User manual AOPEN AK89MAX

[. . . ] AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N Online Manual AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-N DOC. NO. : AK89MAX-OL-E0401C 1 AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N What's in this manual TU Online Manual AK89 MAX / AK89-L / AK89-NU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 T TU What's in this manualU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 T TU You Must NoticeU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You can use this utility to create or delete your disk arrays. 75 AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N Online Manual P H O E N I X- AW A RD B I O S System parameters can be modified by going into BIOSU Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters HT U TH and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). The Phoenix-Award BIOSTM that installed in the Flash ROMU of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard HTU TH BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports. AOpen's R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS setting of this motherboard. But, the default setting of BIOS still can't fine-tune the chipset controlling entire system. Hence, the rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using setup. Currently there are two kinds of beep sound when system fails to boot at POST. The first type of beep sound consists of a single long beep and two short beeps, indicating a video error has failed BIOS from initializing video screen for displaying any additional information. The 2P type of beep sound is a single long beep that beeping repeatedly, signaling a DRAM error has occurred. You may look over the indicated error according to different beep significances. P nd To enter to BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST (Power-On Self Test)U screen is shown on your monitor. HTU TH Note: Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the motherboard design, the BIOS information contained in this manual may be different with actual BIOS that come with your motherboard. 76 AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N How To Use Phoenix-AwardTM BIOS Setup Program Online Manual Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press <Enter> key to select, and use the <Page Up> and <Page Down> key to change setting value. You also can press <F1> key for help and press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-AwardTM BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-Award BIOS setup program. By the way, all products of AOpen also provides a special function in the BIOS setup, you can press <F3> key selecting preferred menu language to display. Key Page Up or + Page Down or Enter Esc Description Changing setting to next value or increase the value. In sub menu: Exit current menu to main menu. Up Arrow Down Arrow Left Arrow Right Arrow F6 F7 F10 Highlight previous item. 77 AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N How To Enter BIOS Setup Online Manual After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press <Del> duringH POST (Power-On Self Test)U . Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. TH TU Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, SDRAM, HDD, etc. ) are good enough for turbo setting. 78 AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N B I O S U p g r a d e u n d e r Wi n d o w s e n v i r o n m e n t Online Manual With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to users convenience, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it helps you complete the flash process automatically. EzWinFlash detects your motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from any possible failure. Moreover, EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to go with any windows platform you might be using, no matter if you're using Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4. 0/2000, or even the latest Windows XP. In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language function to provide easier way for users' usage in changing BIOS setting. T Caution: By updating your motherboard, you T are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. [. . . ] In most case, newer versions of drivers and BIOS have solved earlier bugs or compatibility problems. http://download. aopen. com. tw/downloadsU HU H 137 AK89 Max / AK89-L / AK89-N Online Manual 5 6 7 eForum: AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under "Multi-language". HU http://club. aopen. com. tw/forumU /U HU Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you. [. . . ]