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Page 1: W H A T ' S I N T H I S M A N U A L
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
’ ’ MK33 II / MK33 II(A) ..........................1 What’s in this manual ..............................2 You Must Notice ................................8 Before You Start................................9 Overview ..................................11 Feature Highlight................................12 Quick Installation Procedure ............................15 Motherboard Map ................................16 Block Diagram................................17 Hardware Installation........................19 Clear CMOS Data ................................. -
Page 3: M K 3 3 I / M K 3 3 I ( A ) O N L I N E M A N U A L
ATX Power Connector ..............................32 AC Power Auto Recovery.............................. 33 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................34 IrDA Connector ................................36 WOL (Wake on LAN)..............................37 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ......................39 PC99 Colored Back Panel............................. 40 Support 2 USB Connector ............................ - Page 4 Installing Windows 95 ..............................57 Installing Windows 98 ..............................58 ® ® ® Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows 2000 ..................59 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver............................. 60 Installing Onboard Sound Driver ........................... 61 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ..........................62 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive............................
- Page 5 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ..............................78 APM (Advanced Power Management)........................... 78 ATA (AT Attachment) ..............................78 ATA/66 ..................................78 ATA/100 ..................................79 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................79 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ............................79 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)........................ 79 CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................
- Page 6 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ............................83 C Bus ..................................83 IEEE 1394 ..................................83 Parity Bit ..................................83 PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM)..........................84 PC-100 DIMM ................................84 PC-133 DIMM ................................84 PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM ..........................84 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ........................84 PDF Format ..................................
- Page 7 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ............................88 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)............................. 88 ZIP file ..................................88 Troubleshooting..........................89 Technical Support ...........................93 Product Registration ........................96 How to Contact Us ..........................97...
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Page 8: You Must Notice
All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes. AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it. -
Page 9: Before You Start
This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc... - Page 10 (This page intentionally left blank for notes)
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Page 11: Overview
® Thank you for choosing AOpen MK33 II / MK33 II(A). The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) is AMD Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the Micro ATX form factor featuring the VIA Apollo KT133 / KT133(A) chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the ®... -
Page 12: Feature Highlight
® Supports AMD Socket 462 Athlon™ & Duron™ 600MHz~1GHz+ with 266MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Chipset The VIA Apollo KT133 / KT133(A) is a high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient chipset for the implementation of computer system with 266MHz system frequencies and based on 64-bit Socket 462 CPU. The VIA Apollo KT133 / KT133(A) integrates VIA’s VT82C694X system controller and provides superior performance between the CPU, DRAM, AGP bus and PCI bus. - Page 13 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making to system user-friendlier. Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module Aopen Hardware Monitoring Utility. Enhanced ACPI ®...
- Page 14 Super Multi-I/O The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
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Page 15: Quick Installation Procedure
This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory (DIMM Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot... -
Page 16: Motherboard Map
Motherboard Map Onboard AC97 CODEC Chip PC99 Colored Back Panel CD-IN Connector AUX-IN Connector Resettable Fuse Modem-CN Connector 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 CPU Fan Connector with H/W Monitoring Function WOL (Wake On LAN) AGP 4X Expansion Slot Connector 462-pin CPU Socket with FDD Connector Voltage and Frequency Auto-Detection that supports... -
Page 17: Block Diagram
PC-100/133 SDRAM/VCM Up to 1GB DIMM Socket x2 Socket 462 66/100/133MHz 32-bit PCI Slot x3 Athlon/Duron System Bus Primary ATA 66/100 Channel North Bridge IDE Drive x4 VIA KT133 / KT133(A) Secondary Channel Monitor South Bridge AC97 Audio CODEC CODEC VT82C686B USB Port USB Port x4... - Page 18 (This page left blank intentionally for notes)
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Page 19: Hardware Installation
This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: 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. 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. -
Page 20: Clear Cmos Data
You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 &... -
Page 21: Cpu Installation
® This motherboard supports AMD Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU and 200/266MHz bus. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. The following steps will guide you to finish CPU installation: 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the 1. - Page 22 3. Press down the CPU socket level and finish CPU installation. Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may damage the CPU. Note: This picture is for example only, it may not be exactly the said motherboard.
