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MX36LE-UI........................................................................................................................................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
Hard war e Ins tal lat ion .................................................................................................................. 16
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ...........................................................................................................................................................17
CPU Installation .......................................................................................................................................................................18
JP23 Adjust FSB/PCI Clock .....................................................................................................................................................19
CPU Jumper-less Design .........................................................................................................................................................24
Setting CPU Core Voltage........................................................................................................................................................25
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring) ........................................................................................................25
DIMM Socket............................................................................................................................................................................26
Front Panel Connector.............................................................................................................................................................27
AC Power Auto Recovery.........................................................................................................................................................28
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ATX Power Connector ..............................................................................................................................................................2 9
IDE and Floppy Connector.......................................................................................................................................................30
IrDA Connector ........................................................................................................................................................................33
WOL (Wake on LAN)................................................................................................................................................................3 4
ISA Expansion Slot...................................................................................................................................................................36
Support Realtek 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ............................................................................................................................ 37
JP13 LAN Enable / Disable Select Jumpe r...............................................................................................................................38
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Ju mper.........................................................................................................39
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ................................................................................................................................................ 40
COM2 Connector .....................................................................................................................................................................41
Support 2
CD Audio Connector ................................................................................................................................................................43
Modem Audio Connector..........................................................................................................................................................44
AUX-IN Connector ...................................................................................................................................................................45
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector (Optional)...................................................................................................4 6
Front Audio Connector .............................................................................................................................................................47
Battery-less and Long Life Design ...........................................................................................................................................48
Hardware Monitoring................................................................................................................................................................49
Resettable Fuse.......................................................................................................................................................................50
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USB Port...............................................................................................................................................................4 2
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Low ESR Capacitor..................................................................................................................................................................51
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)............................................................................................................................................52
Driver and Utility ......................................................................................................................... 53
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc..........................................................................................................................................54
Installing Windows 95 .............................................................................................................................................................. 55
Installing Windows 98 .............................................................................................................................................................. 56
Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows2000 ........................................................................................................57
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver ........................................................................................................................................................58
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ..............................................................................................................................................59
Installing Onboard AGP Driver.................................................................................................................................................6 0
Installing LAN Driver ................................................................................................................................................................61
Installing Hardware Monitoring Uti lity.......................................................................................................................................6 5
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive....................................................................................................................................................66
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)...................................................................................................................................................70
AWARD BIOS ................................................................................................................................72
About BIOS Function Description… .........................................................................................................................................73
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Progra m ............................................................................................................................. 74
How To Enter BIOS Setup........................................................................................................................................................76
BIOS Upgrade ..........................................................................................................................................................................77
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Overclocking................................................................................................................................79
VGA Card & Hard Disk .............................................................................................................................................................81
Glossary....................................................................................................................................... 82
AC97........................................................................................................................................................................................82
ACPI (Advanced Configuratio n & Power Interfac e) ..................................................................................................................82
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .............................................................................................................................................. 82
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser).......................................................................................................................................................83
AOpen Bonus Pack CD............................................................................................................................................................83
APM (Advanced Power Management) ......................................................................................................................................83
ATA (AT Attachment) ................................................................................................................................................................8 3
ATA/66 .....................................................................................................................................................................................83
ATA/100 ...................................................................................................................................................................................84
BIOS (Basic Input/Output Sys tem) ........................................................................................................................................... 8 4
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)...................................................................................................................................................84
CNR (Communication and Networki ng Riser)...........................................................................................................................84
CODEC (Coding and Decoding)...............................................................................................................................................85
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module).......................................................................................................................................85
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................................................................................................................................85
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ..................................................................................................................................... 85
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EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmab le ROM) ...............................................................................................................86
EPROM (Erasable Programmabl e ROM) ................................................................................................................................. 86
EV6 Bus...................................................................................................................................................................................86
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................................................................................................................................86
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ...........................................................................................................................................87
Flash ROM...............................................................................................................................................................................87
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .....................................................................................................................................................87
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C Bus .....................................................................................................................................................................................8 7
IEEE 1394 ................................................................................................................................................................................88
Parity Bit ..................................................................................................................................................................................88
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst S RAM)............................................................................................................................................88
PC-100 DIMM ..........................................................................................................................................................................89
PC-133 DIMM ..........................................................................................................................................................................89
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ..............................................................................................................................89
PDF Format..............................................................................................................................................................................89
PnP (Plug and Play).................................................................................................................................................................89
POST (Power-On Self Test) .....................................................................................................................................................90
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ........................................................................................................................................................90
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................................90
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SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM).................................................................................................................................................90
Shadow E
SIMM (Single In Li ne M emory Mod ule) ....................................................................................................................................91
SMBus (System Management Bus)..........................................................................................................................................91
SPD (Serial Presence Detect )..................................................................................................................................................91
UltraATA...................................................................................................................................................................................92
USB (Universal Serial B us) ......................................................................................................................................................92
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)................................................................................................................................................9 3
ZIP file......................................................................................................................................................................................93
Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................................94
Technical Support .......................................................................................................................9 8
Product Registration .................................................................................................................102
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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
free download from Adobe web site
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driver.
Thanks for the help of saving our earth.
, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get
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Thank you very much for choosing AOpen MX36LE-UI, which is an Intel® Socket 370 motherboard based on the microATX form
factor featuring VIA Apollo PLE133 chipset
series Pentium III™ and Celeron™ processor in 66/100/133MHz Front Side bus (FSB)
requirements, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512MB SDRAM DIMM modules can be applied to the motherboard and the maximum
memory size can be up to 1.0 GB. The on-board IDE controller supports UltraATA
the latest high-speed 100MB/s. Besides, on the strength of built in AC97
multimedia capabilities with magic stereo surround. MX36LE-UI also has VGA onboard, LAN onboard, one ISA slot and 4 USB
ports. Now, please enjoy all features that AOpen MX36LE-UI brings you.
. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX36LE-UI supports Intel® Socket 370
. According to different customer’s
33/66/100 mode and the transfer rate up to
CODEC controller, it can bring you high quality
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CPU
Supports Intel® Socket 370 Pentium® III Tualatin/Celeron™ 533MHz~1.2GHz+ and VIA C3 800MHz+ with 66/100/133MHz Front
Side Bus designed for Socket 370 technology.
Chipset
The VIA Apollo PLE133 is a high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient chipset for the implementation of computer
system with 66/100/133MHz CPU FSB frequencies and based on 64-bit Socket 370 CPU. The VIA Apollo PLE133 integrates
Trident Blade 3D AGP graphic accelerator into a single BGA package, which provides you the better capabilities for demanding
software and Internet multimedia applications with comprehensive driver support. The VIA Apollo PLE133 provides superior
performance between the CPU, DRAM, AGP bus and PCI bus.
Expansion Slots
Including three 32-bit / 33MHz PCI and one ISA slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. ISA (Industry
Standard Architecture) allows 16 bits at a time to flow between the motherboard circuitry and an expansion slot card and its
associated device(s).
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Memory
The MX36LE-UI supports both PC100 and PC133 SDRAM, which allows zero wait state bursting between the DRAM and the
data buffers at 66/100/133MHz. The two banks of DIMM slots can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 1M/2M/4M/8M/16MxN
DRAMs. The DRAM controller can run at either the host CPU bus frequency (66/100/133MHz) or pseudo-synchronous to the
CPU bus frequency.
Onboard Trident Blade3D Graphics Engine
This motherboard integrates rich AGP graphics capabilities of the Trident Blade3D graphics engine, which provides full AGP 2.0
capability for maximum bus utilization including 1X/2X/4x mode transfers, SBA (Side Band Addressing), Flush/Fence commands,
and pipelined grants. The AGP 4X specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP4X
video cards support data transfer rates up to 1066MB/s.
Ultra ATA 33/66/100 Enhanced IDE
This motherboard comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors t hat supports four IDE devices in
two channels, supports Ultra ATA 33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE
devices.
On-board AC97 Sound
This motherboard uses the AC97 sound chip, which includes a complete capability of audio recording and playback system.
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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 to system user-friendlier.
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor
module and AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility
.
Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 95/98/ME/NT/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend
to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), and WOL (Wake On LAN) features.
Super Multi-I/O
Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be
directed from COM2 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 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 Installing Driver and Utility
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MODEM-CN Connector (Red)
Front Audio Connector
CD-IN Connector (Black)
S/PDIF Connector
Onboard AC97 CODEC
AUX-IN Connector (Green)
(Optional)
ISA Expansion Slot
32-bit PCI Slot x3
COM2 Connector
Support 2nd USB ports
JP13 LAN Enable/Disable
Select Jumper
WOL Connecto
IrDA Connector
JP14 Clear CMOS
Front Panel Connecto
Motherboard Map
PC99 Colored Back Connector
LAN Chip
CPUFAN Connector
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup
Low ESR Capacitors
370-pin CPU Socket supports
66/100/133MHz FSB for
Pentium!!! Tualatin / Celeron
533MHz~1.2GHz+ and VIA C3
800MHz+
VIA Apollo PLE133 Chipset
with Trident Blade3D
Graphics Engine
TX Power Connector
PC-100/133 DIMM Socket x2
Supports maximum up to
1.0GB
JP23 CPU F SB Sel ec t
FAN2 Connector
4Mbit Flash EEPROM BIOS
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FDD Connector
Ultra ATA/100 IDE Connector
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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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Pin 1
1
Normal Operation
(default)
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.
. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 and pin 2.
5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.
Tip: W hen should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fa il bec aus e of ove rc lock i ng…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
1
Clear CMOS
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This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium III Tualatin / Celeron and VIA C3 Socket 370 CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation
when you plug it into CPU socket.
CPU socket
Lever
1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.
2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on
the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge. Then insert
the CPU i nto th e soc ket .
3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation.
Note: If you do not match the CP
socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well,
ou may damage the CPU.
CPU Pin1
and cut edge
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This jumper is used to specify the relationship between PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if you are not an overclocker,
we recommend you to set this jumper at default setting.
Pin 1
1 2
FSB=66MHz
1 2
FSB=100MHz
JP23 FSB Select Jumper
1 2
FSB=133MHz
1 2
Auto
Detection
(Default)
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PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio
Clock Ra tio CPU (Host) PCI Memory
2X 66 33 PCI x2 or x3
2X (Overclocking) 75 37.5 PCI x2 or x3
3X 100 33 PCI x2 or x3 o r x4
3X (Overclocking) 112 37.3 PCI x2 or x3 o r x4
4X 133 33 PCI x3 or x4
Warning: VIA PLE133 chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB, higher
clock setting may cause serious system damage.
