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Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary DOC. NO.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual What’s in this manual MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V.............................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................................................ 2 You Must Notice.......................................................................................................
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 30 IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 31 ATA133 Supported.....................................................................................................
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 52 Resetable Fuse....................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Low ESR Capacitor.........................................................................................
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual AC97 CODEC......................................................................................................................................................................... 73 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................. 73 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ..........................................................................................
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual IEEE 1394 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 79 Parity Bit ................................................................................................................................................................................. 79 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ....................................................
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Product Registration..............................................................................................................................91 How to Contact Us.................................................................................................................................
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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 and Pentium 4 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.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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 or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Overview Thank you for choosing AOpen MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V motherboard. MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the micro-ATX form factor featuring the SIS 650GX chipset (MX46LS-V) and the SIS 651 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX46LS-V supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Feature Highlight CPU MX46LS-V supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.8GHz+ with 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology and MX46LV-533V with 400MHz/533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). Chipset MX46LS-V This motherboard is equipped with SIS 650GX chipset.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Programmable Interrupt Controller, legacy system I/O and legacy power management functionalities are integrated as well. The SIS 961B chipset integrated fast Ethernet/Home networking controller, Audio/Modem Controller with AC’97 interface and advanced power management, which can strongly enhance the system performance. Expansion Slots Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one AGP 1X/2X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual LAN Port On the strength of integrated SiS LAN controller with Realtek PHY on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Power Management/Plug and Play Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system much user-friendlier. Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Quick Installation Procedure 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. Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98) 11.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Motherboard Map Realtek Ethernet PHY PC99 Colored Back Panel CD-IN Connector S/PDIF Connector AC’97 CODEC Front Audio Connector MODEM-IN Connector SYSFAN3 Connector 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector COM2 Connector Low ESR Capacitors AGP 4x Expansion Slot CNR Slot 478-pin CPU socket (Willamette/ Northwood) with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4~2.8GHz+ CPU 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 WOL Connector rd 3 USB2.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Block Diagram PC100/PC133 SDRAM Up to 1GB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 SIMM Socket x2 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU(Willamette /Northwood) MX46LS-V: 400MHz System Bus MX46LS-533V: 400/533MHz System Bus MX46LS-V: SIS 650GX MX46LS-533V: SIS 651 PCI Bus ATA 66/100/133 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 4X Slot SIS 962L LAN connect Component Realtek LAN PHY 1st USB Channel USB2.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual 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. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual CPU Installation This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Willamette / Northwood). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for mark on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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, you may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in. Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual CPU Fan Installation This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to install AOpen special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown. 2. Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module. 1.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over-clock the CPU.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This function is dedicated to overclockers and supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1.10V to 1.85V. However, this motherboard can also automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage. Setting CPU Frequency BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz Pentium 4 2.26G CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio Pentium 4 1.5G 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15x Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x 18x Pentium 4 1.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual CPU and System Fan Connectors (with H/W Monitoring) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. SYSFAN3 Connector GND +12V NC CPUFAN1 Connector GND +12V SENSOR Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support hardware monitoring function.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual DIMM Sockets This model has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100/PC133 memory up to 1GB.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual How to Install Memory Modules Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the SIMM 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 SIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the SIMM module is securely in place. Tab Note: The tabs of the SIMM slot 3.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual 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. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to connect the 4-pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20-pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system. Ground Ground 12V 12v AC Power Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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. Tip: 1.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual ATA133 Supported This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 or ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual 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).
