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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

    SR7-8X クイックインストールガイド ............1-13 1-5. ’ SR7-8X......1-17 UIDA ALL INSTALLAZIONE VELOCE CHEDA MADRE 1-6. К SR7-8X ..........1-21 РАТКОЕ РУКОВОДСТВО ПО УСТАНОВКЕ CHAPTER 2. INTRODUCTION OF SR7-8X FEATURES....... 2-1 2-1. SR7-8X M ..............2-1 EATURES OF OTHERBOARD 2-2.....................2-1 PECIFICATIONS 2-3....................2-3 HECKLIST 2-4.
  • Page 4 USB 2.0 DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 ....................E-1 APPENDIX F. INSTALLING THE WINBOND HARDWARE MONITOR SOFTWARE................F-1 APPENDIX G. AMI BIOS UPDATE GUIDE..........G-1 APPENDIX H. TROUBLESHOOTING (NEED ASSISTANCE?) ....H-1 APPENDIX I. HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT......I-1 SR7-8X...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Six Languages Quick Installation Guide

    4 處理器所使用的。支援英特爾 Socket 478 架構的處理器 ， 並支援最高至 2 GB 容量的記憶體 （必需是非緩衝式 【Unbuffered】 PC 2700 的記憶體模組） 或是 3 GB（必需是非緩衝式 【Unbuffered】PC 1600 或是 PC 2100 的記憶體模組）。 如您要瞭解此主機板更詳細的資訊，請參閱我們的完整版使用手冊，裡面會有詳盡的說明。此快速 安裝手冊是給有經驗的系統組裝者使用，如果這是您第一次嘗試來組裝您的電腦系統，我們建議您 先去閱讀完整版的使用手冊，或是詢問技術人員來幫助您組裝您的電腦系統。 (1). SR7-8X 主機板主要元件配置圖 1 顯示了 SR7-8X 主機板主要元件的配置，此配置圖僅供您參考使用。 圖 圖 1. SR7-8X 主機板主要元件配置圖 User’s Manual...
  • Page 6 器正確地置入到處理器插槽之後 ， 請將插槽釋放 拉桿再反方向推到底 ， 並且將插槽釋放拉桿的卡 榫與處理器插槽鎖上 ， 如此即完成了處理器的安 裝。 3. 請將散熱片的平坦面向下朝著處理器，並沿著散 熱片固定架基座四個角落上支架的位置將散熱 片置入，直到散熱片完全地蓋住處理器為止。 4. 將散熱片的固定架蓋在散熱片上。請確定散熱片 固定架四個邊角的鎖扣都已到達散熱片固定架 基座的鎖孔位置。 5. 將散熱片固定架兩側的固定夾一起往下壓 ，以將 散熱片固定架上的四個鎖扣與散熱片固定架基 座上的四個鎖孔扣上。壓住散熱片固定夾時，請 您務必注意固定夾按壓的方向。 6. 現在散熱片固定架及其基座應該已經互相扣 緊，而散熱片也應已固定在散熱片固定架內側。 ® 圖 2. 安裝英特爾 Pentium 4 Socket 478 處理 注意 器與散熱片固定架 請您記得要設定正確的處理器外頻和倍頻數 值。 SR7-8X...
  • Page 7 Six Languages Quick Installation Guide (3). 將主機板安裝到機殼上 當您將處理器安裝到主機板上之後，您便可以開始將主機板固定到電腦機殼裡去。首先；請您先將 主機板固定到電腦機殼。大多數的電腦機殼底座都有許多的固定孔位，請將主機板上的固定孔位與 機殼底座上的固定孔位對準。如果孔能對準並且有螺絲孔， 就表示可使用銅柱來固定主機板。 另外； 您可以使用塑膠墊片來讓螺絲與主機板的 PCB 表層隔離（絕緣）。 (4). 安裝系統記憶體 本主機板提供三組 184 腳的 DDR DIMM 插座可 供記憶體擴充，可支援 DDR SDRAM 的最小記憶 體大小為 64 MB，而最大的記憶體大小則為 2 GB 容量的記憶體 （必需是非緩衝式 【Unbuffered】 PC 2700 的記憶體模組） 或是 3 GB （必需是非緩衝式 【Unbuffered】PC 1600 或是...
  • Page 8 Chapter 1 (6). 將電源供應器的電源線連接頭與主機板上的 ATX1 以及 ATXPWR1 連接頭連接起來 SR7-8X 所需要的電源要求與一般的處理器不太 ® 相同（它需要使用設計給 Pentium 4 處理器所使 用的電源供應器） ， 它有全新設計的 ATX1 之+12V 直流電源、具備至少 300W 功率，以及它對重量 型負載系統至少也可以提供+5V 直流電源之電流 20A（安培）以上的供電容量。而對支援一些其 他的特殊功能方面，它至少也可提供+5VSB 電壓 部份至少 720mA（毫安）的電流容量。 ® 請自您的 Pentium 4 專用 ATX 電源供應器上將 ATXPWR1 以及 ATX12V1 的電源纜線插頭插到...

