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Note for install the heatsink for AMD SocketA CPUs

The specification list of mainboards

The CPU supporting list of mainboards. Which is the highest speed CPU does my MB support?

The BIOS list of mainboards

Does my motherboard support 75GB harddisk?

Does my motherboard support 80GB harddisk?

Does my motherboard support 137GB harddisk?

How to upgrade BIOS?

After tried some over clocking or non-standard settings inside the BIOS, the system failed to boot up and nothing was displayed on the screen. Is the mainboard dead? Do I need to return it to where I bought from or go through an RMA process?

How to determine my motherboard model?

Trouble Shooting

	DATE
After tried some over clocking or non-standard settings inside the BIOS, the system failed to boot up and nothing was displayed on the screen. Is the mainboard dead? Do I need to return it to where I bought from or go through an RMA process?	2002/07/30
Why did the system lock up on Adaptec SCSI BIOS for several minutes, and then continue booting up? (Common issue)	2001/11/02
For USB keyboard users only. Why the USB keyboard malfunction during POST and before getting into Windows? (For All models)	2001/07/10
If you experienced boot / restart / shutdown problems, check out Paul's unofficial FAQ please.	2001/03/05
Why don't my USB devices work? (Quote from Paul's unofficial FAQ).	2001/03/05
Why is my system so slow to boot? (Quote from Paul's unofficial FAQ ).	2001/03/05
I have just swapped my disk from old motherboard and Windows fails to boot, sometimes giving the message "Inaccessible_boot_device". Why? (Quote from Paul's unofficial FAQ).	2001/03/05

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Error Messages] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC]

FAQs:

OS, drivers and software:	DATE
How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP	2001/12/19
Why did my system lock up during installing Windows XP?	2001/11/02
Is the ABIT mainboard compatible with Microsoft new operation system- Windows XP?	2001/10/24
How should I install the software for my new motherboard? (for KG7 platform)	2001/09/01
How should I install the software for my new motherboard? (for Intel Pentium4 platform)	2001/08/22
Norton Diagnostics' memory test fails on systems with more than 256 megabytes of RAM	2001/07/23
Why I meet "Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM (512MB) Installed with Windows95/98/98SE/Me?	2001/07/23
Why I get a Blue-screen-of-death after loading Liveware 3.0 for Creative SBLive! sound card under Windows ME?	2000/10/11
Why a single or RAID disk is wrongfully recognized when the size larger then 64GB?	2000/10/04
How can I enable the DMA transfer mode under Windows 9x?	2000/09/28
Which driver I should install first for my board with VIA chipset after installing operating system?	2000/09/28
Why I see an "unknown device" message under "other device" in "Device Manager" after first install Windows?(for Intel 810/815/820 series)	2000/09/28
How could I install new AGP card driver after I change to a new AGP card?	2000/09/30
Why I can't use Hardware Doctor under Windows 2000?	2000/10/03
Why one can not install driver of ESS 1938S sound card, even hang the computer?	2000/10/03
I Cannot install Windows NT 4.0 when I use the Adaptec AHA-2940UW/Dual or AHA-2940U2W SCSI card.	2000/10/03
How can one connect two HDD drives in the same computer that support different operating systems?	2000/10/03
Why my floppy can not work after install Adaptec 1542CF SCSI card?	2000/10/03
When one install LAN card and modem onto the system at the same time, why both of them can not work properly?	2000/10/03
Why one can not play MPEG file by using XingMPEG under Windows95?	2000/10/03

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Error Messages] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC]

CPUs:	DATE
After tried some over clocking or non-standard settings inside the BIOS, the system failed to boot up and nothing was displayed on the screen. Is the mainboard dead? Do I need to return it to where I bought from or go through an RMA process?	2002/07/30
There are several adapters allow old motherboards to install the latest CPU, such as Slot-1 to Coppermine, Socket 370 to Tulatin, Socket 423 to Socket 478 and so on. Does ABIT motherboard support such adapters?	2002/07/15
Do ABIT Socket370 motherboards support Intel tA1 Stepping (512K L2) CPUs? (Generic)	2001/10/04
The CPU supporting list of motherboards.	2000/10/03
Do the WX6 Rev. 1.0 and BP6 boards support Coppermine CPUs?	2000/09/28
Which Model of Abit Mainboard Support AMD K6-233 cpu?	2000/10/03
Which Model of Abit Mainboard Support 83MHz External Clock Speed?	2000/10/03

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Error Messages] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC]