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BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI)
Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio
CPU Ratio
CPU FS B
3x, 3.5x, 4x, 4.5x, …16x
66.8, 75, 83.3, 100, 103, 105, 110, 112, 115, 120, 124, 133, and
150MHz
Warning: VIA PLE133 chipset supports maximum
133MHz FSB, higher clock setting may cause serious
system damage.
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Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Rati o
CPU
Celeron 533 533MHz 66MHz 8x
Celeron 566 566MHz 66MHz 8.5x
Celeron 600 600MHz 66MHz 9x
Celeron 667 667MHz 66MHz 10x
Celeron 700 700MHz 66MHz 10.5x
Celeron 733 733MHz 66MHz 11x
Celeron 766 766MHz 66MHz 11.5x
Celeron 800 800MHz 100MHz 8x
Celeron 900 900MHz 100MHz 9x
Celeron 1G 1GHz 100MHz 10x
Celeron 1.1G 1.1GHz 100MHz 11x
Celeron 1.2G 1.2GHz 100MHz 12x
Pentium III 800E 800MHz 100MHz 8x
CPU Core
Frequenc y
Home
FSB Clock Ratio
Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boo
because of overcl ocking, si mply use <Home>
key to restore the default setting.
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Pentium III 850E 850MHz 100MHz 8.5x
Pentium III 533EB 533MHz 133MHz 4x
Pentium III 600EB 600MHz 133MHz 4.5x
Pentium III 667EB 667MHz 133MHz 5x
Pentium III 733EB 733MHz 133MHz 5.5
Pentium III 800EB 800MHz 133MHz 6x
Pentium III 866EB 866MHz 133MHz 6.5
Pentium III 933EB 933MHz 133MHz 7x
Pentium III 1G 1000MHz 133MHz 7.5x
Pentium III 1.13G 1.13GHz 133MHz 8.5x
Pentium III 1.2G 1.2GHz 133MHz 9x
Pentium III 1.3G 1.3GHz 133MHz 10x
Warning: VIA PLE133 chipset supports maximum
133MHz FSB Bus, higher clock setting may cause
serious system damage.
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CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allow user to set the CPU frequency
through BIOS setup
designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.
, therefore no jumpers or switches are used and the disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less
Intel Socket 370
Pentium III &
Celero n CP U
CPU VID signal
Power Regulator
(Automatically generates CPU voltage)
CPU Freq. Ratio
CPU voltage
Clock
Generator
BIOS
Controlled
Circuit
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This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected. It is not necessary to set
CPU Core Voltage.
CCPPUU aanndd HHoouussiinngg FFaann CCoonnnneeccttoorr
((WWiitthh HH//WW MMoonniittoorriinngg))
Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have a housing fan, you can also plug it to FAN2 connector.
GND
+12V
SENSOR
CPUFAN
FAN2
Note: Some CPU fans do not have
sensor pin, so that they cannot suppor
fan monitoring.
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This motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM s ockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 1.0GB.
DIMM1
DIMM2
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Pin 1
Attach the power LED, EMPI, speaker, power and reset switch connectors t
the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, th
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.
Suspend Type ACPI L E D
Power on Suspend (S1) Flashing for every second
Suspend to RAM (S3) or Suspend to Disk (S4) The LED will be turned off
1
NC
NC
+5V
IDE LED
IDE LED
+5V
+5V
GND
NC
SPEAKER
SPWR
GND
CPILED-
GND
CPILED
NC
NC
GND
RESET
GND
IDE LED
Speaker
+
+
+
+
SPWR
ACPI &
Power LED
Reset
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A traditional ATX system should remain power off when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a
network server or workstation, without an UPS, which has to keep power-on all the time. This motherboard implements an AC
Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem.
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The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction.
+12V
5VSB
PW-OK
COM
+5V
COM
+5V
COM
+3.3V
+3.3V
+5V
+5V
-5V
COM
COM
COM
PS-ON
COM
-12V
+3.3V
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Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy FDC connector and IDE connector. The blue connector is IDE1 for
clear identification. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
Pin 1
Primary
Slave (2nd)
Secondary
Slave (4th)
Primary
Master (1st)
IDE1 (Primary)
IDE2 (Secondary)
Secondary
Master (3rd)
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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 of master or slave mode depends on the jumper on
your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manuals accordingly.
Warning: Th e specif icati on of the ID E cable is a
maximum of 46cm (18 inches); make sure your
cable does not exceed this length.
Tip: For better signal quality, it is recommended
to set the far end side device to master mode
and follow the suggested sequence to install
your new device. Please refer to above diagram.
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This motherboard supports Ultra ATA33, ATA66 and ATA100 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and
DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes.
Mode Clock Period Clock Count Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate
PIO mode 0 30ns 20 600ns (1/600ns) x 2byte = 3.3MB/s
PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns (1/383ns) x 2byte = 5.2MB/s
PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns (1/240ns) x 2byte = 8.3MB/s
PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns (1/180ns) x 2byte = 11.1MB/s
PIO mode 4 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte = 16.6MB/s
DMA mode 0 30ns 16 480ns (1/480ns) x 2byte = 4.16MB/s
DMA mode 1 30ns 5 150ns (1/150ns) x 2byte = 13.3MB/s
DMA mode 2 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte = 16.6MB/s
ATA 33 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte x2 = 33MB/s
ATA 66 30ns 2 60ns (1/60ns) x 2byte x2 = 66MB/s
ATA 100 20ns 2 40ns (1/40ns) x 2byte x2 = 100MB/s
Tip: To achieve the best performance of an Ultra ATA 66/100
hard disk, a special 80-wires IDE cable for Ultra ATA 66/100 is
required.
