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1. Sg eege L ef Wei sae Cf See Ser 2 ee r e o P 16 e oo U ES Kei S and cut edge i A a a a a A Black dot and cut edge Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 20 3 Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation CPU cut edge Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 21 EzColor Breaking through traditional outlook of motherboard AOpen now brings you a new fresh look of motherboard EzColor Fancy You may think so but actually it is a practical and useful feature for amateur or even power users Coming in specific color for specific connector and module components on motherboard are now born with their respective colors Users may now easily recognize what jumper or cable should match with specific jumper or cable by COLOR without having the trouble of holding user guide in one hand and connecting jumpers with the other hand And what makes this feature so great is that even the easy to get confused front panel connector is differentiated now with different light colors ege Sand PCI Master Flame Red ATX Power Connector ez Brown CNR Slot gt gt i d A T a Bigi ii ez d s ged E Kc wm j D Al SS EN Electric Blue Memory Modu IDE LED D EI KM Ale Gap SPEAKER Note Colors setting varies on different motherboards the color setting here appli
2. http english aopen com tw tech download WinBlOS default htm 72 Hotkey Function Description BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment Jee Flash With outstanding R amp D ability of AOpen we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard a EZI EzWinFlash With an eye to users convenience EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically EzWinFlash detects your motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from any possible failure Moreover EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to go with any windows platform you might be using no matter if you re using Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 or even the latest Windows XP In the meanwhile in order to provide a much more user friendly operating environment AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi language function to provide easier way for users usage in changing BIOS setting EzWinFlash V1 0 0 28 Nov 2001 16 54 25 Flash ROM Information CheckSum FIASH Flash Type Intel E82802AB 73 3 4Mb Option I Clear PnP Area l Clear DMI Area Clear CMOS Start Flash Save BIOS BIOS Version R1 09 Release Date Oct 09 2001 New BIOS Information Model Name AX3SPlus BIOS Version o Ma Release Date 0 amp 09 2001 tt Language Engl
3. BIOS Setup gt Frequency Voltage Control gt CPU Voltage Setting 27 Setting CPU Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup and no jumpers or switches are needed BIOS Setup gt Frequency Voltage Control gt CPU Speed Setting CPU Ratio From 5x to 18x step 0 5x CPU FSB FSB 100 100 129 by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology By manual Adjustment FSB 133 130 160 by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology FSB 166 161 191 by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology FSB 200 200 250 by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology Warning VIA Apollo KT600 chipset supports EE ya TE E 200MHz FSB with performance reaches maximum ratio on your curren CPU and you plan io replace a TEONE eee a Goalie E a new CPU Please use lt Home gt key or Clear CMOS ERE GORE Seed EE to restore the default setting when changing a new Bene CPU because the system will still implement the previous CPU setting on the new one Tip If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking simply use lt Home gt key to restore the default setting or you can wait the AOpen Watch Dog ABS reset the system after five seconds and system will auto detect hardware again Supported CPU Frequency Core Frequency CPU Bus Clock CPU Ratio PCI Clock CPU Bus Clock Clock Ratio AGP Clock PCI Clock x 2 EV6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 Athlon 1 33G 1 33G Hz 266MHz Athlon 1
4. ATA66 30ns 60ns SC x 2byte x 2 66MB s ATA100 20ns 40ns SC x 2byte x 2 100MB s Front Panel Connector Attach the power LED speaker power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins If you enable Suspend Mode item in BIOS Setup the ACPI amp 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 Plug this connector to the soft power switch connector marked SPWR a NC SPWR O Power Switch NC GND A 5V ACPILED lp IDE LED GND ACPI amp Power LED bs IDE LED IDE LED ACPILED E SPIRE CH e 5V NC at T O 5V NC Su O GND GND EEJ SPEAKER NC RESET l RESET SPEAKER GND 38 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 Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup UART2 Mode make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector IrDA Connector NC KEY 5V GND IR_TX IR_RX 39 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 8X Expansion Slot The AK77 600N provides an AGP 8x slot The AGP
5. Welcome to the USB 2 0 Setup program Setup program This program will install USB 2 0 Setup Le program on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel Note After installing USB 2 0 driver under WinME there would be a green question mark on VIA USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controller item Please rest assured that it is not an error message You may just ignore it 79 Installing LAN Driver This motherboard comes with RealTek RTL8100BL controller on board which is a highly integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use For Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP you can install the LAN driver form the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu Realtek Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Setup RTLSetup ver A Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek ATL81 39 87 0x Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Setup The Installs hield Wizard will install Realtek HIT 39610 Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Setup on you
6. How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program Generally you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose then press lt Enter gt key to select and use the lt Page Up gt and lt Page Down gt key to change setting value You also can press lt F1 gt key for help and press lt Esc gt key to quit Phoenix Award BIOS setup program The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix Award BIOS setup program By the way all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup you can press lt F3 gt key selecting preferred menu language to display Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Page Down or Changing setting to previous value or decrease value 1 In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 In sub menu Exit current menu to main menu Up Arrow Up Arrow Highlight previous item bast evo the igtbaro ngm sias mem ba ono sen eta sting vate fom emos Er one seg vto rom ms pro ana charge senta and wt sop pogram Page Down or Esc Right Arrow i F6 ER F10 After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables Power on and enter the BIOS Setup press lt Del gt during_ POST Power On Self Test setup Utility Copyright Standard CMOS Features r Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal p
7. Resetable Fuse Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over current or shortage These fuses are soldered onboard that user cannot replace it when it is damaged did the job to protect motherboard and the motherboard remains malfunction With expensive Resetable Fuse the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job Resetable Fuse 65 2200 y F Low ESR Capacitor The quality of low ESR capacitor Low Equivalent Series Resistance during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know how that requires experience and detail calculation Not only that this motherboard implements 2200 uw F capacitor which is much larger than normal capacitor 1000 or 1500 y F and it provides better stability for CPU power i io 635050 TN O O Ess Ii J Ki de 66 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs such as the new Pentium Ill or when overclocking A typical CPU core voltage is 2 0V so a good design should control voltage between 1 860V and 2 140V That is the transient must be below 280mV Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 60 current is applied Tek EA 10 0MS s 2955 Acqs 2 06 V 23 Feb 1999 11 38
8. VIA Service Pack 4 46v Welcome to the VIA Service Pack Setup program This program will install VIA Service Pack on your ee computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel 77 Installing Audio Driver This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 S and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu E 4 Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup 4 78 x Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek AC 97 Audio The InstallShield Wizard will install Realtek AC 97 Audio on your computer To continue click Next et Installing USB2 0 Driver This motherboard comes with USB2 0 function You can install USB2 0 Driver under Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP from the Bonus Pack CD auto run menu USB 2 0 Setup program VIA Technologies INC USB 2 0 Setup program Version 2 42 Microsoft Driver for WinXP Version 5 1 260041 E Welcome Xx
