Tuesday, December 03, 2002

Additional features

Additional features of the Abit IT7 Max2 motherboard include: Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem Ring, PS2 connectors for connecting mice & keyboards, ten USB 2.0 ports, Suspend to RAM, RX/TX connectors for infrared, an SMbus connector, and start-up from the mouse, keyboard, or at a pre-set time. Hardware monitoring of fan speed, CPU temperature, and of voltages is also included as a standard feature of this PC99-compliant motherboard.

The Abit AT7 Max also includes a four-channel Highpoint HPT374 RAID 0+1 ATA133 controller, a FireWire/IEEE1394 controller, an Ethernet 10/100Base-T controller, and a Realtelk ALC650 sound-chip, as well as a nice LED diagnostic panel and a thermal sensor connector.

Below, a photo of the Abit IT7 Max2.

Installation

Installation of the Abit IT7 Max2 is quite simple, as there is no real need to play with jumpers. Simply place the board in a case, plug in, boot-up, and drop into the BIOS to make any adjustments.

Software bundle

The installation CD includes the Intel v4.04.1007 patch, drivers for the sound-card, drivers for the USB 2.0 controller, drivers for the RAID controller, drivers for the network controller, Adobe Acrobat Reader, a digital rendition of the user's manual, the Award Flash BIOS-flashing utility, DirectX 8.1, Winbond Hardware Doctor, Norton Antivirus, WinDVD, and Buzzsoft.

Hardware bundle

The AT7 Max2 comes with: two 80-pin ATA100 cables, a floppy-drive cable, a backplate with a pair of USB connectors, a SATA-to-ATA adapter, and a cover for the connectors on the back of the motherboard.

Next: Specifications.

Abit IT7 Max2