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AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 DOC. NO.: AK77PA133-OL-E0112A... -
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’ ’ AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 ....................1 What’s in this manual ..............................2 You Must Notice ................................9 Before You Start ................................10 Overview ..................................11 Feature Highlight ................................12 Quick Installation Procedure............................17 Motherboard Map ................................18 Block Diagram ................................19 Hardware Installation ........................20 Clear CMOS Data ................................21 CPU Installation................................22... - Page 3 ATX Power Connector ..............................35 AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................36 JP28 Keyboard Wake-up ...............................36 IDE, Floppy and IDE RAID (AK77 Plus(A)-133 Only) Connector ...................37 IDE RAID Controller (AK77 Plus(A)-133 Only).......................39 IrDA Connector ................................40 WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector ......................41 WOL (Wake on LAN) ..............................44 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ......................46 CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot ....................47...
- Page 4 Battery-less and Long Life Design ..........................60 Over-current Protection ..............................61 Hardware Monitoring ..............................62 Resettable Fuse ................................63 μ 2200 F Low ESR Capacitor ............................64 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ..........................65 Fansink on North Bridge ..............................66 Driver and Utility..........................67 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ..........................68 Installing Windows 95 ..............................69 Installing Windows 98 ..............................70 ®...
- Page 5 Glossary ............................91 AC97 .....................................91 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)......................91 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ............................91 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ............................92 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ..............................92 APM (Advanced Power Management) ...........................92 ATA (AT Attachment)..............................92 ATA/66 ...................................92 ATA/100 ..................................93 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................93 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)............................93...
- Page 6 CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ............................94 DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM..........................94 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ..........................94 DMA (Direct Memory Access) ............................94 ECC (Error Checking and Correction)..........................95 EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory...........................95 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ....................95 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ........................95 EV6 Bus ..................................96 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)..........................96 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ..........................96...
- Page 7 PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR SDRAM ..........................99 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus........................99 PDF Format ...................................99 PnP (Plug and Play) ..............................99 POST (Power-On Self Test) ............................100 RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)............................100 RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)........................100 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................100 Shadow E PROM ................................101 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ........................101 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..........................101 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .............................101...
- Page 8 How to Contact Us........................112...
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Page 9: You Must Notice
All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes. AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it. -
Page 10: 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 format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from... -
Page 11: Overview
1056MB/sec. With high bandwidth 266MB/s 8-bit V-Link Host Controller, PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM can be applied to the AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 and the maximum memory size can be up to 3GB. The on-board controller supports... -
Page 12: Feature Highlight
PCI/ISA bridge chips. The VT8233A integrated Client V-Link controller with 266MB/s bandwidth between Host/Client V-Link interface, provides a V-Link-PCI and V-Link-LPC controller. Of five PCI slots provided, AK77 Pro(A)-133 supports all five master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus; while AK77 Plus(A)-133 supports four... - Page 13 The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. As AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card, For AD and SBA signaling, AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 can support 133MHz 2X/4X mode.
- Page 14 Supports IDE Bus Master operation allows multi-tasking during disk drives transfer which increase CPU efficiency, then the CPU is free to process task during IDE data transfer through PCI bus interface to/from system memory. On-board AC97 Sound AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 uses the AD 1885 AC97 CODEC chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
- Page 15 The Die-Hard BIOS technology is a very effective hardware protection method that doesn’t involve any software or BIOS coding. Hence, it is 100% virus free. Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional) The Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133, which can easily show what kind of problem you may encounter. Power Management/Plug and Play The AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S.
