Quick Guide

Table Of Contents
1. 2. 3. Introduction...1 How to Access ABIT Guru..2 ABIT EQ....3
3.1 3.2 What is ABIT EQ...3 How to Use ABIT EQ..5 3.2.1 Power Supply Voltage...5 3.2.2 FAN Speed...7 3.2.3 Temperature...8 3.2.4 Monitor Setting...9 3.2.5 Display Setting..11

ABIT OC Guru...13

4.1 4.2 Turbo Mode...13 F1 Mode....14
ABIT FlashMenu...16 ABIT AudioEQ...18
6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Sound Effect...19 S/PDIF....20 Speaker Configuration...21 General...22
ABIT FanEQ...23 ABIT BlackBox...25

4200-0394-03 Rev. 2.01

ABIT Guru

Introduction

ABIT Guru1 is a fresh Microprocessor developed by ABIT engineers used only on ABIT motherboards. This processor combines the current ABIT engineered features into a user-friendly Windows-based interface, providing users a perfect environment to maximize PC performance and stability. ABIT Guru family currently includes six categories2: 1. ABIT EQ 2. ABIT OC Guru 3. ABIT FlashMenu 4. ABIT AudioEQ 5. ABIT FanEQ 6. ABIT BlackBox

Guru = micro guru

The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual.

How to Access ABIT Guru

You will have to install the driver first by the Driver & Utility CD that came pack with your motherboard. Please follow its instruction to complete the installation. To access the ABIT Guru, move your mouse to the Guru icon located at the status bar, and then right click your mouse. The Guru menu spreads up. Move your mouse to one of the Guru family members you want, and then left click your mouse.

ABIT EQ

What is ABIT EQ
ABIT EQ is a self-diagnostic system for PC based on motherboards designed and manufactured by ABIT Computer Corporation. It will protect PC Hardware by monitoring critical items of Power Supply Voltage, CPU & System Fans Speed, and CPU & System Temperature.
< - > Button: Click this < - > button on the up-right corner will minimize the main screen of ABIT EQ to the Windows working bar.
<?> Button: Click this <?> button to enter the help menu.
<X> Button: Click this <X> button on the up-right corner will exit the ABIT EQ.
Monitor Setting: Click this button to enter the sub-screen of setting the monitoring values.
Display Setting: Click this button to enter the sub-screen of selecting the monitoring items.
Down-pull arrow: Click this button to pull down a detailed monitoring sub-screen.

How to Use ABIT EQ

3.2.1 Power Supply Voltage Power Supply usually provides kinds of working voltage for different devices such as CPU, Chipset, and PCI Bus, etc. VCORE: This column displays the CPU working voltage.
+3.3V: This column displays the working voltage of chipset and clock generator.
+5V: The power supply usually provides +5V for the working voltage of Most ICs on motherboard. Both ISA bus and PCI bus are both provided with +5V voltage.
+12V: The power supply provides ISA bus several kinds of working voltage including +5V, +12V, -5V, -12V for different ISA devices.
AGPV: This column displays the working voltage of AGP video graphics accelerator slot.
DDRV: This column displays the working voltage of DDR memory slot.
5VSB: This column displays the standby voltage when system is in Suspend Mode.
VBAT: This column displays the battery voltage.
Note: These items are for reference only. All the names and items differ according to each model.
3.2.2 FAN Speed Please check your motherboard to see how many Fan Headers exist. Usually there will be one CPU Fan, one System Fan, and/or one Power Fan available, depending on different motherboard model. When the Fan is not connected or doesnt exist, the Fan Speed Column will be indicated by a black-colored-character OFF.
Note: Only the fan with three output pins can be monitored!
CPU FAN: The CPU Fan and its heatsink assembly must be installed directly on the top of CPU to keep it in normal temperature. When the CPU Fan is running, the Fan Speed Column will display the number of RPM in blue-colored-character among the yellow-colored background. If it turns low speed or stops, the fan speed column will be indicated by RPM in the same blue-colored-character among the red-colored background.
Note: The CPU may be damaged or operate unstably if the CPU Fan turns low speed or stops.

