For those of you who do not feel confident using someone else's bios, here's the procedure to create the custom bios proposed by AnnaMaria. Notice that I use the official Abit and HighPoint bioses, because as far as I am concerned, I have no idea what Mr Natural changed in the 7f bios apart from the CPU micro code (which is what we are changing here).
Download latest TH7II-RAID bios from Abit. Current is 7c available at
http://fae.abit.com.tw/download/bios/th7-ii/th7h7c.exe
Download latest IT7-Max2/IT7/IT7E which includes the new CPU micro code. Current is A4 available at
http://fae.abit.com.tw/download/bios/it7/it7a4.exe
Download latest HPT 370 bios and drivers. Current is 2.32 available at
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/driver_v232_370_372.zip
Use latest version of CBROM to change the bios files (current is 2.15 and not 6.06 as you might think).
*** Extract the CPU micro code from the IT7 bios ***
cbrom215 it7_a4.bin /cpucode extract
*** Replace the CPU micro code in the TH7II bios ***
cbrom215 th7h_7c.bin /cpucode release
cbrom215 th7h_7c.bin /cpucode cpucode.bin
*** Replace the HPT 370 bios ***
cbrom215 th7h_7c.bin /pci release
cbrom215 th7h_7c.bin /pci bios372.232
A few things to remember before flashing the bios:
Update the HPT 370 drivers in the operating system.
Remember when flashing to always have your cpu and system running at default speeds. Also use the following line with awdflash to insure a proper and clean flash.
Boot into a safe DOS prompt on a floppy disk that has only Command.com, AWDFlash (or AWD800) and the bios file. Then use the following line to flash the bios.
awdflash xxxxxx.bin (xxxxxx.bin is name of bios file) /py/sy oldbios.bin /Wb/cd/cp/cc/LD
This will handle flashing the total bios and not just a portion of it and at the same time clear the cmos. It will not reboot the system because this will then allow you to drop back out to DOS prompt if you encounter a flash error. Then you can flash the oldbios.bin file that is saved taking you back to the original bios you were running.