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Summary of Contents for MK77-333

Page 1: ...M MK K7 77 7 3 33 33 3 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Overview Hardware Installation Drivers Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Troubleshooting Technical Support MK77 333 DOC NO MK77333 OL E0204A ...

Page 2: ...Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 15 Motherboard Map 16 Block Diagram 17 Hardware Installation 18 Clear CMOS Data 19 CPU Installation 20 JP21 FSB PCI Clock Ratio 22 CPU Jumper less Design 23 CPU and Housing Fan Connector with H W Monitoring 27 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wake up Enable Disable Jumper 28 DIMM Sockets 29 System and RAM Power Indicate LED 31 ...

Page 3: ...rDA Connector 38 WOL Wake on LAN 39 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port Expansion Slot 41 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard 42 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 43 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 44 Support 2 nd USB Port 45 Chassis Intrusion Sensor 46 CD Audio Connector 47 MODEM CN Connector 48 Front Audio Connector 49 Battery less and Long Life Design 50 CPU Over current Protection 51 Hardwar...

Page 4: ... Disc 58 Installing LAN Driver 59 Installing Windows 95 63 Installing Windows 98 64 Installing Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 XP 65 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver 66 Installing Onboard Sound Driver 67 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility 68 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive 69 ACPI Suspend to RAM STR 74 AWARD BIOS 76 How To Use Award BIOS Setup Program 77 How To Enter BIOS Setup 79 BIOS Upgrade un...

Page 5: ...ccelerated Graphic Port 84 AMR Audio Modem Riser 85 AOpen Bonus Pack CD 85 APM Advanced Power Management 85 ATA AT Attachment 85 ATA 66 85 ATA 100 86 BIOS Basic Input Output System 86 Bus Master IDE DMA mode 86 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 86 CODEC Coding and Decoding 87 DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM 87 DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module 87 DMA Direct Memory Access 87 ...

Page 6: ... ROM 88 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 88 EV6 Bus 89 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 89 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array 89 Flash ROM 89 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 90 I 2 C Bus 90 IEEE 1394 90 Parity Bit 91 PBSRAM Pipelined Burst SRAM 91 PC 100 DIMM 91 PC 133 DIMM 91 PC 1600 or PC 2100 DDR SDRAM 92 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 92 PDF Format 92 PnP Plug and Play 92 ...

Page 7: ... Memory Module 93 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 93 Shadow E 2 PROM 94 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 94 SMBus System Management Bus 94 SPD Serial Presence Detect 94 Ultra DMA 95 USB Universal Serial Bus 95 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 96 ZIP file 96 Troubleshooting 97 Technical Support 101 Product Registration 104 How to Contact Us 105 ...

Page 8: ...anual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered trademarks of their respective owners All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice AOpen reserves the right to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual includi...

Page 9: ...onfiguration 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 Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing it is still capable for hardcopy printing you can print it by A4 paper size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer To do so cho...

Page 10: ...nsfer up to 1056MB sec With high bandwidth 200 266MB s 8 bit V Link Host Controller DDR200 PC1600 DDR266 PC2100 and DDR333 PC2700 DDR SDRAM can be applied to the MK77 333 and the maximum memory size can be up to 2GB The on board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66 100 133 mode and the transfer rate up to 133MB s Further flexibility can be achieved by taking advantage of the Communication and Netw...

Page 11: ...operation The VT8233A V Link Client controller is a highly integrated PCI LPC controller Its internal bus structure is based on 66MHz PCI bus that provides 2x bandwidth compare to previous generation PCI ISA bridge chips The VT8233A integrated Client V Link controller with 200 266MB s bandwidth between Host Client V Link interface provides a V Link PCI and V Link LPC controller Of three PCI slots ...

Page 12: ... 133MHz 2X 4X mode Memory With VIA Apollo KT333 chipset the MK77 333 can support Double Data Rate DDR SDRAM The DDR SDRAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the SDRAM and the data buffers at 200 266 333MHz The four banks of DDR SDRAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64 128 256 512MB or 1GB DDR SDRAM and maximum up to 2GB The MK77 333 allows DDR SDRAM to run at either synch...

Page 13: ...Timer Includes AOpen Watch Dog Timer function that can auto reset system in 4 8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking Power Management Plug and Play The MK77 333 supports the power management function that confirms to the power saving standards of the U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA Energy Star program It also offers Plug and Play which helps saving users from configuration problems...