  • Page 9: Sr7-8X Guide D'installation Rapide

    Six Languages Quick Installation Guide 1-2. SR7-8X Guide d’Installation Rapide ® Merci pour votre achat de cette carte mère ABIT. Cette carte mère est conçue pour les processeurs Intel ® ® Pentium 4. Elle accepte les architectures Socket 478 Intel , avec jusqu'à...
  • Page 10 Attention Illustration 2. Installation du processeur P4 Ne pas oublier de régler le multiple et la Socket 478 et de son dissipateur de chaleur fréquence de bus de votre processeur. dans sa base de support. SR7-8X...
  • Page 11 Six Languages Quick Installation Guide (3). Installer la Carte Mère dans le Châssis Une fois que vous aurez installé le processeur sur la carte mère, vous pourrez commencer à fixer la carte mère sur le châssis. Tout d’abord, vous avez besoin de fixer la carte mère sur le châssis. La plupart des châssis d’ordinateur possèdent une base sur laquelle il y a nombreux trous de montage permettant à...
  • Page 12 Chapter 1 (6). Brancher les connecteurs d'alimentation dans les connecteurs ATX1 et ATXPWR1 La SR7-8X nécessite une alimentation différente des alimentations habituelles (Source d’alimentation conçue pour une utilisation avec les processeurs ® Pentium 4). Il s’agit d’une source d’alimentation de nouvelle conception ATX1 +12VDC avec une puissance de 300W, et une capacité...

  • Page 13: Sr7-8X Schnellinstallationsanleitung

    Benutzerhandbuch zu lesen oder einen Techniker zum Aufbauen des Systems zu Hilfe zu holen. (1). Layout der SR7-8X Hauptplatine Die Abb. 1 stellt das SR7-8X Layout dar. Alle Hauptkomponenten werden in dieser Abbildung angezeigt. Abb 1. SR7-8X Layout User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 Kühlblech sich in ihrem Innern befinden. Achtung Vergessen Sie nicht, die korrekte Busfrequenz und den korrekten Multiplikator für Ihren Prozessor ® ® Abb. 2. Installation von Intel Pentium einzustellen. 4-Prozessor und Kühlblech mit Basis. SR7-8X...
  • Page 15 Six Languages Quick Installation Guide 1-11 (3). Installieren der Hauptplatine im Gehäuse Nach der Installation des Prozessors können Sie anfangen die Hauptplatine im Computergehäuse zu befestigen. Die meisten Gehäuse haben eine Bodenplatte, auf der sich eine Reihe von Befestigungslöcher befinden, mit deren Hilfe Sie die Hauptplatine sicher verankern können und zugleich Kurzschlüsse verhindern.
  • Page 16 1-12 Chapter 1 (6). Verbinden der Netzstecker mit dem ATX1- und ATXPWR1-Anschluss Die SR7-8X benötigt eine von der üblichen ® Stromversorung (für Pentium 4-Prozessore) abweichende Stromversogung. Dies ist eine neu entworfene ATX1 +12VDC Stromversorgung mit mindesten 300W, 20A +5VDC für schwer belastete Systeme und mindesten 720mA +5VSB zur Unterstützung besonderer Funktionen.