- Page 23 Core Frequency = CPU Clock * CPU Ratio Note: This motherboard support CPU auto-detection function. Hence, you Bus Speed = CPU Bus Clock x 2 don’t need to setup the CPU frequency Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio by manual.
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Page 24: Cpu Jumper-Less Design
CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection. Clock Generator ®... -
Page 25: Setting Cpu Frequency And Core Voltage
This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.1V to 1.85V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage. -
Page 26: Cpu Thermal Sensor
The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) provides a thermal sensor that located on the center of CPU socket to monitoring CPU temperature. The thermal sensor will detect the CPU temperature and send this temperature signal to hardware monitoring chip. Hence, you can monitor the CPU temperature by BIOS setup program or hardware monitoring utility. -
Page 27: Cpu Fan And Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)
Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSTEM FAN CONN connector. CPU Fan Connector +12V SENSOR Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring. -
Page 28: Dimm Socket
The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 PC133 memory up to 1GB with CPU running at 100 MHz, but if CPU runs at 133MHZ, the MK33 II(A) can supports the PC-133 registered DIMM module only. The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) supports not only SDRAM but also... - Page 29 DIMM can be single side or double side; it has 64 bit data and 2 or 4 clock signals. We strongly recommend choosing 4-clock SDRAM for its reliability SDRAM DIMM Module VCM DIMM Module ECC-Register DIMM Module...
- Page 30 Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. 20 pins 60 pins 88 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.
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Page 31: Front Panel Connector
Attach the power LED, EMPI, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. -
Page 32: Atx Power Connector
The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. PW-OK +3.3V 5VSB +3.3V +12V +3.3V -12V PS-ON... -
Page 33: Ac Power Auto Recovery
A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem. -
Page 34: Ide And Floppy Connector
Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Secondary Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE 2 Connector (Secondary) IDE 1Connector... - Page 35 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode.
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Page 36: Irda Connector
The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps). -
Page 37: Wol (Wake On Lan)
This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system. - Page 38 WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not be exactly the said motherboard.
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Page 39: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot
The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) provides an 4x slot. The AGP 4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s. -
Page 40: Pc99 Colored Back Panel
The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1, Printer, four USB, AC97 sound and game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP MIDI/Game PS/2 Mouse Parallel Port Port Connector USB Port... -
Page 41: Support 2 Nd Usb Connector
This motherboard supports four USB ports. Two of them are on back panel connector, the other two are on the left-bottom area of this motherboard. With proper cable, you can connect them to front panel. Pin 1 SBD3- SBD2- SBD3+ SBD2+... -
Page 42: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. CD-IN... -
Page 43: Aux-In Connector
The AUX-IN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN... -
Page 44: Modem-Cn Connector
This connector is used to connect Mono In/MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono- IN, and the pin 3-4 is MIC OUT. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector. -
Page 45: Battery-Less And Long Life Design
This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual. -
Page 46: Over-Current Protection
CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. AOpen cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly. -
Page 47: Hardware Monitoring
This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems status go wrong, there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user. -
Page 48: Resettable Fuse
Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (did the job to protect motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can back to normal function after fuse did the protection job. -
Page 49: Year 2000 (Y2K)
BIOS, this Tick Routine does not update the CMOS every time because the CMOS is a very slow device that degrades system performance. The Tick Routine of the AOpen BIOS has 4 digits for year coding, as long as applications and the operating system... - Page 50 follow the rule to get date/time information. There will be no Y2K problem (such as NSTL’s test program). But unfortunately again, we found some test programs (such as Checkit 98) accesses RTC/CMOS directly. This motherboard has hardware Y2K checking and protection that ensures risk free operation.
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Page 51: Low Esr Capacitors And Three-Phase Power Solution
The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for stability of CPU power. The location of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Based on CPU gets higher and higher working frequency, the CPU needs more power to work and this higher electric current will cause higher temperature. - Page 52 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V.
