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MK77M-8X Series

DOC. NO.: MK77M8XN-OL-E0308A
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Henry Ozuna
March 21, 2025

Si la vga interna se dañó. ¿Que tipo de tarjeta debo comprar que sea compatible y de que capacidad?

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Mr. Anderson
March 21, 2025

The AOpen MK77M-8XN motherboard features an AGP 8X slot for graphics upgrades. To replace a damaged internal VGA, you need an AGP 8X compatible graphics card. The capacity (memory size) of the graphics card will depend on the specific AGP 8X cards available, but common options include 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, or higher, depending on the card's specifications.

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  • Page 1: Mk77M-8X Series

    MK77M-8X Series DOC. NO.: MK77M8XN-OL-E0308A...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    What’s in this manual ..............................2 You Must Notice ................................8 Before You Start ................................9 Overview ..................................10 MK77M-8XN / MK77M-8XL / MK77M-1394 Comparison Table ..................11 Feature Highlight................................12 Quick Installation Procedure ............................16 Motherboard Map ................................17 Block Diagram................................
  • Page 3 ATX Power Connector ..............................31 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................. 31 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................32 ATA/133 Supported ............................... 34 Serial ATA Supported ..............................35 Connecting Serial ATA Disk ............................36 Front Panel Connector ..............................39 IrDA Connector ................................40 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot......................
  • Page 4 AUX-IN Connector ................................ 52 JP14 Clear CMOS Data Jumper............................ 53 JP21 K7 Host Clock Selection............................54 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ..........................55 BOOT LED ..................................56 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ........................57 Battery-less and Long Life Design ..........................58 Resetable Fuse ................................
  • Page 5 Installing Audio Driver ..............................80 Installing VGA Driver ..............................81 Installing USB2.0 Driver ..............................82 Installing LAN Driver (for MK77M-8XN and MK77M-1394) .................... 83 Installing LAN Driver (for MK77M-8XL) ......................... 86 Installing SATA Raid Driver ............................98 AOConfig Utility................................99 Glossary .............................
  • Page 6 DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ............................ 104 ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................... 105 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)....................105 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ........................105 EV6 Bus ..................................105 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................... 106 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ..........................106 FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)..........................
  • Page 7 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ............................ 109 SATA (Serial ATA) ............................... 110 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..........................110 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ............................. 110 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ........................... 110 VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)............................111 Wireless LAN – 802.11b ...............................111 ZIP file..................................111 Troubleshooting.........................

  • 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 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from...

  • Page 10: Overview

    ® Thank you for choosing AOpen MK77M-8X Series. The MK77M-8X Series is AMD Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the micro ATX form factor featuring the VIA KM400 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the MK77M-8X Series ®...

  • Page 11: Mk77M-8Xn / Mk77M-8Xl / Mk77M-1394 Comparison Table

    Following we list the different functions in those four models. “V” represents those functions that the model equips with and “X” represents functions that model doesn’t have. Please always refer to this page to see the functions of your model. MK77M-8XN MK77M-8XL MK77M-1394...

  • Page 12: Feature Highlight

    ® Supports AMD Socket 462 series CPU with both 266/333MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 1GHz~1.4GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~3200+(2.2GHz) Chipset The VIA KM400 chipset features the S3 Graphics integrated 2D/3D graphics core with MPEG-2 acceleration and DuoView technology for excellent multimedia performance and complete flexibility on the desktop. The chipset North Bridge exchanges data with the CPU through a flexible and ultra fast Front Side Bus at speeds of up to 333MHz, and features an AGP 8X controller for graphics upgrades.

  • Page 13: Expansion Slots

    6-channel surround sound AC'97 audio and an MC'97 modem. Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Master IDE Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with three slots that support four IDE devices in two channels, supporting Ultra DMA 66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. LAN Port On the strength of Realtek controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps or Gigabit Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
  • Page 14 Memory With VIA KM400 chipset, the MK77M-8X Series can support Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM. The DDR RAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the RAM and the data buffers at 333/266MHz. The four banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512MB x N DDR RAM and support DDR333/266 maximum up to 2GB.
  • Page 15 Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in few seconds when you fail the system overclocking. Power Management/Plug and Play MK77M-8X Series supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S.

  • Page 16: 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 17: Motherboard Map

    Motherboard Map AUX-IN Connector Colored Back Panel Resetable Fuse Front Audio Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse CD-IN Connector Wakeup Jumper ATX Power Connector S/PDIF Connector 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors CNR Expansion Slot SYSFAN3 Connector 462-pin Socket with 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 Voltage Frequency Auto-Detection...

