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MK79G Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l MK79G........................................................................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice .....................................................................................................................
MK79G Online Manual Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 33 ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 34 AC Power Auto Recovery ............................................................................................................................
MK79G Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design................................................................................................................................. 53 CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 54 AOConfig Utility............................................................................................................................................
MK79G Online Manual VGA Card & Hard Disk .................................................................................................................................................. 83 Glossary .................................................................................................................................... 84 AC97 ........................................................................................................................................................................
MK79G Online Manual ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 88 EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory .......................................................................................................................... 88 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)....................................................................................................
MK79G Online Manual POST (Power-On Self Test) .......................................................................................................................................... 93 RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ............................................................................................................................................. 93 RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................................................................................................................
MK79G 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.
MK79G 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.
MK79G Online Manual Ove rv ie w ® Thank you for choosing AOpen MK79G. The MK79G is based on AMD Socket 462 motherboard with micro ATX form factor ® featuring the NVIDIA nForce™2. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the MK79G supports AMD Socket 462 series Athlon™ & Duron™ and AthlonXP™ processor (with CPU Overheat Protection circuit to Athlon™XP CPU only) and 333/266/200MHz EV6 system bus.
MK79G Online Manual F e a t ur e H i g h li g h t CPU ® Supports AMD Socket 462 series CPU with 200MHz, 266MHz and 333MHz, EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~2800+(2.25GHz) Chipset The NVIDIA nForce™2 consists of the nVIDIA Crush18G and MCP2, HyperTransport with high speed of 6.4Gb/sec.
MK79G Online Manual Expansion Slots Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X slots or DVO / TV-OUT function which supports DVO or TV-Out card. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed with data transfer rate up to 2.1GB/s.
MK79G Online Manual Six USB Connectors Provides three ports, six USB connectors with transfer rates at high speed of 480Mbps for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. 1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100~200 by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance.
MK79G Online Manual 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) features. Super Multi-I/O The MK79G provides one high-speed UART compatible serial port, one VGA port and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
MK79G Online Manual Q u i c k I n s t a ll a t i o n P r oc e d u re 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.
MK79G Online Manual Motherboard Map Front Audio Connector 4Mb Phoenix Award BIOS PC99 Colored Back Panel Resetable Fuse S/PDIF Connector Onboard AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC650 RealTek RTL8201BL CPUFAN1 Connector JP28 USBKeyboard/Mouse Wakeup JP27 USBKeyboard/Mouse Wakeup Black: CD-IN Connector IrDA Connector Green: AUX-IN Connector 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 ATX Power Connector CNR Expansion slot SYSFAN2 Connector TV OUT Connector AGP LED JP21 K7 Host Clock selection AGP 8x Expansion Slot (For 1.
MK79G Online Manual B l oc k Di a gr a m DDR333/266/200 DDR RAM Up to 2GB DDR SDRAM Socket x2 32-bit PCI Slot x3 Socket 462 AMD Athlon/Duron/AthlonXP CPU 100/133/166MHz System Bus PCI Bus ATA 66/100/133 NVIDIA Crush18G Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP Bus AC’97 Link MCP2 AGP 8X Slot or ADD slot VGA onboard LAN connect Component RealTek RTL8201BL 1st USB Port 2nd USB Port Audio CODEC Modem CODEC 4MBit Flash EEPROM Parallel Port Serial Port x1 2nd USB Port USB connector x6
MK79G Online Manual H a rd w ar e I ns t a l l at i 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.
MK79G Online Manual J P 1 4 C l e a r C MO S D a t a 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. Pin 1 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1.
MK79G Online Manual CPU I nst al lat i on ® 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.
MK79G 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.
MK79G 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.
MK79G Online Manual CPU Jumper-less Design 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. Clock Generator AMD BIOS Socket 462 CPU Controlled CPU VID signal CPU Freq.
MK79G Online Manual Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.1V to 1.85V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage. Set ting CPU Fre que ncy 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 16x step 0.
MK79G Online Manual Support e d CPU Fre que ncy Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2 PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI 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 9.0x Athlon 1.33G 1.33GHz 266MHz 10.0x Athlon 1.4G 1.
MK79G Online Manual J P2 1 K 7 H o s t C l o c k S e le c t i o n This jumper allows you to select your host CPU frequency. For 133/166MHz FSB, please set the pin to 1-2; and for 100MHz FSB, please set it to pin 2-3. Generally speaking, if you are not overclockers, we recommend you to set it to the default setting. Additionally, this motherboard also provides “1MHz Stepping Adjustment” feature for overclockers to adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program. The adjustment range is 100~200MHz.
MK79G Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” 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 Timer” 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 Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
MK79G Online Manual CPU and Housin g Fan C onnector Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector. CPUFAN1 Connector GND +12V SENSOR GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have GND +12V SENSOR sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring.
