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Introduction of SX7-533 Features

User’s Manual

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Supports wake up by LAN

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Supports wake up by modem ring

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Hardware monitoring

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Included fan speed, voltages, processor and system environment temperature

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Board size: 305 * 230mm

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The Switching Power Supply must meet ATX 2.03 specification with ATX12V1 Power
connector.

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Supports Wake On LAN, Wake On Ring, but your ATX power supply 5V standby power must
be able to provide at least a 720mA current capacity. Otherwise, the functions may not work
normally.

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This motherboard supports the standard bus speeds of 66 MHz/100 MHz/133 MHz that are
used by specific PCI, processor and chipset specifications. Exceeding these standard bus speeds
is not guaranteed due to the specific component specifications.

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Specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice.

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All brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

1-3. Item

Checklist

Check that your package is complete. If you discover any damaged or missing items, please contact your
retailer or dealer.

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ABIT SX7-533 Motherboard

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One 80-wire/40-pin ribbon cable for master and slave Ultra DMA 133, Ultra DMA 100, Ultra DMA
66 or Ultra DMA 33 IDE devices

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One ribbon cable for 3.5” floppy disk devices

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One compact disc for support drivers and utilities

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One CA-20 back panel plate with cables

(Optional)

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One user’s manual for the motherboard

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Summary of Contents for SX7-533

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: ...ED BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 10 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 13 3 5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU 3 17 3 6 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS SETUP MENU 3 23 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 3 26 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 3 31 3 9 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 3 32 3 10 SET USER PASSWORD 3 32 3 11 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 3 33 3 12 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 3 33 3 13 LOAD ORIGINAL VALUES 3 33 3 14 SAVE EXIT SETUP 3 ...

Page 4: ...SX7 533 APPENDIX G HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT G 1 ...

Page 5: ...ing on 166 MHz and triggered by rising and falling edge and SDR It can offer bandwidth up to 2 7 GB Sec under DDR 333 and 1 GB Sec under PC 133 in order to sustain the bandwidth demand from the host processor as well as the multi I O masters and AGP masters DDR SDRAM is the newest memory standard and it provides maximum translation bandwidth and also greatly improves data transaction delays This f...

Page 6: ...ystem BIOS SOFT MENU III technology can easily set the processor parameters AMI Plug and Play BIOS supports APM and Deaktop Management Interface DMI Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface AMI BIOS 5 Audio Function Realtek ALC 650 AC Link Supports 6 channels DAC Digital to Analog Converter for AC3 5 1 channels purpose Professional digital audio interface supporting 24 bit S PDIF Sony ...

Page 7: ...ific PCI processor and chipset specifications Exceeding these standard bus speeds is not guaranteed due to the specific component specifications Specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice Note All brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners 1 3 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover any damaged...

Page 8: ...Chapter 1 SX7 533 1 4 1 4 Layout Diagram for SX7 533 Figure 1 1 SX7 533 motherboard component location Figure 1 2 CA 20 Back Panel Diagram Optional ...

Page 9: ...o 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 himself We have attempte...

Page 10: ... 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 motherboard h...

Page 11: ...s on the PCB 2 Pull the processor socket lever sideways away from the socket and then upwards to 90 degrees Insert the processor with the correct orientation Do not use extra force to insert processor it only fits in one orientation Push down the socket lever while holding down the processor 3 Put the heatsink face down onto the processor until it completely covers the processor 4 Put the heatsink...

Page 12: ...R DIMM3 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 64 MB 1 GB Total System Memory for Unbuffered PC2700 DDR DIMM 64 MB 2 GB Total System Memory for Unbuffered PC1600 2100 DDR DIMM 64 MB 3 GB Generally installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is an easy thing to do You can refer to Figure 2 4 to see what a 184 pin PC 1600 PC 2100 PC 2700 DDR SDRAM module looks like Unlike installing SIMMs DIMMs may...

Page 13: ...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 the connector In the explanations that follow we will ...

