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Page 2 AX34 Pro ....................1 What’s in this manual........................2 Before You Start ........................10 Quick Installation Procedure ...................... 11 Motherboard Map ........................12 Block Diagram ........................... 13 Hardware....................14 JP14 Clear CMOS ........................15 CPU Socket ..........................16 CPU and Housing Fan Connector....................17 CPU Jumper-less Design......................
Page 3 Front Panel Connector....................... 28 ATX Power Connector........................ 30 AC Power Auto Recovery ......................31 IDE and Floppy Connector......................32 IrDA Connector .......................... 35 WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) ..................36 WOL (Wake on LAN) ......................... 39 4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................... 41 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ......................
Page 4 Over-current Protection......................50 Hardware Monitoring........................52 Resettable Fuse......................... 53 JP30 Die-Hard BIOS (100% Virus Protection)................54 Year 2000 (Y2K) ........................56 2200uF Low ESR Capacitor....................... 58 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)....................60 24K Gold Heatsink........................61 Driver and Utility ..................62 Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ...................
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ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ..................... 70 ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ....................77 AWARD BIOS ................... 79 Enter BIOS Setup ........................80 Change Language ........................81 Standard CMOS Setup ......................82 BIOS Features Setup......................... 88 Chipset Features Setup ......................99 Power Management Setup.......................
Page 6 Glossary ....................149 Glossary Glossary AC97 ............................149 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..............149 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ....................150 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...................... 150 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ......................150 APM............................150 ATA/66 ............................. 151 ATA/100 ........................... 151...
Page 7 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)................... 151 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)....................152 CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ....................152 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)..................152 ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................152 EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ..................153 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............. 153 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .................
Page 8 PC100 DIMM ........................... 155 PC133 DIMM ........................... 156 PDF Format ..........................156 PnP (Plug and Play)......................... 156 POST (Power-On Self Test) ..................... 156 RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)......................157 RIMM............................157 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ....................157 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ..................157 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..................
Page 9 Part Number and Serial Number ................166 Model name and BIOS version ................167...
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Page 14 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. 2.Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component.
Page 15 When should I Clear CMOS? 1. Boot fail because of overclocking… 2. Forget password… 3. Troubleshooting…...
Page 17 Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring.
Page 19 High CPU core voltage may be able to increase CPU speed for overclocking, but you may damage the CPU or reduce the CPU lifecycle.
Page 20 VIA 694X chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock, higher clock setting may cause serious system damage. If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the default setting (233MHz). ...
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Page 23 !"#$ VIA 694X chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock, higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.
Page 25 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.
Page 26 To identify 2-clock and 4-clock DIMM, you may check if there are traces connected to the golden finger pins 79 and 163 of the SDRAM. If there are traces, the SDRAM is probably 4-clock; otherwise, it is 2-clock. To identify single-side or double-side DIMM, check golden finger pin 114 and pin 129.
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Page 33 The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum of 46cm (18 inches), make sure your cable does not exceed this length. For better signal quality, it is recommended to set the far end side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device.
Page 34 To achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA/66 hard disks, a special for Ultra DMA/66 is required..
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Page 51 Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake, there is still certain risk that CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason.
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Page 55 If you place the switch to : If you suspect your BIOS is infected by virus: the middle, you will not be able Turn off the system, set the External Controller to to boot your system, thus you “...
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Page 67 If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver, please remove the AGP card driver first. Otherwise, the screen may go black at rebooting after the un-installation. Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure.
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Page 75 "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled.
Page 76 Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI suspend to disk. Please refer to AOpen web site for latest update.
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Page 79 Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the motherboard design, the BIOS information contained in this manual may be different with actual BIOS that come with your motherboard.
Page 80 Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
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Page 84 Auto, User None For an IDE hard disk, we recommend that you use the "IDE HDD Auto Detection" to enter the drive specifications automatically. See the section "IDE HDD Auto Detection".
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Page 89 ! WARNING ! Disk Boot Sector is to be modified Type "Y" to accept write, or "N" to abort write Award Software, Inc.
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Page 98 The F000 and E000 segments are always shadowed because BIOS code occupies these areas.
Page 99 Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything. You may change the parameter settings to improve system performance. However, it may cause your system to be unstable if the setting is not correct for your system configuration.
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Page 105 High CPU core voltage may be able to increase CPU speed for overclocking, but you may damage the CPU or reduce the CPU lifecycle.
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Page 134 If you are using network card, make sure that the IRQ do not conflict.
Page 136 If you are using an I/O card with a parallel port, make sure that the addresses and IRQ do not conflict.
Page 139 You cannot use both USB driver and USB legacy keyboard at the same time. Disable "USB Keyboard Support" if you have USB driver in the operating system.
Page 145 The upgrade of new BIOS will permanently replace your original BIOS content after flashing. The original BIOS setting and Win95/Win98 PnP information will be refreshed and you probably need to re-configure your system.
Page 147 The design of this product follows CPU and chipset vendor's design guideline. Any attempts to push beyond product specification are not recommended and you are taking your own risk to damage your system or important data. Before doing overclocking, you must make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, especially CPU, memory, hard disks, and AGP VGA cards.
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