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AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AK73(A)-V / AK73-V............................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 You Must Notice .................................................................................................
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Front Panel Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 31 ATX Power Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 33 AC Power Auto Recovery ...........................................................................................
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Low ESR Capacitor ................................................................................................................................................................. 57 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) ........................................................................................................................................... 59 Driver and Utility..................................................................................................
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Glossary .......................................................................................................................................84 AC97 ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 84 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)...........................................................................................
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............................................................................................................. 88 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ................................................................................................................................. 88 EV6 Bus ..............................................................................................................................................
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)................................................................................................................................... 93 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ................................................................................................................................................ 93 Shadow E 2PROM ........................................................................................................................
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual You Must Notice Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, PentiumII, Pentium!!! are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Ov er vi e w Thank you for choosing AOpen AK73(A)-V / AK73-V. The AK73(A)-V / AK73-V is AMD® Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the VIA Apollo KT133A chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AK73(A)-V / AK73-V can support AMD® Socket 462 series Athlon™ & Duron™ processor and 200/266MHz (EV6) system bus.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are “Optional”, and some are “Upgrade Optional”. This is because all of AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features; however, some of these are not frequently used on daily operation. Therefore, we define some key features as optional to meet different requirements.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Feature Highlight CPU Supports AMD® Socket 462 Athlon® & Duron® 600MHz~1.4GHz with 200/266MHz EV6 system bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Chipset The VIA Apollo KT133/KT133A chip incorporated a VIA VT8363A north bridge is in charge of the host bus interface and memory bus control. The memory bus control supports two and four-way interleaved of PC-100 and PC-133 SDRAM DIMM and VCM up to 1.5GB. The north bridge provides one 32bit PCI bus running at 33MHz.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Ultra DMA 33/66/100 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 33/66/100 Bus Master IDE. CPU Overheat Protection Provides two ways to prevent CPU caused damage by overheat. You can enable/disable these two special functions by BIOS setup program. Please refer to page 32 for more information. On-board AC97 Sound AK73(A)-V / AK73-V uses AC97 sound chip.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 95/98/ME/NT/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features. Super Multi-I/O The AK73(A)-V / AK73-V 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.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Q ui c k I n s t a l l a t i o n P r o c e d ur e This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V CD-IN Connector Online Manual Motherboard Map Onboard AC’97 CODEC (Optional) PC99 Color coded Back Panel MODEM-CN Connector AUX-IN Connector Resettable Fuse Front Audio Connector Low ESR Capacitor CNR Slot AGP Slot 462-pin CPU socket supports AMD Athlon & Duron 600MHz~1.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m Socket A 200/266MHz FSB (EV6) 64 BIT CPU Data BUS 66MHz 1x,2x and 4xmode VT8363A VT8363A SDRAM SDRAM (3 DIMM sockets) (3 DIMM sockets) AGP Slot :1/2/4X 100/133 MHz SDRAM and VCM 100MHz Register SDRAM 33MHz 32BIT PCI Address/Data BUS AC97 AC97 CODEC CODEC AC97 Link Primary IDE VT686B VT686B ATA 33/66/100 IDE 1 IDE 2 Secondary IDE CNR Floppy Interface Floppy 5 * PCI Slots USB USB PORT I/O X2 USB Connector X2 System System BIOS B
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Har dwar e Ins tal l ati o n 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.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual J P 1 4 C l e a r C MO S You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure 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. 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual C P U I n s t al l a ti o n This motherboard supports AMD Athlon & Duron Socket 462 CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 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. 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual J P 2 1 F S B/ P CI Cl o c k & R a t i o This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if you are not an overclocker, we recommend you to set at the default setting. CPU Ratio 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual S e t t i n g C P U Fr e q u e n c y This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setting CPU Ratio From 5.5x to 12.5x step 0.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual S upport e d CP U Fre que nc y Core Frequency = CPU FSB * CPU Ratio EV6 Bus Clock = CPU FSB x 2 AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 CPU Duron 600 Duron 650 Duron 700 Duron 750 Duron 800 Duron 850 Athlon 650 Athlon 750 Athlon 800 Athlon 850 Athlon 900 Athlon 950 Athlon 1G Athlon 1.1G Athlon 1.2G Athlon 1.3G Athlon 1.4G Athlon 1G Athlon 1.13G Athlon 1.2G Athlon 1.33G Athlon 1.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual C P U J u m p er - l e s s D e si g n CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual C P U O v e r he a t P r o t e c t i o n Based on high CPU operating frequency, the AMD® Athlon™/Duron™ Socket 462 series CPU requires heatsink with cooling fan when it is powered up. AOpen provides two new features in an easy and user friendly BIOS setting to protect your CPU investment, preventing CPU operating under overheat condition or CPU gets damaged by the high temperature if cooling fan fails or is under the designated speed (RPM).
