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4200- 0283-02 Rev. 1. 00 AT7/AT7E Motherb oard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCT ION OF AT7/AT7 E FEATURES ................. 1-1 1-1. F EATURES O F AT7/AT7E M OTHERBOARD ........................................................... 1-1 1-2. S PECIFICA TIONS .....................................................................................[...]

AT7/ AT7E APPENDIX C. LAN DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WI NDOWS ® 2000 C-1 APPENDIX D. USB 2.0 DRIVERS INSTA LLATION FOR WINDOWS ® 2000 ................................................................................................ D-1 APPENDIX E. INSTALL ING THE W INBO ND HARDW ARE M ONITO R SOFTWARE ................................................[...]

Intr oductio n of AT7/AT7E Fea tures User’ s Manual 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduct ion of AT 7/AT7E Fe atures 1-1. Features of AT7/AT7E Motherboard This m othe rboard is designed for A MD So cket A A thlon ™ XP, A thlon ™ an d Dur on ™ processo rs. I t supp orts the AMD S ocket-A st ructu re, with up to 3 G B (Unbuffer ed) or 3.5 GB (Registered) [...]

Chapter 1 AT7/ AT7E 1-2 to the future, g iving users a new level o f sy st em l ongevity and flex ibility . 1-2. Specifications 1. Proces sor ! Supp orts AMD Athlon ™ XP 1500+ ~ 2200 + or future Soc ket A pr ocessors b ased on 200 M Hz/266 MHz (1 00 MHz/1 33 MHz Doub le Data Rate) ! Supp orts AMD Athlon ™ 700 MHz ~ 1.4 GHz or future Soc ket A p[...]

Intr oductio n of AT7/AT7E Fea tures User’ s Manual 1-3 6. Au dio ! Realte k AL C650 (AC-L ink) ! Supports 6 CH DAC fo r A C3 5.1 CH pur pose ! Professi onal d igita l audio in terface supp orting 24-bi t S/PDIF OUT 7. LAN ! Onboar d Real tek 8100B singl e chip E therne t control le r inter face ! 10/100 M b Oper ation ! User frie ndly dr iver in[...]

Chapter 1 AT7/ AT7E 1-4 # Supports Wak e On LAN, Modem, but yo ur ATX power supply 5V standby powe r must be able t o pr ovide at least a 720m A curren t cap acity. Ot herw ise, the fun ctions m ay not w ork normally . # HPT 374 IDE controlle r is designe d to support high-speed and hig h performance mass stor age devic es. Thus we sugges t that yo[...]

Intr oductio n of AT7/AT7E Fea tures User’ s Manual 1-5 1-4. Layout Diagram for AT7/AT7E Figure 1-1. AT 7/AT 7E m otherbo ard com ponen t loc ation[...]

