Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document.
KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Motherboard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. 1-4. INTRODUCTION OF KG7-LITE/KG7/KG7-RAID FEATURES ............................................................................ 1-1 FEATURES OF KG7-LITE/KG7/KG7-RAID MOTHERBOARD .................................1-1 SPECIFICATIONS....................................................................................................1-2 ITEM CHECKLIST .................................................................................
APPENDIX A. VIA 4 IN 1 DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS® 98 SE & WINDOWS® 2000 ........................................................ A-1 APPENDIX B. AMD AGP MINIPORT DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS® 98 SE & WINDOWS® 2000............................. B-1 APPENDIX C. INSTALLING THE VIA HARDWARE MONITOR SYSTEM ................................................................................................ C-1 APPENDIX D. BIOS UPDATE GUIDE ........................................................
Introduction of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Features 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduction of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Features 1-1. Features of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Motherboard This motherboard is designed for AMD Socket A Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ CPUs. It supports the AMD Socket-A structure, with up to 2 GB (KG7-Lite Only) or 3.5 GB (KG7/KG7-RAID Only) of memory, super I/O, and Green PC functions.
Chapter 1 1-2 1-2. Specifications 1. CPU ! ! ! ! Supports AMD Athlon™ XP 1500+ ~ 2100+ 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 200/266 MHz (100 MHz/133 MHz Double Data Rate) Supports AMD Duron™ 600 MHz ~ 1000 MHz or future Socket A processors based on 200 MHz (100 MHz Double Data Rate) Supports 200 MHz Alpha EV6 bus for the AMD Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ and Duron™ processors 2.
Introduction of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Features 1-3 5. Multi I/O Functions ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Two channels of Bus Master IDE ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices (KG7-Lite/KG7 Only). And two channels (IDE3 & IDE4) of Bus Master IDE ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 specifications HDD devices (KG7-RAID Only) One PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors One floppy port connector (up to 2.
1-4 Chapter 1 1-3. Item Checklist Check that your package is complete. If you discover any damaged or missing items, please contact your retailer or dealer. % One ABIT Motherboard % One 80-wire/40-pin ribbon cable for master and slave Ultra DMA/100, Ultra DMA/66 or Ultra DMA/33 IDE devices (KG7-Lite/KG7 Only) % Two 80-wire/40-pin ribbon cable for master and slave Ultra DMA/100, Ultra DMA/66 or Ultra DMA/33 IDE devices (KG7-RAID Only) % One ribbon cable for 5.25” and 3.
Introduction of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Features 1-5 1-4. Layout Diagram for KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Figure 1-1.
1-6 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Chapter 1
Installing the Motherboard 2-1 Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard This KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID 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.
Chapter 2 2-2 2-1. Installing the Motherboard to 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. There are two ways to attach the motherboard to the base of chassis: ! with studs ! or with spacers Please refer to figure 2-1, which shows the studs and spacers.
Installing the Motherboard 2-3 2-2. 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.
Chapter 2 2-4 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.
Installing the Motherboard 2-5 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).
2-6 第2章 2-3. 安裝系統記憶體 本主機板提供兩組 184 腳的 DDR DIMM 插座 (僅適用於 KG7-Lite 主機板) 或是㆕組 184 腳的 DDR DIMM 插座 (僅適用於 KG7/KG7-RAID 主機板) 可供記憶體擴充。DDR DIMM 插座支援 8 Mx64 (64 MB)、16 Mx64 (128 MB)、32 Mx64 (256 MB)、64 Mx64 (512 MB) 以及 128 Mx64 (1024 MB)或 雙面的 DDR DIMM 模組。支援的最小記憶體大小為 64 MB，而最大的記憶體大小則為 2 GB (僅適 用於 KG7-Lite 主機板) 或是 3.
