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Page 1: W H A T ' S I N T H I S M A N U A L
MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 DOC. NO.: MK86L-OL-E0310A... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
What’s in this manual ..............................2 You Must Notice ................................8 Before You Start ................................9 Overview ..................................10 MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 Comparison Table ....................... 11 Feature Highlight................................12 Quick Installation Procedure ............................16 Motherboard Map ................................17 Block Diagram................................ - Page 3 AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” .............................. 28 CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ....................29 DIMM Sockets ................................30 ATX Power Connector ..............................32 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................. 32 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................33 ATA/133 Supported ............................... 35 Serial ATA Supported (With RAID Function) ........................
- Page 4 CD Audio Connector ..............................49 AUX-IN Connector................................. 50 WOL (Wake on LAN) ..............................51 IEEE 1394 Connector (for MK86-1394) ......................... 52 JP14 Clear CMOS Data Jumper............................ 53 JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper ..........................54 STBY LED ..................................55 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED ........................56 Battery-less and Long Life Design..........................
- Page 5 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver ............................. 78 Installing Audio Driver ..............................79 Installing USB2.0 Driver ..............................80 Installing LAN Driver (for MK86-L) ..........................81 Installing LAN Driver (for MK86-N and MK86-1394) ...................... 87 Installing VIA Serial ATA RAID Driver ..........................93 AOConfig Utility................................
- Page 6 ATA (AT Attachment) ..............................104 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................105 Bluetooth..................................105 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)......................106 DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ............................ 106 ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................... 106 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)....................107 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)........................107 EV6 Bus ..................................
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Page 7: Troubleshooting
POST (Power-On Self Test) ............................110 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ..........................110 RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ....................111 RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................111 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) .............................111 SATA (Serial ATA) ................................111 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..........................112 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ............................. -
Page 8: L / M K
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 Adobe web site. -
Page 10: Overview
2.1GB/sec. With memory controller built in the Athlon 64 processor, DDR400(PC3200), DDR333(PC2700) DDR266(PC2100) DDR RAM can be applied to the MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 and DDR400 maximum memory size can be up to 2GB. The on-board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode and the transfer rate up to 133MB/s. -
Page 11: Mk86-N / Mk86-L / Mk86-1394 Comparison Table
Following we list different functions in those three 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. MK86-N MK86-L MK86-1394 IEEE 1394 Function IEEE 1394 Connector... -
Page 12: Feature Highlight
® Supports AMD Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU with 800MHz Hyper Transport Bus. Chipset The K8T800 North Bridge is a high performance and energy efficient solution for the implementation of desktop PC systems with Hyper Transport CPU host interface based on AMD Athlon 64 processors. The K8T800 chipset provides support for AMD Athlon 64 processors via the Hyper Transport Bus and South Bridge VT8237 chipset via the V-Link Host Controller. - Page 13 The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 2.1GB/s. As MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card for AD and SBA signaling, MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 can support 133MHz 4X/8X mode. MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 also support three master PCI slots for arbitration and decoding functions.
- Page 14 RAM and the data buffers at 400/333/266/200 MHz. The four banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512,1024MB DDR RAM and support DDR400/DDR333/266 maximum up to 2GB. On-board AC97 Sound MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 uses the AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC655 chip, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects.
- Page 15 (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features. Super Multi-I/O MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 provide two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
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Page 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 CD-IN Connector Colored Back Panel AUX-IN Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Front Audio Connector Wakeup Jumper S/PDIF Connector CPUFAN Connector AGP 8x Slot IrDA Connector 754-pin CPU Socket with FDD Connector Voltage Frequency Auto-Detection that supports Athlon 184-pin DIMMx2 supports DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 WOL Connector max up to 2GB... -
Page 18: Block Diagram
VIA K8T800 AMD Athlon 64 Serial ATA Devices x2 AGP Bus V-Link Bus Serial ATA VT8237 AC’97 Link BCM5707 (for MK86-L) BCM4401 (for MK86-N & MK86- Audio CODEC LAN connect Component 1394) AGP 8X Slot USB Port 4MBit Flash EEPROM... -
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 64 Socket 754 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). 2.
