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AK77-333 Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AK77-333 ..........................................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual ......................................................................................................................................................2 You Must Notice .................................................................................................................
AK77-333 Online Manual ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................33 AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................................................................................................................................34 IDE, Floppy Connector ...............................................................................................................................
AK77-333 Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design .................................................................................................................................59 Over-current Protection .................................................................................................................................................60 Hardware Monitoring .................................................................................................................................
AK77-333 Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ...................................................................................................................85 How To Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................................................87 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................................................................................
AK77-333 Online Manual DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM..................................................................................................................................95 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................................................................95 DMA (Direct Memory Access) ........................................................................................................................................
AK77-333 Online Manual PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus..................................................................................................................100 PDF Format .................................................................................................................................................................100 PnP (Plug and Play) .....................................................................................................................................
AK77-333 Online Manual You Must Notice Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
AK77-333 Online Manual Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
AK77-333 Online Manual Ov er vi e w Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-333. The AK77-333 is AMD® Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor featuring the VIA Apollo KT333 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AK77-333 AMD® Socket 462 series Athlon™ & Duron™ processor and 200/266MHz EV6 system bus. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports AGP /4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec.
AK77-333 Online Manual F e a t u r e Hi g h l i g h t CPU Supports AMD® Socket 462 series CPU with both 200MHz and 266MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.3GHz)~2000+(1.667GHz) Chipset The VIA Apollo KT333 consists of the KT333 V-Link DDR Host system controller and the VT8233A highly integrated V-Link Client PCI/LPC controller.
AK77-333 Online Manual Expansion Slots Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR) slot provided from AK77-333 can support CNR interface for a Modem/Audio card. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s.
AK77-333 Eight USB Connectors (3 Online Manual rd th and 4 connector are USB2.0, optional) Provides four ports, eight USB connectors for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. The onboard 1st and 2nd USB Host controller are fully compliant with USB UHCI 1.1 specification that can fully compatible with low power mode and wake-up specification. While, the 3rd and 4th connector support USB2.
AK77-333 Online Manual Power Management/Plug and Play The AK77-333 supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play, which helps saving users from configuration problems, thus making the system much more user-friendly.
AK77-333 Online Manual Q ui c k I n s t a l l a t i o n P r o c e d ur e This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 1. Installing CPU and Fan 2. Installing System Memory (DIMM) 3. Connecting Front Panel Cable 4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5. Connecting ATX Power Cable 6. Connecting Back Panel Cable 7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8. Setting CPU Frequency 9. Reboot 10.
AK77-333 CD-IN Connector Front Audio Connector Onboard AC97 CODEC Realtek ALC650 S/PDIF Connector JP30 Die Hard BIOS Select Jumper Die Hard BIOS with 100% Virus Protection (Upgrade Optional) Green: AUX-IN Connector Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Panel Resetable Fuse CPU Fan Connector with H/W Monitoring ATX Power Connector CNR Expansion Slot 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5 (PCI 5 supports slave mode PCI card only) FAN3 Connector AGP 4x Expansion Slot 462-pin CPU Socket with Voltage and Fr
AK77-333 Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m PC2100/PC2700 DDR SDRAM Up to 3GB DDR SDRAM Socket x3 32-bit PCI Slot x5 Socket 462 AMD Athlon/Duron CPU 100/133MHz System Bus PCI Bus VIA KT333 ATA 66/100/133 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP Bus AC’97 Link VT8233A Audio CODEC 1st USB Port Modem CODEC 2nd USB Port AGP 4X Slot CNR Slot 3rd USB Port 4th USB Port 2MBit Flash EEPROM USB connector x8 Parallel Port Serial Port x2 Floppy Disk Drive x2 17
AK77-333 Online Manual Har dwar e Ins tal l ati o n This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
AK77-333 Online Manual Cl e a r C M O S D a t a You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedures below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. Pin 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1 1 1. Boot fail because of overclocking… 2.
AK77-333 Online Manual C P U I n s t al l a ti o n This motherboard supports AMD® Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU. Be careful of CPU 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.
