AOpen MK79G-1394 Online Manual Download

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AUX-IN Connector......................................................................................................................................................... 51

Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 52

Battery-less and Long Life Design................................................................................................................................. 53

CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 54

AOConfig Utility............................................................................................................................................................. 55

Resetable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................. 57

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Low ESR Capacitor......................................................................................................................................... 58

Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................ 59

Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 60

Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 64

Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................65

Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................. 65

NVIDIA nForce Windows driver ..................................................................................................................................... 66

NVIDIA Windows 98/ME/2000 Display driver ................................................................................................................ 67

NVIDIA Windows XP Display driver ............................................................................................................................... 68

The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek .................................................................................................................................. 73

PHOENIX Award BIOS ...............................................................................................................76

How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program ..................................................................................................... 77

How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 79

Summary of Contents for MK79G-1394

Page 1: ... N M MK K7 79 9G G 1 13 39 94 4 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 MK79G N MK79G 1394 DOC NO MK79GN OL E0301D ...

Page 2: ...ew 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 15 Motherboard Map 16 Block Diagram 17 Hardware Installation 18 About Manufacturer Upgrade Optional and User Upgrade Optional 19 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 20 CPU Installation 21 AOpen Overheat Protection O H P Technology 23 CPU Jumper less Design 24 CPU and Housing Fan Connector 27c JP27 28 USB Keyboard Mouse Wakeup Enable Disable Jumper 28 DIMM S...

Page 3: ...or MK79G 1394 only 37 Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect 38 TV Output Connector 39 IrDA Connector 40 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 8X Expansion Slot 41 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED 42 Support 10 100 Mbps LAN onboard 43 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 44 CNR Communication and Network Riser Expansion Slot 45 COM2 Connector 46 Support 2nd USB Port 47 IEEE 1394 Connectorsn MK79G 1394 only 48 Chassis I...

Page 4: ...5 Resetable Fuse 57 2200μF Low ESR Capacitor 58 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink 59 Open JukeBox Player 60 Vivid BIOS technology 64 Driver and Utility 65 Auto run Menu from Bonus CD Disc 65 NVIDIA nForce Windows driver 66 NVIDIA Windows 98 ME 2000 Display driver 67 NVIDIA Windows XP Display driver 68 The noise is gone SilentTek 73 PHOENIX Award BIOS 76 How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program 77 How ...

Page 5: ...r 82 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 83 AMR Audio Modem Riser 83 ATA AT Attachment 83 BIOS Basic Input Output System 84 Bluetooth 84 CNR Communication and Networking Riser 85 DDR Double Data Rate RAM 85 ECC Error Checking and Correction 86 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 86 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 86 EV6 Bus 86 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 87 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array 8...

Page 6: ...us 89 PDF Format 89 PnP Plug and Play 89 POST Power On Self Test 89 PSB Processor System Bus Clock 90 RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory 90 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 90 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 90 SATA Serial ATA 91 SMBus System Management Bus 91 SPD Serial Presence Detect 91 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 91 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 92 Wireless LAN 802 11b 92 ZIP file 92 ...

Page 7: ...7 M MK K7 79 9G G N N M MK K7 79 9G G 1 13 39 94 4 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Troubleshooting 93 Technical Support 97 Product Registration 100 How to Contact Us 101 ...

Page 8: ...mes used on this manual 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 t...

Page 9: ...s 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 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...

Page 10: ...ich supports DVO or TV Out card or 1 5V AGP interface with AGP 3 0 8x and 4x with Fast Write data transfer and AGP2 0 for 4x 2x and 1x mode which pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 2 1GB sec This motherboard comes with high speed of 6 4Gb sec HyperTransport the Isochronous Link of nForce2 G GT chipsets DDR400 DDR333 DDR266 and DDR200 DDR RAM can be applied to the maximum memory ...

Page 11: ... digital media performance such as the new dual 400MHz DDR memory controller optimized 128 bit architecture reducing overall system memory latency Integrated in this excellent chipset is the GeForce4 MX Graphics which could provide the fastest integrated graphics performance and the most comprehensive set of features Of three PCI slots provided MK79G N MK79G 1394 supports all three master PCI slot...

