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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
MX46S
DOC. NO.: MX46S-OL-E0201A
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Troubleshooting &
Technical Support

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MX46S ....................................................................................................................................................... 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
Block Diagram .............................................................................................................................................................................16
Hardware Installation ........................................................................................................................... 17
About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… ................................................................................................................................18
JP14 Clear CMOS Data...............................................................................................................................................................19
CPU Installation ...........................................................................................................................................................................20
CPU Jumper-less Design ............................................................................................................................................................23
CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring).............................................................................................................26
JP28 USB Keyboard / Mouse Wakeup........................................................................................................................................27
DIMM Sockets .............................................................................................................................................................................28
Front Panel Connector.................................................................................................................................................................30
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ATX Power Connector .................................................................................................................................................................31
AC Power Auto Recovery ............................................................................................................................................................31
IDE and Floppy Connector ..........................................................................................................................................................32
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................................34
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot.........................................................................................................................35
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector ......................................................................................................................36
WOM by External BOX Modem ...................................................................................................................................................37
WOM by Internal Modem Card ....................................................................................................................................................38
WOL (Wake on LAN) ...................................................................................................................................................................39
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (Optional) ...........................................................................................................................41
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot .........................................................................................................42
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ...................................................................................................................................................43
Support 3 USB Ports ...................................................................................................................................................................44
CD Audio Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................45
Modem Audio Connector .............................................................................................................................................................46
Front Audio Connector.................................................................................................................................................................47
Dr. LED Connector (Upgrade Optional) .......................................................................................................................................48
Battery-less and Long Life Design...............................................................................................................................................50
Over-current Protection ...............................................................................................................................................................51
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Hardware Monitoring ...................................................................................................................................................................52
Resettable Fuse...........................................................................................................................................................................53
1500µF Low ESR Capacitor ........................................................................................................................................................54
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ...............................................................................................................................................55
Pure Aluminum Heatsink .............................................................................................................................................................56
Driver and Utility ................................................................................................................................... 57
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ...........................................................................................................................................58
Installing LAN Driver (Optional) ...................................................................................................................................................59
Installing Onboard Sound Driver..................................................................................................................................................60
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .......................................................................................................................................................61
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)......................................................................................................................................................65
AWARD BIOS ......................................................................................................................................... 67
About BIOS Function Description… ............................................................................................................................................68
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ................................................................................................................................69
How To Enter BIOS Setup ...........................................................................................................................................................71
BIOS Upgrade .............................................................................................................................................................................72
Overclocking ......................................................................................................................................... 74
VGA Card & Hard Disk ................................................................................................................................................................75
Glossary ................................................................................................................................................ 76
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AC97............................................................................................................................................................................................76
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .....................................................................................................................76
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)..................................................................................................................................................76
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)..........................................................................................................................................................77
Bonus Pack CD ...........................................................................................................................................................................77
APM (Advanced Power Management) ........................................................................................................................................77
ATA (AT Attachment)....................................................................................................................................................................77
ATA/66 .........................................................................................................................................................................................77
ATA/100 .......................................................................................................................................................................................78
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..............................................................................................................................................78
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ......................................................................................................................................................78
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) .............................................................................................................................78
CODEC (Coding and Decoding)..................................................................................................................................................79
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM .............................................................................................................................................79
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)..........................................................................................................................................79
DMA (Direct Memory Access)......................................................................................................................................................79
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) .........................................................................................................................................80
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ........................................................................................................................................80
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................................80
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