User manual AOPEN MK73LE

[. . . ] NO. : MK73LE-OL-E0201C 1 MK73LE W h a t 's i n t h i s m a n u a l Online Manual MK73LE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 You Must Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Feature Highlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Quick Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen's unique design called " Frequency Isolation Wall". Separating each critical portion of motherboard into regions where each region operates in a same or similar frequency range to avoid cross talk and frequency interference between each region's operations and condition. For example, the clock trace must be equal length (not necessarily as short as possible) so that clock skew will Note: This diagram is only for example; it may not be exactly the same as this motherboard. be controlled within few a pico second (1/10 Sec) 12 59 MK73LE Online Manual D r iv e r a n d Ut i li t y There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD disc. You don't need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system's installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98. 60 MK73LE Aut or un Me nu f r om Bonu s CD Dis c Online Manual You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name. 61 MK73LE I n s t a l l i n g Wi n d o w s 9 5 1. 3. Online Manual Install Windows 95 OSR2 v2. 1, 1212 or 1214 version and later with USB support. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers. 62 MK73LE I n s t a l l i n g Wi n d o w s 9 8 1. 4. Online Manual Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup > Advanced Chipset Features > OnChip USB, to make BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment. Install the VIA 4 in 1 driver, which includes VIA AGP Vxd driver, IRQ Routing, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support driver and VIA registry (INF) program. Finally, Install other add-on cards and their drivers. 63 MK73LE Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g Wi n d o w s 9 8 S E , W i n d o w s M E & Wi n d o w s 2 0 0 0 If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 2000, you do not need to install the 4-in-1 driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorporated into the operating system. Users with Windows 98 SE may update the VIA Registry INF and AGP drivers by installing them individually. for latest version of 4 in 1 driver: ® ® ® ® http://www. via. com/ 64 MK73LE I ns ta ll i n g V I A 4 i n 1 D ri v e r Online Manual You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver (IDE Bus master (For Windows NT use), VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver, VIA AGP, IRQ Routing Driver (For Windows 98 use), VIA Registry (INF) Driver) from the Bonus Pack CD disc Autorun menu. Note: Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure. Warning: If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver, please remove the AGP card driver first. Otherwise, the screen may go black at rebooting after the un-installation. 65 MK73LE I ns ta ll i n g O n b o a r d S o u n d D ri v e r Online Manual This motherboard comes with an AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc Autorun menu. 66 MK73LE Online Manual I ns ta ll i n g O n b o a r d C re a t i v e S o u n d D ri v e r ( O pt i o n a l) This motherboard comes with an optional Creative CT5800 audio controller. If the motherboard you purchased has this built-in function, please install Creative Sound Driver in Autorun menu rather than VIA PCI Audio Driver. 67 MK73LE I ns ta ll i n g O n b o a r d A G P D ri v e r Online Manual VIA KLE133 chipset integrates a 2D/3D graphics accelerator, which provides AGP 2X incredible performance to access main memory at over 1GB/s. You can find the AGP driver from the autorun menu of Bonus Pack CD. 68 MK73LE I n s t a l l i n g H a r d w a r e Mo n i t o r i n g U t i l i t y Online Manual You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed. 69 MK73LE A C P I S u s pe n d t o Ha r d Dr i v e Online Manual ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. [. . . ] http://www. aopen. com/tech/download/manual/default. htm Test Report: We recommend to choose board/card/device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC. http://www. aopen. com/tech/report/default. htm 107 MK73LE Online Manual 3 4 5 6 FAQ: The latest FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) may contain a solution to your problem. http://www. aopen. com/tech/faq/default. htm Download Software: Check out this table to get the latest updated BIOS/utility and drivers. http://www. aopen. com/tech/download/default. htm News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news group. [. . . ]