Foxconn A9DA User Manual

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A9DA Series Motherboard

User’s Manual

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Declaration of conformity

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD

66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT,

TAIPEI HSIEN, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

declares that the product

Motherboard A9DA-S/A9DA

is in conformity with

(reference to the specication under which conformity is declared in

accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive)

■ EN 55022:1998/A2: 2003 Limits and methods of measurements of radio

disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment

■ EN 61000-3-2/:2000 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Part 3: Limits

Section 2: Limits for harmonic current emissions

(equipment input current <= 16A per phase)

■ EN 61000-3-3/A1:2001 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

Part 3: Limits

Section 2: Limits of voltage uctuations and icker in low

voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current <= 16A

■ EN 55024/A2:2003 Information technology equipment-Immunity

characteristics limits and methods of measurement

Signature : Place / Date : TAIPEI/2010

Printed Name : James Liang

Declaration of conformity

Trade Name: FOXCONN

Model Name: A9DA-S/A9DA

Responsible Party: PCE Industry Inc.

Address: 458 E. Lambert Rd.

Fullerton, CA 92835

Telephone: 714-738-8868

Facsimile: 714-738-8838

Equipment Classication: FCC Class B Subassembly

Type of Product: Motherboard

Manufacturer: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY

COMPANY LTD

Address: 66 , CHUNG SHAN RD., TU-CHENG

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, TAIPEI HSIEN,

TAIWAN, R.O.C.

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following

two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device

must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired

operation.

Tested to comply with FCC standards.

Signature : Date : 2010

Installation Precautions

■ Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden and momentary electric current

that ows between two objects at different electrical potentials. Normally it

comes out as a spark which will quickly damage your electronic equipment.

Please wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when handling

components such as a motherboard, CPU or memory.

■ Ensure that the DC power supply is turned off before installing or removing

CPU, memory, expansion cards or other peripherals. It is recommended to

unplug the AC power cord from the power supply outlet. Failure to unplug

the power supply cord may result in serious damage to your system.

Please carefully read the following procedures to install your computer :

■ It is suggested to select high-quality, certied fans in order to avoid damage

to the motherboard and CPU due to high temperature. Never turn on the

computer if the CPU fan is not properly installed.

■ We cannot guarantee that your system can operate normally when your

CPU is overclocked. Normal operation depends on the overclocking capac-

ity of your device.

■ If there is any, when connecting USB, audio, RS232 COM, IrDA or S/PDIF

cables to the internal connectors on the motherboard, make sure their

pinouts are matching with the connectors on the motherboard. Incorrect con-

nections might damage the motherboard.

■ When handling the motherboard, avoid touching any metal leads or connec-

tors.

■ If there is a PCI Express x16 graphics card installed in your system, we

recommend using a 24-pin ATX power supply to get the best performance.

■ Before turning on the power, please make sure the power supply AC input

voltage setting has been congured to the local standard.

■ To prevent damage to the motherboard, do not allow screws to come in contact

with the motherboard circuit or its components. Also, make sure there are no

leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the

computer casing.

■ If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to

the use of the product, please consult a certied computer technician.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

Product Specications ..............................................................................2

Layout.......................................................................................................4

Back Panel Connectors ............................................................................5

Chapter 2 Hardware Install

Install the CPU and CPU Cooler ..............................................................8

Install the Memory ..................................................................................10

Install an Expansion Card ......................................................................12

Install other Internal Connectors ............................................................13

Jumpers ..................................................................................................17

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup

Enter BIOS Setup ...................................................................................20

Main Menu..............................................................................................20

System Information ................................................................................22

Advanced BIOS Features.......................................................................24

Fox Central Control Unit .........................................................................26

Advanced Chipset Features ...................................................................32

Integrated Peripherals ............................................................................36

Power Management Setup .....................................................................40

PC Health Status ....................................................................................42

BIOS Security Features..........................................................................43

Load Optimal Defaults ............................................................................43

Save Changes and Exit ..........................................................................43

Discard Changes and Exit ......................................................................43

Chapter 4 CD Instruction

Utility CD content....................................................................................45

Install driver and utility ............................................................................46

FOX ONE

Main Page ........................................................................................48

CPU Control .....................................................................................52

Frequency Control ............................................................................54

Limit Setting......................................................................................55

Voltage Control .................................................................................57

Fan Control.......................................................................................58

FOX LiveUpdate

Local Update ....................................................................................59

Online Update ..................................................................................61

Congure .........................................................................................64

About & Help ....................................................................................66

FOX LOGO .............................................................................................67

FOX DMI ................................................................................................68

Chapter 5 RAID Conguration

RAID Conguration Introduction.............................................................71

Option ROM Utility ..................................................................................73

Create a RAID Driver Diskette ...............................................................75

RAID Enable in BIOS .............................................................................77

Select a RAID Array for Use ...................................................................77

Install a New Windows XP .....................................................................93

Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array..................................................97

Appendix - ATI Hybrid CrossFire™ Technology .........................................103

Appendix - ATI CrossFire™ Technology .....................................................106

Technical Support :

Support

Website :

http://www.foxconnchannel.com

Support Website :

http://www.foxconnsupport.com

Worldwide online contact Support :

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/inquiry.aspx

CPU Support List :

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.aspx

Memory, VGA Compatibility List :

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/complist.aspx

Thank you for buying Foxconn A9DA Series motherboard. Foxconn

products are engineered to maximize computing power, providing

only what you need for break-through performance.

With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity

features for today multi-media computing requirements, A9DA-S/

A9DA enables you to unleash more power from your computer.

This chapter includes the following information:

■ Product Specications

■ Layout

■ Back Panel Connectors

1-1 Product Specications

CPU

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.aspx

HyperTransport Up to 4800MT/s (HT3.0) for AM3 CPU

Chipset North Bridge: RS880D

South Bridge: SB850

Memory 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMMs

Support up to 16GB of system memory

Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slots

2 x PCI Express x1 slots

2 x PCI slots

VGA Integrated ATI Radeon

SidePort Memory-DDR3 1333 128MB Memory (only for A9DA-S)

Support Full HD HDMI Technology

Support Hybrid CrossFire

Support CrossFire

Dual independent displays support with HDMI/DVI and D-Sub

Storage SB850 chipset:

- 5 x SATA 3.0 connectors

- 1 x ESATA connector

- 600MB/s data transfer rate

- Support RAID 0, 1, 5,10, RAID Ready and JBOD

- Support hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing )

LAN Atheros AR8131M Gigabit LAN chip

Audio Realtek ALC888 audio chip:

- High Denition Audio

- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

- Support for S/PDIF Out

- Support Jack-Sensing function

IEEE 1394 VIA VT6308P/S chip

(only for A9DA-S) Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 rear panel port, 1 onboard header )

USB Support hot plug

Support up to 14 x USB 2.0 ports (6 rear panel ports, 4 onboard USB

headers supporting 8 extra ports)

Support USB 2.0 protocol up to 480Mb/s

Support AM3 socket processors, Max processor power up to 140W

For the latest CPU information,

Dual channel DDR3 1600(oc*)/1333/1066 MHz architecture(oc*: overclocking)

Support DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1, Universal Video Decoder (UVD) 2.0

please visit：

HD4290 GPU

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Internal Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

5 x SATA connectors

1 x ESATA connector

4 x USB 2.0 connectors (supporting 8 x USB devices)

1 x CPU fan header (4-pin)

1 x System fan header (4-pin)

1 x NB fan header (4-pin)

1 x Front panel connector

1 x CD_IN connector

1 x Front Audio connector

1 x 1394a connector (only for A9DA-S)

1 x Speaker connector

1 x COM1 connector

Back Panel 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port

Connectors 1 x Optical S/PDIF_OUT port

1 x VGA port

1 x HDMI port

1 x DVI-D port

6 x USB 2.0 ports

1 x RJ-45 LAN port

1 x 1394a port (only for A9DA-S)

8-channel Audio ports

Hardware Monitor System voltage detection

CPU/System temperature detection

CPU/System fan speed detection

CPU overheating warning

CPU/System fan speed control

PCI Express x1 Support 250MB/s (500MB/s concurrent) bandwidth

Low power consumption and power management features

PCI Express x16 Support 8GB/s (16GB/s concurrent) bandwidth

Low power consumption and power management features

Green Function Support ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface)

Support S0 (normal), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM),

S4 (suspend to disk), S5 (soft - off)

Bundled Software FOX ONE

FOX LiveUpdate

FOX LOGO

FOX DMI

Operating System Support for Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP

Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12 inches x 9.6 inches (30.5cm x 24.4cm)

1-2 Layout

15 17

1614

1. CPU_FAN Header

2. NB_FAN Header

3. PCI Express x16 Slots

4. PCI Express x1 Slots

5. PCI Slots

6. CD_IN Connector

7. Front Audio Connector

8. 1394a Connector (only for A9DA-S)

9. System Fan Header

10. Front USB Connectors

11. Reset Button (only for A9DA-S)

12. Power on Button (only for A9DA-S)

13. Front Panel Connector

14. COM1 Connector

15. Speaker Connector

16. SATA Connectors

17. Clear CMOS Button

18. 24-pin ATX Power Connector

19. DDR3 DIMM Slots

20. South Bridge: AMD SB850

21. CPU Socket

22. North Bridge: RS880D

23. 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector

Note : The above motherboard layout is for reference only, please refer to the physical mother-

board for detail.

1-3 Back Panel Connectors

PS/2 Keyboard Port

USB Ports HDMI Port

DVI-D Port

Optical S/PDIF Out Port

1394a Port

LAN PortVGA Port

USB Ports

Line Out

Line In

Rear Speaker

Subwoofer

Side Speaker

Microphone

Audio Ports

1. PS/2 Keyboard Port Use the PS/2 port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard.

2. USB Port

The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specication. Use this port for USB devices such as an USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer, USB ash drive and etc.

3. VGA Port

To connect with external display devices, such as monitor or LCD display.

4. DVI-D Port

The DVI-D port supports DVI-D specication. Connect a monitor that supports DVI-D connection

to this port.

5. HDMI Port

The HDMI (High-Denition Multimedia Interface) provides an all-digital audio/video interface to

transmit the uncompressed audio/video signals and is HDCP compliant. Connect the HDMI au-

dio/video to this port. The HDMI Technology can support a maximum resolution of 1920x1080p,

but the actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor being used.

6. Optical S/PDIF Out Port

This port provides digital audio out to an external audio system that supports digital optical audio.

7. 1394a Port ( only for A9DA-S)

This port is used to connect a 1394a device.

