©2002 KURIAKI BIOS DATABASE

AK73/AK73(A)
AK73 Pro/AK73 Pro(A)
AK73-1394/AK73-1394(A)


Officially Released BIOS 
ak73118.zip R1.18 06/18/2002 218KB 
Checksum 759Dh 
Combined the GPO Control on board Audio Codec enable/ disable funciton. 
 
ak73117.zip R1.17 03/05/2002 217KB 
Checksum 093Eh 
Support HDD larger than 137G 
Change the default year from 2001 to 2002 
 
ak73116.zip R1.16 10/12/01 217KB 
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. 
 
ak73113.zip R1.13 07/06/01 215KB 
Checksum 5F93h 
Sets host bridge offset to improve AGP stability. 
Updates CPU ratio table to support ratios 13 and 14. 
 
ak73110.zip R1.10 06/01/01 224KB 
Checksum B38Bh 
Fixed 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. 
Fixed malfunction of USB FDD (Generic USB FDD). 
 
ak73107.zip R1.07 03/08/01 211KB 
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. 
 
ak73104.zip R1.04 01/29/01 210KB 
Checksum 1378h 
Both KT133 and KT133A models: AK73Pro, AK73-1394, AK73Pro(A) and AK73-1394(A) are supported by this and future versions. 
Fixed that ZIP drive cannot be displayed by "Removable Disk" when emulating HDD in Win98/95. 
Fixed system hang-up at POST when a FirePort SCSI card (DIAMOND-4.09.06) connected. 
Fixed 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. 
 
ak73102.zip R1.02 12/22/00 204KB 
Checksum E178h 
Supports KT133 models: AK73Pro and AK73-1394. 
Halts On "ALL ERROR" by default. 
Fix 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. 
Fixed system hang-up after resume from S4 when USB is enabled. 
 
ak73100.zip R1.00 10/24/00 203KB 
Checksum 86BCh 
Initial release. 
Supports KT133 models: AK73Pro and AK73-1394.