Abit KR7A-133, User Manual

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Page 3: ... CMOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 6 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 9 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 13 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 3 20 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU 3 24 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS SETUP MENU 3 31 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 3 34 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 3 35 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 3 35 3 11 SET PASSWORD 3 36 3 12 SAVE EXIT SETUP 3 36 3 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 3 3...

Page 4: ...KR7A 133 KR7A 133R APPENDIX B INSTALLING THE HARDWARE MONITOR SYSTEM B 2 APPENDIX C BIOS UPDATE GUIDE C 2 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING NEED ASSISTANCE D 2 APPENDIX E HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT E 2 ...

Page 5: ...ction 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 This new high speed interface almost double the Ultra DMA 66 burst data transfer rate to 133 Mbytes sec The result is maximum disc performance using the curre...

Page 6: ...sec data transfer rate Supports RAID0 Stripping mode for boosting performance mode Supports RAID1 Mirroring mode for data security mode Supports RAID 0 1 Stripping and Mirroring mode 3 Memory System Memory Four 184 pin DIMM slots support PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules Supports four DIMMs of unbuffered DDR SDRAM for a maximum of 3 GB 64 128 256 512 and 1024 MB DDR SDRAM modules Supports four DIMMs...

Page 7: ...other devices into PCI slot 5 you may encounter some problems Furthermore if your Operating System doesn t allow peripheral devices to share IRQ signals with each other such as Windows NT for example you can t install a PCI card into PCI slot 5 KR7A 133R Only HPT 372 IDE controller is designed to support high speed and high performance mass storage devices Thus we suggest that you don t connect no...

Page 8: ...tra DMA 133 Ultra DMA 100 Ultra DMA 66 or Ultra DMA 33 IDE devices KR7A 133 Only Two 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 KR7A 133R Only One ribbon cable for 3 5 floppy disk devices One compact disc for support drivers and utilities One USB cable One DIY bag One user s manual for the motherboard One quick installation...

Page 9: ...Introduction of KR7A 133 KR7A 133R Features User s Manual 1 5 1 4 Layout Diagram for KR7A 133 KR7A 133R Figure 1 1 KR7A 133 KR7A 133R motherboard component location ...

Page 10: ...Chapter 1 KR7A 133 KR7A 133R 1 6 ...

Page 11: ...n cards please remember to turn the ATX power supply switch off fully turn the 5V standby power off or take the power cord off Otherwise you may cause the motherboard components or add on cards to malfunction or be damaged User Friendly Instructions Please read our instructions carefully and follow them step by step Our objective is to enable the novice computer user to perform the installation by...

Page 12: ...ocket you can easily fix the processor firmly into position Figure 2 1 shows you what the socket A looks like and how to open the lever The socket A has more pins than the socket 7 Therefore a Pentium level processor cannot be inserted into a socket A When you raise the lever you have to loosen the socket lock Please raise the lever to the end and prepare to insert the processor Next you need to a...

Page 13: ... and cause circuit damage break socket hooks or damage the die on the top of processor Please follow the sequence metioned below Do Not inverse the sequence Otherwise you may have a situation like the photo on the left Because of the design of the CPU socket the left side hooks are not as strong as the right side hooks If you follow our suggestions you will prevent your processor and socket from d...

Page 14: ...he motherboard back into the chassis When all above procedures done you can connect the ATX power cable to the motherboard If you have different types of heatsink kit please refer to the manual that came with the heatsink kit The left photo shows another type of heatsink fix plate design The install sequences are still the same from right side to left side Just remember that We strongly recommand ...

Page 15: ... up and there are only slots this means you can only attach the motherboard with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert them into the slots After doing this to all the slots you can slide the motherboard into position aligned with the slots After the motherboard has been positioned check to make sure everything is OK before putting the casing back on Figure 2 4 shows you the way to affix t...

Page 16: ...M4 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 64 MB 1 GB Total System Memory for Unbuffered DDR DIMM 64 MB 3 GB Total System Memory for Registered DDR DIMM 64 MB 3 5 GB Generally installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is an easy thing to do You can refer to Figure 2 5 to see what a 184 pin PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM module looks like Unlike installing SIMMs DIMMs may be snapped directly into the so...

