AOpen MX33 User manual

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What’s in this manual ..................................................................................................................2
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You Must Notice ........................................................................................................................ 10
Before You Start........................................................................................................................ 11
Quick Installation Procedure...................................................................................................... 12
Motherboard Map...................................................................................................................... 13
Block Diagram........................................................................................................................... 14
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JP14 Clear CMOS..................................................................................................................... 16
CPU Installation ........................................................................................................................ 17
CPU Fan Connector.................................................................................................................. 18
JP23 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio........................................................................................................19
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CPU Jumper-less Design ..........................................................................................................21
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DIMM Socket ............................................................................................................................ 26

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Front Panel Connector .............................................................................................................. 28
ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................... 29
AC Power Auto Recovery..........................................................................................................30
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IDE and Floppy Connector ........................................................................................................31
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IrDA Connector ......................................................................................................................... 34
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem)...................................................................................... 35
WOL (Wake on LAN).................................................................................................................38
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ................................................................................................. 40
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound .......................................................................................41
Front Panel Audio (Optional) ..................................................................................................... 42
CD Audio Connector ................................................................................................................. 43
Modem Audio Connector...........................................................................................................44
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Video_Audio_IN Connector ....................................................................................................... 45
Support 2nd USB Ports............................................................................................................... 46
Battery-less and Long Life Design............................................................................................. 47
Over-current Protection ............................................................................................................. 48

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Hardware Monitoring ................................................................................................................. 50
Resettable Fuse........................................................................................................................ 51
BIOS Write Protection ............................................................................................................... 52
Year 2000 (Y2K)........................................................................................................................ 53
Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................... 55
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ............................................................................................. 57
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Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc........................................................................................... 59
Installing Windows 95................................................................................................................ 60
Installing Windows 98................................................................................................................ 61
Installing Windows 98 SE & Windows2000................................................................................ 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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Enter BIOS Setup...................................................................................................................... 74
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.................................................................................................................. 142
BIOS Upgrade......................................................................................................................... 143

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VGA Card & Hard Disk............................................................................................................ 147
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AC97....................................................................................................................................... 148
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface).................................................................. 148
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).............................................................................................. 149
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)...................................................................................................... 149
AOpen Bonus Pack CD........................................................................................................... 149
APM........................................................................................................................................ 150
ATA/66 .................................................................................................................................... 150
ATA/100 .................................................................................................................................. 150
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) .......................................................................................... 151
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) .................................................................................................. 151
CODEC (Coding and Decoding).............................................................................................. 151
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ...................................................................................... 152
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................................................................................... 152

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EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .................................................................................... 152
E2PROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)............................................................... 153
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ................................................................................ 153
EV6 Bus.................................................................................................................................. 153
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ..................................................................................... 154
FC-PGA .................................................................................................................................. 154
Flash ROM.............................................................................................................................. 154
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .................................................................................................... 155
I2C Bus.................................................................................................................................... 155
P1394 ..................................................................................................................................... 155
Parity Bit ................................................................................................................................. 155
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)........................................................................................... 156
PC100 DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 156
PC133 DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 156
PDF Format ............................................................................................................................ 157
PnP (Plug and Play) ................................................................................................................ 157

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POST (Power-On Self Test) .................................................................................................... 157
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)....................................................................................................... 158
RIMM ...................................................................................................................................... 158
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)................................................................................................ 158
Shadow E2PROM.................................................................................................................... 159
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module).................................................................................... 159
SMBus (System Management Bus)......................................................................................... 159
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ................................................................................................. 160
Ultra DMA/33 .......................................................................................................................... 160
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ..................................................................................................... 160
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)............................................................................................... 161
ZIP file..................................................................................................................................... 161
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Part Number and Serial Number........................................................................... 170

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 +& ("1       .      2#"
 34' 5     (2+#  .  4(662 -7-48-
9    :;;
<;):
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MX X3 33 3
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Ma an nu ua al l
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               
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 ) )   
4)4) 4  9 49) 
))-)&)& -
)= ;) = ;   
-0  "
                      
  9;
             :   ;
  9    9        
              )
   ;  
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( 5 (7 1- ('/6 6 0 /- ( 5(/'   7(6 ( 0  6-8 (
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(5((
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MX X3 33 3
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Ma an nu ua al l
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; ;  ;
      &          
      9   &4,) ;     
' >9;)  #-4  ; 
 ; 
5 9;) )
 > 5  1> )
9:4*%/5 ; 9 
9

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9? ;,; 
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2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
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