SYS FAN: The System Fan is usually installed in the chassis to keep the system chassis in normal temperature. When the System Fan is running, the Fan Speed Column will display the number of RPM in blue-colored-character among the yellow-colored background. If it turns low speed or stops, the fan speed column will be indicated by RPM in the same blue-colored-character among the red-colored background.
NB FAN: The NB (North Bridge) Fan is usually installed directly on the top of the North Bridge Chipset to keep it in normal temperature. When the NB Fan is running, the Fan Speed Column will display the number of RPM in blue-colored-character among the yellow-colored background. If it turns low speed or stops, the fan speed column will be indicated by RPM in the same blue-colored-character among the red-colored background.
3.2.3 Temperature Once the CPU/System/PWM temperature exceeds the high limit set in the Monitor Setting menu, the background color of Temperature Column will turn Red. The background color will turn back to yellow once the temperature gets lower than the high limit. SYS Temp: The environment (system) temperature can be measured by an onboard thermal sensor. If the system temperature exceeds the high limit, the hardware may be damaged or operate unstably. CPU Temp: The CPU temperature can be measured by an onboard thermal sensor beneath CPU. If the CPU temperature exceeds the high limit, the CPU may be damaged or operate unstably. PWM Temp: This device allows the system to monitor the temperature around the CPU power supplying circuit on motherboard.

3.2.4 Monitor Setting

Item: This column lists the monitoring items.
Value: This column displays the monitoring value.
Lo Limit: This column displays the value of low limit for each item.
Hi Limit: This column displays the value of high limit for each item.
Note: Some critical items, such as VCore (CPU voltage), +3.3V, +5V are recommended NOT to change their default limit
Shutdown: Check this box to shut down the system 30 (thirty) seconds after the error detected.
Load Default: Click this <Default> button at each item to set its limits to default value.
Note: Make sure to set all limits to default value after replacing new CPU to allow the CPU working voltage VCore to be loaded automatically. To do so, click the <Default Setting> button and <Apply> button at the bottom of the main screen.
Voltage Setting: The blue bar represents the low limit. The red bar represents the high limit. Use the mouse button to change these low and high limits by adjusting the color bar.
Fan Setting: The value in this column represents the fan speed per minute.
Temperature Setting: The value in this column represents the temperature detected.

Centigrade/Fahrenheit: Check one of these two temperature-measuring unit. boxes to select the
Default Setting: To set all the settings to their default value, click this <Default Setting> button and then click the <Apply> button to activate the default settings.
Apply: To activate the new settings, click this <Apply> button make it effective at once.
Cancel: To cancel the new settings, click this <Cancel> button to exit the Monitor Setting.

3.2.5 Display Setting

Display Item List: This column lists all the items you may monitor.
Main Screen: This column lists the selected monitoring items from Display Item List to display on the Main Screen.
Sub Screen: This column lists the selected monitoring items from Display Item List to display on the Sub Screen.
Add >>: Click this button to add the selected items from the column of <Display Item List> to the main and/or sub screen.
Select All: Click this button to add all the items from the column of <Display Item List> to the main and/or sub screen.
Remove: Click this button to remove the selected items from the column of the main and/or sub screen.
Apply: Click this <Apply> button to make the new settings effective at once.
Warning alert by E-Mail: Check this box if you want the ABIT EQ to send out a warning message by E-Mail. You may type in the mailing address in the blank spaces.
Error Log Recording: Check this box if you want to record the error log. To view the error log in text form, you may click the <View Error Log> button.
Run ABIT EQ when system start up: Check this box if you want to run the ABIT EQ after starting the system.

