Official BIOS release CR for BD7/BD7-RAID Release information: [ENGLISH] 1. Fix Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Default, the setting of Drive A/Drive B /Floppy 3 Mode/Video/Halt On in Standard CMOS Features would not return to defaults. 2. Fix "Shutdown When CPU FAN Fail" function fails when system idled about 16 minutes under Windows 2000/XP. 3. Fix the incompatibility issue that ATI Radeon 9700pro failed to boot up with certain power supply unit- TC-350P. With this power supply, 9700pro will faile to boot and need to push reset button once to show the screen. 4. HPT 372 BIOS Version 2.32. The RAID function is for BD7-RAID only. This BIOS version is also for non RAID boards and HPT BIOS will be automatically disabled while RAID controller chip not detected. 5. BIOS Compile Date: 11/12/2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Official BIOS release BJ for BD7/BD7-RAID v1.0 Release information: [ENGLISH] 1. Willamette CPU will be automatically detected its FSB while Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Default in Bios Setup of SoftMenu. 2. Fill in new CPU micro code (0F27). 3. Provide multiplier higher than 24x in SoftMenu. 4. Fix some CL=3 DDR400 memory modules fail to boot issue.(Both DDR333 and DDR400 modules can only work at DDR 266 owing to 845/D/E chipset specification.) 5. Fix "CPU Shutdown Temperature" function failed under Win2K. 6. HPT 372 BIOS Version 2.32. The RAID function is for BD7-RAID only. This BIOS version is also for non RAID boards and HPT BIOS will be automatically disabled while RAID controller chip not detected. 7. BIOS compile Date: 9/11/2002. [TRADITIONAL CHINESE] 1. 新增使用 Willamette CPU時, 於BIOS Setup中, Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Default 後, SoftMenu 選單會自動選擇所符合該CPU 的設定表。 2. 填入新的 CPU micro code (0F27)。 3. 於 SoftMenu中新增支援 24 倍頻以上。 4. 修正某些 CL=3 的 DDR400 記憶體模組相容性問題。(請注意,由於 845/D/E 晶片 組規格限制,DDR333 及 DDR400 模組僅能以 266 的速度工作) 5. 修正 "CPU Shutdown Temperature" 功能於Win2K 下失效的問題。 6. HPT 372 BIOS 版本 2.32。適用於 BD7-RAID。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。 7. BIOS 日期: 9/11/2002。 ********************************* 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 "bd7bj.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. ============================================================================.