MK79G Online Manual JP27/28 USB Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Enable/Disable Jumper This motherboard provides USB and PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP27 / JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. JP28 controls 1 nd st USB channel, and JP27 controls 2 USB channel. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
MK79G Online Manual DI MM So cke ts This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR400 or DDR333 or DDR266 memory up to 2 GB. Only Non-ECC DDR RAM are supported, otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module. Warning: This motherboard supports DDR RAM, please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR RAM sockets. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module.
MK79G Online Manual H o w t o I n s t a l l Me m o r y Mo 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. Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot’s bottom.
MK79G 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 connected 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. STBY LED Warning: Do not install or remove the DIMM module or others devices when the STBY LED lights on.
MK79G Online Manual F r o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t or 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.
MK79G Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction.
MK79G Online Manual AC Pow er Auto Recovery 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.
MK79G Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector 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.
MK79G 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.
MK79G Online Manual S / P D I F ( S o n y / P h il i ps D i g i t a l I nt e r f a c e ) C o n n e c t or 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.
MK79G Online Manual Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect 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. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel.
MK79G Online Manual TV Output Conn ector This motherboard comes with Crush18G chipset, which allows you to accept digital graphic input signal, and encodes, and transmit data through DVI or TV Output. Both NTSC and PAL TV formats are supported for this function. You may just install a Video Port bracket (as shown) to your back panel, connecting S-Terminal or AV-terminal to your TV, then using it as your another monitor.
MK79G Online Manual Ir DA Co nnec 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).
MK79G Online Manual A G P ( A c c e l e r a t e d G ra p h i c P o r t) 8 X E x pa n s i o n S l o t Integrated GeForce4 MX Graphics, which could provide the fastest integrated graphics performance and the most comprehensive set of features. The MK79G provides an AGP 8x slot targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 4X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 8x mode, which is 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 =2.
MK79G Online Manual AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED W i t h t h e o u t s 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 p ro te c t yo u r m o t h e rb oa rd f ro m b ei n g d a m a g e d b y o v e r-v ol ta gi n g of A GP ca rd .
MK79G Online Manual Suppor t 10/ 10 0 Mbps LAN onboa r d On the strength of nVIDIA Crush18G LAN controller on chip (with RealTek RTL8201BL PHY), 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. The green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
MK79G Online Manual P C 9 9 C o l or C o d e d Ba c k P a ne l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1 and VGA, Printer, USB, AC97 sound and game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Connector RJ45 10/100 LAN Jack Line-In USB2.
MK79G Online Manual C O M2 C o n n e c t o r This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them is on back panel connector, and the other is on the upper middle of board. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.
MK79G Online Manual Suppor t 2nd USB Por t This motherboard provides six USB connectors 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. Pin 1 USB 2 Connector SBD3+ SB D3GND +5V 2 1 NC KEY +5V GND SBD2SBD2+ Note: Please note that if you would like to use USB devices (Example: keyboard, mouse.etc.
MK79G Online Manual IEEE 13 9 4 Conne ct ors With IEEE1394 MAC Embedded in nVIDIA MCP2 (with AGERE FW802A), the IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, and USB just has 12Mbps. Hence, the IEEE 1394 interface can connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance, such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use the proper cable to connect with devices.
MK79G Online Manual C h a s s i s I nt r us i o n S e ns o r C o n n e c t o r The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or the opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you.
MK79G Online Manual CD Audi o Connector This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. R GND GND L Note: Though some of the latest version of Windows support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus. However, in C D -I N Co n n ec t o r 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.
MK79G Online Manual AUX - I N Conne c t or This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
MK79G Online Manual F r o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t or 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.
MK79G Online Manual Ba t t e r y - l e s s a nd Long Li f e De s i gn 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.
MK79G Online Manual CP U O v e r - c ur r e nt P r ot e c t i on 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 5V to CPU voltage (for example, to 2.0V). This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard that supports CPU over-current protection, and it applies to 3.3V/5V/12V power supply for providing full line over-current protection.
MK79G Online Manual A O C o n f i g Ut i li ty 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. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance.
MK79G Online Manual 3. 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. Please be informed that AOconfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard.
MK79G Online Manual Resetable Fuse 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.
MK79G Online Manual 220 0 μ F L o w ES R Ca p a c it o r The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, this motherboard implements 2200μF capacitor, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 or 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
MK79G Online Manual L a y o u t ( F r e q u e n c y I s o l a t i o n Wa l l ) 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”.
MK79G Online Manual Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink 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.
MK79G Online Manual Open Ju keBox Player 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.
MK79G 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. Power-Off Button Display Screen Boot to Operation System Function Key Power: Pressing O, to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System.
MK79G 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.
MK79G 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. Even more, you may design your own skins with innovative idea and sharing them to users around the world by uploading to our website.
MK79G 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 running simultaneously during POST.
MK79G Online Manual D r iv e r a n d Ut i li 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 2000/XP) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.
