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MVBX2-X User’s Manual

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1. Checklist

Check that your package is complete. If any listed items are missing, please
contact your retailer immediately. The MVBX2-X motherboard package
contains the following.

Package Box
MVBX2-X Motherboard
Anti-Static Bag
EPE Sheet
User’s Manual
IDE Ribbon Cable Supporting Ultra DMA33/66
Note : The 80-Pin Ribbon cable is designed with a 40-Pin connector.
Floppy Ribbon Cable
Driver and Utility CD

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Summary of Contents for MVBX2-X

Page 1: ... z Intel Pentium Pentium II Pentium III Celeron and Slot1 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation All other product names mentioned herein are used for identification pur poses only and may be the trademarks of their respective companies Technical Support If you need technical assistance our technical support engineers will be glad to assist you with all technical difficulties you can reach...

Page 2: ...CONTENTS 1 Checklist 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Specification 4 4 Layout Guide 6 5 Hardware Installation 8 6 BIOS Configuration 24 P N 5011501900 NOV 1999 REV1 0 ...

Page 3: ...tailer immediately The MVBX2 X motherboard package contains the following Package Box MVBX2 X Motherboard Anti Static Bag EPE Sheet User s Manual IDE Ribbon Cable Supporting Ultra DMA33 66 Note The 80 Pin Ribbon cable is designed with a 40 Pin connector Floppy Ribbon Cable Driver and Utility CD 1 1 2 3 4 8 7 6 5 2 3 4 5 8 7 6 ...

Page 4: ...er Link z Optimized System Performance AGP improves the graphics performance dramatically Ultra DMA33 66 speed up disk drive access Enhanced SDRAM support for fastest access to memory and Concurrent PCI enables simultaneous data transfer z Integrated Power Management ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface support enables O S and application programs to direct the system power management z...

Page 5: ...MHz AGP Bus fro AGP Interface z 66 100 133 MHz SDRAM Bus for SDRAM Memory Interface Memory Support z Three 168 Pin DIMM sockets for 3 3V unbuffered SDRAM module and PC 100 100MHz PC 133 133MHz Compliant z Memory capacity from 8MB up to 384MB Expansion Slots Support z Five PCI v2 2 Slots z Two ISA Slots z One AGP Slot OnBoard I O Support z Two channel Ultra DMA33 66 mode IDE Port for 4 IDE devices ...

Page 6: ...tem power on by PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse z Modem Ring On and Wake On LAN Function Power z Harris HIP6018B PWM Power Controller z ATX Power Supply Configuration BIOS Support z Award 2MB Flash BIOS Compliancies z DOC Compliant z CE Certification Form Factor z ATX 305 x 178 x 1 6mm z 4 Layer PCB Design Environment z Operating Temperature 0 500 C z Operating Humidity 10 80 RH z Vibration 0 500Hz 3 Spec...

Page 7: ...ify the components on your motherboard K B MS PS 2 Mouse Port K B MS PS 2 Keyboard Port USB1 Two USB Ports LPT1 Parallel Port COM1 Serial Port COM2 Serial Port JP5 Safe Mode Header 4 Layout Guide 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 1 2 3 5 6 4 7 8 9 11 12 13 16 14 17 19 21 23 22 20 24 10 18 15 ...

Page 8: ... Slots J9 Chassis Fan Connector JP3 CMOS Memory Clear Header J3 SB LINK Header J2 Front Panel I O Header BAT1 Lithium CR2032 Battery CPU FAN CPU Fan Connector IDE1 2 IDE Devices Header JP1 4 CPU FSB Header FDC1 FDD Device Header ATX1 ATX Power Connector DIMM1 3 DIMM Sockets SLOT1 Slot1 CPU Slot 4 Layout Guide 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 8 9 19 20 21 22 23 24 ...

Page 9: ...rboard and contact you retailer immediately if it is damaged 5 3 Pre Installation Procedure Before you install your motherboard into a chassis its convenient to install the memory modulesandsetallthejumperstocorrectsettings Theexamplesandexplainbelowshownthe function and identify of the jumper setting to help you understand the circuits and enable or disable certain features or properties of the m...

Page 10: ...lem that can occur when you play old computer games that run the DOS real mode environment z z z z z Power Connector ATX1 It has a single lead connector with a clip on one side of the plastic housing There is only one way to plug the lead into the power connector ATX1 Press the lead connector down until the clip snaps into place and secures the lead on to the connector Assignment Pin Pin Assignmen...

