New bios for the abit kt7's

[Binary]

ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/beta/kt7/bios/

Or you could grab them here:
Date: 15.12.2000 06:03
kt7_wg.zip
kt7_wg.b00.gif

Date: 15.12.2000 08:22
wt103b1.zip
kt7_wt.103.gif

Edit: Use at your own risk as always

 

[Lightingguy]

Anyone know anything about this Bios?

Bug fixes, power management, etc?

 

[Netopia]

I just installed it. Haven't noticed any real plusses or minuses.

Joe

 

[Binary]

Abit Download Center (fae.abit.com.tw)

Maybe we'll get some answers soon...

 

[TuffGuy]

thanks.

 

[SmackdownHotel]

Any RAID optimizations/fixes??

 

[NiPNi]

About using at your own risk: has anyone tried the RD1 BIOS Savior yet? Looks kind of neat.

Edit: http://www.ioss.com.tw/eg/index.html

 

[SmackdownHotel]

People, be CAREFUL with this BIOS version, apparently it has hosed several systems so far! Check out more details here:

http://www.apushardware.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=2420

Apparently the "wg" version is the one to look out for, but if I were you, I would avoid anything altogether until Abit makes it official. Keep this up top for more people to see.

 

[Technonut]

<< About using at your own risk: has anyone tried the RD1 BIOS Savior yet? Looks kind of neat. >>



I have been using the BIOS Savior for quite some time now, and think they are great. Mwave is where I purchase them.

Test new beta versions or different configurations for optimal performance!

With BIOS Savior, you can try a beta version BIOS, compare new and old version's BIOS performance, or even edit your own BIOS for optimum performance. If the settings or not optimal, or cause your system not to function, you can change the BIOS back with just a slide a switch. You can even play with three or more different kind of BIOS by stacking the BIOS Savior!

 

[gimps]

Actually, I believe the WW is the newest official non-beta bios, as of 12/27/00
http://fae.abit.com.tw/download/bios/kt7/index-e.htm

 

[Binary]

KT7_WZ01.ZIP is the latest beta version.
Can be found over at the ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/beta/kt7/bios/.

0.Based on KT7_WW.BIN
1.Fixes wrongful registry setting of &quot;Bank x/y Dram Timing&quot;
for normal/medium/fast/turbo with CL=2 setting.
2.Fixes wrongful registry setting of &quot;Bank x/y Dram Timing&quot;
for normal/medium/fast/turbo with 133FSB Athlon CPU. For
KT7A and KT7A-RAID only.
3.Adds an option to disable fan1 error check and changes the
default setting to disable.

 

[jsbush]

That's the beta bois though! Doesn't beta have bugs in it?

 

[SmackdownHotel]

Not always. It's a &quot;try it at your own risk&quot; type deal.

 

[jsbush]

Well that was weird you posted after me and it ended up befor me, anways.

Which bois should I use? I've currently got the UL bois and my floppy doesn't work right so maybe a new bois will help me fix that, so should I get the WW bois or the WZ (beta)?

 

[java2]

I installed the WZ on a new KT7 700 Duron at 900 1.65v and saw a big difference in the way I could set up the memory. Before I had to run the 256megs of PC133 at 100mhz or it would act flaky.
Afterwards I could not only run it at 133 but at the faster settings. I set it to

Normal for the DRAM timing, 2 way for the interleave, and 2 for the SDRAM cycle.

Since then I hav'nt touched it, so it remains to be seen if it could be tweaked more.

As it is my Sandra scores are ALU-397mb/s and FPU-476mb/s which to me doesn't seem all that shabby.