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Overview AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Hardware Installation AK77-400/AK77-400N/AK77-400 Max Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary DOC. NO.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AK77-400/AK77-400N/AK77-400 Max.................................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice ....................................................................................................
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 32 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 33 ATA/133 Supported ........................................................................................................
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Case Open Connector................................................................................................................................................... 56 CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 57 AUX-IN Connector .....................................................................................................
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 82 Open JukeBox Player (for AK77-400 & AK77-400N) ..................................................................................................... 84 Vivid BIOS technology...................................................................................................................................
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Bluetooth..................................................................................................................................................................... 108 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser).............................................................................................................. 109 DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ...................................................................................................
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) ................................................................................................ 114 RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ...................................................................................................................... 114 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ....................................................................................................................................
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Ov er vi e w Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max. The AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max is AMD® Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the VIA Apollo KT400A chipset.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual F e a t u r e Hi g h l i g h t CPU Supports AMD® Socket 462 series CPU with both 200/266/333 MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~3000+(2.167GHz) Chipset The VIA Apollo KT400A consists of the KT400A V-Link DDR Host system controller and the VT8235 highly integrated V-Link Client PCI/LPC controller.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Serial ATA (for AK77-400 Max) This motherboard comes with a Promise Serial ATA (PDC20375) controller, aiming to provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. LAN Port On the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL controller on board, which is an highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. Expansion Slots Including six 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 8X slots.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Memory With VIA Apollo KT400A chipset, the AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max can support Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM. The DDR RAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the RAM and the data buffers at 333/266/200 MHz. The six banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512MB x N DDR RAM and support DDR400 maximum up to 2GB and DDR333/266 up to 3GB.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100~191MHz 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 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. Enhanced ACPI Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows ® 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Q ui c k I n s t a l l a t i o n P r o c e d u r e This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 1. Installing CPU and Fan 2. Installing System Memory (DIMM) 3. Connecting Front Panel Cable 4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5. Connecting ATX Power Cable 6. Connecting Back Panel Cable 7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8. Setting CPU Frequency 9. Reboot 10.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Front Audio Connector AC97 CODEC AUX-IN Connector CD-IN Connector S/PDIF Connector JP30 Die Hard BIOS Jumper Online Manual Motherboard Map Die Hard BIOS (BIOS 2) (for AK77-400 Max) Case Open Connector Die Hard BIOS (BIOS1) Game Port Connector Colored Back Panel JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumper RealTek RTL8100BL CNR Expansion Slot ATX Power Connector 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6 (PCI 6 supports slave mode PCI card only) IrDA Connector SY
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Bl o c k D i a gr a m DDR400 RAM Up to 2GB and DDR333/266 Up to 3GB PCI Bus 32-bit PCI Slot x6 Serial ATA Devices x2 DDR SDRAM Socket x3 Promise Serial ATA PDC20375 Socket 462 AMD Athlon/Duron/AthlonXP CPU 100/133/166 MHz System Bus ATA 66/100/133 VIA KT400A ATA 66/100/133 Third Channel Primary Channel IDE Drive x6 Secondary Channel AGP Bus AC’97 Link VT8235 AGP 8X Slot RealTek RTL8100 BL LAN connect Component 1st USB Port 2nd USB Port 3rd US
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual A b o u t “ M a n u f a c t ur e r U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ” a n d “ U s e r U p g r a d e O p ti o n al ” … 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual C P U I ns t a l l a t i o n This motherboard supports AMD® Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket (with CPU Overheat Protection function implemented, the system will be automatically power off when the temperature of CPU reached 97 degree, but works on AthlonXP CPU only). 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may damage the CPU. Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology With AMD platform substantially keeps increasing the speed of its CPU, it inevitably led to the annoying problem of high CPU operation temperature at the same time. In order to prevent accidental failure of CPU fan, which could cause the burning down of the AthlonXP CPU, we, AOpen, have meticulously developed a new technology, named, O.H.P. (Overheat Protection) Technology to protect them.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual C P U O v e r - c u r r e nt P r o t e c t i o n Over Current Protection has been popularly implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply for a while. However, new generation CPU is able to use regulator of different voltages to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, to 2.0V). This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard that supports CPU over-current protection, and it applies to 3.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual E nl a r g e d A l um i n u m H e a t s i n k 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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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual S u p p o r t e d CP U F r e q u e n c y Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2 CPU CPU Core Frequency EV6 Bus Clock Ratio Athlon 1G 1GHz 200MHz 10.0x Athlon 1.1G 1.1GHz 200MHz 11.0x Athlon 1.2G 1.2GHz 200MHz 12.0x Athlon 1.3G 1.3GHz 200MHz 13.0x Athlon 1G 1GHz 266MHz 7.5x Athlon 1.13G 1.13GHz 266MHz 8.5x Athlon 1.2G 1.2GHz 266MHz 9.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual C P U a n d H o u s i n g F a n C o n n e c t or ( w i t h H / W M o n i t o r i n g ) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 (FAN2) or SYSFAN3 (FAN3) connector. GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector GND +12V SENSOR CPUFAN1 Connector GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector 29 Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual DI M M S oc k e t s This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR266/333 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 2.8V for over clocking purpose. Warning: This motherboard supports DDR RAM.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l M e m o ry 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. Pin 1 52 pins 2. 40 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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 connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel, IDE2 and IDE3 are known as the secondary and third channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of six 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual ATA/133 Supported This motherboard supports ATA66, ATA100 or ATA133 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Serial ATA Supported (for AK77-400 Max) This motherboard comes with a Promise Serial ATA (PDC20375) controller, aiming to provide you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second. 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Connecting Serial ATA Disk (for AK77-400 Max) 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual I r DA C o n n e c t or 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).