9. or SYSFAN3 FAN3 connector GND 12V A SYSFAN3 Connector GND 12V SENSOR CPUFAN1 Connector GND 12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector 31 DIMM Sockets This motherboard has three 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266 333 memory up to 3 GB and DDR400 memory up to 2GB Non ECC DDR RAM is supported Otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or RAM module Newly implemented function the Voltage of memory on this motherboard is adjustable from 2 5V to 2 8V for over clocking purpose Note According to the standard DDR400 specification from y JEDEC Joint Electron Device Engineering Council it is mb anto regulated that DDR400 supports only 2x DIMM on the memory Bir Me e module for a maximum 2GB capacity and DDR333 supports up to 3x DIMM for a maximum of 3GB capacity Please be noted that KT600 series motherboards follow this standard specification on memory as well AK77 600N Warning This motherboard supports DDR RAM Please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR RAM sockets otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module How to Install Memory Modules Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation 1 Make sure the DIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below ee bn ES PC2IO 2 ia z Biotop P zs OT E OE EEE ELEC A mu 7E RHENTU milii AHAL Pin 1 52
10. you have to install your operation system first such as Windows XP before you can install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system s installation guide Auto run Menu from Bonus CD You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD Choose the utility and driver and select model name x gt AOpen Bonus Pack e Open Bonus Pack Motherboard Online Manual Acrobat Reader Motherboard Drivers DocuCom Reader Sie SE Please select your motherboard and OS from Motherboard Drivers E the following list Hardware Monitor Utility A ee click OK to install driver a or click Cancel to the previous window Morton Antivirus AK77 600N w Windows XP y Norton CrashGuard S Deep E Color sere Please Select a Driver from this list to install D Microsol DirectX 8 1 S i Ss VIA 4in1 Driver Kg Realtek Avance AC97 Audio Driver AD Caney Pe Realtek RTL8139 810x NIC Driver S i VIA USB 2 0 Driver for Windows XP Exit ue Installs drivers of your motherboard including Chipset VGA T LAN RAID IDE and Audio drivers You have to refer to the user s manual to check what chipset your motherboard is based on 76 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 auto run menu 47 VIA Service Pack 4 46
11. 17 Note This diagram for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard PHOENIX AWARD BIOS System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset The Phoenix Award BIOS that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of this motherboard had been optimized by AOpen s R amp 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 Currently there are two kinds of beep sound when system fails to boot at POST The first type of beep sound consists of a single long beep and two short beeps indicating a video error has failed BIOS from initializing video screen for displaying any additional information The 2 type of beep sound is a single long beep that beeping repeatedly signaling a DRAM error has occurred You may look over the indicated error according to different beep significances To enter to BIOS setup menu press lt Del gt when POST Power On Self Test screen is shown on your monitor 68
12. 4G 1 4GHz 266MHz AthlonXP 1500 1 3GHz 266MHz CPU Core EV6 Bus iene Glock Ratio AthlonXP 1600 1 4GHz 266MHz Note With CPU speed changing rapidly there might be fastest CPU on the market by the time you received this installation guide This table is kindly for your references only Note This motherboard support CPU auto detection function Hence you dont need to setup the CPU frequency manually AOpen Watch Dog ABS ii With this motherboard AOpen provides a very special useful feature for overclockers y poc ABS When you power on the system the BIOS will check last system POST status If it succeeded the BIOS will enable Watch Dog ABS function immediately and set the CPU FSB frequency by user s setting that stored in the BIOS If system failed in BIOS POST the Watch Dog ABS will reset the system to reboot in five seconds Then BIOS will detect the CPU s default frequency and POST again With this special feature you can easily overclock your system to get higher system performance without removing the cover of system housing and be able to set the jumper to clear CMOS data when your system hanged Enable Disable Signal Reset Signal Y CPU ID Signal Countdown about 5 seconds if fails in POST 30 CPU and Housing Fan Connector with H W Monitoring Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPUFAN1 connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 FAN2
13. 8x 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 4X AGP the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 1056MB s AGP is now moving to AGP 8x mode which is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 2 1GB s This AGP expansion slot is for 1 5V 1 6V AGP card only WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem both internal modem card and external box modem are supported Since internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off it is recommended to use an internal modem To use internal modem connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard WOM Connector 5VSB NC RI GND 41 WOM by External Box Modem Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active Serial Port Modem Side Serial Port Motherboard Side Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 42 WOM by Internal Modem Card With the help of the ATX soft power On Off it is possible to have a system totally power off and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call as an answering machine or to send receive a fax You may identify whether or n
14. 94 CNR Communication and Networking iser 95 DDR Double Baia Rate RAM A ENS 95 EGC EnOr Checking and COMCCHON EE 96 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable HOM 96 EFROM Erasable Proorammable EE 96 LE 96 PCC DoC Declaratio OF COMOrMIMY oiae ae an a A A A is 97 EC ACGA PIO OND FIT GONA Al EE 97 e EE AIFID CID FINGI ANTAV EE 97 E el EE 97 Aid Ole gale Ng eo 97 MS IA 98 A E ees teste ea mere EL ee one ae ne eT A ese eee E A gen eer E emery E 98 PCI Peripheral e eege te ere ACO EE 99 F BEE 99 PTT CPL ee EE 99 FOST FOWE r OM SSI EE 99 FSB PIOCeSSOr Ssvystem BUS CIO is isis ee 100 RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory 100 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory ee EE 100 SDRAM SYNEN ONOUS DRAMI EE 100 Ee eegen 101 SMBus System EE 101 SPR Sena Presence Delet EE 101 USB 2 0 OmiIVersal Seral BUS E 101 VOM Virtual Channel Men A A A a EEE EE E RAAE EEE EAE 102 D e LAN 8002 e DE 102 EE EE 102 BR geeiert EE 103 TECNICAS TUDO burra cada iia etarras 107 Product REGISTRATION urinaria A Ad 110 How to Contact Us You Must Notice Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated AMD the AMD logo Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Intel the Intel logo Intel Celeron Pentium II Pentium III Pentium 4 are trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
15. BIOS technology Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen Let s rule out L S E nor i Sp Vivid BIOS the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately and makes them running simultaneously during POST With this innovative design VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen In addition the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space consuming and uncompressed Bitmap AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation to recognize the smaller sized GIF format and even dynamic showing GIF animation Ce Al Vivid BIOS You may use EzSkin utility to change your Vivid BIOS screen If you see this little logo E beside your model name on the BIOS download page hitp english aopen com tw tech download skin it is assured that your motherboard supports this innovative feature Driver and Utility There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation
16. CPU and system temperature as default and SilentTek would pop up a message box and alert you with alarm when the temperature goes beyond the specified margin mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mmm mmm vm wll The following page is surely the most important part of this utility You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got the options inside in this page 1 Smart FAN Control This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing With a special algorithm developed by AOpen the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of zoe E snort Tok CPU and ambient temperature Ease of use and trouble MT Enable FAN Speed Control de Silent Tek free at your service PAN Spaad Hantri 2 Fixed FAN Control Under this setting a desired fan Smart Fan Control Setting Fixed Fan Control Setting speed is set fixed when operating 3 Multiple Level Control This is the most versatile setting that allows you to set fan speed in relation to Current Fan Control Method Disable Fan Control temperature You may find that this setting fits you best Enable CD ROM Rotation Speed Control oe Speed EA dit 4 AOpen Recommend Setting This setting is designed ER 2 o specifically for AOpen housing A series of lab tests were a C conducted under the real world scenario to determine Multiple Level Control Setting AOpen Recommend S
17. Frequen e r x You may adjust FSB by values may change while you adjust the EE IZ step by step settings You can press F10 to save the from 66MHz to 255MHz changes you ve made CPU Voltage Setting 1 525V AGP Voltage Setting 1 50 V DDR Voltage Setting 2 50 V Function Keys Description Tle lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1O Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F2 Item Help F5 Previous Values F6 Setup Defaults F7 Turbo Defaults After you finish setting BIOS these setting values will be displayed on the boot screen like the shown picture here Every time you boot your system both default and current settings will pop up on the screen Your personal settings that had been adjusted earlier will be highlighted thus you can have clear idea how your system functions and monitor your system more easily Current values of your system NOTE Due to BIOS versions are updated in an extremely fast speed it s strongly recommended to download the latest version of EzClock from our website for best compatibility a i 3 pen Vivid BIC dl DEL INSA Default settings of this motherboard The highlighted setting value you manually E 9 g a 9 E FOpen Glossary AC97 CODEC Basically AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card As we know computer is digital based but music is based on analog based Therefore there must be a process to turn digital into an
