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DOC. NO.: MK79-OL-E0210A
Страница 1: ...1 M MK K7 79 9 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 MK79 DOC NO MK79 OL E0210A ...
Страница 2: ...e 8 Before You Start 9 Overview 10 Feature Highlight 11 Quick Installation Procedure 14 Motherboard Map 15 Block Diagram 16 Hardware Installation 17 JP14 Clear CMOS Data 18 CPU Installation 19 CPU Jumper less Design 21 CPU and Housing Fan Connector 24 JP28 Keyboard Mouse Wakeup Enable Disable Jumper 26 DIMM Sockets 27 STBY LED 29 Front Panel Connector 30 ...
Страница 3: ...on Slot 36 AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED 37 ACR Slot 38 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel 39 COM2 Connector 40 Support 2 nd and 3 rd USB 1 1 Port 41 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Connector 42 CD Audio Connector 43 AUX IN Connector 44 Front Audio Connector 45 Battery less and Long Life Design 46 CPU Over current Protection 47 AOConfig Utility 48 Resetable Fuse 50 2200μF Low ESR Capacitor 51 ...
Страница 4: ... SilentTek 56 Phoenix Award BIOS 59 How To Use Phoenix Award BIOS Setup Program 60 How To Enter BIOS Setup 62 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment 63 Overclocking 65 VGA Card Hard Disk 66 Glossary 67 AC97 67 ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface 67 AGP Accelerated Graphic Port 67 AMR Audio Modem Riser 68 AOpen Bonus Pack CD 68 APM Advanced Power Management 68 ATA AT Attachment 68 ...
Страница 5: ...C Coding and Decoding 70 DDR Double Data Rate RAM 70 DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module 71 DMA Direct Memory Access 71 ECC Error Checking and Correction 71 EDO Extended Data Output Memory 71 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM 72 EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM 72 EV6 Bus 72 FCC DoC Declaration of Conformity 72 FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array 72 Flash ROM 73 FSB Front Side Bus Clock 73 ...
Страница 6: ... 1600 PC 2100 PC 2700 PC 3200 DDR DRAM 75 PCI Peripheral Component Interface Bus 75 PDF Format 76 PnP Plug and Play 76 POST Power On Self Test 76 RDRAM Rambus DRAM 76 RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module 77 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 77 Shadow E 2 PROM 77 SIMM Single In Line Memory Module 77 SMBus System Management Bus 78 SPD Serial Presence Detect 78 Ultra DMA 78 ...
Страница 7: ... MK K7 79 9 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l USB Universal Serial Bus 79 VCM Virtual Channel Memory 79 ZIP file 79 Troubleshooting 80 Technical Support 84 Product Registration 87 How to Contact Us 88 ...
Страница 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...
Страница 9: ...uration 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 choose F...
Страница 10: ...vering rich real time 3D images and animation consumes valuable system Bandwidth MK79 supports 1 5V AGP interface with AGP 4x with Fast Write data transfer which pipelined spilt transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB sec This motherboard comes with high speed of 6 4Gb sec HyperTransport the Isochronous Link between NVIDIA IGP and MCP D DDR266 and DDR200 DDR RAM are applied to the maximum mem...
Страница 11: ... boost CPU performance and the HyperTransport a high performance I O bus interface with high speed of 6 4Gb sec Integrated in this excellent chipset is the Geforce2 GPU which could provide amazing 3D visual performance to create rich real time 3D images and animation and Dolby Digital 3D audio Of two PCI slots provided MK79 supports all master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integr...
Страница 12: ... at 266 200 MHz The four banks of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64 128 256 512MB DDR RAM and maximum up to 1GB The MK79 allows DDR RAM to run at either synchronous or pseudo synchronous mode with the host CPU bus frequency 266 200MHz On board AC97 Sound MK79 uses the AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC202A chip This on board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system ACR...
Страница 13: ...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 to Disk S4 feature...
Страница 14: ...uick 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 ...
Страница 15: ...TM XP NVIDIA nForce IGP and MCP D CPUFAN1 Connector 184 pin DIMMx2 supports DDR266 200 Max to 1GB IDE Connector x 2 ATA 33 66 100 supported FDD Connector Black CD IN Connector O RealTek ALC202A nboard AC97 CODEC Front Audio Connector Green AUX IN Connector 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot x2 2nd USB 1 1 Port Connector IrDA Connector SYSFAN2 Connector Front Panel Connector Chassis Intrusion Sensor Connect...
Страница 16: ...2 AGP 4X Slot MCP D Serial Port x1 2nd USB Port 1st USB Port USB 1 1 connector x6 32 bit PCI Slot x3 Parallel Port IDE Drive x4 ATA 33 66 100 DDR266 200 DDR RAM Up to 1GB Primary Channel Secondary Channel 2MBit Flash EEPROM Audio CODEC AC 97 Link PCI Bus AGP Bus Floppy Disk Drive x2 VGA onboard 3rd USB Port ACR slot B Bl lo oc ck k D Di ia ag gr ra am m ...
