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Page 1: Mx3S-U / Mx3Sp-U
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U DOC. NO.: MX3SPU-OL-E0109A... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
’ ’ MX3S-U / MX3SP-U ..........................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 About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… ........................19 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ..............................20... - Page 3 Front Panel Connector ..............................33 ATX Power Connector ..............................34 AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................34 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................35 IrDA Connector ................................37 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ......................38 CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot ....................39 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel............................40 Support 2 USB Port..............................41 Chassis Intrusion Sensor...............................42...
- Page 4 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ..........................53 Pure Aluminum Heatsink ...............................54 Driver and Utility..........................55 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ..........................56 Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ......................57 Installing Onboard AGP Driver............................58 Installing LAN Driver..............................59 Installing Ultra ATA/100 IDE Driver ..........................60 Installing Onboard Sound Driver............................61 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ............................62 ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ............................67...
- Page 5 AC97 .....................................78 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)......................78 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................78 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ............................79 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ..............................79 APM (Advanced Power Management) ...........................79 ATA (AT Attachment)..............................79 ATA/66 ...................................79 ATA/100 ..................................80 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................80 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)............................80 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ........................80...
- Page 6 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ........................82 EV6 Bus ..................................83 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)..........................83 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ..........................83 Flash ROM ..................................83 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock............................84 C Bus ..................................84 IEEE 1394 ..................................84 Parity Bit..................................84 PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ..........................85 PC-100 DIMM ................................85 PC-133 DIMM ................................85 PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM ..........................85...
- Page 7 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................87 Shadow E PROM ................................87 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ..........................87 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..........................88 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ............................88 Ultra DMA ..................................88 USB (Universal Serial Bus)............................89 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .............................89 ZIP file ...................................89 Troubleshooting ..........................
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Page 8: You Must Notice
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 disc... -
Page 10: Overview
® Thank you for choosing AOpen MX3S-U/MX3SP-U motherboard. The MX3S-U/MX3SP-U is Intel Socket 370 motherboard (M/B) ® based on the MTX form factor featuring the Intel 815E B-Step / 815EP B-Step chipset. As high performance chipset built in the ®... -
Page 11: Feature Highlight
® ® Supports Intel Socket 370 Pentium III & Celeron™ (Both Coppermine & Tualatin are supported) 533MHz~1.2GHz+ with 66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 370 technology. To avoid possible CPU damage caused by overheating, an automatic shutdown of system had been especially designed on this motherboard. System would be automatically power off when this motherboard with implementation of THERMTRIP circuit detected a CPU temperature above 135 degree for 4 seconds. -
Page 12: Expansion Slots
The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. MX3S-U/MX3SP-U motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. For AD and SBA signaling, MX3S-U/MX3SP-U motherboard can support 2X/4X mode. 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 LAN Port On the strength of Intel 82562ET/EM PHY on board, which is an highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. Four USB Connectors Provides two ports, four connectors for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. Power Management/Plug and Play Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S.
- 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 COM2 Connector PC99 Colored Back Panel Front Audio Connector Onboard AC’97 CODEC Red: MODEM-CN Connector JPX1 Onboard LAN Black: CD-IN Connector Enable/Disable AGP 4x Expansion Slot Resettable Fuse 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 1500/ 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors CPU Fan Connector with H/W CNR Expansion Slot Monitoring Function... -
Page 17: Block Diagram
PC-100/133 SDRAM Up to 512MB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 DIMM Socket x3 Socket 370 66/100/133MHz Intel System Bus Pentium III/Celeron Intel i815E 15-pin D-Sub B-Step / 815EP PCI Bus Connector B-Step Primary FW82815 33/66100 Channel GMCH IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel Intel AGP 4X Slot... -
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 "Optional" And "Upgrade Optional
When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called “Optional”, and some are called “Upgrade Optional”. Though all of our AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features, but in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user. Hence, some of these key features are changed optional for you choose. -
Page 20: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data
You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the 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 pins 1 &... - Page 21 ® ® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium III and Celeron™ Socket 370 series CPU (Both Coppermine & Tualatin are supported). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the 1.
