Packing List Pre-Use Checklist 1: Introduction This User’s Manual is for the MPX2 motherboard. Please read this chapter before you use your motherboard and identify which parts of the manual you will need to refer to, if any. Please pay particular attention to the Critical Topics section.
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Packing List The MPX2 motherboard package includes the following items: • MPX2 motherboard • ATA-66 40-pin IDE connector cable Connects IDE devices to one of the onboard IDE connectors. • Floppy Disk Drive connector cable Connects floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk connector.
The power to the Auxiliary fans J3 and J27 is turned off by default. You can turn the power to these connectors on in the IWILL Smart Setting section of the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility by setting the AUX Fan item to the ON setting.
You can run the Power Installer CD-ROM install inter- face under Microsoft Windows 9X, NT 4.0, 2000 or XP. The disc’s install interface should load automatically and you then click on the model name of this motherboard. Power Installer: MPX2 Main installation screen ○ ○ ○...
The reader is free and can be up- graded at the Adobe web site – www.adobe.com – when new versions become available. • McAfee Anti-Virus This is anti-virus software from one of the leading vendors. Power Installer : MPX2 Utility installation screen ○ ○ ○ ○ ○...
CPU, but don’t do this un- less you really know what you are doing, are willing to void your CPU warranty and understand that IWILL does not assure system performance if you do so.
MP 1600+: x10.5 tects the required CPU settings and configures the CMOS MP 1700+: x11 Setup Utility accordingly. The settings in the IWILL Smart Setting section control processor configuration settings. MP 1800+: x11.5 For Athloon MP CPUs, you must configure the CPU Clock MP 1900+: x12 Ratio setting manually.
IDE2(J22) PCI5 connected to it to avoid IDE1(J21) PCI6 degraded performance. J34A1 MPX2 Floppy Drive Connector The floppy drive connec- tor supports two floppy disk drives. The first drive, Drive A:, connects to the IDE2 Secondary Channel connector on the end of...
• Advanced Chipset features • Integrated Peripherals • Power Management Setup • PnP/PCI Configurations • PC Health Status • IWILL Smart Setting The main screen also has these command options: • Load Fail-Safe Defaults • Load Optimized Defaults • Set Supervisor Password •...
Set the Aux FAN item to ON if you want to connect addi- MP 1900+: x12 tional system cooling fans to the AUX fan connectors on MP 2000+: x12.5 the motherboard. CMOS Setup Utility – IWILL Smart Setting ○ ○ ○ ○...
Driver to run the AMD Driver Pack installation program. User Manual This item simply directs you to look on the IWILL web site – www.iwill.net – to get a copy of this User’s Manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. ○ ○ ○...
If you are going to overclock the CPU, please make certain you know what you are doing. There are three items in the IWILL Smart Setting section that configure the CPU clock: • CPU Clock Sets the CPU external clock speed.
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CPU Clock in the IWILL Smart Setting section of the CMOS Setup Utility. The updated version of the IWILL Smart Setting screen is shown below. CMOS Setup Utility – Updated IWILL Smart Setting Screen ○...
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