Overview Troubleshooting & Technical Support Hardware Installation Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Online Manual DOC. NO.: MX46U2-OL-E0208A MX46 U2 MX46 U2 1 MX46 U2 What's in this manual Online Manual MX46 U2 .....................................................................................................................................................1 What's in this manual................................................................................................................................................................ 2 You Must Notice........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Before You Start...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Overview..................................................................................................................................................................................11 Feature Highlight .................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Quick Installation Procedure ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Motherboard Map ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................19 About "User Upgrade Optional" and "Manufacture Upgrade Optional"... ................................................................................. 20 JP14 Clear CMOS Data .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 CPU Installation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22 CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................................................................ 25 AOpen "Watch Dog Timer"...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage................................................................................................................................. 27 CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ......................................................................................................... 29 JP27 / JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ..................................................................................................................... 30 2 MX46 U2 Online Manual DIMM Sockets ........................................................................................................................................................................ 31 DDR 266(PC2100) Supported................................................................................................................................................. 33 Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................................................................ 34 ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................................................................. 35 AC Power Auto Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 35 STBY LED .............................................................................................................................................................................. 36 IDE and Floppy Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 37 ATA/133 Supported................................................................................................................................................................. 39 IrDA Connector ....................................................................................................................................................................... 40 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ..................................................................................................................... 41 Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ........................................................................................................................................ 42 CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 43 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ............................................................................................................................................... 44 Support 2nd USB 2.0 Ports ...................................................................................................................................................... 45 Case Open Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 46 CD Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 47 Game Port Bracket Supported ................................................................................................................................................ 48 COM2 Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Front Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 50 3 MX46 U2 Online Manual S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector................................................................................................................... 51 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .............................................................................................................................................. 52 Battery-less and Long Life Design .......................................................................................................................................... 53 Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................................... 54 Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................... 55 Resettable Fuse...................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................................................. 57 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)........................................................................................................................................... 59 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................. 60 Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................................................................................................ 61 Driver and Utility ....................................................................................................................................62 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ............................................................................................................................................... 63 Installing IDE Driver ................................................................................................................................................................ 64 Installing AGP Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 65 Installing VGA Driver............................................................................................................................................................... 66 Installing USB2.0 Driver .......................................................................................................................................................... 67 Installing Audio Driver ............................................................................................................................................................. 68 Installing LAN Driver ............................................................................................................................................................... 69 AOConfig Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 72 4 MX46 U2 Online Manual Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ...................................................................................................................................... 74 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .................................................................................................................................................. 75 ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ................................................................................................................................................. 79 AWARD BIOS ..........................................................................................................................................81 About BIOS Function Description... ........................................................................................................................................ 82 How To Use AwardTM BIOS Setup Program ............................................................................................................................ 83 How To Enter BIOS Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 85 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ........................................................................................................................... 86 Overclocking ..........................................................................................................................................88 VGA Card & Hard Disk............................................................................................................................................................ 89 Glossary .................................................................................................................................................90 AC97 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 90 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................. 90 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................................................................................................................................. 90 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..................................................................................................................................................... 91 AOpen Bonus Pack CD .......................................................................................................................................................... 91 APM (Advanced Power Management) .................................................................................................................................... 91 ATA (AT Attachment) ............................................................................................................................................................... 91 ATA/66 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 91 5 MX46 U2 Online Manual ATA/100 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 92 ATA/133 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 92 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).......................................................................................................................................... 92 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).................................................................................................................................................. 92 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ......................................................................................................................... 93 CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................................................................................................................................. 93 DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM......................................................................................................................................... 93 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)...................................................................................................................................... 93 DMA (Direct Memory Access) ................................................................................................................................................. 94 ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................................................................................................................................... 94 EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .................................................................................................................................... 94 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ............................................................................................................. 94 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ................................................................................................................................ 