AOpen MX3S-T Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
MX3S-T / MX3SP-T
DOC. NO.: MX3ST-OL-E0111A
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Troubleshooting &
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MX3S-T / MX3SP-T .......................................................................................................................... 1
What’s in this manual ......................................................................................................................................................2
You Must Notice ..............................................................................................................................................................8
Before You Start ..............................................................................................................................................................9
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................10
Feature Highlight ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
Quick Installation Procedure..........................................................................................................................................15
Motherboard Map ..........................................................................................................................................................16
Block Diagram ...............................................................................................................................................................17
Hardware Installation ................................................................................................................18
About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… ...................................................................................................................19
JP14 Clear CMOS Data.................................................................................................................................................20
CPU Installation.............................................................................................................................................................21
CPU Jumper-less Design...............................................................................................................................................23
CPU Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ...................................................................................................................27
DIMM Sockets ...............................................................................................................................................................28
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Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................31
ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................32
AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................................................................................................................................32
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................33
IrDA Connector..............................................................................................................................................................35
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ...........................................................................................................36
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel......................................................................................................................................37
Support 2nd USB Port.....................................................................................................................................................38
AUX-IN Connector .........................................................................................................................................................39
CD Audio Connector ......................................................................................................................................................40
Modem Audio Connector ...............................................................................................................................................41
Front Audio Connector...................................................................................................................................................42
Battery-less and Long Life Design .................................................................................................................................43
Over-current Protection .................................................................................................................................................44
Hardware Monitoring .....................................................................................................................................................45
Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................46
Year 2000 (Y2K) ............................................................................................................................................................47
1500 / 2200µF Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................48
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Pure Aluminum Heatsink ...............................................................................................................................................51
Driver and Utility........................................................................................................................52
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc..............................................................................................................................53
Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ......................................................................................................54
Installing Onboard AGP Driver.......................................................................................................................................55
Installing LAN Driver......................................................................................................................................................56
Installing Intel IAA Driver ...............................................................................................................................................57
Installing Onboard Sound Driver....................................................................................................................................58
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .........................................................................................................................................59
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ........................................................................................................................................64
AWARD BIOS ..............................................................................................................................66
About BIOS Function Description…...............................................................................................................................67
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ...................................................................................................................68
How To Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................................................70
BIOS Upgrade ...............................................................................................................................................................71
Overclocking ..............................................................................................................................73
VGA Card & Hard Disk ..................................................................................................................................................74
Glossary.....................................................................................................................................75
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ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)........................................................................................................75
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ....................................................................................................................................75
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ............................................................................................................................................76
AOpen Bonus Pack CD .................................................................................................................................................76
APM (Advanced Power Management) ...........................................................................................................................76
ATA (AT Attachment)......................................................................................................................................................76
ATA/66 ...........................................................................................................................................................................76
ATA/100 .........................................................................................................................................................................77
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................77
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).........................................................................................................................................77
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ................................................................................................................77
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ....................................................................................................................................78
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM................................................................................................................................78
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................................................................78
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ........................................................................................................................................78
ECC (Error Checking and Correction)............................................................................................................................79
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory...........................................................................................................................79
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ....................................................................................................79
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EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................80
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)............................................................................................................................80
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................80
Flash ROM ....................................................................................................................................................................80
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock...........................................................................................................................................81
I2C Bus ..........................................................................................................................................................................81
IEEE 1394 .....................................................................................................................................................................81
Parity Bit........................................................................................................................................................................82
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) .................................................................................................................................82
PC-100 DIMM ................................................................................................................................................................82
PC-133 DIMM ................................................................................................................................................................82
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM .................................................................................................................................82
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus....................................................................................................................83
PDF Format ...................................................................................................................................................................83
PnP (Plug and Play) ......................................................................................................................................................83
POST (Power-On Self Test)...........................................................................................................................................83
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)..............................................................................................................................................84
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).........................................................................................................................84
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Shadow E2PROM ..........................................................................................................................................................84
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module)..........................................................................................................................85
SMBus (System Management Bus) ...............................................................................................................................85
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .......................................................................................................................................85
Ultra DMA ......................................................................................................................................................................86
USB (Universal Serial Bus)............................................................................................................................................86
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .....................................................................................................................................87
ZIP file ...........................................................................................................................................................................87
Troubleshooting .........................................................................................................................88
Technical Support......................................................................................................................92
Product Registration .................................................................................................................95
How to Contact Us.....................................................................................................................96
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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
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 MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard. The MX3S-T/MX3SP-T is Intel®Socket 370 motherboard (M/B)
based on the MTX form factor featuring the Intel®815E B-Step / 815EP B-Step chipset. As high performance chipset built in the
M/B, the MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard can support Intel®Socket 370 series Pentium®III & Celeron™ processor (Both
Coppermine & Tualatin are supported) and 66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance, it has one
AGP slot and supports AGP 1X/2X/4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec. According to
different customer’s requirements, 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512MB SDRAM DIMM modules can be applied to the motherboard and
the maximum memory size can be up to 512MB. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100 mode and the
transfer rate up to 100MB/s. In addition, on the strength of Intel
82562ET/EM PHY on board, which is an highly-integrated Platform
LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office
and home use. More than that, the MX3S-T/MX3SP-T has an AD
1885 AC97 CODEC chipset onboard for providing high
performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people
enjoy working with it. Now, enjoy all features from AOpen
MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard.