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IIrrDDAA CCoonnnneeccttoorr
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).
Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART2 Mode
to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector.
, make sure
NC
+5V
IR_T
Pin 1
GND
IR_RX
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This feature is very similar to Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must
have a network card with a chipset supporting 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. Note
that, at least 600mA ATX standby current is required to support the LAN card for this function.
LID
GND
+5VSB
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WOL Connector
(Ethernet Card Side)
WOL Connecto
(Motherboard Side)
Note: This picture is for example only; it may not look exactly the same with the motherboard you purchased.
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IISSAA EExxppaannssiioonn SSlloott
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) is a standard bus (computer interconnection) architecture that is associated with the IBM AT
motherboard. It allows 16 bits at a time to flow between the motherboard circuitry and an expansion slot card and its associated
device(s).
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This motherboard has a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of Realtek 10/100 LAN onboard, which is a
highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet
connector is located on top of USB connectors.
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This jumper allows you to enable or disable the LAN onboard function by adjusting the position of yellow cap.
Pin 1
1
Enable
1
Disable
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This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which
could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and
you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
Pin1
Disable
(Default)
Enable
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The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and 15-pin D-Sub connector, Printer, four 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
PS/2 Keyboard
Connector
PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which is using a PS/2 plug.
PS/2 Mous e: For PC-Mou se, wh ich is us i ng a PS /2 p lu g.
USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices.
Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP printe r.
COM1/COM2 Port: To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial devices.
VGA Connector: To connect with PC monitor.
Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier.
Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player.
MIC-In: From Microphone.
LAN Connector
USB
Connectors
COM 1 Port
SPP/EPP/ECP
Parallel Port
15-pin D-Sub
VGA Connector
MIDI/Game Port
MIC-In
Line-In
Speaker Out
Tip: This motherboard provides over
current protection for USB and keyboard
orts.
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CCOOMM22 CCoonnnneeccttoorr
This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them are on back panel connector, the other is on the middle left between
PCI slots. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of c hassis.
DCD#
SOUT
GND
RTS#
Pin 1
1 2
RI#
SIN
DTR#
DSR#
CTS#
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This motherboard supports four USB ports. Two of them are on back panel connector, the other two are on the left area of this
motherboard. With proper cable, you can connect them to front panel.
nnd
2
+5V
SBD2-
SBD2+
GND
d
UUSSBB PPoorrtt
1 2
+5V
SBD3SBD3+
GND
NC
9 10
Pin 1
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CCDD AAuuddiioo CCoonnnneeccttoorr
This black connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
R
GND
GND
L
CCDD--IINN CCoonnnneeccttoorr
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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.
MMOODDEEMM--CCNN CCoonnnneeccttoorr
GNDGND
MIC OUT MONO IN
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This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
AAUUXX--IINN CCoonnnneeccttoorr
R GNDGND
L
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S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a latest audio transfer file format that provides impressive qual ity through optical fiber
and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector,
the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with a even better audio quality.
Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the SPDIF connector to a S/PDIF audio module bearing S/PDIF digital output.
However, you must have a S/PDIF supported speaker with SPDIF digital input to make the most of this function.
Connecting to
Connecting to
Optical Cable
Pin 1
1
5
udio cable
SPDIF Module
+5V
NC
SPDIFOUT
GND
SPDIFIN
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If the housing is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through
this connector. Please remove the jumper cap from the front audio connector before you connect t he cable. Do not remove this
yellow jumper cap if your housing does not have an audio port on the front panel.
FP_MIC
FP_VREF
PHONE_R
PHONE_L
NC
1 2
GND
+5V
NC
KEY
NC
9 10
Front Audio Connector
Pin 1
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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.
Flash
ROM
(Real Time Clock)
Auto Switch
RTC
00:00:00
CMOS
Battery ATX Stand-by Power
uto switching to ATX standby
power as long as AC power line is
plugged. This smart design
increases battery life if you still plug
battery on motherboard.
Backup by EEPROM
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This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will 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 AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility
Fan
CPU
Power
to warn the user.
Fan Speed
CPU Temperature
CPU Voltage
System Voltage
Detection
Circuit
AOpen
HWMON
Utility
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Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered
onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them otherweise malfunction or damage
may occur.
With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its
protection job.
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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.
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Note: This diagram is only for example; it
may not look exactly the same with the
motherboard you purchased.
For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is
the most important factor to make sure both chipset and CPU
are working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard
implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation
Wall”. Separating each critical portion of motherboard into
regions, where each region operates in a same or similar
frequency range, we can avoid cross talk and frequency
interference between each region’s operations and condition.
The trace length and route must be calculated carefully. For
example, the clock trace must be equal to length (not
necessarily as short as possible) so that clock skew will be
controlled within few a pico second (1/10
12
Sec)
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There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD. 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.
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You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
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1. Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2.1, 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support. Otherwise, you need to install
USBSUP P.EXE.
2. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver
program.
3. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers.
, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF)
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1. Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup > Advanced Chipset Features > OnChip USB, to make BIOS fully capable of
controlling IRQ assignment.
2. Install Window 98 into your system.
3. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver
registry (INF) program.
4. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers.
, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, IRQ Routing, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA
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IInnssttaalllliinngg WWiinnddoowwss 9988 SSEE,, WWiinnddoowwss MMEE && WWiinnddoowwss22000000
If you are using Windows® 98 Second Edition, Windows® Millennium Edition or Windows® 2000, you do not need to install the
4-in-1 driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system. Users with
Windows® 98 SE may update the VIA Registry INF and AGP drivers by installing them individually.
Please refer to VIA Technologies I nc.
http://www.via.com/
for latest version of 4 in 1 driver:
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You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ
Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD Autorun menu.
Warning: If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver, please remove
the AGP card driver first. Otherwise, the screen may go black at rebooting
after the un-installation.
Note: Installing this Bus Master
IDE driver may cause Suspend
to Hard Drive failure.
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This motherboard comes with an AC97 COD EC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio
driver from the Bonus Pack CD Autorun menu.
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VIA PLE133 chipset integrates a 2D/3D graphics accelerator, which provides AGP 4X incredible performance to access main
memory at over 1GB/s. You can find the AGP driver from the autorun menu of Bonus Pack CD.
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You can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, Windows NT and Windows 2000 for Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet adapter by following steps.
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Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 :
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1. Select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer" when being asked which driver you would like to install.
2. Specify the setup file pathname
[CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\Win95\WIN95A (for Windows 95 and Win95A) or
[CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\Win95 (for Windows 95 OSR2).
3. Follow the procedure and insert Windows 95 system disk to complete setup step.
4. Windows 95 will finish the other installation procedures automatically, and then restart your system.
Installing driver for Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME :
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1. Select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer" when being asked which driver you would like to install.
2. Specify the setup file pathname
[CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WIN98 (for Windows 98/98 SE) or
[CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WIN2000 (for Windows 2000) or
[CD-ROM]:Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\Windows ME (for Windows ME)
3. Follow the procedure and insert your system disk (Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME) to complete setup step.
4. Win98/Win98 SE/Windows2000/Windows ME will finish the other installation procedures automatically, and then restart your
system.
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Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows NT :
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1. In the Main group of NT, select the "Control Panel" icon.
2. Choose the "Network" icon in the Control Panel window.
3. In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the "Add Adapter" button.
The Add Network Adapter dialog box will appear.
4. Select "<other> Requires disk from manufacturer", and press <Enter> from the list of network cards.
5. Enter drive and pathname
[CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\WinNT4 (for NT 4.0) to locate OEMSETUP.INF, and press OK button.
6. "Select Line Speed" dialog box will pop up. Set the default value to "auto". The other values, such as "10" or "100", are only
used when you want to force RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet controller to 10Mb or 100Mb.
7. Then "Input EthernetID" dialog box will pop up. This option is only required when you have more than one Realtek RTL8139
PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this computer. Select "SKIP" if only one adapter is installed on this computer.
8. "Bus Location" will be shown in next screen. Your machine contains more than one hardware bus; please select the Bus Type
and Bus number on which your network adapter card is installed.
9. NT will then perform the binding process. If any additional network software options were installed, you may be prompted for
specif ic i n fo rmation fo r t h es e pa c ka g es .
10. Restarting your system and you will acquire network service.
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* Installing Multiple LAN Adapters:
1. Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2,in the "Network Settings" dialog box, choose the
"Configure.." button.
2. The "Input Ethernet ID" dialog box will appear. Input adapter's Ethernet ID. Select OK and close NETWORK SETUP.
3. Select “SKIP” if only one adapter is installed on this computer.
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You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring
function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
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ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It sa ves your current work (system status,
memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally powered off. Next time, when power is on, you
can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without going through the Windows booting process
and running your application again. If your memory is 64MB, normally, you need to reserve at least 64MB HDD space to save
your memory image.
Drive) mode.
By pressing power-on button, you can wake up system from S4 (suspend to Hard
When go into Suspend:
System
Image &
Status
When power-on next time:
System
Image &
Status
Hard
Save into
Restore within
seconds
Disk
Hard
Disk
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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". Note that this option will only be seen after step
b mentioned above has been completed, otherwise only "Standby" and "Shutdown" will be shown. Select "Hibernate" and
"Apply".
3. Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD utility.
a. If you as sign th e whole di sk to your W in 98 syst em (FAT 16 or FAT 32), plea se run "aozv hdd /c /file". Please remember
sufficient free space has to be reserved in the disk, e.g. if you have 64 MB DRAM and 16 MB VGA card installed, the
system needs at least 80 MB free space. The utility will locate the space automatically.
b. If you assign an individual partition for Win 98, please run "aozvhdd /c /partition". Of course, the system needs to
provid e unf orm at te d an emp ty pa rt iti o n.
4. Reboot sys tem .
5. You've already implemented ACPI Suspend to-Hard Drive. Click "Start > Shut Down > Standby" then the screen will go off
immediately. And 1 minute or so will be taken for the system to save what's in the memory to the hard drive; the larger the
memory size the longer this process will take.
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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 Pla y BIOS")
3. Reboot sys tem .
4. Clean boot into DOS and run "AOZVHDD.EXE /C /File"
Changing from ACPI to APM
1. Run "Regedit.exe"
a. Go through the following path
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b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02".
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 sys tem .
4. Run "Add New Hardware" again and it will find "Advanced Power Management Resource".
5. Click "OK ".
SOFTWARE
MICROSOFT
WINDOWS
CURRENT VERSION
DETECT
ACPI OPTION
Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged
but the ACPI function is disabled.
Tip: Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP car
would support ACPI suspend to disk. Please refer to A Open
web site for latest update.