ABIT OC Guru

ABIT OC Guru is a Windows-based over clocking utility to automatically and immediately over clocks the external clock for an extra hit of juice. All settings adjusted under ABIT OC Guru will be displayed in real-time, allowing users the most control over their systems, as well as instant hardware gratification, and save it into different settings. ABIT OC Guru utilizes hard ware technique to protect the act of over clocking failure. Once the system fails by over clocking, users can reset the system to have it rebooted, and then the system will be back to its previous optimized setting.

Turbo Mode

Ext. Clock: Drag and pull this slider bar to adjust the external clock you need.
CPU Info: Your CPU information will be displayed in this column. Save: Save the current setting. Add: Add a new name to do the setting. Remove: Remove the current setting from the name previously specified. Apply: Apply the new setting. Exit: Exit this program.

F1 Mode

Ext. Clock: Drag and pull this slider bar to adjust the external clock you need. CPU Voltage: Drag and pull this slider bar to adjust the CPU core voltage you need. AGP Voltage: Click the down-pull arrow to select the AGP slot voltage you need. DDR Voltage: Click the down-pull arrow to select the DRAM memory slot voltage you need. Save: Save the current setting. Add: Add a new name to do the setting. Remove: Remove the current setting from the name previously specified. Apply: Apply the new setting. Exit: Exit this program.

ABIT FlashMenu

ABIT FlashMenu is the most stable Windows-based BIOS flash available. No more worries from crashing. With one click of BIOS updating, ABIT users can flash their BIOS more easily and in less time.
Click this button to toggle this program. Click this button to link to ABITs Technical Support Web Site. Update From File: Click this button to update your BIOS by the BIOS file previously downloaded and stored in your PC. Save BIOS: Click this button to save the current BIOS version run by your PC. One Click LiveUpdate: Click this button to update your BIOS without any further prompt.
You must have your system connected to the Web. The program will find the path to ABITs Web Site and do the BIOS update automatically. LiveUpdate Step by Step: Click this button to update your BIOS step by step. You must have your system connected to the Web. The program will find the path to ABITs Web Site and prompt you to do the BIOS update step by step. Stop: Click this button to stop downloading the BIOS. Setting: Click this button to enter the sub-screen of Advance Setting.
About: Click this button to bring out the version screen.

ABIT AudioEQ

ABIT AudioEQ uses the Realtek ALC658 Codec, designed by ABIT for audiophiles, musicians and gamers to bring the richest, warmest sound to your home PC. Audio EQ offers high quality 5.1-Channel surround sound of better than 95dB SNR and supports major game audio technologies including EAX 1.0/2.0, DirectSound 3D, A3D, HRTF3D, and Sensaura 3D. Users can adjust speaker configuration, equalizer and sound effects for more control over their audio experience. ABIT AudioEQ also uses Jack Sensing Technology to inform users of an inappropriate peripheral connection. No more confusion among Line-in, Line-out, and Mic-in selection.

There are four main functions in ABIT AudioEQ: (1) Sound Effect, (2) S/PDIF, (3) Speaker Configuration, and (4) General.

Sound Effect

There are five pre-determined environmental types of main Sound Effect shown on user interface.

Under Water

Auditorium

Bathroom

Sewer Pipe
Arena You can also select various types of reverbs that simulate various environments by clicking this button.

S/PDIF

This page allows you to control the settings for the Digital Audio input and output. S/PDIF is the acronym for industry-wide standard called Sony/Philips Digital Interface. This is the signal typically labeled Digital Output on the back of a newer generation CD-Player or similar Digital Audio consumer devices.

Speaker Configuration

This page allows you to configure the speakers output.
Speakers Type: Select the correct type of your speakers from Headphone, 2CH Speaker, 4CH Speaker, and 6CH Speaker.
Swap Center / Subwoofer Output: Swap the sound output between Center and Subwoofer speaker. There is no need to reconnect the wiring between these two speakers.
Auto Test: Click this button to start auto testing of verifying the speakers connection and orientation.

General

This information tab provides detailed information about your sound system. You can also choose the language of your user interface here.

