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The ABIT SoftMenu BIOS
From the BIOS screen, it is easy to determine the BIOS version by the BIOS ID string. This motherboard came with BIOS version 13 but updated it to BIOS version 14 before the review.
The BIOS main screen
The AI7 allows you to set the external clock frequency anywhere from 100MHz to 412MHz!
CPU FSB Speed
Other than the standard By SPD option, there are three different DRAM ratios which determine the frequency ratio between the CPU and DRAM. However, the options of ratio depends on the N/B Strap CPU As option.
The table below shows various available DRAM ratio options depending on the N/B Strap CPU As option.
N/B Strap CPU As |
DRAM Ratio (CPU:DRAM) |
By CPU |
1 : 1 [533/800 MHz] |
3 : 2 [800 MHz] |
|
3 : 4 [400 MHz] |
|
4 : 5 [533 MHz] |
|
5 : 4 [800 MHz] |
|
By SPD |
|
PSB400 |
3 : 4 |
By SPD |
|
PSB533 |
1 : 1 |
4 : 5 |
|
By SPD |
|
PSB667 |
1 : 1 |
5 : 4 |
|
By SPD |
|
PSB800 |
1 : 1 |
3 : 2 |
|
5 : 4 |
|
By SPD |
DRAM Ratio options
N/B Strap CPU As options
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