AOpen AK79D4001394 User Manual

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Overview

AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394

DOC. NO.: AK79D4001394-OL-E0309C

Installation

Hardware

Drivers &

Utilities

BIOS Setup

AWARD

Glossary

Troub

Tech nical Support

leshooting &

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AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 .......................................................................................................1

What’s in this manual......................................................................................................................................................2

You Must Notice..............................................................................................................................................................8

Before You Start .............................................................................................................................................................9

Overview....................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Feature Highlight .......................................................................................................................................................... 11

Quick Installation Procedure.........................................................................................................................................15

Motherboard Map .........................................................................................................................................................16

Block Diagram ..............................................................................................................................................................17

Hardware Installation ...............................................................................................................18

About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… .....................................................................19

CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 20

AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology..........................................................................................................22

CPU Over-current Protection........................................................................................................................................23

CPU and Housing Fan Connector.................................................................................................................................26

Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink........................................................................................................................................27

DIMM Sockets (128-Bit DDR Dual Channel).................................................................................................................28

ATX Power Connector...................................................................................................................................................30

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AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................30

IDE and Floppy Connector............................................................................................................................................ 31

Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 33

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot .....................................................................................................3 4

Support Front USB Connectors ....................................................................................................................................35

Support 10/100 Mbps LAN Onboard .............................................................................................................................36

Front Audio Connector..................................................................................................................................................3 7

Color Coded Back Panel............................................................................................................................................... 38

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect....................................................................................................................................39

COM2 Connector..........................................................................................................................................................40

IEEE 1394 Connectors (for AK79D-400 1394)..............................................................................................................41

IrDA Connector.............................................................................................................................................................42

CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot ........................................................................................... 43

Game Port Bracket Supported......................................................................................................................................44

CD Audio Connector .....................................................................................................................................................45

AUX-IN Connector ........................................................................................................................................................46

Case Open Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 47

STBY (Standby) LED ....................................................................................................................................................48

AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED....................................................................................................................49

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JP14 Clear CMOS Data................................................................................................................................................50

JP27/28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumpers.................................................................................................................51

Battery-less and Long Life Design................................................................................................................................52

Resetable Fuse.............................................................................................................................................................53

2200μF

AOConfig Utility ............................................................................................................................................................ 55

AOpen “Watch Dog ABS”.............................................................................................................................................. 57

Low ESR Capacitor ........................................................................................................................................54

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Phoenix Award BIOS .................................................................................................................58

How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program ....................................................................................................59

How To Enter BIOS Setup.............................................................................................................................................60

WinBIOS Utility.............................................................................................................................................................61

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 63

Open JukeBox Player ...................................................................................................................................................6 5

Vivid BIOS technology ..................................................................................................................................................69

The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek.................................................................................................................................. 70

EzClock ........................................................................................................................................................................ 73

Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................77

Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD.....................................................................................................................................77

NVIDIA nForce Windows driver.....................................................................................................................................78

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Glossary ....................................................................................................................................81

AC97 CODEC............................................................................................................................................................... 81

ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface).......................................................................................................81

ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) ........................................................................................................................81

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)...................................................................................................................................82

AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...........................................................................................................................................82

ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................... 82

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)................................................................................................................................83

Bluetooth ...................................................................................................................................................................... 83

CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)...............................................................................................................84

DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM......................................................................................................................................84

ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 85

EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)...................................................................................................85

EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ......................................................................................................................85

EV6 Bus........................................................................................................................................................................85

FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................................................................................................................... 86

FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ............................................................................................................................... 86

FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................86

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Flash ROM....................................................................................................................................................................86

Hyper Threading...........................................................................................................................................................86

IEEE 1394 ....................................................................................................................................................................87

Parity Bit.......................................................................................................................................................................87

PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus...................................................................................................................88

PDF Format ..................................................................................................................................................................88

PnP (Plug and Play)......................................................................................................................................................88

POST (Power-On Self Test)..........................................................................................................................................88

PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock ............................................................................................................................. 89

RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ................................................................................................. 89

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)........................................................................................................................89

SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)......................................................................................................................................89

SATA (Serial ATA).........................................................................................................................................................90

SMBus (System Management Bus) .............................................................................................................................. 90

SPD (Serial Presence Detect).......................................................................................................................................90

USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ..................................................................................................................................... 90

VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .................................................................................................................................... 91

Wireless LAN – 802.11b ............................................................................................................................................... 91

ZIP file ..........................................................................................................................................................................91

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Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................92

Technical Support .....................................................................................................................96

Product Registration.................................................................................................................99

How to Contact Us..................................................................................................................100

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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

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Thank you for choosing AOpen AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394. The AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 is based on AMD® Socket 462 motherboard with ATX form factor featuring the the M/B, AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 support AMD Overheat Protection circuit to Athlon™XP CPU only) and 400/333/266/200MHz EV6 bus. For better graphic performance,

GeForce4 MX Graphics is integrated for delivering fastest speed, multi-display functionality and multiple configurations of CRTs

and TVs. It also supports 1.5V AGP interface with

DDR266 dual channel DDR RAM can be applied to the maximum memory size of up to 3GB. The on-board IDE controller

supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode and the transfer rate up to 133MB/s. Besides, AK79D-400 1394 comes with nForce Audio

Processing Unit (APU) that provides advanced 3D positional

audio and DirectX 8.0 compatibility with SoundStorm compatible. AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 have an chipset onboard to provide high performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. This motherboard supports 480Mbps and transfer rate up to 400Mbps. Now, enjoy all features from AOpen AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394.

