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Page 1: Mx46-800N / Mx46-800L
MX46-800N / MX46-800L DOC. NO.: MX46800N-OL-E0403C... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
’ ’ MX46-800N / MX46-800L ..........................1 What’s in this manual ..................................2 You Must Notice .................................... 8 Before You Start .................................... 9 Overview ..................................... 10 Feature Highlight ..................................11 Quick Installation Procedure ............................... 15 Motherboard Map ..................................16 Block Diagram ..................................... 17 Hardware Installation ..........................18... - Page 3 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector ........................43 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ..............................44 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................45 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper .............................. 46 STBY LED ....................................47 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ..........................48 AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” ................................49...
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Page 4: Phoenix Award Bios
Battery-less and Long Life Design .............................. 50 Over-current Protection ................................51 Resetable Fuse ................................... 52 Low ESR Capacitor ..................................53 Phoenix Award BIOS..........................55 About BIOS Function Description… ............................56 How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program ......................... 57 How To Enter BIOS Setup................................58 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .......................... - Page 5 Installing LAN driver (for MX46-800N) ............................83 AOConfig Utility ................................... 85 Glossary ..............................87 AC97 CODEC ..................................... 87 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ........................87 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ............................87 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ..............................88 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ................................. 88 ATA (AT Attachment) ...................................
- Page 6 FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ............................92 Flash ROM ....................................92 Hyper Threading..................................92 IEEE 1394 ....................................92 Parity Bit ...................................... 93 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus..........................93 PDF Format....................................94 PnP (Plug and Play) ..................................94 POST (Power-On Self Test) ................................ 94 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ............................
- Page 7 ZIP file ......................................97 Troubleshooting .............................98 Technical Support..........................102 Product Registration..........................105 How to Contact Us..........................106...
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Page 8: 4 6 - 8 N / M X 4 6 - 8 L O N L I N E M A N U A L
All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes. AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it. -
Page 9: Before You Start
This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web... -
Page 10: Overview
® Thank you for choosing AOpen MX46-800N / MX46-800L motherboard. MX46-800N / MX46-800L is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the micro-ATX form factor featuring the SIS 661FX chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX46-800N / ®... -
Page 11: Feature Highlight
® ® MX46-800N / MX46-800L supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 (Northwood CPUs) 1.4GHz~2.8GHz+ with 800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The SiS661FX chipset features a SiS Real256E GPU, an AGP-8X port, and a Shared Memory Architecture DDR400 unified memory controller, supporting Intel Hyper Threading Technology Pentium 4 microprocessors series with FSB 800MHz. - Page 12 The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. MX46-800N / MX46-800L motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. Of three PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
- Page 13 DMA 33/66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. On-board AC’97 Sound MX46-800N / MX46-800L uses RealTek AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
- Page 14 Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
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Page 15: Quick Installation Procedure
This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory (DIMM) Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot... -
Page 16: Motherboard Map
Motherboard Map Motherboard Map Colored Back Panel S/PDIF Connector Front Audio Connector AC’97 CODEC Resetable Fuse JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper AUX-IN Connector 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector Low ESR Capacitors CD-IN Connector SYSFAN1 Connector AGP 8x Expansion Slot 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 478-pin CPU socket that ®... -
Page 17: Block Diagram
DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM Up to 2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 DIMM Socket x2 400MHz System Bus Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU (Northwood) PCI Bus 800/533/400MHz System Bus SIS 661FX Primary 66/100/133 Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 8X/4X Slot RealTek AC97 SIS 963L... -
Page 18: Hardware Installation
This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. -
Page 19: About "User Upgrade Optional" And "Manufacture Upgrade Optional
When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features. -
Page 20: Cpu Installation
® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Northwood CPU). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface. 1. - Page 21 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel.
- Page 22 This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown.
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Page 23: Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink
Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over-clock the CPU. -
Page 24: Cpu Core Voltage Auto Detectable
This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design; you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed. The default setting is "1MHz Stepping CPU Adjustment". - Page 25 CPU Core System Northwood CPU Ratio Frequency Clock Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz Warning: SIS 661FX chipsets support Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz maximum 800MHz (200MHz*4) system bus and 66MHz AGP clock; higher clock Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz setting...