Страница 17: ...essor 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 system u...
Страница 18: ...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 Normal Operation defa...
Страница 19: ...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 ...
Страница 20: ...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 ...
Страница 21: ... 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 ...
Страница 22: ... eq qu ue en nc cy y This motherboard is CPU jumper less design you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup and no jumpers or switches are needed BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control CPU Speed Setting CPU Ratio From 5x to 16x step 0 5x CPU FSB By BIOS table 100 102 103 106 133 138 143 146 150 153 157MHZ Home Warning NVIDIA nForce IGP chipset supports 133MHz FSB with performance reaches maximu...
Страница 23: ... 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 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 Duron 800 800MHz 200MHz 8 0x Duron 850 850MHz 200MHz 8 5x Duron 900...
Страница 24: ... 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 SYSFAN3 Connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that cannot support fan monitoring CPUFAN1 Connector GND 12V SENSOR GND 12V SENSOR GND 12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector ...
Страница 25: ...r allows you to select different CPU Frequency You may set pin 1 2 for 100MHz or pin 2 3 for 133MHz Additionally You may also choose a specific FSB frequency ranging from 100 106 say 100 102 103 for example and 133 157 with reference to a frequency table in BIOS setup program JP17 Host Clock Select Jumper 1 Pin 1 100MHz Default 133MHz ...
Страница 26: ...e e J Ju um mp pe er r 2 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 Enable 1 2 and you may disable this function by setting the jumper to 2 3 Pin 1 JP28 1 Enable Default Disable ...
Страница 27: ...ts that allow you to install DDR266 or DDR200 memory up to 1 GB Only Non ECC DDR RAM is supported otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module DDR RAM Warning The MK79 support DDR RAM Please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR RAM sockets Otherwise it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module ...
Страница 28: ... 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 DIMM ...
Страница 29: ...nformation 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 Warning Do not install or remove the DIMM module or others devices when the STBY LED lights on STBY LED ...
Страница 30: ...ystem 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 ACPI LED Blue Reset ...
Страница 31: ... 9 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l A AT TX X P Po ow we er r C Co on nn ne ec ct to or r The ATX power supply uses 20 pin connector shown below Make sure you plug in the right direction 20 Pin Power Connector ...
Страница 32: ...v 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 ...
Страница 33: ... 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 Secondary Slave 4th Secondary Master 3rd Primary Master 1st Primary Slave 2nd FDD Connector Pin 1 Pin 1 IDE 2 Secondary IDE 1 Primary ATA 33 66 100 IDE Connector ...
Страница 34: ...please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly This motherboard supports ATA33 ATA66 or ATA100 DE devices Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes The IDE bus is 16 bit which means every transfer is two bytes Mode Clock Period Clock Count Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate PIO mode 0 30ns 20 600ns 1 600ns x 2byte 3 3MB s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns 1 383ns x 2byte 5 2M...
Страница 35: ... 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 Connector 1...
Страница 36: ...or ADD AGP Digital Display cards With ADD card cabled to this slot Multiplexed Intel DVO output could provide high speed digital connection for digital displays or TV OUT functionality As for AGP performance Integrated GeForce4 GPU Graphics could provide amazing 3D visual performance to create rich real time 3D images and animation and Dolby Digital 3D audio The MK79 provides an AGP 4x slot target...
Страница 37: ...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 rd d w wi it th h ...
Страница 38: ...kward compatible with AMR but beyond the limitation of it The ACR specification is designed to support modem audio Local Area Network LAN and Digital Subscriber Line DSL On the strength of nVIDIA MCP D controller on chip which is a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect device it provides 10 100M bps Ethernet for office and home use ACR Slot ...
Страница 39: ...PS 2 Keyboard VGA Port COM 1 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 VGA Connector To connect with PC monitor Speaker Out To...
Страница 40: ...n 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 KEY COM2 Connector ...
Страница 41: ...s mouse keyboard modem printer etc There are four connectors on the PC99 back panel You can use proper cables to connect the other USB connectors to the USB modules or front panel of chassis USB3 Connector USB2 Connector Pin 1 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 inst...
Страница 42: ...ve 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 function Case Ope...
Страница 43: ...D 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 ...
Страница 44: ...44 M MK K7 79 9 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l AUX IN R GND GND 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 ...
Страница 45: ... 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_MIC AUD_MIC_BIAS AUD_FPOUT_R NC AUD_FROUT_L AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R KEY AUD_RET_L 1 2 9 10 ...
Страница 46: ...e 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 can increases battery life...
Страница 47: ...ent 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 there is...
Страница 48: ...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 system page shows...
Страница 49: ...xt format 3 This page presents the IDE devices information such as the serial number the manufacturer the firmware version and capacity 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 AOconfig ...
Страница 50: ...d 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 ...
