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BIOS Update Guide

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User’s Manual

Appendix D. BIOS Update Guide

We will use the SE6 motherboard as an example. All other models follow the same process.

First, know

your motherboard’s model name and version number. You can find it on one slot or at the back of the
motherboard. 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 “

”. If you already have the latest BIOS, no any update

action is necessary. If your BIOS is not the latest BIOS, go on to the next step.

Summary of Contents for KG7

Page 1: ...cidental 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...

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Page 3: ... 3 1 CPU SETUP SOFT MENU III 3 3 3 2 STANDARD 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 23 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS SETUP MENU 3 30 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 3 33 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 3 34 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 3 34 3 11 SET PASSWORD 3 34 3 12 SAVE...

Page 4: ...E WINDOWS 2000 A 1 APPENDIX B AMD AGP MINIPORT DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 98 SE WINDOWS 2000 B 1 APPENDIX C INSTALLING THE VIA HARDWARE MONITOR SYSTEM C 1 APPENDIX D BIOS UPDATE GUIDE D 1 APPENDIX E TROUBLESHOOTING NEED ASSISTANCE E 1 APPENDIX F HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT F 1 ...

Page 5: ...0 function This means that it provides speedier HDD throughput boosting overall system performance Ultra DMA 100 is the new standard for IDE devices It enhances existing Ultra DMA 33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity This new high speed interface almost doubles the Ultra DMA 66 burst data transfer rate to 100 Mbytes sec The result is maximum disc performance using the cu...

Page 6: ... bus settings Ultra DMA 100 RAID For KG7 RAID Only HighPoint HPT 370A IDE controller Supports Ultra DMA 100MB 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 KG7 Lite Only Two 184 pin DIMM slots support PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM modules Support...

Page 7: ...HPT 370A IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 100 The driver for HPT 370A IDE controller supports IRQ sharing with other PCI devices But if you install a PCI card that doesn t allow IRQ sharing with 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 ...

Page 8: ...ble for master and slave Ultra DMA 100 Ultra DMA 66 or Ultra DMA 33 IDE devices KG7 Lite KG7 Only Two 80 wire 40 pin ribbon cable for master and slave Ultra DMA 100 Ultra DMA 66 or Ultra DMA 33 IDE devices KG7 RAID Only One ribbon cable for 5 25 and 3 5 floppy disk devices One compact disc for support drivers and utilities One USB cable One user s manual for the motherboard One floppy disk of HPT ...

Page 9: ...Introduction of KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID Features User s Manual 1 5 1 4 Layout Diagram for KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID Figure 1 1 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID motherboard component location ...

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Page 11: ...on 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 b...

Page 12: ...ach 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 2 shows you the way to affix the motherboard using studs or spacers Note If the mother...

Page 13: ...orce socket you can easily fix the processor firmly into position Figure 2 3 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 nee...

Page 14: ... 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 damag...

Page 15: ...tall the 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 reco...

Page 16: ... 主機板去順序請切勿弄錯支援單面和雙面密度 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組表 2 1 有效的記憶體組態區塊記憶體模組總記憶體 Bank 0 1 DDR DIMM 1 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 64 MB 1 GB KG7 KG7 RAID Bank 2 3 DDR DIMM 2 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 64 MB 1 GB KG7 KG7 RAID Bank 4 5 DDR DIMM 3 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 64 MB 1 GB KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID Bank 6 7 DDR DIMM 4 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 64 MB 1 GB KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 R...

Page 17: ...4 的 DIMM 插槽均是步驟五將 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組如圖 2 6 所示插入 DIMM 插槽請注意記憶體模組的楔子是如何對應到 DIMM 插槽的卡榫之此種設計可確保 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組僅能由個方向插到 DIMM 插槽之步驟六 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組安裝好之後您就可以將電腦機殼蓋回機身去或是您仍要繼續做其它的動作均可注意當您將 DDR DIMM 記憶體模組完全插入 DIMM 插槽時模組退出固定夾應該會將 DIMM 記憶體模組自兩側卡緊並緊緊固定住記憶體模組您從外觀很難區分 PC1600 與 PC2100 DDR SDRAM 模組辨識它們唯方法是觀察模組面的標籤標籤會告訴您該記憶體模組是何種架構的模組 ...

