AOpen 1AK79G-V Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
AWARD
BIOS Setup
Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/A79G-1
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DOC. NO.: AK79G1394-OL-E0301C

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AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/A79G-1394 ....................................................................................... 1
What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Before You Start.............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 Comparison Table ............................................................................. 11
Feature Highlight........................................................................................................................................................... 12
Quick Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 16
Motherboard Map .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Block Diagram............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Hardware Installation.................................................................................................................. 19
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”… ...................................................................... 20
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 21
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 22
AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology .......................................................................................................... 24
CPU and Housing Fan Connector ................................................................................................................................. 27
JP27/28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumpers ................................................................................................................. 28
DIMM Sockets (128-Bit DDR Dual Channel) ................................................................................................................. 29

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STBY LED..................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 32
ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 33
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 33
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 34
S/PDIF Connector (for AK79D-1394 and AK79G-1394)................................................................................................. 36
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................... 37
TV Output Connector (for AK79G-V, AK79G-VN and AK79G-1394) .............................................................................. 38
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 39
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 40
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED .................................................................................................................... 41
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN Onboard (For AK79G-VN, AK79D-1394 and AK79G-1394)................................................. 42
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot............................................................................................ 43
Game Port Bracket Supported ...................................................................................................................................... 44
Color Coded Back Panel ............................................................................................................................................... 45
COM2 Connector .......................................................................................................................................................... 46
Support Six USB Connectors ........................................................................................................................................ 47
IEEE 1394 Connectors (for AK79D-1394 and AK79G-1394) ......................................................................................... 48
Case Open Connector................................................................................................................................................... 49

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CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 50
AUX-IN Connector ........................................................................................................................................................ 51
Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 52
Battery-less and Long Life Design ................................................................................................................................ 53
CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 54
AOConfig Utility............................................................................................................................................................. 55
Resetable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................. 57
2200 μ F Low ESR Capacitor......................................................................................................................................... 58
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................ 59
Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 60
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 64
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek .................................................................................................................................. 65
Driver and Utility ......................................................................................................................... 68
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ..................................................................................................................................... 68
NVIDIA nForce Windows driver ..................................................................................................................................... 69
NVIDIA Windows 98/ME/2000 Display driver ................................................................................................................ 70
NVIDIA Windows XP Display driver............................................................................................................................... 71
NVIDIA USB2.0 driver ................................................................................................................................................... 72
Phoenix Award BIOS.................................................................................................................... 74

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How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program..................................................................................................... 75
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 77
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 78
Glossary ....................................................................................................................................... 80
AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................... 80
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 80
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................................................................................................................... 80
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................... 81
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................ 81
ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................... 81
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................ 82
Bluetooth....................................................................................................................................................................... 82
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................ 83
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ...................................................................................................................................... 83
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 84
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................... 84
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ...................................................................................................................... 84
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 84
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................................................................................................................... 85

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FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)................................................................................................................................ 85
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).............................................................................................................................. 85
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 85
Hyper Threading ........................................................................................................................................................... 85
IEEE 1394..................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Parity Bit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 86
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................... 87
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................... 87
PnP (Plug and Play) ...................................................................................................................................................... 87
POST (Power-On Self Test) .......................................................................................................................................... 87
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock .............................................................................................................................. 88
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) .................................................................................................. 88
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................................................................................................................ 88
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ...................................................................................................................................... 88
SATA (Serial ATA) ......................................................................................................................................................... 89
SMBus (System Management Bus)............................................................................................................................... 89
SPD (Serial Presence Detect)....................................................................................................................................... 89
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ..................................................................................................................................... 89
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)..................................................................................................................................... 90

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Wireless LAN – 802.11b................................................................................................................................................ 90
ZIP file........................................................................................................................................................................... 90
Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................... 91
Technical Support ....................................................................................................................... 95
Product Registration ................................................................................................................... 98
How to Contact Us ...................................................................................................................... 99

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Yo ou u M Mu us st t N No ot ti ic ce e
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Be ef fo or re e Y Yo ou u S St ta ar rt t
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.
Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing, you can print it by A4 paper
size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer
driver.
Thanks for the help of saving our earth.

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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.As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the
AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 support AMD®Socket 462 series Athlon™, Duron™ and AthlonXP™ processor
(with CPU Overheat Protection circuit to Athlon™XP CPU only) and 333/266/200MHz EV6 bus. For better graphic performance,
GeForce4 MX Graphics is integrated for delivering fastest
speed, multi-display functionality and multiple configurations of
CRTs and TVs (for AK79G-V, AK79G-VN and AK79G-1394).
Hence, AK79G-V, AK79G-VN and AK79G-1394 support TV-OUT
function, which supports TV-Out card. It also supports 1.5V AGP
interface with AGP 8x/4x with Fast Write data transfer interface.
DDR400, DDR333 and DDR266 dual channel DDR RAM can be
applied to the maximum memory size of up to 3GB. The
on-board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
and the transfer rate up to 133MB/s. Besides, AK79D-1394 and
AK79G-1394 come with NForce Audio Processing Unit (APU)
that provides advanced 3D positional audio and DirectX 8.0
compatibility with SoundStorm compatible. AK79G-V and
AK79G-VN have an AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC650 chipset onboard to provide high performance and magic surround stereo
sound to let people enjoy working with it. This motherboard supports USB 2.0 with a fancy speed of up to 480Mbps and
IEEE1394 provided data transfer rate up to 400Mbps. Now, enjoy all features from AOpen
AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394.

