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  • Page 1 AK10 AMD Socket-A Based MAIN BOARD User's Manual...
  • Page 2 Shuttle Inc. Disclaimer Shuttle Inc. shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this product. This company makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.1 SPECIFICATIONS ....................7 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............. 10 3.1 STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION ............... 10 Accessories Of AK10 ..................10 STEP 1 Install the CPU ..................11 STEP 2 Set Jumpers ..................12 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory ............12 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case ........
  • Page 4 STEP 11 Connect External Peripherals to Back Panel ........ 20 STEP 12 First Time System Boot Up ............. 22 STEP 13 Install Drivers & Software Components ......... 23 3.2 JUMPER SETTINGS ................... 24 Jumpers & Connectors Guide ................. 25 Enable On Board Sound Chip (JP12) ............28 Hardware Monitor (JP13) .................
  • Page 5 3.3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION ............41 Install Memory....................41 Upgrade Memory ....................41 4 SOFTWARE UTILITY ................42 4.1 AK10 MAINBOARD CD OVERVIEW ............... 42 4.2 INSTALL MAINBOARD SOFTWARE .............. 43 4.3 INSTALL Audio Device SOFTWARE .............. 44 4.4 INSTALL VIA Hardware Monitor ..............45 4.5 VIEW THE USER'S MANUAL ................

  • Page 6: What's In The Manual

    WHAT’S IN THE MANUAL Quick Reference Hardware Installation >> Step-by-Step ............Page 10 Jumper Settings >> A Closer Look ............Page 24 Software Utility >> How to Install ..............Page 42 BIOS Setup >> How to Configure ............... Page 47 About This Manual For First-Time DIY System Builder ..............Page 5 For Experienced DIY User ................Page 5...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Experienced DIY User Congratulate on your purchase of the Shuttle AK10 mainboard. You will find that installing your new Shuttle AK10 mainboard is just easy. Bundled with an array of onboard functions, the highly-integrated AK10 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system. Refer to sections 3.2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Software Utility to find out how to...

  • Page 8: Item Checklist

    1.2 Item Checklist Check all items with your AK10 mainboard to make sure nothing is missing. The complete package should include: - One Shuttle AK10 Mainboard - One ATA/66 Ribbon Cable - One Floppy Ribbon Cable - One 9-pin COM2 Cable - AK10 User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Features

    2 FEATURES AK10 mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high performance and maximum intelligent features in a compact package. 2.1 Specifications - - CPU Support Supports AMD Athlon Processor 600 ~ 1000+ MHz and AMD Duron Processor 600 ~ 750+ MHz...
  • Page 10 Ø 1 × PS/2 mouse connector Ø 1 × PS/2 Keyboard connector Ø 2 ports of USB connectors on back panel Ø One set of 2-port USB headers on front panel Ø 2 × DB9 Serial connectors 16550 UART compatible Ø...
  • Page 11 - - ATX Form Factor System board conforms to the ATX specification. Board dimension: 304mm × 244mm - - Advanced Features Ø Dual Function Power Button - The system can be in one of two states; one is Suspend mode and the other is Soft-Off mode. Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Suspend mode.

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation

    Before removing or installing any of these devices including CPU, DIMMs, Add-On Cards, Cables, Please make sure to unplug the onboard power connector. This section outlines how to install and configure your AK10 mainboard. Refer to the following mainboard layout to help you identify various jumpers, connectors, slots, and ports.

  • Page 13: Step 1 Install The Cpu

    Step 1 Install the CPU: 1. Locate the CPU socket on the upper-right sector of your mainboard (be- tween the back panel connectors and the DIMM memory banks). 2. Pull the CPU socket lever slightly sideways away from the socket to unlock the lever, and then bring it to an upwardly vertical position.

  • Page 14: Step 2 Set Jumpers

    Step 2. Set Jumpers This mainboard is jumperless! The default jumper settings have been set for the common usage standard of this mainboard. Therefore, you do not need to reset the jumpers unless you require special adjustments as any of the following cases: 1.

  • Page 15: Step 4 Install Internal Peripherals In System Case

    Step 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case Before you install and connect the mainboard into your system case, we recommend that you first assemble all the internal peripheral devices into the computer housing, including but not limited to the hard disk drive (IDE/ HDD), floppy disk drive (FDD), CD-ROM drive, and ATX power supply unit.

  • Page 16: Step 5 Mount The Mainboard On The Computer Chassis

    Step 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 1. You may find that there are a lot of different mounting hole positions both on your computer chassis and on the mainboard. To choose a correct mounting hole, the key point is to keep the back panel of the mainboard in a close fit with your system case, as shown below.

