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SX7-533 Motherboard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION OF SX7-533 FEATURES...................... 1-1 CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD.............................. 2-1 CHAPTER 3. INTRODUCING THE BIOS ................................................ 3-1 APPENDIX A. SIS CHIPSET DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS® 2000 ........................................................................................ A-1 APPENDIX B. SIS IDE DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS® 2000 .....................
APPENDIX G. SX7-533 HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT.............................
Introduction of SX7-533 Features 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduction of SX7-533 Features 1-1. Features of SX7-533 Motherboard This motherboard is designed for use with Intel’s latest generation of Pentium® 4 478 pins processors. Based on the new SiS 645DX chipsets (SiS 645DX & SiS 961B), this motherboard supports 400 MHz / 533 MHz system bus (100 MHz / 133 MHz Quad Data Rate) and SiS MuTIOL® (Multi-threaded I/O Link) Technology connecting with SiS 961B MuTIOL® Media IO.
Chapter 1 1-2 1-2. Specifications 1. Processor ! Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 socket 478 processor with 400 MHz/533 MHz (100 MHz/133 MHz Quad Data Rate) CPU front side bus 2. Chipset (SiS 645DX and SiS 961B): ! ! ! ! Supports Ultra DMA 33, Ultra DMA 66, Ultra DMA 100 and Ultra DMA 133 IDE protocol Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI) Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 2X (3.3V) and 4X (1.
Introduction of SX7-533 Features 1-3 ! ! ! ! Supports wake up by LAN Supports wake up by modem ring Hardware monitoring：Included fan speed, voltages, processor and system environment temperature Board size: 305 * 230mm # The Switching Power Supply must meet ATX 2.03 specification with ATX12V1 Power connector. # Supports Wake On LAN, Wake On Ring, 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.
Chapter 1 1-4 1-4. Layout Diagram for SX7-533 Figure 1-1. SX7-533 motherboard component location Figure 1-2.
Installing the Motherboard 2-1 Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard This SX7-533 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 support all Intel® Pentium® 4 processors now on the market.
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. Install Pentium® 4 Processor and Heatsink Supporting-Base This motherboard provides a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) Socket 478 to install Intel® Pentium® 4 processor. The processor you bought should include a heatsink and cooling fan kit along with. If that’s not the case, buy one specially designed for Pentium® 4 Socket 478. Please refer to figure 2-3 to install the processor. 1. Locate the Socket 478. Fasten the heatsink supporting-base onto the motherboard.
Chapter 2 2-4 2-3. Installing System Memory This motherboard provides three 184-pin DDR DIMM sites for memory expansion. The DDR DIMM sockets support 8 M x 64 (64 MB), 16 M 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 DIMM modules. Minimum memory is 64 MB and the maximum memory is 2 GB (Unbuffered PC 2700 DDR Module) or 3 GB (Unbuffered PC 1600/2100 DDR Module) DDR SDRAM.
Installing the Motherboard 2-5 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 2-5 for the details. This insures the DDR DIMM module will be plugged into the socket in one way only. Firmly press the DDR DIMM module into DDR DIMM socket, making certain the module is completely seated in the DDR DIMM socket. Step 6.
Chapter 2 2-6 Figure 2-6. All Connectors and Headers for the SX7-533 First, Let’s see the headers that SX7-533 uses, and what their functions are. We will show you all the connectors and headers. (1). ATXPWR1 and ATX12V1: ATX Power Input Connectors The Pentium® 4 requires a power supplier different from the regular one.
Installing the Motherboard 2-7 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 2-8 (3). FPIO2: IR Header (Infrared) There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 5, attach the connector from the IR KIT or IR device to the FPIO2 header. This motherboard supports standard IR transfer rates. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation (4). SMB1 and SMB2 System Management Bus (SM-Bus) Connectors These two connectors are reserved for the system management bus (SM-Bus). The SM-Bus is a 2 2 specific implementation of an I C bus.
Installing the Motherboard 2-9 (6). FPIO3 (USB 3/4) and FPIO4 (USB 5/6) Headers: Additional USB Plugs Header These headers are for connecting the additional USB port plugs. Each connector can provide two additional USB plugs for a total of four additional USB plugs. You can use the special USB port expansion cable to connect it (the cable come with the metal plate can fixed on the back panel of computer chassis). It can provide total of four additional USB plugs. (7).
