Foxconn Destroyer User 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 Destroyer

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/2008

Printed Name : James Liang

Declaration of conformity

Trade Name: FOXCONN

Model Name: Destroyer

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 : 2008

Installation Precautions

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 capacity of your device.

■ If there is any, when connecting USB, audio, 1394a, 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 connections might damage the motherboard.

■ When handling the motherboard, avoid touching any metal leads or connectors.

■ 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.

■ 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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

Package List .............................................................................................2

Product Specications ..............................................................................3

Layout.......................................................................................................5

Back Panel Connectors ............................................................................6

Chapter 2 Hardware Install

Install the CPU and CPU Cooler ..............................................................9

Install the Memory ..................................................................................11

Install an Expansion Card ......................................................................13

Install other Internal Connectors ............................................................14

Install the Optional Accessory ................................................................18

Jumpers ..................................................................................................19

Onboard Button ......................................................................................21

Onboard LED .........................................................................................21

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup

Enter BIOS Setup ...................................................................................23

Main Menu..............................................................................................23

System Information ................................................................................25

Advanced BIOS Features.......................................................................27

Advanced Chipset Features ...................................................................28

Integrated Peripherals ............................................................................

Power Management Setup .....................................................................35

PC Health Status ....................................................................................38

Quantum BIOS .......................................................................................39

Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................................46

Set Supervisor Password .......................................................................46

Set User Password.................................................................................46

Save & Exit Setup ..................................................................................46

Exit Without Saving ................................................................................46

Chapter 4 CD Instruction

Utility CD content....................................................................................48

AEGIS PANEL

Main Panel .......................................................................................51

Overclocking .....................................................................................52

HWM INFO. ......................................................................................53

ALARM .............................................................................................64

CONFIG ...........................................................................................55

FOX LiveUpdate

Local Update ....................................................................................56

Online Update ..................................................................................58

Congure .........................................................................................61

About & Help ....................................................................................63

FOX DMI ................................................................................................64

FOX LOGO .............................................................................................65

Chapter 5 RAID Conguration

RAID Conguration Introduction.............................................................68

NVIDIA® MediaShield Driver .................................................................70

Create RAID Driver Diskette ..................................................................72

RAID Enable in BIOS .............................................................................74

Select a RAID Array for Use ...................................................................74

Install a New Windows XP .....................................................................90

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

Appendix - NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology ................................................103

Technical Support :

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http://www.foxconnsupport.com

Worldwide online contact Support :

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/online.aspx

CPU, Memory, VGA Compatibility Supporting Website :

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Thank you for buying Foxconn Quantum Force series motherboardDestroyer. Foxconn Quantum Force products are engineered to maximize computing power, providing only what you need for breakthrough performance.

With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity features for today multi-media computing requirements, Destroyer enables you to unleash more power from your computer.

This chapter includes the following information:

■ Package List

■ Product Specications

■ Layout

■ Back Panel Connectors

Package List

Check your product package for the following items:

Before your purchase, if any of the above items is damaged or missing, please contact your retailer. Accessories are not in the warranty, only motherboard is.

Motherboard Foxconn Destroyer motherboard I/O modules 1 x USB 2.0 x 2 ports and 1 x 1394a module

1 x SPDIF Out module

Cables 4 x SATA power and signal cables

2 x SATA power and signal cables right angle 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable 1 x Floppy disk drive cable

Accessory 15 x Cable tie

1 x I/O shield 1 x Heat-Pipe expansion module 1 x Quantum Flow-GPU blower 1 x 2-way SLI bridge 1 x 3-way SLI bridge 1 x 3-way SLI plus bridge 1 x PCB tray

1 x 50k variable resistor

1 x 20k variable resistor

Copper column bolt Application CD Foxconn motherboard support CD Documentation User’s manual

Quick installation guide

Registration card

Quantum Force sticker

Quantum Force tattoos

Quantum Force dogtag

1-1 Product Specications

CPU Support AMD socket AM2+ Phenom

FX / Phenom

series processors Support AMD socket AM2 series processors : Athlon

64 FX / Athlon

64X2 Dual-Core / Athlon

X2 Dual-Core /

Athlon

64 / Sempron

HyperTransport 2000/1600MT/s for AM2 CPU Up to 5200MT/s (HT3.0) for AM2+ CPU Chipset NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI Memory 4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets Support up to 8GB of system memory

Dual channel DDR2 1066*(oc*)/800/667/533MHz architecture

*DDR2 1066 is only supported by some AM2+ CPU (oc*: Overclock) Audio Realtek 8-channel audio chip