Page 14: ...rom the regular one It s a newly designed ATX12V1 power with 300W 20A 5VDC capacity at least for heavily loaded system and 720mA 5VSB at least for supporting Wake On LAN WOL or Wake On Ring WOR features Attach the connector from the power supply to the ATXPWR1 and ATX12V1 connectors here Remember you have to push the connector from the ATX power supply firmly to the end with the ATXPWR1 and ATX12V...

Page 15: ...ire slot the electroscope will light up Using a voltage meter you will find that the live 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 ...

Page 16: ...M Bus is a specific implementation of an I 2 C bus I 2 C is a multi master bus this means that multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating a data transfer If more than one master simultaneously tries to control the bus an arbitration procedure decides which master gets priority You can connect the devices that utilize the SM Bus Note Watch the pin...

Page 17: ...hassis It can provide total of four additional USB plugs 7 CCMOS1 CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS1 discharge CMOS memory When you install the motherboard make sure this jumper is set for normal operation pin 1 and 2 shorted See Figure 2 7 Figure 2 7 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 ...

Page 18: ...ss and hold the reset button for at least one second to reset the system FPIO1 Pin 15 17 19 21 Speaker Header Attach the cable from the system speaker to this header FPIO1 Pin 2 4 Suspend LED Header Insert the two threaded suspend LED cable into this header If you install it in the wrong direction the LED light will not illuminate correctly Note Watch the Suspend LED pin position and the orientati...

Page 19: ...3 No Pin FPIO1 PIN 24 No Connection 9 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 A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide the connection of two floppy disk drives After connecting the single end to the FDC1 connect the two connectors on the ...

Page 20: ...D documentation for jumper settings The first drive connected to IDE1 is usually referred to as Primary Master and the second drive as Primary Slave The first drive connected to IDE2 is referred to as Secondary Master and the second drive as Secondary Slave Keep away from connecting one legacy slow speed device like CD ROM together with another hard disk drive on the same IDE channel this will dec...

Page 21: ...ut signals for center channel subwoofer rear right and rear left channel It also provides one digital S PDIF output connector Another two USB connectors on CA 20 Optional are provided for use for FPIO3 or FPIO4 headers Please refer the description of FPIO3 and FPIO4 on item 6 Note Watch the pin position and the orientation 12 CD1 CD2 and AUX1 Headers These connectors connect to the audio output of...

Page 22: ... 2 10 SX7 533 back panel connectors Figure 2 10 shows the SX7 533 back panel connectors These connectors are used for connecting outside devices to the motherboard We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below 14 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Attach a PS 2 keyboard connector to this 6 pin Din connector If you use an AT keyboard you can go to a computer store to purchase an AT to A...

Page 23: ...like an EPP ECP scanner etc 19 Line Out Line In and Mic In Connector Line Out connector You can connect an external stereo speaker signal input plug to this connector or you can connect the plug from here to the stereo audio equipment AUX signal input socket Remember the motherboard does not have a built in amplifier to drive the speaker so you must use a speaker that has a built in amplifier or y...

Page 24: ...e 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 ...

Page 25: ...he 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 CCMOS1 Discharge Jumpr in Chapter 2 to see how to discharge the CMOS date When you start the computer the BIOS ...

Page 26: ... menu the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option Note Parts of the screenshot may not same as you see on your screen because the BIOS version may change periodically However most of...

Page 27: ...power and if doing so you will loose all CMOS data therefore we recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware or to put a label with these parameters on your hard disk 3 1 SOFT MENU III Setup The processor can be setup through a programmable switch SOFT MENU III that replaces the traditional manual hardware configuration This feature allows the user to more easily complete the ...

Page 28: ...fication settings for your processor is not the intention of this explanation for which should be used for engineering testing only and not for normal operation If you use non specification settings for normal operation your system may not be stable and may affect system reliability Also we do not guarantee the stability and compatibility for settings that are not within specification and any dama...