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AACCPPII SSuussppeenndd ttoo RRAAMM ((SSTTRR))
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 running 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.
When go into Suspend:
System Image & Status
When power-on next time:
in the DRAM
System Image & Status
in the DRAM
Backup by 3.3V
Power back to
w
rk
Other System
Devices
Other System
Devices
Power loss
Power back to
w
rk
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To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below:
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System Requirement
1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, Windows 98 is the only choice. Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to
setup Windows 98 ACPI mode.
2. The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly.
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. Go to Control Panel > Power Management. Set “Power Buttons” to “Standby”.
3. Press power button or standby button to wake up the system.
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System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup m enu, this menu al lows yo u to conf igure t he syst em param eters
and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). To enter to BIOS
setup menu, press <Del> when POST (Power-On Self Test) screen is shown on your monitor.
Note: Because the BIOS code is the most often
changed part of the motherboard design, BIOS
information contained in this manual may be differen
with actual BIOS that comes with your motherboard.
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AOpen always dedicates to give users a friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup
program int o BIOS Flas h ROM . W hen you s elec t one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appear at the
right side of screen. Therefore, you don’t need to read this manual while you change BIOS setting.
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Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press <Enter> key to select, and use the
<Page Up> and <Page Down> key to change setting value. You also can press <F1> key for help and press <Esc> key to quit
Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup
program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3> key
selecting preferred menu language to display.
Key Description
Page Up or + Changing setting to next value or increase the value.
Page Down or - Changing setting to previous value or decrease value.
Enter Select the item.
Esc 1. In main menu: Quit and don’t save any change.
2. In sub menu: Exit current menu to main menu.
Up Arrow Highlight previous item.
Down Arrow Highlight next item.
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Key Description
Left Arrow Move the light bar to left side of menu.
Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu.
F1 Get menu or item help description.
F3 Changing menu language.
F5 Load previous setting value from CMOS.
F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS.
F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS.
F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.
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After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> 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
ood enough for turbo setting.
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By flashing your motherboard, you agree to accept the possibility of BIOS flash failure. If you motherboard is working stable,
and there are no major bugs that have been fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend you NOT to upgrade your BIOS.
By doing so, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If you have to upgrade for certain reasons, PLEASE BE SURE to use
the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model.
AOpen Easy Flash is a bit different from traditional flash method. The BIOS
you can simply r un a s i n gl e commend t o c omplete t he f l as h p r oc ess.
Caution: AOpen Easy Flash BIOS programs are designed to be
compatible with Award BIOS. As of today, AOpen Easy Flash BIOS
mostly only on old 486 boards and some early Pentium boards.
Please do read “README” compressed inside the BIOS package
before upgrading, and follow upgrade instructions carefully so that
binary file and flash routine are linked together and
rograms are not available for AMI BIOS. AMI BIOS appears
ou can reduce the chance of flash failures.
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Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY)
1. Download new BIOS upgrade zip
For example, MX36LEUI102.ZIP.
2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/
binary BI OS f il e an d th e flas h uti li ty.
Or Winzip (http://www.winzip.com/
3. Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk.
For example, MX36LEUI102.BIN & MX36LEUI102.EXE
4. Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler (such as EMM386) or device driver. It needs
around 520K free memory spaces.
5. Execute A:> MX36LEUI102 and the program will do the rest of it.
DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS until you are asked to!!
6. Reboot system and press <Del> to enter BIOS setup
Warning: The new BIOS upgrade will permanently replace your
original BIOS's settings and PnP information when flashing. You
may need to reconfigure your BIOS setting and re-install
Win95/Win98 as well as your add-on cards, so that your system
can go back to work as normal.
file from AOpen's web site.
) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the
) in Windows environment.
, Choose "Load Setup Defaults", then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!
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As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always cares what customers want and develops products that fit
different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when
designing motherboards. Apart from above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the
limitation of the system performance by overclocking and we call them "Overclocker".
This section is dedicated to overclockers.
This high performance motherboard is designed for maximum 133MHz CPU bus clock. But it comes with a clock generator of
150MHz when we design it to accommodate future CPU bus clock. Our lab test results showed that 150MHz is achievable when
proper setting and qualified components were presented, we feel quite comfortable to overclock to 150MHz. More than that, this
motherboard has full-range (CPU core voltage) settings and an option to adjust CPU core voltage. The CPU clock ratio can be
up to 16x that supports almost all of Pentium III/Celeron CPUs in the future and provides flexibility for overclockers. For your
reference, 150MHz bus clock is what we feel comfortable when doing overclocking.
But not guarantee. ☺
☺
☺☺
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Warning: This product follows CPU and chipset vendor's design guideline.
ny attempt to push beyond product specification is not recommended and
you have to take your own risk of damaging your system or important data.
Before doing overclocking, you must make sure your components are able
to tolerate such abnormal setting, especially CPU, DRAMs, hard disks,
and AGP VGA cards.
Tip: Note that overclocking may also cause thermal problem. Please make
sure the cooling fan and the heatsink are capable of dissipating excessive
heat that is generated by overclocking the CPU.
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VGA and HDD are key components for overclocking; for your reference, the following list has been successfully overclocked in
our lab. Please note that AOpen cannot guaranty if they can be successfully overclocked again. Please check Available Vendor
List (AVL) by linking 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.htm
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AACC9977
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.
AACCPPII ((AAddvvaanncceedd CCoonnffiigguurraattiioonn && PPoowweerr IInntteerrffaaccee))
ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997). It intends to save m ore power by taking full control of power
management to operating system and bypass BIOS
to operating system (such as Windows 98). This is a bit similar as the PnP
power switch to control the power state transition.