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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, it 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
CPU electricity before any damage is done. Unlike other manufacturers who use BIOS or software to control the power supply of CPU, AOpen O.H.P. Technology is purely hardware-controlled the minute after system boot-up, and occupies no system resource. -
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: Full-Range Adjustable Cpu Core Voltage
This function is dedicated to overclockers. The CPU core voltage of this motherboard is adjustable 0.8V to 1.55V by 0.025V stepping. But this motherboard can also automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Voltage Setting Warning: Higher CPU core voltage may be able to increase CPU speed for overclocking, but you may damage the CPU or reduce the... -
Page 26: Setting Cpu Frequency
Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the Home default setting or you can wait the AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” reset the system after five seconds and system will auto-detect hardware again. -
Page 27: Supported Cpu Frequency
Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio Clock = PCI Clock x 2 Core System Ratio Frequency Clock Athlon 64 3000+ 1.6GHz 200MHz Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz 200MHz Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2GHz 200MHz Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be fastest CPU on... -
Page 28: 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 29: 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 or SYSFAN2 connector. SENSOR +12V CPUFAN Connector +12V SENSOR SYSFAN1 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support +12V fan monitoring. -
Page 30: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266/333/400 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. Please do not install DIMM 2 DIMM 1... - Page 31 Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.
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Page 32: Atx Power Connector
This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction. +12V +12V Ground Ground 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. -
Page 33: 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. FDD Connector Primary Primary Master (1st) Slave (2nd) IDE1 (Primary) IDE2 (Secondary) Pin 1 Secondary Secondary Master (3rd) Slave (4th) - Page 34 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 35: 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 36: Serial Ata Supported (With Raid Function)
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. And the latest generation of the interface, Ultra ATA-133, has been developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes/second. However, while ATA has enjoyed an illustrious track record, the specification is now showing its age and imposes some serious design issues on today’s developers, including a 5-volt signaling requirement, high pin count, and serious cabling headaches. -
Page 37: 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 38 Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard does come with the support for 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 have had installed them on, the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting.
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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, 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 41: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot
The MK86-N / MK86-L / MK86-1394 provide 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... -
Page 42: 10/100/1000 Mbps Lan Onboard
The South Bridge VT8237 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. For MK86-L, on the strength of Broadcom BCM5705 LAN controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100/1000M bps Ethernet for office and home use. For MK86-N and MK86-1394, the Broadcom BCM4401 LAN controller provides 10/100M bps Ethernet. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. -
Page 43: Support Eight Usb 2.0 Connectors
This motherboard provides eight USB ports to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are six connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect the other USB connectors to the USB modules or front panel of chassis. -
Page 44: Color Coded Back Panel
The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1 and COM2, RJ45 LAN Jack, Printer, USB, AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP RJ45 LAN Jack Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Line-In Connector... -
Page 45: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
This motherboard comes with an ALC655 CODEC, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC655, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel. -
Page 46: 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 47: 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 48: 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 49: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. -
Page 50: Aux-In Connector
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Page 51: Wol (Wake On Lan)
This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with a chipset supporting 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 52: Ieee 1394 Connector (For Mk86-1394)
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 53: 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 54: 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 55: 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 56: 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-voltaging 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 57: 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 58: Resetable Fuse
Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB 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 59: F Low Esr Capacitor
μ μ The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. - Page 60 The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V.
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Page 61: 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 62: 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 63 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 64 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 65 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.
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Page 66: 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 67: Phoenix-Award Bios
BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports. AOpen’s R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS setting of this motherboard. 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 68: How To Use Phoenix-Award™ Bios Setup Program
Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3>... -
Page 69: 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 70: 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 71 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: WMK86L102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.
- Page 72 Here we are pleased to provide you a brand-new powerful interface—Open JukeBox. Without any cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player! This latest Open JukeBox motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC without any hassle of entering Windows operation system.
- Page 73 How Your Open JukeBox Works The operation of Open JukeBox Player is the same as other CD players. By pressing specific keys on the keyboard you will find playing Open JukeBox Player couldn’t be easier than the traditional CD Players. Below is the function description of respective buttons.