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Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-1 Chapter 2. Installin g the Mother board This A T7/AT 7E mothe rboard not only provide s all standar d equipme nt for cl assic pe rsonal co mp uters, but al so prov ides g reat f le xibility for me eting futur e u pgra de de mands . This cha pter wil l introduce step by step all of th e stand ard eq [...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-2 2-1. Installation of the AMD Athlon ™ XP, Athlon ™ and Duro n ™ CPU Note ! Installing a heatsin k and coo ling fan i s necessar y f or heat to dissipate f rom y our pro cessor. F ailing to ins tall these item s ma y r esul t in ove rheating an d proces sor dam age. ! Th e AMD Sock et A pr ocessor will pr odu ce a lot o[...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-3 Heats ink In stallation Hints Because the pro cessor w ill produce a lo t of he at while o perating, w e sugg est y ou use a heatsin k a pprov ed by A MD to be safe and to kee p the pr oce ssor tempe rature w ithin no rmal op eratio n temper ature s. The heatsi nk will be large and heavy , so the fi[...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-4 Insert a flat screwdriver into th e middle slot of th e right s ide fix pl ate and push do wn. Th en y ou can pu sh the fix plat e over th e socket hooks on th e right sid e. Ch eck t he p hoto on th e left . Check the ph oto on th e left. You have fi nish ed the heatsi nk install ation. Now hold the w hole he atsin k and s [...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-5 2-2. Installing the M otherboard to t he Chassis Af ter yo u install the pro cessor to the mothe rboard, y ou can star t to fix the mothe rboar d into the chas sis. Most comp uter c hassis w ill hav e a base on w hich there will be many moun ting holes tha t allow s the mothe rboard to be s ecure ly[...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-6 2-3. Installing System Memory This m othe rboard pr ovide s four 184- pin DD R DI MM site s for me mory expansio n. T he DD R SDRAM DIMM soc kets supp ort 8 M x 64 (64 MB), 16M x 64 (128 MB), 32 M x 64 (256 MB), 64 M x 64 (512 MB) an d 128 M x 64 (102 4 MB) or doubl e de nsity DDR SDRA M DIMM modules . Minim um memo ry is 64[...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-7 Step 3. Before t ouc hin g any elec tron ic comp onent s, mak e sure you fi rst touc h an unpain ted, grou nded meta l object to disch arge any static ele ctricity stored on your clothi ng or bo dy. Step 4. Lo cate yo ur compute r’s 184- pin mem ory expans ion D DR DI MM socket. Step 5. Inse rt th[...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-8 Note This co mponen ts diag ram wil l be s lightly differ ent be cause ther e are a num ber of m ode ls. W e’ll use the A T7 full ver sion mothe rboard as stand ard; al l de scri ptions of conne ctor and header w ill be bas ed on the AT7 f ull ve rsion mo therbo ard. All connectors , he aders and s witc hes mentio ned he r[...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-9 (1). ATX1: ATX Power Input Connector Attach the conne ctor fro m the pow er suppl y to the AT X1 conne ctor her e. Re mem ber y ou have to push the co nnector fro m the A TX pow er supply firmly to the e nd w ith the A TX1 conne ctor, ins uring tha t yo u have a good connec tion . Not e: Watc h the [...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-10 (2). F AN1, FAN2 , FAN3, FAN4 and FAN5 Hea ders Atta ch the c onnect or from th e proc essor fa n to the heade r name d FAN 1 or FAN2 an d connec tor fr om th e front ch assi s fan to the h eader FAN4 . Att ach the connector from t he power fan or back chassis fan t o FA N3 heade r and atta che the co nnect or from north br[...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-11 (4). TCPU1 & TSYS1: Tem perature Therm istor The TC PU1 i s used to det ect th e CPU tem pera ture. The TS YS1 is us ed to detect the sys tem envi ronmen t temp eratu re. You can see t he read ings in the BIOS o r in the har dware m onit oring applica tion mai n scree n . (5). USB3 and USB4 Hea[...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-12 (6). IEEE1 Header: IEEE 13 94 Header (For AT7 Full Version Only) Thi s head er is r eserved f or con necti on to th e ABIT Media XP produ ct (Optional ) . The Media XP can provi de the t otal solut ion for th e front panel conn ections . It provi ded a vari ous funct ion, lik e a: SD/MS/CF card reader, USB 2.0/ I EEE 1394 c[...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-13 Note Before you c lear the CMOS, you have to first tu rn the power off (inclu ding the +5V standb y pow er). Other wis e, yo ur system may wor k abnor mally . Af ter upda ting yo ur BIOS and be fore boo t up, pl ease cle ar the CMO S f irst. The n put the jumpe r to its defaul t positio n. A fter t[...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-14 FPIO1 (Pin 16-18-20): Power On LED Headers The re is a specif ic orien tatio n for pins 1 throug h 3. Ins ert the three -thre aded po wer o n L ED cabl e to t his head er. Ch eck to make sure th e correc t pin s go to th e correc t connec tors on the moth erboa rd. If you instal l the m in the w rong dir ectio n, the pow er[...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-15 (10). WOR1: Wake On Ring Header If you h ave an intern al modem adapt er that supports thi s featu re, th en you c an connec t th e speci fic cab le fro m the i n ter nal mo dem ada pter to th is header . This featur e l ets y ou w ake up yo ur com pute r via remo te contro l throug h the modem. No[...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-16 (12) . CD1 and AUX1 Headers : CD Audio and Auxiliar y audio sig nal input headers These co nnec tors conn ect to th e audi o output of inter n al CD -RO M driv e or add- on car d. (13 ). FDC1 Connec tor This 34-pin connect or is called the “ floppy d isk drive con nector ”. You can co nnect a 360K , 5.25”, 1.2M , 5.25[...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-17 two or fou r HDDs t o get RAID fu nct ions, it is ver y conveni ent for you to inst all th e HDDs to IDE3, I DE4, ID E5 or I DE6. See the Cha pter 4 fo r detaile d inform ation about RAI D se ttings. (F or AT7 F ull V ersion Only) If you wan t to conn ect two ha rd drives t ogeth er throug h one I [...]

Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-18 Figure 2-9. AT7 back panel connector s Fig ure 2- 9 show s the AT 7 back pa nel conne ctor s, the se conne ctors are f or c onnection to outsi de de vices to the motherbo ard. W e will describe which dev ices wil l attach to these connector s below . (15). USB P orts Con nectors This m othe rboard pr ovide s six US B po rts[...]

Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-19 (18). Audi o1 and Audio2 Co nnectors Audio1 and Audio2 c onnect ors are aud io connect ors for analog a udio si gnal in or ou t. Mic In Conne ctor: You can co nnect the plug fr om t he micr opho ne to this co nnec tor. D o not conne ct other a udio (or sign al) sources to thi s conn ector. Line In [...]

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Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-1 Chapter 3. Introduc ing the BIOS The BIO S is a prog ram loca ted on a Flash Me mory chip o n the mot herboard. T his pr ogr am w ill no t be lost when you tu rn the c omputer off. Th is p rogram is also ref erred to as the b oot progra m. It is th e only channe l the har dwar e circ uit has to communic a[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-2 In the BIOS Setup m ain menu of Fig ure 3- 1, yo u can see several options. W e will explain the se options step by step in the follo wing p ages of t his ch apter, but let u s firs t see a sh ort des cripti on of th e functi on key s you may use here : ! Press Esc to qu it the B I OS Setu p. ! Press ↑↓←→ (up, down, [...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-3 3-1. CPU Setup [SOFT MENU ™ III] The CPU ca n be setu p throug h a prog rammabl e switch ( CPU SOFT MENU ™ III ) , that re places t he tradit ional m anual har dware config uratio n. This f eatur e allow s the user to more easily comple te the instal latio n proce dures . You can insta ll the CP U w i[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-4 ! User Defi ned %%%% Wa r n i n g %%%% The w rong s ettings of the m ultiplie r and ext ernal clock in certain circum stances m ay cause C PU damage The wro ng se ttings of the mul tiplie r and exte rnal clock in certain circumsta nces may cause CPU damag e. Setting the w orking fre quenc y hig her than t h e s pecif ication[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-5 Solutio n in case of booti ng problem due to invali d clock setup: Nor mally , if the CPU clock set up is wro ng, you w ill not be a ble to bo ot. I n this case , turn t he sy stem of f then o n again. T he CP U w ill automa tically use its stan dard parame ters to bo ot. You can the n enter the BIO S Set[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-6 3-2. Standard CMOS F eatu res Setup M enu This co ntains t he bas ic co nfigurat ion par amete rs of the BIOS . The se param eters incl ude d ate, hour, VGA card, floppy di sk and HDD sett ings. Figure 3-3A. Standard CMOS Setup Screen Shot Date (mm :dd:yy): You ca n set the date in this item: month (m m), date (dd) and y ear[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-7 IDE Primary M aster / Slave an d IDE Secondary M aster / Slave: These it ems have a sub-menu t o let you ch oose furt her opti ons. You can refer to figure 3- 3B to check what o ptions are availabl e. Figure 3-3B. I DE Prim a ry Master Setup Screen Shot IDE HDD Auto -Detectio n: When you press the < En[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-8 " Access Mode: Sinc e old operat ing systems were only ab le to su pport HDDs wit h capac ities no bigg er th an 528 MB, any har d disk w ith more than 5 28 MB w as unusable . AWA RD BIOS f eature s a solutio n to t his prob lem: you can, accordi ng to your opera ting s ystem, ch oose four op erating modes : CHS ( LB A [...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-9 Wa r n i n g Setting a value of 65 536 means no hard dis k ex ists. " Landing Zone: Thi s is a n on-dat a area on the di sk's inn er cylin der wh ere th e head s can res t when t he p ower is tu rned off . The minim um n umbe r you can e nter is 0, the max imum num ber y ou can e nter is 65536 .[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-10 3-3. Advanced BIOS F eatures Setup Menu In e ach item, y ou can press < Ent er > at any time to displa y al l the optio ns f or this i tem. Attentio n Adv anced BI OS Fe atures Se tup Menu has already been se t for max imum o peration. I f you do no t real ly unders tand e ach o f the optio ns in t his men u, w e reco[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-11 Quick Power On Self Test: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Enable d or D isabl ed, t he de fault sett ing is Enabled . Afte r the comp uter h as been powered on, th e BIOS of th e moth erboa rd will run a seri es of test s in ord er to ch eck th e system and its pe ripheral s. If the Quick P ower on Se lf-[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-12 Typem atic Rate Setting: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . This i tem al low s you to adjus t the key stroke repe at rate. W hen se t to Ena bled , y ou can s et the two key board ty pemati c control s that follow ( Type matic Rate and T ypemat ic Dela y ). I f this it[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-13 OS Selec t For DRAM > 64MB: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Non- OS2 o r OS2. The default s ett ing is Non- OS2 . When the s ystem memor y is bi gger than 64MB, the c ommunicati on method between th e BIOS and th e operatin g system will d iffer from on e operat in g system t o another . If you u se OS[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-14 3-4. Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu The Chipse t Fe atures Se tup Me nu is use d to modif y the contents of t h e b uffers in the chipse t on the mothe rboard. Si nce the parameter s of the buffers ar e close ly relate d to har dware , if the se tup is no t cor rect or is false , the mo therbo ard wil l become unstabl[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-15 DRAM Cloc k/Drive Control: This i tem can le t you se t sever al ite ms conce rning t he DRA M param ete rs. I f y ou do no t unders tand w hat each item doe s, ple ase ke ep the de faul t settings . W rong se ttings m ay cause system unstabl ity, data los s or even prevent boot up ! Fig ure 3-5B. DRAM C[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-16 Note The displ ay o f this item mig ht be differ ent w hen you ins talle d the diff erent ty pe of DD R SDRAM. W e just s how yo u an exampl e he re. Wha t’s SP D? SPD (Seri al Pres enc e Detect ) is a fea ture a vailab le on a nu mber of SD RAM/DDR SDR AM DIMM modu les tha t solves i ndus try-wi de comp atib ility p robl[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-17 Active to CMD (Trcd): Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: 2T o r 3T. T he defaul t setting is 3T . Trcd ti ming val ue = RA S to CA S late ncy + rd/wr command delay DDR DQS Input Dela y: Two opti ons are a vailab le: Auto or Manual. The defau lt settin g is Auto . I f yo u set to Manual , th en th e next ite [...