AMD Athlon/Athlon XP CPU. As high performance chipset built in

Socket 462 series Athlon™ and AthlonXP™ processor (with CPU

AGP 8X/4X with Fast Write data transfer interface. DDR400, DDR333 and

AC97 CODEC

USB 2.0 with a fancy speed of up to

IEEE1394 (for AK79D-400 1394) provided data

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CPU

Supports AMD® Socket 462 series CPU with 400MHz, 333MHz and 266MHz, EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~3200+(2.2GHz)

Chipset

NVIDIA nForce™2 Ultra 400 is excellent in providing amazing digital media performance, such as 400MHz DDR memory controller, optimized 128-bit architecture reducing overall system memory latency with DDR Dual Channel. Integrated in this excellent chipset of nForce™2 Ultra 400 is the GeForce4 MX Graphics, which provides the fastest integrated graphics performance and the most comprehensive set of features, delivering fastest speed, multi-display functionality and multiple configurations of CRTs and TVs. Of five PCI slots provided, this model supports all five master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.

Expansion Slots

Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X slot which supports AGP cards. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The with data transfer rate up to 2.1GB/s.

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed

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Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Master IDE

This motherboard equips with Ultra DMA 66/100/133 that supports two connectors, and that means four IDE devices in two channels, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.

Memory

With NVIDIA nForce™2 Ultra 400 chipsets, AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 supports 128-bit dual channel Double-Data-Rate

(DDR) RAM. The three slots of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512MB or 1GB DDR RAM

and maximum up to 3GB. The AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 allows DDR RAM to run at either synchronous or pseudo-synchronous mode with the host CPU bus frequency (400/333/266MHz).

Audio (APU, NVIDIA SoundStorm for AK79D-400 1394 and AC97 CODEC)

This motherboard comes with NForce Audio Processing Unit (APU) and NVIDIA SoundStorm Compatible (for AK79D-400 1394), and the

AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC650E chip.

LAN Port

LAN MAC embedded in nForce2 Ultra400 chipsets and a RealTek RTL8201BL PHY onboard, which support 10/100Mbps BaseT Fast Ethernet and is IEEE802.3 compliant.

Six USB Connectors

Provides three ports, six USB connectors with transfer rates at high speed of 480Mbps for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.

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IEEE 1394 (for AK79D-400 1394)

This motherboard comes with great function of IEEE1394 which provides transfer data rate up to 400Mbps.

1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment

Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100~200MHz by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system get maximum performance.

1MHz Stepping AGP/PCI Frequency Adjustment

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. Your adjustment on AGP/PCI would not affect the CPU clock speed at all, because the working frequencies of AGP/PCI and CPU FSB are functioning asynchronously. With this solution given, there would be no hassle from AGP/PCI overclocking, and thus PCI frequency would no longer be a headache to do overclocking anymore.

Power Management/Plug and Play

Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers making the system much more user-friendly.

Plug-and-Play, which helps saving users from configuration problems, thus

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Watch Dog ABS

Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” functions that can auto-reset default settings in few seconds when you fail to system overclocking.

Hardware Monitoring Manage ment

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) features.

Super Multi-I/O

Provides one high-speed UART compatible serial port and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.

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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.

1. Installing CPU and Fan

2. Installing System Memory (DIMM )

3. Connecting Front Panel Cable

4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable

5. Connecting ATX Power Cable

6. Connecting Back Panel Cable

7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default

8. Setting CPU Frequency

9. Reboot

10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows XP)

11. Installing Driver and Utility

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Front Audio Connector

IrDA Connector

4Mb Phoenix Award BIOS

32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5

COM2 Connector

AUX-IN Connector

Game Port Connector

CNR Expansion slot

SYSFAN3 Connector

IEEE1394 Connector x 2

for AK79D-400 1394

JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper

Case Open Connector

USB2.0 Connector

Front Panel Connector

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Colored Back Panel

JP27/28 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper ATX Power Connector

CPUFAN1 Connector SYSFAN2 Connector AGP 8x Expansion Slot

(For 1.5V AGP card) 462-pin CPU Socket that

supports AMD Athlon Overheat Protection circuit to Athlon

nForce2 Ultra 400/MCP Chipsets (AK79D-400VN) nForce2 Ultra 400/MCP-T Chipsets (AK79D-400 1394)

184-pin DIMMx3 supports 128bit dual channel DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 (Max. to 3GB)

IDE Connector x 2 (ATA/66/100/133 supported)

XP (with CPU

XP CPU only)

Athlon

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Socket 462

AMD

Athlon/AthlonXP

CPU

VGA onboard

DDR SDRAM Socket x3

266/333/400MHz

System Bus

AGP 8X Slot

128bit dual channel

DDR400/333/266 Up to 3GB

nForce2 Ultra 400

AGP Bus

LAN connect Component

PCI Bus

RealTek

RTL8201BL

1stUSB Port

2ndUSB Port

3rdUSB Port

USB2.0 Port x6

32-bit PCI Slot x5

ATA

66/100/133

Primary Channel

Secondary

Channel

MCP

MCP-T

IDE Drive x4

AC’97 Link

Audio CODEC

Modem CODEC

4Mb Flash EEPROM

Parallel Port Serial Port x1 IEEE 1394 x2

For AK79D-400 1394

Floppy Disk Drive x2

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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.

1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.

2. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. If a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

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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” for you to choose. Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users, we call them “User Upgrade Optional”. As for those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by ourselves, we call them “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:

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This motherboard supports AMD® 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 powered off when CPU temperature reaches 97 degree, but it works on AthlonXP CPU only).

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.

CPU socket

Lever

Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.

CPU pin 1

and cut edge

Black dot

and cut edge

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3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation.

Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.

CPU cut edge

Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well,

ou may damage the CPU.

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With AMD platform substantially keeps increasing the speed of its CPU, it inevitably led to the

annoying problem of high CPU operation temperature at the same time. In order to prevent accidental failure of CPU fan, which could cause the burning down of the AthlonXP CPU, we, 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 without

fearing the possible damage of CPU. Under the circumstances that CPU fan is running properly,

AthlonXP temperature should be way below the highest temperature limit of 97℃. However, if CPU fan accidentally

becomes malfunction or improperly installed, the CPU temperature would rocket abruptly, and you may find your system hang up or crying over the smoking CPU if you haven’t installed AOpen O.H.P. previously. With AOpen O.H.P. technology applied, the specific thermal detection pins on AthlonXP CPU would sense voltage difference when processor is overheated with fan failed, and the overheat protection system would immediately send out a signal to abort your system by cutting 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. We are pleasant to phase in this practical function on all AOpen AMD series motherboards to protect customer’s valuable hardware and personal data.

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Over Current Protection has been popularly implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply for a while. However, new generation CPU is able to use regulator of different voltages to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, to 2.0V). This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard that supports CPU over-current protection, and it applies to 3.3V/5V/12V power supply for providing full line 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, 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.

ATX Switching Power

Supply

Onboard

Power

Regulator

5V (Protected by power supply)

3.3V (Protected by power supply)

12V (Protected by power supply)

Over-Current

Protection

Circuit

CPU Core Voltage

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This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.1V to 1.85V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage.

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This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.

BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setting

CPU Ratio From 5.5x to 16x step 0.5x CPU FSB (Adjustme nt

manually)

Home

FSB=133~200MHz by 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking

Warning: nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset supports 166MHz FSB (with performance reaches maximum 400MHz EV6 system bus) and 66MHz AGP clock, higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.

Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use <Home>

key to restore the default setting or you can wait the AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” reset the system after few seconds and system will auto-detect hardware again.

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Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2 PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2

CPU

Athlon 1G 1GHz 266MHz 7.5x Athlon 1.13G 1.13GHz 266MHz 8.5x Athlon 1.2G 1.2GHz 266MHz 9.0x Athlon 1.33G 1.33GHz 266MHz 10.0x Athlon 1.4G 1.4GHz 266MHz 10.5x AthlonXP 1500+ 1.3GHz 266MHz 10.0x AthlonXP 1600+ 1.4GHz 266MHz 10.5x AthlonXP 1700+ 1.46GHz 266MHz 11.0x AthlonXP 1800+ 1.53GHz 266MHz 11.5x AthlonXP 1900+ 1.6GHz 266MHz 12.0x AthlonXP 2000+ 1.667GHz 266MHz 12.5x AthlonXP 2100+ 1.73GHz 266MHz 13x AthlonXP 2200+ 1.80GHz 266MHz 13.5x AthlonXP 2400+ 2.0GHz 266MHz 15x AthlonXP 2500+ (Barton) 1.833GHz 333MHz 11x AthlonXP 2600+ 2.13GHz 266MHz 16x AthlonXP 2600+ 2.08GHz 333MHz 12.5x AthlonXP 2700+ 2.16GHz 333MHz 13x AthlonXP 2800+ (Barton) 2.083GHz 333MHz 12.5x AthlonXP 3000+ (Barton) 2.167GHz 333MHz 13x AthlonXP 3200+ (Barton) 2.2GHz 400MHz 11x

CPU Core Frequency

EV6 Bus Clock Ratio

Note: You have to adjust CPU FSB in BIOS after installing CPU; otherwise CPU will run at default speed of CPU FSB value.

Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be fastest CPU on the market by the time you received this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references onl

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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.

CPUFAN1 Connector

GND

+12V

SENSOR

SYSFAN2 Connector

SYSFAN3 Connector

Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support fan monitoring.

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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.

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In the past, we used to have 64-bit memory bandwidth for memory access. No matter how

many memory modules have been installed, though capacity added, the speed of access remains the same. With 128-bit dual channel introduced, it doubles the memory bandwidth up to 5.4GB in advanced 128-bit mode.

This motherboard supports DDR400/333/266 with Maximum capacity up to 3GB. This motherboard has three 184-pin

DIMM sockets

DDR RAM is supported, other type of modules will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module. For over clocking purpose, you can adjust memory voltage in BIOS from 2.5V to 2.65V.

that allow you to install 128-bit dual channel DDR400 or DDR333 or DDR266 memory up to 3GB. Only Non-ECC

Warning: This motherboard supports DDR RAM. Please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR RAM sockets; otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module.

DDR

Warning: nForce2 Ultra 400 chipsets do not support earlier CPU and Memory that runs at FSB200 (100MHz x 2) and DDR200, therefore please DO NOT use FSB200 CPU and DDR200 RAM on this motherboard.

DDR RAM

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Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation.

1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below.

2. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely

in place.

3. Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.

Pin 1

Tab

Key

52 pins 40 pins

Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot’s bottom.

Pin 1

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The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction.

20-Pin Power Connector

AACC PPoowweerr AAuuttoo RReeccoovveerryy

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.

