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Page 1: W H A T ' S I N T H I S M A N U A L
AK77-400G / AK77-400GN DOC. NO.: AK77400GN-OL-E0312C... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Block Diagram................................16 Hardware Installation ....................... 17 About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… ..............18 CPU Installation ................................19 AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology ......................21 CPU Over-current Protection ............................22 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ............................23 Setting CPU Frequency..............................24 AOpen “Watch Dog ABS”... - Page 3 DIMM Sockets ................................28 ATX Power Connector ..............................30 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................. 30 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................31 ATA133 Supported ................................ 33 Front Panel Connector ..............................34 IrDA Connector ................................35 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot...................... 36 WOL (Wake on LAN) Connector............................
- Page 4 JP14 Clear CMOS Data Jumper............................ 49 JP21 K7 Host Clock Selection............................50 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ..........................51 STBY LED ..................................52 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ........................53 Battery-less and Long Life Design ..........................54 3300µF Low ESR Capacitor ............................55 AOConfig Utility................................
- Page 5 Installing USB 2.0 Driver ............................... 75 Glossary ............................ 76 AC97 CODEC ................................76 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................... 76 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................... 76 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ........................... 77 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................77 ATA (AT Attachment) ..............................77 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................
- Page 6 Flash ROM ..................................81 Hyper Threading ................................81 IEEE 1394 ..................................82 Parity Bit ..................................82 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ........................83 PDF Format................................... 83 PnP (Plug and Play) ..............................83 POST (Power-On Self Test) ............................83 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ..........................84 RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ....................
- Page 7 Troubleshooting......................... 87 Technical Support ........................91 Product Registration ......................... 94 How to Contact Us ........................95...
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Page 8: 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 9: 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 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from... -
Page 10: Overview
® Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-400G / AK77-400GN motherboard. The AK77-400G / AK77-400GN motherboard is AMD Socket 462 motherboard based on the ATX form featuring the VIA KT400A chipset. As high performance chipset built in the ® motherboard, this motherboard comes with AMD Socket 462 series Athlon™... -
Page 11: Feature Highlight
® Supports AMD Socket 462 series CPU with 200/266/333 MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz AthlonXP: 1500+ (1.33GHz) ~3000+ (2.2GHz) Chipset The VIA KT400A consists of Host system controller and the VT8235CE highly integrated V-Link Client PCI/LPC controller. The Host system controller provides superior performance between the CPU, RAM, AGP bus, and V-Link interface with pipelined, burst, and concurrent operation. - Page 12 LAN Port (for AK77-400GN) On the strength of Realtek LAN controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. Expansion Slots Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X/4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. All of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
- Page 13 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance. Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail the system overclocking. Power Management/Plug and Play AK77-400G / AK77-400GN supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S.
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Page 14: 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 15: Motherboard Map
Motherboard Map Realtek LAN chip (AK77-400GN only) 2Mb Flash ROM BIOS Colored Back Panel Onboard AC’97 CODEC Wake On LAN Connector Game Port Connector ATX Power Connector AUX-IN Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Enable/Disable Jumper CD-IN Connector 3300μF Low ESR Capacitors Front Audio Connector SYSFAN1 Connector S/PDIF Connector... -
Page 16: Block Diagram
DDR400/333/266 RAM Up to PCI Bus 32-bit PCI Slot x5 DDR RAM Socket x3 Primary 66/100/133 Channel IDE Drive x4 200/266/333 Secondary Socket 462 MHz System Channel VIA KT400A Athlon/Duron/AthlonXP AGP Bus AC’97 Link VIA8235CE Audio CODEC RealTek 8101L LAN connect Component AGP 8X Slot For AK77-400GN 2MBit Flash EEPROM... -
Page 17: 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 18: About "Manufacturer Upgrade Optional" And "User Upgrade Optional
“Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing “User Upgrade Optional” components, and again you can visit AOpen official web site: http://english.aopen.com.tw/... -
Page 19: Cpu Installation
® 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). - Page 20 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.
