Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe Owner's Manual

TP35D3-A7 Deluxe Setup Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction .............................................1

1.1 Be fore You Start.......................................................................... 1

1.2 Package Checklist....................................................................... 1

1.3 Motherboard Features................................................................. 2

1.4 Rear Panel Conne ctors (for Ve r 5.x) .............................................. 4

1.5 Re ar Panel Co nnectors (f or Ve r 6.x).............................................. 4

1.6 Motherboard Layout................................................................... 5

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation.............................. 6

2.1 Installing Central Processing Unit (CPU)....................................... 6

2.2 FAN Headers............................................................................... 8

2.3 Installing System Memory............................................................. 9

2.4 Connectors and Slots ...................................................................11

Chapter 3: Headers & Jumpers Setup .....................13

3.1 How to Setup J umpers.................................................................13

3.2 Detail Se ttings............................................................................13

Chapter 4: RAID Functi ons .......................................20

4.1 Operation System.......................................................................20

4.2 Raid Arrays................................................................................20

4.3 How RAID Works........................................................................20

Chapter 5: OverClock Q uick Guide ..........................24

5.1 T-Power Introduction..................................................................24

5.2 T-Powe r BIOS Feature ................................................................25

5.3 T-Powe r Windows Feature..........................................................31

Chapter 6: Useful Help .............................................36

6.1 Driver Installation Note ..............................................................36

6.2 Award BIOS Bee p Code ...............................................................37

6.3 Extra Information.......................................................................37

6.4 Troubleshooting..........................................................................39

Appendencies: SPEC In Other Language ................40

German................................................................................................40

France..................................................................................................42

Italian..................................................................................................44

Spanish ................................................................................................46

Portuguese...........................................................................................48

Polish...................................................................................................50

Russian................................................................................................52

Arabic..................................................................................................54

Japanese ..............................................................................................56

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 BEFORE YOU START

Tha nk yo u fo r choosing our product. Before yo u s tart installing the motherboard, plea se make sure you fo llo w the ins tru ctio ns belo w:

 Prepare a dry and stable working environment with

s ufficie nt ligh ting .

 Always disconnect the computer from power outlet

be fo re ope ration .

 Befo re you take the mo the rboa rd ou t f rom a n ti -s ta tic

bag, ground yourself properly by touching any safely grounde d appliance, or use g rounded wrist strap to remove the static charge.

 Avo id tou ching the compo ne nts on mo the rboa rd or the

rea r side of the board unless necessa ry. Hold the board on the edge, do not try to bend or flex the boa rd.

 Do not lea ve an y unfastene d sma ll pa rts inside the

case after installation. Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equ ipment.

 Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat

source, humid air and water.

1.2 PACKAGE CHECKLIST

HDD Cable X 1 Se ria l ATA Cab le X 6 Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case X 1 Use r’s Manual X 1 Fully Se tup Driver CD X 1 S/PDIF out Cable X 1

Se ria l ATA Po we r Cab le X 6 FDD Cable X 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional)

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1.3 MOT HERBOARD FEAT URES

Ve r 5.x Ve r 6.x

LGA 775

Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx /

Pentium D / Pentium 4 processor

CPU

FSB Support 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz Support 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz

Chipset

Super I/O

Main

Memory

IDE

SA TA 2

LAN

S up po rts H ype r -T hre a d i ng / Exec u te Di s abl e Bi t /

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel

Architec ture-64 / Ext ended Memory 64

Technology / Vi rtualizati on Technology

Int el P35

Intel ICH9R

ITE 8718F

Provides t he most c om monly us ed legacy Super

I/O functi onality.

Low Pin Count Interfac e

Environment Control initiatives,

Hardw are Monitor Cont roller

Fan Speed Controller

ITE's "S mart Guar dian" function

DIMM Slots x 4

Eac h DIMM supports 512MB / 1GB / 2GB DDR3

Max Memory Capicity 8GB

Dual Channel Mode DDR3 memory module

Supports DDR3 667 / 800 / 1066

Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not

support ed

Marvell 88S E6121

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master Mode

supports PIO Mode 0~4

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s.