AK77-333 Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it may damage the CPU. Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
AK77-333 Online Manual J P 2 1 F S B/ P CI Cl o c k R a t i o This jumper is used to specify the relationship of PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if you are not overclockers, we recommend you to set it to the default setting. Additionally, this motherboard also provides “1MHz Stepping Adjustment” feature for overclockers to adjust CPU FSB frequency via BIOS setup program.
AK77-333 Online Manual C P U J u m p er - l e s s D e si g n CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection. Clock Generator AMD Socket A CPU Controlled CPU Freq.
AK77-333 Online Manual Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This function is dedicated to overclockers, AOpen works together with Fairchild to develop a special chip FM3540 that supports Adjustable CPU Core Voltage from 1.1V to 1.85V by 0.05V stepping. But this motherboard can also automatically detect CPU VID signal and generates proper CPU core voltage.
AK77-333 Online Manual S e t t i n g C P U Fr e q u e n c 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 5.5x to 12.5x step 0.5x CPU FSB (By BIOS Table) 100, 102, 105, 108, 110, 113, 115, 117, 120, 122, 124, 133, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 147, 152, 154, and 156MHz.
AK77-333 Online Manual S upport e d CP U Fre que nc y Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2 CPU Athlon 1G Athlon 1.1G Athlon 1.2G Athlon 1.3G Athlon 1G Athlon 1.13G Athlon 1.2G Athlon 1.33G Athlon 1.4G AthlonXP 1500+ AthlonXP 1600+ AthlonXP 1700+ AthlonXP 1800+ AthlonXP 1900+ Duron 800 Duron 850 Duron 900 Duron 950 Duron 1G Duron 1.1G CPU Core Frequency 1GHz 1.1GHz 1.2GHz 1.3GHz 1GHz 1.
AK77-333 Online Manual AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” With this motherboard, AOpen provides a very special, useful feature for overclockers. When you power-on the system, the BIOS will check last system POST status. If it succeeded, the BIOS will enable “Watch Dog Timer” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency by user’s setting that stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
AK77-333 Online Manual C P U a n d H o u s i n g F a n C o n n e c t o r ( w i t h H/ W M o ni t o r i n g ) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on System Fan (FAN2) or AUX Fan (FAN3) (without H/W monitoring) connector. FAN3 Connector GND +12V SENSOR CPU Fan Connector SENSOR +12V GND GND Note: Some CPU fans do not have +12V SENSOR sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring.
AK77-333 Online Manual DI MM S oc k e t s This motherboard has three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC2100 or PC2700 memory up to 3 GB. Only Non-ECC DDR SDRAM are supported. Warning: The AK77-333 support DDR SDRAM, please do not install the SDRAM on the DDR SDRAM sockets. Otherwise, it will cause serious damage on memory sockets or SDRAM module.
AK77-333 Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l Me m o r y M o d u l e s Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 2. 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot’s bottom.
AK77-333 Online Manual S y s t e m a n d R A M P ow e r I n d i c a t e L E D This LED indicates there is power applies to motherboard and memory. If you connect power to the motherboard, this LED will be lighting. It is useful to check the system power status when power on/off and stand-by mode or RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode. System Power LED Warning: Do not install or remove the DIMM module or others devices when the LED is lighting.
AK77-333 Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r Attach the power LED, EMPI, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
AK77-333 Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. COM +5V COM +3.3V +3.3V +3.
AK77-333 Online Manual A C P o w er A u t o R ec o v er 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.
AK77-333 Online Manual I D E , Fl o p p y C o n n e c t o 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.
AK77-333 Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
AK77-333 Online Manual S / P DI F ( S o n y / P hi l i p s D i gi t a l I nt e r f a c e ) C o n n e c t o r S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. 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.
AK77-333 Online Manual Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an ALC650 Codec which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effect, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of ALC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel.
AK77-333 Online Manual I r DA C o n n e c t o r The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).
AK77-333 Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard.