Chapter 2 2-10 (8). FPIO1 Headers: The Headers for Chassis’s Front Panel Indicators and Switches FPIO1 are for switches and indicators for the chassis’s front panel, there are several functions that come from this header. You have to watch the pin position and the orientation, or you may cause LED do not light up. Figure 2-8 shows you the FPIO1 functions of the pins. Figure 2-8.
Installing the Motherboard 2-11 Table 2-2.
Chapter 2 2-12 (10). IDE1and IDE2 Connectors This motherboard provides two IDE ports (IDE1 & IDE2) to connect up to four IDE devices in Ultra DMA 133 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.
Installing the Motherboard 2-13 (11). 6CHAUD1 Header: 6 Channels Audio Header You’ll see this header on SX7-533 motherboard. This header is designed to connect the CA-20 (Optional). CA-20 (Optional) can provide the analog audio output signals for center channel, subwoofer, rear right and rear left channel. It also provides one digital S/PDIF output connector. Another two USB connectors on CA-20 (Optional) are provided for use for FPIO3 or FPIO4 headers.
Chapter 2 2-14 (13). SW1 and D12: Processor Default Setting Switch and 5V Standby LED SW1 is a processor default setting switch, used to set and test in our factory. Please do not change the small DIP switchs setting on SW1, as wrong settings may prevent your computer from booting. Please go to the BIOS “SoftMenu III Setup” menu to setting CPUs parameters. The default setting of SW1 is: DIP SW 1, 2, 4 and 6 are set to “ON” position.
Installing the Motherboard 2-15 You can attach USB devices such as a, scanner, digital speakers, monitor, mouse, keyboard, hub, digital camera, joystick etc. to one of each USB connector. You must make sure your operating system supports this feature and you may need to install an additional driver for individual devices. In Please refer to your device user’s manual for detailed information. (17).
Chapter 2 2-16 Note This chapter contains many color drawing diagram and photos, we strongly recommend you to read this chapter use the PDF file we gave you that store in the CD-Title. It will provide you the better look and clearly color identify.
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 Figure 3-1. CMOS Setup Utility Menu Screen Shot 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 Computer Knowledge: CMOS Data Maybe you have heard somebody saying that his or her CMOS DATA was lost. What is the CMOS? Is it important? The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have configured. This memory is passive. You can read its data, and you can also store data in it. But this memory has to be powered by a battery, in order to avoid any loss of its data when the computer is turned off.
Chapter 3 3-4 Processor Type: This item will automatically show the processor type you installed. You can’t make any changes to this item. Processor Speed: This item will automatically show the processor internal frequency currently running. You can’t make any changes to this item. CPU Operating Speed: This option sets the processor speed. In this field, the processor speed is indicated like this: Processor Speed (External Clock x Multiplier Factor).
Introducing the BIOS " 3-5 Estimated new CPU clock: This item will show you the frequency that according settings from the item “CPU Front Side Bus Frequency” and “CPU Multiplier factor”. CPU FSB/DRAM/AGP/PCI ratio: Eight options are available: 3:3:2:1 ) 3:4:2:1 ) 3:5:2:1 ) 3:6:2:1 ) 4:3:2:1 ) 4:4:2:1 ) 4:5:2:1 ) 4:6:2:1. The default setting is 3:3:2:1 or 4:3:2:1. This item lets you set the processor Front Side Bus, DRAM, AGP and PCI clock ratio. It correlates with the processor FSB clock you set.
Chapter 3 3-6 Attention After setting up the parameters and leaving the BIOS SETUP, and having verified that the system can be booted, do not press the Reset button or turn off the power supply. Otherwise the BIOS will not read correctly, the parameters will fail and you must enter SOFT MENU™ III again to set up the parameters all over again. Vcore Control: Four options are available: Default ) Default +5% ) Default +10% ) Default +15%. The default setting is Default. 3-2.
Introducing the BIOS 3-7 System Date: You can set the date in this item: month (mm), date (dd) and year (yy). System Time: You can set the time in this item: hour (hh), minute (mm) and second (ss). Floppy Driver A & Floppy Driver B: If you have installed the floppy disk drive here, then you can select the type of floppy drive it can support. Five options are available: Not Installed ) 1.2 MB 51/4 ) 720 KB 31/2 ) 1.44 MB 31/2 ) 2.88 MB 31/2.