Hard-disks and CDROMs:	DATE
Why can't I format a FAT32 volume larger than 32GB?	2002/03/18
How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP	2001/12/19
Why did the system lock up on Adaptec SCSI BIOS for several minutes, and then continue booting up? (Common issue)	2001/11/02
How could I diagnose to see if my hard drive has bad sectors?	2001/08/16
Why a single or RAID disk is wrongfully recognized when the size larger then 64GB?	2000/10/04
How can I enable the DMA transfer mode under Windows 9x?	2000/09/28
How does one boot a system from the CD-ROM device?	2000/10/01
When one install Ultra ATA 66 harddisks onto IDE1&2, the harddisks can not be detect as UDMA66, and the system hangs during "Verifying DMI Pool Data..."?	2000/10/03
Is it necessary to install Bus master IDE driver under Windows 98 ?	2000/10/03
How could I boot up from my own only one, SCSI CD-ROM?	2000/10/03
How could the BIOS detect the HDDs and CD-ROMs?	2000/10/03
How could I boot up from CD-ROM?	2000/10/03
I have a Quantum ST4320AT, IBM DHEA34330 or Maxtor 4.3GB harddisks. When I setup the type as AUTO in BIOS, the module name could be detected correctly, but it shows "CHS" in BIOS data box.	2000/10/03
How does one boot a system from the CD-ROM device?	2000/10/03
The CD-ROM can't work after the IDE Bus Master Driver is installed.	2000/10/03

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Error Messages] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC]

Memory:	DATE
How to distinguish the Unbuffered, Registered and ECC DDR SDRAM?	2001/09/28
Norton Diagnostics' memory test fails on systems with more than 256 megabytes of RAM	2001/07/23
Why I meet "Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM (512MB) Installed with Windows95/98/98SE/Me?	2001/07/23
Why I get no POST or system crashed with one 256M memory module on Solano motherboard? (SL6 /SE6 / SH6 / SA6R)	2000/10/14
Do ABIT motherboards support VCM?	2000/10/04
I don't have PC100 memory - do I need it ?	2000/10/03
When I install 2 pieces of 64MB SIMM, only 32MB are displayed when I turn on the computer. Why doesn't the Triton VX series motherboard support 64MB SIMM?	2000/10/03

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Error Messages] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC]

BIOS :	DATE
After tried some over clocking or non-standard settings inside the BIOS, the system failed to boot up and nothing was displayed on the screen. Is the mainboard dead? Do I need to return it to where I bought from or go through an RMA process?	2002/07/30
How can I enable/disable ACPI function via BIOS? There isn't any option about this in "Power Management Setup" submenu.	2000/11/14
Why there are four blue blocks (no update) when I use "awdflash" to upgrade motherboard BIOS.
What can I do if my BIOS becomes corrupt somehow?
Do I need to upgrade through all of the BIOS programs for my board?
I Get an "Unknown Flash Type" message on my screen.
Should I flash my BIOS?
What different ways are there to update BIOS?
How to update Award BIOS?

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Error Messages] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC]

Error Messages:	DATE
Why I got "Primay IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed" message on screen while booting the machine?	2001/11/29
Award BIOS Beep Codes	2000/10/03
What's the meaning of error beeps from the speaker?
What's the meanings of error code on the Debug card?

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Display Cards:	DATE
I am using the board with no DDR SDRAM support, I wonder if I could use the DDR-SDRAM / DDR-SGRAM Display Card on my system? (For all models without DDR supported)	2001/08/12
Why do I get PCI to PCI bridge and Standard PCI to PCI bridge I/O conflicts in the system resources?
Does the ABIT's BX chipset, LX chipset M/Bs support the AGP 4X mode?
The system seems very unstable when I used the RIVA TNT chip AGP card.How could I use the RIVA TNT chip AGP card?
How could I install new AGP card driver after I change to a new AGP card?

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Error Messages] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC]

Sound Cards:	DATE
How could I install Linux driver for the sound card based on ForteMedia FM801 series?	2001/08/17
Why my Roland MPU-401-IPC-T / MPU-401AT or standard MPU-401 device can not work under Windows2000? Is it the compatible issue with ABIT motherboards? (Generic)	2001/08/14
How could I use Diamond MX300 sound card with i815 motherbards under Windows9x?	2001/08/13
Why I get a Blue-screen-of-death after loading Creative's liveware for SBLive series sound card?	2000/10/30
Why I get a Blue-screen-of-death after loading Liveware 3.0 for Creative SBLive! sound card under Windows ME?	2000/10/11
Why one can not install driver of ESS 1938S sound card, even hang the computer?	2000/10/03

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Error Messages] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC]

MISC:	DATE
How to use the interor USB connector on motherboard? (TH7)	2001/08/31
For USB keyboard users only. Why the USB keyboard malfunction during POST and before getting into Windows? (For All models)	2001/07/10
What's the pin out of the IrDA?	2001/01/08
How do I identify the model name on ABIT boards?	2000/10/03
What's the pin out of the USB port?	2000/10/03
What is heat thermal looks like?	2000/10/03
Many customers have reported that the BIOS is not montoring the fans correctly.It always sees case fan as 0 RPM.	2000/10/03
What is the ATX power supply?	2000/10/03
What is the USB and how are peripheral devices connected?	2000/10/03
How does one identify the BIOS ID number for ABIT's motherboards?	2000/10/03
How does one upgrade the L2 cache from 256K to 512K with a cache module?	2000/10/03

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