AOpen MX36LE-N Setup guide

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........................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Before You Start ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Feature Highlight .........................................................................................................................................................................................11
Quick Installation Procedure ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Motherboard Map ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................................16
JP14 Clear CMOS Data............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
CPU Installation .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
JP23 Adjust FSB/PCI Clock ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19
CPU Jumper-less Design .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Setting CPU Core Voltage ......................................................................................................................................................................... 24
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring) .................................................................................................................... 24
DIMM Socket ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................................... 26
AC Power Auto Recovery .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27

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ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................................................................................ 28
IDE and Floppy Connector ........................................................................................................................................................................ 29
IrDA Connector ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
WOL (Wake on LAN).................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
CNR Expansion Slot................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ................................................................................................................................................................ 36
COM2 Connector ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 37
Support 2nd USB Port ................................................................................................................................................................................. 38
CD Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Modem Audio Connector ........................................................................................................................................................................... 40
AUX-IN Connector ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Front Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Battery-less and Long Life Design ........................................................................................................................................................... 43
Over-current Protection ............................................................................................................................................................................. 44
Hardware Monitoring .................................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Resettable Fuse.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Low ESR Capacitor .................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)............................................................................................................................................................ 50
Driver and Utility..........................................................................................................................51

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Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ......................................................................................................................................................... 52
Installing Windows 95 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 53
Installing Windows 98 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 54
Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows2000.................................................................................................................... 55
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver......................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Installing Onboard Sound Driver .............................................................................................................................................................. 57
Installing Onboard AGP Driver ................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Installing LAN Driver .................................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................................... 63
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .................................................................................................................................................................... 64
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ................................................................................................................................................................... 68
AWARD BIOS ................................................................................................................................70
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ........................................................................................................................................... 71
How To Enter BIOS Setup ......................................................................................................................................................................... 73
BIOS Upgrade ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 74
Overclocking ................................................................................................................................76
VGA Card & Hard Disk .............................................................................................................................................................................. 78
Glossary .......................................................................................................................................79
AC97 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 79

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ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ............................................................................................................................... 79
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .............................................................................................................................................................. 79
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 80
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ............................................................................................................................................................................. 80
APM (Advanced Power Management) ..................................................................................................................................................... 80
ATA (AT Attachment) .................................................................................................................................................................................. 80
ATA/66.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 80
ATA/100........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 81
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................................................................................... 81
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).................................................................................................................................................................... 81
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ........................................................................................................................................ 81
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................................................................................................................................................... 82
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................................................... 82
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................................................................................................................................................... 82
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .................................................................................................................................................... 82
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ........................................................................................................................... 83
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ................................................................................................................................................ 83
EV6 Bus ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 83
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ..................................................................................................................................................... 83

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FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .......................................................................................................................................................... 84
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 84
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ...................................................................................................................................................................... 84
I2C Bus ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 84
IEEE 1394 ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
Parity Bit ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................................................................................... 85
PC-100 DIMM.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 86
PC-133 DIMM.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 86
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ............................................................................................................................................ 86
PDF Format ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 86
PnP (Plug and Play) ................................................................................................................................................................................... 86
POST (Power-On Self Test) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 87
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 87
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) .................................................................................................................................................. 87
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................................................................................. 87
Shadow E2PROM ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 88
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ................................................................................................................................................... 88
SMBus (System Management Bus) ......................................................................................................................................................... 88

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SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .................................................................................................................................................................. 88
UltraATA ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 89
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 89
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ................................................................................................................................................................ 90
ZIP file .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 90
Troubleshooting ...........................................................................................................................91
Technical Support........................................................................................................................95
Product Registration....................................................................................................................99

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'! ()* ! +
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&       % ./01234 # ./01235 !     /6*    
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& 7*<+37**#7//
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'=4!(:4(; !
        
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  /-3 # //9,   4(  &         7/-+# & 4(
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& ./01234 # ./01235   7**  7// ( ! ! , !   ! 
(      00#7**#7//9, &            = 
7#-#)#B#70=4 ( & (        "  ? :00#7**#7//9,; 
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&<&+/!<
-*   =  ,  7.#-.#)=   + : + ; '#'
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"&#7**  &  & ! 3
+ 2  ! !     2   !" & //#00#7**
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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.
- Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the
system unit before handling a component. If a wrist strap is not
available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any
procedure requiring ESD protection.

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 When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
F%&%
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7&!
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(E7)7G-
C&.! (-


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&/6*"+"!
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1. ">*3
2. 17
 "     7&
"
3. !""
If you do not match the CPU
socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well,
you may damage the CPU.
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
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&$'+<!
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 VIA PLE133 chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB, higher
clock setting may cause serious system damage.