- Page 74 Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows. Auto: The default setting is “Auto” with which the Open JukeBox will automatically check the CD player every time you power on. The Open JukeBox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player. Press Insert Key: Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST.
- Page 75 Except these powerful functions above, Open JukeBox Player is also equipped with another fancy feature for you to change its “skin”. You can download as many skins as you want from AOpen Website, and changing them whenever you want by using this useful utility –...
- Page 76 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 77 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 78 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 79 This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC655 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 80 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.
- Page 81 This motherboard comes with BCM5705 controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. Windows 98 / ME installation guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices".
- Page 82 3. When prompted, insert the media to be searched into your CD-ROM drive, type the path to the driver, and select OK. Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705\Win98MENT (Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705\Win98MENT" is the designation of the driver on your system). 4. In the Driver Files Search Results window, verify the correct path to the driver software is shown, and then click Next.
- Page 83 6. BroadCom Ethernet driver installation is finished.
- Page 84 Windows 2000 / XP installation guide For Windows 2000 / XP users, you can install the LAN driver form the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
- Page 85 Windows NT installation guide 1. Please make sure your Windows NT system is upgraded with Service Pack 4 or later. 2. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have System Administrator privileges to install the driver software. 3.
- Page 86 (where "d:\Driver\Lan\BCM5705\Win98MENT" is the designation of the Lan driver on Bonus CD). 6. With "Gigabit Ethernet Controller" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK". When the adapter files are installed, the Network window will display newly installed adapter. 7.
- Page 87 This motherboard comes with BCM4401 controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN connecting device providing 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. Windows 98 / ME installation guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices".
- Page 88 When prompted, insert the media to be searched into your CD-ROM drive, type the path to the driver, and select OK. Example: e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401\Win98MENT (Where "e:\Driver\Lan\BCM4401\Win98MENT" is the designation of the driver on your system). In the Driver Files Search Results window, verify the correct path to the driver software is shown, and then click Next.
- Page 89 BroadCom Ethernet driver installation is finished.
- Page 90 Windows 2000 / XP installation guide For Windows 2000 / XP users, you can install the LAN driver form the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
- Page 91 Windows NT installation guide 1. Please make sure your Windows NT system is upgraded with Service Pack 4 or later. 2. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have System Administrator privileges to install the driver software. 3.
- Page 92 6. With "Gigabit Ethernet Controller" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK". When the adapter files are installed, the Network window will display newly installed adapter. 7. Click "Close", then the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window appears. Configure the TCP/IP protocol and click "OK".
- Page 93 This Motherboard has two SATA ports, which is provided by the south bridge VIA VT8237. The two ports support RAID 0 and RAID 1. You can install the SATA RAID driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
- Page 94 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 95 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 96 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 97 In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the The first image you have here is the Voltage Status current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis, page. You can find current status of all voltages and set plus checking if fans are running properly. your expected margins of warning level.
- Page 98 You may find that this setting fits you best. AOpen Recommend Setting: This setting is designed specifically for AOpen housing. A series of lab tests were conducted under the real world scenario to determine optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU working condition and temperature.
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Page 99: Ezclock
But from now on, you don’t have to 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... - Page 100 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 101 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 102 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 103: 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 104: 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 105: 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 106 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 107 parity mode can only detect single-bit error. Also known as E PROM. Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface technology is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM. Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light. If BIOS has to be upgraded, you need to remove EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back.
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Page 108: Flash Rom
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. After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478 socket as well. -
Page 109: Parity Bit
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. Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards. Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A/V to Firewire converters. - Page 110 With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange. Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file, including fonts and graphics, and they can be distributed by e-mail or stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms.
- Page 111 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” with transfer rate of 600/700/800MHz, providing bandwidth as high to 1.6GB.
- Page 112 SMBus is also called I C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message.
- Page 113 providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption. – – 802.11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology, which is an interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients.
- Page 114 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. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
- Page 115 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 116 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 117 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 118 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 119 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 120 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MK86-L R1.02 Oct. 01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. MK86-L is model name of motherboard, R1.02 is BIOS version.
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Page 121: 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 122 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: 1-408-232-1200 Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Fax: 1-408-232-1280 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Email: Support@AOpen.NL...