Aopen AK73 Download Drivers, Utilities, Manual and BIOS

Year 2000 Patch This patch helps to pass Y2K compliance testing programs like AMI2000, DOSCHK or CheckIt98. [NOTE] Simply run the execution file in pure DOS mode. For motherboards that will accept this patch, please refer to those listed in AOpen Y2K Motherboard Certificate on http://english.AOpen.com.tw/tech/report/mb/y2kcert.htm . Moreover, without this patch it does NOT necessarily mean there will be a millenium bug. Please go to http://english.AOpen.com.tw/tech/faq/mb/mbgen.htm#Y2K for more information.

Checksum 86BCh
Initial release.
Supports KT133 models: AK73Pro and AK73-1394.

Checksum E178h
Supports KT133 models: AK73Pro and AK73-1394.
Halts On "ALL ERROR" by default.
Fixes that sometimes detected HDD name will be displayed at wrong location on the screen.
Displays (FSB x Ratio) on POST and CMOS Setup screens.
Reports 128Kb L1 cache size when K7 CPU is installed.
Adds new function "CPU Protect for CPUFAN Off" in PC Health Status.
Add new function "CPU Shutdown Temperature" in PC Health Status.
Fixes system hang-up after resume from S4 when USB is enabled.

Checksum 1378h
Both KT133 and KT133A models: AK73Pro, AK73-1394, AK73Pro(A) and AK73-1394(A) are supported by this and future versions.
Fixes that ZIP drive cannot be displayed by "Removable Disk" when emulating HDD in Win98/95.
Fixes system hang-up at POST when a FirePort SCSI card (DIAMOND-4.09.06) connected.
Fixes system hang at format process of ZIP device when internal CPU cache enabled. This happens only to the combination of VIA KT133(VT8363)+VT686B and AMD Duron CPU.
Supports boot from USB zip & floppy.
Sets "CPU protect for CPUFAN off" & "CPU shutdown temperture" to disablled by default.
"DRAM Clock" is always "PCI CLK x4" when CPU is running at 133MHz.

Checksum F866h
USB controller will not share IRQ with PCI devices.
Default year has been changed from from 2000 to 2001.
Pressing any key can stop Doctor Voice timer during detection of PCI devices.
Allows to enable/disable Dr.Voice/Dr.LED with "Dr.Voice/Dr.LED diagnosis" in Integrated peripherals.
AK73/AK73(A) are also supported by this and later versions.

Checksum B38Bh
Fixes compatibility with ZIP drive in Win98.
AGP 4X is disabled by default.
Updates flashing utility to R1.91.
Updates Award codes associated with IDE function, USB function, PCI POST and DMI.
Stops Dr. Voice detection timer with ‘Pause‘ key pressed.
Fixes malfunction of USB FDD (Generic USB FDD).

Checksum 5F93h
Sets host bridge offset to improve AGP stability.
Updates CPU ratio table to support ratios 13 and 14.

Checksum 4F54h
Updates CPU clock control registry following AMD‘s recommendation.
Fixes detection error of certain ATA66/ATA100 HDD (eg.ST320414A, ST315323A).
Divides "Cache memory" into "L1 cache size" & "L2 cache size" in summary table.

Checksum 093Eh
Supports HDD larger than 137G
Changes the default year from 2001 to 2002

Checksum 759Dh
Combines the GPO Control on board Audio Codec enable/ disable funciton.

Checksum 1CBBH
Implementing some very low rpm CPU FAN and system fan support

Audio Driver for Win95/98/98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP
Audio Driver for Linux RedHat 7.1 & Mandrake Linux 8.0 driver binary

Hardware Monitoring Utility for Win 9X, Win NT, Millennium and Win 2000.
Applicable to AK72, AK33, MK33 and AK73 series.

Support chipset 686B/8231/8233/8235.
Audio Driver for Win95/98/98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP

WinDMI is a Windows-based utility that executes on AOpen motherboards, which is compatible with Windows 98SE/98/2000/XP. The main component of DMI is Management Information Format database (MIF), which contains all of the information about the computing system and its components. Through WinDMI, Users can obtain part number, serial number, computer manufacturer, BIOS information and a host of other system component information.

The utility supports Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/NT4.0.
To obtain information of operating system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The utility can also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintaining it.

The utility supports Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/NT4.0.
To obtain information of operating system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The utility can also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintaining it.

The utility supports Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/NT4.0.
To obtain information of operating system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The utility can also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintaining it.

The utility supports Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/NT4.0.
To obtain information of operating system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The utility can also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintaining it.

A better enhanced tool than TX.EXE that removes "?" from WINDOWS 95. It supports one of the following chipsets such as BX, TX, LX , SiS5571, 5582, 5591and VIA VT82C598AT chipset etc.

This utility supports ACPI under Win95/98 FAT32 format. Not applicable to SCSI HDD

Applies to all models. This driver includes:
VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver
AGP VxD Driver
IRQ Routing Miniport Driver
VIA INF Driver
Note: Please remove the current version in your system before you upgrade the driver. This version supports the following OS including Win95, 98, 98SE, NT, 2000, ME, and XP etc.

Silent CD utiility for all brands ATAPI Optical drives

Applies to all models. This driver includes:
VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver
AGP VxD Driver
IRQ Routing Miniport Driver
VIA INF Driver
Note: Please remove the current version in your system before you upgrade the driver. This version supported the following OS including 98SE, NT, 2000, ME, and XP etc.

DRAM SPD Data Checker (Executable on Intel-BX-based motherboards) This utility will check specifications of the DRAM installed, including Type, Size, ECC and Banks per Row