18. Interface is a newest audio transfer file format which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio Through a specific audio cable you can connect the S PDIF connector to other end of the S PDIF audio module which bears S PDIF digital output Normally there are two S PDIF outputs as shown one for RCA connector the most common one used for consumer audio products and the other for optical connector with better audio quality Same as outputs you can also connect RCA or optical audio products to input connectors on the module and have the voice or music come out from your computer However you must have a S PDIF supported speaker amplifier decoder with S PDIF digital input output to connect to the S PDIF digital input output to make the most out of this function S PDIF IN S PDIF OUT S PDIF dE Connector Optical 1 5V S PDIF Module NC User Upgrade Optional S PDIFOUT GND S PDIFIN 52 Dr LED Connector User Upgrade Optional In conjunction with Dr LED User Upgrade Optional which can easily show what kind of problem you may incur on your system during assembly It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr LED This helps you quickly self diagnose your system status Pin 1 1 2 3 3V S1 KEY S2 GND S3 5 6 53 Dr LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on
19. comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V and have been gradually replaced by DDR RAM SATA Serial ATA The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers adding performance headroom for years to come It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes second and 300M bs 600M bs to come It reduces voltage and pins count requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to route cables SMBus System Management Bus SMBus is also called IC 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 SPD Serial Presence Detect SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters SPD can be used by BIOS to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus A Universal Serial Bus USB is an external bus an interconnection standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral de
20. the computer ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz Sec and would come out with fastest rate later please refer to Serial ATA DMA data transfer rate is 16 6MHz s Ultra DMA data transfer rate is 16 6MHz x 2 33MB s ATA 66 data transfer rate is 16 6MHz x 4 66MB s ATA 100 data transfer rate is 16 6MHz x 6 100MB s ATA 133 data transfer rate is 16 6MHz x 8 133MB s ATA 133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA 66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of assembly routine program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM BIOS controls Input output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard In general to provide hardware independent portability operation system and drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless transferring technology that enables short range wireless connections between desktop and laptop computers personal digital assistants PDAs cellular phones printers scanners digital cameras and even home appliances The principle of Bluetooth a chipset is to transfer information and voices at the frequency of ISM Band Every Bluetooth technology devices do come with a standard address for you to connect one to one or one to seven to form a Pico net with transferring range up to 10 meters 100 meters to follow using low power radio Bluetooth do not only possess high tra
21. 0 201 is part number S N 91949378KN73 is serial number AR Z eduN Canine Manual Model name and BIOS version Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen POST screen For example q AK77 600N R1 f 2 Mar 01 2003 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 2003 Award Software Inc AK77 600N is model name of motherboard R1 02 is BIOS version 109 Welcome to AOpen PA Product Registration Thank you for choosing AOpen product AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration To register your product will ensure the high quality of services from AOpen After the registration you will e Have opportunities to play online slot machine and win a prize from AOpen by accumulating your bonuses for later prize exchange e Be upgraded to gold membership of Club AOpen program e Receive email notification about product safety alerts lts purpose is to alert consumers quickly and conveniently when products contain technical issues e Receive email notification about latest product s announcements e Be able to personalize your AOpen web pages e Receive e mail notification about latest BIOS Driver Software release information e Have opportunities to participate special product promotional programs e Enjoy higher service priority to receive technical assistance provided by AOpen specialists worldwide e Be able to join t
22. IDE devices information such as the serial number the manufacturer the firmware version and capacity From this page users may obtain the technical support information of AOpen Moreover detailed information could be saved in bmp or txt format File View Help Save Data Erl S Save Bitmap gt Alt F4 AOConfig Version R1 07 Copyright C 2002 Thank you for choosing AOpen V Open Telephone Taiwan 886 2 3789 5888 x Web http www aopen com Download http www aopen com tech download Test Report http www aopen com tech report eForum http club aopen com tw forum FAQ http club aopen com tw FAG AOpen inc 84 sarl a As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher it inevitably brings higher heat and ha S lent Te K system temperature in a relative way The way we deal with this heat problem however is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as it could But at the same time we believe that same amount of users are affected terribly while working with their PC by the irritating noises of these fans As a matter of fact we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases on the contrary we discovered that having your fans running at appropriate time and speed could not only reduce the noise but also Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Se
23. IN GLI YT Online Mana oo DOC NO AK77600N OL E0307B What s in this manual A nn A ee ee ee ere ee a rer Eegeregie 2 AA PE o ED O E OU o 8 A eee eres A meee reer eT TT ere eer e Tre ere er ere E tren eee ee rm mT ere ere Te 9 OVER ee 10 REASON a os 11 IC ISA ION ROO COUTO A eege 15 leia pole rcigs MaD OA AP A Pu O O O O EEO cides 16 BOCK DQG IAIN E 17 FarawWware as EN e EEN 18 About Manufacturer Upgrade Optional and User Upgrade Optional 19 CARTAS e EE 20 y EE 22 AOpen Overheat Protection O H P Technology 24 CPU Overcurrent ee E 25 ENS FU CS ee 26 Fultrange Adjustable CPU Core Vol EE 27 Si o ee a A 28 o EE een 29 AOPEN Wath Re 30 CPU and Housing Fan Connector with H W Monitoring 2 12ccccccceccneeceeceeeecueecneeeeeeceeesaeesesseeseaessaeesaaesaeessanesanesanesaess 31 RT Ee 32 EE 34 AGIPOWEF AUTO Ee 34 IDE ANG FIOPDY ona iii 35 VANE Vg O E 37 EE A O PO O II II EEA 38 IDA o A UE A ne e 39 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 8X Expansion Slot ooocooconccocncooccocononcocononconononnoronnnnoronnnnannnnnnn nn rnnnnnnrnnnnnnrnnnnnnrnnnnnaninnnns 40 WOM Zero Voltage Wake on Modem Conechor nan nnrn nn nn esaesaaesaessaesauetansanesansas 41 WOL Wake on LAN ee 44 er E 46 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Siot 47 EE A E EE A 48 e E BACK EE 49 y Supers EE ENOC Eeer 50 Front Audio Connector 51 E Vereen Panios Re Ee e ee EE 52 Dr LED Connector User Upgrad
24. P and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections 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 0 Installing Operating System such as Windows XP 1 Installing Driver and Utility Tae E E O P e 15 Notherboard Map S a ng nb PRT rr TEEN E oE T HELLER L LLLE 3 PERO Tram 1iiiztt0g1z GO8trtigtttrtdggttZttI2r FEIT tier tient A IS SUE AR ISL SDK H Block Diagram DDR400 RAM Up to 2GB and DDR333 266 Up to 3GB PCI Bus ATA Primary emm ag ey IDE Drive x4 66 100 133 Granne 100 133 166 200 Secondary MHz System o Bus VIA KT600 ohannel AC 97 Link VT8235 CD RealTek RTL8100 BL AGP 8X Slot USB connector x6 Floppy Disk Drive x2 Hardware Installation This chapter describes jumpers connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard About Manufacturer Upgrade Optional and User Upgrade Optional When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system you may find some of functions are called Manufa
25. Q Frequently Asked Questions You may select your preferred language after log on and find a solution to your problem http club aopen com tw faq Download Software After log on and having language selected you may get the latest updated BlOS utility and drivers you need under Type directory In most case newer versions of drivers and BIOS have solved earlier bugs or compatibility problems http download aopen com tw downloads eForum AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered After log on you may select your preferred language under Multi language http club aopen com tw forum 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 efficiently and provide important reference for you Contact Us Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before contacting us The part number serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful Part Number and Serial Number The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label You can find this bar code label on the outside packing or on component side of PCB For example LL P N 97 867110 201 S N 919493 8KN 3 Part No Serial No 918811020191949378KN7 HA eT Part No Serial No P N 91 8811