ABIT FanEQ

The ABIT FanEQ intelligently and automatically adjusts CPU fan speed according to system load and temperature. It lowers fan speed when CPU and Chipset temperature is decreased due to lighter system load, ensuring a quiet computing environment. Accompanied with the almost noiseless environment is the eager for more power saving, performance increasing, and easing off CPU loading. There are three main categories to do the monitoring: CPU Fan, NB Fan, and OTES Fan3.
The CPU FanEQ controls the speed of the fan connected to CPU fan header according to the reference temperature measured from the CPU thermal sensor only.
These names differ upon different motherboard. The category OTES Fan might be replaced with SYS Fan or AUX Fan.
The NB FanEQ controls the speed of the fan connected to NB fan header according to the reference temperature measured among the CPU, SYS, or PWM thermal sensors. The OTES FanEQ controls the speed of the fan connected to SYS fan header or AUX fan header according to the reference temperature measured among the CPU, SYS, or PWM thermal sensors. Each monitoring category comes with three pre-determined Cool, Quiet, and Normal modes to choose. The Cool mode allows a faster fan-speed while as the Quiet mode allows a slower fan-speed than the one set in Normal mode. Besides these pre-determined modes, you can also determine your own speed-temperature ratio by selecting the User Define mode to adjust the Low Temperature and High Temperature range manually. The fan will run at the slowest speed auto-detected by FanEQ when the actual temperature measured is lower than the user-defined low-temperature point. The fan gradually increases the speed when the actual temperature measured is gaining higher. The fan finally run at full speed when the actual temperature measured is higher than the user-defined high-temperature point. To disable this FanEQ function in each monitoring categories, simply check the Disable FanEQ box. The fan will run at its full speed regardless of how the temperature is.

ABIT BlackBox

As the name depicted, ABIT BlackBox acts like the black box found on aircrafts. When your system crashes, it will record information pertinent to your system and problem, such as CPU Type, CPU speed, memory size, and a summary of devices presented in your PC into a text file. You can then automatically e-mail ABIT for technical support with this text file. ABIT will then be able to determine your problem and will e-mail you back directly with solution.
There are six pages of documentation you will need to fill in after entering the ABIT BlackBox: (1) User Info, (2) CPU & Memory, (3), HDD & PCI Card, (4) USB, (5) MB, and (6) Software Info. Auto Detect: Besides the manually documentation filling, all the hardware information can be detected automatically by clicking this button.
Note: You still have to fill in your problem in the Symptom Description box manually.
Send Mail to ABIT: After finishing the documentation, you can click this button to send the text file of your problem by e-mail to ABIT for help.
Exit: Click this button to cancel and exit the BlackBox.

An ABIT Engineered Microprocessor Users Manual

4200-0394-06 Rev. 4.00

ABIT Guru
Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are property of their respective owners. This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual.

Users Manual

Table of Contents
1. 2. 3. Introduction...1 Entering The ABIT Guru Utility..2 ABIT EQ....4
3.1 Control Buttons....5 3.1.1 To Change the Skin:...6 3.1.2 To Set the Transparent Level:...7 3.1.3 To Select Preset and User-defined Mode:..8 The Setup for ABIT EQ...9 3.2.1 Voltage Monitoring:...9 3.2.2 Temperature Monitoring:...11 3.2.3 FAN Monitoring:...12

OC Guru...14

4.1 The Setup for OC Guru...14 4.1.1 OC Guru Setting:...15 4.1.2 OC Guru Mode Selection:..16 OC Guru Failure...17 4.2.1 What If Over Clocking Fails...17

FAN EQ...18

5.1 The Setup for FAN EQ...18 5.1.1 FAN EQ Setting:...19 5.1.2 FAN EQ Mode Selection:...21

AutoDrive...22

6.1 The Setup for AutoDrive...22

7. 8. 9.

