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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

    AT7 Motherboard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION OF AT7 FEATURES ......1-1 1-1. AT7 M ..............1-1 EATURES OF OTHERBOARD 1-2.....................1-2 PECIFICATIONS 1-3....................1-4 HECKLIST 1-4. AT7 ................1-5 AYOUT IAGRAM FOR CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD......2-1 ™ ™...
  • Page 4 ® APPENDIX C. LAN DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 C-1 ® APPENDIX D. USB 2.0 DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 ....................D-1 APPENDIX E. INSTALLING THE WINBOND HARDWARE MONITOR SOFTWARE................E-1 APPENDIX F. BIOS UPDATE GUIDE ............F-1 APPENDIX G. TROUBLESHOOTING (NEED ASSISTANCE?) ....

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction Of At7 Features

    This feature improves system performance and speed, especially with multimedia environment applications. The AT7 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 newest standard for IDE devices. It enhances existing Ultra DMA 33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    Supports 200 MHz/266 MHz/333 MHz (100 MHz/133 MHz/166 MHz Double Data Rate) memory bus settings 3. Ultra DMA 133/RAID (For AT7 Full Version Only) HighPoint HPT 374 IDE controller Supports Ultra DMA 133MB/sec data transfer rate Supports RAID0 (Stripping mode for boosting performance) mode...
  • Page 7 One CD audio input connector One AUX audio input connector One ABIT front panel Media XP header for analog and digital signal connection to computer chassis front panel (ABIT Media XP is optional accessory designed by ABIT) Hardware monitoring：Included fan speed, voltages, CPU and system environment temperature Board size: 305 * 245mm User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: Item Checklist

    $ One compact disc for support drivers and utilities $ One USB cable (For USB 1.1 used) $ One DIY bag $ One user’s manual for the motherboard $ One floppy disk of HPT 374 drivers (AT7 Full Version Only) $ One I/O shield...

  • Page 9: Layout Diagram For At7

    Introduction of AT7 Features 1-4. Layout Diagram for AT7 Figure 1-1. AT7 motherboard component location User’s Manual...
  • Page 10 Chapter 1...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Installing The Motherboard

    Installing the Motherboard Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard This AT7 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 capabilities.

  • Page 12: Installation Of The

    Chapter 2 ™ ™ ™ 2-1. 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 13 Installing the Motherboard Heatsink Installation Hints Because the processor will produce a lot of heat while operating, we suggest you use a heatsink approved by AMD to be safe and to keep the processor temperature within normal operation temperatures. The heatsink will be large and heavy, so the fixing plate has a strong tension.
  • Page 14 Chapter 2 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 15: Installing The Motherboard To The Chassis

    Installing the Motherboard 2-2. Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis After you install the processor to the motherboard, you can start to fix the motherboard into the chassis. Most computer chassis will have a base on which there will be many mounting holes that allows the motherboard to be securely attached and at the same time, prevents short circuits.

  • Page 16: Installing System Memory

    Chapter 2 2-3. Installing System Memory This motherboard provides four 184-pin DDR DIMM sites for memory expansion. The DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets support 8 M x 64 (64 MB), 16M x 64 (128 MB), 32 M x 64 (256 MB), 64 M x 64 (512 MB) and 128 M x 64 (1024 MB) or double density DDR SDRAM DIMM modules.

