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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

    SX7-533 Motherboard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION OF SX7-533 FEATURES...... 1-1 1-1. SX7-533 M ...............1-1 EATURES OF OTHERBOARD 1-2.....................1-2 PECIFICATIONS 1-3....................1-3 HECKLIST 1-4. SX7-533 .................1-4 AYOUT IAGRAM FOR CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD......2-1 2-1..........2-2 NSTALLING THE...
  • Page 4 APPENDIX G. HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT......G-1 SX7-533...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction Of Sx7-533 Features

    The SX7-533 has a built in Ultra DMA 133 function. This means that it provides speedier HDD throughput boosting overall system performance. Ultra DMA 133 is the new standard for IDE devices. It enhances existing Ultra DMA 33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    One audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, and Game port) 7. Miscellaneous ATX form factor One AGP slot, six PCI slots Two USB header for four extra USB channels One built-in IrDA TX/RX header Two built-in SM-Bus header Two CD audio input connector One AUX audio input connector SX7-533...

  • Page 7: Item Checklist

    Check that your package is complete. If you discover any damaged or missing items, please contact your retailer or dealer. $ One ABIT SX7-533 Motherboard $ One 80-wire/40-pin ribbon cable for master and slave Ultra DMA 133, Ultra DMA 100, Ultra DMA 66 or Ultra DMA 33 IDE devices $ One ribbon cable for 3.5”...

  • Page 8: Layout Diagram For Sx7-533

    Chapter 1 1-4. Layout Diagram for SX7-533 Figure 1-1. SX7-533 motherboard component location Figure 1-2. CA-20 Back Panel Diagram (Optional) SX7-533...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2. Installing The Motherboard

    Installing the Motherboard Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard This SX7-533 motherboard not only provides all standard equipment for classic personal computers, but also provides great flexibility for meeting future upgrade demands. This chapter will introduce step-by-step all of the standard equipment and will also present, as completely as possible, future upgrade ®...

  • Page 10: 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. SX7-533...
  • Page 11 Installing the Motherboard ® 2-2. 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 12: 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. SX7-533...

  • Page 13: 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 14 Chapter 2 Figure 2-6. All Connectors and Headers for the SX7-533 First, Let’s see the headers that SX7-533 uses, and what their functions are. We will show you all the connectors and headers. (1). ATXPWR1 and ATX12V1: ATX Power Input Connectors ®...
  • Page 15 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 16 SM-Bus. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation (5). RT1: System Temperature Thermistor The RT1 is used to detect the system environment temperature. You can see the readings in the BIOS or the hardware monitoring software screen. SX7-533...
  • Page 17 Installing the Motherboard (6). FPIO3 (USB 3/4) and FPIO4 (USB 5/6) Headers: Additional USB Plugs Header These headers are for connecting the additional USB port plugs. Each connector can provide two additional USB plugs for a total of four additional USB plugs.
  • Page 18 Check to make sure the correct pins go to the correct connectors on the motherboard. If you install them in the wrong direction, the power LED light will not illuminate correctly. Note: Watch the power LED pin position and orientation. For the PN1 and PN2 pin’s count-name list, please refer to table 2-2. SX7-533...
  • Page 19 Installing the Motherboard 2-11 Table 2-2. FPIO1 pin count name list PIN Name Significance of signal PIN Name Significance of signal PIN 1 HDD LED (+) PIN 2 SP-LED (+) PIN 3 HDD LED (-) PIN 4 SP-LED (-) PIN 5 Reset SW (-) PIN 6 PWR-ON (+)
  • Page 20 ! A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1. You need to align the wire pin 1 to the IDE connector pin 1 before inserting the wire connector into the IDE connector. SX7-533...
  • Page 21 Installing the Motherboard 2-13 (11). 6CHAUD1 Header: 6 Channels Audio Header You’ll see this header on SX7-533 motherboard. This header is designed to connect the CA-20 (Optional). CA-20 (Optional) can provide the analog audio output signals for center channel, subwoofer, rear right and rear left channel. It also provides one digital S/PDIF output connector.
  • Page 22 Figure 2-10. SX7-533 back panel connectors Figure 2-10 shows the SX7-533 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. (14). PS/2 Keyboard Connector Attach a PS/2 keyboard connector to this 6-pin Din-connector.
  • Page 23 Installing the Motherboard 2-15 You can attach USB devices such as a, scanner, digital speakers, monitor, mouse, keyboard, hub, digital camera, joystick etc. to one of each USB connector. You must make sure your operating system supports this feature and you may need to install an additional driver for individual devices.
  • Page 24 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. SX7-533...

  • Page 25: 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 26 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. SX7-533...