26. R interface for a Modem Audio card The Accelerated Graphics Port AGP specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 2 1GB s As AK77 600N includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card For AD and SBA signaling AK77 600N can support 133MHz 2X 4X 8X mode AK77 600N supports six master PCI slots for arbitration and decoding functions Memory With VIA Apollo KT600 chipset the AK77 600N can support Double Data Rate DDR RAM The DDR RAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the RAM and the data buffers at 400 333 266 200 MHz The six banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64 128 256 512 1024MB x N DDR RAM and support DDR400 maximum up to 2GB and DDR333 266 up to 3GB The AK77 600N allows DDR RAM to run at either synchronous or pseudo synchronous mode with the host CPU bus frequency 400 333 266 200MHz On board AC97 Sound AK77 600N uses the AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC650 chip which supports high quality of 5 1 Channel audio effects This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system Six USB 2 0 Connectors Provides six USB ports for USB interface devices such as mouse keyboard modem scanner etc Please note that USB 2 0 with fancy speed up to 480Mbps is 40 times faster than the traditional ones Except for the speed increase USB 2 0 supports old USB 1 0 1 1 software and periph
27. alog during the last stage processing of sound in computer Hence the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC Audio CODEC 97 briefly called AC97 is the specification regulated by Intel and it s about the structure of audio conversion The special place about CODEC is that it is separated from sound card CODEC is an independent chipset Therefore PCI sound card could possess with 90db and do other application process as well We called CODEC that meets this structure AC97 CODEC ACPI Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 1997 It intends to save more power by taking full control of power management to operating system and bypass BIOS The chipset or super I O chip needs to provide standard register interface to operating system such as Windows 98 This is a bit similar as the PnP register interface ACPI defines ATX momentary soft power switch to control the power state transition ACR Advanced Communication Riser Building on the PC motherboard riser architecture ACR slot is backward compatible with AMR but beyond the limitation of it The ACR specification is designed to support modem audio Local Area Network LAN and Digital Subscriber Line DSL AGP Accelerated Graphic Port The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown a visual transmission device actually With the rapid deve
28. chnology Athlon 6 00MHz 1 4GHz Duron 600MHz 1 2GHz AthlonXP 1500 1 33GHz 3200 2 2GHz Chipset The VIA Apollo KT600 consists of the KT600 V Link DDR Host system controller and the VT8235 CD highly integrated V Link Client PCI LPC controller The Host system controller provides superior performance between the CPU SDRAM AGP bus and V Link interface with pipelined burst and concurrent operation The VT8235 CD V Link Client controller is a highly integrated PCI LPC controller lts internal bus structure is based on 66MHz PCI bus that provides 8x bandwidth compare to previous generation PCI ISA bridge chips The VI8235 CD integrated Client V Link controller with 266 533MB s bandwidth between Host Client V Link interface providing a V Link PCI and V Link LPC controller Ultra DMA 66 100 133 Bus Master IDE Comes with an on board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4 and supports Enhanced IDE devices LAN Port On the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL controller on board which is an highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use Expansion Slots Including six 32 bit 33MHz PCI one CNR and one AGP 8X slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB s The Communication amp Networking Riser CNR slot provided from AK77 600N can support CN
29. cturer Upgrade Optional and some are called User Upgrade Optional Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features in some situations these powerful features are not used to every user Hence we changed some key features as Manufacturer Upgrade Optional for you to choose Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users we Call them User Upgrade Optional As for those optional functions that can t be upgraded by ourselves we call them Manufacturer Upgrade Optional If needed you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing User Upgrade Optional components and again you can visit AOpen official web site http english aopen com tw for more detail information CPU Installation This motherboard supports AMD Athlon XP Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket with CPU Overheat Protection function implemented the system will be automatically power off when the temperature of CPU reached 97 degree but works on AthlonXP CPU only 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into up to 90 degree angle the socket AMDA CE m AN CPU socket Lever cl Bes EEN rate TA aer SN En Ln LA m ZE La m i
30. displayed realtime Having this handy EzClock you can monitor the system when you re fine tuning the performance of your system lt provides you detailed and necessary information Now let s take a look how it works on utility BIOS and POST GE CLOCK 88 How You Adjust the Settings in EzClock Utility In EzClock utility you can adjust CPU Front Side Bus FSB the voltage and frequency of VGA AGP PCI and DRAM Besides the CPU related information such as CPU voltage temperature and CPUFAN rotation speed will also be displayed on this utility Pi se RRR CPU Color Bars The color bar light on and show different colors values change default values will show green will as On it On the right part of the panel is the section that you adjust the settings of VGA AGP PCI and memory To adjust the voltage and clock frequency of those installments you can press or on corresponding items color parts represent the situation of values The higher value you set the light on the color bar goes to right and turns red After finishing those value settings you can press S button on the upper right hand corner to save changes to CMOS VGA AGP PCI and DRAM Voltage Clock Area Pressing _ and buttons you can adjust the voltage and clock frequency values of onboard VGA AGP PCI and DRAM The as WVOLTAGE CLOCK 1 500 UL 66 50 2 500 O
31. e e ET EE 53 CaSe e ege 55 COAT O E 56 AURAI CONE EE 57 Game For Bracket SUPporled MP AEREA ERREA REEERE EREEREER EE EE ERARE E AREER RRRA 58 JP14 Clear CMOS Data Jumper 59 JP20 K7 Host Clock Selecon acrius r r A AA re AA 60 JF28 KB Mouse Wake up Bee 61 TEV EE 62 AGP Protection Technology and AGP ED 63 Battery less and Long Life DESIGN E 64 A S E E EE 65 2200 7 F LOW ESA Ee 66 PROENIX AWARD BIOS icross enii eea a a EN a a REN How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program ccccccssccssccnsesnsusccsscusscsuscsuecausneusceuscsuseuseesaeesaeesoetsausseueessessensnensnes 69 How To EMEF BIOS SEUD E 70 Mi A 71 WW BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment cccsscsccccssssesessesvessssessessssessessssessesessesssessesessssssstssessssvsssesesestssessssteseeseseeses 73 EEN 75 Driver and Utility ee Menu Toni BORIS EE 76 PTO VAD E RE 77 Installing Audio RTE 78 installing USB2 O RE 79 VAS A LCAN DUVET riese a a a irera A 80 SAOCONSIG MOLLA 83 The noise is gONe SilentTek 0c ceccssccnecnnecneccnscenesseeenenneeenenaeneeeeaneeesaasaeneeeenes ease ees Deee ees aeee nese nesaeeeaesaneenesanenssanaganons 85 E e e ro OO 88 El A o o A A UU TI tone toad T A E ETAT Eegen 92 ACPI Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface E 92 ACR Advanced CommunNCaloN FRISE E 92 AGF ACCCICIAICO GAPIO POT EE 93 AMA AUGO ee E 93 ATA AT Attachment EE 93 BIOS Basie IDU OUIDGT SV SIC necisraatarda iii AAA AAA AAA AAA AA AAA AAA AAA 94 EE
32. eck the system power status in many circumstances such as power on off stand by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode System Power LED 62 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED With the outstanding R amp D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit this model implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over voltaging of AGP card When AGP Protection Technology is implemented this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3 3V which is not supported the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage You may contact your AGP card vendor for further support 63 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 using the 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 ATX Stand by Power Battery Auto Switch Auto switching to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is plugged This smart design can increases battery life if you still had battery plugged on motherboard Backup by EEPROM
33. erals offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment Provides 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment function in the BIOS This magic function allows you adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100 250MHz by 1MHz stepping and lets your system can get maximum performance Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen Watch Dog ABS function that can auto reset system in 4 8 seconds when you fail the system overclocking Dr LED User Upgrade Optional Dr LED has 8 LEDs on AK77 600N which can easily show what kind of problem you may encounter Power Management Plug and Play AK77 600N 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 which helps saving users from configuration problems thus making the system much more user friendly 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 XP series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 WOM Wake On Modem WOL Wake On LAN features Super Multi 1 O AK77 600N provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EP
