AOpen AK77-600GN Setup guide

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AK77-600GN
DOC. NO.: AK77600GN-OL-E0312C

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TU AK77-600GNUT ...................................................................................................................................1
TU What’s in this manualUT ......................................................................................................................................................2
TU You Must NoticeUT ..............................................................................................................................................................8
TU Before You StartUT .............................................................................................................................................................9
TU OverviewU T .......................................................................................................................................................................10
TU Feature HighlightU T .......................................................................................................................................................... 11
TU Quick Installation ProcedureUT .........................................................................................................................................14
TU Motherboard MapU T .........................................................................................................................................................15
TU Block DiagramU T ..............................................................................................................................................................16
TU Hardware InstallationUT ...............................................................................................................17
TU About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”…UT .....................................................................18
TU CPU InstallationUT ............................................................................................................................................................19
TU AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) TechnologyUT .........................................................................................................21
TU CPU Over-current ProtectionUT ........................................................................................................................................22
TU Enlarged Aluminum HeatsinkU T ........................................................................................................................................23
TU Setting CPU FrequencyU T ................................................................................................................................................24
TU AOpen “Watch Dog ABS”UT ..............................................................................................................................................26
TU CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)UT ..............................................................................................27

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TU DIMM SocketsU T ..............................................................................................................................................................28
TU ATX Power ConnectorUT...................................................................................................................................................30
TU AC Power Auto RecoveryUT .............................................................................................................................................30
TU IDE and Floppy ConnectorUT ............................................................................................................................................31
TU ATA133 SupportedUT ........................................................................................................................................................33
TU Serial ATA SupportedUT ....................................................................................................................................................34
TU Connecting Serial ATA DiskU T ..........................................................................................................................................35
TU Front Panel ConnectorU T ..................................................................................................................................................38
TU IrDA ConnectorU T .............................................................................................................................................................39
TU AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion SlotUT .....................................................................................................40
TU WOL (Wake on LAN) ConnectorUT ...................................................................................................................................41
TU 10/100 Mbps LAN onboardUT ...........................................................................................................................................43
TU S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ConnectorUT ........................................................................................................44
TU Super 5.1 Channel Audio EffectUT ....................................................................................................................................45
TU Support Eight USB 2.0 PortU T ..........................................................................................................................................46
TU Color Coded Back PanelU T ...............................................................................................................................................47
TU Front Audio ConnectorUT ..................................................................................................................................................48
TU Case Open ConnectorUT ..................................................................................................................................................49
TU CD Audio ConnectorU T .....................................................................................................................................................50

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TU AUX-IN ConnectorU T ........................................................................................................................................................51
TU Game Port Bracket SupportedU T ......................................................................................................................................52
TU JP14 Clear CMOS Data JumperUT ...................................................................................................................................53
TU JP21 K7 Host Clock SelectionUT ......................................................................................................................................54
TU JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up JumperUT ................................................................................................................................55
TU STBY LEDU T ....................................................................................................................................................................56
TU AGP Protection Technology and AGP LEDU T ...................................................................................................................57
TU Battery-less and Long Life DesignUT ................................................................................................................................58
TU 3300µF Low ESR CapacitorUT ..........................................................................................................................................59
TU AOConfig UtilityUT ............................................................................................................................................................61
TU EzClockUT ........................................................................................................................................................................63
TU PHOENIX-AWARD BIOSU T .............................................................................................................67
TU How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup ProgramUT ....................................................................................................68
TU How To Enter BIOS SetupU T .............................................................................................................................................69
TU WinBIOS UtilityU T .............................................................................................................................................................70
TU BIOS Upgrade under Windows environmentUT .................................................................................................................72
TU Vivid BIOS technologyUT ..................................................................................................................................................74
TU Driver and UtilityU T .......................................................................................................................75
TU Auto-run Menu from Bonus CDU T .....................................................................................................................................75

