New and Modified BIOSes for Abit KW7 available

Zepper

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3-29-05-Update: Just for grins, I tried the Abit FlashMenu program this morning (I almost always use the Download file/floppy boot process to update BIOS) and there appears to be an info file that includes the address to a ver. 14 BIOS, but when FM tries to retrieve the file it isn't there. So perhaps momentarily there will be a ver.14 available...
.bh.

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Hello,

I'm using an Abit KW7 which has been rock solid for me for several months now. An updated BIOS was released recently but somehow I missed its posting. It is v. 13.
It's available at : KW7-13 .
Or you can use Abit's live BIOS update program, BIOS Menu, to DL and install it.

There are also modified versions that unhide some of the hidden options on http://www.biosmods.com . You have to register for the forums in order to DL the mods and tools. There are mods for BIOS versions 11 and 13 . Use these entirely AT YOUR OWN RISK!
But they are pretty safe as they only UNHIDE some options that were already in the BIOS code.

.bh.
 

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I used that board for a friend's system because he is a Via and Abit whore, and was very disappointed it didn't overclock for shat :( It was definitely fast&stable@defaults in dual channel but even after grabbing the modded bios from biosmods and unhiding the settings they didn't work. I had grabbed a mobile 35w 2200+ for it and it wouldn't let me do much with it. limited to 132fsb and when I changed the multi it didn't "take". I tried a unlocked Duron and a Palimino he had but once again the options were very limited for overclocking. It had already been over 3 months since the board hit and they still hadn't released a new bios for it, so support seemed lacking for that model.

I was impressed with how loaded the board was for the price, and the HQ japanese caps were a plus, but it had to go back to ZZF even though I ate the restock and return shipping on it. I gave him a A64+nF3 150 combo, kept the 35w and bought a used NF7-s for it, now it runs 2.5ghz 24/7 Einstein@Home. If someone needs a feature rich board for dirt cheap and plans to run stock or slightly overclocked it is a winner, but it was not the board for a mobile.