AOpen AK79G TUBE Setup guide

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AK79G Tube
DOC. NO.: AK79GTUBE-OL-E0212A

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AK79G Tube ...................................................................................................................................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 “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ....................................................................... 19
JP14 Clear CMOS Data ................................................................................................................................................ 20
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) Technology .......................................................................................................... 23
CPU Jumper-less Design .............................................................................................................................................. 24
AOpen “Watch Dog ABS” .............................................................................................................................................. 25
CPU and Housing Fan Connector ................................................................................................................................. 28
JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Jumpers ...................................................................................................................... 29

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DIMM Sockets ............................................................................................................................................................... 30
STBY LED..................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 33
ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 34
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 34
IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 35
Tube Related components............................................................................................................................................. 37
JP3 Tube Power Jumper ............................................................................................................................................... 38
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Connector......................................................................................................... 39
Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect .................................................................................................................................... 40
TV Output Connector .................................................................................................................................................... 41
IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................. 42
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion Slot...................................................................................................... 43
AGP Protection Technology and AGP LED .................................................................................................................... 44
Support 10/100 Mbps LAN Onboard.............................................................................................................................. 45
Game Port Bracket Supported ...................................................................................................................................... 46
Die-Hard BIOS II ........................................................................................................................................................... 47
Color Coded Back Panel ............................................................................................................................................... 48
COM2 Connector .......................................................................................................................................................... 49

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Support USB 2.0 Ports .................................................................................................................................................. 50
IEEE 1394 Connectors .................................................................................................................................................. 51
Case Open Connector................................................................................................................................................... 52
CD Audio Connector ..................................................................................................................................................... 53
AUX-IN Connector......................................................................................................................................................... 54
Front Audio Connector .................................................................................................................................................. 55
Battery-less and Long Life Design................................................................................................................................. 56
CPU Over-current Protection......................................................................................................................................... 57
Hardware Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................................... 58
AOConfig Utility............................................................................................................................................................. 59
Resetable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................. 61
2200 μ F Low ESR Capacitor......................................................................................................................................... 62
Enlarged Aluminum Heatsink ........................................................................................................................................ 63
Open JukeBox Player.................................................................................................................................................... 64
Vivid BIOS technology................................................................................................................................................... 68
The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTek .................................................................................................................................. 69
EzClock......................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................76
Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD ..................................................................................................................................... 76

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NVIDIA nForce Drivers .................................................................................................................................................. 77
NVIDIA Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Display Driver .......................................................................................................... 78
Install USB2.0 driver in Existing Windows XP System................................................................................................... 79
Install USB2.0 driver in Existing Windows 98/ME System ............................................................................................. 80
Phoenix Award BIOS.................................................................................................................. 81
How To Use Phoenix Award™ BIOS Setup Program..................................................................................................... 82
How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 84
WinBIOS Utility ............................................................................................................................................................. 85
BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment ................................................................................................................. 87
Glossary ....................................................................................................................................89
AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................... 89
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 89
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................................................................................................................... 89
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port).................................................................................................................................... 90
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................ 90
ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................... 90
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................ 91
Bluetooth....................................................................................................................................................................... 91
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................ 92

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DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ...................................................................................................................................... 92
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 92
EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................... 92
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)....................................................................................................................... 93
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 93
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................................................................................................................... 93
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................ 93
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................. 93
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Hyper Threading ........................................................................................................................................................... 94
IEEE 1394..................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Parity Bit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 95
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................... 95
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................... 95
PnP (Plug and Play) ...................................................................................................................................................... 95
POST (Power-On Self Test) .......................................................................................................................................... 96
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock .............................................................................................................................. 96
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) .................................................................................................. 96
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................................................................................................................ 96

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SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ...................................................................................................................................... 96
SATA (Serial ATA) ......................................................................................................................................................... 97
SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................... 97
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ....................................................................................................................................... 97
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ..................................................................................................................................... 97
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)..................................................................................................................................... 98
Wireless LAN – 802.11b ................................................................................................................................................ 98
ZIP file........................................................................................................................................................................... 98
Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................................99
Technical Support ................................................................................................................... 103
Product Registration ............................................................................................................... 107
How to Contact Us .................................................................................................................. 108

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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 AK79G Tube. The AK79G Tube 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 Tube support AMD®
Socket 462 series Athlon™, Duron™ and AthlonXP™ processor (with CPU Overheat Protection circuit to Athlon™XP CPU only).
The motherboard also supports 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. Hence, AK79G
Tube supports TV-OUT function which supports TV-Out card. It also supports 1.5V AGP interface with AGP 8x/4x with Fast Write
data transfer. According to different customers’ requirements,
this motherboard supports DDR400, DDR333 and DDR266
dual channel DDRAM up to 3GB maximum. The onboard
IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 and the
transfer rate up to 133MB/s. In addition, AK79G Tube
Motherboard integrates Sovtek 6922 dual Triode tube to
provide you incredible sound effects that even audiophiles
would be stunned when they listen to the music. Besides,
AK79G Tube has an AC97 CODEC RealTek ALC650 chipset
onboard providing 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, let’s enjoy all features
from AK79G Tube motherboard.