34. erformance urd Software Load Setup Defaults Load Turbo Defaults Set Password save Exit Setup Exit without Saving PnP PCL configura Load PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Quit R Save amp Exit Setup id Setup Defaults ma Faj faults DON Y faults Select Item Change Language Load Setup Defaults Warning Please avoid of using Load Turbo Defaults unless you are sure your system components CPU SDRAM HDD etc are good enough for turbo setting WinBIOS Utility In the past users have to keep l i F lt gt AOpen WinBIOS ae 1 DOS Pune nine Mies Sar Ney a good timing during POST AOpen WinBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power On Self Test screen to get into the BIOS which is b Standard CMOS Features inconvenient and clumsy From now on AOpen provides an easier way to configure your BIOS WinBIOS is a customized utility for running exclusively on AOpen motherboards which allows you to setup your BIOS under Windows environment Designed with traditional BIOS alike interface you may adjust BIOS parameter with clear descriptions for each item WinBIOS is natively designed with multi language support There e KEE E Een are various widely use languages provided on our website for s EE your downloading which also helps to prevent wrong settings caused by misunderstanding of the languages The only thing you have to do is to visit our official website and download your re
35. es only to AK77 600N 23 AOpen Overheat Protection OH HI Technology With AMD platform substantially keeps increasing the speed of its CPU it inevitably led to the Protection annoying problem of high CPU operation temperature at the same time In order to prevent accidental failure of CPU fan which could cause the burning down of the AthlonXP CPU we AOpen have meticulously developed a new technology named O H P Overheat Protection Technology to protect them Thanks to the intelligent monitoring design of AOpen O H P technology user can now finally set their mind at ease even when fan failed to work without fearing the possible damage of CPU Under the circumstances that CPU fan is running properly AthlonXP temperature should be way below the highest temperature limit of 97 C However if CPU fan accidentally AMDA IIA 3 sA g ee i E r i Power Supply Ze becomes malfunction or improperly installed the CPU temperature would rocket abruptly and you may find your system hang up or crying over the smoking CPU if you haven t installed AOpen O H P previously With AOpen O H P technology applied the specific thermal detection pins on AthlonXP CPU would sense voltage difference when processor MN acini LCN Send a signal is overheated with fan failed and the overheat protection system would immediately send out a signal to abort your system by cutting CPU electricity before any damage is done Unlike other ma
36. etting optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU Load Default working condition and temperature Most of the time the fan would remain still when CPU is not fully utilized CD ROM Rotation Speed Control by enabling the CD ROM l Rotation Speed Control you can adjust the rotation speed of your l CD ROM When you set the speed to high level the CD ROM will work at its fastest speed and it will run at basic required speed 97 while you set the value to low speed EzClock Have you ever thought how great it would be if you can adjust the frequency setting on your motherboard under Windows environment and be a real master of your system Everybody knows that the ratio and frequency setting are key factors to influence the system performance however it s absolutely not an easy task for an amateur to adjust the setting value On most traditional motherboards you have to get into BIOS screen for the frequency and reboot the system again and again But from now on you don t have to surfer the boring stuffs anymore A H With brand new and user friendly EzClock that 7 WH 4 i AOpen specially designs for his users you can a VOLTA adjust those important values as you please and think of suitable This tailor made EzClock allows you to set the voltage and frequency of CPU VGA PCI and memory under Windows environment as well as in BIOS setting page even better those settings will be
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38. his motherboard comes with an ALC650 CODEC which supports high quality of 5 1 Channel audio effects bringing you a brand new audio experience On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650 you re able to use standard line jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module To apply this function you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5 1 Channel Picture bellow represents the standard location of all speakers in 5 1 Channel sound tracks Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green Speaker out port rear speakers plug to the blue Line in port and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to the red MIC in port LJ Front Left el Center Front Right Green dh Red A Green L Subwoofer Rear Lert Red Rear Right Blue al i e Blue 50 Front Audio Connector If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel you ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector By the way please remove 5 6 and 9 10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable Please do not remove these 5 6 and 9 10 yellow jumper caps if there s no audio port on the front panel Pin 1 AUD_MIC AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R NC AUD_FPOUT_L AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R KEY AUD RET L 51 S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Connector S PDIF Sony Philips Digital
39. ich is provided by RTL8139 SYS driver The default value is auto so that the RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139 SYS will auto detect the line speed 10 Mb or 100Mb while the RTL8139 SYS is loading The other values 10 or 100 are only used when you want to forced RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100Mb 7 The screen will appear Input Ethernet ID dialog box which is provide by RTL8139 SYS driver This option is only required when you have more than one Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this computer Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer 8 Bus Location display in next screen Your machine contains more than one hardware bus please select the Bus Type and Bus number on which your network adapter card is installed 9 NT will then perform the binding process If any additional network software options were installed you may be prompted for specific information for these packages 10 Restarting your system you will acquire network service NOTES Installing Multiple LAN Adapters Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2 in the Network Settings dialog box choose the Configure button The Input Ethernet ID dialog box appears and input adapter s Ethernet ID Then select OK and close NETWORK SETUP Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer AOConfig Utility ES AOConf ie AOpen always dedicated to provide users a m
40. ish German C Chinese BIG5 About ERAR Message If you are sure to program new BIOS please press Start Flash button Note The model name on this BIOS picture is for reference only It may not be the exact model name 73 You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps and its STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading 1 2 Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site ex http english aopen com tw Unzip the download BIOS package ex WAK77600N102 ZIP with WinZip http www winzip com in Windows environment Save the unzipped files into a folder for example WAK77600N102 EXE amp WAK77600N102 BIN Double click on the WAK77600N102 EXE EzWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps You may select preferred language in the main menu then click Start Flash to start the BIOS upgrade procedure EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows You may click YES to reboot Windows Press lt Del gt at POST to enter BIOS setup choose Load Setup Defaults then Save amp Exit Setup Done It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any application during FLASH PROCESS 74 Vivid
41. its front panel the size of Dr LED is exactly the same as 5 25 in floppy drive so that it can be mount into normal 5 25 in drive bay of any housing 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 E 0 E E Boot O K KB HDD Floppy PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages Once the LED7 latest LED is lit this indicates that the system has completed its boot up procedure The 8 LEDs indicate the following messages when lit LED 0 Indicates that the CPU may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 1 Indicates that the memory may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 2 Indicates that the AGP may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 3 Indicates that the PCI card may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 4 Indicates that the floppy disk drive may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 5 Indicates that the HDD may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 6 Indicates that the keyboard may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged LED 7 Indicates that the system is OK 54 Case Open Connector The CASE OPEN header provides chassis intrusion monitoring function To make this function work you have to enable it in the system BIOS connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis So whenever the sensor is being triggered by light or opening of the chassis the system will send out beep sound to infor