2-7 主機板硬體安裝介紹 步驟㆓： 將電腦機殼打開。 步驟㆔： 在您雙手碰觸任何電腦內部元件前，請 確認您先用手碰觸機殼未㆖漆且裸露接 ㆞之金屬部份，以將您身體或是身㆖衣 物所帶有的靜電給放電掉。 步驟㆕： 找出您主機板㆖ DIMM 插槽的位置，此 主機板㆖文字標示為 DIMM1 ~ DIMM4 的 DIMM 插槽均是。 步驟五： 將 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組如圖 2-6 所 示，插入 DIMM 插槽。請注意記憶體模 組的楔子是如何對應到 DIMM 插槽㆖的 卡榫之㆖。此種設計可確保 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組僅能由㆒個方向插到 DIMM 插槽之㆖。 步驟六： DDR DIMM 記憶體模組安裝好之後，您就可以將電腦機殼蓋回機身去，或是您仍要繼續 做其它的動作均可。 注意 當您將 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組完全插入 DIMM 插槽時，模組退出 (固定) 夾應該會將 DIMM 記憶體模組自兩側卡緊並緊緊㆞固定住記憶體模組。 您從外觀㆖很難區分 PC1600 與 PC2100 DDR SDRAM 模組，辨識它們唯㆒方法是觀察模組㆖面的 標籤，標籤會告訴您該記憶體模組是何種架構的模組。 使用手冊
Chapter 2 2-8 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. If your system doesn't have such add-on cards or switches you can ignore some special feature connectors. Figure 2-7. All Connectors and Headers for the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID First, Let’s see the headers that KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID uses, and what their functions are.
Installing the Motherboard 2-9 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. One end of AC power core connects to ATX power supply, and the other end (AC plug) will plug into the wall outlet. Be aware that when facing the wall outlet, the round hole is in the middle. The right side slot is called ground wire slot. It has a longer slot length than the left side slot. The left side slot is called the live wire slot.
Chapter 2 2-10 Pin Number 1 2 3 Name or significance of signal +5V No Connection IR_RX Pin Number 4 5 Name or significance of signal Ground IR_TX (4). 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 (5).
Installing the Motherboard 2-11 (6). SMB1 header: System Management Bus (SM-Bus) Connector This connector is reserved for the system management bus (SM-Bus). The SM-Bus is a 2 2 specific implementation of an I C bus. I C is a multi-master bus, this means that multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating a data transfer. If more than one master simultaneously tries to control the bus, an arbitration procedure decides which master gets priority.
Chapter 2 2-12 Pin number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Name or significance of signal Key Pin NC VCC0 VCC1 Data0 Data1 Data0 + Data1 + Ground Ground (9). CCMOS1: CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS1 discharge CMOS memory. When you install the motherboard, make sure this jumper is set for normal operation (pin 1 and 2 shorted). See Figure 2-8. Figure 2-8. CCMOS1 jumper setting Note Before you clear the CMOS, you have to first turn the power off (including the +5V standby power).
Installing the Motherboard 2-13 (10). PN1 and PN2 Headers PN1 and PN2 are for switches and indicators for the chassis’s front panel, there are several functions that come from these two headers. You have to watch the pin position and the orientation, or you may cause system malfunctions. Figure 2-9 shows you the PN1 and PN2 functions of the pins. Figure 2-9. The definition of PN1 and PN2 pins PN1 (Pin 1-2-3): Power LED Headers There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 3.
Chapter 2 2-14 PN2 (Pin 9-10): Suspend LED Header Insert the two-threaded suspend LED cable into pin 9 and pin 10. If you install it in the wrong direction, the LED light will not illuminate correctly. Note: Watch the Suspend LED pin position and the orientation. For pin count-name list for PN1 and PN2, please refer to table 2-2. For the PN1 and PN2 pin’s count-name list, please refer to table 2-2. Table 2-2.
Installing the Motherboard 2-15 (12). IDE1, IDE2, IDE3 and IDE4 Connectors This motherboard provides two IDE ports (IDE1 & IDE2) to connect up to four IDE devices in Ultra DMA 100 mode by Ultra DMA 66 ribbon cables. Each cable has 40-pin 80-conductor and three connectors, providing two hard drive connections with the motherboard.
Chapter 2 2-16 Figure 2-11. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID back panel connectors Figure 2-11 shows the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID 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. (13). PS/2 Keyboard Connector Attach a PS/2 keyboard connector to this 6-pin Din-connector.
Installing the Motherboard 2-17 (16). Serial Port COM1 & COM2 Port Connectors This motherboard provides two COM ports, you can connect an external modem, mouse or other devices that support this communication protocol to these connectors. You can decide which external devices you want to connect to COM1 and COM2. Each COM port can only have one device connected at a time. (17). Parallel Port Connector This parallel port is also called an “LPT” port, because it usually connects to the printer.
