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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

    К AT7-MAX2........1-17 РАТКОЕ РУКОВОДСТВО ПО УСТАНОВКЕ 1-6. ’ AT7-MAX2 ..... 1-21 UIDA ALL INSTALLAZIONE VELOCE CHEDA MADRE CHAPTER 2. INTRODUCTION OF AT7-MAX2 FEATURES ....2-1 2-1. AT7-MAX2 M ............2-1 EATURES OF OTHERBOARD 2-2...................... 2-2 PECIFICATIONS 2-3..................... 2-4 HECKLIST 2-4.
  • Page 4 ® APPENDIX D. USB 2.0 DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 ....................D-1 APPENDIX E. INSTALLING THE HARDWARE MONITOR SYSTEM..E-1 APPENDIX F. BIOS UPDATE GUIDE ............F-1 APPENDIX G. TROUBLESHOOTING (NEED ASSISTANCE?)....G-1 APPENDIX H. HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT ......H-1 AT7-MAX2...

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

    Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features Chapter 1. Six Languages Quick Installation Guide 1-1. AT7-MAX2 中文快速安裝指引 ™ ™ ™ Unbuffered PC 2700/PC 3200 Unbuffered PC 1600/PC 2100 (1). AT7-MAX2 圖 1 1. AT7-MAX2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 6 Chapter 1 (2). AMD Socket A ™ ™ ™ ® Socket A 圖 2 圖 3 (3). 圖 4 (4). AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 7 Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features (5). Unbuffered PC 2700/PC 3200 Unbuffered PC 1600/PC 2100 圖 5 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 槽之上 (6). (7). ATX1 ATX2 ® User’s Manual...
  • Page 8 Chapter 1 注意：請注意接腳的位置及方向。 ™ (8). [SOFT MENU III] SoftMenu III Setup AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 9: At7-Max2 クイックインストールガイド

    Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-2. AT7-MAX2 クイックインストールガイド ™ ™ ™ (1). AT7-MAX2 図 1 User’s Manual...
  • Page 10 Chapter 1 (2). ™ ™ ™ ® 図 2 図 3 (3). 図 4 AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 11 Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features (4). (5). 図 5 これ は、DDR DIMM モジュールが誤った方向に装着で きないようにするためのものです。 (6). User’s Manual...
  • Page 12 Chapter 1 (7). ® 注: ピンの位置と方向をよく確認してください。 (8). AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 13: At7-Max2 Schnellinstallationsanleitung

    Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-3. AT7-MAX2 Schnellinstallationsanleitung ™ ™ ™ (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 2700/PC 3200) (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 1600/PC 2100) (1). Layout der AT7-MAX2 Hauptplatine Abb. 1 Abb 1. AT7-MAX2 Layout User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 Chapter 1 1-10 (2). Installieren des Prozessors ™ ™ ™ ® Socket A Abb. 2 Abb. 3 (3). Hinweise zur Installation des Kühlkörpers Abb. 4 Abb. 4. Installation des Kühlkörpers AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 15 Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-11 (4). Installieren der Hauptplatine im Gehäuse (5). Installing System Speicher (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 2700/PC 3200) (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 1600/PC 2100) Bild 5 Dies stellt sicher, dass das DDR DIMM-Modul nur in eine Richtung hineinpaßt (6). Anschlüsse, Sockel, Schalter und Adapter...
  • Page 16 Chapter 1 1-12 (7). Einstecken der Stromstecker in den ATX1- und ATX2-Anschluss ® Anmerkung: Achten Sie auf Position und Ausrichtung der Pole. ™ (8). CPU-Setup [SOFT MENU III] 「SoftMenu III Setup」 AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 17: At7-Max2 Guide D'installation Rapide

    Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-13 1-4. AT7-MAX2 Guide d’Installation Rapide ™ ™ ™ (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 2700/PC 3200) (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 1600/PC 2100) (1). Emplacement de la Carte Mère AT7-MAX2 Schema 1 Schema 1. Schéma d'implantation de la AT7-MAX2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 Chapter 1 1-14 (2). Installer le Processeur ™ ™ ™ ® Socket A Schema 2 Schema 3 (3). Conseils Relatifs à l’Installation du Dissipateur Thermique Schema 4. Installation du Dissipateur Thermique AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 19 Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-15 (4). Installer la Carte Mère dans le Châssis (5). Installer la Mémoire Système (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 2700/PC 3200) (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 1600/PC 2100) Figure 5 Cela vous assure qu’il n’y a qu’une seule façon de brancher le module de mémoire DDR DIMM...
  • Page 20 Chapter 1 1-16 (7). Branchez les connecteurs d'alimentation sur les connecteurs ATX1 et ATX2 ® Remarque: Faites attention à la position des broches et à l’orientation. (8). Configuration du Processeur [SOFT MENU™ III] 「SoftMenu III Setup」 AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 21: Краткое Руководство По Установке At7-Max2

    Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-17 1-5. Краткое руководство по установке AT7-MAX2 ™ ™ ™ (небуферированные, без контроля четности, PC 2700/PC 3200) (небуферированные, без контроля четности, PC 1600/PC 2100) (1). Расположение компонентов AT7-MAX2 рис. 1 Рисунок 1. Схема расположения компонентов AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 22 Chapter 1 1-18 (2). Установка процессора: ™ ™ ™ ® Socket A рис. 2 рис. 3 (3). Советы по установке радиатора: рис. 4 Рисунок 4. Установка радиатора AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 23 Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-19 (4). Установка материнской платы в корпус (5). Установка модулей памяти (небуферированные, без контроля четности, PC 2700/PC 3200) (небуферированные, без контроля четности, PC 1600/PC 2100) рисунке 5 Ключевой элемент гарантирует, что модуль DDR DIMM будет установлен единственным...
  • Page 24 Chapter 1 1-20 (7). Подключение кабелей питания к разъемам ATX1 и ATX2 ® Примечание: Обратите внимание на расположение контактов и ориентацию разъемов. ™ (8). Настройка CPU [SOFT MENU III] 「SoftMenu III Setup」 AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 25: Guida All'installazione Veloce Scheda Madre At7-Max2

    Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-21 1-6. Guida all’installazione veloce Scheda madre AT7-MAX2 ™ ™ ™ (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 2700/PC 3200) (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 1600/PC 2100) . Disposizione scheda madre AT7-MAX2 Figura 1 1. Diagramma di disposizione scheda madre AT7-MAX2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 Chapter 1 1-22 (2). Installazione del processore ™ ™ ™ ® Socket A Figura 2 Figura 3 (3). Suggerimenti per l’installazione del dispersore di calore Figura 4 Figura 4. Installazione del dispersore di calore AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 27 Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 1-23 (4). Installazione della scheda madre sul telaio (5). Installazione della memoria di sistema (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 2700/PC 3200) (Unbuffered, Non-ECC, PC 1600/PC 2100) Figura 5 Ciò assicura che ci sia un unico modo per collegare il modulo DDR DIMM.
  • Page 28 Chapter 1 1-24 (7). Collegamento dei connettori d’alimentazione ai connettori ATX1 ed ATX2 ® Nota: Prestare attenzione alla posizione ed all’orientamento dei pin. ™ (8). Impostazione CPU [SOFT MENU III] SoftMenu III Setup」 AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 29: Chapter 2. Introduction Of At7-Max2 Features

    Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features Chapter 2. Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 2-1. Features of AT7-MAX2 Motherboard ™ ™ ™ (PC 2700/PC 3200, Unbuffered & Non-ECC DDR DIMM) (PC 1600/PC 2100, Unbuffered & Non-ECC DDR DIMM) User’s Manual...

