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How to Get Technical Support

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North America and South America:

ABIT Computer (U.S.A.) Corporation

45531 Northport Loop West,
Fremont, California 94538, U.S.A.
Tel: 1-510-623-0500
Fax: 1-510-623-1092

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U.K. and Ireland:

ABIT Computer (U.K.) Corporation Ltd.

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Stevenage, Herts SG1 4QX, U.K.
Tel: 44-1438-228888
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Germany, Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Switzerland:

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Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia:

Asguard Computer Ges.m.b.H

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Tel: 43-1-7346709
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User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for BE7-G

Page 1: ...BE7 Series BE7 G BE7 S BE7 RAID BE7 B BE7 Socket 478 System Board User s Manual 4200 0329 02 Rev 1 00...

Page 2: ...l 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 bra...

Page 3: ...ER 2 HARDWARE SETUP 2 1 2 1 INSTALL THE MOTHERBOARD 2 1 2 2 INSTALL PENTIUM 4 CPU AND HEATSINK SUPPORTING BASE 2 2 2 3 INSTALL SYSTEM MEMORY 2 3 2 4 CONNECTORS HEADERS AND SWITCHES 2 4 CHAPTER 3 BIOS...

Page 4: ...IX D INSTALL LAN DRIVER D 1 APPENDIX E INSTALL USB 2 0 DRIVER E 1 APPENDIX F INSTALL SERIAL ATA RAID DRIVER FOR BE7 G BE7 S F 1 APPENDIX G HPT 372 SETUP FOR BE7 RAID G 1 APPENDIX H BIOS UPDATE GUIDE H...

Page 5: ...BIT Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 Intel Socket 478 2GB DDR Zero Insertion Force ZIF Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU CPU Pentium 4 Socket 478 1 Socket 478 Pentium 4 2 CPU 90 CPU CPU CPU 3 CPU CPU 4 5 6 Use...

Page 6: ...2 BE7 PCB 3 184 DDR DIMM DDR SDRAM 64MB 2GB DDR DIMM DIMM DIMM DDR DIMM DIMM DDR DIMM DIMM DDR DIMM DIMM1 DIMM3 SCSI AGP J3 J5 ATX J3 J5 BIOS BIOS BE7 Series...

Page 7: ...3 BE7 ABIT Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 2GB DDR Intel Socket 478 ZIF Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPU CPU Pentium 4 Socket 478 1 Socket 478 Pentium 4 PCB 2 CPU 90 CPU CPU 1 CPU 3 CPU CPU 4 4 5 6 User s Ma...

Page 8: ...4 BE7 3 184 DDR DIMM 64 MB 2GB DDR SDRAM DDR DIMM DDR DIMM 1 DDR DIMM DDR DIMM DDR DIMM DIMM1 DIMM3 1 1 SCSI AGP J3 J5 J3 J5 BIOS BIOS Setup BE7 Series...

Page 9: ...Sie die Basis des K hlblechs am Motherboard an Achtung Wenn Sie ein speziell f r den Pentium 4 entworfenes Geh use verwenden achten Sie bitte auf die Lage der Metallbolzen oder Abstandhalter falls di...

Page 10: ...pfehlen wir Ihnen die Best ckung von DIMM1 zu DIMM3 in dieser Reihenfolge Danach m ssen Sie alle n tigen Ger tekabel mit den entsprechenden Sockeln und Anschl ssen auf der Hauptplatine verbinden um di...

Page 11: ...m 4 Socket 478 1 Placez le Socket 478 Fixez la base support du dissipateur thermique sur la carte m re Attention Si vous utilisez un ch ssis con u sp cialement pour Pentium 4 veuillez faire attention...

Page 12: ...DIMM Pour ces modules nous vous sugg rons de remplir de DIMM1 DIMM3 en respectant l ordre Ensuite vous aurez connecter les c bles de tous les p riph riques n cessaires dans les socles de connexion et...

Page 13: ...BE7 c 9 BE7 c ABIT Intel Socket 478 Intel Socket 478 DDR 2 ZIP Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 Pentium 4 Socket 478 1 Socket 478 Pentium 4 2 90 3 4 5 6 User s Manual...

Page 14: ...10 BE7 c 3 184 DDR DIMM 64 2 DDR SDRAM DDR DIMM DDR DIMM DDR DIMM DDR DIMM DDR DIMM DIMM1 DIMM3 SCSI AGP J3 J5 ATX J3 J5 BIOS BIOS Setup BE7 Series...

Page 15: ...zzare la presa Socket 478 Fissare la base di supporto dispersore di calore sulla scheda madre Attenzione Se si impiega un telaio progettato specificatamente per il processore Pentium 4 prestare attenz...