Page 17: ...oes the KR7A 133 KR7A 133R motherboard support ECC memory Yes the KR7A 133 KR7A 133R does support ECC memory modules It supports up to 3 GB of non registered memory or 4 GB of registered memory The maximum DDR memory support of KR7A 133 KR7A 133R is 3 5 GB rather than 4 GB This limitation is caused by the PC architecture The missing 0 5 G memory address is reserved for PCI I O space AGP aperture m...

Page 18: ...onnector In the explanations that follow we will describe the significance of the first pin We will show you all of the connectors headers and switches here and tell you how to connect them Please pay attention and read the entire section for necessary information before attempting to finish all of the hardware installation inside the computer chassis Figure 2 7 shows you all of the connectors and...

Page 19: ...r functions are We will show you all the connectors and headers 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 Note Watch the pin position and the orientation ...

Page 20: ...life of computer equipment or cause an electric shock when you touch the computer chassis We suggest that you plug the computer AC plug to a three hole wall outlet for better safety and to avoid electric shock 2 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 FAN5 header Attach the connector from the CPU fan to the header named FAN1 ond connector from the chassis fan to the header FAN2 These two fan headers have a sense sign...

Page 21: ... pin position and the orientation 5 WOL1 Wake on LAN Header If you have a network adapter that supports this feature then you can connect the specific cable from the network adapter to this header This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through a local area network You may need a specific utility to control the wake up event like using the PCnet Magic Packet utility or other...

Page 22: ...e BIOS or in the hardware monitoring application main screen 7 USB2 Header Additional USB Plugs Header This header is for connecting the additional USB port plugs You can use the special USB port expansion cable It provides four additional USB plugs These USB plugs can be fixed on the back panel Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 VCC0 2 VCC1 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Grou...

Page 23: ... 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 9 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...

Page 24: ...ont panel power switch to this header PN1 Pin 10 11 Hardware Suspend Switch SMI Switch Header Attach the cable from the case s front panel suspend switch if there is one to this header Use this switch to enable disable the power management function by hardware PN2 Pin 1 2 Hardware Reset Switch Header Attach the cable from the case s front panel Reset switch to this header Press and hold the reset ...

Page 25: ...pend signal PN2 PIN 11 No connection 10 FDC1 Connector This 34 pin connector is called the floppy disk drive connector You can connect a 360K 5 25 1 2M 5 25 720K 3 5 1 44M 3 5 or 2 88M 3 5 floppy disk drive A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide the connection of two floppy disk drives After connecting the single end to the FDD1 connect the two connectors on th...

Page 26: ...hapter 4 for detailed information about RAID settings If you want to connect two hard drives together through one IDE channel you must configure the second drive to Slave mode after the first Master drive Please refer to the HDD documentation for jumper settings The first drive connected to IDE1 is usually referred to as Primary Master and the second drive as Primary Slave The first drive connecte...

Page 27: ...et button this indicator will turn off Figure 2 11 KR7A 133 KR7A 133R back panel connectors Figure 2 11 shows the KR7A 133 KR7A 133R 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 If you use an ...

Page 28: ...t 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 17 Parallel Port Connector This parallel port is also called an LPT port because it usually con...

Page 29: ...d sometimes you will even not be able to boot the computer after it has crashed We recommend that you do not change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you are very familiar with them If you are not able to boot your computer anymore please refer to the section CCMOS1 Discharge Jumpr in Chapter 2 to see how to discharge the CMOS date When you start the computer the BIOS program controls it The B...

Page 30: ...OS version may change periodically 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 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 stor...

Page 31: ... 3 2 CPU SOFT MENU III CPU Name Is AMD Athlon tm XP AMD Athlon tm AMD Duron tm CPU Operating Speed This option sets the CPU speed In this field the CPU speed is indicated like this CPU speed External clock Multiplier factor select the CPU speed according the type and the speed of your CPU For AMD Athlon XP Athlon and Duron processors you can choose the following settings User Define 500 100 550 10...

Page 32: ...aranteed due to the CPUspecs Ratio FSB AGP PCI Two options are available 3 2 1 4 2 1 The default setting is 3 2 1 This item lets you set the processor Front Side Bus AGP and PCI clock It correlates with the processor FSB clock you set Many of options are available you can choose the divider ratio you want The default setting is 3 2 1 In this case the AGP clock will be the processor FSB clock divid...

