Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Chapter 3 Award BIOS
Chapter 4 Audio
Appendix A Frequently Asked Question
Appendix B Troubleshooting
Appendix C Jumper Table Summary
Страница 1: ...Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Chapter 3 Award BIOS Chapter 4 Audio Appendix A Frequently Asked Question Appendix B Troubleshooting Appendix C Jumper Table Summary...
Страница 2: ...need to re open the housing if CMOS battery loss The only jumper left is to clear CMOS which is a safety hook if you forget the password Battery less Motherboard MX6E PLUS implements EEPROM and speci...
Страница 3: ...popular implemented on the Baby AT or ATX 3 3V 5V 12V switching power supply But unfortunately the new generation Pentium II CPU uses different voltage that have regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltag...
Страница 4: ...lity Suspend to Hard Drive utility and BIOS flash utility Multi language BIOS This breakthrough will help you set BIOS items without the language barrier Note This motherboard is battery less that mea...
Страница 5: ...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 CDROM mode 4 bus master h...
Страница 6: ...gement software such as ADM you can wake up a system through a local area network RTC Wake Up Timer Program the date time to wake up your system Synchronous Switching Regulator High efficient synchron...
Страница 7: ...PNP PCI Configuration PnP OS Installed select No This can give BIOS the capability to allocate system resources for Suspend to Hard Drive 3 Bootup your system into DOS command prompt If you are Win 95...
Страница 8: ...C AOZVHDD c partition If there is no extra free partition and you don t want your data lost please do not use this partition method 6 After creating above partition or hidden file please reboot your...
Страница 9: ...RO 2x AGP PLOTECH 3D IMAGE 9850 AGP CARDEX S3 Virge GX AGP Tip The following sound cards have been tested OK for Suspend to Hard Drive AOpen AW32 AOpen AW35 AOpen MP32 Creative SB 16 Value PnP Creativ...
Страница 10: ...o automatically 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...
Страница 11: ...Suspend to Hard Drive function 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 external box Modem Turn on Modem pow...
Страница 12: ...System voltage monitoring function monitors CPU core voltage It is automatically implemented by BIOS and Hardware Monitor utility the file name is like aohw100 exe where 100 means the version number...
Страница 13: ...reserves an option to use special CPU heatsink with thermal sensor on it The CPU thermal sensor should be connected to CN1 1 7 Multi language BIOS For giving AOpen s worldwide users the best support...
Страница 14: ...le is plugged In case of the AC power is shutdown or power cord is removed by accident the CMOS Setup and system configuration can be restored from EEPROM only the system clock needed to be re set to...
Страница 15: ...n 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...
Страница 16: ...igure shows the locations of the jumpers and connectors on the system board I S A 1 I S A 2 FDC IDE2 IDE1 USB KB2 BIOS PANEL A G P P C I 1 P C I 2 HDD LED IrDA JP14 CPU SLOT 1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM1 CPU FA...
Страница 17: ...tor USB USB connector FDC Floppy drive connector IDE1 IDE1 primary channel IDE2 IDE2 secondary channel CPUFAN CPU fan connector FAN Housing fan connector IrDA IrDA Infrared connector HDD LED HDD LED c...
Страница 18: ...tium base jumper less design are eliminated There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection and no need to re open the housing if CMOS battery loss The CPU frequency selection is set by going in...
Страница 19: ...from connector PWR2 3 Locate JP14 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 6 Turn on the system po...
Страница 20: ...oard Sound Card JS1 1 2 2 3 Disable Onboard Sound Card Enabled default Disabled If you want to install other sound card you have to disable the onboard sound card by setting this jumper to Disabled JS...
Страница 21: ...supply is off before connecting or disconnecting the power cable 5V 5V 5V SB 3 3V 3 3V PWR2 2 3 2 ATX Soft Power Switch Connector The ATX soft power switch connector is a 2 pin header on the system bo...
Страница 22: ...ach fan cable to either CPU FAN connector or FAN connector Both of these two fans connectors can support hardware monitoring function however you can only use the CPU FAN connector to control the fan...
Страница 23: ...B2 The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing PS 2 KB PCB 2 3 6 Serial Devices COM1 COM2 The onboard serial connectors are 9 pin D type connector on the back panel of mainb...
Страница 24: ...r is a 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 mo...
Страница 25: ...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 depends on t...