MK79G Online Manual A u t o - r u n Me n u f r o m B o n u s C D D i s c You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
MK79G Online Manual n VI D I A n F o rc e Dr ive rs This nForce driver is an all in one package, which contains the below components: GPU driver, Audio driver, Audio utilities, Network driver, GART driver, SMBus driver, Memory controller driver 68
MK79G Online Manual Installing ATA133 Driver in Existing Windows XP System Windows XP Installation Guide *********************************************** Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System *********************************************** WARNING: If you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows XP operating system to the Ultra133 connector, the Ultra133 driver MUST be loaded on to this hard drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.
MK79G Online Manual search:" 9. Insert the Bonus CD in CD-ROM. 10.Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\nVidia\ATA133\Driver\WINXP" in the text box that appears. 11.Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows XP has found "NVIDIA NForce MCP2 IDE Controller" should appear. 12.When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the nVidia Ultra133 software, click on "Finish" ********************************** Confirming Windows XP Installation ********************************** 1.
MK79G Online Manual I ns t a l l i n g U S B 2 . 0 D r i v e r i n E x i s t i n g Wi n d o w s 2 0 0 0 / X P S y s t e m * Windows 2000 Installation Guide ************************************************* Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System ************************************************* After enabling the USB 2.0 controller and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a "New Hardware Found" dialog box.
MK79G Online Manual * Windows XP Installation Guide *********************************************** Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System *********************************************** Please follow these directions for a smooth installation of the USB 2.0 package. After enabling the USB 2.0, Windows XP setup will show a "Found New Hardware" dialog box. Under Windows XP, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed. 1.
MK79G 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.
MK79G Online Manual 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.
MK79G Online Manual The following page is sure to be the most important part of this utility, you may control the rotation speed of specific fans you got with options inside in this page. Respectively illustrate as follow: 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.
MK79G Online Manual Ph o e n ix 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 AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
MK79G 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.
MK79G Online Manual 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.
MK79G 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.
MK79G Online Manual B I O S U p g r a d e 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.
MK79G 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: WMK79G102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WMK79G102.
MK79G Online Manual O v e r c l oc 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. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking who we call them "Overclocker".
MK79G Online Manual VG A C a r d & Ha r d Di sk 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://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.
MK79G 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. ACPI ( Ad v a n c e d Co nf ig u r ati o n & Pow er I nt er f ac e ) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
MK79G Online Manual A M R ( A u d i o / Mo 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. AO p e n B o n u s 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.
MK79G 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. ATA/133 ATA/133 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/133 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 30ns.
MK79G Online Manual CNR ( Co mm u ni c at io n a n d Net wo r ki n g Ri s er) The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN, home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs". The CNR specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs, IHV card manufacturers, silicon supplier and Microsoft.
MK79G Online Manual D MA ( D i r e c t Me m o r y A c c e s s ) Channel for communications between the memory and surrounding devices. ECC ( Err o r Ch e c ki n g a n d Co r re 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.
MK79G Online Manual E P R O M ( E r a s a b l e P r o g r a m m a b l e R O M) Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light. If BIOS has to be upgraded, you need to remove EPROM from motherboard, clear by UV light, re-program, and then insert back. EV6 Bus EV6 Bus is the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR RAM or ATA/66 IDE bus.
MK79G Online Manual Fl a s h RO M Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM. Now flash ROM size is moving to 4M bit on AX6C (Intel 820) and MX3W (Intel 810) motherboard.
MK79G Online Manual IEEE 1394 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.
MK79G Online Manual P C - 1 0 0 DI M M SDRAM DIMM that supports 100MHz CPU FSB bus clock. P C - 1 3 3 DI M M SDRAM DIMM that supports 133MHz CPU FSB bus clock. PC-1600 / PC-2100/ PC-2700 / PC-3200 DDR DRA M Based on FSB frequency, the DDR DRAM has 200MHz, 266MHz and 333 MHz three types of working frequency. Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, 266x64/8=2100MB/s, 333x64/8=2700MB/s and 400x64/8=3200MB/s.
MK79G Online Manual PDF F o rm at A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader. You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader). Pn P ( Pl u g a n d Pl a y) The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as Windows 95).
MK79G Online Manual R I M M ( R a m b u s I n l i n e Me m o r y Mo d u l e ) 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology. A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices. S D R A M ( S y n c h r o n o u s D R A M) SDRAM is one of the DRAM technologies that allow DRAM to use the same clock as the CPU host bus (EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal). It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer.
MK79G Online Manual S M B u s ( S y s t e m Ma n a g e m e n t B u s ) SMBus is also called I2C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message.
MK79G Online Manual USB ( Uni v er s a l Ser i al Bus ) USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s, but the newly designed USB2.0 has s fancy speed of up to 480Mbps) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated.
MK79G Online Manual Tr oubl es hooti ng 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.
MK79G Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes No and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
MK79G 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 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
MK79G 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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MK79G Online Manual Mo de l na me a n d B IO S v ers i on Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MK79G R1.02 Sept.01.2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. MK79G is model name of motherboard, R1.02 is BIOS version.
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