What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Before You Start.............................................................................................................................................................. 9
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”…......................................................................20
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................21
CPU Over-current Protection.........................................................................................................................................24
CPU and Housing Fan Connector .................................................................................................................................26
ATX Power Connector...................................................................................................................................................30
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 30
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 31
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 33
10/100/1000Mbps LAN Onboard ................................................................................................................................... 36
Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 37
Color Coded Back Panel ............................................................................................................................................... 38
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................... 39
Game Port Bracket Supported ...................................................................................................................................... 42
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 43
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................................................................................................... 45
Case Open Connector................................................................................................................................................... 46
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................49
Battery-less and Long Life Design ................................................................................................................................ 51
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” .............................................................................................................................................. 57
Phoenix Award BIOS.................................................................................................................... 58
How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program.....................................................................................................59
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 60
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 61
Driver and Utility ......................................................................................................................... 68
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ..................................................................................................................................... 68
NVIDIA NForce 3 Windows driver ................................................................................................................................. 69
Installing LAN driver (for MK89-N and MK89-1394)....................................................................................................... 72
Installing LAN driver (for MK89-L) ................................................................................................................................. 75
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 87
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................................................................................................................... 87
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................ 88
ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................... 88
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................90
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ...................................................................................................................................... 90
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 91
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 91
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...........................................................................................................................92
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Parity Bit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 93
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................... 94
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................... 94
PnP (Plug and Play) ...................................................................................................................................................... 94
POST (Power-On Self Test) ..........................................................................................................................................94
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock .............................................................................................................................. 95
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)..................................................................................................95
SATA (Serial ATA) .........................................................................................................................................................96
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)....................................................................................................................................... 96
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) .....................................................................................................................................96
Wireless LAN – 802.11b................................................................................................................................................ 97
ZIP file........................................................................................................................................................................... 97
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