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AT7 Motherboard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION OF AT7 FEATURES ............................ 1-1 CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD.............................. 2-1 CHAPTER 3. INTRODUCING THE BIOS ................................................ 3-1 CHAPTER 4. RAID SETTING GUIDE ...................................................... 4-1 CHAPTER 5. HPT 374 DRIVER INSTALLATION .................................. 5-1 CHAPTER 6.
APPENDIX C. LAN DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS® 2000 C-1 APPENDIX D. USB 2.0 DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS® 2000 ................................................................................................ D-1 APPENDIX E. INSTALLING THE WINBOND HARDWARE MONITOR SOFTWARE........................................................................... E-1 APPENDIX F. BIOS UPDATE GUIDE ........................................................ F-1 APPENDIX G. TROUBLESHOOTING (NEED ASSISTANCE?) ......
Introduction of AT7 Features 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduction of AT7 Features 1-1. Features of AT7 Motherboard This motherboard is designed for AMD Socket A Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ processors. It supports the AMD Socket-A structure, with up to 3 GB (Unbuffered) or 3.5 GB (Registered) of memory, super I/O, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 (For AT7 Full Version Only) and Green PC functions.
Chapter 1 1-2 to the future, giving users a new level of system longevity and flexibility. 1-2. Specifications 1. Processor ! Supports AMD Athlon™ XP 1500+ ~ 2200+ or future Socket A processors based on 200 MHz/266 MHz (100 MHz/133 MHz Double Data Rate) Supports AMD Athlon™ 700 MHz ~ 1.4 GHz or future Socket A processors based on 200 MHz/266 MHz (100 MHz/133 MHz Double Data Rate) Supports AMD Duron™ 600 MHz ~ 1.
Introduction of AT7 Features 1-3 6. Audio ! ! ! Realtek ALC650 (AC-Link) Supports 6 CH DAC for AC3 5.1 CH purpose Professional digital audio interface supporting 24-bit S/PDIF OUT 7. LAN ! ! ! Onboard Realtek 8100B single chip Ethernet controller interface 10/100 Mb Operation User friendly driver included 8.
Chapter 1 1-4 # Supports Wake On LAN, Modem, but your ATX power supply 5V standby power must be able to provide at least a 720mA current capacity. Otherwise, the functions may not work normally. # HPT 374 IDE controller is designed to support high-speed and high performance mass storage devices. Thus we suggest that you don’t connect non-disk devices that use ATA/ATAPI interfaces, such as CD-ROM to HPT 374 IDE connector (IDE3, IDE4, IDE5 and IDE6).
Introduction of AT7 Features 1-5 1-4. Layout Diagram for AT7 Figure 1-1.
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Installing the Motherboard 2-1 Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard This AT7 motherboard not only provides all standard equipment for classic personal computers, but also provides great flexibility for meeting future upgrade demands. This chapter will introduce step by step all of the standard equipment and will also present, as completely as possible, future upgrade capabilities. This motherboard is able to supports all AMD Socket A Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ processors now on the market.
Chapter 2 2-2 2-1. Installation of the AMD Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ CPU Note ! Installing a heatsink and cooling fan is necessary for heat to dissipate from your processor. Failing to install these items may result in overheating and processor damage. ! The AMD Socket A processor will produce a lot of heat while operating, so you need to use a large heat sink that is especially designed for the AMD socket A processor. Otherwise, it may result in overheating and processor damage.
Installing the Motherboard 2-3 Heatsink Installation Hints Because the processor will produce a lot of heat while operating, we suggest you use a heatsink approved by AMD to be safe and to keep the processor temperature within normal operation temperatures. The heatsink will be large and heavy, so the fixing plate has a strong tension. When you install the heatsink on to the processor and its socket, you have to very carefully fix the fixing plate to the processor socket hook on both sides.
2-4 Chapter 2 Insert a flat screwdriver into the middle slot of the right side fix plate and push down. Then you can push the fix plate over the socket hooks on the right side. Check the photo on the left. Check the photo on the left. You have finished the heatsink installation. Now hold the whole heatsink and slightly shake it, make sure the buttom right side of the heaksink does not contact the right side of the Socket (see bottom picture).
Installing the Motherboard 2-5 2-2. Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis After you install the processor to the motherboard, you can start to fix the motherboard into the chassis. Most computer chassis will have a base on which there will be many mounting holes that allows the motherboard to be securely attached and at the same time, prevents short circuits.
