MX3L User's Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO.: 49.88101.081 DOC. NO.
MX3L Motherboard User's Guide Document Number : MX3L-1-E9901A Model and revision : For MX3L rev 1.xx Manual version : English, rev A Release Date : Jan 18, 1999 More help for latest information: Taiwan http://www.aopen.com.tw USA http://www.aopenusa.com Europe http://www.aopen.
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FCC Class B Radio Frequency Declaration of Conformity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Subassembly -CPU Board device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Organization Chapter 1, Overview, covers the introduction and specifications of the system board and special features. Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, describes hardware jumpers, connectors and memory configuration. There are user friendly drawings to locate jumper and connector. Chapter 3, AWARD BIOS, explains the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters.
Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Text entered by user, default settings, recommended selections Represent text input by the user, default settings and recommended selections , ,, , , etc Represent the actual keys that you have to press on the keyboard. , Note: Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic. Warning: Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW 1.1 SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................4 1.2 APM SUSPEND TO HARD DRIVE ..............................................................5 1.3 ZERO VOLTAGE WAKE ON MODEM .........................................................8 1.4 SYSTEM VOLTAGE MONITORING............................................................10 1.5 FAN MONITORING .................................................................................
2.5.1 Setting Up in Windows 95/98 .........................................................20 2.5.2 Setting Up in NT4.0........................................................................21 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS ........................................................................1 3.1 ENTERING THE AWARD BIOS SETUP MENU ............................................2 3.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP ........................................................................3 3.3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ................
Chapter 1 Overview MX3L is a new generation Socket 370 based system board that utilizes Intel 82440LX AGPset on Micro ATX PCI/ISA platform. This AGPset is designed for Celeron PPGA CPU, and supports new architectures such as high speed AGP graphic port, SDRAM, Ultra DMA/33, Bus master IDE and USB port. It has three Dual in-line Memory Module (DIMM) that allow to install EDO and SDRAM and expand up to a maximum of 768MB. Also, MX3L uses 2M bit Flash ROM BIOS to reserve for future new functions.
Overview Zero Voltage Wake on Modem In conjunction with ATX soft power On/Off, it is possible to have system totally power off and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call such as answering machine or to send/receive fax. The most important break through is not only external box modem but also internal modem card can be used to support Wake On Modem. The MX3L and MP56 internal modem card implement special circuit (patent applied) to make sure the modem card work properly without any power.
Overview alarm fan malfunction though utility software such as Hardware Monitor utility (Small Icon for Hardware Monitoring). CPU Thermal Protection MX3L has a special thermal detection circuit to have warning through application software when the temperature is higher than a predefined value. System Voltage Monitoring Further more, MX3L implements a voltage monitoring system, As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system working voltage.
Overview 1.1 Specifications Form Factor Board Size CPU System Memory Chipset Expansion Slots Serial Port Parallel Port Floppy Interface IDE Interface USB Interface PS/2 Mouse Keyboard RTC and Battery BIOS 1-4 Micro ATX 244 mm x 220 mm Celeron PPGA 168-pin DIMM x3, maximum 768MB EDO or 384 SDRAM. Intel 82440LX AGPset ISA x1, PCI x3 and AGP x1 Two serial ports UART 16C550 compatible, and the 3rd UART for IR function.
Overview 1.2 APM Suspend to Hard Drive Suspend to Hard Drive 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 second without go through the Win95 booting process and run your application again. If your memory is 16MB, normally, you need to reserve at least 16MB HDD space to save your memory image.
Overview Option2: Use /partition switch (applied to FAT16/FAT32 file system): To create a separate partition for Suspend to Hard Drive, please make sure you have reserved a free partition. We suggest you reserve the free partition which space is appropriate for your future memory expansion.
Overview Tip: The following VGA cards have been tested & recognized as VESA compatible VGA device. AOpen PV90 (Trident 9680) AOpen PT60 (S3 Virge/BIOS R1.
Overview 1.3 Zero Voltage Wake On Modem The Wake On Modem discussed here is to wakeup from true power off (identified by fan of power supply is off), This motherboard still supports traditional green PC suspend mode but it is not discussed here.
Overview For Internal Modem Card (AOpen MP56): 1. Go into BIOS setup , Power Management Æ 0V Wake On Modem, select Enable. 2. Setup your application, put into Windows 95 StartUp or use Suspend to Hard Drive function. 3. Turn system power off by soft power switch. 4. Connect 4-pin Modem Ring-On cable from MP56 RING connector to MX3L WOM connector. 5. Connect telephone line to MP56. You are now ready to use Modem RingOn. For External Box Modem: 1.
