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- Date:
- Monday , September 01, 2003
- Author:
- Morry Teitelman
- Editor:
- Kyle Bennett
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ABIT IC7-MAX3
The IC7-MAX3 is ABIT’s attempt to perfect an already superior board, the IC7-G, through the optimizations and the addition of its much touted OTES technology.
BIOS (continued)
The Integrated Peripherals menu contains various submenus logically grouped for configuring the IC7-MAX3’s impressive list of integrated devices. From within the OnChip IDE Device submenu, you have the option of configuring the IDE and SATA ports associated with the ICH5R Southbridge chipset. The state of the ICH5R based SATA ports are controlled through the OnChip Serial ATA option. When the OnChip Serial ATA option is set to Combined Mode, Enhanced Mode, or SATA Only, you are able to change the status of the OnChip Serial ATA Mode option between IDE and RAID. When the OnChip Serial ATA Mode option is set to RAID, the SATA RAID ROM option becomes enabled. The SATA RAID ROM option enables the ability to set up drives connected to ports SATA1 and SATA2 in RAID 0 or RAID 1 type arrays through the Intel RAID BIOS. The Silicon Image RAID controller options are available from within the Onboard PCI Device submenu, selectable from the Integrated Peripherals menu. The SATA RAID ROM option control how the Silicon Image controller based ports function. When enabled, drives connected to ports SATA3, SATA4, SATA5, and SATA6 can be setup in a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 0+1 type array through the Silicon Image RAID BIOS. Otherwise, drives connected to those ports act as separate entities.
From within the PC Health Status menu, you can monitor various system temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds from monitored fan headers. You also have the option of configuring the system to handle catastrophic events and failures.
The FAN Fail Alarm Selectable option allows for customized fan status monitoring of fans connected to a single header, multiple headers, or all monitored fan headers (through the Auto selection). If the selected fan(s) fail, a BIOS based alarm will activate. The Shutdown When FAN Fail option is very similar in appearance to the FAN Fail Alarm Selectable option, with the caveat that if the selected fan fails, a BIOS initiated system shutdown occurs. The CPU FanEQ Speed Control allows for speed throttling of the fan connected to the CPUFAN1 header. When any option besides Disabled is selected, the Active Temperature option becomes accessible. The Active Temperature option sets a threshold temperature for the CPU, above which the fan connected to the CPUFAN1 header runs at 100% speed. The Active Temperature option is settable between 30° and 90°C. The CPU Shutdown Temperature and CPU Warning Temperature options define settable thresholds for the CPU temperature. When the CPU temperature exceeds the warning threshold, a series of beeps is heard through the system speaker. When the CPU temperature exceeds the shutdown threshold, the BIOS immediately initiates a system shutdown. The odd thing about these two options is the fact that the warning threshold can be set to a higher temperature than the shutdown threshold.