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4200- 0283-02 Rev. 1. 00 AT7/AT7E Motherb oard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCT ION OF AT7/AT7 E FEATURES ................. 1-1 1-1. F EATURES O F AT7/AT7E M OTHERBOARD ........................................................... 1-1 1-2. S PECIFICA TIONS .
AT7/ AT7E APPENDIX C. LAN DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WI NDOWS ® 2000 C-1 APPENDIX D. USB 2.0 DRIVERS INSTA LLATION FOR WINDOWS ® 2000 ................................................................................................ D-1 APPENDIX E. INSTALL ING THE W INBO ND HARDW ARE M ONITO R SOFTWARE .
Intr oductio n of AT7/AT7E Fea tures User’ s Manual 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduct ion of AT 7/AT7E Fe atures 1-1. Features of AT7/AT7E Motherboard This m othe rboard is designed for A MD So cket A A thlon ™ XP, A thlon ™ an d Dur on ™ processo rs. I t supp orts the AMD S ocket-A st ructu re, with up to 3 G B (Unbuffer ed) or 3.
Chapter 1 AT7/ AT7E 1-2 to the future, g iving users a new level o f sy st em l ongevity and flex ibility . 1-2. Specifications 1. Proces sor ! Supp orts AMD Athlon ™ XP 1500+ ~ 2200 + or future Soc ket A pr ocessors b ased on 200 M Hz/266 MHz (1 00 MHz/1 33 MHz Doub le Data Rate) ! Supp orts AMD Athlon ™ 700 MHz ~ 1.
Intr oductio n of AT7/AT7E Fea tures User’ s Manual 1-3 6. Au dio ! Realte k AL C650 (AC-L ink) ! Supports 6 CH DAC fo r A C3 5.1 CH pur pose ! Professi onal d igita l audio in terface supp orting 24-bi t S/PDIF OUT 7.
Chapter 1 AT7/ AT7E 1-4 # Supports Wak e On LAN, Modem, but yo ur ATX power supply 5V standby powe r must be able t o pr ovide at least a 720m A curren t cap acity. Ot herw ise, the fun ctions m ay not w ork normally . # HPT 374 IDE controlle r is designe d to support high-speed and hig h performance mass stor age devic es.
Intr oductio n of AT7/AT7E Fea tures User’ s Manual 1-5 1-4. Layout Diagram for AT7/AT7E Figure 1-1. AT 7/AT 7E m otherbo ard com ponen t loc ation.
Chapter 1 AT7/ AT7E 1-6.
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-1 Chapter 2. Installin g the Mother board This A T7/AT 7E mothe rboard not only provide s all standar d equipme nt for cl assic pe rsonal co mp uters, but al so prov ides g reat f le xibility for me eting futur e u pgra de de mands .
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-2 2-1. Installation of the AMD Athlon ™ XP, Athlon ™ and Duro n ™ CPU Note ! Installing a heatsin k and coo ling fan i s necessar y f or heat to dissipate f rom y our pro cessor. F ailing to ins tall these item s ma y r esul t in ove rheating an d proces sor dam age.
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-3 Heats ink In stallation Hints Because the pro cessor w ill produce a lo t of he at while o perating, w e sugg est y ou use a heatsin k a pprov ed by A MD to be safe and to kee p the pr oce ssor tempe rature w ithin no rmal op eratio n temper ature s.
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-4 Insert a flat screwdriver into th e middle slot of th e right s ide fix pl ate and push do wn. Th en y ou can pu sh the fix plat e over th e socket hooks on th e right sid e. Ch eck t he p hoto on th e left . Check the ph oto on th e left.
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-5 2-2. Installing the M otherboard to t he Chassis Af ter yo u install the pro cessor to the mothe rboard, y ou can star t to fix the mothe rboar d into the chas sis.
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-6 2-3. Installing System Memory This m othe rboard pr ovide s four 184- pin DD R DI MM site s for me mory expansio n. T he DD R SDRAM DIMM soc kets supp ort 8 M x 64 (64 MB), 16M x 64 (128 MB), 32 M x 64 (256 MB), 64 M x 64 (512 MB) an d 128 M x 64 (102 4 MB) or doubl e de nsity DDR SDRA M DIMM modules .
