Official BIOS release 9n for KR7A / KR7A-RAID
                                       KR7A-133 / KR7A-133R

Release information:

[ENGLISH]

1. Support AMD Athlon XP CPU, 0.18 micron process Palomino up to 2100+ 
   and 0.13 micron process Thoroughbred up to 2000+.
2. HPT 372 BIOS Version 2.31. The RAID function is for KR7A-RAID / 
   KR7A-133R only. This BIOS version is also for Non RAID boards, and 
   the HPT BIOS would automatically be disabled while RAID controller 
   chip did not be detected. 
3. BIOS Compile Date: 6/07/2002

       !!! Attention for upgrading KR7A-RAID / KR7A-133R BIOS!!! 

   When you upgrade bios from previous version to 9N, we highly recommend 
   you backup your system and data to an independent storage device first. 
   New HPT 2.31 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 HPT372 setup screen 
   and do "Duplicate Mirror Disk " to recover RAID system.

[TRADITIONAL CHINESE]

1. 支援 AMD Athlon XP CPU, 0.18 微米製程 Palomino, 最高 2100+，及 0.13 
   微米製程 Thoroughbred, 最高2000+.
2. HPT 372 BIOS 版本 2.31。適用KR7A-RAID/KR7A-133R。本 BIOS 同時適用於非 
   RAID 之 主機板上。當 BIOS 偵測到您使用的主機板不含 RAID 時將會自動 
   disable HPT BIOS。
3. BIOS 日期: 6/07/2002。  

             !!! KR7A-RAID / KR7A-133R BIOS 升級注意事項!!! 

   當您要由舊版 BIOS 升級至 9N 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 2.31 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。


*********************************  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 "kr7a9n.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 core and then clear the CMOS data 
  via jumper before restarting system please.


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