AOpen MX59P-OV User Manual

Chapter 1

Overview

MX59 Pro is an all-in-one Pentium-based motherboard that features VIA
MVP4 chipset with onchip high performance 2D/3D AGP graphics
controller and a 16-bit sound processor. This motherboard utilizes the

PCI/ISA architecture and Micro ATX form factor and integrates Super I/O
controller, a PCI mode 4 enhanced IDE controller with bus master and Ultra
DMA/66 to enhance system performance. It has 512KB pipelined-burst
second-level cache onboard and supports two Dual in-line memory module
(DIMM) slots that allow the installation of SDRAM memory and expansion up to
a maximum of 512MB.

In addition to the above features, MX59 Pro also implements plenty of special
features.

Full-range CPU core voltage This motherboard supports the CPU core
voltage from 1.3V to 3.5V, that can be applied to various CPU type in future.

High Efficient Synchronous Switching Power Regulator Most of the current
switching designs are asynchronous mode, which from the technical point of
view, still consumes very high power as well as heat. This motherboard
implements high efficient Synchronous switching design that the temperature of
MOS FET is less than 36 degree C comparing with 57 degree Schottky diode
of Asynchronous design.

Zero Voltage Wake on Modem In conjunction with ATX soft power On/Off, it
is possible to have system totally power off and wakeup to automatically
answer a phone call such as answering machine or to send/receive fax. The
most important break through is not only external box modem but also internal
modem card can be used to support 0V Wake On Modem. The MX59 Pro and
FM56-P internal modem card implement special circuit (patent applied) to make
sure the modem card work properly without any power.

Wake on LAN This feature is very similar as 0V Wake On Modem, but it is
through local area network. To use Wake on LAN function, you must have a
network card that supports this feature and also need to install a network
management software.

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Overview

Wake on RTC Timer The Wake Up Timer is more like an alarm, which wakes
up and power on your system at a pre-defined time for specific application. It
can be set to wake up everyday or on specific date within a month. The
date/time accuracy is second.

Over Current Protection Circuit The Over Current Protection was very
popular implemented on the Baby AT or ATX +5V/+12V switching power supply.
It is very useful to prevent accidental short circuit when you install the
motherboard, HDD, add-on cards into housing. But unfortunately, the new
generation CPU and chipset use 3.3V/2.8V Voltage which has regulator to
transfer 5V to 3.3V (Vcpuio, chipset, PBSRAM, SDRAM) and 2.8V (CPU
Vcore), and makes 5V Over Current Protection useless. AOpen MX59 Pro
supports 3.3V and 2.8V Over Current Protection, in conjunction with 5V/12V
power supply provide the full line Over Current Protection.

CPU Thermal Protection MX59 Pro has a special thermal detection circuit to
have warning through application software when the temperature is higher than
a predefined value.

CPU and Housing Fan Monitoring MX59 Pro has one more "fan monitoring"
function to prevent system overheat. There are two fan connectors, one is for
CPU and the other can be an extra housing fan. The system will report and
alarm fan malfunction though utility software such as Hardware Monitor utility
(named AOhw100, where 100 means version number).

System Voltage Monitoring Furthermore, MX59 Pro implements a voltage
monitoring system, As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue
to monitor your system working voltage. If any of the system voltage is over the
component's standard. There will be alarm though software such as Hardware
Monitor utility for a warning to user.

Resetable Fuse MX59 Pro implements resetable fuses to prevent any
accidental short circuit caused by keyboard or USB devices hot plug.

FCC DoC Certificate MX59 Pro has passed FCC DoC test. The radiation is
very low, you can use any kind of housing.

Powerful Utility Software Included AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc contains
many useful utilities, such as Norton Antivirus, AOchip, Hardware Monitoring
Utility, and Suspend to Hard Drive utility.

Multi-language BIOS This breakthrough will help you set BIOS items without
the language barrier.

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1.1 Specifications

Overview

Form Factor
Board Size
CPU

System Memory
Second-level Cache
Chipset
Expansion Slots
VGA (AGP)

Serial Port
Parallel Port

Floppy Interface

IDE Interface

USB Interface

PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard
RTC and Battery
BIOS

Micro ATX
220 mm x 245 mm
Intel Pentium Processor P54C, PP/MT (P55C), AMD

K5/ K6/K6-2/K6-III, Cyrix 6x86/M2 and IDT C6.
DIMM 168-pin x2, maximum 512MB.
512KB pipelined-burst cache onboard
VIA MVP4
ISA x1 and PCI x4
High performance 2D/3D graphics controller onchip in

VIA MVP4
Two serial ports UART 16C550 compatible
One parallel port supports standard parallel port (SPP),

enhanced parallel port (EPP) or extended capabilities
port (ECP).

Floppy interface supports 3.5 inches drives with
720KB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB format or 5.25 inches
drives with 360KB, 1.2MB format

Dual-channel IDE interface support maximum 4 IDE
hard disks or CDROM, mode 4, bus master hard disk
drives and Ultra DMA/66 mode hard drives are also
supported.

Two USB ports supported by USB bracket, the BIOS
also supports USB driver to simulate legacy keyboard.

Mini-Din PS/2 mouse connector onboard.
Mini-Din PS/2 keyboard connector onboard.
RTC build in chipset, Lithium (CR-2032) battery.
AWARD Plug-and-Play, 2M bit Flash ROM BIOS.
Multi-language versions supported.

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