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Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 ....................................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice...........................................................................................................
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 AC Power Auto Recovery ............................................................................................................................................. 30 IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 31 Front Panel Connector ............................................................................................................
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 50 JP27/28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumpers ................................................................................................................. 51 Battery-less and Long Life Design .............................................................................................................
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 NVIDIA USB2.0 driver ................................................................................................................................................... 79 Glossary .................................................................................................................................... 81 AC97 CODEC ..........................................................................................................................................
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Flash ROM.................................................................................................................................................................... 86 Hyper Threading ........................................................................................................................................................... 86 IEEE 1394 .........................................................................................................
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................ 92 Technical Support ..................................................................................................................... 96 Product Registration ................................................................................................................. 99 How to Contact Us ................................
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Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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 .
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Ove rv ie w Thank you for choosing AOpen AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394. The AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 is based on AMD ® Socket 462 motherboard with ATX form factor featuring the AMD Athlon/Athlon XP CPU . As high performance chipset built in the M/B, AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 support AMD ® Socket 462 series Athlon™ and AthlonXP™ processor (with CPU Overheat Protection circuit to Athlon™XP CPU only) and 400/333/266/200MHz EV6 bus.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 F e a t ur e H i g h li g h t CPU ® Supports AMD Socket 462 series CPU with 400MHz, 333MHz and 266MHz, EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology. Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz AthlonXP: 1500+(1.33GHz)~3200+(2.2GHz) Chipset NVIDIA nForce™2 Ultra 400 is 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Master IDE This motherboard equips with Ultra DMA 66/100/133 that supports two connectors, and that means four IDE devices in two channels, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. Memory With NVIDIA nForce™2 Ultra 400 chipsets, AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 supports 128-bit dual channel Double-Data-Rate (DDR) RAM . The three slots of DDR RAM can be composed of an arbitrary mixture of 64, 128, 256, 512MB or 1GB DDR RAM and maximum up to 3GB.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 IEEE 1394 (for AK79D-400 1394) This motherboard comes with great function of IEEE1394 which provides transfer data rate up to 400Mbps. 1MHz Stepping CPU Frequency Adjustment Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you to adjust CPU FSB frequency from 100~200MHz by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system get maximum performance.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Watch Dog ABS Includes AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” functions that can auto-reset default settings in few seconds when you fail to system overclocking. Hardware Monitoring Management Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor module and AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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. 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 CD-IN Connector M o t h e r b o a r d Ma p Front Audio Connector Colored Back Panel IrDA Connector 4Mb Phoenix Award BIOS COM2 Connector AUX-IN Connector JP27/28 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper ATX Power Connector Game Port Connector CNR Expansion slot CPUFAN1 Connector SYSFAN2 Connector AGP 8x Expansion Slot (For 1.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 B l oc k Di a gr a m 128bit dual channel DDR400/333/266 Up to 3GB DDR SDRAM Socket x3 32-bit PCI Slot x5 266/333/400MHz System Bus Socket 462 AMD Athlon/AthlonXP CPU PCI Bus ATA 66/100/133 nForce2 Ultra 400 Primary Channel IDE Drive x4 Secondary Channel AGP Bus AC’97 Link MCP MCP-T AGP 8X Slot VGA onboard RealTek RTL8201BL Audio CODEC Modem CODEC LAN connect Component 1st USB Port 2nd USB Port 4Mb Flash EEPROM Parallel Port Serial Port x1 3rd USB Po
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 A b o u t “ Ma n u f a c t ur e r U p g ra d e O p ti o n a l” a n d “ U s e r U p g ra d e Optional”… 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 CPU I nst al lat i on ® 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 powered off when CPU temperature reaches 97 degree, but it 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 CPU Ov er- c urre nt Prote ction 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 3.3V/5V/12V power supply for providing full line over-current protection.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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. Set ting CPU Fre que ncy 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Support e d CPU Fre que ncy Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio CPU Athlon 1G Athlon 1.13G Athlon 1.2G Athlon 1.33G Athlon 1.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 CPU and Housin g Fan C onnector 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 DI MM So cke ts ( 1 28- Bit DDR Dual Cha nnel ) 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. This motherboard supports DDR400/333/266 with Maximum capacity up to 3GB.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 H o w t o I n s t a l l Me m o r y Mo 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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 AC Pow er Auto Recovery 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDD connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 F r o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t or 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 A G P ( A c c e l e r a t e d G ra p h i c P o r t) 8 X E x pa 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Support Front US B Conne ct ors This motherboard provides six USB connectors for you to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four connectors on the back panel and one front USB connector on the board. You can use proper cables to connect the Front USB connector to USB modules or front panel of chassis.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Suppor t 10/ 10 0 Mbps LAN Onboa r d On the strength of NVIDIA LAN MAC embedded nForce2 Ultra 400 on chip (with RealTek RTL8201BL PHY), 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. The orange LED indicates the link mode; it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 F r o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t or 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 C o l o r C o d e d Ba c k Pa n el The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1, LAN, Printer, USB , AC97 sound and game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is the back panel of the housing. PS/2 Mouse Connector SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port RJ45 10/100 LAN Jack Line-In USB2.