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Page 1: Ak77-8X Max
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… ..............21 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ..............................22 CPU Installation ................................23 AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology ......................25 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper ......................26 CPU Jumper-less Design .............................. 27 CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ....................32... - Page 3 DIMM Sockets ................................34 Front Panel Connector ..............................36 ATX Power Connector ..............................37 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................. 37 STBY LED ..................................38 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................39 ATA/133 Supported ............................... 41 Serial ATA Supported ..............................42 Connecting Serial ATA Disk ............................42 Connecting Serial ATA Disk ............................
- Page 4 Support Six USB 2.0 Port .............................. 56 Onboard IEEE 1394 Controller ............................57 Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard ..........................58 Chassis Intrusion Sensor .............................. 59 CD Audio Connector ..............................60 AUX-IN Connector................................. 61 Front Audio Connector ..............................62 Die-Hard BIOS (100% Virus Protection, User Upgrade Optional).................. 63 Dr.
- Page 5 Driver and Utility ........................80 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ..........................81 Installing Windows 95 ..............................82 Installing Windows 98 ..............................83 ® ® ® Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows 2000/XP................... 84 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver ............................. 85 Installing Onboard Sound Driver ...........................
- Page 6 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..................... 109 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)..........................109 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................110 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ............................... 110 APM (Advanced Power Management) ......................... 110 ATA (AT Attachment) ..............................110 ATA/66 ..................................110 ATA/100 ..................................111 ATA/133 ..................................111 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................111...
- Page 7 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)........................113 EV6 Bus ..................................114 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................... 114 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ..........................114 Flash ROM .................................. 114 FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ............................115 C Bus ..................................115 IEEE 1394 ................................... 115 Parity Bit ..................................
- Page 8 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................ 118 Shadow E PROM ................................ 119 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ........................119 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..........................119 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ............................. 119 Ultra DMA ................................... 120 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ............................120 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) ...........................
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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
® Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-8X Max. The AK77-8X Max is AMD Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the VIA Apollo KT400 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AK77-8X Max comes with ®... -
Page 12: Feature Highlight
® Supports AMD Socket 462 series CPU with both 200/266/333 MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~2800+(2.25GHz) Chipset The VIA Apollo KT400 consists of the KT400 V-Link Host system controller and the VT8235 highly integrated V-Link Client PCI/LPC controller. -
Page 13: Expansion Slots
Serial ATA This motherboard comes with a Promise Serial ATA (PDC20375) controller, aiming to provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. 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. - Page 14 Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you adjust CPU frequency from 100~191 by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance. Watch Dog Timer Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking.
- Page 15 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...
- Page 16 Super Multi-I/O The AK77-8X Max 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
Front Audio Connector AC97 CODEC Motherboard Map AUX-IN Connector CD-IN Connector S/PDIF Connector Chassis Intrusion Sensor Connector PC99 Colored Back Panel JP30 Die Hard BIOS Select Jumper Resetable Fuse Die Hard BIOS (BIOS 2) (User Upgrade Optional) JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Die Hard BIOS (BIOS 1) Enable/Disable Jumper JST-MIDI... -
Page 19: Block Diagram
PC1600/2100/2700 DDR SDRAM Up to 3GB PCI Bus 32-bit PCI Slot x6 Serial ATA Devices x2 DDR SDRAM Socket x3 Serial ATA Promise PDC20375 Third Channel 100/133/166 Socket 462 66/100/133 MHz System VIA KT400 Primary Athlon/Duron/AthlonXP Channel 66/100/133 IDE Drive x6 Secondary Channel AGP Bus... -
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: 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 “Manufacturer 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”... -
Page 22: Jp14 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 23 ® This motherboard supports AMD 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.
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Page 24: 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 25: Aopen Overheat Protection (O.h.p.) Technology
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. -
Page 26: Jp28 Kb/Mouse Wake-Up Enable/Disable 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 2-3. JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper Enable... -
Page 27: 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 Socket 462... - Page 28 This function is dedicated to overclockers. The CPU core voltage of this motherboard is adjustable 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. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Voltage Setting Warning: Higher CPU core voltage may be able to increase CPU speed for overclocking, but you may damage the CPU or reduce the...
- Page 29 Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the Home default setting or you can wait the AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” reset the system after five seconds and system will auto-detect hardware again.
- Page 30 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 CPU Core Frequency EV6 Bus Clock Ratio Athlon 1G 1GHz 200MHz...
