TUAK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-NUT ............................................................................................................1
TUWhat’s in this manualUT ......................................................................................................................................................2
TUYou Must NoticeUT..............................................................................................................................................................9
TUBefore You StartUT ...........................................................................................................................................................10
TUFull-range Adjustable CPU Core VoltageUT ......................................................................................................................29
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TUSetting CPU FrequencyUT ................................................................................................................................................30
TUSupported CPU FrequencyUT ...........................................................................................................................................31
TUAOpen “Watch Dog ABS”UT .............................................................................................................................................. 32
TUCPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)UT ..............................................................................................33
TUATX Power ConnectorUT...................................................................................................................................................37
TUAC Power Auto RecoveryUT .............................................................................................................................................37
TUIDE and Floppy ConnectorUT ............................................................................................................................................ 38
TUSerial ATA Supported (For AK89 Max Only, With RAID Function)UT .................................................................................41
TUConnecting Serial ATA DiskUT ..........................................................................................................................................42
TUSelf-Powered PCI Slot (for AK89 Max only)UT ..................................................................................................................47
TU10/100/1000 Mbps LAN onboardUT ..................................................................................................................................48
TUSupport Six USB 2.0 connectorsUT ...................................................................................................................................49
TUOnboard IEEE 1394 Controller (for AK89 Max only)UT ..................................................................................................... 50
TUDieHard BIOS II (for AK89 Max only)UT ............................................................................................................................ 51
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TUColor Coded Back PanelUT ............................................................................................................................................... 52
TUS/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ConnectorUT ........................................................................................................55
TUCase Open ConnectorUT ..................................................................................................................................................56
TUGame Port Bracket SupportedUT ...................................................................................................................................... 5 9
TUJP15/JP16 Dr. Voice II Language Select Jumpers (for AK89 Max only)UT........................................................................ 6 0
TUJP2 Dr. Voice Output Select Jumper (for AK89 Max only)UT.............................................................................................61
TUJP14 Clear CMOS Data JumperUT ...................................................................................................................................62
TUAGP Protection Technology and AGP LEDUT ...................................................................................................................65
TUBattery-less and Long Life DesignUT ................................................................................................................................66
TUWhat are the RAID levels?UT ............................................................................................................................................71
TUHDD Capacity of RAID LevelsUT ......................................................................................................................................74
TUSerial ATA RAID for Silicon ImageUT ................................................................................................................................75
TUHow To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup ProgramUT .................................................................................................... 77
TUHow To Enter BIOS SetupUT.............................................................................................................................................78
TUBIOS Upgrade under Windows environmentUT .................................................................................................................79
TUWinBIOS Utility (for AK89 Max only)UT .............................................................................................................................81
TUOpen JukeBox Player (for AK89 Max only)UT ...................................................................................................................83
TUDriver and Utilit yU T .......................................................................................................................88
TUAuto-run Menu from Bonus CDUT .....................................................................................................................................88
TUInstalling NVIDIA Windows nForce DriversUT ................................................................................................................... 89
TUInstalling LAN Driver (for AK89 Max and AK89-L)UT .........................................................................................................90
TUInstalling LAN Driver (for AK89-N)UT .............................................................................................................................. 101
TUInstalling Silicon Image SiI3114 SATARaid Driver (for AK89 Max only)U T ....................................................................... 104
TUACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)UT .....................................................................................................122
TUACR (Advanced Communication Riser)UT ......................................................................................................................122
TUPnP (Plug and Play)UT....................................................................................................................................................129
TUWireless LAN – 802.11bUT .............................................................................................................................................132
TUHow to Contact UsUT ..................................................................................................................141
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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 AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N. The AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N is AMDP
motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the NVIDIA nForce3 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the
M/B, the AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N comes with AMD
®
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Socket 754
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Socket 754 Athlon 64 processorand 600MHz Hyper Transport bus. In
the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP 8X/4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up
to 2.1GB/sec. With memory controller built in the Athlon 64 processor,
HTUDDR266(PC2100)U TH DDR RAM can be applied to the AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N and DDR400 maximum memory size can be
HTU DDR400(PC3200)UT H, HTUDDR333(PC2700)U TH and
up to 2GB and DDR333/266 up to 3GB. The on-board
IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
and the transfer rate up to 133MB/s. AK89 MAX also
has four Serial ATA connectors and they aim to
provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150
Mbytes/second. The SATA connectors support RAID 0
and RAID 1. On the strength of RealTek RTL8110S
controller on board, AK89 Max / AK89-L provides
10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet for office and home use
(AK89-N provides 10/100Mbps Ethernet). Beside,
AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N has a S/PDIF
connector and an
HTUAC97U TH U CODECU RealTek ALC655
chipset onboard for providing high performance and
magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy
working with it. More than that, this motherboard
supports
HTU USB 2.0UTH function with a fancy speed of up to
480Mbps. Now, enjoy all features from AOpen AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N.