Страница 26: ...t Slave 2nd IDE2 Secondary Channel IDE1 Primary Channel 2 3 11 Hard Disk LED The HDD LED connector is marked as HDD LED on the board This connector is designed for different type of housing actually o...
Страница 27: ...eylock and power LED Since power LED and keylock are aligned together you can still use this kind of connector 1 5V GND Reserved GND NC NC GND NC RESET GND 11 10 20 GND KEYLOCK GND 5V POWER LED SPEAKE...
Страница 28: ...Connection user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters ASK IR 56Kbps and Fast IR 4Mbps 2 meters Install infrared module onto...
Страница 29: ...ommended to use Internal Modem To use AOpen MP56 connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of MP56 to WKUP connector on the mainboard Pin 1 2 3 4 Description 5V SB NC RING GND 1 2 3 4 MODEM WKUP 2 3 15...
Страница 30: ...onnector is used to connect Mono In Mic Out connector of an internal modem card 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 o...
Страница 31: ...eck if your DIMM is single side or double side if there are traces connected to golden finger pin 114 and pin 129 of the DIMM the DIMM is probably double side otherwise it is single side Following fig...
Страница 32: ...hoose 4 clock SDRAM in consideration of reliability Tip To identify 2 clock and 4 clock SDRAM you may check if there are traces connected to golden finger pin 79 and pin 163 of the SDRAM If there are...
Страница 33: ...2MB Yes 4M by 16 4Mx64 x2 8 64MB Yes 8M by 8 8Mx64 x1 8 64MB Yes 8M by 8 8Mx64 x2 16 128MB Yes DIMM Data chip Bit size per side Single Double side Chip count DIMM size Recommended 2M by 32 2Mx64 x1 2...
Страница 34: ...SDRAM TI TMS626162DGE 15 x2 8 16M SDRAM TI TMS626812DGE 15 x1 8 16M SDRAM NEC D4516821G5 A12 7JF x1 8 16M SDRAM Toshiba TC59S1608AFT 12A x1 8 16M SDRAM TI TMS626812DGE 12A x1 8 16M SDRAM TI TMS626812D...
Страница 35: ...S can identified the correct chip count you need to calculate the chip count by yourself The simple rule is By visual inspection use only DIMM which is less than 16 chips Tip The parity mode uses 1 pa...
Страница 36: ...te 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 Setup...
Страница 37: ...Self Test The BIOS Setup Main Menu appears as follows Tip Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Choose Load Turbo Defaults for best performance with light system loading Refe...
Страница 38: ...ight an item and or to select the value for each item Standard CMOS Date To set the date highlight the Date parameter Press or to set the current date The date format is month date and year Standard C...
Страница 39: ...e if no HDD is connected to the system The IDE CDROM is always automatically detected Tip For an IDE hard disk we recommend that you use the IDE HDD Auto Detection to enter the drive specifications au...
Страница 40: ...he left Standard CMOS Video Video EGA VGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono This item specifies the type of video card in use The default setting is VGA EGA Since current PCs use VGA only this function is almost usele...
Страница 41: ...te the warning message This feature protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk from virus intrusion Any attempt during boot up to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive st...
Страница 42: ...led This item lets you enable or disable L2 Cache ECC checking BIOS Features Quick Power On Self Test Quick Power on Self test Enable Disabled This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some items that...
Страница 43: ...to disregard the function Disabling the numeric function allows you to use the numeric keypad for cursor control BIOS Features Boot Up System Speed Boot Up System Speed High Low Select High or Low sy...
Страница 44: ...security option select Password Setting from the main menu don t type anything and just press Enter BIOS Features PCI VGA Palette Snoop PCI VGA Palette Snoop Enabled Disabled Enabling this item inform...
Страница 45: ...FF Shadow BIOS Features D000 D3FF Shadow BIOS Features D400 D7FF Shadow BIOS Features D800 DBFF Shadow BIOS Features DC00 DFFF Shadow C8000 CBFFF Shadow Enabled Disabled These six items are for shadow...
Страница 46: ...These features are related to system performance Caution Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything You may change the parameter settings to imp...
Страница 47: ...s MA Wait State MA Wait State Slow Fast To enable or disable one additional MA DRAM memory address wait state The default setting is Slow Set it to Fast if you have heavy loading many chip count or lo...
Страница 48: ...value is x222 for 60ns EDO DRAM Which means the 2nd 3rd and 4th memory cycles are 2 CPU clocks for EDO The value of x is the timing of first memory cycle Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Lat RAS to CAS SDR...