SATA Version 2.0 specificat ion c ompliant

Marvell 88E8056 x2

10 / 100 Mb/s / 1Gb/s auto negotiati on

Half / Full duplex capability

LGA 775

Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Celeron 4xx /

Pentium D / Pentium 4 processor

S up po rts H ype r -T hre a d i ng / Exec u te Di s abl e Bi t /

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel

Architec ture-64 / Ext ended Memory 64

Technology / Vi rtualizati on Technology

Int el P35

Intel ICH9R

ITE 8718F

Provides t he most c om monly us ed legacy Super

I/O functi onality.

Low Pin Count Interfac e

Environment Control initiatives,

Hardw are Monitor Cont roller

Fan Speed Controller

ITE's "S mart Guar dian" function

DIMM Slots x 4

Eac h DIMM supports 512MB / 1GB / 2GB DDR3

Max Memory Capicity 8GB

Dual Channel Mode DDR3 memory module

Supports DDR3 667 / 800 / 1066

Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM is not

support ed

Marvell 88S E6121

Ultra DMA 33 / 66 / 100 / 133 Bus Master Mode

supports PIO Mode 0~4

Integrated Serial ATA Controller

Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s.

SATA Version 2.0 specificat ion c ompliant

Marvell 88E8056 x2

10 / 100 Mb/s / 1Gb/s auto negotiati on

Half / Full duplex capability

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Ve r 5.x Ve r 6.x

Sound

Codec

Slots

On Board

Connector

Back Panel

I/O

Board Size 244 (W) x 305 (L) mm 244 (W) x 305 (L) mm

Special

Features

OS S upport

ALC888

7.1 channels audio out

High Definition A udio

PCI s lot x2 PCI s lot x2

PCI Express x 16 slot x1 PCI Express x 16 slot x1

PCI Express x 1 slot x3 PCI Express x 1 slot x3

Fl oppy c onnect or x1 Fl oppy c onnector x1

Printer Port Connector x1 Print er Port Connector x1

IDE C onnector x1 I DE Connector x1

SA TA Connect or x6 SA TA C onnect or x6

Front Panel Connector x1 F ront Panel Connect or x1

Front Audio Connector x1 Front Audio Connector x1

CD- in C onnec tor x1 C D-i n Connector x1

S/PDIF out c onnector x1 S/PDIF out connector x1

S/PDIF in connector(optional) x1 S/PDIF in connector(optional) x1

CP U Fa n header x1 C PU F an header x1

Sys tem F an header x2 S ystem Fan hea de r x2

Clear CMOS header x1 Clear CMOS header x1

USB connector x3 USB connector x3

S erial po rt C onnect or x1 S eri al po rt C onnect or x1

Power Connector (24pin) x1 Power Connector (24pin) x1

Power Connector (8pin) x1 Power Connector (8pin) x1

Power Connector (4pin) x1 Power Connector (4pin) x1

PS/2 Keyboard x1

PS/2 Mouse x1

eSATA Port (Marvell 88SE6121) x2

LAN port x2

USB Port x6

Audio Jack x6

RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 0+ 1 s upport RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 0+ 1 s upport

Wi ndows 2000 / X P / VISTA

Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove

support for any OS with or without notice

ALC861VD

5.1 channels audio out

High Definition A udio

PS/2 Keyboard x1

PS/2 Mouse x1

eSATA Port (Marvell 88SE6121) x2

LAN port x2

USB Port x6

Audio Jack x3

Wi ndows 2000 / X P / VISTA

Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove

support for any OS with or without notice

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1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECT ORS (FOR VER 5.X)

PS/ 2 Mo use

PS/ 2 Keyboard

US BX 2

eSATAX2

Cent er

Re ar

Si de

LAN

USBX 2 USB X2

LAN

Lin e In

Lin e Out

Mi c In

A u dio Jac k

1.5 REAR PANEL CONNECT ORS (FOR VER 6.X)

PS/ 2 Mo use

LAN

Li ne In / Surround

PS/ 2 Keyboard

USBX2

eSATAX2

Lin e Out

Mic In 1/ Bass/ Center

USBX 2 USB X2

1.6 MOT HERBOARD LAYOUT

JKBMS1

JATXPWR1

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JCFAN1

JU SB 1

E SATAX1

JRJ45USB2

JRJ45USB1

JAUDIO1

(for Ver 5.x)

JA UD IO 2

(for Ver 6.x)

LAN

CO DEC

JC DIN1J AUDI OF 1

Not e: represents the 1■

PCI-EX1_1

PCI-EX1_2

PCI-EX1_3

JSPDIF _IN1

(optional)

JNFAN1

JSPD I F_ O UT1

PC I-EX1

PCI1

PCI2

LGA775

CPU1

JPRNT 1

Intel

P35

JC OM1

pin.