Following we list the different functions in those four models. “V” represents those functions that the model equips with and “X”
represents functions that model doesn’t have. Please always refer to this page to see the functions of your model.
SATA Connector
IEEE 1394 Connector
10/100Mbps LAN
Gigabits LAN
Dr. Voice II
Die Hard BIOS II
WinBIOS Utility
Self-Powered PCI Slot
AK89 Max AK89-L AK89-N
VXX
VX X
V V V
VVX
V XX
V X X
V X X
V X X
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CPU
®
Supports AMDP
P
Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU with 800 MHz Hyper Transport Bus.
Chipset
®
The NVIDIAP
controller with AGP 8X and an AMD Athlon 64 CPU interface. The nForce3 implements a fast dedicated Hyper Transport link,
running at up to 3600MB/s, to communicate with the AMD Athlon 64 CPU. Its architecture accommodates AGP 8X, up to six PCI
slots, three ATA-133, up to six USB2.0, Fast Ethernet, LPC, and AC’97 audio/modem peripherals.
P
nForce3 processor is a single-chip, highly integrated, high-performance, low-cost PC2001-compliant peripheral
Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Master IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels,
supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
LAN Port
For AK89 Max and AK89-L, on the strength of RealTek RTL8110S controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN
Connect device, it provides 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. For AK89-N, with Realtek RTL8100C network
controller on boards, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.
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Serial ATA (f or AK89 Max only)
On the strength of Silicon Image SATA controller, This motherboard provides 4 SATA connectors, aiming to provide you an even
faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. The SATA connectors support RAID 0, RIAD 1 and RAID 0+1.
Expansion Slots
Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X slots. The HTUPCIU TH local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The HTUAccelerated
Graphics Port (AGP)UTH specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support
data transfer rate up to 2.1GB/s. As AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP
graphic card, For AD and SBA signaling, AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N can support 133MHz 4X/8X mode. AK89 MAX / AK89-L /
AK89-N supports five master PCI slots for arbitration and decoding functions.
Memory
With memory controller built in the AMD Athlon 64 processors, which is a brand new design in AMD Athlon 64 CPUs. AK89
MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N can support
between the RAM and the data buffers at 400/333/266/200 MHz. The six banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary
mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512,1024MB x N DDR RAM and support DDR400 maximum up to 2GB and DDR333/266 up to 3GB.
HTUDouble-Data-Rate (DDR) RAMUT H. The DDR RAM interface allows zero wait state bursting
On-board AC97 Sound
AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N uses the HTUAC97 CODECUTH RealTek ALC655 chip, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio
effects. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
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Six USB 2.0 Connectors
Provides three H TU USBUT H ports for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. Please note that USB 2.0,
with fancy speed up to 480Mbps, is 40 times faster than the traditional ones. Except for the speed increase, USB 2.0 supports
old USB 1.0/1.1 software and peripherals, offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers.
1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment
Provides “1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you adjust CPUHT UFSB U TH
frequency from 100~250MHz by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance.
Watch Dog ABS
Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail the system overclocking.
Power Management/Plug and Play
AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N 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
configuration problems, thus making the system much more user-friendly.
HTUPlug-and-PlayU TH , which helps saving users from
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor
module and AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility.
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Enhanced ACPI
®
Fully implement the HTUACPIUT H standard for WindowsP
(Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features.
