AOpen AK77-600N User manual

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AK77-600N
DOC. NO.: AK77600N-OL-E0307B

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AK77-600N .....................................................................................................................................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
About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”…......................................................................19
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................20
EzColor.........................................................................................................................................................................22
AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology..........................................................................................................24
CPU Over-current Protection.........................................................................................................................................25
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................26
Full-range Adjustable CPU Core Voltage.......................................................................................................................27
Setting CPU Frequency.................................................................................................................................................28

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Supported CPU Frequency ...........................................................................................................................................29
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” ..............................................................................................................................................30
CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ..............................................................................................31
DIMM Sockets...............................................................................................................................................................32
ATX Power Connector...................................................................................................................................................34
AC Power Auto Recovery..............................................................................................................................................34
IDE and Floppy Connector............................................................................................................................................35
ATA/133 Supported .......................................................................................................................................................37
Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................38
IrDA Connector .............................................................................................................................................................39
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot......................................................................................................40
WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector.........................................................................................................41
WOL (Wake on LAN) Connector....................................................................................................................................44
10/100 Mbps LAN onboard............................................................................................................................................46
CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot............................................................................................47
Support Six USB 2.0 Port..............................................................................................................................................48
Color Coded Back Panel...............................................................................................................................................49
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ....................................................................................................................................50
Front Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................51

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S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector.........................................................................................................52
Dr. LED Connector (User Upgrade Optional).................................................................................................................53
Case Open Connector...................................................................................................................................................55
CD Audio Connector .....................................................................................................................................................56
AUX-IN Connector.........................................................................................................................................................57
Game Port Bracket Supported ......................................................................................................................................58
JP14 Clear CMOS Data Jumper....................................................................................................................................59
JP20 K7 Host Clock Selection.......................................................................................................................................60
JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up Jumper.................................................................................................................................61
STBY LED.....................................................................................................................................................................62
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED....................................................................................................................63
Battery-less and Long Life Design.................................................................................................................................64
Resetable Fuse.............................................................................................................................................................65
2200 μ F Low ESR Capacitor.........................................................................................................................................66
PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS..............................................................................................................68
How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program ....................................................................................................69
How To Enter BIOS Setup.............................................................................................................................................70
WinBIOS Utility .............................................................................................................................................................71
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment .................................................................................................................73

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Vivid BIOS technology...................................................................................................................................................75
Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................76
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD .....................................................................................................................................76
Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver.............................................................................................................................................77
Installing Audio Driver ...................................................................................................................................................78
Installing USB2.0 Driver................................................................................................................................................79
Installing LAN Driver .....................................................................................................................................................80
AOConfig Utility.............................................................................................................................................................83
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek ..................................................................................................................................85
EzClock.........................................................................................................................................................................88
Glossary ....................................................................................................................................92
AC97 CODEC ...............................................................................................................................................................92
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) .......................................................................................................92
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser).........................................................................................................................92
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)....................................................................................................................................93
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................93
ATA (AT Attachment) .....................................................................................................................................................93
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)................................................................................................................................94
Bluetooth.......................................................................................................................................................................94

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CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................95
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM......................................................................................................................................95
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ...........................................................................................................................96
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)....................................................................................................96
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).......................................................................................................................96
EV6 Bus........................................................................................................................................................................96
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)...........................................................................................................................97
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)................................................................................................................................97
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)..............................................................................................................................97
Flash ROM....................................................................................................................................................................97
Hyper Threading ...........................................................................................................................................................97
IEEE 1394.....................................................................................................................................................................98
Parity Bit .......................................................................................................................................................................98
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ...................................................................................................................99
PDF Format...................................................................................................................................................................99
PnP (Plug and Play)......................................................................................................................................................99
POST (Power-On Self Test) ..........................................................................................................................................99
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock............................................................................................................................100
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)................................................................................................100

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RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ......................................................................................................................100
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)....................................................................................................................................100
SATA (Serial ATA) .......................................................................................................................................................101
SMBus (System Management Bus).............................................................................................................................101
SPD (Serial Presence Detect).....................................................................................................................................101
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ...................................................................................................................................101
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)...................................................................................................................................102
Wireless LAN – 802.11b..............................................................................................................................................102
ZIP file.........................................................................................................................................................................102
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................103
Technical Support ...................................................................................................................107
Product Registration ...............................................................................................................110
How to Contact Us ..................................................................................................................111

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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 5.0 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.
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Thank you for choosing AOpen AK77-600N. The AK77-600N is AMD®Socket 462 motherboard (M/B) based on the ATX form
factor featuring the VIA Apollo KT600 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AK77-600N comes with AMD®
Socket 462 series Athlon™ & Duron™ and AthlonXP™ processor (with CPU Overheat Protection circuit to Athlon™XP CPU only)
and 200/266/333/400 MHz EV6 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, DDR400(PC3200), DDR333(PC2700) and DDR266(PC2100) DDR RAM can be applied to the AK77-600N and
DDR400 maximum memory size can be up to 2GB
and DDR333/266 up to 3GB. The on-board IDE
controller supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode and
the transfer rate up to 133MB/s. Beside, AK77-600N
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 with a fancy speed of up to 480Mbps.
Now, enjoy all features from AOpen AK77-600N.