MK33 II / MK33 II(A) ............................................................................................................................... 1
What’s in this manual......................................................................................................................................................2
You Must Notice..............................................................................................................................................................8
Before You Start..............................................................................................................................................................9
Hard war e Ins tal lat ion ......................................................................................................................19
Clear CMOS Data ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
CPU Jumper-less Design ..............................................................................................................................................24
Setting CPU Frequency and Core Voltage....................................................................................................................25
CPU Thermal Sensor ....................................................................................................................................................26
CPU Fan and Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring) ......................................................................................27
Front Panel Connector..................................................................................................................................................31
ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................32
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 33
IDE and Floppy Connector............................................................................................................................................34
WOL (Wake on LAN).....................................................................................................................................................37
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expans ion Slot...........................................................................................................39
PC99 Colored Back Panel .............................................................................................................................................40
Support 2nd USB Connector .......................................................................................................................................... 41
CD Audio Connector .....................................................................................................................................................42
Battery-less and Long Life Design ................................................................................................................................45
Year 2000 (Y2K)............................................................................................................................................................49
Low ESR Capacitors and Three-Phase Powe r Solution ................................................................................................51
Driver and Utility .............................................................................................................................55
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc .............................................................................................................................56
Installing Windows 95 ...................................................................................................................................................57
Installing Windows 98 ...................................................................................................................................................58
Installing Windows® 98 SE, Windows® ME & Wi n dow s®2000 ........................................................................................ 59
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver .............................................................................................................................................60
Installing Hardware Monitorin g Utility............................................................................................................................62
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive......................................................................................................................................... 63
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)........................................................................................................................................67
AWARD BIOS ....................................................................................................................................6 9
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setu p P rogra m ..................................................................................................................70
How To Enter BIOS Set up.............................................................................................................................................72
VGA Card & Hard Disk ..................................................................................................................................................76
ACPI (Advanced Configuratio n & Power Interfac e) .......................................................................................................77
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................78
APM (Advanced Power Management) ...........................................................................................................................78
ATA (AT Attachment).....................................................................................................................................................78
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)........................................................................................................................................79
CNR (Communication and Networki ng Riser)................................................................................................................79
CODEC (Coding and Decoding)....................................................................................................................................80
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM...............................................................................................................................80
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)............................................................................................................................ 8 0
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...........................................................................................................................81
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ..........................................................................................................................81
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmab le ROM) ....................................................................................................81
EPROM (Erasable Programmabl e ROM) ......................................................................................................................81
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..........................................................................................................................................83
I2C Bus ..........................................................................................................................................................................83
Parity Bit .......................................................................................................................................................................83
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst S RAM).................................................................................................................................84
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM.................................................................................................................................84
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ...................................................................................................................84
PDF Format ..................................................................................................................................................................85
PnP (Plug and Play)......................................................................................................................................................85
POST (Power-On Self Test)..........................................................................................................................................85
SIMM (Single In Li ne M emory Mod ule) .........................................................................................................................86
SPD (Serial Presence Detect ).......................................................................................................................................87
USB (Universal Serial B us) ...........................................................................................................................................88
ZIP file ..........................................................................................................................................................................88
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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
MK33 II / MK33 II(A) can support AMD
AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 1X/2X/4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to
1066MB/sec. According to different customer’s requirements, SDRAM
can be applied to the MK33 II / MK33 II(A) and the maximum memory size can be up to 1GB. The on-board IDE controller supports
ATA 100 mode and the transfer rate up to 133MB/s. Besides, the on-board AC97
chip (Optional) with provides high performance and magic surround stereo
sound to let people enjoy working with MK33 II / MK33 II(A). Now,
enjoy all features from AOpen MK33 II / MK33 II(A).
®
Socket 462 series Athlon™ & Duron™ processor and 266MHz EV6 system bus. In the
, VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) and ECC Registered DRAM
. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the
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.
Expansion Slots
Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP
data transfer rate up to 1066MB/s. As MK33 II / MK33 II(A) includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card,
For AD and SBA signaling, MK33 II / MK33 II(A) can support 133MHz 2X/4X mode.
video cards support
Memory
The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) supports standard SDRAM and VCM, in a flexible mix/ match manner. The SDRAM interface allows zero
wait state bursting between the DRAM and the data buffers at 66/100/133MHz. The four banks of can be composed of an arbitrary
mixture of 1M/2M/4M/8M/16MxN DRAMs. The DRAM controller can run at either the host CPU bus frequency (66/100/133MHz) or
pseudo-synchronous to the CPU bus frequency with built-in PLL timing control.
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels,
supports ATA
100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
On-board AC97 Sound
MK33 II / MK33 II(A) uses the AD 1885 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback
system.
Power Management/Plug and Play
The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play
configuration problems, thus making to system user-friendlier.
, which helps save users from
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module
and Aopen Hardware Monitoring Utility
.
Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 95/98/ME/NT/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to
RAM, S 3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wak e On Mo dem ) , W OL (Wake O n LA N) f eat ur es.
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.
This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.
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Please check accessories before you start to install system hardware.
! MK33 II / MK33 II(A) Motherboard x1
! Hard Disk Drive Cable x1
! 80-wire IDE Cable x1
! Floppy Disk Drive Cable x1
! Bonus Pack CD Disk x1
! MK33 II / MK33 II(A) Easy Installation Guide x1
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.
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. If a wrist
strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedure requiring ESD protection.
This motherboard supports AMD® Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU and 200/266MHz EV6 bus. Be careful of CPU
orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. The following steps will guide you to finish CPU installation:
1. Pull up the CPU socket level and
up to 90-degree angle.
2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the
CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into
the socket.
Warning: VIA Apollo KT133/KT133(A)
chipset supports basic 100/133MHz which
FSB could reach maximum 200/266MHz
EV6 system Bus and 66MHz AGP clock w ith
CPU running at 100MHz (if CPU runs at
133MHz, the VIA Apollo KT133(A) can
support 133MHz FSB only and 66 MHz AGP
clock), higher clock setting may cause
serious s
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
designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.
CPU VID signal
, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less
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.
The MK33 II / MK33 II(A) motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or 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
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 relia bilit y