Page 14: ...0 XP series compatibility and supports Soft Off STR Suspend to RAM S3 STD Suspend to Disk S4 WOL Wake On LAN features Super Multi I O The MK77 333 provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections ...

Page 15: ...w 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 10 Reboot Installing Operating System such as Windows 98 11 Installing Driver and Utility ...

Page 16: ...Wakeup on Keyboard Mouse 2Mbit Flash ROM 184 pin DIMMx2 supports DDR333 DDR266 DDR200 Max to 2GB IDE Connector x 2 ATA 66 100 133 supported FDD Connector CD IN Connector Onboard AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC201A MODEM CN Connector CNR Expansion Slot 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 2 USB V1 1 Port Connector nd WOL Wake ON LAN Connector IrDA Connector FAN3 Connector with H W Monitoring Front Audio Connector F...

Page 17: ...8233A Serial Port x2 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB connector x4 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 66 100 133 PC1600 2100 2700 DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 2MBit Flash EEPROM Audio CODEC Modem CODEC AC 97 Link PCI Bus CNR Slot AGP Bus Floppy Disk Drive x2 RealTek RTL8100BL LAN connect Component B Bl lo oc ck k D Di ia ag gr ra am m ...

Page 18: ... processor disk drives expansion boards and other components Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component 1 Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component If a wrist strap is not available maintain contact with the sys...

Page 19: ...elow 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 Tip When should I Clear CMOS 1 Boot fail because of overclocking 2 Forget password 3 Troubleshooting 1 1 Clear CMOS Normal Operation defau...

Page 20: ...orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle CPU socket Lever CPU pin 1 and cut edge Black dot and cut edge Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard ...

Page 21: ...u ua al l 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 ...

Page 22: ...a BIOS setup program Based on the CPU type the adjustment range has two levels 100 132 FSB 100 such as Athlon 800 133 166 FSB 133 such as Athlon 1000 MHz for your choosing You may also choose a specific FSB frequency ranging from 100 117 say 105 110 115 for example and 120 156 with reference to a frequency table in BIOS setup program If you fix the CPU FSB frequency by JP21 the 1MHz Stepping Adjus...

Page 23: ...ction 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 AMD Socket 462 CPU Power Regulator CPU VID signal CPU voltage Automatically generates CPU voltage Clock Generator CPU Freq Ratio BIOS Controlled Circuit ...

Page 24: ... BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Speed Setting CPU Ratio From 5 5x to 12 5x step 0 5x CPU FSB Adjustment manually FSB 100 100 132 by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology FSB 133 133 166 by 1MHz stepping adjustment technology Home Warning VIA Apollo KT333 chipset supports 133MHz FSB with performance reaches maximum 266MHz EV6 system bus and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock setting may cause ser...

Page 25: ...0MHz 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 4GHz 266MHz 10 5x AthlonXP 1500 1 3GHz 266MHz 10 0x AthlonXP 1600 1 4GHz 266MHz 10 5x AthlonXP 1700 1 46GHz 266MHz 11 0x AthlonXP 1800 1 53GHz 266MHz 11 5x AthlonXP 1900 1 6GHz 266MHz 12 0x Duron 800 800MHz 200MHz 8 0x Duron 850 850MHz 200MHz 8 5x Du...

Page 26: ...requency 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 Then BIOS will detect the CPU s default frequency and POST again With this special feature you can easily overclock your system to get higher system performance without removing the cover of system housing and be able to set the jumper to clear CMOS d...

Page 27: ...o on ni it to or ri in ng g Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPU FAN connector If you have chassis fan you can also plug it on System Fan FAN2 or AUX Fan FAN3 without H W monitoring connector FAN3 Connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that cannot support fan monitoring CPU Fan Connector SENSOR 12V GND GND 12V SENSOR SENSOR 12V GND FAN2 Connector ...

Page 28: ...e J Ju um mp pe er r 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 2 3 Pin 1 JP28 KB Mouse Wake up 1 1 Enable Disable Default ...

Page 29: ... PC1600 PC2100 or PC2700 memory up to 2 GB Both ECC and Non ECC DDR SDRAM are supported but you can t install them both on DIMM Otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module DDR SDRAM Warning The MK77 333 support DDR SDRAM please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR SDRAM sockets Otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module ...