Chapter 3 3-8 When you set it to Auto then the detailed parameters of the HDD will be shown in the remaining items of this menu. Note * A new IDE HDD must be first formatted, otherwise it can’t do the read/write. The basic step in using a HDD is to run FDISK, and then FORMAT the drive. Most current HDDs have already been subjected to low-level format at the factory, so you can probably skip this operation.
Introducing the BIOS 3-9 Block Mode: Two options are available: Auto ) Off. The default setting is Off. Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Auto for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. Fast Programmed I/O Modes: Seven options are available: Auto ) 0 ) 1 ) 2 ) 3 ) 4 ) 5. The default setting is Auto.
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 Menu Upper Screen Shot Figure 3-4B.
Introducing the BIOS 3-11 Quick Boot: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. Select Enabled to skip memory test then you can enjoy the convenience of quick boot function. How to use the Quick Boot function? When you start to get in the boot sequence, press key one time, then you can see the “Select First Boot Device” menu show up. Choose the first boot device you want then press key to continue the boot sequence.
Chapter 3 3-12 BootUp Num-Lock: ! Off: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in cursor control mode. ! On: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode. (Default Settings) PS/2 Mouse Support: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. If you want to free the INT 12 for other device use, then you can select Disabled to free INT 12. Password Check: Two options are available: Setup or Always. The default setting is Setup.
Introducing the BIOS 3-13 C8000, 16K Shadow, CC00, 16K Shadow, D000, 16K Shadow, D400, 16K Shadow, D800, 16K Shadow, DC00, 16K Shadow. Computer Knowledge: SHADOW What is the SHADOW? The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM, and it is often very slow. With the Shadow feature, the CPU reads the BIOS on the VGA card and copies it into RAM. When the CPU runs this BIOS, the operation is speeded up. 3-4.
Chapter 3 3-14 Note The parameters in this screen are for system designers, service personnel, and technically competent users only. Do not reset these values unless you understand the consequences of your changes. Advanced DRAM 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.
Introducing the BIOS 3-15 SDRAM RAS precharge time. It can define the SDRAM precharge to ACT command period. tRP timing value (Precharge time – time from precharge command to when back can be activated). " DDR RAS to CAS Delay: Three options are available: 2T ) 3T ) 4T. The default setting is 3T. This item is to set SDR/DDR SDRAM RAS to CAS delay. It can define the SDRAM ACT to Read/Write command period.
3-16 Chapter 3 AGP Aperture Size: Up to seven options are available: 4MB ) 8MB ) 16MB ) 32MB ) 64MB ) 128 MB ) 256 MB. The default setting is 64MB. This option specifies the amount of system memory that can be used by the AGP device. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. See http://www.agpforum.org for AGP information.
Introducing the BIOS 3-17 3-5. Power Management Setup Menu The difference between Green PCs and traditional computers is that Green PCs have a power management feature. With this feature, when the computer is powered on but inactive, the power consumption is reduced in order to save energy. When the computer operates normally, it is in Normal mode.
Chapter 3 3-18 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 ESC to go back to the main menu. 3. After you have configured the Power Management feature, press Esc to go back to the Main Menu.
Introducing the BIOS 3-19 Table 3-5-2: Effect of Pressing the Power Switch If the system is in this state…… Off On On Sleep ……and the power switch is pressed for Less than four seconds More than four seconds Less than four seconds Less than four seconds ……the system enters this state Power on Forced power off Defined by OS Wake up ACPI Standby State: Three options are available: S1 ) S3 ) Auto. The default setting is Auto.
3-20 Chapter 3 From the software point of view, this state is functionally the same as the S2 state. The operational difference can be that some Power Resources that could be left ON in the S2 state might not be available to the S3 state. As such, additional devices can be required to be in logically lower D0, D1, D2, or D3 state for S3 than S2. Similarly, some device wake events can function in S2 but not S3.
Introducing the BIOS 3-21 failure, the system will always turn on. If you set it to Last State, when the power returns, the computer return to the previous power state. Wake Up Events: The following is a list of the events. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it causes an event to occur. If any of these Enabled event occues, the system will be waking up to perform the task. Figure 3-6B.