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Page 21: Aopen Overheat Protection (O.h.p.) Technology
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 22: 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 23: 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 24: Setting Cpu Frequency
Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use Home <Home> key to restore the default setting or you can wait till the AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” reset the system in five seconds and system will auto-detect... - Page 25 CPU Core EV6 Bus Clock Ratio Frequency ® Note: VIA KT400A chipset supports 200/266/333MHz Athlon 1.33G 1.33GHz 266MHz 10.0x FSB with performance reaches maximum 333MHz EV6 Athlon 1.4G 1.4GHz 266MHz 10.5x system bus and supports 66MHz AGP clock, higher AthlonXP 1500+ 1.3GHz 266MHz 10.0x...
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Page 26: Aopen "Watch Dog Abs
“ ” “ ” 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 ABS” function immediately, and set the frequency by user’s setting that stored in the BIOS. -
Page 27: Cpu And Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)
Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN1 (FAN1) or SYSFAN2 (FAN2) connector. +12V SENSOR SYSFAN1 Connector +12V SENSOR +12V CPUFAN Connector SENSOR Note: Some CPU fans do not have SYSFAN2 Connector sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring. -
Page 28: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266/333/400 memory up to 3 GB. Non-ECC DDR RAM is supported. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or RAM module. Note: According to the standard DDR400 specification from Warning: This motherboard supports DDR JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council), it is RAM. - Page 29 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. 40 pins 52 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 30: 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 31: Ide And Floppy Connector
Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector and IDE connectors. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Pin 1 Pin 1 ATA 66/100/133 IDE Connector FDD Connector IDE 1 (Primary) IDE 2 (Secondary) - Page 32 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel, IDE2 is known as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode.
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Page 33: Ata133 Supported
This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer. -
Page 34: 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 35: Irda Connector
The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 98 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 36: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot
The AK77-400G / AK77-400GN 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. -
Page 37: Wol (Wake On Lan) Connector
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 38 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 39: 10/100 Mbps Lan Onboard (For Ak77-400Gn)
On the strength of Realtek LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The orange LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network. -
Page 40: S/Pdif (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a latest audio transfer file format that provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog. 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 a even better audio quality. -
Page 41: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
This motherboard comes with an ALC650F Codec which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effect, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650F, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. -
Page 42: Support Six Usb 2.0 Port
This motherboard provides six 2.0 ports to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the PC99 back panel and one header on board. Please note that USB 2.0, with fancy speed up to 480Mbps, is 40 times faster than the traditional ones. -
Page 43: 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 (AK77-400GN only) PS/2 Mouse Line-In... -
Page 44: 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 45: Case Open Connector
The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is being triggered by light or opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you. -
Page 46: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. Note: Though the latest version of Windows supports “Digital Audio” through IDE bus, 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 47: Aux-In Connector
This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN Connector... -
Page 48: Game Port Bracket Supported
This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard. Joystick Module (User Upgrade Optional) Pin1... -
Page 49: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data Jumper
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 50: Jp21 K7 Host Clock Selection
This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if you are not an over-clocker, we recommend you to set it to the default setting. Additionally, this motherboard also provides “1MHz Stepping Adjustment” feature for overclockers to adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program. If you fix the CPU FSB frequency by JP21, the “1MHz Stepping Adjustment”... -
Page 51: Jp28 Kb/Mouse Wake-Up Jumper
This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. The factory default setting is set to “Disable” (1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to pin2-3. Pin 1 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper... -
Page 52: Stby Led
STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that aims at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to 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 53: Agp Protection Technology And Agp Led
With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, this model implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltage of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the... -
Page 54: 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 55: 3300Μf 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 56 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the Pentium IV, 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 57: 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 58 .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or 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 59: Ezclock
BIOS screen for the frequency and reboot the system again and again. But from now on, you don’t surfer the boring stuffs anymore. With brand-new and user-friendly EzClock that AOpen specially designs for his users, you can adjust those important values as you please and think of suitable. This tailor-made EzClock allows you to set... - Page 60 How You Adjust the Settings in EzClock Utility In EzClock utility, you can adjust CPU Front Side Bus (FSB), the voltage and frequency of VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM. Besides, the CPU related information such as CPU voltage, temperature and CPUFAN rotation speed will also be displayed on this utility. On the left circle area shows Ratio, FSB and frequency information CPU Color Bars: The color bar will...