  • Page 17: Sr7-8X クイックインストールガイド

    し、 最高 2 GB (バッファなし、 PC 2700)または 3 GB (バッファなし、 PC 1600/PC 2100)の DDR SDRAM メモリを搭載しています。 このマザーボードの詳細については、 ユーザーズマニュアルの完全版を参照してください。 この クイックインストールガイドは、 経験あるシステム構築者向けに書かれました。 今回始めてコン ピュータシステムをセットアップする方は、 まず完全版のマニュアルをお読みになるか、 専門技 術者に連絡してコンピュータシステムのセットアップを行うようお勧めします。レバー (1). SR7-8X マザーボードの配置 図 1 では、SR7-8X のレイアウト図を示しています。参考のために、この図ですべての主要なコ ンポーネントを表示します。 図 1. SR7-8X レイアウト図 User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 向きに挿入してください。 プロセッサは正しい 向きでしか固定できないので、 無理に挿入しな いでください。 プロセッサが挿入できたら、 ソ ケットレバーを元の位置に戻します。 3. プロセッサを完全にカバーするようにヒート シンクを取り付けてください。 4. ヒートシンクのサポートカバーをヒートシン クに取り付けます。 サポートカバーの 4 つの留 め金が台座の差し込み口の位置に対応してい るかどうか確認してください。 5. サポートカバー両側のホルダークリップを持 って、 サポートカバーを台座に固定します。 ク リップを差し込む方向に注意してください。 6. ヒートシンクのサポートカバーと台座で、ヒ ートシンクがしっかりと固定されているかど うか確認してください。 注意 図 2. P4 Socket 478 プロセッサとヒートシ プロセッサのバス周波数と倍数を正しく設定 ンクの取り付け するのを忘れないでください。 SR7-8X...
  • Page 19 Six Languages Quick Installation Guide 1-15 (3). マザーボードをシャーシに取り付ける マザーボードにプロセッサを取り付けた後、 シャーシにマザーボードを固定することができるよ うになります。まず、シャーシにマザーボードを固定する必要があります。ほとんどのコンピュ ータシャーシには、 多くの取り付け穴の付いた台が付属しており、 それを使用することでマザー ボードをしっかり取り付けたり、 同時にショートを避けることができます。 シャーシに付属する 飾りボタンかスペーサーを使用してマザーボードを固定します。 (4). システムメモリの取り付け このマザーボードは、 3 つの 184 ピン DDR DIMM ス ロットメモリ拡張機能を提供しています。最小 メモリは 64 MB で、最大メモリは 2 GB (バッフ ァなし、PC 2700)または 3 GB (バッファなし、 PC 1600/PC 2100) DDR SDRAM です。ボードには...
  • Page 20 1-16 Chapter 1 (6). 電源コネクタを ATX1 および ATXPWR1 コネクタに差し込む SR7-8X は標準とは異なる電源装置を必要としま ® す(Pentium 4 プロセッサを使用するために設 計された電源装置)。これは新しく設計された ATX1 +12VDC 電源で、重い負荷のかかったシス テム用に少なくとも 300W、20A +5VDC 容量、お よび一部の特殊機能をサポートするために少な くとも 720mA +5VSB 容量を持っています。 電源装置から出ているコネクタを ATXPWR1 と ATX12V1 コネクタに接続します。 ATX 電源装置か ら出ているコネクタを ATXPWR1 や ATX1 コネクタ...

  • Page 21: Guida All'installazione Veloce Scheda Madre Sr7-8X

    . Disposizione scheda madre SR7-8X La Figura 1 mostra il diagramma di disposizione della scheda madre SR7-8X. Tutti gli elementi principali sono visualizzati in questo diagramma.
  • Page 22 Leva presa CPU Attenzione Figura 2. Installazione del processore P4 Non dimenticare di impostare la corretta Socket 478 e del suo dispersore di calore sulla frequenza BUS e multiplier per il processore. base di supporto. SR7-8X...
  • Page 23 Six Languages Quick Installation Guide 1-19 (3). Installazione della scheda madre sul telaio Dopo avere installato il processore sulla scheda madre si può iniziare a fissare la scheda madre sul telaio. Innanzi tutto è necessario fissare la scheda madre al telaio. La maggior parte dei telai ha una base sulla quale sono presenti diversi fori di montaggio che permettono di fissare in modo accurato la scheda madre e, allo stesso tempo, di prevenire corto circuiti.
  • Page 24 1-20 Chapter 1 (6). Collegamento dei connettori d’alimentazione ai connettori ATX1 ed ATXPWR1 La scheda madre SR7-8X richiede una fornitura d’alimentazione diversa dalla solita (fornitura d’alimentazione progettata per l’utilizzo di ® processori Pentium 4 ). E’ un’alimentazione di nuova progettazione ATX1 +12VDC con una capacità...

