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DOC. NO.: MX36LEN-OL-E0111B
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Страница 1: ...M MX X3 36 6L LE E N N M MX X3 36 6L LE E V V O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l MX36LE N MX36LE V DOC NO MX36LEN OL E0111B 1...
Страница 2: ...ust Notice 8 Before You Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 14 Motherboard Map 15 Hardware Installation 16 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 17 CPU Installation 18 JP23 Adjust FSB...
Страница 3: ...CNR Expansion Slot 35 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 36 COM2 Connector 37 Support 2nd USB Port 38 CD Audio Connector 39 Modem Audio Connector 40 AUX IN Connector 41 Front Audio Connector 42 Battery less...
Страница 4: ...s ME Windows2000 55 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver 56 Installing Onboard Sound Driver 57 Installing Onboard AGP Driver 58 Installing LAN Driver 59 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility 63 ACPI Suspend...
Страница 5: ...r Management 80 ATA AT Attachment 80 ATA 66 80 ATA 100 81 BIOS Basic Input Output System 81 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 81 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 81 CODEC Coding and Decoding 82 DIMM Dual...
Страница 6: ...s 84 IEEE 1394 85 Parity Bit 85 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM 85 PC 100 DIMM 86 PC 133 DIMM 86 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 86 PDF Format 86 PnP Plug and Play 86 POST Power On Self Test 87 RDR...
Страница 7: ...36 6L LE E V V O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l SPD Serial Presence Detect 88 UltraATA 89 USB Universal Serial Bus 89 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 90 ZIP file 90 Troubleshooting 91 Technical Suppor...
Страница 8: ...n this manual 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 t...
Страница 9: ...system configuration 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...
Страница 10: ...gine to deliver rich graphics capabilities for running software and Internet applications Through its advanced memory controller architecture this motherboard supports up to 1 0GB of PC 100 PC133 SDRA...
Страница 11: ...CPU FSB frequencies and based on 64 bit Socket 370 CPU The VIA Apollo PLE133 integrates Trident Blade 2D 3D graphic accelerator into a single BGA package which provides you the better capabilities for...
Страница 12: ...vides full AGP 2 0 capability for maximum bus utilization including 1X 2X 4x mode transfers SBA Side Band Addressing Flush Fence commands and pipelined grants The AGP 4X specification provides a new l...
Страница 13: ...Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status temperature and voltage monitoring and alert through the on board hardware monitor module and AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility Enhanced ACPI F...
Страница 14: ...re on how to 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...
Страница 15: ...R Capacitors 370 pin CPU Socket supports 100 133MHz FSB for Pentium Celeron with Vcore and Frequency Auto Detection 32 bit PCI Slot x3 COM2 Connector VIA Apollo PLE133 Chipset with Trident Blade3D Gra...
Страница 16: ...age your processor 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 pack...
Страница 17: ...e procedure 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 s...
Страница 18: ...n you plug it into CPU socket CPU socket Lever CPU Pin1 and cut edge Note If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well you may damage the CPU 1 Pull up the CPU socket level and up to...
Страница 19: ...st t F FS SB B P PC CI I C Cl lo oc ck k This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock Generally speaking if you are not an overclocker we recommend you to set at the default s...
Страница 20: ...lock Ratio 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 Wa...
Страница 21: ...U Ratio Core Frequency CPU FSB Clock CPU Ratio Home 21 CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock Ratio Celeron 800 800MHz 100MHz 8x Celeron 850 850MHz 100MHz 8 5x Celeron 900 900MHz 100MHz 9x Celeron 1 2G 1 2G...
Страница 22: ...li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Pentium III 933EB 933MHz 133MHz 7x Pentium III 1G 1000MHz 133MHz 7 5x Pentium III 1 13G 1 13GHz 133MHz 8 5x Warning VIA PLE133 chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB Bus hi...
Страница 23: ...on and allows 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...
Страница 24: ...e automatically It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage C CP PU U a an nd d H Ho ou us si in ng g F Fa an n C Co on nn ne ec ct 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...
