AOpen MX4BS Setup guide

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 .............................................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Before You Start ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Overv iew .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Feature Highlight ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Quick Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Motherboard Map ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Block Diagram................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................................17
About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”…................................................................................................................................ 18
Clear CMOS Data ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19
CPU Installation .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ......................................................................................................... 28
DIMM Socket ................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Front Panel Connector................................................................................................................................................................... 31
ATX Power Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 32
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................................. 33

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IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 34
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................................... 36
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .................................................................................................................................................... 37
Support 2nd USB Port ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38
CD Audio Connector ...................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Modem Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 40
Front Audio Connector................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Over-current Protection ................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Hardware Monitoring ...................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Resettable Fuse.............................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Year 2000 (Y2K) ............................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Low ESR Capacitor ........................................................................................................................................................................ 47
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)................................................................................................................................................ 49
Driver and Utility..........................................................................................................................50
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc............................................................................................................................................ 51
Installing Chipset Software Installation Utility............................................................................................................................. 52
Installing Onboard AGP Driver ..................................................................................................................................................... 53
Installing Ultra ATA/100 IDE Driver .............................................................................................................................................. 54
Installing LAN Driver (Optional).................................................................................................................................................... 55

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Installing Onboard Sound Driver .................................................................................................................................................. 56
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility .......................................................................................................................................... 57
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ........................................................................................................................................................ 58
AWARD BIOS ................................................................................................................................63
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ............................................................................................................................... 64
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................................. 65
BIOS Upgrade................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
Overclocking ................................................................................................................................68
VGA Card & Hard Disk .................................................................................................................................................................. 69
Glossary .......................................................................................................................................70
AC97 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 70
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................... 70
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .................................................................................................................................................. 70
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ........................................................................................................................................................... 71
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ................................................................................................................................................................. 71
APM (Advanced Power M anagement) ......................................................................................................................................... 71
ATA (AT Attachment) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 71
ATA/66 .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 71
ATA/100............................................................................................................................................................................................ 72

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BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)............................................................................................................................................... 72
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)........................................................................................................................................................ 72
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ............................................................................................................................ 72
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ................................................................................................................................................... 73
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM.............................................................................................................................................. 73
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) .......................................................................................................................................... 73
DMA (Direct Memory Access)....................................................................................................................................................... 73
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................................................................................................................................... 74
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ........................................................................................................................................ 74
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ............................................................................................................... 74
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .................................................................................................................................... 74
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 75
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................................................................................................................................... 75
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................................. 75
Flash ROM ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 75
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .......................................................................................................................................................... 76
I2C Bus ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 76
IEEE 1394 ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Parity Bit .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 77

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PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ............................................................................................................................................... 77
PC-100 DIMM.................................................................................................................................................................................. 77
PC-133 DIMM.................................................................................................................................................................................. 77
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM................................................................................................................................................ 78
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................................ 78
PDF Format ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 78
PnP (Plug and Play) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 78
POST (Power-On Self Test) .......................................................................................................................................................... 79
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................................. 79
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................................... 79
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ..................................................................................................................................................... 79
Shadow E2PROM ........................................................................................................................................................................... 80
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ....................................................................................................................................... 80
SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................................. 80
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ...................................................................................................................................................... 80
Ultra DMA ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 81
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ........................................................................................................................................................... 81
VCM (Virtual Channel M emory) .................................................................................................................................................... 82
ZIP file.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 82

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Troubleshooting ...........................................................................................................................83
Technical Support........................................................................................................................87
Product Registration....................................................................................................................90
How to Contact Us.......................................................................................................................91

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/#+1    &.     2)3           #+ 
     )  44#5**#5667, '  + /'+18
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(         :  ,     68+ & 9 ; 
 "  66#44#5**        5**+# '
:         <0  /%1
   "+   &    =>%;
       , 
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1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.
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 When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
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