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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] In addition, the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue. 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. You don't need to install all of them to boot your system. 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. 7. Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel. 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. We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility. 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. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance. Moreover, AOConfig allows users to save information in *. BMP or *. TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems. 1. The system page shows the detailed information of the motherboard, operating system, processor, and BIOS version. 2. The PCI device page shows the configurations of all PCI devices installed in your motherboard. 58 MX46U2-VN 3. This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity. Online Manual 4. [. . . ] For example: Part No. Serial No. Part No. P/N: 91. 88110. 201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number. 87 MX46U2-VN Model name and BIOS version Online Manual Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MX46U2-VN R1. 00 Mar. 01. 2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1. 0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. MX46U2-VN is model name of motherboard; R1. 00 is BIOS version. 88 MX46U2-VN Online Manual Product Registration Thank you for choosing AOpen product. AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration. [. . . ]