User manual AOPEN MX3W-OV

[. . . ] 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 EEPROM and the system will recover as usual. ACPI Suspend to DRAM You can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Win98 booting process and run your application again. ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive The conventional "Suspend to Hard Drive" function is a private design of AOpen motherboards, the requirement to run it is a BIOS revision and correct chipset that supports this function. [. . . ] Full-range CPU core voltage This motherboard supports the CPU core voltage from 1. 3V to 2. 05V, that can be applied to various CPU type in future. Resetable Fuse This motherboard implements resetable fuses to prevent any accidental short circuit caused by keyboard or USB devices hot plug. Powerful Utility Software AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc contains many useful utilities, such as Norton Antivirus, AOchip, Hardware Monitoring utility, and Suspend to Hard Drive utility. Note: This motherboard is battery-less, that means the RTC (real time clock) can keep running without battery as long as the power cord is plugged. But in case of power failure or the power cord unplugged, you need to reset date and time from "Standard CMOS Setup" section of BIOS Setup. For more information, please see "Chapter 3 BIOS Setup". 1-3 Overview 1. 1 Specifications Micro ATX 244 mm x 220 mm Celeron PPGA 168-pin DIMM x2, maximum 512 PC100 SDRAM. Intel 810 AGPset Intel I752 (Onboard 4MB Display Cache) AD1881 PCI x3 and AMR x1 Two serial ports UART 16C550 compatible, and the 3rd UART for IR function. 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 33/66 mode hard drives are also supported. Two USB ports supported by USB bracket, the BIOS also supports USB driver to simulate legacy keyboard. Lithium (CR-2032) battery is an option, no battery is needed if power cord is plugged. AWARD Plug-and-Play, 4M bit Flash ROM BIOS. Form Factor Board Size CPU System Memory Chipset Onboard AGP Audio CODEC Expansion Slots Serial Port Parallel Port Floppy Interface IDE Interface USB Interface PS/2 Mouse Keyboard RTC and Battery BIOS 1-4 Overview 1. 2 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive For a detailed installation procedure please refer to the following procedure to enable ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive on the AOpen MX3W motherboard. First please check if your system meets the following requirements, then follow the procedure step by step. AOZVHDD. EXE 1. 30b or later (http://www. aopen. com. tw/tech/mbdrv/ default. htm#Suspend to Hard Disk Drivers). After Windows 98's installation is completed, go to Control Panel --> Power Management. Set "Power Schemes -> System Standby" to "Never". Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable Hibernate Support" then "Apply". 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. If you assign the whole disk to your Win 98 system (FAT 16 or FAT 32), please run "aozvhdd /c /file" in DOS mode. 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. If you assign an individual partition for Win 98, please run "aozvhdd /c /partition". [. . . ] If any of the system's voltage is over the component's standard there will be an alarm through application software such as the Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user. It is automatically implemented by the BIOS and Hardware Monitoring Utility (the program's file name is like aohwxxx. exe, where xxx means the version number), no hardware installation is needed. 1. 7 Fan Monitoring There are two fan connectors, one is for the CPU, and the other can be a housing fan. The fan monitoring function is implemented by connecting a fan to the 3-pin fan connector CPUFAN1 or FAN1 and installing the Hardware Monitoring Utility. 1-13 Overview 1. 8 CPU Thermal Protection This motherboard implements special thermal protection circuits. When temperature is higher than a predefined value, there will be warning through application software such as the Hardware Monitoring utility to notify the user. [. . . ]