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MX46S Online Manual What’s in this manual MX46S ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual.....................................................................................................................................................................2 You Must Notice.........................................................................................................
MX46S Online Manual ATX Power Connector .................................................................................................................................................................31 AC Power Auto Recovery ............................................................................................................................................................31 IDE and Floppy Connector ...................................................................................................
MX46S Online Manual Hardware Monitoring ...................................................................................................................................................................52 Resettable Fuse...........................................................................................................................................................................53 1500µF Low ESR Capacitor ..........................................................................................
MX46S Online Manual AC97............................................................................................................................................................................................76 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .....................................................................................................................76 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).................................................................................................
MX46S Online Manual EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ....................................................................................................................................80 EV6 Bus.......................................................................................................................................................................................81 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ............................................................................................
MX46S Online Manual SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)....................................................................................................................................................85 2 Shadow E PROM ........................................................................................................................................................................85 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ...........................................................................................
MX46S Online Manual You Must Notice Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
MX46S Online Manual Before You Start 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.
MX46S Online Manual Overview ® Thank you for choosing our MX46S motherboard. The MX46S is Intel Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the Micro ATX form factor ® featuring the SIS 650 / SIS 961 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the MX46S motherboard can support Intel Socket ® 478 Pentium 4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 400 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.
MX46S Online Manual Feature Highlight CPU ® ® Supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.4GHz+ with 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset The motherboard is equipped with SIS 650 / 961 chipset. SIS 650 chipset consists of host interface Controller and integrated high performance SDRAM Host system controller, which provide superior performance between the CPU, SDRAM, AGP bus, and delivering 533MB/s Bandwidth.
MX46S Online Manual Memory With SIS 650 / 961 chipset, the MX46S provides two 168-pin SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2 GB of PC-100/133 compliant SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). You may install 64, 128, 256, 512 and 1GB SDRAM DIMM modules into each socket. LAN Port (Optional) On the strength of Realtek RTL8100 LAN controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
MX46S Online Manual Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional) The Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on this MX46S M/B to easily show what kind of problems you may encounter. 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.
MX46S Online Manual Quick Installation Procedure This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 1. Installing CPU and Fan 2. Installing System Memory (DIMM) 3. Connecting Front Panel Cable 4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5. Connecting ATX Power Cable 6. Connecting Back Panel Cable 7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8. Setting CPU Frequency 9. Reboot 10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98) 11.
MX46S Flash ROM CD-IN Connector Front Audio Connector Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel AC’97 CODEC Resettable Fuse COM2 JP28 USB KB/MS wakeup PCI LAN Controller MODEM-CN CNR Connector (CNR LAN NOT Supported) 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector Low ESR Capacitors IrDA Connector AGP 4x Expansion Slot (1.5v / 3.
MX46S Online Manual Block Diagram PC100/133 SDRAM Up to 2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 DIMM Socket x2 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU(Willamette /Northwood) 400MHz System Bus PCI Bus SIS 650 ATA 33/66100 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP 4X Slot SIS 961 RealTek ALC201A AC97 CODEC Realtek RTL8100 LAN connect Component AC Link USB Connector x6 1st USB Port 2nd USB Port 3rd USB Port CNR Slot Winbond W83637/ W83627 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Parallel Port Serial Port x2 Floppy Disk Drive x2 1
MX46S Online Manual Hardware Installation 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.
MX46S Online Manual About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… 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 AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features, in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user. Hence, we changed some key features as “Optional” for you to choose.
MX46S Online Manual JP14 Clear CMOS Data 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. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1 1. Boot fail because of overclocking… 2.
MX46S Online Manual CPU Installation ® This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 series CPU (Willamette / Northwood). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for the mark on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and the mark, then insert the CPU into the socket.
MX46S Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may damage the CPU. Note: This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in. Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
MX46S Online Manual CPU Fan Installation This motherboard comes with a retention module attached on the CPU socket when shipped, we strongly recommend you to install special designed CPU Fan as shown below on the retention module for better heat dissipation. Please install the CPU Fan correctly as the following pictures shown. 2. Pressing down the four clips with force one by one on the retention module. 1.