Intel

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Sup er

I/O

JUSB5

J USB3

LED2LED1

JUSB4

DDR3_A1

SATA2

SATA4

SATA6

DDR3_A2

JSFAN1

DDR3_B1

JPANEL1

DDR3_B2

JCMO S1

SATA1

SATA5

BAT1

BI OS

RSTSW1

FDD1

JAT XPWR 2

SATA3

IDE1

PW R S W1

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CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 INSTALLING CENT RAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

Special Notice:

Remove Pin Cap before installation, and make good preservation for future use. When the CPU is removed, cover the Pin Cap on the

empty socket to ensure pin legs won’t be damaged.

Pin Ca p

Step 1: Pull the socket locking lever out from the socket and then raise

the lever up to a 90-degree angle.

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Step 2: Look for the triangular cut edge on socket, and the golden dot on

CPU should point forwards this triangular cut edge. The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation.

Step 2-1:

Step 2-2:

Step 3: Hold the CPU down firmly, and then lower the lever to locked

position to complete the installation.

Step 4: Put the CPU Fan and heatsink assembly on the CPU and buckle it

on the retention frame. Connect the CPU FAN power cable into the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

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2.2 FAN HEADERS

These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer.

Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to pin#1.

JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header

JSFAN1: System Fan He ader

JNFAN1: Northbridge Fan Header

JNFAN1

Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3

FAN RPM rate sense

4 Smart Fan

Control

Assignment

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FAN RPM rate

sense

JSFAN1

Note:

The J NF AN1 a nd J SFAN1 s uppor t 3- pin head c onn ect or. Wh en connec ti ng with wi res ont o co nnectors, pleas e note that t he red wir e is the p ositive and s ho uld be c onnect ed t o pin#2, and the bl ac k wir e is Gr ound and s ho uld b e connect ed t o GND.

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2.3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY

A. Memory Modules

DDR3_A1

DDR3_B1

DDR3_A2

DDR3_B2

1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the

break on the Slot.

2. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

B. Mem ory Ca pacity

DIMM Socket

Location

DDR3_A1 512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR3_A2 512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR3_B1 512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR3_B2 512MB/1GB/2GB

DDR3 Module

To t a l Me m o r y

Size

Max is 8 GB.

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C. D ual Ch annel Memory installati on

To trigger t he Dual Channel f unction of the motherboard, the memory module must meet the following requirements:

Install memory m odule of the same dens ity in pairs, shown in the f ollowing table.

Dual Channel Status

Enabled O X O X

Enabled X O X O

Enabled O O O O

(O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.)

The DRAM bus width of the memory module must be the same (x8 or x16)

DDR3_A1

DDR3_A2 D DR3_B1 DDR3_B2

2.4 CONNECTORS AND SLOTS

FDD1: Fl oppy Di sk C onne ctor

The motherboard prov ides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk ty pes. This connector supports the prov ided f loppy drive ribbon cables.

ID E1 : Hard Di sk Conne ctor

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that prov ides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/ 133 functionality.

The IDE connector c an connect a mas ter and a slave driv e, so you can connect up to two hard disk driv es.

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40 39

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PCI-EX1: PCI-Express x16 Slot

- PCI-Express 1. 0a compliant.

- Maxim um theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per

direction, f or an aggregate of 8GB/s totally.

PCI-EX1_1/PCI-EX1_2/PCI-EX1_3: PCI-Express x1 Slots

- PCI-Express 1. 0a compliant.

- Maxim um theoretical realized bandwidth of 250MB/s simultaneously per

direction, f or an aggregate of 500MB/s tot ally.