Page 29: ...iliar with all processor parameters it is very easy to make mistakes when you define the external clock and the multiplier factor by yourself Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup Normally if the processor clock setup is wrong you will not be able to boot In this case turn the system off then on again The processor will automatically use its standard parameters to boot You...

Page 30: ...the parameters will fail and you must enter SOFT MENU III again to set up the parameters all over again Vcore Control Four options are available Default Default 5 Default 10 Default 15 The default setting is Default 3 2 Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu This contains the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS These parameters include date hour VGA card floppy disk and HDD settings Figure 3 3A ...

Page 31: ...ot Installed 1 2 MB 51 4 720 KB 31 2 1 44 MB 31 2 2 88 MB 31 2 The BIOS will automatically detect the devices installed on FDD connectors Primary IDE Master Slave and Secondary IDE 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 Setup Menu Screen Shot Type Four options are ava...

Page 32: ... number of read write heads The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 255 Write Precompensation The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 65535 Sectors The minimum segment of track length that can be assigned to stored data Sectors usually are grouped into blocks or logical blocks that function as the smallest units of data permit You...

Page 33: ...des Seven options are available Auto 0 1 2 3 4 5 The default setting is Auto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate You can select the PIO mode from Mode 0 to Mode 4 of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate 32 Bit Transfer Mode Two options are available Auto Off The default setting is Off Select Auto can enable 32 bit a...

Page 34: ... for this item Attention Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu we recommend you use the default values Figure 3 4A Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Upper Screen Shot Figure 3 4B Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Lower Screen Shot ...

Page 35: ...t Devices If you set to Disabled the BIOS will boot from only the three kinds of boot devices that are set above S M A R T for Hard Disks Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a techniques which warns users of the HDD s defects and informs the users to transfer HDD s data to other places Therefore th...

Page 36: ... and you can enter the BIOS setup menu freely Notice Don t forget your password If you forget the password you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But by doing this you will have to reset all previously set options Boot To OS 2 Two options are available No or Yes The default setting is No When the system memory is bigger than...

Page 37: ...up Menu The Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu is used to modify the contents of the buffers in the chipset on the motherboard Since the parameters of the buffers are closely related to hardware if the setup is not correct or is false the motherboard will become unstable or you will not be able to boot up If you don t know the hardware very well use default values i e use the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS...

Page 38: ... settings may cause system unstablity data loss or even prevent boot up Figure 3 5B Advanced DRAM Control Setup Menu Screen Shot DRAM CAS Latency Three options are available 2T 2 5T 3T The default setting is 2 5T You can select SDRAM CAS Column Address Strobe latency time according your SDRAM specification Timing Setting Mode Six options are available Safe Normal Fast Turbo Ultra Manual The defaul...

Page 39: ...nabled When you set to Enabled a graphic window write operation will forbid AGP device to access memory until this write operation is finished When set to Disabled AGP request can access memory as usual MA Delay 1T 2T Select Three options are available Auto MA 2T MA 1T The default setting is Auto This item will effect the memory address read write speed MA 1T will be the fast selection Host To Mem...

Page 40: ... stands for Multi Processor Specification If you use an older operating system for dual processor executing please set this option to 1 1 IDE Access Interface Two options are available Fast Embedded Bus or PCI Bus The default setting is Fast Embedded Bus This item can let you select to use the legacy PCI IDE access interface or use the SiS MuTIOL Media I O bus to transfer data Select the Fast Embe...

Page 41: ...e These are referred to as Power Management Events In cases where none of these events occur the system enters the power saving mode When one of the controlled events occurs the system immediately returns to normal mode and operates at its maximum speed Power saving modes can be divided into three modes according to their power consumption Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode The four modes pro...

Page 42: ...g and Play including bus and device enumeration and APM functionality normally contained in the BIOS Power management control of individual devices add in cards some add in cards may require an ACPI aware driver video displays and hard disk drives A Soft off feature that enables the operating system to power off the computer Support for multiple wake up events see Table 3 5 1 Support for a front p...

