AOpen AX59PRO Operation & User’s Manual

75, AWARD BIOS 3-25 Integrated Peripherals Æ IDE HDD Block Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Disabled This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multisector data transfers and eliminates the interrupt handling time for each sector. Most IDE drives, except with old des…

78, AOpen AX59PRO AWARD BIOS 3-28 Integrated Peripherals Æ Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Port 3BC/IRQ7 378/IRQ7 278/IRQ7 Disabled This item controls the onboard parallel port address and interrupt. Note: If you are using an I/O card with a parallel port, make sure that the addresses and IR…

31, Hardware Installation 2-10 1 2 3 JP4 JP5 JP6 JP23 JP24 JP25 1 2 3 100MHz 1 2 3 1 2 3 JP4 JP5 JP6 JP23 JP24 JP25 112MHz 1 2 3 1 2 3 JP4 JP5 JP6 JP23 JP24 JP25 124MHz Warning: VIA MVP3 chipset supports maximum 100MHz external CPU bus clock, the 112MHz settin…

82, A-1 Appendix A Frequently Asked Question Note: FAQ may be updated without notice. If you cannot find the information that you need in this appendix, visit our WWW home page, (address: http://www.aopen.com.tw) and check the FAQ area and other new information. Q: How…

21, Overview 1-11 1.6 CPU Thermal Protection This motherboard implements special thermal protection circuit below the CPU. When temperature is higher than a predefined value, the CPU speed will automatically slow down and there will be warning from BIOS and also Hardware Monitoring Utility…

33, Hardware Installation 2-12 AMD K6 CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock S1 S2 S3 JP4,JP5,JP6,JP25 K6-166 166MHz = 2.5x 66MHz ON ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 K6-200 200MHz = 3x 66MHz OFF ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 K6-233 233MHz = 3.5x 66…