Page 33: ...s the Reset button or turn off the power supply Otherwise the BIOS will not read correctly the parameters will fail and you must enter SOFT MENU III again to set up the parameters all over again CPU Power Supply This option allows you to switch between Default and User Define voltages CPU Default The system will detect the CPU type and select the proper voltage automatically When it is enabled the...

Page 34: ...tandard 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 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 Maste...

Page 35: ... capacities no bigger than 528MB any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem you can according to your operating system choose four operating modes NORMAL LBA LARGE Auto The HDD auto detection option in the sub menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported CHS Normal mode Standard normal mode supports hard ...

Page 36: ...ou can enter is 65536 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 Sector The minimum segment of track length that can be assigned to stored data Sectors usually are grouped into blocks ...

Page 37: ...n see your system memory list in the lower right box it shows the Base Memory Extended Memory and total Memory size configurations in your system It is detected by the system during boot up procedure 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...

Page 38: ...e C SCSI hard disk drive or CD ROM There are ten options for the boot sequence that you can choose The default setting is Floppy Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Disabled Back to Floppy KR7A 133 Only Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN ATA133RAID Disabled Back to Floppy KR7A 133R Only Second Boot Device Description is the same as the First Boot Devi...

Page 39: ...g is 250 Security Option This option can be set to System or Setup The default setting is Setup After you have created a password through PASSWORD SETTING this option will deny access to your system System or modification of computer setup BIOS Setup by unauthorized users SETUP When you choose Setup a password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup If the correct password is not given you ...

Page 40: ...uld set this option to Enabled otherwise the display performance of the system will greatly decrease 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 With the Shadow feature the CPU reads the BIOS on the VGA card and copies it into RAM When the CPU runs this BIOS the operation is speeded up Delay IDE Initial Secs ...

Page 41: ...o boot up If you don t know the hardware very well use default values i e use the Load Fail Safe Defaults or Load Optimized Defaults option Figure 3 5A Advanced Chipset Features Setup Screen You can use the arrow keys to move between the items Use PgUP PgDn or key to change the values When you have finished setting up the chipset press ESC to go back to the main menu Note The parameters in this sc...

Page 42: ...en Current FSB Frequency This item will show you the current system front side bus speed Current DRAM Frequency This item will show you the current DRAM bus speed DRAM Clock Three options are available 100 MHz 133 MHz By SPD The default setting is By SPD You can set the DRAM running speed but if your DRAM module does not support the set speed the system may be unstable or unable to boot up If you ...

Page 43: ...hen set to Auto the BIOS will read the DRAM module SPD data and automatically set to the values stored in it If you set to Manual the following five items will be available to let you make adjustments DRAM CAS Latency Two options are available 2 5 and 2 The default setting is 2 5 You can select SDRAM CAS Column Address Strobe latency time according your SDRAM specification Bank Interleave Three op...

Page 44: ...mand sent to DDR SDRAM This will depend on your DDR SDRAM specification and numbers to set More DDR SDRAM DIMM installed you may set it to Hi DRAM Queue Depth Three options are available 2 Level 3 Level 4 level The default setting is 4 Level This item sets DRAM queue depth to accommodate maximum memory throughput DRAM Command Rate Two options are available 2T Command or 1T Command The default sett...

Page 45: ...s range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation See www agpforum org for AGP information AGP Mode Two options are available 4X 2X The default setting is 2X If you use the older AGP adapter that does not support AGP 4X mode you need to set this item to 2X AGP Driving Control Two options are available Auto o...

Page 46: ...t it to Enabled two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus When you set it to Enabled two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability CPU PCI Bus Control This item can let you sets several item...

Page 47: ...wo options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 Memory Hole Two options are available Disabled or 15M 16M The default setting is Disabled This option is used to free up the memory block 15M 16M Some special ...

Page 48: ... change the onboard I O device I O port address and other hardware settings Figure 3 6A Integrated Peripherals Menu Default Screen 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 ...

Page 49: ...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 100 MB sec Disabled If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices you can try to set this item to Disabled Auto When you select Auto the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device Default Slave Drive Ultra...

Page 50: ...board serial port 1 controller will access Six options are available Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Back to Disabled The default setting is 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 This item allows you to determine which I O address the onboard serial port 2 controller will access Six options are available Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Back to Disabled The default sett...

