry y NEC s Virtual Channel Memory VCM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service 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 technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced pow...

Page 88: ... 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 88 ...

Page 89: ...he VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard Next 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 No Yes 89 ...

Page 90: ... It is very possible that your keyboard is defective No Yes Next 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 90 ...

Page 91: ...rebooting press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Default The problem should 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 End 91 ...

Page 92: ...ce to 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 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 ...

Page 93: ...ortant 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 5 5 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 printed on bar code label You...

Page 94: ... 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 MX46S R1 00 Nov 30 2001 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc MX46S is the model name of the motherboard R1 00 is BIOS version 94 ...

Page 95: ...s 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 opportunities to participate special product promotional programs Enjoy higher service priority to receive technical assistance provided by AOpen specialists worldwide Be able to join the discussions of ...

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