MX46S Online Manual CPU Jumper-less Design CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. Clock Generator ® Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 & Celeron CPU CPU VID signal BIOS Controlled CPU Freq.
MX46S Online Manual Setting CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected. Setting CPU Frequency BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed. The default setting is "table select mode". You can adjust the FSB from "CPU Host/SDRAM/PCI Clock" for overclocking.
MX46S CPU Online Manual CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock System Bus Ratio 100MHz 400MHz 14x maximum 400MHz (100MHz*4) system bus and 66MHz AGP clock; higher clock setting may cause serious system damage. Warning: SIS 650 / 961 chipset supports Pentium 4 1.4G 1400MHz Pentium 4 1.5G 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15x Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x Pentium 4 1.
MX46S Online Manual CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on System FAN (FAN2) or AUX FAN (FAN3) connector. FAN3 Connector (Without Hardware Monitor) GND +12V SENSOR CPU Fan Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that cannot support FAN2 Connector hardware monitoring function.
MX46S Online Manual JP28 USB Keyboard / Mouse Wakeup This jumper allows you to enable or disable the function of system wakeup through USB keyboard. To enable this function by setting the jumper to pin 2-3, you can resume your system from suspend mode when an USB keyboard is used.
MX46S Online Manual DIMM Sockets This motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100/133 SDRAM memory up to 2 GB.
MX46S Online Manual How to Install Memory Modules Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. 20 pins 2. 60 pins 88 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up to hold the DIMM in Tab 3. place when the DIMM touches the slot’s bottom.
MX46S Online Manual Front Panel Connector Attach the power LED, Keylock, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
MX46S Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 20-pin ATX power connector and an extra 4-pin connector as shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 20-pin connector. Ground 12V 12V Pin1 COM COM -5V +5V +5V AC Power Auto Recovery +12V 5VSB PO-OK COM +5V Ground COM PS-ON COM -12V +3.3V +3.3V +3.
MX46S Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
MX46S Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
MX46S Online Manual IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).
MX46S Online Manual AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot The MX46S provides an AGP 4x slot. The AGP 4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 4x mode, 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.
MX46S Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard.
MX46S Online Manual WOM by External BOX Modem Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply, it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active.
MX46S Online Manual WOM by Internal Modem Card With the help of the ATX soft power On/Off, it is possible to have a system totally power off, and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call as an answering machine or to send/receive a fax. You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off.
MX46S Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
MX46S Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) 40
MX46S Online Manual Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard (Optional) On the strength of Realtek RTL8100 LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
MX46S Online Manual CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power. The analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card.
MX46S Online Manual PC99 Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1 and VGA, Printer, Six USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. PS/2 Mouse Connector RJ-45 LAN Connector PS/2 Keyboard USB Port Connector SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port MIDI/Game Port VGA Connector COM 1 Port PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which is using a PS/2 plug.
MX46S Online Manual Support 3 USB Ports This motherboard provides six USB connectors to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cable to connect other USB connectors to the back panel or front panel of chassis.
MX46S Online Manual CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
MX46S Online Manual Modem Audio Connector This connector is used to connect Mono In/MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is MIC Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.
MX46S Online Manual Front Audio Connector If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove 5-6 and 9-10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable. Please do not remove these 5-6 and 9-10 yellow jumper caps if there’s no audio port on the front panel.
MX46S Online Manual Dr. LED Connector (Upgrade Optional) In conjunction with Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional), which can easily shows what kind of problems may occur on your system during assembly. It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr. LED. This can helps you to have a self-diagnostic to your system status quickly. Pin 1 1 2 3.
MX46S Online Manual Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. 7 6 5 Boot O.K. KB HDD 4 Floppy 3 2 1 0 PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages. Once the LED7 (latest LED) is lit, this indicates that the system has completed its boot-up procedure.
MX46S Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
MX46S Online Manual Over-current Protection The Over Current Protection was very popular implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.3V/5V/12V power supply provide the full line over-current protection.
MX46S Online Manual Hardware Monitoring This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the chassis external speaker or buzzer of motherboard (if existed) to warn the user.