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-18 DRAM Queue De pth: Three op ti ons a re availa ble: 2 Level ( 4 L evel ( 3 le vel. The default s etting is 4 Le vel . This item sets DRAM queue dept h to accommodate maximum memory throu ghput. DRAM Command Rate : Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: 2T Com mand or 1T Command . The def aul t sett ing is 2T Comm and . When th e ho[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-19 AGP A perture Si ze: Seve n options are av aila ble: 256M ( 128M ( 64M ( 32M ( 16M ( 8M ( 4M ( Back to 256M. The default se tting is 64 M . This opt ion specif ies the amo unt of sy stem me mory that can be used by the AG P device. T he apertur e is a portion of the PCI m emo ry addr ess range dedicated [...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-20 CPU & PCI Bus Control: This i tem can le t you se ts seve ral ite ms conce rning the PCI par amete rs. If yo u do not under stand w hat each item does , ple ase ke ep the de faul t settings as well . Wrong setting s w ill cause syste m unstabl ity. Figure 3-5E. CPU & PCI Bu s Con tro l Screen PCI M aster R ead Cach [...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-21 PCI1 Maste r 0 WS Write: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Enable d or D isabl ed. The de fault se tting is Ena bled . When E nabled , w rites to th e PCI1 bus are execu ted with zero wai t st ate (i mmedi ately) when PC I1 bus i s read y to recei ve dat a. If it is se t to Disabled , the sy stem wil l wait[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-22 3-5. Integrated Peripherals In th is menu, you c an change t he onboard I /O devi ce, I /O port addr ess and oth er hardware se ttings. Figure 3-6A. Int egrat ed P eriph erals Menu D efault Scre en Onboard FDD Controll er: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . This i s use[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-23 IDE Pr efetch M ode: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . Th e onboard IDE d rive interfa ces supp orts IDE prefetc hing for fa ster dr ive access es. If you in stall a pri mary and/ or secondary add-i n I DE interface , set this f ield to Di sabled if[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-24 Init Display First: Tw o optio ns are av ailabl e: PCI Slot or AG P. The defaul t setting is PC I Slot. When y ou instal l mo re tha n one dis play card, you can c hoose e ither a PCI displ ay car d (PCI Slot) o r an AGP display card (A GP) to displ ay the boot-up screen. I f you hav e only instal led o ne display card, the[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-25 ATA 133 RAI D Controll er (For AT7 Full Version Only) : Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . If your mo therboar d is the AT7 fu ll version , it has the bui lt-in Hi ghPoint 374 ch ipset that can su pport Ultra ATA 133 spec ificat ions. I f you set th [...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-26 of a comput er. The B I OS is fu lly support t he ACPI funct ions. If you wan t ACPI funct ions to work normall y, you shou ld noti ce two things . One is your op eratin g system mus t support ACPI, as of n ow only Microsoft ® Windows ® 2000, W indow s ® ME and Wind ows ® XP suppo rts t hese f unctions. T he se cond thi[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-27 S uspe nd”, an d ST R is “ S us pend T o R AM”. Ge n erally, ACPI h as six states: System S0 state, S 1 state, S2 sta te, S3 stat e, S4 st ate, S5 stat e. S1 an d S3 sta tes a re des crib ed below: The S1 (POS) State (POS m eans Power On Suspend): While t he syst em is i n the S1 sleepin g stat e, [...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-28 Mode m Use I RQ: Eight options are avai lable: NA ( 3 ( 4 ( 5 ( 7 ( 9 ( 10 ( 11 ( Bac k to NA . The def ault se tting is NA . You ca n speci fy the I RQ for m odem u se. Soft-Off by PWRBTN: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Del ay 4 Se c or Insta nt-Off. T h e de fault se tting is Instant -Off . I t is act ivated when t he use[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-29 VGA: Tw o item s avail able: OFF o r ON . The de fault setting is OFF . W hen se t to ON , any event o ccurring at a VGA port w ill aw aken a syste m that has pow ered dow n. HDD & FDD: Tw o item s are availabl e: OFF or ON . The de fault s etting is ON . W hen se t to ON , any event aff ecting a har[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-30 Figure 3-7C. IRQ Wakeup Events Setup Menu All Inte rrupt Even t: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Off or Manual. T he de fault sett ing is Manual . Whe n you se t this ite m to Manual , the f ollowing IRQ event s will be ava ilable fo r adju stm ent. Whe n set to Disabl ed , ac tivity will ne ither pre vent the sy stem from g[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-31 3-7. PnP/PC I Configuration s Setup Menu In this menu, y ou can ch ange the INT # and I RQ# of the PCI bus and o ther har dware settings. Figure 3-8A. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Forc e Update ESCD: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Disabled . Nor mally[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-32 " IRQ Resources: If you h ave troub le in as signin g the interru pt resour ces aut omatica lly, you ca n select Manual to set which I RQis ass igne d to whic h PCI Devi ce or Re se rved i t. See th e screen shot b elow.IRQ R esourc es: If you h ave troub le in as signin g the interru pt resour ces aut omatica lly, you[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-33 PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. ~ PI RQ_3 Use IRQ No. : Ele ven optio ns are availabl e: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 1 0, 11, 12, 14, 15. Def ault setting is Auto. This it em allow s the sy stem to auto mati cally specify the IRQ number f or the dev ice ins tall ed o n PCI slots. This mean s that the syst em can speci fy th[...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-34 3-8. PC Health Status You ca n set the warning and shut down te mperature s for y our compu ter s ys tem, and y ou can che ck the fa n spee ds and pow er supply voltag es of yo ur comp uter sy stem . The featur es ar e use ful f or m onitor ing al l the impor tant parame ters with in your compute r syste m. We call it the P[...]

Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-35 Note The hardw are m onitor ing f eatures for tempe rature s, fans a nd voltag es will occupy the I/O address from 294H t o 297H. If you h ave a network a dapter, s ound card or other add-on c ards that might use those I/O addre sses, ple ase adjus t yo ur add- on car d I/O addres s, to avoid the use of [...]

Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-36 PASSW ORD DISA BLED. Whe n a passwo rd has be en enable d, yo u will be prompted to enter i t every time y ou try to enter Setup. This pr eve nts an una uthorize d person f rom changi ng any part of y our sy stem config uration. A dditional ly , whe n a passwo rd is enabl ed, y ou can al so re quire the BI OS to r eques t a[...]

RAID Sett ing Guid e 4-1 User’ s Manual Chapter 4. RAI D Setting Guide For deta il RAID int roduce and concep t, you can foun d it on our WEB site “ Techn olog ical Term s ”, or you ca n search the co ncerning inform ation o n I nternet. W e do not descr ipti on it on t his manual . 4-1. The features of RAI D on the AT7 The AT7 support s Stri[...]

4-2 Chapter 4 AT7/ AT7E 4-3. The BIOS Setting Me nu Reboot y our system. Press < CT RL > and < H > ke y w h ile booting up the sy stem to enter the BIOS s etting menu. The mai n men u of BIO S Se tting U tility appears as below: For sele cting the o ptio n in the me nu, y ou may : ! Press F1 to view array stat us. ! Press ↑↓ (up, do[...]

RAID Sett ing Guid e 4-3 User’ s Manual 4-3-1. OPTI ON 1: C reate Ar ray This i tem al low s yo u to crea te a RA ID array . Af ter y ou had s el ecte d the f unctio n from the main me nu, pre ss the < Enter > key to enter the sub me nu as show n below : Array M ode: Thi s item a llows you t o select th e appropri at e RAID mode for t he d [...]

