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AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N
DOC. NO.: AK89MAX-OL-E0401C
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  • Page 1 AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N DOC. NO.: AK89MAX-OL-E0401C...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    What’s in this manual ..............................2 You Must Notice ................................9 Before You Start ................................10 Overview ..................................11 AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N Comparison Table ......................12 Feature Highlight ................................13 Quick Installation Procedure ............................17 Motherboard Map ................................. 18 Block Diagram ................................
  • Page 3 AC Power Auto Recovery ............................. 37 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................38 ATA/133 Supported ............................... 40 Serial ATA Supported (For AK89 Max Only, With RAID Function) ................. 41 Connecting Serial ATA Disk ............................42 Front Panel Connector ..............................44 IrDA Connector ................................
  • Page 4 AUX-IN Connector ................................ 58 Game Port Bracket Supported ............................59 JP15/JP16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumpers (for AK89 Max only) ................ 60 JP2 Dr. Voice Output Select Jumper (for AK89 Max only) ..................... 61 JP14 Clear CMOS Data Jumper ...........................
  • Page 5 Installing LAN Driver (for AK89 Max and AK89-L) ......................90 Installing LAN Driver (for AK89-N) ..........................101 Installing Silicon Image SiI3114 SATARaid Driver (for AK89 Max only) ............... 104 Installing Silicon Image SiI3114 SATARaid Utility (for AK89 Max only) ............... 112 AOConfig Utility ................................
  • Page 6 EzClock ..................................118 Glossary ..........................122 AC97 CODEC ................................122 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..................... 122 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ........................122 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ..........................123 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ............................123 ATA (AT Attachment) ..............................123 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ..........................
  • Page 7 Flash ROM ................................. 127 Hyper Threading ................................. 127 IEEE 1394 .................................. 128 Parity Bit ..................................128 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ......................... 129 PDF Format ................................129 PnP (Plug and Play) ..............................129 POST (Power-On Self Test) ............................129 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ...........................
  • Page 8 Troubleshooting ........................133 Technical Support ........................137 Product Registration ....................... 140 How to Contact Us ........................141...
  • Page 9 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 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 PDF format , we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can H T U U T H...

  • Page 11: Overview

    ® Thank you for choosing AOpen AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N. The AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N is AMD Socket 754 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the NVIDIA nForce3 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the ®...
  • Page 12 Following we list the different functions in those four models. “V” represents those functions that the model equips with and “X” represents functions that model doesn’t have. Please always refer to this page to see the functions of your model. AK89 Max AK89-L AK89-N...
  • Page 13 LAN Port For AK89 Max and AK89-L, on the strength of RealTek RTL8110S controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. For AK89-N, with Realtek RTL8100C network...
  • Page 14 U T H data transfer rate up to 2.1GB/s. As AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card, For AD and SBA signaling, AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N can support 133MHz 4X/8X mode. AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N supports five master PCI slots for arbitration and decoding functions.
  • Page 15 100~250MHz by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance. Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail the system overclocking. Power Management/Plug and Play...
  • Page 16 (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features. Super Multi-I/O AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP...
  • Page 17 This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. Installing H T U U T H H T U U T H Installing System Memory (DIMM H T U U T H Connecting Front Panel Cable H T U U T H...

  • Page 18: Motherboard Map

    Realtek RTL8110S LAN Chip (for AK89 Max and AK89-L) Motherboard Map Realtek RTL8100C LAN Chip (for AK89-N) CD-IN Connector AUX-IN Connector Colored Back Panel AC97 CODEC Front Audio Connector JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper Game Port Connector 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector...
  • Page 19 AK89 Max AGP 8X Slot AGP Bus (for AK89 Max IEEE 1394 portx2 only only) Second ROM RealTek RTL8110S (for AK89 Max and AK89-L) for AK89 Max LAN connect 4Mb Flash EEPROM Realtek RTL8100C only Component (for AK89-N) Parallel Port...
  • Page 20 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 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 22 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.

  • Page 23: 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 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 (for AK89 Max only) Power Switch ACPI & Power LED IDE LED SPEAKER RESET Black: IDE 2 Connector Navy Blue: IDE 1 Connector Note: Colors setting varies on different motherboards, the color setting here applies only to AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N.
  • Page 26 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 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 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 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: Aopen "Watch Dog Abs

    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 Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio Clock = PCI Clock x 2 H T U U T H Core System Clock Ratio Frequency Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8GHz 200MHz Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz 200MHz...
  • Page 32 “ ” “ ” 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 H T U U T H 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 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. CPUFAN Connector SENSOR +12V SENSOR +12V SYSFAN1 Connector +12V SENSOR Note: Some CPU fans do not have SYSFAN2 Connector sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring.