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-7 Step 3. Before t ouc hin g any elec tron ic comp onent s, mak e sure you fi rst touc h an unpain ted, grou nded meta l object to disch arge any static ele ctricity stored on your clothi ng or bo dy. Step 4.
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-8 Note This co mponen ts diag ram wil l be s lightly differ ent be cause ther e are a num ber of m ode ls. W e’ll use the A T7 full ver sion mothe rboard as stand ard; al l de scri ptions of conne ctor and header w ill be bas ed on the AT7 f ull ve rsion mo therbo ard.
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-9 (1). ATX1: ATX Power Input Connector Attach the conne ctor fro m the pow er suppl y to the AT X1 conne ctor her e. Re mem ber y ou have to push the co nnector fro m the A TX pow er supply firmly to the e nd w ith the A TX1 conne ctor, ins uring tha t yo u have a good connec tion .
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-10 (2). F AN1, FAN2 , FAN3, FAN4 and FAN5 Hea ders Atta ch the c onnect or from th e proc essor fa n to the heade r name d FAN 1 or FAN2 an d connec tor fr om th e front ch assi s fan to the h eader FAN4 .
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-11 (4). TCPU1 & TSYS1: Tem perature Therm istor The TC PU1 i s used to det ect th e CPU tem pera ture. The TS YS1 is us ed to detect the sys tem envi ronmen t temp eratu re. You can see t he read ings in the BIOS o r in the har dware m onit oring applica tion mai n scree n .
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-12 (6). IEEE1 Header: IEEE 13 94 Header (For AT7 Full Version Only) Thi s head er is r eserved f or con necti on to th e ABIT Media XP produ ct (Optional ) . The Media XP can provi de the t otal solut ion for th e front panel conn ections .
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-13 Note Before you c lear the CMOS, you have to first tu rn the power off (inclu ding the +5V standb y pow er). Other wis e, yo ur system may wor k abnor mally . Af ter upda ting yo ur BIOS and be fore boo t up, pl ease cle ar the CMO S f irst.
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-14 FPIO1 (Pin 16-18-20): Power On LED Headers The re is a specif ic orien tatio n for pins 1 throug h 3. Ins ert the three -thre aded po wer o n L ED cabl e to t his head er. Ch eck to make sure th e correc t pin s go to th e correc t connec tors on the moth erboa rd.
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-15 (10). WOR1: Wake On Ring Header If you h ave an intern al modem adapt er that supports thi s featu re, th en you c an connec t th e speci fic cab le fro m the i n ter nal mo dem ada pter to th is header .
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-16 (12) . CD1 and AUX1 Headers : CD Audio and Auxiliar y audio sig nal input headers These co nnec tors conn ect to th e audi o output of inter n al CD -RO M driv e or add- on car d. (13 ). FDC1 Connec tor This 34-pin connect or is called the “ floppy d isk drive con nector ”.
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-17 two or fou r HDDs t o get RAID fu nct ions, it is ver y conveni ent for you to inst all th e HDDs to IDE3, I DE4, ID E5 or I DE6.
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-18 Figure 2-9. AT7 back panel connector s Fig ure 2- 9 show s the AT 7 back pa nel conne ctor s, the se conne ctors are f or c onnection to outsi de de vices to the motherbo ard. W e will describe which dev ices wil l attach to these connector s below .
Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-19 (18). Audi o1 and Audio2 Co nnectors Audio1 and Audio2 c onnect ors are aud io connect ors for analog a udio si gnal in or ou t. Mic In Conne ctor: You can co nnect the plug fr om t he micr opho ne to this co nnec tor.
Chapter 2 AT7/ AT7E 2-20.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-1 Chapter 3. Introduc ing the BIOS The BIO S is a prog ram loca ted on a Flash Me mory chip o n the mot herboard. T his pr ogr am w ill no t be lost when you tu rn the c omputer off. Th is p rogram is also ref erred to as the b oot progra m.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-2 In the BIOS Setup m ain menu of Fig ure 3- 1, yo u can see several options. W e will explain the se options step by step in the follo wing p ages of t his ch apter, but let u s firs t see a sh ort des cripti on of th e functi on key s you may use here : ! Press Esc to qu it the B I OS Setu p.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-3 3-1. CPU Setup [SOFT MENU ™ III] The CPU ca n be setu p throug h a prog rammabl e switch ( CPU SOFT MENU ™ III ) , that re places t he tradit ional m anual har dware config uratio n. This f eatur e allow s the user to more easily comple te the instal latio n proce dures .