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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™ (Both Coppermine & Tualatin are supported) 533MHz~1.2GHz+ with
66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 370 technology. To avoid possible CPU damage caused by
overheating, an automatic shutdown of system had been especially designed on this motherboard. System would be
automatically power off when this motherboard with implementation of THERMTRIP circuit detected a CPU temperature above
135 degree for 4 seconds.
Chipset
With the Intel®815E B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset, Intel delivers a discrete graphics solution with all the performance,
innovative features and proven reliability of the Intel®815 chipset family. With its highly scalable design, the new 815E
B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset offers an ideal, leading-edge AGP graphics solution for Intel®Pentium®III/Celeron™processor
platforms. And the smart integration in the Intel 815E B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset's I/O Controller Hub (ICH2) features two
USB controllers supporting four USB ports. With support for 5.1 channels of AC’97 audio and the ability to make the most of soft
audio/modem technology, the 815E B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset delivers an ideal solution for innovative new form factors.
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Expansion Slots
Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support
data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP
graphic card. For AD and SBA signaling, MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard can support 2X/4X mode. Of three PCI slots provided,
all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
Memory
Provides two 168-pin SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 512MB of PC-100/133 compliant SDRAM (Synchronous
Dynamic Random Access Memory). You may install 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512MB SDRAM DIMM modules into each socket.
Ultra DMA 33/66/100 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 33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
On-board AC’97 Sound
MX3S-T/MX3SP-T uses the AD 1885 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback
system.
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LAN Port
On the strength of Intel 82562ET/EM PHY on board, which is an highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides
10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
Four USB Connectors
Provides two ports, four USB connectors for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.
Power Management/Plug and Play
Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. 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.
Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows®98/ME/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM,
S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features.
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Super Multi-I/O
Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be
directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Installing CPU and Fan
Installing System Memory (DIMM
Connecting Front Panel Cable
Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable
Connecting ATX Power Cable
Connecting Back Panel Cable
Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default
Setting CPU Frequency
Reboot
Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98)
Installing Driver and Utility
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Motherboard MapMotherboard Map
MODEM-CN Connector
Dr.LED Connector
4Mbit Flash ROM
Virus Protection
Wake on Timer
COM2
2nd USB Connecto
r
r
Front Panel Connecto
IrDA Connector
r
Front Audio Connecto
32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3
FDD Connector
Intel
®
815E B-Step/ 815EP B-Step Chipset
with enlarged Aluminum Heatsink
A
GP 4x Expansion Slot
PC99 Colored Back Panel
AUX-IN Connecto
r
Resettable Fuse
CPU Fan Connector with H/W
Monitoring Function
JP28 Keyboard / Mouse
CD-IN Connecto
r
1500/ 2200μF Low
ESR Capacitors
370-pin CPU Socket with
Voltage & Frequency
A
uto-detection that supports
Intel®Pentium™ III & Celeron
533MHz~1.2GHz+ CPU
(Both Coppermine & Tualatin
are supported)
PC-100/133 DIMM Slot x2
supports up to 512MB
A
TX Power Connector
FAN1 Connecto
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JP23,and JP29 CPU FSB
Select Jum
p
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A
TA/100 IDE Connector x2
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B-Step / 815EP
B-Step
FW82815
GMCH
Socket 370
Intel
Pentium III/Celeron
CPU
66/100/133MHz
System Bus
DIMM Socket x3
AGP 4X Slot Intel
FW82801BA
ICH2
Serial Port x2
2nd USB Port
1st USB Port
USB
Connector x4
32-bit PCI Slot x3
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA
33/66100
PC-100/133 SDRAM
Up to 512MB
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
2Mbit Flash EEPROM
AC Link
15-pin D-Sub
Connector
PCI Bus
CNR Slot
Firmware Hub
Low Pin
Count
Super
I/O
Floppy Disk Drive x2
AC97
CODEC
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This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.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. 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 you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called
“Optional”, and some are called “Upgrade Optional”. Though all of our AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful
features, but in some situations, these powerful features are not used by every user. Hence, some of these key features are
changed optional for you choose. Optional functions that can be upgraded by users, we call them “Upgrade Optional”. As for
those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by yourself, we call them “Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local
distributors or resellers for purchasing “Upgrade Optional” components, and either you can visit AOpen official web site:
www.aopen.com
When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called
“Optional”, and some are called “Upgrade Optional”. Though all of our AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful
features, but in some situations, these powerful features are not used by every user. Hence, some of these key features are
changed optional for you choose. Optional functions that can be upgraded by users, we call them “Upgrade Optional”. As for
those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by yourself, we call them “Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local
distributors or resellers for purchasing “Upgrade Optional” components, and either you can visit AOpen official web site:
www.aopen.com for more detail information.
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You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.
1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.
Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.
3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.
4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 & pin2.4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 & pin2.
5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.
Pin 1
1
1
Normal
(
default
)
Clear CMOS
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