Page 1: W H A T ' S I N T H I S M A N U A L Ak77-600 Max
AK77-600 Max DOC. NO.: AK77600MAX-OL-E0310C...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… ..............21 CPU Installation ................................22 EzColor ..................................24 AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology ......................26 CPU Over-current Protection ............................27 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ............................28 Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage........................29...
Page 3 Supported CPU Frequency ............................31 AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” .............................. 32 CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ....................33 DIMM Sockets ................................34 ATX Power Connector ..............................36 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................. 36 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................37 ATA/133 Supported ...............................
Page 4 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................52 Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional) ........................ 53 IEEE 1394 Connector..............................55 Case Open Connector..............................56 CD Audio Connector ..............................57 AUX-IN Connector ................................ 58 Game Port Bracket Supported ............................59 JP2 Speaker / Buzzer Select Jumper ..........................60 JP14 Clear CMOS Data Jumper............................
Page 5 What are the RAID levels? ............................72 HDD Capacity of RAID Levels ............................75 Serial ATA RAID for VIA VT8237 ........................... 76 Serial ATA RAID for Promise PDC20378........................77 PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS......................80 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ....................81 How To Enter BIOS Setup .............................
Page 6 The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek ..........................112 EzClock..................................115 Glossary ..........................119 AC97 CODEC ................................119 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..................... 119 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)........................119 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ..........................120 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................120 ATA (AT Attachment) ..............................
Page 7 FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)..........................124 Flash ROM .................................. 124 Hyper Threading ................................. 124 IEEE 1394 ................................... 125 Parity Bit ..................................125 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ......................... 126 PDF Format................................. 126 PnP (Plug and Play) ..............................126 POST (Power-On Self Test) ............................126 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ..........................
Page 8 ZIP file..................................129 Troubleshooting........................130 Technical Support ........................134 Product Registration ....................... 137 How to Contact Us ........................138...
Page 9: 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 10: Before You Start
This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from...
Page 11: Overview
® Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-600 Max. The AK77-600 Max is AMD Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX ® form featuring the VIA Apollo KT600 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AK77-600 Max comes with AMD Socket 462 series Athlon™...
Page 12: Feature Highlight
® Supports AMD Socket 462 series CPU with both 200/266/333/400 MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~3200+(2.2GHz) Chipset The VIA Apollo KT600 consists of the KT600 V-Link Host system controller and the VT8237 highly integrated V-Link Client PCI/LPC controller.
Page 13 Serial ATA This motherboard comes with an integrated SATA controller in VIA VT8237 and a Promise Serial ATA controller, aiming to provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. The SATA connectors (port 1 and port2) provided by Promise SATA controller support RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1, and The SATA connectors (port 3 and port 4) provided by VIA VT8237 support RAID 0 and RIAD 1.
Page 14 Memory With VIA Apollo KT600 chipset, AK77-600 Max can support Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM. The DDR RAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the RAM and the data buffers at 400/333/266/200 MHz. The six banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512MB, 1GB x N DDR RAM and DDR400 maximum up to 2GB and DDR333/266 up to 3GB.
Page 15 100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance. Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail the system overclocking. Die-Hard BIOS The Die-Hard BIOS technology is a very effective hardware protection method that doesn’t involve any software or BIOS coding.
Page 16 Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module and AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility. Enhanced ACPI ® Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features.
Page 17: 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 18: Motherboard Map
AC97 CODEC AUX-IN Connector Motherboard Map CD-IN Connector Die Hard BIOS (BIOS 2) Die Hard BIOS (BIOS1) SmartEAR Connector Colored Back Panel JP24 Die Hard BIOS Jumper S/PDIF Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Front Audio Connector Case Open Connector Wakeup Jumper Game Port Connector IrDA Connector Broadcom BCM5705 WOL Connector...
Page 19: Block Diagram
DDR400 RAM Up to 3GB and DDR333/266 RAM to 2GB PCI Bus 32-bit PCI Slot x6 Serial ATA Devices x2 DDR SDRAM Socket x3 Serial ATA Promise PDC20378 100/133/166/200 Third Channel Socket 462 MHz System 66/100/133 VIA KT600 Primary Athlon/Duron/AthlonXP Channel 66/100/133 IDE Drive x6...
