AOpen AK77-333 Setup guide

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Overview
Hardware
Installation Drivers &
Utilities AWARD
BIOS Setup Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
AK77-333
DOC. NO.: AK77333-OL-E0205C

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AK77-333..........................................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ......................................................................................................................................................2
You Must Notice ..............................................................................................................................................................8
Before You Start ..............................................................................................................................................................9
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................10
Feature Highlight...........................................................................................................................................................11
Quick Installation Procedure..........................................................................................................................................15
Motherboard Map ..........................................................................................................................................................16
Block Diagram...............................................................................................................................................................17
Hardware Installation..................................................................................................................18
Clear CMOS Data..........................................................................................................................................................19
CPU Installation.............................................................................................................................................................20
JP21 FSB/PCI Clock Ratio ............................................................................................................................................22
CPU Jumper-less Design...............................................................................................................................................23
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)...............................................................................................28
DIMM Sockets ...............................................................................................................................................................29
System and RAM Power Indicate LED...........................................................................................................................31
Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................32

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ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................33
AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................................................................................................................................34
IDE, Floppy Connector ..................................................................................................................................................35
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector.........................................................................................................37
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect.....................................................................................................................................38
IrDA Connector..............................................................................................................................................................39
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector.........................................................................................................40
WOL (Wake on LAN) .....................................................................................................................................................43
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ...........................................................................................................45
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot............................................................................................46
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel......................................................................................................................................47
Support 2nd USB Port.....................................................................................................................................................48
Support 3rd and 4th USB2.0 Ports (Optional)..................................................................................................................49
Chassis Intrusion Sensor...............................................................................................................................................50
CD Audio Connector......................................................................................................................................................51
AUX-IN Connector.........................................................................................................................................................52
Front Audio Connector...................................................................................................................................................53
Die-Hard BIOS (100% Virus Protection, Upgrade Optional)...........................................................................................54
Dr. LED Connector (Upgrade Optional) .........................................................................................................................57

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Battery-less and Long Life Design.................................................................................................................................59
Over-current Protection .................................................................................................................................................60
Hardware Monitoring .....................................................................................................................................................61
Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................62
2200 μ F Low ESR Capacitor.........................................................................................................................................63
Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) .................................................................................................................................64
Fansink on North Bridge................................................................................................................................................65
Driver and Utility..........................................................................................................................66
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc..............................................................................................................................67
Installing Windows 95....................................................................................................................................................68
Installing Windows 98....................................................................................................................................................69
Installing Windows®98 SE, Windows®ME & Windows®2000.........................................................................................70
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver .............................................................................................................................................71
Installing Onboard Sound Driver....................................................................................................................................72
Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................................................................................................................73
Installing USB2.0 Driver (Optiona).................................................................................................................................74
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive.........................................................................................................................................77
ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)........................................................................................................................................82
AWARD BIOS ................................................................................................................................84

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How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program...................................................................................................................85
How To Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................................................87
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................................................................................88
Overclocking ................................................................................................................................90
VGA Card & Hard Disk ..................................................................................................................................................91
Glossary .......................................................................................................................................92
AC97 .............................................................................................................................................................................92
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)........................................................................................................92
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)....................................................................................................................................92
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................93
AOpen Bonus Pack CD .................................................................................................................................................93
APM (Advanced Power Management)...........................................................................................................................93
ATA (AT Attachment)......................................................................................................................................................93
ATA/66...........................................................................................................................................................................93
ATA/100.........................................................................................................................................................................94
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................94
Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).........................................................................................................................................94
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................94
CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ....................................................................................................................................95

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DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM..................................................................................................................................95
DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................................................................95
DMA (Direct Memory Access)........................................................................................................................................95
ECC (Error Checking and Correction)............................................................................................................................96
EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory...........................................................................................................................96
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)....................................................................................................96
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).......................................................................................................................96
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................97
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)............................................................................................................................97
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................97
Flash ROM ....................................................................................................................................................................97
FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock...........................................................................................................................................98
I2C Bus ..........................................................................................................................................................................98
IEEE 1394 .....................................................................................................................................................................98
Parity Bit........................................................................................................................................................................99
PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM).................................................................................................................................99
PC-100 DIMM................................................................................................................................................................99
PC-133 DIMM................................................................................................................................................................99
PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR SDRAM.............................................................................................................................100

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PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus..................................................................................................................100
PDF Format.................................................................................................................................................................100
PnP (Plug and Play) ....................................................................................................................................................100
POST (Power-On Self Test).........................................................................................................................................101
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)............................................................................................................................................101
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).......................................................................................................................101
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ....................................................................................................................................101
Shadow E2PROM ........................................................................................................................................................102
SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module)........................................................................................................................102
SMBus (System Management Bus) .............................................................................................................................102
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .....................................................................................................................................102
Ultra DMA....................................................................................................................................................................103
USB (Universal Serial Bus)..........................................................................................................................................103
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)...................................................................................................................................104
ZIP file.........................................................................................................................................................................104
Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................................105
Technical Support......................................................................................................................109
Product Registration..................................................................................................................112
How to Contact Us.....................................................................................................................113

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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
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-333. The AK77-333 is AMD®Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form factor
featuring the VIA Apollo KT333 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AK77-333 AMD®Socket 462 series
Athlon™ & Duron™ processor and 200/266MHz EV6 system bus. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and supports
AGP /4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec. With high bandwidth 200/266MB/s 8-bit
V-Link Host Controller, DDR266(PC2100) and DDR333(PC2700) DDR SDRAM can be applied to the AK77-333 and the
maximum memory size can be up to 3GB. The on-board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode and the transfer
rate up to 133MB/s. Further flexibility can be
achieved by taking advantage of the
Communication and Network Riser (CNR) card
option that allows audio and modem configuration
on a single baseboard design. Besides, the
AK77-333 has an AC97 CODEC Realtek ALC650
chipset onboard for provides high performance and
magic surround stereo sound to let people enjoy
working with it. More than that, this motherboard
supports USB 2.0 function (USB3 and USB4 only,
optional) with a fancy speed up to 480Mbps. Now,
enjoy all features from AOpen AK77-333.