Page 18: ...ure connectors Figure 2 7 All Connectors and Headers for the KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID First Let s see the headers that KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID uses and what their 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 t...

Page 19: ...age If you reverse the polarity of AC plug it may affect the 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 header Attach the connector from the CPU fan to the header named FAN4 ond connector from the chassis fan to...

Page 20: ...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 simi...

Page 21: ...n procedure decides which master gets priority You can connect the ABIT Postman to this header or other devices which utilizes the SM Bus Note Watch the pin position and the orientation 7 TCPU1 TSYS1 Temperature Thermistor The TCPU1 is used to detect the CPU temperature The TSYS1 is used to detect the system environment temperature You can see the readings in the BIOS or the VIA hardware monitorin...

Page 22: ...d make sure this jumper is set for normal operation pin 1 and 2 shorted See Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 CCMOS1 jumper setting Note Before you clear the CMOS you have to first turn the power off including the 5V standby power Otherwise your system may work abnormally After updating your BIOS and before boot up please clear the CMOS first Then put the jumper to its default position After that you can rebo...

Page 23: ... correctly Note Watch the power LED pin position and orientation PN1 Pin 6 7 HDD LED Header Attach the cable from the case s front panel HDD LED to this header If you install it in the wrong direction the LED light will not illuminate correctly Note Watch the HDD LED pin position and the orientation PN1 Pin 8 9 Power on Switch Header Attach the cable from the case s front panel power switch to thi...

Page 24: ...er data PIN 8 Ground PIN 8 No connection PIN 9 Power On Off signal PIN 9 LED power PIN 10 Ground PIN 10 Suspend active PN1 PIN 11 Suspend signal PN2 PIN 11 No connection 11 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 you can even connect a 3 Mode floppy disk drive it s a 3 1 2...

Page 25: ...IDE3 and IDE4 See the Chapter 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 drives documentation for jumper settings The first drive connected to IDE1 is usually referred to as Primary Master and the second drive as Primary Slav...

Page 26: ...r adapter then you can connect your AT keyboard to this connector We suggest you use a PS 2 keyboard for best compatibility 14 PS 2 Mouse Connector Attach a PS 2 mouse to this 6 pin Din connector 15 USB Port Connectors This motherboard provides two USB ports Attach the USB connector from the individual device to these connectors You can attach USB devices such as a scanner digital speakers monitor...

Page 27: ...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 connects to the printer You can connect other devices that support this communication protocol like an EPP ECP scanner etc Note This chapter contains many color drawing diagram and photos we strongly recommend you to read this chapter use t...

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Page 29: ...computer will crash and 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 Erase CMOS data in Chapter 2 When you start the computer the BIOS program controls it The BIOS first operates an a...

Page 30: ...IOS 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 sto...

Page 31: ...ny time to display all the items that can be chosen for that option Figure 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 p...

Page 32: ...ents on the motherboard or peripherals is not our responsibility Multiplier Factor Three are several settings shown as below x5 x5 5 x6 x6 5 x7 x7 5 x8 x8 5 x9 x9 5 x10 x10 5 x11 x11 5 x12 x13 Above x13 CPU FSB Clock MHz You can increase the CPU FSB clock speed here This means that you can independently increase the CPU FSB clock speed The DEC decimal numbers from 100 to 200 are available with the...

Page 33: ...ed for its brand Turn the power supply off and change the CPU Then turn the system on again and set up the CPU parameters through SOFT MENU III Method 2 Since you have to open the computer case when you change the CPU it could be a good idea to use the CCMOS jumper to erase the parameters of the original CPU and to enter BIOS Setup to set up CPU parameters again Attention After setting up the para...

Page 34: ... Standard CMOS Setup Screen Shot Date mm dd yy You can set the date in this item month mm date dd and year yy Time hh mm ss You can set the time in this item hour hh minute mm and second ss 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 Mas...

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: ... you 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 block...

Page 37: ...e 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 ope...

