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FlashMenu (BIOS Update Utility) 

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Appendix G.  FlashMenu (BIOS Update Utility) 

 

The installation procedures and screen shots in 
this section are based 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. 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 [FlashMenu]. 
The following screen appears. 

 

1. 

Click [Next]. 

 

2. 

Click [Next]. 

 

Click [Next]. 

3. 

 

Click [Finish] to complete setup. 

4. 

 

5. 

Execute the FlashMenu by entering the 

Windows Menu [Start] 

 [Programs] 

 

[ABIT] 

 [FlashMenu]. 

User’s Manual 

Summary of Contents for KV7-V

Page 1: ...KV7 Series KV7 KV7 V AMD Athlon XP System Board Socket 462 User s Manual 4200 0380 12 Rev 1 01...

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: ...y 2 7 5 Wake up Header 2 8 6 Front Panel Switches Indicators Headers 2 9 7 Additional USB Port Headers 2 10 8 Front Panel Audio Connection Header 2 11 9 Internal Audio Connectors 2 13 10 Accelerated G...

Page 4: ...in 1 Driver A 1 Appendix B Install Audio Driver B 1 Appendix C Install LAN Driver C 1 Appendix D Install VIA USB 2 0 Driver D 1 Appendix E Install Serial ATA RAID Driver E 1 Appendix F ABIT EQ The Har...

Page 5: ...ed DDR 266 Max 3GB 4 ABIT Engineered ABIT SoftMenu Technology ABIT FanEQ Technology ABIT EQ Technology ABIT Audio EQ Technology ABIT FlashMenu Technology 5 Serial ATA 150 RAID 2 channels of Serial ATA...

Page 6: ...onnector Rear Left Rear Right Center Subwoofer S PDIF Output Mic In Line In Front Left Front Right KV7 1x AUDIO2 connector Mic In Line In Line Out KV7 V 4x USB 2 0 1x RJ 45 LAN Connector 10 Miscellane...

Page 7: ...Introduction 1 3 1 2 Layout Diagram KV7 User s Manual...

Page 8: ...1 4 Chapter 1 1 3 Layout Diagram KV7 V KV7 Series...

Page 9: ...the tip of the spacers and insert them into the slots After doing this to all the slots you can slide the board into position aligned with slots After the board has been positioned check to make sure...

Page 10: ...e to insert CPU it only fit in one direction Close the CPU release lever 3 Remove the plastic film adhesive on the heatsink Make sure the stepped portion of the heatsink is facing toward the end of th...

Page 11: ...re installing or removing memory modules 1 Locate the DIMM slot on the board 2 Hold two edges of the DIMM module carefully keep away of touching its connectors 3 Align the notch key on the module with...

Page 12: ...r 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 com...

Page 13: ...The CPU must be kept cool by using a powerful fan with heatsink The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan CPUFAN1 CPU Fan NBFAN1 Chipset Fan SYSFAN1 System Fan AUXFAN1 AUXFAN2 Auxil...

Page 14: ...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...

Page 15: ...mode Short pin 2 and pin 3 for Strapping from Hardware to allow the CPU hardware controls the timing of S2K bus for a better system flexibility The default setting is pin 1 and pin 2 shorted for Stra...

Page 16: ...rd 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 funct...

Page 17: ...ion 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...

Page 18: ...These headers each provide 2 additional USB 2 0 ports connection through an USB cable designed for USB 2 0 specifications Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 D...

Page 19: ...nson 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 KV7 Pin Pin Assignment Pin...

Page 20: ...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 Ch...

Page 21: ...l CD ROM drive or add on card 10 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot This slot supports an optional AGP graphics card up to AGP 8X mode Please refer to our Web site for more information on graphics cards A...

Page 22: ...ne end of the ribbon cable into the FDC1 connector The colored edge of the ribbon cable should be aligned with pin 1 of FDC1 connector 2 Install the other end s of ribbon cable into the disk drive con...

Page 23: ...on cable to the connectors on hard drives 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...

Page 24: ...ne Serial ATA device at each channel via Serial ATA cable A RAID 0 or RAID 1 array is also available by software configuration To enable the SATA1 and SATA2 controller the item OnChip SATA Device must...

Page 25: ...o 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 S PDIF Out This connector p...

Page 26: ...ut from external audio sources Line Out Connects to the front left and front right channel in the 5 1 channel or regular 2 channel audio system LAN Connects to Local Area Network USB1 USB2 Connects to...

Page 27: ...memory 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...

Page 28: ...ystem hangs hard disk drive data lose abnormal functioning of the VGA card or abnormal functioning with other add on cards Using non specification settings for your CPU is not the intention of this ex...

Page 29: ...s are available at Normal to Fast or at Fast to Normal This will depends which state you choose If you set this item from at Fast to to Normal when you reboot the system and finish the POST process th...

