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AK76F-400N

DOC. NO.: AK76F400N-OL-E0309B
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  • Page 1: Ak76F-400N

    AK76F-400N DOC. NO.: AK76F400N-OL-E0309B...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CPU Installation................................... 20 JP30, 31, 32, 33 CPU Ratio Select Jumper ..........................22 CPU Jumper-less Design ................................23 AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology ........................27 1MHz Stepping AGP/PCI Overclocking............................28 CPU and System Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ......................29...
  • Page 3 JP27/JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up Enable/Disable Jumper ....................30 DIMM Sockets ..................................... 31 Front Panel Connector ................................33 ATX Power Connector................................. 34 AC Power Auto Recovery................................34 IDE and Floppy Connector ................................35 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector ........................37 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ..............................38 IrDA Connector....................................
  • Page 4 AUX-IN Connector..................................50 Front Audio Connector ................................51 Battery-less and Long Life Design .............................. 52 Over-current Protection ................................53 Resettable Fuse ..................................54 2200µF Low ESR Capacitor ................................ 55 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)............................... 56 Pure Aluminum Heatsink ................................57 Vivid BIOS technology................................. 58 The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTeK..............................
  • Page 5 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ..........................73 VGA Card & Hard Disk ................................75 Glossary ....................................76 AC97 CODEC ..................................... 76 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ........................76 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ............................76 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ..............................77 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) .................................
  • Page 6 FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ............................81 Flash ROM ....................................81 Hyper Threading..................................81 IEEE 1394 ....................................81 Parity Bit ...................................... 82 PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus..........................82 PDF Format....................................82 PnP (Plug and Play) ..................................83 POST (Power-On Self Test) ................................ 83 PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ............................
  • Page 7 ZIP file ......................................86 Troubleshooting ...................................87 Technical Support ................................91 Product Registration................................94 How to Contact Us ................................95...

  • Page 8: You Must Notice

    All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes. AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it.

  • Page 9: Before You Start

    This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD or you can get free download from Adobe web...

  • Page 10: Overview

    DDR400(PC3200) DDR RAM can be applied to the AK76F-400N and the maximum memory size can be up to 3GB. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 mode and the transfer rate up to 133MB/s. Besides, the AK76F-400N has an...

  • Page 11: Feature Highlight

    The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 2112MB/s. AK76F-400N motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP graphic card. For AD and SBA signaling, AK76F-400N motherboard can support 2X/4X/8X mode. Of five PCI slots provided, AK76F-400N supports all five...
  • Page 12 Memory With SIS 748 chipset, the AK76F-400N can support Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM. The DDR RAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the SDRAM and the data buffers at 33/66/100MHz. The six banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 16M/64M/128M/256M/512Mx1GB DDR RAM and maximum up to 3 GB.
  • Page 13 100~255 by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance. Watch Dog ABS Timer Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset default setting in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking. Power Management/Plug and Play Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S.

  • Page 14: 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 15: Motherboard Map

    Motherboard Map Front Audio Connector AC’97 CODEC S/PDIF Connector Ethernet Controller PC99 Colored Back Panel CD-IN AUX-IN Resettable Fuse Joystick Connector JP27 Wakeup on KB/MS select Jumper JP13 LAN Disable/Enable Jumper ATX Power Connector JP28 Wakeup on KB/MS select Jumper 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5 SYSFAN3 Connector...

  • Page 16: Block Diagram

    DDR400 (DIMMx2, Max. to 2GB) DDR333 (DIMMx3, Max. to 3GB) DDR266 (DIMMx3, Max. to 3GB) DIMM Socket x3 32-bit PCI Slot x5 Socket 462 AthlonXP/Athlon/Duron PCI Bus IDE Drive x4 MuTIOL ATA66/100/133 Dual IDE AGP 3.0 8X Mode 963L Fast Write RTL8100 AC Link Legacy Flash...

  • Page 17: 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 18: About "Optional" And "Upgrade Optional

    When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called “Optional”, and some are called “Upgrade Optional”. Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features, in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user.

