User manual AOPEN MX46U2VN

[. . . ] Overview Hardware Installation Troubleshooting & Technical Support Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Online Manual DOC. NO. : MX46U2VN-OL-E0303A MX46U2-VN MX46U2-VN 1 MX46U2-VN What's in this manual Online Manual MX46U2-VN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 You Must Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions, where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range, we can avoid cross talk and frequency interference between each region's operations and condition. For example, the clock trace must be equal to length (not necessarily as short as possible) so that clock skew will be controlled within few a pico second (1/10 Sec) 12 Note: This diagram for example only, it may not look exactly the same as the motherboard you purchased. 46 MX46U2-VN Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink Online Manual Cool down CPU and Chipset are important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over-clock the CPU. 47 MX46U2-VN Vivid BIOS technology Online Manual Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen?Let's rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen!Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen. When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space-consuming and uncompressed Bitmap, AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the smaller-sized GIF format and even dynamic-showing GIF animation. Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player, you may use the same EzSkin utility to change your Vivid BIOS screen or to download your favorite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this little logo shown beside your model name on the BIOS download page, http://english. aopen. com. tw/tech/download/skin, it is assured that your motherboard supports this innovative feature! 48 MX46U2-VN Online Manual Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities in AOpen Bonus CD. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows XP) before you install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system's installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 2000 and Windows XP. 49 MX46U2-VN Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model name. Online Manual 50 MX46U2-VN Installing VGA Driver Online Manual This motherboard integrates VGA Engine in chipset. You can install VGA driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. 51 MX46U2-VN Installing AGP Driver In Bonus Pack CD, you can install AGP driver from the following screen. Online Manual 52 MX46U2-VN Installing Audio Driver Online Manual This motherboard comes with AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. 53 MX46U2-VN Installing IDE Driver To use IDE devices you have to install IDE driver from Bonus Pack CD. Online Manual 54 MX46U2-VN Installing LAN Driver In Bonus Pack CD, you can install LAN driver from the following screen. Online Manual 55 MX46U2-VN To install the SiS PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and driver for use with Windows NT 4. 0, please do the following: Online Manual 1. Select the "Adapter" tab and click "Add. . . " Select Have Disk. Insert the "Bonus CD" in your CD-ROM drive and specify the correct path "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\SiS\LAN\NT40" Select one of the following models: "SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter" then click OK. In the dialog box that appears, select the Media Type and enter the Network address for the adapter if necessary(You can click Help for more detailed information about these settings). Click OK to complete this dialog box (or Cancel to terminate the configuration without completing it). 8. Exit the Network control panel window. You must reboot before the adapter will function properly. 56 MX46U2-VN Installing USB 2. 0 Driver Online Manual In Bonus Pack CD, you can install USB 2. 0 driver for Windows 2000/XP from the following screen. You can download the newest the drivers for Windows98SE/ME systems from http://download. sis. com/sisdlc/index. jsp. To install the drivers of Bonus CD in these systems only get USB 1. 0/1. 1 function. 57 MX46U2-VN AOConfig Utility Online Manual AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. [. . . ] http://club. aopen. com. tw/faq/ Download Software: After log on and having language selected, you may get the latest updated BIOS/utility and drivers you need under "Type" directory. In most case, newer versions of drivers and BIOS have solved earlier bugs or compatibility problems. http://club. aopen. com. tw/downloads 86 MX46U2-VN Online Manual 5 6 7 eForum: AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under "Multi-language". [. . . ]