Chapter 2 2-6 2-3. Installing System Memory This motherboard provides four 184-pin DDR DIMM sites for memory expansion. The DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets support 8 M x 64 (64 MB), 16M x 64 (128 MB), 32 M x 64 (256 MB), 64 M x 64 (512 MB) and 128 M x 64 (1024 MB) or double density DDR SDRAM DIMM modules. Minimum memory is 64 MB and the maximum memory is 3 GB (Unbuffered, PC 1600 and PC 2100) / 2GB (Unbuffered, PC 2700) or 3.5 GB (Registered, PC 1600 and PC 2100) / 3 GB (Registered, PC 2700) DDR SDRAM.
Installing the Motherboard 2-7 Step 2. Remove the computer’s chassis cover. Step 3. Before touching any electronic components, make sure you first touch an unpainted, grounded metal object to discharge any static electricity stored on your clothing or body. Step 4. Locate your computer’s 184-pin memory expansion DDR DIMM socket. Step 5. Insert the DDR DIMM module into the expansion socket as shown in the illustration. Note how the module is keyed to the socket. You can refer to Figure 2-6 for the details.
Chapter 2 2-8 Note This components diagram will be slightly different because there are a number of models. We’ll use the AT7 full version motherboard as standard; all descriptions of connector and header will be based on the AT7 full version motherboard. All connectors, headers and switches mentioned here, will depend on your system configuration. Some features you may (or may not) have and need to connect or configure depending on the peripheral.
Installing the Motherboard 2-9 (1). ATX1: ATX Power Input Connector Attach the connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector here. Remember you have to push the connector from the ATX power supply firmly to the end with the ATX1 connector, insuring that you have a good connection. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation. Caution If the power supply connectors are not properly attached to the ATX power supply, the power supply or add-on cards may be damaged.
Chapter 2 2-10 (2). FAN1, FAN2, FAN3, FAN4 and FAN5 Headers Attach the connector from the processor fan to the header named FAN1 or FAN2 and connector from the front chassis fan to the header FAN4. Attach the connector from the power fan or back chassis fan to FAN3 header and attache the connector from northbridge fan to the header named FAN5. You must attach the processor fan to the processor, or your processor will work abnormally or may be damaged by overheating.
Installing the Motherboard 2-11 (4). TCPU1 & TSYS1: Temperature Thermistor The TCPU1 is used to detect the CPU temperature. The TSYS1 is used to detect the system environment temperature. You can see the readings in the BIOS or in the hardware monitoring application main screen. (5). USB3 and USB4 Headers: Additional USB Plugs Header Thess headers are for connecting the additional USB port plugs. Each connector can provides two additional USB plugs.
Chapter 2 2-12 (6). IEEE1 Header: IEEE 1394 Header (For AT7 Full Version Only) This header is reserved for connection to the ABIT Media XP product (Optional). The Media XP can provide the total solution for the front panel connections. It provided a various function, like a: SD/MS/CF card reader, USB 2.0/IEEE 1394 connectors, S/PDIF-In/Out connectors and MIC/Earphone connectors. They all designed on one 5.25” diskette size panel, can fit on the chasses front panel 5.25” diskette slot.
Installing the Motherboard 2-13 Note Before you clear the CMOS, you have to first turn the power off (including the +5V standby power). Otherwise, your system may work abnormally. After updating your BIOS and before boot up, please clear the CMOS first. Then put the jumper to its default position. After that, you can reboot your system and ensure that your system is working fine. (8).
Chapter 2 2-14 FPIO1 (Pin 16-18-20): Power On LED Headers There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 3. Insert the three-threaded power on LED cable to this header. Check to make sure the correct pins go to the correct connectors on the motherboard. If you install them in the wrong direction, the power LED light will not illuminate correctly. Note: Watch the power LED pin position and orientation. For the PN1 and PN2 pin’s count-name list, please refer to table 2-2. Table 2-2.
Installing the Motherboard 2-15 (10). WOR1: Wake On Ring Header If you have an internal modem adapter that supports this feature, then you can connect the specific cable from the internal modem adapter to this header. This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through the modem. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation (11).
Chapter 2 2-16 (12). CD1 and AUX1 Headers: CD Audio and Auxiliary audio signal input headers These connectors connect to the audio output of internal CD-ROM drive or add-on card. (13). FDC1 Connector This 34-pin connector is called the “floppy disk drive connector”. You can connect a 360K, 5.25”, 1.2M, 5.25”, 720K, 3.5’’, 1.44M, 3.5” or 2.88M, 3.5” floppy disk drive. A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide the connection of two floppy disk drives.
