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User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for AS8

Page 1: ...AS8 Series AS8 AS8 V AS8 G Intel Pentium 4 System Board Socket 775 User s Manual 4200 0409 05 Rev 1 02 ...

Page 2: ...al or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manua...

Page 3: ...Indicators Headers 2 11 7 Additional IEEE1394 Port Headers For AS8 and AS8 G 2 12 8 Additional USB Port Headers 2 12 9 GURU Clock Connection Header 2 13 10 System Management Bus Headers 2 13 11 Internal Audio Connectors 2 14 12 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors 2 15 13 POST Code Display 2 16 14 Serial ATA Connectors 2 17 15 Status Indicators 2 17 16 Back Panel Connectors 2 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Set...

Page 4: ...tall Intel Application Accelerator RAID For AS8 and AS8 G B 1 Appendix C Install Audio Driver C 1 Appendix D Install LAN Driver D 1 Appendix E Install USB 2 0 Driver E 1 Appendix F Install ABIT µGuru Utility F 1 Appendix G POST Code Definition G 1 Appendix H Troubleshooting Need Assistance H 1 Appendix I How to Get Technical Support I 1 AS8 Series ...

Page 5: ...t connector supports AGP 8X 4X Interface 0 8V 1 5V 5 SATA RAID 150 For AS8 and AS8 G Supports 2 ports SATA 150 RAID 0 1 6 SATA 150 For AS8 V only Supports 2 ports SATA 150 7 6 Channel Audio Onboard Theater class 6 Channel AC97 Audio Codec Professional digital audio interface supports auto jack sensing and optical S PDIF In Out For AS8 and AS8 G 8 IEEE 1394 For AS8 and AS8 G Supports 3 Port IEEE 13...

Page 6: ...AS8 G 1x S PDIF Out connector For AS8 and AS8 G 1x AUDIO1 connector Rear Left Rear Right Center Subwoofer 1x AUDIO2 connector Mic In Line In Front Left Front Right 2x USB 2 0 1x IEEE 1394 Connector For AS8 and AS8 G 2x USB 2 0 1x RJ 45 LAN Connector 13 Miscellaneous ATX form factor 305mm x 245mm Hardware Monitoring including Fan Speed Voltages CPU and system temperature Supports Wake Up by LAN Mod...

Page 7: ...Hardware Setup 1 3 1 2 Layout Diagram AS8 and AS8 G User s Manual ...

Page 8: ...1 4 Chapter 2 1 3 Layout Diagram AS8 V AS8 Series ...

Page 9: ...he best way to attach the board is to use with studs Only if you are unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers Line up the holes on the board with the mounting holes on the chassis If the holes line up and there are screw holes you can attach the board with studs If the holes line up and there are only slots you can only attach with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert t...

Page 10: ...ull it away from the retention tab 2 Rotate the lever to fully open position 3 Use your right thumb on the bottom right side of the load plate and lift it up to fully open position 4 Use your right thumb and forefinger to grasp the CPU package Be sure to grasp on the edge of the substrate and face the Pin 1 indicator toward the bottom left side Aim at the socket and place the CPU package vertical ...

Page 11: ...an assembly onto the socket Align the four fasteners toward the four mounting holes on the motherboard For detailed information on how to install your heatsink and fan assembly please refer to the instruction manual came packed with the heatsink and fan assembly you bought 10 Press each of the four fasteners down into the mounting holes 11 Rotate the fastener clock wise to lock the heatsink and fa...

Page 12: ...3 or slots DIMM2 DIMM4 When installing FOUR DIMM modules Install DIMM modules of the same type and size for slots DIMM1 DIMM3 and slots DIMM2 DIMM4 Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 1 DIMM1 128 256 512MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Bank 2 3 DIMM2 128 256 512MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Bank 4 5 DIMM3 128 256 512MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Bank 6 7 DIMM4 128 256 512MB 1GB 128MB 1GB Total System Memory 128MB 4GB NOTE Usually there...

Page 13: ...e ejector tabs at both sides of the slot automatically snaps into the mounting notch Do not force the DIMM module in with extra force as the DIMM module only fit in one direction 5 To remove the DIMM modules push the two ejector tabs on the slot outward simultaneously and then pull out the DIMM module ATTENTION Static electricity can damage the electronic components of the computer or optional boa...