Page 30: ... sure the DIMM module s pin face down and match the socket s size as depicted below Pin 1 52 pins 40 pins 2 Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place Note The tabs of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot s bottom Tab Key Pin 1 3 Repeat step 2 to finish additional ...

Page 31: ... indicates there is power applies to motherboard and memory If you connect power to the motherboard this LED will be lighting It is useful to check the system power status when power on off and stand by mode or RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode System Power LED Warning Do not install or remove the DIMM module or others devices when the LED is lighting ...

Page 32: ...ing while the system is in suspend mode Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing It is 2 pin female connector from the housing front panel Plug this connector to the soft power switch connector marked SPWR Suspend Type ACPI LED Power on Suspend S1 Flashing for every second Suspend to RAM S3 or Suspend to Disk S4 The LED will be turned off 1 SPEAKER IDE LED Power Switch ACPI Power LED RE...

Page 33: ...y to CPU directly for the better stability and smoother running of your system However please note that this type of 20 pin and 4 pin ATX power connector is suitable for power supply tailored made for Pentium 4 alike motherboard only Therefore it is a MUST to use Pentium4 alike power supply Please do not use power supply of Pentium III alike to support this motherboard Besides please make sure you...

Page 34: ... co ov ve er ry 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 ...

Page 35: ... 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 Primary Master 1st Pin 1 Primary Slave 2nd Secondary Slave 4th Secondary Master 3rd Pin 1 ATA 66 100 133 IDE Connector IDE1 Primary IDE2 Secondary FDD Connector ...

Page 36: ...x 2byte 3 3MB s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns 1 383ns x 2byte 5 2MB s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns 1 240ns x 2byte 8 3MB s PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns 1 180ns x 2byte 11 1MB s PIO mode 4 30ns 4 120ns 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s DMA mode 0 30ns 16 480ns 1 480ns x 2byte 4 16MB s DMA mode 1 30ns 5 150ns 1 150ns x 2byte 13 3MB s DMA mode 2 30ns 4 120ns 1 120ns x 2byte 16 6MB s ATA33 30ns 4 120ns 1 120ns x 2byte x 2 33...

Page 37: ...rmally there are two S PDIF outputs as shown one for RCA connector the most common one used for consumer audio products and the other for optical connector with better audio quality 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 However you must have a S PDIF supported speaker with S PDIF digital input t...

Page 38: ...aplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA devices and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters and ASK IR 56Kbps Install the infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup UART2 Mode make sure to have the correct orientation when you plug in the IrDA connector Pin 1 IrDA Conne...

Page 39: ...ts this feature and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector The system identification information probably IP address is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet you need to install network management software such as ADM for the checking of how to wake up the system Note that at least 600mA ATX standby current is required to support the LAN c...

Page 40: ...K K7 77 7 3 33 33 3 40 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l WOL Connector Ethernet Card Side WOL Connector Motherboard Side Note This picture is for example only it may not exactly be the same motherboard ...

Page 41: ...The MK77 333 provides an AGP 2x4x slot The AGP 2x4x 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 2X AGP the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 528MB s AGP is now moving to AGP 4x mode 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 1056MB s ...

Page 42: ...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 The orange LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights when data is transferring in 100Mbps mode To enable or di...

Page 43: ...ser that supports V 90 analog modem multi channel audio and phone line based networking Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power The analogy conversion CODEC circuit requires a different and separate circuit design which is put on CNR card This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board but reserve CNR slot for...

Page 44: ...nector Game Port USB Port V1 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector COM 1 Port COM 2 Port MIC In Line In Speaker Out PS 2 Keyboard For standard keyboard which is using a PS 2 plug PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which is using a PS 2 plug USB Port Available for connecting USB devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer COM1 Port To connect with pointing devices modem or others serial devices Speaker Out ...

Page 45: ...ere are two 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 USB2 Connector Note Please note that if you would like to use USB devices Example keyboard mouse etc under DOS environment you must install driver comes with the devices to make it work Pin 1 KEY GND USB_FP_P0 USB_FP_P0 USBPWR0 2 1 USB_FP_OC0 GND ...

Page 46: ...ble 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 Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis you may purchase an extra sensor attach it on your chassis and make a good use of this function Pin 1 Case Open C...

Page 47: ...77 7 3 33 33 3 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l C CD D A Au ud di io o C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound R GND GND L CD IN ...

Page 48: ...sed to connect Mono In MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit The pin 1 2 is Mono In and the pin 3 4 is MIC Out Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet only some internal modem cards implement this connector MONO IN MIC OUT GND GND M MO OD DE EM M C CN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r ...