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TU Installing VIA 4 in 1 DriverUT ............................................................................................................................................76
TU Installing Audio DriverUT ...................................................................................................................................................77
TU Installing LAN Driver in Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XPUT ..............................................................................................78
TU Installing USB2.0 DriverUT ................................................................................................................................................81
TU Installing VIA Serial ATA RAID DriverUT ............................................................................................................................82
TU GlossaryU T ....................................................................................................................................84
TU AC97 CODECU T ...............................................................................................................................................................84
TU ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)U T .......................................................................................................84
TU ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)UT ........................................................................................................................84
TU AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)UT ...................................................................................................................................85
TU AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)U T ...........................................................................................................................................85
TU ATA (AT Attachment)UT .....................................................................................................................................................85
TU BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)UT ................................................................................................................................86
TU BluetoothU T ......................................................................................................................................................................86
TU CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)U T ...............................................................................................................87
TU DDR (Double Data Rate) RAMUT ......................................................................................................................................87
TU ECC (Error Checking and Correction)U T ...........................................................................................................................88
TU EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)UT ...................................................................................................88
TU EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)U T ......................................................................................................................88

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TU EV6 BusU T ........................................................................................................................................................................88
TU FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)U T ...........................................................................................................................89
TU FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)UT ...............................................................................................................................89
TU FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)UT .............................................................................................................................89
TU Flash ROMUT ...................................................................................................................................................................89
TU Hyper ThreadingU T ...........................................................................................................................................................89
TU IEEE 1394U T ....................................................................................................................................................................90
TU Parity BitU T .......................................................................................................................................................................90
TU PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) BusU T ...................................................................................................................91
TU PDF FormatU T ..................................................................................................................................................................91
TU PnP (Plug and Play)UT ......................................................................................................................................................91
TU POST (Power-On Self Test)UT ..........................................................................................................................................91
TU PSB (Processor System Bus) ClockUT .............................................................................................................................92
TU RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)UT .................................................................................................92
TU RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)UT ........................................................................................................................92
TU SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)U T ......................................................................................................................................92
TU SATA (Serial ATA)UT .........................................................................................................................................................93
TU SMBus (System Management Bus)UT ..............................................................................................................................93
TU SPD (Serial Presence Detect)UT ......................................................................................................................................93

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TU USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus)UT .....................................................................................................................................93
TU VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)UT ....................................................................................................................................94
TU Wireless LAN – 802.11bU T ...............................................................................................................................................94
TU ZIP fileUT ..........................................................................................................................................................................94
TU TroubleshootingUT ........................................................................................................................95
TU Technical SupportU T .....................................................................................................................99
TU Product RegistrationUT ...............................................................................................................102
TU How to Contact UsUT ..................................................................................................................103

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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 HTUPDF formatUT H , we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 for online viewing, it is included in H T U Bonus CD discU T H or you can
get free download from H T U Adobe web siteU T H .
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.
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-600GN motherboard. The AK77-600GN motherboard is AMDP
®
PSocket 462 motherboard
based on the ATX form featuring the H T U VIA Apollo KT600 chipsetUTH. As high performance chipset built in the motherboard, this
motherboard comes with AMDP
®
PSocket 462 series Athlon™ & Duron™ and AthlonXP™ processor (with CPU Overheat
Protection circuit to Athlon™XP CPU only) and 200/266/333/400 MHz HT U EV6UTH system bus. In the AGP performance, it has one
AGP slot and supports AGP 8X/4X/2X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 2.1GB/sec. With high
bandwidth 266/533MB/s 8-bit V-Link Host Controller, HTUDDR400UT H , HTUDDR333UTH and HTUDDR266UTH DDR RAM can be applied to this
motherboard and maximum memory size can be up to
3GB. The on-board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA
66/100/133 mode and H T U Serial ATAU T H 150 MB/s. On the
strength of RealTek LAN controller on board, it
provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home
use. Beside, this motherboard has a S/PDIF
connector and an HTUAC97UT H U CODECUALC650F chipset
onboard to provide high performance and magic
surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working
with it. More than that, this motherboard supports
HT U USB 2.0UTH function with a fancy speed of up to
480Mbps. Now, let’s enjoy all features from AOpen
AK77-600GN.