MX3W-V
User's Guide
Printed in Taiwan
PART NO.:
DOC. NO.: MX3WV-1-E9910A
Страница 1: ...MX3W V User s Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO DOC NO MX3WV 1 E9910A...
Страница 2: ...uide Document Number MX3WV 1 E9910A Model and revision For MX3W V rev 1 xx Manual version English rev A Release Date Oct 8 1999 More help for latest information Taiwan http www aopen com tw USA http w...
Страница 3: ...of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnet...
Страница 4: ...sary servicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Further this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from...
Страница 5: ...io frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not oc...
Страница 6: ...board and special features Chapter 2 Hardware Installation describes hardware jumpers connectors and memory configuration There are user friendly drawings to locate jumper and connector Chapter 3 AWA...
Страница 7: ...have to press on the keyboard Note Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic Warning Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific acti...
Страница 8: ...n 11 chapter 2 Hardware Installation 1 2 1 Jumper and Connector Locations 2 2 2 Jumpers 4 2 2 1 Selecting the CPU Frequency 4 2 2 2 Setting the CPU Voltage 5 2 2 3 Clearing the CMOS 5 2 2 4 Onboard Au...
Страница 9: ...chapter 3 Award BIOS 1 3 1 Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu 2 3 2 Standard CMOS Setup 3 3 3 BIOS Features Setup 6 3 4 Chipset Features Setup 10 3 5 Power Management Setup 18 3 6 PNP PCI Configurati...
Страница 10: ...jumpers or switches are used The correct CPU information is saved into the EEPROM With these technologies the disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper less designs are eliminated There will be no wor...
Страница 11: ...rk To use the Wake On LAN function you must have a network card that supports this feature and have installed proper network management software such as ADM Wake On RTC Timer The Wake Up Timer is more...
Страница 12: ...g Utility CPU Thermal Protection MX3W V has a special thermal detection circuit to have warning through application software when the temperature is higher than a predefined value System Voltage Monit...
Страница 13: ...eal time clock can keep running without battery as long as the power cord is plugged But in case of power failure or the power cord unplugged you need to reset date and time from Standard CMOS Setup s...
Страница 14: ...loppy interface supports 3 5 inches drives with 720KB 1 44MB or 2 88MB format or 5 25 inches drives with 360KB 1 2MB format IDE Interface Dual channel IDE interface support maximum 4 IDE hard disks or...
Страница 15: ...tem Standby to Never b Click on Hibernate and select Enable Hibernate Support then Apply c Click on the Advanced tab you ll see Hibernate on Power Buttons Note that this option will only be seen after...
Страница 16: ...following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT 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...
Страница 17: ...s ACPI acknowledged but disable ACPI function 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...
Страница 18: ...ACPI Suspend to DRAM please follow the procedures as below System Requirement 1 An ACPI OS is required Currently Windows 98 is the only choice Please refer to 1 2 for details 2 The Intel INF Update Ut...
Страница 19: ...your system Please follow the procedure below to enable Wake on Keyboard Mouse function 1 Set JP28 at pin 2 3 is to enable this function 2 Go to BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals Power On Function Yo...
Страница 20: ...eater than 800mA Caution Wake On Mouse function applies to PS 2 mouse only Caution The mouse can t be moved between double clicking Caution If you set a Password but forget it please clear CMOS Cautio...
Страница 21: ...lly answer a phone call such as answering machine or to send receive fax You may identify the true power off by checking fan of your power supply Both external box modem and internal modem card can be...
Страница 22: ...lect Enabled 2 Setup your application put into Windows 95 Start Up 3 Turn system power off by soft power switch 4 Connect RS232 cable of external box Modem to COM1 or COM2 5 Connect telephone line to...
Страница 23: ...toring Utility to warn the user The system voltage monitoring function monitors CPU core voltage It is automatically implemented by the BIOS and Hardware Monitoring Utility the program s file name is...
