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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 2
nd
USB Port.....................................................................................................................................................48
Support 3
rd
and 4
th
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
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2
C 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 E
2
PROM ........................................................................................................................................................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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Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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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
driver.
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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.
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CPU
Supports AMD
®
Socket 462 series CPU with both 200MHz and 266MHz EV6 Bus designed for Socket 462 technology.
Athlon: 600MHz~1.4GHz
Duron: 600MHz~1.2GHz
AthlonXP: 1500+(1.3GHz)~2000+(1.667GHz)
Chipset
The VIA Apollo KT333 consists of the KT333 V-Link DDR Host system controller and the VT8233A highly integrated V-Link
Client PCI/LPC controller. The Host system controller provides superior performance between the CPU, SDRAM, AGP bus, and
V-Link interface with pipelined, burst, and concurrent operation. The VT8233A V-Link Client controller is a highly integrated
PCI/LPC controller. Its internal bus structure is based on 66MHz PCI bus that provides 2x bandwidth compare to previous
generation PCI/ISA bridge chips. The VT8233A integrated Client V-Link controller with 200/266MB/s bandwidth between
Host/Client V-Link interface, provides a V-Link-PCI and V-Link-LPC controller. Of five PCI slots provided, AK77-333 supports all
five master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.
Ultra DMA 66/100/133 Bus Master IDE
Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels,
supports Ultra DMA
66/100/133, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.
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Expansion Slots
Including five 32-bit/33MHz PCI, one CNR and one AGP 4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The
Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR)
slot provided from AK77-333 can support CNR interface for a Modem/Audio card.
The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP
video cards support data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. As AK77-333 includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP
graphic card, For AD and SBA signaling, AK77-333 can support 133MHz 2X/4X mode. Of five PCI slots provided, AK77-333
supports four master PCI slots for arbitration and decoding functions and one slave PCI slot.
Memory
With VIA Apollo KT333 chipset, the AK77-333 can support Double-Data-Rate (DDR) SDRAM. The DDR SDRAM interface allows
zero wait state bursting between the SDRAM and the data buffers at 266/333MHz. The six banks of DDR SDRAM can be
composed of an arbitrary mixture of 1M/2M4M/8M/16M/32M/64MxN DDR SDRAM and maximum up to 3GB. The AK77-333
allows DDR SDRAM to run at either synchronous or pseudo-synchronous mode with the host CPU bus frequency
(266/333MHz).
On-board AC97 Sound
AK77-333 uses the AC97 CODEC Realtek ALC650 chip, which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio effects. This on-board
audio includes a complete audio recording and playback system.
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Eight USB Connectors (3
rd
and 4
th
connector are USB2.0, optional)
Provides four ports, eight USB connectors for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. The
onboard 1
st
and 2
nd
USB Host controller are fully compliant with USB UHCI 1.1 specification that can fully compatible with low
power mode and wake-up specification. While, the 3
rd
and 4
th
connector support USB2.0 have a fancy speed up to 480Mbps
which is 40 times faster than the traditional one
1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment
Provides “1MHz Stepping Frequency Adjustment” function in the BIOS. This magic function allows you adjust CPU FSB
frequency from 100~248 by 1MHz stepping, and lets your system can get maximum performance.
Watch Dog Timer
Includes AOpen “Watch Dog Timer” function that can auto-reset system in 4.8 seconds when you fail to system overclocking.
Die-Hard BIOS with external controller (Upgrade Optional)
The Die-Hard BIOS technology is a very effective hardware protection method that doesn’t involve any software or BIOS coding.
Hence, it is 100% virus free.
Dr. LED (Upgrade Optional)
The Dr. LED has 8 LEDs on AK77-333, which can easily show what kind of problem you may encounter.
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Power Management/Plug and Play
The AK77-333 supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play
, which helps saving users from configuration
problems, thus making the system much more user-friendly.
Hardware Monitoring Management
Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor
module and Aopen Hardware Monitoring Utility
.
Enhanced ACPI
Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows
®
95/98/ME/NT/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend
to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features.