General....25 FlashMenu....26 BlackBox...28

Introduction

Designed by ABIT Engineers, Guru1 delivers an avalanche of advanced features; each specifically designed to give ABIT users total control over their system2. With Guru, users can take advantage of the most advanced suite of hardware monitoring, tweaking, and e-service tools ever offered on a desktop motherboard by an easy to use, Windows-based3 interface. Never before have users experience a more robust, or user-friendly interface from which to base their PCs. The Guru family currently includes these major categories4: 1. [ABIT EQ]: Guarding your system by controlling and monitoring fan speeds, CPU, DDR, AGP voltages, and various system temperatures. 2. [OC Guru]: On-the-fly overclocking right from Windows. 3. [FAN EQ]: Intelligently control and monitor the fans working status. 4. [FlashMenu]: Flash your BIOS in Windows with one single click. 5. [BlackBox]: Automatically recording system settings and configurations when sending information to ABIT for technical support via e-mail.

Guru = micro guru

Although utilized currently for ABIT motherboards designed with Intel 945 and 955 chipset, ABIT Computer is constantly expanding the Guru utility. More and more ABIT motherboards applied with Guru technology are expecting.
Available for operating system later than Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual.
Entering The ABIT Guru Utility
You will have to install the driver first by the Driver & Utility CD came packed with your motherboard. Simply follow its instruction to complete the installation. There are 3 ways of entering the Guru Utility: (1) Execute the [uGuru] program by entering the Windows Menu [Start] Programs] [ABIT] [ABIT uGuru] [uGuru]. [All
(2): After executed the [uGuru] program, a Guru icon positioned at the status bar. Double click your mouse button on the Guru icon.
(3): Or you may move your mouse pointer to the Guru icon, and right-click your mouse button on the Guru icon. Move your mouse pointer to [Maximize] and left-click on it.

ABIT EQ

ABIT EQ protects PC Hardware by monitoring critical items of temperature, voltage, and fan speed, taking action of sounding warning beeps, or even shutting down the system; if there is any preset error situation occurred. The values of these critical items are very easy to read out at a glimpse in a popped-up diagram.

Control Buttons

Click each of these buttons to enter their sub-screen. Change Skin: Change the skin for Guru utility. Always on Top: Put the Guru skin always on top of the other Windows screen. Transparent Setting: Set the transparency level for Guru skin. Minimize: Minimize the main screen of ABIT EQ to the Windows working bar. Close: Exit the Guru utility. Simple: Change the Guru skin to a mini panel. Setup: Enter the setting page for all monitoring items. ABIT EQ: Change the monitoring page to ABIT EQ. OC Guru: Change the monitoring page to OC Guru. FAN EQ: Change the monitoring page to FAN EQ.
3.1.1 To Change the Skin:
To change the skin for Guru utility, click the <Change Skin> button. A skin selection page popped up. Here in this selection page you can select Mini Control, Mini Panel, Default, or any new skin. (The Mini Panel is the same result by clicking the Simple button.)
Mini Panel: (Show CPU information only) Mini Control:
3.1.2 To Set the Transparent Level:
To set the transparent level, click the <Transparent Setting> button. A Transparent Setting page popped up. Drag the adjusting bar leftward or rightward by your mouse pointer to change the level. Click the <OK> button to activate the new settings at once and exit the sub-screen, or click the < > button to cancel the new settings and exit the sub-screen. Another way to change the level can be done by moving the left or right arrow on your keyboard.
3.1.3 To Select Preset and User-defined Mode: There are several preset and user-defined modes to select by clicking the downward arrow at the <Mode Select>. [Default]: Same configuration as you set up the uGuru option in the BIOS menu. [Turbo] [Normal] [Quiet]: Factory preset modes.5 [User1] [User2] [User3]: User-defined modes. [AutoDrive]: Also a user-defined mode for quick accessing one specific mode for any program you would like to execute.
The [Turbo], [Normal], and [Quiet] mode are factory-preset, unchangeable options whose configuration items will be grayed out.