- Page 61 On the bottom rectangular panel represents CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature. The three color bars on the right hand side will light on according to operation temperature. Please refer to the picture shown above. CPU Color Bars: CPU Fan, Voltage and Temperature: The color bars will light on representing CPU fan speed, CPU...
- Page 62 How Your Boot Screen Looks Like After you finish setting BIOS, these setting values will be displayed on the boot screen like the shown picture here. Every time you boot your system, both default and current settings will pop up on the screen. Your personal settings that had been adjusted earlier will be highlighted;...
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Page 63: 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 this motherboard 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. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup. -
Page 64: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program
™ ™ Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press <Enter> key to select, and use the <Page Up> and <Page Down> key to change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. -
Page 65: 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, RAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting. -
Page 66: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment
Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or 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 67 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: WAK77400GN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.
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Page 68: Vivid Bios Technology
VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colourful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen that 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 colours screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen. -
Page 69: Driver And Utility
There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows XP) before you can install any drivers or utilities. -
Page 70: Installing Via 4 In 1 Driver
You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. Warning: To take advantage of ATA133, it is a must to install the latest version of VIA... -
Page 71: Installing Audio Driver
This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650F AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. -
Page 72: Installing Lan Driver In Windows 98Se/Me/2000/Xp (For Ak77-400Gn)
This motherboard comes with RealTek controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN connecting device providing 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. You can install the LAN driver form the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. - Page 73 Installing LAN Driver in Windows 95 / NT 4.0 [Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A and OSR2] Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 2.
- Page 74 4. In the list of network cards, select "<other> requires disk from manufacturer", and then press <Enter> button. 5. Enter drive and pathname [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\NT (for NT 4.0) that is the path where the setup files OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then chooses the OK button. 6.
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Page 75: Installing Usb 2.0 Driver
This motherboard comes with USB 2.0 function. You can install USB 2.0 Driver under Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. Note: After installing USB 2.0 driver under WinME, there would be a "green question mark"... -
Page 76: Glossary
Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. -
Page 77: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port)
The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. -
Page 78: Bios (Basic Input/Output System)
and integrated drive controller and the computer's motherboard. Two drives (master and slave) are supported. The ATA specification allows the drive to connect directly to the ISA bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). -
Page 79: Cnr (Communication And Networking Riser)
high transfer rate of 1MB/s, it also could be encrypted with pin code. With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second, it’s difficult to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electromagnetic wave. 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". -
Page 80: 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 81: Fcc Doc (Declaration Of Conformity)
The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations. This standard allows DIY component (such as motherboard) to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing. FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket. -
Page 82: Ieee 1394
IEEE 1394, which also called Firewire, is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system. The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio (A/V) consumer application is its low cost. Fire wire interface is capable of supporting various high-end digital A/V applications, such as consumer A/V device control and signal routing, Digital Video (DV) editing, home networking, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing. -
Page 83: Pci (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus
Developed by Intel, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local bus standard. A bus is a channel used to transfer data to (input) and from (output) a computer and to or from a peripheral device. Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemented at 32-bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps. -
Page 84: Psb (Processor System Bus) Clock
PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM”... -
Page 85: Sata (Serial Ata)
The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second, and 300M/bs, 600M/bs to come. -
Page 86: Vcm (Virtual Channel Memory)
system automatically recognize the change. USB 2.0, which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days. NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements. -
Page 87: 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 88 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 89 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 90 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 91: 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 92 AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under “Multi-language”. http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/ Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you.
- Page 93 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AK77-400GN R1.00 Aug. 01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AK77-400GN is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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Page 94: Product Registration
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Page 95: How To Contact Us
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