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TUAK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-NUT ............................................................................................................1

TUWhat’s in this manualUT ......................................................................................................................................................2

TUYou Must NoticeUT..............................................................................................................................................................9

TUBefore You StartUT ...........................................................................................................................................................10

TUOverviewUT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11

TUAK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N Comparison TableUT ..........................................................................................................12

TUFeature HighlightUT ..........................................................................................................................................................13

TUQuick Installation ProcedureUT .........................................................................................................................................17

TUMotherboard MapUT .........................................................................................................................................................18

TUBlock DiagramUT ..............................................................................................................................................................19

TUHard ware InstallationUT ...............................................................................................................20

TUAbout “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”…UT ..................................................................... 21

TUCPU InstallationUT ............................................................................................................................................................22

TUEzColorUT.........................................................................................................................................................................24

TUAOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) TechnologyUT .........................................................................................................26

TUCPU Over-current ProtectionUT ........................................................................................................................................27

TUEnlarged Aluminum HeatsinkUT ........................................................................................................................................ 28

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

TUDIMM SocketsUT .............................................................................................................................................................. 34

TUATX Power ConnectorUT...................................................................................................................................................37

TUAC Power Auto RecoveryUT .............................................................................................................................................37

TUIDE and Floppy ConnectorUT ............................................................................................................................................ 38

TUATA/133 SupportedUT ....................................................................................................................................................... 40

TUSerial ATA Supported (For AK89 Max Only, With RAID Function)UT .................................................................................41

TUConnecting Serial ATA DiskUT ..........................................................................................................................................42

TUFront Panel ConnectorUT .................................................................................................................................................. 44

TUIrDA ConnectorUT .............................................................................................................................................................45

TUAGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion SlotUT .....................................................................................................46

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

TUSuper 5.1 Channel Audio EffectUT .................................................................................................................................... 53

TUFront Audio Conne ctorUT.................................................................................................................................................. 54

TUS/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ConnectorUT ........................................................................................................55

TUCase Open ConnectorUT ..................................................................................................................................................56

TUCD Audio ConnectorUT .....................................................................................................................................................57

TUAUX-IN ConnectorUT ........................................................................................................................................................58

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

TUJP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up JumperUT ................................................................................................................................63

TUSTBY LEDUT ....................................................................................................................................................................64

TUAGP Protection Technology and AGP LEDUT ...................................................................................................................65

TUBattery-less and Long Life DesignUT ................................................................................................................................66

TUResetable FuseUT .............................................................................................................................................................67

TU3300

μF

Low ESR CapacitorUT ........................................................................................................................................68

TURAID IntroductionUT .....................................................................................................................70

TUWhat’s RAID?UT ...............................................................................................................................................................70

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TUWhat are the RAID levels?UT ............................................................................................................................................71

TUHDD Capacity of RAID LevelsUT ......................................................................................................................................74

TUSerial ATA RAID for Silicon ImageUT ................................................................................................................................75

TUPHOENIX-AWARD BIOSUT .............................................................................................................76

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

TUVivid BIOS technologyUT ..................................................................................................................................................87

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

TUInstalling Silicon Image SiI3114 SATARaid Utility (for AK89 Max only)UT ....................................................................... 112

TUAOConfig UtilityUT .......................................................................................................................................................... 113

TUThe noise is gone!! ---- SilentTekUT ................................................................................................................................115

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TUEzClockUT ...................................................................................................................................................................... 118

TUGlossar yU T ..................................................................................................................................122

TUAC97 CODECUT ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 22

TUACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)UT .....................................................................................................122

TUACR (Advanced Communication Riser)UT ......................................................................................................................122

TUAGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)UT .................................................................................................................................123

TUAMR (Audio/Modem Riser)UT .........................................................................................................................................123

TUATA (AT Attachment)UT ...................................................................................................................................................123

TUBIOS (Basic Input/Output System)UT .............................................................................................................................. 124

TUBluetoothUT ....................................................................................................................................................................124

TUCNR (Communication and Networking Riser)UT .............................................................................................................125

TUDDR (Double Data Rate) RAMUT .................................................................................................................................... 125

TUECC (Error Checking and Correction)UT .........................................................................................................................126

TUEEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)UT .................................................................................................126

TUEPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)U T .................................................................................................................... 126

TUEV6 BusUT ...................................................................................................................................................................... 126

TUFCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)UT .........................................................................................................................127

TUFC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)UT .............................................................................................................................127

TUFC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)UT ........................................................................................................................... 127

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TUFlash ROMUT .................................................................................................................................................................127

TUHyper ThreadingUT .........................................................................................................................................................127

TUIEEE 1394UT .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 28

TUParity BitUT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 128

TUPCI (Peripheral Component Interface) BusUT .................................................................................................................129

TUPDF FormatUT ................................................................................................................................................................129

TUPnP (Plug and Play)UT....................................................................................................................................................129

TUPOST (Power-On Self Test)UT ........................................................................................................................................129

TUPSB (Processor System Bus) ClockUT ........................................................................................................................... 130

TURDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)UT ...............................................................................................130

TURIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)UT ......................................................................................................................130

TUSDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)UT ....................................................................................................................................130

TUSATA (Serial ATA)UT ....................................................................................................................................................... 131

TUSMBus (System Management Bus)UT ............................................................................................................................ 131

TUSPD (Serial Presence Detect)UT .................................................................................................................................... 13 1

TUUSB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus)UT ...................................................................................................................................131

TUVCM (Virtual Channel Memory)UT ..................................................................................................................................132

TUWireless LAN – 802.11bUT .............................................................................................................................................132

TUZIP fileUT ........................................................................................................................................................................132

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TUTroubleshootingUT ......................................................................................................................133

TUTechnical SupportUT ...................................................................................................................137

TUProduct Registr ationUT ...............................................................................................................140

TUHow to Contact UsUT ..................................................................................................................141

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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

HTUPDF format UTH, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can

in get free download from

Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing, you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer driver.

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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

Socket 754

Socket 754 Athlon 64 processor and 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.

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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

V X X V X X V V V V V X V X X V X X V X X V X X

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CPU

Supports AMDP

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.

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 CPU HT 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.

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.

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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

SYS

FAN

2 C

(

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

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

onl

onnector

only)

BIOS (BIOS1)

only)

for AK89 Max only)

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Motherboard Map

Colored Back Panel

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper

4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector

3300μF Low ESR Capacitors CPUFAN Connector

SYSFAN1 Connector AGP 8x Slot

754-pin CPU Socket with Voltage and Frequency Auto-Detection that supports

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

AthlonP

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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.

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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:

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 ma

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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

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.

Power Switch

CPI & Power LED

RESET

Claret: Serial ATA connector

(for AK89 Max only)

Navy Blue: IDE 1 Connector

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Black: IDE 2 Connector

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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 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.

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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 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.

12V (Protected by power supply)

3.3V (Protected by power supply)

5V (Protected by power supply)

Onboard Power Regulator

(Over-Current Protection)

CPU Core Voltage

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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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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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Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio

HTUAGPU TH Clock = PCI Clock x 2

CPU

Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8GHz 200MHz 9x Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz 200MHz 10x Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2GHz 200MHz 11x

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 only.

Note: This motherboard support CPU auto-detection function. Hence, you don’t need to setup the CPU frequency manually.

CPU Core Frequency

System Clock Ratio

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CPU 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 higher system performance without removing the cover of system housing, and be able to set the jumper to clear CMOS data when your system hanged.

AOpen

Watch Dog ABS

Enable/Disable Signal

With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very special, useful feature 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

from BIOS

BIOS

Reset Signal

Clock Generator

Countdown about 5 seconds if fails in POST

CPU

HTUPOSTU TH status. If it

CPU ID Signal

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Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.

SYSFAN2 Connector

GND +12V SENSOR

CPUFAN Connector

SENSOR

+12V

GND

SENSOR

+12V

GND

SYSFAN1 Connector

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

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This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR HDIMMH sockets that allow you to install DDR266/H333H memory up to 3 GB and DDR400 memory up to 2GB. Non-ECC DDR RAM is supported. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or RAM module. Newly implemented function, the Voltage of memory on this motherboard is adjustable from 2.5V to 2.85V for over clocking purpose.

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.

Note: According to the standard DDR400 specification from JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council), it is regulated that DDR400 supports only 2x DIMM on the memory module for a maximum 2GB capacity, and DDR333 supports up to 3x DIMM for a maximum of 3GB capacity. Please be noted that AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N follows this standard specification on memory as well.

DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3

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Please follow the table below to install RAM modules:

Number

of DIMMs

1 X8 or X16 single bank empty empty DDR400 1 empty X8 or X16 single bank empty DDR400 1 empty empty X8 or X16 single bank DDR400 1 X8 double bank empty empty DDR400 1 empty X8 double bank empty DDR400 1 empty empty X8 double bank DDR400 2 X8 or X16 single bank X8 or X16 single bank empty DDR400 2 X8 or X16 single bank X8 double bank empty DDR400 2 X8 or X16 single bank empty X8 or X16 single bank DDR400 2 X8 or X16 single bank empty X8 double bank DDR400 2 X8 double bank X8 or X16 single bank empty DDR400 2 X8 double bank X8 double bank empty DDR400 2 X8 double bank empty X8 or X16 single bank DDR400 2 empty X8 or X16 single bank X8 or X16 single bank DDR333 2 empty X8 or X16 single bank X8 double bank DDR266 2 empty X8 double bank X8 or X16 single bank DDR266 2 empty X8 double bank X8 double bank DDR266 2 X8 double bank empty X8 double bank DDR400 3 X8 or X16 single bank X8 or X16 single bank X8 or X16 single bank DDR333 3 X8 or X16 single bank X8 or X16 single bank X8 double bank DDR266 3 X8 or X16 single bank X8 double bank X8 or X16 single bank DDR266 3 X8 or X16 single bank X8 double bank X8 double bank DDR266 3 X8 double bank X8 or X16 single bank X8 or X16 single bank DDR333 3 X8 double bank X8 or X16 single bank X8 double bank DDR266 3 X8 double bank X8 double bank X8 or X16 single bank DDR266 3 X8 double bank X8 double bank X8 double bank DDR266

DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3

Note: Due to the limitation of memory controller in the Athlon 64 CPU, we do not recommend you to install three DDR333/266 modules.

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Tip: “X8” means that each chip on the module bank is 8 bits, and “X16” means each chip is 16 bits. We know that each memory bank is 64 bits. Therefore, if a memory module has 8 chips on each bank it is “X8”, and if there are 4 chips on each bank, it is “X16”.

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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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This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction.

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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.

Pin 1

FDD Connector

Secondary Slave (4th)

Pin 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

Secondary

Master (3rd)

IDE2 (Secondary) IDE1 (Primary)

Primary

Master (1st)

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IDE1 is also known as the primary channel, IDE2 is known as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. 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.

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

Tip:

1. For better signal quality, it is recommended to set the far end

2. To achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA 66/100/133 hard

side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device. Please refer to above diagram

disks, a special 80-wires IDE cable for Ultra DMA 66/100/133 is required.

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This motherboard supports HTUATA66UTH, H T UATA100UTH or H TU ATA133UTH IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA/100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer. To avoid this problem, hard disk manufacturers have introduced the new Ultra ATA-133 interface technology. traditional ATA/100, ATA/133 has up to 33 percent increase in interface speed with transfer rate of 133MB/s. ATA/133 performance is ideal for new operating systems, such as Window XP, that demand more storage space and faster data transfer rates from more responsive computing experiences. To make good use of this new technology and enjoy its best performance, we recommend you to pair your system with a hard disk equipped with ATA/133 technology so that your system's need for speeding on this motherboard can be satisfied.

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

Compared to

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The traditional parallel ATA specification has defined the standard storage interface for PCs with its original speed of just 3 Mbytes/second since the protocol was introduced in the 1980s. And the latest generation of the interface, Ultra ATA-133, has been developed further with a burst data transfer rate of 133 Mbytes/second. However, while ATA has enjoyed an illustrious track record, the specification is now showing its age and imposes some serious design issues on today’s developers, including a 5-volt signaling requirement, high pin count, and serious cabling headaches.

The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome these design limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It reduces voltage and pins count requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to route cables.

SATA port 2

SATA port 1

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SATA port 3

SATA port 4

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To connect a Serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin Serial ATA cable. Connect two ends of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please note that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk. When connecting two Serial ATA disks, the system will automatically take the one connected to “Serial ATA 1” header as a master disk.

