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Online Manual Hardware Installation AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/A79G-1 394 Overview AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary DOC. NO.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/A79G-1394 ....................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice .......................................................................................................
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual STBY LED..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 32 ATX Power Connector ........................................................................................
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 50 AUX-IN Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 51 Front Audio Connector ..........................................................................................
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program..................................................................................................... 75 How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 77 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ....................................................................................................
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................ 85 FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).............................................................................................................................. 85 Flash ROM .....................................................................................................................
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Wireless LAN – 802.11b ................................................................................................................................................ 90 ZIP file........................................................................................................................................................................... 90 Troubleshooting.......................................................................................
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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, Pentium 4 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Ov er vi e w Thank you for choosing AOpen AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394. The AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 is based on AMD ® Socket 462 motherboard with ATX form factor featuring the AMD Duron/Athlon/Athlon XP CPU.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Comparison Table Following we list functions of all models. “V” represents those functions that the model equips with and “X” represents functions that model doesn’t have. Please always refer to this page to see the functions of your model.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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 333MHz, 266MHz and 200MHz, EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~2800+(2.25GHz) Chipset NVIDIA nForce™2-ST/G/GT are excellent in providing amazing digital media performance, such as 400MHz DDR memory controller, optimized 128-bit architecture reducing overall system memory latency with DDR Dual Channel.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Expansion Slots Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 8X slot which supports AGP cards. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed with data transfer rate up to 2.1GB/s. Memory With NVIDIA nForce™2 chipsets, the AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 supports 128-bit dual channel Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Six USB Connectors Provides three ports, six USB connectors with transfer rates at high speed of 480Mbps for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. IEEE 1394 (AK79G-1394 and AK79D-1394 only) This motherboard comes with great function of IEEE1394 which provide transfer data rate up to 400Mbps. 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual 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) features. Super Multi-I/O Provides one high-speed UART compatible serial port, one VGA port (AK79G-V, AK79G-VN and AK79G-1394 only) and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 CD-IN Connector Front Audio Connector S/PDIF Connector (AK79D-1394, AK79G-1394) IrDA Connector Online Manual M o t h er b o ar d M a p Colored Back Panel 4Mb Phoenix Award BIOS COM2 Connector AUX-IN Connector JP28 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper JP27 USBKB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper ATX Power Connector Game Port Connector CNR Expansion slot TV Output Connector (AK79GV, AK79G-VN & AK79G-1394) 32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x5 CPUFAN1 Connector AGP 8x Expansion Slot (For 1.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m 128bit dual channel DDR400/333/266 Up to 3GB DDR SDRAM Socket x3 32-bit PCI Slot x5 Socket 462 AMD Athlon/Duron/AthlonXP CPU 200/266/333MHz System Bus PCI Bus ATA 66/100/133 nForce2-G/GT/ST Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP Bus AC’97 Link MCP2 MCP2-T AGP 8X Slot or ADD slot VGA onboard For AK79G, AK79G-N and AK79G-1394 LAN connect Component For AK79G-N, AK79D-1394 and AK79G-1394 RealTek RTL8201BL 1st
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual A b o u t “ M a n u f a c t ur e r U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ” a n d “ Us e r U p g r a d e O pt i o n a l ” … When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”, and some are called “User Upgrade Optional”. Though all AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features, in some situations, these powerful features are not used to every user.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual J P 1 4 C l e a r C MO 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 1 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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 (with CPU Overheat Protection function implemented, the system will be automatically power off when the temperature of CPU reached 97 degree, but works on AthlonXP CPU only). 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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, you may damage the CPU. Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology With AMD platform substantially keeps increasing the speed of its CPU, it inevitably led to the annoying problem of high CPU operation temperature at the same time. In order to prevent accidental failure of CPU fan, which could cause the burning down of the AthlonXP CPU, we, AOpen, have meticulously developed a new technology, named, O.H.P. (Overheat Protection) Technology to protect them.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.1V to 1.85V. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage. 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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 EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2 AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 CPU CPU Core Frequency EV6 Bus Clock Ratio Athlon 1G 1GHz 200MHz 10.0x Athlon 1.1G 1.1GHz 200MHz 11.0x Athlon 1.2G 1.2GHz 200MHz 12.0x Athlon 1.3G 1.3GHz 200MHz 13.0x Athlon 1G 1GHz 266MHz 7.5x Athlon 1.13G 1.13GHz 266MHz 8.5x Athlon 1.2G 1.2GHz 266MHz 9.0x Athlon 1.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual C P U a n d H o u s i n g F a n C o n n e ct o 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. CPUFAN1 Connector GND +12V SENSOR SYSFAN2 Connector Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that they cannot support fan monitoring.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual JP27/28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumpers This motherboard provides USB and PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP27 / JP28 to enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with keyboard or mouse installed. JP28 controls 1 st USB channel, and JP27 controls 2nd USB channel. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual DI M M S o c k e t s ( 1 2 8 - B i t D D R D u a l C h a n n e l ) In the past, we used to have 64-bit memory bandwidth for memory access. No matter how many memory modules have been installed, though capacity added, the speed of access remains the same. With 128-bit dual channel introduced, it doubles the memory bandwidth up to 5.4GB in advanced 128-bit mode.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual STBY LED STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate design that aims at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power is connected to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r Attach the power LED, 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. 20-Pin Power Connector 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual I D E a n d Fl o p p y C o n n e c t or 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual S / P DI F C o n n e c t o r ( f or A K 7 9 D - 1 3 9 4 a n d A K 7 9 G - 1 3 9 4 ) S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an ALC650 CODEC, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects, 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual TV Output Connector (for AK79G-V, AK79G-VN and AK79G-1394) This motherboard comes with a TV Output connector, which allows you to accept digital graphic input signal, and encodes, and transmit data through DVI or TV Output. Both NTSC and PAL TV formats are supported for this function. You may just install a TV Output module (as shown) to your back panel, connect S-Terminal or AV-terminal to your TV, and then use it as your another monitor.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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).
