User manual AOPEN MX3L

[. . . ] MX3L User's Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO. : 49. 88101. 081 DOC. NO. : MX3L-1-E9901A MX3L Motherboard User's Guide Document Number Model and revision Manual version Release Date : MX3L-1-E9901A : For MX3L rev 1. xx : English, rev A : Jan 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". [. . . ] The system copies the necessary driver files to your hard disk drive. Tip: Prepare the Windows 95/98 CD-ROM disk before setting up the sound card. Windows 95/98 will prompt you to insert the Windows 95/98 CDROM disk when you install the joystick or MIDI device. Note: If the file being copied is older than the file currently existing in your system, we recommend that you keep the existing file. 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. 2-20 Hardware Installation Windows 95/98 makes final changes to the system settings. 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:\Mx3l\ 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:\Mx3l\ Sound\Setup. exe. Select Application button from setup menu. Choose Dos Legacy Support item to begin setup. If the system reboot under windows98, please select the driver form Windows98 instead of AOpen Bonus Pack disc. 2. 5. 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. Select MULTIMEDIA from control panel and click on the Devices tab. Select Unlisted or Updated Drivers and press OK. Browse and select X:\Mx3l\Sound\Driver\NT40. Press OK to continue with the installation. Select the default configuration resource and press OK. Click on the Restart Now button. Install MPU-401/Joystick Driver Follow these steps to install the MPU401 or joystick drivers: 1. Select MULTIMEDIA from control panel and click on the Devices tab. 2-21 Hardware Installation 2. Select MPU-401 Compatible Driver /Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro Joystick and press OK. . Place your NT4. 0 installation CD and press OK (the default path is the i386 directory). The Generic MPU-401/Joystick Setup dialog box will pop up. [. . . ] After the password entry, the screen automatically reverts to the main screen. 2. 3. To disable the password, press when prompted to enter the password. The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled. 3. 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this function to detect its parameters and enter them into the "Standard CMOS Setup" automatically. This routine only detects one set of parameters for your IDE hard drive. [. . . ]