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual A GP ( A c c el er at e d Gr a p h i c P o r t ) 8 X Ex p a n s i o n Sl o t The AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max provides an AGP 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual W O M b y E xt er n a l B o x M o d e m 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. Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual W O M b y I nt e r n a l M o d e m C a r 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) Connector 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 1 0 / 1 0 0 M b p s L A N o n b o a r d ( f or A K 7 7 - 4 0 0 N a n d A K 7 7 - 4 0 0 Ma x ) The South Bridge VT8235 includes a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of RealTek RTL8100BL LAN controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual C N R ( C o m m u ni c a t i o n a n d N e t w o r k Ri s e r ) E x p a ns i o n S l o t 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual S u p p o r t S i x U S B 2 . 0 P or t This motherboard provides six 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 other USB connectors 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual C o l 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, RJ45 LAN Jack, Printer, USB, AC97 sound. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing. RJ45 LAN Jack PS/2 Mouse Connector SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port (for AK77-400N & AK77-400 Max) Line-In Speaker Out MIC-In PS/2 Keyboard USB Port Connector (2.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual S u p e r 5 . 1 C h a n n e l A u d i o E ff e c t This motherboard comes with an ALC650 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 ALC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Fr o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t o r 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual S / P DI F ( S o n y / P h i l i p s Di gi t a l I n t e r f a c e ) C o n n e c t o r 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional) In conjunction with Dr. LED (User Upgrade Optional), which can easily show what kind of problem you may incur on your system during assembly. It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr. LED. This helps you quickly self-diagnose your system status. Pin 1 1 2 3.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. 7 6 5 Boot O.K. KB HDD 4 Floppy 3 2 1 0 PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual O n b o a r d I E E E 1 3 9 4 C o n t r o l l e r ( f or A K 7 7 - 4 0 0 M a x ) This motherboard comes with IEEE 1394a controller TI TSB43AB22 onboard. The IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, and USB just has 12Mb/s. 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual C a se O p e n C o n n ec t o r 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual C D A u d i o C o n n e c t or This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND GND L Note: Though the latest version of Windows supports CD-IN “Digital Audio” through IDE bus, 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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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max A U X -I N C o n n e c t o r This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual G a m e P or t B r a c k e t S u p p o r t e d 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual JP 2 S p e a ke r / B u z z er S el e c t J u m p er This motherboard comes with another considerate function, which allows you to select the voice coming out from buzzer or speaker when Dr. Voice detects any errors 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual J P 1 4 C l e a r C M O S D a t a J um p e r 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Dr. Voice II & JP15, 16 (for AK77-400 Max) Dr. Voice II is a great feature of this motherboard, which can identifies what kind of problems had occurred in the operating system. It can even clearly “tell” you whether there is a component issue or an installed issue, such as CPU, memory module, VGA, PCI add-on card, FDD, HDD or keyboard by voice. Dr. Voice provides four language versions, English, German, Japanese and Chinese for your choice.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual JP 2 0 K 7 H o s t C l o ck S e l e c ti o n This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if you are not an over-clocker, we recommend you to set it to the default setting. Additionally, this motherboard also provides “1MHz Stepping CPU Adjustment” feature for overclockers to adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Di e - H a r d B I O S a n d J P 3 0 S e l e c t J u m pe r ( f o r A K 7 7 - 4 0 0 M a x ) Recently, many viruses have been found that they may destroy bios code and data area. This motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method that does not involve any software or BIOS coding, hence it is 100% virus free. You may restore the originally mounted BIOS to BIOS 2 by setting JP30 to pin2-3 if it fails to act normally.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual E x t e r n a l C o n t r ol l e r f or DI E - H A R D BI O S ( U s e r U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ) External Controller provides you a better and convenience way to switch the BIOS status between “Rescue” and “Normal” without opening the case of your computer. You have to plug the jumper cable to the connector pin (JP30) on the motherboard. Be careful of the orientation when you connect, the red wire should correspond to Pin1.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Note: If you suspect your BIOS is infected by virus, just rescue your bios by following steps: 1. Turn off the system, set the External Controller to “Rescue” to read from rescue ROM. 2. Boot the system and set the switch back to “Normal”. 3. Follow the BIOS upgrade procedure to rehabilitate BIOS. Reboot the system, and you should be able to go back to normal mode.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual STBY LED 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED W i t h t h e o u ts t a n d i n g R & D a b i l i t y o f A O p e n a n d i ts s p e c i a l l y d e v e l o p e d c i r c u i t , t h i s m o d e l i m p l e m e n t s a b l e n d n e w t e c h n o l o g y t o prot ec t your m ot herboard f rom bei ng dam aged by over-voltagi ng of A GP c ard.