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Page 26: Cpu And System Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)
Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector. SYSFAN1 Connector +12V SENSOR CPUFAN Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function. -
Page 27: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard supports DDR400/333/266 with Maximum capacity up to 2GB. This motherboard has two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR400 DDR333 DDR266 memory up to 2GB. Only Non-ECC DDR RAM is supported, other type of modules will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module. - Page 28 Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Pin 1 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
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Page 29: Front Panel Connector
Attach the power LED, Keylock, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding 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-pin female connector from the housing front panel. -
Page 30: Atx Power Connector
This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to connect the 4-pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20-pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system. -
Page 31: Ide And Floppy Connector
Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Secondary Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE 2 (Secondary) IDE 1 (Primary) Primary Primary Master (1st) Slave (2nd) - Page 32 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total 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 the hard disk or the CDROM.
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Page 33: Ata/133 Supported
This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 ATA133 IDE devices. 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. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer. -
Page 34: Irda Connector
The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module. With this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps). -
Page 35: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot
This model provides an 8X slot. The AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 4X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. -
Page 36: 10/100/1000 Mbps Lan Onboard
On the strength of Realtek 8201BL Phy (for MX46-800N) or 8110S-32 LAN controller (MX46-800L) on board, which are highly integrated platform LAN connect devices, they provide 10/100Mbps or gigabits Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right-hand side LED on RJ45 connector indicates linking mode; It shows yellow whenever accessing to network. -
Page 37: Color Coded Back Panel
The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA, Printer, USB, and AC97 sound ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. RJ-45 LAN SPP/EPP/ECP Connector PS/2 Mouse Parallel Port LINE-IN Connector... -
Page 38: Usb2.0 Connector
This model provides six USB2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from the back panel or connect USB header to the front panel of chassis. Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than the traditional one. -
Page 39: Case Open Connector
The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you. -
Page 40: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. -
Page 41: Aux-In Connector
This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN... -
Page 42: Front Audio Connector
If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel. -
Page 43: S/Pdif (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with better audio quality. -
Page 44: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
This motherboard comes with an ALC655 CODEC that supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC655, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. -
Page 45: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data
You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear CMOS, follow the procedure below. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 &... -
Page 46: Jp28 Kb/Mouse Wake-Up Jumper
This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to pin2-3. -
Page 47: Stby Led
STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that we aim at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode. -
Page 48: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led
& & AGP LED Warning: It is strongly recommended not to install a 3.3V AGP card, which is not supported. When you do so, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage. -
Page 49: Aopen "Watch Dog Abs
“ ” “ ” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU frequency according to user’s... -
Page 50: Battery-Less And Long Life Design
This motherboard implements a Flash ROM and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption of current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual. -
Page 51: Over-Current Protection
CPU, memory, HDD or add-on cards installed on this motherboard is damaged due to component failure, human operating error or other unknown natural reasons. AOpen cannot guarantee that the protection circuit will always work perfectly. -
Page 52: Resetable Fuse
Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard so that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job. Resetable Fuse... -
Page 53: Low Esr Capacitor
CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, MX46-800N / MX46-800L implements 2200μF capacitors, which are much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and provide better stability for CPU power. - Page 54 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, 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.
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Page 55: Phoenix Award Bios
Most BIOS setting of this model had been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling the entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup procedures. -
Page 56: About Bios Function Description
… AOpen always dedicates to give user a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appear at the right side of screen. -
Page 57: How To Use Phoenix Award™ Bios Setup Program
<Page Down> key to change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. Alternatively, it's strongly recommended to install AOpen’s newest WinBIOS Utility to get more detailed description, further powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS. Description Page Up or + Changing setting to next value or increase the value. -
Page 58: How To Enter Bios Setup
After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting. -
Page 59: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment
Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language function to provide easier way for users’ usage in changing BIOS setting. - Page 60 Download the new version of BIOS package file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WMX46800N102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WMX46800N102.EXE & WMX46800N102.BIN.
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Page 61: Vivid Bios Technology
VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen. -
Page 62: The Noise Is Gone
Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS and the utility under... - Page 63 The first image you have here is the Voltage Status In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the page. You can find current status of all voltages and set current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. your expected margins of warning level. Also, you can check if fans are running properly.
- Page 64 You may find that this setting fits you best. AOpen Recommend Setting: This setting is designed specifically for AOpen housing. A series of lab tests were conducted under the real world scenario to determine optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU working condition and temperature.