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual If the "CPU Cooling Fan Malfunction Protection" function is enabled, BIOS will monitor CPU cooling fan speed immediately. If the cooling fan speed is lower than (500) RPM or failed, the system will shutdown automatically to protect CPU. You also can set the "CPU shutdown temperature" from 55oC to 70oC by 5oC stepping. When this function is enabled and BIOS detects CPU temperature is over setting value, the system will shutdown automatically, too.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual CPU and Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have housing fan, you can also plug it on FAN2 connector. CPUFAN GND +12V SENSOR Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring. The Fan1 doesn’t support the H/W monitoring function.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Fa n on Nort h Bri dge In order to provide a better effect of cooling and make the chipset work more stable, we especially design a fan on the north bridge. After locating the fan on the north bridge, plug the connector to the header marked FAN1 on the motherboard.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual DI M M S o c k e t AK73(A)-V motherboard has three 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 1.5GB. It supports not only SDRAM but also VCM and PC-100 Registered DRAM.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l Me m o r y M o d u l e s 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. 60 pins 88 pins 20 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r 1 + IDE LED + + SPWR ACPI & Power LED + + Speaker Reset 1 Attach the power LED, Keylock, speaker, 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.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Suspend Type ACPI LED Power on Suspend (S1) or Suspend to RAM(S3) Flashing for every second Suspend to Disk (S4) The LED will be turned off 32
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. +12V +5V 5VSB +5V PW-OK -5V COM COM +5V COM COM COM +5V 33 PS-ON COM COM +3.3V -12V +3.3V +3.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual A C P o w er A u t o R ec o v er y 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. If BIOS Setup > Integrated Peripherals > AC PWR Auto Recovery is set to “On” the system will automatically power-on after AC power resumes.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual I D E a n d Fl o p p y C o n n e c t or Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual This motherboard supports ATA33, ATA66 or ATA100 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. 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.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual I r DA C o n n e c t o r 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).
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual W O M b y E xt er n al B OX M o d em Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply, it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual W O M b y I n t er n al M o d e m C ar d With the help of the ATX soft power On/Off, it is possible to have a system totally power off, and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call as an answering machine or to send/receive a fax. You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) 43
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual A G P ( A c c e l e r a t e d G r a p hi c P o r t ) The AK73(A)-V / AK73A-V provides an AGP 4x slot. The AGP 4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. Recently, there are more memory modules on the AGP card. Hence, the AGP card needs more power to drive these chips. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual C N R ( C o m m u ni c a t i o n a n d N e t w or k Ri s e r ) CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power. The analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual P C 9 9 C ol or C o d e d B a c k P a n e l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1 and COM2, Printer, four USB, AC97 sound and Game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V nd S upport 2 Online Manual U S B P or t This motherboard can support up to four USB ports. Two of them are built on the back panel, and one USB header on the motherboard can provide two more ports by connecting a proper USB cable. After connecting the USB header, please screw the bracket on the other end of USB cable to the back housing. Thus you can take good advantage of these four USB compatible ports.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual C D A u d i o C o n n e c t or This black connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual M o d e m A u di o C o n n e c t o r This connector is used to connect Mono In/Mic Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is Mic Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Video-Audio-IN Connector This green connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l A u d i o If the housing has been design with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual B a t t e r y - l e s s a n d L o n g Li f e D e s i g n This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n The Over Current Protection was very popular implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual 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 guarantee that the protection circuit can always work perfectly.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual H a r d w a r e M o ni t o r i n g This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual R e se t ta b l e F u s e Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (did the job to protect motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can back to normal function after fuse did the protection job.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual L o w E S R C a p a c i t or The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) is very important for the stability of CPU power especially during high frequency operation. The location of these capacitors requires well-experienced and precise calculation.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as some new generation CPUs whose clock values are higher than 1 GHz, 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.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual D ri v e r a n d U t i l i t y There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual A u t or u n M e n u f r o m B o n u s C D Di s c You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Installing Windows 95 1. 2. First, don’t install any add-on card except AGP card. Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2.1, 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support. Otherwise, you need to install USBSUPP.EXE. 3. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. 4. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Installing Windows 98 1. 2. First, don’t install any add-on card except AGP card. Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup > Advanced Chipset Features > USB Controller, to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment. 3. Install Window 98 into your system. 4. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, IRQ Routing, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. 5. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows2000 If you are using Windows ® 98 Second Edition, Windows ® Millennium Edition or Windows ® 2000, you do not need to install the 4-in-1 driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system. Users with Windows ® 98 SE may update the VIA Registry INF and AGP drivers by installing them individually. Please refer to VIA Technologies Inc.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual I n s t al l i n g VI A 4 i n 1 D r i ve r You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD disc Autorun menu. Note: Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure. Warning: If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver, please remove the AGP card driver first.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g O n b o a r d S o u n d Dr i v e r This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC201 chip; you can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g H a r d w a r e M o n i t or i n g U t i l i t y You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual A C P I S u s p e n d t o H a r d Dr i v e ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual When go into Suspend: System Image & Status Hard Disk Save into When power-on next time: System Image & Status Hard Disk Restore within seconds 69
