AOpen MX36 Setup guide

Overview

Hardware

Installation

Drivers &

Utilities

AWARD

BIOS Setup

Glossary

Troubleshooting &

Technical Support

MX36/MX36L

DOC. NO.: MX36-OL-E0010A

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MX36/MX36L ...............................................................................................1

What’s in this manual...........................................................................................................2

You Must Notice.................................................................................................................10

Before You Start .................................................................................................................11

Overview............................................................................................................................ 13

Feature Highlight ...............................................................................................................14

Quick Installation Procedure.............................................................................................. 18

Motherboard Map............................................................................................................... 19

Block Diagram ...................................................................................................................20

Hardware Installation............................................................................22

Clear CMOS Data .............................................................................................................. 23

CPU Installation................................................................................................................. 24

Adjust FSB/PCI Clock ........................................................................................................ 25

CPU Jumper-less Design................................................................................................... 29

Setting CPU Core Voltage.................................................................................................. 30

CPU and Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring) .................................................. 31

DIMM Socket .....................................................................................................................32

Front Panel Connector....................................................................................................... 34

ATX Power Connector........................................................................................................ 36

AC Power Auto Recovery................................................................................................... 37

IDE and Floppy Connector................................................................................................. 38

IrDA Connector..................................................................................................................41

WOL (Wake on LAN).......................................................................................................... 42

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port, MX36 Only)..................................................................... 44

AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ................................................................................................ 45

PC99 Color Coded Back Panel.......................................................................................... 46

COM2 Connector............................................................................................................... 47

Support 2nd USB Port......................................................................................................... 48

CD Audio Connector.......................................................................................................... 49

Modem Audio Connector.................................................................................................... 50

Video-Audio-IN Connector ................................................................................................. 51

Front Panel Audio (Upgrade Optional)............................................................................... 52

Battery-less and Long Life Design ..................................................................................... 53

Over-current Protection...................................................................................................... 54

Hardware Monitoring.......................................................................................................... 56

Resettable Fuse.................................................................................................................57

Year 2000 (Y2K) ................................................................................................................ 58

Low ESR Capacitor............................................................................................................ 60

Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)...................................................................................... 62

Driver and Utility ...................................................................................64

Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ................................................................................... 65

Installing Windows 95 ........................................................................................................ 66

Installing Windows 98 ........................................................................................................ 67

Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows2000.................................................. 68

Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver ................................................................................................. 69

Installing Onboard Sound Driver........................................................................................ 70

Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility................................................................................. 71

ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive.............................................................................................. 72

ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ............................................................................................ 79

AWARD BIOS ..........................................................................................82

Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................. 83

Standard CMOS Features.................................................................................................. 84

Advanced BIOS Features Setup ........................................................................................ 90

Advanced Chipset Features Setup................................................................................... 100

Integrated Peripherals.......................................................................................................111

Power Management Setup............................................................................................... 124

PNP/PCI Configurations Setup ........................................................................................ 136

PC Health Status ............................................................................................................. 142

Frequency/Voltage Control............................................................................................... 143

Load Setup Defaults ........................................................................................................ 146

Load Turbo Defaults......................................................................................................... 147

Set Supervisor Password................................................................................................. 148

Save & Exit Setup............................................................................................................ 151

Exit without Saving .......................................................................................................... 152

BIOS Upgrade.................................................................................................................. 153

Overclocking........................................................................................156

VGA Card & Hard Disk..................................................................................................... 158

Glossary...............................................................................................160

AC97................................................................................................................................ 160

ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface).......................................................... 160

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)...................................................................................... 161

AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) .............................................................................................. 161

AOpen Bonus Pack CD.................................................................................................... 161

APM (Advanced Power Management).............................................................................. 162

ATA (AT Attachment)........................................................................................................ 162

ATA/66............................................................................................................................. 162

ATA/100 ........................................................................................................................... 162

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)................................................................................... 163

Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)........................................................................................... 163

CODEC (Coding and Decoding)....................................................................................... 163

DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)............................................................................... 164

ECC (Error Checking and Correction).............................................................................. 164

EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory............................................................................. 164

EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ...................................................... 165

EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ......................................................................... 165

EV6 Bus........................................................................................................................... 165

FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity).............................................................................. 166

FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .................................................................................. 166

Flash ROM....................................................................................................................... 166

FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock............................................................................................. 167

I2C Bus............................................................................................................................. 167

IEEE 1394........................................................................................................................ 168

Parity Bit .......................................................................................................................... 168

PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM).................................................................................... 169

PC-100 DIMM .................................................................................................................. 169

PC-133 DIMM .................................................................................................................. 169

PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus...................................................................... 169

PDF Format ..................................................................................................................... 170

PnP (Plug and Play)......................................................................................................... 170

POST (Power-On Self Test)............................................................................................. 170

RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)................................................................................................ 171

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)........................................................................... 171

SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)......................................................................................... 171

Shadow E2PROM............................................................................................................. 172

SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................ 172

SMBus (System Management Bus).................................................................................. 172

SPD (Serial Presence Detect).......................................................................................... 173

Ultra DMA/33 ................................................................................................................... 173

USB (Universal Serial Bus).............................................................................................. 173

VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)........................................................................................ 174

ZIP file ............................................................................................................................. 174

Troubleshooting...................................................................................175

Technical Support ...............................................................................179

Product Registration ...........................................................................183

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