8. RJ-45 LAN Port

The Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at up to 10/100/1000Mb/s data rate.

LAN Type

1000M

Left: Active Right: Link

Status Description Status Description

Off No Link Off No Link

Green

Blinking

Data Activity

Off 10Mb/s Connection

Green 100Mb/s Connection

Orange 1000Mb/s Connection

Active

LED

Link

LED

9. Audio Ports

For the denition of each audio port, please refer to the table below :

Port 2-channel 4-channel 5.1-channel 7.1-channel

Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In

Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out

Pink Microphone In Microphone In Microphone In Microphone In

Orange - - Center/Subwoofer Out Center/Subwoofer Out

Black - Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out

Grey - - - Side Speaker Out

This chapter introduces the hardware installation process, including

the installation of the CPU, memory, power supply, slots, pin headers

and the mounting of jumpers. Caution should be exercised during

the installation of these modules. Please refer to the motherboard

layout prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter

carefully.

This chapter includes the following information :

■ Install the CPU and CPU Cooler

■ Install the Memory

■ Install an Expansion Card

■ Install other Internal Connectors

■ Jumpers

Please visit the following website for more supporting information about your

motherboard.

CPU Support List:

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/cpusupportlist.aspx

Memory, VGA Compatibility List:

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/complist.aspx

2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler

Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU :

■ Make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU.

■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply before

Install the CPU

Locate the Pin-1 CPU triangle mark and the Pin-1 of the CPU socket.

installing the CPU to prevent hardware damage.

■ Locate the Pin-1 of the CPU. The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly.

■ Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the surface of the CPU.

■ Do not turn on the computer if the CPU cooler is not installed, otherwise overheating

and damage of the CPU may occur.

■ Set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the CPU specications. It is not

recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specications

since it does not meet the standard requirements for the peripherals. If you want to

set the frequency beyond the standard specications, please do so according to your

hardware specications including the CPU, graphics card, memory, hard drive, etc.

1. Release the CPU socket lever.

Pin-1 corner of the

CPU socket

2. Align Pin-1 of the CPU with the CPU

socket, and gently put the CPU

onto the socket.

Pin-1 triangle

marking of CPU

3. When CPU is properly seated,

push the CPU socket lever back

to its locked position.

Install the CPU Cooler

Follow the steps below to correctly install the CPU cooler. (The following procedures use Foxconn cooler as the example.)

1. Apply and spread an even thermal

grease on the surface of CPU.

2. Buckle the heatsink rmly at one

side of the stand.

3. Buckle the heatsink at another

side, and press the fasten lever

down to tightly seat the cooler.

Use extreme care when removing the CPU cooler because the thermal grease may adhere to the CPU. Inadequately removing the CPU cooler may damage the CPU.

4. Attach t he 3-wire C PU cooler

connector to the CPU fan header

on the motherboard .

2-2 Install the Memory

Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory :

■ Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory. It is recommended that memory

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

This motherboard provides four DDR3 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology.

When memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory in your system.

Four DDR3 memory sockets are divided into two channels :

Channel 0 : DIMM1, DIMM3

Channel 1 : DIMM2, DIMM4

The combinations of DIMM modules are :

of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used.

■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before

installing the memory to prevent hardware damage.

■ Memory modules have a foolproof design. A memory module can be installed in only

one direction. If you are unable to insert the memory, switch the direction.

DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4

Single Channel DS/SS - - -

Single Channel DS/SS - DS/SS -

Single Channel - DS/SS - -

Single Channel - DS/SS - DS/SS

Dual Channel DS/SS DS/SS - -

Dual Channel - - DS/SS DS/SS

Dual Channel DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

(DS : Dual Side, SS : Single Side, - : No Memory)

It is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be

used and please select dual channel rst to achieve optimum performance.

Installing a Memory

Before installing a memory module, make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the

power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the memory module. Be sure

to install DDR3 DIMMs on this motherboard.

144-Pin96-Pin

Notch

If you take a look at front side of memory module, it has asymmetric pin counts on both sides separated

by a notch in the middle, so it can only t in one direction. Follow the steps below to correctly install

your memory modules into the sockets.

Step 1: Spread the clips at both ends of the memory socket. Place the memory module onto the socket, then put

your ngers on top edge of the module, and push it down rmly and seat it vertically into the memory

socket.

Step 2:

The clips at both ends of the socket will snap into place when the memory module is securely inserted.

2-3 Install an Expansion Card

■ Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual

that came with your expansion card.

■ Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before

installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage.

PCI Express x1

PCI Express x16

PCI

Follow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot.

1. Locate an expansion slot that supports your card. Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis

back panel.

2. Align the card with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot.

3. Make sure the metal contacts on the card are completely inserted into the slot.

4. Secure the card's metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw.

5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover.

6. Turn on your computer. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for

your expansion card(s).

7. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system.

Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card :

• Installing a Graphics Card:

Gently insert the graphics card into the PCI Express x16 slot. Make

sure the graphics card is locked by the latch at the end of the PCI

Express x16 slot.

• Removing the Card:

Push the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot to release the card and then pull the card straight up from the slot.

2-4 Install other Internal Connectors

Power Connectors

This motherboard uses an ATX power supply. In order not to damage any device, make sure all the devices have been installed properly before applying the power supply.

24-pin ATX power connector : PWR1

PWR1 is the ATX power supply connector. Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard. Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure.

Pin # Denition Pin # Denition

1 3.3V 13 3.3V

2 3.3V 14 -12V

3 GND 15 GND

4 +5V 16 PS_ON(Soft On/Off)

5 GND 17 GND

6 +5V 18 GND

7 GND 19 GND

8 Power Good 20 NC

9 +5V SB(Stand by +5V) 21 +5V

PWR1

We recommend you using a 24-pin power supply.

If you are using a 20-pin power supply, you need

to align the ATX power connector according to the picture.

8-pin ATX 12 V Power Connector : PWR2

The 8-pin ATX 12V power supply connects to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU.

10 +12V 22 +5V

11 +12V 23 +5V

12 3.3V 24 GND

Pin No. 24

20-Pin Power

+12V

PWR2

Pin # Denition Pin # Denition

GND

1 GND 5 +12V

2 GND 6 +12V

3 GND 7 +12V

4 GND 8 +12V

We recommend you using an 8-pin ATX 12V power supply. If you are using a 4-pin power supply, you need to align the ATX

power connector according to the picture on the right.

Fan Connectors : CPU_FAN, SYS_FAN,

NB_FAN

There are three main fan headers on this motherboard. The fan speed can be controlled and monitored in “PC Health Status” section of the BIOS Setup. These fans can be automatically turned off after the system enters

S3, S4 and S5 sleeping states.

Connect a 4-pin

power plug

GND POWER SENSE CONTROL

CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN/NB_FAN

Speaker Connector : SPEAKER

The speaker connector is used to connect speaker of the chassis.

SPKJ

EMPTY

SPKJ

SPEAKER

COM Connector : COM1

This motherboard supports one serial RS232 COM port

for legacy compatibility. User must purchase another

RS232 cable with a 9-pin D-sub connector at one end to connect with the external RS232 device and another

end with 10-pin female connector to connect with COM1

connector in the motherboard.

COM1

SIN

DTR

DSR

CTS

EMPTY

RLSD

SOUT

GND

RTS

Front Panel Connector : FP1

This motherboard includes one connector for connecting the front panel switch and LED Indicators.

Hard Disk LED Connector (HDD-LED)

Connect to the chassis front panel IDE indicator LED. It

indicates the active status of the hard disks. This 2-pin

connector is directional with +/- sign.

Reset Switch (RESET-SW)

Attach the connector to the Reset switch on the front panel of the case; the system will restart when the switch is pressed.

Power LED Connector (PWR-LED)

Connect to the power LED indicator on the front panel of the chassis. The Power LED indicates the system’s status. When the system is in operation (S0 status), the LED is on. When the system gets into sleep mode (S1) , the LED

is blinking; When the system is in S3/S4 sleep state or power off mode (S5), the LED is off. This 2-pin connector

is directional with +/- sign.

Power Switch Connector (PWR-SW)

Connect to the power button on the front panel of the chassis. Push this switch allows the system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supply button.

HDD-LED

RESET-SW

PWR-LED

PWR-SW

EMPTY

FP1

Serial ATA Connectors : SATA1_SATA2, SATA3_

SATA4, SATA5_ESATA

The Serial ATA connector is used to connect with SATA Hard Disk or CD devices which supporting this feature. The current Serial ATA III interface allows up to 600MB/s data transfer rate. Note: There will be an ESATA cable in the package, you can

use it to connect an ESATA hard disk to the upper SATA port

of SATA5_ESATA on the motherboard(as depicted).

ESATA

GND TX+ TXGND RXRX+

GND

SATA1_SATA2/SATA3_SATA4/

SATA5_ESATA

Audio Connector : CD_IN

CD_IN is a Sony standard audio connector, it can be connected to a CD/DVD-ROM drive through a CD/DVD

audio cable.

CD_L GND CD_R

CD_IN

Audio Connector : F_AUDIO

The audio connector supports HD Audio standard. It provides the Front Audio output choice.

PORT1_L

PORT1_R

PORT2_R

SENSE_SEND

PORT2_L

1 2

AUD_GND

PRESENCE_J SENSE1_RETURN EMPTY

SENSE2_RETURN

109

F_AUDIO

1394a Connector : F_1394

( only for A9DA-S )

The 1394a expansion cable can be connected to either

the front (provided that the front panel of your chassis is equipped with the appropriate interface) or real

panel of the chassis.

TPA+

GND

TPB+

+12V

EMPTY

TPAGND TPB-

+12V

GND

F_1394

USB Connectors : F_USB 1/2/3/4

In addition to the six USB ports on the rear panel, this product also provides four 10-pin USB headers on its motherboard. By connecting through USB cables with them, user can quickly expand another eight USB ports on the front panel.

VCC

DD+

GND

EMPTY

F_USB 1/2/3/4

VCC DD+

GND NC

2-5 Jumpers

For some features needed, users can change the jumper settings on this motherboard to modify them. This section explains how to use the various functions of this motherboard by changing the jumper settings. Users should read the following content carefully prior to modifying any jumper setting.

Description of Jumpers

1. For any jumper on this motherboard, pin 1 can be identied by the bold silkscreen next to it.

However, in this manual, pin 1 is simply labeled as “1”.

2. The following table explains different types of the jumper settings. "Closed" means placing a jumper

cap on the two pins to temporarily short them. The shorting can also be done by touching two

pins by a screwdriver for a few seconds, but using jumper cap is recommended. It can prevent

hazardous ESD (Electrical Static Discharge) problem.