Page 51: ...Hi Lo If your motherboard BIOS uses No and Yes to represent this item you should set it to the same setting as the KR7A 133 KR7A 133R This means that you should set it to No Yes in order to match the transfer and receiving speed If you fail to do so you will not get an IR connection between the KR7A 133 KR7A 133R and the other computer Onboard Parallel Port Four options are available Disabled 378 ...

Page 52: ... setting is Enabled If your motherboard is the KR7A 133R it has the built in HighPoint 372 chipset that can support Ultra ATA 133 specifications If you set this controller to Enabled you can use IDE RAID functions inlcuding RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 This feature enables you to maximize your data storage performance and security For detailed information please refer to the Chapter 4 3 6 Power Mana...

Page 53: ...is your operating system must support ACPI as of now only Microsoft Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000 supports these functions The second thing is that all devices and add on cards in your system must fully support ACPI both hardware and software drivers If you want to know if your devices or add on cards support ACPI or not please contact the device or add on card manufacture for more information If...

Page 54: ... from specific states Table 3 6 1 Wake Up Device and Events These device events can wake up the computer from this state Power switch Sleeping mode or power off mode RTC alarm Sleeping mode or power off mode LAN Sleeping mode or power off mode Modem Sleeping mode or power off mode IR command Sleeping mode USB Sleeping mode PS 2 keyboard Sleeping mode PS 2 mouse Sleeping mode Table 3 6 2 Effect of ...

Page 55: ...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 This transition causes the processor to begin execution at its boot location The BIOS performs initialization of core functions as required to exit an S3 state and passes control to the fi...

Page 56: ...he screen select Blank Screen If your monitor and video card support DMPS standard select DPMS Support Modem Use IRQ Eight items available NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Back to NA The default setting is NA You can specify the IRQ for modem use Soft Off by PWRBTN Two items available Delay 4 Sec or Instant Off The default setting is Instant Off It is activated when the user presses the power button for more th...

Page 57: ...down LPT COM Four items are available NONE LPT COM LPT COM The default setting is LPT COM When set to LPT COM any event occurring at a LPT printer or COM serial port will awaken a system that has powered down HDD FDD Two items are available OFF or ON The default setting is ON When set to ON any event affecting a hard disk drive or floppy drive port will awaken a system that has powered down PCI Ma...

Page 58: ... an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it causes an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service When one of the specified events occurs the count down for entry into the power saving mode goes back to zero Since the computer will enter a power saving mode only after a specified inactivity delay ...

Page 59: ...dir The default setting is Disabled IRQ10 Reserved The default setting is Disabled IRQ11 Reserved The default setting is Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse The default setting is Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor The default setting is Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk The default setting is Enabled IRQ15 Reserved The default setting is Disabled 3 7 PnP PCI Configurations Setup Menu In this menu you can change the INT and I...

Page 60: ...terrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification require a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI PnP devices comply with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for the PCI or legacy ISA bus architecture Two options are available Auto ESCD or Manual The default settin...

Page 61: ...Default setting is Auto This item allows the system to automatically specify the IRQ number for the device installed on PCI slots This means that the system can specify the fixed IRQ number for the device installed on the PCI slots PCI slot 1 to PCI slot 6 This is a useful function for when you want to fix the IRQ for a specific device For example if you want to move your hard disk to another comp...

Page 62: ...problems Furthermore if your Operating System doesn t allow peripheral devices to share IRQ signals with each other such as Windows NT for example you can t install a PCI card into PCI slot 5 KR7A 133R Only HPT 372 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 ...

Page 63: ...ceeds the settings value system will force to shutdown to protect the processor not overheat Shutdown when CPUFAN Fail Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled If you set it to Enabled if CPUFAN out of order system will force to shutdown to protect the processor not overheat Note The hardware monitoring features for temperatures fans and voltages will occupy th...

Page 64: ... 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 This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer 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 require...

Page 65: ...roring RAID 0 1 operation For the striping operation the identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance The Mirroring operation creates a complete backup of your files Striping with Mirroring operation offers both high read write performance and fault tolerance although requiring 4 hard disks in order to do so 4 2 RAID SETUP on the KR7A 133R Enter Advanced BIOS Featur...