  • Page 18: Block Diagram

    DDR333/266 RAM Up to 2GB DDR SDRAM Socket x2 32-bit PCI Slot x3 PCI Bus 133/166MHz System Bus Socket 462 AMD VIA KM400 Primary Athlon/AthlonXP Channel 66/100/133 IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP Bus AC’97 Link Audio CODEC VT8237 RealTek LAN connect Component AGP 8X Slot CNR Slot...

  • Page 19: 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 20: 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 21 ® This motherboard supports AMD Athlon 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 powered off when the temperature of CPU reaches to 97 degree, but it works only on AthlonXP CPU). 2.

  • Page 22: 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, you may damage the CPU. Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.

  • Page 23: 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 24: 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 25: Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink

    Cooling down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to overclock the CPU.
  • Page 26 Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot when overclocking, please use <Home> key to restore the Home default setting or wait AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” for resetting the system in few seconds and the system will auto-detect hardware again.
  • Page 27 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 266MHz...

  • Page 28: 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 in SYSFAN2 (FAN2) or SYSFAN3 (FAN3) connectors. +12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector +12V SENSOR CPUFAN1 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support fan monitoring.

  • Page 29: Dimm Sockets

    This motherboard has two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266/333 memory up to 2GB. Non-ECC DDR RAM is supported. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or RAM module. Warning: This motherboard supports DDR RAM.
  • Page 30 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.

  • Page 31: 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 32: 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. Primary Primary Master (1st) Slave (2nd) IDE1 (Primary) ATA 66/100/133 IDE Connector IDE2 (Secondary) Pin 1 Secondary Secondary Master (3rd)
  • Page 33 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 the secondary and third 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.

  • Page 34: Ata/133 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 35: Serial Ata Supported

    VIA south bridge VT8237 integrates two Serial ATA host controllers that 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 36: 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 note that it is a jumper free implement;...
  • Page 37 Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard also supports the latest Serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you install them, the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting.
  • Page 38 If you intend to change the default setting, simply press Enter for a list of selection: IDE Mode: If you are using Windows XP or Windows 2000, we suggest you to choose this mode. RAID Mode: Windows ME users are recommended to choose this mode.

  • Page 39: 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 40: Irda Connector

    The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module. With this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, 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.

  • Page 41: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot

    MK77M-8X Series 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 42: 10/100/1000 Mbps Lan Onboard

    On the strength of Realtek 8100C LAN controller (for MK77M-8XN and MK77M-1394) or 8110S-32 LAN controller (for MK77M-8XL) on board, which are highly integrated platform LAN connect devices, they provide 10/100Mbps or gigabits Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right-hand side LED on RJ45 connector indicates linking mode;...

  • Page 43: 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. Because the CPU computing power is 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 44: Support Eight Usb 2.0 Port

    This motherboard provides eight ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are six connectors on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect the other USB connectors to the USB modules or front panel of chassis. Please note that USB 2.0, with a fancy speed up to 480Mbps, is 40 times faster than the traditional ones.

  • Page 45: Color Coded Back Panel

    The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1, VGA, RJ45 LAN Jack, Printer, USB, AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing. USB Ports SPP/EPP/ECP RJ45 LAN Jack Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse (2.0)

  • Page 46: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

    This motherboard comes with an ALC650 CODEC that 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.

  • Page 47: 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 48: 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 49: Ieee 1394 Connector (For Mk77M-1394)

    This motherboard comes with IEEE 1394 connector 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.

  • Page 50: 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 51: 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, however in order to CD-IN 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 52: Aux-In Connector

    This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN...

  • Page 53: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data Jumper

    You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, please 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 54: 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 CPU Adjustment” feature for overclockers to adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program.

  • Page 55: 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. Pin1 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper...

  • Page 56: Boot Led

    BOOT LED will keep blinking when you power the system on and when your system is under POST (Power-On Self Test). After POST diagnoses everything all right and finishes the booting, the LED will stay on otherwise it will remain flashing to warn you that mistakes have occurred during POST.

  • Page 57: 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 58: 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 59: 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 60: 2200 Μ F Low Esr Capacitor

    μ μ μ μ μ μ μ μ The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation.
  • Page 61 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.
  • Page 62 “ ” “ ” 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 63 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 64 The first image you have here is the Voltage Status In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the page. You can find current status of all voltages and set current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis, your expected margins of warning level. plus checking if fans are running properly.
  • Page 65 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.

  • Page 66: Raid Introduction

    ’ ’ Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures. The idea of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) was first introduced by David A. Patterson, Garth Gibson and Randy H.