  • Page 17: Step 6 Connect Front Panel Switches/Leds/Speaker

    Step 6 Connect Front Panel Switches/LEDs/Speaker You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originating from the computer’s front-panel devices (HDD LED, Power LED, Reset Switch, PC Speaker, etc.) These cables serve to connect the front-panel switches and LEDs to the mainboard’s front-panel connectors group, as shown below : 1.
  • Page 18 3. SPEAKER (SPEAKER) 4. Power Switch (SPWR) - ATX Soft Power On/Off 5. POWER LED (PWRLED) - 16 -...

  • Page 19: Step 7 Connect Ide & Floppy Disk Drives

    6. RESET (RESET) Step 7 Connect IDE & Floppy Disk Drives 1. IDE cable connector 2. Floppy cable connector - 17 -...

  • Page 20: Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals

    Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1. IR connector Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1. System power connector - 18 -...

  • Page 21: Step 10 Install Add-On Cards In Expansion Slots

    Step 10 Install Add-on Cards in Expansion Slots 1. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Card 2. PCI Card - 19 -...

  • Page 22: Step 11 Connect External Peripherals To Back Panel

    Step 11 Connect External Peripherals to Back Panel You are now ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system’s back panel. KB / MS 1. PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse PS/2 keyboard 2.
  • Page 23 4. Parallel Port Parallel Port 5. Audio Speaker/Line_In/Mic Speaker Line_In 6. MIDI/Game Port MIDI/GAME Port - 21 -...

  • Page 24: Step 12 First Time System Boot Up

    Step 12 First Time System Boot-Up To assure the completeness and correctness of your system installation, you may check the above installation steps once again before you boot up your system for the first time. 1. Insert a bootable system floppy disk (DOS 6.2x, Windows 95/98/NT, or others) which contains FDISK and FORMAT utilities into the FDD.

  • Page 25: Step 13 Install Drivers & Software Components

    Make sure your Windows 9x operating system is already installed before running the driver installation CD-ROM programs. Insert the AK10 bundled CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The auto-run program will display the driver main installation window on screen .

  • Page 26: Jumper Settings

    3.2 Jumper Settings Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to con- nect jumper pins to the mainboard. Pin #1 is located at any corner of each jumper; you just find a location with white right angle, which stands for pin 1#.

  • Page 27: Jumpers & Connectors Guide

    Jumpers & Connectors Guide Use the mainboard layout on page 10 to locate CPU socket, memory banks, expansion slots, jumpers and connectors on the mainboard during the instal- lation. The following list will help you to identify jumpers, slots, and connec- tors along with their assigned functions: B3~B4 B5~B8...
  • Page 28 Jumpers JP12 : On board sound setting. JP13 : Hardware monitor. JP14 : Clear CMOS. JP27 : System thermal sense. JP26 : CPU thermal sense. : IrDA. Back Panel Connectors : PS/2 Keyboard. : PS/2 Mouse. : 2 × USB (Universal Serial Bus). COM1 : Serial Port 1 (DB9 male).
  • Page 29 Other Connectors: Power : ATX power connector (20-pin header). CPU FAN : CPU fan connector. FAN2 : Housing fan connector. CD_IN : Audio CD_IN connector. AUX_IN : Audio AUX_IN connector. COM2 : COM2 connector. USB2 : USB3 and USB4 ports header : Wake on lan connector.

  • Page 30: Enable On Board Sound Chip (Jp12)

    Enable On Board Sound Chip (JP12) This motherboard has AC97 sound onboard. JP12 is used to enable or dis- able onboard AD1885 CODEC chip. If you do not want to enable the Onboard Audio, you should set this jumper to 2-3, and disable the "OnChip Sound"...

  • Page 31: Clear Cmos (Jp14)

    Clear CMOS (JP14) JP14 is used to clear CMOS data. Clearing CMOS will result in permanently erasion of previous system configuration settings and restoration of the origi- nal (factory-set) system settings. Pin 1-2 (Default, Normal) JP14 Pin 2-3 (Clear CMOS) Step 1.

  • Page 32: Thermal Sense (Jp26,Jp27)

    Thermal Sense (JP26, JP27) (Optional) A4~A5 With the increasing performance, the components nowadays always gener- ate enormous heat inside the system, such as CPU, VGA card, HDD, and so on. In the meanwhile, they are the most important components while we concern about the stability of the system.

  • Page 33: Ps/2 Keyboard & Ps/2 Mouse Connectors

    PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard & Mouse connectors are located at the rear panel of the mainboard. Depending on the com- PS/2 Mouse puter housing you use (desktop or minitower), the PS/2 Mouse connector is situated at the top of the PS/2 Keyboard connector when the mainboard is laid into a desktop, as opposite to a minitower...

  • Page 34: Speaker And Line-In And Mic Header

    Speaker Line_Out is a stereo output port through which the combined signal of all internal and external audio sources on the board is output. It can be con- Speaker nected to 1/8-inch TRS stereo head- phones or to amplified speakers. Line_In Line_In is a stereo line-level input port that accepts a 1/8-inch TRS stereo...