Page 49: ...l 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 Pin 1 1 2 AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R KEY AUD_RET_L AUD_MIC AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R NC AUD_FROUT_L 9 10 ...

Page 50: ...MOS Setup configurations without using the battery The RTC real time clock can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged If you lose your CMOS data by accident you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual ATX Stand by Power Battery RTC Real Time Clock 00 00 00 Flash ROM CMOS Auto switching to ATX standby power as long as A you still h...

Page 51: ... current protection and it applies to 3 3V 5V 12V power supply for providing full line over current protection ATX Switching Power Supply 3 3V Protected by power supply 12V Protected by power supply Onboard Power Regulator Over Current Protection Circuit CPU Core Voltage 5V Protected by power supply Note Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake the...

Page 52: ...em As you turn on your system this smart design will continue to monitor your system s working voltage fan status and CPU temperature If any of these systems status goes wrong there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user CPU Voltage CPU CPU Temperature System Voltage Power AOpen H W Monitoring Utility Detection Circuit Fan Fan Speed ...

Page 53: ...eyboard 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 Resettable Fuse the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job Resettable Fuse ...

Page 54: ...ent 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 ...

Page 55: ... CPU working in stable condition The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen s unique design called Frequency Isolation Wall Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range to avoid cross talk and frequency interference between each region s operations and condition The trace length and route must be calculated carefu...

Page 56: ... al l E En nl la ar rg ge ed d A Al lu um mi in nu um m H He ea at ts si in nk 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 ...

Page 57: ...Bonus CD disc You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 98 before you can install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system s installation guide Note Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98 ...

Page 58: ... 3 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A Au ut to o r ru un n M Me en nu u f fr ro om m B Bo on nu us s C CD D D Di is sc c You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD disc Choose the utility and driver and select model name ...

Page 59: ... version Win95A and OSR2 Installing driver procedure on Microsoft Windows 95 1 Ask you to select which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Specify the setup file pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows Win95 WIN95A for Windows 95 and Win95A or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows Win95 for Windows 95 OSR2 3 Windows 95 will appear some messages to ...

Page 60: ...ile pathname CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WIN98 for Windows 98 98 SE or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WIN2000 for Windows 2000 or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WINME for Windows ME or CD ROM Driver LAN RTL8100 Windows WinXP for Windows XP 3 Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME will appear some messages to insert Win98 Win98 SE Windows2000 Windows ME system disk to complete setup step...

Page 61: ... the OK button 6 The screen will appear Select Line Speed dialog box which is provide by RTL8139 SYS driver The default value is auto so that the RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter and its driver RTL8139 SYS will auto detect the line speed 10 Mb or 100Mb while the RTL8139 SYS is loading The other values 10 or 100 are only used when you want to forced RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter to 10Mb or 100...

Page 62: ... these packages 10 Restarting your system you will acquire network service NOTES Installing Multiple LAN Adapters Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2 in the Network Settings dialog box choose the Configure button The Input Ethernet ID dialog box appears and input adapter s Ethernet ID Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed o...

Page 63: ...nstall any add on card except AGP card 2 Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2 1 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support Otherwise you need to install USBSUPP EXE 3 Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry INF program 4 Finally Install other add on cards and their drivers ...

Page 64: ...AGP card 2 Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features OnChip USB to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment 3 Install Window 98 into your system 4 Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver IRQ Routing VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry INF program 5 Finally Install other add on cards and their drivers ...

Page 65: ...cond Edition Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000 XP you do not need to install the 4 in 1 driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system Users with Windows 98 SE may update the VIA Registry INF and AGP drivers by installing them individually Please refer to VIA Technologies Inc for latest version of 4 in 1 driver http www via com ht...

Page 66: ...stry INF Driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc 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 For Windows2000 it cannot supports ATA133 even after installing the latest version of VIA 4 in 1 driver until the new release of Service Pack 3 from Microsoft Warning If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver please remove...

Page 67: ... ua al l I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g O On nb bo oa ar rd d S So ou un nd d D Dr ri iv ve er r This motherboard comes with RealTek ALC201A AC97 CODEC and the onboard sound controller You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu ...

Page 68: ...a ar rd dw wa ar re e M Mon ni it to or ri in ng g U Ut ti il li it ty y o You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature fans and system voltage The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software No hardware installation is needed ...

