VIA K8T800 Based AMD Athlon 64 Mainboard
FSB800, OTES, AGP 8X, SATA RAID
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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)
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.
Please use the AWDFLASH
v8.24F flash utility to update the KV8-MAX3 BIOS.
Added "Command Rate" option for AMD Athlon CG version and later.
Fixed an issue where system cannot boot from SCSI CD-ROM when the onboard
SI3114 RAID controller is enabled.
Added CPU fan fail alarm option.
Added onboard SI3114 RAID controller ROM control option. Users can disable
the ROM of the SI3114 RAID controller in order to gain more memory space for
SCSI controller or other PCI devices. Although boot up from SI3114 controller
and RAID function is disabled by doing so, users still can control up to 4
SATA devices under the OS.
Fixed an issue where Windows fails to install when there are 4 Hitachi IC35L120AVV207-0
hard disks installed on the SI3114 RAID controller.