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  • Page 1 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    KR7A/KR7A-RAID Motherboard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION OF KR7A/KR7A-RAID FEATURES.. 1-1 1-1. KR7A/KR7A-RAID M ..........1-1 EATURES OF OTHERBOARD 1-2.....................1-2 PECIFICATIONS 1-3....................1-4 HECKLIST 1-4. KR7A/KR7A-RAID ............1-5 AYOUT IAGRAM FOR CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD......2-1 2-1..........2-2 NSTALLING THE...
  • Page 4 APPENDIX C. BIOS UPDATE GUIDE ............C-1 APPENDIX D. TROUBLESHOOTING (NEED ASSISTANCE?) ....D-1 APPENDIX E. HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT......E-1 KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction Of Kr7A/Kr7A-Raid Features

    This feature improves whole system performance and speed, especially multimedia environment applications. The KR7A/KR7A-RAID has a built in Ultra DMA 100 function. This means that it provides speedier HDD throughput boosting overall system performance. Ultra DMA 100 is the new standard for IDE devices.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS 5. Multi I/O Functions Two channels of Bus Master IDE ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices (KR7A Only). And two channels (IDE3 & IDE4) of Bus Master IDE ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA...
  • Page 7 HPT 372 IDE controller is designed to support high-speed and high performance mass storage devices. Thus we suggest that you don’t connect non-disk devices that use ATA/ATAPI interfaces, such as CD-ROM to HPT 372 IDE connector (IDE3 & IDE4). (KR7A-RAID Only) This motherboard supports the standard bus speeds of 66MHz/100MHz/133MHz that are used by specific PCI, processor and chipset specifications.

  • Page 8: Item Checklist

    % One ribbon cable for 5.25” and 3.5” floppy disk devices % One compact disc for support drivers and utilities % One USB cable (UB-20) % One user’s manual for the motherboard % One floppy disk of HPT 372 drivers (KR7A-RAID Only) KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 9: Layout Diagram For Kr7A/Kr7A-Raid

    Introduction of KR7A/KR7A-RAID Features 1-4. Layout Diagram for KR7A/KR7A-RAID Figure 1-1. KR7A/KR7A-RAID motherboard component location User’s Manual...
  • Page 10 Chapter 1 KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Installing The Motherboard

    Installing the Motherboard Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard This KR7A/KR7A-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, ™...

  • Page 12: Installing The Motherboard To The Chassis

    PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact any the printed circuit wire or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 13 Installing the Motherboard ™ ™ ™ 2-2. Installation of the AMD Athlon XP, Athlon and Duron 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.
  • Page 14 The proper procedure to install the heatsink kit: First, install the processor into the processor socket. Insert the heatsink left side fix plate into the processor socket left side fix hooks. Make sure the fit is very tight. Check the photo on the left. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 15 Installing the Motherboard 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.

  • Page 16: Installing System Memory

    Step 3. Before touching any electronic components, make sure you first touch an unpainted, grounded metal object to discharge any static electricity stored on your clothing or body. Step 4. Locate your computer’s 184-pin memory expansion DDR DIMM socket. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 17: Connectors, Headers And Switches

    Note This components diagram will be slightly different because there are a number of models. We’ll use the KR7A-RAID motherboard as standard; all descriptions of connector and header will be based on the KR7A-RAID motherboard. All connectors, headers and switches mentioned here, will depend on your system configuration. Some...
  • Page 18 Figure 2-7. All Connectors and Headers for the KR7A -RAID First, Let’s see the headers that KR7A -RAID uses, and what their functions are. We will show you all the connectors and headers.
  • Page 19 Installing the Motherboard 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.
  • Page 20 There are three types of WOL, “Remote Wake-Up high (RWU-high)”, “Remote Wake-Up low (RWU-low)”, and “Power Management Event (PME)”. This motherboard supports the type of “Remote Wake-Up low (RWU-low)” only. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 21 ™ ® priority. You can connect the ABIT Postman this header, or other devices which utilizes the SM-Bus. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation (7).
  • Page 22 Otherwise, your system may work abnormally. After updating your BIOS and before boot up, please clear the CMOS first. Then put the jumper to its default position. After that, you can reboot your system and ensure that your system is working fine. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 23 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.
  • Page 24 Note A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1. You need to align the wire pin 1 to the FDC1 connector pin 1, then insert the wire connector into the FDC1 connector. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 25 (gray and black connector) at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors on hard drives. KR7A-RAID’s built-in HighPoint HPT 372 chipset gives you the capability to support Ultra DMA 133. It provides two IDE channels (IDE3 & IDE4) that also support Ultra DMA 133 specifications, and it allows for four additional IDE devices in your computer system.
  • Page 26 Figure 2-11. KR7A/KR7A-RAID back panel connectors Figure 2-11 shows the KR7A/KR7A-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.
  • Page 27 Installing the Motherboard 2-17 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.
  • Page 28 2-18 Chapter 2 KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 29: Chapter 3. Introducing The Bios