P
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR
Super Multi-I/O
AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP
capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
1. Installing HTUCPUU TH and HT UFanU TH
2. HTUInstalling System Memory (DIMMUT H)
3. HTUConnecting Front Panel CableUT H
4. HTUConnecting IDE and Floppy CableUT H
5. HTUConnecting ATX Power CableUTH
6. HTUConnecting Back Panel CableUT H
7. HTUPower-on and Load BIOS Setup DefaultU TH
8. HTUSetting CPU FrequencyUT H
9. Reboot
10. HTUInstalling Operating System (such as Windows XP)UTH
11. HTUInstalling Driver and UtilityUTH
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Realtek RTL8110S LAN Chip
(for AK89 Max and AK89-L)
Realtek RTL8100C LAN Chip
Front Audio Connector
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(for AK89-N)
CD-IN Connector
AUX-IN Connector
AC97 CODEC
Game Port Connector
The PCI Slot with independent
power supply (for AK89 Max
32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5
IEEE 1394 Connector x2
JP25 BIOS2 Protection Jumper
JP24 BIOS Select Jumper
JP2 Dr. Voice II Speaker/buzzer
Output Jumper (for AK89 Max
Phoenix Award Flash ROM
Phoenix Award Flash ROM
BIOS (BIOS2, for AK89 Max
JP15 & JP16 Dr. Voice II
Language Selection Jumper
JP14 Clear CMOS Jum
Case Open Connector
USB 2.0 Connector
IrDA Connector
(for AK89 Max only)
(for AK89 Max only)
(for AK89 Max only)
S/PDIF Connector
Serial ATA connector x4
(for AK89 Max only)
Front Panel Connector
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onnector
only)
BIOS (BIOS1)
only)
for AK89 Max only)
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Colored Back Panel
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse
Wakeup Jumper
4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector
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CPUFAN Connector
SYSFAN1 Connector
AGP 8x Slot
754-pin CPU Socket with
Voltage and Frequency
Auto-Detection that supports
TM
P
AMD
NVIDIA nForce3 chipset
184-pin DIMMx3 supports
DDR400 max. up to 2GB and
DDR333/DDR266 max up to
3GB
IDE Connector x 2
STBY LED
ATX Power Connector
FDD Connector
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DDR400 RAM Up to 2GB and
DDR333/266 RAM to 3GB
DDR SDRAM Socket x3
Socket 754
AMD Athlon 64
CPU
AGP 8X Slot
LAN connect
Component
Audio CODEC
Hyper
Transport
Link
AGP Bus
RealTek RTL8110S (for
AK89 Max and AK89-L)
Realtek RTL8100C
(for AK89-N)
1stUSB Port
2ndUSB Port
3rdUSB Port
USB2.0 Connector x6
AC’97 Link
NVIDIA nForce3
PCI Bus
ATA
66/100/133
32-bit PCI Slot x5
Silicon Image
SATA
Controller (for
AK89 Max
only)
Agere FW323
(for AK89 Max
only)
Winbond
Super IO
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
Self-Powered PCI Slot
(for AK89 Max)
IEEE 1394 portx2
4Mb Flash EEPROM
Parallel Port
Serial Port x2
Floppy Disk Drive x2
IDE Driver x4
Serial ATA
Driver x4
(for AK89
Max only)
for AK89 Max
only
Second ROM
for AK89 Max
only
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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.
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:
HTU http://english.aopen.com.tw/UTH for more detail information.
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This motherboard supports AMD® Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket
(with CPU Overheat Protection function implemented, the system will be automatically power off when the temperature of CPU
reached 97 degree).
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 pin 1
and cut edge
CPU socket
Lever
Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
CPU 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, it
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Breaking through traditional outlook of motherboard, AOpen now brings you a new fresh look of motherboard! – EzColor!
Fancy? You may think so, but actually it is a practical and useful feature for amateur or even power-users. Coming in specific
color for specific connector and module, components on motherboard are now born with their respective colors. Users may now
easily recognize what jumper or cable should match with specific jumper or cable by COLOR, without having the trouble of
holding user guide in one hand and connecting jumpers with the other hand.
And what makes this feature so great is that, even the easy-to-get-confused front panel connector is differentiated now with
different light colors!
Deep Blue: Self-Powered
PCI Slot (for AK89 Max only)
Sand: PCI Master
Electric Blue:
Memor
Module
Sky Blue: AGP Slot
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Flame Red:
ATX Power Connector
Flame Red:
ATX Power Connector
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IDE LED
SPEAKER
Note: Colors setting varies on different motherboards, the color setting here applies only to AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N.
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 Athlon 64 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,
Athlon 64 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
Athlon 64 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.
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 diff erent 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.
ATX Switching Power Supply
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.
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.
This function is dedicated to overclockers. The CPU core voltage of this motherboard is adjustable 1.10V to 1.85V by 0.05V
stepping. But this motherboard can also automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage.
BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Voltage Setting
Warning: Higher CPU core voltage may be
able to increase CPU speed for overclocking,
but you may damage the CPU or reduce the
CPU lifecycle.
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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
CPU Clock
(By manual Adjustment)
Warning: NVidia nForce3 chipset supports 200MHz
system clock and 66MHz AGP clock; higher clock
setting may cause serious system damage.
Home
From 4x to 25x step 1x
200~255 by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology
Warnin g: Supposed you have had adjusted CPU
Speaker
ratio on your current CPU, and you plan to replace a
new CPU. Please use <Home> key or Clear CMOS
to restore the default setting when changing a new
CPU, because the system will still implement the
previous CPU setting on the new one.
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 five seconds and system
will auto-detect hardware again.
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