AOpen MX3S Easy Installation Manual

Brand: AOpen

Model: MX3S

Type: Easy Installation Manual

This manual is also suitable for

MX3SP

AOpen MX3S is an ATX motherboard that supports Intel Celeron/Pentium III CPUs with a 133MHz FSB clock and PC133 memory up to 512MB. It features an integrated Intel i815E/i815EP (Solano Series) chipset with a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controller, an AD 1885 AC97 CODEC for onboard audio, and support for Wake-on-LAN and Suspend-to-RAM.

JP14 Clear CMOS

Intel i815E/i815EP Chipset

133MHz FSB Clock

JP28 KB/MS Wakeup

WOL

Wakeup on LAN

Housing Fan

Resettable Fuse

PC99 Back Panel

Low ESR capacitor

CPU Jumper-less Design

Over-current Protection

Thermal Protection

CPU Fan Connecto

System Voltage & Fan Monitoring

TX Power Connecto

C Power Auto Recovery

WOM

Wakeup on Modem

Panel Connecto

TA/100 IDE

Suspend to HDD

Modem Audio

CD Audio

4X AGP

PC133 DIMM X 2

Suspend to RAM

RAM Power LED

Battery-less & Long-life Design

JP23/29 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio

IrD

AUX

Front Audio

Blinking - LED

Support 2

USB X 2

FDC

GPO Connecto

4Mbit Flash ROM

Multi-Language BIOS

Wake on Time

Virus Protection

COM2 Connecto

RJ-45 LAN

Connector

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

SPP/EPP/ECP

Parallel Port

MIDI/Game Port

PS/2 Keyboard

Connector

USB Port

COM 1 Port

VGA Connector

(MX3S only)

MIC-In

Line-In

Speaker-Out

JP14 Clear CMOS

Normal Operation

(default)

Clear CMOS

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup

Everything you need to boot this

motherboard is included in this Easy

Installation Guide. For more

information, a complete Online User's

Manual can be found in the Bonus

Pack CD Disc. Thanks for the help of

saving our earth.

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fail because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshootin

…

You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting.

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

PART NO: 49.88A01.004 DOC. NO: MX3SP-EG-E0102D

Hard Drive IDE Cable x 1

80-Wire IDE Cable x 1

Floppy Drive Cable x 1

Bonus Pack CD disc x 1

This Easy Installation Guide x 1

COM2 Cable x 1

This jumper is used to enable or disable Keyboard/Mouse

Wake Up function. If you select Enable, you can decide the

wake up mode from BIOS Setup > Integrated Peripherals >

Power On Function. To implement this function, the power

supply 5V standby current must be greater than 800mA.

Note that only PS/2 mouse supports Wake on Mouse

function.

123

Disable

Enable

Warning: INTEL i815E/i815EP chipset supports

maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock,

higher clock setting may cause serious system

damage.

Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot

because of overclocking, simply use JP14 to

clear CMOS and restore to the default setting .

CPU Ratio 2x, 2.5x, 3x, 3.5x, 4x, 4.5x, 5x, 5.5x, 6x, 6.5x, 7x, 7.5x, and 8x

CPU FSB (By BIOS table) 66.8, 68.5, 75, 83.3, 100, 103, 112, 117, 124, 129, 133.3, 138, 143, 148, 150MHz.

CPU FSB (By manual

Adjustment)

66~166MHz by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology

Installing CPU and Fan

Plug CPU to Socket370. Be careful of CPU orientation.

Plug in the fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN or FAN 1

connector.

Note: Some CPU fans do not

have sensor pin, so that cannot

support fan monitoring.

Auto-Detect CPU Core Voltage

This motherboard supports Celeron / Pentium III CPU VID function. The CPU

core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.3V to 3.5V.