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Page 53: Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)
For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”. Separating each critical portion of motherboard into... - Page 54 (This page is intentionally left blank for notes)
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Page 55: Driver And Utility
There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. -
Page 56: Auto-Run Menu From Bonus Cd Disc
You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name. -
Page 57: Installing Windows 95
First, don’t install any add-on card except card. Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2.1, 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support. Otherwise, you need to install USBSUPP.EXE. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. -
Page 58: Installing Windows 98
First, don’t install any add-on card except card. Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup > Advanced Chipset Features > OnChip USB, to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment. Install Window 98 into your system. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, IRQ Routing, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. -
Page 59: Installing Windows
® ® ® ® ® ® & & ® ® ® If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000, you do not need to install the 4-in-1 ® driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system. Users with Windows 98 SE may update the VIA Registry INF and AGP drivers by installing them individually. -
Page 60: Installing Via 4 In 1 Driver
You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD disc Autorun menu. Note: Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure. -
Page 61: Installing Onboard Sound Driver
This motherboard comes with an AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. -
Page 62: Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility
You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed. -
Page 63: Acpi Suspend To Hard Drive
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again. -
Page 64: System Requirement
System Requirement AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a. - Page 65 Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d.
- Page 66 4. Run "Add New Hardware" again and it will find "Advanced Power Management Resource". 5. Click "OK". Tip: 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 67: Acpi Suspend To Ram (Str)
This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power. - Page 68 To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement An ACPI OS is required. Currently, Windows 98 is the only choice. Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup Windows 98 ACPI mode. The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly.
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Page 69: Award Bios
Most BIOS setting of MK33 II / MK33 II(A) had optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup. -
Page 70: How To Use Award™ Bios Setup Program
Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award BIOS setup program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3> key selecting preferred menu language to display. - Page 71 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program. Note: AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM.
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Page 72: How To Enter Bios Setup
After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting. -
Page 73: Bios Upgrade
By doing so, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If you indeed intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE SURE to use the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model. AOpen Easy Flash is a little different than traditional flash method. The BIOS binary file and flash routine are linked together and you simply run a single commend to complete the flash process. - Page 74 Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY) 1. Download new BIOS upgrade file from AOpen's web site. For example, MK33II102.ZIP. 2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility.
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Page 75: Overclocking
As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them "Overclocker". -
Page 76: Vga Card & Hard Disk
VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website. -
Page 77: Glossary
AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to 4X mode, 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s. AOpen is the first... -
Page 78: Amr (Audio/Modem Riser)
Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions. AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management. ATA is the specification of diskette interface. In 80’s, many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together. -
Page 79: Ata/100
ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. -
Page 80: Codec (Coding And Decoding)
Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way. -
Page 81: Ecc (Error Checking And Correction)
The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error. -
Page 82: Ev6 Bus
Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM. -
Page 83: Fsb (Front Side Bus) Clock
FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio See SMBus. IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. -
Page 84: Pbsram (Pipelined Burst Sram)
For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits). PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence. Normally, it is 3-1-1-1, total 6 clocks, which is faster than asynchronous SRAM. -
Page 85: Pdf Format
A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader. You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader). -
Page 86: Rimm (Rambus Inline Memory Module)
SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V. AOpen is the first company to support dual-SDRAM DIMMs onboard (AP5V), from Q1 1996 A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E... -
Page 87: Smbus (System Management Bus)
SMBus is also called I2C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message. -
Page 88: Usb (Universal Serial Bus)
USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. -
Page 89: Troubleshooting
If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct. - Page 90 Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
- Page 91 Continue Perhaps your VGA card Check if there is display? or monitor is defective. Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key at the same time, hold them and then press <Del> to reboot the system. It is very possible that your Check if the system keyboard is defective.
- Page 92 Continue During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. The problem should be Check if the system can caused reboot successfully? cable or HDD itself. Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98.
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Page 93: Technical Support
Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us. - Page 94 5 5 5 5 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group. http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/newsgrp/default.htm 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us.
- Page 95 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MK33 II R1.00 Feb.01.2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. MK33 II is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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Page 96: Product Registration
Be able to join the discussions of web-based news groups. AOpen makes sure that the information you provide is encrypted, so that it cannot be read or intercepted by other people or companies. Further, AOpen will not disclose any of information you submitted under any conditions. Please consult our... -
Page 97: How To Contact Us
Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. Pacific Rim Europe America AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. AOpen America Inc. Tel: 886-2-2696-1333 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Tel: 1-510-498-8928 Fax: 886-2-8691-2233 Fax: 31-73-645-9604...