AOpen AX34 Pro II Setup guide

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AX34 Pro II
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AX34 Pro II ................................................................................................ 1
What’s in this manual................................................................................................................... 2
Overview.................................................................................................................................... 10
Before You Start ........................................................................................................................ 11
Quick Installation Procedure ...................................................................................................... 12
Feature Highlight ....................................................................................................................... 13
Motherboard Map ...................................................................................................................... 17
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................... 18
Hardware................................................................................................. 19
JP14 Clear CMOS ..................................................................................................................... 20
CPU Installation ......................................................................................................................... 21
JP23 & JP29 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio ............................................................................................ 22
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................... 24
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring) .......................................................... 29
DIMM Socket ............................................................................................................................. 30

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Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................... 32
ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................ 34
AC Power Auto Recovery ..........................................................................................................35
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IDE and Floppy Connector......................................................................................................... 36
IrDA Connector.......................................................................................................................... 39
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) ...................................................................................... 40
WOL (Wake on LAN) ................................................................................................................. 43
4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)........................................................................................... 45
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ........................................................................................................ 46
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .................................................................................................. 47
Support 2nd USB Port................................................................................................................. 48
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound........................................................................................ 49
CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................. 50
Modem Audio Connector ...........................................................................................................51
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Video-Audio-IN Connector ......................................................................................................... 52
Front Panel Audio (Optional)...................................................................................................... 53

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Battery-less and Long Life Design ............................................................................................. 54
Over-current Protection.............................................................................................................. 55
Hardware Monitoring.................................................................................................................. 57
Resettable Fuse......................................................................................................................... 58
JP30 Die-Hard BIOS (100% Virus Protection)............................................................................ 59
GPIO (General Purpose I/O) Connector..................................................................................... 62
Dr. LED Connector (Optional) ....................................................................................................63
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Dr. Voice (Optional).................................................................................................................... 65
2200uF Low ESR Capacitor....................................................................................................... 67
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall).............................................................................................. 69
Pure Aluminum Heatsink............................................................................................................ 70
Driver and Utility ..................................................................................... 71
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ........................................................................................... 72
Installing Windows 95 ................................................................................................................ 73
Installing Windows 98 ................................................................................................................ 74
Installing Windows 98 SE & Windows2000 ................................................................................ 75

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Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver.......................................................................................................... 76
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................ 77
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ......................................................................................... 78
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..................................................................................................... 79
AWARD BIOS ........................................................................................... 86
Enter BIOS Setup ...................................................................................................................... 87
Change Language ..................................................................................................................... 88
Standard CMOS Setup .............................................................................................................. 89
Advanced BIOS Features Setup ................................................................................................ 95
Advanced Chipset Features Setup........................................................................................... 104
Integrated Peripherals.............................................................................................................. 114
Power Management Setup....................................................................................................... 129
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .................................................................................................. 142
PC Health Status ..................................................................................................................... 147
Frequency/Voltage Control....................................................................................................... 148
Load Setup Defaults ................................................................................................................ 151

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Load Turbo Defaults................................................................................................................. 152
Set Password........................................................................................................................... 153
Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................................................... 154
Exit without Saving................................................................................................................... 155
Load EEPROM Default ............................................................................................................ 156
Save EEPROM Default............................................................................................................ 157
BIOS Upgrade ......................................................................................................................... 158
Overclocking ......................................................................................... 160
VGA Card & Hard Disk ............................................................................................................ 162
Glossary ................................................................................................ 163
AC97 ....................................................................................................................................... 163
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .................................................................. 163
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .............................................................................................. 164
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...................................................................................................... 164
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ........................................................................................................... 164
APM......................................................................................................................................... 165

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ATA/66..................................................................................................................................... 165
ATA/100 ................................................................................................................................... 165
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................... 166
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................... 166
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) .............................................................................................. 166
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)....................................................................................... 167
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...................................................................................... 167
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ..................................................................................... 167
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................. 168
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................. 168
EV6 Bus................................................................................................................................... 168
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...................................................................................... 169
FC-PGA................................................................................................................................... 169
Flash ROM .............................................................................................................................. 169
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..................................................................................................... 170
I2C Bus .................................................................................................................................... 170

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P1394 ...................................................................................................................................... 170
Parity Bit .................................................................................................................................. 170
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................... 171
PC100 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 171
PC133 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 171
PDF Format ............................................................................................................................. 172
PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................. 172
POST (Power-On Self Test)..................................................................................................... 172
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)........................................................................................................ 173
RIMM....................................................................................................................................... 173
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................ 173
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .................................................................................... 174
SMBus (System Management Bus) ......................................................................................... 174
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).................................................................................................. 174
Ultra DMA/33 ........................................................................................................................... 175
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ...................................................................................................... 175

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VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ............................................................................................... 175
ZIP file ..................................................................................................................................... 176
Troubleshooting .................................................................................... 177
Technical Support................................................................................. 181
Part Number and Serial Number ........................................................................... 183

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2 #"6##&
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3 .-. 
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4 .67!-. 
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5 .:. 
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6 .%. 
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drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the
following precautions before you install a system component.
1.Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are
ready to install it.
2.Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit
before handling a component. If a wrist strap is not available, maintain
contact with the system unit throughout any procedure requiring ESD
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