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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.

Pin1

IDE1 (Primary)

Pin 1

FDD Connector

ATA 66/100/133

IDE Connector

IDE2 (Secondary)

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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. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.

This motherboard supports modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes.

Mode Clock Period Clock Count Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate

PIO mode 0 30ns 20 600ns (1/600ns) x 2byte = 3.3MB/s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns (1/383ns) x 2byte = 5.2MB/s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns (1/240ns) x 2byte = 8.3MB/s PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns (1/180ns) x 2byte = 11.1MB/s PIO mode 4 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte = 16.6MB/s DMA mode 0 30ns 16 480ns (1/480ns) x 2byte = 4.16MB/s DMA mode 1 30ns 5 150ns (1/150ns) x 2byte = 13.3MB/s DMA mode 2 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte = 16.6MB/s ATA33 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte x 2 = 33MB/s ATA66 30ns 2 60ns (1/60ns) x 2byte x 2 = 66MB/s ATA100 20ns 2 40ns (1/40ns) x 2byte x 2 = 100MB/s ATA133 15ns 2 30ns (1/30ns) x 2byte x 2 = 133MB/s

Warning: The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum of 46cm (18 inches); make sure your cable does not exceed this length.

ATA66, ATA100 or ATA133 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA

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Tip:

1. For better signal quality, it is recommended to set the far end side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device. Please refer to above diagram.

2. To achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA 66/100/133 hard disks, a special 80-wires IDE cable for Ultra DMA 66/100/133 is required.

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IDE LED

SPEAKER

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. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.

Suspend Type ACPI LE D

Power on Suspend (S1) or Suspend to RAM (S3) Blinking between green and red Suspend to Disk (S4) The LED will be turned off

Power Switch

ACPI & Power LED

RESET

IDE LED IDE LED

SPEAKER

NC NC

+5V

+5V +5V

GND

SPWR GND ACPILEDGND ACPILED+ NC NC GND RESET GND

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Integrated GeForce4 MX Graphics, which provides the fastest integrated graphics performance

and the most comprehensive set of features. This motherboard provides an for high-performance 3D graphic. 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 slot could automatically become an AGP slot or a Multiplexed Intel DVO Output depending on what kind of cards inserted, like AGP cards. You can also adjust AGP voltage in BIOS within a rage from 1.5V to 1.6V.

AGP 8x slot targeted

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This motherboard provides six USB connectors for you to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the back panel and one front USB connector on the board. You can use proper cables to connect the Front USB connector to USB modules or front panel of chassis.

+5V

SBD2-

SBD2+

GND

KEY

Pin 1

USB Port

+5V SBD3SBD3+ GND NC

Note: Please note that if you would like to use USB devices (Example: keyboard, mouse etc.) under DOS environment, you must install driver comes with the devices to make it work.

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On the strength of NVIDIA LAN MAC embedded nForce2 Ultra 400 on chip (with RealTek RTL8201BL PHY), which are highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect devices, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The orange LED indicates the link mode; it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data. The green LED indicates the transfer mode, and it lights when data is transferring in 100Mbps mode. To enable or disable this function, you may simply adjust it through BIOS.

Green/Transfer

Orange/Link

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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.

Pin 1

AUD_MIC AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R

AUD_FPOUT_L

AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R KEY AUD_RET_L

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The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1, LAN, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing.

PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which is using a PS/2 plug. PS/2 Mouse: For PC-Mouse, which is using a PS/2 plug. USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices. Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP printer. COM1 Port: To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial devices. Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player. MIC-In: From Microphone. MIDI/Game Port: For 15-pin PC joystick, game pad or MIDI devices.

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

PS/2

board

USB2.0

Ports

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

COM 1 Port

RJ45 10/100

LAN Jack

USB2.0 Ports

Line-In

Speaker Out

MIC-In

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This motherboard comes with an ALC650E 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 ALC650E, 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. Picture bellow represents the standard location of all speakers in 5.1Channel sound track. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green “Speaker out” port, rear speakers’ plug to the blue “Line in” port and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to the red “MIC in” port.

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This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them is on back panel connector, and the other is on the upper left of board. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.

Pin 1

1 2 DOD# SOUT

GND

RI#

RTS#

COM2 Connector

SIN DTR# CTS# DSR#

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Pin 1

10 9

Shielding GND

1394_PWR

TPB-

GND TPA-

Warning: Please DO NOT Hot-Plug IEEE 1394 device, otherwise it will burn the IC of the controller and damage the motherboard.

KEY 1394_PWR TPB+ GND TPA+

2 1

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With IEEE1394 MAC Embedded in nForce2 Ultra 400 (with AGERE FW802), the IEEE 1394

provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, and USB1.0/1.1 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.

IEEE 1394

Port 1 & 2

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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, 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 infrared module onto IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART2 Mode. Make sure you have the correct orientation when connecting IrDA connector.

Pin 1

+5V

IR_TX

KEY GND IR_RX

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CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power. The analogy conversion ( circuit design, which is put on CNR card. This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board, but reserve CNR slot for the option of modem function. Note that you can still use PCI modem card.

CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate

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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.

Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.

Joystick Module

(User Upgrade Optional)

Pin1

KEY

MIDI_RXD

JBB2

JBCY

MIDI_TXD

JBCX

JBB1

+5V

Game Port

+5V JAB2 JACY GND GND JACX JAB1 +5V

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This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.