  • Page 30: Specifications

    Chapter 2 ™ ™ ™ Appendix E Part of the MAX Motherboard Series 2-2. Specifications 1. Processor ™ ™ ™ 2. Chipset (VIA KT400 and VT8235): 3. Memory (System Memory) 4. Serial ATA (Marvell 8030) AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 31 Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 5. Ultra DMA 133/RAID 6. System BIOS ™ 7. Audio 8. LAN 9. ABIT Media XP (Optional) ™ ™ ™ ™ 10. Internal I/O Connectors 11. Back Panel I/O 12. Miscellaneous ： User’s Manual...

  • Page 32: Item Checklist

    PCI, processor and chipset specifications. Exceeding these standard bus speeds is not guaranteed due to the specific component specifications. Specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. Note 2-3. Item Checklist AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 33: Layout Diagram For At7-Max2

    Introduction of AT7-MAX2 Features 2-4. Layout Diagram for AT7-MAX2 Figure 2-1. AT7-MAX2 motherboard component location User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 Chapter 2 AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 35: Chapter 3. Installing The Motherboard

    Installing the Motherboard Chapter 3. Installing the Motherboard ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Before Proceeding with the Installation User Friendly Instructions Diagram and Photos User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Installation Of The

    Chapter 3 ™ ™ ™ 3-1. Installation of the AMD Athlon XP, Athlon and Duron Note ™ ™ ™ ® Socket A ® AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 37 Installing the Motherboard Heatsink Installation Hints Do Not Note The proper procedure to install the heatsink kit: User’s Manual...
  • Page 38 ATX power cable to the motherboard. We strongly recommand you to buy a heatsink with three holes in the fix plate. This will provide the best stabability and won’t cause the Socket fix hooks to be broken or damaged. AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 39: Installing The Motherboard To The Chassis

    Installing the Motherboard 3-2. Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis Note User’s Manual...

  • Page 40: Installing System Memory

    Table 3-1. Valid Memory Configurations Bank Memory Module Total Memory Total System Memory for Unbuffered & Non-ECC DDR DIMM (PC 1600/PC 2100) Total System Memory for Unbuffered & Non-ECC DDR DIMM (PC 2700/PC 3200) snapped Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 41: Connectors, Headers And Switches

    Installing the Motherboard Step 5. This insures the DDR DIMM module will be plugged into the socket in one way only Step 6. Note 3-4. Connectors, Headers and Switches User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 Chapter 3 Figure 2-7. All connectors and headers for the AT7-MAX2 (1). Plug the Power connectors to the ATX1 and ATX2 Connectors ® AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 43 Installing the Motherboard Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation. Caution (2). FAN1, FAN2, FAN3, FAN4 and FAN5 Headers Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation User’s Manual...
  • Page 44 Chapter 3 3-10 (3). SMB1: System Management Bus (SM-Bus) Header Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation (4). TCPU1 & TSYS1: Temperature Thermistor AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 45 (5). USB3 and USB4 Headers: Additional USB Plugs Header Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation Note (6). IEEE1 Header: IEEE 1394 Header ABIT Media XP (Optional) Media XP ABIT Media XP/Media XP Pro Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation User’s Manual...
  • Page 46 Chapter 3 3-12 Note ® ® (7). CCMOS1 Header: CMOS Discharge Jumper Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation Note AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 47 Installing the Motherboard 3-13 (8). PN1 Headers: The Headers for Chassis’s Front Panel Indicators and Switches PN1 (Pin 1 & 3): HDD LED Header Note: Watch the HDD LED pin position and the orientation. PN 1 (Pin 5 & 7): Hardware Reset Switch Header PN 1 (Pin 15-17-19-21): Speaker Header PN 1 (Pin 2 &...
  • Page 48 Chapter 3 3-14 Table 3-2. PN1 pin count name list PIN Name Significance of signal PIN Name Significance of signal (9). FPIO2 Header: Front Panel Input/Output Signals Header ABIT Media Note: Watching the pin position and the orientation AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 49 Installing the Motherboard 3-15 (10). CD1 and AUX1 Headers: CD Audio and Auxiliary audio signal input headers (11). CROM: S2K Mode Select Header Strapping from boot CPU Fast Command Decode Strapping from Hardware User’s Manual...
  • Page 50 Chapter 3 3-16 (12). FDD1 Connector floppy disk drive connector Note (13). IDE1, IDE2, IDE3 and IDE4 Connectors Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 51 Installing the Motherboard 3-17 Figure 2-8. Ultra DMA 66 Ribbon Cable Outline Note (14). J1 and J2 Connectors (Serial ATA Connectors): Note User’s Manual...
  • Page 52 Chapter 3 3-18 Figure 2-9. AT7-MAX2 back panel connectors (15). PS/2 Keyboard Connector (16). PS/2 Mouse Connector (17). USB Ports Connectors (Located at USB 1, USB2 and U30) Note (18). IEEE 1394 Ports AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 53 Installing the Motherboard 3-19 ® ® (19). OPT1：S/P DIF-Out Connector (20). Audio1 and Audio2 Connectors Rear Right + Left Channel Connector: Center + Subwoofer Channel Connector: Mic In Connector: Line In Connector: Front Right + Left Channel Connector: (21). 10/100 Mb LAN Port Connector Note User’s Manual...
  • Page 54 Chapter 3 3-20 AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 55: Chapter 4. Introducing The Bios