42. lease refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly 36 ATA 133 Supported This motherboard supports ATA66 ATA100 or ATA133 IDE devices Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes The IDE bus is 16 bit which means every transfer is two bytes As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives the current Ultra ATA 100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer To avoid this problem hard disk manufacturers have introduced the new Ultra ATA 133 interface technology Compared to traditional ATA 100 ATA 133 has up to 33 percent increase in interface speed with transfer rate of 133MB s ATA 133 performance is ideal for new operating systems such as Window XP that demand more storage space and faster data transfer rates from more responsive computing experiences To make good use of this new technology and enjoy its best performance we recommend you to pair your system with a hard disk equipped with ATA 133 technology so that your system s need for speeding on this motherboard can be satisfied Mode Tee Period T Cock Count Cycle Timo Data Franetor ate PIO mode 1 SC x 2byte 5 2MB s s sons Tage cans ye 86M Is PIO modes sons e 180ms 1 980ns x 2byte 111MB PIO mode sons 4 rons 1 420ns x 2byte 16 6MBIS DMA mode 0 30ns 16 480ns an x 2byte 4 16MB s DMA mode 1 30ns 5 150ns 1 150ns x 2byte 13 3MB s
43. les to connect the other USB connectors to the USB modules or front panel of chassis Please note that USB 2 0 with fancy speed up to 480Mbps is 40 times faster than the traditional ones Except for the speed increase USB 2 0 supports old USB 1 0 1 1 software and peripherals offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers Pin 1 USB2 Connector 5V 5V SBD2 SBD3 SBD2 SBD3 GND GND KEY NG USB2 Connector Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I O devices are PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse serial ports COM1 and COM2 RJ45 LAN Jack Printer USB AC97 sound The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing PS 2 Mouse Parallel Port Connector PS 2 Keyboard USB Port COM 1 Port COM 2 Port Connector PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse USB Port Parallel Port COM1 amp 2 Port RJ 45 LAN connector Speaker Out Line In MIC In SPP EPP ECP RJ45 LAN Jack T f Line In f RK Speaker Out at Lo MIC In USB Port 2 0 2 0 For standard keyboard which is using a PS 2 plug For PC Mouse which is using a PS 2 plug Available for connecting USB devices To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices To connect Ethernet for home or office use To External Speaker Earphone or Amplifier Comes from the signal sources such as CD Tape player From Microphone 49 Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect T
44. loping of AGP card we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic AGP supports only memory read write operation and single master single slave one to one only Though AGP and PCI share the same algorithm of 32 bit its frequencies are 66MHz and 33MHz respectively AGP interface had been developed from 2X to 8x 1X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 1 264MB s 2X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s 4X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s 8X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 8 2112MB s AMR Audio Modem Riser The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card AMR card that connects to motherboard through AMR connector ATA AT Attachment Before talking about ATA AT Attachment we must understand DMA Direct Memory Access which allows devices to skip the CPU devices and access memory directly DMA specification could not only eliminate the workload of CPU but also accelerate the transmission of data DMA begins with a data transfer rate of 16 6MB Sec but afterward developed to new data rate of 33 3MB Sec which is twice the data rate and we called it Ultra DMA ATA details power and data signals between the drive and integrated drive controller and the computer s motherboard Two drives master and slave are supported The ATA specification allows the drive to connect directly to the ISA bus on
45. m you Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis you may purchase an extra sensor attach it on your chassis and make a good use of this function Pin 1 GND 4 SENSOR Case Open Sensor Connector 55 CD Audio Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound GND GND CD IN 56 AUX IN Connector This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound KXKXA24 n 7 n E zi GND GND AUX IN 57 Game Port Bracket Supported This motherboard comes with a game port Joystick Midi for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard Joystick Module Pint User Upgrade Optional 5V 5V JAB1 JBB1 JACX JBCX GND MIDI TXD GND JBCY JACY JBB2 JAB2 MIDI RXD 5V KEY Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased 58 JP14 Clear CMOS Data Jumper You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting To clear the CMOS follow the procedures below 1 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 2 3 4 Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 amp pin 2 5 C
46. n the left circle area shows Ratio FSB and frequency information about CPU When the values are set to factory default the light on the top and bottom of the circle will show green and it will vary as you change these CPU settings A ee e CPU Ratio FSB and frequency displaying area You can adjust CPU FSB here by entering preferred value Control buttons button allows you to minimize the utility and X button to close the utility Pressing S button you can save the changes to CMOS On the bottom rectangular panel represents CPU fan speed CPU voltage and CPU temperature The three color bars on the right hand side will light on according to operation temperature Please refer to the picture shown above CPU Color Bars CPU The color bars will light on according to CPU operation temperature CPU Fan Voltage and Temperature representing CPU fan speed CPU voltage and CPU temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees Voltage ltamperature Apart from EzClock utility the voltage and frequency values of CPU PCI and memory can also be adjusted on BIOS page By pressing PgUp or PgDn keys you can adjust the frequency values of CPU Bus PCI Bus and DRAM Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control x Also the same keys help you adjust the CPU Bus Frequency ES x 12 AGP Bus Frequency Menu Level voltage of CPU and DDR settings Some PCI Bus
47. nsfer rate of 1MB s it also could be encrypted with pin code With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second it s difficult to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electromagnetic wave CNR Communication and Networking Riser The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN home networking DSL USB wireless audio and modem subsystems widely used in today s connected PCs The CNR specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs IHV card manufacturers silicon supplier and Microsoft DDR Double Data Rate RAM DDR RAM utilizes the existing SDRAM For ex PC 100 PC 133 infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way Based on FSB frequency DDR RAM on the market are DDR200 DDR266 and DDR333 with more coming around soon DDR200 transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s PC1600 DDR266 transfer bandwidth up to 266x64 8 2100MB s PC2100 DDR333 transfer bandwidth up to 333x64 8 2700MB s PC2700 DDR400 transfer bandwidth up to 400x64 8 3200MB s PC3200 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
48. nufacturers who use BIOS or software to purely hardware controlled the minute after system boot up AthlonXP lt 97 C ch and occupies no system resource We are pleasant to phase in this practical function on all AOpen AMD series motherboards to protect customer s valuable hardware and personal data control the power supply of CPU AOpen O H P Technology is 24 CPU Over current Protection Over Current Protection has been popularly implemented on ATX 3 3V 5V 12V switching power supply for a while However new generation CPU is able to use regulator of different voltages to transfer 12V to CPU voltage for example to 2 0V This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard that supports CPU over current protection and it applies to 3 3V 5V 12V power supply for providing full line over current protection 12V Protected by power supply 3 3V Protected by power supply 5V Protected by power supply CPU Core Voltage 25 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU 26 Full range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This function is dedicated to overclockers The CPU core voltage of this motherboard is adjustable 1 10V to 1 85V by 0 05V stepping But this motherboard can also automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage
49. o choose File gt Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver Thanks for the help of saving our earth Overview Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77 600N The AK77 600N is AMD Socket 462 motherboard M B based on the ATX form factor featuring the VIA Apollo KT600 chipset As high performance chipset built in the M B the AK77 600N comes with AMD Socket 462 series Athlon 8 Duron and AthlonXP processor with CPU Overheat Protection circuit to Athlon XP CPU only and 200 266 333 400 MHz EV6 system bus In the AGP performance it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 8X 4X 2X mode and pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 2 1GB sec With high bandwidth 266 533MB s 8 bit V Link Host Controller DDR400 PC3200 DDR333 PC2700 and DDR266 PC2100 DDR RAM can be applied to the AK77 600N and DDR400 maximum memory size can be up to 2GB and DDR333 266 up to 3GB The on board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 mode and the transfer rate up to 133MB s Beside AK77 600N has an AC97 CODEC RealTek_ALC650 chipset onboard for provides high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it More than that this motherboard supports USB 2 0 function with a fancy speed of up to 480Mbps Now enjoy all features from AOpen AK77 600N 10 Feature Highlight CPU Supports AMD Socket 462 series CPU with both 200 266 333 400 MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 te