- Page 16 S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features. Super Multi-I/O The AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
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Page 17: Quick Installation Procedure
This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. Installing CPU and Fan Installing System Memory (DIMM) Connecting Front Panel Cable Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable Connecting ATX Power Cable Connecting Back Panel Cable Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default Setting CPU Frequency Reboot... -
Page 18: Motherboard Map
CD-IN Connector Motherboard Map Onboard AC97 CODEC Die Hard BIOS with 100% Virus Protection (UpgradeOptional) PC99 Colored Back Panel JP30 Die Hard BIOS Select Jumper Resettable Fuse JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Green: AUX-IN Connector Wake-up Select Jumper Red: Modem-CN Connector CPU Fan Connector with CNR Expansion Slot H/W Monitoring 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5... -
Page 19: Block Diagram
PC1600/PC2100 DDR Supports ATA100 IDE RAID SDRAM Up to 3GB 0 and RAID 1 Solution (AK77 Plus Only) 32-bit PCI Slot x5 DDR SDRAM Socket x3 Primary Promise Channel FastTrak IDE Drive x4 100 IDE RAID Controller Secondary Channel 66/100/133MHz VT8366V PCI Bus Socket 462... -
Page 20: Hardware Installation
This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. -
Page 21: Clear Cmos Data
You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedures below. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 &... - Page 22 ® This motherboard supports AMD Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the 1.
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Page 23: Cpu Installation
3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may damage the CPU. Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard. -
Page 24: Jp21 Fsb/Pci Clock Ratio
This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and clock. Generally speaking, if you are not overclockers, we recommend you to set it to the default setting. Additionally, this motherboard also provides “1MHz Stepping Adjustment” feature for overclockers to adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program. Based on the CPU type, the adjustment range has two levels: 100~129 (FSB=100, such as Athlon 800), 130~248 (FSB=133, such as Athlon 1000) MHz for your choosing. -
Page 25: Cpu Jumper-Less Design
CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection. Clock Generator BIOS... - Page 26 This function is dedicated to overclockers, AOpen works together with Fairchild to develop a special chip FM3540 that supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1.1V to 1.85V by 0.05V stepping. But this motherboard can also automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage.
- Page 27 Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the Home default setting (433MHz) or you can wait the AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” reset the system after five seconds and system will auto-detect hardware again.
- Page 28 Core Frequency = CPU Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio Clock = PCI Clock x 2 EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2 Note: This motherboard support CPU Core Frequency EV6 Bus Clock Ratio auto-detection...
- Page 29 ” “ ” With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very special, useful feature for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU frequency by user’s setting that stored in the BIOS.
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Page 30: Cpu And Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)
Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on System Fan (FAN2) or AUX Fan (FAN3) (without H/W monitoring) connector. +12V FAN3 Connector SENSOR CPU Fan Connector SENSOR +12V Note: Some CPU fans do not have... -
Page 31: Dimm
1M/2M/4M/8M/16M/32M/64MxN DDR SDRAM with maximum up to 3GB. Warning: The AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 support DDR SDRAM, please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR SDRAM sockets. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module. - Page 32 Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.
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Page 33: System And Ram Power Indicate Led
This LED indicates there is power applies to motherboard and memory. If you connect power to the motherboard, this LED will be lighting. It is useful to check the system power status when power on/off and stand-by mode or RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode. -
Page 34: Front Panel Connector
Attach the power LED, EMPI, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. -
Page 35: Atx Power Connector
The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. PW-OK +3.3V 5VSB +3.3V +12V +3.3V -12V PS-ON... -
Page 36: 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. This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. -
Page 37: Ide, Floppy And Ide Raid (Ak77 Plus(A)-133 Only) Connector
Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE/IDE RAID (AK77 Plus(A)-133 Only) connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Primary Primary Master (1st) Slave (2nd) ATA 66/100/133 IDE Connector IDE1 (Primary) IDE2 (Secondary) Pin 1... - Page 38 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode.
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Page 39: Ide Raid Controller (Ak77 Plus(A)-133 Only)
® The AK77 Plus(A)-133 motherboard has added an onboard PROMISE FastTrak 100 Lite IDE RAID controller. If you want to enable or disable this controller, you may directly adjust them through the bios setup without adjusting any jumper. -
Page 40: 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... -
Page 41: 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. - Page 42 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) Pin 1 Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
- Page 43 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 not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off.
