AOpen s760GXm, s760GXm-S, s760GXm-SL Easy Installation Manual

s760GXm-SL / s760GXm-S / s760GXm

RJ45 10/100/1000

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

LAN Jack PS/2 Mouse

Connector

USB 2.0

Ports

Line-In

MIC-In

Speaker

Out

RealTek Gigabit LAN chip

(for s760GXm-SL)

RealTek 10/100Mbps LAN chip

(for s760GXm-S/s760GXm)

Case Open Connector

Onboard AC’97 CODEC

Front Audio Connector

PS/2

Keyboard

COM 1 Port VGA Port USB 2.0 Ports

JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup

Jumper

AUX_IN Connector

AGP 8X Expansion Slot that supports 8X AGP card(2.1GB/s)

CD_IN Connector

IrDA Connector

32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x3

AGP Protection LED

FDD Connector

USB 2.0 Connectors x2

DieHard BIOS Lite

184-pin DIMMsx2 support DDR400/333/266

Max. To 2GB

754-pin CPU Socket with

Voltage and Frequency

Auto-Detection that supports

AMD ® Athlon TM 64 CPU

SiS 760GX/SiS 964 Chipsets

(s760GXm-SL/s760GXm-S)

SiS 760GX/SiS 964L Chipsets

(s760GXm)

SYSFAN1 Connector COM2 Connector

JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

S/PDIF Connector

Serial ATA Connectors x2

Supports 150 MB/s Transfer Rate

(s760GXm-SL/s760GXm-S)

SYSFAN2 Connector

Front Panel Connector

IDE Connectors x 2

(ATA 66/100/133 supported)

Low ESR Capacitors

4-pin ATX Power Connector

ATX Power Connector

STBY LED

CPUFAN Connector

AOpen reserves the right to revise all the specifications and information contained in this document, which are subject to change without notice.

Everything you need to boot this motherboard is included in this

Easy Installation Guide. For more information, a complete Online

User's Manual can be found in the Bonus Pack CD . Thanks for

the help of saving our earth.

Easy Installation Guide x 1

80-Wire ATA 133 Cable x 1

Floppy Drive Cable x 1

Bonus Pack CD x 1

I/O Shield x 1

SiS 964 Serial ATA RAID Driver Disk x 1

(for s760GXm-SL/s760GXm-S only)

Serial ATA Cable x 1

(for s760GXm-SL/s760GXm-S only)

Serial ATA Power Cable x 1

(for s760GXm-SL/s760GXm-S only)

PART NO:

DOC. NO: S760GXMSL-EG-E0410B

2. Installing CPU Fan

& System Fan

3. Installing

Memory Module

4. Installing HD,

CD-ROM and SATA

Disk, etc

1. Installing CPU

5. Connecting Front

Panel Cable

6. Connecting ATX

Power Cable

12. Installing Drivers & Utilities

11. Installing Operating

System (such as,

Windows XP)

10. Loading Default

BIOS, Setting CPU

Frequency

9. Connecting Back

Panel Ports

(Keyboard, Mouse, etc)

8. Installing Other Devices

(USB, Front Audio, etc)

7. Installing AGP & PCI Cards

1. Installing CPU

This motherboard supports AMD ® Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket.

CPU socket lever

1.

Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.

2.

Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the socket.

3.

Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation.

Socket Pin 1

Golden Arrow

Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, you may damage the CPU.

2. Installing CPU & System Fans

Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.

GND

+12V

SENSOR

GND

+12V

SENSOR

SYSFAN1 Connector

GND

+12V

SENSOR

CPUFAN Connector

Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so they cannot support fan monitoring.

Pin 1

Tab

Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector FDD and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.

Primary

Master (1st)

Primary

Slave (2nd)

FDD Connector

3. Installing Memory Modules

DIMM slots are designed in black which are very easy to recognize. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.

Key

Pin 1

IDE 1 (Primary)

IDE 2 (Secondary)

Secondary

Master (3rd)

Pin 1

Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up to hold the

DIMM in place when the

DIMM touches the slot’s bottom.

4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Secondary

Slave (4th)

ATA 66/100/133

IDE Connector

SYSFAN2 Connector

5. Connecting Front Panel Cable

Attach the power LED, speaker, and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the

ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.

1

NC

NC

+5V

HDD LED

HDD LED

+5V

+5V

GND

NC

SPEAKER

Power Switch

GND

Power LED-

GND

Power LED+

NC

GND

GND

RESET

GND

Front Panel Connector

6. Connecting ATX Power Cables

This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 20-pin connector

Del

7. Power-on and Loading BIOS Setup

After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power On Self

Test).

Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.

Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, RAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.

8. AOpen Bonus Pack CD and EzInstall

You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver from the icons at left side, and then click on the “ GO ” button to complete installation automatically.

Install driver

Click to install online manual

Install utility

Browse

Read me

Exit CD

Setting CPU Voltage & Frequency

Setting CPU Core Voltage

This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage automatically during power-on.

Setting CPU Frequency

This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through

1MHz stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS. CPU Core Frequency = CPU FSB clock x CPU Ratio. However, all CPU now selling in the market belong to "Fixed

Multiplier". That means users can not adjust the CPU Ratio but only change CPU

FSB clock to achieve overclocking.

(Users do the overclocking at their own risk!!)

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setup

CPU Ratio From 4x to 25x step 1x

CPU Clock

(Adjustment manually)

CPU

Athlon 64 2800+

CPU

Core

F

FSB = 200MHz-250MHz by 1 MHz

Stepping CPU Overclocking

CPU

Clock

200MHz

L2

Cache

512KB

Ratio

9x

Athlon 64 3000+

2000MHz 200MHz 512KB 10x

Athlon 64 3200+

2000MHz 200MHz 1024KB 10x

Athlon 64 3200+

2200MHz 200MHz 512KB 11x

Athlon 64 3400+

2200MHz 200MHz 1024KB 11x

Athlon 64 3400+

2400MHz 200MHz 512KB 12x

Athlon 64 3700+

2400MHz 200MHz 1024KB 12x

Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be faster CPU on the market by the time you received this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references only.

Note: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use

<Home> key to restore the default setting or you can wait the AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” reset the system in five seconds and system will auto-detect hardware again.

Warning: SiS 760GX chipset supports maximum 800MHz system clock and 66MHz

AGP clock; higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.

JP14 Clear CMOS

You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1

& pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

Pin 1

1 1

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fails because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

Normal

(Default)

Clear CMOS

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper

This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is “Disable” (1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

1 1

Disable

(Default)

Enable

Pin 1

USB 2.0 Connector

This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0 ports to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the back panel.

You can use proper cables to connect the Front USB connector to USB modules or front panel of chassis.

Pin 1

Pin 1

+5V

SBD6-

SBD6+

GND

KEY

1 2

+5V

SBD7-

SBD7+

GND

9 10

NC

USB Connector

Gigabit LAN onboard (for s760GXm-SL)

On the strength of Gigabit LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides

10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use (for s760GXm-S / s760GXm, it is 10/100 Mbps). The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link mode, it lights in yellow whenever linking to network. The left hand side LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights in green when data is transferring in 100Mbps (never lights while in

10Mbps), but lights in orange when transferring in Gigabit’s mode. To enable or disable this function, you may simply adjust it through BIOS.

Transferring (Left)

Green 100Mbps

Orange Gigabit mode

Linking (Right)

Yellow

Front Audio Connector

If the housing is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel.

Pin 1

1

AUD_MIC

AUD MIC BIAS

AUD_FPOUT_R

NC

AUD_FPOUT_L

AUD_GND

AUD_VCC

AUD_RET_R

KEY

AUD_RET_L

Front Audio Connector

S/PDIF Connector

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with better audio quality. Same as outputs, you can also connect RCA or optical audio products to input connectors on the module and have the voice or music come out from your computer. However, you must have a

S/PDIF supported speaker/amplifier/decoder with S/PDIF digital input/output to connect to the S/PDIF digital input/output to make the most out of this function.

S/PDIF

Cable

SPDIF OUT

SPDIF IN +5V (RCA)

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

(Optical)

5

GND KEY

1

Pin 1

S/PDIF Module

(User Upgrade Optional)

If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem.

Model name and BIOS version

Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

Copyright (C) 2004, Phoenix Technologies, LTD. s760GXm-SL R1.02 July. 01. 2004 AOpen Inc.

S760GXm-SL is model name of motherboard; R1.02 is BIOS version

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Serial Number (S/N) and Purchase Date. The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing or on component side of PCB. For example:

Part No. Serial No.

P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.

Phoenix-Award BIOS ERROR Message

Beep Sound

1 short(Beep)

1 long - 1 short(Beep)

1 long - 2 short(Beep)

1 long - 3 short(Beep)

Long(Beep) continuous

Message

System booting is normally.

DRAM ERROR

Display card or monitor connected error

Keyboard Error

DRAM hasn't inset correctly.

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