  • Page 35: Keylock Connector (Keylock)

    KEYLOCK Connector (KEYLOCK) Keylock connector is a 2-pin connector for a lock that may be installed on the sys- tem case for enabling or disabling key- board. HDD LED Connector (HDDLED) Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2-pin HDD LED header. The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active.

  • Page 36: Atx Power On/Off Switch Connector (Spwr)

    ATX Power On/Off Switch Connector (SPWR) The Power On/Off Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the system’s ATX power supply. Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2-pin PWON header on the mainboard.

  • Page 37: Enhanced Ide And Floppy Connectors

    Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors The AK10 mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connec- tors (IDE1/IDE2) providing the support to up to four IDE devices, such as CD- ROM and Hard Disk Drives (H.D.D.). This mainboard also includes one 34- pin floppy disk controller (FDD) to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive (F.D.D.).

  • Page 38: Atx Power Connector

    ATX Power Connector Locate the 20-pin male header ATX power connector (ATX PWR) on your mainboard. Plug the power cable from the ATX power supply unit directly into ATX PWR ATX power supply connector. Note 1 :The ATX power connector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly.

  • Page 39: Cd Audio Connector (Cd_In)

    Audio CD_IN Connector (CD_IN) This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. Pin assignment : CD_IN CN11 AUX_IN Connector (AUX_IN) This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.

  • Page 40: Usb3/Usb4 Ports (Usb2)

    Dual USB3/USB4 Ports Header (USB2) This header is used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors mounted front panel. Pin assignment: USB2 CN15 Wake-on LAN Connector (WOL) Attach a 3-pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake-On- LAN (WOL) function.

  • Page 41: Pc-Doctor Debug Led

    PC-Doctor Debug LED (Optional) In conjunction with PC Doctor (Optional). The DR. LED 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 PC-Doctor.
  • Page 42 LED 3 - Indicate that the PCI card may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged. LED 4 - Indicate that the floppy disk drive may have been installed incor- rectly or is damaged. LED 5 - Indicate that the HDD may have been installed incorrectly or is damaged.

  • Page 43: System Memory Configuration

    Checking) and ECC (Error Checking and Correction) in the memory array. In EC mode, single and multiple bit error detection is provided. In ECC mode, when the memory is being read from DRAM, the AK10 provides both the error checking and the correction of the data.

  • Page 44: Software Utility

    4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 4.1 AK10 Mainboard CD Overview Note: The cd contents attached in the AK10 mainboard are subject to change without notice. To start your mainboard CD, just insert it into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click or run D:\Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM drive is...

  • Page 45: Install Mainboard Software

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen. Use your pointing device (e.g. mouse) to select the “Install Mainboard Soft- ware”...

  • Page 46: Install Audio Device Software

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen. Use your pointing device (e.g. mouse) to select the “Install Audio Device Software”...

  • Page 47: Install Via Hardware Monitor

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen. Use your pointing device (e.g. mouse) to select the “Install VIA Hardware Monitor ”...

  • Page 48: View The User's Manual

    Use your pointing device (e.g. mouse) to select the “Manual” bar. Then the Online Information windows will appear on your screen. Click on the “Install Acrobe Reader 4.05” bar if you need to install acrobe reader. Then click on "AK10 Manual" bar to view AK10 user's manual. - 46 -...

  • Page 49: Bios Setup

    5 BIOS SETUP AK10 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information even if the system power is turned off.

  • Page 50: The Main Menu

    5.2 The Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>...
  • Page 51 PC Health Status This entry shows the current system temperature, voltage and Fan speed. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults load the optimized settings for optimum system perfor- mance. However, you can change the parameter through each Setup Menu.

  • Page 52: Standard Cmos Setup

    Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 catego- ries. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn>...
  • Page 53 If select Type User, you may find related information in the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Those information should be provided in the documenta- tion from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. The user may also set those items in AUTO to automatically configure the hard disk drives parameter when the system power on.

  • Page 54: Advanced Bios Features

    Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning When this item is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any attempt at modification. If an attempt is made, the BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will appear.
  • Page 55 Quick Power On Self Test This item speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST. Ø The choice: Enabled, Disabled. First/Second/Third Boot Device This BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.
  • Page 56 Typematic Rate Setting This determines if the typematic rate is to be used. When this setting is disabled, only a press on keyboard will be sensored even if the con- tinual presses on keyboard are generated. In other words, the BIOS will only report that the key is down.
  • Page 57 XX000-XXFFF Shadow These categories are for shadowing ROM code on other expansion cards. Before you set these parameters, you need to know the specific address of that ROM code. If you do not know this information, enable all the ROM shadow setting. Ø...

