Beta bios for KT7/KT7-RAID/KT7A/KT7A-RAID/KT7E



!!! For Evaluation Only !!!



0. Based on beta BIOS KT7_3R.B01

1. Update BIOS code.

2. Enhance ISA PnP compatibility.

3. Enhance SCSI adapters compatibility.

4. Add 1400(133) Athlon support for KT7A/KT7A-RAID.

5. Add new option "1200 above" for high speed Athlons with 100FSB.

   KT7/KT7-RAID/KT7A/KT7A-RAID/KT7E only support 1.4G(100) Athlon

   with L1 bridges disconnected. Check L1 before you buy a CPU please!

6. For Creative SBLive 5.1 sound card users, you may try these

   options while experience sound quality issue.

     .PCI master read caching, default setting=Disabled

     .PCI master time-out, Default setting=1

   Setting above options to Disabled/3 will lead to the same

   result with VIA Latency patch V0.14 and may help SB Live 5.1

   sound issue. If the system experiences low performance after

   these settings, enable the "PCI master read caching" please.

7. Change HPT BIOS to 1.20.0612 for KT7-RAID/KT7A-RAID. This BIOS

   version is also for non RAID boards and HPT BIOS will be

   automatically disabled while RAID controller chip not detected.

8. Enhance the high speed 133FSB Athlon stability for KT7A/KT7A-RAID.

9. Side effect: CPU temperature becomes higher, about 50 degree C

   while gets into Windows 2000 and ME.

   Solution: Overwrite offset 52 bit 7 to "1". This can be done by

   special utilities WPCREDIT and WPCRSET.

A. BIOS compile date: 07/02/2001



   !!! Attention for upgrading KT7-RAID / KT7A-RAID BIOS to 3R !!! 



When you upgrade bios from ZT to 3R, we highly recommend you backup

your system and data to an independent storage device first. New HPT

1.20.0612 bios may corrupt original RAID configuration created on

old bios occasionally. That means you may need to rebuild RAID

configuration. If it happens, all the data on RAID-0 will be gone! 



For RAID-1 user, please press "CTRL+H" to enter hpt370 setup screen 

and do "Duplicate Mirror Disk " to recover RAID system.



Date: 07/02/2001



Any success/failure case report to the following email please.

fae3@abit.com.tw



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Beta bios for KT7/KT7-RAID/KT7A/KT7A-RAID/KT7E



!!! 僅供測試 !!!



0. 由 KT7_3R.B01 修改而來.

1. 更新 BIOS 核心程式碼.

2. 加強 ISA PnP 相容性.

3. 加強 SCSI 界面卡相容性.

4. KT7A/KT7A-RAID 增加 1400(133) Athlon 支援.

5. 增加新選項 "1200 above" 以提供 100MHz 外頻高速 Athlon 使用.

   KT7/KT7-RAID/KT7A/KT7A-RAID/KT7E 僅支援 L1 bridge 已切斷的 

   1.4G(100) Athlon。在您購買 1.4G CPU 之前，請先確認 L1。

6. 若您使用 Creative SBLive 5.1 音效卡發現聲音異常，請嘗試以下選項：



     .PCI master read caching, default setting=Disabled

     .PCI master time-out, Default setting=1



   將以上選項設為 Disabled/3 並使用 VIA Latency patch V0.14，在解決

   SB Live 5.1 問題上也可以有同樣的效果。如果您覺得系統效能降低，

   請將 "PCI master read caching" 設為 enable。

7. 更新 HPT BIOS 為 1.20.0612 (僅 KT7-RAID/KT7A-RAID). 本 BIOS 

   亦可同時在非 RAID 主機板上使用，當 BIOS 偵測不到 RAID 控制晶片

   時會自動 disable HPT BIOS。

8. 加強在 KT7A/KT7A-RAID 上使用 133 外頻高速 Athlon 之穩定性.

9. 副作用: 當進入 Windows2000 或 Me 時，CPU 溫度將會升高至 50 度 C

   解法: 將 offset 52 bit 7 覆寫為 "1". 這需要特殊工具程式

   WPCREDIT and WPCRSET.

A. BIOS 日期: 07/02/2001



        !!! KT7-RAID / KT7A-RAID BIOS to 3R 注意事項!!! 



***  當您要由 ZT BIOS 升級至 3R 時，我們強烈建議您先 *備份* 您的

***  系統與資料到一獨立的儲存媒體上。新版 HPT 1.20.0612 bios 

***  可能會隨機損毀原始的 RAID 設定。這意指您必需再重建 RAID 

***  設定。當這情況發生，所有在 RAID-0 上的資料將會消失。



***  RAID-1 使用者，請按下 "CTRL+H" 進入 HPT BIOS 設定畫面並執行 

***  "Duplicate Mirror Disk" 即可恢復系統。



日期: 07/02/2001



任何的成功/失敗經驗，請回報至以下電子郵件位址：

fae3@abit.com.tw