    Introducing the BIOS Chapter 4. Introducing the BIOS SoftMenu III Don’t change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you fully understand the meanings and consequences CCMOS1 Header PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP Figure 3-1. CMOS Setup Utility User’s Manual...
  • Page 56 Chapter 4 ↑↓←→ Page Up/Page Down Note Computer Knowledge: CMOS Data AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 57: Cpu Setup [Soft Menu Iii]

    Introducing the BIOS 4-1. CPU Setup [SOFT MENU III] ™ ™ CPU SOFT MENU Enter ™ Figure 3-2. CPU SOFT MENU CPU Name Is: ® ® ® CPU Operating Speed: ™ ™ ™ ™ ® ® ® ® ® ® ®...
  • Page 58  Multiplier Factor: ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ®  Speed Error Hold: Disabled Enabled  Enhance For Benchmark: Disabled User Define AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 59 Introducing the BIOS Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup: INSERT When you change your CPU: ™ SOFT MENU Method 1: ™ SOFT MENU Method 2: Attention ™ SOFT MENU CPU Power Supply: ® CPU Default: Vcore Voltage ®...

  • Page 60: Standard Cmos Features Setup Menu

    Chapter 4 at Fast to Normal to Fast CROM 4-2. Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu Figure 3-3A. Standard CMOS Setup Screen Shot Date (mm:dd:yy): Time (hh:mm:ss): AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 61 Introducing the BIOS IDE Primary Master / Slave and IDE Secondary Master / Slave: Figure 3-3B. IDE Primary Master Setup Screen Shot IDE HDD Auto-Detection: Enter Note IDE Primary Master: Auto. User’s Manual...
  • Page 62 Chapter 4  Access Mode: ® CHS (Normal mode): ® LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: ® Large Mode: ® Auto:  Capacity: Note Primary IDE Master Manual  Cylinder:  Head:  Precomp: AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 63 Introducing the BIOS  Landing Zone:  Sector: Driver A & Driver B: Floppy 3 Mode Support: Disabled Video: EGA/VGA Halt On: All, But Keyboard Base Memory Extended Memory total Memory size User’s Manual...

