User manual AOPEN MX3ZA

[. . . ] MX3ZA User's Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO. : 49. 88101. 081 DOC. NO. : MX3ZA-1-E9903A MX3ZA Motherboard User's Guide Document Number Model and revision Manual version Release Date : MX3ZA-1-E9903A : For MX3ZA rev 1. xx : English, rev A : Mar 18, 1999 More help for latest information: Taiwan USA Europe http://www. aopen. com. tw http://www. aopenusa. com http://www. aopen. nl Copyright Copyright 1999 by this company. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company. ii Disclaimer This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". [. . . ] Windows 95/98 makes changes to the system settings and begins detecting the following new hardware components: · · · ES1941 PCI AudioDrive ES1941 DOS Enumlation Gameport Joystick 2. 3. Windows 95/98 makes final changes to the system settings. 3-4 Software Installation Install the Application 1. Insert AOpen Bonus Pack disc, setup the applications from "Motherboard Drivers" of the autorun program, or browse CD and select X:\Mx3za\ Sound\Setup. exe. Dos Legacy mode Setup 1. Insert AOpen Bonus Pack disc, setup the applications from "Motherboard Drivers" of the autorun program, or browse CD and select X:\Mx3za\ Sound\Setup. exe. If the system reboot under windows98, please select the driver form Windows98 instead of AOpen Bonus Pack disc. 2. 3. 3. 1. 2 Setting Up in NT4. 0 The card package also comes with NT4. 0 drivers. Please refer to your NT4. 0 manual or online help for any questions on NT4. 0. Installing the Audio Drivers Follow these steps to install the audio drivers: 1. Click on the Restart Now button. Install MPU-401/Joystick Driver Follow these steps to install the MPU401 or joystick drivers: 1. Select MPU-401 Compatible Driver /Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro Joystick and press OK. . 3-5 Software Installation 3. Place your NT4. 0 installation CD and press OK (the default path is the i386 directory). Note: X: means your CD drive letter, please change it according to the actual drive letter. 3-6 Software Installation 3. 2 Onboard AGP PCB VGA This motherboard comes with a high performance onboard graphics accelerator (ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo AGP). 3. 2. 1 Installing ATI enhanced driver in Win95/98 1. Type D:\Mx3za\Agp\Win9x\Disk1\Setup. exe in the text entry area, and press OK. (If D is not your CDROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. ) 5. Follow the instructions displayed in the help. 3. 2. 2 Installing ATI enhanced driver in Windows NT 1. Run the Windows NT Display program located in the Control Panel, under "Settings" in the Start menu. Alternatively, position the cursor on the background of the desktop, click the right mouse button, then select "Properties" from the popup menu. (If D is not your CDROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. ) 7. Select the one you are using, then click on the "OK" button. NT will boot into a default mode and start the Display applet allowing for mode selection. Note: If you select a color depth or resolution not supported by the onboard AGP, NT will substitute 640x480 in 256 colors for the display. Caution: You need to setup Windows NT 4. 0 Service Pack 3 for installing an AGP card. 3-8 Software Installation 3. 3 Install Hardware Monitoring Utility There are four high-valued "Hardware Monitoring" features being implemented on this motherboard. Over Current Protection: Providing over current protection for CPU Vcore. [. . . ] ECP supports DMA and RLE (Run Length Encoded) compression and decompression. Integrated Peripherals ECP Mode Use DMA 3 1 ECP Mode Use DMA This item lets you set the DMA channel of ECP mode. Integrated Peripherals EPP Mode Select EPP1. 7 EPP1. 9 EPP Mode Select This item lets you select EPP mode. 4-36 AWARD BIOS 4. 10 Password Setting Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup. When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password screen box. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press again to confirm the new password. [. . . ]