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MLX8440-0S

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Page 1: ...istered trademarks of Microsoft Corp PCITM is a registered trademark of the PCI Special Interest Group VESATM is a trademark of the Video Electronics Standards Association All trademarks are the properties of their respecitve owners MLX8440 0S User s Manual Version A The information presented in this publication has been carefully for reliability however no responsibility is assumed for inaccuraci...

Page 2: ...SB Universal Serial Bus Connector 10 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors 10 LPT1 Parallel Printer Connectors 10 MIDI GAME Audio Port 10 J1 KBLOCK SPK RST HDLED SUSLED Suspend Switch 11 JPX CPU Speed Selectors 13 JP1 CPU Internal Clock Speed Selectors 13 JX1 CPU FAN POWER 13 System FAN POWER 13 J4 IR Connector 13 Sony Panasonic Connector 14 FLOP1 Floppy Drive Connector 14 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 14...

Page 3: ...TED PERIPHERALS SETUP 33 USER PASSWORD SETTING 35 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 35 SAVE EXIT SETUP 36 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 36 Audio Installation 37 4 1 Product Features 38 4 2 DOS and Windows 3 1and Winodws 95 Applications Installation 39 4 3 YAMAHA Audio Rack Software 40 Hardware Monitor Setup AGP Utility 41 A 1 System Health Monitor Utility 42 A 2 Installing the Utility 43 A 3 Application 43 A 4 AGP and...

Page 4: ...ction The mainboard is a high performance mainboard based on the advanced PENTIUMTM II microprocessor the AGP PCI Local Bus and the Intel 440LX chipset The mainboard offers a high degree of flexibility in configuration and is fully IBM PC compatible 1 ...

Page 5: ...rddisk drivers that don t need device driver for S W application the capacity each harddisk can large than 528MB up to 8 4GB PCI Bus master IDE interface on board with two connectors support 4 IDE devices in 2 channel the PCI IDE Controller supports PIO Mode 0 to Mode 4 Bus master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Ultra DMA 33MB sec On board super Multi I O chip that support 2 serial port with 16550 Fast UART co...

Page 6: ...eo audio controller Sound Blaster 16 PRO compatible with stereo voice up to 48KHz sampling rates Daul channel game port supports Microsoft game pad up to 8 ports Supports 3V 5V and 12V 20 pins ATX power connector ATX form factor 180mm x 305 mm Hardware Monitor Support CPU System FAN status monitoring and alarm CPU voltage system temperature monitoring Poly switch resettable fuse over current prote...

Page 7: ...g A grounded surface within easy reach is the expansion slot covers at the rear of the system case or any other unpainted portion of the system chassis During configuration and installation touch a grounded surface frequently to discharge any static electric charge that may build up in your body Another option is to wear a grounding wrist strap When handling a mainboard or an adapter card avoid to...

Page 8: ...2 Hardware Configuration Before you install the mainboard into the system chassis you may find it convenient to first configure the mainboard hardware This chapter describes how to set jumpers and install memory modules and where to attach components 2 ...

Page 9: ... 2 1 Mainboard Component Locations Figure 2 1 Mainboard Component Locations J4 J1 JP1 RT1 C B A JPX K B Mouse USB COM1 COM2 AGP SLOT PCI SLOT3 PCI SLOT4 PCI SLOT2 PCI SLOT1 ISA SLOT1 ISA SLOT2 Printer MIDI GAME AUDIO Panasonic Sony BIOS J5 JX1 ...

Page 10: ...uld take the following precautions Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cord before you begin Unplug all cables that connect the mainboard to any external devices 2 3 Connectors Attach system components and case devices to the mainboard via the mainboard connectors A description of each i connector and its connector pins follows See Figure 2 1 for the location of the connectors on the ma...

Page 11: ...ving the jumper cap Note When you open the jumper attach the plastic jumper cap to one of the pins so you won t lose it Symbols For setting 3 pin jumpers the symbols below are used Pins 1 and 2 are Shorted with a jumper cap Pins 2 and 3 are Shorted with a jumper cap For setting 2 pin jumpers the following symbols are used The jumper is Shorted when the jumper cap is placed over the two pins of the...

Page 12: ... sure that the pins are aligned Pin Description Pin Description 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V Note Make sure that the ATX power supply can take at least 10mA load on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB P10 P11 P1 P20 PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female Serial Port 9 pin Male COM1 COM2 SPEAKER MIC LINE IN PS 2 M...

Page 13: ... Pin Description Pin Description 1 Mouse Data 2 N C 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Mouse CLK 6 N C USB Universal Serial Bus Connector This connector supports two port USB Bus Pin Description Pin Description 1 5 VDC 5 5VDC 2 DATA 6 DATA 3 DATA 7 DATA 4 Ground 8 Ground COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors LPT1 Parallel Printer Connector MIDE GAME Audio Port RT1 Thermistor Connector temperature ...