Overview 1.4 System Voltage Monitoring This motherboard implements a voltage monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system working voltage. If any of the system voltage is over the component's standard. There will be alarm through application software such as Hardware Monitor utility for a warning to user. System voltage monitoring function monitors CPU core voltage.
Overview 1.6 CPU Thermal Protection This mainboard implements special thermal protection circuits. When temperature is higher than a predefined value, there will be a warning through application software such as Hardware Monitor utility to notify user. It is automatically implemented by BIOS and Hardware Monitor utility, no hardware installation is needed. 1.7 Battery-less Design To preserve the earth, AOpen MX3L implements the battery-less motherboard design.
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter gives you a step-by-step procedure on how to install your system. Follow each section accordingly. Caution: 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. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
Hardware Installation 2.
Hardware Installation Jumpers: JP12: JP14: JP28: Enable/Disable Onboard Audio Clear CMOS Enable/Disable KB/MS Wake Up Connectors: PS2: KB: COM1: COM2: PRINTER: PWR2: USB: FDC: IDE1: IDE2: CPUFAN1: CDUFAN2: FAN: IrDA: PANEL: CD-IN: MODEM-CN: WOM: WOL: PS/2 mouse connector PS/2 keyboard connector COM1 connector COM2 connector Printer connector ATX power connector USB connector Floppy drive connector IDE1 primary channel IDE2 secondary channel CPU fan connector CPU fan connector Housing Fan Connector IrDA (
Hardware Installation 2.2 Jumpers With the help of VID signal and SMbus, this motherboard is jumper-less design. 2.2.1 Selecting the CPU Frequency VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allow user to set CPU frequency through CMOS setup, no jumper or switch is needed. The correct CPU information is saved into EEPROM, with these technologies, the disadvantages of Pentium base jumper-less design are eliminated.
Hardware Installation 2.2.2 Setting the CPU Voltage This motherboard supports Celeron PPGA VID function, the CPU core voltage is automatically detected, the range is from 1.3V to 2.05V. 2.2.3 Clearing the CMOS JP14 1-2 2-3 Clear CMOS Normal operation (default) Clear CMOS You need to clear the CMOS if you forget your system password. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedures listed below: JP14 JP14 1 2 3 1 2 3 Normal Operation (default) Clear CMOS The procedure to clear CMOS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Hardware Installation press Power button at the same time. Note that do not release key until POST screen appearing. 2.2.4 Onboard Audio JP12 1-2 2-3 Onboard Audio Enabled (default) Disabled If you want to install another sound card, you have to disable the onboard audio by setting this jumper to Disabled. JP12 JP12 1 2 3 Enabled (default) 1 2 3 Disabled 2.2.5 KB/MS Wakeup JP28 1-2 2-3 KB/MS Wakeup Disabled Enabled This jumper is used to enable or disable Keyboard/Mouse Power ON function.
Hardware Installation 2.3 Connectors 2.3.1 Power Cable The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. Caution: Make sure that the power supply is off before connecting or disconnecting the power cable. 3.3V +5V 5V SB 3.3V +5V PWR2 2.3.3 Fan Plug in the fan cable to the fan connectors onboard. The fan connectors are marked CPUFAN1, CPUFAN2 and FAN on the system board.
Hardware Installation 2.3.4 PS/2 Mouse The onboard PS/2 mouse connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked PS2. The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing. PCB PS/2 Mouse 2.3.5 Keyboard The onboard PS/2 keyboard connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked KB2. The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing. PCB PS/2 KB 2.3.6 Serial Devices (COM1/COM2) The onboard serial connectors are 9-pin D-type connectors on the back panel of mainboard.
Hardware Installation PCB COM1 COM2 2.3.7 Printer The onboard printer connector 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 motherboard contains two USB connectors, which are marked as USB.
Hardware Installation 2.3.9 Floppy Drive Connect the 34-pin floppy drive cable to the floppy drive connector marked as FDC on the system board. 2 34 1 33 FDC 2.3.10 IDE Hard Disk and CD ROM This mainboard supports two 40 pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1 and IDE2. IDE1 is also known as primary channel and IDE2 as secondary channel, each channel supports two IDE devices that make total of four devices.