The Setup for ABIT EQ

To enter the setup sub-screen for ABIT EQ, first change6 the monitoring page to ABIT EQ by clicking the <ABIT EQ> button, then click the <Setup> button. In the ABIT EQ sub-screen, there are Voltage, Temperature, and Fan monitoring items. You can click on each tab to enter its contents and make your monitoring selection.
3.2.1 Voltage Monitoring: You can decide to have the ABIT EQ monitoring any abnormal working voltage status over your motherboard.
The ABIT EQ is the default monitoring-page when first entering the Guru Utility.
[Name]: This column lists the monitoring items according to the corresponding items of your motherboard. [Enable]: Check each of these boxes to enable their monitoring function. [Beep]: Check each of these boxes to sound warning beep via the PC speaker after the high or low limitation for each monitoring item had been detected. [Shutdown]: Check this box to shut down the system 30 (thirty) seconds after the high or low limitation for each monitoring item had been detected. [Default]: Click each of these buttons to set the high and low limitation for each monitoring item to its default value. [Celsius/Fahrenheit]: Check this box to select the temperature-measuring unit in Celsius or Fahrenheit. The value of measuring unit will be replaced in real time. [Master Beep]: Check this box to enable the Beep selections. Uncheck this box to disable all the Beep selections. [OK]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once and exit the sub-screen.

[Cancel]: Click this button to cancel the new settings and exit the sub-screen. [Apply]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once.
Note: These items are for reference only. All the names and items differ according to each motherboard model.
3.2.2 Temperature Monitoring: You can decide to have the ABIT EQ monitoring any abnormal temperature status over your motherboard.
[CPU]: This column configures the CPU temperature. [System]: This column configures the system temperature. [PWM1] ~ [PWM4]: This column configures the temperature around the CPU power supplying circuit.
To adjust the high and low limitation for each item, click on the item you want, the setting sub-screen appears. Drag the adjusting bar leftward or rightward by your mouse pointer to change the value. Click the <OK> button to activate the new settings at once and exit the sub-screen, click the <Cancel> button to cancel the new settings and exit the sub-screen. 3.2.3 FAN Monitoring: You can decide to have the ABIT EQ monitoring any abnormal fan working status over your motherboard.
[CPU Fan]: CPU fan header.
[NB Fan]: North Bridge fan header. [SYS Fan]: System fan header. [AUX1 / AUX2 / AUX3 / AUX4 / AUX5 Fan]: These items are available only on the motherboards equipped with these fan headers.
Note: These items are for reference only. All the names and items differ according to each motherboard model. Only the fans with three output pins can be monitored!
To adjust the high and low limitation for each item, click on the item you want, the setting sub-screen appears. Drag the adjusting bar leftward or rightward by your mouse pointer to change the value. Click the <OK> button to activate the new settings at once and exit the sub-screen, click the <Cancel> button to cancel the new settings and exit the sub-screen.

OC Guru

The OC Guru is a Windows-based over clocking utility allowing you to automatically and immediately over clocks the external clock for an extra hit of juice. All the settings adjusted under OC Guru are displayed in real-time, allowing the most control over their systems, as well as instant hardware gratification, and save it into different settings. The OC Guru utilizes hard ware technique to protect the act of over clocking failure. Once the system fails by over clocking, users can reset the system to have it rebooted, and then the system will be back to its previous optimized setting.

The Setup for OC Guru

To enter the setup sub-screen for OC Guru, first change the monitoring page to OC Guru by clicking the <OC Guru> button, then click the <Setup> button. In the OC Guru sub-screen, you can adjust the Frequency Setting for external clock, or adjust the Voltage Setting for VCore, DDRV, and MCH monitoring items.