  • Page 17: Connectors, Headers And Switches

    Installing the Motherboard 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. Step 4. Locate your computer’s 184-pin memory expansion DDR DIMM socket.
  • Page 18 Figure 2-7. All connectors and headers for the AT7 First, Let’s see the headers that AT7 uses, and what their functions are. We will show you all the connectors and headers.
  • Page 19 Installing the Motherboard (1). ATX1: ATX Power Input Connector Attach the connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector here. Remember you have to push the connector from the ATX power supply firmly to the end with the ATX1 connector, insuring that you have a good connection.
  • Page 20 2-10 Chapter 2 (2). FAN1, FAN2, FAN3, FAN4 and FAN5 Headers Attach the connector from the processor fan to the header named FAN1 or FAN2 and connector from the front chassis fan to the header FAN4. Attach the connector from the power fan or back chassis fan to FAN3 header and attache the connector from northbridge fan to the header named FAN5.
  • Page 21 Installing the Motherboard 2-11 (4). TCPU1 & TSYS1: Temperature Thermistor The TCPU1 is used to detect the CPU temperature. The TSYS1 is used to detect the system environment temperature. You can see the readings in the BIOS or in the hardware monitoring application main screen.
  • Page 22 2-12 Chapter 2 (6). IEEE1 Header: IEEE 1394 Header (For AT7 Full Version Only) This header is reserved for connection to the ABIT Media XP product (Optional). The Media XP can provide the total solution for the front panel connections. It provided a various function, like a: SD/MS/CF card reader, USB 2.0/IEEE 1394...
  • Page 23 Installing the Motherboard 2-13 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. After updating your BIOS and before boot up, please clear the CMOS first. Then put the jumper to its default position.
  • Page 24 PIN 24 No Connection (9). FPIO2 Header: Front Panel Input/Output Signals Header You’ll see this header on AT7 motherboard. This header is designed to connect the ABIT Media XP product. This header can provide the analog audio output signals for front right and front left, center channel, subwoofer, rear right and rear left channel.
  • Page 25 Installing the Motherboard 2-15 (10). WOR1: Wake On Ring Header If you have an internal modem adapter that supports this feature, then you can connect the specific cable from the internal modem adapter to this header. This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through the modem.
  • Page 26 (gray and black connector) at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors on hard drives. AT7’s built-in HighPoint HPT 374 chipset gives you the capability to support Ultra DMA 133. It provides four IDE channels (IDE3, IDE4, IDE5 & IDE6) that also support Ultra DMA 133 specifications,...
  • Page 27 2-17 two or four HDDs to get RAID functions, it is very convenient for you to install the HDDs to IDE3, IDE4, IDE5 or IDE6. See the Chapter 4 for detailed information about RAID settings. (For AT7 Full Version Only)
  • Page 28 IDE connector pin 1, before inserting the wire connector into the IDE connector. Figure 2-9. AT7 back panel connectors Figure 2-9 shows the AT7 back panel connectors, these connectors are for connection to outside devices to the motherboard. We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below.
  • Page 29 Installing the Motherboard 2-19 (17). OPT2：S/PDIF-Out Connector This connector can let you using the optical cable to connection the device, and transfer the digital data through it. You can connect this signal to the digital decoder to decode and transfer the digital signal to the analog signal.
  • Page 30 2-20 Chapter 2...

  • Page 31: 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 32 Chapter 3 In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup.

  • Page 33: [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 34 Chapter 3 ! User Defined %%%% %%%% Warning The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage. Setting the working frequency higher than the specifications of PCI or of processor may cause abnormal memory module functioning, system hangs, hard disk drive data loss, abnormal functioning of the VGA card, or abnormal functioning with other add-on cards.
  • Page 35 Introducing the BIOS automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter BIOS SETUP again and set up the new parameters. When you change your CPU: This motherboard has been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted a CPU in the socket without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches.

  • Page 36: Standard Cmos Features Setup Menu

    Chapter 3 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 Setup Screen Shot Date (mm:dd:yy): You can set the date in this item: month (mm), date (dd) and year (yy). Time (hh:mm:ss): You can set the time in this item: hour (hh), minute (mm) and second (ss).
  • Page 37 Introducing the BIOS 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 IDE HDD Auto-Detection: When you press the <Enter>...
  • Page 38 Chapter 3 " Access Mode: Since old operating systems were only able to support HDDs with capacities no bigger than 528 MB, any hard disk with more than 528 MB was unusable. AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem: you can, according to your operating system, choose four operating modes: CHS ( LBA ( Large (Auto.
  • Page 39 Introducing the BIOS Warning Setting a value of 65536 means no hard disk exists. " Landing Zone: This is a non-data area on the disk's inner cylinder where the heads can rest when the power is turned off. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 65536. "...

  • Page 40: Advanced Bios Features Setup Menu

    3-10 Chapter 3 3-3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu In each item, you can press <Enter> at any time to display all the options for this item. Attention 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.
  • Page 41 Introducing the BIOS 3-11 Quick Power On Self Test: Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled, the default setting is Enabled. After the computer has been powered on, the BIOS of the motherboard will run a series of tests in order to check the system and its peripherals.
  • Page 42 3-12 Chapter 3 Typematic Rate Setting: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate. When set to Enabled, you can set the two keyboard typematic controls that follow (Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay).
  • Page 43 15. The default setting is 0. Full Screen LOGO Show: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. This will show the ABIT logo on full screen when you start your computer. Small Logo(EPA) Show: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled.

