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KX7-333/KX7-333R Motherboard User’s Manual

Index

CHAPTER 1.

INTRODUCTION OF KX7-333/KX7-333R FEATURES . 1-1

1-1.

EATURES OF

KX7-333/KX7-333R M

OTHERBOARD

............................................1-1

1-2.

PECIFICATIONS

....................................................................................................1-2

1-3.

TEM

HECKLIST

..................................................................................................1-3

1-4.

AYOUT

IAGRAM FOR

KX7-333/KX7-333R ......................................................1-4

CHAPTER 2.

INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD.............................. 2-1

2-1.

NSTALLATION OF THE

AMD A

THLON

™

XP, A

THLON

™

AND

URON

™

CPU .........2-2

2-2.

NSTALLING THE

OTHERBOARD TO THE

HASSIS

................................................2-5

2-3.

NSTALLING

YSTEM

EMORY

.............................................................................2-6

2-4.

ONNECTORS

, H

EADERS AND

WITCHES

...............................................................2-7

CHAPTER 3.

INTRODUCING THE BIOS ................................................ 3-1

3-1.

CPU S

ETUP

[SOFT MENU

™

III].........................................................................3-3

3-2.

TANDARD

CMOS F

EATURES

ETUP

ENU

.........................................................3-6

3-3.

DVANCED

BIOS F

EATURES

ETUP

ENU

...........................................................3-9

3-4.

DVANCED

HIPSET

EATURES

ETUP

ENU

.....................................................3-13

3-5.

NTEGRATED

ERIPHERALS

.................................................................................3-21

3-6.

OWER

ANAGEMENT

ETUP

ENU

..................................................................3-25

3-7.

P/PCI C

ONFIGURATIONS

ETUP

ENU

...........................................................3-31

3-8.

PC H

EALTH

TATUS

...........................................................................................3-34

3-9.

OAD

AIL

-S

AFE

EFAULTS

...............................................................................3-35

3-10.

OAD

PTIMIZED

EFAULTS

..............................................................................3-35

3-11.

ASSWORD

...................................................................................................3-36

3-12.

AVE

& E

XIT

ETUP

...........................................................................................3-36

3-13.

XIT

ITHOUT

AVING

......................................................................................3-36

CHAPTER 4.

RAID SETTING GUIDE ...................................................... 4-1

4-1.

HE FEATURES OF

RAID

ON THE

KX7-333R........................................................4-1

4-2.

RAID SETUP

ON THE

KX7-333R .......................................................................4-1

4-3.

BIOS S

ETTING

ENU

...................................................................................4-2

CHAPTER 5.

HPT 372 DRIVER INSTALLATION .................................. 5-1

5-1.

DOS

...................................................................................................................5-1

5-2.

INDOWS

98 SE ................................................................................................5-1

5-3.

INDOWS

2000..................................................................................................5-3

CHAPTER 6.

HPT 372 RAID MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS

2000 ........... 6-1

APPENDIX A.

VIA 4 IN 1 DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS

SE & WINDOWS

2000 ........................................................ A-1

APPENDIX B.

INSTALLING THE HARDWARE MONITOR SYSTEM ... B-1

Summary of Contents for KX7-333

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Page 3: ...D BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 9 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 13 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 3 21 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU 3 25 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS SETUP MENU 3 31 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 3 34 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 3 35 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 3 35 3 11 SET PASSWORD 3 36 3 12 SAVE EXIT SETUP 3 36 3 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 3 36 CHAPTER 4 RAID SETTING GUIDE 4 1 4 1 TH...

Page 4: ...KX7 333 KX7 333R APPENDIX C BIOS UPDATE GUIDE C 1 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING NEED ASSISTANCE D 1 APPENDIX E HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT E 1 ...

Page 5: ...DMA 133 function This means that it provides speedier HDD throughput boosting overall system performance Ultra DMA 133 is the newest standard for IDE devices It enhances existing Ultra DMA 33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity This new high speed interface almost double the Ultra DMA 66 burst data transfer rate to 133 Mbytes sec The result is maximum disc performance usin...