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-4 ! User Defi ned %%%% Wa r n i n g %%%% The w rong s ettings of the m ultiplie r and ext ernal clock in certain circum stances m ay cause C PU damage The wro ng se ttings of the mul tiplie r and exte rnal clock in certain circumsta nces may cause CPU damag e.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-5 Solutio n in case of booti ng problem due to invali d clock setup: Nor mally , if the CPU clock set up is wro ng, you w ill not be a ble to bo ot. I n this case , turn t he sy stem of f then o n again. T he CP U w ill automa tically use its stan dard parame ters to bo ot.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-6 3-2. Standard CMOS F eatu res Setup M enu This co ntains t he bas ic co nfigurat ion par amete rs of the BIOS . The se param eters incl ude d ate, hour, VGA card, floppy di sk and HDD sett ings.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-7 IDE Primary M aster / Slave an d IDE Secondary M aster / Slave: These it ems have a sub-menu t o let you ch oose furt her opti ons. You can refer to figure 3- 3B to check what o ptions are availabl e. Figure 3-3B.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-8 " Access Mode: Sinc e old operat ing systems were only ab le to su pport HDDs wit h capac ities no bigg er th an 528 MB, any har d disk w ith more than 5 28 MB w as unusable .
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-9 Wa r n i n g Setting a value of 65 536 means no hard dis k ex ists. " Landing Zone: Thi s is a n on-dat a area on the di sk's inn er cylin der wh ere th e head s can res t when t he p ower is tu rned off .
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-10 3-3. Advanced BIOS F eatures Setup Menu In e ach item, y ou can press < Ent er > at any time to displa y al l the optio ns f or this i tem. Attentio n Adv anced BI OS Fe atures Se tup Menu has already been se t for max imum o peration.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-11 Quick Power On Self Test: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Enable d or D isabl ed, t he de fault sett ing is Enabled . Afte r the comp uter h as been powered on, th e BIOS of th e moth erboa rd will run a seri es of test s in ord er to ch eck th e system and its pe ripheral s.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-12 Typem atic Rate Setting: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . This i tem al low s you to adjus t the key stroke repe at rate. W hen se t to Ena bled , y ou can s et the two key board ty pemati c control s that follow ( Type matic Rate and T ypemat ic Dela y ).
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-13 OS Selec t For DRAM > 64MB: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Non- OS2 o r OS2. The default s ett ing is Non- OS2 . When the s ystem memor y is bi gger than 64MB, the c ommunicati on method between th e BIOS and th e operatin g system will d iffer from on e operat in g system t o another .
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-14 3-4. Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu The Chipse t Fe atures Se tup Me nu is use d to modif y the contents of t h e b uffers in the chipse t on the mothe rboard.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-15 DRAM Cloc k/Drive Control: This i tem can le t you se t sever al ite ms conce rning t he DRA M param ete rs. I f y ou do no t unders tand w hat each item doe s, ple ase ke ep the de faul t settings . W rong se ttings m ay cause system unstabl ity, data los s or even prevent boot up ! Fig ure 3-5B.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-16 Note The displ ay o f this item mig ht be differ ent w hen you ins talle d the diff erent ty pe of DD R SDRAM. W e just s how yo u an exampl e he re.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-17 Active to CMD (Trcd): Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: 2T o r 3T. T he defaul t setting is 3T . Trcd ti ming val ue = RA S to CA S late ncy + rd/wr command delay DDR DQS Input Dela y: Two opti ons are a vailab le: Auto or Manual.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-18 DRAM Queue De pth: Three op ti ons a re availa ble: 2 Level ( 4 L evel ( 3 le vel. The default s etting is 4 Le vel . This item sets DRAM queue dept h to accommodate maximum memory throu ghput. DRAM Command Rate : Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: 2T Com mand or 1T Command .