Page 66: ... Enter to confirm the selection Press Esc to return to top menu NOTE If you want to create a RAID 0 striping array or RAID 0 1 array all data in your hard disk will first be erased Please backup the hard disk data before creating a RAID array If you want to create a RAID 1 mirroring array please be sure which hard disk is the source disk and which one is the destination disk If you make a mistake ...

Page 67: ...nd and same model when defining a RAID array Striping RAID 0 for Performance This item is recommended for high performance usage Requires at least 2 disks Mirror RAID 1 for Data Security This item is recommended for data security usage Requires at least 2 disks Striping Mirror RAID 0 1 This item is recommended for data security and high performance usage Allows Mirroring with a Strip Array Require...

Page 68: ...options 4K 8K 16K 32K and 64K Start Creation Process After you have made your selection choose this item and press Enter to start creation 4 3 2 OPTION 2 Delete RAID This item allows you to remove a RAID Array on this IDE RAID controller card Note After you have made and confirmed this selection all the data stored in the hard disk will be lost The entire partition configuration will be deleted to...

Page 69: ... In the menu zone of the pop up subinterface select 2 Select Spare Drive None and press Enter to confirm 5 In the validated channel status zone select the spare disk to be added and press Enter to confirm 4 3 5 OPTION 5 Remove Spare Disk These are the steps to remove the spare disk 1 In the menu zone select 5 Remove Spare Disk and press Enter to confirm 2 The 1 Select Mirror Array None item appear...

Page 70: ...k s Note This item will appear when necessary not always appear 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 ...

Page 71: ...l Panel System Properties Device Manager 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 KR7A 133 KR7A 133R 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 w...

Page 72: ... installed Step 7 Windows has completed installing the driver Click Finish to end the installation Step 8 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now in the check box and click Finish restart your computer to finish the drivers update 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 cont...

Page 73: ...fter it has been executed you will see the screen below Step 2 Move the cursor to HPT 37X Driver and click on it You will go to the next screen Step 3 The InstallShield Wizard shows up and it will go to the next screen for a while Step 4 You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box Click Next to go on Step 5 The Digital Signature Not Found menu show up Click Yes to go on Step 6 Windows...

Page 74: ...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 Press F6 key and let Windows continue on with setup It will continue to scroll through various device listings for several minutes It will then prompt you to press the S k...

Page 75: ...in a Windows environment making it easier and more user friendly than creating the RAID function in BIOS mode Please insert the KR7A 133 KR7A 133R 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 Step 1 Move the cursor to...

Page 76: ...stem will start copying files You can see the percentage bar on the screen Step 8 When the installation is completed choose Yes I want to restart my computer now in the check box and click Finish to end the setup Step 9 After the system restart you can run this RAID Administrator program show at above The RAID Administrator screen then pops up Note that a shortcut icon appears in the tool bar This...

Page 77: ...ut each HDD The screen below shows you how to get more detailed information about RAID You can choose the Help folder and then choose the Index to read more information about RAID operation settings etc Note The RAID Administrator main screen will show you the RAID Administrator software version information as this version will be different according the CD version you get It doesn t matter which ...

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Page 79: ...k 2 SP2 or latest service pack to get the best system performance You can download SP2 at Microsoft WEB site Note Details of the Windows 98 SE or Windows 2000 operating system will not be mentioned in this manual If you have any problems with Windows 98 SE or Windows 2000 installation operations or settings please refer to your Windows 98 SE or Windows 2000 user s manual or other databases provide...

Page 80: ... who are upgrading VIA Drivers we 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 6 This setup program will install four kinds of drivers Please check which drivers you want to install When you choose the items please click the Next button to ...

Page 81: ...button to go on Windows 2000 Step 8 Choose Click to enable DMA Mode then click Next button Windows 98 SE Step 9 Choose Install VIA AGP VxD in Turbo mode and then click the Next button Windows 98 SE Note The difference between Normal Turbo mode Installing in turbo mode will give your graphics card enhanced speed and performance while normal mode offers increased system stability Step 8 Choose Insta...

Page 82: ...h the driver updates Windows 98 SE Step 10 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 Then click the Finish button to restart your computer to finish the driver update Windows 2000 The descriptions below are all for Windows 98 SE When your computer system restarts Windows 98 SE starts the up...

