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USER’S NOTICE 1
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION 1
COOLING SOLUTIONS 1
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF MX855 MOTHERBOARD
1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD 3
1-2 SPECIFICATION 4
1-3 SYSTEM DIAGRAM 5
1-4 JUMPER & CONNECTOR SETTING 6
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS 8
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING 8
2-3 INSTALL CPU 10
2-3-1 GLOSSARY 10
2-3-2 ABOUT INTEL PENTIUM 4 478-PIN CPU 11
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY 12
2-5 EXPANSION CARD 13
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION 13
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD 13
2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD 14
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS 15
2-6-1 CONNECTORS 15
2-6-2 HEADERS 21
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER 23
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP 22
3-2 GETTING HELP 22
3-3 THE MAIN MENU 23
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 25
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 27
3-5-1 CPU FEATURE 30
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 31
3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS 32
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 34
3-7-1 ONBOARD IDE FUNCTION 35
3-7-2 ONBOARD DEVICE FUNCTION 36
3-7-3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION 37
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 40
3-9 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 42
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS 43
3-11 FREQUENCY/ VOLTAGE CONTROL 44
3-12 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 44
3-13 SET SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD 45
MX855 Motherboard I/O Mechanical Draw 46
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