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Hardware Installation >> Step-by-Step ................................................ Page 11

Jumper Settings >> A Closer Look ...................................................... Page 24

Software Utility >> How to Install ......................................................... Page 43

BIOS Setup >> How to Configure ........................................................ Page 47

About This Manual

For First-Time DIY System Builder ......................................................... Page 6

For Experienced DIY User ...................................................................... Page 6

For System Integrator ............................................................................. Page 6

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Summary of Contents for Spacewalke AK21

Page 1: ...AK21 SocketA AMD Athlon Duron Processor Based Main Board User s Manual...

Page 2: ...bility however no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents In the interest of continued product improvement this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in t...

Page 3: ...fan are securely fastened well Otherwise improper fan installation not only gets system unstable but also could damage both CPU and motherboard because insufficient thermal dissipation If you would l...

Page 4: ...pers 13 STEP 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory 13 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 14 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 15 STEP 6 Connect Front panel Switches LEDs S...

Page 5: ...e Protection JP5 30 Back Panel Connectors PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connectors 31 USB Port1 2 Connectors 31 COM1 2 Connector 31 Parallel Port Connector 31 Line Out 32 Line In 32 Mic In 32 MIDI GAME Por...

Page 6: ...38 SIR Connector SIR1 38 Case Open J1 39 Front Panel Microphone and Line Out Header AUDIO1 39 Audio Primary Secondary CD IN Header CD2 CD1 40 Wake On LAN Connector WOL1 40 Wake On Modem Connector WOM...

Page 7: ...URES 54 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 58 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 62 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 66 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 71 PC HEALTH STATUS 73 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 74 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 75 LOAD OPTIM...

Page 8: ...11 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 24 Software Utility How to Install Page 43 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 47 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY Use...

Page 9: ...f the Shuttle AK21 mainboard You will find that installing your new Shuttle AK21 mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AK21 mainboard provides you wit...

Page 10: ...ce of Bundled CD ROM with containing AK21 user s manual on PDF format VIA 4 IN 1 driver VIA Audio driver Award Flashing Utility 1 4 3 2 4 5 AG P 1 US B 2 US B 3 J P 6 1 1 1 J P 7 1 US B 1 PS K BM1 J P...

Page 11: ...d is software configurable from 100MHz to 133MHz in the Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS setup program AC 97 Link for Audio and Telephony CODEC AC 97 2 1 compliant Spread independent PCI functions fo...

Page 12: ...Line Out port 1 Line In port 1 Microphone port 1 MIDI GAME port 6 USB Supported Onboard 2 USB connectors on back panel and two sets of dual USB ports headers on mid board PCI Bus Master IDE Controller...

Page 13: ...into Suspend mode When the power button is pressed for longer than 4 seconds the system enters the Soft Off mode Wake on LAN WOL1 The onboard WOL1 connector can be attached to a network card that sup...

Page 14: ...S IR 1 R S T H DD LE D G RN LE D P W R S W P A N E L1 S P EA KE R 1 JP 3 LE D 1 C A SF AN 1 1 USB Power On Setting JP6 PS2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connectors CPU FAN1 USB1 USB2 Connectors Socket 462 Keybo...

Page 15: ...the socket lever all the way down to its horizontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The AMD 462 Athlon Duron processor requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of the...

Page 16: ...if you are not totally familiar with mainboard configu ration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their s...

Page 17: ...h device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set jumpers on Master or Slave mode depending on your willing to install more than one device for...

Page 18: ...ssis and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical short between the board and...

Page 19: ...Speaker or USB devices etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches LEDs and USB connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group PANEL1 USB2 and USB3 as shown below 1 ATX Soft...

Page 20: ...nded four USB Connector Header RST HDDLED GRN LED PWR SW PANEL1 SPEAKER1 RST HDDLED GRN LED PWR SW PANEL1 SPEAKER1 VREG_FP_USBPWR0 USB_FP_P1 USB_FP_P1 USB_FP_OC0 GND VREG_FP_USBPWR0 USB GND KEY USB_FP...