Super Multi-I/O
The AK77-333 provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.
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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.
1. Installing CPU and Fan
2. Installing System Memory (DIMM)
3. Connecting Front Panel Cable
4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable
5. Connecting ATX Power Cable
6. Connecting Back Panel Cable
7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default
8. Setting CPU Frequency
9. Reboot
10. Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98)
11. Installing Driver and Utility
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Motherboard Map
PC99 Colored Back Panel
Resetable Fuse
A
TX Power Connector
FAN3 Connector
A
GP 4x Expansion Slot
462-pin CPU Socket with
Voltage and Frequency
A
uto-Detection that supports
A
MD
TM
Athlon
TM
/ Duron
TM
/
and Athlon
TM
XP
VIA® Apollo KT333
Chipset with FANsink and
VT8233A SB
(
ATA100/133 su
pp
orted
)
CPU Fan Connector with
H/W Monitoring
184-pin DIMMx3 supports
DDR333/DDR266
(Max. to 3B)
JP21 FSB Select Jumper
IDE Connector x 2
(ATA/66/100/133 supported)
FDD Connector
CD-IN Connector
Die Hard BIOS with 100% Virus
Protection (Upgrade Optional)
JP30 Die Hard BIOS
Select Jumper
Onboard AC97 CODEC
Realtek ALC650
Green: AUX-IN Connecto
r
CNR Expansion Slot
32-bit PCI Ex
ansion Slot x5
2
nd
USB V1.1 Port Connector
WOM (Wake ON Modem)
Connecto
r
WOL (Wake ON LAN)
Connecto
r
IrDA Connecto
r
FAN3 Connecto
r
with H/W Monitoring
Front Audio Connector
Front Panel Connecto
r
JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper
System & RAM Power
Indicate LED
Chassis Intrusion Senso
r
Connecto
r
S/PDIF Connecto
r
3
r
d
and 4th USB V2.0 Port
Connector
(
O
p
tional
)
Dr. LED Connecto
r
(Upgrade Optional)
(PCI 5 supports slave mode
PCI card only)
SW1 CPU Ratio Select Switch
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VIA KT333
Socket 462
AMD
Athlon/Duron
CPU
100/133MHz
System Bus
DDR SDRAM Socket x3
AGP 4X Slot
VT8233A
Serial Port x2
2
nd
USB Port
1
st
USB Port
USB connector x8
32-bit PCI Slot x5
Parallel Port
IDE Drive x4
ATA
66/100/133
PC2100/PC2700 DDR
SDRAM Up to 3GB
Primary
Channel
Secondary
Channel
2MBit Flash EEPROM
Audio CODEC
Modem CODEC
AC’97 Link
PCI Bus
CNR Slot
AGP Bus
Floppy Disk Drive x2
3
rd
USB Port
4
th
USB Port
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This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.
Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards,
and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system
component.
1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.
2. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a
component. If a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout
any procedures requiring ESD protection.
19
A
A
K
K
7
7
7
7
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
3
O
O
n
n
l
l
i
i
n
n
e
e
M
M
a
a
n
n
u
u
a
a
l
l
C
C
l
l
e
e
a
a
r
r
C
C
M
M
O
O
S
S
D
D
a
a
t
t
a
a
You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedures below.
1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.
2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.
3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.
4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2.
5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.
Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?
1. Boot fail because of overclocking…
2. Forget password…
3. Troubleshooting…
Normal Operation
(default)
Clear CMOS
1
1
Pin 1
20
A
A
K
K
7
7
7
7
-
-
3
3
3
3
3
3
O
O
n
n
l
l
i
i
n
n
e
e
M
M
a
a
n
n
u
u
a
a
l
l
C
C
P
P
U
U
I
I
n
n
s
s
t
t
a
a
l
l
l
l
a
a
t
t
i
i
o
o
n
n
This motherboard supports AMD
®
Athlon and Duron Socket 462 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into
CPU socket.
Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.
2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the
CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into
the socket.
CPU pin 1
and cut edge
CPU socket
Lever
1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and
up to 90-degree angle.
Black dot
and cut edge
/