Jumper Diagram Denition Description

1-2 Set Pin 1 and Pin 2 closed

2-3 Set Pin 2 and Pin 3 closed

Clear CMOS Jumper: CLR_CMOS

The motherboard uses CMOS RAM to store the basic hardware information (such as BIOS data, date, time information, hardware password...etc.). Clear CMOS data is the fast way to go back to

factory default when the BIOS settings were mistakenly modied.

The steps to clear CMOS data are :

1. Turn off the computer, unplug the power cord from the power outlet.

2. Remove jumper cap from pins 2-3, put it onto pins 1-2 to short them. This will clear CMOS

data.

3. Return the setting to its original with pins 2-3 closed.

4. Plug in the power cord to your computer and turn it on.

5. Go to BIOS Setup to congure new system as described in next chapter.

Clear

Normal (Default)

CLR_CMOS

■ Disconnect the power cable before adjusting the jumper settings.

■ Do not clear the CMOS while the system is turned on.

2-6 OnBoard Button (only for A9DA-S)

Power on Button: POWER_ON

Push the power on button to power on the system.

Reset Button: RESET

Push the reset button to reboot the system.

PWR_ON RST

This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS

Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are

also provided.

You have to run the Setup Program when the following cases oc-

cur:

1. An error message appears on the screen during the system

Power On Self Test (POST) process.

2. You want to change the default CMOS settings.

This chapter includes the following information :

■ Enter BIOS Setup

■ Main Menu

■ System Information

■ Advanced BIOS Features

■ Fox Central Control Unit

■ Advanced Chipset Features

■ Integrated Peripherals

■ Power Management Setup

■ PC Health Status

■ BIOS Security Features

■ Load Optimal Defaults

■ Save Changes and Exit

■ Discard Changes and Exit

Since BIOS could be updated some other times, the BIOS information described

in this manual is for reference only. We do not guarantee the content of this

manual will remain consistent with the newly released BIOS at any given time in

the future. Please visit our website for updated manual if it is available.

Enter BIOS Setup

The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance. Power on the computer,

when the message "Press <DEL> to enter Setup, <ESC> to boot menu" appears at the bottom

of the screen, you can press <DEL> key to enter SETUP.

We do not suggest that you change the default values in the BIOS Setup, and we shall not be responsible for any damage which resulted from the change you made.

Main Menu

The main menu allows you to select from a list of setup functions together with two exit choices.

Use the arrow keys to select a specic item and press <Enter> to go to the submenu.

► System Information

► System Information ► PC Health Status

► Advanced BIOS Features ► BIOS Security Features

► Fox Central Control Unit Load Optimal Defaults

► Advanced Chipset Features Save Changes and Exit

► Integrated Peripherals Discard Changes and Exit

► Power Management Setup

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Configure Time and Date. Display System Information...

Each item in the main menu is explained below:

► System Information

It displays the basic system conguration, such as BIOS ID, CPU Name, memory size plus

system date, time and Floppy drive. They all can be viewed or set up through this menu.

► Advanced BIOS Features

The advanced system features can be set up through this menu. There are boot up settings.

► Fox Central Control Unit

Some special proprietary features (such as overclocking) can be set up through this menu.

► Advanced Chipset Features

The values for the chipset can be changed through this menu, and the system performance

can be optimized.

► Integrated Peripherals

All onboard peripherals can be set up through this menu. There are IDE devices, Super I/O

devices such as Serial I/O and other USB devices... etc.

► Power Management Setup

All the items related with Green function features can be set up through this menu.

► PC Health Status

This setup enables you to read/change Fan speeds, and displays temperatures and voltages

of your CPU/System.

► BIOS Security Features

The Supervisor/User password can be set up through this menu to prevent unauthorized use

of your computer. If you set a password, the system will ask you to key in correct password

before boot or access to Setup.

► Load Optimal Defaults

The optimal performance settings can be loaded through this menu. However, it may offer bet-

ter performance in some ways (such as less I/O cards, less memory ...etc.), still, it may cause

problem if you have more memory or I/O cards installed. It means, if your system loading is

heavy, set to optimal default may sometimes come out an unstable system. What you need

now is to adjust BIOS setting one by one, trial and error, to nd out the best setting for your

current system.

► Save Changes and Exit

Save setting values to CMOS and exit.

► Discard Changes and Exit

Do not change anything and exit the setup.

System Information

This sub-menu is used to set up the standard BIOS features, such as the date, time, oppy drive

and so on. Use the arrow up/down keys to select an item, then use the <+> or <-> keys to change

the setting.

System Information

Date (mm:dd:yy) [Fri , 12/26/2009] Help Item Time (hh:mm:ss) [11 : 59 : 49] ► SATA Port 1 ► SATA Port 2 ► SATA Port 3 ► SATA Port 4

► SATA Port 5 ► eSATA Port

Date. Halt On [All Errors, But ...]

Keyboard [Disabled]

Mouse [Enabled]

Model Name :A9DA-S/A9DA

BIOS ID :994F1D12 BIOS Version : 08.00.15 Memory Size : 2048MB

MAC Address :00-00-00-00-00-00

CPU Name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor

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► Date (mm:dd:yy)

<weekday><month><date> <year> format.

Day—weekday from Sun. to Sat., this message is automatically displayed by BIOS (Read

Only).

Month—month from 1 to 12.

Date—date from 1 to 31.

Year—year, set up by users.

Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a eld. Use [+] or [-] to input the value.

► Time (hh:mm:ss)

This item allows you to congure the desired time. Use [ENTER] to enter the setting, then use

[TAB] to move forward a eld. Use [+] or [-] to input the value.

The three elds of the setting are <hour> : <minute> : <second> respectively.

► SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4 / SATA5 / E-SATA

When OnChip SATA Type is set to [Native IDE], while entering setup, BIOS automatically

detects the presence of SATA devices.

SATA1 is the lower SATA port of SATA1_SATA2 of the motherboard.

SATA2 is the upper SATA port of SATA1_SATA2.

SATA3 is the lower SATA port of SATA3_SATA4.

SATA4 is the upper SATA port of SATA3_SATA4.

SATA5 is the lower SATA port of SATA5_ESATA.

E-SATA is the upper SATA port of SATA5_ESATA.

► Halt On

This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected during

powering up.

[Not Detected] Use [Enter], [TAB] [Not Detected] or [SHIFT-TAB] to [Not Detected] select a eld. [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Use [+] or [-] to [Not Detected] congure the system

[All Errors] : All errors can result in system halt.

[All Errors But...] : All errors but keyboard or mouse or oppy can result in system halt. The

halt condition can be enabled/disabled in the next three settings.

► Keyboard

The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error if you enabled this item.

► Mouse

The system boot will not stop for a mouse error if you enabled this item.

► Model Name

Model name of this product.

► BIOS ID / BIOS Version

It displays the current BIOS ID/version. User can check this information and discuss with the field service people if a BIOS upgrade is needed.

► Memory Size

This item displays the current memory size. The size is depending on how many memory mod-

ules were installed in your system before powering on.

► MAC Address

This item shows the onboard LAN MAC address.

► CPU Name

It displays the current CPU name.

Advanced BIOS Features

MPS Revision [1.1] Help Item

PCI Latency Timer [64]

Quiet Boot [Enabled] Select MPS Revision Quick Boot [Enabled] Bootup Num-Lock [On]

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► MPS Revision

This feature is only applicable to multiprocessor motherboards as it species the version of the

MPS that the motherboard will use. The MPS is a specication by which PC manufacturers

design and build CPU architecture systems with two or more processors. MPS 1.1 was the

original specication. MPS version 1.4 adds extended conguration tables for improved

support of multiple PCI bus congurations and greater expandability in the future. In addition,

MPS 1.4 introduces support for a secondary PCI bus without requiring a PCI bridge. If your

operating system comes with support for MPS 1.4, you should keep the setting as the default

1.4. You also need to enable MPS 1.4 support if you need to make use of the secondary PCI

bus on a motherboard that doesn't come with a PCI bridge. You should only leave it as 1.1

only if you are running an older operating system that only supports MPS 1.1.

► PCI Latency Timer

This item is used to set the PCI latency timer. The value is in unit of PCI cycle for PCI device

latency timer register. Setting values are 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 248.

This feature controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over.

The larger the value, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus. Low values for

the PCI Latency Timer will reduce the effective PCI bandwidth while higher values means

every PCI device will have to wait longer before they can get access to the bus, but when they

do get access, they can conduct their transactions for a longer time. Normally, a default value

of 64 cycles is set. Some PCI devices may not agree with longer latency times so if you start

facing problems like stuttering sound or a less responsive system, reduce the latency. Higher

values will actually reduce performance as too much time may be allocated to each PCI device

to the disadvantage of other devices on the bus.

► Quiet Boot

This item is used to enable/disable the quiet boot.

[Disabled] : Displays the normal POST messages.

[Enabled] : Displays OEM customer logo instead of POST messages.

► Quick Boot

While Enabled, this option allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting, this will shorten the

time needed to boot the system.

► Bootup Num-Lock

This item denes if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started. The

available settings are: On (default) and Off.

Fox Central Control Unit

Super BIOS Protect [Disabled] Help Item Auto Detect PCI Clock [Disabled]

► Smart BIOS [Press Enter]

► Fox Intelligent Stepping ► Voltage Options ► CPU Conguration

Fox Central Control Unit

[Disabled]

[Press Enter] [Press Enter] Disabled [Press Enter] Enabled

Options

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► Super BIOS Protect

To protect the system BIOS from virus attack, there is a BIOS write-protection mechanism

provided. Super BIOS Protect function protects your BIOS from being affected by viruses, e.g.

CIH.

► Auto Detect PCI Clock

This option is used to auto detect PCI slot. When enabled, the system will turn off clock of the

empty PCI slot to reduce EMI (Electromagnetic Interference).

► Smart BIOS / Fox Intelligent Stepping / Voltage Options / CPU Configuration

Press <Enter> to go to its submenu.

Smart BIOS

Smart Power LED [Enabled] Help Item Smart Boot Menu [Enabled]

Disabled

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Smart BIOS

[Enabled]

Options

Enabled

► Smart Power LED

Smart Power LED is a feature built on your motherboard to indicate different states during

Power On Self Test (POST). The LED is located at the front panel, and it displays POST state

by different long-short blinking intervals. You can always leave this state enabled.