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-19 AGP A perture Si ze: Seve n options are av aila ble: 256M ( 128M ( 64M ( 32M ( 16M ( 8M ( 4M ( Back to 256M. The default se tting is 64 M . This opt ion specif ies the amo unt of sy stem me mory that can be used by the AG P device.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-20 CPU & PCI Bus Control: This i tem can le t you se ts seve ral ite ms conce rning the PCI par amete rs. If yo u do not under stand w hat each item does , ple ase ke ep the de faul t settings as well . Wrong setting s w ill cause syste m unstabl ity.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-21 PCI1 Maste r 0 WS Write: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Enable d or D isabl ed. The de fault se tting is Ena bled . When E nabled , w rites to th e PCI1 bus are execu ted with zero wai t st ate (i mmedi ately) when PC I1 bus i s read y to recei ve dat a.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-22 3-5. Integrated Peripherals In th is menu, you c an change t he onboard I /O devi ce, I /O port addr ess and oth er hardware se ttings. Figure 3-6A. Int egrat ed P eriph erals Menu D efault Scre en Onboard FDD Controll er: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-23 IDE Pr efetch M ode: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled .
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-24 Init Display First: Tw o optio ns are av ailabl e: PCI Slot or AG P. The defaul t setting is PC I Slot. When y ou instal l mo re tha n one dis play card, you can c hoose e ither a PCI displ ay car d (PCI Slot) o r an AGP display card (A GP) to displ ay the boot-up screen.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-25 ATA 133 RAI D Controll er (For AT7 Full Version Only) : Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . If your mo therboar d is the AT7 fu ll version , it has the bui lt-in Hi ghPoint 374 ch ipset that can su pport Ultra ATA 133 spec ificat ions.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-26 of a comput er. The B I OS is fu lly support t he ACPI funct ions. If you wan t ACPI funct ions to work normall y, you shou ld noti ce two things . One is your op eratin g system mus t support ACPI, as of n ow only Microsoft ® Windows ® 2000, W indow s ® ME and Wind ows ® XP suppo rts t hese f unctions.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-27 S uspe nd”, an d ST R is “ S us pend T o R AM”. Ge n erally, ACPI h as six states: System S0 state, S 1 state, S2 sta te, S3 stat e, S4 st ate, S5 stat e.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-28 Mode m Use I RQ: Eight options are avai lable: NA ( 3 ( 4 ( 5 ( 7 ( 9 ( 10 ( 11 ( Bac k to NA . The def ault se tting is NA . You ca n speci fy the I RQ for m odem u se. Soft-Off by PWRBTN: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Del ay 4 Se c or Insta nt-Off.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-29 VGA: Tw o item s avail able: OFF o r ON . The de fault setting is OFF . W hen se t to ON , any event o ccurring at a VGA port w ill aw aken a syste m that has pow ered dow n. HDD & FDD: Tw o item s are availabl e: OFF or ON .
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-30 Figure 3-7C. IRQ Wakeup Events Setup Menu All Inte rrupt Even t: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Off or Manual. T he de fault sett ing is Manual . Whe n you se t this ite m to Manual , the f ollowing IRQ event s will be ava ilable fo r adju stm ent.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-31 3-7. PnP/PC I Configuration s Setup Menu In this menu, y ou can ch ange the INT # and I RQ# of the PCI bus and o ther har dware settings. Figure 3-8A. PnP/PCI Configurations Setup Menu Forc e Update ESCD: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-32 " IRQ Resources: If you h ave troub le in as signin g the interru pt resour ces aut omatica lly, you ca n select Manual to set which I RQis ass igne d to whic h PCI Devi ce or Re se rved i t.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-33 PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. ~ PI RQ_3 Use IRQ No. : Ele ven optio ns are availabl e: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 1 0, 11, 12, 14, 15. Def ault setting is Auto. This it em allow s the sy stem to auto mati cally specify the IRQ number f or the dev ice ins tall ed o n PCI slots.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-34 3-8. PC Health Status You ca n set the warning and shut down te mperature s for y our compu ter s ys tem, and y ou can che ck the fa n spee ds and pow er supply voltag es of yo ur comp uter sy stem . The featur es ar e use ful f or m onitor ing al l the impor tant parame ters with in your compute r syste m.
Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-35 Note The hardw are m onitor ing f eatures for tempe rature s, fans a nd voltag es will occupy the I/O address from 294H t o 297H.
Chapter 3 AT7/ AT7E 3-36 PASSW ORD DISA BLED. Whe n a passwo rd has be en enable d, yo u will be prompted to enter i t every time y ou try to enter Setup. This pr eve nts an una uthorize d person f rom changi ng any part of y our sy stem config uration.