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Page 44: Wol (Wake On Lan)
This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system. - Page 45 WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
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Page 46: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot
The AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 provides an 4x slot. The AGP 4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now... -
Page 47: Cnr (Communication And Network Riser) Expansion Slot
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. -
Page 48: Pc99 Color Coded Back Panel
The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1 and COM2, Printer, Four USB, AC97 sound and game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Game Port Connector USB Port... -
Page 49: Support 2 Nd Usb Port
This motherboard supports two USB ports and provides four USB connectors. Two USB connectors are on the PC99 colored back panel, and 2 USB port is behind PCI2 slot. You can use proper cable to connect others USB connectors to the back panel or front panel of chassis. -
Page 50: Chassis Intrusion Sensor
The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or the opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you. -
Page 51: 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... -
Page 52: Modem Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect Mono In/MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is MIC Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector. -
Page 53: Aux-In Connector
This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN... -
Page 54: 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 the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if housing without an audio port on the front panel. -
Page 55: Die-Hard Bios (100% Virus Protection, Upgrade Optional)
BIOS ROM by setting JP30 to pin 2-3 if it fails to act normally. This motherboard comes with one BIOS ROM, you may contact our local distributor or reseller for purchasing the extra BIOS ROM. Please visit our website: www.aopen.com for details. JP30... - Page 56 External Controller provides you a better and convenience way to switch the BIOS status between “Rescue” and “Normal” without opening the case of your computer. You have to plug the jumper cable to the connector pin (JP30) on the motherboard. Be careful of the orientation when you connect, the red wire should correspond to Pin1.
- Page 57 Note: If you suspect your BIOS is infected by virus, just rescue your bios by following steps: Turn off the system, set the External Controller to “Rescue” to read from rescue ROM. Boot the system and set the switch back to “Normal”. Follow the BIOS upgrade procedure to rehabilitate BIOS.
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Page 58: Dr. Led Connector (Upgrade Optional)
In conjunction with Dr. LED (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. - Page 59 Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on 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. Boot O.K.
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Page 60: 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. -
Page 61: Over-Current Protection
CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. AOpen cannot guaranty the protection circuit will always work perfectly. -
Page 62: Hardware Monitoring
This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user. -
Page 63: Resettable Fuse
Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and 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 Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job. Resettable Fuse... -
Page 64: 2200 Μ F Low Esr Capacitor
μ μ μ μ μ μ μ μ 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. -
Page 65: Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)
For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”. Separating each critical portion of motherboard into... -
Page 66: Fansink On North Bridge
In order to provide a better effect of cooling and make the chipset work more stable, we especially design a fansink on the north bridge. After locating the fansink on the north bridge, plug the connector to the header marked FAN3 (AUX Fan) on the motherboard. -
Page 67: Driver And Utility
There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. -
Page 68: Auto-Run Menu From Bonus Cd Disc
You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name. -
Page 69: Installing Windows 95
First, don’t install any add-on card except card. Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2.1, 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support. Otherwise, you need to install USBSUPP.EXE. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. -
Page 70: Installing Windows 98
First, don’t install any add-on card except card. Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup > Advanced Chipset Features > OnChip USB, to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment. Install Window 98 into your system. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, IRQ Routing, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. -
Page 71: Me & Windows
® ® ® ® ® ® & & ® ® ® If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000, you do not need to install the 4-in-1 driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system. Users with ®... -
Page 72: Installing Via 4 In 1 Driver
You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. Warning:To take advantage of ATA133, it is a must to install the latest version of VIA 4in1 driver in the Bonus CD. -
Page 73: Installing Onboard Sound Driver
This motherboard comes with an AD 1885 AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. -
Page 74: Install Onboard Ide Raid Driver (Ak77 Plus(A)-133 Only)
® The onboard PROMISE FastTrak 100 Lite chipset provides DOS, Widows 3.1/95/98/98 SE/ME/NT/2000 driver for install. Please refer to the “ATA/100 IDE RAID Manual” for more detail information. ™ ™ You can monitor the operating status of disk array and drives configured on the IDE RAID channel using the supplies FastCheck™... -
Page 75: Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility
You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed. -
Page 76: Acpi Suspend To Hard Drive
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again. - Page 77 System Requirement AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a.
- Page 78 memory size the longer this process will take.