Installing the Motherboard 2-17 two or four HDDs to get RAID functions, it is very convenient for you to install the HDDs to IDE3, IDE4, IDE5 or IDE6. See the Chapter 4 for detailed information about RAID settings. (For AT7 Full Version Only) If you want to connect two hard drives together through one IDE channel, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode after the first Master drive. Please refer to the HDD documentation for jumper settings.
Chapter 2 2-18 ! A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1. You need to align the wire pin 1 to the IDE connector pin 1, before inserting the wire connector into the IDE connector. Figure 2-9. AT7 back panel connectors Figure 2-9 shows the AT7 back panel connectors, these connectors are for connection to outside devices to the motherboard. We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below. (15).
Installing the Motherboard 2-19 (17). OPT2：S/PDIF-Out Connector This connector can let you using the optical cable to connection the device, and transfer the digital data through it. You can connect this signal to the digital decoder to decode and transfer the digital signal to the analog signal. (18). Audio1 and Audio2 Connectors Audio1 and Audio2 connectors are audio connectors for analog audio signal in or out. Mic In Connector: You can connect the plug from the microphone to this connector.
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Introducing the BIOS 3-1 Chapter 3. Introducing the BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory chip on the motherboard. This program will not be lost when you turn the computer off. This program is also referred to as the boot program. It is the only channel the hardware circuit has to communicate with the operating system.
Chapter 3 3-2 In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: ! Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup. ! Press ↑↓←→ (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modify.
Introducing the BIOS 3-3 3-1. CPU Setup [SOFT MENU™ III] The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch (CPU SOFT MENU™ III), that replaces the traditional manual hardware configuration. This feature allows the user to more easily complete the installation procedures. You can install the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches. The CPU must be setup according its specifications. In the first option, you can press at any time to display all the items that can be chosen for that option.
Chapter 3 3-4 ! User Defined %%%% Warning %%%% The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage. Setting the working frequency higher than the specifications of PCI or of processor may cause abnormal memory module functioning, system hangs, hard disk drive data loss, abnormal functioning of the VGA card, or abnormal functioning with other add-on cards.
Introducing the BIOS 3-5 automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter BIOS SETUP again and set up the new parameters. When you change your CPU: This motherboard has been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted a CPU in the socket without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches. But if you change your CPU, normally you just have to turn off the power supply, change the CPU and then, set up the CPU parameters through SOFT MENU™ III.
Chapter 3 3-6 3-2. Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu This contains the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS. These parameters include date, hour, VGA card, floppy disk and HDD settings. Figure 3-3A. Standard CMOS Setup Screen Shot Date (mm:dd:yy): You can set the date in this item: month (mm), date (dd) and year (yy). Time (hh:mm:ss): You can set the time in this item: hour (hh), minute (mm) and second (ss).
Introducing the BIOS 3-7 IDE Primary Master / Slave and IDE Secondary Master / Slave: These items have a sub-menu to let you choose further options. You can refer to figure 3-3B to check what options are available. Figure 3-3B. IDE Primary Master Setup Screen Shot IDE HDD Auto-Detection: When you press the key for the BIOS to auto detect all detailed parameters of the hard disk drivers (HDD). If auto detection is successful, the correct values will be shown in the remaining items of this menu.
Chapter 3 3-8 " Access Mode: Since old operating systems were only able to support HDDs with capacities no bigger than 528 MB, any hard disk with more than 528 MB was unusable. AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem: you can, according to your operating system, choose four operating modes: CHS ( LBA ( Large (Auto. The HDD auto detection option in the sub-menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported.
Introducing the BIOS 3-9 Warning Setting a value of 65536 means no hard disk exists. " Landing Zone: This is a non-data area on the disk's inner cylinder where the heads can rest when the power is turned off. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 65536. " Sector: The minimum segment of track length that can be assigned to stored data. Sectors usually are grouped into blocks or logical blocks that function as the smallest units of data permit.
Chapter 3 3-10 3-3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu In each item, you can press at any time to display all the options for this item. Attention Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation. If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu, we recommend you use the default values. Figure 3-4A. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Upper Screen Figure 3-4B.
Introducing the BIOS 3-11 Quick Power On Self Test: Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled, the default setting is Enabled. After the computer has been powered on, the BIOS of the motherboard will run a series of tests in order to check the system and its peripherals. If the Quick Power on Self-Test feature is enable, the BIOS will simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process.