Page 83: ... SE Windows 2000 A 5 User s Manual 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 Windows 2000 ...

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Page 85: ...lt in permanent damage to the PC Once any item is out of its normal range a warning message will pop up and remind the user to take proper measures The following description will tell you how to install the Hardware Monitor System and use it Insert the KR7A 133 KR7A 133R CD into your CD ROM drive It should execute the program automatically If not you can go to the CD location and execute the execu...

Page 86: ...ppendix B KR7A 133 KR7A 133R Then wizard will extract the files need to install 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 87: ... 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 After checking the program folder name then click Next button Program will start to install drivers the system needs The wizard will prepare to start install the program file ...

Page 88: ...u to restart your computer We suggest that you choose Yes I want to restart my computer now then click the Finish button to restart your computer to finish the driver update You can select the program from Start toolbar and then choose Programs You will see the item called Winbond Hardware Doctor Click it and you will be able to see the screen below ...

Page 89: ...s Manual B 5 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 ...

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Page 91: ...You can find it on one slot or at the back of the motherboard Each motherboard always has the label at the same place as shown in the photo below You will find the model name and version on the white sticker 2 Know the current BIOS ID For example in this case the current BIOS ID is 00 If you already have the latest BIOS no any update action is necessary If your BIOS is not the latest BIOS go on to...

Page 92: ...te 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 93: ... 3 User s Manual 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 ...

Page 94: ...herboard don t flash with the wrong 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 KR7A 133 KR7A 133R 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 fla...

Page 95: ... form Fax this form to your dealer or to the company where you bought the hardware in order to benefit from our technical support You can refer to the examples given below Example 1 With a system including motherboard with processor DDR DRAM etc HDD CD ROM FDD graphic adapter MPEG 2 card SCSI adapter audio card etc After the system is assembled if you cannot boot up check the key components of the...

Page 96: ...IGH C PLUGPLAY DWCFGMG SYS LASTDRIVE Z Restart the system If the system starts and does not reset you can be sure that the problem is due to the Sound Card Driver Write down the Sound Card model motherboard model BIOS identification number on the technical support file refer to main instructions and describe the problem in the space provided We will show you how to fill the Technical Support Form ...

Page 97: ...the Brand space write Pioneer in the Specifications space write DVD 16 9 System Memory DDR SDRAM Indicate the brand and specifications DDR DIMM of your system memory Examples Density Description Module Components Module Part Number CAS Latency Speed MHz For example In the Brand space write Micron in the Specifications space write Density 128MB Description SS 16 Megx72 2 5V ECC Gold Module Componen...

Page 98: ...cable build a striping array Then create a mirror array by these two striping arrays See Chapter 4 for detailed information 1 Press Ctrl H to setup configuration 2 Choose item 1 to Create RAID 3 Choose item 1 to set Array Mode as Striping and Mirror RAID 0 1 4 Choose item 2 to Select Disk Drives There are two striping arrays built automatically and you only have to enter twice 5 Choose item 4 to S...

Page 99: ...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 When attach drives to the RAID card do make sure the master slave jumper settings are correct please If there is only one drive on one channel cable do set it as master or single drive 4 Do always use 80 conductor cables please 5 Don t connect a...

Page 100: ...r Contact Person Fax Number 4 E mail Address Model Name BIOS ID Part Number Motherboard PCB Version Driver Version OS Applications Hardware Name Brand Specifications Processor Type Hard Disk Drive IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory DDR DRAM Add On Card Problem Description ...

Page 101: ...written and thorough manual It is full of information that doesn t only pertain to motherboards The CD ROM included with your board will have the manual as well as drivers If you don t have either one go to the Program Download Area of our website or FTP server 2 Download latest BIOS software or drivers Please go to our Program Download area on our website to check to see if you have the latest BI...

Page 102: ...ls and don t have the resources to serve every end user However we will try to do our best to help every customer Please also remember that for many of our technical support team English is a second language you will have a better chance of getting a helpful answer if your question can be understood in the first place Be sure to use very simple concise language that clearly states the problem avoi...

Page 103: ...mpatibility 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 For this reason any compatibility problem that is reported to us giving detailed system configuration information and error symptoms will receive the highest priority For the other questions we regret that we may not be ab...

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