AOpen AK86-L Setup guide

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AK86-L / AK86-N
DOC. NO.: AK86L-OL-E0308A

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TU AK86-L / AK86-NUT .............................................................................................................................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 .........................................................................................................................................15
TU Motherboard MapU T .........................................................................................................................................................16
TU Block DiagramU T ..............................................................................................................................................................17
TU Hardware InstallationUT ...............................................................................................................18
TU About “Manufacturer Upgrade Optional” and “User Upgrade Optional”…UT .....................................................................19
TU CPU InstallationUT ............................................................................................................................................................20
TU EzColorUT .........................................................................................................................................................................22
TU AOpen Overheat Protection (O.H.P.) TechnologyUT .........................................................................................................24
TU CPU Over-current ProtectionUT ........................................................................................................................................25
TU Enlarged Aluminum HeatsinkUT ........................................................................................................................................26
TU Full-range Adjustable CPU Core VoltageUT ......................................................................................................................27
TU Setting CPU FrequencyU T ................................................................................................................................................28

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TU Supported CPU FrequencyU T ...........................................................................................................................................29
TU AOpen “Watch Dog ABS”UT ..............................................................................................................................................30
TU CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)UT ..............................................................................................31
TU DIMM SocketsU T ..............................................................................................................................................................32
TU ATX Power ConnectorUT ...................................................................................................................................................35
TU AC Power Auto RecoveryUT .............................................................................................................................................35
TU IDE and Floppy ConnectorUT ............................................................................................................................................36
TU ATA/133 SupportedUT .......................................................................................................................................................38
TU Serial ATA Supported (With RAID Function)UT .................................................................................................................39
TU Connecting Serial ATA DiskU T ..........................................................................................................................................40
TU Front Panel ConnectorU T ..................................................................................................................................................42
TU IrDA ConnectorU T .............................................................................................................................................................43
TU AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) 8X Expansion SlotUT .....................................................................................................44
TU 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN onboardUT ..................................................................................................................................45
TU Support eight USB 2.0 connectorsUT ................................................................................................................................46
TU Color Coded Back PanelU T ...............................................................................................................................................47
TU Super 5.1 Channel Audio EffectU T ....................................................................................................................................48
TU Front Audio ConnectorUT ..................................................................................................................................................49
TU S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ConnectorUT ........................................................................................................50

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TU Case Open ConnectorUT ..................................................................................................................................................51
TU CD Audio ConnectorU T .....................................................................................................................................................52
TU AUX-IN ConnectorU T ........................................................................................................................................................53
TU COM2 ConnectorU T ..........................................................................................................................................................54
TU Game Port Bracket SupportedU T ......................................................................................................................................55
TU JP14 Clear CMOS Data JumperUT ...................................................................................................................................56
TU JP28 KB/Mouse Wake-up JumperUT ................................................................................................................................57
TU STBY LEDU T ....................................................................................................................................................................58
TU AGP Protection Technology and AGP LEDU T ...................................................................................................................59
TU Battery-less and Long Life DesignUT ................................................................................................................................60
TU Resetable FuseUT .............................................................................................................................................................61
TU 3300 μ F Low ESR CapacitorUT ........................................................................................................................................62
TU RAID IntroductionU T .....................................................................................................................64
TU What’s RAID?U T ...............................................................................................................................................................64
TU What are the RAID levels?UT ............................................................................................................................................65
TU HDD Capacity of RAID LevelsUT ......................................................................................................................................67
TU Serial ATA RAID for VIA VT8237U T ...................................................................................................................................68
TU PHOENIX-AWARD BIOSU T .............................................................................................................69
TU How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup ProgramUT ....................................................................................................70