- Page 31 “ ” “ ” 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...
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Page 32: 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) or SYSFAN3 (FAN3) connector. +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector +12V SENSOR CPUFAN1 Connector +12V Note: Some CPU fans do not have SENSOR sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring. -
Page 33: Jp20 K7 Host Clock Selection
This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB 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 three levels: 100~129, 130~160 and 161~191MHz for your choosing. -
Page 34: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR200/266/333 memory up to 3 GB. 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 2.65V for over clocking purpose. Warning: This motherboard supports DDR RAM, please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR RAM sockets. - Page 35 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 36: 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 & 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 37: Atx Power Connector
The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem. -
Page 38: Stby Led
Both STBY LED and BOOT LED are AOpen’s considerate designs that aim 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 check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode. -
Page 39: 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. IDE3 (Third) ATA 66/100/133 IDE Connector Secondary Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE2 (Secondary) IDE1 (Primary) Pin 1 Connector Primary... - Page 40 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel, IDE2 and IDE3 are known as the secondary and third channel. Each channel IDE1 is also known as the primary channel, IDE2 and IDE3 are known as the secondary and third channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of six devices.
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Page 41: Ata/133 Supported
This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 ATA133 DE 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. -
Page 42: Serial Ata Supported
This motherboard comes with a Promise Serial ATA (PDC20375) controller, aiming to provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs with its original speed of just 3 Mbytes/second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s. -
Page 43: Connecting Serial Ata Disk
To connect a Serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect two ends of the serial ATA cable to the serial ATA header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement;... -
Page 44: S/Pdif (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital 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. -
Page 45: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
This 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. -
Page 46: 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. -
Page 47: 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 48 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 49 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 50: 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 51 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 52: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot
The AK77-8X Max provides an 8x slot. The AGP 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. -
Page 53: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led
& & AGP LED Warning: It is strongly recommended not to install a 3.3V AGP card, which is not supported. When you do so, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage. -
Page 54: 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 55: Pc99 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. SPP/EPP/ECP RJ45 LAN Jack Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Line-In Connector... -
Page 56: Support Six Usb 2.0 Port
This motherboard provides six 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 cables to connect the other USB connectors to the USB modules or front panel of chassis. -
Page 57: Onboard Ieee 1394 Controller
This motherboard comes with IEEE 1394a controller TI TSB43AB22 onboard. The IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, and USB just has 12Mb/s. Hence, the IEEE 1394 interface can connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance, such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use the proper cable to connect with devices. -
Page 58: Support 10/100 Mbps Lan Onboard
The South Bridge VT8235 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform 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. -
Page 59: 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 being triggered by light or opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you. -
Page 60: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. Note: Though some of the latest version of Windows support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in CD-IN order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to insert audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard. -
Page 61: Aux-In Connector
This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN... -
Page 62: 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. -
Page 63: Die-Hard Bios (100% Virus Protection, User Upgrade Optional)
You may restore the originally mounted BIOS with BIOS 2 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: http://english.aopen.com.tw/ for details. JP30... - Page 64 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 65 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 66: 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. - Page 67 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. Floppy Video Memory...
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Page 68: Dr. Voice Ii (Volume Adjustable Through Speaker)
The Dr. Voice II is a great feature of this motherboard, which can identifies what kind of problems had occurred in the operating system. It can even clearly “tell” whether there is a component issue or an installed issue, such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard by voice. -
Page 69: Jp2 Speaker /Buzzer Select Jumper
This motherboard comes with another considerate function, which allows you to select the voice coming out from buzzer or speaker, if Dr. Voice detects any errors that occurred in the operating system. If you want to enable buzzer, you may set JP2 to pin 1-2, or pin 2-3 to enable speaker. -
Page 70: 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 71: Cpu 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 72: Aoconfig Utility
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. The system page shows the... - Page 73 NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please be informed that AOconfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Meanwhile, all applications must be closed before starting AOconfig.
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Page 74: Resetable 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 Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job. Resetable Fuse... -
Page 75: 2200 Μ F Low Esr Capacitor
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 76 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V.