Страница 49: ...allow faster video performance Chipset Features Video RAM Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Enabled Disabled This item lets you cache Video RAM A000 and B000 Chipset Features 8 Bit I O Recovery Time 8 Bit...
Страница 50: ...ory area for special ISA cards The chipset accesses code data of these areas from the ISA bus directly Normally these areas are reserved for memory mapped I O card Chipset Features Passive Release Pas...
Страница 51: ...performance We provide this option for your convenience if you like to test it Chipset Features Manufacture Frequency Default Manufacture Frequency Default Depends on the CPU type This item only remin...
Страница 52: ...the market are 66 8 Mhz the correct setting may vary because of new CPU product refer to your CPU specification for more details Chipset Features CPU Clock Ratio CPU Clock Ratio 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 4...
Страница 53: ...Power Management Power Management Max Saving Mix Saving User Define Disabled This function allows you to set the default parameters of power saving modes Set to Disable to turn off power management fu...
Страница 54: ...ple stop CPU internal clock Power Management Video Off After Video Off After N A Doze Standby Suspend To turn off video monitor at which power down mode Power Management Doze Mode Doze Mode Disabled 1...
Страница 55: ...or other events such as I O Power Management Suspend Mode Suspend Mode Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour This item lets you set the period of time after which the sy...
Страница 56: ...k is stop all other devices are shut off But power must be kept On to detect activities from modem keyboard mouse and returns the system to full power The system activities is detected by monitoring t...
Страница 57: ...led soft power switch is only used to control On and Off there is no need to press 4 sec and there is no Suspend Power Management RTC Wake Up Timer RTC Wake Up Timer Enabled Disabled This option lets...
Страница 58: ...may fail to go into Doze Standby Suspend mode Power Management IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Disabled To enable or disable the detection of IRQ3 7 IRQ9 15 or NMI interrupt events for power...
Страница 59: ...Configuration Setup from the main menu PNP PCI Configuration PnP OS Installed PnP OS Installed Yes No Normally the PnP resources are allocated by BIOS during POST Power On Self Test If you are using a...
Страница 60: ...I O address PNP PCI Configuration IRQ3 COM2 PNP PCI Configuration IRQ4 COM1 PNP PCI Configuration IRQ5 Network Sound or Others PNP PCI Configuration IRQ7 Printer or Others PNP PCI Configuration IRQ9...
Страница 61: ...I Auto Some old PCI IDE add on cards are not fully PnP compatible These cards require you to specify the slot in use to enable BIOS to properly configure the PnP resources This function allows you to...
Страница 62: ...s item in conjunction with the Used MEM Length lets you set a memory space for non PnP compatible ISA card This item specifies the memory base start address of the reserved memory space The memory siz...
Страница 63: ...1 12 14 15 Auto This item is reserved for engineering purpose to let you assign an IRQ manually to the add on card on each PCI slot If you select Auto system will automatically assign an available val...
Страница 64: ...t Features Setup to get slowest and safer setting 3 8 Load Turbo Defaults The Load Turbo Defaults option gives better performance than Optimal values However Turbo values may not be the best setting o...
Страница 65: ...nu This option allows you to configure the I O features Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Disabled This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multisector dat...
Страница 66: ...er mode Caution It is recommended that you connect the first IDE device of each channel to the endmost connector of the IDE cable Refer to section Connectors for details on how to connect IDE device s...
Страница 67: ...iver in the operating system Integrated Peripherals USB IRQ Released USB IRQ Released Yes No USB device is default to use PCI INTD the same as PCI slot4 If you installed PCI card on slot4 and require...
Страница 68: ...is item is configurable only if the Onboard UART 2 is enabled This allows you to specify the mode of serial port2 The available mode selections are Standard Sets serial port 2 to operate in normal mod...
Страница 69: ...lel Port Mode SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP This item lets you set the parallel port mode The mode options are SPP Standard and Bidirection Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Parallel Por...
Страница 70: ...ing that the password has been disabled 3 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection If your system has an IDE hard drive you can use this function to detect its parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup...
Страница 71: ...hout Saving Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes Do not use this option if you want to save the new configuration 3 16 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers The NCR 53C810 SCSI BI...
Страница 72: ...ermine if the BIOS has been downloaded correctly or not 1 Execute C CHECKSUM Biosfile bin Biosfile bin is the filename of the BIOS code 2 The utility will show Checksum is ssss 3 Compare the ssss with...
