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Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................4
1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................5
1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................5
Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard ............................................... 6
2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................6
2.2 Specification ...............................................................................................7
2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................8
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation ............................................................... 9
3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................9
3.2 Installation You Have to Know..................................................................... 10
Installing CPU ...........................................................................................10
Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................11
Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12
Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................13
Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................14
Connecting ATX Power Cables .....................................................................15
3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ........................................................... 16
Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................16
Connecting Serial ATA (only for vKM400Am-S) .............................................17
Connecting IrDA........................................................................................22
10/100 LAN Supported...............................................................................23
Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................24
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Connecting Serial ATA (only for vKM400Am-S) ..........17 Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting (only for vKM400Am-S).......18 Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot (only for vKM400Am-S) ......19 Connecting AGP 4X Expansion Slot (only for vKM266Pm) .......20 Connecting CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot....21 Connecting IrDA..................22...
  • Page 2 Chapter 6 Installing Drivers ..............44 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD..............44 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver .................44 Installing VIA S3G Unichrome Graphics Win2K/XP Driver (for vKM400Am-S) ..45 Installing VIA S3G Unichrome IGP Win2K/XP Driver (for vKM266Pm)....45 Installing Audio Driver ................46 Installing LAN Driver..................46...
  • Page 3 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..............48 Chapter 8 Technical Support ..............49 Model Name and BIOS Version..............50 Register Your Motherboard .................50 Technical Support..................51...

  • Page 4: A Thank-You Note Before You Get Start

    We regret not informing about any changes in usage standards and other related information. AOpen reserves the right of altering or modifying the content of this manual. In case of any mistakes or incorrect descriptions, which include those on the products, AOpen makes no guarantee or commitments.

  • Page 5: Features Of This Manual

    1.2 Features of This Manual To help you grab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently: Note This contains knowledge you should know in process of assembling, or some helpful tips.

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Introduction To This Motherboard

    9. 184-pin DIMMs X 2 23. USB2.0 Connectors X 2 (vKM400Am-S) USB2.0 Connector X 1 (vKM266Pm) 10. CPUFAN Connector 24. Serial ATA Ports X 2(only for vKM400Am-S) 11. SYSFAN2 Connector 25. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper 12. IrDA Connector 26. Case Open Connector 13.

  • Page 7: Specification

    2.2 Specification Here is the main function of your motherboard. Models vKM400Am-S vKM266Pm AMD Athlon XP / Athlon / Duron CPU AMD Athlon XP / Athlon / Duron CPU Socket A Socket A FSB400 MHz/333MHz/266MHz FSB 333 MHz/266MHz Chipset VIA KM400A / VIA 8237...

  • Page 8: Block Diagram

    PCI Bus Socket 462 AMD Athlon/ Ahtlon XP/Duron Serial ATA Ports x2 150MB/s (for vKM400Am-S) 266/333/400MHz System Bus (400MHz 33/66/133 only for vKM400Am-S) IDE Drives x 4 VGA Onboard VIA KM400A (vKM400Am-S) AGP bus VIA KM266Pro RealTek AGP 8X (vKM266Pm)

  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Chapter 3 Hardware Installation 3.1 Quick Installation Procedure 12. Installing Drivers & 1. Installing CPU Utilities 11. Installing 2. Installing CPU Operating System Fan & System Fan (such as, Windows 10. Loading Default BIOS, 3. Installing Setting CPU Memory Module Frequency...

  • Page 10: Installation You Have To Know

    3.2 Installation You Have to Know Installing CPU ® 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 Athlon XP / Duron CPU).

  • Page 11: Installing Cpu And System Fans

    Installing CPU and System Fans Plug the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector. +12V SENSOR SYSFAN1 Connector +12V SENSOR +12V SENSOR CPUFAN Connector SYSFAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so...

  • Page 12: Installing Memory Modules

    Installing Memory Modules DIMM slots are designed in Black which are very easy to recognize. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Pin 1 Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will clip to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM...

  • Page 13: Connecting Ide And Floppy Cables

    Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables Connect the 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Secondary Secondary Master (3rd) Slave (4th) FDD Connector Pin 1 IDE 1 (Primary) Pin 1...

  • Page 14: Connecting Front Panel Cable

    Connecting Front Panel Cable Attach the power LED, speaker 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, which is a 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel.

  • Page 15: Connecting Atx Power Cables

    Connecting ATX Power Cables This motherboard comes with a 20-pin connector as shown below. Make sure you plug them in the right direction.

  • Page 16: Other Installation For Your Reference

    3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency Setting CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage automatically during power-on. Setting CPU Frequency This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through 1MHz stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS.

  • Page 17: Connecting Serial Ata (Only For Vkm400Am-S)

    Connecting Serial ATA (only for vKM400Am-S) 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.

  • Page 18: Adjusting Your Hard Disk Setting (Only For Vkm400Am-S)

    Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting (only for vKM400Am-S) Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard 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 having them installed, the problem may lie in the BIOS setting.

  • Page 19: Connecting Agp 8X Expansion Slot (Only For Vkm400Am-S)

    Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot (only for vKM400Am-S) vKM400Am-S provides an AGP 8X slot. AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. Traditionally AGP used both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 4X AGP, and the data transfer rate could achieve 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.

