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Information for DIYer:

Note for install the heatsink for AMD *SocketA* CPUs

Paul's Unofficial ABIT KA7 FAQ

Trouble Shooting DATE
If you experienced boot / restart / shutdown problems, check out Paul's unofficial FAQ please.  
Why is my system so slow to boot? (Quote from Paul's unofficial FAQ ).  
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).  

[OS, drivers and software] [CPUs] [hard-disks and CDROMs] [Memory] [BIOS] [Display Cards] [Sound Cards] [MISC] [HPT370] [RAID]

OS, Driver and Software DATE
Why I meet "Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM (512MB) Installed with Windows95/98/98SE/Me? 2001/07/23
Drivers update guide for VIA / HPT motherboards 2001/07/02
How should I install the software for my new motherboard? (Quote from Paul's unofficial FAQ). 2001/03/05
Do you have a driver of HPT 366/ 370 controller for WinME¡H 2000/09/28
Which driver I should install first for my board with VIA chipset after installing operating system? 2000/09/28

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CPUs: DATE
What kind of SLOT-A Athlon CPUs is supported by KA7/KA7-100? 2000/10/04
Does the KA7/KA7-100 support Slot-A Thunderbird CPU ? 2000/10/04

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Hard-disks and CDROMs: DATE
After I enable the DMA mode for IDE drive via "Device Manager" under Windows 2000, the system reboots and the DMA mode for that drive is disabled automatically. What's going on? There isn't VIA BM Ultra ATA driver installed and the hard drive is connected to IDE channel 1 or 2. 2001/01/19
Why does the BIOS detect the ATA 66/100 hard drive as an Ultra ATA/33 on the ATA 66/100 port rather than an Ultra ATA/66/100 even though you have put an ATA 66/100 hard drive into the ATA 66/100 port? 2000/09/28
How does one boot a system from the CD-ROM device? 2000/10/01

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Memory: DATE
Why I meet "Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM (512MB) Installed with Windows95/98/98SE/Me? 2001/07/23

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BIOS : DATE
How can I update the Highpoint BIOS?
How does SoftMenu III on the KA7-100 work?
I heard the KA7-100's BIOS features L2 Cache divider settings. Is this true?

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Display Cards: DATE
There is infinite Loop or NV Loop/BSOD error on motherboards based VIA chipsets . 2002/01/16
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 does my AGP card hang under Windows2000 in 3D application?
Why system becomes unstable when play 3D games by using Nvidia GTS or MX graphic card, and enable Fast Write function in BIOS?
Why I can not enable the 4X mode in using ATI Radeon Display Card?
Why system shut down since execute the 3DMARK 2000 on using Diamon Viper-II(Savage 2000) display card ?
Why can't my Guillemot MaxiGamer work properly when trying to adjust the display mode and so on along with ABIT KA7 board ?
Do the VT6X4 / KA7 /KT7 boards support "Fast Write Modes"?
How could I install new AGP card driver after I change to a new AGP card?

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Sound Cards DATE
Why I get a Blue-screen-of-death after loading Liveware 3.0 for Creative SBLive! sound card under Windows ME?
Why does my system hang up after installing the driver of Creative PCI 128 sound card?

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MISC DATE
How's the IRQ sharing issue for KA7 / KT7 /KT7Amotherboards. 2000/10/15
How's the IRQ sharing issue for KA7-100 / KT7-RAID /KT7A-RAID motherboards. 2000/10/12
What kind of power supply unit is fit for KT7-RAID motherboard. (KA7 / KA7-100 / KT7 / KT7-RAID) 2000/10/12
Why doesn't the PS/2 mouse work properly? 2000/09/26
What's the jumper "JP1" between PCI 4 and PCI 5 on the KA7 / KA7-100 / KT7 / KT7-RAID / KT7A / KT7A-RAID / KT7E Board for? 2000/09/26
Doesn't the KA7 User's Manual indicate that the Core Voltage can be adjusted to 2.05V manually? Why is it that when I use the AMD K7 800MHZ CPU , the maximum Vcore is limited to 1.9V only ? 2000/09/26
Does the KA7 board support the STR, (Suspend To RAM) function? 2000/09/26
Do the VA6 / VT6X4 / KA7 / KT7 boards support the "POWER ON BY KEYBOARD" and "POWER ON BY MOUSE" functions? 2000/09/26
Where can I get more information on overclocking the KA7-100? 2000/09/26
How does one boot a system from the CD-ROM device? 2000/10/01
Why does the BIOS detect the ATA 66/100 hard drive as an Ultra ATA/33 on the ATA 66/100 port rather than an Ultra ATA/66/100 even though you have put an ATA 66/100 hard drive into the ATA 66/100 port? 2000/09/28

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HPT 37X FAQ Topics (For motherboards and adapters included HPT37X controller) DATE
Quick Installation Guide- How to install Windows XP with HPT37X driver 2.0.1019 2001/10/24

Why does my system hang, if connected the ATA33 HDD (Brand: SEAGATE ST33221A/ IBMDTTA-307010/ Maxtor 90432D2) on HPT370 controller, and it can't transfer Data from IDE1 CD-ROM drive? How do I fix the problem?

2001/07/09

BIOS update guide for RAID motherboards.

2001/07/02

Drivers update guide for VIA / HPT motherboards

2001/07/02

Why HotRod 100 Pro shows me UDMA 2 (ATA 33) even I have ATA 66 harddisks?

2001/01/10

Could I use different size harddisks on HotRod 100 Pro?

2001/01/10

Why I can not assign boot disk in "Select Boot Disk" session?

2001/01/10

What type of FLASH ROM should I select while upgrading HotRod 100 Pro BIOS via LOAD.EXE?

2001/01/10

How can I update the Highpoint BIOS?

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 a single or RAID disk is wrongfully recognized when the size larger then 64GB?

2000/10/04

How to install HPT366/370 driver in Windows NT 4.0?

2000/09/28

Do you have a driver of HPT 366/ 370 controller for WinME?

2000/09/28

Why does the BIOS detect the ATA 66/100 hard drive as an Ultra ATA/33 on the ATA 66/100 port rather than an Ultra ATA/66/100 even though you have put an ATA 66/100 hard drive into the ATA 66/100 port?

2000/09/28

Why the system stop response for about one minute when detecting the hard drive on RAID channels?

2000/09/28

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RAID FAQ Topics(For motherboards and adapters included RAID function) DATE

What is RAID? Why would I ever use it?

2001/03/20

What are RAID levels? Why so many? What distinguishes them?

2001/03/20

How could I replace a new harddisk while one of the harddisks broken after building a raid 1 (Mirror disk array) system.

2001/01/10

Disk size is wrong after building raid configuration.

2001/01/10

How to build RAID 0+1 disk array?

2001/01/10

Why all my data get lost after I create/delete RAID in hpt370 BIOS.

2000/10/12

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