Page 6: ...ode for data security mode Supports RAID 0 1 Stripping and Mirroring mode 4 Memory System Memory Four 184 pin DIMM slots support PC 1600 PC 2100 and PC 2700 DDR SDRAM modules Supports 6 banks up to 3 GB DRAMs for unbuffered DDR SDRAM modules 64 128 256 512 MB and 1 GB DDR SDRAM For PC 2700 DDR SDRAM modules it supports 4 banks up to 2 GB DRAMs for unbuffered DDR SDR modules 64 128 256 512 MB and 1...

Page 7: ... other such as Windows NT for example you can t install a PCI card into PCI slot 5 KX7 333R Only HPT 372 IDE controller is designed to support high speed and high performance mass storage devices Thus we suggest that you don t connect non disk devices that use ATA ATAPI interfaces such as CD ROM to HPT 372 IDE connector IDE3 IDE4 KX7 333R Only This motherboard supports the standard bus speeds of 6...

Page 8: ...evices One compact disc for support drivers and utilities One USB cable with bracket One user s manual for the motherboard One floppy disk of HPT 372 drivers KX7 333R Only 1 4 Layout Diagram for KX7 333 KX7 333R Figure 1 1 KX7 333 KX7 333R motherboard component location ...

Page 9: ... 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 by ...

Page 10: ...cket you can easily fix the processor firmly into position Figure 2 1 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 need to al...

Page 11: ... and 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 d...

Page 12: ...e 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 recommand y...

Page 13: ... up and there are only slots this means you can only attach 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 4 shows you the way to affix t...

Page 14: ... 64 MB 1 GB Total System Memory for Unbuffered DDR DIMM PC 1600 PC 2100 64 MB 3 GB Total System Memory for Registered DDR DIMM PC 1600 PC 2100 64 MB 3 5 GB Total System Memory for Unbuffered DDR DIMM PC 2700 64 MB 2 GB Total System Memory for Registered DDR DIMM PC 2700 64 MB 3 GB Generally installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is an easy thing to do You can refer to Figure 2 5 to see w...

Page 15: ...you which kind of structure module the DDR SDRAM is 2 4 Connectors Headers and Switches Inside the case of any computer several cables and plugs have to be connected These cables and plugs are usually connected one by one to connectors located on the motherboard You need to carefully pay attention to any connection orientation the cables may have and if any notice the position of the first pin of ...

Page 16: ...rs and headers for the KX7 333R First Let s see the headers that KX7 333R 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 the end with the ATX1 connector insuring that you have a good con...

Page 17: ... wire slot will register a higher voltage 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 FAN5 header Attach the connector from the processor fan to the header...

Page 18: ...via remote control through the modem Note Watch the pin 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...

Page 19: ...the system environment temperature You can see the readings in the BIOS or in the hardware monitoring application main screen 7 USB2 Header Additional USB Plugs Header This header is for connecting the additional USB port plugs You can use the special USB port expansion cable It provides four additional USB plugs These USB plugs can be fixed on the back panel ...

Page 20: ...ensure that your system is working fine 9 PN1 and PN2 Headers PN1 and PN2 are for switches and indicators for the chassis s front panel there are several functions that come from these two headers You have to watch the pin position and the orientation or you may cause system malfunctions Figure 2 9 shows you the PN1 and PN2 functions of the pins PN1 Pin 1 2 3 Power LED Headers There is a specific ...

Page 21: ...he reset button for at least one second to reset the system PN2 Pin 4 5 6 7 Speaker Header Attach the cable from the system speaker to this header PN2 Pin 9 10 Suspend LED Header Insert the two threaded suspend LED cable into pin 9 and pin 10 If you install it in the wrong direction the LED light will not illuminate correctly Note Watch the Suspend LED pin position and the orientation For the PN1 ...

Page 22: ...length of ribbon cable to the IDE port on motherboard and the other two ends gray and black connector at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors on hard drives KX7 333R s built in HighPoint HPT 372 chipset gives you the capability to support Ultra DMA 133 It provides two IDE channels IDE3 IDE4 that also support Ultra DMA 133 specifications and it allows for four additional IDE dev...

Page 23: ...D14 D16 and D17 LEDs Indicator Status LEDs indicators There are three indicators on the motherboard D14 is a standby power indicator When the 5VSB supplies power to the motherboard this LED indicator will light up D16 is a power on indicator When the power button is pressed this LED indicator will light up D17 is a reset indicator When you press the reset button this LED indicator will light up If...