System Status Power LED Status Stop Blinking Condition

Normal Always On Always On

No Memory Continue blinking On (1sec.), Off (1sec.) Reboot & Memory OK

No Display Continue blinking On (2sec.), Off (2sec.) Reboot & Display OK

Post Error Message

No CPU Fan Continue blinking On (1/2sec.), Off (1/2sec.) Reboot & Fan OK

Quick blinking twice (1/3sec. On, 1/3sec. Off), one long On (1sec.), continuously.

Enter Setup or Skip

► Smart Boot Menu

When PC starts, it will ask you to press [Del] key to enter setup or press [Esc] key to enter

smart boot menu. If [Disabled] is selected, then pressing [Esc] has no function. This also pre-

vents user without password trying to get into your computer through smart boot menu.

Fox Intelligent Stepping

CPU Clock [200] Help Item

Current CPU Speed :3000MHz

CPU Multiplier Adjust [Auto] Current FSB Multiplier :15x

CPU-NB HT Link Speed [Auto]

Current FSB/HTT Speed :2000MHz

Memory Speed Mode [Auto] Current DRAM Speed :800MHz, N/A

GFX Engine Clock Override [Disabled] PCI Express Clock [100] Spread Spectrum [Disabled]

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► CPU Clock

This option is used to adjust the CPU clock.

► Current CPU Speed

This item displays the current CPU speed.

► CPU Multiplier Adjust

This option is used to adjust the CPU Clock Ratio. Multiply CPU clock with this ratio, you can

get the CPU speed. Increase this ratio may overclock your CPU. This option will be valid if

your CPU ratio is unlocked and will be displayed only if your CPU is supporting this feature.

► Current FSB Multiplier

This item displays the current FSB Ratio.

► CPU-NB HT Link Speed

HT stands for HyperTransport bus. The CPU<->NB HT Speed option controls the physical

speed of the CPU to Northbridge HT link using multipliers ranging 1x to 13x. The physical

speed of the link is determined by multiplying the CPU FSB with the CPU<->NB HT Speed

setting.

► Current FSB/HTT Speed

This item displays the current Front Side Bus speed.

► Memory Speed Mode

This item is used to enable/disable provision of DRAM timing by SPD device. The Serial

Presence Detect (SPD) device is a small EEPROM chip, mounted on a DDR3 memory

module. It contains important information about the module's speed, size, addressing mode

and various other parameters, so that the motherboard memory controller (chipset) can better

access the memory device.

Select [Auto] for SPD enable mode.

Select [Limit], the DRAM speed will not exceed the specied value listed in the "Memory

Speed Adjust" item. If SPD value is faster than "Memory Speed Adjust" value, it will run at the

specied "Memory Speed Adjust" speed. Otherwise, SPD value is selected.

Select [Manual], then DRAM speed is manually selected according to the set value of

Fox Intelligent Stepping

200

"Memory Speed Adjust".

► Current DRAM Speed

This item displays the current DRAM speed.

► GFX Engine Clock Override

This item allows you to enable/disable GFX Engine Clock Override support.

► PCI Express Clock

This option is used to adjust the speed of PCI Express slot. It may enhance the graphics card

speed.

► Spread Spectrum

If you enabled this function, it can signicantly reduce the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)

generated by the system, so to comply with FCC regulation. But if overclocking is activated,

you had better disable it.

Voltage Options

Memory Voltage Control [Disabled] Help Item Current DRAM Voltage :1.560V

CPU Voltage Control [Disabled] Disabled

Current CPU Voltage :1.296V +25mV

+50mV

HT Voltage Control [Disabled] Current HT Voltage :1.22V +100mV

+125mV NB Voltage Control [Disabled] +150mV

+175mV +200mV +225mV +250mV +275mV

+300mV

+325mV +350mV

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Voltage Options

[Disabled]

Options

+75mV

► Memory Voltage Control

This option is used to change the DRAM voltage in a step of 25mV. The voltage can be incre-

mented from +25mV to +775mV.

► CPU Voltage Control

This option is used to change the CPU voltage in a step of 50mV. The voltage can be incre-

mented from +50mV to +600mV.

► HT Voltage Control

This option is used to change the HT voltage in a step of 30mV. The voltage can be increment-

ed from +30mV to +360mV.

► NB Voltage Control

This option is used to change the North Bridge voltage in a step of 30mV. The voltage can be

incremented from +30mV to +360mV.

CPU Conguration

Module Version : 14.16

AGESA Version : 6.1.5.0

Physical Count : 1 generation of ACPI Logical Count : 4 _PPC, _PSS, and _PCT objects.

AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor

Revision: C3

Cache L1 : 512KB Cache L2 : 2048KB

Cache L3 : 6MB Cool ‘N’ Quiet C1E Support [Enabled]

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CPU Conguration

Help Item

Enable/disable the

[Enabled]

This menu shows most of the CPU specications.

► Cool ‘N‘ Quiet (Appear only when CPU supports)

This option helps lowering down the CPU frequency and voltage when system is idling. When

the CPU speed is slowing down, the temperature will drop as well.

► C1E Support

C1E represents Enhanced HALT State. It is a feature which CPU uses to reduce power

consumption when in halt state. C1E drops the CPU’s multiplier and voltage to lower levels

when a HLT (halt) command is issued. This item is used to enable/disable the C1E support.

Advanced Chipset Features

Northbridge Chipset Conguration

► Memory Configuration

► DRAM Timing Configuration [Press Enter]

CAS Latency :9 CLK, N/A RAS/CAS Delay :9 CLK, N/A

Row Precharge Time :9 CLK, N/A Min Active RAS :24 CLK, N/A RAS/RAS Delay :4 CLK, N/A Row Cycle :33 CLK, N/A

Internal Graphics Configuration

Internal Graphics Mode [UMA] UMA Frame Buffer Size [Auto] Primary Video Controller [PCI-GFX0-IGFX] Surround View [Auto] AMD 880 HD Audio [Enabled]

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Advanced Chipset Features

[Press Enter]

Help Item

► Memory Conguration / DRAM Timing Conguration

Press <Enter> to go to its submenu.

The following six items display the values configured at the settings of "DRAM Timing Mode".

► CAS Latency

This item shows the CAS latency. The CAS Latency is the number of clock cycles that elapse

from the time the request for data is sent to the actual memory location until the data is trans-

mitted from the module.

► RAS / CAS Delay

This item displays a delay time (in clock cycles) between the CAS and RAS strobe signals.

► Row Precharge Time

This item shows the number of clock cycles taken between issuing of the precharge command

and the active command. The DRAM row precharge time is in unit of clock cycle.

► Min Active RAS

Displays the number of clock cycles taken between a bank active command and issuing of the

precharge command.

► RAS / RAS Delay

This item displays a delay time (in clock cycles) between the RAS and RAS strobe signals.

► Row Cycle

This item shows the minimum timing interval between successive active commands to the

same bank. The row cycle time is in unit of clock cycle.

► Internal Graphics Mode

It allows you to determine whether to allocate memory for the integrated graphics controller

from the system memory or SidePort memory.

Options: [Disabled], [UMA], [UMA+SIDEPORT].

[Disabled]- Disables the integrated graphics controller.

[UMA]-In UMA mode, the only memory to which the integrated graphics has access is a

dynamically allocated partition of system memory. The size of the parition is selectable from

within the BIOS.

[UMA+SIDEPORT]-The SidePort is a 32-bit DDR memory interface that the integrated graph-

ics can use either instead of or alongside the Athlon 64’s memory controller. In this mode, the

integrated graphics cores will request data from both the UMA space and SidePort memory.

► UMA Frame Buffer Size

Allocates system memory for use as video memory to ensure the most efcient use of

available resources for maximum 2D/3D graphics performance.

This is a memory allocation method addition to the Unied Memory Architecture (UMA)

concept, wherein a static amount of page-locked graphics memory is allocated during driver

initialization. This xed amount of memory will provide the user with a guaranteed graphics

memory at all times, and will no longer be available to the OS.

► Primary Video Controller

This item allows you to select the priority of boot sequence from different display devices. Set-

ting values are: [GFX0-IGFX-PCI], [PCI-GFX0-IGFX], [IGFX-GFX0-PCI]. (GFX0-PCI Express

x16 graphics card; IGFX-onboard VGA; PCI-PCI graphics card.)

► Surround View

SurroundView is the ATI technology that provides multi-graphics controller display capability

for both the ATI PCIe-based graphics card and the ATI integrated graphics processor (IGP).

Enabling SurroundView does not impact display modes (resolution and color depth) or perfor-

mance. The display mode of each output is controlled independently by the graphics controller

connected to it.

1. When using a non-ATI PCI Express (PCIe) graphics card, SurroundView is not supported.

The integrated graphics processor (IGP) is automatically disabled, and the system memory

allocated to the IGP is freed for other use.

2. When installing an ATI PCIe graphics card, SurroundView is disabled by default. Enabling

SurroundView in the BIOS enables the integrated UMA graphics controller, which in turn

makes available up to two additional graphics outputs. When enabling the integrated UMA

graphics controller, system memory will be reallocated.

► AMD 880 HD Audio

This item is used to set whether the HD Audio controller is enabled through the HDMI port on

the rear panel.

Memory Conguration

DCT Unganged Mode This allows selection of unganged DRAM mode

(64-bit width).

Auto= Ganged mode Always=Unganged mode

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► DCT Unganged Mode

DCT stands for DRAM Controller.

Ganged refers to the use of both DRAM controllers within a memory controller acting in con-

cert to access memory. For a description of ganged (128-bit DRAM data width) and unganged

(64-bit DRAM data width) DRAM modes :

Ganged channels (DDR3) :

■ DCT channels A and B can be ganged as a single logical 128-bit DIMM.

■ Offers highest DDR3 bandwidth.

■ Requires both DIMMs in a logical pair to have identical size and timing parameters, both

DCTs programmed identically.

Unganged channels

■ DCT channels A and B operate as two completely independent 64-bit channels (both chan-

nels operate at the same frequency).

■ Reduce DRAM page conicts – more concurrent open dram pages .

■ Better bus efciency.

Burst lengths supported

When both DCTs are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize the frequency of each

DCT in order.

Memory Conguration

Help Item

[Always]

DRAM Timing Conguration

DRAM Timing Mode Auto DCT 0

DCT 1

Both

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DRAM Timing Conguration

[Auto]

Help Item

Options

► DRAM Timing Mode

When both DCTs (DRAM controller) are enabled in unganged mode, BIOS must initialize

the frequency of each DCT in order, you also can congure the timings manually.

Settings are : [Auto], [DCT 0], [DCT 1], [Both].

[DCT 1] and [Both] will appear only in AM2+ CPU.