GND GND

CCDD--IINN CCoonnnneeccttoorr

Note: Though some of the latest Windows versions support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus, however, in order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to insert audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.

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

R GND GND

AUX-IN

Pin 1

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The “CASE OPEN” header provides case open-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 case. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or when you open the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you. Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis. You may purchase an extra sensor, attach it on your chassis, and make a good use of this function.

Sensor GND

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STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that aims at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power is connected 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.

Warning: Do not install or remove the DIMM module or others devices when the STBY LED lights on.

STBY LED

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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 possible damage of the exceeding voltage. You may contact your AGP card vendor for further support.

AGP LED

Warning: It is strongly recommended not to install a AGP card with 3.3V, which is not supported, the AGP LED will light up to warn you the possible damage.

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You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedures below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

Normal Operation

Pin 1

(default)

Clear CMOS

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fail because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

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This motherboard provides USB and PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP27 / JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. JP28 controls 1 channel, and JP27 controls 2 function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

2nd USB Channel

Pin 1

DDiissaabbllee

((DDeeffaauulltt))

EEnnaabbllee

USB channel. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this

JP27

USB

USB Channel

Pin 1

JP28

EEnnaabbllee

DDiissaabbllee

((DDeeffaauulltt))

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Auto Sw itc h

RTC

CMOS

Auto switching to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is plugged. This smart design can increases battery life if you still had battery plugged on motherboard.

Backup by EEPROM

BBaatttteerryy--lleessss aanndd LLoonngg LLiiffee DDeessiiggnn

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.

Flash

ROM

ATX Stand-by Power Battery

(Real Time Clock)

00:00:00

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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.

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2222000

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.

Not only that, this motherboard implements 2200μF capacitor, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 or 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.

LLooww EESSRR CCaappaacciittoorr

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AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendlier computer environment. We now bring

you a comprehensive system detective 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. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.

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.

1. The system page shows the detail information of the motherboard, the operating system, the processor, and BIOS version.

2. The PCI device page shows the configurations of all PCI devices installed on your motherboard.

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3. This page presents the IDE devices information, such as the serial number, the manufacturer, the firmware version, and capacity.

4. From this page, users may obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information

could be saved in .bmp or .txt

format.

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.

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AAOOppeenn ““WWaattcchh DDoogg AABBSS””

BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds. Then, BIOS will detect the CPU’s default frequency and POST again. With this special feature, you can easily overclock your system to get a higher system performance without removing the system housing and save the hassle from setting the jumper to clear CMOS data when system hangs.

AOpen

Watch Dog ABS

Enable/Disable Signal

AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS. If system failed in

from BIOS

BIOS

Reset Signal

Clock Generator

Countdown about 5 seconds if fails in POST

CPU

POST status. If it

CPU ID Signal

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System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset).

The Phoenix AwardBIOS™ that installed in the The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.

Most BIOS setting of this model had been optimized by AOpen’s R&D engineering team. But, the default setting of BIOS still can’t fine-tune the chipset controlling the entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup procedures.

To enter to BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST (Power-On Self Test) screen is shown on your monitor.

Note: Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the motherboard design, the BIOS information contained in this manual may be different with actual BIOS that come with your motherboard.

Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.

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Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press <Enter> key to select, and use the <Page Up> and <Page Down> key to change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup

program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award BIOS setup program. Alternatively, it's strongly recommended to install AOpen’s newest WinBIOS Utility to get more detailed description, further

powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS.

Key Description

Page Up or + Changing setting to next value or increase the value. Page Down or - Changing setting to previous value or decrease value. Enter Select the item. Esc 1. In main menu: Quit and don’t save any change.

2. In sub menu: Exit current menu to main menu. Up Arrow Highlight previous item. Down Arrow Highlight next item. Left Arrow Move the light bar to left side of menu. Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu. F6 Load Setup Defaults setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.

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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.

Del

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.

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(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. Designed with traditional-BIOS-alike interface, you may adjust BIOS parameter with clear descriptions for each item.

WinBIOS is natively designed with multi-language support. There are various widely-use languages provided on our website for your downloading, which also helps to prevent wrong settings caused by misunderstanding of the languages. The only thing you have to do is to visit our official website and download your respective language pack (of few KB size), then double-click on it to activate the support with your chosen language.

Moreover, with high scalability, either for newly bought motherboard or the latest BIOS version with new function, you don’t have to re-install the whole program again and again. All you have to do is to grab the latest profile from our website, simply double-click on it as well to support the latest version of your BIOS. You don’t have to spend any extra effort to have your motherboard supported by WinBIOS.

In the past, users have to keep punching the DEL key at a good timing during POST

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Function keys:

It’s definitely easy to handle WinBIOS as if you’re using traditional BIOS setting. Users can use the arrow keys such as screen. And use , “+” or “-” to change the setting value if they are available. Press previous screen. Furthermore, the hotkeys shown in the table may help you and save your time. Some settings may not come into effect until you reboot your system.

Caution: After updating your BIOS, please remember to update WinBIOS profile as well. If the upgraded BIOS version is newer than WinBIOS profile, WinBIOS will not be able to launch and a dialog box with error message will pop up. 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)

to move around the items in WinBIOS

to get back to the

Hotkey Function Description

F1 Get help description. F2 Item Help F3 Changing menu language. F5 Load previous setting F6 Load setup default setting F7 Load turbo setting F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program. F12 Full Screen / Normal Mode

Note: Due to BIOS versions are updated in an extremely fast speed, it's strongly recommended to download the latest BIOS version and WinBIOS profile from our website upon receipt of the motherboard.