Page 30: ...he current date in the format of Month Date and Year Time hh mm ss This item sets the time you specify usually the current time in the format of Hour Minute and Second IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE...

Page 31: ...linder 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 La...

Page 32: ...d All But Keyboard The system boot will stop for all errors except a keyboard error All But Diskette The system boot will stop for all errors except a diskette error All But Disk Key The system boot w...

Page 33: ...will appear USB Flash Disk Type This item selects the type for your USB flash disk First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and t...

Page 34: ...certain rate Unit milliseconds Four options are available 250 500 750 1000 Back to 250 The default setting is 250 Security Option This item determines when the system will prompt for password every t...

Page 35: ...ch to initialize and to prepare for activation Disable Unuse DIMM PCI Clk This option disables the clock of DIMM PCI slot that is not in use Yes The system automatically detect the unused DIMM and PCI...

Page 36: ...n Bank Interleave Three options are available Disabled 2 Way 4 Way The default setting is Disabled Depending on your SDRAM module structure the 4 Way setting can offer the best performance If you choo...

Page 37: ...ou set to Manual then the next item will be available Input Delay Value This item allows you to adjust the data input strobe delay time of memory You can key in the HEX number into this section DDR DQ...

Page 38: ...Master 1 WS Write Two options are available Disabled Enabled The default setting is Disabled This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus When you set it to Enabled two wait states are u...

Page 39: ...one state before data is written to the PCI bus CPU to PCI Post Write Two options are available Enabled or Disabled The default is Enabled When Enable data transmission from CPU to PCI bus are buffer...

Page 40: ...e does not support prefetching OnChip SATA Device This option enables or disables the OnChip SATA controller OnChip IDE 1 Controller This item allows you to enable or disable the primary and secondary...

Page 41: ...using Ultra DMA devices try disabling this item OnChip IDE 2 Controller The description is same as the OnChip IDE 1 Controller Back to Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu OnChip PCI Device Click Enter k...

Page 42: ...ble Disable 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Default setting is 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Four options are available SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP The default setting is ECP EPP mode EPP Mode Select Two options are...

Page 43: ...is NA Power Button Function This item selects the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system This will prevent the system...

Page 44: ...you to enter password When you set this item to Hot Key the item of Hot Key Power On will allow you to choose the hot key you want If you choose Mouse you can press any key on mouse to turn on the com...

Page 45: ...port will awaken a system that has powered down PCI Master Two items are available OFF or ON The default setting is OFF When set to ON any event affecting the PCI Master signal will awaken a system t...

Page 46: ...lable Off or Manual The default setting is Manual When you set this item to Manual the following IRQ events will be available for adjustment When set to Disabled activity will neither prevent the syst...

Page 47: ...ystem Configuration Data contains the IRQ DMA I O port memory information of the system This is a specification and a feature specific to the Plug Play BIOS Resources Controlled By This item configure...

Page 48: ...ill be available for new device PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No PIRQ_3 Use IRQ No This item specifies the IRQ number manually or automatically for the devices installed on PCI slots For the relations between the ha...

Page 49: ...river Utility CD that came packed with this motherboard FAN Fail Alarm Selectable This item selects the fan that will be monitored for malfunction Shutdown When CPU Fan Fail When set to Enabled the sy...

Page 50: ...your add on card I O address to avoid using these addresses 3 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 3 10 Load O...

Page 51: ...m 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 If not double click the executio...

Page 52: ...A 2 Appendix A Click Next 6 7 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click OK to complete setup KV7 Series...

Page 53: ...er 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 the installation menu After en...

Page 54: ...ity 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 the installation menu After entering...

Page 55: ...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 this CD t...

Page 56: ...C 2 Appendix C C 2 Appendix C KV7 Series KV7 Series...

Page 57: ...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 this CD t...

Page 58: ...D 2 Appendix D D 2 Appendix D KV7 Series KV7 Series...

Page 59: ...en 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...

Page 60: ...E 2 Appendix E 6 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to complete setup KV7 Series...

Page 61: ...ive 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...

Page 62: ...reen appears ABIT EQ shows you the status of Voltage Fan Speed and Temperature readings as well The item names in this screen shot are for reference only may not be exactly the same as what you see on...

Page 63: ...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 in...

Page 64: ...G 2 Appendix G Click OK 6 7 This FlashMenu screen appears You can easily update the BIOS from clicking Update From File One Click LiveUpdate or LiveUpdate Step by Step button KV7 Series...

Page 65: ...st 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 whe...

Page 66: ...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 67: ...ample 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...

Page 68: ...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 69: ...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 70: ...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 supp...

Page 71: ...ny and Benelux Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg France Italy Spain Portugal Greece Denmark Norway Sweden Finland and Switzerland AMOR Computer B V ABIT s European Office Jan van Riebeeckweg 15 5928LG Ve...

Page 72: ...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 t...

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