Integrated Peripherals

► IDE Conguration ► USB Conguration ► SuperIO Conguration

OnBoard LAN [Enabled] device(s). OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] HD Audio Controller [Enabled]

[Press Enter] Help Item

[Press Enter]

[Press Enter] [Press Enter] Congure the IDE

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► IDE Configuration / USB Configuration / SuperIO Configuration

Press <Enter> to go to relative submenu.

► OnBoard LAN

This item is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller.

► OnBoard LAN Boot ROM

This item is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN boot optional ROM. A LAN boot ROM

lets you set up a diskless workstation on the network. By installing a boot ROM in the network

board, you can enable a client PC system on the network to be booted remotely.

► HD Audio Controller

This item is used to enable or disable the HD Audio Controller.

IDE Conguration

OnChip SATA Channel OnChip SATA Type [Native IDE] I Enabled OnChip IDE Type [Legacy IDE] SATA IDE Combined Mode [Enabled]

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► OnChip SATA Channel

[Disabled] : Disable SATA ports 1,2,3,4.

[Enabled] : Enable SATA ports 1,2,3,4.

► OnChip SATA Type

This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports.

Options : [Native IDE]; [RAID]; [AHCI]; [Legacy IDE].

[Native IDE] - This congures the SATA ports to support native IDE mode.

[RAID] - When you enable RAID, it means all your SATA drives must also support AHCI.

[AHCI] - The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specication describes the register

level interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA. The specication includes a description of

the hardware/software interface between system software and the host controller hardware.

AHCI provides more advanced features including SATA features, but some SATA drives may

not support AHCI, unless they are labeled with AHCI support in its specication.

If your motherboard supporting AHCI, and you have a SATA device, which also supports AHCI,

then you can select IDE option to have fair performance (only PATA, SATA level), or you can

select AHCI to get its best performance.

[Legacy IDE] - This congures the SATA ports to support legacy IDE mode which is running

for old Windows system.

► OnChip IDE Type

This item is used to set the operating mode of your IDE ports.

Options : [Native IDE]; [Legacy IDE].

► SATA IDE Combined Mode

[Disabled] : Disable SATA 5 and ESATA.

[Enabled] : SATA 5 and ESATA are used to simulate two additional IDE ports. You can select

from PATA or SATA as the Primary IDE through the next "Combined Mode Option" setting.

Four drives are displayed as IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave and IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave in

"System Information" menu.

IDE Conguration

Help Item

Disabled

[Enabled]

USB Conguration

► Legacy USB Support

This item is used to enable the support for USB devices on legacy OS. If you have a USB

keyboard or mouse, set to auto or enabled.

► USB Kerboard Legacy Support

This item is used to enable Legacy Support for USB Kerboard.

► USB Mouse Legacy Support

This item is used to enable Legacy Support for USB Mouse.

► USB 2.0 Controller Mode

This item is used to set the transmission rate mode of USB 2.0. The available settings are :

[High Speed] in 480Mbps; [Full Speed] in 12Mbps.

►BIOS EHCI Hand-Off

This is a workround for OSes without EHCI hand-off support.The EHCI ownership

change should claim by EHCI driver.

USB Conguration

Module Version - 2.24.5-13.4 Enables support for legacy USB. USB Devices Enabled :

no USB devices are Legacy USB Support [Enabled] connected. USB Kerboard Legacy Support [Enabled]

USB Mouse Legacy Support

USB 2.0 Controller Mode [High Speed]

BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled]

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None legacy support if

USB Conguration

Help Item

Auto option disables

[Enabled]

SuperIO Conguration

Serial Port1 Address serial port1 base address.

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Allows BIOS to select

► Serial Port1 Address

This item is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for the onboard serial

port 1.

SuperIO Conguration

Help Item

[3F8/IRQ4]

Power Management Setup

ACPI Suspend Type Help Item Energy-using Products [Enabled] Resume by LAN [Disabled] Select the ACPI Resume by PCI Card [Disabled] state used for Resume by PCIE Card [Disabled] System Suspend. Resume by USB Devices [Disabled]

Resume by PS2 Keyboard [Disabled]

Resume by RTS [Disabled]

[S3(STR)]

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ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard interfaces

enabling OS-directed conguration, power management, and thermal management of mobile,

desktop, and server platforms. It denes ve sleeping states, they are :

S1 - The S1 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state. In this state, no system

context is lost (CPU or chip set) and hardware maintains all system context. (also called

Power On Suspend)

S2 - The S2 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state. This state is similar to the S1

sleeping state except that the CPU and system cache context is lost (the OS is respon-

sible for maintaining the caches and CPU context). Control starts from the processor’s

reset vector after the wake event.

S3 - The S3 sleeping state is a low wake latency sleeping state where all system context is lost

except system memory. CPU, cache, and chip set context are lost in this state. Hardware

maintains memory context and restores some CPU and L2 conguration context. Control

starts from the processor’s reset vector after the wake event. (also called Suspend to

RAM)

S4 - The S4 sleeping state is the lowest power, longest wake latency sleeping state supported

by ACPI. In order to reduce power to a minimum, it is assumed that the hardware platform

has powered off all devices. Platform context is maintained. (also called Suspend to

Disk)

S5 - The S5 state is similar to the S4 state except that the OS does not save any context. The

system is in the “soft” off state and requires a complete boot when it wakes. Software

uses a different state value to distinguish between the S5 state and the S4 state to allow

for initial boot operations within the BIOS to distinguish whether or not the boot is going to

wake from a saved memory image.

► ACPI Suspend Type

This item is used to set the energy saving mode of the ACPI function. When you select “S1

(POS)” mode, the power is always on and computer can be resumed at any time. When

you select “S3 (STR)” mode, the power will be down after a period of time. The status of the

computer before it entering STR will be saved in memory, and the computer can quickly return

to previous state when the STR function wakes. When you select [Auto], it means OS will

automatically take care and assign which mode is the most suitable now.

► Energy-using Products

This item is used to enable/disable the EuP(Energy-using Products) feature. When enable, the

suspend power of the chipset will be cut off in S5 suspend mode in order to reduce the power

consumption of motherboard.

Enable: S1/S3/S4 is normal, S5 wake up only by pressing the power button.

Disable: Normal ACPI function.

► Resume by LAN

This item is used to enable/disable LAN to generate a wake up.

► Resume by PCI Card

This item is used to enable/disable the PCI Card to generate a wake up.

► Resume by PCIE Card

This item is used to enable/disable the PCIE Card to generate a wake up.

► Resume by USB Devices

This item is used to enable/disable the USB Devices to generate a wake up.

► Resume by PS2 Keyboard

This item is used to enable/disable the PS2 keyboard to generate a wake up.

► Resume by RTC

This item is used to enable/disable RTC alarm event to generate a wake up.

RTC is system real time clock.

PC Health Status

Warning Temperature [Disabled] Help Item Shut Down Temperature [Disabled] CPU Temperature :64 oC/147 oF

System Temperature :27

CPU Fan Speed :2206 RPM 50 oC/122 oF System Fan Speed :N/A 55 oC/131 oF NB Fan Speed :N/A 60 oC/140 oF CPU Voltage :1.296 V 65 oC/149 oF DRAM Voltage :1.560V 70 oC/158 oF

HT Voltage :1.22V

+5.0V :5.066 V 80 oC/176 oF

+12V :12.074V 85 oC/185 oF CPU Smart Fan Function [Enabled] 90 Off PWM Temperature [000]

Start PWM Temperature [035] Start PWM Value [064] Slope PWM Value [2 PWM]

System Smart Fan Function [Enabled] Off PWM Temperature [000]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F9:Optimized Defaults

► Warning Temperature

This item is used to enable or disable “Warning Temperature” function.

► Shut Down Temperature

This item is used to enable or disable “Shut Down Temperature” function.

► CPU/System Temperature

The CPU/System temperature are automatically detected and displayed by the system.

► CPU Fan/System Fan/NB Fan Speed

The CPU fan/System fan/NB fan speed are automatically detected and displayed by the

system.

► CPU Voltage / DRAM Voltage / HT Voltage / +5.0V / +12V

The current voltages are automatically detected and displayed by the system.

► CPU Smart Fan Function / System Smart Fan Function / NB Smart Fan Function

This option is used to enable or disable smart fan function.

PC Health Status

[Disabled]

C/80 oF Disabled

Options

75 oC/167 oF

C/194 oF

BIOS Security Features

Scurity Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed Enter or change the User Password : Not Installed password.

Change Supervisor Password [Press Enter]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F9:Optimized Defaults

► Change Supervisor Password

This item is used to install or change supervisor password.

After you input Supervisor password, it then will ask you to input

user password optionally.

BIOS Security Features

Help Item

[Press Enter]

Enter New Password :

Load Optimal Defaults

Optimal defaults are the best settings of this motherboard. Always load the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values. Select this option and press Enter, it will pop out a dialogue box to let you

load the defaults. Select <OK> and then press <Enter> to load the defaults. Select <Cancel> and

press <Enter>, it will not load. By this default, BIOS have set the optimal performance parameters of system to improve the performances of system components. But if the optimal performance parameters to be set cannot be supported by your hardware devices (for example, too many expansion cards were installed), the system might fail to work.

Load Optimal Defaults?

[OK]

[OK] [Cancel]

Save Changes and Exit

When you select this option and press <Enter>, a message

Save configuration changes and exit setup?

will be displayed in the center of the screen: Select [OK] to save your changes to CMOS and exit the program, select [Cancel] or <ESC> to return to the main menu.

Discard Changes and Exit

If you select this option and press <Enter>, the following message will be displayed in the center of the screen:

Select [OK] to exit CMOS without saving your modications,

select [Cancel] or <ESC> to return to the main menu.

[OK] [Cancel]

[OK]

Discard changes and exit setup?

[OK]

[OK] [Cancel]

The utility CD that came with the motherboard contains useful

software and several utility drivers that enhance the mother-

board features.

This chapter includes the following information:

■ Utility CD content

■ Install driver and utility

■ FOX ONE

■ FOX LiveUpdate

■ FOX LOGO

■ FOX DMI

Note : Because each module is independent, so the section

number will be reorganized and unique to each module, please

understand.

Utility CD content

This motherboard comes with one Utility CD. You can simply put it into your CD/DVD-ROM drive, and the main menu will be displayed on your PC screen to guide you how to install.

1. Install Driver

Use these options to install all the drivers for your system. You should install the drivers in order, and you need to restart your computer after all the drivers have been installed.

A. AMD Chipset Driver B. Realtek HDA Audio Driver C. Atherous LAN Driver D. AMD VGA Driver E. AMD RAID Driver* F. ATI HDMI Audio Driver

2. Software Utilities

Use these options to install additional software programs. FOX ONE is a very powerful user interface program which allows you to change your system setting without going to BIOS. Some auto features help user to improve (or overclock) your system without being a computer literate.