PCI-EX1_1

PCI-EX1

PCI-EX1_2

PCI-EX1_3

PCI1/PCI2: Pe ripheral Component Inte rconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands f or Peripheral Component Interc onnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion

cards. These PCI slots are designated as 32 bits.

PCI1

PCI2

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CHAPTER 3: HEADERS & JUM PERS SETUP

3.1 HOW TO SET U P JUMPERS

The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is

“open”.

Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed

3.2 DET AIL SETT I N GS

JPANEL1: Front Panel Header

This 16-pin connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, Power LED, Sleep button and speaker connection. It allows user t o connect the PC case’s f ront

panel switch f unctions.

PWR_LED

SLP

SPK

HL ED

On/Off

RST

Pi n Assignment Func tio n Pi n Assignment Function

1 +5V 9 Sleep control 2 N/A 10 Ground 3 N/A 11 N/A N/A 4 Speaker

5 HDD LED (+) 13 Power LED (+) 6 HDD LED (-) 7 Ground 15 Power button 8 Reset control

Speaker Connector

Hard dri ve LED

Reset button

12 Po wer L ED (+ )

14 Po wer L ED (-)

16 Ground

Sleep button

Power LED

Power-on button

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J ATXP W R2 : A TX P o we r Sou rce C onne ct o r

JATXPW2 allows user to connect 24-pin power connec tor on the ATX power supply.

Pi n Assignment P in Ass ignment

13 +3.3V 1 + 3.3V 14 -12V 2 + 3.3V 15 Gr ound 3 Groun d 16 PS_ON 4 + 5V 17 Gr ound 5 Groun d 18 Gr ound 6 + 5V 19 Gr ound 7 Groun d 20 NC 8 PW_ OK 21 +5V 9 Stand b y Volt ag e+ 5V 22 +5V 10 +12V 23 +5V 11 +12V 24 Gr ound 12 +3.3V

J ATXP W R1 : A TX P o we r Sou rce C onne ct o r

By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to CPU power c ircuit.

Pin Assignment

1 +12V 2 +12V 3 +12V 4 +12V 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground

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JUSB3/JUSB4/JUSB5: Headers for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel

This header allows us er to connect additional USB cable on the PC f ront panel, and also can be c onnected with internal USB devices, like USB card reader.

Assignment

1 +5V (fused) 2 +5V (fused) 3 USB4 USB5 USB+ 6 USB+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key

10 NC

JUSB5 JUSB3

JUSB4

JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio Heade r

This header allows us er to connect the front audio output cable with the PC f ront panel. It will dis able the output on back panel audio connectors.

Pin Assignment

1 Mic Left in 2 Ground 3 Mic Right i n 4 GPIO 5 Right line in 6 Jack Sense 7 Front Sense 8 Key

9 Left l ine i n

10 Jack Sense

JCDIN1: CD-RO M Audio-in Connector

This connector allows user to connect the audio source f rom the v ariaty dev ices, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCI sound card, PCI TV turner c ard etc..

Assignment

1 Left Channel

Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel

Input

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JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header

By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS saf e setting and the CMOS data, please caref ully f ollow the procedures to avoid damaging

the motherboard.

※ Clear CMOS Proce dures:

1. Rem ov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 close”.

3. Wait for f ive seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”.

5. Power on the AC.

6. Res et y our desired password or clear the CMOS dat a.

Pin 1-2 Close:

Normal Operation (default).

Pin 2-3 Close:

Clear CMOS data.

SATA1~SATA6: Serial ATA Connectors

The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with 6 channels SATA interf ace, it satisfies the SATA 2.0 spec and with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s.

SATA 2 SATA1 SATA 4 SATA3 SATA 6 SATA5

147

1 Ground 2 TX + 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX6 RX+ 7 Ground

Assignment

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JSPDIF_O UT1 : Digital Audi o-out C onne ctor

This connector allows user t o connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header.

Assignment

1 +5V 2 SPDIF_OUT 3 Ground

JSPDIF_IN1: Digital Audio-in Connector (Optional)

This connector allows user t o connect the PCI bracket SPDIF input header.