RAID Sett ing Guid e 4-1 User’ s Manual Chapter 4. RAI D Setting Guide For deta il RAID int roduce and concep t, you can foun d it on our WEB site “ Techn olog ical Term s ”, or you ca n search the co ncerning inform ation o n I nternet. W e do not descr ipti on it on t his manual .
4-2 Chapter 4 AT7/ AT7E 4-3. The BIOS Setting Me nu Reboot y our system. Press < CT RL > and < H > ke y w h ile booting up the sy stem to enter the BIOS s etting menu. The mai n men u of BIO S Se tting U tility appears as below: For sele cting the o ptio n in the me nu, y ou may : ! Press F1 to view array stat us.
RAID Sett ing Guid e 4-3 User’ s Manual 4-3-1. OPTI ON 1: C reate Ar ray This i tem al low s yo u to crea te a RA ID array . Af ter y ou had s el ecte d the f unctio n from the main me nu, pre ss th.
4-4 Chapter 4 AT7/ AT7E " JBOD (Volume): This it em is rec ommended for hi gh capaci ty without redund ancy or perform ance fea tures u sage. Requir es at least 2 dis ks. Array N ame: You can give a name of your a rray here. Selec t Disk Dri ves: This i tem allow s you to s ele ct the disk drives to be us ed w ith the RAI D array .
RAID Sett ing Guid e 4-5 User’ s Manual Dele te Spare: In the menu zo ne, sele ct item “ 3. C reate/D elete S pare ” and pre ss < Enter > to conf irm. In the validate d cha nnel stat us zone, s elect the spare dis k to be r emo ved an d press < Enter > to co nfirm.
4-6 Chapter 4 AT7/ AT7E.
HPT 374 Driv er Insta llation 5-1 User’ s Manual Chapter 5. HPT 374 D river In stallation He re we w ill s how y ou the driv er inst allation proce dure un der v arious o perating s ys tems. 5-1. DOS ® This I DE RAI D BI OS supports D OS ® 5.x (or ab ove) and Wind ows ® 3.
5-2 Chapter 5 AT7/ AT7E Step 6: Progra m will star t to insta ll all dri vers th e system nee d s. The installe r will show the install progress percen tage. Step 7: Wind ows has com pleted installi ng th e drive r. Click “ Finish ” to end the in stallat ion .
HPT374 Software Installati on 5-3 User’ s Manual Installi ng the driver (During a fresh W indow s ® 200 0 inst allation) Note : Follow t he st andard procedu res for i nst allin g Windows ® 2000 . 1. During the first par t of the setu p proce dure, W indow s ® 2000 w ill pro mpt y ou to pre ss “ F6 ” key to specif y an additional device .
5-4 Chapter 5 AT7/ AT7E.
HPT 374 RAID M anagemen t Software Inst allation Guide f o r Win dows ® 2000 6-1 User’ s Manual Chapter 6. HPT 374 R AID Ma nagem ent Softwar e Instal latio n Guide for Windows ® 20 00 In o rder t.
6-2 Chapter 6 AT7/ AT7E Step 5: Now you c an choos e the f older for th e desti natio n lo cation y ou wa nt. W e sugge st that you u se the defau lt fold er as the d estinat ion locat ion. Wh en you ar e sure of t he fold er, cl ick “ Next> ” t o go on.
HPT 372 RAID A dministr ator In stal lation Gu ide 6-3 User’ s Manual Thi s scr een show you th e first s creen you will see when you startin g the soft ware. This is the “ C onfigurat ion ” Men u scr een. This is the “ Management ” Menu screen.
6-4 Chapter 6 AT7/ AT7E.
V IA 4 in 1 Dr ivers I nst allat ion f or W i nd ows ® 2000 A-1 User’ s Manual Appendix A . VIA 4 in 1 Driver s Inst allati on for Windows ® 2000 Af ter y ou’v e instal led Windo ws ® 200 0, you w ill nee d to ins tall t he VIA 4 in 1 driv ers.
