AOpen MX36 Setup guide

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Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
MX36/MX36L
DOC. NO.: MX36-OL-E0010A

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MX36/MX36L ...............................................................................................1
What’s in this manual...........................................................................................................2
You Must Notice.................................................................................................................10
Before You Start .................................................................................................................11
Overview............................................................................................................................ 13
Feature Highlight ...............................................................................................................14
Quick Installation Procedure.............................................................................................. 18
Motherboard Map............................................................................................................... 19
Block Diagram ...................................................................................................................20
Hardware Installation............................................................................22
Clear CMOS Data .............................................................................................................. 23
CPU Installation................................................................................................................. 24
Adjust FSB/PCI Clock ........................................................................................................ 25
CPU Jumper-less Design................................................................................................... 29
Setting CPU Core Voltage.................................................................................................. 30

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CPU and Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring) .................................................. 31
DIMM Socket .....................................................................................................................32
Front Panel Connector....................................................................................................... 34
ATX Power Connector........................................................................................................ 36
AC Power Auto Recovery................................................................................................... 37
IDE and Floppy Connector................................................................................................. 38
IrDA Connector..................................................................................................................41
WOL (Wake on LAN).......................................................................................................... 42
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port, MX36 Only)..................................................................... 44
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ................................................................................................ 45
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel.......................................................................................... 46
COM2 Connector............................................................................................................... 47
Support 2nd USB Port......................................................................................................... 48
CD Audio Connector.......................................................................................................... 49
Modem Audio Connector.................................................................................................... 50
Video-Audio-IN Connector ................................................................................................. 51

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Front Panel Audio (Upgrade Optional)............................................................................... 52
Battery-less and Long Life Design ..................................................................................... 53
Over-current Protection...................................................................................................... 54
Hardware Monitoring.......................................................................................................... 56
Resettable Fuse.................................................................................................................57
Year 2000 (Y2K) ................................................................................................................ 58
Low ESR Capacitor............................................................................................................ 60
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)...................................................................................... 62
Driver and Utility ...................................................................................64
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ................................................................................... 65
Installing Windows 95 ........................................................................................................ 66
Installing Windows 98 ........................................................................................................ 67
Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows2000.................................................. 68
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver ................................................................................................. 69
Installing Onboard Sound Driver........................................................................................ 70
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility................................................................................. 71

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ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive.............................................................................................. 72
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ............................................................................................ 79
AWARD BIOS ..........................................................................................82
Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................. 83
Standard CMOS Features.................................................................................................. 84
Advanced BIOS Features Setup ........................................................................................ 90
Advanced Chipset Features Setup................................................................................... 100
Integrated Peripherals.......................................................................................................111
Power Management Setup............................................................................................... 124
PNP/PCI Configurations Setup ........................................................................................ 136
PC Health Status ............................................................................................................. 142
Frequency/Voltage Control............................................................................................... 143
Load Setup Defaults ........................................................................................................ 146
Load Turbo Defaults......................................................................................................... 147
Set Supervisor Password................................................................................................. 148
Save & Exit Setup............................................................................................................ 151

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Exit without Saving .......................................................................................................... 152
BIOS Upgrade.................................................................................................................. 153
Overclocking........................................................................................156
VGA Card & Hard Disk..................................................................................................... 158
Glossary...............................................................................................160
AC97................................................................................................................................ 160
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface).......................................................... 160
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)...................................................................................... 161
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) .............................................................................................. 161
AOpen Bonus Pack CD.................................................................................................... 161
APM (Advanced Power Management).............................................................................. 162
ATA (AT Attachment)........................................................................................................ 162
ATA/66............................................................................................................................. 162
ATA/100 ........................................................................................................................... 162
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)................................................................................... 163
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)........................................................................................... 163

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CODEC (Coding and Decoding)....................................................................................... 163
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)............................................................................... 164
ECC (Error Checking and Correction).............................................................................. 164
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory............................................................................. 164
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ...................................................... 165
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ......................................................................... 165
EV6 Bus........................................................................................................................... 165
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity).............................................................................. 166
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .................................................................................. 166
Flash ROM....................................................................................................................... 166
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock............................................................................................. 167
I2C Bus............................................................................................................................. 167
IEEE 1394........................................................................................................................ 168
Parity Bit .......................................................................................................................... 168
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM).................................................................................... 169
PC-100 DIMM .................................................................................................................. 169

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PC-133 DIMM .................................................................................................................. 169
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus...................................................................... 169
PDF Format ..................................................................................................................... 170
PnP (Plug and Play)......................................................................................................... 170
POST (Power-On Self Test)............................................................................................. 170
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)................................................................................................ 171
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)........................................................................... 171
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)......................................................................................... 171
Shadow E2PROM............................................................................................................. 172
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................ 172
SMBus (System Management Bus).................................................................................. 172
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).......................................................................................... 173
Ultra DMA/33 ................................................................................................................... 173
USB (Universal Serial Bus).............................................................................................. 173
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)........................................................................................ 174
ZIP file ............................................................................................................................. 174