Page 14: ...layout diagram is shown in Chapter 1 for all the position of connectors and headers on the board that you may refer to WARNING Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or component Failing to so may cause severe damage to your motherboard and or peripherals Plug in the AC power cord only after you have carefully checked everything ATX Powe...

Page 15: ...ooling fans installed in your system CPUFAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector NBFAN1 Chipset Fan Power Connector SYSFAN1 System Fan Power Connector AUXFAN1 AUXFAN2 Auxiliary Fan Power Connector WARNING These fan connectors are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors User s Manual ...

Page 16: ... clear the CMOS memory Pin 1 2 shorted default Normal operation Pin 2 3 shorted Clear CMOS memory WARNING Turn the power off first including the 5V standby power before clearing the CMOS memory Failing to do so may cause your system to work abnormally or malfunction AS8 Series ...

Page 17: ...oard Mouse port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at Keyboard Mouse port USB PWR1 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB1 port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB1 port USB PWR2 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB2 port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB2 port User s Manual ...

Page 18: ...tension cable provided with the chassis To use the audio connector at rear panel disconnect the extension cable attach the jumpers back at pin 5 6 and pin 9 10 default setting Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 Audio Mic 2 Ground 3 Audio Mic Bias 4 VCC 5 Speaker Out Right Channel 6 Speaker Out Right Channel Return 7 X 8 NC 9 Speaker Out Left Channel 10 Speaker Out Left Channel Return 11 Groun...

Page 19: ...tion will only cause the LED not lighting but a wrong connection of the switches could cause system malfunction HLED Pin 1 3 Connects to the HDD LED cable of chassis front panel RST Pin 5 7 Connects to the Reset Switch cable of chassis front panel SPK Pin 15 17 19 21 Connects to the System Speaker cable of chassis SLED Pin 2 4 Connects to the Suspend LED cable if there is one of chassis front pane...

Page 20: ...8 Additional USB Port Headers These headers each provide 2 additional USB 2 0 ports connection through an USB cable designed for USB 2 0 specifications AS8 Series Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 TPA0 2 TPA0 3 GND 4 GND 5 TPB0 6 TPB0 7 12V 8 12V 9 NC 10 GND Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 NC 10 NC ...

Page 21: ...r system management bus SM bus The SM bus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus I2 C is a multi master bus which means that multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating a data transfer If more than one master simultaneously tries to control the bus an arbitration procedure decides which master gets priority User s Manual ...

Page 22: ...2 14 Chapter 2 11 Internal Audio Connectors These connectors connect to the audio output of internal CD ROM drive or add on card AS8 Series ...

Page 23: ...e FDC1 port and the floppy connector Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA 100 mode by one 40 pin 80 conductor and 3 connector Ultra ATA 66 ribbon cables Connect the single end blue connector at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this board the other two ends gray and black connector at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors of your har...

Page 24: ... memory presence test is an important checkpoint and its POST Code is C1 When the BIOS execute any POST item it will write the corresponding POST Code into the address 80h If the POST passes the BIOS will process the next POST item and write the next POST Code into the address 80h If the POST fails we can check the POST Code in address 80h to find out where the problem lies This LED device also di...

Page 25: ...ctors are provided to attach one Serial ATA device at each channel via Serial ATA cable 15 Status Indicators D12 5VSB This LED lights up when the power supply is connected with power source D13 VCC This LED lights up when the system power is on User s Manual ...

Page 26: ...ces For AS8 and AS8 G AUDIO1 R L R R Rear Left Rear Right Connects to the rear left and rear right channel in the 5 1 channel audio system Cen Sub Center Subwoofer Connects to the center and subwoofer channel in the 5 1 channel audio system AUDIO2 Mic In Connects to the plug from external microphone Line In Connects to the line out from external audio sources F L F R Front Left Front Right Connect...

Page 27: ...mory count begins and then the following message appears on the screen PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP If this message disappears before you respond restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Del keys or by pressing the Reset button on computer chassis Only when it failed by these two methods can you restart the system by powering it off and then back on After pressing Del key the main menu screen appears N...