94 EV6 Bus.................................................................................................................................................................................. 95 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ..................................................................................................................................... 95 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).......................................................................................................................................... 95 Flash ROM ............................................................................................................................................................................. 95 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .................................................................................................................................................... 96 I2C Bus ................................................................................................................................................................................... 96 6 MX46 U2 Online Manual IEEE 1394 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 96 Parity Bit ................................................................................................................................................................................. 97 PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) .......................................................................................................................................... 97 PC-100 DIMM ......................................................................................................................................................................... 97 PC-133 DIMM ......................................................................................................................................................................... 97 PC-1600, PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR DRAM........................................................................................................................... 98 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ............................................................................................................................. 98 PDF Format ............................................................................................................................................................................ 98 PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................................................................ 98 POST (Power-On Self Test) .................................................................................................................................................... 99 RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)....................................................................................................................................................... 99 RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) .................................................................................................................................. 99 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................... 99 Shadow E2PROM ................................................................................................................................................................... 99 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ................................................................................................................................. 100 SMBus (System Management Bus) ...................................................................................................................................... 100 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)............................................................................................................................................... 100 Ultra DMA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 101 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ................................................................................................................................................... 101 7 MX46 U2 Online Manual USB2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) .............................................................................................................................................. 101 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ............................................................................................................................................ 102 ZIP file .................................................................................................................................................................................. 102 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................103 Technical Support................................................................................................................................107 Product Registration............................................................................................................................110 How to Contact Us...............................................................................................................................111 8 MX46 U2 You Must Notice Online Manual Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 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No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior written permission from AOpen Corporation. Copyright© 1996-2002, AOpen Inc. All Rights Reserved. 9 MX46 U2 Before You Start Online Manual 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 or you can get free download from Adobe web site. Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing, you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver. Thanks for the help of saving our earth. 10 MX46 U2 Overview Online Manual Thank you for choosing AOpen MX46 U2 motherboard. MX46 U2 is Intel® Socket 478 motherboard (M/B) based on the micro-ATX form factor featuring the SIS 650GX chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, MX46 U2 motherboard support Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) and 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec. According to different customer's requirements, this motherboard supports DDR200 SDRAM DDR 266 SDRAM up to 2GB maximum. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 mode. More than that, on the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use. Besides, MX46 U2 has an AC97 CODEC chipset onboard providing high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now, let's enjoy all features from AOpen MX46 U2 motherboard. 11 MX46 U2 Feature Highlight CPU Online Manual Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium® 4 (Willamette / Northwood) 1.4GHz~2.4GHz+ with 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) designed for Socket 478 technology. Chipset This motherboard is equipped with SIS 650GX chipset. SIS 650 IGUI Host Memory Controller integrates a high performance host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a high performance 2D/3D Graphic Engine, a high performance memory controller and an AGP 4X interface. The SIS 962L MuTIOL Media I/O integrates one Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Host Controllers, the Audio Controller with AC97 Interface, three Universal Serial Bus 1.1 Host Controllers and the IDE Master/Slave controllers. The PCI to LPC bridge, I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller, legacy system I/O and legacy power management functionalities are integrated as well. Expansion Slots Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one AGP 1X/2X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. MX46 U2 motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. For AD and SBA signaling, MX46 U2 motherboard can support 4X mode. Of three PCI slots provided, all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus. 12 MX46 U2 Memory Online Manual Provides two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 2GB of PC1600 (DDR200) and PC2100 (DDR266) compliant SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen "Watch Dog Timer" function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking. 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides "1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment" function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment, and helps your system get maximum performance. LAN Port On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Mater IDE Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 5, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. 13 MX46 U2 On-board AC'97 Sound Online Manual MX46 U2 uses RealTek AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system. Six USB2.0 Connectors Provides four ports on the back panel, one connector on the board for USB2.0 interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. S/PDIF Connectors S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is the newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. 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. Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module. 14 MX46 U2 Enhanced ACPI Online Manual Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 98/ME/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features. Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections. 15 MX46 U2 Quick Installation Procedure This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. Online Manual 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory (DIMM) Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot 10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98) 11. Installing Driver and Utility 16 MX46 U2 Motherboard Map 2Mb Flash ROM BIOS Case Open Connector CD-IN Connector AC'97 CODEC S/PDIF Connector Realtek 8100BL LAN Chip Online Manual PC99 Colored Back Panel IrDA Connector Front Audio Connector Resettable Fuse JP27/28 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connector Low ESR Capacitors SYSFAN2 connector ATX Power Connector 478-pin CPU socket (Willamette/ Northwood) with Voltage and Frequency Auto-detection that supports Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4~2.4GHz+ CPU CNR Connector 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 AGP 4x Expansion Slot JST-MIDI Connector COM2 Connector 2 nd USB2.0 Connector SIS 650GX/962L Chipset CPUFAN1 Connector 184-pin DIMMx2 supports DDR200/266 SDRAM maximum up to 2GB JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper SYSFAN3 Connector Front Panel Connector FDD Connector ATA100/133 IDE Connector x2 17 MX46 U2 Block Diagram DDR 200/266 SDRAM Up to 2GB 32-bit PCI Slot x3 DIMM Socket x2 Online Manual Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU(Willamette /Northwood) 400MHz System Bus SIS 650GX PCI Bus ATA 66/100/133 Primary Channel Secondary Channel IDE Drive x4 AGP 4X Slot SIS 962L Realtek RTL8100BL RealTek AC97 CODEC LAN connect Component USB Port USB Port x6 USB Port USB Port Winbond W83697 HF 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Parallel Port Serial Port x2 Floppy Disk Drive x2 18 MX46 U2 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. 2. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 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. 19 MX46 U2 Online Manual About "User Upgrade Optional" and "Manufacture Upgrade Optional"... When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as "User Upgrade Optional" or "Manufacture Upgrade Optional". Although all of AOpen's motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features. As a result of this we define features that can be upgraded by users as "User Upgrade Optional". You can upgrade these functions by purchasing additional devices. As for functions that cannot be upgraded by users, we define them as "Manufacture Upgrade Optional". If need be, you can contact our local distributors or resellers to purchase "Manufacture Upgrade Optional" components, and again you are also welcome to visit our official website at english.aopen.com.tw for detail information. 20