A. FOX ONE B. FOX LiveUpdate C. FOX LOGO D. FOX DMI E. Microsoft DirectX 9.0* F. Adobe Acrobat Reader G. Norton Internet Security

*1 : This item will be displayed only when "OnChip SATA Type" is set to [RAID]. *2 : The item will appear in Windows XP operation system, but it will not show in Windows Vista and Windows 7 operation system.

Install driver and utility

1. Install Driver

You must click "AMD Chipset Driver" to install it rst. After that, you can click "One Click Setup" to

install all the other drivers left, or you can click on each individual driver to install it manually.

Manual Installation Step by Step

Automatic Installation by One Click.

Exit the program

Drop to System

Tray

Click to visit

Foxconn's

website

Select to Install

Utilities

2. Install Utility

You can select the specic utility to install.

Select to

Install Drivers

Browse CD

FOX ONE

FOX ONE is a powerful utility for easily modifying system settings. It also allows users

to monitor various temperature values, voltage values, frequencies and fan speeds at

any time.

With FOX ONE, you can :

■ Modify system performance settings, such as the CPU and memory bus speeds,

CPU voltages, fan speeds, and other system performance options.

■ Monitor hardware temperatures, voltages, frequencies and fan speeds.

Depending on hardware support, voltage monitoring and Fox Intelligent Stepping features are optional and only supported in some models. If the option is selectable, it also means the feature is supported.

■ Voltage Monitoring is supported only in FOX ONE Premium & Deluxe products.

■ Fox Intelligent Stepping is supported only in FOX ONE Deluxe products.

Supporting Operating Systems :

■ Windows 2000 ■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) ■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Using FOX ONE :

The very rst time you run FOX ONE, F.I.S. Calibration function (FOX Intelligent

Stepping) will require you to calibrate the CPU’s loading. Click “OK” to proceed

and start the Utility. F.I.S. is a feature of FOX ONE, which can automatically adjust your

CPU clock based on your current system loading.

Before you running the FOX ONE program, the system parameters (such as CPU

clock, voltage...etc.) are controlled by BIOS settings. After you run FOX ONE, it will

take over, and the controlling right will be transferred to FOX ONE. Later, reboot,

then BIOS control will be back again.

1. Main Page

Show CPU

Information

Toolbar

Monitor Frequency/Voltage/Fan

speed/Temperature value

Toolbar

Use the toolbar to navigate to other pages.

Alert Lamp

Switch Button

Skin Button

Exit

Minimum

Conguration

Homepage

Alert Lamp

When the system is in healthy state, the color of alert lamp is green. When the system

is in abnormal state, the alert lamp color is red.

Switch Button

Click this button, it will simplify the whole FOX ONE control panel to a smaller

information bar (i.e. Simple Mode) as depicted below, you can drag this bar to any

place on your screen to help you monitoring system status.

Exit FOX ONE

Click here will drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray

Click here to go back to

FOX ONE full screen

Skin Button

There are more choices of FOX ONE screen panels. Click this button, you can select

your favorite skin (FOX ONE Panel).

Click the new skin

picture to select

the new skin

Apply the changes

Cancel the changes

Exit

Click this button to exit the program.

Minimum

Click this button to drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray located at the lower

right corner of your screen.

Homepage

Click this button to visit Foxconn motherboard website :

http://www.foxconnchannel.com

Conguration

This menu allows you to congure :

1). Monitor interval (ms) :

This is to dene the interval of different messages of system settings which are to

be displayed on Simple Mode screen. Minimum value is 1 second.

2). Simple Mode :

To select which message of system settings are to be displayed in the Simple

Mode. Messages such as CPU frequency, voltage...etc., they can be displayed one

by one in Simple Mode.

3). F.I.S. Calibration (FOX Intelligent Stepping, Optional)

This function will re-calibrate the CPU's loading, and it may take several minutes

to proceed. The FOX ONE calibration process will apply different loadings to

your CPU, record PWM IC voltage together with the CPU clock running at these

loadings, so it can dene and estimate within a particular range of system loading,

what the CPU clock should be.

Step 1 : Click Calibration icon, a message pops out to ask for continue. Select Yes.

Step 2 : After data is collected, it will ask you to restart your computer now.

Later on, when the FOX ONE program is activated, and F.I.S. feature (in CPU

Page) is also enabled, FOX ONE will automatically adjust your CPU clock

according to your system loadings. (Loadings are like Power Gaming, Data

Mining...etc.)

2. CPU Page - CPU Control

This page lets you select (or overclock) CPU clock to meet the current performance

level of the system. The fastest and suitable CPU clock running for current system can

be calculated by FOX ONE automatically or manually input by yourselves.

Manual :

You can press the up/down button to adjust your CPU clock.

Auto :

Click this button to let FOX ONE check the highest CPU clock you can use. System

will raise the CPU clock step by step until it hangs, you can then push the RESET

button on your PC panel to restart the system. When system restarts, run FOX ONE

again, it will display a recommended highest CPU clock for you, click <Yes> to apply it.

Go to CPU page

Reset the

changes

Adjust by manual

FIS Features :

Select the different

benchmarks

Press Auto button to let FOX

ONE check the highest CPU

clock you can use.

Apply the

changes

A message informs you to

push RESET button later if

the system hangs nally.

Click Yes to continue.

You can see the system is

raising CPU clock until the

system hangs.

Push RESET button on the

front panel of your system to

restart the computer.

Run FOX ONE program

again, it will inform you

the previous test found

that 255MHz is the

recommended CPU clock for

your system.

Click Yes to apply it to your

system.

Now, your system is running

at a CPU clock of 215MHz.

FOX Intelligent Stepping (F.I.S., Optional)

Select FOX Intelligent Stepping will allow your system to automatically adjust your

CPU clock rate based on different system loadings. For example, if you select Power

Gaming, CPU clock will be driven to run at its maximum speed. While in Energy

Saving, CPU will lower down its speed to a minimum. The four benchmarks - Power

Gaming, Data Mining, Ofce and Energy Saving, the references of their system

loading were calculated and dened in the FIS Calibration option of Conguration

menu. Select Auto, CPU will automatically adjust its clock according to current system

3. Frequency Page - Frequency Control

This page lets you set memory and PCI Express frequencies by manual.

Go to Freq. page

Close this page

Select the option

you want to set

Adjust by manual

Reset the changes

Apply the changes

4. Limit Setting

4.1 Limit Setting - CPU Temperature

This page lets you to set CPU high limit temperature and enable the alert function.

Go to Limit

Setting page

Show current CPU

temperature value

Enable alert function

when the CPU

temperature is higher

than high limit value

Show current high

limit value of the CPU

temperature

Set high limit by

dragging the lever

4.2 Limit Setting - System Temperature

This page lets you to set system high limit temperature and enable the alert function.

Show current system

temperature value

Set high limit by

dragging the lever

Enable alert function

when the system

temperature is higher

than high limit value

Show current high

limit value of system

temperature

4.3 Limit Setting - CPU Fan

This page lets you to set CPU fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.

Show current CPU

fan rpm value

Enable alert function

when the CPU fan runs

slower than the low

limit rpm value

Set low limit rpm by

dragging the lever

Show current low limit

rpm value of CPU fan

4.4 Limit Setting - System Fan

This page lets you to set system fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.

Show current system

fan rpm value

Enable alert function

when the system fan

runs slower than low

limit rpm value

Show current low limit

rpm value of system

fan

Set low limit rpm by

dragging the lever

4.5 Limit Setting - NB Fan

This page lets you to set NB fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.

Show current NB

fan rpm value

Enable alert function

when the NB fan runs

slower than low limit

rpm value

Show current low limit

rpm value of NB fan

Set low limit rpm by

dragging the lever

5. Voltage Page - Voltage Control (Optional)

This page lets you set CPU voltage, memory voltage and North Bridge voltage

manually. CPU voltage can be stepped up/down by a unit of 12.5mV, while memory is

0.05V/step, and North Bridge is 0.04V/step.

Go to Voltage page

Select the option

you want to set

Reset the changes

Adjust by manual

Apply the changes

6. Fan Page - Fan Control

This page lets you enable Smart Fan function or set the fan speed by manual.

When Smart Fan is selected, you must use a 4-pin CPU cooler in your system.

Go to Fan page

Enable or disable

smart fan function

Apply the changes

Set fan speed by

dragging the lever

FOX LiveUpdate

FOX LiveUpdate is a useful utility to backup and update your system BIOS, drivers and utilities by

local or online.

Supporting Operating Systems :

■ Windows 2000

■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Using FOX LiveUpdate :

1. Local Update

1-1 Local Update - BIOS Information

This page lets you know your system BIOS information.

Link to website

Minimum

Toolbar

*** : please refer to the physical motherboard for detail.

Exit

Show current

BIOS information

1-2 Local Update - Backup

This page can backup your system BIOS. You can click “Backup”, and key in a le name, then

click “Save” to nish the backup operation. The extension of this backup le is ".BIN" for Award

BIOS and ".ROM" for AMI BIOS. Default directory is "C:\Desktop\My Documents" in Windows XP

and "Documents" in Vista. Make sure you can remember the le name together with the directory

Key in a BIOS name

Click here

which it is stored, prevented that you may need them to recover your BIOS later.

1-3 Local Update - Update

This page helps you to update your BIOS from a local le. After click “Update”, An alert message

will be displayed to ensure if you really want to continue, click “Yes” to conrm. A setup wizard

will guide you to load a local BIOS le to nish the operation. You must remember from which

directory to load your new BIOS le (with an extension of ".BIN" for Award BIOS, ".ROM" for AMI

BIOS) before the setup wizard starts.

FOX LiveUpdate can automatically backup old BIOS before update. This feature can be

enabled in the "Congure-System" setup. Please refer to "Congure-System" section

for more detail. The default backup directory is C:\LiveUpdate_Temp, but the backup

le name will be automatically generated. It is hard to nd it out from a backup directory,

and we recommend you using Explorer to check date/time message of this backup le

to nd it out and write its name down to remember it.

2. Online Update

2-1 Online Update - Update BIOS

This page lets you update your system BIOS from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new

BIOS from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation.

Click here

Current information

Search new BIOS

from Internet

Select BIOS to update

Browse detailed

information

Update BIOS

Close the window

2-2 Online Update - Update Driver

This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new

drivers from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation.