Страница 73: ...uring FLASHING 6 Reboot the system by turn off the power after FLASHING 7 Press DEL key to enter BIOS setup during POST 8 Reload the BIOS SETUP DEFAULT and reconfigure other items as previous set 9 Sa...
Страница 74: ...NE 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 connect Stere...
Страница 75: ...arious audio devices all controllable through software Adjusts master volume CD audio line in and microphone inputs Software setting of I O address DMA and IRQ Stereo digitized voice channel Full dupl...
Страница 76: ...er from disk provided by hardware manufacturer and click on OK Windows 95 prompts you for the driver disk 3 Specify the path of the Win95 driver from your CD ROM drive then click on OK The system will...
Страница 77: ...ll the drivers 1 Execute SETUP EXE on driver disk click on Uninstall Driver 2 Click on Uninstall Crystal Drivers to uninstall the drivers The uninstallation process automatically removes the drivers a...
Страница 78: ...ion directories The Windows applications installation screen displays 6 Press e if you want to install the Windows applications and drivers Otherwise press m The hardware settings screen displays 7 Se...
Страница 79: ...oot the system after installation Important You must reboot the system The onboard audio does not work unless you reboot 4 3 2 Removing the Drivers Follow these steps to remove or uninstall the driver...
Страница 80: ...pear Please select the default configuration resource and press OK 6 Click on the Restart Now button 4 4 2 Install MPU 401 Joystick Driver Follow these steps to install the MPU401 or joystick drivers...
Страница 81: ...Icon For more information please refer to the online help 3D Controller controls the 3D effects CD Player plays audio CDs Wave Player plays and records waveform audio files MIDI Player plays MIDI aud...
Страница 82: ...njoy the sound quality between different MIDI device obviously HotKey Button Show keyboard mapping Rhythm Tempo To play several types of background music MIDI Board Notes Move cursor over the screen k...
Страница 83: ...e AOpen mainboard BIOS version appears on the upper left corner of the POST Power On Self Test screen Normally it starts with R and is found in between the model name and the date For example BIOS rev...
Страница 84: ...ready you may get latest BIOS from AOpen web site http www aopen com tw Our latest BIOS includes the keyboard driver called Legacy mode that simulates USB keyboard to act as AT or PS 2 keyboard and m...
Страница 85: ...DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x2 33MB s The following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes The IDE bus is 16 bit which means every transfer is two bytes Mode Clock per 33MHz PCI Clock count Cy...
Страница 86: ...turn off system through software Windows 95 Shutdown function can be used to verify if your mainboard supports soft power off Q What is the AGP Accelerated Graphic Port A AGP is a PCI like bus interf...
Страница 87: ...ersion of Windows 95 by following steps 1 Double click System in Control Panel 2 Click General 3 Look for System heading refer to following 4 00 950 Windows 95 4 00 950A Windows 95 Service Pack or OEM...
Страница 88: ...le CPU fan thermal and system voltage monitoring Features ADM 2 1 LDCM 3 0 VGA card No limitation Only ATI Network card No limitation Only Intel Support DMI BIOS 2 0 Yes Yes Support Win95 Yes Yes Supp...
Страница 89: ...com tw USA http www aopen usa com http www aopenamerica com Europe http www aopen nl Important Make sure that you have tried listed procedures in this appendix before you call your distributor If the...
Страница 90: ...ou use a PCI VGA card reinstall it to other PCI slot or try another card f Check if the memory SIMM DIMM were installed properly Reinstall the SIMM DIMM to other socket or try another SIMM DIMM g Make...
Страница 91: ...l Parallel Floppy cable was installed properly b If possible use another peripheral to double check if the mainboard is defective Keyboard has no response when system boots or BIOS shows the message K...
Страница 92: ...B 4 Technical Problem Report Form Model Name Serial Number Contact Name TEL FAX Email Address Error Symptom System Configuration Please list model name and version OS BIOS CPU SIMM HDD CDROM VGA Soun...
Страница 93: ...MHz BOIS Setup Chipset Features Setup CPU Clock Ratio The possible setting is 1 5x 2x 2 5x 3x 3 5x 4x 4 5x 5x 5 5x 6x 6 5x 7x 7 5x and 8x INTEL Pentium II CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock...
Страница 94: ...ecause of over clocking simply use Home key to restore to the default setting 233MHz By this smart design it would be more convenient to clear CPU frequency setting For using this function you just ne...