Page 21: ...Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 FDD cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 Primary and Secondary CD_IN Front Panel Microphone and Line Out connectors 2 IR connector AU...

Page 22: ...System power connector Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card 3 Communication and Network CNR Card The CNR Slot supports the audio modem lan Ho...

Page 23: ...the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard 2 USB Ports 3 Parallel Port 4 COM1 2 Ports PS 2 keyboard PS 2...

Page 24: ...21 5 Audio Line_out Line_in Microphone 6 MIDI Game Port MIDI GAME Port Line In Line Out Microphone...

Page 25: ...ce available in the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program After FDISK procedure reboot your system by usi...

Page 26: ...nstallation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the AK21 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the Mainboard related prog...

Page 27: ...the bottom Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the desired pair of pins Caution 1 Do not remove the mainboard f...

Page 28: ...ectors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket 462 CPU Socket for AMD Athlon and Duron processors DIMM1 2 3 Three DIMM Slots for 64 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 5V DDR SDR...

Page 29: ...IDI MIDI Game Port Front Panel Connectors JP11 USB2 and USB3 PWR SW ATX Power On Off Momentary Type Switch GRN LED Green LED ON when system stays in power saving mode HDD LED IDE Drive Active LED RST...

Page 30: ...IR Connector J1 Case Open Connector AUDIO1 Front Panel Microphone and Line_Out Connector CD2 Audio Primary CD In Connector CD1 Audio Secondary CD In Connector WOL1 Wake On LAN Connector WOM1 Wake On M...

Page 31: ...ort 2 power on function on back panel Disabled KB USB power on function Enabled Default KB USB power on function USB2 3 Power On Setting JP6 AK21 provides one jumper to set USB devices which connect t...

Page 32: ...caps on JP3 pin2 3 to set FSB to 133MHz Set FSB hardware jumper to 100MHz Default Set FSB hardware jumper to 133MHz BIOS Voltage Setting JP4 AK21 provides jumper JP4 to set BIOS Voltage at 3 3V or 5V...

Page 33: ...1 2 Step 6 Plug ATX Power cable into ATX Power connector Step 7 Turn on the system power PC On BIOS Write Protection JP5 JP5 is used to protect BIOS from abnormal writing You may choose to place jumpe...

Page 34: ...nd mouse jacks into their corresponding connectors USB Port Connectors This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back panel Plug each USB device jack into an available USB Port 1 2 connector COM1 COM2 Conn...

Page 35: ...Microphone is a 1 8 inch jack that pro vides a mono input It can use a dynamic mono or stereo microphone with a resis tance of not more than 600 Ohms MIDI GAME Port The MIDI GAME port is a 15 pin fema...

Page 36: ...e Green LED GRN LED indicates that the system is currently in one of the power saving mode Doze Standby Suspend When the system resumes to normal operation mode the Green LED will go off Attach a 2 pi...

Page 37: ...t Connector RST Attach the 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart Speaker Connector SPEAKER1 Attach the PC speaker cable from the ca...

Page 38: ...t panel or back panel But the USB cable is optional at the time of purchase Pins Assignment 1 VREG_FP_USBPWR0 3 USB_FP_P0 5 USB_FP_P0 7 GROUND 9 KEY 2 VREG_FP_USBPWR0 4 USB_FP_P1 6 USB_FP_P1 8 GROUND...

Page 39: ...so includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDD1 to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive F D D Moreover this mainboard comes with one 80pin ATA100 66 33 ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34...

Page 40: ...ce to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 Your ATX power supply must be supplied to ACPI 5V standby power and at least 720mA compatible Note 4 Make sure your power supply have enough power for higher spe...

Page 41: ...ment 1 Not assigned 2 No Pin 3 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX Note Before connect your IR device please be sure each IR on board pin allocation is matchable with the pin of the IR device Otherwise incorrect I...

Page 42: ...rophone and line out ports for easier access Either the Mic and Line_out connector on back panel or AUDIO1 header are available at the same time If you would like to use this AUDIO1 header on front pa...

