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MK73LE Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l MK73LE ....................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual ...........................................................................................................2 You Must Notice ...................................................................................................................9 Before You Start ................................................................
MK73LE Online Manual DIMM Socket ...................................................................................................................... 28 Front Panel Connector .......................................................................................................29 ATX Power Connector ........................................................................................................ 31 AC Power Auto Recovery ............................................................................
MK73LE Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design...................................................................................... 50 Over-current Protection ...................................................................................................... 51 Hardware Monitoring .......................................................................................................... 53 Resettable Fuse ..........................................................................................
MK73LE Online Manual Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ................................................................................. 69 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .............................................................................................. 70 ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ............................................................................................. 77 AWARD BIOS ........................................................................................
MK73LE Online Manual ATA (AT Attachment) .......................................................................................................... 90 ATA/66................................................................................................................................ 90 ATA/100.............................................................................................................................. 90 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ...................................................
MK73LE Online Manual FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ............................................................................................... 95 2 I C Bus ............................................................................................................................... 95 IEEE 1394 .......................................................................................................................... 96 Parity Bit...........................................................................
MK73LE Online Manual SMBus (System Management Bus) .................................................................................. 100 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .......................................................................................... 101 UltraATA ........................................................................................................................... 101 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ....................................................................................
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MK73LE 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.
MK73LE Online Manual Ove rv ie w Thank you very much for choosing AOpen MK73LE. It is an AMD ® Socket 462 motherboard based on the Micro ATX form factor featuring the VIA KLE133 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the MK73LE supports both AMD ® Socket 462 series Athlon™ & Duron™ processor in 200MHz Front Side bus (FSB).
MK73LE Online Manual F e a t ur e H i g h li g h t CPU ® ® ® Supports AMD Socket 462 Athlon & Duron 600MHz~950MHz+ with 100/133MHz Front Side Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Chipset The VIA Apollo KLE133 is a high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient chipset for the implementation of computer system with 100MHz CPU FSB frequencies and based on 64-bit Socket 462 CPU.
MK73LE Online Manual Memory The MK73LE supports both PC100 and PC133 SDRAM, which allows zero wait state bursting between the DRAM and the data buffers at 100/133MHz. The two banks of DIMM slots can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 1M/2M/4M/8M/16M/32MxN DRAMs. The DRAM controller can run at either the host CPU bus frequency (66/100/133MHz) or pseudo-synchronous to the CPU bus frequency.
MK73LE Online Manual On-board AC97 Sound This motherboard uses AC97 sound chip which includes the complete capability of audio recording and playback system. Power Management/Plug and Play 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 save users from configuration problems, thus making system user-friendly.
MK73LE Online Manual Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
MK73LE Online Manual Q u i c k I n s ta ll a t i o n P r oc e d u re This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
MK73LE MODEM-CN Connector (Red) AUX-IN Connector (Green) Onboard AC’97 CODEC Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Colored Back Connector CD-IN Connector (Black) 32-bit PCI Slot x3 Resettable Fuse WOM Connector (Wake On MODEM) Low ESR Capacitors CNR Expansion Slot WOL Connector (Wake On LAN) Creative CT5880 Audio Controller (Optional) Front Audio Connector 462-pin CPU Socket Supports 200MHz FSB for AMD Duron / Athlon IrDA Connector COM2 Connector VIA Apollo KLE133 Chipset CPUFAN Connector FAN3 Connec
MK73LE Online Manual H a rd w ar e I ns t a l l at i 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.
MK73LE 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 procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP14 and short both pin 2 and pin 3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 and pin2. Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1. Boot fail because of overclocking… 2.
MK73LE Online Manual CPU I nst al lat i on ® This motherboard supports AMD Athlon and Duron Socket 462 CPU. Beware of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 1. Pull CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pin 1 on the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper left. Match Pin 1 and cut edge. Then insert CPU into the socket. 3. Press down CPU socket lever to finish CPU installation.
MK73LE Online Manual J P2 1 A d j u s t F S B / P C I Cl o c k This jumper is used to define the relationship between PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if you are not an overclocker, we recommend you to remain the default setting.
MK73LE Online Manual PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio Clock Ratio CPU (Host) PCI Memory 3X 100 33 PCI x3 or x4 3X (Overclocking) 112 37.3 PCI x3 or x4 4X 133 33 PCI x3 or x4 Warning: VIA KLE133 chipset supports maximum 200MHz FSB, but higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.
MK73LE Online Manual Support e d CPU Fre que ncy Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio Home Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use key to restore the default setting.