Page 11: ...and password z Turn off your system power then place a jumper cap to short Pin 2 3 of JP3 for 3 5 seconds z Put the jumper cap back to Pin 1 2 of JP3 z Turn on your system power then access BIOS setup please refer to BIOS Configuration explain 20 1 11 10 Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 3 3V 11 1 3 3V 12V 12 2 3 3V GND 13 3 GND PW ON OFF 14 4 5V GND 15 5 GND GND 16 6 5V GND 17 7 GND 5V 18 8 PW GOOD 5...

Page 12: ...sed for remote wake up system through a network z If you have installed a network adapter LAN adapter you can use the cable provided with the card to plug into the J4 connector on the motherboard This is the Wake On LAN feature when your system is in a power saving mode any traffic through the network automatically resume the system You must enable this item using the Power Management item of the ...

Page 13: ... into sleep state fan should be shut down to eliminate audible noise and reduce power consumption You can monitor the fan speed by way of W83977EF chip and the fan must come with a tachometer output on the J6 and J9 z The CPU and motherboard will overheat if there is no air flow across the CPU andonboardheatsink DamagemayoccurtothemotherboardandtheCPUfan if these pins are incorrectly used 1 3 Pin ...

Page 14: ...ed system hang or fail to boot up no video If this happens there is a methods let your system enter safe mode and get your system back again z Method The following instructions can be performed to safe mode setting z Power off the system then place the jumper cap to short Pin 1 2 of JP5 z When power on the system the system will enter safe mode for reboot your system z Then power off the system ag...

Page 15: ...e over a 100MHz systembus z ThePentiumIIIprocessorisidenticaltothePentiumIIprocessorexceptthatithas added instructions that are designed to improve performance in areas such as the internet encoding and decoding of compressed audio and video files and soon Currently the Pentium III processor ships with clock speeds of 450MHz 500MHz 550MHz 600MHz and 667MHz Pentium III s operate over a 100 133MHz s...

Page 16: ... J6 for the processor cooling fan then connect the cable from cooling fan to J6 Warning Processor require a heat sink with a cooling fan Failure to provide adequatecoolingoftheprocessormayseriouslyaffectsystemperformanceor cause permanent damage to the processor z If you need to remove the processor from the motherboard the procedure will be asfollows z Disconnect the fan power cable from the moth...

Page 17: ...memory chips Each memory module can support a maximum capacity of 128MB so total maximum memory is 384MB z Follow the steps mentioned below to install the SDRAM module z On the motherboard locate the three DIMM sockets z Pull the locking latches of the DIMM sockets outwards z Align the memory module correctly The edge connector of the memory module has notches that match obstructions in the DIMM s...

Page 18: ...ansion Card z z z z z ThismotherboardhasfivePCI twoISAandanAGPslots Youcanusetheexpansion slots to install expansions card that add new feature to your system z The AGP slot supports an add on graphics adapter which has an AGP Accelerated Graphics Port edge slot z The ISA slots support legacy add on cards which have an 8 16 bit ISA Industry Standard Architecture edge slot z The PCI slots support c...

Page 19: ...120 drives Typically most people install one IDE hard disk drive and one IDE CD ROM drive so this motherboard ships with one IDE cable You can easily obtain a second IDE cable if you want to install more than two IDE devices z Follow the steps mentioned below to install the IDE device z Locate the IDE1 and IDE2 box header on the motherboard z IDE1 Connectoneendofthe40 Pinribboncablethatcomeswithth...

Page 20: ...p3 Install the FDD Device z Themotherboardhasafloppydiskdriveinterfacethatwillsupportoneortwofloppy disk drives The floppy disk drive ribbon cable has connectors for two 3 5 wide disk drives Red Stripe Pin 1 IDE1 2 Master Master Slave IDE2 Rear of IDE Device Slave Primary IDE1 Secondary IDE2 Master Slave Master Slave Status 1 Primary Channel has priority over the Secondary Channel HDD C HDD D Mast...

Page 21: ... panel display and control This section explains how to connect these components z z z z z PW SW It is a 2 Pin header connects to the chassis mounted power button z z z z z RST SW It is a 2 Pin header connects to the chassis mounted reset switch and is used to reboot the system z HD LED It is a 2 Pin header connects to the chassis mounted HDD LED to indicate HDD activity z SPEAKER It is a 4 Pin he...