AK77-333 Online Manual W O M b y E xt er n al B OX M o d em Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply, it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active. Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
AK77-333 Online Manual W O M b y I n t er n al M o d e m C ar d With the help of the ATX soft power On/Off, it is possible to have a system totally power off, and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call as an answering machine or to send/receive a fax. You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off.
AK77-333 Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector.
AK77-333 Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
AK77-333 Online Manual A G P ( A c c e l e r a t e d G r a p hi c P o r t ) E x p a n s i o n S l ot The AK77-333 provides an AGP 2x4x slot. The AGP 2x4x is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to AGP 4x mode, 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.
AK77-333 Online Manual C N R ( C o m m u ni c a t i o n a n d N e t w or k Ri s e r ) E x pa n s i o n S l o t CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/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.
AK77-333 Online Manual P C 9 9 C ol or C o d e d B a c k P a n e l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1 and COM2, Printer, Eight USB, AC97 sound and game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Connector Game Port USB Port (V1.
AK77-333 Online Manual S u p p o r t 2 n d U S B P or t This motherboard provides eight USB ports to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cables to connect the other USB connectors to the USB modules or front panel of chassis. Please note that both USB3 and USB4 connectors support USB 2.
AK77-333 Online Manual S u p p o r t 3 r d a n d 4 t h U S B 2 . 0 P or t s ( O p t i o n a l ) Compared to traditional USB 1.0/1.1 with the speed of 12Mbps, USB 2.0 has a fancy speed up to 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than the traditional one. Except for the speed increase, USB 2.0 supports old USB 1.0/1.1 software and peripherals, offering impressive and even better compatibility to customers. On this motherboard, USB3 and USB4 connectors support USB 2.0 function.
AK77-333 Online Manual C h a s s i s I n t r u s i o n S e n s or The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function works, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or the opening of the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you.
AK77-333 Online Manual C D A u d i o C o n n e c t or This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
AK77-333 Online Manual A U X -I N C o n n e c t o r This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
AK77-333 Online Manual Fr o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t o r If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove 5-6 and 9-10 jumper caps from the Front Audio Connector before connecting the cable. Please do not remove these 5-6 and 9-10 yellow jumper caps if there’s no audio port on the front panel.
AK77-333 Online Manual Die-Hard BIOS (100% Virus Protection, Upgrade Optional) Recently, many viruses have been found that they may destroy bios code and data area. Therefore, this motherboard implements a very effective hardware protection method that does not involve any software or BIOS coding, hence it is 100% virus free. You may restore the originally mounted BIOS with 2 nd BIOS ROM by setting JP30 to pin 2-3 if it fails to act normally.
AK77-333 Online Manual E x t e r n a l C o n t r ol l e r f or DI E - H A R D BI O S ( U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ) External Controller provides you a better and convenience way to switch the BIOS status between “Rescue” and “Normal” without opening the case of your computer. You have to plug the jumper cable to the connector pin (JP30) on the motherboard. Be careful of the orientation when you connect, the red wire should correspond to Pin1.
AK77-333 Online Manual Note: If you suspect your BIOS is infected by virus, just rescue your bios by following steps: 1. Turn off the system, set the External Controller to “Rescue” to read from rescue ROM. 2. Boot the system and set the switch back to “Normal”. 3. Follow the BIOS upgrade procedure to rehabilitate BIOS. Reboot the system, and you should be able to go back to normal mode.
AK77-333 Online Manual Dr. LED Connector (Upgrade Optional) In conjunction with Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional), which can easily show what kind of problem you may incur on your system during assembly. It can clearly indicate whether there is a component issue or an installed issue by the 8 LEDs on the front panel of Dr. LED. This helps you quickly self-diagnostic your system status. Pin 1 1 2 3.
AK77-333 Online Manual Dr. LED is a CD disc storage box with 8 LEDs on its front panel, the size of Dr. LED is exactly the same as 5.25 in floppy drive, so that it can be mount into normal 5.25 in drive bay of any housing. 7 6 5 Boot O.K. KB HDD 4 Floppy 3 2 1 0 PCI Video Memory CPU The total 8 LEDs light up alternatively if the system fails in one of eight stages. Once the LED7 (latest LED) is lit, this indicates that the system has completed its boot-up procedure.
