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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

    KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Motherboard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION OF KG7-LITE/KG7/KG7-RAID FEATURES ................1-1 1-1. KG7-L /KG7/KG7-RAID M .........1-1 EATURES OF OTHERBOARD 1-2.....................1-2 PECIFICATIONS 1-3....................1-4 HECKLIST 1-4. KG7-L /KG7/KG7-RAID ...........1-5 AYOUT IAGRAM FOR CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD......2-1 2-1.
  • Page 4 WINDOWS 98 SE & WINDOWS 2000......B-1 APPENDIX C. INSTALLING THE VIA HARDWARE MONITOR SYSTEM ....................C-1 APPENDIX D. BIOS UPDATE GUIDE ............D-1 APPENDIX E. TROUBLESHOOTING (NEED ASSISTANCE?) ....E-1 APPENDIX F. HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT......F-1 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction Of Kg7-Lite/Kg7/Kg7-Raid Features

    This motherboard is designed for AMD Socket A Athlon XP, Athlon and Duron CPUs. It supports the AMD Socket-A structure, with up to 2 GB (KG7-Lite Only) or 3.5 GB (KG7/KG7-RAID Only) of memory, super I/O, and Green PC functions. ™ The KG7-Lite /KG7/KG7-RAID uses the AMD 761...

  • Page 6: Specifications

    ! Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 2X (3.3V) and 4X (1.5V) mode (Sideband) device ! Supports 200MHz/266MHz (100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) memory bus settings # Ultra DMA 100/RAID (For KG7-RAID Only) ! HighPoint HPT 370A IDE controller ! Supports Ultra DMA 100MB/sec data transfer rate...
  • Page 7 Thus we suggest that you don’t connect non-disk devices that use ATA/ATAPI interfaces, such as CD-ROM to HPT 370A IDE connector (IDE3 & IDE4). (KG7-RAID Only) DDR DIMM modules should be populated in DIMM4 to DIMM3 (KG7-Lite Only) or DIMM4 to DIMM1 (KG7/KG7-RAID Only) by orders.

  • 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 % One user’s manual for the motherboard % One floppy disk of HPT 370A drivers (KG7-RAID Only) KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 9: Layout Diagram For Kg7-Lite/Kg7/Kg7-Raid

    Introduction of KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Features 1-4. Layout Diagram for KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID Figure 1-1. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID motherboard component location User’s Manual...
  • Page 10 Chapter 1 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Installing The Motherboard

    Installing the Motherboard Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard This KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID motherboard not only provides all standard equipment for classic personal computers, but also provides great flexibility for meeting future upgrade demands. This chapter will introduce step by step all of the standard equipment and will also present, as completely as possible, ™...