Page 43: ...led 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 continue execution where it left off To transition into the S1 state the operating software does not have to flush the processor s cache The S3 STR State STR means Suspend to RAM The S3 state is logically lower then...

Page 44: ...sabled 1 min 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 10 min 15 min The default setting is Disabled If no activity occurs during this time period the BIOS will place the system into the standby mode The Suspend Time Out period must begins if enabled after this time out period expire Suspend Time Out Ten options are available Disabled 1 min 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 30 min The default setting is ...

Page 45: ...n Function Four options are available Disabled Any Key Specific Key Password The default setting is Disabled This item let you set the key for keypad wakeup After you set the key or password any event affecting keypad will awaken a system that has powered down Resume by USB Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled When set to Enabled any event occurring at a US...

Page 46: ...kens the system from Suspend mode The enable items will appear white in color and disabled items will show a blue green color RTC Alarm Date You can select the date from 01 31 or Every Day The default setting is Everyday This field is not available to enter when the Resume by RTC Alarm field is Disabled RTC Alarm Hour You can select the hour from 00 23 which means the hour of 00 to hour of 24 This...

Page 47: ...ons are available 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 The default setting is 64 This item allows you to set the PCI latency delay time Generally the default will meet all requires for PCI cards But some special PCI card may need the special PCI latency delay time then can work normally In this case please change the delay time to meet the PCI card requirement Primary Graphics Adapter Two options are avai...

Page 48: ...cify the IRQ for the device installed on the new computer to fit the original computer settings This feature is for the operating system that will record and fix the PCI configuration status if you want to change it For the relations between the hardware layout of PIRQ the signals from the SiS 961chipset INT means PCI slot IRQ signals and devices please refer to the table below SIGNALS PCI Slot 1 ...

Page 49: ...are available PCI PnP or Reserve The default setting is PCI PnP If you have trouble in assigning the interrupt resources automatically you can choose Reserve to set which IRQ should be reserved See the screen shot below Figure 3 7B IRQ Resource Setup Menu Screen Shot ...

Page 50: ...d Peripherals In this menu you can change the onboard I O device I O port address and other hardware settings Figure 3 8A Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Upper Screen Shot Figure 3 8B Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Lower Screen Shot ...

Page 51: ...UDMA Two options are available Auto or Disabled The default setting is Auto Ultra DMA is 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 133 MB sec Auto When you select Auto the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device Default Disabled If you encounter the problem of ...

Page 52: ...optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device Default Disabled If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices you can try to set this item to Disabled Onboard PCI IDE Four options are available Disabled Primary Secondary Both Default setting is Both This item allows you disable all onboard PCI IDE devices or enable one of them Of course you can enable both PCI IDE devices as well The ena...

Page 53: ... in Enabled What s the USB legacy device For example USB floppy USB keyboard and USB mouse etc OnBoard FDC Three options are available Auto Disabled Enabled The default setting is Auto This is used to enable or disable the onboard FDD Controller If you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Onboard Serial PortA Five options are available Disabled 3F8 COM1 2F8 COM...

Page 54: ...lected for the parallel port mode is EPP the two EPP mode options are available Parallel Port IRQ Two options are available Auto or N A Parallel Port DMA Channel Two options are available Auto or N A The table below will show you the relationship between different Parallel Port Mode and its following three items Items Normal SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP EPP Version N A N A EPP 1 9 or EPP 1 7 N A EPP 1 9 or...

Page 55: ... Eight options are available Disabled 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 The default setting is Disabled You can set the processor warning temperature here If the processor temperature exceeds the settings value the system will give you an alarm message or sound to remind you that the processor is overheating All Voltages Fans Speed and Thermal Monitoring These items list the current states of the processor and...

Page 56: ...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 and you can enter Setup freely PAS...

Page 57: ... most stable minimal performance system operations 3 13 Load Original Values When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Original Values Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 3 14 Save Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pres...

Page 58: ...aving 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 This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ...