Hardware Installation Caution: The specification of IDE cable is maximum 46cm (18 inches), make sure your cable does not excess this length. Caution: For better signal quality, it is recommended to set far end side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device. Please refer to the following figure. IDE1 (Primary Channel) Slave (2nd) Master (1st) IDE2 (Second Channel) Slave (4th) Master (3rd) 2.3.
Hardware Installation 1 Keylock IDE LED 11 + + SPWR + ACPI & + + Power LED + Speaker Reset 10 20 PANEL 2.3.12 IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable 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).
Hardware Installation 2.3.13 Wake On Modem Connector This mainboard implements special circuit to support Modem Ring-On, both Internal Modem Card (AOpen MP56) and external box Modem are supported. Since Internal Modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use Internal Modem. To use AOpen MP56, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of MP56 to WOM connector on the mainboard. Pin 1 2 3 4 Description +5V SB NC RING GND Pin 1 2 3 Description +5V SB GND LID 1 2 3 4 WOM 2.
Hardware Installation 2.3.15 CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD audio cable. Pin 1 2 3 4 Description L GND GND R Pin 1 2 3 4 Description Mono In GND GND Mic Out 1 2 3 4 CD-IN 2.3.16 Mono In/Mic Out Connector This connector 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, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.
Hardware Installation 2.4 Configuring the System Memory Pin1 The DIMM types supported are EDO (Extended Data Out) and SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM). This mainboard has three 168-pin DIMM sockets (Dual-in-line Memory Module) that allow you to install system memory up to 768MB EDO DRAM or 384MB SDRAM. DIMM modules can be identified by the following factors: I.
Hardware Installation III. Buffered and non-buffered: This motherboard supports non-buffered DIMMs. You can identify non-buffered DIMMs and buffered DIMMs according to the position of the notch, following figure is for your reference: non-buffered Reserved buffered Because the positions are different, only non-buffered DIMMs can be inserted into the DIMM sockets on this motherboard. Although most of DIMMs on current market are non-buffered, we still suggest you to ask your dealer for the correct type. IV.
Hardware Installation The following table lists the recommended DRAM combinations of DIMM: DIMM Data chip 1M by 16 Bit size per side 1Mx64 Single/ Double side x1 Chip count 4 DIMM size Recommended 8MB Yes 1M by 16 1Mx64 x2 8 16MB Yes 2M by 8 2Mx64 x1 8 16MB Yes 2M by 8 2Mx64 x2 16 32MB Yes 4M by 16 4Mx64 x1 4 32MB 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 2M by 32 Bit size per side 2Mx64 Singl
Hardware Installation 2.5 Onboard Audio This motherboard comes with a 16-bit sound processor (ESS Solo-1) onboard. Game Port PCB SPK MIC LINE-IN 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. Stereo Amplifier Headphones Speakers SPK Line-in Mic CD Player Microphone 2-18 Tape Deck, Synthesizer, etc.
Hardware Installation The onboard audio has the following features: Advanced technology support ESS Solo-1 PCI audio accelerator in 16 bits stereo chip High-quality ESFM music synthesizer 64 voices software wavetable 3-D stereo effects processor Support DLS (downloadable sound) Support Microsoft DirectMusic Support Microsoft positional 3D Support DirectSound and DirectSound 3D ADPCM data compression Internal modem connector Full DOS game compatibility Plug a
Hardware Installation 2.5.1 Setting Up in Windows 95/98 This motherboard comes with CD-ROM disc (AOpen Bonus Pack) containing the Windows 95/98 drivers and software (including the Music Center application). Refer to their online help for details. Note: Refer to your Windows 95/98 manual or online help for any questions on Windows 95/98. Installing the Drivers and the Application After turning on the system, Windows 95/98 begins loading and starts detecting new hardware installed on the system. 1.
Hardware Installation Windows 95/98 makes final changes to the system settings. Install the Application 1. Insert AOpen Bonus Pack disc, setup the applications from “Motherboard Drivers” of the autorun program, or browse CD and select X:\Mx3l\ Sound\Setup.exe. Dos Legacy mode Setup 1. Insert AOpen Bonus Pack disc, setup the applications from “Motherboard Drivers” of the autorun program, or browse CD and select X:\Mx3l\ Sound\Setup.exe. Select Application button from setup menu. 2.
