AOpen MX34 Setup guide

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MX34
DOC. NO. : MX34-OL-E0103D

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Wh ha at t’ ’s s i in n t th hi is s m ma an nu ua al l
MX34......................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual..........................................................................................................................2
Before You Start..................................................................................................................................8
Quick Installation Procedure ..............................................................................................................9
Motherboard Map .............................................................................................................................10
Block Diagram...................................................................................................................................11
Hardware.............................................................................................12
JP14 Clear CMOS ............................................................................................................................13
CPU Socket ......................................................................................................................................14
CPU Fan and Housing Fan Connector............................................................................................15
CPU Jumper-less Design.................................................................................................................16
JP29/JP23 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio .....................................................................................................19
DIMM Socket ....................................................................................................................................21
Front Panel Connector .....................................................................................................................23
ATX Power Connector......................................................................................................................25

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AC Power Auto Recovery.................................................................................................................26
IDE and Floppy Connector...............................................................................................................27
IrDA Connector .................................................................................................................................30
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem)............................................................................................31
WOL (Wake on LAN)........................................................................................................................34
4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).................................................................................................36
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel........................................................................................................37
Support 4 USB Ports ........................................................................................................................38
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound.............................................................................................39
CD Audio Connector.........................................................................................................................40
AUX-IN Connector............................................................................................................................41
Modem Audio Connector..................................................................................................................42
Front Audio Connector......................................................................................................................43
Battery-less and Long Life Design...................................................................................................44
Over-current Protection ....................................................................................................................45
Hardware Monitoring ........................................................................................................................47

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Resettable Fuse................................................................................................................................48
Year 2000 (Y2K) ...............................................................................................................................49
1500uF Low ESR Capacitor.............................................................................................................51
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)....................................................................................................53
Driver and Utility..................................................................................54
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc.................................................................................................55
Installing Windows 95.......................................................................................................................56
Installing Windows 98.......................................................................................................................57
Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows2000..............................................................58
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver ................................................................................................................59
Installing Onboard Sound Driver......................................................................................................60
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility...............................................................................................61
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive............................................................................................................62
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)..........................................................................................................69
AWARD BIOS........................................................................................71
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program....................................................................................72

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How To Enter BIOS Setup................................................................................................................74
BIOS Upgrade...................................................................................................................................75
Overclocking........................................................................................77
VGA Card & Hard Disk.....................................................................................................................79
Glossary
GlossaryGlossary
Glossary ..............................................................................................80
AC97 .................................................................................................................................................80
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface).........................................................................80
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)......................................................................................................80
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ..............................................................................................................81
AOpen Bonus Pack CD....................................................................................................................81
APM...................................................................................................................................................81
ATA/66...............................................................................................................................................81
ATA/100.............................................................................................................................................82
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..................................................................................................82
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)...........................................................................................................82
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ......................................................................................................82

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DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)..............................................................................................83
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) .............................................................................................83
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ............................................................................................83
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ....................................................................83
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)........................................................................................84
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) .............................................................................................84
FC-PGA.............................................................................................................................................84
Flash ROM........................................................................................................................................84
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock .............................................................................................................85
I2C Bus .............................................................................................................................................85
P1394................................................................................................................................................85
Parity Bit............................................................................................................................................85
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)...................................................................................................85
PC100 DIMM ....................................................................................................................................86
PC133 DIMM ....................................................................................................................................86
PDF Format.......................................................................................................................................86

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PnP (Plug and Play) .........................................................................................................................86
POST (Power-On Self Test) .............................................................................................................87
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)................................................................................................................87
RIMM.................................................................................................................................................87
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ........................................................................................................87
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ...........................................................................................88
SMBus (System Management Bus).................................................................................................88
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)..........................................................................................................88
Ultra DMA/33 ....................................................................................................................................88
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ..............................................................................................................89
ZIP file ...............................................................................................................................................89
Troubleshooting...................................................................................90
Technical Support................................................................................94
Part Number and Serial Number..................................................................................96
Model name and BIOS version.....................................................................................97

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Be ef fo or re e Y Yo ou u S St ta ar rt t
This Online Manual is in PDF format, we recommend using AdobeAcrobat Reader 4.0 for online
viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing,
you can print it byA4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose
File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver.
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Qu ui ic ck k I In ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n P Pr ro oc ce ed du ur re e
This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
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1Installing CPU and Fan
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2 Installing System Memory (DIMM)
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3 Connecting Front Panel Cable
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4 Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable
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5 Connecting ATX Power Cable
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6 Connecting Back Panel Cable
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7 Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default
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8 Setting CPU Frequency
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9 Reboot
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10 Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98)
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11 Installing Driver and Utility

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2Mbit Flash ROM
Multilanguage BIOS
Virus Protection
Wake On RTCTimer
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TX Power Connecto
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AC Power Auto Recovery
ATA/33/66 IDE
Suspend to HDD
(ATA/100 for optional)
CD-IN
Modem-CN
JP12 Onboard Sound
AUX-IN
4X AGP Expansion Slot
Front Audio Connecto
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WOL
Wakeup on LAN
WOM
Wakeup on Modem
USB2 Connector
IrDA Connector
Housing Fan
Panel Connecto
r
JP14 Clear CMOS Battery-less &
long-life Design FDD Connector
JP23/JP29
FSB/PCI Clock Ratio
168-pin DIMM Socket x3
supports PC100/133 SDRAM
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to 1.5GB
VIA 694X Chipset
Support 133MHz FSB Clock
Resettable Fuse
PC99 Back Panel
Socket370 CPU with Voltage and
FrequencyAuto-detection
supports Intel®Pentium®III
& Celeron™ 300MHz~1GHz+ CPU
CPU Jumper-less Design
Over-current Protection
Thermal Protection
CPU Fan Connector
System Voltage & Fan Monitoring
Buzzer