Abit BX 133 - Manual (Page 3)

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Notice: All suggestions are only for reference, ABIT doesn’t guarantee
any hardware configuration beyond its specification.
Again, ABIT makes it possible!
ABIT is a company at the forefront of innovation. In the past, ABIT has developed
SoftMenu™, which brought jumperless technology to motherboards. ABIT was also the
first company which brought the Ultra DMA/66 technology to BX motherboards. ABIT is
now bringing forth the latest technological advancement for motherboards: “133 MHz for
All.” In order to meet the trend of higher frequencies on PC’s, ABIT is now equipping its’
products with 133 MHz capabilities. With special hardware designs and SoftMenu™III
technology, ABIT’s BE6-II & BF6 can provide users with a stable PC133 system.
Testing was completed by the NSTL, the leading independent microcomputer testing
laboratory. Due to some limitations of other peripheral devices, we suggest that the user set
up their system according to our instructions in the following sections. We trust you will
enjoy the enhanced performance of our products.
What is PC133
PC133 is the latest memory standard, increasing bus speeds 33% when compared to the
PC100. In the past, 133MHz speed was only available when users overclocked their system.
But users have previously found that they could not overclock their system to 133MHz
successfully due to set CPU, chipset and memory restrictions. The highest CPU FSB clock
was 100MHz. Chipsets and memory also only supported up to a 100MHz system bus clock.
The 133MHz CPU front side bus is now available and the memory standard has been
advanced to the higher 133MHz speed. The 133 MHz system is now ready for market.
What is SoftMenu™ III technology?
SoftMenu™III is ABIT’s newest BIOS offering. The ABIT SoftMenu™III technology not
only lets users configure CPU settings easily, but also allows the user greater freedom in the
setting of the CPU FSB (Front Side Bus) clock settings.
How does SoftMenu™ III help to provide a more stable PC133 system
ABIT SoftMenu™III provides the user with more CPU setting items, including settings for
I/O voltage, PCI/CPU FSB Clock, AGP/CPU FSB Clock, AGP Transfer Mode and 120
settings for the FSB clock. All of these setting items are adjustable, thereby giving the user
the power to adjust, according to system demands. This gives the user more choice and
flexibility while running the 133MHz system bus clock on BX motherboards. We will detail
these setting items in the following.
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Unlimited Front Side Bus (FSB)
In addition to the default settings for each processor speed, SoftMenu™III provides 120
user-defined settings on the FSB clock. Settings are at 66, 75 and from 83 to 200 MHz.