  • Page 20: Connecting Agp 4X Expansion Slot (Only For Vkm266Pm)

    Connecting AGP 4X Expansion Slot (only for vKM266Pm) vKM266Pm provides an AGP 4X slot. AGP 4X is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic, and the data transfer rate could achieve 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.

  • Page 21: Connecting Cnr (Communication And Network Riser) Expansion Slot

    Connecting CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power.

  • Page 22: Connecting Irda

    Connecting IrDA The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports both HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).

  • Page 23: 10/100 Lan Supported

    10/100 LAN Supported On the strength of Realtek RTL8100C LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides 10/100 Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on the top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link mode;...

  • Page 24: Connecting Usb2.0

    Connecting USB2.0 This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0(vKM400Am-S)/six USB2.0 (vKM266Pm) ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or chassis front panel.

  • Page 25: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effects

    Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effects This motherboard comes with a Realtek AC97 CODEC (ALC650), which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module.

  • Page 26: Connecting Front Audio

    Connecting Front Audio If the housing is 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 the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable.

  • Page 27: Connecting Aux_In

    Connecting AUX_IN This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.

  • Page 28: Connecting Cd_In

    Connecting CD_IN This connector is designed to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.

  • Page 29: Connecting Case Open

    Connecting Case Open 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 triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you.

  • Page 30: Connecting S/Pdif (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)

    Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) 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.

  • Page 31: Colored Coded Back Panel

    Colored Coded Back Panel The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector, COM1, VGA port, Printer, USB, AC’97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP RJ45 10/100 PS/2 Mouse...

  • Page 32: Led Indication

    LED Indication LED indication including Boot LED and AGP LED are AOpen’s considerate designs that aim at providing you friendly system information. 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...

  • Page 33: Jumper Settings

    3.4 Jumper Settings This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse JP28 Keyboard / Mouse wake-up function. Wakeup Jumper JP28 Keyboard / Mouse Wakeup Jumper Disable Enable (Default) JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper Normal Clear CMOS (default) You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

  • Page 34: Chapter 4 Special Features And Utilities

    VIA to setup your disk array. For more RAID introduction, please visit our website: http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside/RAID.htm RAID BIOS Setting Utility (only for vKM400Am-S) In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID device smoothly, we have to enter RAID BIOS Setting Utility to do some configuration.

  • Page 35: Silenttek - Noise Is Gone

    Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS and the utility under Windows, SilentTek combines “Hardware-Status Monitoring”,...
  • Page 36 The first image you have here is Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages here and set your expected margins of warning level. You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here. In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you can get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis.
  • Page 37 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 parameters of CPU and ambient temperature which is ease-of-use and trouble free at your service.

  • Page 38: Other Useful Features

    Other Useful Features With excellent design ability of R&D team, AOpen boasts for its various powerful and handy features that come with our product like follows. You are welcomed visit technical website learn more about those features. http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside...

  • Page 39: Chapter 5 Setting Bios

    AOpen’s R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS settings of this motherboard. However, some default settings of BIOS cannot fine-tune those sections that controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide you and help you to configure some other settings.

  • Page 40: How To Use 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. Description Page Up or + Change setting to next value or increase the value. Page Down or - Change setting to previous value or decrease value.

  • Page 41: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment

    BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to convenience for users, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it help you complete the flash process automatically.
  • Page 42 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all applications before you start the upgrades. Download the latest version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (Ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/) Unzip the downloaded BIOS package (ex: WSGMAXII102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.

  • Page 43: Vivid Bios Technology

    Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful...

  • Page 44: Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

    Chapter 6 Installing Drivers Chapter 6 Installing Drivers 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 45: Installing Via S3G Unichrome Graphics Win2K/Xp Driver (For Vkm400Am-S)

    Installing VIA S3G Unichrome Graphics Win2K/XP Driver (for vKM400Am-S) This motherboard is based on VIA KM400A which provides integrated VGA Engine in die. For optimized 3D performance, please installing its driver by choosing VIA S3G Unichrome Graphics Win2K/XP driver in the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu...

  • Page 46: Installing Audio Driver

    Installing Audio Driver This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu Installing LAN Driver This motherboard comes with Relaltek RTL 8100C controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10/100Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.

  • Page 47: Installing Via Usb 2.0 Driver

    Host Controller" item. Please rest assured that it is not an error message. You may just ignore it Installing VIA Serial ATA RAID Driver (only for vKM400Am-S) This Motherboard has two SATA ports which are provided by the south bridge VIA VT8237.

  • Page 48: Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Chapter 7 Troubleshooting...

  • Page 49: Chapter 8 Technical Support

    Gold Member of Club AOpen so as to ensure quality service in the future. In order to maintain the best service to every customer of us, we recommend you to follow the procedures below and seek help from our branches according to the region you buy the product.

  • Page 50: Model Name And Bios Version

    Gold member of Club AOpen, and to ensure high service quality and priority from AOpen. You will also have a chance to play slot machine game to win prize from AOpen. Please prepare the following information before you start: Model Name, Part Number (P/N), Serial Number (S/N) and Purchase Date.

  • Page 51: Technical Support

    Technical Support...

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