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

Serial AT A Cable

Parallel ATA Serial ATA

Comparison between Parallel ATA and Serial ATA

Bandwidth 100/133 MB/Secs 150/300/600 MB/Secs Volts 5V 250mV Pins 40 7 Length Limitation 18 inch (45.72cm) 1 meter (100cm) Cable Wide Thin Ventilation Bad Good Peer-to-Peer No Yes

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Except its original 2 sets of par allel IDE, this motherboard does come with the support for the latest Serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed Serial ATA hard disks on your operating system after you have had installed them on, the problem mainly lies in the BIOS setting. You may simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly.

After having properly installed your hard disks, you may directly get into the BIOS setting screen for adjustment. You may simply press “Integrated Peripherals Æ IDE Function Setup Æ Silicon SATA” to either enable or disable SATA interface.

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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) Blinking between green and red Suspend to RAM (S3) or Suspend to Disk (S4) Blinking between green and red

NC NC

+5V

+5V +5V

GND

SPWR GND

CPILED-

GND

CPILED+ NC NC GND RESET GND

IDE LED

SPEAKER

Power Switch

CPI & Power LED

RESET

IDE LED IDE LED

SPEAKER

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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, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).

Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART2 Mode, make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector.

Pin 1

IR_TX

IrDA Connector

+5V

KEY GND IR_RX

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The AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N provides an HTUAGPU TH 8x slot. The AGP 8x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 4X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 8x mode, which is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 =2.1GB/s, This AGP expansion slot is for 1.5V-1.6V AGP card only.

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Spotted easily among other PCI slots onboard, this special PCI slot comes in a BLUE color to illustrate its uniqueness and usefulness.

As independent as this PCI is, it comes in a separate set of 3.3 volt power circuitry which supplies needed current and making it virtually free from the “loading issue” of traditional PCI slot. In addition, traces around this specially designed slot power delivery are upgraded in terms of their trace thickness, making its signals much more robust than their fellow PCI slots onboard.

When building machines with PCI cards which requires higher power, such as SCSI and RAID cards, the card installed on this slot will never be affected under heavy loading conditions such as all onboard PCI slots being fully populated. This special PCI keeps supplying you best performance and stability.

Last but not least, if your computer comes with an ordinary SPS (Switching Power Supply), this special PCI Slot demonstrates superior compatibility and reliability.

Independent 3.3 volt power circuitry

Self-Powered PCI Slot

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The NVIDIA nForce3 chipset includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. For AK89 Max and AK89-L, on the strength of Realtek RTL8110S LAN controller on board, which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100/1000M bps Ethernet for office and home use. For AK89-N, the Realtek RTL8100C LAN controller provides 10/100M bps Ethernet. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors. The right-hand side LED indicates the link mode, it blinks in orange whenever linking to network. The left-hand side LED indicates the Connecting mode, and it lights in green when 100Mbps LAN is connected (never lights while 10Mbps is connected), but lights in orange when Gigabits LAN is connected. To enable or disable this function, you may simply adjust it through BIOS.

Connecting (Left)

Green (100Mbps)

Orange (Gigabit)

Linking (Right)

Orange

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This motherboard provides three USB ports to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect the onboard USB connector to the USB modules or front panel of chassis. 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.

SBD2+

Onboard USB2 Connector

+5V

SBD2-

GND

KEY

Pin 1

+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 that comes with the devices to make it work.

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This motherboard comes with AGERE 1394 Control Chip onboard. The IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mbps, and USB just has 12Mbps. Hence, the IEEE 1394 interface can connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance, such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use the proper cable to connect with devices.

IEEE 1394 Port

1&2

Warning: Please be noted that Hot-Plug in is not allowed on IEEE 1394 header, because it will burn the IC of the controller and damage the motherboard.

Pin 1

Shielding GND

1394_PWR

TPB-

GND

TPA-

10 9

2 1

KEY 1394_PWR TPB+ GND TPA+

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Many viruses which destroy bios code and data area have been increasingly found these days. This motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method without any software or BIOS coding involved, therefore it is 100% virus free. Once your BIOS is crashed, it is easy to save it back. First step is to set JP24 to Pin2-3 to boot up the system with BIOS 2. After that, please set the JP24 back to Pin1-2, go to AOpen website ( suited for your motherboard, and have it downloaded. There are two kind of ways to flash the BIOS 1, you may flash it under Window environment with EZWinflash or under DOS system. For flashing under Window environment is easy, you may just download the BIOS version and implement it with EZWinflash. For Flashing BIOS under DOS system, please unzip the BIOS version after downloading from website, and execute it under DOS. These two versions of BIOS have been provided on our website for your downloading. DieHard BIOS II is further enhanced with data saving function. In addition to read-only ROM, DieHard BIOS II allows you to turn your second ROM into a Read-and-write ROM with larger space provided. You may download fancy skins from our website ( adjusting JP25 to Pin2-3 (No Protection).