Page 69: ...into hard disk and then the system can be totally power off Next time when power is on you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again If your memory is 64MB normally you need to reserve at least 64MB HDD space to save your memory image System Image Status Save into Hard Disk When go into Sus...

Page 70: ...dby and Shutdown will be shown Select Hibernate and Apply 3 Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD utility a If you assign the whole disk to your Win 98 system FAT 16 or FAT 32 please run aozvhdd c file Please remember sufficient free space has to be reserved in the disk e g if you have 64 MB DRAM and 16 MB VGA card installed the system needs at least 80 MB free space The utility will locate the spac...

Page 71: ...71 M MK K7 77 7 3 33 33 3 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l memory size the longer this process will take ...

Page 72: ...N DETECT b Select ADD Binary and name it as ACPIOPTION c Right click and select Modify add 01 after 0000 to make it 0000 01 d Save changes 2 Select Add New Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find ACPI BIOS and remove Plug and Play BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD EXE C File Changing from ACPI to APM 1 Run Regedit exe a Go through ...

Page 73: ...y change 01 to 02 to make it 0000 02 Tip 02 means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled c Save changes 2 Select Add New Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find Plug and Play BIOS and remove ACPI BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Run Add New Hardware again and it will find Advanced Power Management Resource 5 Click OK ...

Page 74: ...ugh the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again Suspend to SDRAM saves your current work in the system memory it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to SDRAM while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power When go into Suspend When power on next time Other System Devices System Image Status in the SDRAM Power loss Other System Devices System Image Statu...

Page 75: ...s 95 and Windows NT all other Windows Systems support ACPI 2 The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly Procedures 1 Changed the following BIOS settings BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled BIOS Setup Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S3 2 Go to Control Panel Power Management Set Power Buttons to Standby 3 Press power button or standby button to wake up the s...

Page 76: ...ort for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of MK77 333 had been optimized by AOpen s R D engineering team But the default setting of BIOS still can t fine tune the chipset controlling the entire system Hence the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup procedures To enter to BIOS setu...

Page 77: ... setup program By the way all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup you can press F3 key selecting preferred menu language to display Key Description Page Up or Changing setting to next value or increase the value Page Down or Changing setting to previous value or decrease value Enter Select the item Esc 1 In main menu Quit and don t save any change 2 In sub menu Exi...

Page 78: ...MK K7 77 7 3 33 33 3 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Key Description F6 Load Setup Default setting value from CMOS F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program ...

Page 79: ...ish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables Power on and enter the BIOS Setup press Del 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 ...

Page 80: ...en taken into consideration to go with any windows platform you might be using no matter if you re using Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 or even the latest Windows XP In the meanwhile in order to provide a much more user friendly operating environment AOpen EZWinFlash is natively designed to have multi language function to provide easier way for users usage in changing BIOS setting Caution By upd...

Page 81: ...ect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard If you had got the wrong BIOS you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps 5 You may select preferred language in the main menu then click Start Flash to start the BIOS upgrade procedure 6 EZWinFlash will complete all the process automatically and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows You may click YES to reboot ...

Page 82: ...ccommodate future CPU bus clock Our lab test results shown that 150MHz is achievable when proper setting and qualified components were presented but not guarantee that it would work properly on your side The CPU clock ratio can be up to 12 5x that supports almost all of Athlon Duron CPUs in the future and provides flexibility for overclockers But not guaranty Tip Note that overclocking may also ca...

Page 83: ...r your reference the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again Please check the Available Vendor List AVL by link to our official website VGA http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb vga oc htm HDD http www aopen com tw tech report overclk mb hdd oc htm ...

Page 84: ...t to operating system and bypass BIOS The chipset or super I O chip needs to provide standard register interface to operating system such as Windows 98 This is a bit similar as the PnP register interface ACPI defines ATX momentary soft power switch to control the power state transition A AG GP P A Ac cc ce el le er ra at te ed d G Gr ra ap ph hi ic c P Po or rt t AGP is a bus interface targeted fo...

Page 85: ...ed d P Po ow we er r M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t Unlike ACPI BIOS controls most APM power management functions AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management A AT TA A A AT T A At tt ta ac ch hm me en nt t ATA is the specification of diskette interface In 80 s many software and hardware manufacturers instituted the ATA specification together The AT is meaning Internationa...