2-18 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Chapter 2
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 Note The display of this item might be different when you installed the different type of processors. We just show you an example here. User defined external clock and multiplier factor: ! 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.
Introducing the BIOS 3-5 Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup: Normally, if the CPU clock setup is wrong, you will not be able to boot. In this case, turn the system off then on again. The CPU will automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter the BIOS Setup again and set up the CPU clock.
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 HDD Auto-Detection: Press the Enter 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. Note * A new IDE HDD must be first formatted, otherwise it can not read/write. The basic step in using a HDD is to run FDISK, and then FORMAT the drive.
Chapter 3 3-8 " Capacity: This item auto displays your HDD size. Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size given by a disk checking program of a formatted disk. Note All the items below are available when you set the item Primary IDE Master to Manual. " Cylinder: When disks are placed directly above one another along the shaft, the circular vertical "slice" consisting of all the tracks located in a particular position is called a cylinder.
Introducing the BIOS 3-9 Video: You can select the VGA modes for your video adapter, four options are available: EGA/VGA ) CGA 40 ) CGA 80 ) MONO. The default setting is EGA/VGA. Halt On: You can select which type of error will cause the system to halt. Five options are available: All Errors ) No Errors ) All, But Keyboard ) All, But Diskette ) All, But Disk/Key.
Chapter 3 3-10 Figure 3-4B. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Lower Screen Virus Warning: This item can be set to Enabled or Disabled, the default setting being Disabled. When this feature is enabled, if there is any attempt from a software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table, the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is attempting to access the hard disk.
Introducing the BIOS 3-11 Swap Floppy Drive: This item can be set as Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. When this feature is enabled, you don’t need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors. Drive A can be set as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A. Boot Up Floppy Seek: When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has a FDD or not.
Chapter 3 3-12 !SYSTEM: When you choose System, a password is required each time the computer boots up. If the correct password is not given, the system will not start. To disable security, select Set Supervisor Password at main menu and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press the Enter key and it will disable security. Once security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter the BIOS setup menu freely. Note Don’t forget your password.
Introducing the BIOS 3-13 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 SETUP DEFAULTS option). Figure 3-5A.
Chapter 3 3-14 Video RAM Cacheable: Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled. 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. Memory Hole At 15M-16M: Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. This option is used to free up the memory block 15M-16M.
Introducing the BIOS 3-15 Control CPU P/N value: Two options are available: Auto or Manual. The default setting is Auto. If you choose “Manual”, the following three items will available for you to set. It is recommended this field be set to Auto in order to avoid any errors in your system. " SlewRate Control: Eight options are available: 0 (Slowest) ) 1 ) 2 ) 3 (Default) ) 4 ) 5 ) 6 ) 7 (Fastest). The default setting is 3 (Default). This item lets you control the slew rate for AMD Athlon system bus.
3-16 Chapter 3 " DataStrobe SlewRate (Fall): Four options are available: Slowest ) Slow ) Fast ) Fastest. The default setting is Fastest. This item is used to directly program the fall time in all AGP data strobes. DDR MA Configuration: Two options are available: Auto or Manual. The default setting is Auto. When you choose “Manual” the following four items will available for you to set. It is recommended this field be set to Auto in order to avoid any errors in your system.
Introducing the BIOS 3-17 DDR CLK/CS Configuration (DDR Clock/Chip Select Configuration): Two options are available: Auto or Manual. The default setting is Auto. It is recommended this field be set at Auto in order to avoid any errors in your system. " CLK RiseEdge SlewRate: Eight options are available: 0 ) 1 ) 2 ) 3 ) 4 ) 5 ) 6 ) 7. The default setting is 5, the smaller the number the slower the speed. " CLK FallEdge SlewRate: Eight options are available: 0 ) 1 ) 2 ) 3 ) 4 ) 5 ) 6 ) 7.
Chapter 3 3-18 AGP Always Compensate: Two options are available: Disabled ) Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. When set to Enabled, dynamic compensation will be performed by the AGP. SDRAM ECC Setting: Four options are available: Disabled ) Check Only ) Correct Errors ) Correct+Scrub. The default setting is Disabled. When your DDR SDRAM module supports the ECC function, set this item to Correct+Scrub. You can also set to others items except Disabled.