  • Page 34: Dimm Sockets

    DDR400 supports only 2x DIMM on the memory module for a maximum 2GB capacity, and DDR333 supports up to 3x DIMM for a maximum of 3GB capacity. Please be noted that AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N follows this standard specification on memory as well. DIMM 1...
  • Page 35 Please follow the table below to install RAM modules: Number Max Speed DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 of DIMMs X8 or X16 single bank empty empty DDR400 empty X8 or X16 single bank empty DDR400 Tip: “X8” means that empty empty X8 or X16 single bank...
  • Page 36 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 37: Atx Power Connector

    This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. 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 38 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. Secondary Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE2 (Secondary) IDE1 (Primary) Pin 1 Primary Primary Master (1st) Slave (2nd) FDD Connector Pin 1...
  • Page 39 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.
  • Page 40 This motherboard supports ATA66 ATA100 ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA H T U U T H H T U U T H H T U U T H 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 41 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 42 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 43 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.
  • Page 44 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 45: 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 46 The AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N provides an 8x slot. The AGP 8x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D H T U U T H 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.
  • Page 47 Spotted easily among other PCI slots onboard, this special PCI slot comes in a BLUE color to illustrate its uniqueness and usefulness. As independent as this PCI is, it comes in a separate set of 3.3 volt power circuitry which supplies needed current and making it virtually free from the “loading issue”...
  • Page 48 The NVIDIA nForce3 chipset includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. For AK89 Max and AK89-L, on the strength of Realtek RTL8110S 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 AK89-N, the Realtek RTL8100C LAN controller provides 10/100M bps Ethernet. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors.
  • Page 49 This motherboard provides three USB ports to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect the onboard USB connector to the USB modules or front panel of chassis.
  • Page 50 This motherboard comes with AGERE 1394 Control Chip onboard. The IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mbps, and USB just has 12Mbps. 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 51 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...
  • Page 52 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 53 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 54: 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 55 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 56 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 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 Connector...
  • Page 59 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. Pin1 JAB1 JBB1...
  • Page 60 Dr. Voice II is a great feature of AK89 Max, which can identify the problems you may encounter in the operating system. It can clearly “tell you” whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard.
  • Page 61 This motherboard comes with another considerate function, which allows you to select the voice coming out from buzzer or speaker, if Dr. Voice detects any errors that 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 62 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 63: 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 64: 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 65 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 66 This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup H T U U T H 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 67: 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 68 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 69 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 70: What's Raid