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Page 77: 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 78: 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. -
Page 79: Vivid Bios Technology
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. -
Page 80: 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 81: 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 82: 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 83: 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 84: Se, Windows Me & Windows 2000/Xp
® ® ® ® ® ® & & ® ® ® If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000/XP, 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 85: 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 86: Installing Onboard Sound Driver
This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 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 87: The Noise Is Gone
Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to have your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS... - Page 88 The first image you have here is the Voltage Status In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis, page. You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level. plus checking if fans are running properly.
- Page 89 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 CPU and ambient temperature. Ease-of-use and trouble free at your service.
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Page 90: 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 disc auto-run menu. Note: After installing USB 2.0 driver under WinME, there would be a "green question mark"... -
Page 91: Installing Lan Driver
Introduction: ------------- This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, Windows 98/98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT v4.0 driver for RealTek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter. [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 : ----------------------------------------------------- 1. - Page 92 [Windows NT 3.5, 3.51 & 4.0] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows NT : ----------------------------------------------------- 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.
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Page 93: Installing Serial Ata Driver
Windows 2000 Installation Guide ****************************************************** Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation ****************************************************** 1. Start the installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot, press <F6>... - Page 94 ************************************************* Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System ************************************************* WARNING: If you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows 2000 operating system to the SATA150 connector, the SATA150 driver MUST be loaded on to this hard drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller. Do not attach this drive or any other hard drive to the SATA150 connector before completing this step.
- Page 95 **************************************************** Installing Drivers During Windows 98 SE Installation **************************************************** The following details the installation of the Serial ATA drivers while installing Windows 98 SE (with the SATA controller is enabled already). 1. After enabling the Serial ATA controller and configuring the hard drive(s), partition and format your hard drive(s), if necessary. 2.
- Page 96 ************************************************* Installing Drivers During Windows Me Installation ************************************************* The following details the installation of the Serial ATA drivers while installing Windows Me (with the Serial ATA controller is enabled already). 1. Install Windows Me fully. 2. After installation, go the "Start" menu and choose "Settings." 3.
- Page 97 Windows NT 4.x Installation Guide ********************************************************* Installing Drivers During New Windows NT 4.0 Installation ********************************************************* 1. Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk: a. Floppy install: boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes. b. Floppyless install: boot from floppy and type "WINNT /B". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot, press the "F6"...
- Page 98 *********************************************** Installing Drivers with Existing Windows NT 4.0 *********************************************** WARNING: If you wish to use your current bootable drive with the Windows NT4 operating system on the SATA150, perform the steps below while the boot drive is still attached to your existing onboard IDE controller. Do not attach any drives to your SATA150 until the steps below are complete.
- Page 99 Windows XP Installation Guide **************************************************** Installing Driver During New Windows XP Installation **************************************************** 1. Start the installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot, press <F6>...
- Page 100 *********************************************** Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System *********************************************** WARNING: If you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows XP operating system to the SATA150 connector, the SATA150 driver MUST be loaded on to this hard drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller. Do not attach this drive or any other hard drive to the SATA150 controller before completing this step.
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Page 101: Phoenix-Award Bios
BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports. Most BIOS setting of AK77-8X Max had been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling entire system. -
Page 102: How To Use Phoenix Award™ Bios Setup Program
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 <F3>... - Page 103 Description Load Setup Defaults setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program.
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Page 104: 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 105: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment
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. - Page 106 You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAK778XM102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.
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Page 107: 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 108: 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 109: 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 110: Ata/66
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 111: 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 112 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.
- Page 113 Channel for communications between the memory and surrounding devices. 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.
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Page 114: Flash Rom
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 115 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 116 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 117 Based on FSB frequency, the DDR DRAM has 200MHz, 266MHz and 333 MHz three types of working frequency. Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, 266x64/8=2100MB/s, 333x64/8=2700MB/s and 400x64/8=3200MB/s. Hence, the PC-1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz, PC-2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz, PC-2700 DDR DRAM is working with 166MHz and PC-3200 DDR DRAM is working with 200MHz FSB frequency.
- Page 118 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 119 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.
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Page 120: 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 121 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 122 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 123 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 124 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 125 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.
- Page 126 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 127 News Group: News posted by computer experts, you are welcome to join any discussion and learning from it. http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/newsgrp/default.htm 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. After all, their attitude of service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them.
- Page 128 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AK77-8X Max R1.02 Oct. 01.2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc.
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Page 129: 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 130 Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. Pacific Rim Europe America AOpen America Inc. AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Tel: 1-510-489-8928 Fax: 1-510-489-1998 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899...