  • Page 64: Advanced Bios Features Setup Menu

    Chapter 4 4-10 4-3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Enter Attention Figure 3-4A. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Screen Virus Warning: Disabled Quick Power On Self Test: Enabled First Boot Device: Floppy AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 65 Introducing the BIOS 4-11 Floppy Second Boot Device: First Boot Device, HDD-0 Third Boot Device: First Boot Device, CDROM. Boot Other Device: Enabled Swap Floppy Drive: Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek: Disabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status: ® ® Security Option: Setup Set Password ®SETUP:...
  • Page 66 Chapter 4 4-12 Note APIC Mode: Enabled Disabled Note ® ® Enabled  MPS Version Ctrl For OS: OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Non-OS2 Non-OS2 Report No FDD For OS: Disabled ® Enabled Disabled Delay IDE Initial (Secs): AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 67: Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 4-13 4-4. Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Figure 3-5A. Advanced Chipset Features Setup Screen PgUP PgDn + Note User’s Manual...
  • Page 68 Chapter 4 4-14 DRAM Clock/Drive Control: Figure 3-5B. DRAM Clock/Drive Control Upper Screen Figure 3-5C. DRAM Clock/Drive Control Lower Screen Current FSB Frequency: Current DRAM Frequency: DRAM Clock: By SPD By SPD AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 69 Introducing the BIOS 4-15 Note What’s SPD? DRAM Timing Selectable: By SPD By SPD Manual  CAS Latency Time:  Bank Interleave: Disabled  Precharge to Active (Trp):  Active to Precharge (Tras):  Active to CMD (Trcd): User’s Manual...
  • Page 70 DQS Drive Strength: Auto High DDR DQS Input Delay: Auto Manual  Input Delay Value: DDR DQS Output Delay: Auto Manual  Output Delay Value: MD Drive Strength: Auto Manual  Drive Value: DIMM1-4 CMD Drive Control: Auto Manual AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 71 Introducing the BIOS 4-17 DIMM1&2 CMD Drive: DIMM3&4 CMD Drive: DRAM Access: Enhance DRAM Performance: Disabled DRAM Command Rate: 2T Command 2T Command 1T Command Write Recovery time DRAM tWTR: DCLK Output Delay: 0 ps 0 ps User’s Manual...
  • Page 72 Chapter 4 4-18 AGP & P2P Bridge Control: Figure 3-5D. AGP & P2P Bridge Control Screen AGP Aperture Size: AGP Data Transfer Rate: Note AGP Driving Control: Manual Manual Auto AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 73 Introducing the BIOS 4-19  AGP Driving Value: AGP Fast Write: Disabled Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write: Disabled Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read: Disabled Enabled CPU & PCI Bus Control: Figure 3-5E. CPU & PCI Bus Control Screen User’s Manual...
  • Page 74 Enabled, Disabled PCI1 Post Write: Enabled Enabled PCI2 Post Write: Enabled Enabled Vlink 8X Support: Enabled PCI Delay Transaction: Disabled Enabled Back to Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu Here: System BIOS Cacheable: Disabled Enabled Video RAM Cacheable: Disabled Enable AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 75: Integrated Peripherals

    Introducing the BIOS 4-21 4-5. Integrated Peripherals Figure 3-6A. Integrated Peripherals Menu Default Screen Onboard FDD Controller: Enabled Disable VIA OnChip IDE Device: Figure 3-6B. OnChip IDE Device Screen User’s Manual...
  • Page 76 Disabled OnChip IDE-1 Controller: Enabled  Master Drive PIO Mode: ®  Slave Drive PIO Mode: ®  Master Drive Ultra DMA: ® Disabled ®  Slave Drive Ultra DMA: ® Disabled ® OnChip IDE-2 Controller: OnChip IDE-1 Controller AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 77 Introducing the BIOS 4-23 OnChip PCI Device: Figure 3-6C. OnChip PCI Device Screen OnChip Audio Controller: Enabled Enabled OnChip LAN Controller: Enabled Enabled  OnChip LAN Boot ROM: Disabled Enabled OnChip USB Controller: Enabled Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Integrated Peripherals  USB Keyboard Support: User’s Manual...
  • Page 78 Chapter 4 4-24  USB Mouse Support: Onboard PCI Device: Figure 3-6D. Onboard PCI Device Screen ATA133 RAID Controller: Enabled Enabled USB 2.0 Controller: Enabled Enabled IEEE1394 Controller: Enabled Enabled AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 79: Power Management Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 4-25 Back to Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Here: Init Display First: PCI Slot. 4-6. Power Management Setup Menu Power Management Setup Enter Figure 3-7A. Power Management Setup Main Menu PgUP PgDn + User’s Manual...
  • Page 80 These device/events can wake up the computer from this state Table 4-6-2: 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 ACPI Suspend Type: AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 81 Introducing the BIOS 4-27 S1 (PowerOn-Suspend) The S1 (POS) State (POS means Power On Suspend): The S3 (STR) State (STR means Suspend to RAM): Above information for system S1 were refer to ACPI Specification Rev. 1.0. User’s Manual...
  • Page 82  Hot Key Power On: Ctrl+F1 Resume by OnChip USB: Disabled Enabled Wakeup by PME# of PCI: Disabled Enabled Wake by Alarm: Disabled Enabled  Date (of Month) / Resume Time (hh:mm:ss): Power Button Function: Instant-Off Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume: Auto AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 83: Pnp/Pci Configurations Setup Menu