4-4 Chapter 4 AT7/ AT7E " JBOD (Volume): This it em is rec ommended for hi gh capaci ty without redund ancy or perform ance fea tures u sage. Requir es at least 2 dis ks. Array N ame: You can give a name of your a rray here. Selec t Disk Dri ves: This i tem allow s you to s ele ct the disk drives to be us ed w ith the RAI D array . Block Size:[...]

RAID Sett ing Guid e 4-5 User’ s Manual Dele te Spare: In the menu zo ne, sele ct item “ 3. C reate/D elete S pare ” and pre ss < Enter > to conf irm. In the validate d cha nnel stat us zone, s elect the spare dis k to be r emo ved an d press < Enter > to co nfirm. Note You ca n creat mo re than o ne spare disk in the syste m, if [...]

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HPT 374 Driv er Insta llation 5-1 User’ s Manual Chapter 5. HPT 374 D river In stallation He re we w ill s how y ou the driv er inst allation proce dure un der v arious o perating s ys tems. 5-1. DOS ® This I DE RAI D BI OS supports D OS ® 5.x (or ab ove) and Wind ows ® 3.1x withou t the soft ware driver. 5-2. Windows ® 2000 Step 1: Inse rt t[...]

5-2 Chapter 5 AT7/ AT7E Step 6: Progra m will star t to insta ll all dri vers th e system nee d s. The installe r will show the install progress percen tage. Step 7: Wind ows has com pleted installi ng th e drive r. Click “ Finish ” to end the in stallat ion . Step 8: Ch oose “ Yes, I want to restart m y com puter n ow. ” in the chec k box [...]

HPT374 Software Installati on 5-3 User’ s Manual Installi ng the driver (During a fresh W indow s ® 200 0 inst allation) Note : Follow t he st andard procedu res for i nst allin g Windows ® 2000 . 1. During the first par t of the setu p proce dure, W indow s ® 2000 w ill pro mpt y ou to pre ss “ F6 ” key to specif y an additional device . [...]

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HPT 374 RAID M anagemen t Software Inst allation Guide f o r Win dows ® 2000 6-1 User’ s Manual Chapter 6. HPT 374 R AID Ma nagem ent Softwar e Instal latio n Guide for Windows ® 20 00 In o rder to enable the on-scr een m onit oring fu nction display ing disk ar ray dev ice inform ation, you may instal l the “ HPT 374 RAID Management ” onto[...]

6-2 Chapter 6 AT7/ AT7E Step 5: Now you c an choos e the f older for th e desti natio n lo cation y ou wa nt. W e sugge st that you u se the defau lt fold er as the d estinat ion locat ion. Wh en you ar e sure of t he fold er, cl ick “ Next> ” t o go on. Step 6: Now you c an select the progra m folder. The setup w izard w ill add pro gram ic[...]

HPT 372 RAID A dministr ator In stal lation Gu ide 6-3 User’ s Manual Thi s scr een show you th e first s creen you will see when you startin g the soft ware. This is the “ C onfigurat ion ” Men u scr een. This is the “ Management ” Menu screen. This is the “ View ” M enu screen . For detai led informati on of this software, you ca n [...]

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V IA 4 in 1 Dr ivers I nst allat ion f or W i nd ows ® 2000 A-1 User’ s Manual Appendix A . VIA 4 in 1 Driver s Inst allati on for Windows ® 2000 Af ter y ou’v e instal led Windo ws ® 200 0, you w ill nee d to ins tall t he VIA 4 in 1 driv ers. Ste p by step instr uctio ns o n how to do this are found i n the fol low i ng s ection. Note Af t[...]

A-2 Appendix A AT7/ AT7E Step 3: You will n ow see th e welcom e screen and it s dialogu e box. C lick “ Next> ” to go on. Step 4: Th e servi ce pack read me sc reen will appear . Click the “ Yes ” but ton to go on. Step 5: You ca n choose “ Norm ally I nstall ” or “ Quickly Install ” to insta ll the V IA 4-i n-1 drive rs. I f y [...]

V IA 4 in 1 Dr ivers I nst allat ion f or W i nd ows ® 2000 A-3 User’ s Manual Step 8: C hoose “ Install AGP 4X/133 Driver ”, then click the “ Next> ” button. Step 9: The in staller will sho w the in stall progress percen tage. Step 10: Wh en the in stalla tion i s complet e, th e inst aller will a sk you to res tart your comput er. W[...]

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Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual B-1 Appendix B. Audio Drive rs Installa tion for Window s ® 2000 After you’ve in sta lled V IA ch ips et drivers, you wil l need to ins tall th e audio d river s. St ep by step instr uctio ns o n how to do this are found i n the fol low[...]