4.1.1 OC Guru Setting:

[ExtClk]: Change the CPU external clock by 1MHz interval. Drag the adjusting bar leftward or rightward by your mouse pointer to change the value.7 The value of the external clock is illustrated simultaneously. Another way to change the value can be done by moving the left or right arrow on your keyboard. [VCore]: Change the CPU core voltage. Point your mouse to the triangle mark and click on it to pull down the voltage table. Choose adequate figure. [DDRV]: Change the DIMM slot voltage. Point your mouse to the triangle mark and click on it to pull down the voltage table. Choose adequate figure. [MCH1.5V]: Change the working voltage for MCH (Memory Controller Hub). Point your mouse to the triangle mark and click on it to pull down the voltage table. Choose adequate figure.
The risk of raising external clock too high over CPUs standard specification may fail your system. Please proceed with care.
[Default]: Click this button to set all the monitoring items to their default value. [OK]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once and exit the sub-screen. [Cancel]: Click this button to cancel the new settings and exit the sub-screen. [Apply]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once. 4.1.2 OC Guru Mode Selection: Besides the original [Default] setting, there are three Factory-Preset options and three User-Defined options. To select the OC Guru mode, point your mouse to the triangle mark and click on it to pull down the mode table to select.
Factory-Preset, unchangeable modes: [Turbo]: This mode controls the parameters regarding CPU, Memory Modules, AGP and PCI Frequency, and Fan Speed by aggressive values, allowing higher speed in performance.
[Normal]: This mode controls the parameters regarding CPU, Memory Modules, AGP and PCI Frequency, and Fan Speed by their standard default value. [Quiet]: This mode controls the parameters regarding CPU, Memory Modules, AGP and PCI Frequency, and Fan Speed by in-aggressive values, resulting lower speed in performance. User-Defined, changeable modes: [User1], [User2], and [User3]: These independent options allow you to have three personal defined settings.

OC Guru Failure

Despite the convenient over-clocking method that may be done by OC Guru, it does not guarantee for every over-clocking attempt. A successful attempt will have the system become effective immediately, while as the fail attempt will have the system hanged. 4.2.1 What If Over Clocking Fails When the system hanged by the act of over clocking, you will have to shut down the AC power first.8 To shut down the AC power manually, you may: (1) keep pressing the <Power> switch for more than four seconds, or (2) switch off or unplug the AC power cord. After the system rebooted from AC power back on, the following screen shot appears. Click [OK] to go on the system boot up.

Now your OC Guru configuration will be forced back to its factory default. You can try another safer OC Guru configuration.
Pressing the <Reset> switch is unable to reboot the system when OC Guru fails.

FAN EQ

The FanEQ intelligently and automatically adjusts CPU fan speed according to system load and temperature. It lowers fan speed when CPU and Chipset temperature is decreased due to lighter system load, ensuring a quiet computing environment. Accompanied with the almost noiseless environment is the eager for more power saving, performance increasing, and easing off CPU loading.

The Setup for FAN EQ

To enter the setup sub-screen for FAN EQ, first change the monitoring page to FAN EQ by clicking the <FAN EQ> button, then click the <Setup> button. In the FAN EQ sub-screen, you can adjust the fan speed by the percentage of voltage provided to each fan headers.