Click here

Current information

Search new drivers

from Internet

Select the driver to update

Browse detailed

information

Install the selected

driver

Close the window

2-3 Online Update - Update Utility

This page lets you update utilities from Internet. Click “start”, it will search the new utilities from

Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation.

Click here

Current information

Select the utility to update

Search new utilities

from Internet

Browse detailed

information

Install the selected

utility

Close the window

2-4 Online Update - Update All

This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet. Click “start”, it will search all new

BIOS/drivers/utilities from Internet. Then follow the wizard to nish the update operation.

Click here

Current information

Search all new BIOS/

drivers/utilities from

Internet

Browse detailed

BIOS information

Browse detailed

driver information

Browse detailed

utility information

Close the window

3. Congure

3-1 Congure - option

This page lets you set auto search options. After you enable the auto search function, FOX

LiveUpdate will start its searching from Internet and if any qualied item found, it will pop out a

message on the task bar to inform you to do the next step.

Click here

Set auto

search options

Set auto search

the latest

FOX LiveUpdate

Select search

which kind of

versions

Apply the changes

Double click on the icon as show below, you can see the detailed information.

Reset to default value

Double click here

When you enable "Auto Search FOX LiveUpdate", if your FOX LiveUpdate version is older, it will

auto search from internet and prompt you to install the new version.

Prompt you to

install the new

FOX LiveUpdate

3-2 Congure - System

This page lets you set the backup BIOS location.

Click here

Determine if the FOX LiveUpdate can

auto run when the system starts up

Set the location of

download les or

auto backup BIOS

Reset to default value

Apply the changes

3-3 Congure - Advance

This page lets you select to ash BIOS / Boot Block and clear CMOS. If you choose Flash Boot

Block, it means BIOS is not protective, and you must make sure the ash process is continuous

and without any interruption.

Click here

Select which BIOS ROM

to ash(Only available to

motherboard with backup

BIOS ROM )

Select to ash Boot Block

Select to clear CMOS

Apply the changes

We recommend that you had better keep the default setting unchanged to avoid any

Reset to default value

damage.

4. About & Help

This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate.

Click here

Show information about

FOX LiveUpdate

FOX LOGO

FOX LOGO is a simple and useful utility to backup, change and delete the boot time

Logo. The boot Logo is the image that appears on screen during POST (Power-On

Self-Test).

You can prepare a JPG image (1024x768) le, then use FOX LOGO to open it and

change the boot time Logo. Boot time Logo will be displayed if you enable the BIOS

"Quiet Boot" setting in "Advanced BIOS Features" menu.

Supporting Operating Systems :

■ Windows 2000

■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Using FOX LOGO:

Main Page

Main screen

Backup

Change

De l e t e

Exit

Minimize

Website

About

When you change Logo or delete current Logo, the system will ash BIOS le auto-

matically. During this time, please DO NOT shut down the application and the system,

or the motherboard will be damaged seriously.

FOX DMI

FOX DMI is a full Desktop Management Interface viewer, and it provides three DMI data

formats : Report, Data Fields and Memory Dump.

With DMI information, system maker can easily analyze and troubleshoot your mother-

board if there is any problem occurred.

Supporting Operating Systems :

■ Windows 2000

■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Using FOX DMI:

Please operate this utility as the comments shows.

Click here to select the node you want to view.

Click here to select the DMI Data format you need

This chapter will cover two topics :

■ Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP

(or Vista) in a brand new RAID system.

■ Creating a Non-Bootable Array - Existing Windows XP

(or Vista) system with new RAID built as data storage.

It includes the following information :

■ RAID Conguration Introduction

■ Option ROM Utility

■ Create a RAID Driver Diskette

■ RAID Enable in BIOS

■ Select a RAID Array for use

■ Install a New Windows XP

■ Setting up a Non-Bootable RAID Array

The RAID BIOS Setup pictures shown in this chapter are for reference only, please refer to the practical screen.

Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP (or Vista) in

a brand new RAID system.

1. Follow 5-1 to create a RAID driver diskette.

2. Follow 5-2 to set RAID enabled in BIOS.

3. Follow 5-3 to select a RAID array for use.

4. Follow 5-4 to Install a new Windows Operating System.

What kinds of hardware and software you need here :

1. A oppy drive.

2. A DVD-ROM drive.

3. Several SATA hard disks.

4. A RAID driver diskette.

5. A motherboard driver CD. (To create RAID driver diskette if it is not bundled.)

6. Windows XP or Vista Install CD.

Creating a Non-Bootable Array - Existing Windows XP (or Vista)

system with new RAID built as data storage.

Follow 5-5 to go through the processes to build a new RAID array in your existing

Windows XP system, it includes :

1. Set RAID enabled in BIOS.

2. Follow 5-3 to select a RAID array for use.

3. Run setup program to install AMD RAID driver into your current Windows XP system.

4. Use Administrative Tools in Control Panel to format new RAID array.

What kinds of hardware and software you need here :

1. A DVD-ROM drive.

2. Several SATA hard disks.

3. A motherboard driver CD.

RAID Conguration Introduction

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method for computer data storage

schemes that divide and/or replicate data among multiple hard drives. RAID can be

designed to provide increased data reliability (fault tolerance) or increased I/O (input/

output) performance, or both. The following RAID congurations are provided for

users.

There are three major key concepts in RAID:

1. Mirroring : The copying of data to more than one disk;

2. Striping : The splitting of data across more than one disk;

3. Error correction : Where redundant data is stored to allow problems to be detected

and possibly xed (known as fault tolerance).

Different RAID levels use one or more of these techniques, depending on the system

requirements. The main aims of using RAID are to improve reliability, important for

protecting information that is critical to a business, for example a database of customer

orders; or where speed is important, for example a system that delivers video on

demand TV programs to many viewers.

The conguration affects reliability and performance in different ways. The problem

with using more disks is that it is more likely that one will go wrong, but by using

error checking the total system can be made more reliable by being able to survive

and repair the failure. Basic mirroring can speed up reading data as a system can

read different data from both the disks, but it may be slow for writing if it insists that

both disks must conrm that the data is correctly written. Striping is often used for

performance, where it allows sequences of data to be read off multiple disks at the

same time. Error checking typically will slow the system down as data needs to be

read from several places and compared. The design of RAID systems is therefore a

compromise and understanding the requirements of a system is important. Modern

disk arrays typically provide the facility to select the appropriate RAID conguration.

RAID is often used in high availability systems, where it is important that the system

keeps running as much of the time as possible.

RAID 0 (Striped)

RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved among multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance.

RAID 1 (Mirror)

RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel. If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond, the remaining drive will continue to function. Due to redundancy, the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive.

RAID Ready

A "RAID Ready" system is a specic system conguration that, with the addition of a second Serial ATA hard drive, can be seamlessly migrated to a conguration that

provides either improved storage performance or data protection from a single hard drive failure.

RAID 5 (Parity)

RAID 5 provides data striping at the byte level and also stripes error correction information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Level 5 is one

of the most popular implementations of RAID.

RAID 10 (Striped Mirror)

RAID 10 is a combination of striping and mirroring. This conguration provides optimal

speed and reliability, but you need four SATA hard disks.

Span (JBOD)

JBOD stands for “Just a Bunch of Disks”. Each drive is accessed as if it were on a

standard SCSI host bus adapter. This is useful when a single drive conguration is

needed, but it offers no speed improvement or fault tolerance. A spanned volume is a formatted partition which data is stored on more than one hard disk, yet appears as one volume. Unlike RAID, spanned volumes have no fault-tolerance, so if any disk fails, the data on the whole volume could be lost. Additionally, the system or boot

partitions cannot be included in a spanned volume. FAT16/32 and NTFS le systems may be used, and the volume can span up to 32 hard disks.

Comparison Table :

Solution Hard Disks No. Capacity Performance Reliability Application

RAID0 >=2 All Highest Dangerous Look for speed

RAID1 2 50% Read faster Excellent 100% Data backup

RAID5 >=3 Smallest*(N-1) Read faster

RAID10 >=4 (Even number) Smallest*2 High Excellent Unlimited budget

Span >=1 All none Dangerous Big disk space

Write slower

Good Limited budget

Option ROM Utility

The Option ROM Utility supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5 and RAID10 functions. It

allows you to get high performance with fault tolerance, big capacity, or data safety provided by different RAID functions.

Here, we will use four SATA hard disks as an example to guide you through how

to congure your RAID system. Assume four hard disks are connected to the

motherboard :

Lower SATA port of SATA1_SATA2 - HDS728090PLA380, 82.34GB

Upper SATA port of SATA1_SATA2 - WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0, 120.03GB

Lower SATA port of SATA3_SATA4 - Hitachi HDT725025VLA3, 250.05GB

Upper SATA port of SATA3_SATA4 - ST3320620AS, 320.07GB

To achieve the best performance and reliability, we highly recommend you

using the hard disks with the same brand, size and model number. Though

we are using four different hard disks as an example to describe RAID

function in this chapter, it is only helpful in explaining what the nal disk

volume of the RAID array will be. In the real world, using the same model to

build a disk array is strongly recommended.

The relationships between port numbers in the Option ROM Utility and SATA ports on

the motherboard are shown below. They are :

Channel 1 is the lower SATA port of SATA1_SATA2 of the motherboard.

Channel 2 is the upper SATA port of SATA1_SATA2.

Channel 3 is the lower SATA port of SATA3_SATA4.

Channel 4 is the upper SATA port of SATA3_SATA4.

Channel :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34

Extent 1 82.28 Free

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03

Extent 1 119.96 Free

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Extent 1 249.99 Free 4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Extent 1 320.00 Free

[ View Drive Assignments ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

[ Keys Available ]

Two topics will be covered in the following sections :

1). Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP in a brand new RAID

system.

2). Creating a Non-Bootable Array - Existing Windows XP system with new RAID

built as data storage.

Install SATA Hard Disks before we continue :

■ Shut down your computer.

■ Install SATA hard disks into the drive bays, connect all power and SATA cables.

■ Before installing the SATA hard disks, make sure to turn off the computer

and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the

hardware.

5-1 Create a RAID Driver Diskette

If you want to install a brand new Windows XP on a RAID system, you need to create a

RAID driver oppy diskette which will be used during Windows XP installation later.

1. Find a PC, put a diskette into its oppy

drive A:, this diskette will be formatted later.

Put the driver CD into DVD-ROM drive.

2. Depending on which platform your system

is, normally, it is a 32-bit XP system. Use

Windows explorer, and go to CD:\Driver\

AMD\RAID\Floppy\WinXP\, click on

RaidTool icon to start the creation.