AK77-333 Online Manual B a t t e r y - l e s s a n d L o n g Li f e D e s i g n This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without using the battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
AK77-333 Online Manual O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n It is very popular that the Over Current Protection was implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltages that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and thus makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is equipped with switching regulator onboard which supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
AK77-333 Online Manual H a r d w a r e M o ni t o r i n g This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user.
AK77-333 Online Manual R e se t ta b l e F u s e Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that user cannot replace it when it is damaged (did the job to protect motherboard), and the motherboard remains malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job.
AK77-333 Online Manual 2 2 0 0 μ F L o w E S R C a p a c i t or The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for the stability of CPU power. The idea of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Not only that, this motherboard implements 2200μF capacitor, which is much larger than normal capacitor (1000 or 1500μF) and it provides better stability for CPU power.
AK77-333 Online Manual Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”.
AK77-333 Online Manual F a n s i n k o n N or t h Br i d g e In order to provide a better effect of cooling and make the chipset work more stable, we especially design a fansink on the north bridge. After locating the fansink on the north bridge, plug the connector to the header marked FAN3 (AUX Fan) on the motherboard.
AK77-333 Online Manual D ri v e r a n d U t i l i t y There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98.
AK77-333 Online Manual A u t o - r u n Me n u f r o m B o n u s C D Di s c You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
AK77-333 Online Manual Installing Windows 95 1. 2. First, don’t install any add-on card except AGP card. Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2.1, 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support. Otherwise, you need to install USBSUPP.EXE. 3. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. 4. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers.
AK77-333 Online Manual Installing Windows 98 1. 2. First, don’t install any add-on card except AGP card. Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup > Advanced Chipset Features > OnChip USB, to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment. 3. Install Window 98 into your system. 4. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, IRQ Routing, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. 5. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers.
AK77-333 Online Manual Installing Windows® 98 SE, Windows® ME & Windows®2000 If you are using Windows ® 98 Second Edition, Windows ® Millennium Edition or Windows ® 2000, you do not need to install the 4-in-1 driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system. Users with Windows ® 98 SE may update the VIA Registry INF and AGP drivers by installing them individually. Please refer to VIA Technologies Inc.
AK77-333 Online Manual I n s t al l i n g VI A 4 i n 1 D r i ve r You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. Warning:To take advantage of ATA133, it is a must to install the latest version of VIA 4in1 driver in the Bonus CD.
AK77-333 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g O n b o a r d S o u n d Dr i v e r This motherboard comes with Realtek ALC650 AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
AK77-333 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g H a r d w a r e M o n i t or i n g U t i l i t y You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
AK77-333 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g U S B 2 . 0 Dr i v e r ( O p t i o n a l ) This motherboard comes with USB2.0 function. You can install USB2.0 Driver under Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu. Note: After installing USB 2.0 driver under WinME, there would be a "green question mark" on "VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller" item. Please rest assured that it is not an error message. You may just ignore it.
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AK77-333 Online Manual A C P I S u s p e n d t o H a r d Dr i v e ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again.
AK77-333 Online Manual System Requirement 1. AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. 2. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a. Set Power Schemes > System Standby to "Never". b. Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable Hibernate Support" then "Apply". c. Click on the "Advanced" tab, you'll see "Hibernate" on "Power Buttons".
AK77-333 Online Manual memory size the longer this process will take.
AK77-333 Online Manual Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "ACPI BIOS" and remove "Plug and Play BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
AK77-333 Online Manual HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "Plug and Play BIOS" and remove "ACPI BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
AK77-333 Online Manual A C PI S u s p e n d t o R A M ( S T R ) This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from SDRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to SDRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to SDRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
AK77-333 Online Manual To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement 1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, except Windows 95 and Windows NT, all other Windows Systems support ACPI. 2. The VIA 4 in 1 Driver must have been installed properly. Procedures 1. Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Function: Enabled BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Suspend Type: S3. 2.
