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MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l MX3S-U / MX3SP-U ............................................................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual ......................................................................................................................................................2 You Must Notice ...........................................................................................................
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................33 ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................34 AC Power Auto Recovery ...................................................................................................................
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) .................................................................................................................................53 Pure Aluminum Heatsink ...............................................................................................................................................54 Driver and Utility.............................................................................................................................
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual AC97 .............................................................................................................................................................................78 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)........................................................................................................78 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .................................................................................................................
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .......................................................................................................................82 EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................83 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity).............................................................................................................
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ......................................................................................................................................87 Shadow E 2PROM ..........................................................................................................................................................87 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .............................................................................................................
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual You Must Notice Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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 PDF format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Ov er vi e w 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 M/B, the MX3S-U/MX3SP-U motherboard can support Intel ® Socket 370 series Pentium ® III & Celeron™ processor (Both Coppermine & Tualatin are supported) and 66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual F e a t u r e Hi g h l i g h t CPU 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Expansion Slots Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR) slot provided from MX3S-U/MX3SP-U can support CNR interface for a Modem/Audio card. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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 USB 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Q ui c k I n s t a l l a t i o n P r o c e d ur e This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 1. Installing CPU and Fan 2. Installing System Memory (DIMM 3. Connecting Front Panel Cable 4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5. Connecting ATX Power Cable 6. Connecting Back Panel Cable 7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8. Setting CPU Frequency 9. Reboot 10.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Motherboard Map COM2 Connector Front Audio Connector Onboard AC’97 CODEC Red: MODEM-CN Connector Black: CD-IN Connector AGP 4x Expansion Slot 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 PC99 Colored Back Panel JPX1 Onboard LAN Enable/Disable Resettable Fuse 1500/ 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors CPU Fan Connector with H/W Monitoring Function 370-pin CPU Socket with Voltage & Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel ® Pentium™ III & Celeron 533MHz~1.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m PC-100/133 SDRAM Up to 512MB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 DIMM Socket x3 Socket 370 Intel Pentium III/Celeron CPU 66/100/133MHz System Bus 15-pin D-Sub Connector Intel i815E B-Step / 815EP B-Step FW82815 GMCH PCI Bus ATA 33/66100 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel Intel FW82801BA ICH2 AGP 4X Slot AC97 CODEC AC Link USB Connector x4 1st USB Port 2nd USB Port CNR Slot Low Pin Count Super I/O Firmware Hub 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Parallel Port Se
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Har dwar e Ins tal l ati o n 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. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual A b o u t “ O p t i o n a l ” a n d “ U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ” … 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual J P 1 4 C l e a r C MO S D a t a You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 & pin2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual C P U I n s t al l a ti o n 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 CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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 developed by Intel, we strongly recommend you not to insert former PPGA-package CPU onto it. Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual J P X 1 O n b o a r d L A N E n a bl e / D i s a b l e J um p e r This motherboard provides onboard LAN enable/disable function. You can use the JPX1 to enable or disable this function.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual JP X 2 EE P R O M S el ec t J u m p er 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual C P U J u m p er - l e s s D e si g n 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 Intel ® Socket 370 Pentium III & Celeron CPU CPU VID signal BIOS Controlled CPU Freq.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Full-range Auto-Detect CPU Core Voltage 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. S e t t i n g C P U Fr e q u e n c y 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, 11x, 11.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual S upport e d CP U Fre que nc y Note: This motherboard support CPU auto-detection function. Hence, you don’t need to setup the CPU frequency manually. Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock Celeron 533 533MHz 66MHz 8x Celeron 566 566MHz 66MHz 8.5x Celeron 600 600MHz 66MHz 9x Celeron 667 667MHz 66MHz 10x Celeron 700 700MHz 66MHz 10.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Pentium III 850E 850MHz 100MHz 8.5x Pentium III 533EB 533MHz 133MHz 4x Pentium III 600EB 600MHz 133MHz 4.5x Pentium III 667EB 667MHz 133MHz 5x Pentium III 733EB 733MHz 133MHz 5.5 Pentium III 800EB 800MHz 133MHz 6x Pentium III 866EB 866MHz 133MHz 6.5 Pentium III 933EB 933MHz 133MHz 7x 1GHz 133MHz 7.5x Pentium III 1.13G 1.13GHz 133MHz 8.5x Pentium III 1.2G 1.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual C P U F a n C o n n e c t or ( w i t h H / W M o n i t or i n g ) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. GND +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 not support H/W monitoring function.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual DI M M S o c k e t s This motherboard has three 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 512MB.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l Me m o r y M o d u l e s Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. 20 pins 2. 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual S u p p o r t 1 0/ 1 00 M b p s L A N o n b o a r d 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r 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. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. +12V +5V 5VSB +5V PW-OK -5V COM COM +5V COM COM COM +5V PS-ON COM COM +3.3V -12V +3.3V +3.3V A C P o w er A u t o R ec o v er y 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual I D E a n d Fl o p p y C o n n e c t or 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual I r DA C o n n e c t o r 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).