3-22 Chapter 3 Wake Up by LAN: Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. When set to Enabled, any event affecting LAN card (through the PCI PME internal pin) will awaken a system that has powered down. Wake Up by Modem Ring: Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. When set to Enabled, any event affecting the modem (external modem) ring will awaken a system that has powered down.
Introducing the BIOS 3-23 3-6. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu In this menu, you can change the INT# and IRQ# of the PCI bus and other hardware settings. Figure 3-7A. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Screen Shot Plug and Play Aware O/S: Two options are available: No or Yes. The default setting is No. This item allows you to choose the job of initialize the PnP devices is done by BIOS or OS. If you choose Yes, the operating system will initialize the PnP devices and give them a proper resources.
Chapter 3 3-24 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA: Two options are available: Yes or No. The default setting is Yes. Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the VGA on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. You can assign an IRQ for the either PCI VGA or disable it. PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. ~ PIRQ_3 Use IRQ No.: Seven options are available: Auto ) 3 ) 4 ) 5 ) 7 ) 10 ) 11. Default setting is Auto.
Introducing the BIOS 3-25 " IRQ Resources: Two options are available: PCI/PnP or Reserve. The default setting is PCI/PnP. If you have trouble in assigning the interrupt resources automatically, you can choose Reserve to set which IRQ should be reserved. See the screen shot below. Figure 3-7B.
Chapter 3 3-26 3-7. Integrated Peripherals In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Figure 3-8A. Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Upper Screen Shot Figure 3-8B.
Introducing the BIOS 3-27 SiS Onchip IDE Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the SiS onchip IDE device parameters. Figure 3-8C. SiS Onchip IDE Device Setup Menu Screen Shot PCI IDE BusMaster: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. The onboard IDE controller can be set as enable or disable. Primary Master UDMA: Two options are available: Auto or Disabled. The default setting is Auto.
Chapter 3 3-28 transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 133 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 set this item to Disabled. Secondary Master UDMA: Two options are available: Auto or Disabled. The default setting is Auto.
Introducing the BIOS " 3-29 Secondary Slave Prefetch: Two options are available: Disable or Enable. The default setting is Enable. The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disable if the interface does not support prefetching. Audio Device: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. This item allows you to enable or disable the onboard audio controller.
Chapter 3 3-30 Onboard Parallel Port: Five options are available: Auto ) Disabled ) 378h ) 278h ) 3BCh. The default setting is Auto. Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel (printer) port. " Parallel Port Mode: Five options are available: Normal ) SPP ) EPP ) ECP ) ECP/EPP. Default is ECP mode. Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. SPP (Standard Parallel Port), EPP (Extended Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) or ECP/EPP.
Introducing the BIOS 3-31 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 Setup Menu Screen Shot CPU Warning Temperature: Eight options are available: Disabled ) 40 ) 45 ) 50 ) 55 ) 60 ) 65 ) 70.
Chapter 3 3-32 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. Set Supervisor Password Can let you enter and change the options of the setup menus. 3-10. Set User Password You have to set the Supervisor Password then you can set user password.
Introducing the BIOS 3-33 3-11. Load Optimized Defaults When you press on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N Pressing “Y” loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. 3-12.
Chapter 3 3-34 3-15. Exit Without Saving Pressing on this item asks for confirmation: Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer.
SiS Chipset Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 A-1 Appendix A. SiS Chipset Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 After you’ve installed Windows® 2000, you will need to install the SiS chipset 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.
Appendix A A-2 Step 3: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” to go on. Step 4: The program will start to install drivers the system needs. The installer will show the install progress percentage. Note The version you see may differ, because we may change the drivers or change the CD version. If this happens, the version may be different with this picture, but the install process won’t change at all.
SiS IDE Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 B-1 Appendix B. SiS IDE Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 After you’ve installed Windows® 2000, you will need to install the SiS IDE 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. For the best screen capture quality, install the VGA drivers and set the desktop to 800*600 using True Color.
Appendix B B-2 to continue. Step 6: The installer will show the install progress percentage. Step 3: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” to go on. Step 4: This setup program will ask you to select the components you want to install. Please check which drivers you want to install. When you choose the items, please click the “Next>” button to continue. Step 7: When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer.