  • Page 44: Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu

    3-14 Chapter 3 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 45 Introducing the BIOS 3-15 DRAM Clock/Drive Control: 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! Figure 3-5B.
  • Page 46 3-16 Chapter 3 Without SPD, the BIOS (or user) must make assumptions about the DIMM’s parameters. Many users have found that their system will not boot if they are using non-SPD SDRAM DIMMs. As SDRAM and DDR SDRAM DIMM’s is running at very fast clock speed and there is less room for error. An incorrect BIOS assumption about an SDRAM and DDR SDRAM DIMM’s parameters can have serious consequences (e.g.
  • Page 47 Introducing the BIOS 3-17 " Output Delay Value: This item allows you to adjust the data output strobe delay time of memory. You can key in the HEX number into this section. The minimum number is 0000, and maximum number is 03FF. MD Drive Strength: Four options are available: Auto ( Low ( Medium ( High.
  • Page 48 3-18 Chapter 3 AGP & P2P Bridge Control: This item can let you sets several items concerning the AGP parameters. If you do not understand what each item doing, please keep the default settings as well. Wrong settings will cause system unstablity or even prevent boot up! Figure 3-5C.
  • Page 49 Introducing the BIOS 3-19 AGP Read Synchronization: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. Thi sitem can set AGP data read transaction to synchronization mode. AGP Master 1 WS Write: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus.
  • Page 50 3-20 Chapter 3 Master Priority Control: Four options are available: Disabled ( 01 ( 10 ( 11. The default setting is Disabled. The full named of thius item is Master Priority Rotation Control. When setting to “01”, the CPU will always be granted access after the current bus master completes, no matter how many PCI masters are requesting.

  • Page 51: Integrated Peripherals

    Introducing the BIOS 3-21 System BIOS Cacheable: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. When you select Enabled, you get faster system BIOS executing speed via the L2 cache. Video RAM Cacheable: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. When you select Enable, you get faster video RAM executing speed via the L2 cache.
  • Page 52 3-22 Chapter 3 VIA OnChip IDE Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the VIA OnChip IDE device parameters. Figure 3-6B. VIA OnChip IDE Device Screen IDE Prefetch Mode: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses.
  • Page 53 Introducing the BIOS 3-23 !Auto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) " Slave Drive Ultra DMA: !Disabled: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to set this item to Disabled.
  • Page 54 3-24 Chapter 3 Super IO Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the Super I/O device parameters. Figure 3-6D. Super IO Device Screen Onboard FDD Controller: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. This is used to enable or disable the Onboard FDD Controller.

  • Page 55: Power Management Setup Menu

    Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. If your motherboard is the AT7 full version, it has the built-in IEEE 1394 chipset that can support IEEE 1394 specifications. If you set this controller to Enabled, you can use IEEE 1394 functions.
  • Page 56 3-26 Chapter 3 1. In the Main Menu, select “Power Management Setup” and press <Enter>. The following screen is displayed: Figure 3-7A. Power Management Setup Main Menu 2. You can use the arrow keys to move between the items. Use PgUP, PgDn, + or - key to change the values.
  • Page 57 Introducing the BIOS 3-27 on how long the power switch is pressed, depending on how ACPI is configured with an ACPI-aware operating system. Note If you enable the ACPI function in the BIOS setup, the SMI switch function will not work. System States and Power States Under ACPI, the operating system directs all system and device power state transitions.
  • Page 58 3-28 Chapter 3 ! Devices states are compatible with the current Power Resource states. Only devices which solely reference Power Resources which are in the ON state for a given device state can be in that device state. In all other cases, the device is in the D3 (off) state. ! Devices that are enabled to wake the system and that can do so from their current device state can initiate a hardware event which transitions the system state to S0.
  • Page 59 Introducing the BIOS 3-29 ( 10 Min ( 11 Min ( 12 Min ( 13 Min ( 14 Min ( 15 Min. The default setting is Disabled. " Suspend Mode: Disable ( 1 Min ( 2 Min ( 4 Min ( 6 Min ( 8 Min ( 10 Min ( 20 Min ( 30 Min ( 40 Min ( 1 Hour.
  • Page 60 3-30 Chapter 3 IRQ/Event Activity Detect: The following is a list of IRQ’s (Interrupt ReQuests) and list of the events. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it causes an IRQ or event to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service.
  • Page 61 Introducing the BIOS 3-31 RTC Alarm Resume: Two items are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. When set to Enabled, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.