Introducing the BIOS 3-19 " SDRAM Idle Limit: Eight options are available: 0 Cycle ) 8 Cycle ) 12 Cycle ) 16 Cycle ) 24 Cycle ) 32 Cycle ) 48 Cycle ) Disabled ) Back to 0 Cycle. The default setting is 8 Cycle. This is the number of idle cycles to wait before recharging. Idle cycles are defined as cycles where no valid requests are sent to the memory controller.
Chapter 3 3-20 3-5. Integrated Peripherals In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Figure 3-6A. Integrated Peripherals Menu Default Screen Figure 3-6B. Integrated Peripherals Menu Full Items Screen Onboard IDE-1 Controller: The onboard IDE 1 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled. " Master Drive PIO Mode: !Auto: The BIOS can auto-detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate (Default).
Introducing the BIOS 3-21 " Master Drive UltraDMA: Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 66 MB/sec. !Auto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) !Disabled: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to Disable this item.
Chapter 3 3-22 ATA100RAID IDE Controller (KG7-RAID Only): Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. If your motherboard is the KG7-RAID, it has the built-in HighPoint 370 chipset which can support Ultra ATA/100 specifications. Onboard FDD Controller: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. This is set to Enabled or Disabled the Onboard FDD Controller.
Introducing the BIOS 3-23 Onboard Parallel Port: Four options are available: Disabled ) 3BC/IRQ7 ) 378/IRQ7 ) 278/IRQ5. The default setting is 378/IRQ7. Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel (printer) port. " Parallel Mode: Four options are available: SPP ) EPP ) ECP ) ECP+EPP. Default is SPP mode. Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port.
Chapter 3 3-24 The system consumption is reduced according the following sequence: Normal > Doze > Standby > Suspend 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. Use the arrow keys to go to the item you want to configure. To change the settings, use PgUP, PgDn, + or - key. 3. After you have configured the Power Management feature, press Esc to go back to the Main Menu.
Introducing the BIOS 3-25 ! A Soft-off feature that enables the operating system to power off the computer. ! Support for multiple wake-up events (see Table 3-6-1). ! Support for a front panel power and sleep mode switch. Table 3-6-2 describes the system states based 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.
3-26 Chapter 3 ! The processor is not executing instructions. The processor’s complex context is maintained. ! Dynamic RAM context is maintained. ! Power Resources are in a state compatible with the system S1 state. All Power Resources that supply a System Level reference of S0 are in the OFF state. ! 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.
Introducing the BIOS 3-27 There are three options for power management: ! User Define: “User Define” defines the delay for accessing the power modes. " Standby Mode: Disabled ) 30 Sec ) 1 Min ) 4 Min ) 10 Min ) 20 Min ) 30 Min ) 1 Hour. The default setting is Disabled. " HDD Power Down: Disabled ) 1 Min ) 2 Min ) 3 Min ) 4 Min ) 5 Min ) 6 Min ) 7 Min ) 8 Min ) 9 Min ) 10 Min ) 11 Min ) 12 Min ) 13 Min ) 14 Min ) 15 Min. The default setting is Disabled.
Chapter 3 3-28 Resume by Alarm: Two items are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. When 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) Alarm/ Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm: You can set the Date (of month) Alarm and Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm, any event occurring will awaken a system that has powered down.
Introducing the BIOS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 3-29 IRQ8 (RTC Alarm): The default setting is Disabled. IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir): The default setting is Enabled. IRQ10 (Reserved): The default setting is Enabled. IRQ11 (Reserved): The default setting is Enabled. IRQ12 (PS/ 2 Mouse): The default setting is Enabled. IRQ13 (Coprocessor): The default setting is Enabled. IRQ14 (Hard Disk): The default setting is Enabled. IRQ15 (Reserved): The default setting is Disabled. VGA: Two items available: Off or On.
Chapter 3 3-30 3-7. PNP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu In this menu, you can change the INT# and IRQ of the PCI bus and other hardware settings. Figure 3-8A. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Force Update ESCD: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. Normally, you leave this field Disabled.
Introducing the BIOS 3-31 IRQ Resources: If you have trouble in assigning the interrupt resources automatically, you can select Manual to set which IRQis assigned to which PCI device or reserve it. See the screen shot below. Figure 3-8B. IRQ Resources Setup Menu PCI /VGA Palette Snoop: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled.