Страница 51: ...eries 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 ...
Страница 52: ...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 carefully F...
Страница 53: ...nd utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as Windows 2000 XP before you can install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system s installation guide ...
Страница 54: ...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 ...
Страница 55: ... al l n nV VI ID DI IA A n nF Fo or rc ce e D Dr ri iv ve er rs s This nForce driver is an all in one package which contains the below components GPU driver Audio driver Audio utilities Network driver GART driver SMBus driver Memory controller driver ...
Страница 56: ...ing 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 AOpen Motherboard is ...
Страница 57: ...ges 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 when the temperatur...
Страница 58: ...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 utilized CD ROM Rotat...
Страница 59: ...w level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives serial and parallel ports Most BIOS setting of MK79 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 B...
Страница 60: ...nix 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 save any change 2 I...
Страница 61: ...61 M MK K7 79 9 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 ...
Страница 62: ...he 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 ...
Страница 63: ...ken 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 updating...
Страница 64: ...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 Windows ...
Страница 65: ...odate future CPU bus clock Our lab test results shown that 157MHz 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 cause t...
Страница 66: ...ference the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again Please check the Available Vendor List AVL by link to our official website VGA http english aopen com tw tech report overclk mb vga oc htm HDD http english aopen com tw tech report overclk mb hdd oc htm ...
Страница 67: ...tem 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 for high performance...
Страница 68: ...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 International Bus...
Страница 69: ... 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 Bu us s M Ma as st te er r I ID DE E D DM M...
Страница 70: ...EC C C Co od di in ng g a an nd d D De ec co od di in ng g Normally CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion It is part of AC97 sound modem solution 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 infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to system...
Страница 71: ...between the memory and surrounding devices E EC CC C E Er rr ro or r C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g a an nd d C Co or rr re ec ct ti io on n The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64 bit data Each time memory is accessed ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double bit error and automatically correct single bit error while parity mode can only det...
Страница 72: ...program and then insert back E EV V6 6 B Bu us s EV6 Bus is the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data similar as DDR RAM or ATA 66 IDE bus EV6 Bus Speed CPU external bus clock x 2 For example 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz F FC CC C D Do oC C...
Страница 73: ...tions BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB 2M bit AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB 2Mbit Flash ROM Now flash ROM size is moving to 4M bit on AX6C Intel 820 and MX3W Intel 810 motherboard AOpen motherboard uses EEPROM for jumper less and battery less design F FS SB B F Fr ro on nt t S Si id de e B Bu us s C Cl lo oc ck k FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock CPU internal clock...
Страница 74: ... technology IEEE 1394 features a unique isochronous data channel interface Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a pre determined rate This is especially important for time critical multimedia data where just in time delivery eliminates the need for costly buffering P Pa ar ri it ty y B Bi it t The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte normally it is even parity mode...
Страница 75: ...es of working frequency Because of DDR DRAM data bus is 64 bit it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64 8 1600MB s 266x64 8 2100MB s 333x64 8 2700MB s and 400x64 8 3200MB s Hence the PC 1600 DDR DRAM is working with 100MHz PC 2100 DDR DRAM is working with 133MHz PC 2700 DDR DRAM is working with 166MHz and PC 3200 DDR DRAM is working with 200MHz FSB frequency P PC CI I P Pe er ri ip ph he e...
Страница 76: ...g system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts PnP BIOS or operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ DMA Memory Currently almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are already PnP compliant P PO OS ST T P Po ow we er r O On n S Se el lf f T Te es st t The BIOS self test procedure after power on sometimes it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor durin...
Страница 77: ...s PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer SDRAM comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V AOpen is the first company to support dual SDRAM DIMMs onboard AP5V from Q1 1996 S Sh ha ad do ow w E E 2 2 P PR RO OM M A memory space in Flash ROM to simulate E 2 PROM operation AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E 2 PROM for jumper less and battery less design S SI IM MM M S Si in ng gl le e I In n L Li in ne...
Страница 78: ... ra a D DM MA A Ultra DMA or more accurately Ultra DMA 33 is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer s data path or bus to the computer s random access memory RAM The Ultra DMA 33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33 3MB s twice as fast as the previous Direct Access Memory DMA interface Ultra DMA was developed as a proposed industry standard...
Страница 79: ...tu ua al l C Ch ha an nn ne el l M Me em mo or ry y NEC s Virtual Channel Memory VCM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service multimedia 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 reduc...
Страница 80: ...u 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 ...
Страница 81: ... 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 ...
Страница 82: ...e 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 ...
Страница 83: ...hould 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 ...
Страница 84: ...stomers 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 english aopen com tw 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 english aopen com tw...
Страница 85: ...eir attitude of service is an important reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them 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 and Serial number ...
Страница 86: ...O 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 MK79 R1 02 Sept 01 2002 AOpen Inc Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc MK79 is model name of motherboard R1 02 is BIOS version ...
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