The MK150 can be opened by the user. This does not void the warranty, however, any damage caused by doing so will not be covered.
The following steps will walk you through opening your MK150 case, as well as auto-powering on and clearing CMOS.
Find your MK150 unit or model name on the right panel, and click on it to see the instruction set for it.
Opening the MK150 Case
The MK150 case is very simple to open. Remove the two screws from the sides and slide the lid off towards the rear.
MK150B-10
Mitac PD11BI-P Motherboard
How to Enable Auto Power On
- Power on the unit and press the Del key to access the BIOS
- Navigate to the Chipset tab
- Change “Restore AC Power Loss” to [Power On]
- Save changes and exit
- Auto power on is now enabled
Troubleshooting
How to Clear CMOS
- Locate the clear CMOS jumper
- Move the jumper over by 1 pin
- Wait 30 seconds
- Restore the jumper to its original position
- The CMOS is now clear
MK150B-30
Jetway NF9G-QM77 Motherboard
How to Enable Auto Power On
- Power on the unit and press the Del key to access the BIOS
- Navigate to the Chipset tab
- Open the “PCH-IO Configuration” menu
- Open the “High Precision Event Timer Configuration” menu
- Change “Restore AC Power Loss” to [Power On]
- Save changes and exit
- Auto power on is now enabled
Troubleshooting
How to Clear CMOS
- Locate the JBAT jumper
- Move the jumper over by 1 pin
- Wait 30 seconds
- Restore the jumper to its original position
- The CMOS is now clear
MK150B-51
ASRock E3C226D2I Motherboard
How to Enable Auto Power On
- Power on the unit and press the F2 key to access the BIOS
- Navigate to the Advanced tab
- Open the South Bridge Configuration menu
- Change “Restore on AC/Power Loss” to [Power On]
- Save changes and exit from the Exit menu
- Auto power on is now enabled
Troubleshooting
How to Clear CMOS
- Locate the CMOS battery
- Carefully remove it from the holder
- Wait 5 minutes
- Reinsert the battery
- The CMOS is now clear
MK150B-52
ASRock IMB-195 Motherboard
How to Enable Auto Power On
- Locate the AT/ATX jumper
- Move it over by 1 pin
- Auto power on is now enabled
Troubleshooting
How to Clear CMOS
- Locate the CLRMOS1 jumper
- Move the jumper over by 1 pin
- Wait 30 seconds
- Restore the jumper to its original position
- The CMOS is now clear
MK150B-53
ASRock IMB-1210 Motherboard
How to Enable Auto Power On
- Take the jumper circled in blue and move it to the pins circled in orange
- The unit is now configured for auto power on
NOTE: The blue jumper is for LVDS display output. As the MK150B-53 does not use LVDS, we can borrow that jumper to enable the auto power on.
Troubleshooting
How to Clear CMOS
- Locate the clear CMOS jumper
- Move the jumper over by 1 pin
- Wait 30 seconds
- Restore the jumper to its original position
- The CMOS is now clear
MK150B-54
ASRock C246WSI Motherboard
How to Enable Auto Power on
- Power on the unit and press the Del key to access the BIOS
- Navigate to the Advanced tab
- Open the Chipset Configuration menu
- Change “Restore AC Power Loss” to [Power On]
- Save changes and exit
- Auto power on is now enabled
Troubleshooting
How to Clear CMOS
- Locate the clear CMOS pads
- Short the two metal halves with a flathead screwdriver for 30 seconds
- The CMOS is now clear
Enabling Wake On Lan
- Enter the BIOS by pressing F2/Del a few times immediately after powering on the system
- Navigate to Advanced > ACPI Configuration.
- Set “PCIE Devices Power On” to “Enabled”
- Press F10 to save and exit
- Download and install the latest Intel LAN driver from the ASRock website.
- Click on Windows 10 64bit
- Then find “Intel Lan driver ver:_” and click “Global” to download
- Extract the downloaded zip file and run the Autorun executable inside
- Click Next on all the installer prompts.
- Now that the drivers are installed, go into device manager.
- Right click on the network adapter and choose Properties.
- Under the power management tab, make sure all of the boxes in the Wake on LAN section are checked.
- Repeat this process for the second network adapter.
- Close the device manager
- Open the run dialog by pressing Winlogo and R
- Type in “powercfg.cpl” and press enter
- Click on “Choose what the power buttons do”
- Uncheck “Turn on fast startup”
- Reboot the PC
- Wake on LAN will now be functional from both sleep and shutdown states (S3 and S5).
- Use a program such as WakeMeOnLan to send the magic wakeup packet.
MK150B-70
ASRock EPC621D4I-2M Motherboard
How to Enable Auto Power On
- Power on the unit and press the Del key to access the BIOS
- Navigate to the Advanced tab
- Open the Chipset Configuration menu
- Change “Restore AC Power Loss” to [Power On]
- Save changes and exit
- Auto power on is now enabled
Troubleshooting
How to Clear CMOS
- Locate the clear CMOS pads
- Short the two metal halves with a flathead screwdriver for 30 seconds
- The CMOS is now clear