    Introducing the BIOS 4-29 Restore On AC Power Loss: Power Off Power Off Power On, Auto 4-7. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Figure 3-8A. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Force Update ESCD: Disabled Computer Knowledge: ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) User’s Manual...
  • Page 84 Chapter 4 4-30 Resources Controlled By: Auto (ESCD)  IRQ Resources: Manual PCI Device Reserved Manual Figure 3-8B. IRQ Resources Setup Menu Back to PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Here: PCI /VGA Palette Snoop: Disabled Allocate IRQ to Video: Enabled AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 85 Introducing the BIOS 4-31 Disabled Allocate IRQ to USB: Enabled ® PCI Latency Timer(CLK): PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. ~ PIRQ_3 Use IRQ No.: Auto. ® ® SIGNALS USB 2.0 IEEE 1394 HPT 374 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 PIRQ_0 INT D...

  • Page 86: Pc Health Status

    Figure 3-9. PC Health Status Screen Shot CPU Shutdown Temperature: ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ Disabled CPU Warning Temperature: ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ ℃ ℉ Disabled All Voltages, Fans Speed and Thermal Monitoring: AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 87: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Introducing the BIOS 4-33 Note 4-9. Load Fail-Safe Defaults <Enter> Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N 4-10. Load Optimized Defaults <Enter> Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N 4-11. Set Password Set Password: ENTER PASSWORD: <Enter> <Enter> <Esc> <Enter> User’s Manual...

  • Page 88: Save & Exit Setup

    Chapter 4 4-34 PASSWORD DISABLED. System Setup 4-12. Save & Exit Setup <Enter> Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y 4-13. Exit Without Saving <Enter> Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 89: Chapter 5. Raid Setting Guide

    RAID Setting Guide Chapter 5. RAID Setting Guide Technological Terms 5-1. The features of RAID on the AT7-MAX2 5-2. RAID SETUP on the AT7-MAX2 First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device ATA133RAID Figure 4-1. RAID settings in BIOS...

  • Page 90: The Bios Setting Menu

    Chapter 5 5-3. The BIOS Setting Menu CTRL ↑↓ Enter NOTE AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 91 RAID Setting Guide 4-3-1. OPTION 1: Create Array Enter Array Mode: Note  RAID 0 (Striping) for Performance:  RAID 1 ( Mirroring) for Data Protection:  RAID 0/1 (Mirrored Striping): User’s Manual...
  • Page 92 Chapter 5  JBOD (Volume): Array Name: Select Disk Drives: Block Size: Start Creation Process: Enter 4-3-2. OPTION 2: Delete Array Note: 4-3-3. OPTION 3: Create/Delete Spare Create Spare: 3. Create/Delete Spare Enter Enter AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 93 RAID Setting Guide Delete Spare: 3. Create/Delete Spare Enter Enter Note Delete Spare 4-3-4. OPTION 4: Select Boot Disk Select Boot Disk Enter Enter Tips RAID Management Software Help User’s Manual...
  • Page 94 Chapter 5 AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 95: Chapter 6. Hpt 374 Driver Installation