Page 20: 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 21: About "Manufacturer Upgrade Optional" And "User Upgrade Optional
“Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing “User Upgrade Optional” components, and again you can visit AOpen official web site: http://english.aopen.com.tw/...
Page 22: Cpu Installation
This motherboard supports AMD Athlon XP, Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket (with CPU Overheat Protection function implemented, the system will be automatically power off when the temperature of CPU reached 97 degree, but works on AthlonXP CPU only).
Page 23 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 24: Ezcolor
Breaking through traditional outlook of motherboard, AOpen now brings you a new fresh look of motherboard! – EzColor! Fancy? You may think so, but actually it is a practical and useful feature for amateur or even power-users. Coming in specific color for specific connector and module, components on motherboard are now born with their respective colors.
Page 25 Claret: Serial ATA connector Power Switch ACPI & Power LED IDE LED SPEAKER RESET Light Yellow: IDE 3 Connector Navy Blue: IDE 1 Connector Black: IDE 2 Connector Note: Colors setting varies on different motherboards, the color setting here applies only to AK77-600 Max...
Page 26: 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 27: 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 28: Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink
Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU.
Page 29: Full-Range Adjustable Cpu Core Voltage
This function is dedicated to overclockers. The CPU core voltage of this motherboard is adjustable 1.10V to 1.85V by 0.05V 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 30: 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 31: Supported Cpu Frequency
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 Core Ratio Frequency Clock Athlon 1.33G 1.33GHz 266MHz 10.0x Athlon 1.4G...
Page 32: 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 33: 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. +12V SENSOR SYSFAN1 Connector +12V SENSOR CPUFAN Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have +12V SENSOR sensor pin, so that cannot support fan...
Page 34: Dimm Sockets
This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266/333 memory up to 3 GB and DDR400 memory up to 2GB. Non-ECC DDR RAM is supported. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or RAM module.
Page 35 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 36: 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 37: Ide And Floppy Connector
Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Connector Secondary Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE2 (Secondary) IDE1 (Primary) ATA 66/100/133 IDE3 (Third) IDE Connectors Pin 1 Primary...
Page 38 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel, IDE2 and IDE3 are known as the secondary and third channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of six devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode.
Page 39: 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 40: 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 41: 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 42: 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 43: 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 44: Agp (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot
The AK77-600 Max 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, This AGP expansion slot is for 1.5V-1.6V AGP card only.
Page 45: Wol (Wake On Lan) Connector
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 chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
Page 46 WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
Page 47: 10/100/1000 Mbps Lan Onboard
The South Bridge VT8237 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. 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. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right-hand side LED indicates the link mode, it blinks in orange whenever linking to network.
Page 48: 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 PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect the other USB connectors to the USB modules or front panel of chassis.
Page 49: 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 50: Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect
This motherboard comes with an ALC650 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 ALC650, 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 51: 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 52: 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 53: Dr. Led Connector (User Upgrade Optional)
In conjunction with Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional), which can easily show what kind of problem you may incur on your system during assembly. It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr.
Page 54 Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. Boot O.K.
Page 55: Ieee 1394 Connector
This motherboard comes with IEEE 1394 controller Agere FW323 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. Please use the proper cable to connect with devices.
Page 56: 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 57: Cd Audio Connector
This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. CD-IN...
Page 58: Aux-In Connector
This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound. AUX-IN...
Page 59: Game Port Bracket Supported
This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard. Joystick Module Pin1 (User Upgrade Optional)
Page 60: Jp2 Speaker / Buzzer Select Jumper
This motherboard comes with another considerate function, which allows you to select the voice coming out from buzzer or speaker when Dr. Voice detects any errors occurred in the operating system. If you want to enable buzzer, you may set JP2 to pin 1-2, or pin 2-3 to enable speaker.
Page 61: 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 62: Dr. Voice Ii & Jp15, 16
& & Dr. Voice II is a great feature of this motherboard, which can identifies what kind of problems had occurred in the operating system. It can even clearly “tell” you whether there is a component issue or an installed issue, such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard by voice.