Страница 24: ...reserve the earth AOpen MX3W V implements the battery less motherboard design There is no need to have battery for RTC real time clock and CMOS Setup as long as ATX power cable is plugged In case of t...
Страница 25: ...pansion 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 inst...
Страница 26: ...e following figure shows the locations of the jumpers and connectors on the system board FDC IDE2 IDE1 USB KB2 PANEL P C I 2 P C I 3 IrDA CPUFAN1 COM1 PRINTER PS 2 MS MODEM CN CD IN JP14 P C I 1 DIMM1...
Страница 27: ...RINTER Printer connector PWR2 ATX power connector USB USB connector FDC Floppy drive connector IDE1 IDE1 primary channel IDE2 IDE2 secondary channel CPUFAN1 CPU fan connector CPU1 Housing fan connecto...
Страница 28: ...o re open the housing if CMOS battery loss The CPU frequency selection is set by going into BOIS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU FSB The possible setting is 66 8 72 75 83 3 90 95 100 2 105 107 110...
Страница 29: ...5 Warning INTEL 810 chipset supports a maximum of 100MHz CPU FSB the higher clock settings are for internal test only These settings exceed the specification of the chipset which may cause serious sy...
Страница 30: ...m password To clear the CMOS follow the procedures as below JP14 1 2 3 Normal Operation default JP14 1 2 3 Clear CMOS The procedure to clear CMOS 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove...
Страница 31: ...wer button at the same time Note that do not release Home key until POST screen appearing 2 2 4 Sound JP12 1 2 2 3 Sound Enabled default Disabled If you want to install another sound card you have to...
Страница 32: ...AWARD BIOS 2 8 JP28 1 2 3 Disabled JP28 1 2 3 Enabled 2 2 6 SPK Out JP27 1 2 2 3 SPK Out Disabled Enabled This jumper is used to enable or disable speaker out JP27 1 2 3 Disabled JP27 1 2 3 Enabled...
Страница 33: ...ou plug in the right direction Caution Make sure that the power supply is off before connecting or disconnecting the power cable 5V 5V 5V SB 3 3V 3 3V PWR2 2 3 2 Fan Plug in the fan cable to the 3 pin...
Страница 34: ...n connector marked PS2 The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing PS 2 Mouse PCB 2 3 4 Keyboard The onboard PS 2 keyboard connector is a 6 pin Mini Din connector marked KB2...
Страница 35: ...1 2 3 5 Serial Devices COM1 The onboard serial connectors COM1 are 9 pin D type connector on the back panel of mainboard COM1 PCB 2 3 6 Serial Devices COM2 Plug in the IDE cable to the COM2 connectors...
Страница 36: ...25 pin D type connector marked PRINTER The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing PRINTER PCB 2 3 8 USB Device You can attach USB devices to the USB connector The motherbo...
Страница 37: ...of four devices In order to work together the two devices on each channel must be set differently to master and slave mode either one can be hard disk or CDROM The setting as master or slave mode dep...
Страница 38: ...le does not excess this length Caution For better signal quality it is recommended to set far end side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device Please refer t...
Страница 39: ...the BIOS Setup 1 SPWR GND ACPI POWER LED GND 5V NC NC GND RESET GND 11 10 20 GND KEYLOCK 5V IDE LED IDE LED 5V 5V GND NC SPEAKER PANEL 1 Speaker IDE LED Keylock Reset 11 10 20 SPWR ACPI Power LED PANE...
Страница 40: ...ctor and enable infrared function from BIOS setup make sure to have correct orientation when you plug onto IrDA connector Pin 1 3 4 5 6 7 9 Description 5V FIRRX FAST IR CIRRX Consumer IR IRRX STANDARD...
Страница 41: ...recommended to use Internal Modem To use AOpen MP56 connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of MP56 to WOM connector on the mainboard Pin 1 2 3 4 Description 5V SB NC RING GND 1 2 3 4 WOM 2 3 14 Wake...