High Denition Audio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

Support for S/PDIF Out Support Jack-Sensing function LAN

Broadcom 5786 Gigabit LAN chip

Broadcom 5788 Gigabit LAN chip

Expansion Slots 4 x PCI Express x16 slots

1 x PCI Express x1 slot 1 x PCI slot Onboard Serial ATA 6 x SATA connectors (Controlled by nForce 780a SLI) 300MB/s data transfer rate Support hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing ) Support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1 USB Support hot plug Support up to 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 rear panel ports, 3 onboard USB headers supporting 6 extra ports)

Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to 480Mb/s

Internal Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector (Conrtolled by nForce 780a SLI) 6 x SATA connectors 3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supporting 6 x USB devices)

1 x CPU fan header (4-pin)

2 x System fan headers (3-pin) 2 x Power fan headers (3-pin)(FAN1, FAN2) 1 x Front panel connector 1 x CD_IN connector 1 x Front Audio connector 1 x Speaker connector

1 x COM1 connector 1 x IrDA connector 1 x Chassis intrusion alarm header (INTR) 1 x S/PDIF Out connector

1 x 1394a connector

Back Panel 1 x PS/2 keyboard port Connectors 1 x VGA port 1 x DVI-D port

1 x 1394a port

2 x External SATA ports (Controlled by JMicron JMB362) 6 x USB 2.0 ports

2 x RJ-45 LAN ports

8-channel Audio ports Hardware Monitor System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System/Power fan speed detection System voltage warning CPU/System overheating warning CPU/System/Chipset fan speed control

Onboard 1394a Support hot plug

400Mb/s transmission rate

Support 2 independent 1394a units synchronously at most

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

Low power consumption and power management features PCI Express x16 Gen2

PCI-E1_16X and PCI-E3_16X support 8GB/s (16GB/s concurrent) bandwidth

PCI-E2_16X and PCI-E4_16X support 4GB/s (8GB/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), and S5 (soft - off)

Bundled Software AEGIS PANEL FOX LiveUpdate FOX DMI FOX LOGO Operating System Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000

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

1-2 Layout

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

motherboard for detail.

1. 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector

2. SYS_FAN Headers

3. PCI Express x1 Slot

4. PCI Slot

5. PCI Express x16 Slots

6. Front Audio Connector

7. CD_IN Connector

8. S/PDIF Out Connector

9. COM1 Connector

10. 1394a Connector

11. Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 200

12. Front USB Connectors

13. Power On Button

14. Reset Button

15. Clear CMOS Button

16. Front Panel Connector

17. SATA Connectors

18. Speaker Connector

19. BIOS_SELECT Jumper

20. IrDA Connector

21. Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI

22. Power FAN Headers

23. IDE Connector

24. 24-pin ATX Power Connector

25. Floppy Connector

26. +5V Standby LED

27. DDR2 DIMM Slots

28. Chassis Intrution Alarm Header

29. DRAM Power LED

30. Clear CMOS Jumper

31. CPU_FAN Header

32. CPU Socket

8 9

14 15

201816 17 19

22323

1-3 Back Panel Connectors

1. PS/2 Keyboard Port

Use the upper port (Purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard.

2. USB Ports

The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specication. Use this port to connect a USB device

such as a USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer, USB ash drive and etc.

3. VGA Port

To connect with external display device, such as a 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. 1394a Port

This port is used to connect a 1394a device.

6. External SATA Ports

To connect external SATA device(s) to your system by expanding the internal SATA port(s) to the chassis back panel. External SATA device shall provide power by its own.

7. Audio Connectors

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

USB Ports

LAN Ports

VGA Port

USB Ports

PS/2 Keyboard Port

DVI-D Port Audio Ports

Line Out

Microphone

Subwoofer

Rear Speaker

Side Speaker

Line In

External SATA Ports

2 2

1394a Port

8. RJ-45 LAN Ports

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

LAN Type

Left: Active Right: Link

Status Description Status Description

1000M

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

Please visit this website for more supporting information about CPU, Memory and VGA for your motherboard :

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/compatibility.aspx

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

■ Install the Optional Accessory

■ Jumpers

■ Onboard Button

■ Onboard LED

2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler

Install the CPU

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

Pin-1 triangle marking of CPU

Pin-1 corner of the CPU socket

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

installing the CPU to prevent hardware damage.

■ Locate the pin one 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.

2. Align pin one of the CPU with the CPU socket, and gently put the CPU onto the socket.

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.

4. Attach t he 3-wire C PU cooler

connector to the CPU fan header on the motherboard.

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.

2-2 Install the Memory

Dual Channel Memory Conguration

This motherboard provides four DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology. When memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically check the memory in your system.

Four DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels :

Channel 0 : DIMM1, DIMM3

Channel 1 : DIMM2, DIMM4

The combinations of DIMM modules are :

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.

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

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

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)

Installing a Memory

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.

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 DDR2 DIMMs on this motherboard.