Hardware Installation 2. Press the ADD button. Select MPU-401 Compatible Driver /Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro Joystick and press OK.. 3. Place your NT4.0 installation CD and press OK (the default path is the i386 directory). 4. The Generic MPU-401/Joystick Setup dialog box will pop up. Select the default configuration resource and press OK. 5. Click on the Restart Now button. Note: X: means your CD drive letter, please change it according to the actual drive letter.
Chapter 3 Award BIOS This chapter tells how to configure the system parameters. You may update 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 parameters) may be a little different compared to the actual BIOS that came with your mainboard.
AWARD BIOS 3.1 Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu The BIOS setup utility is a segment of codes/routines residing in the BIOS Flash ROM. This routine allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 byte CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or directly in the main chipset). To enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). The BIOS Setup Main Menu appears as follows. Tip: Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.
AWARD BIOS 3.2 Standard CMOS Setup The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the date, time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and or to select the value for each item. Standard CMOS Æ Date To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Press current date. The date format is month, date, and year. or to set the Standard CMOS Æ Time To set the time, highlight the Time parameter. Press or to set the current time in hour, minute, and second format.
AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Æ Primary Master Æ Type Standard CMOS Æ Primary Slave Æ Type Standard CMOS Æ Secondary Master Æ Type Standard CMOS Æ Secondary Slave Æ Type Type Auto User None This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters that your system supports. These parameters are Size, Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing Zone and Number of Sector per Track.
AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Æ Drive A Standard CMOS Æ Drive B Drive A None 360KB 5.25" 1.2MB 5.25" 720KB 3.5" 1.44MB 3.5" 2.88MB 3.5" These items select floppy drive type. The available settings and types supported by the mainboard are listed on the left. Standard CMOS Æ 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 useless and may be disregarded in the future.
AWARD BIOS 3.3 BIOS Features Setup This screen appears when you select the option "BIOS Features Setup" from the main menu. BIOS Features Æ Virus Warning Virus Warning Enabled Disabled Set this parameter to Enabled to activate 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 stops the system and the following warning message appears on the screen.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Æ External Cache External Cache Enabled Disabled Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache (currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the parameter slows down the system. Therefore, we recommend that you leave it enabled unless you are troubleshooting a problem. BIOS Features Æ CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Disabled This item lets you enable or disable L2 Cache ECC checking.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Æ Swap Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Enabled Disabled This item allows you to swap floppy drives. For example, if you have two floppy drives (A and B), you can assign the first drive as drive B and the second drive as drive A or vice-versa. BIOS Features Æ Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up NumLock Status On Off Setting this parameter to On enables the numeric function of the numeric keypad. Set this parameter to Off to disregard the function.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Æ OS Select for DRAM > 64MB OS Select for DRAM > 64MB OS/2 Non-OS/2 Set to OS/2 if your system is utilizing an OS/2 operating system and has a memory size of more than 64 MB. BIOS Features Æ Show Logo On Screen Show Logo On Screen Enabled Disabled This item lets you decide if AOpen logo will appear in the POST screen. BIOS Features Æ Video BIOS Shadow Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Disabled VGA BIOS Shadowing means to copy video display card BIOS into the DRAM area.
AWARD BIOS 3.4 Chipset Features Setup The "Chipset Features Setup" includes settings for the chipset dependent features. 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 improve system performance. However, it may cause system unstable if the setting is not correct for your system configuration.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ Auto Configuration Auto Configuration Enabled Disabled When Enabled, the DRAM and cache related timing are set to pre-defined value according to CPU type and clock. Select Disable if you want to specify your own DRAM timing. Chipset Features Æ DRAM Speed Selection DRAM Speed Selection 50 ns 60 ns There are two sets of DRAM timing parameters can be automatically set by BIOS, 50ns and 60ns.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ EDO DRAM Read Burst EDO DRAM Read Burst x333 x222 Read Burst means to read four continuous memory cycles on four predefined addresses from the DRAM. The default 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.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ DRAM ECC Function DRAM ECC Function Enabled Disabled This item lets you enable or disable DRAM ECC function. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double bit error and automatically correct single bit error. Chipset Features Æ CPU-to-PCI IDE Posting CPU-to-PCI IDE Posting Enabled Disabled To enable or disable CPU to PCI IDE post write cycle. The IDE write cycles will be queued in the FIFO or buffer, and CPU can be released to do next job.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NA For some old I/O chips, after the execution of an I/O command, the device requires a certain amount of time (recovery time) before the execution of the next I/O command. Because of new generation CPU and mainboard chipset, the assertion of I/O command is faster, and sometimes shorter than specified I/O recovery time of old I/O devices.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ Delayed Transaction Delayed Transaction Enabled Disabled This item lets you control the Delayed Transaction function of the PIIX4 chipset (Intel PCI to ISA bridge). This function is used to meet latency of PCI cycles to or from ISA bus. Try to enable or disable it, if you have ISA card compatibility problem. Chipset Features Æ AGP Aperture Size (MB) AGP Aperture Size (MB) 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 This item lets you determine the effective size of the Graphic Aperture.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ System Frequency System Frequency 300 MHz 333 MHz 366 MHz 400 MHz 433 MHz 466 MHz 500 MHz 533 MHz Manual This item lets you set CPU frequency. If you want to set other value, please choose "Manual " to set CPU clock frequency and clock ratio manually. Chipset Features Æ CPU Clock Frequency CPU Clock Frequency 66.8 MHz 68.5 Mhz 75.0 Mhz 83.3 Mhz This item lets you set external clock (bus clock). The possible settings of current Klamath CPU available on the market are 66.
