SYSTEM BIOS FILE DOWNLOADS & INFORMATION
SYSTEMS TUNING, BENCHMARKING, FIXES & UPDATING
(This index will appear on our Technical System
Informational Pages for Easier Access)
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SYSTEM TUNING
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(main) PC Complete System Tuning - Optimization, Calibrations Etc...
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AWARD BIOS
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BIOS Setting - Tech Terms Information
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GAMERS AWARD BIOS 1
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BIOS Optimization - Tutorials about your BIOS
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GAMERS AWARD BIOS 2
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BIOS Optimization- Our Favorite BIOS Settings
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BIOS UPDATES
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BIOS Flashing - Tools /Utilities /Downloads /Information
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VIDEO CALIBRATION
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Calibrating Video Displays - Gamma /Color /Free Software
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CONNECTION SPEEDS
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Increase Speed - Cable /DSL /Modems /Updates /Software /Testing
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INTERNET SPEED TESTING
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Internet Connection Speed Test - Test Cable/ISDN /DSL /Modems
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HIGH TECH FORUMS
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High-tech Forums - Benchmarking / Help / Hardware /Software
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TWEAKS & TUNING
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High-tech Programming Tools - CPU, FSB, RAM, Tech Programs
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HARD DRIVE SPEED
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Jumpers & Transfer Modes - Helpful and Thorough Information
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RAM CHIP MODULES - DIMMS/SIMMs
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Examples of RAM - View modules used in today's Computers |
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What is a BIOS?
*BIOS is an acronym that stands for Basic Input Output System.
*The BIOS is responsible for booting your PC by providing a basic set of instructions.
*The BIOS performs all the necessary tasks that need to be initiated at the initial start-up time: POST (Power-On Self Test, booting an operating system from FDD or HDD). In essence, it is necessary
to upgrade the BIOS on your PC in order to maintain or inevitably obtain compatibility with the PC industries latest hardware, software and operating systems.
The BIOS
Ensures that the mother board works properly. This large board holds all the devices, so we recommend keeping it updated at all times. Through this operation
you can add supports for new peripherals. Boards made after 1994 usually allow updating by software (Flash Bios), but for those prior to that date it is
necessary to replace the chip of the bios. Updating is a delicate, dangerous operation. If it is not done correctly the mother board may be made useless. Never
interrupt the operation once it has started. It is also possible to update the bios from other devices such as graphics cards, modems or network cards. In the
case of the last two, if the operation is not successfully completed you can reinitialize and start again; however, if there are problems with the graphics card
it is possible that nothing will be seen on the screen after reinitializing the computer
Updating a BIOS?
Note: It is only possible to create these disks under Microsoft's Windows.
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Updating the Bios is a delicate operation and is usually done in a DOS environment, but with some manufacturers, (for example: Abit) have created their own Windows
GUI environment to update some of their motherboards Bios.
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Creating a start-up disk: Insert a New 3 blank floppy diskette into your "A" floppy drive.
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Open your Desktop Windows Explorer and click your mouse's right side button while hovered over the "A" drive icon in Explorer.
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Select the "Format" option in the next appearing menu. Be sure that "Copy System Files" is chosen and then click "Start" to initialize this process.
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Your new start-up disk is now ready.
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Copy your new Bios Flasher file and the Updated Bios ( usually a *.bin file) to the same floppy as well.
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Be sure your systems present Bios is setup to boot up the system from the "A" floppy drive first then, Insert the floppy disk you created and Reboot your system.
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Type in at the prompt CD A:\ and click "Enter", then...
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Type in "dir" at the A:\ prompt. "A:\dir" This will display the floppy directory contents.
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Locate your flash program on the drive, Usually the *.EXE file you copied onto the disk.
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At the A:\ prompt type in *.exe, Substitute the (*) for the name of your *.EXE flasher program to start the Bios Flashing process. Follow procedures exactly and DO NOT INTERRUPT THE PROCESS.
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After completion...Reboot and make the necessary changes in your new Bios updated settings.