Page 24: ...yboard hub digital camera joystick etc to one of each USB connector You must make sure your operating system supports this feature and you may need to install an additional driver for individual devices In Please refer to your device user s manual for detailed information 16 Serial Port COM1 COM2 Port Connectors This motherboard provides two COM ports you can connect an external modem mouse or oth...

Page 25: ...ual 2 17 Note This chapter contains many color drawing diagram and photos we strongly recommend you to read this chapter use the PDF file we gave you that store in the CD Title It will provide you the better look and clearly color identify ...

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Page 27: ...d 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 CCMOS1 Discharge Jumpr in Chapter 2 to see how to discharge the CMOS date When you start the computer the BIOS program controls it The B...

Page 28: ...S 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 store...

Page 29: ...n 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 processors you can choose the following settings Th...

Page 30: ...bove the standard bus speed is supported but not guaranteed due to the CPUspecs Ratio FSB AGP PCI Three options are available 3 2 1 4 2 1 5 2 1 This item lets you set the processor Front Side Bus AGP and PCI clock It correlates with the processor FSB clock you set Many of options are available you can choose the divider ratio you want If the setting is 3 2 1 In this case the AGP clock will be the ...

Page 31: ...ugh 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 parameters and leaving the BIOS SETUP and having verified that the system can be booted do not press the Reset button or turn off ...

Page 32: ...andard 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 Master...

Page 33: ... 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 34: ...u 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 blocks o...

Page 35: ...n see 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...

Page 36: ...ese 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 Disabled Back to Floppy KX7 333 Only Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN ATA133RAID Disabled Back to Floppy KX7 333R Only Second ...

Page 37: ...d the delay you have set here the keyboard will automatically repeat the keystroke according to a certain rate Unit milliseconds Four options are available 250 500 750 1000 Back to 250 The default setting is 250 Security Option This option can be set to System or Setup The default setting is Setup After you have created a password through PASSWORD SETTING this option will deny access to your syste...

Page 38: ...out floppy drive set this item to Yes Otherwise set it to No Video 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 Computer Knowledge SHADOW What is the SHADOW The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM and it is...

Page 39: ...o boot up If you don t know the hardware very well use default values i e use the Load Fail Safe Defaults or Load Optimized Defaults option Figure 3 5A Advanced Chipset Features Setup 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 sc...

Page 40: ...w you the current system front side bus speed Current DRAM Frequency This item will show you the current DRAM bus speed DRAM Clock Four options are available 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz By SPD The default setting is By SPD You can set the DRAM running speed but if your DRAM module does not support the set speed the system may be unstable or unable to boot up If you set to By SPD the BIOS will read the...

Page 41: ...hen set to Auto the BIOS will read the DRAM module SPD data and automatically set to the values stored in it If you set to Manual the following five items will be available to let you make adjustments DRAM CAS Latency Two options are available 2 5 and 2 The default setting is 2 5 You can select SDRAM CAS Column Address Strobe latency time according your SDRAM specification Bank Interleave Three op...

Page 42: ...fault setting is Auto This item can adjust the drive strength for commands sent to DDR SDRAM this adjustment is for DIMM 1 and DIMM 2 only This will depend on your DDR SDRAM specification and numbers to set With more DDR SDRAM DIMM installed you may set it to High DIMM3 4 CMD Drive Strength Four options are available Auto Low Medium High The default setting is Auto This item can adjust the drive s...

Page 43: ...ts several items concerning the AGP parameters If you do not understand what each item doing please keep the default settings as well Wrong settings will cause system unstablity or even prevent boot up Figure 3 5D AGP P2P Bridge Control Screen AGP Aperture Size Seven options are available 256M 128M 64M 32M 16M 8M 4M Back to 256M The default setting is 64M This option specifies the amount of system...

Page 44: ...or Enabled The default setting is Disabled This item can control the AGP synchronous when it read the data If you wan to improve system performance you can set it to Enabled If you have problem to play the video format files please set this item to Disabled Enhance AGP Performance Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled This item can improve your AGP display p...