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AWARD BIOS 3.5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the mainboard green features. See the following screen. Power Management Æ Power Management Power Management Max Saving Mix Saving User Define Disabled Mode Min Saving Max Saving 3-18 Doze 1 hour 1 min This function allows you to set the default parameters of power-saving modes. Set to Disable to turn off power management function. Set to User Define to choose your own parameters.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ PM Controlled by APM PM Controlled by APM Yes No If "Max Saving" is selected, you can turn on this item, transfer power management control to APM (Advanced Power Management) and enhance power saving function. For example, stop CPU internal clock. Power Management Æ Video Off Method Video Off Method V/H SYNC + Blank DPMS Blank Screen This determines the way that monitor is off. Blank Screen writes blanks to video buffer.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ Doze Mode Doze 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 system enters into Doze mode. The system activity (or event) is detected by monitoring the IRQ signals or other events (such as I/O).
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ HDD Power Down HDD Power Down Disabled 1 Min ..... 15 Min This option lets you specify the IDE HDD idle time before the device enters the power down state. This item is independent from the power states previously described in this section (Standby and Suspend). Power Management Æ Suspend Mode Option Suspend Modem Option PowerOn Suspend Suspend to Disk You can select suspend mode by this item.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ Throttle Duty Cycle Throttle Duty Cycle 12.5 % 25.0 % 37.5 % 50.0 % 62.5 % 75.0 % 87.5 % Clock Throttling means at the Doze/Standby state, the CPU clock count in a given time (not the frequency) is reduced to the ratio specified in this parameter. Actually, the period per CPU clock is not changed. For example, a 66MHz CPU clock remains the same 30ns clock period when system goes into Doze/Suspend.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ Date (of Month) Alarm Date (of Month) Alarm 0 1 ..... 31 This item is displayed when you enable the Wake On RTC Timer option. Here you can specify what date you want to wake up the system. For Example, setting to 15 will wake up the system on the 15th day of every month. Note: Setting this item to 0 will wake up the system on the specified time (which can be set in the Wake On RTC Timer item) every day.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ Primary IDE 0 Power Management Æ Primary IDE 1 Power Management Æ Secondary IDE 0 Power Management Æ Secondary IDE 1 Power Management Æ Floppy Disk Power Management Æ Serial Port Power Management Æ Parallel Port Primary IDE 0 Enabled Disabled 3-24 These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy, serial and parallel port activities for power down state transition. Actually it detects the read/write to/from I/O port.
AWARD BIOS 3.6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup The PNP/PCI Configuration Setup allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed in your system. The following screen appears if you select the option "PNP/PCI Configuration Setup" from the main menu. PNP/PCI Configuration Æ PnP OS Installed PnP OS Installed Yes No Normally, the PnP resources are allocated by BIOS during POST (Power-On Self Test).
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Æ Resources Controlled By Resources Controlled by Auto Manual Setting this option to Manual allows you to individually assign the IRQs and DMAs to the ISA and PCI devices. Set this to Auto to enable the autoconfiguration function.
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 0 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 1 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 3 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 5 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 6 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 7 DMA 0 Legacy ISA PCI/ISA PnP If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special DMA channel to support its function, set the selected DMA channel to Legacy ISA. This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected DMA channel for the installed legacy ISA card. The default is PCI/ISA PnP.