  • Page 67: What Are The Raid Levels

    RAID level 0, which is the fastest drive array you can have, is a performance-oriented disk mapping method. The data in this array gets written across a stripe or different disks for a faster transfer. This technique has striping but no redundancy of data. It offers the best performance but no fault-tolerance.
  • Page 68 Block 1 RAID level 1 uses at least two duplicate hard drives and store the exact Block 2 same blocks of information between them. This is the slowest form of fault tolerance because the data has to be replicated onto two disks at Block 3 the same time.
  • Page 69 As the name would suggest, RAID 0+1 is striping and mirroring combined. This RAID combines the best of both RAID 0 and RAID 1. It takes a Disk stripe using two disks, and mirrors it to another set of disks for fault tolerance. Data is stripped across several disks, each disk has partner with exactly the same data on it.
  • Page 70 JBOD combines multiple drives into one larger logical one, which is recognized by the operating system as a single drive. Although it doesn’t provide data integrity advantages as RAID levels 0 and 1 have, it can be very helpful for users dealing with extremely large file sizes such as animation or digital editing files.

  • Page 71: Hdd Capacity Of Raid Levels

    Striping Logical Drive Physical Disks Physical Disks 80 GB 40 GB 40 GB Physical Disks 40GB Physical Disks 40 GB Mirroring Logical Drive 80 GB Physical Disks 40GB Physical Disks 40 GB Logical Drive Physical Disks Physical Disks 40 GB 40 GB 40 GB Striping...

  • Page 72: 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 73: How To Use Phoenix Award™ Bios Setup Program

    The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. Alternatively, it's strongly recommended to install AOpen’s newest WinBIOS Utility to get more detailed description, further powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS.

  • Page 74: 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 75: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment

    Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language function to provide easier way for users’ usage in changing BIOS setting.
  • Page 76 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: WMK77M8XN102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.

  • Page 77: 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 78: 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 79 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 4in1 driver in the Bonus CD.
  • Page 80 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 auto-run menu.
  • Page 81 This motherboard comes with a VGA onboard function. You can find the VGA driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
  • Page 82 This motherboard comes with USB2.0 function. You can install USB2.0 Driver under Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. Note: After installing USB 2.0 driver under WinME, there would be a "green question mark"...
  • Page 83 This motherboard comes with RealTek RTL8100C controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. For Windows 98/ME/2000/XP users, you can install the LAN driver form the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
  • Page 84 For Windows 95 and NT4.0 users, please follow the procedures below to install your driver. Introduction: ------------- This document describes the procedure to install Windows 95 (Golden version), Win95A, OSR2, 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 : -----------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 85 3. In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the "Add Adapter" button. The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears. 4. In the list of network cards, select "<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) which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then choose the OK button.
  • Page 86 This motherboard comes with RealTek 8110S-32 controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. For Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP users, you can install the LAN driver form the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. For Windows 98: 1.
  • Page 87 Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press " Next".
  • Page 88 System will ask you to provide the file path for loading driver, please type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press " OK". System will then ask you to insert "Windows 98 CD-ROM" After the driver is installed, please reboot your computer. And you can firm the installation by checking the screen below.
  • Page 89 For Windows 2000: Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD". Right click "Ethernet Controller ", then select "Properties". Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.
  • Page 90 Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)" Select "Specify a location", and then click "Next". Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press " OK".
  • Page 91 After the driver is installed, you can confirm the installation.
  • Page 92 For Windows ME: 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices". Insert the supplied "Bonus CD". Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller" and click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab. Select "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)". Choose "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now.
  • Page 93 After the driver is installed, please reboot your computer. And you can confirm the installation.
  • Page 94 For Windows NT: 1. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab. Click "Add" to install a new adapter. All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click "Have Disk"..When prompted, insert the BONUS CD, type the path "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Winnt4"...
  • Page 95 With "Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK". Reboot your computer and you can confirm your installation.
  • Page 96 For Windows XP: 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices". Insert the supplied "Bonus CD". Right click "Ethernet Controller ", then select "Update Driver". Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and then click "Next". Choose "Search for the best driver in these locations", and then select "Include this location in the search:".
  • Page 97 After the driver is installed, you can confirm the installation.
  • Page 98 You can find the SATA raid driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
  • Page 99 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 100 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.

  • Page 101: 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 102: Ata (At Attachment)

    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 103: Bluetooth

    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 104 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 105 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 106: Flash Rom

    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 107: Parity Bit

    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 108 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 109 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 110 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 111 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 112 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 113 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 114 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 115 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 116 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 117 AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 been discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under “Multi-language”.
  • Page 118 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MK77M-8XN R1.02 May. 01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. MK77M-8XN is model name of motherboard, R1.02 is BIOS version.

  • Page 119: 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 120 Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. America Pacific Rim Europe AOpen America Inc. AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. Tel: 1-510-489-8928 Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Fax: 1-510-489-1998 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Email: Support@AOpen.NL...

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