Page 28: ...option User Define WARNING The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage Setting the working frequency higher than the PCI chipset or processor specs may cause abnormal memory module functioning system hangs hard disk drive data lose abnormal functioning of the VGA card or abnormal functioning with other add on cards Using non specification s...

Page 29: ... of 166MHz FSB frequency Select PSB800 for CPU of 200MHz FSB frequency DRAM Ratio CPU DRAM This item determines the frequency ratio between CPU and DRAM AGP PCI Clock This item determines the AGP PCI bus frequency This option allows you to keep your AGP PCI clock at some fixed frequency to improve system stability Voltages Control This option allows you to switch between the default and user defin...

Page 30: ...ts submenu These items display the power cycle statistics for each element ABIT EQ Click right arrow key to switch from OC Guru setup menu to ABIT EQ setup menu ABIT EQ Beep Control This item allows you to enable or disable ABIT EQ Beep Control function AS8 Series ...

Page 31: ...temperature limit the system would shutdown automatically Shutdown Temp This items sets the temperature that would shutdown the system automatically in order to prevent system overheats Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function Once the system has detected that the CPU System PWM s temperature exceeded the beep temperature limit warning beeps will sound Beep Temp This item selects...

Page 32: ...e of corresponding element is higher lower than the high low limit the system would automatically shutdown Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function If the voltage of corresponding element is higher lower than the high low limit warning beeps will sound High Low Limit These items set the high and low voltage limit NOTE The value of high limit must be set above the one of low limit...

Page 33: ...to enable system shutdown function Once the system has detected that the fan speed is lower than the low limit value system will shutdown automatically Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function If the fan speed is lower than the low limit value warning beeps will sound Low Limit These items set the low limit of fan speed NOTE Only the fans with 3 pin plugs provide the speed monito...

Page 34: ...PWM Temperature but there is only one CPU Temperature item to choose for the CPU FanEQ Control Control Temperature High Low These items set the high and low temperature limit that you want to do the fan speed control Fan PWM Duty Cycle High Low These items set the high and low limit of PWM duty cycle that you want to provide the fan with DC Fan Voltage High Low These items set the high and low vol...

Page 35: ...e hh mm ss This item sets the time you specify usually the current time in the format of Hour Minute and Second IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master IDE Channel 4 Master Click Enter key to enter its submenu NOTE Item IDE Channel 3 Master and IDE Channel 4 Master appears only when the item OnChip Serial ATA in the OnChip IDE Device menu is set as Enhanced Mode ...

Page 36: ... capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder This item configures the numbers of cylinders Head This item configures the numbers of read write heads Precomp This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing Landing Zone This item displays the number of cylinders specified as...

Page 37: ... except a diskette error All But Disk Key The system boot will stop for all errors except a diskette or keyboard error Base Memory This item displays the amount of base memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard Extended Memory This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during sy...

Page 38: ...lder OS like Windows NT4 0 Leave this item to its default Disabled settings for OS like Windows XP NX BIOS Control When set to Disabled this NX features flag will be forced to return to 0 Back to Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Hyper Threading Technology This item is used to enable the functionality of the processor with Hyper Threading Technology and will appear only when using such processor A...

Page 39: ...will be displayed on the screen during the POST process if the hard drives installed in your system had been changed CPU L3 Cache This item is used to enable the L3 cache default setting and appears only for certain CPU Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology Extreme Edition that possesses L3 cache First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Select the drive to bo...

Page 40: ... Report No FDD For OS When set to Yes this item allows you to run some older operating system without floppy disk drive Leave this item to its default setting Delay IDE Initial Secs This item allows the BIOS to support some old or special IDE devices by prolonging this delay time A larger value will give more delay time to the device for which to initialize and to prepare for activation Full Scree...

Page 41: ... DRAM parameters DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This item controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read write command DRAM RAS Precharge This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM Video BIOS Cacheable As with caching the system BIOS enabling the Video BIOS cache will allow access to video BIOS addressed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached if the cache ...