Страница 42: ...PCI sound card installed it is necessary to link the card to this connector for compatibility issue under DOS environment Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 Description GNT GND NC REQ GND SIRQ 1 2 5 6 SB LINK 2 3 16 CD...
Страница 43: ...t Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet only some internal modem cards implement this connector Please see the pin definitions to connect the cable Pin 1 2 3 4 Descripti...
Страница 44: ...PCB MIC LINE IN Game Port To fully utilize the audio functions you may connect various peripheral devices that the audio chip supports The following figure shows the different devices that you can co...
Страница 45: ...16Mx64 128MB and double side 1Mx64x2 16MB 2Mx64x2 32MB 4Mx64x2 64MB 8Mx64x2 128MB Tip Here is a trick to check if your DIMM is single side or double side if there are traces connected to golden finger...
Страница 46: ...your dealer for the correct type IV 2 clock and 4 clock signals Although both of 2 clock and 4 clock signals are supported by this motherboard we strongly recommend choosing 4 clock SDRAM in consider...
Страница 47: ...28MB Yes 8M by 32 8Mx64 x1 2 64MB Yes 8M by 32 8Mx64 x2 4 128MB Yes 16M by 8 16Mx64 x1 8 128MB Yes 16M by 8 16Mx64 x2 16 256MB Yes The following table lists the possible DRAM combinations that is NOT...
Страница 48: ...y update your BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility Important Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the mainboard design the BIOS information contained in this chapter especially the Chipset...
Страница 49: ...uring POST Power On Self Test Tip Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Choose Load Turbo Defaults for best performance with light system loading Refer to section 3 7 The sect...
Страница 50: ...clock Standard CMOS IDE Primary Master Type Standard CMOS IDE Primary Slave Type Standard CMOS IDE Secondary Master Type Standard CMOS IDE Secondary Slave Type IDE Primary Master Auto Manual None Thi...
Страница 51: ...ve type The available settings and types supported by the mainboard are listed on the left Standard CMOS Video Video EGA VGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono This item specifies the type of video card in use The defa...
Страница 52: ...ogram to locate the problem WARNING Disk Boot Sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc Advanced BIOS Features CPU Internal Cache CPU Internal Cache Enable...
Страница 53: ...SCSI CDROM D E F LAN Disabled This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence The hard disk ID are listed below C Primary master D Primary slave E Secondary master F Secondary...
Страница 54: ...up search sequence The hard disk ID are listed below Advanced BIOS Features Swap Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Enabled Disabled This item allows you to swap floppy drives For example if you have two...
Страница 55: ...ay 250 500 750 1000 This parameter allows you to control the delay time between the first and the second keystroke where the repeated keystrokes begin The typematic delay settings are 250 500 750 and...
Страница 56: ...AWARD BIOS 3 9 OS Select for DRAM 64MB OS 2 Non OS 2 Set to OS 2 if your system is utilizing an OS 2 operating system and has a memory size of more than 64 MB...
Страница 57: ...Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Latency Time SDRAM CAS Latency Time 2 3 These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency and RAS to CAS Delay calculated by clocks They are important parameters affects SDRAM performa...
Страница 58: ...Enabled Disabled This item lets you cache Video RAM A000 and B000 Advanced Chipset Features Memory Hole At 15M 16M Memory Hole At 15M 16M Enabled Disabled This option lets you reserve system memory a...
Страница 59: ...fails to bootup please set this item to 3 Advanced Chipset Features Paging Mode Control Paging Mode Control Slow Fast This item will affect SDRAM performance If the system fails to bootup please set t...
Страница 60: ...AWARD BIOS 3 13 RAS Precharge Slow Fast This item will affect SDRAM performance If the system fails to bootup please set this item to Slow...
Страница 61: ...mary Slave PIO Integrated Peripherals IDE Secondary Master PIO Integrated Peripherals IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Setting this item to Auto activate...