Chapter 3 3-12 Typematic Rate Setting: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate. When set to Enabled, you can set the two keyboard typematic controls that follow (Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay). If this item is set to Disabled, the BIOS will use the default setting. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): Eight options are available: 6 ( 8 ( 10 ( 12 ( 15 ( 20 ( 24 ( 30 ( Back to 6. The default setting is 30.
Introducing the BIOS 3-13 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Two options are available: Non-OS2 or OS2. The default setting is Non-OS2. When the system memory is bigger than 64MB, the communication method between the BIOS and the operating system will differ from one operating system to another. If you use OS/2, select OS2; if you are using another operating system, select Non-OS2. Report No FDD For WIN 95: Two options are available: No or Yes. The default setting is No.
Chapter 3 3-14 3-4. Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu The Chipset Features Setup Menu is used to modify the contents of the buffers in the chipset on the motherboard. Since the parameters of the buffers are closely related to hardware, if the setup is not correct or is false, the motherboard will become unstable or you will not be able to boot up. If you don’t know the hardware very well, use default values (i.e. use the “Load Fail-Safe Defaults” or “Load Optimized Defaults” option). Figure 3-5A.
Introducing the BIOS 3-15 DRAM Clock/Drive Control: This item can let you set several items concerning the DRAM parameters. If you do not understand what each item does, please keep the default settings. Wrong settings may cause system unstablity, data loss or even prevent boot up! Figure 3-5B. DRAM Clock/Drive Control Screen Current FSB Frequency: This item will show you the current system front side bus speed. Current DRAM Frequency: This item will show you the current DRAM bus speed.
3-16 Chapter 3 Without SPD, the BIOS (or user) must make assumptions about the DIMM’s parameters. Many users have found that their system will not boot if they are using non-SPD SDRAM DIMMs. As SDRAM and DDR SDRAM DIMM’s is running at very fast clock speed and there is less room for error. An incorrect BIOS assumption about an SDRAM and DDR SDRAM DIMM’s parameters can have serious consequences (e.g. failure to boot or fatal exception errors). DRAM Timing: Two options are available: By SPD or Manual.
Introducing the BIOS 3-17 " Output Delay Value: This item allows you to adjust the data output strobe delay time of memory. You can key in the HEX number into this section. The minimum number is 0000, and maximum number is 03FF. MD Drive Strength: Four options are available: Auto ( Low ( Medium ( High. The default setting is Auto. This item can adjust the drive strength for data sent to DDR SDRAM. This will depend on your DDR SDRAM specification and numbers to set.
Chapter 3 3-18 AGP & P2P Bridge Control: This item can let you sets several items concerning the AGP parameters. If you do not understand what each item doing, please keep the default settings as well. Wrong settings will cause system unstablity or even prevent boot up! Figure 3-5C. AGP & P2P Bridge Control Screen AGP Aperture Size: Seven options are available: 256M ( 128M ( 64M ( 32M ( 16M ( 8M ( 4M (Back to 256M. The default setting is 64M.
Introducing the BIOS 3-19 AGP Read Synchronization: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. Thi sitem can set AGP data read transaction to synchronization mode. AGP Master 1 WS Write: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus. When you set it to Enabled, two-wait states are used by the system, allowing for greater stability.
3-20 Chapter 3 Master Priority Control: Four options are available: Disabled ( 01 ( 10 ( 11. The default setting is Disabled. The full named of thius item is Master Priority Rotation Control. When setting to “01”, the CPU will always be granted access after the current bus master completes, no matter how many PCI masters are requesting.
Introducing the BIOS 3-21 System BIOS Cacheable: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. When you select Enabled, you get faster system BIOS executing speed via the L2 cache. Video RAM Cacheable: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. When you select Enable, you get faster video RAM executing speed via the L2 cache. You must check your VGA adapter manual to find out if any compatibility problems will occur. 3-5.
Chapter 3 3-22 VIA OnChip IDE Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the VIA OnChip IDE device parameters. Figure 3-6B. VIA OnChip IDE Device Screen IDE Prefetch Mode: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching.
Introducing the BIOS !Auto: 3-23 When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) " Slave Drive Ultra DMA: !Disabled: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to set this item to Disabled. !Auto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) Onboard IDE-2 Controller: The onboard IDE 2 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled.
Chapter 3 3-24 Super IO Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the Super I/O device parameters. Figure 3-6D. Super IO Device Screen Onboard FDD Controller: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. This is used to enable or disable the Onboard FDD Controller. If you add a higher performance controller, you will need to Disable this feature. Init Display First: Two options are available: PCI Slot or AGP. The default setting is PCI Slot.