A-2 Appendix A AT7/ AT7E Step 3: You will n ow see th e welcom e screen and it s dialogu e box. C lick “ Next> ” to go on. Step 4: Th e servi ce pack read me sc reen will appear . Click the “ Yes ” but ton to go on. Step 5: You ca n choose “ Norm ally I nstall ” or “ Quickly Install ” to insta ll the V IA 4-i n-1 drive rs.
V IA 4 in 1 Dr ivers I nst allat ion f or W i nd ows ® 2000 A-3 User’ s Manual Step 8: C hoose “ Install AGP 4X/133 Driver ”, then click the “ Next> ” button. Step 9: The in staller will sho w the in stall progress percen tage. Step 10: Wh en the in stalla tion i s complet e, th e inst aller will a sk you to res tart your comput er.
A-4 Appendix A AT7/ AT7E.
Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual B-1 Appendix B. Audio Drive rs Installa tion for Window s ® 2000 After you’ve in sta lled V IA ch ips et drivers, you wil l need to ins tall th e audio d river s.
Appendix B AT7/ AT7E B-2 Step 5: Th e “ Digital Signature Not Found ” menu s how up. Clic k “ Yes ” to go on. This sc reen will sh ow up a gain, plea se cli ck “ Yes ” to go on. Step 6: The in staller will cont inu e the setup proc ess and show the in stall pr ogress perc enta ge again.
Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual B-3 You ca n click o n the audio conf igure icon on th e task bar, and you can see th e AvRack pane l as a bove .
Appendix B AT7/ AT7E B-4 Thi s menu item ca n give you th e in formation such as: audio d river version , Direc tX version , audio controll er nam e, A C97 Codec n ame.
LAN Drivers Installation for Wind ows ® 200 0 User’ s Manual C-1 Appendix C. LAN Driv ers Insta llation fo r Windows ® 2000 After you’ve ins talled VIA chi pset dr ivers, you wi ll need to ins tall th e LAN drivers . Step b y step instr uctio ns o n how to do this are found i n the fol low i ng s ection.
Appendix C AT7/ AT7E C-2 Step 5: Wind ows has com pleted installi ng th e drive r. Click “ Finish ” to end the dri ver instal latio n. Step 8: When system resta rts an d enters t he operat ing system, you can then chec k th e “ Dev ice Manage r ” see that the d evices a re prope rly inst alle d.
USB 2.0 Dr ivers Instal lation fo r Windows ® 2 000 User’ s Manual D-1 Appendix D. USB 2.0 Dri v ers Installation for Windows ® 2000 Af ter y ou’v e instal led VIA chipset dr ive rs, you w ill nee d to instal l the U SB 2. 0 driv ers. Ste p by step instr uctio ns o n how to do this are found i n the fol low i ng s ection.
Appendix D AT7/ AT7E D-2 Step 5: The in staller will star tin g install pr ogress. Step 6: Wind ows has com pleted installi ng th e dri ver. Ch oose “ Yes, I want to restart m y com puter n ow. ” in the chec k box and click “ Finish ” restar t your co mputer to f inish the drive r update.
Installing The Winbond H ardware Monitor S oftware User’ s Manual E-1 Appendix E. Installing The Winb ond Hardware Monitor Soft ware The Winbond hard ware monitor software is a self-diagnostic system for PCs.
E-2 Appendix E AT7/ AT7E You will se e the p rogram extrac ting files. You will s ee th e inst all sh ell wizard act ive. The welc ome screen and it s dialogu e box will appear .
Installing The Winbond H ardware Monitor S oftware User’ s Manual E-3 Now you c an choos e the des tina tion loca tion where you want to i nstall the drive rs. We sugg est that you use t h e de fault fo lder as t he des tinatio n locat ion. After c hec king th e folder click “ Next> ” button.
E-4 Appendix E AT7/ AT7E The wiza rd will st art in stalli ng the p rogram file. The inst aller will s how th e insta ll progress percen tage. Whe n the instal latio n is com plete , the instal ler w ill ask y ou to r estar t your co mpute r. We sug gest that you ch oose “ Yes, I want to restart m y com puter now.
Installing The Winbond H ardware Monitor S oftware User’ s Manual E-5 Thi s sc reen sh ows th e hard ware monitor system screen. I t sh ows informa tion abou t system tempera tur e, volta ges and fan s peed. Som e ite ms can l et yo u set the warni ng ran ge; you ca n opti mize value s by se tting the m in acco rdance your system.
