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 IT7-MAX2
Intel 845E Based Pentium 4 ATX Mainboard
Serial ATA, ATA133 RAID, 6 Channel Audio, IEEE 1394, USB 2.0
SoftMenu™ Technology
  BIOS
You may want to know:
How to update the bios? Please click here.
Besides downloading the bios file, you also need the Flash Utility to flash bios rom. (For files before Aug 2001)

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  • For more FAQs about BIOS relationship, click here please.
  • You won't need to update BIOS until the latest bios has improve / fix some functions.
  • You won't need to upgrade through all of the BIOS files, just upgrade to the latest one please and it will include all previous improvments.
  • The CMOS data will be lost after flashing the BIOS. You may need to enter the BIOS setup screen and configure your system information after rebooting the machine.
BIOS: it7e8.exe  
Bios Issue Date:2003/07/15
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 
BIOS ID:e8
 
  1. Updated CPU micro code.
  2. Added new 80C/85C/90C options in "CPU Shutdown Temperature".
  3. Changed the default setting of "CPU Warning Temperature" to 85C.
  4. Updated HPT 274 BIOS to version 1.23.
  5. BIOS compile date: 07/15/2003.
BIOS: it7d7.exe  
Bios Issue Date:2002/12/17
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS: D7

  1. Raises the upper limit of CPU core voltage to 1.85V.
  2. Fixes the booting failure issue when the system starts up from "CMOS checksum error" and without the CPU fan attached to the FAN2 header.
  3. HPT 374 BIOS Version 1.22.
  4. BIOS Compile Date: 12/17/2002.
BIOS: it7cp.exe  
Bios Issue Date:2002/11/28
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 

BIOS ID:  CP

  1. Changes the definition of UUID in DMI data- move the MAC address from top to bottom of the string.

  2. Shows MAC Address of on board LAN Card in System Configuration section.

  3. Fixes issue where the "Shutdown When CPU FAN Fail" option fails after about 16 minutes idling under Windows 2000/XP.

  4. Fixes the compatibility issue where the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro fails to boot up with a certain power supply unit - TC-350P. With this power supply, the 9700 Pro will fail to boot up, requiring a reset button push to show the boot screen.

  5. Shows "Hyper-Threading" wording on POST screen when Hyper-Threading CPU installed.

  6. HPT 374 BIOS Version 1.22.

  7. BIOS Compile Date: 11/28/2002.
    　

BIOS: it7c6.exe  
Bios Issue Date:2002/09/30
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 
BIOS ID: C6
  1. Update HPT 374 BIOS from 1.1 to 1.22 to fix special boot sequence issue.
  2. Use PS/2 keyboard and mouse simultaneously.
  3. HDD attached to IDE 3 or 4.
  4. CDROM attached to IDE2.
  5. When above 3 description are true, booting up from Win 98SE floppy disk will fail to find some system files.
  6. BIOS Compile Date: 9/30/2002.
BIOS: it7bt.exe  
Bios Issue Date:2002/09/17
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 
BIOS ID:BT
  1. Fill in new CPU micro code.
  2. HPT 374 BIOS Version 1.21.
  3. BIOS compile Date: 9/17/2002.
BIOS: it7av.exe  
Bios Issue Date:2002/08/26
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 
BIOS ID: AV
  1. Provide multiplier higher than 24x in SoftMenu.
  2. Support PMC Pm49FL004T 4Mb Flash ROM.
  3. Fix some CL=3 DDR400 memory modules fail to boot issue.(Both DDR333 and DDR400 modules can only work at DDR 266 owing to 845E chipset specification.)
  4. Fix "CPU Shutdown Temperature" function failed under Win2K.
  5. HPT 374 BIOS Version 1.21.
  6. BIOS compile Date: 8/26/2002.
BIOS: it7a4.exe  
Bios Issue Date:2002/08/01
Mirror Site: ASIA Europe US 
BIOS ID: A4
  1. First release.
  2. HPT 374 BIOS Version 1.21.
  3. BIOS compile date: 8/01/2002.
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