Page 12: ... interface allows zero wait state bursting between the SDRAM and the data buffers at 400 333 266 200 MHz The four banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64 128 256 512MB or 1GB DDR RAM and maximum up to 2GB The MK79G N MK79G 1394 allows DDR RAM to run at either synchronous or pseudo synchronous mode with the host CPU bus frequency 400 333 266 200MHz When enabling VGA onboard m...

Page 13: ...provides data transfer rate up to 400Mbps to connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance such as digital camera scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices 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 Steppi...

Page 14: ...s thus making the system much more user friendly 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 ...

Page 15: ...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 10 Reboot Installing Driver and Utility ...

Page 16: ...R400 DDR333 DDR266 DDR200 Max to 2GB When enabling VGA onboard memory can run max up to 333MHz only IDE Connector x 2 ATA 66 100 133 supported FDD Connector Black CD IN Connector Onboard AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC650 Green AUX IN Connector 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot x3 2 nd USB2 0 Port Connector Game Port Connector IrDA Connector SYSFAN2 Connector Front Audio Connector Front Panel Connector STBY LED Ch...

Page 17: ... MCP T MK79G 1394 Serial Port x1 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB connector x6 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 66 100 133 128 bit DDR Dual Channel DDR400 333 266 200 DDR RAM Up to 2GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 4Mbit Flash EEPROM Audio CODEC Modem CODEC AC 97 Link PCI Bus AGP Bus Floppy Disk Drive x2 RealTek RTL8201BL LAN connect Component VGA onboard 2nd USB Port IEEE 1394 x...

Page 18: ...n 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 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...

Page 19: ...ional Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features in some situations these powerful features are not used to every user Hence we changed some key features as Manufacturer Upgrade Optional for you to choose Some optional functions that can be upgraded by users we call them User Upgrade Optional As for those optional functions that can t be upgraded by ourselves we call ...

Page 20: ...ow 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 Tip When should I Clear CMOS 1 Boot fail because of overclocking 2 Forget password 3 Troubleshooting 1 1 Clear CMOS Nor...

Page 21: ...n 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 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 ...

Page 22: ...e e M Ma an nu 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 23: ...at CPU fan is running properly AthlonXP temperature should be way below the highest temperature limit of 97 However if CPU fan accidentally becomes malfunction or improperly installed the CPU temperature would rocket abruptly and you may find your system hang up or crying over the smoking CPU if you haven t installed AOpen O H P previously With AOpen O H P technology applied the specific thermal d...

Page 24: ...age 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 AMD Socket 462 CPU Power Regulator CPU VID signal CPU voltage Automatically generates CPU voltage Clock Generator CPU Freq Ratio BIOS Controlle...

Page 25: ... 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 5x CPU FSB Adjustment manually FSB 100 200 by 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking Home Warning NVIDIA nForce2 G GT chipsets supports 166MHz FSB with performance reaches maximum 333MHz EV6 system bus and 66MHz AGP clock higher clock ...

Page 26: ...z 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 AthlonXP 2000 1 667GHz 266MHz 12 5x AthlonXP 2100 1 73GHz 266MHz 13x AthlonXP 2200 1 80GHz 266MHz 13 5x AthlonXP 2400 2 0GHz 266MHz 15x AthlonXP 2600 2 13GHz 266MHz 16x AthlonXP 2700 2 16GHz 333MHz 13x AthlonXP 2800 2 25GHz 333MHz 13 5x Duron 800 800MHz ...

Page 27: ...n C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r 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 Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that cannot support fan monitoring SYSFAN2 Connector SENSOR 12V GND CPUFAN1 Connector SENSOR 12V GND GND 12V SENSOR SYSFAN3 Connector ...

Page 28: ... 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 st USB channel and JP27 controls 2 nd 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 1 st USB Channel 2 nd USB Channel Pin ...

Page 29: ... 128 bit dual channel introduced it doubles the memory bandwidth up to 5 4GB in advanced 128 bit mode This motherboard has three 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR400 or DDR333 or DDR266 or DDR200 memory up to 2 GB When enabling VGA onboard memory can run max up to 333MHz Only Non ECC DDR RAM are supported otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module...