  • 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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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 (64 MB)、16 Mx64 (128 MB)、32 Mx64 (256 MB)、64 Mx64 (512 MB) 以及 128 Mx64 (1024 MB)或 雙面的 DDR DIMM 模組。支援的最小記憶體大小為 64 MB，而最大的記憶體大小則為 2 GB (僅適 用於 KG7-Lite 主機板) 或是 3.5 GB (僅適用於 KG7/KG7-RAID 主機板) 的 DDR SDRAM。在系 統主機板㆖則有㆕個 (僅適用於 KG7-Lite 主機板) 記憶體模組區塊 (Bank) 或是八個 (僅適用於...
  • Page 17 主機板硬體安裝介紹 步驟㆓： 將電腦機殼打開。 步驟㆔： 在您雙手碰觸任何電腦內部元件前，請 確認您先用手碰觸機殼未㆖漆且裸露接 ㆞之金屬部份，以將您身體或是身㆖衣 物所帶有的靜電給放電掉。 步驟㆕： 找出您主機板㆖ DIMM 插槽的位置，此 主機板㆖文字標示為 DIMM1 ~ DIMM4 的 DIMM 插槽均是。 步驟五： 將 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組如圖 2-6 所 示，插入 DIMM 插槽。請注意記憶體模 組的楔子是如何對應到 DIMM 插槽㆖的 卡榫之㆖。此種設計可確保 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組僅能由㆒個方向插到 DIMM 插槽之㆖。 步驟六： DDR DIMM 記憶體模組安裝好之後，您就可以將電腦機殼蓋回機身去，或是您仍要繼續 做其它的動作均可。...
  • Page 18 Figure 2-7. All Connectors and Headers for the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID First, Let’s see the headers that KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID uses, and what their functions are. 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 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 25 (gray and black connector) at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors on hard drives. KG7-RAID’s built-in HighPoint HPT 370A chipset gives you the capability to support Ultra DMA 100. It provides two IDE channels (IDE3 & IDE4) that also support Ultra DMA 100 specifications, and it allows for four additional IDE devices in your computer system.
  • Page 26 2-16 Chapter 2 Figure 2-11. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID back panel connectors Figure 2-11 shows the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID back panel connectors, these connectors are for connection to outside devices to the motherboard. We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below. (13). PS/2 Keyboard Connector Attach a PS/2 keyboard connector to this 6-pin Din-connector.
  • Page 27 Installing the Motherboard 2-17 (16). Serial Port COM1 & COM2 Port Connectors This motherboard provides two COM ports, you can connect an external modem, mouse or other devices that support this communication protocol to these connectors. You can decide which external devices you want to connect to COM1 and COM2. Each COM port can only have one device connected at a time.
  • Page 28 2-18 Chapter 2 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 29: 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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 31: [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 This option is for setup of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown. The specifications of all present CPUs are included in the default settings. Unless you are very familiar with all CPU parameters, it is very easy to make mistakes when you define the external clock and the multiplier factor by yourself. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 33 Introducing the BIOS Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup: Normally, if the CPU clock setup is wrong, you will not be able to boot. In this case, turn the system off then on again. The CPU will automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter the BIOS Setup again and set up the CPU clock.

  • 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 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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 Mode floppy disk drives (FDD) are 3 1/2” drives used in Japanese computer systems. If you need to access data stored in this kind of floppy, you must select this mode, and of course you must have a 3 Mode floppy drive. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 37: Advanced Bios Features Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS Video: You can select the VGA modes for your video adapter, four options are available: EGA/VGA ) CGA 40 ) CGA 80 ) MONO. The default setting is EGA/VGA. Halt On: You can select which type of error will cause the system to halt. Five options are available: All Errors ) No Errors ) All, But Keyboard ) All, But Diskette ) All, But Disk/Key.
  • Page 38 ) Back to Floppy. (KG7-Lite/KG7 Only) Floppy ) LS120 ) HDD-0 ) SCSI ) CDROM ) HDD-1 ) HDD-2 ) HDD-3 ) ZIP100 ) LAN ) ATA100RAID ) Back to Floppy. (KG7-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 Swap Floppy Drive: This item can be set as Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. When this feature is enabled, you don’t need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors. Drive A can be set as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A.
  • 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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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 All these items provide you the capability to adjust the transistor drive strengh for CPU, AGP, Memory Address, DDR command and clock/chip select signal drive strength. Figure 3-5C. Chipset Driving Control Menu Upper Screen Figure 3-5D. Chipset Driving Control Menu Lower Screen KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 43 Introducing the BIOS 3-15 Control CPU P/N value: Two options are available: Auto or Manual. The default setting is Auto. If you choose “Manual”, the following three items will available for you to set. It is recommended this field be set to Auto in order to avoid any errors in your system.
  • Page 44 " CMD N Drive Strength (Command N Driver Strength): Four options are available: 0 ) 1 ) 2 ) 3. The default setting is 2. The item can control the N transistor driver strength of the RASB#, CASB#, WEB#, and CKEB# pins. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 45 Introducing the BIOS 3-17 DDR CLK/CS Configuration (DDR Clock/Chip Select Configuration): Two options are available: Auto or Manual. The default setting is Auto. It is recommended this field be set at Auto in order to avoid any errors in your system. "...
  • Page 46 Four options are available: 1 Cycle ) 4 Cycle ) 8 Cycle ) 16 Cycle ) Back to 1 Cycle. The default setting is 8 Cycle. Number of consecutive Page Hit requests to allow before choosing a non-PH request. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 47 Introducing the BIOS 3-19 " SDRAM Idle Limit: Eight options are available: 0 Cycle ) 8 Cycle ) 12 Cycle ) 16 Cycle ) 24 Cycle ) 32 Cycle ) 48 Cycle ) Disabled ) Back to 0 Cycle. The default setting is 8 Cycle. This is the number of idle cycles to wait before recharging.