MK73LE Duron Duron Duron Duron Duron Online Manual 750 800 850 900 950 750 800 850 900 950 MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz 200MHz 200MHz 200MHz 200MHz 200MHz 7.5x 8x 8.5x 9x 9.5x Note: It is not recommended to install those CPUs higher than 1 GHz on this motherboard. Warning: VIA KLE133 maximum 100MHz chipset supports / 133MHz SDRAM Bus and 66MHz AGP clock, higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.
MK73LE Online Manual CPU Jumper-less Des ign CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allow users to set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. Because the CPU information has been saved to BIOS, you will never worry about losing CMOS due to battery running out and wrong CPU voltage detection. Clock Generator AMD Socket 462 Athlon & Duron CPU Controlled CPU Freq.
MK73LE Online Manual Setting CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected. It is not necessary to set CPU Core Voltage.
MK73LE Online Manual CPU and Housin g Fan C onnector ( Wi t h H / W Mo n i t o r i n g ) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have a housing fan, you can also plug it in FAN2 connector. CPUFAN GND +12V SENSOR Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pins; therefore, they cannot support fan monitoring.
MK73LE Online Manual DI MM So cke t This motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 1.0GB.
MK73LE Online Manual F r o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t or Attach power LED, EMPI, speaker, powe r 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 housing front panel. Plug connector to the soft-power connector marked SPWR.
MK73LE Online Manual Suspend Type ACPI LED Power on Suspend (S1) Flashing every second Suspend to RAM (S3) or Suspend to Disk (S4) The LED will be turned off 30
MK73LE Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug it in the right direction. COM +5V COM +3.3V +3.3V +3.
MK73LE Online Manual AC Pow er Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system remains power-off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that always needs to keep power-on. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem.
MK73LE Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. The blue connector is IDE1 for clear identification. Beware of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
MK73LE 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 respectively 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. Please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
MK73LE Online Manual This motherboard supports Ultra ATA33, ATA66 and ATA100 IDE 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 = 5.2MB/s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns (1/240ns) x 2byte = 8.3MB/s PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns (1/180ns) x 2byte = 11.
MK73LE Online Manual Ir DA Co nnec t or 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, 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).
MK73LE 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.
MK73LE Online Manual W O M b y E x t e r n a l B O X Mo d e m 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.
MK73LE Online Manual W O M by I nte r nal Mo de m Car 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.
MK73LE Online Manual W O L ( Wa k e o n L A N ) 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.
MK73LE Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: Location of WOM connectors on both motherboard and modem card may be different from the illustration due to various motherboards and modem cards.
MK73LE Online Manual C N R E x p a ns i o n S l o t CNR (Communication and Network Riser) 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. The analogy conversion (CODEC) circuit requires a different and separate circuit design, which is put on CNR card.
MK73LE Online Manual P C 9 9 C o l or C o d e d Ba c k P a ne l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1 and 15-pin D-Sub connector, Printer, four USB, AC97 sound and game ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
MK73LE Online Manual C O M2 C o n n e c t o r This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them are on back panel connector, the other is on the up-middle area of this motherboard. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.
MK73LE Online Manual nd Support 2 USB Port This motherboard can support up to four USB ports. Two of them are built on the back panel, and one USB header on the motherboard can provide two more ports by connecting a proper USB cable. After connecting the USB header, please screw the bracket on the other end of USB cable to the back housing. Thus you can take good advantage of these four USB compatible ports.
MK73LE Online Manual CD Audi o Connector This black connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
MK73LE Online Manual Mo de m Audi o Conne ct or This connector is used to connect Mono In/Mic Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is Mic Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.
MK73LE Online Manual AUX-IN Connector This GREEN connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
MK73LE Online Manual F r o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t or If the housing has been design with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector.
MK73LE Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a 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.
MK73LE Online Manual Ove r-c urre nt Prot ect ion The Over Current Protection was very popular implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.3V/5V/12V power supply provide the full line over-current protection.
MK73LE Online Manual Note: Although we have implemented protection circuit to prevent any human operating mistake, there is still certain risk that CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. AOpen cannot guarantee the protection circuit will always work perfectly.
MK73LE Online Manual H a r d w a r e Mo n i 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 those systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user.
MK73LE Online Manual Res ett a ble Fuse Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (did the job to protect motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can back to normal function after fuse did the protection job.
MK73LE Online Manual Year 2000 (Y2K) Y2K is basically a problem of the identification of year code. To save storage space, traditional software uses only two digits for year identification. For example, 98 for 1998 and 99 for 1999, but 00 will be confused with 1900 and 2000. There is an RTC circuit (Real Time Clock) in conjunction with 128 bytes of CMOS RAM data in the chipset of the motherboard. The RTC has only two digits and the CMOS has another 2 digits.