Page 45: ...re available Disabled 01 10 11 The default setting is Disabled The full named of thius item is Master Priority Rotation Control When setting to 01 the CPU will always be granted access after the current bus master completes no matter how many PCI masters are requesting With setting to 10 if other PCI masters are requesting during the current PCI master grant the highest priority master will get th...

Page 46: ...e PCI2 master read latency PCI Delay Transaction Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 Master Delay Transaction Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled This i...

Page 47: ...can change the onboard I O device I O port address and other hardware settings Figure 3 6A Integrated Peripherals Menu Default Screen VIA OnChip IDE Device This item can let you sets several items concerning the VIA OnChip IDE device parameters Figure 3 6B VIA OnChip IDE Device Screen ...

Page 48: ...s a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 100 MB sec Disabled If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices you can try to set this item to Disabled Auto When you select Auto the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device Default Slave Drive Ultra DMA ...

Page 49: ... onboard serial port 1 controller will access Six options are available Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Back to Disabled The default setting is 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 This item allows you to determine which I O address the onboard serial port 2 controller will access Six options are available Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Back to Disabled The default s...

Page 50: ... Lo If your motherboard BIOS uses No and Yes to represent this item you should set it to the same setting as the KX7 333 KX7 333R This means that you should set it to No Yes in order to match the transfer and receiving speed If you fail to do so you will not get an IR connection between the KX7 333 KX7 333R and the other computer Onboard Parallel Port Four options are available Disabled 378 IRQ7 2...

Page 51: ...f your operating system supports a USB keyboard please set it to OS Only in some situations such as in a pure DOS environment that does not support a USB keyboard should you set it to BIOS ATA 133 RAID Controller KX7 333R Only Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Enabled If your motherboard is the KX7 333R it has the built in HighPoint 372 chipset that can support U...

Page 52: ...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 manufacture for more information If you want to know more about ACPI specifications please go to the address below for more detailed i...

Page 53: ...r the system enters this state Off Less than four seconds Power on On More than four seconds Soft off Suspend On Less than four seconds Fail safe power off Sleep Less than four seconds Wake up ACPI Suspend Type Two options are available S1 POS or S3 STR The default setting is S1 POS Generally ACPI has six states System S0 state S1 state S2 state S3 state S4 state S5 state S1 and S3 states are desc...

Page 54: ...ally the same as the S2 state The operational difference can be that some Power Resources 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 device wake events can function in S2 but not S3 Because the processor context can be lost while in the S3 state t...

Page 55: ... 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 or 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 affecting a hard disk drive or floppy drive port will awaken a system that has powered down PCI Master...

Page 56: ...en a system that has powered down IRQs Activity Monitoring 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 the request it interrupts itself and performs the service When one of the specified events occurs the count down for entry into the power savin...

Page 57: ...The default setting is Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk The default setting is Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 The default setting is Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm The default setting is Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir The default setting is Disabled IRQ10 Reserved The default setting is Disabled IRQ11 Reserved The default setting is Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse The default setting is Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor The default setting is E...

Page 58: ...errupt 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 for serial port 1 PCI PnP devices comply with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for the PCI or legacy ISA bus architecture Two options are available Auto ESCD or Manual The default setting...

Page 59: ...Default setting is Auto This item allows the system to automatically specify the IRQ number for the device installed on PCI slots This means that 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 for when you want to fix the IRQ for a specific device For example if you want to move your hard disk to another comp...

Page 60: ...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 can t install a PCI card into PCI slot 5 KX7 333R Only HPT 372 IDE controller is designed to support high speed and high performance mass storage devices Thus we suggest that you don t connect non disk devices that use ATA ATAPI interfaces such as a...

Page 61: ...ceeds the settings value system will force to shutdown to protect the processor not overheat Shutdown when CPUFAN Fail Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled If you set it to Enabled if CPUFAN out of order system will force to shutdown to protect the processor not overheat Note The hardware monitoring features for temperatures fans and voltages will occupy th...

Page 62: ...changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option If the Security option is set to System the password will be required...

Page 63: ...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 KX7 333R Enter Advanced BIOS Features...

Page 64: ...want to confirm or to modify Press 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 desti...