AWARD BIOS PCI Slot Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 (if any) Location 1 (pin A6) INTA INTB INTC INTD INTD Location 2 (pin B7) INTB INTC INTD INTA INTA Location 3 (pin A7) INTC INTD INTA INTB INTB Location 4 (pin B8) INTD INTA INTB INTC INTC PNP/PCI Configuration Æ Assign IRQ for USB Assign IRQ for USB Enabled Disabled This item lets you set an IRQ for USB.
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Æ PCI Slot1 IRQ (Right) PNP/PCI Configuration Æ PCI Slot2 IRQ PNP/PCI Configuration Æ PCI Slot3 IRQ PCI Slot1 IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 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 value to the device. It is suggested to use default setting, which is Auto, in order to comply with PnP specification completely.
AWARD BIOS 3.7 Load Setup Defaults The "Load Setup Defaults" option loads optimized settings for optimum system performance. Optimal settings are relatively safer than the Turbo settings. We recommend you to use the Optimal settings if your system has large memory size and fully loaded with add-on card (for example, a file server using double-sided 8MB DIMM x4 and SCSI plus Network card occupying the PCI and ISA slots). Optimal is not the slowest setting for this mainboard.
AWARD BIOS 3.9 Integrated Peripherals The following screen appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" from the main menu. This option allows you to configure the I/O features. Integrated Peripherals Æ IDE HDD Block Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Disabled This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multisector data transfers and eliminates the interrupt handling time for each sector. Most IDE drives, except with old designs, can support this feature.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Æ IDE Primary Master PIO Integrated Peripherals Æ IDE Primary Slave PIO Integrated Peripherals Æ IDE Secondary Master PIO Integrated Peripherals Æ IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Setting this item to Auto activates the HDD speed auto-detect function. The PIO mode specifies the data transfer rate of HDD. For example: mode 0 data transfer rate is 3.3MB/s, mode 1 is 5.2MB/s, mode 2 is 8.3MB/s, mode 3 is 11.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Æ USB Keyboard Support USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. The keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command and let you use USB keyboard during POST or after boot if you don't have USB driver in the operating system. Caution: You can not use both USB driver and USB legacy keyboard at the same time. Disable "USB Legacy Support" if you have USB driver in the operating system.
AWARD BIOS Caution: To implement Wake On Keyboard/Mouse function, you must set JP28 to Enabled. Caution: Wake On Mouse function applies to PS/2 mouse only. Caution: If you set a Password but forget it, please clear CMOS. Integrated Peripherals Æ Keyboard Power On Password Keyboard Power On Password You can specify 1-5 keys as a password.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ AC PWR Auto Recovery AC PWR Auto Recovey Former-Sts On Off 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. This item is used to solve this problem. Selecting On lets the system can automatically power-on after AC power resumes; in the other hand, the system will power-off if you select Off.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Æ UART Mode Select UART Mode Select Standard HPSIR ASKIR This 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 mode. This is the default setting. • HPSIR - Select this setting if you installed an Infrared module in your system via IrDA connector (refer to section 2.3 "Connectors").
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Æ Parallel Port Mode Parallel 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 Port). SPP is the IBM AT and PS/2 compatible mode. EPP enhances the parallel port throughput by directly writing/reading data to/from parallel port without latch. ECP supports DMA and RLE (Run Length Encoded) compression and decompression.
AWARD BIOS 3.10 Password Setting Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup. To set a password: 1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password screen box. 2. After typing the password, press. 3. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press again to confirm the new password.
AWARD BIOS 3.13 Load EEPROM Default Except "Load Setup Default" and "Load Turbo Default", you may also use "Save EEPROM Default " to save your own settings into EEPROM, and reload by using this item. 3.14 Save EEPROM Default You may use this item to save your own settings into EEPROM. Then, if the data in CMOS is lost or you forget the previous settings, you may use "Load EEPROM Default " to reload. 3.15 Exit without Saving Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes.
AWARD BIOS 3.17 BIOS Flash Utility AOpen Easy Flash is more user friendly than traditional flash method. The BIOS binary file and flash routine are combined together and you simply run a single file to complete the flash process. 1. Get new BIOS upgrade program from AOpen's web site. For example, MX3L200.EXE. 2. Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler (such as EMM386) or device driver. It needs around 520K free memory space. 3.
