Official BIOS release B5 for KR7A/KR7A-RAID
                                          KR7A-133/KR7A-133R
                                               
 
Release information:

[ENGLISH]

1. Support AMD Athlon XP CPU, 0.18 micron process Palomino up to 2100+ and 
   0.13 micron process Thoroughbred up to 2000+.
2. HPT 372 BIOS Version 2.32. The RAID function is for KR7A-RAID, KR7A-133R 
   only. This BIOS version is also for non RAID boards and HPT BIOS will be 
   automatically disabled while RAID controller chip not detected. 
3. BIOS compile Date: 8/22/2002.


           !!! Attention for upgrading KR7A-RAID/KR7A-133R BIOS!!! 

When you upgrade bios from old version to B5, we highly recommend you backup 
your system and data to an independent storage device first. New HPT 2.32 
bios may corrupt original RAID configuration created on old bios occasionally. 
That means you may need to rebuild RAID configuration. If it happens, all the
data on RAID-0 will be gone! 

For RAID-1 user, please press "CTRL+H" to enter HPT372 setup screen and do 
"Duplicate Mirror Disk " to recover RAID system.


[CHINESE]

1. 支援 AMD Athlon XP CPU, 0.18 微米製程 Palomino, 最高 2100+，及 0.13 微米
   製程 Thoroughbred, 最高2000+.
2. HPT 372 BIOS 版本 2.32。適用於 KR7A-RAID, KR7A-133R。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。 
3. BIOS 日期: 8/22/2002。

              !!! KR7A-RAID/KR7A-133R BIOS 更新注意事項!!! 

當您要由舊版本 BIOS 升級至 B5 時，我們強烈建議您先備份您的系統與資料到一
獨立的儲存媒體上。新版 HPT 2.32 bios 可能會隨機損毀原始的 RAID 設定。這
意指您必需再重建 RAID 設定。當這情況發生，所有在 RAID-0 上的資料將會消失。

RAID-1 使用者，請按下 CTRL+H進入 HPT BIOS 設定畫面並執行 Duplicate Mirror 
Disk即可恢復系統。

由於 B5 BIOS 採用 2.32 版本的 HPT BIOS，因此，您在更新 BIOS 之前，請先更新
您硬碟裏的 HPT372 驅動程式。


*********************************  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 "kr7ab5.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.


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