Specifications

abit KV8-MAX3
Written by Chris Emry
Friday, 04 September 2009 10:39
..:: ABIT KV8-MAX3 Software Suite ::..
After the KV8-MAX3 has a fresh OS installed, the next thing you will need to do is install the
drivers for the chipset and any integrated components you have decided to utilize. Simply insert
the disc into your CD drive, and a window will proceed to pop up and display the correct drivers
for each of the vital components, along with those of the optional hardware that you chose to
enable via the BIOS. Click on the driver/s that you want to install, and a wizard will lead the way.
It couldn't be any simpler.
The only way you will be able to fully interact with the heart and soul of ABIT’s exclusive µGuru
feature is with a software package run from a Windows environment, so let's go over this
feature now. The µGuru software that was shipped to us with our KV8-MAX3 sample is the 1.12
version. There are a total of six different categories within the µGuru feature, and they are as
follows: OCGuru, ABITEQ, FanEQ, AudioEQ, FlashMenu and BlackBox.
OCGuru is a utility that was designed to help novices and experts alike with overclocking
system components in real time. This allows for the user to avoid the hassle of constant restarts
after nudging the frequencies up a bit to check for system stability, and then repeating the
process until they have achieved a maximum stable overclock. Unfortunately, our experience
with OCGuru proved to be rather fruitless. When we attempted to work with the OCGuru
featured, no matter the frequency we tried to set the FSB to, it would always spike the FSB
frequency an extra 20MHz, resulting in a system failure. It will be interesting to see how
OCGuru will develop as the K8 platform matures, or how it works on current mature platforms,
such as the AMD AthlonXP or the Intel Pentium 4, as ABIT releases these motherboards with
their µGuru chip.
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