E-6 Appendix E AT7/ AT7E.
BIOS Upda te Guide F-1 User’ s Manual Appendix F. BIOS Update Guide We w ill use the SE6 mot herboard as an ex ample. A ll othe r mode ls follow the same process. ( The motherb oard phot o we show you below is SX7-533 ) 1. K now your mothe rboard’s P CB ve rsion n umbe r.
F-2 Appendix F AT7/ AT7E For exam ple, i n thi s case, the cur rent B IOS ID is “ 00 ”. I f you alre ady hav e the late st BI OS, no any update action i s ne cessary . If your BIOS is no t the l atest BI OS, go on to the next ste p. 3. Download the c orrect BIOS file from ou r We b sit e.
BIOS Upda te Guide F-3 User’ s Manual Af ter fo rmatti ng and transfe rring the s ystem to the flo ppy disk, copy two file s into it. O ne is the BI OS flash utilit y “ awd flash.exe ” and the othe r is the decom pres sed BIO S “ .bin ” f ile.
F-4 Appendix F AT7/ AT7E Ple ase set the fir st boot s eque n ce as “ floppy ” in BI OS and bo ot off the flo ppy dis k. 7. Fl ash the BI OS in pur e DO S mode. Af ter successf ully booting o ff of the flo ppy, e xecute the flash utility accordi ng to these instr uctions .
Trou bleshoot ing ( Nee d Assis tance?) G-1 User’ s Manual Appendix G. Troublesho otin g (Need Assi stance ?) Motherboard Troubleshooting: Q & A: Q: D o I need t o clear th e CMOS b efore I us e.
G-2 Appendix G AT7/ AT7E , Exam ple 2: With a s ystem inc luding: moth erboard (with pr ocessor, DDR DRAM, etc.) HDD, CD-R OM, FDD, grap hic ad apter, MPEG-2 ca rd, SC SI adapt er, audi o card, etc.
Trou bleshoot ing ( Nee d Assis tance?) G-3 User’ s Manual 5 * . OS/Applicati ons: Indi cate th e opera ting system and th e app licati ons you ar e runnin g on th e system. For exam ple: W indows ® 98 SE, Windows ® 2000, Window s ® XP, etc. 6 * .
G-4 Appendix G AT7/ AT7E RAID Troubl eshootin g Q & A: Q: May I use h ard d rives with dif ferent capac i ty or tr ansfer m ode? A: I n order to ge t optimize d perfor mance , we sug ges t using hard drive s with t he same m odel.
Trou bleshoot ing ( Nee d Assis tance?) G-5 User’ s Manual Do & Don’t: 1. D o alw ays use the same mode l drives to ac hieve be st quality and per form ance . Diffe rent firmw are has diffe rent t iming char acteristi c, thus m ay som ewhat de crease the RAID perfo rmance .
G-6 Appendix G AT7/ AT7E Technical Support Form ! Com pany Name : 2 Phone Number: " Contact P erson: # Fax Number: 3 E-mail Address: Model Name * BIOS ID & P art N um ber * Motherb oard PC B .
How to Ge t Techn ical Su pport H-1 User’ s Manual Appendix H. How to Get Techn i cal Sup port (From our websi te) http://www.abit.c om.tw (I n North A merica) http://www.abit-usa.co m (I n Europe) http:/ /www.abit. nl Than k yo u for choo sing A BIT pr oducts .
H-2 Appendix H AT7/ AT7E custo mer who may purchase mo re produ cts a nd who ca n urge y our frie nds to buy fro m him or he r as well. T hey integrated an d sold the sy st em to y ou. They should know best what your sy st em config uratio n is an d yo ur proble m.
How to Ge t Techn ical Su pport H-3 User’ s Manual All other territories not cove red above please contact: Taiwan Head Of fice Whe n contacting our head quarte rs pl ease note w e are lo cated in Taiwan a nd w e are 8+ G MT time. I n additio n, we hav e holiday s that may be diff ere nt from thos e in y our cou ntry .
H-4 Appendix H AT7/ AT7E.
Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Abit AT7E c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Abit AT7E - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Abit AT7E, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Abit AT7E va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Abit AT7E, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Abit AT7E.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Abit AT7E. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Abit AT7E ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