  • Page 25: Краткое Руководство По Установке Sr7-8X

    Six Languages Quick Installation Guide 1-21 1-6. Краткое руководство по установке SR7-8X Благодарим за приобретение системной платы ABIT. Эта системная плата предназначена для ® ® ® процессоров Intel Pentium 4. Она поддерживает архитектуру Intel Socket 478 с памятью DDR SDRAM объемом до 2 Гбайт (без буферизации, PC 2700) или до 3 Гбайт (без буферизации, PC 1600/PC 2100).
  • Page 26 6. Крышка и основание должны быть надежно скреплены, фиксируя радиатор. Внимание Рычаг гнезда процессора Не забудьте установить для процессора надлежащую частоту шины и множитель. Рис. 2. Установка процессора P4 с разъемом Socket 478 и радиатора для него на крепежное основание. SR7-8X...
  • Page 27 Six Languages Quick Installation Guide 1-23 (3). Установка материнской платы в корпус После установки процессора на материнскую плату можно начинать установку материнской платы в корпус. Большая часть корпусов оборудована основанием, в котором проделаны монтажные отверстия, которые позволяют надежно закрепить материнскую плату и предотвратить короткие...
  • Page 28 1-24 Chapter 1 (6). Подключение кабелей питания к разъемам ATX1 и ATXPWR1 Система питания SR7-8X отличается от стандартной (блок питания для процессоров ® Pentium 4). Это новый стандарт ATX1 +12VDC с возможностью выдачи 300Вт, 20A +5В= для систем с высокой нагрузкой и 720mA +5В для...

  • Page 29: Chapter 2. Introduction Of Sr7-8X Features

    963 MuTIOL 1G Media IO. The SR7-8X can support external AGP slot with AGP 8X/4X capability and Fast Write Transactions. The memory controller supports three DDR DIMMs for a maximum of up to 3 GB. It can offer bandwidth up to 2.7 GB/s under DDR333 in order to sustain the bandwidth demand from host processor, as well as the...

  • Page 30: System Bios

    One built-in IrDA TX/RX header Two CD audio input connector Supports wake up by LAN Supports wake up by modem ring Supports Wake Up by RTC Alarm Hardware monitoring：Included fan speed, voltages, processor and system environment temperature Board size: 305 * 230 mm SR7-8X...

  • Page 31: Item Checklist

    Introduction of SR7-8X Features 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.

  • Page 32: Layout Diagram For Sr7-8X

    Chapter 2 2-4. Layout Diagram for SR7-8X Figure 1-1. SR7-8X motherboard component location SR7-8X...

  • Page 33: Chapter 3. Installing The Motherboard

    Installing the Motherboard Chapter 3. Installing the Motherboard This SR7-8X 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 ®...

  • Page 34: 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. SR7-8X...

  • Page 35: Pentium ® 4 Processor And Heatsink Supporting -Base

    Installing the Motherboard ® 3-2. Install Pentium 4 Processor and Heatsink Supporting-Base This motherboard provides a ZIF (Zero Insertion ® ® Force) Socket 478 to install Intel Pentium processor. The processor you bought should include a heatsink and cooling fan kit along with. If that’s not ®...

  • Page 36: Installing System Memory

    Step 2. Remove the computer’s chassis cover. Step 3. Before touching any electronic components, make sure you first touch an unpainted, grounded metal object to discharge any static electricity stored on your clothing or body. SR7-8X...