Chapter 3 3-32 SIGNALS PIRQ_0 Assignment PIRQ_1 Assignment PIRQ_2 Assignment PIRQ_3 Assignment PCI Slot 1 INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI Slot 2 INT B INT D INT C INT A PCI Slot 3 INT B INT A INT D INT C PCI Slot 4 INT D INT A INT B INT C PCI Slot 5 INT C INT D INT A INT B PCI Slot 6 INT D INT B INT C INT A ! USB used INT D. ! Each PCI slot has four INT#s (INT A~INT D)., and the AGP slot has two INT# (INTA and INT B). Note ! PCI slot 1 shares IRQ signals with the AGP slot.
Introducing the BIOS 3-33 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. PC Health Status Screen Shot CPU protect for CPUFan Off: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled.
Chapter 3 3-34 3-9. Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations. 3-10.
Introducing the BIOS 3-35 3-12. Save & Exit Setup Pressing on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS - a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again. 3-13.
3-36 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Chapter 3
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 KG7-RAID The KG7-RAID 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 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. " Striping (RAID 0) for Performance: This item is recommended for high performance usage. Requires at least 2 disks.
4-4 Chapter 4 Note When you choose to create RAID 1 and your source disk is not empty. You have to Duplicate Mirror Disk to copy the data to the destination disk. Otherwise, it will only copy the partition table to the destination disk, not the physical date. Select Disk Drives: This item allows you to select the disk drives to be used with the RAID array. Stripe Size: This item allows you to select the block size of the RAID array. There are five options: 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, and 64K.
RAID Setting Guide 4-5 " Select Source Disk: This item is to select the source disk. The size of source disk must be smaller or equal to the target disk. " Select Target Disk: This item is to select the target disk. The size of target disk must be greater or equal to the one of source disk. " Start Duplicating Process: After you had selected this item, the BIOS setting will take up to 30 minutes to run the duplication. Please wait or you may press to cancel. 4-3-4.
4-6 Chapter 4 4-3-7. OPTION 7: Set Boot Disk This item allows you to select the boot disk among the hard disk(s). Note This item will appear when necessary, not always appear. Use the up/down arrow to select the menu option to “Set Boot Disk” and press . In the Channel Status, select the channel you would like to set as bootable disk and press , an asterisk appears in the parentheses to indicate that the channel has been selected.
HPT 370A Driver Installation 5-1 Chapter 5. HPT 370A 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® 98 SE Step 3: Move the cursor to “HPT 37X Driver” and click on it. You will go to the next screen.
5-2 Step 5: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” to go on. Chapter 5 Step 8: Choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” in the check box and click “Finish”restart your computer to finish the drivers update. Step 6: The program will start to install the drivers and show you the percentage of files installed. Step 9: After rebooting the system, go to the “Control Panel” ) “System Properties” ) “Device Manager”.
HPT 370A Driver Installation 5-3 5-3. Windows® 2000 Step 1: Insert the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID 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. After it has been executed, you will see the screen below. Step 4: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” to go on. Step 2: Move the cursor to “HPT 37X Driver” and click on it. You will go to the next screen.
5-4 Chapter 5 Step 8: The “Digital Signature Not Found” menu appears. Click “Yes” to continue. Step 7: Choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” in the check box and click “Finish”restart your computer to finish the driver update. Step 9: Go to the “Control Panel” ) “System Properties” ) “Device Manager”. Now you can see that the driver is installed under the item of “SCSI and RAID controllers”.
HPT 370A RAID Administrator Installation Guide 6-1 Chapter 6. HPT 370A RAID Administrator Installation Guide In order to enable the on-screen monitoring function displaying disk array device information, you may install the “HPT 370A RAID Administrator” 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 370A controller. It can show the RAID types and status on screen. 2.
6-2 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 6: Now you can select the program folder. The setup wizard will add program icons to those program folders listed. Click “Next>” to go on. Chapter 6 Step 8: When the installation is completed, choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.
HPT 370A RAID Administrator Installation Guide 6-3 icon. Now you are in the RAID Administrator screen. Your current device allocation is viewable at a glance. Move the cursor to the drive icon you want to view and click on it. The screen below shows you that two HDDs connected on to the HPT 370A controller. You can click on each HDD icon to get more information about each HDD. The screen below shows you how to get more detailed information about RAID.
6-4 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Chapter 6
VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows® 98 SE & Windows® 2000 A-1 Appendix A. VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows® 98 SE & Windows® 2000 After you’ve installed Windows® 98 SE or 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® 98 SE & 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 “Quickly Install” mode, as it will automatically detect and update the necessary drivers. The following step we will describe the “Noemally 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 four kinds of drivers. Please check which drivers you want to install. When you choose the items, please click the “Next>” button to continue.
VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows® 98 SE & Windows® 2000 Step 7: Choose the “Install VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver” then click the “Next>” button to go on. (Windows® 98 SE) A-3 Step 9: Choose “Install VIA AGP VxD in Turbo mode”, and then click the “Next>” button. (Windows® 98 SE) Note: The difference between “Normal” & “Turbo” mode Installing in “turbo” mode will give your graphics card enhanced speed and performance while “normal” mode offers increased system stability.
A-4 Step 10: Choose “Install VIA IRQ Routing Miniport Driver”, and then click the “Next>” button. (Windows® 98 SE) Step 11: The installer will show the install progress percentage. (Windows® 98 SE) Step 9: The installer will show the install progress percentage. (Windows® 2000) Appendix A Step 12: 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.
VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows® 98 SE & Windows® 2000 A-5 Step 13: You can then check the “System Properties” see that the devices are properly installed. (Windows® 98 SE) Step 11: You can then check the “Device Manager” to see that the devices are properly installed.
A-6 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Appendix A
AMD AGP Miniport Driver Installation for Windows® 98 SE & Windows® 2000 B-1 Appendix B. AMD AGP Miniport Driver Installation for Windows® 98 SE & Windows® 2000 Insert the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID CD-Title 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 this CD-Title. After it has been executed you will see the screen below.
B-2 Step 4: When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer. Click “OK” to restart your computer and load the driver.
Installing the VIA Hardware Monitor System C-1 Appendix C. Installing the VIA Hardware Monitor System VIA Hardware Monitor System is a self-diagnostic system for PCs. It will protect PC hardware by monitoring several critical items including power supply voltages, CPU & 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.
C-2 Appendix C You will see the install shell active. The welcome screen and its dialogue box will appear. Click the “Next>” button to go on. Now you can choose the folder for the destination location you want to install the drivers. We suggest 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.
Installing the VIA Hardware Monitor System C-3 The installer will show the install progress percentage. When installation is complete, the installer will automatically terminate the install process. When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer. Click “OK” to restart your computer and load the driver. (Windows® 2000 only) You can call the program from Start toolbar, then choose Programs. You will see the item called “VIA HM” ) “VIA Hardware Monitor”.
C-4 Appendix C This screen show the VIA hardware monitor system screen. It shows the information about system temperature, voltages and fan speed. Some items can let you set the warning range; you can accordance your system to make optimize value setting.
BIOS Update Guide D-1 Appendix D. 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”.
D-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 D-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.
D-4 Appendix D 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?) E-1 Appendix E. 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.
E-2 Appendix E Example 2: With a system including the motherboard (with CPU, DRAM, COAST...) HDD, CD-ROM, FDD, VGA CARD, LAN CARD, MPEG CARD, SCSI CARD, SOUND CARD, after assembly and after having installed the Sound Card Driver, when you restart the system, when it runs the Sound Card Driver, it resets automatically. This problem may be due to the Sound Card Driver. During the Starting DOS… procedure, press SHIFT (BY-PASS) key, to skip CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT; edit CONFIG.
Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) E-3 5*. OS/APPLICATION: Indicate the operating system and the applications your are running on the system. Example: MS-DOS® 6.22, Windows® 98 SE, Windows® 2000, etc. 6*. CPU: 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. HDD: Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD(s), specify if the HDD is using 1IDE1 or 1IDE2.
E-4 Appendix E 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?) E-5 Q: Why I see “NO ROM BASIC SYSTEM HALTED” when booting? A: There isn’t any activated primary partition in you system. Please use FDISK or any other utilities to create/set one. 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.
E-6 Appendix E ' Technical Support Form ! Company Name: 3 Phone Number: " Contact Person: # Fax Number: 4 E-mail Address: Model * Motherboard Model No.
How to Get Technical Support F-1 Appendix F. 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.
F-2 Appendix F 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 F-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 3F-7, No. 79, Sec. 1, Hsin Tai Wu Rd. Hsi Chi, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan sales@abit.com.tw market@abit.com.tw technical@abit.com.tw Tel: 886-2-2698-1888 Fax: 886-2-2698-1811 RMA Service.
F-4 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Appendix F