Appendix B AT7/ AT7E B-2 Step 5: Th e “ Digital Signature Not Found ” menu s how up. Clic k “ Yes ” to go on. This sc reen will sh ow up a gain, plea se cli ck “ Yes ” to go on. Step 6: The in staller will cont inu e the setup proc ess and show the in stall pr ogress perc enta ge again. Step 7: Wind ows has com pleted installi ng th e d[...]

Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual B-3 You ca n click o n the audio conf igure icon on th e task bar, and you can see th e AvRack pane l as a bove . The foll owing diagr ams w ill s how y ou the “ Av ance AC9 7 Aud io C onfigur atio n ” applica tion sof twar e e ach men[...]

Appendix B AT7/ AT7E B-4 Thi s menu item ca n give you th e in formation such as: audio d river version , Direc tX version , audio controll er nam e, A C97 Codec n ame.[...]

LAN Drivers Installation for Wind ows ® 200 0 User’ s Manual C-1 Appendix C. LAN Driv ers Insta llation fo r Windows ® 2000 After you’ve ins talled VIA chi pset dr ivers, you wi ll need to ins tall th e LAN drivers . Step b y step instr uctio ns o n how to do this are found i n the fol low i ng s ection. Note Detail s of the W indow s ® 2000[...]

Appendix C AT7/ AT7E C-2 Step 5: Wind ows has com pleted installi ng th e drive r. Click “ Finish ” to end the dri ver instal latio n. Step 8: When system resta rts an d enters t he operat ing system, you can then chec k th e “ Dev ice Manage r ” see that the d evices a re prope rly inst alle d.[...]

USB 2.0 Dr ivers Instal lation fo r Windows ® 2 000 User’ s Manual D-1 Appendix D. USB 2.0 Dri v ers Installation for Windows ® 2000 Af ter y ou’v e instal led VIA chipset dr ive rs, you w ill nee d to instal l the U SB 2. 0 driv ers. Ste p by step instr uctio ns o n how to do this are found i n the fol low i ng s ection. Note Detail s of the[...]

Appendix D AT7/ AT7E D-2 Step 5: The in staller will star tin g install pr ogress. Step 6: Wind ows has com pleted installi ng th e dri ver. Ch oose “ Yes, I want to restart m y com puter n ow. ” in the chec k box and click “ Finish ” restar t your co mputer to f inish the drive r update. Step 7: When system resta rts an d enters t he opera[...]

Installing The Winbond H ardware Monitor S oftware User’ s Manual E-1 Appendix E. Installing The Winb ond Hardware Monitor Soft ware The Winbond hard ware monitor software is a self-diagnostic system for PCs. It will prot ect PC hardware by m onitor ing s eve ral critic al item s in cluding powe r supply voltag e, CPU and sy stem fan s peeds , an[...]

E-2 Appendix E AT7/ AT7E You will se e the p rogram extrac ting files. You will s ee th e inst all sh ell wizard act ive. The welc ome screen and it s dialogu e box will appear . Click the “ Next> ” butt on to go on.[...]

Installing The Winbond H ardware Monitor S oftware User’ s Manual E-3 Now you c an choos e the des tina tion loca tion where you want to i nstall the drive rs. We sugg est that you use t h e de fault fo lder as t he des tinatio n locat ion. After c hec king th e folder click “ Next> ” button. You ca n choose the name of the pr ogr am fo ld[...]

E-4 Appendix E AT7/ AT7E The wiza rd will st art in stalli ng the p rogram file. The inst aller will s how th e insta ll progress percen tage. Whe n the instal latio n is com plete , the instal ler w ill ask y ou to r estar t your co mpute r. We sug gest that you ch oose “ Yes, I want to restart m y com puter now. ” th en c lick the “ Fini sh[...]

Installing The Winbond H ardware Monitor S oftware User’ s Manual E-5 Thi s sc reen sh ows th e hard ware monitor system screen. I t sh ows informa tion abou t system tempera tur e, volta ges and fan s peed. Som e ite ms can l et yo u set the warni ng ran ge; you ca n opti mize value s by se tting the m in acco rdance your system.[...]

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BIOS Upda te Guide F-1 User’ s Manual Appendix F. BIOS Update Guide We w ill use the SE6 mot herboard as an ex ample. A ll othe r mode ls follow the same process. ( The motherb oard phot o we show you below is SX7-533 ) 1. K now your mothe rboard’s P CB ve rsion n umbe r. Yo u can f ind i t at the fr ont or b ack of the mothe rboar d. E ach mo [...]

F-2 Appendix F AT7/ AT7E For exam ple, i n thi s case, the cur rent B IOS ID is “ 00 ”. I f you alre ady hav e the late st BI OS, no any update action i s ne cessary . If your BIOS is no t the l atest BI OS, go on to the next ste p. 3. Download the c orrect BIOS file from ou r We b sit e. You can cl ick the “ Downloa d ” button on th e gree[...]

