AOpen MX3W-E2 User manual

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....................................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Before You Start.............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
MX3W-E2 Series Comparison Table ............................................................................................................................. 11
Feature Highlight........................................................................................................................................................... 12
Quick Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Motherboard Map .......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Block Diagram............................................................................................................................................................... 17
Hardware Installation......................................................................................................................18
About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… .................................................................................................................. 19
Clear CMOS Data ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
JP23 Adjust FSB/PCI Clock Ratio ................................................................................................................................. 23
CPU Jumper-less Design .............................................................................................................................................. 25
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) .............................................................................................. 30
DIMM Socket................................................................................................................................................................. 31

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Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 33
ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 34
Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up ............................................................................................................................................ 35
Power and RAM Power Indicate LED ............................................................................................................................ 36
AC Power Auto Recovery.............................................................................................................................................. 37
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 38
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 40
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector......................................................................................................... 41
WOL (Wake on LAN)..................................................................................................................................................... 44
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot............................................................................................ 46
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ..................................................................................................................................... 47
Support 2nd USB Port .................................................................................................................................................... 48
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 49
Modem Audio Connector............................................................................................................................................... 50
AUX-IN Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 51
Front Panel Audio Connector ........................................................................................................................................ 52
GPO (General Purpose Output) Connector ................................................................................................................... 53
Over-current Protection................................................................................................................................................. 56
Hardware Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................................... 57
Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................ 58

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Year 2000 (Y2K)............................................................................................................................................................ 59
Low ESR Capacitor ....................................................................................................................................................... 60
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ................................................................................................................................. 62
Driver and Utility .............................................................................................................................63
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 64
Installing Chipset Software Installation Utility................................................................................................................ 65
Installing Onboard AGP Driver ...................................................................................................................................... 66
Installing Ultra ATA/100 IDE Driver................................................................................................................................ 67
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................................................... 68
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................................................................................................................ 69
Installing Smart Card Driver and Application................................................................................................................. 70
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive......................................................................................................................................... 76
AWARD BIOS ....................................................................................................................................80
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program .................................................................................................................. 81
How To Enter BIOS Setup............................................................................................................................................. 82
BIOS Upgrade............................................................................................................................................................... 83
Overclocking ....................................................................................................................................85
VGA Card & Hard Disk.................................................................................................................................................. 86
Glossary ...........................................................................................................................................87

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AC97............................................................................................................................................................................. 87
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 87
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................... 87
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................ 88
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ................................................................................................................................................. 88
APM (Advanced Power Management)........................................................................................................................... 88
ATA (AT Attachment)..................................................................................................................................................... 88
ATA/66 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 88
ATA/100 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 89
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................ 89
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ........................................................................................................................................ 89
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................ 89
CODEC (Coding and Decoding).................................................................................................................................... 90
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ............................................................................................................................... 90
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)............................................................................................................................ 90
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ....................................................................................................................................... 90
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 91
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .......................................................................................................................... 91
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................... 91
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ...................................................................................................................... 91

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EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 92
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................................................................................................................... 92
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)................................................................................................................................ 92
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 92
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .......................................................................................................................................... 93
I2C Bus.......................................................................................................................................................................... 93
IEEE 1394..................................................................................................................................................................... 93
Parity Bit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 93
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)................................................................................................................................. 94
PC-100 DIMM ............................................................................................................................................................... 94
PC-133 DIMM ............................................................................................................................................................... 94
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM ................................................................................................................................. 94
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................... 94
PDF Format .................................................................................................................................................................. 95
PnP (Plug and Play)...................................................................................................................................................... 95
POST (Power-On Self Test) .......................................................................................................................................... 95
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................. 95
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................................................................................................................ 96
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ...................................................................................................................................... 96
Shadow E2PROM .......................................................................................................................................................... 96

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SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ......................................................................................................................... 96
SMBus (System Management Bus)............................................................................................................................... 97
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)....................................................................................................................................... 97
Ultra DMA ..................................................................................................................................................................... 97
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ........................................................................................................................................... 98
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)..................................................................................................................................... 98
ZIP file .......................................................................................................................................................................... 98
Troubleshooting...............................................................................................................................99
Technical Support .........................................................................................................................103
Product Registration .....................................................................................................................106
How to Contact Us ........................................................................................................................107

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&%'
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&.56*1-3./ 07-8! 56*4    
    #+       /2*    9 :  
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 0      6*;;+#    > 8 (
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 @6-+ & 0 1   "  //#;;#6** 
6**+#'?
       A! ( 3A(4
   !       
  +      655@ B2
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      $ ! !  A!
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other components. Always read 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
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 When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
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