MX46S Online Manual Resettable Fuse Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function as protecting the motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunctioning. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function after the fuse had done its protection job.
MX46S Online Manual 1500μF Low ESR Capacitor The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, MX46S implements 1500μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
MX46S Online Manual Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements our unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”.
MX46S Online Manual Pure Aluminum Heatsink Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability. Aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU.
MX46S Online Manual Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98.
MX46S Online Manual Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
MX46S Online Manual Installing LAN Driver (Optional) You can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP for RealTek RTL8100 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter by following steps. Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 : --------------------------------------------------------------------1. Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver” from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 2.
MX46S Online Manual Installing Onboard Sound Driver This motherboard comes with a RealTek ALC201A AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
MX46S Online Manual ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again.
MX46S Online Manual System Requirement 1. AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. 2. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a. Set Power Schemes > System Standby to "Never". b. Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable Hibernate Support" then "Apply". c. Click on the "Advanced" tab, you'll see "Hibernate" on "Power Buttons".
MX46S Online Manual Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "ACPI BIOS" and remove "Plug and Play BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
MX46S Online Manual HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "Plug and Play BIOS" and remove "ACPI BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
MX46S Online Manual ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
MX46S Online Manual To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement An ACPI OS is required. Currently, except Windows 95 and Windows NT, all other Windows Systems support ACPI. Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup ACPI mode. Procedures 1. Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Function: Enabled BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Suspend Type: S3. 2.
MX46S Online Manual AWARD BIOS System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). The AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.
MX46S Online Manual About BIOS Function Description… We always dedicate to give users a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appeared at right side of screen. Hence, you don’t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting.
MX46S Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting value. You also can press key for help and press key to quit Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program.
MX46S Online Manual Key Description F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.
MX46S Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
MX46S Online Manual BIOS Upgrade By flashing your motherboard, you agree to accept the possibility of BIOS flash failure. If you motherboard is working and is stable, and there are no major bugs that were fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS. By doing so, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If you indeed intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE SURE to use the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model.
MX46S Online Manual Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY) 1. Download new BIOS upgrade zip file from our web site. For example, MX46S102.ZIP. 2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility. Or Winzip (http://www.winzip.com/) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk. For example, MX46S102.BIN & MX46S102.EXE 4.
MX46S Online Manual Overclocking As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them "Overclocker".
MX46S Online Manual VGA Card & Hard Disk VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website. VGA: http://www.aopen.com/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://www.aopen.com/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.
MX46S Online Manual Glossary AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
MX46S Online Manual AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. Bonus Pack CD A disc bundled with our motherboard product; there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities. APM (Advanced Power Management) Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions.
MX46S Online Manual ATA/100 ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) BIOS is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM. BIOS controls Input/output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard.
MX46S Online Manual CODEC (Coding and Decoding) Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way.
MX46S Online Manual ECC (Error Checking and Correction) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error. EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM (Fast Page Mode).
MX46S Online Manual EV6 Bus EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus. EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2. For example, 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock, but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz. FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations.
MX46S Online Manual FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio I2C Bus See SMBus. IEEE 1394 IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.
MX46S Online Manual PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits). PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence. Normally, it is 3-1-1-1, total 6 clocks, which is faster than asynchronous SRAM. PBSRAM is often used on L2 (level 2) cache of Socket 7 CPU. Slot 1 and Socket 370 CPU do not need PBSRAM.
MX46S Online Manual PDF Format A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader. You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader). PnP (Plug and Play) The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as Windows 95).
MX46S Online Manual RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) 184-pin memory module supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices. SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus (EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal). It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer. SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V.
MX46S Online Manual SMBus (System Management Bus) SMBus is also called I2C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message. SPD (Serial Presence Detect) SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM.
MX46S Online Manual USB (Universal Serial Bus) USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
MX46S Online Manual Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
MX46S Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes and check if the power No supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
MX46S Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press to reboot the system. No Check if the system It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
MX46S Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98. End 91 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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MX46S Online Manual Model name and BIOS version Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MX46S R1.00 Nov.30.2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. MX46S is the model name of the motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version.
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