Page 43: ...CD1 and CD2 on the mainboard Wake On LAN Connector WOL1 If a lan card installed and the lan card supports Wake on Lan function Please connect the cable into WOL1 header on mainboard While your system...

Page 44: ...tion please connect the cable into the WOM1 header on the mainboard When your system is in power saving mode any modem signal resumes system auto matically And you also need to enable the item through...

Page 45: ...can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory value in the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additi...

Page 46: ...pear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description Install Mainboard Software Installing 4 in 1drivers I...

Page 47: ...are Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar Then Mainboard Drivers Utilities windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install VIA...

Page 48: ...oftware Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Audio Device Software bar Then AC97 Audio Drivers windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install AC97...

Page 49: ...ouble click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows wi...

Page 50: ...t routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss trains of words mentioned in step2 t...

Page 51: ...hat a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not includ...

Page 52: ...menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance of your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for optimal...

Page 53: ...Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Primary...

Page 54: ...th Video This item defines the video mode of the system This mainboard has a built in VGA graphics system you must leave this item at the default value The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 or MONO Halt On...

Page 55: ...et you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE The choice None Auto or Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk The choice Normal LBA Large or Auto C...

Page 56: ...53 Precomp Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Min 0 Max 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Number of sector per track Min 0 Max 255...

Page 57: ...disk drive You need to disable this item when installing an operating system We recom mend that you enable anti virus protection as soon as you have installed an operating system The choice Enabled or...

Page 58: ...efer not to use or distribute the unique processor number disable this item to suppress the processor number The choice Enabled or Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This item speeds up Power On Self T...

Page 59: ...ng Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When this controller enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabled or Disabled Typematic Rate C...

Page 60: ...ors and predicts device performance S M A R T software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer The disk drive software monitors the internal performance of the mo tors media heads and ele...

Page 61: ...ons for your system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Clock Drive Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter t...

Page 62: ...e set to 2 way 4 way interleave or disabled For VCM and 16Mb type dram chips the bank interleave is fixed at 2 way interleave When the dram timing is selected by SPD it will be set by the value on SPD...

Page 63: ...abled or Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When this item enabled writing to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port is executed with one wait state The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When thi...

Page 64: ...bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The Choice Enabled or Disabled Memory Hole In order to improve perf...

Page 65: ...e choice Enabled or Disabled OnChip IDE Channel1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE chan nels Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface select Disabled to de...

Page 66: ...ystem software support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto or Disabled OnChip PCI Device Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options...

Page 67: ...ed UART Mode Select This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2 The choice Normal IrDA ASKIR or SCR UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to selects the IR half full duplex...

Page 68: ...on chip USB so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature The Choice All Disabled All Enabled 1 2 USB Port 2 3 USB Port 1 3 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Po...

Page 69: ...ower Management ACPI The choice Enabled or Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend The choice S1 POS or S3 STR Power Management Option This category allows y...

Page 70: ...0 Min or 1 Hour Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving mode Suspend Off Monitor is bla...

Page 71: ...em from a power saving mode if there is any USB port activity The choice Disabled or Enabled VGA When this item enabled you can set VGA to awaken the system The choice OFF or ON LPT COM When LPT COM s...

Page 72: ...ey in a DEC number Min 0 Max 59 IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR Press Enter to on off the wake up ability of a specified IRQ The choice OFF or ON In the following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt Re...

Page 73: ...70 IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 Hard Disk IRQ15 Reserved The choice Disabled or Enabled...

Page 74: ...ine PnP OS is installed or not The choice Yes or No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit from S...

Page 75: ...mpli ant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can...

Page 76: ...oice Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status You cannot make changes to these fi...

Page 77: ...detection DIMM PCI Clock The choice Enabled or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulation The choice Enabled or Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock Use the...

Page 78: ...N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box...

Page 79: ...d access to the options By setting separate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters and...

Page 80: ...on page 30 Save Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS a special section of memory that sta...

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