    ’ ’ 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 71 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 72 Block 1 RAID level 1 uses at least two duplicate hard drives and store the exact same blocks of information between them. This is the slowest form of Block 2 fault tolerance because the data has to be replicated onto two disks at Block 3 the same time.
  • Page 73 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 74 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 75 With the latest chipsets implemented, Silicon Image Sil3114 provides RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 function for the Serial ATA hard disks. You may use RAID Configuration Utility 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 76: 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 77 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 78 After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> during H T U POST (Power-On Self Test) . Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. U T H 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 79 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 80 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 file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/ 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAK89MAX102.ZIP) with WinZip ( http://www.winzip.com...
  • Page 81 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 82 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 83 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 84 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 85 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 86 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 87 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 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 You can install NVIDIA Windows nForce drivers from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
  • Page 90 This motherboard comes with RealTek RTL8110S 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 installation guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" 2.
  • Page 91 6. Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press “Next". 7. System will ask you to provide the file path for loading driver, please type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press “OK". 8.
  • Page 92 9. Driver installed. 10. Restart computer. 11. Confirming Windows 98 Installation...
  • Page 93 Windows ME installation guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices". 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD” 3. Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller” 4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.
  • Page 94 5. Select "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)" 6. Choose "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)", then Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\WinME" in the text box that appears. Press “Next". 7.
  • Page 95 Windows 2000 installation guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD” 3. Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Properties". 4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.
  • Page 96 5. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)" 6. Select "Specify a location", and then click "Next". 7. Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press “OK". 8. Driver installed. 9. Confirming Windows 2000 Installation.
  • Page 97 Windows XP installation guide 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices" 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD” 3. Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Update Driver". 4. Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and then click "Next".
  • Page 98 5. Choose "Search for the best driver in these locations", and then select "Include this location in the search:” Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\WinXP" in the text box that appears. Press " Next ". 6. Driver installed. 7. Confirming Windows XP Installation.
  • Page 99 Windows NT installation guide 1. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab. 2. Click "Add" to install a new adapter. All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters. 3. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click "Have Disk"..4.
  • Page 100 5. With "Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK". 6. Restart computer. 7. Confirming Windows NT Installation.
  • Page 101 This motherboard comes with Realtek RTL8100C controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN connecting device providing 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. For Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, you can install the LAN driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
  • Page 102 Installing LAN Driver in Windows 95(Golden version) / Win95A / OSR2 / Windows NT 4.0 Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95(Golden version), Win95A and OSR2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". 2.
  • Page 103 [CD-ROM]:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100\Windows\NT (for NT 4.0) which is the path where the setup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then choose the OK button. 6. The screen will appear "Select Line Speed" dialog box which is provided by RTL8139.SYS driver. The default value is "auto" so that the RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139.SYS will auto-detect the line speed, 10 Mb or 100Mb, while the RTL8139.SYS is loading.
  • Page 104 This Motherboard has four SATA ports, which is provided by the south bridge Silicon Image SATA controller. The four ports support RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1. You can install the SATA RAID driver according to the following instructions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP Fresh Installation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 105 7. Wait until Windows 2000 finishes installing devices, regional settings, networking settings, components, and final set of tasks, reboot the system if it is required. 8. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed correctly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Adding the SiI RAID controller to an existing Windows NT 4.0 installation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image SiI 3114 driver on a system already running Windows NT 4.0.
  • Page 106 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Adding the SiI RAID controller to an existing Windows 2000/XP installation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the instructions in this section to install the Silicon Image SiI 3114 driver on a system already running Windows 2000. 1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the SiI 3114 controller and insert the controller into a PCI slot.
  • Page 107 Follow the instructions in this section to verify that the controller was installed correctly. For Windows 2000/XP 1. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties', left click on 'Hardware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager' button. 2. Double click on 'SCSI and RAID Controllers', If there is no yellow '!‘ or '?‘ in front of ‘Silicon Image SiI 3114 SATARaid Controller', the driver is started correctly.
  • Page 108 4. Select the 'Drivers' tab and click 'Add'. 5. Click 'Have Disk'. 6. Insert the diskette labeled 'Silicon Image SiI 3114 SATARaid Driver Installation Disk' into A: and press 'Enter'. 7. Choose 'Silicon Image SiI 3114 SATARaid Controller' and click 'OK'. 8.
  • Page 109 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) Windows 98SE and Windows ME Fresh Installation Instructions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of Windows 98SE/ME and you wish to boot from a device attached to the SiI 3114 controller. You may start up the Windows 98SE/ME installation from CD.
  • Page 110 system. 8. See instructions in section A to verify controller was installed correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) First time installing SiI RAID driver with existing Windows 98SE/ME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have an existing Windows 98SE/ME system and just obtained a Silicon Image SiI 3114 controller card, you need to run the update program to install Silicon Image driver.
  • Page 111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Update SiI RAID driver on Windows 98SE/ME with existing Silicon Image driver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the Silicon Image controller already plugged in and the driver already installed. Follow the instructions to update SiI 3114 driver. 1. Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'. Under 'System Properties', click 'SCSI and RAID Controller' and right click 'Silicon Image Ultra-133 Medley ATA Raid Controller'.
  • Page 112 After finished installation of Silicon Image SATARaid driver, you can continue to install Silicon Image SATARaid utility from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. You can use this utility for manage your RAID arrays under windows environment.
  • Page 113 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 114 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 115 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 116 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 117 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 118: 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 119 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 120 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 121 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 122: 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 123: 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 124: 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 H T U U T H...
  • Page 125 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 126 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 127: 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 128: 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 129 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 130 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 131 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 H T U U T H systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come.
  • Page 132 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 133 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 134 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 135 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 136 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 137 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 138 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 U H U Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators.
  • Page 139 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen ( POST screen). For example: H T U U T H AK86-L R1.02 Mar. 01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AK86-L is model name of motherboard, R1.02 is BIOS version.

  • Page 140: 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 141 Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. Pacific Rim Europe America AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. AOpen America Inc. Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Tel: 1-408-232-1200 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Email: Support@AOpen.NL...

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