Page 22: ...er connector on the HDD device z Connect FDDPWR of the power supply unit to the power connector of the FDD device Note Incorrect installation of the power supply could result in serious damage to the motherboard and connected peripherals Make sure the power supply is unplugged from the AC outlet before connecting the leads from the power supply PW SW RST SW PW LED KB LK SPEAKER 2 1 2 6 2 5 HD LED ...

Page 23: ...yboard z z z z z USB1 Black two 4 Pin USB Ports is available for connecting USB devices z z z z z LPT1 Burgundy 25 Pin Parallel Port can be used by Printers or other Paral lel communication devices z z z z z COM1 2 Teal Turquoise two 9 Pin Serial Ports is ready for a Mouse or other Serial devices Step7 Boot the System ThischapterisastepbystepguidethatexplainshowtouseyourMVBX2 Xmotherboard to build...

Page 24: ...llation MVBX2 X User s Manual 23 z You are now ready to boot the system for the first time Please continue to the next section to configure your BIOS Basic Input Output System setting It must be configuredafterbooting ...

Page 25: ...ions pressing the Del key will allow you to access the BIOS Setup menu At that point the BIOS will display the following message Standard CMOS Setup This Standard CMOS Setup option allows you to record some basic configuration of the system hardware setting of system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system there is no need to select this option However ...

Page 26: ...highlight the Time field and then press either Page Up Page Down or to set the current time Follow the hour minute and second format Valid values for hour minute and second are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 Press Enter twice if you do not want to modify the current time Hard Disks This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The o...

Page 27: ... on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk during bootup This will allow you to change your hard disks with the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard disk type If you use older hard disks that do not support this fea...

Page 28: ...hen press F1 A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need F5 loads the last set values while F6 and F7 loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively Virus Warning When this feature is enabled if there is any attempt from a software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is atte...

Page 29: ...drive A will be changed to B without changing the physical cable Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A once Boot Up NumLock Status This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot IDE HDD Block Mode This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multisector data transfers and eliminates the interrupt handling time for each sector Most IDE dri...

Page 30: ... Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA PCI VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not OS Select For DRAM 64MB When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Report No FDD For WIN 95 98 Windows will release IRQ line 6 normally used by the Floppy Disk Drive after you disable your onboard FDD and set th...

Page 31: ...ck Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB Read Around write This field sets the DRAM optimization feature If a memory read is a addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer before being written to memory the read is satisfied through the buffer contents and...

Page 32: ...n of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation AGP 2X Mode If you have AGP Card Please set it to Enabled OnChip USB This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controlle...

Page 33: ...power saving features while User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the sys tem time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG SYS For Windows 3 x and Windows 95...

Page 34: ...u to assign IRQ to external modem that is to be connected to the system Soft Off by PWR BTTN This field allows you to set Power off mode through Instant Off or Delay mode 4 sec When you select Instant Off mode to turn off the system just press the power button and the system will Power off immediately If you select Delay mode you must press the power button for at least 4 seconds in order to turn ...

Page 35: ...nabled or Disabled setting to power up the computer make sure system power is on when the LAN Card receives a call while the computer is off RTC Alarm Resume This motherboard an alarm on the system real time clock that can resume the system from a software powerdown or a power saving mode Use this item to enable or disable this feature Primary INTR When set to ON any event occurring at will awaken...

Page 36: ...IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot Reset Configuration Data When Enabled the system BIOS will clear reset the ESCD during POST After clearing the ESCD the BIOS will then change this item s value to Disabled Otherwise the ESCD...

Page 37: ...it posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 PCI 2 Access 1 Retry This item allows you Enable or Disable the PCI 2 Access 1 Retry AGP Master 1 WS Write This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read ...

Page 38: ...Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on th...

Page 39: ...n at 450MHz and the system is running a front side bus frequency of 100MHz you should select a multiplier of 4 5 so that 4 5 Multiplier x 100MHz Front Side Bus 450MHz CPU Clock Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk If you enable this item the system does not generate clock signals for unused PCI or DIMM slots so that EMI electromagnetic interference is reduced CPU Clock Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spe...

Page 40: ...ng allows 0 1 or 2 The default setting of Auto will allow auto detection to ensure optimal performance IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses If you install a primary and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface Init Display First This item allows ...

Page 41: ...ne which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip Onboard Parallel Port This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 378H IRQ 7 278H IRQ 5 Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each...

Page 42: ...sword prompt appears on the screen take note that the password is case sensitive and can reach up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To implement password protection specify into the Security Option field of the BIOS...

Page 43: ...ember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature Enhanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices IF you want to use another controller...

Page 44: ...sk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save th...

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