Protection (Default)

Protection Jumper

JP24

BIOS

Protection

JP25 BIOS2

Pin 1

Normal (Default)

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Pin 1

JP25

BIOS

Rescue (Boot from

BIOS 2)

JP24 BIOS

Rescue Jumper

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Note: Please be noted that you will not be able to use the second BIOS ROM for boot-up after setting JP25 to Pin 2-3 for the purpose of saving skins of JukeBox or VividBIOS.

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The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1 and COM2, RJ45 LAN Jack, Printer, USB, AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing.

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&2 Port: To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial devices. RJ-45 LAN connector To connect Ethernet for home or office use. Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player. MIC-In: From Microphone.

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

PS/2 Keyboard

Connector

USB Port

(2.0)

SPP/EPP/ECP

COM 1 Port

Parallel Port

COM 2 Port

RJ45 LAN Jack

USB Port

(2.0)

Line-In

Speaker Out

MIC-In

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This motherboard comes with an ALC655 CODEC, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC655, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel. Picture bellow represents the standard location of all speakers in 5.1 Channel sound tracks. 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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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.

AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R

AUD_FPOUT_L

Pin 1

AUD_MIC

Front Audio Connector

UD_GND UD_VCC UD_RET_R

KEY

UD_RET_L

Pin 1

S/PDIF

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S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with better audio quality. Same as outputs, you can also connect RCA or optical audio products to input connectors on the module and have the voice or music come out from your computer. However, you must have a S/PDIF supported speaker/amplifier/decoder with S/PDIF digital input/output to connect to the S/PDIF digital input/output to make the most out of this function.

(RCA)

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

(Optical)

S/PDIF Module

(User Upgrade Optional for

AK89-L and AK89-N)

S/PDIF Cable

Connector

+5V NC S/PDIFOUT GND S/PDIFIN

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The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is being triggered by light or opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you. 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.

Pin 1

Sensor

Case Open

Sensor Connector

GND

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

R GND GND

CD-IN

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

R GND GND

UX-IN Connector

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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.

+5V

JAB1

JACX

GND GND

JACY

JAB2

+5V

+5V JBB1 JBCX MIDI_TXD JBCY JBB2 MIDI_RXD KEY

Pin1

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Dr. Voice II is a great feature of AK89 Max, which can identify the problems you may encounter in the operating system. It can clearly “tell you” whether the problem is caused from components or improper installation such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard. Dr. Voice II provides four language versions: English, German, Japanese and Chinese. You c an select your preferred language by JP15 & JP16 jumpers. However, you may also set JP2 to choose making out voices from buzzer or speaker.

JP15

Pin1

Dr. Voice II Language

Select Jum

English

(Default)

Japanese

Chinese

German

JP16

JP15

JP16

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This motherboard comes with another considerate function, which allows you to select the voice coming out from buzzer or speaker, if Dr. Voice detects any errors that occurred in the operating system. If you want to enable buzzer, you may set JP2 to pin 1-2, or pin 2-3 to enable speaker. For enabling different language versions of Dr Voice, please go to BIOS settings for adjustment.

Pin 1

JP2 Dr. Voice Output

Select Jumper

Buzzer

(Default)

Speaker

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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

default)

Clear

Pin 1

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fails because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

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This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. The factory default setting is set to “Disable” (1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to pin2-3.

JP28 KB/Mouse

Wake-up Jumper

Disable

(Default)

Enable

Pin 1

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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 provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode.

System

Power LED

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

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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 3.3V AGP card, which is not supported. When you do so, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage.

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This Motherboard implements HTUFlash ROMUTH 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.

ATX Stand-by Power

Battery

Flash

ROM

(Real Time Clock)

Auto Sw itc h

RTC

00:00:00

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

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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.

Resetable

Fuse

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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 3300μF capacitor, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 or 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.

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The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V. That is, the transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 60 current is applied.

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

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Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures.