50. only detect single bit error EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM Also known as E PROM Both EEPROM and_Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals but the interface technology is different Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM EPROM can only be erased by ultra violet UV light If BIOS has to be upgraded you need to remove EPROM from motherboard clear by UV light re program and then insert back EV6 Bus EV6 Bus is the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data similar as DDR RAM or ATA 66 IDE bus EV6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 200 MHz EV6 bus 200MHz 100 MHz external bus clock x 2 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations This standard allows DIY component such as motherboard to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array FC means Flip Chip FC PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0 18um process CPU which can be plugged into SKT370 socket FC PGA2 Flip Chip Pin Grid Array After FC PGA FC PGA2 is the package for 0 13um process CPU developed by Intel which can be plugged into SKT 423 478 socket as well Flash ROM Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals It is easier f
51. onnect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2 e PRA e Clear CMOS Normal Operation default 59 JP20 K7 Host Clock Selection This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock Generally speaking if you are not an over clocker we recommend you to set it to the default setting Additionally this motherboard also provides 1MHz Stepping CPU Adjustment feature for overclockers to adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program Based on the CPU type the adjustment range has four levels 100 129 130 160 161 191 and 200 250MHz for your choosing If you fix the CPU FSB frequency by JP20 the 1MHz Stepping CPU Adjustment range will be changed and follow the JP20 setting Pin 1 JP20 K7 Host Clock Select Jumper 1 2 FSB100 FSB133 FSB166 FSB200 60 JP28 KB Mouse Wake up Jumper This motherboard provides keyboard mouse wake up function You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed The factory default setting is set to Disable 1 2 and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to pin2 3 JP28 KB Mouse Wake up Jumper Disable Enable Default 61 STBY LED STBY LED is AOpen s considerate design that aims at providing you friendly system information The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard This is a convenient indication for you to ch
52. or 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 512KB 4M bit Hyper Threading Hyper Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources As a result an average improvement of 40 in CPU resource utilization yields higher processing throughput IEEE 1394 IEEE 1394 which also called Firewire is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio A V consumer application is its low cost Fire wire interface is capable of supporting various high end digital A V applications such as consumer A V device control and signal routing Digital Video DV editing home networking and more than 32 channels of digital mixing Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A V to Firewire converters The advantages of the IEEE1394 High data transfer rate Start from 400 Mbps with 800 1600 3200 Mbps coming soon which is about 30 times faster than USB 1 1 Supports up to 63 devices 16 daisy chained with cable length up to about 4 5 m 14 fee
53. orm LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors The orange LED indicates the link mode it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data The green LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights when data is transferring in 100Mbps mode To enable or disable this function you may simply adjust it through BIOS Green Transfer Orange Link 46 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR Audio Modem Riser that supports V 90 analog modem multi channel audio and phone line based networking Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power The analogy conversion CODEC circuit requires a different and separate circuit design which is put on CNR card This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board but reserves CNR slot for the option of modem function Note that you can still use PCI modem card Please note that if you want to use CNR audio card on CNR slot you must disable the sound output of CODEC from BIOS to prevent the CODEC from making out noises at the same time 47 Support Six USB 2 0 Port This motherboard provides six USB ports to connect USB devices such as mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are four connectors on the PC99 back panel You can use proper cab
54. ot your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off Both an external box modem and an internal modem card can be used to support Modem Wake Up but if you use an external modem you have to leave your box modem on WOM Connector Modem Card Side WOM Connector Motherboard Side Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 43 WOL Wake on LAN Connector 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 Note that at least 600mA ATX standby current is required to support the LAN card for this function 5VSB GND LID 44 Bunn Pe WOL Connector ee Ei Ethernet Card Side WOL Connector Motherboard Side Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard 45 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard The South Bridge VT8235 CD includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip On the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL LAN controller on board which is a highly integrated Platf
55. pins 40 pins 2 Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place Tab Key 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation 33 ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20 pin connector shown below Make sure you plug in the right direction COM 5V 5V COM COM PW OK 3 3V 5VSB 3 3V po 12 3 3V L ssy 12V 5 COM 5V PS ON COM COM COM 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 34 IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC connector Be careful of the pin1 orientation Wrong orientation may cause system damage Pin 1 FDD Connector IDE2 Secondary JS IDE1 Primary 35 IDE1 is also Known as the primary channel IDE2 is known 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 Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device so p
56. r computer To continue click Next Cancel 80 kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkxkk Installing drivers on Windows 95 Golden version Win95A and OSR2 1 Ask you to select which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Specify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows 95 WIN95A for Windows 95 and Win95A or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows 95 W95OSR2 for Windows 95 OSR2 3 Windows 95 will appear some messages to insert Windows 95 system disk to complete setup step 4 Windows 95 will finish the other installation procedure automatically then you restart the system kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Installing drivers on Windows NT Version 3 5 3 51 amp 4 0 When you are in Windows NT 1 In the Main group of NT select the Control Panel icon 2 In the Control Panel window choose the Network icon 3 In the Network Settings dialog box choose the Add Adapter button The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears 4 In the list of network cards select lt other gt Requires disk from manufacturer and then press lt Enter gt button 5 Enter drive and pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows NT for NT 4 0 which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP INF is located and then choose the OK button 6 The screen will appear Select Line Speed dialog box wh
57. sal Host Controller Other Info Service Pack 2 Total Pages 2065296 kB a Gel E VIA m jo sal pen GeForce3 Windows Xp river v27 m Processor Processor AMD Athlonftm xP Family E In Clock 1541 MHz Vendor AuthenticAMD Model 6 FSB 134 MHz Socket Type Socket A Step 2 Ratio 11 5 MotherBoard The PCI device page shows Marufactue ADpenine Weiten AK77333 the configurations of all PCI Revision R1 02N Release Date Apr 18 2002 devices installed on your m Detail Information g BIOS motherboard g Vendor ID Device ID P Vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD E al SubSystem Ed ROM Size 256 KB Version 600PG 2 Device Class Mi Oo E XI EN AOConfig q loj x File view Help Coed Fed oO IDE1 Master EE YHOYHA04678TX3 Mater Ver ATAVATAPI 5 _ Model Number IBM DTLA 307020 DMA Ultra DMA 5 Firmware Rev TX3IDASOC PIO eler MediaType Moi removable Capacity 20576 MB IDE1 Slave Serial Number None Major Ver None Model Number None DMA None Firmware Rev None PIO Modell None Media Type None Capacity None MB IDE2 Master Serial Number None Major Ver None Model Number None DMA None Firmware Rev None PIO Mode H None Media Type None Capacity None MB IDE2 Slave Serial Number Major Ver Not report Model Number OPEN CD AWCRW2 pma Ulta DMA 2 Firmware Rev 1 27 PIO Mode H PIO mode 4 Media Type Removable device Capacity MB AOpen inc This page presents the