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Page 65: Driver And Utility
There are motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows XP) before you install any drivers or utilities. -
Page 66: Installing Ide Driver
To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD. -
Page 69: Installing Usb2.0 Driver
In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB2.0 driver from the following screen. -
Page 70: Installing Audio Driver
In Bonus Pack CD, you can install audio the Avance AC97 Codec audio driver from the following screen. -
Page 71: Installing Gigabit Lan Driver (For Mx46-800L)
For Windows XP users, please follow the procedures below to install the gigabit LAN driver. 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices". 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD". Right click "Ethernet Controller ", then select "Update Driver". 3. - Page 72 Choose "Search for the best driver in these locations", and then select "Include this location in the search:" Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\WinXP" in the text box that appears. Press "Next". Driver installed and you can confirm Windows XP Installation...
- Page 73 For Windows 2000 users, please follow the procedures below to install the LAN driver. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" Insert the supplied "Bonus CD". Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Properties". Click "Reinstall Driver"...
- Page 74 Select "Specify a location", and then click "Next". Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press "OK".
- Page 75 Driver installed and you can Confirm Windows 2000 Installation.
- Page 76 For Windows ME users, please follow the procedures below to install the LAN driver. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" Insert the supplied "Bonus CD". Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller ", and click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.” Select "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)".
- Page 77 7. Driver installed. Restart computer. You can confirm Windows ME Installation.
- Page 78 For Windows 98 users, please follow the procedures below to install the LAN driver. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" Insert the supplied "Bonus CD". Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller ", and click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.” Select "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now.
- Page 79 Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press "Next". System will ask you to provide the file path for loading driver. Please type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears and press "OK". System will ask you to insert "Windows 98 CD-ROM". Driver installed.
- Page 80 For Windows NT users, please follow the procedures below to install the LAN driver. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab. Click "Add" to install a new adapter. All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters.
- Page 81 When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click "Have Disk". When prompted, insert the BONUS CD. Type the path "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Winnt4" to the driver, and click "OK". With "Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK".
- Page 82 Restart computer and you can confirm Windows NT Installation...
- Page 83 For Windows98SE/ME/2000/XP users, please install the LAN driver from our bonus CD.
- Page 84 For Windows NT users, please follow the procedures below to install the LAN driver. To install the SiS PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and driver for use with Windows NT 4.0, please do the following: Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel. Select the "Adapter"...
- Page 85 Moreover, AOConfig allows users to save information in *.BMP or *.TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems. The system page shows the...
- Page 86 NOTE: AOConfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please be informed that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Meanwhile, all applications must be closed before starting AOConfig.
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Page 87: Glossary
Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC. -
Page 88: Ata (At Attachment)
The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. -
Page 89: Bluetooth
drive controller and the computer's motherboard. Two drives (master and slave) are supported. The ATA specification allows the drive to connect directly to the ISA bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MB/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). - Page 90 also could be encrypted with pin code. With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second, it’s difficult to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electromagnetic wave. The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN, home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs".
- Page 91 can only detect single-bit error. Also known as E PROM. Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface technology is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM. Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (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.
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Page 92: Flash Rom
FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket. After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478 socket as well. -
Page 93: Parity Bit
capable of supporting various high-end digital A/V applications, such as consumer A/V device control and signal routing, Digital Video (DV) editing, home networking, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing. Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards. Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A/V to Firewire converters. - Page 94 With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange. Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file, including fonts and graphics, and they can be distributed by e-mail or stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms.
- Page 95 A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM” with transfer rate of 600/700/800MHz, providing bandwidth as high to 1.6GB.
- Page 96 SMBus is also called I C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message.
- Page 97 and reduced power consumption. – – 802.11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology, which is an interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients. 802.11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming: 802.11 = 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using either frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)).
- Page 98 If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
- Page 99 Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
- Page 100 Continue Perhaps your VGA card Check if there is display? or monitor is defective. Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key at the same time, hold them and then press <Del> to reboot the system. It is very possible that your Check if the system keyboard is defective.
- Page 101 Continue During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. The problem should be Check if the system can caused by the IDE cable reboot successfully? or HDD itself.
- Page 102 Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us.
- Page 103 AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under “Multi-language”. http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/ Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you.
- Page 104 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MX46-800N R1.20 Sep 01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. MX46-800N is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.
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Page 105: Product Registration
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