BIOS release 1.8 for AA8, AA8-XE  V1.0 / 1.1

Release information:

[ENGLISH]

1. Added EM64T wording on screen.
2. Added "CPU Operating Speed" item adjustable with FSB 1066 CPU.
3. Enhanced PCI-E VGA performance.
4. Fixed system hang from clear COMS by Award Flash tool & SATA as RAID
   function.
5. Corrected CPU Brand name with certain FSB 1066 CPU.
6. Corrected "DRAM Frequency" wording in OC Guru.
7. Support FSB 1066 CPU over clocking function in uGuru Preset mode.
8. Enhanced stability with P4EE CPU.
9. Calibrated certain CPU voltage in Preset mode.
10. Calibrated Hi Limit value of NB Voltage in ABIT EQ.
11. Changed default RTC year to 2005.
12. BIOS compile date: 01/03/2005


[中文]

1. 支援 EM64T CPU 顯示.
2. 新增 FSB 1066 CPU 可使用 "CPU Operating Speed" 調整的功能.
3. 增強 PCI-E 顯示效能.
4. 修正當使用 Award Flash tool 來清除 COMS 並且當 SATA 為 RAID 時為當機的
   問題.
5. 修正當在使用部分 FSB 1066 CPU 時 CPU Brand name的顯示文字.
6. 修正在 OC Guru 中 "DRAM Frequency" 的顯示.
7. 支援在 uGuru Preset mode 中使用 FSB 1066 CPU 超頻的功能.
8. 增強使用 P4EE CPU 的穩定性.
9. 校正在Preset mode 中部分的 CPU 電壓顯示.
10. 校正在 ABIT EQ 中北橋的 Hi Limit 電壓值.
11. 變更預設年份為 2005.
12. BIOS 日期: 01/03/2005


*********************************  NOTE  *********************************

1. How to upgrade BIOS:

 a. Boot into MS-DOS or "Safe mode and command prompt" if you are using
    Windows95/98
 b. Run "AA818.EXE" to extract all files.
 c. Run "runme.bat"

   ***  Please notice that we suggest you flashing the bios with switches

           "/py /sn /cd /cp /cc /cks /R" or by "runme.bat".

 d. For more detail, please visit:

    http://fae.abit.com.tw/cht/download/bioshelp.htm  (Chinese)
    http://fae.abit.com.tw/eng/download/bioshelp.htm  (English)

2.After BIOS updated, pull off the power cord and then clear the CMOS data
  via jumper before restarting system please.


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