  • Page 37: Connectors, Headers And Switches

    Installing the Motherboard 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.
  • Page 38 Chapter 3 Figure 2-6. All Connectors and Headers for the SR7-8X First, Let’s see the headers that SR7-8X uses, and what their functions are. We will show you all the connectors and headers. (1). ATX1 and ATXPWR1: ATX Power Input Connectors ®...
  • Page 39 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 40 There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 6, attach the connector from the IR KIT or IR device to the IR header (FPIO3). This motherboard supports standard IR transfer rates. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation SR7-8X...
  • Page 41 Installing the Motherboard (5). FPIO4 Headers: The Headers for Chassis’s Front Panel Indicators and Switches FPIO4 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.
  • Page 42 If more than one master simultaneously tries to control the bus, an arbitration procedure decides which master gets priority. You can connect the devices which utilizes the SM-Bus. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation SR7-8X...
  • Page 43 Installing the Motherboard 3-11 (7). CCMOS1: CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS1 discharge CMOS memory. When you install the motherboard, make sure this jumper is set for normal operation (pin 1 and 2 shorted). See figure below. Note Before you clear the CMOS, you have to first turn the power off (including the +5V standby power). Otherwise, your system may work abnormally.
  • Page 44 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, and then insert the wire connector into the FDC1 connector. SR7-8X...
  • Page 45 Installing the Motherboard 3-13 (11). 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.
  • Page 46 Figure 2-8. SR7-8X back panel connectors Figure 2-8 shows the SR7-8X back panel connectors. These connectors are used for connecting outside devices to the motherboard. We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below. (13). PS/2 Keyboard Connector Attach a PS/2 keyboard connector to this 6-pin Din-connector.
  • Page 47 Installing the Motherboard 3-15 You can decide which external devices you want to connect to COM1 and COM2. Each COM port can only have one device connected at a time. (16). Parallel Port Connector This parallel port is also called an “LPT” port, because it usually connects to the printer. You can connect other devices that support this communication protocol, like an EPP/ECP scanner, etc.
  • Page 48 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. SR7-8X...

  • Page 49: Chapter 4. Introducing The Bios

    Introducing the BIOS Chapter 4. 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 50 However, most of the functions covered in this manual will work. We suggest that you go to our WEB site often to see if there are new manual releases. Then you can check the newly updated BIOS items. SR7-8X...

  • Page 51: Soft Menu ™ Iii Setup

    Introducing the BIOS 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.
  • Page 52 (These factors vary with the different type and specification of the processor installed) Note Some processors may have the multiplier factor locked, so there is no way to choose a higher multiplier factor. This item will show the “CPU locked” message. SR7-8X...
  • Page 53 Introducing the BIOS 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: Seven 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.
  • Page 54 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. Vddr Control: Four options are available: Default 2.6V 2.7V 2.8V. The default setting is Default. SR7-8X...

  • Page 55: Standard Cmos Features Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 4-2. Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu This contains the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS. These parameters include date, hour, VGA card, floppy disk and HDD settings. Figure 4-3A. Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu Screen Shot System Date: You can set the date in this item: month (mm), date (dd) and year (yy).
  • Page 56 If you are using an old HDD that is already formatted, auto detection can’t detect the correct parameters. You may need to do a low-level format or set the parameters manually, and then check if the HDD is working. ARMD means: ATAPI Removeable Media Device. Such as: IDE ZIP, IDE LS120, etc. SR7-8X...
  • Page 57 Introducing the BIOS Cylinders: When disks are placed directly above one another along the shaft, the circular vertical “slice” consisting of all the tracks located in a particular position is called a cylinder. You can set the number of cylinders for a HDD.

  • Page 58: Advanced Bios Features Setup Menu

    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 4-4A. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Upper Screen Shot SR7-8X...

  • Page 59: Boot Device Priority

    Introducing the BIOS 4-11 Figure 4-4B. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Lower Screen Shot 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 <F6>...
  • Page 60 Two options are available: No or Yes. The default setting is No. When the system memory is bigger than 64MB, the communication method between the BIOS and the operating system will differ from one operating system to another. If you use OS/2 operation system, please select Yes, if you are using another operating system, select No. SR7-8X...
  • Page 61 Introducing the BIOS 4-13 System BIOS Cacheable: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. Select Enabled if you want to improve BIOS performance under DOS environment. C000, 32K Shadow: Three options are available: Disabled Enabled Cached.