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual R e s e t a bl 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 user cannot replace it when it is damaged (did the job to protect motherboard), and the motherboard remains malfunction. With expensive Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 2 2 0 0 μ F L o w E S R C a p a c i t or 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very special, useful feature for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency by user’s setting that stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog ABS” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher, it inevitably brings higher heat and system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat problem, however, is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system, expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as it could.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis, plus checking if fans are running properly. The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level. You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual The following page is surely the most important part of this utility. You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got the options inside in this page. 1. Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual P H O E N I X - 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 Phoenix-Award BIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual How To Use Phoenix 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 Phoenix Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix Award™ BIOS setup program.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Key Description F6 Load Setup Defaults setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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. 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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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual BI O S U p g r a de u n d e r Wi n d o w s e n v i r o n m e n t 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 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 zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAK77400MAX102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual O p e n J u ke B o x P l ay er (f o r A K 77 - 4 0 0 & A K 7 7 -4 0 0 N ) 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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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual How Your Open JukeBox Works The operation of Open JukeBox Player is the same as other CD players. By pressing specific keys on the keyboard you will find playing Open JukeBox Player couldn’t be easier than the traditional CD Players. Below is the function description of respective buttons.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows. Auto: The default setting is “Auto” with which the Open JukeBox will automatically check the CD player every time you power on. The Open JukeBox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player. Press Insert Key: Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Your Open JukeBox EzSkin Except these powerful functions above, Open JukeBox Player is also equipped with another fancy feature for you to change its “skin”. You can download as many skins as you want from AOpen Website, and changing them whenever you want by using this useful utility – EzSkin – which may also be downloaded from our website.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Vivid BIOS technology Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them runnin
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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. 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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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual I n s t al l i n g VI A 4 i n 1 D r i v er 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 auto-run menu. Warning: To take advantage of ATA133, it is a must to install the latest version of VIA 4in1 driver in the Bonus CD.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g A u di o D r i v e r This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC650 AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g U S B 2 . 0 Dr i v e r This motherboard comes with USB2.0 function. You can install USB2.0 Driver under Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. Note: After installing USB 2.0 driver under WinME, there would be a "green question mark" on "VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller" item. Please rest assured that it is not an error message. You may just ignore it.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g L A N Dr i v e r ( f o r A K 7 7 - 4 0 0 N a n d A K 7 7 - 4 0 0 M a x ) This motherboard comes with RealTek RTL8100BL controller on board, which is a highly-integrated Platform LAN connect device providing 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. You can install the LAN driver form the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Installing Serial ATA Driver (for AK77-400 Max) Windows XP Installation Guide **************************************************** Installing Driver During New Windows XP Installation **************************************************** 1. Start the installation: a. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes. b. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual continue to the next step 7. From the Windows XP Setup screen, press the Enter key. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual ********************************** Confirming Windows XP Installation ********************************** 1. From Windows XP, open the Control Panel from "My Computer". 2. Click on "Performance and maintenance". 3. Click on the "System" icon. 4. Choose the "Hardware" tab, and then click the "Device Manager" tab. 5. Click the "+" in front of "SCSI controllers". "WinXP Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" should appear.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 4. Use "↑" or "↓" to choose "Win2000 Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" from the list that appears on screen, and then press the "Enter" key. 5. The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying "Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices: "The list will include "Win2000 Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller". NOTE: If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed, do so at this time.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 5a. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Promise\SATA150\Driver\Win2000" in the text box that appears. Press " OK ". 6. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows has found "Win2000 Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" should appear. 7. Click on "Next," and then on "Finish." ************************************ Confirming Windows 2000 Installation ************************************ 1.