  • Page 48: Integrated Peripherals

    !Auto: The BIOS can auto-detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate (Default). You can select the PIO mode from 0 to 4 of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 49 Introducing the BIOS 3-21 " Master Drive UltraDMA: Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 66 MB/sec. !Auto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device.
  • Page 50 RxD and TxD. We set it to “No, Yes”. If your motherboard BIOS uses “Hi” and “Lo” to represent this item, you should set it to the same setting as the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID. This means that you should set it to “Hi, Lo” in order to match the transfer and receiving speed. If you fail to do so, you will not get an IR connection between the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID and the other computer.

  • Page 51: Power Management Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 3-23 Onboard Parallel Port: Four options are available: Disabled ) 3BC/IRQ7 ) 378/IRQ7 ) 278/IRQ5. The default setting is 378/IRQ7. Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel (printer) port. " Parallel Mode: Four options are available: SPP ) EPP ) ECP ) ECP+EPP.
  • Page 52 ! Plug and Play (including bus and device enumeration) and APM functionality normally contained in the BIOS. ! Power management control of individual devices, add-in cards (some add-in cards may require an ACPI-aware driver), video displays, and hard disk drives. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 53 Introducing the BIOS 3-25 ! A Soft-off feature that enables the operating system to power off the computer. ! Support for multiple wake-up events (see Table 3-6-1). ! Support for a front panel power and sleep mode switch. Table 3-6-2 describes the system states based on how long the power switch is pressed, depending on how ACPI is configured with an ACPI-aware operating system.
  • Page 54 30 second to 1 hour. If no power management event occurs during this time period, meaning the computer is inactive during this period, the system will enter the Suspend power saving mode. The CPU stops working completely. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 55: Standby Mode

    Introducing the BIOS 3-27 There are three options for power management: ! User Define: “User Define” defines the delay for accessing the power modes. " Standby Mode: Disabled ) 30 Sec ) 1 Min ) 4 Min ) 10 Min ) 20 Min ) 30 Min ) 1 Hour. The default setting is Disabled.
  • Page 56 ! IRQ3 (COM 2): The default setting is Enabled. ! IRQ4 (COM 1): The default setting is Enabled. ! IRQ5 (LPT 2): The default setting is Enabled. ! IRQ6 (Floppy Disk): The default setting is Enabled. ! IRQ7 (LPT 1): The default setting is Enabled. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 57 Introducing the BIOS 3-29 ! IRQ8 (RTC Alarm): The default setting is Disabled. ! IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir): The default setting is Enabled. ! IRQ10 (Reserved): The default setting is Enabled. ! IRQ11 (Reserved): The default setting is Enabled. ! IRQ12 (PS/ 2 Mouse): The default setting is Enabled. ! IRQ13 (Coprocessor): The default setting is Enabled.

  • Page 58: Pnp/Pci Configurations Setup Menu

    Two options are available: Auto (ESCD) or Manual. The default setting is Auto (ESCD). The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. If you select Auto (ESCD), all of the interrupt request (IRQ) fields become unselectable, as the BIOS automatically assigns them. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 59: Irq Resources

    Introducing the BIOS 3-31 IRQ Resources: If you have trouble in assigning the interrupt resources automatically, you can select Manual to set which IRQis assigned to which PCI device or reserve it. See the screen shot below. Figure 3-8B. IRQ Resources Setup Menu PCI /VGA Palette Snoop: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled.
  • Page 60 ! HPT 370A 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 370A IDE connector (IDE3 & IDE4). (KG7-RAID Only) KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 61: Pc Health Status

    Introducing the BIOS 3-33 3-8. PC Health Status You can set the warning and shutdown temperatures for your computer system, and you can check the fan speeds and power supply voltages of your computer system. The features are useful for monitoring all the important parameters within your computer system.