AAGGPP ((AAcccceelleerraatteedd GGrraapphhiicc PPoorrtt))
AGP 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 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to 4X mode, 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s. AOpen is the
first company to support 4X AGP motherboards by both AX6C (Intel 820) and MX64/AX64 (VIA 694x), started from Oct 1999.
. The chipset or super I/O chip needs to provide standard register interface
register interface. ACPI defines ATX momentary soft
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AAMMRR ((AAuuddiioo//MMooddeemm RRiisseerr))
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.
AAOOppeenn BBoonnuuss PPaacckk CCDD
A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard, there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful
utilities.
AAPPMM ((AAddvvaanncceedd PPoowweerr MMaannaaggeemmeenntt))
Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions. AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM
power management.
AATTAA ((AATT AAttttaacchhmmeenntt))
ATA is the specification of diskette interface. In 80’s, many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification
together. The AT is meaning International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) personal computer/AT’s bus structure.
AATTAA//6666
ATA/ 66 uses both rising edge and falling edge but doubles UDMA/33 transfer rate. The data transfer rate is 4 times of the PIO
mode 4 or DMA mode 2, 16.6MB/s x4 = 66MB/s. To use ATA/66, you need special ATA/66 IDE cable.
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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 cab l e, t h e s ame as ATA/66.
BBIIOOSS ((BBaassiicc IInnppuutt//OOuuttppuutt SSyysstteemm))
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. In general, to provide hardware independent portability, operation system and drivers is
required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices.
BBuuss MMaasstteerr IIDDEE ((DDMMAA mmooddee))
The traditional PIO (Programmable I/O) IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting
for the mechanical events. To reduce the workload of the CPU, the bus master IDE device transfers data from/to memory
without interrupting CPU, and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device.
You need the bus master IDE driver and the bus master IDE HDD to support bus master IDE mode.
CCNNRR ((CCoommmmuunniiccaattiioonn aanndd NNeettwwoorrkkiinngg RRiisseerr))
The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing
LAN, home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs". The CNR
specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs, IHV card manufacturers, silicon supplier and
Microsoft.
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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.
DDIIMMMM ((DDuuaall IInn LLiinnee MMeemmoorryy MMoodduullee))
DIMM socket has total 168-pin and supports 64-bit data. It can be single or double side, the golden finger signals on each side
of PCB are different, that is why it was called Dual In Line. Almost all DIMMs are made by SDRAM
that some old DIMMs are made by FPM/EDO
EECCCC ((EErrrroorr CChheecckkiinngg aanndd CCoorrrreeccttiioonn))
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.
EEDDOO ((EExxtteennddeedd DDaattaa OOuuttppuutt)) MMeemmoorryy
The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM (Fast Page Mode). Unlike traditional FPM that tri-states the memory
output data to start the pre-charge activity, EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle, that is
similar to pipeline effect and reduces one clock state.
, which operate at 3.3V. Note
and only operate at 5V. Do not confuse them with SDRAM DIMM.
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EEEEPPRROOMM ((EElleeccttrroonniicc EErraassaabbllee PPrrooggrraammmmaabbllee RROOMM))
Also known as E2PROM. Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface
technology is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM.
EEPPRROOMM ((EErraassaabbllee PPrrooggrraammmmaabbllee RROOMM))
Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light. If BIOS has to be
upgraded, you need to remove EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back.
EEVV66 BBuuss
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.
FFCCCC DDooCC ((DDeeccllaarraattiioonn ooff CCoonnffoorrmmiittyy))
The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations. This standard allows DIY component (such as
motherboard) to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing.
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FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a new package of Intel for Pentium III CPU. It can plug into SKT370 socket, but require
motherboard to add some signals on socket 370. That is, the motherboard needs to be redesigned. Intel is going to ship
FC-PGA 370 CPU and phase out slot1 CPU.
FFllaasshh RROOMM
Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to
be infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is
the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM. Now flash ROM size is moving to 4M bit on AX6C (Intel 820) and MX3W
(Intel 810) motherboard. , AOpen motherboard uses EEPROM for jumper-less and battery-less design.
FFSSBB ((FFrroonntt SSiiddee BBuuss)) CClloocckk
FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock.
CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio
2
2
I
I
CC BBuuss
See SMBus.
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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. Serial Bus Management provides overall configuration control of the serial bus in the form of
optimizing arbitration timing, guarantee of adequate electrical power for all devices on the bus, assignment of isochronous
channel ID, and notification of errors. There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer: asynchronous and isochronous.
Asynchronous transport is the traditional computer memory-mapped, load and store interface. Data requests are sent to a
specific address and an acknowledgment is returned. In addition to an architecture that scales with silicon technology, IEEE
1394 features a unique isochronous data channel interface. Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a
pre-determined rate. This is especially important for time-critical multimedia data where just-in-time delivery eliminates the need
for costly buffering.
PPaarriittyy BBiitt
The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated,
parity bi t will be adjusted to have ev en count " 1" for ea ch byte. W hen next t ime, if m emory is r ead with odd numbe r of "1", th e
parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection.
PPBBSSRRAAMM ((PPiippeelliinneedd BBuurrsstt SSRRAAMM))
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.
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PPCC--110000 DDIIMMMM
SDRAM DIMM that supports 100MHz CPU FSB bus clock.