Setting CPU Frequency

The CPU frequency selection is set by going into:

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setup

Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio

CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock Ratio

Celeron 300A 300MHz 66MHz 4.5x

Celeron 600 600MHz 66MHz 9x

Pentium III 600E 600MHz 100MHz 6x

Pentium III 650E 650MHz 100MHz 6.5x

Pentium III 700E 700MHz 100MHz 7x

Pentium III 750E 750MHz 100MHz 7.5

Pentium III 800E 800MHz 100MHz 8x

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 1000EB 1GHz 133MHz 7.5x

JP23/JP29 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio

This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and

host clock. Generally speaking, we suggest you do not

change the default setting. But for overclocking, changing

these jumper settings becomes necessary. For example,

you must set JP29 to “5-6” and JP23 to “3-4” if you want to

overclock a 66MHz FSB clock CPU to 100MHz or higher.

1 2

Auto

(

default

)

JP23 JP29

1 2

5 6 5 6

JP23 JP29

(

133MHz

)

1 2

5 6

1 2

5 6

(

100MHz

)

JP23 JP29

1 2

5 6

1 2

5 6

(

66MHz

)

JP23 JP29

1 2

5 6

1 2

5 6

Clock Ratio CPU (Host) PCI AGP Memory

2X 66 33 66 100

3X 100 33 66 100

3X, overclocking 110 36.6 73 110

4X 133 33 66 100

4X, overclocking 150 37.5 75 150

GND

+12V

SENSOR

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable

Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE

connector IDE1, IDE2. Pin1 of cable is normally marked with red color. Be careful of the

pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.

ttach the power LED, keylock, speaker, and reset

switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you

enable Power Management > ACPI Function in

BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep

flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

Connecting Front Panel Cable

Locate the power switch cable from your AT

housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the

housing front panel. Plug this connector to the

soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.

Speaker

HDD LED

Keylock

SPWR

ACPI &

Power LED

Reset

5VSB

SPWR

ACPI & PWR LED

GND

+5V

GND

RESET

GND

KEYLOC

HDD LED

GND

SPEAKE

Pin 1

Configuring System Memory

This motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that

allow you to install PC133 memory up to 512 MB. Only

SDRAM is supported.

Pin 1

Tip: The driving capability of new generation

chipset is limited due to the lack of a memory

buffer (to improve performance). This makes

DRAM chip count an important factor to take

into consideration when you install DIMMs.

Unfortunately, there is no way that the BIOS

can identify the correct chip count, you need

to calculate the chip count by yourself. The

simple rule is: By visual inspection, use

only DIMMs which are less than 18 chips.

DIMM1

DIMM2

Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard

FDC

Pin 1

Slave (4th)

Master (1st)Slave (2nd)

Master (3rd)

IDE 1

IDE 2

Intel i815E/i815EP (Solano Series) includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the

strength of Intel 82562EM, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it

provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector

is located on top of USB connectors. The green LED indicates the link mode, it lights

when linking to net

ork and blinking when transferring data. The orange LED indicates

the transfer mode, it will light when transferring data in 100Mbps mode.

Note: This motherboard implements special

technology to support Wake On LAN. To take

advantage of this function, you will need to insert

an add

on PCI LAN card.

Green/ACT

ellow/Speed

AOpen Bonus Pack CD

You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and

select model name.

Connecting CD / Modem / AUX_IN

The CD-IN connector is used to connect CD Audio

cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.

The Modem-CN connector is used to connect

Mono In/ Mic Out cable from internal modem card to

onboard sound circuit.

The AUX_IN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio

cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.

AUX_IN

Modem-CN

CD-IN

Connector Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4

CD-IN

Left GND GND Right

Modem-CN

Mono In GND GND Mic Out

AUX_IN

Left GND GND Right

Pin 1

Front Audio

RAM Power LED & Blinking LED

The RAM Power LED indicates there is power applies to memory. It is useful to check

RAM power during Suspend to RAM. Do not unplug DIMM when this LED is On.

The Blinking LED shows you whether system is boot OK. It will continue blinking while

system is at POST procedure, and keep ON while system boot successfully.