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 5. In the "System" window, choose the "Device Manager" tab. 6. In the hierarchical display under "Other Devices" is a listing for "PCI Mass Storage Controller." Choose it and then press the "Properties" button. 7. Choose "Reinstall Driver," and then press "Next." 8. Choose "Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)," then press "Next". 9. Insert the Promise SATA150 driver diskette into drive A:. 10. Choose "Specify a Location," and then type "A:\" 9a.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Windows 98 Installation Guide **************************************************** Installing Drivers During Windows 98 SE Installation **************************************************** The following details the installation of the Serial ATA drivers while installing Windows 98 SE (with the SATA controller is enabled already). 1.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Controller" should appear. 13. Press "Next," then "Finish". ******************************************** Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 98 ******************************************** To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Windows 98, perform the following steps: 1. Choose "Settings" from the "Start" menu. 2. Choose "Control Panel," and then double-click on the "System" icon. 3.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 2. When the "Windows NT Setup" window is generated, press "S" to specify an Additional Device(s). 3. Use "↑" or "↓" to select "Other" and press the "Enter" key. 4. Insert the driver diskette into drive A: and press the "Enter" key. 5. Choose "WinNT Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" from the list that appears on screen, and then press the "Enter" key. 6.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual 4. Choose "Drivers," and then press "Add." 5. In the "Install Drivers" dialog box, press "Have Disk…" 6. When the "Install From Disk" appears, Insert the driver diskette into drive A:, then choose "OK." 7. When the "Install Driver" dialog box appears, select "WinNT Promise SATA TX2plus (tm) IDE Controller" and then press "OK." 8. When the "Select SCSI Adapter Option" dialog box appears, press "Install." 9.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual A O C o n f i g Ut i l i t y AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendlier computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detective utility. AOconfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 3. Online Manual This page presents the IDE devices information, such as the serial number, the manufacturer, the firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users may obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual G l os s a r y A C 9 7 C O DE C Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual A GP ( A c c e l e r a t ed Gr a p h i c P o r t ) The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual and integrated drive controller and the computer's motherboard. Two drives (master and slave) are supported. The ATA specification allows the drive to connect directly to the ISA bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual high transfer rate of 1MB/s, it also could be encrypted with pin code. With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second, it’s difficult to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electromagnetic wave.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual E C C (E r r o r C h e c ki n g an d C o r r e c ti 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 E P R O M (E l e c t r o n i c E r a s ab l e P r o g r am m a b l e RO M ) Also known as E 2PROM.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual F C C D o C ( D e c l a r a ti o n o f C o n f o r m i t y ) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations. This standard allows DIY component (such as motherboard) to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing. F C -P GA (F l i p C h i p -P i n G r i d A r r a y ) FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual I E E E 1 3 94 IEEE 1394, which also called Firewire, is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system. The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio (A/V) consumer application is its low cost.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual P C I ( P e r i p h e ra l C o m p o n en t I n t e r f a c e ) B u s Developed by Intel, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local bus standard. A bus is a channel used to transfer data to (input) and from (output) a computer and to or from a peripheral device. Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemented at 32-bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual P S B (P r o c e s so r S y s t em B u s ) C l o c k PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio R D R A M ( R am b u s D y n am i c R a n d o m A c c e ss M em o r y ) A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual SATA (S eri al ATA) The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second, and 300M/bs, 600M/bs to come.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual system automatically recognize the change. USB 2.0, which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days. VCM (Vi rtu al Ch ann el Mem o ry) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Tr oub l es h ooti 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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 119 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.~~
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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 120 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual T e ch n ic a l Su p p o r t Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 5 6 Online Manual eForum: AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under “Multi-language”. Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max 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: AK77-400 Max R1.02 Mar. 01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AK77-400 Max is model name of motherboard, R1.02 is BIOS version.
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AK77-400 / AK77-400N / AK77-400 Max Online Manual Produ c t R egis tration Thank you for choosing AOpen product. AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration. To register your product will ensure the high quality of services from AOpen. After the registration, you will: • Have opportunities to play online slot machine and win a prize from AOpen by accumulating your bonuses for later prize exchange. • Be upgraded to gold membership of Club AOpen program.
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