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The Ultimate ABIT KT7 & KT7 RAID BIOS and Drivers / The
Athlon XP2100 CPU Update Documentation |
The Latest Complete Embedded BIOS, Ready to Install for the Abit KT7 & High Point Raid MB. Embedded, Tested, Installation Tools and Matching Drivers, This is a
Very Stable & Worth Installing Updated Flash Download for KT7. |
February 2004 |
Abit KT7/KT7-RAID
A9 / 235 Bios Update
Athlon XP2100 Update
DOWNLOAD
DOCUMENT INFO |
COMPANY |
Motherboard Update Compatible |
BIOS Vers. |
Type |
Embedded A9/2.35 |
Drivers Included |
Tools Included |
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Abit KT7
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High-Point |
KT7, KT7-RAID, V1.0/1.01/1.02
KT7A, KT7A-RAID, V1.0/1.1/1.2
KT7E, V1.0/1.1 Embedded
HPT370/370A/372/372A/372N/302/302N
ATA RAID Controller BIOS Embedded |
A9
v2.35 |
Official |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Abit KT7 |
KT7, KT7-RAID, V1.0/1.01/1.02
KT7A, KT7A-RAID, V1.0/1.1/1.2
KT7E, V1.0/1.1 BIOS Only |
A9 |
Official |
No |
No |
Yes |
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High-Point |
HPT370/370A/372/372A/372N/302/302N
ATA RAID Controller BIOS Only |
v2.35 |
Official |
No |
v2.35 |
Yes |
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High-Point |
High-Point Raid v2.35 DRIVERS Only |
n/a |
Official |
No |
Yes |
n/a |
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AMD |
KT7, KT7-Raid
Tbred Athlon XP2100 Mod Replacement |
n/a |
Official |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
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MUST READ!!!
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTED INFORMATION FOUND ON FORUM FOR UPDATING ALL ABIT-KT7 MOTHER BOARD CPU's
This information is being supplied "as is" to all owners of an ABIT-KT7/KT7-RAID Motherboard. This information explains how you can update your ABIT-KT7's CPU
from a maximum size allowed of 1.4Ghz to a (Athlon TBred XP2100 OEM) which is a 1.7Ghz. Now, if your familiar with ABIT's KT7 "Softmenu" BIOS setting menu then let me explain further about this
new CPU that will allow you to set your "softmenu" up to run a 1.7Ghz CPU at a whopping 2.3Ghz @ a voltage rate of 1.7v with no mods which is lower then default of 1.75v. If this is sounding confusing
or unreal to you let me reassure you that it works and is incredibly stable plus 100% compatible. I am running one now after replacing my old 900Mhz Athlon. It works great in WinXP at 2.3Ghz/1.7v
@ average temp of 98F. Since I run a duel boot system with win98se, I had to back mine to a 2.0Ghz/1.65v because win98 seems to get confused somehow as it loads, But it has started and ran on
it before at the full speed. An OEM XP2100 Athlon Tbred CPU is priced around $54.00 and if this is too much to spend to upgrade a board that was thought to max at 1.4Ghz then I suggest that you
do not download this forum documented chat I captured that shows several members explaining in detail how simple it was to do. It was actually humorous to read as I watched the entire forum of
KT7 owners rush to buy these CPU's and come back happily amazed at the awesome speed increase for practically nothing. Anyway, I am posting this document for all you KT7 owners. I suggest you
read it and if you don't believe it or understand it...READ IT AGAIN! until you do and I guarantee, you will be calling
Newegg.com and ordering your Athlon 2100XP that day.
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Flash Update Systems BIOS
Complete archive of up to date tools, utilities, loaders, tutorial links. Also Flash loading a High Point Raid BIOS too!
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How do I flash the BIOS?
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depth system help, calibrating, tuning, video monitor calibrating and speeding up internet connections.
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Method #1
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ABIT have recently released a reliable and tested Windows-based BIOS flash utility called
Flash Menu . This application runs from within Windows and will automatically download, verify and
then flash your machine to the latest BIOS version from within Windows. This process is extremely simple and is now our recommended means of updating your BIOS. After flashing the
BIOS, Windows reboots, and all you need do is hit Del to enter the BIOS setup menu and set the correct options. All recent motherboards, including the DiGiDice SFF, are supported.
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Method #2
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If you are not running Microsoft Windows then you should follow the steps below in order to update your BIOS. If you follow them exactly you should experience
no problems. Do not skip or modify any step.