3. Click "GO" to start.

4. Select the desired destination FDD drive.

It can be the default drive A: or any USB

FDD. Click "OK" to continue.

5. Insert a diskette, click "OK" to continue.

6. You can input a volume label for this diskette,

click on "Start" to format.

7. Click on "OK" to go through this warning

message.

8. Format nished. Click "OK" to continue copying of

RAID driver into this diskette.

9. Check if the diskette contains the driver les.

5-2 RAID Enable in BIOS

1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing <DEL> key when boot up.

2. Select the “Integrated Peripherals” from the “Main menu”, then select the “IDE

Conguration” menu and press <Enter> to go to the conguration items.

3. Enable RAID function and individual SATA port for hard drive or DVD connection.

4. Press <F10> to save the setting then PC will reboot itself.

IDE Conguration

OnChip SATA Channel OnChip SATA Type I RAID OnChip IDE Type [Legacy IDE] AHCI SATA IDE Combined Mode [Disabled] Legacy IDE

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F9:Optimized Defaults

[Enabled] Native IDE

IDE Conguration

Help Item

[RAID]

5-3 Select a RAID Array for Use

When BIOS is restarted, it will display a message asking you to press [Ctrl-F] key to

enter the main menu of Option ROM Utility. Press [Ctrl-F], the Main Menu appears.

View Drive Assignments. . . . . . [ 1 ]

LD View / LD Define Menu . . . . [ 2 ]

Delete LD Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ]

Controller Configuration . . . . . . [ 4 ]

[ Main Menu ]

[ Keys Available ]

Press 1..4 to Select Option [ESC] Exit

Create RAID 0 (Striped)

Here, we will show you how to create two RAID 0 Logical Drives (LD) by using two

hard disks.

1. Select [2] from the main menu, " LD View Menu" appears.

< There is no any LD exist >

[ LD View Menu ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

2. Press [Crtl-C], the screen appears as below, select RAID 0.

3. Use [↓] key to select the hard disks, press [Space] key to change its assignment

status to "Y". Press [Ctrl-Y] to save the setting. And a message prompts. You can

select any of the two options. Here we select the latter option as an example.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2

Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y 2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y 3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N 4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 N

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name,the default LD name will be used.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

4. Another message prompts.

Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2

Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 N

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

[ Drives Assignment ]

Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

5. Then the screen appears as below.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2

Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 N

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Keys Available ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity...

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

Fast Initializing...

6. Press [Ctrl-Y]. Input 80GB to select the rst logical drive (LD1) and press [Enter].

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB)

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2 164.56

Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: OFF Cache Mode: WriteThru

Channel :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 N

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[0-9] Input Capacity [Enter] Save [Backspace] Delete [ESC] exit

RAID 0

Enter array capacity (in GB) here:

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

7. The selection of LD1 array is completed.

As we want to introduce how to create two logical drives by using the same two

hard drives here, so we will press [Crtl-C] to dene LD2.

LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status

LD 1 RAID 0 2 79.99 Functional

LD 1 RAID 0

[ LD View Menu ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

2 79.99 Functional

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

8. You can see in the previous example, about 40GB of Channel 1 and 2 hard disks were

allocated. Select the remaining spaces from them for RAID 0 again.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 2 Logical Drive 1 RAID 0 2

Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 42.34 Y

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 80.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 N

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

9. Press [Ctrl-Y] to save the setting. And a message prompts. You can select any of

the two options. Here we select the latter option as an example.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 2 Logical Drive 2 RAID 0 2

Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 N

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name,the default LD name will be used.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

10. Another message prompts.

Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 2 Logical Drive 2 RAID 0 2

Stripe Block: 64 KB Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 N

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

[ Keys Available ]

11. The remaining disk spaces are assigned to LD2. The size is about 42GB*2 =

84GB.

LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status

LD 1 RAID 0 2 79.99 Functional

LD 1 RAID 0

LD 1 RAID 0 2 83.99 Functional

[ LD View Menu ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

2 79.99 Functional

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

Create RAID 1 (Mirror)

Here, we will show you how to create one Mirrored Logical Drives (LD) by using two

hard disks.

1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C],

the screen appears as below, select RAID 1.

2. Use [↓] key to select the hard disks, press [Space] key to change its assignment

status to "Y". Press [Ctrl-Y] to save the setting. And a message prompts. You can

select any of the two options. Here we select the latter option as an example.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 1 2

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N 2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 N 3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y 4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name,the default LD name will be used.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

3. Another message prompts.

Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 1 2

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N 2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 N 3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y 4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

4. The screen appears as below.

Press any key to use the maximum capacity.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 1 2

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 N

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity...

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

Fast Initializing...

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

5. The creation of RAID 1 is completed.

The nal capacity of 249.99GB (250GB) is the smaller size of the two hard drives.

LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status

LD 1 RAID 1 2 249.99 Functional

LD 1 RAID 0

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

[ LD View Menu ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

2 249.99 Functional

[ Keys Available ]

Create RAID 5 (Parity)

Here, we will show you how to create one Mirrored Logical Drives (LD) by using three

hard disks.

1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C],

the screen appears as below, select RAID 5.

2. Use [↓] key to select the hard disks, press [Space] key to change its assignment

status to "Y". Press [Ctrl-Y] to save the setting. And a message prompts. You can

select any of the two options. Here we select the latter option as an example.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 5 3

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name,the default LD name will be used.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

3. Another message prompts.

Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 5 3

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

4. The screen appears as below.

Press any key to use the maximum capacity.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 5 3

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 N

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity...

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

Fast Initializing...

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

5. The creation of RAID 5 is completed.

The nal capacity of 239.99GB (119.995GB*2) is twice capacities of the smallest

size of the three hard drives.

LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status

LD 1 RAID 5 3 239.99 Functional

LD 1 RAID 0

[ LD View Menu ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

2 249.99 Functional

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

Create RAID 10 (Striped Mirror)

Here, we will show you how to create one Striped Mirror Logical Drives (LD) by using

four hard disks.

1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C],

the screen appears as below, select RAID 10.

2. Use [↓] key to select the hard disks, press [Space] key to change its assignment

status to "Y". Press [Ctrl-Y] to save the setting. And a message prompts. You can

select any of the two options. Here we select the latter option as an example.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 10 4

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y 2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y 3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y 4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name,the default LD name will be used.

3. Another message prompts.

Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 10 4

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y 2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y 3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y 4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

4. The screen appears as below.

Press any key to use the maximum capacity.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID 10 4

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 N

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity...

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

Fast Initializing...

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

5. The creation of RAID 10 is completed.

The nal capacity of 163.99GB (81.995GB*2) is twice capacities of the smallest size

of the four hard drives.

LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status

LD 1 RAID 10 4 163.99 Functional

LD 1 RAID 0

[ LD View Menu ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

2 249.99 Functional

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

Create RAID Ready

A "RAID Ready" system is a specic system conguration that, with the addition of

a second Serial ATA hard drive, can be seamlessly migrated to a conguration that

provides either improved storage performance or data protection from a single hard

drive failure.

1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C],

the screen appears as below, select RAID Ready.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID READY 1

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 N

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

2. Use [↓] key to select the hard disks, press [Space] key to change its assignment

status to "Y". Press [Ctrl-Y] to save the setting. And a message prompts. You can

select any of the two options. Here we select the latter option as an example.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID READY 1

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 N

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name,the default LD name will be used.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

3. Another message prompts.

Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID READY 1

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 N

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 N

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 N

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

[ Keys Available ]

4. The creation of RAID Ready is completed.

LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status

LD 1 RAID READY 1 319.99 Functional

LD 1 RAID 0

[ LD View Menu ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

2 249.99 Functional

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

Create JBOD

Here, we will show you how to create a JBOD Logical Drives (LD) by using four hard

disks.

1. Select [2] from the main menu, and " LD View Menu" appears. Then press [Crtl-C],

the screen appears as below, select RAID JBOD.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID JBOD 4

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y 2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y 3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y 4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

2. Use [↓] key to select the hard disks, press [Space] key to change its assignment

status to "Y". Press [Ctrl-Y] to save the setting. And a message prompts. You can

select any of the two options. Here we select the latter option as an example.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID JBOD 4

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y 2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y 3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y 4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

Please press Ctrl-Y key to input the LD name or press any key to exit. If you do not input any LD name,the default LD name will be used.

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

3. Another message prompts.

Press [Ctrl-Y] to erase the RAID array.

LD No LD Name RAID Mode Drv

LD 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID JBOD 4

Stripe Block: NA Fast Init: ON

Gigabyte Boundary: ON Cache Mode: WriteThru

Port :ID Drive Model Compatibilities Capacity(GB) Assignment

1 :Mas HDS728090PLA380 SATA 3G 82.34 Y

2 :Mas WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 SATA 1.5G 120.03 Y

3 :Mas Hitachi HDT725025VLA3 SATA 3G 250.05 Y

4 :Mas ST3320620AS SATA 1.5G 320.07 Y

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Space] Change Option

[Ctrl+Y] Save [ESC] Exit

[ Dene LD Menu ]

[ Drives Assignment ]

Fast Initialization Option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disks.

[ Keys Available ]

4. The creation of JBOD is completed.

Total size is 82.34+120.03+250.05+320.07 = 772.49GB

LD No RAID Mode Drv Capacity(GB) Status

LD 1 RAID JBOD 4 772.51 Functional

LD 1 RAID 0

[ LD View Menu ]

[ Dene LD Menu ]

2 249.99 Functional

[ Keys Available ]

[↑] Up [↓] Down [PaUp/PaDn] Switch Page [Ctrl+C] Dene LD

[Enter] View LD [Ctrl+V] View Single Disk [ESC] Exit

5-4 Install a New Windows XP

Assume a Mirrored array (249.99GB) was created as introduced in section 5-3, after

the system restarts :

1. Press <DEL> to enter BIOS Setup during POST.

2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive.

3. Set the “1st Boot Device” to “CD/DVD-ROM”, save changes and exit BIOS.

Boot Device Priority Item Help

1st Boot Device [CDROM] Species the boot 2nd Boot Device [HDD:SM-HDS728080PL] sequence from the

3rd Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive] available devices.

A device enclosed in

parenthesis has been

disabled in the corresponding type menu.

Boot Device Priority

[CD/DVD:SS-DVD-ROM]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F9: Optimized Defaults

4. The computer will reboot, and it will start installing Windows Operating System.

Watch the screen carefully, when the following picture appears, press <F6> key

immediately. If you forget to do this, PC will go to an fatal blue screen, and you

may need to reboot the system again. PC may not respond to your <F6> input

immediately, and it keeps loading les until the next screen displays.

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.

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