Page 65: ...re are four modes to choose Note It is highly recommended to attach hard disks with the same brand and same model when defining a RAID array RAID 0 Striping for Performance This item is recommended for high performance usage Requires at least 2 disks RAID 1 Mirroring for Data Protection This item is recommended for data security usage Requires at least 2 disks RAID 0 1 Mirrored Striping This item ...

Page 66: ...er to start creation 4 3 2 OPTION 2 Delete Array This item allows you to remove a RAID Array on this onboard IDE RAID controller 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 4 3 3 OPTION 3 Create Delete Spare Create Spare In the menu zone select item 3 Create Delete Spare and press Ent...

Page 67: ...4 Select Boot Disk This item allows you to select the boot disk among the hard disk s Use the up down arrow to select the menu option to Select 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 Tips We suggestion you to set the RAID function ...

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Page 69: ...ntrol 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 KX series 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 will s...

Page 70: ...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 contr...

Page 71: ...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 Windows has ...

Page 72: ...uring 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 ke...

Page 73: ...y mode of the RAID function in a Windows environment making it easier and more user friendly than creating the RAID function in BIOS mode Please insert the KX series 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...

Page 74: ...d will add program icons to those program folders listed Click Next to go on Step 7 The system will start copying files You can see the percentage bar on the screen Step 8 Program ask you want to add a shortcut to startup folder or not We suggestion you choose Yes Step 9 When the installation is completed and if you don t want to lunch readme file Click Finish to end the setup Step 10 After the sy...

Page 75: ...e first screen you will see when you starting the software This is the Configuration Menu screen This is the Management Menu screen This is the View Menu screen For detailed information of this software you can refer to the Help menu It will provide you all the information of this software that you need to know ...

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Page 77: ... pack 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 pro...

Page 78: ...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 Normally 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 to c...

Page 79: ...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 80: ... 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 upd...

Page 81: ... 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 83: ... result in permanent 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 Hardware Monitor System and use it Insert the KX series 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...

Page 84: ...Appendix B KX7 333 KX7 333R Then wizard will extract the files need to install You will see the install shell wizard active The welcome screen and its dialogue box will appear Click the Next button to go on ...

Page 85: ... 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 the system needs The wizard will prepare to start install the program file ...

Page 86: ... 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 You can select the program from Start toolbar and then choose Programs You will see the item called Winbond Hardware Doctor Click it and you will be able to see the screen below ...

Page 87: ...s Manual B 5 This screen shows the hardware monitor system screen It shows information about system temperature voltages and fan speed Some items can let you set the warning range you can optimize values by setting them in accordance your system ...

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Page 89: ...e process The motherboard photo we show you below is SX7 533 1 Know your motherboard s PCB version number You can find it at the front or back of the motherboard Each motherboard always has the label Bar code sticker at a different place on the PCB to show the PCB version As shown in the photo below just for example 2 Know the current BIOS ID ...

Page 90: ...3 Download the correct BIOS file from our Web site You can click the Download button on the green line then go to our download center and choose the correct BIOS file and download it 4 Double click the download file it will self extract to awdflash exe and bin files 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 D...

Page 91: ... C 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 bin file 6 Boot off floppy disk ...

Page 92: ...sed with your motherboard 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 KX7 333 KX7 333R 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 bl...

Page 93: ... 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 processor DDR DRAM etc HDD CD ROM FDD graphic adapter MPEG 2 card SCSI adapter audio card etc After the system is assembled if you cannot boot up check the key components of the...

Page 94: ...EHIGH 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 Technical Support For...

Page 95: ...space check the box in the Brand space write Pioneer in the Specifications space write DVD 16 9 System Memory DDR SDRAM Indicate the brand and specifications DDR DIMM of your system memory Examples Density Description Module Components Module Part Number CAS Latency Speed MHz For example In the Brand space write Micron in the Specifications space write Density 128 MB Description SS 16 Megx72 2 5V ...

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Page 97: ...channel 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 ite...

Page 98: ...istic 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 any ATAPI ...

Page 99: ...ne Number Contact Person Fax Number E mail Address Model Name BIOS ID Part Number Motherboard PCB Version Driver Version OS Applications Hardware Name Brand Specifications Processor Type Hard Disk Drive IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory DDR DRAM Add On Card Problem Description ...

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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: ...s 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 avoid...

Page 103: ...ty 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 able to rep...

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