    HPT 374 Driver Installation Chapter 6. HPT 374 Driver Installation ® 6-1. DOS ® ® ® 6-2. Windows 2000 Step 1: Step 4: Next> Step 2: HPT 374 Driver Step 5: Digital Signature Not Found Step 3: InstallShield Wizard User’s Manual...
  • Page 96 Chapter 6 Step 9: Digital Signature Not Found Step 6: Step 7: Finish Step 10: Control Panel System Properties Device Manager SCSI and RAID controllers Step 8: Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Finish AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 97 HPT 374 Driver Installation ® Installing the driver (During a fresh Windows 2000 installation) ® Note: ® Enter ® ® User’s Manual...
  • Page 98 Chapter 6 AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 99 ® HPT 374 RAID Management Software Installation Guide for Windows 2000 Chapter 7. HPT 374 RAID Management Software ® Installation Guide for Windows 2000 HPT 374 RAID Management Step 3: Step 1: HPT374 RAID Next> Management Step 4: Step 2: InstallShield Wizard User’s Manual...
  • Page 100 Chapter 7 Step 8: Step 5: Next> Step 9: Finish Step 6: Next> Step 10: HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software Step 7: AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 101: Chapter 7. Hpt 374 Raid Management Software Installation Guide For Windows ® 2000

    ® HPT 374 RAID Management Software Installation Guide for Windows 2000 View Configuration Help Management User’s Manual...
  • Page 102 Chapter 7 AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 103: Appendix A. Via 4 In 1 Drivers Installation For Windows 2000

    ® VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Appendix A. VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for ® Windows 2000 ® Note ® Note ® ® Note ® ® ® ® Step 2: InstallShield Wizard Step 1: VIA 4in1 Driver User’s Manual...
  • Page 104 Appendix A Quickly Install Normally Install Step 3: Next> Step 6: Next> Step 4: Step 7: Install VIA PCI IDE Bus Driver Next> Step 5: Normally Install Quickly Install Quickly Install AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 105 ® VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Step 10: Step 8: Install AGP 4X/133 Driver Yes, I want to Next> restart my computer now. Finish Step 9: Step 11: Device Manager User’s Manual...
  • Page 106 Appendix A AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 107: Appendix B. Audio Drivers Installation For Windows 2000

    ® Audio Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 ® Appendix B. Audio Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Note ® ® ® ® Step 1: Audio Driver Step 3: Next> Step 2: Step 4: ® User’s Manual...
  • Page 108 Appendix B Step 5: Digital Signature Not Found Step 7: Device Manager Step 6: Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Finish Step 8: Start Programs Avance Sound Manager AvRack AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 109 ® Audio Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 User’s Manual...
  • Page 110 Appendix B AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 111: Appendix C. Lan Driver Installation For Windows 2000

    ® LAN Driver Installation for Windows 2000 ® Appendix C. LAN Driver Installation for Windows 2000 Note ® ® ® ® Install from driver installation program. Step 1: LAN Driver Step 3: Device Manager Step 2: User’s Manual...
  • Page 112 Appendix C Install driver manually Step 2: Ethernet Controller Properties Step 1: Device Manager Step 3: Ethernet Controller Properties Ethernet Controller Reinstall Driver Other devices Step 4: Upgrade Device Driver Wizard Next> AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 113 ® LAN Driver Installation for Windows 2000 Step 5: Search for new Step 8: Windows found a drive… suitable driver for my device (recommanded) Upgrade Device Next> Driver Wizard Next> Step 6: Specifly a location Next> Step 9: Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard Upgrade Device Driver Wizard Finish...
  • Page 114 Appendix C Step 10: Device Manager AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 115: Appendix D. Usb 2.0 Drivers Installation For Windows