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In order to flash update the BIOS, you will need a floppy disk or bootable CDROM containing the the following:
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DOS without any memory management drivers installed. I recommend you use the DrDOS 7.X boot disk designed specifically for BIOS flashing available on the downloads
page or www.bootdisk.com
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The BIOS *.bin (or *.b00 or *.b01) file to which you wish to update. The previous BIOS *.bin file (just in case you wish to flash back!)
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Version 8.64 of the AWDFLASH.EXE utilities Listed Below.
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Optional: ABIT supplies a file called RUNME.BAT with their BIOS releases which calls ABITFAE with the BIOS filename. You can put this on the floppy disk if
you wish, and then instead of Step 6 below, type "RUNME".
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Note that ABIT often supplies their BIOS files as executable (eg. KR7_WW.EXE). You will need to run this executable (which is a self extracting Zip file) to
get the BIOS binary file and possibly also AWDFLASH.EXE, ABITFAE.BAT and the optional RUNME.BAT. You may also encounter BIOS distributions in *.zip files, in which case you must first extract
the zip file using WinZip.
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Shut down the OS properly, then turn the machine off.
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Restart the computer with the DOS diskette in the floppy drive or CDROM in the CD. If you are using a CD image, you can either edit the CD image before
burning and insert the Bios and flash utility on the CD, or you may be able to boot off the CD and run the flash tool from your hard-drive. Note, this second option will only work if your hard-drive
is formatted with FAT, not NTFS.
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At the prompt, type DIR to check the files on the disk. Assuming all the files in Item 1 of this list are present, go to the next step
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At the prompt type ABITFAE filename - where filename is the name of the *.bin or *.b00 file you are using. (If you installed RUNME.BAT, you can simply
type RUNME instead)
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The utility will ask you to confirm a number of things, and will then automatically flash the BIOS with the correct parameters. Once it has finished go
to the next step.
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Press F1 to reset, then immediately press DEL to go into BIOS, then Go into CPU
Soft Menu III to adjust your CPU speed and voltage (please make sure the CPU
voltage matches your CPU specs)
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Set up any other BIOS parameters you required (remember you will need to redetect your hard disks!!)
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Remember that if you need to clear your CMOS with the jumper on the motherboard, you will need to reset the computer's clock! Save and Exit and You're done.
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For a detailed discussion of flashing the Award BIOS, We recommend the AWARD Flash BIOS Upgrade Guide
at X-Bit Labs.
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How do I embed or update my motherboard's BIOS |
- The embedded motherboard BIOS we prepared above will update the Highpoint
BIOS. check the documentation with each BIOS file.
- Occasionally, motherboard BIOS releases lag behind Highpoint's releases and you may then wish
to embed the Highpoint BIOS within the motherboard's BIOS like we have done for you. Using a tool developed by AWARD called
cbrom (see below) makes it possible to embed the latest Highpoint BIOS into the ABIT BIOS releases. I recommend you don't
try this unless you have a BIOS Saver with which to rescue your machine
if a problem occurs!
The steps are actually quite simple:
- Copy the desired Highpoint bios into a directory
- Copy the motherboard's BIOS into the same directory
- Boot into a clean DOS environment
- CBROM207 MOBOBIOS.BIN / PCI HIGHPOINTBIOS.BIN
- Use CBRom207 as follows:
- MOBOBIOS.BIN is the name of the file of the motherboard BIOS, and HIGHPOINTBIOS.BIN the name for Highpoint's
BIOS. (PLEASE VIEW CBROM's DOCUMENTATION INCLUDED WITH THE CBROM DOWNLOADS.)
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Everest
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BIOS Agent
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Award Bios Editor 1.0
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Phoenix Bios Editor_v2.201
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Download
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Successor to "AIDA32". Gives you an extensive report on hardware and software settings for Win95/98/Me/XP.
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BIOS Agent is a
simple, easy to use program that will automatically identify your computers BIOS and other system information.
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The Award
Bios Editor 1.0 is exactly what you need to edit your Award Bios
flash file and update or mod your system Bios.
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The Phoenix
Bios Editor v2.201 is exactly what you need to edit your Phoenix
Bios flash file and update or mod your system Bios.
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