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Page 22: Cpu Installation
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, it may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports FC-PGA/FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package... - Page 23 This motherboard provides onboard LAN enable/disable function. You can use the JPX1 to enable or disable this function. Pin 1 JPX1 LAN Select Jumper Enable Disable (Default)
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Page 24: Jpx2 Eeprom Select Jumper
This jumper is used to activate either the EEPROM chipset on CNR card or the onboard EEPROM chipset. With onboard LAN equipped on this motherboard, you may short pins 1-2 to enable the onboard EEPROM for running onboard LAN. However, if you were to use CNR card to run LAN, you may short pins 2-3 to disable the onboard EEPROM chipset. -
Page 25: Cpu Jumper-Less Design
CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection 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 no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection. Clock Generator ®... - Page 26 This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.05V to 1.825V. It is not necessary to set CPU core voltage. CPU frequency can be set through BIOS setup. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting 3x, 3.5x, 4x, 4.5x, 5x, 5.5x, 6x, 6.5x, 7x, 7.5x, 8x, 8.5x, 9x, 9.5x, 10x, 10.5x, CPU Ratio 11x, 11.5x, and 12x...
- Page 27 Note: This motherboard support CPU Core Frequency = CPU Clock * CPU Ratio auto-detection function. Hence, you PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio don’t need to setup the CPU frequency manually. Clock = PCI Clock x 2 CPU Core FSB Clock Ratio...
- Page 28 Pentium III 850E 850MHz 100MHz 8.5x Pentium III 533EB 533MHz 133MHz Pentium III 600EB 600MHz 133MHz 4.5x Pentium III 667EB 667MHz 133MHz Pentium III 733EB 733MHz 133MHz Pentium III 800EB 800MHz 133MHz Pentium III 866EB 866MHz 133MHz Pentium III 933EB 933MHz 133MHz Pentium III 1G...
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Page 29: Cpu Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)
Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. +12V Sensor CPU Fan Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that cannot support hardware monitoring function. Please note the FAN3 connector does support monitoring function. -
Page 30: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has three 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 PC133 memory up to 512MB. DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3... - Page 31 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. 20 pins 60 pins 88 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.
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Page 32: Support 10/100 Mbps Lan Onboard
Intel 815E B-Step/815EP B-Step (Solano Series) includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of Intel 82562ET/EM PHY on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The green LED indicate the link mode, it lights when linking to network;... -
Page 33: 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 34: Atx Power Connector
The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. +12V 5VSB PW-OK PS-ON +3.3V -12V +3.3V +3.3V A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. -
Page 35: Ide And Floppy Connector
Connect 34-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 system damage. FDD Connector Pin 1 Master (3 rd) Slave (4th) IDE 2 (Secondary) IDE 1 (Primary) - Page 36 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.
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Page 37: 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, the 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 38: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot
The MX3S-U/MX3SP-U provides an 4x slot. The AGP 4x 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 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 4x mode,... -
Page 39: Cnr (Communication And Network Riser) Expansion Slot
is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 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 analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card. -
Page 40: Pc99 Color Coded Back Panel
MIDI/Game Port Connector Connector PS/2 VGA Connector USB Port COM 1 Port Keyboard (MX3S-U only) PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which is using a PS/2 plug. MIC-In PS/2 Mouse: For PC-Mouse, which is using a PS/2 plug. Line-In USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices. -
Page 41: Support 2 Nd Usb Port
This motherboard provides four connectors to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cable to connect the other USB connector to the back panel or front panel of chassis. -
Page 42: Chassis Intrusion Sensor
The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. This function logged the event in the system BIOS when chassis is opened. You can use the 2-pin chassis intrusion sensor to connect with this header, and enable the chassis monitoring function of system BIOS. Chassis Intrusion Sensor Connector... -
Page 43: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. CD-IN... -
Page 44: Modem Audio Connector
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 for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector. -
Page 45: 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 5-6 and 9-10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable. -
Page 46: Battery-Less And Long Life Design
This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. 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 47: Over-Current Protection
CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. AOpen cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly. -
Page 48: Hardware Monitoring
CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status went wrong, there would be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if existed) to warn the user. Fan Speed AOpen H/W Detection Monitoring... -
Page 49: Resettable Fuse
Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard so that if it were broken (did the job to protect motherboard), user could not replace it and the motherboard would still be malfunctioning. -
Page 50: Year 2000 (Y2K)
Operating System (such as Windows 98) CMOS is a very slow device that degrades system performance. The Tick Routine of the AOpen BIOS has 4 digits for year coding, as long as applications and the operating system follow the rule to get BIOS (Tick Routine) date/time information. -
Page 51: 1500 / 2200Μf 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, MX3S-U/MX3S Pro-U implements 1500/2200μf condensers, which is much larger than normal condenser (1000μf) and it provides better stability for CPU power. - Page 52 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.