Page 16: ...M Per questi moduli si suggerisce di inserire con ordine i chip elettronici da DIMM1 a DIMM3 Per completare l installazione dell hardware del sistema bisogna collegare tutti i cavi delle attrezzature...

Page 17: ...7 S BE7 RAID BE7 B BE7 5 Serial ATA 150 For BE7 G BE7 S Onboard Silicon Image Serial ATA PCI Controller Support 2 ports SATA 150 1 5G bps 6 ATA133 RAID For BE7 RAID HighPoint HPT372 IDE controller Sup...

Page 18: ...connector AUDIO1 connector Rear Left Rear Right Center Subwoofer AUDIO2 connector Mic In Line In Front Left Front Right 2 x USB 1 x RJ 45 LAN Connector 11 Miscellaneous ATX form factor Hardware Monito...

Page 19: ...Introduction 1 3 1 2 Layout Diagram BE7 G User s Manual...

Page 20: ...1 4 Chapter 1 1 3 Layout Diagram BE7 S BE7 Series...

Page 21: ...Introduction 1 5 1 4 Layout Diagram BE7 RAID User s Manual...

Page 22: ...1 6 Chapter 1 1 5 Layout Diagram BE7 B BE7 Series...

Page 23: ...Introduction 1 7 1 6 Layout Diagram BE7 User s Manual...

Page 24: ...1 8 Chapter 1 1 8 Chapter 1 BE7 Series BE7 Series...

Page 25: ...attached on and at the same time prevented from short circuits There are two ways to attach the motherboard to the chassis base use with studs or use with spacers Figure 2 1 shows the shape of studs a...

Page 26: ...socket lever sideways away from the socket and then upwards to 90 degree Insert the CPU with the correct orientation Do not use extra force to insert CPU it only fit in one orientation Closing down th...

Page 27: ...atic electricity can damage the electronic components of the computer or optional boards Before starting these procedures ensure that you are discharged of static electricity by touching a grounded me...

Page 28: ...apter 1 for all the position of connectors and headers on the board that you may refer to All the connectors headers and switches mentioned here are depending on your system configuration Some feature...

Page 29: ...Hardware Setup 2 5 2 FAN Connectors FAN1 Power Fan FAN2 Chassis Fan FAN3 CPU Fan FAN1 CPU Fan FAN2 Chassis Fan FAN3 Power Fan User s Manual...

Page 30: ...t pin 2 and pin 3 only when you want to clear the CMOS memory The default setting is pin 1 and pin 2 shorted for normal operation NOTE Turn the power off first including the 5V standby power before cl...

Page 31: ...rovides totally six USB 2 0 ports controlled by ICH4 Two of them are through the onboard USB connectors four of them are capable through these two headers Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2...

Page 32: ...for connecting switches and LED indicators on the chassis front panel Watch the power LED pin position and orientation The mark align to the pin in the figure below stands for positive polarity for th...

Page 33: ...onnects to the System Speaker cable of chassis Pin 2 4 SP LED Connects to the Suspend LED cable if there is one of chassis front panel Pin 6 8 PWR ON Connects to the Power Switch cable of chassis fron...

Page 34: ...extenson 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...

Page 35: ...transfer If more than one master simultaneously tries to control the bus an arbitration procedure decides which master gets priority 9 JP1 Thermal Sensor Header This connector is a thermal sensor conn...

Page 36: ...2 12 Chapter 2 10 CD1 AUX1 Internal Audio Connector These connectors connect to the audio output of internal CD ROM drive or add on card BE7 Series...

Page 37: ...ware Setup 2 13 11 AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot This slot supports an optional AGP graphics card up to AGP 4X mode Please refer to our Web site for more information on graphics cards User s Man...

Page 38: ...k drives connection Connect the single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to this FDC1 and the two connectors on the other end to the floppy disk drives Generally you need only one floppy disk d...

Page 39: ...Hardware Setup 2 15 13 IDE1 IDE2 and IDE3 IDE4 Connectors User s Manual...

Page 40: ...onfigure the second drive to Slave mode after the first Master drive Please refer to the drives documentation for jumper settings The first drive connected to IDE1 is usually referred to as Primary Ma...

Page 41: ...Connector For BE7 G BE7 S These two connectors are provided to attach one serial ATA device at each channel through Serial ATA cable It is also possible to connect legacy IDE hard disk through an opt...

Page 42: ...m mouse or other devices that support this communication protocol OPT1 This connector provides an S PDIF out connection through optical fiber to digital multimedia devices AUDIO1 R L R R Rear Left Rea...

Page 43: ...OS data in Chapter 2 When you start the computer the BIOS program controls it The BIOS first operates an auto diagnostic test called POST Power On Self Test for all of the necessary hardware It then c...

Page 44: ...ying that his or her CMOS DATA was lost What is the CMOS Is it important The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have configured This memory is passive You can read its data...

