AOpen AK73 Series Setup guide

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 .............................................................................................. 1
What’s in this manual...........................................................................................................2
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You Must Notice.................................................................................................................10
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Before You Start .................................................................................................................11
Overview............................................................................................................................ 12
AK73 Series Comparison Table ......................................................................................... 13
Quick Installation Procedure .............................................................................................. 21
Motherboard Map............................................................................................................... 22
Block Diagram ...................................................................................................................23
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Block Diagram ...................................................................................................................24
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Hardware Installation............................................................................ 25
JP14 Clear CMOS.............................................................................................................. 26
CPU Installation ................................................................................................................. 27
FSB/PCI Clock & Ratio ...................................................................................................... 28
Setting CPU Frequency ..................................................................................................... 29

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Supported CPU Frequency ................................................................................................ 30
CPU Overheat Protection................................................................................................... 33
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (With H/W Monitoring) .................................................. 35
Fansink on North Bridge .................................................................................................... 36
DIMM Socket .....................................................................................................................37
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3.3V Main Power Adjustable .............................................................................................. 39
3.3V RAM Power LED........................................................................................................ 40
Front Panel Connector ....................................................................................................... 41
ATX Power Connector........................................................................................................ 43
AC Power Auto Recovery................................................................................................... 44
IDE and Floppy Connector................................................................................................. 45
IrDA Connector ..................................................................................................................48
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WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem)............................................................................... 49
WOL (Wake on LAN).......................................................................................................... 52
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ........................................................................................ 54
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ................................................................................................ 55

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PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .......................................................................................... 56
Support 2nd USB Port ......................................................................................................... 57
Onboard IEEE 1394 Controller........................................................................................... 58
JP12 Enable/Disable Onboard Sound ................................................................................ 59
CD Audio Connector .......................................................................................................... 60
Modem Audio Connector.................................................................................................... 61
Video-Audio-IN Connector ................................................................................................. 62
Front Panel Audio .............................................................................................................. 63
Battery-less and Long Life Design ..................................................................................... 64
Over-current Protection...................................................................................................... 65
Hardware Monitoring.......................................................................................................... 67
Resettable Fuse.................................................................................................................68
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JP30 Die-Hard BIOS (100% Virus Protection).................................................................... 69
GPO (General Purpose Output) Connector........................................................................ 72
Dr. LED Connector............................................................................................................. 73
Dr. Voice ............................................................................................................................ 76

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Low ESR Capacitor............................................................................................................ 78
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)...................................................................................... 80
Driver and Utility ................................................................................... 81
Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ................................................................................... 82
Installing Windows 95 ........................................................................................................ 83
Installing Windows 98 ........................................................................................................ 84
Installing Windows 98 SE, Windows ME & Windows2000 .................................................. 85
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver ................................................................................................. 86
Installing Onboard Sound Driver ........................................................................................ 87
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility................................................................................. 88
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive.............................................................................................. 89
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ............................................................................................ 96
AWARD BIOS .......................................................................................... 98
About BIOS Function Description… ................................................................................... 99
How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ..................................................................... 100
How To Enter BIOS Setup................................................................................................ 103

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BIOS Upgrade.................................................................................................................. 104
Overclocking ........................................................................................ 106
VGA Card & Hard Disk..................................................................................................... 107
Glossary ............................................................................................... 108
AC97................................................................................................................................ 108
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .......................................................... 108
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ...................................................................................... 109
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) .............................................................................................. 109
AOpen Bonus Pack CD.................................................................................................... 109
APM (Advanced Power Management)...............................................................................110
ATA (AT Attachment).........................................................................................................110
ATA/66 ..............................................................................................................................110
ATA/100 ............................................................................................................................110
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)....................................................................................111
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode) ............................................................................................ 111
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ...................................................................111

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CODEC (Coding and Decoding)........................................................................................112
DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM ...................................................................................112
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)................................................................................112
DMA (Direct Memory Access) ...........................................................................................113
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...............................................................................113
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ..............................................................................113
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .......................................................114
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ..........................................................................114
EV6 Bus............................................................................................................................114
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ...............................................................................115
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ...................................................................................115
Flash ROM........................................................................................................................115
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ..............................................................................................116
I2C Bus..............................................................................................................................116
IEEE 1394.........................................................................................................................117
Parity Bit ...........................................................................................................................117

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PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM).....................................................................................118
PC-100 DIMM ...................................................................................................................118
PC-133 DIMM ...................................................................................................................118
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM .....................................................................................118
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus .......................................................................119
PDF Format ......................................................................................................................119
PnP (Plug and Play)..........................................................................................................119
POST (Power-On Self Test) ............................................................................................. 120
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) ................................................................................................ 120
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................................................................... 120
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)......................................................................................... 121
Shadow E2PROM............................................................................................................. 121
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................ 121
SMBus (System Management Bus).................................................................................. 122
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).......................................................................................... 122
Ultra DMA ........................................................................................................................ 123

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USB (Universal Serial Bus) .............................................................................................. 123
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)........................................................................................ 124
ZIP file ............................................................................................................................. 124
Troubleshooting................................................................................... 125
Technical Support ............................................................................... 129
Product Registration ........................................................................... 133

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 /'811 /'811 /'811 /'811 /'811 /'811
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 # 7   %     #  @
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' =; ,&      "    >
",&;8++N
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/012)2?"O2
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   # 2   425 2    
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