  • Page 62: Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu

    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! SR7-8X...
  • Page 63 Introducing the BIOS 4-15 Figure 4-5B. Advanced DRAM Control Setup Menu Screen Shot DRAM CAS# Latency: Three options are available: 2T 2.5T 3T. The default setting is 2.5T. You can select SDRAM CAS (Column Address Strobe) latency time according your SDRAM specification. Timing Setting Mode: Six options are available: Safe Normal...
  • Page 64 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. http://www.agpforum.org for AGP information. SR7-8X...

  • Page 65: Power Management Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 4-17 APIC Select: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. If you set to Enabled, the next item will be available to choose. When you set it to Disabled, the system will use the default six PCI IRQs for all devices, and will not increase the number of PCI IRQs.
  • Page 66 Power switch Sleeping mode or power off mode RTC alarm Sleeping mode or power off mode Sleeping mode or power off mode Modem Sleeping mode or power off mode Sleeping mode PS/2 keyboard Sleeping mode PS/2 mouse Sleeping mode SR7-8X...
  • Page 67 Introducing the BIOS 4-19 Table 4-5-2: Effect of Pressing the Power Switch If the system is in this ……and the power switch is ……the system enters this state…… pressed for state Less than four seconds Power on More than four seconds Forced power off Less than four seconds Defined by OS...
  • Page 68 Power 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 Last State, when the power returns, the computer return to the previous power state. SR7-8X...

  • Page 69: Wake Up Events

    Introducing the BIOS 4-21 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.
  • Page 70 Please go to the “Device Manager”, then choose the device item and find the item “ Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby”, then check it on the check box. The wake up function will work normally. SR7-8X...

  • Page 71: Pnp/Pci Configurations Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 4-23 4-6. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu In this menu, you can change the INT# and IRQ# of the PCI bus and other hardware settings. Figure 4-7A. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Screen Shot Plug and Play Aware O/S: Two options are available: No or Yes.
  • Page 72 PCI slot 1 shares IRQ signals with the AGP slot. If you want to install two PCI cards into those PCI slots that share IRQ with one another at the same time, you must make sure that your OS and PCI devices’ driver supports the IRQ sharing function. SR7-8X...
  • Page 73 Introducing the BIOS 4-25 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 4-7B.

  • Page 74: Integrated Peripherals

    Chapter 4 4-7. Integrated Peripherals In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Figure 4-8A. Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Upper Screen Shot Figure 4-8B. Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Lower Screen Shot SR7-8X...
  • Page 75 Introducing the BIOS 4-27 SiS Onchip IDE Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the SiS onchip IDE device parameters. Figure 4-8C. 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.
  • Page 76 Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. This should be enabled if your system has a USB device installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature. SR7-8X...
  • Page 77 Introducing the BIOS 4-29 USB KB/Mouse/FDD Legacy Support: Two options are available: Disabled Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. If your operating system supports a USB device natively, please set it to Disabled. Only in some situations, such as in a pure DOS environment that does not support a USB legacy device, should you set it in Enabled.
  • Page 78 11. The default setting is 5. This item allows you to choose the Midi port IRQ. OnBoard Game Port: Three options are available: Disabled 200h 208h. The default setting is 200h. This item allows you to choose the onboard game port address. SR7-8X...

  • Page 79: Pc Health Status

    Introducing the BIOS 4-31 4-8. 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.

  • Page 80: Set User Password

    When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: [Load Optimized Settings] Pressing <Enter> loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations, or you can press <Esc> to abort. SR7-8X...

  • Page 81: Load Fail Safe Defaults

    Introducing the BIOS 4-33 4-11. Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: [Load Fail-Safe Settings] Pressing <Enter> loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations, or you can press <Esc>...
  • Page 82 4-34 Chapter 4 SR7-8X...

  • Page 83: Appendix A. Sis Chipset Drivers Installation For Windows ® 2000

    ® SiS Chipset Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 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 ®...
  • Page 84 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. SR7-8X...