Страница 62: ...ode if you do not want to receive the warning message when ATA66 HDD connects to a 40 pin cable Integrated Peripherals NCR SCSI ROM Scan NCR SCSI ROM Scan Enabled Disabled This item lets you disable t...
Страница 63: ...dio AC97 Audio Enabled Disabled This item is used to enable or disable the onboard audio Integrated Peripherals AC97 Modem AC97 Modem Enabled Disabled The item is used to enable or disable the AC97 mo...
Страница 64: ...ly be powered on through the preset keys like a password Hot Key If selecting this option you also need to specify the hot key from Hot Key Power On item Mouse Left This function allows you wake up th...
Страница 65: ...d allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk connector instead of a separate controller card Change the setting to Disabled if you want to use a separate controller card...
Страница 66: ...mmunication at a maximum baud rate of 115K baud FIR Select this setting if you installed an Infrared module via IrDA connector refer to section 2 3 Connectors This FIR Fast IR setting allows infrared...
Страница 67: ...set the parallel port mode The mode options are SPP Standard and Bidirection Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Parallel Port SPP is the IBM AT and PS 2 compatible mode EPP enh...
Страница 68: ...matically power on after AC power resumes in the other hand the system will power off if you select Off If Former Sts option is selected the system will power on or power off based on the original sta...
Страница 69: ...ion allows you to set the default parameters of power saving modes Set to Disable to turn off power management function Set to User Define to choose your own parameters Mode Doze Standby Suspend HDD P...
Страница 70: ...op Grant You can select suspend mode by this item If PWRON Suspend is selected the CPU will enter into Doze mode If Stop Grant is selected the CPU clock will enter into Sleep mode In both of these mod...
Страница 71: ...s section Standby and Suspend Power Management Soft Off by PWR BTTN Soft Off by PWR BTTN Delay 4 sec Instant Off This is a specification of ACPI and supported by hardware When Delay 4 sec is selected...
Страница 72: ...CPU can receive 66M count in one second If the Slow Clock Ratio is set to 50 the CPU will only receive 33M clock count in one second This will effectively reduce CPU speed as well as CPU power Power...
Страница 73: ...Primary IDE 0 Power Management Primary IDE 1 Power Management Secondary IDE 0 Power Management Secondary IDE 1 Power Management FDD COM LPT Port Power Management PCI PIRQ A D Primary IDE 0 Enabled Di...
Страница 74: ...ation and reassign the IRQs DMAs and I O address PNP PCI Configuration Resources Controlled By Resources Controlled by Auto Manual Setting this option to Manual allows you to individually assign the I...
Страница 75: ...PnP compatible except old PCI IDE card PNP PCI Configuration PCI VGA Palette Snoop PCI VGA Palette Snoop Enabled Disabled Enabling this item informs the PCI VGA card to keep silent and to prevent conf...
Страница 76: ...pears if you select the option PNP PCI Configurations from the main menu PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature CPU Warning Temperature Disabled 50 53 56 This item is used to specify a CPU warning t...
Страница 77: ...l Clock Spread Spectrum Clock Spread Spectrum Enabled Disabled This item is used to set clock spread spectrum for EMI testing Normally you don t need to change the default setting Frequency Voltage Co...
Страница 78: ...e parameter in the BIOS Features Setup and Chipset Features Setup to get slowest and safer setting 3 11 Load Turbo Defaults The Load Turbo Defaults option gives better performance than Load Setup Defa...
Страница 79: ...nfirm the new password After the password entry the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To disable the password press when prompted to enter the password The screen displays a message conf...
Страница 80: ...HECKSUM MX3Wxxx BIN to see if the checksum of the downloaded file is exactly the same as indicated If not do the downloading again 3 Save AOFL170 EXE and MX3Wxxx BIN to a DOS floppy disk Reboot your s...