Page 86: ...te er r I ID DE E D DM MA A m mo od de e The traditional PIO Programmable I O IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting for the mechanical events To reduce the workload of the CPU the bus master IDE device transfers data from to memory without interrupting CPU and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE ...

Page 87: ...lications DDR low cost and low voltage will ultimately make it an ideal solution for all segments of the PC market high performance desktop and mobile PCs Value PCs and even Internet Appliances and mobile devices D DI IM MM M D Du ua al l I In n L Li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le e DIMM socket has total 168 pin and supports 64 bit data It can be single or double side the golden finge...

Page 88: ...FPM that tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle that is similar to pipeline effect and reduces one clock state E EE EP PR RO OM M E El le ec ct tr ro on ni ic c E Er ra as sa ab bl le e P Pr ro og gr ra am mm ma ab bl le e R RO OM M Also known as E 2 PROM Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re programm...

Page 89: ...is standard allows DIY component such as motherboard to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing F FC C P PG GA A F Fl li ip p C Ch hi ip p P Pi in n G Gr ri id d A Ar rr ra ay y FC means Flip Chip FC PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III CPU It can plug into SKT370 socket F Fl la as sh h R RO OM M Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals It is easier for BIOS to u...

Page 90: ...ion control of the serial bus in the form of optimizing arbitration timing guarantee of adequate electrical power for all devices on the bus assignment of isochronous channel ID and notification of errors There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Asynchronous transport is the traditional computer memory mapped load and store interface Data requests are sent to a sp...

Page 91: ... SR RA AM M P Pi ip pe el li in ne ed d B Bu ur rs st t S SR RA AM M For Socket 7 CPU one burst data read requires four QWord Quad word 4x16 64 bits PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence Normally it is 3 1 1 1 total 6 clocks which is faster than asynchronous SRAM PBSRAM is often used on L2 level 2 cache of...

Page 92: ...es high speed data channel between the computer and expansion card P PD DF F F Fo or rm ma at t 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 P Pn nP ...

Page 93: ...6 bit data per channel and this channel may have maximum 32 RDRAM devices no matter how many RIMM sockets R RI IM MM M R Ra am mb bu us s I In nl li in ne e M Me em mo or ry y M Mo od du ul le e 184 pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology A RIMM memory module may contain up to maximum of 16 RDRAM devices S SD DR RA AM M S Sy yn nc ch hr ro on no ou us s D DR RA AM M SDRAM is one of...

Page 94: ...MM had been phased out on current motherboard design S SM MB Bu us s S Sy ys st te em m M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t B Bu us 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 communicat...

Page 95: ...in your computer means that it will boot start and open new applications more quickly It will help users of graphic intensive and applications that require large amounts of access to data on the hard disk drive Ultra DMA uses Cyclical Redundancy Checking CRC offering a new level of data protection Ultra DMA uses the same 40 pin IDE interface cable as PIO and DMA 16 6MB s x2 33MB s 16 6MB s x4 66MB...

Page 96: ...edia requirements VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I O pins Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption Z ZI IP P f fi il le e A compressed file format to reduce file size To unzip file run shareware PKUNZIP http www pkware com for DOS and ...

Page 97: ...If you encounter any trouble to boot you system follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem 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 Next Clear CMOS Start ...

Page 98: ...stall the VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly Yes No Next ...

Page 99: ...ntinue Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective Yes No Check if there is display Yes It is very possible that your keyboard is defective No Check if the system reboots Press Ctrl and Alt key at the same time hold them and then press Del to reboot the system Next ...

Page 100: ...blem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself Check if the system can reboot successfully No Yes Turn off the system and re connect IDE cable Re install the operating system such as Windows 98 End During system rebooting press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Default ...

Page 101: ...y service to more customers Thanks very much for your understanding AOpen Technical Supporting Team Online Manual Please check the manual carefully and make sure the jumper settings and installation procedure are correct http www aopen com tech download manual default htm 1 1 Test Report We recommend choosing board card device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC http www aop...

Page 102: ...r attitude of service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them 6 6 P Pa ar rt t N Nu um mb be er r a an nd d S Se er ri ia al l N Nu um mb be er r The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label You can find this bar code label on the outside packing on ISA CPU slot or on component side of PCB For example Contact Us Please prepare deta...

Page 103: ... IO OS S v ve er rs si io on n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen POST screen For example MK77 333 R1 00 FEb 01 2001 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc MK77 333 is model name of motherboard R1 00 is BIOS version ...

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