BIOS Upda te Guide F-3 User’ s Manual Af ter fo rmatti ng and transfe rring the s ystem to the flo ppy disk, copy two file s into it. O ne is the BI OS flash utilit y “ awd flash.exe ” and the othe r is the decom pres sed BIO S “ .bin ” f ile. 6. Boot off flopp y disk.[...]

F-4 Appendix F AT7/ AT7E Ple ase set the fir st boot s eque n ce as “ floppy ” in BI OS and bo ot off the flo ppy dis k. 7. Fl ash the BI OS in pur e DO S mode. Af ter successf ully booting o ff of the flo ppy, e xecute the flash utility accordi ng to these instr uctions . Note We s trong ly r ecomme nd you us e the above param ete rs fo llow i[...]

Trou bleshoot ing ( Nee d Assis tance?) G-1 User’ s Manual Appendix G. Troublesho otin g (Need Assi stance ?) Motherboard Troubleshooting: Q & A: Q: D o I need t o clear th e CMOS b efore I us e a new m otherboa rd to assem ble my n ew com puter system? A: Y es, we hig h ly recom mend th at yo u clear the C MOS be for e inst alling a new moth[...]

G-2 Appendix G AT7/ AT7E , Exam ple 2: With a s ystem inc luding: moth erboard (with pr ocessor, DDR DRAM, etc.) HDD, CD-R OM, FDD, grap hic ad apter, MPEG-2 ca rd, SC SI adapt er, audi o card, etc. After ass embly and after ha vin g insta lled the a udio ca rd dri ver, when you rest art the system , whe n it runs t he a udio c ard dr ive r, it r e[...]

Trou bleshoot ing ( Nee d Assis tance?) G-3 User’ s Manual 5 * . OS/Applicati ons: Indi cate th e opera ting system and th e app licati ons you ar e runnin g on th e system. For exam ple: W indows ® 98 SE, Windows ® 2000, Window s ® XP, etc. 6 * . Process or Type: I n di cate th e brand and the sp eed (MHz) of your CP U. Exam ple: ( A) In th e[...]

G-4 Appendix G AT7/ AT7E RAID Troubl eshootin g Q & A: Q: May I use h ard d rives with dif ferent capac i ty or tr ansfer m ode? A: I n order to ge t optimize d perfor mance , we sug ges t using hard drive s with t he same m odel. Q: How to a ssign a b ooting d evice? A: You may press < Ctrl > < H > to assign a booting device in RAI[...]

Trou bleshoot ing ( Nee d Assis tance?) G-5 User’ s Manual Do & Don’t: 1. D o alw ays use the same mode l drives to ac hieve be st quality and per form ance . Diffe rent firmw are has diffe rent t iming char acteristi c, thus m ay som ewhat de crease the RAID perfo rmance . 2. If you hav e tw o drives , do co nnect the m on tw o differe nt [...]

G-6 Appendix G AT7/ AT7E Technical Support Form ! Com pany Name : 2 Phone Number: " Contact P erson: # Fax Number: 3 E-mail Address: Model Name * BIOS ID & P art N um ber * Motherb oard PC B Versi on Driver Version OS/Applic ations * Hard ware N am e Brand Specifi cations Process or Type * Hard D isk D rive IDE1 IDE2 CD-ROM Dri ve IDE1 IDE[...]

How to Ge t Techn ical Su pport H-1 User’ s Manual Appendix H. How to Get Techn i cal Sup port (From our websi te) http://www.abit.c om.tw (I n North A merica) http://www.abit-usa.co m (I n Europe) http:/ /www.abit. nl Than k yo u for choo sing A BIT pr oducts . ABI T sell s all our pro ducts thr oug h distri butor s, re sel lers and sy stem inte[...]

H-2 Appendix H AT7/ AT7E custo mer who may purchase mo re produ cts a nd who ca n urge y our frie nds to buy fro m him or he r as well. T hey integrated an d sold the sy st em to y ou. They should know best what your sy st em config uratio n is an d yo ur proble m. Th ey shoul d have reasonabl e re turn or re fund pol i cies . How they serve you is[...]

How to Ge t Techn ical Su pport H-3 User’ s Manual All other territories not cove red above please contact: Taiwan Head Of fice Whe n contacting our head quarte rs pl ease note w e are lo cated in Taiwan a nd w e are 8+ G MT time. I n additio n, we hav e holiday s that may be diff ere nt from thos e in y our cou ntry . ABIT Computer Corporation N[...]

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