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With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard

---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to users convenience, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary

code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically. EzWinFlash detects your motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from any possible failure. Moreover, EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to go with any windows platform you might be using, no matter if you’re using 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.

Note: The model name on this BIOS picture is for reference only. It may not be the exact model name.

Caution: By updating your motherboard, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If your motherboard is working stable, and there are no major bugs that had been fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS.

If you intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE SURE to get the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model to avoid any possibility failure.

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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

2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAK79D4001394102.ZIP) with WinZip ( environment.

3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAK79D4001394102.EXE & WAK79D4001394102.BIN.

4. Double click on the WAK79D4001394102.EXE, EzWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard. If you had got the wrong BIOS, you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps.

5. You may select preferred language in the main menu, then click [Start Flash] to start the BIOS upgrade procedure.

6. EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows. You may click [YES] to reboot Windows.

7. Press <Del> at POST to

It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any application during FLASH PROCESS.

enter BIOS setup, choose "Load Setup Defaults", then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!

zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/ )

http://www.winzip.com) in Windows

Warning: The new BIOS upgrade will permanently replace your original BIOS’s settings when flashing. You may need to reconfigure your BIOS setting so that your system can go back to work as normal.

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without any hassle of entering Windows operation system.

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

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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.

Power-Off Button

Operation System

Boot to

Power: Pressing Boot: Pressing Play: Pressing Stop: Pressing Pause: Pressing Eject: Pressing Repeat: Like other CD Players, pressing Volume +/-: Pressing + or – to adjust the volume of playing music.

Rewind/Forward Å / Æ: Pressing arrow keys, to rewind or forward the music.

O, to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System. B, to intelligently boot to Windows Operation System for you. A, to start playing CD music. S, to stop the music playing. P, to pause the music playing temporarily. E, to eject CD tray for you to change CD disc.

R, to shift the repeat mode.

Note: Though some of the latest

Windows versions support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus, however, in order to use Open Jukebox player, which is driven under BIOS, it is a MUST to insert audio cable to CD-IN connector on the motherboard.

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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. It reminds you of pressing “Ins” key on your keyboard to start Open JukeBox Player; otherwise the system will launch the Windows Operation System.

CD Player: Choosing this setting allows the system to launch Open JukeBox Player every time you power on. However, by pressing B on your keyboard the Windows Operation System will be launched.

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Your Open JukeBox EzSkin

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 – EzSkin – which may also be downloaded from our website.

Even more, you may design your own skins with innovative idea and sharing them to users around the world by uploading to our website. For further technical information, we welcome you to visit our website at

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/skin

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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 colours screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

In addition, the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue. When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space-consuming and uncompressed Bitmap, AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the smaller-sized GIF format and even dynamic-showing GIF animation.

Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player, you may use the same EzSkin utility to

change your Vivid BIOS screen or to download your favourite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this little logo your model name on the BIOS download page, motherboard supports this innovative feature!

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

shown beside

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/skin, it is assured that your

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As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher, it inevitably brings higher heat and system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat problem, however, is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system, expecting these

fans could cool down our machine as much as they could. But at the same time, we believe that same users are affected terribly by the irritating noises of these fans while working with

their PC. As a matter of fact, we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases; on the contrary, we

discovered that having your fans running at appropriate time and speed not only reduces the noise, but also consumes the least power the system needs, so as to prevent over-wasting of energy resource.

Today, AOpen Motherboard is honored to bring you a new overall solution, SilentTek, to make your system quiet. To collocate with hardware circuit, BIOS and the utility under Windows, SilentTek combined “Hardware-Status Monitoring”, “Overheat Warning” and “Fan Speed Control” with user-friendly interfaces to provide you a perfect balance among noises, system performance and stability.

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The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level.

You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here.

In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. Also, you can check if fans are running properly.

Of course, you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans and SilentTek would also pop up a message box to alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed.

You may set the highest margin of your CPU and system temperature as default, and SilentTek would pop up a message box to alert you with alarm when the temperature goes beyond the specified margin.

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The following page is surely the most important part of this utility. You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got the options inside in this page.

CD-ROM Rotation Speed Control: by enabling the CD-ROM Rotation Speed Control, you can adjust the rotation speed of your CD-ROM. When you set the speed to high level, the CD-ROM will work at its fastest speed and it will run at basic required speed while you set the value to low speed.

1. Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature. Ease-of-use and trouble free at your service.

2. Fixed FAN Control: Under this setting, a desired fan speed is set fixed when operating.

3. Multiple Level Control: This is the most versatile setting that allows you to set fan speed in relation to temperature. You may find that this setting fits you best.

4. 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. Most of the time, the fan would remain still when CPU is not fully utilized.

Note: Due to hundreds different brands of fan on the market, inaccuracy may happen in some cases when you

had your rotation speed adjusted. It is still under the criterion and please rest assured that it won’t cause any problem to your system.

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absolutely not an easy task for an amateur to adjust the setting value. On most traditional motherboards, you have to get into BIOS screen for the frequency and reboot the system again and again. 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 to set the voltage and frequency of CPU, VGA, PCI and memory under Windows environment as well as in BIOS setting page; even better, those settings will be displayed realtime. Having this handy EzClock, you can monitor the system when you’re fine-tuning the performance of your system. It provides you detailed and necessary information. Now let’s take a look how it works on utility, BIOS and POST.