Introducing the BIOS 3-25 Onboard USB 2.0 Controller: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. Your motherboard has the built-in USB 2.0 chipset that can support USB 2.0 specifications. If you set this controller to Enabled, you can use USB 2.0 functions. Onboard IEEE1394 Controller (For AT7 Full Version Only): Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled.
Chapter 3 3-26 1. In the Main Menu, select “Power Management Setup” and press . The following screen is displayed: Figure 3-7A. Power Management Setup Main Menu 2. You can use the arrow keys to move between the items. Use PgUP, PgDn, + or - key to change the values. When you have finished setting up the chipset, press to go back to the main menu. 3. After you have configured the Power Management feature, press to go back to the Main Menu.
Introducing the BIOS 3-27 on how long the power switch is pressed, depending on how ACPI is configured with an ACPI-aware operating system. Note If you enable the ACPI function in the BIOS setup, the SMI switch function will not work. System States and Power States Under ACPI, the operating system directs all system and device power state transitions. The operating system puts devices in and out of low-power states based on user preferences and knowledge of how devices are being used by applications.
Chapter 3 3-28 ! Devices states are compatible with the current Power Resource states. Only devices which solely reference Power Resources which are in the ON state for a given device state can be in that device state. In all other cases, the device is in the D3 (off) state. ! Devices that are enabled to wake the system and that can do so from their current device state can initiate a hardware event which transitions the system state to S0.
Introducing the BIOS 3-29 ( 10 Min ( 11 Min ( 12 Min ( 13 Min ( 14 Min ( 15 Min. The default setting is Disabled. " Suspend Mode: Disable ( 1 Min ( 2 Min ( 4 Min ( 6 Min ( 8 Min ( 10 Min ( 20 Min ( 30 Min ( 40 Min ( 1 Hour. The default setting is Disabled. When the two saving modes are enabled, the system is set up for minimum or maximum power savings.
Chapter 3 3-30 IRQ/Event Activity Detect: The following is a list of IRQ’s (Interrupt ReQuests) and list of the events. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it causes an IRQ or event to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service. Figure 3-7B. IRQ/Event Activity Detect Setup Menu VGA: Two items available: OFF or ON. The default setting is OFF.
Introducing the BIOS 3-31 RTC Alarm Resume: Two items are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. When set to Enabled, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. " Date (of Month) / Resume Time (hh:mm:ss): You can set the Date (month) Alarm and Time Alarm (hh:mm:ss). Any event occurring will awaken a system that has powered down. IRQs Activity Monitoring: The following is a list of IRQ’s, Interrupt ReQuests.
Chapter 3 3-32 " " " " " " " " " " " IRQ5 (Reserved): The default setting is Disabled. IRQ6 (Floppy Disk): The default setting is Enabled. IRQ7 (Reserved): The default setting is Disabled. IRQ8 (RTC Alarm): The default setting is Disabled. IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir): The default setting is Disabled. IRQ10 (Reserved): The default setting is Disabled. IRQ11 (Reserved): The default setting is Disabled. IRQ12(Reserved): The default setting is Enabled. IRQ13 (Coprocessor): The default setting is Enabled.
Introducing the BIOS 3-33 Resources Controlled By: When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt: Legacy devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification require a specific interrupt. PCI PnP devices comply with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for the PCI or legacy bus architecture. Two options are available: Auto (ESCD) or Manual. The default setting is Auto (ESCD).
Chapter 3 3-34 You can assign an IRQ for the either PCI or AGP VGA or Disabled. Assign IRQ For USB: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. If you need free up another IRQ, you can choose to disable this item to an IRQ. However, some situations in Windows® 95 may cause the USB port to malfunction or experience other problems! PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. ~ PIRQ_3 Use IRQ No.: Eleven options are available: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. Default setting is Auto.
Introducing the BIOS 3-35 3-8. PC Health Status You can set the warning and shutdown temperatures for your computer system, and you can check the fan speeds and power supply voltages of your computer system. The features are useful for monitoring all the important parameters within your computer system. We call it the PC Health Status. Figure 3-9.
Chapter 3 3-36 Note The hardware monitoring features for temperatures, fans and voltages will occupy the I/O address from 294H to 297H. If you have a network adapter, sound card or other add-on cards that might use those I/O addresses, please adjust your add-on card I/O address, to avoid the use of those addresses. 3-9.
Introducing the BIOS 3-37 PASSWORD DISABLED. When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration. Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer.