MK73LE Online Manual Applications Operating System (such as Windows 98) BIOS (Tick Routine) RTC and CMOS data There is a Tick Routine (that goes live around every 50m sec) in the BIOS to keep record of date/time information. In general the BIOS, this Tick Routine does not update the CMOS every time because the CMOS is a very slow device that degrades system performance.
MK73LE Online Manual L o w ES R Ca p a c it o r The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) is very important for the stability of CPU power especially during high frequency operation. The location of these capacitors requires well-experienced and precise calculation.
MK73LE Online Manual The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 2.0V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.860V and 2.140V. That is, the transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 18A current is applied.
MK73LE Online Manual L a y o u t ( F r e q u e n c y I s o l a t i o n Wa l l ) 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”.
MK73LE Online Manual D r iv e r a n d Ut i li 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.
MK73LE Online Manual Aut or un Me nu f r om Bonu s CD Dis c You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
MK73LE Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g Wi n d o w s 9 5 1. 2. Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2.1, 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support. Otherwise, you need to install USBSUPP.EXE. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. 3. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers.
MK73LE Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g Wi n d o w s 9 8 1. Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup > Advanced Chipset Features > OnChip USB, to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment. 2. Install Window 98 into your system. 3. 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. 4. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers.
MK73LE Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g Wi n d o w s 9 8 S E , W i n d o w s M E & Wi n d o w s 2 0 0 0 ® ® ® 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.
MK73LE Online Manual I ns ta ll i n g V I A 4 i n 1 D ri v e 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 Autorun menu. Note: Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure. Warning: If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver, please remove the AGP card driver first.
MK73LE Online Manual I ns ta ll i n g O n b o a r d S o u n d D ri v e r This motherboard comes with an AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc Autorun menu.
MK73LE Online Manual I ns ta ll i n g O n b o a r d C re a t i v e S o u n d D ri v e r ( O pt i o n a l) This motherboard comes with an optional Creative CT5800 audio controller. If the motherboard you purchased has this built-in function, please install Creative Sound Driver in Autorun menu rather than VIA PCI Audio Driver.
MK73LE Online Manual I ns ta ll i n g O n b o a r d A G P D ri v e r VIA KLE133 chipset integrates a 2D/3D graphics accelerator, which provides AGP 2X incredible performance to access main memory at over 1GB/s. You can find the AGP driver from the autorun menu of Bonus Pack CD.
MK73LE Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g H a r d w a r e Mo n i t o r 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.
MK73LE Online Manual A C P I S u s pe n d t o Ha 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.
MK73LE Online Manual When go into Suspend: System Image & Status Save into Hard Disk When power-on next time: System Image & Status Hard Disk Restore within seconds 71
MK73LE 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".
MK73LE Online Manual b. If you assign an individual partition for Win 98, please run "aozvhdd /c /partition". Of course, the system needs to provide unformatted an empty partition. 4. Reboot system. 5. You've already implemented ACPI Suspend to-Hard Drive. Click "Start > Shut Down > Standby" then the screen will go off immediately. And 1 minute or so will be taken for the system to save what's in the memory to the hard drive; the larger the memory size the longer this process will take.
MK73LE 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.
MK73LE Online Manual Changing from ACPI to APM 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path 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.
MK73LE Online Manual 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. Run "Add New Hardware" again and it will find "Advanced Power Management Resource". 5. Click "OK". Tip: Currently we found only ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP card would support ACPI suspend to disk.
MK73LE Online Manual A C P I S u s pe 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 DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
MK73LE Online Manual To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement 1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, Windows 98 is the only choice. Please refer to ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive of how to setup Windows 98 ACPI mode. 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.
MK73LE Online Manual AW A RD 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 byte CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). To enter to BIOS setup menu, press when POST (Power-On Self Test) screen is shown on your monitor.
MK73LE 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.
MK73LE Online Manual Key Description Left Arrow Move the light bar to left side of menu. Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu. F1 Get menu or item help description. F3 Changing menu language. F5 Load previous setting value from CMOS. 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 more friendly computer system.
MK73LE 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, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
MK73LE Online Manual BIOS Upgra de By flashing your motherboard, you agree to accept the possibility of BIOS flash failure. If you motherboard is working and is stable, and there are no major bugs that were fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS. By doing so, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If you insist on upgrading, PLEASE BE SURE to use the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model.