  • Page 58: Advanced Chipset Features

    Advanced Chipset Features Warning: Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything. You may change the param- eter settings to improve system performance. However, it may cause your system to be unstable if the setting is not correct for your system configuration.
  • Page 59 Memory Hole In order to improve performance, some space in memory can be re- served for ISA cards. Ø The choice: Disabled, 15M-16M. PCI Master Pipeline Req Enable this item to enhance PCI bus for better performance. Ø The choice: Enabled, Disabled. P2C/C2P Concurrency This item allows you to enable/disable the PCI to CPU and CPU to PCI concurrent mode.
  • Page 60 AGP Driving Control This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force. Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection. This field is recom- mended to set in auto for avoiding any error in your system Ø...
  • Page 61 CPU to PCI Write Buffer When this item is enabled, up to four Dwords of data can be written to the PCI bus without interrupting the CPU. When disabled, a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus is ready to receive the data.

  • Page 62: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel0 This item defined that on chip Primary PCI IDE controller is Enabled or Disabled setting. Ø The choice: Enabled, Disabled. OnChip IDE Channel1 This item defined that on chip Secondary PCI IDE controller is Enabled or Disabled setting.
  • Page 63 Ø The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4. Primary Master / Slave UDMA On this mainboard, AK10 PCIset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA 33/66 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33/ 66MB/sec.
  • Page 64 Onboard FDD Controller This item specifies onboard floppy disk drive controller. This setting allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy connector. Choose the "Disabled" settings if you have a separate control card. Ø The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1 This item is used to define onboard serial port 1.
  • Page 65 ECP Mode Use DMA This item specifies DMA (Direct Memory Access) channel when ECP device is in use. The options are DMA 1 and DMA 3. This item will not show up when SPP and EPP printer mode is selected. Ø...
  • Page 66 MPU-401 I/O Address This item allows to select I/O base address for the MIDI port. Ø The choice: 300-303H, 310-313H, 320-323H, 330-333H. Game Port (200-207H) This item allows to assign an address for the Game Port. Ø The choice: Enable, Disable. - 64 -...

  • Page 67: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure the motherboard green features. ACPI Function This item allows you to Enable/Disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) Ø The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Select "Power Management" to press "enter" key ,and then you may run into the sub-menu.
  • Page 68 Doze Mode This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Doze mode. Ø The choice: 1Min, 2Min, 4Min, 6 Min, 8Min, 10Min, 20Min, 30Min, 40Min, 1Hour. Press "Esc" key to go back to the previous sub-menu. ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the ACPI suspend type.
  • Page 69 Soft-Off by PWRBTN This is a specification of ACPI and supported by hardware. When Delay 4 sec. is selected, the soft power switch on the front panel can be used to control power On, Suspend and Off. If the switch is pressed less than 4 sec during power On, the system will go into Suspend mode.
  • Page 70 HDD & FDD Set the item ON; users can awaken the system by Hard Disk/Floppy disk. Ø The choice: ON, OFF. PCI Master Set the item ON; users can awaken the system by any PCI Card (Master mode). Ø The choice: ON, OFF. Power On by PCI Card Set the item Enabled;...

  • Page 71: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    PnP/PCI Configurations The PnP/PCI Configurations allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed in your system. PNP OS Installed When this item is set to Yes, it will allow the PnP OS (Windows 95) to control the system resources except PCI devices and PnP boot devices. Default setting is No.
  • Page 72 IRQ/DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type. depending on the type of device using the interrupt. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned to This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, PCI/ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

  • Page 73: Pc Health Status

    PC Health Status This submenu display hardware monitor status and provide some basic control function. You can install VIA Hardware Monitoring utility without using setup items in this submenu. Current CPU Temperature The mainboard supports CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert.

  • Page 74: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detection DIMM/PCI Clock. CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) The user may adjust the Host Clock of AMD socket A CPU. - 72 -...

  • Page 75: Load Setup/Turbo Defaults

    Load Setup Defaults The "Load Setup Defaults" option loads optimized settings for optimum system performance. Optimal settings are relatively safer than the Turbo settings. All the product verification, compatibility/reliability test report and manufacture quality control are based on "Load Setup Defaults".

  • Page 76: User Password Setting

    User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of them. The differences between them are: Supervisor Password and User Setting The options on the Password screen menu make it possible to restrict access to the Setup program by enabling you to set passwords for two different access modes: Supervisor mode and User mode.
  • Page 77 Password Disable If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted the password whenever the system is rebooted or whenever you try to enter Setup. If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

  • Page 78: Save & Exit Setup/Exit Without Saving

    Save & Exit Setup Press <Enter> on this item, and a similar dialog box shows up to ask you the following confirmation : Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing "Y" stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS - a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off.

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