Page 42: ... your system Make sure your graphics card supports the mode you select Game Accelerator This item selects the mode for Game Accelerator among the options of Auto Turbo Street Racer and F1 NOTE The option Street Racer and F1 mode will stress the DDR memory critically not every kind of DDR memories could be stable with these two options Turbo mode is okay for most of DDR memories Refresh Cycle Time ...

Page 43: ...troller This item allows you to enable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller OnChip IDE 2 Controller The description is same as the OnChip IDE 1 Controller OnChip Serial ATA Mode This item determines the mode for on chip Serial ATA IDE The on chip Serial ATA served as IDE Mode RAID The on chip Serial ATA served as R...

Page 44: ...rial ATA Port 2 i e The SATA2 connector in this model Both SATA1 and SATA2 will be served each as one single IDE connector after selected as the following modes Mode Serial ATA Port 1 SATA1 Serial ATA Port 2 SATA2 Description IDE 3 Master IDE 4 Master SATA1 serves as IDE 3 Master SATA2 serves as IDE 4 Master OnChip IDE 1 and IDE 2 controller enabled Enhanced IDE 4 Master IDE 3 Master SATA1 serves ...

Page 45: ... key to enter its submenu OnChip USB Controller This option enables or disables the USB controller USB 2 0 Controller This option enables or disables the USB 2 0 controller USB Keyboard Support Via This item allows you to select BIOS for using USB keyboard in DOS environment or OS in OS environment USB Mouse Support Via This item allows you to select BIOS for using USB mouse in DOS environment or ...

Page 46: ...ed the printer port becomes unavailable 378 IRQ7 This option allows the parallel port to use 378 IRQ7 as its I O port address The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I O Port 378H as the standard setting 278 IRQ5 This option allows the parallel port to use 278 IRQ5 as its I O port address 3BC IRQ7 This option allows the parallel port to use 3BC IRQ7 as its I O port address ...

Page 47: ...This option enables or disables the IEEE 1394 controller Onboard LAN Controller This option enables or disables the LAN controller LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly Enhance Performance This option enhances the LAN performance by making it as the first priority among the PCI devices 3 6 Powe...

Page 48: ...utton Only Use only the power button to power on the system Keyboard 98 Use the power on button on the Keyboard 98 compatible keyboard to power on the system NOTE To enable this Power On function the wake up header of PS2 PWR1 USB PWR1 USB PWR2 must be set to Enabled position Please refer to the configuration of Wake up Header PS2 PWR1 USB PWR1 and USB PWR2 in section 2 4 chapter 2 NOTE The mouse ...

Page 49: ... regular power to a percentage during the STR Suspend To RAM state WakeUp by PME of PCI When set to Enabled access to the onboard LAN or a PCI card such as a modem or LAN card will cause the system to wake up The PCI card must support the wake up function WakeUp by Onboard LAN When set to Enabled you can remotely wake up a PC in Soft Off condition via a LAN card that support the wake up function W...

Page 50: ...oose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Resources menu IRQ Resources Click Enter key to enter its submenu This item sets each system interrupt to either PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards do not work with PCI VGA AS8 S...

Page 51: ...ifies the IRQ number manually or automatically for the devices installed on PCI slots For the relations between the hardware layout of PIRQ the signals from the ICH chipset INT means PCI slot IRQ signals and devices please refer to the table below Signals AGP LAN PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 IEEE 1394 PIRQ_0 Assignment INT A INT D PIRQ_1 Assignment INT B INT A PIRQ_2 Assignment INT A INT B PIRQ_3 Assig...

Page 52: ...oads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 3 10 Set Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself 3 11 Save Exit Setup This option saves your selections and exits the BIOS setup menu 3 12 Exit Without Saving This option exits the BIOS setup menu without saving any change AS8 Series ...

Page 53: ...stems please follow its on screen instructions Insert the Driver Utility CD into the CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Intel Chipset Software Utility The following screen appears 1 Click...

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Page 55: ...er Utility CD into the CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to the Drivers tab Click Intel Application Accelerator RAID The following screen appears NOTE To install this program you have to enable the item RAID...

Page 56: ...B 2 Appendix B Click Next 5 Click Finish to complete setup 6 AS8 Series ...