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard On the strength of integrated SiS LAN controller with Realtek 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 indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot 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. The analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Support Three USB2.0 Channels (Six Ports) This motherboard provides 6 USB2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect 3rd USB channel header to the front panel of chassis. Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1 and VGA, Printer, USB and AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Connector RJ-45 LAN Connector Line-In USB2.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Case Open Connector The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND GND L CD-IN Note: Though some of the latest versions of Windows support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to connect audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual MODEM-IN Connector The MODEM-CN connector is used to connect Mono In/ Mic Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual COM2 Connector This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them are on back panel connector, the other is on the middle left between PCI slots. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual 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 the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a latest audio transfer file format that provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual JP14 Clear CMOS Data You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear 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 pin 1 & pin 2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual JP28 USB Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. JP28 controls both 1st and 2nd USB channel and PS2 port. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very special, useful feature for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency by user’s setting that stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements a Flash ROM and a special circuit that provide you no batter power consumption of current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations. 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.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Over-current Protection The Over Current Protection is a popular implementation on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage with a regulator to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and thus makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supporting CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Resetable Fuse Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Low ESR Capacitor 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, MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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 60A current is applied.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Phoenix-AWARD BIOS 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). Phoenix-AwardBIOS™ installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual About BIOS Function Description… AOpen always dedicates to give user a friendlier 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 appear at the right side of screen. Therefore, you don’t need to read this manual while you change BIOS settings.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting values. You can also press key for help and press key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press during POST (Power-On Self Test) and 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.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---EzWinFlash. With an eye to users’ convenience, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMMANDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WMX46LSV102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them 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 install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide. Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Install IDE Driver To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Installing AGP Driver You can find AGP driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Installing VGA Driver SiS 650GX/651 supports VGA on this motherboard. You can install VGA driver form the Bonus Pack CD.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Install USB2.0 Driver In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB2.0 driver from the following screen.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Installing LAN Driver You can download LAN Driver from the Bonus Pack CD.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Installing Onboard Sound Driver This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. This audio driver supports Windows 98SE and upper Windows OS; you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual AOConfig Utility AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 3. Online Manual This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual G l os s a r y A C 9 7 C O DE C Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual A GP ( A c c e l e r a t ed Gr a p h i c P o r t ) The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual drive controller and the computer's motherboard. Two drives (master and slave) are supported. The ATA specification allows the drive to connect directly to the ISA bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual also could be encrypted with pin code. With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second, it’s difficult to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electromagnetic wave. C N R ( C o m m u n i c a ti o n an d N e t w o r ki n g Ri s e r ) The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN, home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs".
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual 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 E P R O M (E l e c t r o n i c E r a s ab l e P r o g r am m a b l e RO M ) Also known as E 2PROM. Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface technology is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual F C -P GA (F l i p C h i p -P i n G r i d A r r a y ) FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket. F C - P G A 2 ( F li p C h i p - P i n G r i d A r r a y ) After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478 socket as well. F l a sh R O M Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual I E E E 1 3 94 IEEE 1394, which also called Firewire, is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system. The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio (A/V) consumer application is its low cost.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual P C I ( P e r i p h e ra l C o m p o n en t I n t e r f a c e ) B u s Developed by Intel, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local bus standard. A bus is a channel used to transfer data to (input) and from (output) a computer and to or from a peripheral device. Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemented at 32-bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps. P D F F orm a t With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual P S B (P r o c e s so r S y s t em B u s ) C l o c k PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio R D R A M ( R am b u s D y n am i c R a n d o m A c c e ss M em o r y ) A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual SATA (S eri al ATA) The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second, and 300M/bs, 600M/bs to come.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual recognize the change. USB 2.0, which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days. VCM (Vi rtu al Ch ann el Mem o ry) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual 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. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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 86 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.~~
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 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 87 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual 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. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V 5 Online Manual eForum: We welcome you to join AOpen eForum to discuss our products with other users. Your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered by other power users here. http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/ 6 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 efficiently and provide important reference for you.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Model name and BIOS version Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MX46LS-V R1.20 Jan. 2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. MX46LS-V is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.
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MX46LS-V / MX46LS-533V Online Manual Product Registration Thank you for choosing AOpen product. AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration. To register your product will ensure the high quality of services from AOpen. After the registration, you will: • Have opportunities to play online slot machine and win a prize from AOpen by accumulating your bonuses for later prize exchange. • Be upgraded to gold membership of Club AOpen program.
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