  • Page 19: Jp14 Clear Cmos Data

    You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure 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 20: Cpu Installation

    ® This motherboard supports AMD Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU 1.
  • Page 21 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 22: Jp30, 31, 32, 33 Cpu Ratio Select Jumper

    This jumper is used to select CPU ration. The factory default setting is auto detection. Users do not have to adjust the jumper position if your CPU ration can be detected automatically by system. JP33 JP32 JP31 JP30 JP33 JP32 JP31 JP30 12.0...

  • Page 23: Cpu Jumper-Less Design

    CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.
  • Page 24 “ ” “ ” 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 CPU frequency by user’s setting...
  • Page 25 This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed. Core Frequency = CPU Clock * CPU Ratio Warning: SIS 748 Chipset supports maximum 400MHz system bus and...
  • Page 26 CPU Core Frequency EV6 Bus Clock Ratio Athlon 1G 1GHz 266MHz 7.5x Athlon 1.13G 1.13GHz 266MHz 8.5x Note: This motherboard support Athlon 1.2G 1.2GHz 266MHz 9.0x Athlon 1.33G 1.33GHz 266MHz 10.0x auto-detection function. Athlon 1.4G 1.4GHz 266MHz 10.5x Hence, you don’t need to setup AthlonXP 1500+ 1.3GHz 266MHz...

  • Page 27: Aopen Overheat Protection (O.h.p.) Technology

    AOpen, have meticulously developed a new technology, named, 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...

  • Page 28: 1Mhz Stepping Agp/Pci Overclocking

    CPU system frequency in a regular basis. Overclocking, a must-do-thing preferred by people these days, is done basically by manually adjusting CPU FSB up above its standard rate through BIOS. AOpen provide sets of AGP/PCI frequencies for overclockers to manually overclock AGP/PCI frequency while taking care of the system stability at the same time.

  • Page 29: Cpu And System Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring)

    Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. SYSFAN3 Connector +12V CPUFAN1 Connector with Hardware Monitor +12V SENSOR +12V SYSFAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have SENSOR with Hardware Monitor sensor pin, so that cannot support...
  • Page 30 This motherboard provides USB and PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP27 / JP28 to enable or disable the resuming of your system from suspend mode with any USB keyboard or mouse connected. JP28 controls the 1st USB/PS2 channel, and JP27 controls the 2nd USB channel.

  • Page 31: Dimm Sockets

    This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266 (DIMMx3, Max. to 3GB), DDR333 (DIMMx3, Max. to 3GB) or DDR400 (DIMMx2, Max. to 2GB). Both ECC and Non-ECC DDR RAM are supported, but you can’t install them both on DIMM. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or DDR RAM module.
  • Page 32 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. 40 pins 52 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. Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the...
  • Page 33 Attach the power LED, Keylock, 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 34: Atx Power Connector

    This motherboard comes with a 20-pin ATX power connector as 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.
  • Page 35 Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Secondary Secondary Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE 2 (Secondary) IDE 1 (Primary) Pin 1 Primary Primary Master (1st)
  • Page 36 IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 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. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM.
  • Page 37 S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. 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 38 This motherboard comes with an ALC650 Codec which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effect, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module.

  • Page 39: 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).
  • Page 40 The AK76F-400N provides an 2X/4X/8X slot. The AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphics. 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 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 8x mode, 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 = 2112MB/s.

  • Page 41: Agp Protection Technology

    With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, AK76F-400N implements a brand 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 an AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported by the chipset, the AGPLED will light up to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage.

  • Page 42: Stby Led

    STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate designs that we aim 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...
  • Page 43 Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
  • Page 44 The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and COM2, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP PS/2 Mouse LAN Connectors Parallel Port Connector Line-In Connectors...
  • Page 45 On the strength of Realtek 8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
  • Page 46 JP13 is used to enable or disable onboard LAN. If you don’t want to enable the Onboard LAN, you should set this jumper to 2-3. Disable Enable (Default)
  • Page 47 This motherboard provides six connectors to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cable to connect other USB connectors to the back panel or front panel of chassis. Pin 1 USB2 Connector SBD2-...
  • Page 48 The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or the opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you.
  • Page 49 This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. CD-IN Connector...