PPCC--113333 DDIIMMMM
SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU FSB bus clock.
PPCCII ((PPeerriipphheerraall CCoommppoonneenntt IInntteerrffaaccee)) BBuuss
Bus for the internal connection of peripheral devices, high-speed data channel between the computer and expansion card.
PPDDFF FFoorrmmaatt
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).
PPnnPP ((PPlluugg aanndd PPllaayy))
The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as W indows 95). These
registers are used by BIOS and operating system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts. PnP BIOS or
operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ/DMA/Memory. Currently, almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are
already PnP compliant.
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PPOOSSTT ((PPoowweerr--OOnn SSeellff TTeesstt))
The BIOS self-test procedure after power-on, sometimes, it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during
system boot.
RRDDRRAAMM ((RRaammbbuuss DDRRAAMM))
Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer. Theoretically, the data transfer should be high than
. RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation. For Intel 820, only one RDRAM channel is supported, 16-bit data per
SDRAM
channel, and this channel may have maximum 32 RDRAM devices, no matter how many RIMM
RRIIMMMM ((RRaammbbuuss IInnlliinnee MMeemmoorryy MMoodduullee))
184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16
RDRAM devices.
SSDDRRAAMM ((SSyynncchhrroonnoouuss DDRRAAMM))
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
168-pin DIMM
and operates at 3.3V. AOpen is the first company to support dual-SDRAM DIMMs onboard (AP5V), from Q1 1996
sockets.
to use burst mode transfer. SDRAM comes in 64-bit
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DRAM and supports 32-bit data. SIMM had been phased out on
to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM.
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SShhaaddooww E
A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E2PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E2PROM for jumper-less and
battery-less design
SSIIMMMM ((SSiinnggllee IInn LLiinnee MMeemmoorryy MMoodduullee))
SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical. That is why it
was called Single In Line. SIMM is made by FPM or EDO
current motherboard design.
SSMMBBuuss ((SSyysstteemm MMaannaaggeemmeenntt BBuuss))
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.
SSPPDD ((SSeerriiaall PPrreesseennccee DDeetteecctt))
SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM. SP D stores mem ory module information such as DRAM
timing and chip parameters. SPD can be used by BIOS
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UltraATA (or, more accurately, UltraATA/33) is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer’s
data path (or bus) to the computer’s random access memory (RAM). The UltraATA/33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a
rate of 33 .3MB/s , twic e as fast as the pre vious Direct Memory Access (DMA)
industry standard by the Quantum corporation, makes of hard disk drives, and Intel, makes of chipset that support computer bus
technology. UltraATA support in your computer means that it will boot (start) and open new applications more quickly. It will help
users of graphic-intensive and applications that require large amounts of access to data on the hard disk drive. UltraATA uses
Cyclical Redundancy Checking (CRC), offering a new level of data protection. UltraATA uses the same 40-pin IDE interface
cable as PIO and DMA.
16.6MB/s x2 = 33MB/s
16.6MB/s x4 = 66MB/s
16.6MB/s x6 = 100MB/s
UUSSBB ((UUnniivveerrssaall SSeerriiaall BBuuss))
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 elim i nat ed .
interface. UltraATA was developed as a proposed
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NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability
to service multimedia requirements. VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by
providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data
access latency and reduced power consumption.
ZZIIPP ffiillee
A compressed file format to reduce file size. To unzip file, run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) for DOS and other
operating system or WINZIP (http://www.winzip.com/
) for windows environment.
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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.
Start
Clear CMOS
Next
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Continue
Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard.
Turn on the power
and check if the power
supply and CPU fan work
properly.
The problem is probably caused by
Next
power supply or motherboard failure
Please contact your reseller or local
distributor for repairing.
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Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key at the same time, hold
them and then press <Del> to reboot the system.
Continue
No
Check if there is display?
Yes
No
Check if the system
reboots?
Yes
Next
Perhaps your VGA card
or monitor is defective.
It is very possible that your
keyboard is defective.
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During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS
setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”.
Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable.
Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98.
Continue
Check if the system can
reboot successfully?
Yes
End
No
The problem should be
caused by the IDE
cable or HDD itself.
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TTeecchhnniiccaall SSuuppppoorrtt
Dear Customer,
Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we
receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend
you to follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best
quality service to more customers.
Thanks very much for your understanding!
AOpen Technical Supporting Team
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Online Ma nual: Please check the manual carefully and make sure the jumper
settings and installation procedure are correct.
http://www.aopen.com/tech/download/manual/default.htm
Test Report: We recommend to choose board/card/device from the
compatibility test reports for assembling your PC.
http://www.aopen.com/tech/report/default.htm
FAQ: The latest FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) may contain a solution to
your problem.
http://www.aopen.com/tech/faq/default.htm
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4444
5555
5555
6666
6666
7777
7777
Download Software: Check out this table to get the latest updated BIOS/utility
and drivers.
http://www.aopen.com/tech/download/default.htm
News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support
engineer or professional users on the news group.
http://www.aopen.com/tech/newsgrp/default.htm
Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and
integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should
be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us. After all, their attitude of
service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something
else from them.
Contact Us: Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom
before contacting us. The part number, serial number and BIOS version are
also very helpful.
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PPaarrtt NNuummbbeerr aanndd SSeerriiaall NNuummbbeerr
The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, on
ISA/CPU slot or on component side of PCB. For example:
P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.
Part No.
Part No. Serial No.
Serial No.
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