Page 30: ...lation 1 Make 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 finis...

Page 31: ... 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 ...

Page 32: ...ashing 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 or Suspend to RAM S3 Blinking between green and red Suspend to Disk S4 The LED will be turned off 1 1 Speaker IDE LED SPWR ACPI PWR LED AC...

Page 33: ...or r This motherboard comes with a 20 pin and 4 pin ATX power connector Make sure you plug in the right direction We strongly recommend you to connect the 4 pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 20 pin ATX power connector and use standard power supply specially designed for Pentium 4 system 20 Pin Power Connector 4 pin 12V ATX Power ...

Page 34: ...o o R Re ec co ov ve er ry y C 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: ... nd d F Fl lo op pp py y C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r 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 Pin Pin 1 Pin 1 IDE2 Secondary Pin 1 IDE1 Primary ATA 66 100 133 IDE Connector FDD Connector ...

Page 36: ...00ns 1 600ns x 2byte 3 3MB s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns 1 383ns x 2byte 5 2MB s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns 1 240ns x 2byte 8 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...

Page 37: ...er end of the S PDIF audio module which bears S PDIF digital output Normally 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 Same as outputs you can also connect RCA or optical audio products to input connectors on the module and have the voice or music come out from your ...

Page 38: ...vative 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 Picture bellow represents the standard location of all speakers in 5 1Channel sound track Please connect the plug of your front speakers...

Page 39: ...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 Pin 1 AV Terminal S Terminal TV Output Connector 1 2 KEY GND Chroma Composite Video GND L...

Page 40: ...re 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 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 ...

Page 41: ...4 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 1GB s This AGP slot could automatically become an AGP slot or a Multiplexed Intel DVO Output depending on what kind of cards inserted like AGP or AD...

Page 42: ... m mo ot th he er rb bo oa ar rd d w wi il ll l a au ut to om ma at ti ic ca al ll ly y d de et te ec ct t t th he e v vo ol lt ta ag ge e o of f A AG GP P c ca ar rd d a an nd d p pr re ev ve en nt t y yo ou ur r c ch hi ip ps se et ts s f fr ro om m b be ei in ng g b bu ur rn nt t o ou ut t P Pl le ea as se e n no ot te e t th ha at t i if f y yo ou u i in ns st ta al ll l a a A AG GP P c ca ar ...

Page 43: ...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 The orange LED indicates the transfer mode and it lights when data is transferring To enable or disable this function you may simply adj...

Page 44: ...tor Line In USB2 0 Ports Speaker Out MIC In PS 2 Keyboard USB2 0 Port COM 1 Port VGA Port 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 VGA Connector To connect w...

Page 45: ...udio Modem Riser that supports V 90 analog modem multi channel audio and phone line based networking Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power The analogy conversion CODEC circuit requires a different and separate circuit design which is put on CNR card This motherboard implements sound CODEC on board but reserve...

Page 46: ...CO OM M2 2 C Co on nn ne ec ct to or 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 Pin 1 1 2 DOD SOUT GND RI RTS SIN DTR CTS DSR COM2 Connector ...

Page 47: ...use 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 USB 2 Connector Pin 1 5V SB GND 5V GND D3 SBD3 SBD2 SBD2 2 1 NC KEY 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 th...

Page 48: ...te 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 Pin 1 10 9 KEY 1394_PWR TPB GND TPA Shielding GND 1394_PWR TPB GND TPA 2 1 Warning Please be noted that Hot Plug in is not allowed on IEEE 1394 ...

Page 49: ...ction 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 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...

Page 50: ... 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 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 C CD D I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r ...

Page 51: ... N M MK K7 79 9G G 1 13 39 94 4 51 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A AU UX X I IN N C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound R GND GND L AUX IN ...

Page 52: ...e 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 Pin 1 AUD_FPOUT_L HP_ON AUD_RET_R AUD_VCC AUD_GND 2 1 10 9 KEY AUD_RET_L AUD_MIC AUD_MIC_BIAS AU...