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Page 53: Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)
For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure 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... -
Page 54: Pure Aluminum Heatsink
Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability. Aluminum heat sink provides better heat dissipation especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU. -
Page 55: Driver And Utility
There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in 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 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. -
Page 56: Auto-Run Menu From Bonus Cd Disc
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Page 57: Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility
® ® Windows 95/98 cannot recognize this chipset, because it was released before the Intel 815E B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset. You can install the Intel INF Update Utility from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks. -
Page 58: Installing Onboard Agp Driver
Intel 815E B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset integrates a 2D/3D graphics accelerator and provides AGP 2X/4X incredible performance to access main memory at over 1GB/s. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. Note: If you are using Windows95, you should install DCOM95 patch from the Bonus Pack auto-run menu first, before you install AGP driver. -
Page 59: Installing Lan Driver
Device Select "Display a list of all the drivers..." and click Next. Manager list to see if Insert the AOpen Bonus CD and click Have Disk. adapter Enter the appropriate drive for your disk media present. If it is not, (for example: D:\) ,and click OK. -
Page 60: Installing Ultra Ata/100 Ide Driver
Intel also suggests it is not a requirement for your operating system to work properly. Nevertheless, if you need this driver, you can still find it in the AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc. Note: Installing this ATA/100 ID driver may cause Suspend to Har Drive failure. -
Page 61: Installing Onboard Sound Driver
CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. Note: Before start installing the onboard sound chip driver, please make sure your system been installed Microsoft DirectX 5 or later version. You can find DirectX setup program AOpen Bonus Pack auto-run menu. -
Page 62: Acpi Suspend To Hard Drive
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen 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 Windows booting process and run your application again. -
Page 63: System Requirement
System Requirement AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a. - Page 64 size the longer this process will take.
- Page 65 Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the 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.
- Page 66 4. Run "Add New Hardware" again and it will find "Advanced Power Management Resource". 5. Click "OK". Tip: Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI suspend to disk. Please refer to AOpen web site for latest update...
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Page 67: Acpi Suspend To Ram (Str)
This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going 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 supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power. - Page 68 To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement An ACPI OS is required. Currently, Windows 98 is the only choice. ® The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility must have been installed properly. Procedures Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup >...
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Page 69: Award Bios
Most BIOS setting of MX3S-U/MX3SP-U had optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup. -
Page 70: About Bios Function Description
… AOpen always dedicates to give users 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 appeared at right side of screen. -
Page 71: How To Use Award™ Bios Setup Program
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 BIOS setup, you can press <F3> key selecting preferred menu language to display. - Page 72 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program. Note: AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM.
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Page 73: How To Enter Bios Setup
After 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. 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 74: Bios Upgrade
By doing so, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If you indeed intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE SURE to use 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 run a single commend to complete the flash process. - Page 75 Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY) 1. Download new BIOS upgrade file from AOpen's web site. For example, MX3SPU102.ZIP. 2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility.
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Page 76: Overclocking
As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them "Overclocker". -
Page 77: Vga Card & Hard Disk
VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, 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 Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website. -
Page 78: Glossary
AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to 4X mode, 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s. AOpen is the first company... -
Page 79: Amr (Audio/Modem Riser)
Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions. AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management. ATA is the specification of diskette interface. In 80’s, many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together. -
Page 80: Ata/100
ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. -
Page 81: Codec (Coding And Decoding)
Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way. -
Page 82: Ecc (Error Checking And Correction)
The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error. -
Page 83: Ev6 Bus
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 size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM. -
Page 84: Fsb (Front Side Bus) Clock
FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio See SMBus. IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. -
Page 85: Pbsram (Pipelined Burst Sram)
For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits). PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence. Normally, it is 3-1-1-1, total 6 clocks, which is faster than asynchronous SRAM. -
Page 86: Pdf Format
A file format 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 Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader). -
Page 87: Rimm (Rambus Inline Memory Module)
SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V. AOpen is the first company to support dual-SDRAM DIMMs onboard (AP5V), from Q1 1996 A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E... -
Page 88: Smbus (System Management Bus)
SMBus is also called I2C 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 89: Usb (Universal Serial Bus)
USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. -
Page 90: Troubleshooting
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. - Page 91 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 92 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 93 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 reboot successfully? cable or HDD itself. Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98.
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Page 94: Technical Support
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 95 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group. http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/newsgrp/default.htm 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 more efficiently than us. After all, their attitude of service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them.
- Page 96 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MX3SPU R1.20 Feb.01.2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. MX3SPU is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.
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Page 97: Product Registration
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