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RAID Setting Guide 4-1 Chapter 4. RAID Setting Guide For detail RAID introduce and concept, you can found it on our WEB site “Technological Terms”, or you can search the concerning information on internet. We do not description it on this manual. 4-1. The features of RAID on the AT7 The AT7 supports Striping (RAID 0), Mirroring (RAID 1), or Striping/Mirroring (RAID 0+1) operation. For the striping operation, the identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance.
4-2 Chapter 4 4-3. The BIOS Setting Menu Reboot your system. Press and key while booting up the system to enter the BIOS setting menu. The main menu of BIOS Setting Utility appears as below: For selecting the option in the menu, you may: ! Press F1 to view array status. ! Press ↑↓ (up, down arrow) to choose the option you want to confirm or to modify. ! Press Enter to confirm the selection. ! Press Esc to return to top menu.
RAID Setting Guide 4-3 4-3-1. OPTION 1: Create Array This item allows you to create a RAID array. After you had selected the function from the main menu, press the key to enter the sub menu as shown below: Array Mode: This item allows you to select the appropriate RAID mode for the desired array. There are four modes to choose. Note It is highly recommended to attach hard disks with the same brand and same model when defining a RAID array.
4-4 Chapter 4 " JBOD (Volume): This item is recommended for high capacity without redundancy or performance features usage. Requires at least 2 disks. Array Name: You can give a name of your array here. Select Disk Drives: This item allows you to select the disk drives to be used with the RAID array. Block Size: This item allows you to select the block size of the RAID array. There are five options: 64K, 32K and16K.
RAID Setting Guide 4-5 Delete Spare: In the menu zone, select item “3. Create/Delete Spare” and press to confirm. In the validated channel status zone, select the spare disk to be removed and press to confirm. Note You can creat more than one spare disk in the system, if you want to removed them, do the step mentioned in “Delete Spare” several times, then you can delete all the spare disks you created. 4-3-4.
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HPT 374 Driver Installation 5-1 Chapter 5. HPT 374 Driver Installation Here we will show you the driver installation procedure under various operating systems. 5-1. DOS® This IDE RAID BIOS supports DOS® 5.x (or above) and Windows® 3.1x without the software driver. 5-2. Windows® 2000 Step 1: Insert the AT7 series CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file at the main directory of the CD.
5-2 Step 6: Program will start to install all drivers the system needs. The installer will show the install progress percentage. Chapter 5 Step 9: The “Digital Signature Not Found” menu appears. Click “Yes” to continue. This screen will show up again, please click “Yes” to go on. Step 7: Windows has completed installing the driver. Click “Finish” to end the installation. Step 10: Go to the “Control Panel” ( “System Properties” ( “Device Manager”.
HPT370 Software Installation 5-3 Installing the driver (During a fresh Windows® 2000 installation) Note: Follow the standard procedures for installing Windows® 2000. 1. During the first part of the setup procedure, Windows® 2000 will prompt you to press “F6” key to specify an additional device. Press “F6” key, and let Windows continue on with setup. It will continue to scroll through various device listings for several minutes. It will then prompt you to press the “S” key to add a device. 2.
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HPT 374 RAID Management Software Installation Guide for Windows® 2000 6-1 Chapter 6. HPT 374 RAID Management Software Installation Guide for Windows® 2000 In order to enable the on-screen monitoring function displaying disk array device information, you may install the “HPT 374 RAID Management” onto your system. The main features of this administrator are described below: 1. It can let you monitor the status of HDDs that are connected on HPT 374 controller. It can show the RAID types and status on screen.
6-2 Chapter 6 Step 8: Program ask you want to add a shortcut to startup folder or not? We suggestion you choose “Yes”. Step 5: Now you can choose the folder for the destination location you want. We suggest that you use the default folder as the destination location. When you are sure of the folder, click “Next>” to go on. Step 9: When the installation is completed, and if you don’t want to lunch readme file. Click “Finish” to end the setup. Step 6: Now you can select the program folder.
HPT 372 RAID Administrator Installation Guide This screen show you the first screen you will see when you starting the software. This is the “Configuration” Menu screen. 6-3 This is the “View” Menu screen. For detailed information of this software, you can refer to the “Help” menu. It will provide you all the information of this software that you need to know. This is the “Management” Menu screen.
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VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 A-1 Appendix A. VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 After you’ve installed Windows® 2000, you will need to install the VIA 4 in 1 drivers. Step by step instructions on how to do this are found in the following section. Note After installing Windows® 2000, the quality of your display will be poor because it will be set to 640*480 and 16 colors.
