AOpen AX33 Setup guide
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What’s in this manual ......................................................................................................................2
You Must Notice ............................................................................................................................ 11
Before You Start............................................................................................................................12
Quick Installation Procedure..........................................................................................................13
Motherboard Map ..........................................................................................................................14
Block Diagram...............................................................................................................................15
JP14 Clear CMOS.........................................................................................................................17
CPU Installation.............................................................................................................................18
CPU Fan Connector ......................................................................................................................19
JP23 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio............................................................................................................20
CPU Jumper-less Design ..............................................................................................................22
DIMM Socket.................................................................................................................................27
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Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................29
ATX Power Connector...................................................................................................................30
AC Power Auto Recovery..............................................................................................................31
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................32
IrDA Connector..............................................................................................................................35
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem)..........................................................................................36
WOL (Wake on LAN).....................................................................................................................39
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .....................................................................................................41
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound...........................................................................................42
Front Panel Audio (Optional).........................................................................................................43
CD Audio Connector......................................................................................................................44
Modem Audio Connector...............................................................................................................45
Video_Audio_IN Connector...........................................................................................................46
Support 2nd USB Ports...................................................................................................................47
Battery-less and Long Life Design.................................................................................................48
Over-current Protection.................................................................................................................49
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Hardware Monitoring .....................................................................................................................51
Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................52
BIOS Write Protection ...................................................................................................................53
Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................55
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall).................................................................................................57
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc .............................................................................................59
Installing Windows 95....................................................................................................................60
Installing Windows 98....................................................................................................................61
Installing Windows 98 SE & Windows 2000..................................................................................62
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver.............................................................................................................63
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ...................................................................................................64
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility............................................................................................65
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive.........................................................................................................66
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Change Language.........................................................................................................................75
Standard CMOS Features Setup...................................................................................................76
Advanced BIOS Features Setup....................................................................................................82
Advanced Chipset Features Setup................................................................................................91
Integrated Peripherals.................................................................................................................101
Power Management Setup..........................................................................................................116
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .....................................................................................................129
PC Health Status.........................................................................................................................134
Frequency/Voltage Control..........................................................................................................135
Load Setup Defaults....................................................................................................................138
Load Turbo Defaults ....................................................................................................................139
Set Password ..............................................................................................................................140
Save & Exit Setup........................................................................................................................141
Exit without Saving......................................................................................................................141
Load EEPROM Default................................................................................................................142
Save EEPROM Default................................................................................................................143
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BIOS Upgrade .............................................................................................................................144
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VGA Card & Hard Disk................................................................................................................148
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AC97............................................................................................................................................149
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface).....................................................................149
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .................................................................................................150
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)..........................................................................................................150
AOpen Bonus Pack CD...............................................................................................................150
APM.............................................................................................................................................151
ATA/66.........................................................................................................................................151
ATA/100.......................................................................................................................................151
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)..............................................................................................152
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)......................................................................................................152
CODEC (Coding and Decoding)..................................................................................................152
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)..........................................................................................153
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ECC (Error Checking and Correction).........................................................................................153
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory........................................................................................153
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................154
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)....................................................................................154
EV6 Bus.......................................................................................................................................154
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity).........................................................................................155
FC-PGA.......................................................................................................................................155
Flash ROM ..................................................................................................................................155
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ........................................................................................................156
I2C Bus.........................................................................................................................................156
P1394..........................................................................................................................................156
Parity Bit......................................................................................................................................156
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)...............................................................................................157
PC100 DIMM...............................................................................................................................157
PC133 DIMM...............................................................................................................................157
PDF Format.................................................................................................................................157
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PnP (Plug and Play) ....................................................................................................................158
POST (Power-On Self Test) ........................................................................................................158
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)...........................................................................................................158
RIMM...........................................................................................................................................159
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)....................................................................................................159
Shadow E2PROM ........................................................................................................................159
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .......................................................................................159
SMBus (System Management Bus).............................................................................................160
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).....................................................................................................160
Ultra DMA/33...............................................................................................................................160
USB (Universal Serial Bus) .........................................................................................................161
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)...................................................................................................161
ZIP file .........................................................................................................................................161
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Part Number and Serial Number...............................................................................170
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1.Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are
ready to install it.
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unit before handling a component. If a wrist strap is not available,
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