Assignment

1 +5V 2 SPDIF_IN

3 Ground

JCO M1 : Seri al port Connector

The motherboard has a Serial Port C onnector for connecting RS-232 Port.

Assignment

210

1 Carri er detect 2 Received data 3 Transmitted data 4 Data terminal ready 5 Signal ground 6 Data set ready 7 Request to send 8 Clear to send 9 Ring indicator

10 Key

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On-Board LED Indicators

There are 2 LED indic ators on the motherboard to show system status.

LED1 and LED2:

These 2 LED indicat e system power on diagnostics. Please refer to the table below for different messages:

LED1 LED2 M essag e

ON ON Nor mal ON OFF Memory Error OFF ON VGA Er r or OFF OFF Abnormal: CPU / Chipset error.

LE D 2LE D 1

On-Board Buttons

There are 2 on-board butt ons.

PWRSW1:

This is an on-board Power Switch but ton.

RSTSW1:

This is an on-board Res et button.

RST SW 1 PWRSW1

JPRNT1: Printer Port Connector

This header allows y ou to connector printer on the PC.

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Pin As signment Pin As signment

1 -Str obe 14 Gr oun d 2 -ALF 15 Data 6

3 Data 0 16 Gr oun d 4 -Error 17 Data 7 5 Data 1 18 Gr oun d

6 -Ini t 19 - ACK 7 Data 2 20 Gr oun d 8 -Scl ti n 21 Bus y

9 Data 3 22 Gr oun d 10 Ground 23 PE 11 Data 4 24 Gr oun d 12 Ground 25 SCLT

13 Data 5 26 Ke y

J1: Auxiliary Power for Graphics

This connector is an aux iliary power c onnection for graphics cards. Exclusive power for the graphics card provides bett er graphics perf orm ance.

Assignment

1 +12V 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 VCC

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CHAPTER 4: RAID FUNCTIONS

4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM

z Supports Windows XP H ome/Prof essional Edition, and Windows 2000 Prof essional.

4.2 RAID ARRAYS

RAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:

RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for

RAID 1: RAID 1 defi nes techniques for mirroring data. RAID 0+1: RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1. RAID 5: RAID 5 provides fault tolerance and better utilization of disk capacity.

many applications.

4.3 HOW RAID WORKS

RAID 0:

The controller “ stripes” dat a across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system. It breaks up a large file into smaller blocks and performs disk reads and writes across multiple

drives in parallel. The size of each blo ck is determined by the stripe size parameter, which you set during the creation of the RAID set based on the system environment. This

technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth.

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 1, and maximum is up to 6 or 8. Depending on the

platform.

 Uses: Intended for non-c ritical data requiring high data throughput, or any

env ironment that does not require fault toleranc e.

 Benefits: prov ides increased dat a throughput, especially for large files. No

capacity loss penalty f or parity.

 Drawbacks: Does not deliv er any fault tolerance. If any drive in the array

f ails, all dat a is lost.

 Fault Tolerance: No.

Block 1

Block 3 Block 5

Block 2

Block 4 Block 6

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RAID 1:

Every read and writ e is actually carried out in p arallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) co py of the data can resid e on the same disk or on a

second redundant drive in the array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the active volume or drive is corrupt ed or becomes un available because of a hardware fail ure.

RAID techniques can be applied for high-availability solutions, or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable me d i a .

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2.  Uses: RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application t hat

requires f ault tolerance and minim al capacity.

 Benefits: Prov ides 100% dat a redundancy. Should one driv e fail, the

controller switches to the other drive.

 Drawbacks: Requires 2 driv es for the storage space of one driv e.

Perf ormance is impaired during driv e rebuilds.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes .

Blo ck 1 Block 2 Block 3

Block 1 Block 2 Block 3

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RAID 0+1:

RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency.

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform.  Benefits: Optimizes for both fault tolerance and performance, allowing for

automatic redundancy. May be simultaneously used with ot her RAID lev els in an array, and allows for spare disks.

 Drawbacks: Requires twice t he available disk space for data redundancy,

the same as RAID level 1.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes .

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Block 1

Block 3 Block 5

Block 2 Block 4

Block 6

Block 1 Block 3

Block 5

Block 2 Block 4

Block 6

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RAID 5:

RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It writes data and parity blocks across all the drives in the array. Fault tolerance is maintained by

ensuring that the parity information for any given block of data is placed on a different drive from those used to store the data itself.

Features and Benefits

 Drives: Min im um 3.  Uses: RAID 5 is recommended for transaction processing and general

purpose service.

 Benefits: An ideal combination of good performance, good f ault tolerance,

and high capacity and storage efficiency .

 Drawbacks: Individual block data transfer rate same as a single disk. Write

perf ormance can be CPU intensiv e.

 Fault Tolerance: Yes .

Disk 1

DAT A 1

DATA 3

PARITY

DATA 7 DATA 9

PARITY

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Disk 2

DAT A 2

PA R I T Y DATA 5

DATA 8 PA R I T Y

DATA 11

Disk 3

PA R I T Y

DAT A 4 DAT A 6

PA R I T Y

DAT A 10 DAT A 12

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CHAPTER 5: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE

5.1 T-POWER INTRODUCT ION

Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is designed for overclock users. Based on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET ) h a s

developed this ultimate overclock engine to raise system performance. No matter whether under BIOS or Windows interface, T-Power is able to present the best system state according to users’ overclock setting.

T- P o w e r B IO S Fe at u re s :

Ov erclocking Nav igat or Engine (O.N.E.)

CMOS Reloading Program (C .R.P.)

Memory Integration Test (M.I .T., under Ov erclock Nav igator Engine)

Integrated Flash Program (I.F.P.)

Self Recov ery System (S.R.S)

T-Power Windows Feature:

Hardware Monitor

Ov erclock Engine

System Inf ormation

!! WAR NING !!

For better system perform ance, the BIOS firmware is being continuously updated. The BIOS information described below in this manual is for your referen ce only and the actual BIOS inform ation and settings on board may be different from this manual. For further inform ation of setting up the BIOS, please refer to the BIOS Manual in the Setup CD.

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5.2 T-POWER BIOS FEAT URE

A. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.):

ONE provides two powerful overclocking engines: MOS and AOS for both Elite and Casual overclockers.

Ma nu al O ve r cl ock System (M.O .S .)

MOS is designed f or experienced overclock users.

It allows users to customize personal overclock settings.

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CPU Clock:

CPU Clock is directly in proport ion to sys tem performance. To maintain the

system stability, CPU voltage needs to be increased also when rais ing

CPU clock.

PCI-E Clock Select:

It helps to increase VGA card performance.

System Memo ry Frequ ency:

To get better sy stem performanc e, sometimes downgrading the m emory

frequency is necessary when CPU f requency is adjusted over the upper

limit.

DRAM Conf iguration:

Enter this function for more advanced DRAM settings.

CPU Voltage:

This f unction will increas e CPU stability when overclocking. Howev er, the

CPU temperature will increase when CPU voltage is increas ed.

FSB Termination Voltage:

This f unction will increas e chipset st ability when ov erc locking.

(G)MCH Voltage:

This f unct ion lets you select the (G)MCH voltage.

Memory Voltage:

This f unction will increas e memory st ability when ov erc locking.

Au tom atic O ve rclock Sys tem ( A.O.S .)

For beginners in ov erclock f ield, BET had developed an easy, fast, and

powerful feature to increase the system performance, named A.O.S.

Based on many tests and experiments, A.O.S. prov ides 3 ideal overclock

configurations that are able to raise the system perf ormance in a single

step.

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V6 Tech Engin e:

This setting will rais e about 10%~15% of whole system perf orm ance.

V8 Tech Engin e:

This setting will rais e about 15%~25% of whole system perf orm ance.

V12 Tech Engine:

This setting will rais e about 25%~30% of whole system perf orm ance.

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B. CMOS Reloading Program (C.R.P.):

It allows users to sav e different CMOS settings into BIOS-ROM. Users are able t o reload any sav ed CMOS setting for c ustomizing system

configurations. Moreover, users are able to save an ideal overclock setting during ov erclock operation. There are 50 sets of rec ord addresses in total, and users are able to name the

CMOS data acc ording to personal preference.

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