The idea of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) was first introduced by David A. Patterson, Garth Gibson and Randy H. Katz at the University California at Berkeley in 1988. RAID is a purpose of storing the same data in different places on multiple performance and/or data fault tolerance. Better performance is accomplished by sharing the workload in parallel among multiple physical hard drives. Fault-tolerance is achieved through data redundant operation where if one (or more) drive fails or has a sector failure, a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive(s).

A RAID appears to the operating system to be a single logical hard disk. The RAID controller manages how the data is stored and accessed across the physical and logical arrays. The RAID controller help users to ensure that the operating system only sees the logical drives and users do not need to worry about managing the complicated schema.

For optimal performance results, select identical hard drives to install in disk arrays. The drives’ matched performance allows the array to function better as a single drive.

Hhard diskH s and improves storage subsystem performance. The advantage of RAID is to provide better throughput

Warning: The Serial ATA RAID function can be supported under Windows XP and Windows .Net environments.

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RAID level 0, which is the fastest drive array you can have, is a performance-oriented disk mapping method. The data in this array gets written across a stripe or different disks for a faster transfer. This technique has striping but no redundancy of data. It offers the best performance but no fault-tolerance. Reads and writes sector of data interleaved between multiple drives. When any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. Performance is better than a single drive since the workload is balanced between the array members. This array type is for high performance systems. Identical drives are recommended for performance as well as data storage efficiency. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of members times the smallest member capacity. For example, one 40GB and one 60GB drives will form an 80GB (40GBx2) disk array.

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4

Striping

Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 7

Block 5 Block 6

Block 7 Block 8

Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 Block 8

Logical Drive

Physical Disks

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RAID level 1 uses at least two duplicate hard drives and store the exact same blocks of information between them. This is the slowest form of fault tolerance because the data has to be replicated onto two disks at the same time. However, this is the simplest way to provide high reliability.

If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to serve and provide correct data. If one drive has a physical sector error, the mirrored drive will continue to function.

Due to redundancy, the drive capacity of the array is half the total drive capacity. For example, two 40GB drives that have a combined capacity of 80GB would have 40GB of usable storage. With drives of different capacities, there may be unused capacity on the larger drive. RAID 1 increases cost as it takes twice as much hard drives to build our arrays.

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5

Block 6 Block 7 Block 8

Logical Drive

Mirroring

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5

Block 6 Block 7 Block 8

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5

Block 6 Block 7 Block 8

Physical Disks

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As the name would suggest, RAID 0+1 is striping and mirroring combined. This RAID combines the best of both RAID 0 and RAID 1. It takes a Disk stripe using two disks, and mirrors it to another set of disks for fault tolerance. Data is stripped across several disks, each disk has partner with exactly the same data on it. You get the benefits of fast data access as in RAID 0, with the fault tolerance of RAID 1. This configuration provides optimal speed and reliability. You need double the number of disks as a RAID 0, half for each side of the mirror. At least 4 hard disks are needed while performing RAID 0+1. There is other RAID configurations in addition to those described here, but these are the types most commonly used in the industry.

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4

Block 5

Block 6

Block 7

Block 8

Logical Drive

Striping

Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 7

Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 Block 8

Physical Disks

Mirroring

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Logical Drive 40 GB

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With the latest chipsets implemented, Silicon Image Sil3114 provides RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 function for the Serial ATA hard disks. You may use RAID Configuration Utility to setup your disk array.

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In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID device smoothly, we have to enter RAID BIOS Setting Utility to do some configuration. After finishing the BIOS setup and reboot, you will see [Press <Ctrl-S> or <F4> to enter RAID Utility] about half way through the boot up. When you enter, you will be presented with a screen as shown below. You can use this utility to create or delete your disk arrays.

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System parameters can be modified by going into HTUBIOSUT H 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-Award BIOS™ that installed in the BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.

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

Currently there are two kinds of beep sound when system fails to boot at POST. The first type of beep sound consists of a single long beep and two short beeps, indicating a video error has failed BIOS from initializing video screen for displaying any additional information. The 2 occurred. You may look over the indicated error according to different beep significances.

To enter to BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when

type of beep sound is a single long beep that beeping repeatedly, signaling a DRAM error has

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.

HTU Flash ROM UTH of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard

HTUPOST (Power-On Self Test)UTH screen is shown on your monitor.

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Generally, you can use the 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 value. You also can press <F1> key for help and 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. By the way, all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3>

key selecting preferred menu language to display.