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Troubleshooting...................................................................................175
Technical Support ...............................................................................179
Product Registration ...........................................................................183

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Be ef fo or re e Y Yo ou u S St ta ar rt t
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.
Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy
printing, you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so,
choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver.
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Thank you for choosing AOpen MX36/MX36L. The
MX36/MX36L is Intel®Socket 370 motherboard (M/B) based
on the Micro ATX form factor featuring the VIA Apollo
PM133/PL133 chipset. As high performance chipset built in
the M/B, the MX36/MX36L can support Intel®Socket 370
series Pentium III™ & Celeron™ processor and 133MHz
Front Side bus (FSB). In the AGP performance, it has one
AGP slot (MX36 only) and supports AGP 1X/2X/4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long
burst transfer up to 1066MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, SDRAM, VCM
(Virtual Channel Memory) and ECC Registered DRAM can be applied to the MX36/MX36L and
the maximum memory size can be up to 512MB. The on-board IDE controller supports Ultra
DMA 33/66 mode and the transfer rate up to 66MB/s. Besides, the on-board AC97 CODEC chip
with provides high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working
with MX36/MX36L. Now, enjoy all features from AOpen MX36/MX36L.

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Fe ea at tu ur re e H Hi ig gh hl li ig gh ht t
CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 370 Pentium III®& Celeron®300MHz~1GHz+ with 66/100/133MHz Front
Side Bus designed for Socket 370 technology.
Chipset
The VIA Apollo PM133/PL133 is a high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient chipset
for the implementation of computer system with 66/100/133MHz CPU FSB frequencies and
based on 64-bit Socket 370 CPU. The VIA Apollo PM133/PL133 integrates VIA’s VT82C694X
system controller and S3’s Savage4 2D/3D graphic accelerator into a single 552 BGA package.
The VIA Apollo PM133/PL133 provides superior performance between the CPU, DRAM, AGP
bus and PCI bus.
Expansion Slots
Including two 32-bit/33MHz, one AMR and one AGP 4X (MX36 only) slots. The PCI local bus
throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) slot provided from
MX36/MX36L can support AMR interface for a Modem card.

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Memory
The MX36/MX36L supports standard SDRAM and VCM, in a flexible mix/ match manner. The
SDRAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the DRAM and the data buffers at
66/100/133MHz. The four banks of can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of
1M/2M/4M/8M/16MxN DRAMs. The DRAM controller can run at either the host CPU bus
frequency (66/100/133MHz) or pseudo-synchronous to the CPU bus frequency with built-in PLL
timing control.
Onboard S3 Savage4 Graphic Accelerator
The MX36/MX36L has an onboard VGA function, which provides full AGP 2.0 capability for
maximum bus utilization including 1X2X/4X mode transfers, SBA (Side Band Addressing),
Flush/Fence commands, and pipelined grants. The AGP 4X specification provides a new level of
video display sophistication and speed. The AGP 4X video cards support data transfer rates up
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Ultra DMA 33/66 Bus Mater IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four
IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra DMA 33/66, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master
IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
On-board AC97 Sound
MX36/MX36L uses the AD1885 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete
audio recording and playback system.
Power Management/Plug and Play
The MX36/MX36L 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 to
system user-friendlier.
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the
on-board hardware monitor module and Aopen Hardware Monitoring Utility.

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Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows®95/98/ME/NT/2000 series compatibility, and
supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On
Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features.
Super Multi-I/O
The MX36/MX36L provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port
with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module
for the wireless connections.

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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step
accordingly.
1Installing 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 Installing Driver and Utility

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Motherboard Map
PC99 Colored Back Connector
ATX Power Connector
CPU Fan 1 Connector
Low ESR Condensers
370-pin CPU Socket with
Vcore Auto Detection
4X AGP Slot (MX36 only)
VIA Apollo PM133/PL133
(MX36/MX36L) Chipset with S3
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CPU Fan 2 Connector
PC-100/133 DIMM Socket x2
CPU FSB Frequency Select Jumper
ATA 33/66 IDE Connector x2
FDD Connector
Onboard AC’97 Sound
WOL (Wake On LAN) Connecto
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AUX-IN (White), TAD-IN (Green),
CD-IN (Black) Connecto
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AMR Slot
32-bit PCI Slot x2
CMOS Clear Jumper
Chassis Fan Connecto
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COM2 Port Connecto
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2Mbit Flash EEPROM BIOS
with Virus Protection
Support 2nd USB Port
IrDA Connector
Front Panel Connecto
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North Bridge
VIA PM133/PL133
With
S3 Savage4
Graphic
Accelerator
Socket 370
Intel
Pentium III/Celeron
CPU
66/100/133MHz
FSB
DIMM Socket x2
AGP 4X Slot
(MX36 Only)
South Bridge
VIA
VT82C686A
Serial Ports
USB Port
USB Port
USB Port x4
32-bit PCI Slot x2
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA 33/66
PC-100/133 SDRAM/VCM
Up to 512MB
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
2MBit Flash EEPROM
Audio CODEC
Modem CODEC
AC’97 Link
Monitor
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