  • Page 62: Pnp/Pci Configurations Setup Menu

    3-32 Chapter 3 " IRQ5 (Reserved): The default setting is Disabled. " IRQ6 (Floppy Disk): The default setting is Enabled. " IRQ7 (Reserved): The default setting is Disabled. " IRQ8 (RTC Alarm): The default setting is Disabled. " IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir): The default setting is Disabled. "...
  • Page 63 Introducing the BIOS 3-33 Resources Controlled By: When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt: Legacy devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification require a specific interrupt. PCI PnP devices comply with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for the PCI or legacy bus architecture.
  • Page 64 ! HPT 374 IDE controller is designed to support high-speed and high performance mass storage devices. Thus, we suggest that you don’t connect non-disk devices that use ATA/ATAPI interfaces, such as a CD-ROM, to HPT 374 IDE connector (IDE3 ~ IDE6). (AT7 Full Version Only)

  • Page 65: Pc Health Status

    Introducing the BIOS 3-35 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 66: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    3-36 Chapter 3 Note The hardware monitoring features for temperatures, fans and voltages will occupy the I/O address from 294H to 297H. If you have a network adapter, sound card or other add-on cards that might use those I/O addresses, please adjust your add-on card I/O address, to avoid the use of those addresses. 3-9.

  • Page 67: Save & Exit Setup

    Introducing the BIOS 3-37 PASSWORD DISABLED. When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration. Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted.
  • Page 68 3-38 Chapter 3...

  • Page 69: Chapter 4. Raid Setting Guide

    We do not description it on this manual. 4-1. The features of RAID on the AT7 The AT7 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 70: The Bios Setting Menu

    Chapter 4 4-3. The BIOS Setting Menu Reboot your system. Press <CTRL> and <H> key while booting up the system to enter the BIOS setting menu. The main menu of BIOS Setting Utility appears as below: For selecting the option in the menu, you may: ! Press F1 to view array status.
  • Page 71 RAID Setting Guide 4-3-1. OPTION 1: Create Array This item allows you to create a RAID array. 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.
  • Page 72 Chapter 4 " JBOD (Volume): This item is recommended for high capacity without redundancy or performance features usage. Requires at least 2 disks. Array Name: You can give a name of your array here. Select Disk Drives: This item allows you to select the disk drives to be used with the RAID array. Block Size: This item allows you to select the block size of the RAID array.
  • Page 73 RAID Setting Guide Delete Spare: In the menu zone, select item “3. Create/Delete Spare” and press <Enter> to confirm. In the validated channel status zone, select the spare disk to be removed and press <Enter> to confirm. Note You can creat more than one spare disk in the system, if you want to removed them, do the step mentioned in “Delete Spare”...
  • Page 74 Chapter 4...

  • Page 75: Chapter 5. Dos

    3.1x without the software driver. ® 5-2. Windows 2000 Step 1: Insert the AT7 series CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file at the main directory of the CD.
  • Page 76 Chapter 5 Step 9: The “Digital Signature Not Found” menu appears. Click “Yes” to continue. This Step 6: Program will start to install all drivers the screen will show up again, please click “Yes” to system needs. The installer will show the install progress percentage.
  • Page 77 HPT370 Software Installation ® Installing the driver (During a fresh Windows 2000 installation) ® Note: Follow the standard procedures for installing Windows 2000. ® 1. During the first part of the setup procedure, Windows 2000 will prompt you to press “F6” key to specify an additional device.
  • Page 78 Chapter 5...

  • Page 79: Chapter 6. Hpt 374 Raid Management Software Installation Guide For Windows ® 2000

    RAID function in BIOS mode. Please insert the AT7 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. After it is executed, you will see the screen shot below.
  • Page 80 Chapter 6 Step 8: Program ask you want to add a shortcut to startup folder or not? We suggestion you choose “Yes”. Step 5: Now you can choose the folder for the destination location you want. We suggest that you use the default folder as the destination location.
  • Page 81 HPT 372 RAID Administrator Installation Guide This screen show you the first screen you will see This is the “View” Menu screen. when you starting the software. For detailed information of this software, you can This is the “Configuration” Menu screen. refer to the “Help”...
  • Page 82 Chapter 6...
  • Page 83 Corporation. Insert the AT7 series 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 84 Appendix A recommend installing the 4-in-1 using the “Quickly Install” mode, as it will automatically detect and update the necessary drivers. The following step we will describe the “Normally Install” mode procedure. Step 3: You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box.