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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 ) 8 X E x p a n s i o n S l o t Integrated GeForce4 MX Graphics, which provides the fastest integrated graphics performance and the most comprehensive set of features. This motherboard provides an AGP 8x slot targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock, for 4X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED With the outstanding R&D ability of AOpen and its specially developed circuit, this model implements a blend new technology to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over-voltaging of AGP card. When AGP Protection Technology is implemented, this motherboard will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install a AGP card with 3.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual S u p p o r t 1 0 / 1 0 0 M b p s L A N O n b o a r d ( F o r A K 7 9 G - V N , A K 7 9 D- 1 3 9 4 a n d A K 7 9G - 13 9 4 ) On the strength of nVIDIA LAN MAC embedded nForce2 on chip (with RealTek RTL8201BL PHY)(except AK79G-V), which are highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect devices, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on top of USB connectors.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual G a m e P or t Br a c k e t S u p p o r t e d This motherboard comes with a game port (Joystick-Midi) for you to connect any midi devices or joysticks. To use this function you have to have a joystick module and connect it with a game port cable to this port on the motherboard.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual C o l 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 VGA (AK79G-V, AK79G-VN and Ak79G-1394), LAN (AK79G-VN, AK79D-1394, AK79G-1394), Printer, 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 RJ45 10/100 LAN Jack (For AK79G-VN, AK79D-1394 and AK79G-1394) Line-In USB2.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual C O M 2 C o n n e c t or This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them is on back panel connector, and the other is on the upper left of board. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual S u p p o r t S i x US B C o n n e c t or s This motherboard provides six USB connectors to connect USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect the Front USB connector to USB modules or front panel of chassis.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual I E EE 1 3 9 4 C o n n e ct o r s (f o r A K 79 D - 13 9 4 a n d A K 7 9 G- 13 9 4 ) With IEEE1394 MAC Embedded in nForce2-GT/ST (with AGERE FW802A), the IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, and USB just has 12Mbps. Hence, the IEEE 1394 interface can connect with the devices that need high data transferring performance, such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use the proper cable to connect with devices.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual C a se O p e n C o n n ec t o r 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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. R GND GND L Note: Though some of the latest version of Windows C D -I N C o n n ec t o r 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual C P U O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n Over Current Protection has been popularly implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply for a while. However, new generation CPU is able to use regulator of different voltages to transfer 12V to CPU voltage (for example, to 2.0V). This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard that supports CPU over-current protection, and it applies to 3.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual A O C o n f i g Ut i l i t y AOpen always dedicated to provide users a much friendlier computer environment. We now bring you a comprehensive system detective utility. AOconfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 3. Online Manual This page presents the IDE devices information, such as the serial number, the manufacturer, the firmware version, and capacity. 4. From this page, users may obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in .bmp or .txt format. NOTE: AOconfig can be used in Windows 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual R e s e t a bl 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 Resetable Fuse, the motherboard can resume back to normal function after fuse had done its protection job.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual E nl a r g e d Al u m i n u m H e a t s i n k Cool down CPU and Chipset is important for system reliability. Enlarged aluminum heat sink provides better heat consumption especially when you are trying to over clocking the CPU.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual O p e n J u ke B o x P l ay er Here we are pleased to provide you a brand-new powerful interface—Open JukeBox. Without any cost you can have your PC turn into a fashionable CD player! This latest Open JukeBox motherboard aims at helping you directly operate your CD player on the PC without any hassle of entering Windows operation system.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual How Your Open JukeBox Works The operation of Open JukeBox Player is the same as other CD players. By pressing specific keys on the keyboard you will find playing Open JukeBox Player couldn’t be easier than the traditional CD Players. Below is the function description of respective buttons.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Your Open JukeBox Settings in BIOS There are three Open JukeBox settings in BIOS as follows. Auto: The default setting is “Auto” with which the Open JukeBox will automatically check the CD player every time you power on. The Open JukeBox will automatically be launched when it detects a music CD in your CD player. Press Insert Key: Choosing this setting will allow a reminder message popped up on the screen during BIOS POST.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Your Open JukeBox EzSkin Except these powerful functions above, Open JukeBox Player is also equipped with another fancy feature for you to change its “skin”. You can download as many skins as you want from AOpen Website, and changing them whenever you want by using this useful utility – EzSkin – which may also be downloaded from our website.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Vivid BIOS technology Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen! Unlike earlier graphic POST screen, which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them ru