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 Default 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> duringHTU

POST (Power-On Self Test)UTH . 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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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.

TCaution: T 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: WAK89MAX102.ZIP) with WinZip ( environment.

3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAK89MAX102.EXE & WAK89MAX102.BIN.

4. Double click on the WAK89MAX102.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 ma y click [YES] to reboot Windows.

7. Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup, choose "Load Setup Defaults", then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!

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

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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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In the past, users have to keep punching the DEL key at a

good timing during POST (Power-On-Self-Test) screen to get into the BIOS, which is inconvenient and clumsy. From now on, AOpen provides an easier way to configure your BIOS. WinBIOS is a customized utility for running exclusively on AOpen motherboards, which allows you to setup your BIOS under Windows environment. 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.

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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 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.

TCaution: 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:

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to move around the items in WinBIOS

, “+” or “-” to change the setting

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 M ode

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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Here we are pleased to provide you a brand-new powerful interface—Open JukeBox. Without any cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player! This latest Open JukeBox motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC without any hassle of entering Windows operation system.

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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

UOU , to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System. UBU , to intelligently boot to Windows Operation System for you. UAU, to start playing CD music. USU , to stop the music playing. UPU , to pause the music playing temporarily. UEU , to eject CD tray for you to change CD disc.

URU, to shift the repeat mode.

Volume +/-: Pressing + or – to adjust the volume of playing music.

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

Note: Though some of the latest

version of Windows 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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There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows.

UAut oU: 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.

UPress Insert KeyU: 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.

UCD PlayerU: 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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Yo ur 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

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Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are

information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

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 favorite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this little logo your model name on the BIOS download page, motherboard supports this innovative feature!

stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen!

Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text

shown beside

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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 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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You can install NVIDIA Windows nForce drivers from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.

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This motherboard comes with RealTek RTL8110S controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.

Windows 98 installation guide

1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices"

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD "

3. Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller "

4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.

5. Select "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)"

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6. Select "Specify a location", and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box that appears. Press “Next".

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7. System will ask you to provide the file path for loading driver, please type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win98" in the text box

that appears. Press “OK".

8. System will ask you to insert "Windows 98 CD-ROM"

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9. Driver installed.

10. Restart computer.

11. Confirming Windows 98 Installation

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Windows ME installation guide

1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "PCI Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices".

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD”

3. Double click "PCI Ethernet Controller”

4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.

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5. Select "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)"

6. Choose "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. (Recommended)", then Select "Specify a location",

and type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\WinME" in the text box that appears. Press “Next".

7. Driver installed.

8. Restart computer.

9. Confirming Windows ME Installation.

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Windows 2000 installation guide

1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices"

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD”

3. Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Properties".

4. Click "Reinstall Driver" in the General Tab.

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5. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)"

6. Select "Specify a location", and then click "Next".

7. Type "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press “OK".

8. Driver installed.

9. Confirming Windows 2000 Installation.

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Windows XP installation guide

1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Ethernet Controller" in "Other devices"

2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD”

3. Right click "Ethernet Controller ", and then select "Update Driver".

4. Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and then click "Next".

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5. Choose "Search for the best driver in these locations", and then select "Include this location in the search:” Type

"G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\WinXP" in the text box that appears. Press " Next ".

6. Driver installed.

7. Confirming Windows XP Installation.

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Windows NT installation guide

1. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab.

2. Click "Add" to install a new adapter. All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters.

3. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click "Have Disk"....

4. When prompted, insert the BONUS CD, type the path "G:\Driver\LAN\RTL8100S-32\Winnt4" to the driver, and click "OK".

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5. With "Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC" highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click "OK".

6. Restart computer.

7. Confirming Windows NT Installation.

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AOpen AK89MAX User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N

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Chipset

Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Master IDE

Expansion Slots

Memory

On-board AC97 Sound

Six USB 2.0 Connectors

1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment

Watch Dog ABS

Power Management/Plug and Play

Hardware Monitoring Management

Enhanced ACPI

Super Multi-I/O

Motherboard Map

IrDA Connector

Front Audio Connector

How Your O pen JukeBo x Works

Yo ur Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS

Yo ur Open JukeBox EzSkin

Windows 98 installation guide

Windows ME installation guide

Windows 2000 installation guide

Windows XP installation guide

Windows NT installation guide