5.1.1 FAN EQ Setting:

[FanEQ Enable]: Check this box to enable the FAN EQ function so as to control the fan speed automatically by different state of configuration. [FanEQ Mode]: Select the mode you want to configure this item. You can select the [User Define] mode for your personal settings, or you can simply select one of the three factory preset modes among [Cool], [Quiet], or [Normal]. [Reference Temperature]: Select the reference point of temperature taking for the FAN EQ type.9 [Temperature]: Set the high and low temperature limit for Fan EQ threshold. Point your mouse to the triangle mark and click up or down for the centigrade you want. [Voltage]: Set the high and low voltage limit for Fan EQ threshold. Point your mouse to the triangle mark and click up or down for the voltage you want.
The type [CPU FanEQ] does not have this [Reference Temperature] selection.
[Optimize]: Beside the personal configuration, another easy and optimizing way to configure can be done by clicking this <Optimize> button to let your system find its optimized fan configuration. To optimize the fan configuration automatically: (take the type SYS FanEQ for example) (1) Select <User Define> mode for the FAN EQ. (2) Check the <FanEQ Enable> box. (3) Click the <Optimize> button. Wait a few seconds; the FANEQ will find its best configuration automatically. [OK]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once and exit the sub-screen. [Cancel]: Click this button to cancel the new settings and exit the sub-screen. [Apply]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once.
5.1.2 FAN EQ Mode Selection: Same as the OC Guru Mode Selection, there are also three Factory-Preset options and three User-Defined options besides the original [Default] setting. To select the FAN EQ mode, point your mouse to the triangle mark and click on it to pull down the mode table to select.

AutoDrive

The Auto Drive is a quick access of configuring one specific mode for any program you would like to have. For example, you can select Turbo mode for running some particular games, or you can select Quiet mode for running media player.

The Setup for AutoDrive

To enter the setup sub-screen for AutoDrive, as illustrated in previous section, first change the monitoring page to any one of the ABIT EQ, OC Guru, or FAN EQ by clicking their corresponding button, then click the <Setup> button.
[Add]: Click this button to add any program installed in your system. After clicking the <Add> button, the following diagram appears.
Move your mouse pointer to any program you would like to specify, and select any mode you want.
[Delete]: Select the program you want to delete, and the click this button.
[OK]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once and exit the sub-screen. [Cancel]: Click this button to cancel the new settings and exit the sub-screen. [Apply]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once.

General

In this General Setting, you can select whether to start up Guru Utility or not every time the system restarts.
By the default settings, the Guru Utility will refresh your Guru configuration every two seconds. To change the time interval, move the upward or downward arrow to make your selection. [OK]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once and exit the sub-screen. [Cancel]: Click this button to cancel the new settings and exit the sub-screen. [Apply]: Click this button to activate the new settings at once.

FlashMenu

The ABIT FlashMenu is the most stable Windows-based BIOS flash available. No more worries from crashing. With one click of BIOS updating, ABIT users can flash their BIOS more easily and in less time.
]: Click this button to toggle this program. ]: Click this button to link to ABITs Technical Support Web Site.
[Update From File]: Click this button to update your BIOS by the BIOS file previously downloaded and stored in your PC. [Save BIOS]: Click this button to save the current BIOS version run by your PC. [One Click LiveUpdate]: Click this button to update your BIOS without any further prompt. You must have your system connected to the Web. The program will find the path to ABITs Web Site and do the BIOS update automatically. [LiveUpdate Step by Step]: Click this button to update your BIOS step by step. You must have your system connected to the Web. The program will find the path to ABITs Web Site and prompt you to do the BIOS update step by step. [Stop]: Click this button to stop downloading the BIOS.

[Setting]: Click this button to enter the sub-screen of Advance Setting.
[About]: Click this button to bring out the version screen.

BlackBox

As the name depicted, the ABIT BlackBox acts like the black box found on aircrafts. When your system crashes, it will record information pertinent to your system and problem, such as CPU Type, CPU speed, memory size, and a summary of devices presented in your PC into a text file. You can then automatically e-mail ABIT for technical support with this text file. ABIT will then be able to determine your problem and will e-mail you back directly with solution.
There are six pages of documentation you will need to fill in after entering the ABIT BlackBox: (1) User Info, (2) CPU & Memory, (3), HDD & PCI Card, (4) USB, (5) MB, and (6) Software Info. [Auto Detect]: Besides the manually documentation filling, all the hardware information can be detected automatically by clicking this button.
Note: You still have to fill in your problem in the Symptom Description box manually.
[Send Mail to ABIT]: After finishing the documentation, you can click this button to send the text file of your problem by e-mail to ABIT for help. [Exit]: Click this button to cancel and exit the ABIT BlackBox.