A-2 Appendix A recommend installing the 4-in-1 using the “Quickly Install” mode, as it will automatically detect and update the necessary drivers. The following step we will describe the “Normally Install” mode procedure. Step 3: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” to go on. Step 6: This setup program will install three kinds of drivers. Please check which drivers you want to install. When you choose the items, click the “Next>” button to continue.
VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 A-3 Step 8: Choose “Install AGP 4X/133 Driver”, then click the “Next>” button. Step 9: The installer will show the install progress percentage. Step 10: When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer. We suggest that you choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” Then click the “Finish” button to restart your computer to finish the driver update.
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Audio Drivers and Applications Installation for Windows® 98 SE & Windows® 2000 B-1 Appendix B. Audio Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 After you’ve installed VIA chipset drivers, you will need to install the audio drivers. Step by step instructions on how to do this are found in the following section. Note Details of the Windows® 2000 operating system will not be mentioned in this manual.
B-2 Step 3: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” to go on. Step 4: The installer will show the install progress percentage. Step 5: The “Digital Signature Not Found” menu show up. Click “Yes” to go on. This screen will show up again, please click “Yes” to go on. AT7 Appendix B Step 6: The installer will continue the setup process and show the install progress percentage again. Step 7: Windows has completed installing the driver.
Audio Drivers and Applications Installation for Windows® 98 SE & Windows® 2000 B-3 You can click on the audio configure icon on the task bar, and you can see the AvRack panel as above. Step 8: When system restarts and enters the operating system, you can then check the “Device Manager” see that the devices are properly installed. Step 9: You can choose from “Start”, “Programs” then from item “Avance Sound Manager”, “AvRack” to starting the applications program.
B-4 This menu item can let you set specific frequency dB value. This menu item can let you choose the speakers quanties you have, and can select the signal source is from which phone jack. This menu item can let you test the speaker position is correct or wrong, you can check each speaker is sound correctly or poor quality. AT7 Appendix B Thi smenu item can give you the information such as: audio driver version, DirectX version, audio controller name, AC97 Codec name.
LAN Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 C-1 Appendix C. LAN Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 After you’ve installed VIA chipset drivers, you will need to install the LAN drivers. Step by step instructions on how to do this are found in the following section. Note Details of the Windows® 2000 operating system will not be mentioned in this manual.
C-2 Step 5: Windows has completed installing the driver. Click “Finish” to end the driver installation. Step 8: When system restarts and enters the operating system, you can then check the “Device Manager” see that the devices are properly installed.
USB 2.0 Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 D-1 Appendix D. USB 2.0 Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 After you’ve installed VIA chipset drivers, you will need to install the USB 2.0 drivers. Step by step instructions on how to do this are found in the following section. Note Details of the Windows® 2000 operating system will not be mentioned in this manual.
D-2 Appendix D Step 5: The installer will starting install progress. Step 7: When system restarts and enters the operating system, you can then check the “Device Manager” see that the devices are properly installed. Step 6: Windows has completed installing the driver. Choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” in the check box and click “Finish” restart your computer to finish the driver update.
Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software E-1 Appendix E. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software The Winbond hardware monitor software is a self-diagnostic system for PCs. It will protect PC hardware by monitoring several critical items including power supply voltage, CPU and system fan speeds, and CPU and system temperatures. These items are important for the operation of the system; errors may result in permanent damage to the PC.
E-2 Appendix E You will see the program extracting files. You will see the install shell wizard active. The welcome screen and its dialogue box will appear. Click the “Next>” button to go on.
Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software E-3 Now you can choose the destination location where you want to install the drivers. We suggest that you use the default folder as the destination location. After checking the folder click “Next>” button. You can choose the name of the program folder. We suggest you use the default program folder name. After checking the program folder name then click “Next>” button. Program will start to install drivers the system needs.
E-4 Appendix E The wizard will start installing the program file. The installer will show the install progress percentage. When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer. We suggest that you choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” then click the “Finish” button to restart your computer to finish the driver update. You can select the program from Start toolbar, and then choose Programs. You will see the item called “winbond” ( “Hardware Doctor”.
Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software E-5 This screen shows the hardware monitor system screen. It shows information about system temperature, voltages and fan speed. Some items can let you set the warning range; you can optimize values by setting them in accordance your system.