Page 45: ...the CPU type CPU Operating Speed This option sets the CPU speed In this field the CPU speed is indicated like this CPU Speed External Clock x Multiplier Factor Select the CPU speed according the type...

Page 46: ...fixed and 33MHz fixed The default setting is Ext Clock 3 Multiplier Factor The multiplier factors for this motherboard are x8 x9 x10 x11 x12 These factors vary with the different type and specificati...

Page 47: ...nce you have to open the computer case when you change the CPU it would be a good idea to use the CMOS clearing jumper to erase the parameters of the original CPU and to enter BIOS Setup to set up CPU...

Page 48: ...tup 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 an...

Page 49: ...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 a...

Page 50: ...or logical blocks that function as the smallest units of data permit You can configure this item to sectors per track The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 255 Dri...

Page 51: ...OS and applications This option is for CPU with Hyper Threading Technology only For more information on Hyper Threading Technology please visit Intel Web site at http www intel com homepage land hype...

Page 52: ...Settings Off At boot up the Numeric Keypad is in cursor control mode Disable Unused PCI Clock This option disables the clock of PCI slot that is not in use Security Option This option can be set to S...

Page 53: ...u use OS 2 select OS2 if you are using another operating system select Non OS2 The default setting is Non OS2 Report No FDD For OS When you are running some older Windows version without floppy drive...

Page 54: ...he consequences of your changes The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario...

Page 55: ...M and 16M and this memory block has a size of 1M We recommend that you disable this option Delayed Transaction Two options are available Enabled and Disabled The default setting is Disabled Set the op...

Page 56: ...for two IDE channels If you choose Disabled it will affect the settings of four items not available For example if you disabled the OnChip IDE 1 Controller you will also disable the Master Slave Drive...

Page 57: ...p IDE 2 Controller The description is same as the OnChip IDE 1 Controller OnChip PCI Device s Press Enter key to enter the OnChip PCI Device s menu OnChip USB Controller Two options are available Enab...

Page 58: ...133RAID controller When set to Enabled two additional channels will be provided for adding high performance devices to system Serial ATA Controller For BE7 G and BE7 S This item selects the onboard Se...

Page 59: ...to find out which setting is correct Use IR Pins Two options are available RxD2 TxD2 and IR Rx2Tx2 The default setting is IR Rx2Tx2 If you choose RxD2 TxD2 your motherboard must support a COM port IR...

Page 60: ...luding bus and device enumeration and APM functionality normally contained in the BIOS Power management control of individual devices add in cards some add in cards may require an ACPI aware driver vi...

Page 61: ...enerally ACPI has six states System S0 state S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S1 and S3 states are described below The S1 POS State POS means Power On Suspend While the system is in the S1 sleeping state its behavior i...

Page 62: ...s that could be left ON in the S2 state might not be available to the S3 state As such additional devices can be required to be in logically lower D0 D1 D2 or D3 state for S3 than S2 Similarly some de...

Page 63: ...and USB connection Mouse Left Mouse Right means you need to double click the mouse left right button for the computer to power on You also need to note the compatibility issue with your PS 2 mouse Som...

Page 64: ...t memory information of the system This is a specification and a feature specific to the Plug Play BIOS Resources Controlled By Two options are available Auto ESCD and Manual Default setting is Auto E...

Page 65: ...it may cause the USB port to malfunction or have other problems PCI Latency Timer CLK This option selects the controls for the amount of time that the ICH arbiter allows a PCI initiator to perform mu...

Page 66: ...you can check the fan speeds and power supply voltages of your computer system The features are useful for monitoring all the important parameters within your computer system We call it the PC Health...

Page 67: ...ning message to the PC speakers of when the temperature goes beyond either limit You can select the temperatures you want The ranges are from 30 C 86 F to 120 C 248 F default setting is 75 C 167 F All...

Page 68: ...Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 3 10 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 3 13 Load Optimized Defaults Screen Shot When you press Enter on...

Page 69: ...r the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled...

Page 70: ...e next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again 3 13 Exit Without Saving Figur...

Page 71: ...low its on screen instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of th...

Page 72: ...A 2 Appendix A A 2 Appendix A BE7 Series BE7 Series...

Page 73: ...ed on Windows XP operating system For those of other OS please follow its on screen instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically...

Page 74: ...B 2 Appendix B 5 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to complete setup BE7 Series...

Page 75: ...xecution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Driver tab Click RealTek ALC650 Audio Driver The following screen...

Page 76: ...C 2 Appendix C Note To keep a normal operation of 5 1 speakers output please do not change the settings of Line In and Mic In in this menu BE7 Series...

Page 77: ...the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu For BE7 and BE7 RAID After entering the installation menu move your curser to Driver tab Click RealTek LAN Driver Th...