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek As the clock of CPU keeps rocketing higher and higher, it inevitably brings higher heat and system temperature in a relative way. The way we deal with this heat problem, however, is to spare no effort to add one fan after another to protect our pampered system, expecting these fans could cool down our machine as much as they could.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 In “Temp/Fan/Case” page, you may get aware of the current temperature of CPU and the heat inside chassis. Also, you can check if fans are running properly. The first image you have here is the Voltage Status page. You can find current status of all voltages and set your expected margins of warning level. You may check your system voltage from the indicating bar here.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual The following page is surely the most important part of this utility. You may control the rotation speed of specific fans that you have got the options inside in this page. 1. Smart FAN Control: This is the default setting of SilentTek and can be used for any branded computer housing. With a special algorithm developed by AOpen, the fan speed is automatically adjusted by the factors of CPU and ambient temperature.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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. 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 NVIDIA nForce Windows driver This nForce driver is an all in one package, which contains the below components: Audio driver, Audio utilities, Network driver, GART driver, SMBus driver, Memory controller driver.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 N V I DI A Wi n d o w s 9 8 / ME / 2 0 0 0 Di s p l a y dr i v e r For Display Driver of 98/ME/2000, please use this driver for installation.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual N V I DI A Wi n d o w s X P D i s p l a y dr i v e r For Display Driver of Window XP, please read the given steps for installation. nVidia VGA Driver Installation Guide for WinXP: 1. Open the Device Manager and check if there is a "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)" in "Other devices" 2. Insert the supplied "Bonus CD " 3. Click "Video Controller " " Driver " "Update Driver" and Select "Install the software automatically (Recommended)".
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual N V I DI A US B 2 . 0 d r i v e r * Windows XP Installation Guide *********************************************** Installing Driver in Existing Windows XP System *********************************************** Please follow these directions for a smooth installation of the USB 2.0 package. After enabling the USB 2.0, Windows XP setup will show a "Found New Hardware" dialog box. Under Windows XP, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 * for Windows 98SE/ME/2000 Installation 73 Online Manual
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual P h o en i x A w a r 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual How To Use Phoenix 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 Phoenix Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix Award™ BIOS setup program.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED 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://english.aopen.com.tw/) 2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAK79G1394102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual G l os s a r y A C 9 7 C O DE C Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual A GP ( A c c e l e r a t ed Gr a p h i c P o r t ) The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual and integrated drive controller and the computer's motherboard. Two drives (master and slave) are supported. The ATA specification allows the drive to connect directly to the ISA bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual high transfer rate of 1MB/s, it also could be encrypted with pin code. With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second, it’s difficult to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electromagnetic wave.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual E C C (E r r o r C h e c ki n g an d C o r r e c ti 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 E P R O M (E l e c t r o n i c E r a s ab l e P r o g r am m a b l e RO M ) Also known as E 2PROM.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual F C C D o C ( D e c l a r a ti o n o f C o n f o r m i t y ) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations. This standard allows DIY component (such as motherboard) to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing. F C -P GA (F l i p C h i p -P i n G r i d A r r a y ) FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual I E E E 1 3 94 IEEE 1394, which also called Firewire, is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system. The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio (A/V) consumer application is its low cost.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual P C I ( P e r i p h e ra l C o m p o n en t I n t e r f a c e ) B u s Developed by Intel, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local bus standard. A bus is a channel used to transfer data to (input) and from (output) a computer and to or from a peripheral device. Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemented at 32-bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual P S B (P r o c e s so r S y s t em B u s ) C l o c k PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio R D R A M ( R am b u s D y n am i c R a n d o m A c c e ss M em o r y ) A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual SATA (S eri al ATA) The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second, and 300M/bs, 600M/bs to come.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual system automatically recognize the change. USB 2.0, which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days. VCM (Vi rtu al Ch ann el Mem o ry) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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 93 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.~~
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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 94 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual T e ch n ic a l Su p p o r t Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 5 6 Online Manual eForum: We welcome you to join AOpen eForum to discuss our products with other users. Your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered by other power users here. http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/ Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 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: AK79G-1394 R1.02 Jan. 01.2003 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 2003, Award Software, Inc. AK79G -1394 is model name of motherboard, R1.02 is BIOS version.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual Produ c t R egis tration Thank you for choosing AOpen product. AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration. To register your product will ensure the high quality of services from AOpen. After the registration, you will: • Have opportunities to play online slot machine and win a prize from AOpen by accumulating your bonuses for later prize exchange. • Be upgraded to gold membership of Club AOpen program.
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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Online Manual H o w t o C o n t ac t U s Please do not hesitate contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. America Pacific Rim Europe AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. AOpen America Inc. Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Tel: 1-510-489-8928 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Fax: 31-73-645-9604 Fax: 1-510-489-1998 China Germany Japan 艾爾鵬國際貿易(上海)有限公司 AOpen Computer GmbH. AOpen Japan Inc.