  • Page 27: 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.
  • Page 28 (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. SX7-533...
  • Page 29 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: Eight options are available: 3:3:2:1 ) 3:4:2:1 ) 3:5:2:1 ) 3:6:2:1 ) 4:3:2:1 ) 4:4:2:1 ) 4:5:2:1 ) 4:6:2:1.

  • Page 30: Standard Cmos Features Setup Menu

    Default. 3-2. 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 3-3A. Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu Screen Shot SX7-533...
  • Page 31 Introducing the BIOS System Date: You can set the date in this item: month (mm), date (dd) and year (yy). System Time: You can set the time in this item: hour (hh), minute (mm) and second (ss). Floppy Driver A & Floppy Driver B: If you have installed the floppy disk drive here, then you can select the type of floppy drive it can support.
  • Page 32 Currently, all high capacity hard disks support this mode, that’s why we recommend you use this mode. Currently, the BIOS can support the INT 13h extension function, enabling the LBA mode to support hard disk drive capacities exceeding 128 GB. SX7-533...
  • Page 33 Introducing the BIOS Block Mode: Two options are available: Auto ) Off. The default setting is Off. Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Auto for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.

  • Page 34: 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 3-4A. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Upper Screen Shot Figure 3-4B. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Lower Screen Shot SX7-533...
  • Page 35 Introducing the BIOS 3-11 Quick Boot: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. Select Enabled to skip memory test then you can enjoy the convenience of quick boot function. How to use the Quick Boot function? When you start to get in the boot sequence, press <F6>...
  • Page 36 This option allows you to decide if the ROM BIOS area of an interface card at a specific address uses the shadow feature or not. If you have no interface card using this memory block, don’t enable this option. You have six address ranges you can select: SX7-533...

  • Page 37: Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 3-13 C8000, 16K Shadow, CC00, 16K Shadow, D000, 16K Shadow, D400, 16K Shadow, D800, 16K Shadow, DC00, 16K Shadow. Computer Knowledge: SHADOW What is the SHADOW? The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM, and it is often very slow.
  • Page 38 Six options are available: Safe ) Normal ) Fast ) Turbo ) Ultra ) Manual. The default setting is Normal. If you choose the Manual, the following items will be available. " DDR RAS Precharge Time: Three options are available: 2T ) 3T ) 4T. The default setting is 3T. This item is to set SDR/DDR SX7-533...
  • Page 39 Introducing the BIOS 3-15 SDRAM RAS precharge time. It can define the SDRAM precharge to ACT command period. tRP timing value (Precharge time – time from precharge command to when back can be activated). " DDR RAS to CAS Delay: Three options are available: 2T ) 3T ) 4T.
  • Page 40 Two options are available: Fast Embedded Bus or PCI Bus. The default setting is Fast Embedded Bus. ® This item can let you select to use the legacy PCI USB1 access interface, or use the SiS MuTIOL Media I/O bus to transfer data. Select the Fast Embedded Bus should can get the better system performance. SX7-533...

  • Page 41: Power Management Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 3-17 3-5. Power Management Setup Menu The difference between Green PCs and traditional computers is that Green PCs have a power management feature. With this feature, when the computer is powered on but inactive, the power consumption is reduced in order to save energy. When the computer operates normally, it is in Normal mode.
  • Page 42 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 IR command Sleeping mode Sleeping mode PS/2 keyboard Sleeping mode PS/2 mouse Sleeping mode SX7-533...
  • Page 43 Introducing the BIOS 3-19 Table 3-5-2: 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 44 If you set it to Power Off, when power returns, whatever state your computer was in before the power failure, the system will always turn off. If you set it to Power On, when power returns, whatever state your computer was in before the power SX7-533...
  • Page 45 Introducing the BIOS 3-21 failure, the system will always turn on. If you set it to Last State, when the power returns, the computer return to the previous power state. Wake Up Events: The following is a list of the events. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it causes an event to occur.
  • Page 46 " RTC Alarm Second: You can select the second from 00 ~ 59, which means the second of 00 to second of 60. This field is not available to enter when the “Resume by RTC Alarm” field is set to Disabled. SX7-533...

  • Page 47: Pnp/Pci Configurations Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 3-23 3-6. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu In this menu, you can change the INT# and IRQ# of the PCI bus and other hardware settings. Figure 3-7A. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Screen Shot Plug and Play Aware O/S: Two options are available: No or Yes.
  • Page 48 ! 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. SX7-533...
  • Page 49 Introducing the BIOS 3-25 " IRQ Resources: Two options are available: PCI/PnP or Reserve. The default setting is PCI/PnP. If you have trouble in assigning the interrupt resources automatically, you can choose Reserve to set which IRQ should be reserved. See the screen shot below. Figure 3-7B.