Page 14: ...ut 12 NC 13 Ground 14 5V KBLOCK Keylock Power LED Connectors KB Lock is a keylock connector that enables and disables the keyboard and the Power LED on the case Pin Description 1 LED Output 2 NC 3 Ground 4 Keylock 5 GND HDLED Hard Disk LED Connector Pin Description 6 5V 16 Active Low P3 P4 P2 P1 P14 P15 P13 P12 P11 P16 P6 P11 P20 P1 P11 SPK KBLOCK PSW SUSLED HDLED RST Suspend Switch ...

Page 15: ...is connector Holding the power switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system RST Reset Switch Connector Attach the Reset switch cable to this connector Setting Description Open Normal Mode Short Reset System JPX CPU Speed Selectors The mainboard has a clock generator that lets you choose the CPU frequency by settings jumper JPX You can set CPU speed to 50 55 60 66 68 75 MHz as shown bel...

Page 16: ...ort Open Short x 4 5 Open Short Open Short x 5 0 Short Open Open Short x 6 0 Short Short Short Open JX1 CPU FAN POWER Pin Description 1 Ground 2 12VDC 3 FAN Speed Sensor SYSFAN System FAN POWER Pin Description 1 Ground 2 12VDC 3 FAN Speed Sensor J4 IR Connector Pin Description 1 VCC 2 N C 3 IRRX 4 Ground 5 IRTX 6 Fast IR B C A D P3 P1 P2 P3 P2 P1 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 ...

Page 17: ...e 4 pin connector enables the system to receive the audio output from the CD ROM Sony Description 1 GND 2 CD R 3 GND 4 CD L Panasonic Description 1 CD L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD R FLOP1 Floppy Drive Connector IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector RT1 Thermistor Connector ...

Page 18: ...r the remaining instructions into the bottom of the mainboard with the curved edges facing outwards toward the edge of the mainboard 3 Use a screw driver to lightly tighten the retention base screws 4 Insert the heatsink support base into the holes on either side of the 440LX PCIset located next to Slot 1 Note that one hole is bigger than the other to prevent backwards insertion Attach Mount Bridg...

Page 19: ...t the top of the retention base Note that when removing the processor these snaps can be clicked into a completely vertical position leaving your hands free to stabilize the board and pull the processor evenly and gently out of the board Also note that like PCI and ISA slots Slot 1 has a divider that prevents backwards insertion 7 Insert the heatsink support top bar into the heatsink support base ...

Page 20: ...orts the following memory configurations and DIMM socket consists of two 168 pin DIMM Module BANK MEMORY MODULE DIM1 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 168PIN DIMM Single Side Double Side DIM2 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 168PIN DIMM Single Side Double Side DIM3 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 168PIN DIMM Single Side Double Side Notes DRAM type 3 3V 64 72 bit EDO DRAM 50 60ns and SDRAM 8 10 12ns ...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 Page 18 Hardware Configuration 2 ...

Page 22: ...Page 19 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup 3 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup This chapter explains how to configure the mainboard s BIOS setup program 3 ...

Page 23: ...stem The following message appears at the bottom of the screen Press DEL to enter setup ESC to skip memory test 2 Press the DEL key to enter the Award BIOS setup program and the following screen appears 3 Choose an option and press Enter Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in the system See the following sections for more information 4 Press ESC at anytime to return to th...

Page 24: ...fields Select auto to detect the HDD type automatically SIZE The hard disk size The unit is Mega Bytes CYLS The Cylinder number of the hard disk HEAD The read write head number of hard disk PRECOMP The cylinder number at which the disk drive changes the write timing LANDZ Landing zone SECTOR Number of sectors ROM PCI ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy SAT MAY 30 1998 Tim...

Page 25: ...ders is below 1024 Drive A B Choose 360KB 5 1 4 1 2MB 5 1 4 720KB 3 1 2 1 44MB 3 1 2 Not installed 2 88MB 3 1 2 Video Choose Monochrome Color 40x25 VGA EGA Color 80x25 Not installed Halt On Choose All Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key Note You can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during bootup 3 ...

Page 26: ...make sure you always choose Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Choose Enabled or Disabled Enabled provides a fast POST and boot up speed ROM PCI ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Di...

Page 27: ...de at boot up Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled Disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming The system BIOS will use default value of these 2 items and the default is controlled by keyboard Typematic Rate Chars Sec Choose the rate a character keeps repeating Typematic Delay Msec Choose how lon...

Page 28: ...abled C8000 CBFFFF to DC000 DFFFF These fields are used for shadowing others expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose 3 After you have finished with the BIOS Features Setup program ...

Page 29: ...neration and Checking Correction SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay The SDRAM Timing type SLOW Default FAST SDRAM RAS Precharge Time The SDRAM Timing type SLOW Default FAST SDRAM CAS Latency Time The SDRAM Timing type 2 3 Default ROM PCI ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC DRAM Speed Selection 60ns CPU Warning Temperature 70o C 158o F DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Current CPU Temperature 26o...

Page 30: ...Time The timing for 16 bit ISA cards Memory Hole at 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This field allows you to reserve 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards This makes memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB By default this field is set to Disabled AGP Aperture...

Page 31: ... saving capability Min saving This mode will minimize the power saving capability User define Allow user to define time out parameters to control power saving timing Refer to item B shown below ROM PCI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define Reload Global Timer Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ3 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Video Off Method V H SYNC BLANK Primary IDE...