Страница 25: ...N N M MX X3 36 6L LE E V V 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 168 pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 1...
Страница 26: ...orresponding 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 pi...
Страница 27: ...RAM S3 or Suspend to Disk S4 The LED will be turned off 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 p...
Страница 28: ...ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A AT TX X P Po ow we er r C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r The ATX power supply uses 20 pin connector shown below Make sure you plug in the right direction 5V 5V 5V COM COM COM PS O...
Страница 29: ...4 pin floppy cable and 40 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 sys...
Страница 30: ...Master and Slave mode Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accor...
Страница 31: ...ns 13 383ns 1 383ns x 2byte 5 2MB s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns 1 240ns x 2byte 8 3MB s PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns 1 180ns x 2byte 11 1MB s PIO mode 4 30ns 4 120ns 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s DMA mode 0 30ns 16...
Страница 32: ...oftware such 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...
Страница 33: ...d with chipset that supports 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...
Страница 34: ...M MX X3 36 6L LE E N N M MX X3 36 6L LE E V V O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side WOL Connector Motherboard Side 34...
Страница 35: ...0 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 a...
Страница 36: ...Port MIDI Game Port PS 2 Mouse Connector MIC In Line In Speaker Out USB Connectors COM 1 Port PS 2 Keyboard Connector 15 pin D Sub VGA Connector PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which is using a PS...
Страница 37: ...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 up middle area of this motherboard With proper cable you can...
Страница 38: ...or rt t 2 2n nd d U US SB B P Po or rt t This motherboard supports four USB ports Two of them are on back panel connector the other two are on the left bottom area of this motherboard With proper cab...
Страница 39: ...X X3 36 6L LE E V V 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 black connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard s...
Страница 40: ...r r This connector is used 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 fo...
Страница 41: ...E N N M MX X3 36 6L LE E V V O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A AU UX X I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard soun...
Страница 42: ...dio port on the front panel you ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector Front Audio Connector Pin 1 Note Please remove the jumper cap from the Front Panel Audio Conne...
Страница 43: ...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 your current CPU and CMOS Setup confi...
Страница 44: ...voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage for example 2 0V and makes 5V over current protection useless This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over current p...
Страница 45: ...protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake there is still certain risk that CPU memory HDD add on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure hum...
Страница 46: ...itoring 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 b...
Страница 47: ...ard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken did the job to protect motherboard user still cannot replace it and t...
Страница 48: ...ES SR R C Ca ap pa ac ci it to or r The quality of low ESR capacitor Low Equivalent Series Resistance during high frequency operation is very important for stability of CPU power The location of where...
Страница 49: ...or when overclocking A typical CPU core voltage is 2 0V so a good design should control voltage between 1 860V and 2 140V That is the transient must be below 280mV Below is a timing diagram captured...
Страница 50: ...chipset and CPU working in stable condition The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen s unique design called Frequency Isolation Wall Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions...
Страница 51: ...AOpen Bonus CD 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 9...
Страница 52: ...6L LE E V V 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 D Di is sc c You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc Choose the utility a...
Страница 53: ...do ow ws 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 d...
Страница 54: ...B Controller 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 incl...
Страница 55: ...98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000 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 operating sy...
Страница 56: ...r Windows NT use VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver VIA AGP IRQ Routing Driver For Windows 98 use VIA Registry INF Driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc Autorun menu Note Installing this Bus Master IDE driv...
Страница 57: ...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 an AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset Yo...
Страница 58: ...ns st ta al ll li in ng g O On nb bo oa ar rd d A AG GP P D Dr ri iv ve er r VIA PLE133 chipset integrates a 2D 3D graphics accelerator which provides AGP 2X incredible performance to access main mem...
Страница 59: ...V 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 L LA AN N D Dr ri iv ve er r You can install LAN Driver under Windows95 98 Windows NT and Windows 2000 for Realtek RTL8139 PCI F...
Страница 60: ...nish the other installation procedures automatically and then restart your system Installing driver for Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME 1 Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacture...