Page 78: ...finished the driver installation check the Network adapters in the Device Manager You will find the Broadcom 440x 10 100 Integrated Controller is successfully installed Select Broadcom 440x 10 100 In...

Page 79: ...ndows 2000 After entering the installation menu move your curser to Driver tab Click Broadcom Gigabit LAN Driver The following screen appears 1 Click MAKEDISK UTILITY 2 Click Next Click Yes 3 Select W...

Page 80: ...k 7 The setup wizard finish copying files to floppy disk Click OK to exit 8 Check Device Manager Click Ethernet Controller 9 Select Driver tab in the Ethernet Controller Properties Click Update Driver...

Page 81: ...Select Search for a suitable driver for my device Click Next 12 Select Floppy disk drives Click Next 13 Click Next Click Finish 14 15 Back to the Ethernet Controller Properties Click Close to finish d...

Page 82: ...D 6 Appendix D 16 Check Device Manager again Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet is successfully upgraded BE7 Series...

Page 83: ...D into 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 i...

Page 84: ...E 2 Appendix E BE7 Series...

Page 85: ...rive 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 men...

Page 86: ...F 2 Appendix F F 2 Appendix F BE7 Series BE7 Series...

Page 87: ...instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into 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 th...

Page 88: ...ck Yes 7 Click Next 8 Click Next 9 Click Yes if you want to add a shortcut to startup folder Click Finish to end the setup 10 11 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to comple...

Page 89: ...ID 0 1 For the striping operation the identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase system performance The Mirroring operation creates a complete backup of your files Striping with...

Page 90: ...ll result in both hard disks becoming blank Option 1 Create RAID This item allows you to create a RAID array Array Mode This item allows you to select the appropriate RAID mode for the desired array T...

Page 91: ...press Enter key to enter the sub menu as shown below Select Source Disk This item selects the source disk The size of source disk must be smaller or equal to the size of target disk Select Target Disk...

Page 92: ...Menu and press Enter to confirm 2 In the Channel Status select the channel you would like to set and press Enter an asterisk mark appears in the parentheses to indicate that the channel has been sele...

Page 93: ...he model name and version number of this motherboard You can find a sticker with model name and version number on one slot or at the back of the motherboard 2 Find out the current BIOS ID For example...

Page 94: ...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 After formatting and t...

Page 95: ...BIOS Update Guide H 3 6 Boot off floppy disk Please set the first boot sequence as floppy in BIOS and boot off the floppy disk User s Manual...

Page 96: ...le Otherwise it may cause system malfunctions Please do not use the Award flash memory writer version earlier than Version 7 52C to flash the BIOS Otherwise it may cause flash fail or un anticipated p...

Page 97: ...e any item is out of its normal range a warning message pops up reminding you to take proper measures The installation procedures and screen shots in this section are based on Windows XP operating sys...

Page 98: ...ate it in the Configuration page Shutdown Choosing this button will shutdown the computer Help You can read more information and self diagnose simple problems If the warning message pops up due to the...

Page 99: ...went to sleep When idle STR enabled systems consume only a small fraction of the power used for full operation Instead of shutting down the system to save power when not in use and then having to reb...

Page 100: ...Computer 2 Click Stand by Method 2 Define the chassis s Power button to initiate STR sleep Mode 1 Open Control Panel and then enter Power Options 2 Select Advanced tab Set the Power Buttons option to...

Page 101: ...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 Swit...

Page 102: ...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...

Page 103: ...r HDD s specify if the HDD is using IDE1 or IDE2 If you know the disk capacity indicate it and check in case you give no indication we will consider that your HDD is IDE1 Master Example In the HDD spa...

Page 104: ...l known issue of Windows 95 98 s FDISK utility If an IBM 75GB hard disk DTLA 307075 only gets 7768MB in Windows 95 98 s FDISK utility please contact Microsoft for a latest version of FDISK utility or...

Page 105: ...LTED when booting A There isn t any activated primary partition in you system Please use FDISK or any other utilities to create set one Do Don t 1 Do always use the same model drives to achieve best q...

Page 106: ...e 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...

Page 107: ...s 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...

Page 108: ...egrated and sold the system to you They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem They should have reasonable return or refund policies How they serve you is also a good refe...

Page 109: ...Fax 44 1438 226333 sales abitcomputer co uk technical abitcomputer co uk Germany Benelux Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Denmark Norway Sweden Finland and Switzerland AMOR Computer B V ABIT s European...

Page 110: ...2974 Paris La Defense cedex France Fax 33 1 5858 0047 http www abit com tw All other territories not covered above please contact Taiwan Head Office When contacting our headquarters please Note we are...

Page 111: ...n 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 n...

Page 112: ...L 6 Appendix L Thank You ABIT Computer Corporation http www abit com tw BE7 Series...

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