Fix Asset - Write Downs Impairment

FA Experts,
Our company is in the process to book an impairment amount to some of our manufacturing assets. Since this is a procedure rarely use I am not too familiar with the configuration process. We have SAP 7.0 does anyone have any information as to where I can find information as the best SAP practice for Impairment? or can anyone point me to the right direction? I have done some research in the SDN but I am not finding detail information that can help me enough as to what to watch out for and how to configure it, reports available etc.
Your help will be greatly appreciated

Here are the steps I took for impairment, basically SAP does not provide an impairment procedure as there are many ways of doing it. We did a REVALUATION of fix assets using tcode ABAW.
Here are the steps you need to configure:
1) FI     SPRO     IMG > Financial Accounting > Asset Accounting > Integration with General Ledger > Post APC Values Periodically to General Ledger > Specify Document Type for Periodic Posting of Asset Values
2) FI     AFAMP     IMG > Financial Accounting > Asset Accounting > Depreciation > Valuation Methods > Depreciation Key > Calculation Methods > Maintain Period Control Methods
3) FI     AFAMS     IMG > Financial Accounting > Asset Accounting > Depreciation > Valuation Methods > Depreciation Key > Calculation Methods > Define Multi-Level Methods
4) FI     AFAMA     IMG > Financial Accounting > Asset Accounting > Depreciation > Valuation Methods > Depreciation Key > Maintain Depreciation Key
5) FI     AO90     IMG > Financial Accounting > Asset Accounting > Integration with General Ledger > Assign GL accounts
6) FI     OABW     IMG > Financial Accounting > Asset Accounting > Special Valuation > Revaluation of Fixed Assets > Revaluation for Balance Sheet > Determine Depreciation Areas
7) FI     OAYR     IMG > Financial Accounting > Asset Accounting > Organizational Structures > Specify Intervals and Posting Rules
regards,

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I've run into an error of 0.01 in account 161370. I need to get past this or write off the difference in order to close the year..
Note: For 2008 Fixed assets closing i have executed ABST2 transaction now in this July-2009.When i execute ABST2,i am getting the below report.
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3000 161370      2009                   0.01-
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Differences occurred in the balance carried forward when comparing asset summary records and G/L accounts.
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1. Changeover package: Active package
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