AOpen AX34 Pro II Setup guide

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AX34
DOC. NO. : AX34-OL-E0104B

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AX34 ..........................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................... 2
Before You Start .......................................................................................................................... 9
Quick Installation Procedure ...................................................................................................... 10
Motherboard Map ...................................................................................................................... 11
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................... 12
Hardware.................................................................................................13
JP14 Clear CMOS ..................................................................................................................... 14
CPU Socket ............................................................................................................................... 15
CPU and Housing Fan Connector.............................................................................................. 16
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................... 17
JP29/JP23 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio................................................................................................ 20
JP33/JP32 Select CPU Type...................................................................................................... 22
DIMM Socket ............................................................................................................................. 23
RAM Power LED........................................................................................................................ 25

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Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................... 26
ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................ 28
AC Power Auto Recovery ..........................................................................................................29
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IDE and Floppy Connector......................................................................................................... 30
IrDA Connector.......................................................................................................................... 33
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) ...................................................................................... 34
WOL (Wake on LAN) ................................................................................................................. 37
4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)........................................................................................... 39
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ........................................................................................................ 40
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel.................................................................................................. 41
Support 4 USB Ports.................................................................................................................. 42
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound........................................................................................ 43
CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................. 44
Modem Audio Connector ...........................................................................................................45
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Video_Audio_IN Connector........................................................................................................46
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Battery-less and Long Life Design ............................................................................................. 47

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Over-current Protection.............................................................................................................. 48
Hardware Monitoring.................................................................................................................. 50
Resettable Fuse......................................................................................................................... 51
Year 2000 (Y2K) ........................................................................................................................ 52
1500uF Low ESR Capacitor....................................................................................................... 54
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall).............................................................................................. 56
Driver and Utility.....................................................................................57
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ........................................................................................... 58
Installing Windows 95 ................................................................................................................ 59
Installing Windows 98 ................................................................................................................ 60
Installing Windows 98 SE & Windows2000 ................................................................................ 61
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver.......................................................................................................... 62
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................ 63
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ......................................................................................... 64
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..................................................................................................... 65
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) .................................................................................................... 72

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AWARD BIOS ...........................................................................................74
Enter BIOS Setup ...................................................................................................................... 75
Change Language ..................................................................................................................... 76
Standard CMOS Setup .............................................................................................................. 77
BIOS Features Setup................................................................................................................. 83
Chipset Features Setup ............................................................................................................. 94
Power Management Setup....................................................................................................... 103
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .................................................................................................. 113
Load Setup Defaults ................................................................................................................ 121
Load Turbo Defaults................................................................................................................. 122
Integrated Peripherals.............................................................................................................. 123
Password Setting..................................................................................................................... 135
IDE HDD Auto Detection.......................................................................................................... 136
Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................................................... 138
Load EEPROM Default ............................................................................................................ 139
Save EEPROM Default............................................................................................................ 139

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Exit without Saving................................................................................................................... 139
NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ................................................................................................... 139
BIOS Upgrade ......................................................................................................................... 140
Overclocking .........................................................................................141
VGA and HDD ......................................................................................................................... 143
Glossary
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Glossary ................................................................................................144
AC97 ....................................................................................................................................... 144
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .................................................................. 144
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .............................................................................................. 145
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...................................................................................................... 145
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ........................................................................................................... 145
APM......................................................................................................................................... 145
ATA/66..................................................................................................................................... 146
ATA/100 ................................................................................................................................... 146
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................... 146
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................... 147

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CODEC (Coding and Decoding) .............................................................................................. 147
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)....................................................................................... 147
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...................................................................................... 147
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory..................................................................................... 148
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................. 148
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................. 148
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...................................................................................... 148
FC-PGA................................................................................................................................... 149
Flash ROM .............................................................................................................................. 149
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..................................................................................................... 149
I2C Bus.................................................................................................................................... 149
P1394 ...................................................................................................................................... 150
Parity Bit .................................................................................................................................. 150
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................... 150
PC100 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 150
PC133 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 151

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PDF Format ............................................................................................................................. 151
PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................. 151
POST (Power-On Self Test)..................................................................................................... 151
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)........................................................................................................ 152
RIMM....................................................................................................................................... 152
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................ 152
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .................................................................................... 152
SMBus (System Management Bus) ......................................................................................... 153
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).................................................................................................. 153
Ultra DMA/33 ........................................................................................................................... 153
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ...................................................................................................... 154
ZIP file ..................................................................................................................................... 154
Troubleshooting ....................................................................................155
Technical Support................................................................................. 159
Part Number and Serial Number ........................................................................... 161
Model name and BIOS version .............................................................................. 162

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VIA 694X Chipset
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Wakeup on LAN
Resettable Fuse
PC99 Back Panel
1500uF Low ESR capacitor
Jumper-less Design
Over-current Protection
Thermal Protection
CPU Fan Connector
System Voltage & Fan
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JP29/23 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio
Housing Fan
WOM
Wakeu
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Panel Connecto
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PC133 DIMM
Suspend to RAM
ATA/66 IDE
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Suspend to HDD
RAM Power LED
Support 4 USB
4X AGP
AMR
JP12 Onboard Sound
CD Audio Modem Audio Video_Audio_In
ISA Slot (Optional)

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PCI Bus
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drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe th
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following precautions before you install a system component.
1.Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until yo
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are ready to install it.
2.Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the syste
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unit before handling a component. If a wrist strap is not available,
maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedure
requiring ESD protection.

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 When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
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