    Introducing the BIOS 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.
  • Page 30 Since you may have to change the CMOS battery when it is out of power and if doing so, you will loose all CMOS data, therefore, we recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware, or to put a label with these parameters on your hard disk. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 31: Cpu Setup [Soft Menu Iii]

    Introducing the BIOS ™ 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.
  • Page 32 CPU in the socket without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches. But if you change your CPU, normally you just have to turn off the power supply, change the CPU and then, set up the CPU parameters KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 33 Introducing the BIOS ™ through SOFT MENU III. However, if the new CPU is slower than the old one (and is same brand and type), we offer you two methods to successfully complete the CPU change operation. Method 1: Setup up the CPU for the lowest speed for its brand. Turn the power supply off and change the CPU.

  • Page 34: Standard Cmos Features Setup Menu

    IDE Primary Master / Slave and IDE Secondary Master / Slave: These items have a sub-menu to let you choose further options. You can refer to figure 3-3B to check what options are available. Figure 3-3B. IDE Primary Master Setup Screen Shot KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 35 Introducing the BIOS 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.
  • Page 36 ) 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. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 37: Advanced Bios Features Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS You can see your system memory list in the lower right box, it shows the Base Memory, Extended Memory and total Memory size configurations in your system. It is detected by the system during boot-up procedure. 3-3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu In each item, you can press <Enter>...
  • Page 38 ) Disabled ) Back to Floppy. (KR7A Only) Floppy ) LS120 ) HDD-0 ) SCSI ) CDROM ) HDD-1 ) HDD-2 ) HDD-3 ) ZIP100 ) LAN ) ATA133RAID ) Disabled ) Back to Floppy. (KR7A-RAID Only) Second Boot Device: Description is the same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is HDD-0.
  • Page 39 Introducing the BIOS 3-11 Typematic Rate Setting: This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate. When set to Enabled, you can set the two keyboard typematic controls that follow (Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay). If this item is set to Disabled, the BIOS will use the default setting.
  • Page 40 You can adjust the value to fit such devices. Larger values will give more delay time to the device. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 15. The default setting is 0. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 41: Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu

    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.
  • Page 42 DRAM running speed, but if your DRAM module does not support the set speed, the system may be unstable or un able to boot up! If you set to “By SPD”, the BIOS will read the DRAM module SPD data and automatically set the DRAM running speed to the value stored in it. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 43: Bank Interleave

    Introducing the BIOS 3-15 What’s SPD? SPD (Serial Presence Detect) is a feature available on a number of SDRAM/DDR SDRAM DIMM modules that solves industry-wide compatibility problems by making it easier for the BIOS to properly configure the system to fit SDRAM performance profiles. The SPD device is a small serial EEPROM chip that stores various information about the DIMM module’s size, speed, voltage, drive strength, latency timing and the number of row and column addresses.
  • Page 44 Eight options are available: 0 ps ) 120 ps ) 240 ps ) 360 ps ) 480 ps ) 600 ps ) 720 ps ) 840 ps. The default setting is 0. The northbridge via DCLK feedback signal to sense the DRAM clock timing of DRAM module. This item will effect the DRAM module’s stability, we suggestion you set to 0. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 45 Introducing the BIOS 3-17 AGP & P2P Bridge Control: This item can let you sets several items concerning the AGP parameters. If you do not understand what each item doing, please keep the default settings as well. Wrong settings will cause system unstablity or even prevent boot up! Figure 3-5C.
  • Page 46 Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Enabled. When Enabled, writes to the PCI2 bus are executed with zero wait state (immediately) when PCI2 bus is ready to receive data. If set to Disabled, the system will wait one state before data is written to the PCI2 bus. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 47 Introducing the BIOS 3-19 PCI1 Post Write: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. When you set it to Enabled, it can enable PCI post write buffers to minimize PCI1 master read latency. PCI2 Post Write: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled.

  • Page 48: 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 VIA OnChip IDE Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the VIA OnChip IDE device parameters. Figure 3-6B. VIA OnChip IDE Device Screen KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 49 Introducing the BIOS 3-21 IDE Prefetch Mode: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. Onboard IDE-1 Controller: The onboard IDE 1 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled.
  • Page 50 If you choose Disabled, then the item “Onboard IR Function” will disappear. " Onboard IR Function: Three options are available: IrDA ) ASKIR (Amplitude Shift Keyed IR) ) Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. When you select the item IrDA or ASKIR, then the following two items will appear. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 51 RxD and TxD. We set it to “Hi, Lo”. If your motherboard BIOS uses ‘No’ and ‘Yes’ to represent this item, you should set it to the same setting as the KR7A/KR7A-RAID. This means that you should set it to “No, Yes” in order to match the transfer and receiving speed. If you fail to do so, you will not get an IR connection between the KR7A/KR7A-RAID and the other computer.