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TU How To Enter BIOS SetupU T .............................................................................................................................................71
TU BIOS Upgrade under Windows environmentUT .................................................................................................................72
TU Open JukeBox PlayerUT ...................................................................................................................................................74
TU Vivid BIOS technologyU T ..................................................................................................................................................78
TU Driver and UtilityU T .......................................................................................................................79
TU Auto-run Menu from Bonus CDU T .....................................................................................................................................79
TU Installing VIA 4 in 1 DriverUT ............................................................................................................................................80
TU Installing Audio DriverUT ...................................................................................................................................................81
TU Installing USB2.0 DriverUT ................................................................................................................................................82
TU Installing LAN Driver (for AK86-L)U T .................................................................................................................................83
TU Installing LAN Driver (for AK86-N)U T ................................................................................................................................94
TU Installing VIA Serial ATA RAID DriverUT ............................................................................................................................95
TU AOConfig UtilityUT ............................................................................................................................................................96
TU The noise is gone!! ---- SilentTekUT ..................................................................................................................................98
TU EzClockUT ......................................................................................................................................................................101
TU GlossaryU T ..................................................................................................................................105
TU AC97 CODECUT .............................................................................................................................................................105
TU ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)U T .....................................................................................................105
TU ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)U T ......................................................................................................................105

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TU AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)UT .................................................................................................................................106
TU AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)U T .........................................................................................................................................106
TU ATA (AT Attachment)U T ...................................................................................................................................................106
TU BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)UT ..............................................................................................................................107
TU BluetoothU T ....................................................................................................................................................................107
TU CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)U T .............................................................................................................108
TU DDR (Double Data Rate) RAMUT ....................................................................................................................................108
TU ECC (Error Checking and Correction)U T .........................................................................................................................109
TU EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)UT .................................................................................................109
TU EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM)U T ....................................................................................................................109
TU EV6 BusU T ......................................................................................................................................................................109
TU FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)U T ......................................................................................................................... 110
TU FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)U T ............................................................................................................................. 110
TU FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array)UT ........................................................................................................................... 110
TU Flash ROMUT ................................................................................................................................................................. 110
TU Hyper ThreadingU T ......................................................................................................................................................... 110
TU IEEE 1394U T ...................................................................................................................................................................111
TU Parity BitU T ......................................................................................................................................................................111
TU PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) BusU T ................................................................................................................. 112

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TU PDF FormatU T ................................................................................................................................................................ 112
TU PnP (Plug and Play)UT .................................................................................................................................................... 112
TU POST (Power-On Self Test)UT ........................................................................................................................................ 112
TU PSB (Processor System Bus) ClockUT ........................................................................................................................... 113
TU RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory)UT ............................................................................................... 113
TU RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module)UT ...................................................................................................................... 113
TU SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)U T .................................................................................................................................... 113
TU SATA (Serial ATA)UT ....................................................................................................................................................... 114
TU SMBus (System Management Bus)UT ............................................................................................................................ 114
TU SPD (Serial Presence Detect)U T .................................................................................................................................... 114
TU USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus)UT ................................................................................................................................... 114
TU VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)UT .................................................................................................................................. 115
TU Wireless LAN – 802.11bU T ............................................................................................................................................. 115
TU ZIP fileU T ........................................................................................................................................................................ 115
TU TroubleshootingUT ......................................................................................................................116
TU Technical SupportU T ...................................................................................................................120
TU Product RegistrationUT ...............................................................................................................123
TU How to Contact UsUT ..................................................................................................................124

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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 Bonus CD disc 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.
Thanks for the help of saving our earth.

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Thank you for choosing AOpen AK86-L / AK86-N. The AK86-L / AK86-N is AMDP
®
PSocket 754 motherboard (M/B) based on the
ATX form factor featuring the VIA K8T800 chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, the AK86-L / AK86-N comes
with AMDP
®
PSocket 754 Athlon 64 processor and 800MHz Hyper Transport bus. In the AGP performance, it has one AGP slot and
supports AGP 8X/4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 2.1GB/sec. With memory controller built in
the Athlon 64 processor, HTUDDR400(PC3200)UT H , HTUDDR333(PC2700)U T H and HT U DDR266(PC2100)UTH DDR RAM can be applied to the AK86-L
/ AK86-N 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. AK86-L / AK86-N also has two
Serial ATA connectors and they aim to provide you an
even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second.
Beside, AK86-L / AK86-N has an HTUAC97UT H U CODECU
RealTek ALC655 chipset onboard for providing high
performance and magic surround stereo sound to let
people enjoy working with it. More than that, this
motherboard supports HTU USB 2.0UTH function with a fancy
speed of up to 480Mbps. Now, enjoy all features from
AOpen AK86-L / AK86-N.