Page 63: Jp21 K7 Host Clock Selection
This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if you are not an over-clocker, we recommend you to set it to the default setting. Additionally, this motherboard also provides “1MHz Stepping Adjustment” feature for overclockers to adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program.
Page 64: 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. JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper Enable...
Page 65: Die-Hard Bios And Jp24 Select Jumper
BIOS is crashed, it is easy to save it back. First step is to set JP24 to Pin2-3 to boot up the system with BIOS 2. After that, please set the JP24 back to Pin1-2, go to AOpen website (http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloads) to get your BIOS version suited for your motherboard, and have it downloaded.
Page 66: 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 67: 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 68: 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 69: 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 70 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 71: 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 72: 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 73 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 74 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 75: 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 76: Serial Ata Raid For Via Vt8237
With the latest chipsets implemented, VIA VT8237 provides RAID 0 and RAID 1 function for the Serial ATA hard disks. You may use RAID BIOS Setting Utility provided by VIA to setup your disk array. 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 77: Serial Ata Raid For Promise Pdc20378
Integrated in VIA VT8237, this motherboard comes with the function of additional RAID 0 and RAID 1 function. Beside RAID 0 and RAID 1, this motherboard is designed with Promise Serial ATA (PDC20378) controller onboard, which is capable of providing you additional RAID 0, 1, 0+1 functioned by ATA133 IDE Connector. Promise PDC20378 is capable of creating RAID function of 0, 1, 0+1 (by IDE3).
Page 78 2. To create the disk array for RAID 1 with 2 hard disks: 3. To create the disk array for RAID 0, 1, 0 + 1 with 4 hard disks: If this is the first time booting and drives installed, the Promise onboard BIOS will display the following screen.
Page 79 FastBuild™ Utility Main Menu Press “1” to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the fastest and easiest method to creating your first array. For viewing Drive Assignment, Define Array, Delete Array, or Rebuild Array, please select the respective item for settings. (For details, please refer to the RAID Utility Guide in Bonus CD)
Page 80: 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 81: 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 82: 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 83: Winbios Utility
POST (Power-On-Self-Test) screen to get into the BIOS, which is inconvenient and clumsy. From now on, AOpen provides an easier way to configure your BIOS. WinBIOS is a customized utility for running exclusively on AOpen motherboards, which allows you to setup your BIOS under Windows environment.
Page 84 This verification is designed on purpose to protect your BIOS from damaged by wrong profile version. For the latest WinBIOS profile and language pack modules, you may find them from AOpen official web site as shown below: (http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/WinBIOS/default.htm) Note: Due to BIOS versions are updated in an extremely...
Page 85: Bios Upgrade Under Windows Environment
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 86 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: WAK77600MAX102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.
Page 87: 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 88: 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 89: Installing Via 4 In 1 Driver
You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. Warning: To take advantage of ATA133, it is a must to install the latest version of VIA 4in1 driver in the Bonus CD.
Page 90: 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.
Page 91: Installing Usb2.0 Driver
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 92: Installing Lan Driver
This motherboard comes with BroadCom BCM5705 controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. In Windows XP, you can install the LAN driver form the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
Page 93 ************************************* Installing Driver under Win98SE/ME *************************************** Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" Insert the supplied "Bonus CD " Click "PCI Ethernet Controller " -> "Driver " -> "Update Driver" and Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended) "...
Page 94 Verify that the Windows NT system is upgraded with Service Pack 4 or later. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have System Administrator privileges to install the driver software. Open the Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab.
Page 95: Installing Via Serial Ata Raid Driver
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 96 **************************************************** Install Operating System into SATA HDD of VT8237 Guide **************************************************** 1. When you want to install Windows 98SE or Me by using one or more SATA HDD * Make sure VT6420 RAID BIOS Setting Utility is executed by the system BIOS. * Make sure the SATA HDD for installing the OS in the first hard disk drive (C:\).
Page 97: Installing Promise Pdc20378 Serial Ata Raid Driver
Promise FastTrak 378 Windows XP Installation Guide *************************** New Windows XP Installation *************************** The following details the installation of the FastTrak 378 drivers while installing Windows XP. 1. Start the installation: * Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes. * CD-ROM Install: Boot from the CD-ROM.