Page 38: ...empts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items floppy disk drive A LS120 ZIP100 devices hard drive 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 Back to Floppy KG7 Lite KG7 Only Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 H...

Page 39: ...not and will choose the right settings for you The default is Enabled Typematic Rate Setting This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate When set to Enabled you can set the two keyboard typematic controls that follow Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay If this item is set to Disabled the BIOS will use the default setting The default setting is Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec When...

Page 40: ...eo BIOS Shadow This option is used to define whether the BIOS on the video card uses the shadow feature or not You should set this option to Enabled otherwise the display performance of the system will greatly decrease Shadowing address ranges This option allows you to decide if the ROM BIOS area of an interface card at a specific address uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface car...

Page 41: ... Figure 3 5A Advanced Chipset Features Setup Upper Screen Figure 3 5B Advanced Chipset Features Setup Lower 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 screen are for system designers service personnel and technically competent us...

Page 42: ...s are available Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Disabled This option is used to free up the memory block 15M 16M Some special peripherals need to use a memory block located between 15M and 16M We recommend that you disable this option Chipset Driving Control All these items provide you the capability to adjust the transistor drive strengh for CPU AGP Memory Address DDR command and clock...

Page 43: ...lows the AGP driving value to be automatically set according to your display card When you choose Manual the following six items will available to set by yourself It is recommended this field be set at Auto in order to avoid any errors in your system Driving Strength This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving strength You can key in the HEX number into this section The minimum number is 0000 a...

Page 44: ...ptions are available 0 1 2 3 The default setting is 2 This item can control the N transistor drive strength of the MA Memory Address DDR CMD Configuration Two options are available Auto or Manual The default setting is Auto When you choose Manual the following four items will available for you to set It is recommended this field be set at Auto in order to avoid any errors in your system CMD RiseEd...

Page 45: ...P device The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory addresses Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation See www agpforum org for AGP information AGP ISA Aliasing Two options are available Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Enabled When set to Enabled the AGP virtual address space size register bit 16...

Page 46: ...ed after all reads with errors Super Bypass Mode Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Enabled When set to Enabled IGD4 internally bypasses certain memory to CPU pipe stages for optimal performance This item may only be set to Enabled if both of the following are true 1 System is single processor or system is dual processor and only CPU0 1st processor is present 2 CP...

Page 47: ... is 3 Cycle Trcd timing value RAS to CAS latency rd wr command delay Read Wait State Two options are available 0 Cycle and 1 Cycle The default setting is 1 Cycle This item bit determines whether a wait state must be added before returning the read data from the memory to the requester This bit should be programmed depending on the overall round trip timing Note that this bit must not be set if the...

Page 48: ... 1 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled Master Drive PIO Mode Auto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Default You can select the PIO mode from 0 to 4 of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Slave Drive PIO Mode Auto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data trans...

Page 49: ...y IDE Prefetch Mode Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Enabled The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching Init Display First Two options are available PCI Slot or AGP The default setting is...

Page 50: ...8 IRQ3 If you choose Disabled then item Onboard IR Function will disappear Onboard IR Function Three options are available Disable IrDA ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR The default setting is Disabled When you select the item IrDA or ASKIR then the following two items will appear IR Function Duplex Two options are available Full or Half The default setting is Half Select the value required by the IR...

Page 51: ...em power state when power recovers If you set it to Off when power returns whatever state your computer was in before the power failure the system will always turn off If you set it to On when power returns whatever state your computer was in before the power failure the system will always turn on If you set it to Former Sts when the power returns the computer return to the previous power state 3 ...

Page 52: ...y you should notice two things One is your operating system must support ACPI as of now only Microsoft Windows 98 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 man...

Page 53: ...r state The table below describes which devices or specific events can wake the computer 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 S...

Page 54: ... ON state for a given device state can be in that device state In all other cases the device is in the D3 off state Devices that are enabled to wake the system and that can do so from their current device state can initiate a hardware event which transitions the system state to S0 This transition causes the processor to begin execution at its boot location The BIOS performs initialization of core ...

Page 55: ...ff the screen select Blank Screen If your monitor and video card support DMPS standard select DPMS Support Soft Off by PBTN 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 than four seconds while the system is in the working state then the system will transition to the soft off Power off by software T...