Page 32: ...ows the BIOS to blank off screen display by turning off the V Sync signals sent from add on VGA card DPMS Supported allows the BIOS to blank off screen displayby your add on VGA card which supports DPMS Display Power Management Signaling Function Blank Screen allows the BIOS to blank screen display by turning off the red green blue signals MODEM use IRQ When the system is in green function modem w...

Page 33: ...r it gets VGA Active Monitor Enabled the system can not enter the power saving mode when monitor is on Disabled the system can enter the power saving mode when monitor is on Soft Off by PWRBTN When enabled turning the system off with the on off button places the system in a very low power usage state with only enough circuitry receiving power to detect power button activity or Resume by Ring activ...

Page 34: ...are No Default Yes Resource Controlled By Manual The field defines that the PNP Card s resource is controlled by manual You can set which IRQ X and DMA X assigned to PCI ISA PNP or Legacy ISA cards Auto If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards To set this field Auto The BIOS will be assigned the interrupt resource automatically ROM PCI ISA BIOS PNP PCI CONFIGRUATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP O...

Page 35: ...e PCI IDE is inserted If PCI AUTO does not work then assign an individual PCI SLOT number 4 After you have finished with the PCI Slot Configuration program press the ESC key and then follow screen instructions to save or disregard your settings LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS This Main Menu item loads the default system values These settings are recommended for optimum performance If the CMOS is corrupted whe...

Page 36: ...ansfer rate is better than Disable Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO The default value is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode ROM PCI ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 IDE Primary Master PIO...

Page 37: ...ra DMA faster than DMA On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE Turn on enable Turn off disable the onboard IDE function USB Keyboard Support Enable USB keyboard Disable AT keyboard Onboard FDC Controller Choose disabled when you use an ISA card with FDD function or choose enabled to use the onboard FDD connector Onaboard Parallel Port Select from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses the o...

Page 38: ...rd drive you can use this utility to detect its parameters and automatically enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup 2 For IDE hard disk driver the BIOS provide three modes to support both normal IDE hard disk and also drivers large than 528MB a short description of three modes as follows a Normal mode For drivers small than 528MB b Large Mode For drives larger than 528MB that do not use LBA There...

Page 39: ...g press Esc again or move cursor to Exit Without Saving and press Y to retain the Setup settings The following message will appear at the center of the screen to allow you to save data to CMOS and exit the setup utility Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N EXIT WITHOUT SAVING If you select this feature the following message will appear at the center of the screen to allow you to exit the setup utility withou...

Page 40: ...4 Audio Installation 4 Chapter 4 Audio Installation The Audio is a stereo 16 bit PnP sound device It is compatible with Sound Blaster 16 and Microsoft WindowsSoundSystem The Audio supports 3D surround sound function 4 ...

Page 41: ...MF715 Built in 16 bit Sigma Delta Stereo CODEC Programmable sampling rates from 5 5 KHz to 48KHz for recording playback Hardware and software master volume control Dual DMA supporting DMA Demand Mode with FIFO for Full Duplex Supports IMA ADPCM A Law and u Law Compression Decompression MPU 401 Compatible MIDI Interface Joystick Port with the timer function NE558 Supports 3D surround effects Suppor...

Page 42: ... the Driver disk select med3700 win31 english directory of CD ROM 2 Type install for Windows or install d for DOS and press enter Windows 95 The sound supports Windows 95 Plug and Play 1 Start Windows 95 2 Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 3 Insert the Driver disk select med3700 win95 english directory of CD ROM Note Detail information for the installation is described on t...

Page 43: ...nt can record and playback WAV format files Insert the Driver disk select asession Setup of CD ROM System Requirements 1 IBM PC compatible computer with an 80386 as a minimum 2 At least 1MB of available hard disk space 3 Windosn 3 x Windows 95 or higher 4 Sound board and its Windows driver 5 MCI extensions must be installed in the Windows driver section ...

Page 44: ...Page 41 Appendix Hardware Monitor Setup AGP Utility A Appendix Hardware Monitor Setup AGP Utility This chapter explains how to configure the mainboard s hardware mointor setup program and AGP utility A ...

Page 45: ...rature voltage and fan Refer to the Chipset Features Setup Chapter 3 section for details When you hear a failure alarm you must power off your computer and check the following processor fan heatsink chassis fan and power supply We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition Sets the time interval for monitoring the syst...

Page 46: ...d the Chipset Features Setup For other operating systems you may only use the Chispset Features Setup A 2 Installing the Utility Insert the CD diskette that came with the system board Run SETUP EXE of the System Health Monitor utility After completing installation you will find this utility in StartUp under Programs of WindowsR 95 NT 4 0 Please refer to the Readme file for details on using the uti...

Page 47: ... Utility A A 4 AGP and LX Chip Utility Microsoft 95 system not support the AGP controller by Intel 440LX Please install winp2x4 exe to upgrade inf file under Win95 DOS prompt 1 Start Win95 2 Run MS DOS prompt 3 Insert CD diskette run winp2x4 exe ...

Page 48: ...Page 45 Appendix Hardware Monitor Setup AGP Utility A ...

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