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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.
AK79G-V AK79G-VN AK79D-1394 AK79G-1394
Chipset nForce2-G nForce2-G nForce2-ST nForce2-GT
VGA Onboard V V X V
VGA Connector V V XV
LAN Onboard XV V V
LAN Port XV V V
IEEE 1394 Function XXV V
IEEE 1394 Connector XX V V
TV Out Header V V X V
S/PDIF Connector XX V V

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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. Integrated in this
excellent chipset of nForce™2-G/GT is the GeForce4 MX Graphics, which provides the fastest integrated graphics performance
and the most comprehensive set of features, delivering fastest speed, multi-display functionality and multiple configurations of
CRTs and TVs. Of five PCI slots provided, this model supports all five master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all
integrated functions and LPC bus.
Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Master IDE
Embedded within NVIDIA MCP2/MCP2-T, 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.

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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. The DDR RAM interface allows zero wait state bursting between the SDRAM and the data
buffers at 333/266/200MHz. 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. The AK79G-V/AK79G-VN/AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 allows DDR RAM to run at either
synchronous or pseudo-synchronous mode with the host CPU bus frequency (400/333/266MHz)(With onboard VGA enabling,
the memory can only run maximum up to 333MHz).
Audio (APU and NVIDIA SoundStorm and AC97 CODEC)
This motherboard comes with NForce Audio Processing Unit (APU) and NVIDIA SoundStorm Compatible
(AK79D-1394/AK79G-1394 only), and the AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC650 chip (AK79G-V/AK79G-VN only).
LAN Port (for AK79G-VN, AK79G-1394 and AK79D-1394)
LAN MAC embedded in nForce2 chipsets and a RealTek RTL8201BL PHY onboard (except AK79G-V), which support
10/100Mbps BaseT Fast Ethernet and is IEEE802.3 compliant.

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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. This magic function allows you adjust CPU FSB
frequency from 100~200 by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance.
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 saving users from configuration problems, thus
making the system much more user-friendly.
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor
module and AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility.

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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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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. Installing Driver and Utility

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Colored Back Panel
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TX Power Connector
SYSFAN3 Connecto
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GP 8x Expansion Slot
(For 1.5V AGP card)
462-pin CPU Socket that
supports AMDTM AthlonTM /
DuronTM / AthlonTMXP (with
CPU Overheat Protection
circuit to AthlonTMXP CPU
only)
nForce2-GT Chipsets
SYSFAN2 Connector
184-pin DIMMx2 supports
128bit dual channel
DDR400/DDR333/DDR266
(Max. to 2GB) (When enabling
VGA onboard, memory can run
max. up to 333MHz only)
IDE Connector x 2
(ATA/66/100/133 supported)
FDD
Co
nn
ector
CD
-
IN Connector
JP14 CMOS Clear Jumpe
r
AUX-IN Connecto
r
32-bit PCI Ex
p
ansion Slot x5
USB2.0 Connector
Game Port Connecto
r
IrDA Connector
CPUFAN1 Connector
Front Audio Connecto
r
Front Panel Connecto
r
Case O
p
en Connector
S/PDIF Connector
(AK79D-1394, AK79G-1394)
JP28 KB/Mouse Wakeup
Jum
p
er
4Mb Phoenix Award BIOS
CNR Ex
p
ansion slot
COM2 Connector
IEEE1394 Connector x 2
(
AK79D-1394 and AK79G-1394
)
JP27 USBKB/Mouse
Wakeup Jumper
TV Output Connector (AK79G-
V, AK79G-VN & AK79G-1394)
PS. Here we use AK79G-1394 motherboard as illustration.

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nForce2-G/GT/ST
Socket 462
AMD
Athlon/Duron/AthlonXP
CPU
200/266/333MHz
System Bus
DDR SDRAM Socket x3
AGP 8X Slot or ADD slot MCP2
MCP2-T
Serial Port x1
2nd USB Port
1st USB Port
USB2.0 Port x6
32-bit PCI Slot x5
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA
66/100/133
128bit dual channel
DDR400/333/266 Up to 3GB
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
4Mb Flash EEPROM
Audio CODEC
Modem CODEC
AC’97 Link
PCI Bus
AGP Bus
Floppy Disk Drive x2
RealTek
RTL8201BL
LAN connect Component
VGA onboard
2nd USB Port
IEEE 1394 x2
For AK79G, AK79G-N and
AK79G-1394
For AK79G-N, AK79D-1394 and
AK79G-1394
For AK79D-1394
and AK79G-1394
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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. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a
component. If a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout
any procedures requiring ESD protection.

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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. Hence, we changed
some key features as “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” for you to choose. Some optional functions that can be upgraded by
users, we call them “User Upgrade Optional”. As for those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by ourselves, we call them
“Manufacturer Upgrade Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local distributors or resellers for purchasing “User Upgrade
Optional” components, and again you can visit AOpen official web site: http://english.aopen.com.tw/ for more detail information.