abit AT7 User Manual
4200-0283-02
Rev. 1.00
AT7/AT7E Motherboard User’s Manual
Index
CHAPTER 1.
INTRODUCTION OF AT7/AT7E FEATURES ................. 1-1
1-1.
F
EATURES OF
AT7/AT7E M
OTHERBOARD
...........................................................1-1
1-2.
S
PECIFICATIONS
....................................................................................................1-2
1-3.
I
TEM
C
HECKLIST
..................................................................................................1-4
1-4.
L
AYOUT
D
IAGRAM FOR
AT7/AT7E......................................................................1-5
CHAPTER 2.
INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD.............................. 2-1
2-1.
I
NSTALLATION OF THE
AMD A
THLON
™
XP, A
THLON
™
AND
D
URON
™
CPU .........2-2
2-2.
I
NSTALLING THE
M
OTHERBOARD TO THE
C
HASSIS
................................................2-5
2-3.
I
NSTALLING
S
YSTEM
M
EMORY
.............................................................................2-6
2-4.
C
ONNECTORS
, H
EADERS AND
S
WITCHES
...............................................................2-7
CHAPTER 3.
INTRODUCING THE BIOS ................................................ 3-1
3-1.
CPU S
ETUP
[SOFT MENU
™
III].........................................................................3-3
3-2.
S
TANDARD
CMOS F
EATURES
S
ETUP
M
ENU
.........................................................3-6
3-3.
A
DVANCED
BIOS F
EATURES
S
ETUP
M
ENU
.........................................................3-10
3-4.
A
DVANCED
C
HIPSET
F
EATURES
S
ETUP
M
ENU
.....................................................3-14
3-5.
I
NTEGRATED
P
ERIPHERALS
.................................................................................3-22
3-6.
P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
S
ETUP
M
ENU
..................................................................3-25
3-7.
P
N
P/PCI C
ONFIGURATIONS
S
ETUP
M
ENU
...........................................................3-31
3-8.
PC H
EALTH
S
TATUS
...........................................................................................3-34
3-9.
L
OAD
F
AIL
-S
AFE
D
EFAULTS
...............................................................................3-35
3-10.
L
OAD
O
PTIMIZED
D
EFAULTS
..............................................................................3-35
3-11.
S
ET
P
ASSWORD
...................................................................................................3-35
3-12.
S
AVE
& E
XIT
S
ETUP
...........................................................................................3-36
3-13.
E
XIT
W
ITHOUT
S
AVING
......................................................................................3-36
CHAPTER 4.
RAID SETTING GUIDE ...................................................... 4-1
4-1.
T
HE FEATURES OF
RAID
ON THE
AT7 ..................................................................4-1
4-2.
RAID SETUP
ON THE
AT7..................................................................................4-1
4-3.
T
HE
BIOS S
ETTING
M
ENU
...................................................................................4-2
CHAPTER 5.
HPT 374 DRIVER INSTALLATION .................................. 5-1
5-1.
DOS
®
...................................................................................................................5-1
5-2.
W
INDOWS
®
2000..................................................................................................5-1
CHAPTER 6.
HPT 374 RAID MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS
INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR WINDOWS
®
2000 ........... 6-1
APPENDIX A.
VIA 4 IN 1 DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS
®
2000 ........................................................................................ A-1
APPENDIX B.
AUDIO DRIVERS INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS
®
2000
................................................................................................ B-1