    ® USB 2.0 Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Appendix D. USB 2.0 Drivers Installation for ® Windows 2000 Note ® ® ® ® Step 3: Step 1: USB 2.0 Driver Next> Step 4: Step 2: InstallShield Wizard Next> User’s Manual...
  • Page 116 Appendix D Step 5: Step 8: Step 6: Step 9: Finish Step 7: Print to File AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 117 ® USB 2.0 Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Step 10: Device Manager User’s Manual...
  • Page 118 Appendix D AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 119: Appendix E. Installing The Hardware Monitor System

    Installing The Hardware Monitor System Appendix E. Installing The Hardware Monitor System Step 1: Utility Step 3: Step 4: Step 2: Hardware Monitor User’s Manual...
  • Page 120 Appendix E Next> Step 5: Next> Step 8: Next> Step 6: Step 9: Next> Step 7: AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 121 Installing The Hardware Monitor System Step 11: Step 10: Winbond Hardware Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Doctor Finish Step 12: User’s Manual...
  • Page 122 Appendix E AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 123: Appendix F. Bios Update Guide

    BIOS Update Guide Appendix F. BIOS Update Guide User’s Manual...
  • Page 124 Appendix F Download AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 125 BIOS Update Guide awdflash.exe .bin User’s Manual...
  • Page 126 Appendix F floppy Note awdflash awdflash se6_sw.bin Note ® ® ® ® ® Note Note blue BIOS boot block BIOS boot block AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 127: Appendix G. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance

    Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Appendix G. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Motherboard Troubleshooting: Q & A: Insert Insert Delete step 1 step 2 Delete step 3 step 2 Q: Do I need to clear the CMOS before I use a new motherboard to assemble my new computer system? Q: If my systems hang when I update the BIOS or set the wrong CPU parameters, what should I Q: How can I get a quick response to my request for technical support?
  • Page 128 Appendix G Example 1: If you still cannot boot up: If you can boot up: Example 2: REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\PLUGPLAY\DWCFGMG.SYS ☺☺☺ Technical Support Form Instructions Technical Support Form . Model Name: AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 129 Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) . Motherboard PCB Version: Rev:*.** . BIOS ID & Part Number: Appendix C DriverVersion: Release *.** . OS/Applications: ® ® ® . Processor Type: ™ Brand Specifications Athlon GHz 。 Hard Disk Drive: IDE1 Hard Disk Drive Brand SEAGATE Specifications...

  • Page 130: Raid Troubleshooting

    Q: Why can’t I see correct capacity in FDISK utility? ® ® ® ® Q: How to create spare disk? 3. Create/Delete Spare Enter Enter Q: How to delete spare disk: 3. Create/Delete Spare Enter Enter Q: Why I see “NO ROM BASIC SYSTEM HALTED” when booting? AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 131 Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Do & Don’t: 1. Do 4. Do 5. Don’t User’s Manual...

  • Page 132: Technical Support Form

    Fax Number: 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: AT7-MAX2...

  • Page 133: Appendix H. How To Get Technical Support

    1. Check the Manual. 2. Download latest BIOS, software or drivers. 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. 4. Internet Newsgroups. alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips...
  • Page 134 Stevenage, Herts SG1 4QX, UK abituksales@compuserve.com abituktech@compuserve.com Tel: 44-1438-228888 Fax: 44-1438-226333 In Germany and Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) countries: AMOR Computer B.V. (ABIT's European Office) Van Coehoornstraat 7, 5916 PH Venlo, The Netherlands sales@abit.nl technical@abit.nl Tel: 31-77-3204428 Fax: 31-77-3204420 AT7-MAX2...
  • Page 135 All other territories not covered above please contact: Taiwan Head Office ABIT Computer Corporation No. 323, YangGuang St., Neihu, Taipei, 114, Taiwan sales@abit.com.tw market@abit.com.tw technical@abit.com.tw Tel: 886-2-87518888 Fax: 886-2-87513381 RMA Service. 6. Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT Thank you, ABIT Computer Corporation http://www.abit.com.tw User’s Manual...
  • Page 136 Appendix H AT7-MAX2...

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