SiS IDE Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 Step 9: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” button to go on. Step 10: Choose “ Search for a suitable driver for my decice (recommended)” and click “Next>” button to go on. Step 11: You can choose the file locate in which drivers, here we need to choose “CD-ROM drivers”. Click “Next>” button to go on. B-3 Step 12: After searching, program will fine Ultra DMA Channel device driver and tell you where it located.
B-4 Step 15: “System Settings Change” dialogue show up, click the “Yes” button to restart your computer to finish the driver updates. Step 16: When Windows® 2000 restart, you can then check the “Device Manager” to see that the devices are properly installed.
5.1 Channel Audio Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 C-1 Appendix C. 5.1 Channel Audio Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 After you’ve installed SiS chipset and IDE 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.
C-2 Step 5: 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 updates. Appendix C Step 7: You can choose from “Start”, “Programs” then from item “Avance Sound Manager” ) “AvRack” to starting the applications program. You can quickly start the mixer panel by double click on the AvRack icon on the desktop.
5.1 Channel Audio Drivers Installation for Windows® 2000 C-3 This menu item can let you set environmental and KaraOK key factor. 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. This menu item can let you set specific frequency dB value. Thi smenu item can give you the information such as: audio driver version, DirectX version, audio controller name, AC97 Codec name.
C-4 SX7-533 Appendix C
Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System D-1 Appendix D. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System The Winbond hardware monitor system 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.
D-2 Appendix D name then click “Next>” button. Step 5: The welcome screen and its dialogue box will appear. Click the “Next>” button to go on. Step 6: 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. Step 7: You can choose the name of the program folder. We suggest you use the default program folder name.
Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System “Finish” button to restart your computer to finish the driver update. D-3 see the item called “winbond” ) “Hardware Doctor”. Click it, and you will be able to see the screen below. Step 11: You can select the program from Start toolbar, and then choose “Programs”. You will Step 12: This screen shows the hardware monitor system screen. It shows information about system temperature, voltages and fan speed.
D-4 SX7-533 Appendix D
AMI BIOS Update Guide E-1 Appendix E. AMI BIOS Update Guide We will use the SX7-533 motherboard as an example. All other models follow the same process. 1. Know your motherboard’s PCB version number. You can find it at the front or back of the motherboard. Each motherboard always has the label (Bar code sticker) at a different place on the PCB to show the PCB version. (As shown in the photo below, just for example) 2. Know the current BIOS ID. For example, in this case, the current BIOS ID is “89”.
E-2 Appendix E action is necessary. If your BIOS is not the latest BIOS, go on to the next step. 3. Download the correct BIOS file from our Web site. (This example is the BIOS for SX7-533) You can click the “Download” button on the green line, then go to our download center and choose the correct BIOS file and download it. 4. Double click the download file-it will self-extract to amiflash.exe and .rom files. 5. Make a bootable floppy disk and copy the necessary files onto it.
AMI BIOS Update Guide E-3 After formatting and transferring the system to the floppy disk, copy two files into it. One is the BIOS flash utility “amiflash.exe” and the other is the decompressed BIOS .rom file. 6. Boot off floppy disk. 7. Please set the “1st Boot Device” as “Floppy: 1.44 MB 31/2” in BIOS and boot off the floppy disk.
Appendix E E-4 Second way is: When you start to get in the boot sequence, press key once-then you can see the “Select First Boot Device” menu show up. Choose floppy as the first boot device then press key to continue the boot sequence. 8. You must flash the BIOS in pure DOS mode. After successfully booting off of the floppy, execute the flash utility according to these instructions: “amiflash sx7_89.rom” then press the key, and the flashing procedure will start.
Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) F-1 Appendix F. 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.
F-2 Appendix F 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?) F-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 processor. For example: (A) In the “Brand” space, write “Intel”, in the “Specifications” space, write “Pentium® 4 processor 2 GHz”。 7.
F-4 Appendix F Technical Support Form ! Company Name: 1 Phone Number: " Contact Person: # Fax Number: 2 E-mail Address: * Model Name Motherboard PCB Version Hardware Name System Memory (DDR DRAM) Add-On Card Problem Description: SX7-533 Brand * Processor Type CD-ROM Drive Driver Version * OS/Applications Hard Disk Drive BIOS ID & Part Number * IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 Specifications
How to Get Technical Support G-1 Appendix G. 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.
G-2 Appendix G 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 G-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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