  • Page 85: Appendix A. Via 4 In 1 Drivers Installation For Windows ® 2000

    ® VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation for Windows 2000 Step 8: Choose “Install AGP 4X/133 Driver”, then click the “Next>” button. Step 9: The installer will show the install progress percentage. Step 10: When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer.
  • Page 86 Appendix A...

  • Page 87: Appendix B. Audio Drivers Installation For Windows 2000

    Corporation. Note Before you install the audio drivers and applications, please install the DirectX 8 first. The AT7 series CD had included DirectX 8 under “Utility”. Click the “Utility” button then you will see the “DirectX 8” button. Click it to start DirectX 8 installation, and the system will ask you to restart computer.
  • Page 88 Appendix B Step 3: You will now see the welcome screen Step 6: The installer will continue the setup and its dialogue box. Click “Next>” to go on. process and show the install progress percentage again. Step 4: The installer will show the install progress percentage.
  • Page 89 ® ® Audio Drivers and Applications Installation for Windows 98 SE & Windows 2000 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 Step 8: When system restarts and enters the “Avance AC97 Audio Configuration”...
  • Page 90 Appendix B This menu item can let you set specific frequency Thi smenu item can give you the information dB value. such as: audio driver version, DirectX version, audio controller name, AC97 Codec name. This menu item can let you choose the speakers quanties you have, and can select the signal source is from which phone jack.

  • Page 91: Appendix C. Lan Drivers Installation For Windows 2000

    Corporation. Insert the AT7 series CD into your CD-ROM drive, and 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 92 Appendix C 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.

  • Page 93: Appendix D. Usb 2.0 Drivers Installation For Windows

    Corporation. Insert the AT7 series CD into your CD-ROM drive, and 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 94 Appendix D Step 5: The installer will starting install progress. Step 7: When system restarts and enters the operating system, you can then check the “Device Manager” see that the devices are properly installed. Step 6: Windows has completed installing the driver.

  • Page 95: Appendix E. Installing The Winbond Hardware Monitor Software

    The following description will tell you how to install the Winbond hardware monitor software and use it. Insert the AT7 series CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should execute the program automatically. If not, you can go to the CD location and execute the execution file from the main directory of this CD. After it is executed, you will see the screen below.
  • Page 96 Appendix E 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.
  • Page 97 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 98 Appendix E The wizard will start installing the program file. The installer will show the install progress percentage. When the installation is complete, the installer will ask you to restart your computer. We suggest that you choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.”...
  • Page 99 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.
  • Page 100 Appendix E...

  • Page 101: Appendix F. Bios Update Guide

    BIOS Update Guide Appendix F. 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 102 Appendix F 3. Download the correct BIOS file from our Web site. Go to our Web site and choose the correct BIOS file and download it. 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.
  • Page 103 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 104 Note Please do not use the Award flash memory writer version that earlier than Version 7.52C to flash your AT7 motherboard BIOS. Otherwise, it may cause flash fail or un-anticipate problems. Note During the updating, the progress will be measured by white blocks. The last four blue blocks of the flash update process represent the “BIOS boot block”.

  • Page 105: Appendix G. Troubleshooting (Need Assistance

    Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) Appendix G. 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 106 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: AT7, SD7-533, NV7-133R, etc. . Motherboard PCB Version: Note the motherboard PCB version labeled on the motherboard slot or back side as “Rev:*.**”.
  • Page 107 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 CPU. ™...

  • Page 108: Raid Troubleshooting

    Appendix G RAID Troubleshooting Q & A: Q: May I use hard drives with different capacity or transfer mode? A: In order to get optimized performance, we suggest using hard drives with the same model. Q: How to assign a booting device? A: You may press <Ctrl>...
  • Page 109 Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) 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. 2. If you have two drives, do connect them on two different channels as master drive please. 3.

  • Page 110: Technical Support Form

    Appendix G Technical Support Form 2 Phone Number: ! Company Name: " Contact Person: # Fax Number: 3 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...

  • Page 111: Appendix H. 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 H...

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