MK73LE Online Manual Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY) 1. Download new BIOS upgrade zip file from AOpen's web site. For example, MK73LE102.ZIP. 2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility. Or Winzip (http://www.winzip.com/) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk. For example, MK73LE102.BIN & MK73LE102.EXE 4.
MK73LE Online Manual O v e r c l oc 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 which we call them "Overclocker".
MK73LE Online Manual Warning: The design of this product follows CPU and chipset vendor's design guideline. Any attempts to push beyond product specification are not recommended and you are taking your own risk to damage your system or important data. Before doing overclocking, you must make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, especially CPU, DRAMs, hard disks, and AGP VGA cards. Tip: Note that overclocking may also cause thermal problem.
MK73LE Online Manual VG A C a r d & Ha r d Di sk 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.
MK73LE 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. ACPI ( Ad v a n c e d Co nf ig u r ati o n & Pow er I nt er f ac e ) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
MK73LE Online Manual AG P ( A c c el e r at e d G ra p h i c P o rt ) AGP 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 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to 4X mode, 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s.
MK73LE Online Manual A P M ( A d v a n c e d P o w e r Ma n a g e m e n t ) Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions. AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management. ATA (AT Attachment) 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 Business Machines Corporation (IBM) personal computer/AT’s bus structure.
MK73LE Online Manual BI O S ( B a s i c I n p ut / O ut p ut S y st em ) 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.
MK73LE Online Manual CO D E C ( C o di n g a n d D e 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. DI M M ( D u al I n Li n e Me m o r y M o d ul e) DIMM socket has total 168-pin and supports 64-bit data. It can be single or double side, the golden finger signals on each side of PCB are different, that is why it was called Dual In Line.
MK73LE Online Manual E D O ( E x t e n d e d D at a O ut p ut ) Me m o r y The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM (Fast Page Mode). Unlike traditional FPM that tri-states the memory output data to start the pre-charge activity, EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle, that is similar to pipeline effect and reduces one clock state. E E P R O M ( El e c t r o ni c E r a s a bl e P r og r am m a b l e RO M) 2 Also known as E PROM.
MK73LE Online Manual EV6 Bus EV6 Bus in 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 CC Do C (De c la r at i o n of Co n fo rm it y) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations.
MK73LE Online Manual Fl a s h RO M Flash ROM can be re-programmed by electronic signals. It is easier for BIOS to upgrade by a flash utility, but it is also easier to be infected by virus. Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is 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.
MK73LE Online Manual IEEE 1394 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.
MK73LE Online Manual P B S 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). PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence. Normally, it is 3-1-1-1, total 6 clocks, which is faster than asynchronous SRAM. PBSRAM is often used on L2 (level 2) cache of Socket 7 CPU. Slot 1 and Socket 370 CPU do not need PBSRAM.
MK73LE Online Manual PDF F o rm at A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader. You can also read PDF file by web browser such as IE and Netscape, note that you need to install PDF plug-in first (Included in Acrobat Reader). Pn P ( Pl u g a n d Pl a y) The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as Windows 95).
MK73LE Online Manual R D R A M ( R a m b 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. For Intel 820, only one RDRAM channel is supported, 16-bit data per channel, and this channel may have maximum 32 RDRAM devices, no matter how many RIMM sockets. R I M M ( R a m b u s I n l i n e Me m o r y Mo d u l e ) 184-pin memory module that supports RDRAM memory technology.
MK73LE Online Manual 2 Sh a d ow E PRO M 2 A memory space in Flash-ROM to simulate E PROM operation, AOpen motherboard uses 2 Shadow E PROM for jumper-less and battery-less design S I M M ( S i n g l e I n L i 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.
MK73LE Online Manual S P D ( S e ri al Pr e s e n c e D et e c t ) SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM device resided on the DIMM or RIMM. SPD stores memory module information such as DRAM timing and chip parameters. SPD can be used by BIOS to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM. UltraATA UltraATA (or, more accurately, UltraATA/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).
MK73LE Online Manual USB ( Uni v er s a l Ser i al Bus ) USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. 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.
MK73LE Online Manual Tr oubl es hooti ng 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 i t Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
MK73LE Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes No and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
MK73LE 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 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
MK73LE 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. 106 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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MK73LE 7 Online Manual 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. Pa rt N u mbe r a nd Se r ia l N um be r The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, on ISA/CPU slot or on component side of PCB. For example: Part No. Part No. Serial No. Serial No. P/N: 91.88110.
MK73LE Online Manual Mo de l na me a n d B IO S v ers i on Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MK73LE R1.00 Apr.01.2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. MK73LE is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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