58. spective language pack of few KB size then double click on it to activate the support with your chosen language Moreover with high scalability either for newly bought motherboard or the latest BIOS version with new function you don t have to re install the whole program again and again All you have to do is to grab the latest profile from our website simply double click on it as well to support the latest version of your BIOS You don t have to spend any extra effort to have your motherboard supported by WinBIOS 71 Function keys It s definitely easy to handle WinBIOS as if you re using traditional BIOS setting Users can use the arrow keys such as FIL e I to move around the items in WinBlOS screen And uselPeur peon or to change the setting value if they are available Press LEC to get back to the previous screen Furthermore the hotkeys shown in the table may help you and save your time Some settings may not come into effect until you reboot your system Caution After updating your BIOS please remember to update WinBIOS profile as well If the upgraded BIOS version is newer than WinBIOS profile WinBIOS will not be able to launch and a dialog box with error message will pop up This verification is designed on purpose to protect your BIOS from damaged by wrong profile version For the latest WinBIOS profile and language pack modules you may find them from AOpen official web site as shown below
59. t Hot pluggable like USB No need to turn of your device to connect or disconnect and you don t need to reboot your PC Also it is a plug and play bus IEEE1394 is very easy to connect Like USB1 1 2 0 Parity Bit The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte normally it is even parity mode that is each time the memory data is updated parity bit will be adjusted to have even count 1 for each byte When next time if memory is read with odd number of 1 the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus Developed by Intel Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI is a local bus standard A bus is a channel used to transfer data to input and from output a computer and to or from a peripheral device Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemented at 32 bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps PDF Format With PDF file it is easy to do universal document exchange Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format PDF Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file including fonts and graphics and they can be distributed by e mail or stored on the World Wide Web an intranet a file system or a CD ROM for other users to view on any platforms You may download Acrobat Reader in order to read PDF file from its website www adobe com PnP Plug and Play Oversimplified Plug and Play automa
60. the United States and or other countries All product and brand names used on this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their respective owners 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 This documentation is protected by copyright law All rights are reserved No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior written permission from AOpen Corporation Copyright 1996 2003 AOpen Inc All Rights Reserved 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 PDF format we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 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 by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer To do s
61. tically tells the software device drivers where to find various pieces of hardware devices such as modems network cards sound cards etc Plug and Play s task is to match up physical devices with the software device drivers that operates them and to establish channels of communication between each physical device and its driver POST Power On Self Test The BIOS self test procedure after power on sometimes it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot PSB Processor System Bus Clock PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU CPU internal clock CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16 bits Basically RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank which is quite different from FPM EDO SDRAM Using different memory module as well RDRAM uses RIMM with transfer rate of 600 700 800MHz providing bandwidth as high to 1 6GB RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer SDRAM
62. tup Utility Silent PC PC Health Status consume the least power the system needed so as to prevent over wasting Item Help of energy resource Menu Level gt Today AOpen Motherboard is honored CPU Warning Temp 60 C 140 F CPUFanl Boot Speed 70 3150 RPM SYSFan2 Boot Speed 70 3500 RPM CPUFanl OS Speed SYSFan2 OS Speed Fan Mode CPUFanl Fixed Speed SYSFan2 Fixed Speed CPU Set Temp SYS Set Temp CPU Kernel Temp CPU Temp SYS Temp CPUFAN1 Speed SYSFAN2 Speed SYSFAN3 Speed Vcore V Move Enter Select PU PD Value 100 4500 RPM 100 5000 RPM Smart Control 100 4500 RPM 100 5000 RPM 40 30 69 47 d E C 156 F c 116 F C 107 F 4500 RPM 5000 RPM 5532 RPM 1 48 V F10 Save This is fan control mode during POST and Open Jukebox after exitting the Jukebox the fan will be set to Fan OS Speed Full Speed Run in full speed Smart Control According to the safety temperature you set below fan speed will be controlled as slow as possible ESC Exit Fl General Help F2 Item Help Ek Previous Values F6 Setup Defaults F7 Turbo Defaults to bring you a new overall solution SilentTek to have your system quiet To collocate with hardware circuit BIOS and the utility under Windows SilentTek combined Hardware Status Monitoring Overheat Warning and Fan Speed Control with user friendly interfaces to provide you a perfect balance bet
63. uch friendlier computer environment We now bring you a comprehensive system detective utility AOconfig is a Windows based utility with user friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard CPU memory PCI devices and IDE devices The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance Moreover AOconfig allows users to save information in BMP or TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or further diagnosis of system problem BER File View Help lol xj EN AOConfig File View Help The system page shows the detail information of the OS and Memory BIOS version Device Description ual motherboard the operating YIA Standard CPU to PCI Bridge Compu Name AK77 333 Cur User Administrator system the processor and VIA CPU to AGP Controller Language English United States Date Time 2002 4 25 17 46 17 VIA USB Universal Host Controller VIA USB Universal Host Controller VIA USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controller YIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge VIA Bus Master IDE Controller DS Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Total Size 523760 KB a VIA USB Universal Host Controller OS Version 5 0 2195 Avail Phy 455824 KB VIA USB Univer
64. uence spread spectrum DSSS ZIP file A compressed file format to reduce file size To unzip file run shareware PKUNZIP http www pkware com for DOS and other operating system or WINZIP hitp www winzip com for windows environment J Troubleshooting If you encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem 103 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 With your help we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers Thanks very much for your understanding AOpen Technical Supporting Team n Tel Wie Online Manual To download manual please log on and then select your preferred language Under Type directory choose Manuals to go to our manual database You can also find the manual and EIG in AOpen Bonus Pack http download aopen com tw downloads Test Report We recommend you to choose board card device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC It may prevent incompatibility problems http english aopen com tw tech report default htm FAQ Here we list problems that users often encounter and FA
65. vices such as mouse modems and keyboards Introduced in 1996 USB has completed replaced serial and parallel ports It also supports plug and play installations and hot plugging Plug and play is the ability to add and remove devices to a computer while the computer is running and have the operating system automatically recognize the change USB 2 0 which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps has been widely used in motherboard these days VCM Virtual Channel Memory NEC s Virtual Channel Memory VCM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service multimedia requirements VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I O pins Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption Wireless LAN 802 11b 802 11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology which is an interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients 802 11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming 802 11 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2 4 GHz band using either frequency hopping spread spectrum FHSS or direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS 802 11a 54 Mbps in the 5GHz band using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 802 11b 11 Mbps transmission in the 2 4 GHz band using direct seq
66. ween noises system performance and stability The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level Voltage Voltage Low Limit High Limit Status vcore dl 120 1 00 Pi a 410210 ar Y kr E 310 230 PM 4 00 3 79 AL 5V lgl 449_ 4 00 6 00 551 1 JAN y 12 40077011000 14 00 1299 ar Y 12V efo 140 8 10 00 11 04 Ar Y sv Alz nm ME JN 4 00 0 00 Jr svsb Af 4349 4 00 O MEMES JE 6 00 5 99 Mr v vbat Ad an 150 En 410 350 ar Y TempiFaniChassis SilentTek In Temp Fan Case page you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis plus checking if fans are running properly Voltage r Temperature CPU Temp Temp Fan Chassis SilentTek rFan Speed Low Limit CPUF ar SYSFan2 SYSFan3 SF 2255 MENA A ee a Fy RA vy Unit Chassis Intrasion Status C In d DO XP platform cant use chassis Intrusion j e i ee E You may check your l system voltage from the l indicating bar here l A A A A A A A A A rm i l l Le Of course you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans and the SilentTek would also pop up a message box and alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed 86 Load Default ClearLog ff Ext Load Default FE Yy SS E A E E A IE You may set the highest margin of your

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