AK77-333 Online Manual A W AR D B I O S System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). The AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.
AK77-333 Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting value. You also can press key for help and press key to quit Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program.
AK77-333 Online Manual Key Description F6 Load fail-save setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed setting and exit setup program. Note: AOpen always dedicates to give users a much more friendly computer system. Now, we include all function descriptions of BIOS setup program into the BIOS Flash ROM. When you select one function of BIOS setup program, the function description will appeared at right side of screen.
AK77-333 Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, SDRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
AK77-333 Online Manual BI O S U p g r a d e u n d e r Wi n d o w s e n v i r o n m e n t With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---- EZWinFlash. With an eye to users convenience, EZWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically.
AK77-333 Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EZWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMMANDED to close all the applications before you start the upgrading. 1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex: http://www.aopen.com) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAK77333102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAK77333102.
AK77-333 Online Manual O v e r cl o c k i n g As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking who we call them "Overclocker".
AK77-333 Online Manual VG A C ar d & H ar d D i s k VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website. VGA: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.
AK77-333 Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. A C P I ( A d v a n c e d C o n f i g ur a t i o n & P ow e r I n te r f a c e ) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
AK77-333 Online Manual A M R ( A u d i o/ M o d e m R i s e r ) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. A O pe n B o n us P a c k C D A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product, there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities.
AK77-333 Online Manual ATA/100 ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. B I O S ( Ba s i c I n p u t / O u t p u t S y s t e m ) BIOS is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM.
AK77-333 Online Manual C O DE C ( C o d i n g a n d De c o di n 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 D R ( D o u b l e Da t a R a te ) S D R A M DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing SDRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way.
AK77-333 Online Manual E C C ( E r r or C he c k i n g a n d C or r e c t i o n ) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error. E DO ( E x t e n de d Da t a O u t p u t ) M e m or y The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM (Fast Page Mode).
AK77-333 Online Manual EV 6 B u 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 SDRAM 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 C C D o C ( De c l a r a t i o n o f C o n f o r m i ty ) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations.
AK77-333 Online Manual F S B ( F r o n t S i d e B u s ) C l oc k FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio I2C Bus See SMBus. IE EE 1 39 4 IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.
AK77-333 Online Manual P a r i t y Bi t The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated, parity bit will be adjusted to have even count "1" for each byte. When next time, if memory is read with odd number of "1", the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection. P BS R A M ( P i p e l i n e d B u r s t S R A M ) For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits).
AK77-333 Online Manual P C -1 6 0 0 o r P C - 2 1 0 0 D D R S D R A M Based on FSB frequency, the DDR SDRAM has 200MHz and 266MHz two type of working frequency. Because of DDR SDRAM data bus is 64-bit, it provides data transfer bandwidth up to 200x64/8=1600MB/s, and 266x64/8=2100MB/s. Hence, the PC-1600 DDR SDRAM is working with 100MHz and PC-2100 DDR SDRAM is working with 133MHz FSB frequency.
AK77-333 Online Manual POST (Power-On Self Test) The BIOS self-test procedure after power-on, sometimes, it is the first or the second screen shown on your monitor during system boot. R D R A M ( R a mb u s D R A M ) Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer. Theoretically, the data transfer should be high than SDRAM. RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation.
AK77-333 Online Manual 2 S ha d o w E P R O M A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E 2PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses Shadow E 2PROM for jumper-less and battery-less design S I M M ( S i n gl e I n Li n e Me m o r y M o d u l e ) SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical. That is why it was called Single In Line. SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32-bit data.
AK77-333 Online Manual U l t ra D M 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.
AK77-333 Online Manual VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) 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 reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption.
AK77-333 Online Manual T r ou b l e s h o o t i n g If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
AK77-333 Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. No The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
AK77-333 Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press to reboot the system. No Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 107 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
AK77-333 Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98. End 108 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AK77-333 Online Manual Mo d e l n a m e a n d B I O S v e r s i o n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AK77-333 R1.00 FEb.01.2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. AK77-333 is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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