Blinking LED

RAM Power

LED

Pin 1

MIC_IN2

VREFOUT

PHONE_R

PHONE_L

GND

+5V

1 2

9 10

If the housing has been design with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to

connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove

the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not

remove this yellow jumper cap if housing without an audio port on the front panel.

Installing Onboard Sound Driver

This motherboard comes with an AD 1885 AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio

driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc autorun menu.

BIOS Upgrade

Open Easy Flash is more user friendly than traditional flash method. The BIOS binary

file and flash routine are combined together and you simply run a single file to complete

the flash process.

1.Get new BIOS upgrade program from AOpen's web site. For example,

MX3SP102.EXE. It is recommended to save it to a bootable DOS floppy diskette fo

error recovery.

2. Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler (such as

EMM386) or device driver. It needs around 520K free memory space.

3. Execute A:> MX3SP102

DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS!

4. Reboot system and press <Del> to enter BIOS setup, Choose "Load Setup Defaults",

then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!

Warning: The upgrade of new BIOS will permanently replace your

original BIOS content after flashing. The original BIOS setting and

Win95/Win98 PnP information will be refreshed and you probably need

to re-configure your system.

Power-on and Load BIOS Setup

fter you finish the setting of jumpers 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

good enough for turbo setting.

Installing LAN Driver

The South Bridge in Intel i815E/i815EP (Solano Series) integrates a total

communication solution including 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet for Office requirement. You

can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, WindowsNT & Windows2000 by

following steps.

Manually Adding an Adapter in Windows 95 / 98

=====================================

LOCATION OF DRIVER: \Intel\Driver\Lan\E100BNT5.SYS (NDIS 5.0)

LOCATION OF SETUP FILE: \Intel\Driver\Lan\NET82557.INF

1. From the Control Panel, double-click the “Add Hardware” icon.

2. Double-click Other Devices or Network Adapters in the list area.

3. Double-click a PCI Ethernet Controller.

4. Click the Driver tab, then click Update Driver.

5. Click Next at the Update Device Driver Wizard.

6. Select "Display a list of all the drivers..." and click Next.

7. Insert the AOpen Bonus CD and click Have Disk.

8. Enter the appropriate drive for your disk media

(for example: D:\) ,and click OK.

9. Click OK at the Select Device dialog box.

10. The Update Wizard displays the message that it has found

the driver. Click Next.

Note: If the New

Hardware Found

dialog box does not

appear at startup

and you cannot

connect to the

network, check the

Device Manager list

to see if the new

adapter is present. I

it is not, please

install the LAN

driver manually.

If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the

procedures accordingly to resolve the problem.

Part Number and Serial Number

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:

Model name and BIOS version

MX3SP R1.00 Feb. 01. 2001 AOpen Inc.

ward Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A

Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen

(POST screen). For example:

P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.

MX3SP is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.

Make sure if the jumper settings for CPU and DRAMs are correct.

Clear CMOS.

Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard.

The problem was probably caused

by power supply or motherboard

failure. Please contact your reselle

or local distributor for repairing.

Perhaps your VGA card or monito

is defective.

Yes

It is very possible that your keyboard

is defective.

During system rebooting, press Del to enter BIOS Setup. Choose

“Load Setup Default".

The problem should be caused by the

IDE cables or HDD itself.

Re-install Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT.

Yes

Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all

of the addon cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1,

COM2 and Printer.

Turn on the power, and check if

the power supply and CPU fan

work properly.

Start

Check if there is display.

Press Ctrl, and Alt key at the

same time, hold them and then

press Del to see if the

stem reboots.

Turn off the system and

re-connect the IDE cable.

Check if the system can

reboot successfully.

End

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We recommend you 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!

Open Technical Supporting Team

Online Manual: Please check the manual carefully and make sure the

jumper settings and installation procedure are correct.

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Test Report: We recommend to choose board/card/device from the

compatibility test reports for assembling your PC.

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solution to your problem.

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should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us. After all, their

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Type: Easy Installation Manual

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