  • Page 85: Appendix B. Sis Ide Drivers Installation For Windows

    ® SiS IDE Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 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 ®...
  • Page 86 “Finish” button to restart your computer to finish the driver updates. Step 5: The installer will show the install Step 8: When your computer system restarts, progress percentage. ® Windows 2000 starts the update process and new hardware device will be found. SR7-8X...
  • Page 87 ® SiS IDE Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Step 9: You will now see the welcome screen Step 12: After searching, program will fine Ultra and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” button to go DMA Channel device driver and tell you where it located.
  • Page 88 Step 16: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” button to go The procedure will go through from Step 9 to Step 15 again. After you restart the system again, you can go to next step. SR7-8X...

  • Page 89: Appendix C. Audio Drivers Installation For Windows

    ® Audio Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 ® Appendix C. 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 ®...
  • Page 90 Step 8: 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. SR7-8X...
  • Page 91 ® Audio Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 This menu item can let you set specific frequency dB value. You can click on the audio configure icon on the task bar, and you can see the AvRack panel as above. The following diagrams will show you the “Avance AC97 Audio Configuration”...
  • Page 92 Appendix C SR7-8X...

  • Page 93: Appendix D. Lan Drivers Installation For Windows

    ® LAN Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 ® Appendix D. LAN Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 After you’ve installed SiS chipset drivers, you will need to install the LAN drivers. Step by step instructions on how to do this are found in the following section. Note ®...
  • Page 94 Step 5: Windows has completed installing the driver. Click “Finish” to end the driver installation. Step 8: When system restarts and enters the operating system, you can then check the “Device Manager” see that the devices are properly installed. SR7-8X...

  • Page 95: Appendix E. Usb 2.0 Drivers Installation For Windows

    ® USB 2.0 Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Appendix E. USB 2.0 Drivers Installation for ® Windows 2000 After you’ve installed SiS chipset drivers, you will need to install the USB 2.0 drivers. Step by step instructions on how to do this are found in the following section. Note ®...
  • Page 96 Appendix E Step 5: When system restarts and enters the operating system, you can then check the “Device Manager” see that the devices are properly installed. SR7-8X...

  • Page 97: Appendix F. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software

    Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software Appendix F. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software The Winbond hardware monitor software is a self-diagnostic system for PCs. It will protect PC hardware by monitoring several critical items including power supply voltage, CPU and system fan speeds, and CPU and system temperatures.
  • Page 98 Appendix F You will see the program extracting files. You will see the install shell wizard active. The welcome screen and its dialogue box will appear. Click the “Next>” button to go on. SR7-8X...
  • Page 99 Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software 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 100 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. SR7-8X...
  • Page 101 Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software 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 102 Appendix F SR7-8X...

  • Page 103: Appendix G. Ami Bios Update Guide

    Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software Appendix G. 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.
  • Page 104 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. You may make a floppy disk bootable either in Explorer or in the DOS prompt mode. SR7-8X...
  • Page 105 Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software 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.
  • Page 106 XP or Windows ME environment, you must be in a pure DOS environment. You should check which BIOS file is to be used with your motherboard, don't flash with the wrong BIOS file. Otherwise, you may cause system malfunctions. SR7-8X...

  • Page 107: Appendix H. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance

    Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Appendix H. 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 108 To fill in this “Technical Support Form”, refer to the step-by-step instructions given below: . Model Name: Note the model number given in your user’s manual. For example: SR7-8X, NV7-133R, KR7A-133R, etc… . Motherboard PCB Version: Note the motherboard PCB version labeled on the motherboard slot or back side as “Rev:*.**”.
  • Page 109 Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) . 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. . Processor Type: Indicate the brand and the speed (MHz) of your processor. For example: (A) In the “Brand”...

  • Page 110: Technical Support Form

    E-mail Address: Model Name BIOS ID & Part Number * Motherboard PCB Version Driver Version OS/Applications Hardware Name Brand Specifications Processor Type IDE1 Hard Disk Drive IDE2 IDE1 CD-ROM Drive IDE2 System Memory (DDR DRAM) Add-On Card Problem Description: SR7-8X...

  • Page 111: Appendix I. How To Get Technical Support

    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 112 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 113 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 114 Appendix I SR7-8X...

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