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BIOS Update Guide F-1 Appendix F. BIOS Update Guide We will use the SE6 motherboard as an example. All other models follow the same process. First, know your motherboard’s model name and version number. You can find it on one slot or at the back of the motherboard. Each motherboard always has the label at the same place as shown in the photo below. You will find the model name and version on the white sticker. 2. Know the current BIOS ID. For example, in this case, the current BIOS ID is “00”.
F-2 3. Download the correct BIOS file from our Web site. Go to our Web site and choose the correct BIOS file and download it. 4. Double click the download file, it will self-extract to .bin file. 5. Make a bootable floppy disk and copy the necessary files onto it. You may make a floppy disk bootable either in Explorer or in the DOS prompt mode.
BIOS Update Guide F-3 After formatting and transferring the system to the floppy disk, copy two files into it. One is the BIOS flash utility “awdflash.exe” and the other is the decompressed BIOS binary file. 6. Boot off floppy disk.
F-4 Appendix F Please set the first boot sequence as “floppy” in BIOS and boot off the floppy disk. 7. Flash the BIOS in pure DOS mode. After successfully booting off of the floppy, execute the flash utility according to these instructions. Note We strongly recommend you use the above parameters following “awdflash” to flash your BIOS. DO NOT just type “awdflash se6_sw.bin” without the above parameters following the .bin file.
Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) G-1 Appendix G. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Motherboard Troubleshooting: Q & A: Q: Do I need to clear the CMOS before I use a new motherboard to assemble my new computer system? A: Yes, we highly recommend that you clear the CMOS before installing a new motherboard. Please move the CMOS jumper from its default 1-2 position to 2-3 for a few seconds, and then back.
G-2 Appendix G , Example 2: With a system including: motherboard (with processor, DDR DRAM, etc.) HDD, CD-ROM, FDD, graphic adapter, MPEG-2 card, SCSI adapter, audio card, etc. After assembly and after having installed the audio card driver, when you restart the system, when it runs the audio card driver, it resets automatically. This problem may be due to the audio card driver. During the starting DOS… procedure, press SHIFT (BY-PASS) key, to skip CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT; edit CONFIG.
Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) G-3 5*. OS/Applications: Indicate the operating system and the applications you are running on the system. For example: Windows® 98 SE, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, etc. 6*. Processor Type: Indicate the brand and the speed (MHz) of your CPU. Example: (A) In the “Brand” space, write “AMD”, in the “Specifications” space, write “ Athlon™ 1 GHz”。 7. Hard Disk Drive: Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD(s), specify if the HDD is using 0IDE1 or 0IDE2.
G-4 Appendix G RAID Troubleshooting Q & A: Q: May I use hard drives with different capacity or transfer mode? A: In order to get optimized performance, we suggest using hard drives with the same model. Q: How to assign a booting device? A: You may press to assign a booting device in RAID BIOS (See Chapter 4 for detailed information). Q: Why can’t I see correct capacity in FDISK utility? A: This is a well-known issue of Windows® 95/98’s FDISK utility.
Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) G-5 Do & Don’t: 1. Do always use the same model drives to achieve best quality and performance. Different firmware has different timing characteristic, thus may somewhat decrease the RAID performance. 2. If you have two drives, do connect them on two different channels as master drive please. 3. When attach drives to the RAID card, do make sure the master/slave jumper settings are correct please.
G-6 Appendix G Technical Support Form ! Company Name: 2 Phone Number: " Contact Person: # Fax Number: 3 E-mail Address: * Model Name Motherboard PCB Version Hardware Name IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 System Memory (DDR DRAM) Add-On Card Problem Description: AT7 Brand * Processor Type CD-ROM Drive Driver Version * OS/Applications Hard Disk Drive BIOS ID & Part Number * Specifications
How to Get Technical Support H-1 Appendix H. How to Get Technical Support (From our website) http://www.abit.com.tw (In North America) http://www.abit-usa.com (In Europe) http://www.abit.nl Thank you for choosing ABIT products. ABIT sells all our products through distributors, resellers and system integrators, we have no direct sales to end-users.
H-2 Appendix H customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well. They integrated and sold the system to you. They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem. They should have reasonable return or refund policies. How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase. 5. Contacting ABIT. If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department.
How to Get Technical Support H-3 All other territories not covered above please contact: Taiwan Head Office When contacting our headquarters please note we are located in Taiwan and we are 8+ GMT time. In addition, we have holidays that may be different from those in your country. ABIT Computer Corporation No. 323, YangGuang St., Neihu, Taipei, 114, Taiwan sales@abit.com.tw market@abit.com.tw technical@abit.com.tw Tel: 886-2-87518888 Fax: 886-2-87513381 RMA Service.
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