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual A G P ( A c c e l e r a t e d G r a p hi c P o r t ) E x p a n s i o n S l ot The MX3S-U/MX3SP-U provides an AGP 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, 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual C N R ( C o m m u ni c a t i o n a n d N e t w or k Ri s e r ) E x pa n s i o n S l o t CNR 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual P C 9 9 C ol or C o d e d B a c k P a n e l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and 15-pin D-Sub connector, Printer, four USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Support 2nd USB Port This motherboard provides four USB 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual C h a s s i s I n t r u s i o n S e n s or 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual C D A u d i o C o n n e c t or This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual M o d e m A u di o C o n n e c t o r 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Fr o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t o r 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. Please do not remove these 5-6 and 9-10 yellow jumper caps if there’s no audio port on the front panel.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual B a t t e r y - l e s s a n d L o n g Li f e D e s i g n 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n The Over Current Protection was very popular implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual H a r d w a r e M o ni t o r i n g This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual R e se t ta b l e F u s e Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB 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. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function after the fuse had done its protection job.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Year 2000 (Y2K) Y2K is basically a problem of the identification of year code. To save storage space, traditional software uses only two digits for year identification. For example, 98 for 1998 and 99 for 1999, but 00 will be confused with 1900 and 2000. There is an RTC circuit (Real Time Clock) in conjunction with 128 bytes of CMOS RAM data in the chipset of the motherboard. The RTC has only two digits and the CMOS has another 2 digits.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 1 5 0 0 / 2 2 0 0 μ F L o w E S R C a pa c i t o r The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 18A current is applied.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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”.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual P ur e Al u m i n u m H e a t s i n k 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual D ri v e r a n d U t i l i t y 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. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual A u t o - r u n Me n u f r o m B o n u s C D Di s c You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g I n t e l ® C hi p s e t S o f t w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n U t i l i t y 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g O n b o a r d A G P Dr i v e r 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g L A N Dr i v e r The South Bridge in Intel i815E B-Step/i815EP B-Step (Solano Series) integrates a total communication solution including 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet for Office requirement. You can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, WindowsNT & Windows2000 by following steps. Manually Adding an Adapter in Windows 95 / 98 ===================================== LOCATION OF DRIVER: \Driver\Lan\E100BNT5.SYS (NDIS 5.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Installing Ultra ATA/100 IDE Driver This Intel® Ultra ATA Storage Driver is designed to take advantage of devices supporting ATA DMA/Ultra DMA technologies, and improve system performance of Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition(SE), Windows Millennium Edition(Me), Windows NT* 4.0 (any Service Pack), and Windows 2000 operating systems.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g O n b o a r d S o u n d Dr i v e r This motherboard comes with an AD1885 AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. Note: Before you start installing the onboard sound chip driver, please make sure your system had been installed Microsoft DirectX 5 or later version. You can find DirectX setup program in AOpen Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual A C P I S u s p e n d t o H a r d Dr i v e 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual System Requirement 1. AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. 2. 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. Set Power Schemes > System Standby to "Never". b. Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable Hibernate Support" then "Apply". c.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual size the longer this process will take.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "ACPI BIOS" and remove "Plug and Play BIOS") 3.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "Plug and Play BIOS" and remove "ACPI BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual A C PI S u s p e n d t o R A M ( S T R ) 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement 1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, Windows 98 is the only choice. 2. The Intel ® Chipset Software Installation Utility must have been installed properly. Procedures 1. Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Function: Enabled BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Suspend Type: S3. 2. Go to Control Panel > Power Management.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual A W AR D B I O S System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). The AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual A b o u t BI O S F u n c t i o n De s c r i p t i o n … 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. Hence, you don’t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting value. You also can press key for help and press key to quit Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Key Description F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 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. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appeared at right side of screen.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual BI O S U p g r a d e By flashing your motherboard, you agree to accept the possibility of BIOS flash failure. If you motherboard is working and is stable, and there are no major bugs that were fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS. 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY) 1. Download new BIOS upgrade zip 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. Or Winzip (http://www.winzip.com/) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk. For example, MX3SPU102.BIN & MX3SPU102.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual O v e r cl o c k i n g 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual VG A C ar d & H ar d D i s k 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. VGA: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. A C P I ( A d v a n c e d C o n f i g ur a t i o n & P ow e r I n te r f a c e ) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual A M R ( A u d i o/ M o d e m R i s e r ) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. A O pe n B o n us P a c k C D A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product; there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual 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. B I O S ( Ba s i c I n p u t / O u t p u t S y s t e m ) BIOS is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual C O DE C ( C o d i n g a n d De c o di n g ) 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. D D R ( D o u b l e Da t a R a te d ) S D R A M 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual E C C ( E r r or C he c k i n g a n d C or r e c t i o n ) 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. E DO ( E x t e n de d Da t a O u t p u t ) M e m or y The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM (Fast Page Mode).
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual EV 6 B u s EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus. EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2. For example, 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock, but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual F S B ( F r o n t S i d e B u s ) C l oc k FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio I2C Bus See SMBus. IE EE 1 39 4 IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual P BS R A M ( P i p e l i n e d B u r s t S R A M ) 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. PBSRAM is often used on L2 (level 2) cache of Socket 7 CPU. Slot 1 and Socket 370 CPU do not need PBSRAM.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual P D F F o r ma t 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). P nP ( P l u g a n d P l a y ) The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as Windows 95).
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual R I M M ( Ra m b u s I n l i n e M e m o r y M o d u l e ) 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices. S D R A M (S y nc h r o n o us D R A M ) SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus (EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal). It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual S M B us ( S y s te m Ma n a g e m e n t B us ) 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual U S B ( U n i v e rs a l S e r i a l B us ) 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual T r ou b l e s h o o t i n g 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.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. No The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press to reboot the system. No Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 92 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98. End 93 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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MX3S-U / MX3SP-U Online Manual Mo d e l n a m e a n d B I O S v e r s i o n 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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