- Page 79 Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d.
- Page 80 4. Run "Add New Hardware" again and it will find "Advanced Power Management Resource". 5. Click "OK". Tip: Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI suspend to disk. Please refer to AOpen web site for latest update...
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Page 81: Acpi Suspend To Ram (Str)
This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from SDRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to SDRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to SDRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power. - Page 82 To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement An ACPI OS is required. Currently, except Windows 95 and Windows NT, all other Windows Systems support ACPI. The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly. Procedures Changed the following BIOS settings.
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Page 83: Award Bios
BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports. Most BIOS setting of AK77 Pro(A)-133 / AK77 Plus(A)-133 had been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling the entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup procedures. -
Page 84: How To Use Award™ Bios Setup Program
Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3> key selecting preferred menu language to display. - Page 85 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program. Note: AOpen always dedicates to give users a much more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM.
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Page 86: How To Enter Bios Setup
After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, SDRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting. -
Page 87: Bios Upgrade
By doing so, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If you indeed intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE SURE to use the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model. AOpen Easy Flash is a little bit different from traditional flash method. The BIOS binary file and flash routine are linked together and you simply run a single commend to complete the flash process. - Page 88 Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY) 1. Download new BIOS upgrade file from AOpen's web site. For example, AK77PA102.ZIP. 2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility.
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Page 89: Overclocking
As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking who we call them "Overclocker". -
Page 90: Vga Card & Hard Disk
VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website. -
Page 91: Glossary
AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to 4X mode, 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s. AOpen is the... -
Page 92: Amr (Audio/Modem Riser)
Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions. AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management. ATA is the specification of diskette interface. In 80’s, many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together. -
Page 93: Ata/100
ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. -
Page 94: Codec (Coding And Decoding)
Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way. -
Page 95: Ecc (Error Checking And Correction)
The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error. -
Page 96: Ev6 Bus
Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM. -
Page 97: Fsb (Front Side Bus) Clock
FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio See SMBus. IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. -
Page 98: 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. -
Page 99: Pc-1600 Or Pc-2100 Ddr Sdram
Based on FSB frequency, the DDR SDRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type of working frequency. Because of DDR SDRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, and 266x64/8=2100MB/s. Hence, the PC-1600 DDR SDRAM is working with 100MHz and PC-2100 DDR SDRAM is working with 133MHz FSB frequency. Bus for the internal connection of peripheral devices, high-speed data channel between the computer and expansion card. -
Page 100: Post (Power-On Self Test)
It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer. SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V. AOpen is the first company to support dual-SDRAM DIMMs onboard (AP5V), from Q1 1996... -
Page 101: Shadow E 2 Prom
A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E PROM for jumper-less and battery-less design SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical. That is why it was called Single In Line. -
Page 102: Ultra Dma
Ultra DMA (or, more accurately, Ultra DMA/33) is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer’s data path (or bus) to the computer’s random access memory (RAM). The Ultra DMA/33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33.3MB/s, twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory (DMA) interface. -
Page 103: 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. -
Page 104: Troubleshooting
If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. - Page 105 Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
- Page 106 Continue Perhaps your VGA card Check if there is display? or monitor is defective. Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key at the same time, hold them and then press <Del> to reboot the system. It is very possible that your Check if the system keyboard is defective.
- Page 107 Continue During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. The problem should be Check if the system can caused reboot successfully? cable or HDD itself. Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98.
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Page 108: Technical Support
Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us. - Page 109 5 5 5 5 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group. http://www.aopen.com/tech/newsgrp/default.htm 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us.
- Page 110 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AK77 Plus(A)-133 R1.00 FEb.01.2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. AK77 Plus(A)-133 is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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Page 111: Product Registration
Be able to join the discussions of web-based news groups. AOpen makes sure that the information you provide is encrypted, so that it cannot be read or intercepted by other people or companies. Further, AOpen will not disclose any of information you submitted under any conditions. Please consult our... - Page 112 Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. America Pacific Rim Europe AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. AOpen America Inc. Tel: 1-510-498-8928 Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Fax: 31-73-645-9604...