Page 53: ...rations 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 Backup by EEPROM Auto Switch Battery ATX Stand by Power Auto switching to ATX standby power as long as AC power line is plugged This smart design in...

Page 54: ...orts CPU over 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 operatin...

Page 55: ... 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 Moreover AOconfig allows users to save information in BMP or TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or further diagnosis of system problem 1 The...

Page 56: ...d 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 Meanwhile all applications must be closed before starting A...

Page 57: ...s 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 Resetable Fuse ...

Page 58: ...r 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 ...

Page 59: ... M Ma an nu ua 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 60: ...x P Pl la ay ye er r 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 ...

Page 61: ...en Jukebox player which is driven under BIOS it is a MUST to insert audio cable to CD IN connector on the motherboard Power Pressing O to directly power off your computer with no hassle of entering Windows Operation System Boot Pressing B to intelligently boot to Windows Operation System for you Play Pressing A to start playing CD music Stop Pressing S to stop the music playing Pause Pressing P to...

Page 62: ...Box 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 It reminds you of pressing Ins key on your keyboard to start Open JukeBox Player otherwise the system will launch the Windows Operation System CD Player Choosing this setting allows the system to launch Open Ju...

Page 63: ...ts 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 For further technical information we welcome you to visit our website at http en...

Page 64: ...innovative design VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen In addition the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space consuming and uncompressed Bitmap AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation to recognize the smaller sized GIF format and ...

Page 65: ... 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 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 Choo...

Page 66: ... M Ma an nu ua al l N NV VI ID DI IA A n nF Fo or rc ce e W Wi in nd do ow ws s d dri iv ve er r r This nForce driver is an all in one package which contains the below components Audio driver Audio utilities Network driver GART driver SMBus driver Memory controller driver ...

Page 67: ...G G 1 13 39 94 4 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l N NV VI ID DI IA A W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 98 8 M ME E 2 20 00 00 0 D Di is sp pl la ay y d dr ri iv ve er r For Display Driver of 98 ME 2000 please use this driver for installation ...

Page 68: ...play Driver of Window XP please read the given steps for installation nVidia VGA Driver Installation Guide for WinXP 1 Open the Device Manager and check if there is a Video Controller VGA Compatible in Other devices 2 Insert the supplied Bonus CD 3 Click Video Controller Æ Driver Æ Update Driver and Select Install the siftware automatically ReCommended And then Click Next Step 1 Step 3 ...

Page 69: ...M MK K7 79 9G G N N M MK K7 79 9G G 1 13 39 94 4 69 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 4 System will look for the VGA driver from the Bonus CD 5 Finish the VGA driver installation Step 5 Step 4 ...

Page 70: ...M MK K7 79 9G G N N M MK K7 79 9G G 70 1 13 39 94 4 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 6 The of Video Controller of Device Management will become to NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU Step 6 ...

Page 71: ... 94 4 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l U US SB B 2 2 0 0 I In ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n D Dr ri ive er r f fo or r W Wi in n9 98 8S SE E M ME E 2 20 00 00 0 v For USB 2 0 driver for Win98SE ME 2000 please use this driver for installation ...

Page 72: ... 0 Windows XP setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box Under Windows XP Universal Serial Bus USB Controller will be displayed 1 Click on Next and from the generated list box choose Install from a list or special location Advanced click Next 2 Click on Next and from the generated choices choose Include this location in the search 3 Insert the Bonus CD in CD ROM 4 Type CD ROM Driver Nvidia US...

Page 73: ...erribly while working with their PC by the irritating noises of these fans As a matter of fact we do not have to get our fans running at such a high speed in most cases on the contrary we discovered that having your fans running at appropriate time and speed could not only reduce the noise but also consume the least power the system needed so as to prevent over wasting of energy resource Today AOp...

Page 74: ...tatus of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level Of course you may set your defaulted lowest margin for your fans and the SilentTek would also pop up a message box and alarm you when the fan is rotating slower than this specified speed You may set the highest margin of your CPU and system temperature as default and SilentTek would pop up a message box and alert you with alarm w...

