AOpen MK33 Setup guide

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What’s in this manual................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice........................................................................................................................... 9
Before You Start ........................................................................................................................ 10
Quick Installation Procedure ...................................................................................................... 11
Motherboard Map ...................................................................................................................... 12
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................... 13
Hardware.................................................................................................14
JP14 Clear CMOS ..................................................................................................................... 15
CPU Socket and Fan Connector ................................................................................................ 16
CPU Jumper-less Design........................................................................................................... 17
DIMM Socket ............................................................................................................................. 20
Front Panel Connector............................................................................................................... 22
ATX Power Connector................................................................................................................ 23
ATX Power LED......................................................................................................................... 24

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IDE and Floppy Connector......................................................................................................... 25
JP9 IrDA Connector................................................................................................................... 28
JP6 / JP7 Thermal Sensor ......................................................................................................... 29
WOL (Wake on LAN) ................................................................................................................. 30
4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ........................................................................................... 32
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .................................................................................................. 33
Support 4 USB Ports.................................................................................................................. 34
CD Audio Connector.................................................................................................................. 35
Battery-less and Long Life Design ............................................................................................. 36
Over-current Protection.............................................................................................................. 37
Hardware Monitoring.................................................................................................................. 39
Resettable Fuse......................................................................................................................... 40
Year 2000 (Y2K) ........................................................................................................................ 41
1500uF Low ESR Capacitor....................................................................................................... 43
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall).............................................................................................. 45
Driver and Utility ..................................................................................... 46

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Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ........................................................................................... 47
Installing Windows 95 ................................................................................................................ 48
Installing Windows 98 ................................................................................................................ 49
Installing Windows 98 SE & Windows2000 ................................................................................ 50
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver.......................................................................................................... 51
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ................................................................................................ 52
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ......................................................................................... 53
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..................................................................................................... 54
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) .................................................................................................... 61
AWARD BIOS ...........................................................................................63
Enter BIOS Setup ...................................................................................................................... 64
Standard CMOS Features..........................................................................................................65
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Advanced BIOS Features ..........................................................................................................71
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Advanced Chipset Features.......................................................................................................80
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Integrated Peripherals................................................................................................................ 93
Power Management Setup....................................................................................................... 107

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PnP/PCI Configurations ........................................................................................................... 118
PC Health Status ..................................................................................................................... 124
Load Setup Defaults ................................................................................................................ 125
Load Turbo Defaults................................................................................................................. 126
Set Supervisor Password......................................................................................................... 127
Set User Password .................................................................................................................. 127
Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................................................... 128
Exit without Saving................................................................................................................... 129
NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ................................................................................................... 129
BIOS Upgrade ......................................................................................................................... 130
Overclocking .........................................................................................131
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VGA and HDD.........................................................................................................................133
Glossary ................................................................................................ 134
AC97 ....................................................................................................................................... 134
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .................................................................. 134
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .............................................................................................. 135

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AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...................................................................................................... 135
AOpen Bonus Pack CD ........................................................................................................... 135
APM......................................................................................................................................... 135
ATA/66..................................................................................................................................... 136
ATA/100 ................................................................................................................................... 136
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)........................................................................................... 136
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)................................................................................................... 137
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) .............................................................................................. 137
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)....................................................................................... 137
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...................................................................................... 137
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory..................................................................................... 138
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................. 138
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)................................................................................. 138
EV6 Bus................................................................................................................................... 138
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...................................................................................... 139
FC-PGA................................................................................................................................... 139

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Flash ROM .............................................................................................................................. 139
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..................................................................................................... 139
I2C Bus.................................................................................................................................... 140
P1394 ...................................................................................................................................... 140
Parity Bit .................................................................................................................................. 140
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) ........................................................................................... 140
PC100 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 140
PC133 DIMM ........................................................................................................................... 141
PDF Format ............................................................................................................................. 141
PnP (Plug and Play)................................................................................................................. 141
POST (Power-On Self Test)..................................................................................................... 141
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)........................................................................................................ 142
RIMM....................................................................................................................................... 142
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................ 142
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) .................................................................................... 142
SMBus (System Management Bus) ......................................................................................... 143

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SPD (Serial Presence Detect).................................................................................................. 143
Ultra DMA/33 ........................................................................................................................... 143
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ...................................................................................................... 143
ZIP file ..................................................................................................................................... 144
Troubleshooting .................................................................................... 145
Technical Support................................................................................. 149
Part Number and Serial Number ........................................................................... 151
Model name and BIOS version .............................................................................. 152

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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk
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.
. 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 protection.

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 When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
D   &      '
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Some CPU fans do not have
sensor pin, so that cannot support fan
monitoring.

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 ! 
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>++ >++?- .++?- >B
>9+ >9+?- .++?- >9B
C++ C++?- .++?- CB
C9+ C9+?- .++?- C9B
7++ 7++?- .++?- 7B
79+ 79+?- .++?- 79B
>++ >++?- .++?- >B
>9+ >9+?- .++?- >9B
C++ C++?- .++?- CB
C9+ C9+?- .++?- C9B

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'    8>74  "8==  
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 The driving capability of new generation
chipset is limited due to the lack of a memory buffer
(to improve performance). This makes DRAM chip
count an important factor to take into consideration
when you install DIMMs. Unfortunately, there is no
way that the BIOS can identify the correct chip
count; you need to calculate the chip count by
yourself. The simple rule is:  
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