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual System Requirement 1. AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. 2. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a. Set Power Schemes > System Standby to "Never". b. Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable Hibernate Support" then "Apply". c.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "ACPI BIOS" and remove "Plug and Play BIOS") 3.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "Plug and Play BIOS" and remove "ACPI BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual A C PI S u s p e n d t o R A M ( S T R ) This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement 1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, except Windows 95 and Windows NT, all other Windows systems support ACPI. 2. The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly. Procedures 1. Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Function: Enabled BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Suspend Type: S3. 2.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual A W AR D B I O S System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). The AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual A b o u t BI O S F u n c t i o n De s c r i p t i o n … AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appeared at right side of screen. Hence, you don’t need read this manual while you changing the BIOS setting.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting value. You also can press key for help and press key to quit Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Key Description F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program. Note: AOpen always dedicates to give users a more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appeared at right side of screen.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. De l Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual BI O S U p g r a d e By flashing your motherboard, you agree to accept the possibility of BIOS flash failure. If you motherboard is working and is stable, and there are no major bugs that were fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS. By doing so, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If you indeed intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE SURE to use the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY) 1. Download new BIOS upgrade zip file from AOpen's web site. For example, AK73AV102.ZIP. 2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility. Or Winzip (http://www.winzip.com/) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk. For example, AK73AV102.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual O v e r cl o c k i n g As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual VG A C ar d & H ar d D i s k VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website. VGA: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. A C P I ( A d v a n c e d C o n f i g ur a t i o n & P ow e r I n te r f a c e ) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual A M R ( A u d i o/ M o d e m R i s e r ) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. A O pe n B o n us P a c k C D A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product; there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual ATA/100 ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. B I O S ( Ba s i c I n p u t / O u t p u t S y s t e m ) BIOS is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual C O DE C ( C o d i n g a n d De c o di n g ) Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. D D R ( D o u b l e Da t a R a te d ) S D R A M DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual E C C ( E r r or C he c k i n g a n d C or r e c t i o n ) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error. E DO ( E x t e n de d Da t a O u t p u t ) M e m or y The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM (Fast Page Mode).
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual EV 6 B u s EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus. EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2. For example, 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock, but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual F S B ( F r o n t S i d e B u s ) C l oc k FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio I2C Bus See SMBus. IE EE 1 39 4 IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual P a r i t y Bi t The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated, parity bit will be adjusted to have even count "1" for each byte. When next time, if memory is read with odd number of "1", the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual P C -1 6 0 0 o r P C - 2 1 0 0 D D R D R A M Based on FSB frequency, the DDR DRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type of working frequency. Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, and 266x64/8=2100MB/s. Hence, the PC-1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz and PC-2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz FSB frequency.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual POST (Power-On Self Test) The BIOS self-test procedure after power-on, sometimes, it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot. R D R A M ( R a mb u s D R A M ) Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer. Theoretically, the data transfer should be high than SDRAM. RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual 2 S ha d o w E P R O M A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E 2PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E 2PROM for jumper-less and battery-less design S I M M ( S i n gl e I n Li n e Me m o r y M o d u l e ) SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical. That is why it was called Single In Line. SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32-bit data.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual U l t ra D M A Ultra DMA (or, more accurately, Ultra DMA/33) is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer’s data path (or bus) to the computer’s random access memory (RAM). The Ultra DMA/33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33.3MB/s, twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory (DMA) interface.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements. VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual T r ou b l e s h o o t i n g If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. No The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press to reboot the system. No Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 99 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98. End 100 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual 4 Download Software: Check out this table to get the latest updated BIOS/utility 5 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support 6 Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and 7 Contact Us: Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before contacting us. The part number, serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful. and drivers. http://www.aopen.com/tech/download/default.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Part Nu m b er an d Seri al Nu m b er The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, on ISA/CPU slot or on component side of PCB. For example: Part No. Serial No. Part No. Serial No. P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.
AK73(A)-V / AK73-V Online Manual Mo d e l n a m e a n d B I O S v e r s i o n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AK73(A)-V R1.00 Feb.01.2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. AK73(A)-V is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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