Page 75: ... to set fan speed in relation to temperature You may find this setting fits youbest 4 AOpen Recommend Setting This setting is designed specifically for AOpen housing A series of lab tests were conducted under the real world scenario to determine optimum fan speed to reduce noise level within CPU working condition and temperature Most of the time the fan would remain still when CPU is not fully uti...

Page 76: ...critical low level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of MK79G N MK79G 1394 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...

Page 77: ...yboard in the Phoenix Award BIOS 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 s...

Page 78: ... N N M MK K7 79 9G G 1 13 39 94 4 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l 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 ...

Page 79: ...After you finish 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: ...nFlash has been 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 C...

Page 81: ...Flash will detect 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 ...

Page 82: ...db and do other application process as well We called CODEC that meets this structure AC97 CODEC A AC CP PI I A Ad dv va an nc ce ed d C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n P Po ow we er r I In nt te er rf fa ac ce e ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 1997 It intends to save more power by taking full control of power management to operating system and bypass BIOS The chipset or s...

Page 83: ... 1 264MB s 2X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s 4X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s 8X AGP data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 8 2112MB s A AM MR R A Au ud di io o M Mo od de em m R Ri is se er r The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card AMR card that connects to motherboard through AMR connector A AT TA ...

Page 84: ...I In np pu ut t O Ou ut tp pu ut t S Sy ys st te em m BIOS is a set of assembly routine program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM BIOS controls Input output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard In general to provide hardware independent portability operation system and drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices B Bl lu ue et to oo ot th h Bluetooth is ...

Page 85: ... 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 D DD DR R D Do ou ub bl le e D Da at ta a R Ra at te e R RA AM M DDR RAM utilizes the existing SDRAM For ex PC 100 PC 133 infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an ...

Page 86: ...M M Also known as E 2 PROM Both EEPROM and Flash ROM can be re programmed by electronic signals but the interface technology is different Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM E EP PR RO OM M 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 Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM EPROM can only be erased by ultra violet UV light If BIOS has to be upgraded y...

Page 87: ...p p P Pi in n G Gr ri id d A Ar rr ra ay y After FC PGA FC PGA2 is the package for 0 13µm process CPU developed by Intel which can be plugged into SKT423 478 socket as well 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 upgrade by a flash utility but it is also easier to be infected by virus Because of increase of new functions BIOS size is ...

Page 88: ... DV camcorders with Firewire ports and older analog equipment using A V to Firewire converters The advantages of the IEEE1394 High data transfer rate Start from 400 Mbps with 800 1600 3200 Mbps coming soon which is about 30 times faster than USB 1 1 Supports up to 63 devices 16 daisy chained with cable length up to about 4 5 m 14 feet Hot pluggable like USB No need to turn of your device to connec...

Page 89: ...actly the same as the original file including fonts and graphics and they can be distributed by e mail or stored on the World Wide Web an intranet a file system or a CD ROM for other users to view on any platforms You may download Acrobat Reader in order to read PDF file from its website www adobe com P Pn nP P P Pl lu ug g a an nd d P Pl la ay y Oversimplified Plug and Play automatically tells th...

Page 90: ...Multibank which is quite different from FPM EDO SDRAM Using different memory module as well RDRAM uses RIMM with transfer rate of 600 700 800MHz providing bandwidth as high to 1 6GB 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 ...

Page 91: ...r 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 S SP PD D S Se er ri ia al l P Pr re es se en nc ce e D De et te ec ct t SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM t...

Page 92: ...s latency and reduced power consumption W Wi ir re el le es ss s L LA AN N 8 80 02 2 1 11 1b b 802 11 is a specification developed by IEEE and Wireless LAN technology which is an interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients 802 11 family includes the following specifications and with more coming 802 11 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2 4 GHz band using eit...

Page 93: ...t ti in ng g 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 94: ...l Continue Install 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 95: ...nu ua al l Continue 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 96: ...inue The problem 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 ...

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Page 98: ... your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you 6 6 Contact Us Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before contacting us The part number serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful 7 7 5 5 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 ...

Page 99: ...a an nd d B BI 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 MK79G N R1 02 Jan 01 2003 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc MK79G N is model name of motherboard R1 02 is BIOS version ...

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