  • Page 52: Power Management Setup Menu

    Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. If your motherboard is the KR7A-RAID, it has the built-in HighPoint 372 chipset that can support Ultra ATA 133 specifications. If you set this controller to Enabled, you can use IDE RAID functions, inlcuding RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1.
  • Page 53 Introducing the BIOS 3-25 Normal > Doze > Standby > Suspend 1. In the Main Menu, select "Power Management Setup" and press "Enter". The following screen is displayed: Figure 3-7A. Power Management Setup Main Menu 2. You can use the arrow keys to move between the items. Use PgUP, PgDn, + or - key to change the values.
  • Page 54 The S1 (POS) State (POS means Power On Suspend): While the system is in the S1 sleeping state, its behavior is as described below: ! The processor is not executing instructions. The processor’s complex context is maintained. ! Dynamic RAM context is maintained. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 55 Introducing the BIOS 3-27 ! 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.
  • Page 56 If you set it to “On”, when power returns, whatever state your computer was in before the power failure, the system will always turn on. If you set it to “Auto”, when the power returns, the computer return to the previous power state. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 57 Introducing the BIOS 3-29 IRQ/Event Activity Detect: The following is a list of IRQ’s (Interrupt ReQuests) and list of the events. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it causes an IRQ or event to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service.
  • Page 58 Figure 3-7C. IRQ Wakeup Events Setup Menu All Interrupt Event: Two items available: Off or Manual. The default setting is Manual. When you set this item to Manual, the following IRQ events will be available for adjustment. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 59: Pnp/Pci Configurations Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 3-31 When set to Disabled, activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it. Each item has two options: Enabled ) Disabled. " IRQ3 (COM 2): The default setting is Enabled. "...
  • Page 60 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 KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 61 Introducing the BIOS 3-33 PCI /VGA Palette Snoop: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status, and to modify the information delivered from the Feature Connector of the VGA card to the MPEG Card.

  • Page 62: Pc Health Status

    ! HPT 372 IDE controller is designed to support high-speed and high performance mass storage devices. Thus, we suggest that you don’t connect non-disk devices that use ATA/ATAPI interfaces, such as a CD-ROM, to HPT 372 IDE connector (IDE3 & IDE4). (KR7A-RAID Only) 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.

  • Page 63: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Introducing the BIOS 3-35 Temperature Warning: Eight options are available: Disabled ) 50℃/122℉ ) 53℃/127℉ ) 56℃/133℉ ) 60℃/140℉ ) 63℃/145℉ ) 66℃/151℉ ) 70℃/158℉. The default setting is Disabled. You can set the processor warning temperature here. If the processor temperature exceeds the settings value, the system will give you an alarm message or sound to remind you that the processor is overheating.

  • Page 64: Set Password

    Pressing <Enter> 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. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 65: Chapter 4. Raid Setting Guide

    We do not description it on this manual. 4-1. The features of RAID on the KR7A-RAID The KR7A-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.

  • Page 66: The Bios Setting Menu

    If you make a mistake, you may copy the blank data to the source disk, which will result in both hard disks becoming blank! 4-3-1. OPTION 1: Create RAID This item allows you to create a RAID array. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 67 RAID Setting Guide After you had selected the function from the main menu, press the <Enter> 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.
  • Page 68 This item allows you to select the disk you wish to rebuild in preparation for a “Mirror Disk Array”. After you have selected the function you want in the main menu, you may press the <Enter> key to enter the sub menu as shown below: KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 69 RAID Setting Guide " 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.
  • Page 70 Use the up/down arrow to select the menu option to “Set Boot Disk” and press <Enter>. In the Channel Status, select the channel you would like to set as bootable disk and press <Enter>, an asterisk appears in the parentheses to indicate that the channel has been selected. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 71: Chapter 5. Hpt 372 Driver Installation

    You can see the driver is not yet installed, and there is a device named “? PCI Mass Storage Controller” under “Other devices”. Step 2: Insert the KR7A/KR7A-RAID CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the Step 4.
  • Page 72 Step 9: After rebooting the system, go to the “Control Panel” ) “System Properties” ) “Device Manager”. Now you can see that the new driver is installed under the item “SCSI controllers”. Step 7. Windows has completed installing the driver. Click “Finish” to end the installation. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 73: Windows 2000

    HPT 372 Driver Installation ® 5-3. Windows 2000 Step 1: Insert the KR7A/KR7A-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.
  • Page 74 “S” key to add a device. 2. Press “S” key, and insert the HPT 372 driver diskette. Press <Enter> when prompted and allow ® Windows 2000 to install the HPT 372 drivers. ® 3. Windows 2000 will continue and complete the installation procedure. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 75: Chapter 6. Hpt 372 Raid Administrator Installation Guide