Page 98 ******************************** Existing Windows XP Installation ******************************** After installing the FastTrak 378 and rebooting your system, Under Windows XP, "Mass Storage Controller" will be displayed. 1. In the A: drive, insert the FastTrak 378 driver diskette. 2. Click on "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Install from a list or special location (Advanced)". Click on "Next," and from the generated choices, choose "Include this location in the search:"...
Page 99 ********************************** Confirming Windows XP Installation ********************************** 1. From Windows XP, open the Control Panel from "My Computer" followed by the System icon. 2. Choose the "Hardware" tab, then click the "Device Manager" tab. 3. Click the "+" in front of "SCSI & RAID Controllers" hardware type. The driver "WinXP Promise FastTrak 378 (tm) Controller" should appear.
Page 100 2. When the "Windows 2000 Setup" window is generated, press "S" to Specify an Additional Device(s) 3. Insert the Promise TechnologyO driver diskette into drive A: and press "Enter" key. 4. Choose "Win2000 Promise FastTrak 378 (tm) Controller" from the list that appears on screen, then press the "Enter" key. 5.
Page 101 4. The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying "Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices - Win2000 Promise FastTrak 378 (tm) controller". The FastTrak 378 driver will now be copied on to the system and entered into the Windows 2000 driver database.
Page 102 1. After installing the FastTrak 378 controller and configuring the hard drive(s), partition and format your hard drive(s), if necessary. 2. Install Windows 98 normally. 3. After installation, go the "Start" menu and choose "Settings." 4. From the "Settings" menu, choose "Control Panel." 5.
Page 103 ******************************** Existing Windows 98 Installation ******************************** 1. After installing the FastTrak 378 controller and configuring the hard drives, power up the system and boot Windows. 2. The "Add New Hardware Wizard" will appear, informing you that it has found a "PCI RAID Controller." 3.
Page 104 To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Win98, perform the following steps: 1. Choose "Settings" from the "Start" menu. 2. Choose "Control Panel," and then double-click on the "System" icon. 3. Choose the "Device Manager" tab, and then click the "+" in front of "SCSI & RAID controllers." "Win98-ME Promise FastTrak 378 (tm) controller"...
Page 105 8. Choose the "Driver" tab in the "Properties" window, choose "Update Driver," and then press "Next." 9. Choose "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now (recommended)," then press "Next." 10. Choose "Specify Location," and then type "A:\98-me" in the text box. 11.
Page 106 6. Insert the "FastTrak 378 Driver" diskette in drive A:. 5a. Choose "Specify a Location," and then type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\PDC20378\Driver\98-me" in the text box. 6a. Insert the "Bonus CD" in CD-ROM. 7. Click on "Next." The Add New Hardware wizard will say it has found "Win98-ME Promise FastTrak 378 (tm) controller". 8.
Page 107 Promise FastTrak 378 Windows NT 4.0 Installation Guide ******************************* New Windows NT 4.0 Installation ******************************* 1. Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk: a) Floppy install: boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes. b) Floppyless install: boot from floppy and type "WINNT /B". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot, press the "F6"...
Page 108 continue to step 7. 7. From the Windows NT Setup screen, press the Enter key. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows NT installation. 8. After a successful installation, the "SCSI Adapter Setup" box will show that the "Win NT Promise FastTrak 378 (tm) Controller" driver has been installed.
Page 109 9. When the "Select SCSI Adapter Option" dialog box appears, press "Install." 10. After a successful installation, the "SCSI Adapter Setup" box will show that the "Win NT Promise FastTrak 378 (tm) Controller" has been installed. 11. Power off your system. 12.
Page 110: Aoconfig Utility
Moreover, AOconfig allows users to save information in *.BMP or *.TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or further diagnosis of system problem. The system page shows the...
Page 111 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 112 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 113 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 your expected margins of warning level. plus checking if fans are running properly.
Page 114 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.
Page 115: 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 116 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 117 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 118 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;...
Page 119: 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 120: 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 121: 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 122 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 123 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 124: 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 125: 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 126 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 127 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 128 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 129 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 130: Troubleshooting
If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer.
Page 131 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 132 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 133 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 134 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 135 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 136 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AK77-600 Max R1.02 Mar. 01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc.
Page 137: 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...
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