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect This motherboard comes with an ALC650E 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 ALC650E, 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 C O M2 C o n n e c t o r 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 I EEE 13 9 4 C o n n e ct o rs (f o r A K 7 9 D- 400 1 39 4 ) With IEEE1394 MAC Embedded in nForce2 Ultra 400 (with AGERE FW802), the IEEE 1394 provides data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, and USB1.0/1.1 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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). Install infrared module onto IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART2 Mode.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 C N R ( C o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d Ne t w o r k Ri s e r ) Ex p a 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 G a me Po rt Br ac ket Su p p o rt 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 CD Audi o Connector 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 Windows versions support “Digital Audio” through IDE bus, however, in C D -I N Co n n ec t o r 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 AUX-IN Connector This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Case Op en Conn ector The “CASE OPEN” header provides case open-monitoring function. To make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the case. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or when you open the chassis, the system will send out beep sound to inform you. Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 STBY (Standby) 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 J P 2 7 / 2 8 K e y b o a r d / M o u s e Wa k e u p J u m p e r s 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 nd USB channel, and JP27 controls 2 USB channel.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Resetable Fuse 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 220 0 μ F L o w ES R Ca p a c it o r 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 A O C o n f i g Ut i li ty 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 3. 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” AOpen provides a special and useful feature on this motherboard 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 ABS” function immediately, and set the CPU FSB frequency according to user’s settings stored in the BIOS. If system failed in BIOS POST, the “Watch Dog Timer” will reset the system to reboot in five seconds.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Ph o e n ix 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting values. You can 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Wi n B I O S U t i l i t y In the past, users have to keep punching the DEL key at a good timing during POST (Power-On-Self-Test) screen to get into the BIOS, which is inconvenient and clumsy. From now on, AOpen provides an easier way to configure your BIOS. WinBIOS is a customized utility for running exclusively on AOpen motherboards, which allows you to setup your BIOS under Windows environment.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Function keys: Hotkey Function Description It’s definitely easy to handle WinBIOS as if you’re using F1 Get help description. traditional BIOS setting. Users can use the arrow keys such F2 Item Help F3 Changing menu language. F5 Load previous setting previous screen. Furthermore, the hotkeys shown in the table F6 Load setup default setting may help you and save your time.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 B I 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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: WAK79D4001394102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment. 3.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Open Ju keBox Player 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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 colourful 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 running sim
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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. Ease-of-use and trouble free at your service.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 EzClock Have you ever thought how great it would be if you can adjust the frequency setting on your motherboard under Windows environment and be a real master of your system? Everybody knows that the ratio and frequency setting are key factors to influence the system performance, however, it’s absolutely not an easy task for an amateur to adjust the setting value.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 How You Adjust the Settings in EzClock Utility In EzClock utility, you can adjust CPU Front Side Bus (FSB), the voltage and frequency of VGA, AGP, PCI and DRAM. Besides, the CPU related information such as CPU voltage, temperature and CPUFAN rotation speed will also be displayed on this utility. CPU Color Bars: The color bar will light on and show different colors as values change. On default values, it will show green.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 On the bottom rectangular panel represents CPU fan speed, CPU voltage and CPU temperature. The three color bars on the right hand side will light on according to operation temperature. Please refer to the picture shown above. CPU Color Bars: CPU Fan, Voltage and Temperature: The color bars will light on representing CPU fan speed, CPU according to CPU operation voltage and CPU temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees. temperature.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 How Your Boot Screen Looks Like After you finish setting BIOS, these setting values will be displayed on the boot screen like the shown picture here. Every time you boot your system, both default and current settings will pop up on the screen. Your personal settings that had been adjusted earlier will be highlighted; thus, you can have clear idea how your system functions and monitor your system more easily.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 D r iv e r a n d Ut i li 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 N V I D I A n F o r c e Wi n d o w s d r i v e r 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 NVI DI A USB2 .0 dri ve r NOTICE: If you have install Windows XP Service Pack1, it is not necessary to install USB2.0 driver. USB2.0 driver had been packaged in Service Pack1 *********************************************** 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.
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Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 G l os s a r y AC97 CODEC 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 AGP (Ac c el e r a te d Gr a phi c P or 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 E CC (E rr or Che c ki ng a nd Cor re c ti on) 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. EE P ROM (E l e c tr oni c E r as a bl e P r ogr a mma bl e R OM) 2 Also known as E PROM.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 FC C DoC (De cl ar a ti on of Conf or mi ty ) 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. FC-P GA (Flip Chip-P in Grid Ar ray) 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 IE E E 1 3 9 4 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 P CI (P er i phe r a l C ompone nt I n te r fac e ) B us 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. PDF Format With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 PS B (Processor S ystem Bus) Clock PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio RDRAM (Ramb us Dynamic Random Access Memor 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. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 S ATA (S er i a l 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 system automatically recognize the change. USB 2.0, which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days. V CM (Vir tua l Cha nne l Me mor y ) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 Tr oubl es hooti ng 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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.
Online Manual AK79D-400VN / AK79D-400 1394 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 95 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself .
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