    RAID function in BIOS mode. Please insert the KR7A/KR7A-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 from the main directory of the CD.
  • Page 76 Note that a shortcut icon appears in the tool bar. This is used for bringing out the screen again after you had clicked the “Minimize” icon on the upper right corner of the screen. This short cut icon will disappear after you click the “Exit” KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 77 HPT 372 RAID Administrator Installation Guide 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 372 controller. You can click on each HDD icon to get more information about each HDD.
  • Page 78 Chapter 6 KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 79: Appendix A. Via 4 In 1 Drivers Installation For Windows

    Microsoft Corporation. Insert the KR7A/KR7A-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.
  • Page 80 “Quickly Install” to install the VIA 4-in-1 drivers. If you choose “Quickly Install” mode, this driver will automatically detect and install the latest 4-in-1 drivers. For users who are upgrading VIA Drivers, we recommend installing the 4-in-1 using the KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 81: Se & Windows ® 2000

    ® ® VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows 98 SE & Windows 2000 Step 7: Choose the “Install VIA ATAPI Step 9: Choose “Install VIA AGP VxD in Vendor Support Driver” then click the “Next>” Turbo mode”, and then click the “Next>” button. ®...
  • Page 82 If the prompt dialogue box asks you to ® put the Windows 98 SE CD into the CD-ROM drive, just ignore this message and let it go to the next process. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 83 ® ® VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows 98 SE & Windows 2000 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. ®...
  • Page 84 Appendix A KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

  • Page 85: Appendix B. Installing The Hardware Monitor System

    The following description will tell you how to install the Hardware Monitor System and use it. Insert the KR7A/KR7A-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 from the main directory of this CD. After it is executed, you will see the screen below.
  • Page 86 Appendix B You will see the install shell wizard active. Then wizard will extract the files need to install. The welcome screen and its dialogue box will appear. Click the “Next>” button to go on. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 87 Installing The Hardware Monitor System Now you can choose the destination location where you want to install the drivers. We suggest that you use the default folder as the destination location. After checking the folder click “Next>” button. You can choose the name of the program folder. We suggest you use the default program folder name.
  • Page 88 You can select the program from Start toolbar, and then choose Programs. You will see the item called “Winbond” ) “Hardware Doctor”. Click it, and you will be able to see the screen below. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 89 Installing The Hardware Monitor System This screen shows the hardware monitor system screen. It shows information about system temperature, voltages and fan speed. Some items can let you set the warning range; you can optimize values by setting them in accordance your system. User’s Manual...
  • Page 90 Appendix B KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 91 BIOS Update Guide Appendix C. 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.
  • Page 92 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. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 93 BIOS Update Guide 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. User’s Manual...
  • Page 94 Note Please do not use the Award flash memory writer version that earlier than Version 7.52C to flash your KR7A/KR7A-RAID motherboard BIOS. Otherwise, it may cause flash fail or un-anticipate problems. Note During the updating, the progress will be measured by white blocks. The last four blue blocks of the flash update process represent the “BIOS boot block”.

  • Page 95: Motherboard Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Appendix D. 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.
  • Page 96 To fill in this “Technical Support Form”, refer to the step-by-step instructions given below: . MODEL: Note the model number given in your user’s manual. Example: KR7A, KR7A-RAID, KG7-LITE, KG7, KG7-RAID, etc… . Motherboard model number (REV): Note the motherboard model number labeled on the motherboard as “REV:*.**”.
  • Page 97 Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) . 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. . CPU: Indicate the brand and the speed (MHz) of your CPU. ™...

  • Page 98: Raid Troubleshooting

    4. Choose sub item 1 to Select Source Disk, the one with data on it. 5. Choose sub item 2 to Select Target Disk, the brand new and empty one. 6. Choose sub item 3 to Start Duplication Process. 7. After duplication process completes, press <Esc> to leave RAID BIOS. KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 99 Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) 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.

  • Page 100: Technical Support Form

    3 Phone Number: ! Company Name: " Contact Person: # Fax Number: 4 E-mail Address: Model BIOS ID # Motherboard Model No. DRIVER REV OS/Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 CD-ROM-Drive IDE2 System Memory (DRAM) ADD-ON CARD Problem Description: KR7A/KR7A-RAID...
  • Page 101 Also please make sure you have the latest drivers from your peripheral cards makers! 3. Check the ABIT Technical Terms Guide and FAQ on our website. We are trying to expand and make the FAQs more helpful and information rich. Let us know if you have any suggestions. For hot topics check out our HOT FAQ! 4.
  • Page 102 5. Contacting ABIT. If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department. First, please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you.
  • Page 103 You should be able to get RMA service there. 6. Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT. Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day, we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others.
  • Page 104 Appendix E KR7A/KR7A-RAID...

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