Hello, I have read stories about some cases being bad because they require the motherboard to be upside down thus some chips would overheat etc. Would ABIT recommend using cases from Chieftec ? (For example the Bravo and Smart series ?? ) (In other words are these cases from Chieftec safe to use...

I have a BE6-II v1.2 that I upgraded to a v2.0 with the 2.0.1024 oem BIOS and drivers. What BIOS and driver version is required to recognize a 200 gig hard drive? I've already obtained some of the custom files from Mr. Geery's ftp site but do not no which version to use. Anyone? Thanks in...

I am getting random beeps only when playing games with an otherwise perfectly operating computer. The mobo is AN7 rev 1.0, cpu AMD 2500+XP (barton) with 512mb of DDR 400 memory. Video card is ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. As I said the beeps are random and no other symptoms have cropped up. Any help is...

Hello. Please I need to know if ABIT TH7II-RAID motherboard (i850) with latest BIOS update support/recognize P4 2666/133 processor (northwood). Did somebody try that? If yes, what is the best BIOS settings for most stable configuration in combination with RDRAM PC800? Thanks

Ever since the 2 latest bioses (dated 10th June and 2nd July) I have had a problem with the bios not detecting my Primary IDE device on IDE1 on a cold boot. After a warm restart they appear as normal, but then Windows does not see the Primary device on IDE2. On a cold start it sees IDE2 but not...

Hi, I am new to posting AND building a pc, so please be gentle ! I bought an Abit AA8 Duramax mobo. Added a P4 3.4 CPU Gigabyte 6600GT PCIx video card 1GB Kingston Ram, 2 Hitachi SATA drives and a BENQ DVD/CD Rom I put it all together per the specs and tentatively hit power on. It worked - I got...

Hi all, I am getting no response from a pc I'd really like to be using right now. I have power to the video card, but nothing at all happens when I switch the power button on. The power supply is fine but I am stuck. Could it be a bad processor or Mobo? It is an Abit nf7 vers. 2 and a barton...

Hi. I'm running an Abit NF7-S rev2.0. When I was running the 4.24 nForce Unified Drivers everything was fine and dandy. The two latest versions (4.27 and 5.10) are giving me soundproblems with the buildin Soundstorm. The sound is very low. I have to turn my speakers up to max level, just to have...

I am still happily living with a VP6 and AGP4x. Thinking of upgrading, but I am waiting for a mobo that has dual sockets for either dual-core or, gulp, quad-core CPUs, and support for nVidia Quad SLI. Am I dreaming? -Hlafordlaes

BAD BIOS FLASH? Visit: http://BADBIOSFLASH.COM For Replacement chips $16 SHIPPED re-flash of existing chip $8

Hi there, i've got a Abit KT7-RAID motherboard and i'm running the following config on win2k. IDE 1 - hdd master and slave IDE 2 - dvd rom and cd-rw RAID IDE 3 - one hdd only RAID IDE 4 - nothing. I want to use my extra hdd on my raid ide port as another hdd. But windows/my bios doesn't seem to...

I have been told that the KV7-V won't work with more than one DIMM at 400MHz. Is this true or just utter nonsense? Thanks for your time.

BAD BIOS CHIP FLASH? VISIT: http://BadBiosFlash.com For Replacement chips $15 re-flash of existing chip $8

Hi folks. I hope someone in here can help me. I just received an IC7- Max3 motherboard. I've hooked it all up. I'm running a P4 3.0e (not overclocked), 1 gig of ram, geforce 6800gt, and a 400gb sata. I've already flashed it to the latest bios which is 18 I believe and it fires up fine. However, i...

Hi, Can I boot from a pen drive on the NF7-S ver 2.0? The bootable device do not show a selection for a USB device. Is there any setting that make it work(boot from a pen drive)? TQ,

abit nf7 ver 2.0 barton athlon xp 2500+ 2x256mb corsair memory 1x512mb corsair memory 40gb seagate hdd saphire ati 9600pro 256mb video card agp 8x getting power to vid card, lights up but no action whatsoever when i try to power on the pc. no boot sequence, no beeps, no power light coming on....

I downloaded the latest drivers from NVIDIA and have LAN enabled in the BIOS under integrated peripherals. But the LAN just isn't listed under network connections. there are other ethernet adaptors on the abit site for download, installing them doesn't help. I disabled te VIA LAN one it didn't...

Hello, Are the KT7A-Raid motherboards notorious for their memory slots dying? I am having memory issues with mine and I cannot seem to find a fix... I'm running 3 128 sticks of memory in it for a total of 384 MB SDRAM and the test program reports lots of errors but on other motherboards the...

Hey folks, Just built a new box w/Abit UL8 939 & AMD 3500+ 2.2ghz. I have a 350W PSU, ATI Radeon 9000 AGP w/128mb RAM and Maxtor 7200 IDE, 80bg HDD. Once built, I powered it up and the mobo light, front panel lights and fans came on, but my drives don't seem to be getting any power, so obviously,...

Doing some work on creating BIOS inserts for the VP6 and other VIA Apollo Pro mobos. Have a good collection of datasheets, but still missing the one for the VT82C694XDP version of the northbridge. Anyone know where I can get a copy? Hlafordlaes