Страница 61: ...will pop up Set the default value to auto The other values such as 10 or 100 are only used when you want to force RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb 7 Then Input EthernetID dialog box...
Страница 62: ...LAN Adapters 1 Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2 in the Network Settings dialog box choose the Configure button 2 The Input Ethernet ID dialog box will appear Input adapter s Et...
Страница 63: ...ng g H Ha ar rd dw wa ar 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 and system voltage The hardware monitorin...
Страница 64: ...image into hard 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 Window...
Страница 65: ...will be shown 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...
Страница 66: ...VERSION DETECT 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 Wi...
Страница 67: ...is ACPI acknowledged 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 A...
Страница 68: ...oing through the 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 suppl...
Страница 69: ...oice Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup Windows 98 ACPI mode 2 The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS Set...
Страница 70: ...stem parameters and save the configuration into the 128 byte CMOS area normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset To enter to BIOS setup menu press Del when POST Power On Self Test screen is show...
Страница 71: ...quit Award BIOS setup program The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award BIOS setup program By the way all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the B...
Страница 72: ...lue from CMOS F6 Load fail save setting value from CMOS F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program Note AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly...
Страница 73: ...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...
Страница 74: ...e the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model AOpen Easy Flash is a little different than traditional flash method The BIOS binary file and flash routine are linked together and you simply...
Страница 75: ...disk For example MX36LEN102 BIN MX36LEN102 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 MX...
Страница 76: ...locker This section is dedicated to overclockers This high performance motherboard is designed for maximum 133MHz CPU bus clock But it comes with clock generator of 150MHz when we design it to accommo...
Страница 77: ...mended and you are taking your own risk to damage your system or important data Before doing overclocking you must make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting especially CPU D...
Страница 78: ...locking for your 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 Ava...
Страница 79: ...anagement to 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 registe...
Страница 80: ...nc ce ed d P 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...
Страница 81: ...a as st te er 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 event...
Страница 82: ...DIMMs are made by FPM EDO and only operate at 5V Do not confuse them with SDRAM DIMM E EC CC C E Er rr ro or r C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g a an nd d C Co or rr re ec ct ti io on n The ECC mode needs 8 E...
Страница 83: ...t UV light If BIOS has to be upgraded you need to remove EPROM from motherboard clear by UV light re program and then insert back E EV V6 6 B Bu us s EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from...
Страница 84: ...O OM M Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility but it is also easier to be infected by virus Because of increase of new functions BIOS...
Страница 85: ...with silicon technology IEEE 1394 features a unique isochronous data channel interface Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a pre determined rate This is especially importan...
Страница 86: ...for electronic document PDF format is independent from platform you can read PDF file under Windows Unix Linux Mac with different PDF reader You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and N...
Страница 87: ...ported 16 bit data per channel and this channel may have maximum 32 RDRAM devices no matter how many RIMM sockets R RI IM MM M R Ra am mb bu us s I In nl li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le...
Страница 88: ...data SIMM had been phased out on current motherboard design S SM MB Bu us s S Sy ys st te em m M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t B Bu us s SMBus is also called I2C bus It is a two wire bus developed for...
Страница 89: ...puter bus technology UltraATA support in your computer means that it will boot start and open new applications more quickly It will help users of graphic intensive and applications that require large...
Страница 90: ...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 technolog...
Страница 91: ...an nu ua al l T Tr ro ou ub bl le es sh ho oo ot ti in ng g Next Clear CMOS Make sure if all jumper settings are correct Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable then remove all of the a...
Страница 92: ...No 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 fa...
Страница 93: ...al l Yes Next It is very possible that your keyboard is defective No Check if the system reboots Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Yes No Check if there is display Press Ctrl and Alt key...
Страница 94: ...install the operating system such as Windows 98 Turn off the system and re connect IDE cable Yes End The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD No Check if the system can reboot successfull...
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Страница 97: ...d 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 can find this bar code label on the outside packing on ISA CPU slot or on component side o...
Страница 98: ...O 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 MX36LE N MX36LE V R1 00 Aug 01 2001 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Pla...
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