  • Page 50: Integrated Peripherals

    Chapter 3 3-7. Integrated Peripherals In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Figure 3-8A. Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Upper Screen Shot Figure 3-8B. Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Lower Screen Shot SX7-533...
  • Page 51 Introducing the BIOS 3-27 SiS Onchip IDE Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the SiS onchip IDE device parameters. Figure 3-8C. SiS Onchip IDE Device Setup Menu Screen Shot PCI IDE BusMaster: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. The onboard IDE controller can be set as enable or disable.
  • Page 52 Two options are available: Disable or Enable. The default setting is Enable. The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disable if the interface does not support prefetching. SX7-533...
  • Page 53 Introducing the BIOS 3-29 " Secondary Slave Prefetch: Two options are available: Disable or Enable. The default setting is Enable. The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disable if the interface does not support prefetching. Audio Device: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled.
  • Page 54 Three options are available: 5 ) 10 ) 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. SX7-533...

  • Page 55: Pc Health Status

    Introducing the BIOS 3-31 3-8. PC Health Status You can set the warning and shutdown temperatures for your computer system, and you can check the fan speeds and power supply voltages of your computer system. The features are useful for monitoring all the important parameters within your computer system.

  • Page 56: Set Supervisor Password

    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 you set to Setup, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. SX7-533...

  • Page 57: Load Optimized Defaults

    Introducing the BIOS 3-33 3-11. Load Optimized Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N Pressing “Y” loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. 3-12.

  • Page 58: Exit Without Saving

    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. SX7-533...

  • Page 59: 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 60 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. SX7-533...
  • Page 61 ® 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 62 Step 5: This setup program will ask you to select the components you want to install. Please check which drivers you want to install. When you choose the items, please click the “Next>” button SX7-533...

  • Page 63: Appendix B. Sis Ide Drivers Installation For Windows ® 2000

    ® 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 64 Step 15: “System Settings Change” dialogue show up, click the “Yes” button to restart your computer to finish the driver updates. ® Step 16: When Windows 2000 restart, you can then check the “Device Manager” to see that the devices are properly installed. SX7-533...

  • Page 65: Appendix C. 5.1 Channel Audio Drivers Installation For Windows ® 2000

    ® 5.1 Channel Audio Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Appendix C. 5.1 Channel Audio Drivers Installation for ® Windows 2000 After you’ve installed SiS chipset and IDE drivers, you will need to install the audio drivers. Step by step instructions on how to do this are found in the following section. Note ®...
  • Page 66 The following diagrams will show you the “Avance AC97 Audio Configuration” Step 6: When system restarts and enters the application software each menu item. operating system, you can then check the “Device Manager” to see that the devices are properly installed. SX7-533...
  • Page 67 ® 5.1 Channel Audio Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 This menu item can let you set environmental This menu item can let you test the speaker and KaraOK key factor. position is correct or wrong, you can check each speaker is sound correctly or poor quality. This menu item can let you set specific frequency Thi smenu item can give you the information dB value.
  • Page 68 Appendix C SX7-533...

  • Page 69: Appendix D. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System

    Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System Appendix D. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System The Winbond hardware monitor system is a self-diagnostic system for PCs. It will protect PC hardware by monitoring several critical items including power supply voltage, CPU and system fan speeds, and CPU and system temperatures.
  • Page 70 We suggest you use the default program We suggest that you choose “Yes, I want to folder name. After checking the program folder restart my computer now.” then click the SX7-533...
  • Page 71 Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor System see the item called “winbond” ) “Hardware “Finish” button to restart your computer to finish the driver update. Doctor”. Click it, and you will be able to see the screen below. Step 11: You can select the program from Start toolbar, and then choose “Programs”.
  • Page 72 Appendix D SX7-533...

  • Page 73: Appendix E. Ami Bios Update Guide

    Appendix E. AMI BIOS Update Guide We will use the SX7-533 motherboard as an example. All other models follow the same process. 1. Know your motherboard’s PCB version number. You can find it at the front or back of the motherboard.
  • Page 74 If your BIOS is not the latest BIOS, go on to the next step. 3. Download the correct BIOS file from our Web site. (This example is the BIOS for SX7-533) You can click the “Download” button on the green line, then go to our download center and choose the correct BIOS file and download it.
  • Page 75 AMI BIOS Update Guide 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 76 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. SX7-533...

  • Page 77: Appendix F. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance

    Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Appendix F. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Motherboard Troubleshooting: Q & A: Q: Do I need to clear the CMOS before I use a new motherboard to assemble my new computer system? A: Yes, we highly recommend that you clear the CMOS before installing a new motherboard. Please move the CMOS jumper from its default 1-2 position to 2-3 for a few seconds, and then back.
  • Page 78 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: SX7-533, NV7-133R, KR7A-133R, etc… . Motherboard PCB Version: Note the motherboard PCB version labeled on the motherboard slot or back side as “Rev:*.**”.
  • Page 79 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 80: Technical Support Form

    2 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: SX7-533...
  • Page 81 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 82 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 83 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 84 Appendix G SX7-533...

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