Page 57: ...nu NOTE If you want to create a RAID 0 striping array all the data stored in the hard disks will first be erased Please backup the hard disk data before starting to create the RAID array If you want to create a RAID 1 mirroring array please make sure which hard disk is the source disk and which one is the destination disk If you make a mistake you may copy the blank data to the source disk which w...

Page 58: ...evious menu 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 too Reset Disks to Non RAID This item allows you to reset all RAID data Type Y if you want to reset all RAID data Exit This item allows you to exit the Intel Serial ATA RAID Configuration Utility Type Y if you want to exit AS8 Series...

Page 59: ...ve it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Audio Driver The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to complete setup 3 After the system restar...

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Page 61: ...n screen instructions Insert the Driver Utility CD into the CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click LAN Driver The following screen appears Click Next 1 Click Finish to complete setup 2 User s...

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Page 63: ... Driver E 1 Appendix E Install USB 2 0 Driver NOTE The installation for USB 2 0 driver for Windows XP or Windows 2000 is currently available by updating the latest Service Pack from Microsoft s web site User s Manual ...

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Page 65: ... the Driver Utility CD into the CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to ABIT Utility tab Click ABIT uGuru The following screen appears 3 Click Next 4 Click Next 5 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now an...

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Page 67: ...terface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0E Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker 10 Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD DMI support 12 Use walking 1 s algorit...

Page 68: ...t according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 2B Invoke Video BIOS 2D 1 Initialize double byte language font Optional 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed full screen logo 33 Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is defined e g Winbond 977 series Super I O chips See also POST 63 35 Test DMA Channel 0 37 Test DMA Channel 1 39 Test DM...

Page 69: ...ard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6F 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 75 Detect install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76 Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 77 Detect serial ports parallel ports 7A Detect install co processor 7C Init HDD write protect 7F Switch bac...

Page 70: ... Enable L2 cache 2 Program Daylight Saving 3 Program boot up speed 4 Chipset final initialization 5 Power management final initialization 6 Clear screen display summary table 7 Program K6 write allocation 8 Program P6 class write combining 95 Update keyboard LED typematic rate 96 1 Build MP table 2 Build update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIR...

Page 71: ...D VDDA 2 5V voltage ready 8 D GMCHVTT voltage ready 8 E Check CPU fan speed 8 F Assert all power ready 9 0 Complete uGuru initial process AWARD BIOS take over booting job Power Off Sequence 9 1 Start power off sequence 9 2 De Assert all power 9 3 Se Assert power on 9 4 De Assert LDT Bus power 9 5 De Assert PWM for CPU core voltage 9 6 De Assert CPU core voltage 9 7 Check CPU core voltage 9 8 De As...

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Page 73: ...est the following three troubleshooting methods to discharge CMOS data recover the hardware default status and then make the motherboard working again No need to bother returning the motherboard to where you bought from or go through an RMA process Step 1 Switch off the power supply unit and then switch it on again after one minute If there is no power switch on the power supply unit disconnect it...

Page 74: ...y to start the system each time you insert a card until the system will not start Keep the VGA card and the interface card that caused the problem inserted on the motherboard remove any other cards or peripheral and start again If you still cannot start note the information related to both cards in the add on Card space provided and don t forget to indicate the motherboard model version BIOS ident...

Page 75: ...r Example In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ST31621A 1 6GB 8 CD ROM Drive Indicate the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive Specify if it uses IDE1 or IDE2 and check in case you give no indication we will consider that your CD ROM is IDE2 Master Example In the CD ROM drive space check the box in the Brand space write Mitsumi ...

Page 76: ...me Phone Number Contact Person Fax Number E mail Address Model BIOS ID Motherboard Model No DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications CPU HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory ADD ON CARD Problem Description AS8 Series ...

Page 77: ...ts have the best quality and compatibility In case you need service or technical support please understand the constraint we have and always check with the reseller who sold the product to you first To expedite service we recommend that you follow the procedures outlined below before contacting us With your help we can meet our commitment to provide the best service to the greatest number of ABIT ...

Page 78: ... or refund policies How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase 6 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 They will be more familiar with local conditions and problems and will have better insight as to which resell...

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Page 80: ...p www abit com tw 8 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 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...

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