  • Page 62: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 63: Save & Exit Setup

    Introducing the BIOS 3-35 3-12. Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS - a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off.
  • Page 64 3-36 Chapter 3 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 65: Chapter 4. Raid Setting Guide

    We do not description it on this manual. 4-1. The features of RAID on the KG7-RAID The KG7-RAID supports Striping (RAID 0), Mirroring (RAID 1), or Striping/Mirroring (RAID 0+1) operation. For the striping operation, the identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance.

  • 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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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: KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 71: Chapter 5. Dos

    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 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to 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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 73: Windows 2000

    HPT 370A Driver Installation ® 5-3. Windows 2000 Step 1: Insert the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file at the main directory of the CD. After it has been executed, you will see the screen below.
  • Page 74 “S” key to add a device. 2. Press “S” key, and insert the HPT 370A driver diskette. Press <Enter> when prompted and allow ® Windows 2000 to install the HPT 370A drivers. ® 3. Windows 2000 will continue and complete the installation procedure. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 75: Chapter 6. Hpt 370A Raid Administrator Installation Guide

    RAID function in BIOS mode. Please insert the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file 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” KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 77 HPT 370A 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 370A controller. You can click on each HDD icon to get more information about each HDD.
  • Page 78 Chapter 6 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

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

    Microsoft Corporation. Insert the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID CD into your CD-ROM drive, it should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file at the main directory of the CD. After it has been executed you will see the screen below.
  • 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 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 81 ® ® 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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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 KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 85: Appendix B. Amd Agp Miniport Driver Installation For Windows

    98 SE & Windows 2000 Insert the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID CD-Title into your CD-ROM drive, it should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file at the main directory of this CD-Title. After it has been executed you will see the screen below.
  • Page 86 Appendix B Step 4: When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer. Click “OK” to restart your computer and load the ® driver. (Windows 2000) KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 87: Appendix C. Installing The Via Hardware Monitor System

    The following description will tell you how to install the VIA Hardware Monitor System and use it. Insert the KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID CD-Title into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file from the main directory of this CD-Title.
  • Page 88 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. After checking the program folder name then click “Next>” button. Program will start to install drivers system need. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...
  • Page 89 Installing the VIA Hardware Monitor System The installer will show the install progress percentage. When installation is complete, the installer will automatically terminate the install process. When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer. Click “OK” to restart your computer and load the driver.
  • Page 90 This screen show the VIA hardware monitor system screen. It shows the information about system temperature, voltages and fan speed. Some items can let you set the warning range; you can accordance your system to make optimize value setting. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 91: Appendix D. Bios Update Guide

    BIOS Update Guide Appendix D. BIOS Update Guide We will use the SE6 motherboard as an example. All other models follow the same process. First, know your motherboard’s model name and version number. You can find it on one slot or at the back of the motherboard.
  • 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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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 BIOS file. Otherwise, you may cause system malfunctions. Note Please do not use the Award flash memory writer version that earlier than Version 7.52C to flash your KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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.

  • Page 95: Appendix E. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance

    Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Appendix E. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Motherboard Troubleshooting: Q & A: Q: Do I need to clear the CMOS before I use a new motherboard to assemble my new computer system? A: Yes, we highly recommend that you clear the CMOS before installing a new motherboard. Please move the CMOS jumper from its default 1-2 position to 2-3 for a few seconds, and then back.
  • 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: KG7-LITE, KG7, KG7-RAID, KT7A, KT7A-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. KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-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: KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

  • Page 101: Appendix F. 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 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 F KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID...

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