Page 56: ...ctivity during this time period any event will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Resume events are operations or signals that cause the computer to resume time counting IRQ Wakeup Events The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests When 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 t...

Page 57: ...setting is Off When set to On any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system that has powered 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 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...

Page 58: ...A I O port memory information of the system This is a specification and a feature specific to the Plug Play BIOS Resources Controlled By When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification require a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 ...

Page 59: ...e Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Default setting is Auto This item allows the system to automatically specify the IRQ number for the device installed on PCI slots Which means 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 when you want to fix the IRQ for a specific device For example if you want to move your h...

Page 60: ...you must make sure that your OS and PCI devices driver support IRQ sharing function PCI slot 5 shares IRQ signals with the HPT 370A IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 100 The driver for HPT 370A IDE controller supports IRQ sharing with other PCI devices But if you install a PCI card that doesn t allow IRQ sharing with other devices into PCI slot 5 you may encounter some problems Furthermore if your...

Page 61: ... system to shutdown If the CPU fan is working well the system will operate normally If the CPU fan suddenly stops rotating during use the BIOS is unable to shutdown the system Therefore it is still best to use another application which can monitor and shutdown the system under the operating system The BIOS only monitors this situation under the boot sequence All Voltages Fans Speed and Thermal Mon...

Page 62: ...ill clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot a...

Page 63: ...rn your system off The 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 Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect Th...

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Page 65: ...oring 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 KG7 RAID Enter Advanced BIOS Features...

Page 66: ...s 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 t...

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: ...isk 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: ... 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 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID 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...

Page 72: ...es 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 co...

Page 73: ... After 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 Windo...

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 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID 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 curso...

Page 76: ...system 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 Th...

Page 77: ...out 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: ...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 provided ...

Page 80: ...rs 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 Noemally 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 t...

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: ...ish 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 ...

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: ...an install VIA Service Pack first then install AMD AGP Miniport driver or you wan to reverse the sequence Step 1 Move the cursor to AMD AGP Miniport Driver and click on it You will go to the next screen Then you ll see the language menu choose the language you want or choose English to go on Windows 98 SE Only Step 2 You will now see the welcome screen and its dialogue box Click Next to go on Wind...

Page 86: ...B 2 Appendix B KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID Step 4 When the installation is complete the installer will ask you to restart your computer Click OK to restart your computer and load the driver Windows 2000 ...

Page 87: ...anent 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 VIA Hardware Monitor System and use it Insert the KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID CD Title into your CD ROM drive It should execute the program automatically If not you can go to the CD location and execute the ex...

Page 88: ...lder for the destination location you want to install the drivers We suggest you use the default folder as the destination location After checking the folder click Next button You can choose the name of the program folder We suggest you use the default program folder name After checking the program folder name then click Next button Program will start to install drivers system need ...

Page 89: ... automatically terminate the install process When the installation is complete the installer will ask you to restart your computer Click OK to restart your computer and load the driver Windows 2000 only You can call the program from Start toolbar then choose Programs You will see the item called VIA HM VIA Hardware Monitor Click it then you can see the screen below ...

Page 90: ...D This screen show the VIA hardware monitor system screen It shows the information about system temperature voltages and fan speed Some items can let you set the warning range you can accordance your system to make optimize value setting ...

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: ...ite 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 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID 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 ...

Page 95: ... it on the 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 CPU DRAM COAST HDD CD ROM FDD VGA CARD MPEG CARD SCSI CARD SOUND CARD etc After the system is assembled if you cannot boot up check the key components of the system us...

Page 96: ...UFFERS 36 REM DEVICEHIGH 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 Te...

Page 97: ... uses 1 IDE1 or 1IDE2 and check 2 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 in the Specifications space write FX 400D 9 System Memory DDR SDRAM Indicate the brand and specifications DDR DIMM of your system memory Like Density Description Module Components Module Part Number CAS La...

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 ...

Page 99: ...g 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...

Page 100: ...m Company Name 3 Phone Number Contact Person Fax Number 4 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 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: ...els 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 avo...

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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