Have you ever thought how great it would be if you can adjust the frequency setting on your motherboard under Windows environment and be a real master of your system? Everybody knows that the ratio and frequency setting are key factors to influence the system performance, however, it’s

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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.

CPU Color Bars:

The color bar will light on and show different colors as values change. On default values, it will show green.

On the right part of the panel is the section that you adjust the settings of VGA, AGP, PCI and memory. To adjust the voltage and clock frequency of those installments, you can press “-“ or “+” on corresponding items. The color parts represent the situation of values. The higher value you set, the light on the color bar goes to right and turns red. After finishing those value settings, you can press “S” button on the upper right hand corner to save changes to CMOS.

VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM Voltage / Clock Area:

Pressing “_” and “+” buttons, you can adjust the voltage and clock frequency values of onboard VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM.

On the left circle area shows Ratio, FSB and frequency information about CPU. When the values are set to factory default, the light on the top and bottom of the circle will show green and it will vary as you change these CPU settings.

CPU Ratio, FSB and frequency displaying area: You can adjust CPU FSB here by entering preferred value.

Control buttons:

“_” button allows you to minimize the utility and “X” button to close the utility. Pressing “S” button you can save the changes to CMOS.

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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: The color bars will light on according to CPU operation

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CPU Fan, Voltage and Temperature:

representing CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees.

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How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS

Apart from EzClock utility, the voltage and frequency values of CPU, PCI and memory can also be adjusted on BIOS page. By pressing “+”, “-“, “PgUp” or “PgDn” keys, you can adjust the frequency values of CPU Bus, PCI Bus and DRAM.

Also, the same keys help you adjust the voltage of CPU and DDR settings. Some values may change while you adjust the settings. You can press “F10” to save the changes you’ve made.

Function Keys Description

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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; thus, you can have clear idea how your system functions and monitor your system more easily.

Current values of your system

Note: Due to BIOS versions are updated in an extremely fast speed, it's strongly recommended to download the latest version of EzClock from our website for best compatibility.

Default settings of this motherboard

The highlighted setting value you manually adjust

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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 2000/XP) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.

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You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.

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This nForce driver is an all in one package, which contains the below components: Audio driver, Audio utilities, Network driver, GART driver, SMBus driver, Memory controller driver.

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NOTICE: If you have install Windows XP Service Pack1, it is not necessary to install USB2.0 driver. USB2.0 driver had been packaged in

Service Pack1 *********************************************** Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System *********************************************** Please follow these directions for a smooth installation of the USB 2.0 package.

After enabling the USB 2.0, Windows XP setup will show a "Found New Hardware" dialog box. Under Windows XP, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Co ntroll er" will be dis played .

1. Click "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Install from a list or special location (Advanced)", click "Next"

2. Click "Next," and from the generated choices, choose "Include this location in the search:"

3. Insert Bonus CD in CD-ROM.

4. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Nvidia\USB2.0\WinXP" in the text box that appears.

5. Click "Next." A message informing you Windows XP has found "NVIDIA PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller W/ Filter FPGA (3616)" will appear.

6. When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the USB driver, click "Finish".

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* for Windows 98SE/ME/2000 Installation

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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.

Audio CODEC 97 (briefly called AC97) is the specification regulated by Intel, and it’s about the structure of audio conversion. The special place about CODEC is that it is separated from sound card (CODEC is an independent chipset). Therefore, PCI sound card could possess with 90db and do other application process as well. We called CODEC that meets this structure AC97 CODEC.

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ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997). It intends to save more power by taking full control of power management to operating system and bypass to operating system (such as Windows 98). This is a bit similar as the power switch to control the power state transition.

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Building on the PC motherboard riser architecture, ACR slot is backward compatible with AMR but beyond the limitation of it. The ACR specification is designed to support modem, audio, Local Area Network (LAN) and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).

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PnP register interface. ACPI defines ATX momentary soft

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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. Though AGP and PCI share the same algorithm of 32-bit, its frequencies are 66MHz and 33MHz respectively. AGP interface had been developed from 2X to 8x.

1X AGP, data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 1 = 264MB/s 2X AGP, data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s 4X AGP, data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s. 8X AGP, data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 8 = 2112MB/s.

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The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector.

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Before talking about ATA (AT Attachment), we must understand DMA (Direct Memory Access), which allows devices to skip the CPU devices and access memory directly. DMA specification could not only eliminate the workload of CPU, but also accelerate the transmission of data. DMA begins with a data transfer rate of 16.6MB/Sec, but afterward developed to new data rate of

33.3MB/Sec, which is twice the data rate and we called it Ultra DMA. ATA details power and data signals between the drive

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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).

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.

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BIOS, is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash R OM . BIOS controls Input/output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard. In general, to provide hardware independent portability, operation system and drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices.

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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.

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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.

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DDR RAM utilizes the existing SDRAM (For ex, PC-100, PC-133) infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way. Based on FSB frequency, DDR RAM on the market are DDR200, DDR266 and DDR333 with more coming around soon.

DDR200, transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s (PC1600) DDR266, transfer bandwidth up to 266x64/8=2100MB/s (PC2100) DDR333, transfer bandwidth up to 333x64/8=2700MB/s (PC2700) DDR400, transfer bandwidth up to 400x64/8=3200MB/s (PC3200)

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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.

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Also known as E2PROM. 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.

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Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light. If BIOS has to be upgraded, you need to remove EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back.