Page 59: ...atest service pack to get the best system performance You can download SP2 at Microsoft WEB site Note Details of the Windows 2000 operating system will not be mentioned in this manual If you have any problems with Windows 2000 installation operation or settings please refer to your Windows 2000 user s manual or other databases provided by Microsoft Corporation Insert the 645 series CD into your CD...

Page 60: ...he version you see may differ because we may change the drivers or change the CD version If this happens the version may be different with this picture but the install process won t change at all Step 5 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 c...

Page 61: ...t service pack to get the best system performance You can download SP2 at Microsoft WEB site Note Details of the Windows 2000 operating system will not be mentioned in this manual If you have any problems with Windows 2000 installation operation or settings please refer to your Windows 2000 user s manual or other databases provided by Microsoft Corporation Insert the 645 series CD into your CD ROM...

Page 62: ...onents you want to install Please check which drivers you want to install When you choose the items please click the Next button to continue Step 6 The installer will show the install progress percentage Step 7 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 restar...

Page 63: ...ck Next button to go on Step 11 You can choose the file locate in which drivers here we need to choose CD ROM drivers Click Next button to go on Step 12 After searching program will fine Ultra DMA Channel device driver and tell you where it located Click Next button to go on Step 13 the Digital Signature Not Found screen show up click Yes to go on Step 14 When completing the upgrade device driver ...

Page 64: ...System Settings Change dialogue show up click the Yes button to restart your computer to finish the driver updates Step 16 When Windows 2000 restart you can then check the Device Manager to see that the devices are properly installed ...

Page 65: ...r Windows 2000 user s manual or other databases provided by Microsoft Corporation Insert the 645 series CD into your CD ROM drive and 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 see the screen below Step 1 Move the cursor to 5 1 Channel Audio Driver and click on i...

Page 66: ...ing system you can then check the Device Manager to see that the devices are properly installed Step 7 You can choose from Start Programs then from item Avance Sound Manager AvRack to starting the applications program You can quickly start the mixer panel by double click on the AvRack icon on the desktop You can click on the audio configure icon on the task bar and you can see the AvRack panel as ...

Page 67: ...dB value This menu item can let you choose the speakers quanties you have and can select the signal source is from which phone jack This menu item can let you test the speaker position is correct or wrong you can check each speaker is sound correctly or poor quality Thi smenu item can give you the information such as audio driver version DirectX version audio controller name AC97 Codec name ...

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Page 69: ...ill pop up and remind the user to take proper measures The following description will tell you how to install the Winbond hardware monitor system and use it Insert the SD 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 this CD After it is executed you will see the screen belo...

Page 70: ...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 Step 8 The wizard will prepare to start install the program file Click Next button to go on Step 9 Program will start to install drivers the system needs The installer will show the install progress percentage Step 10 When the installation is comple...

Page 71: ...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 Step 12 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 73: ...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 For example in this case the current BIOS ID is 89 If you already have the latest BIOS no update ...

Page 74: ...S for SX7 533 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 amiflash exe and rom 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 DOS prompt mode ...

Page 75: ...ferring the system to the floppy disk copy two files into it One is the BIOS flash utility amiflash exe and the other is the decompressed BIOS rom file 6 Boot off floppy disk 7 Please set the 1st Boot Device as Floppy 1 44 MB 31 2 in BIOS and boot off the floppy disk ...

Page 76: ...utility according to these instructions amiflash sx7_89 rom then press the Enter key and the flashing procedure will start When the flash process is complete you can see the completed message that will ask you to restart your system Note The AMI flash utility can t be completed under a Windows 95 98 98SE Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows ME environment you must be in a pure DOS environ...

Page 77: ... 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 78: ...GH 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 Form r...

Page 79: ...he 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 128MB Description SS 16 Megx72 2 5V ECC Gold Modul...

Page 80: ...tact Person Fax Number 2 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 ...

Page 81: ...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 82: ... 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 ramb...

Page 83: ...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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