  • Page 50: Aux-In Connector

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

  • 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. Please do not remove these 5-6 and 9-10 yellow jumper caps if there’s no audio port on the front panel.
  • Page 52 This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a 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 53: Over-Current Protection

    Note: Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake, there is still certain risk that CPU, memory, IDE, 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 54: Resettable Fuse

    Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function as protecting the motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunctioning. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function after the fuse had done its protection job. Resettable Fuse...
  • Page 55 CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, AK76F-400N implements 2200μF capacitors, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 & 1500μf) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
  • Page 56 For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”. Separating each critical portion of motherboard into...
  • Page 57 Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability. Aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU.
  • Page 58 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 59 Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate...
  • Page 60 In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. your expected margins of warning level. highest Of course, you may set your check...
  • Page 61 AOpen Recommend Setting: This is the best setting to fit in with AOpen housing; SilentPC would keep your system under the least quiet situation, and would only lift the fan rotation speed for heat-dissipation when necessary.
  • Page 62 There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. 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 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities.
  • Page 63 You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
  • Page 64 AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendly computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detection utility. AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices.
  • Page 65 NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Before running AOConfig, all applications must be closed.
  • Page 66 This motherboard comes with an AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
  • Page 67 This motherboard comes with an AGP driver. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
  • Page 68 Most BIOS setting had 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 69 … AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appeared at right side of screen.
  • Page 70 The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoinix-Award™ BIOS setup program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3> key selecting preferred menu language to display.
  • Page 71 Description Load setup default setting value from CMOS. Load turbo setting value from CMOS. Save changed setting and exit setup program.
  • Page 72 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, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
  • Page 73 Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating environment, AOpen EZWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language function to provide easier way for users’ usage in changing BIOS setting.
  • Page 74 You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EZWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMANDED 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://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAK76F400N102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.
  • Page 75 VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website.

  • Page 76: 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. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.

  • Page 77: 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. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.

  • Page 78: Bluetooth

    Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s. ATA/100, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 6 = 100MB/s. ATA/133, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 8 = 133MB/s. (ATA/133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns.) BIOS, is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM...
  • Page 79 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". The CNR specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs, IHV card manufacturers, silicon supplier and Microsoft.
  • Page 80 Also known as E PROM. Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals, but the interface technology is different. Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM. Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light. If BIOS has to be upgraded, you need to remove EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back.

  • Page 81: Flash Rom

    After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.13µm process CPU developed by Intel, which can be plugged into SKT423/478 socket as well. Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be infected by virus.

  • Page 82: Parity Bit

    The advantages of the IEEE1394: High data transfer rate – Start from 400 Mbps, (with 800/1600/3200 Mbps coming soon), which is about 30 times faster than USB 1.1. Supports up to 63 devices (16 - daisy chained) with cable length up to about 4.5 m (14 feet). Hot-pluggable (like USB).
  • Page 83 stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms. You may download Acrobat Reader in order to read PDF file from its website (www.adobe.com). Oversimplified, Plug-and-Play automatically tells the software (device drivers) where to find various pieces of hardware (devices) such as modems, network cards, sound cards, etc.
  • Page 84 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices. SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus (EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal).
  • Page 85 SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM. SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters. SPD can be used by BIOS to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM. A Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an external bus (an interconnection) standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps.
  • Page 86 802.11 = 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using either frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) or direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)). 802.11a = 54 Mbps in the 5GHz band, using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) 802.11b (11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band, using direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS). A compressed file format to reduce file size.

  • Page 87: 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. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
  • Page 88 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 89 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 90 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 by the IDE cable reboot successfully? or HDD itself.
  • Page 91 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 92 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 93 Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AK76F-400N R1.20 May. 05.2003 AOpen Inc. Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AK76F-400N is model name of motherboard; R1.20 is BIOS version.

  • Page 94: 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 95 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: 1-510-489-8928 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Email: Support@AOpen.NL...

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