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EV6 Bus is the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR RAM or ATA/66 IDE bus. EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2.

200 MHz EV6 bus, 200MHz = 100 MHz external bus clock x 2

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 512KB (4M bit).

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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. Gone are those days of expensive video capture cards. Firewire allows for video capture from both newer DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A/V to Firewire converters.

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). No need to turn of your device to connect or disconnect, and you don't need to reboot your PC. Also,

it is a plug-and-play bus. IEEE1394 is very easy to connect (Like USB1.1/2/0).

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The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated, parity bit will be adjusted to have even count "1" for each byte. When next time, if memory is read with odd number of "1", the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection.

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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.

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With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange. Virtually any document may be converted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Contents in PDF documents are exactly the same as the original file, including fonts and graphics, and they can be distributed by e-mail or stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD-ROM for other users to view on any platforms. You may download Acrobat Reader in order to read PDF file from its website (

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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. Plug-and-Play's task is to match up physical devices with the software (device drivers) that operates them and to establish channels of communication between each physical device and its driver.

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The BIOS self-test procedure after power-on, sometimes, it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot.

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PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio

RRDDRRAAMM ((RRaammbbuuss DDyynnaammiicc RRaannddoomm AAcccceessss MMeemmoorryy)

A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM. Using different memory module as well, RDRAM uses “RIMM” with transfer rate of 600/700/800MHz, providing bandwidth as high to 1.6GB.

RRIIMMMM ((RRaammbbuuss IInnlliinnee MMeemmoorryy MMoodduullee)

184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices.

SSDDRRAAMM ((SSyynncchhrroonnoouuss DDRRAAMM))

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). It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer. SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V, and have been gradually replaced by DDR RAM.

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SSAATTAA ((SSeerriiaall AATTAA)

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 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. It reduces voltage and pins count requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to route cables.

SSMMBBuuss ((SSyysstteemm MMaannaaggeemmeenntt BBuuss)

SMBus is also called I2C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message.

SSPPDD ((SSeerriiaall PPrreesseennccee DDeetteecctt)

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

UUSSBB 22..00 ((UUnniivveerrssaall SSeerriiaall BBuuss)

A Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an external bus (an interconnection) standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps. A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as mouse, modems and keyboards. Introduced in 1996, USB has completed replaced serial and parallel ports. It also supports plug-and-play installations and hot plugging Plug-and-play is the ability to add and remove devices to a computer while the computer is running and have the operating

ATA with the compatibility with existing operating

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BIOS to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM.

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system automatically recognize the change. USB 2.0, which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days.

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VVCCMM ((VViirrttuuaall CChhaannnneell MMeemmoorryy)

NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements. VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption.

WWiirreelleessss LLAANN –– 880022..1111b

802.11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology, which is an interface between a wireless client and a

base station or between two wireless clients.

802.11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming:

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).

ZZIIPP ffiille

A compressed file format to reduce file size. To unzip file, run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) for DOS and other operating system or WINZIP (

http://www.winzip.com/ ) for windows environment.

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TTrroouubblleesshhoooottiinngg

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.

Clear CMOS

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Continue

Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard.

Turn on the power

Yes No

and check if the power

supply and CPU fan work

properly.

The problem is probably caused by power supply or Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.

motherboard failure.

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Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key at the same time, hold

them and then press <Del> to reboot the system.

Continue

Check if there is displa y?

Yes

Check if the system

reboots?

Yes

Perhaps your VGA card

or monitor is defective.

It is very possible that your

keyboard is defective.

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During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS

setup . Choose “Load Setup Default”.

Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable.

Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98.

Continue

Check if the system can

reboot successfully?

Yes

End

The problem should be

caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.

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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. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers.

Thanks very much for your understanding! AOpen Technical Supporting Team

Online Manual: To download manual, please log on and then select your preferred language. Under “Type” directory, choose “Manuals” to go to our manual database. You can also find the manual and EIG in AOpen Bonus Pack.

http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloads

Test Report: We recommend you to choose board/card/device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC. It may prevent incompatibility problems.

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FAQ: Here we list problems that users often encounter and FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). You may be able to find a solution to your problem.

http://club.aopen.com.tw/faq /

Download Software: After log on and having language selected, you may get the latest updated BIOS/utility and drivers you need under “Type” directory. In most case, newer versions of drivers and BIOS have solved earlier bugs or compatibility problems.

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PPaarrtt NNuummbbeerr aanndd SSeerriiaall NNuummbbeerr

The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, or on component side of PCB. For example:

P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.

eForum: We welcome you to join AOpen eForum to discuss our products with other users. Your problem probably

had been discussed before or will be answered by other power users here.

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.

Contact Us: Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before contacting us. The part number, serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful.

Part No. Serial No.

Serial No. Part No.

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Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example:

AK79D-400 1394 is model name of motherboard, R1.02 is BIOS version.

AK79D-400 1394 R1.02 Sep. 01.2003 AOpen Inc.

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AOpen AK79D4001394 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394

Chipset

Expansion Slots

Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Master IDE

Memory

Six USB Connectors

1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment

1MHz Stepping AGP/PCI Frequency Adjustment

Power Management/Plug and Play

Watch Dog ABS

Hardware Monitoring Manage ment

Enhanced ACPI

Super Multi-I/O

COM2 Connector

How Your Open JukeBox Works

Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS

Your Open JukeBox EzSkin

How You Adjust the Settings in BIOS