AOpen MX36 Setup guide

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

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

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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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