112-Pin128-Pin

Notch

2-3 Install an Expansion Card

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.

■ 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-E x16 mode)

PCI

PCI Express x16 (PCI-E x8 mode)

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.

8-pin ATX 12 V Power Connector : PWR2

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

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.

20-Pin Power

Pin No. 24

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 10 +12V 22 +5V 11 +12V 23 +5V 12 3.3V 24 GND

PWR1

Pin # Denition Pin # Denition

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

PWR2

GND

+12V

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.

IDE Connector : PIDE

With the provided Ultra DMA IDE ribbon cable, you can connect to any IDE type of hard disk and CD/DVD ROM/RW drive.

Floppy Disk Drive Connector : FLOPPY

This motherboard includes a standard oppy disk drive (FDD) connector, supporting 360KB, 720KB,1.2MB, 1.44MB, and

2.88MB FDDs.

EMPTY

HDD-LED

RESET-SW

PWR-SW

PWR-LED

FP1

Connect a 4-pin

power plug

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.

INTR

GND

INTRUDERJ

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.

1394a Connector : F_1394

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.

USB Connectors : F_USB1/2/3

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

Serial ATA Connectors : SATA_1/2/3

The Serial ATA connector is used to connect with SATA Hard Disk or CD devices which supporting this feature. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer rate.

IrDA Connector : IR

This connector supports infrared wireless transmitting and receiving device.

Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header : INTR

The connector can be connected to a security switch on the chassis. The system can detect the chassis intrusion through the function of this connector. If eventually the chassis was closed, the system will send a message out.

1 2 3

+5V

EMPTY IRRX GND IRTX

RLSD SOUT

GND

RTS

DSR

DTR

CTS EMPTY

SIN

COM1

GND

+12V

TPA-

TPB-

GND TPB+ +12V

GND

TPA+

EMPTY

F_1394

GND

5V_DUAL

D+

D-

D+

GND

D-

5V_DUAL

EMPTY

F_USB 1/2/3

SATA_1/2/3

GND

TX+

TX-

GND

RX-

RX+

GND

Audio Connector : F_AUDIO

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

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.

S/PDIF Out Connector : SPDIF_OUT1

The connector is used for S/PDIF output.

Fan Headers : CPU_FAN, SYS_FAN1,

SYS_FAN2, FAN1, FAN2

There are ve 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.

Speaker Connector : SPEAKER

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

CD_IN

CD_L GND CD_R

PORT1_L

PORT1_R

PORT2_L

SENSE_SEND

SENSE1_RETURN

PRESENCE_J

EMPTY SENSE2_RETURN

AUD_GND

1 2

109

F_AUDIO

PORT2_R

SPDIF_OUT

+5V

EMPTY

SPDIF_OUT1

GND

1 2 3

FAN1/2

GND +12V SENSE

CPU_FAN

GND POWER SENSE CONTROL

SYS_FAN1/2

GND +12V SENSE

SPKJ

EMPTY

SPEAKER

SPKJ

1 2 3

2-5 Install the Optional Accessory

Install Heat-Pipe Expansion Module

1. Find the chipset heatsink, take off the removable piece in its groove.

2. Find the Heat-Pipe expansion module, remove the protected lm from its surface.

3. Place the Heat-pipe onto the heatsink, and fasten four screws to x it.

Install Quantum Flow-GPU Blower

This 120mm fan can provide good cooling for the graphics card, especially in multi-GPU setups.

You can easily use the accompanied screws to x it on the graphics card, then attach the 3-wire

fan connector to the fan header on the motherboard.

PCB Tray

If you choose not to use the chassis, you can use the plastic tray and copper bars to assemble the motherboard in an open environment as

depicted.

Note: The PCB or plastic tray (in the package) is assembled under the motherboard.

Screw

2-6 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.

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

1 2 3

Normal (Default)

1 2 3

CLR_CMOS

Jumper Diagram Denition Description

1-2 Set Pin 1 and Pin 2 closed 2-3 Set Pin 2 and Pin 3 closed

Closed Set two pins closed

Opened Set two pins opened

Denition Description Function

1-2 Set Pin 1 and Pin 2 closed Force BIOS ROM 1

3-4 Set Pin 3 and Pin 4 closed Force BIOS ROM 2 5-6 (default) Set Pin 5 and Pin 6 closed BIOS select, default is BIOS ROM 1

7-8 Set Pin 7 and Pin 8 closed BIOS select, default is BIOS ROM 2

BIOS_SELECT

7 8

The jumper is used to select the booting from BIOS ROM 1 or BIOS ROM 2. You can refer to the following table for the setting.

■ Disconnect the power cable before adjusting the jumper settings.

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

BIOS ROM 2 BIOS ROM 1

BIOS Select Jumper: BIOS_SELECT

This motherboard provides two BIOS ROMs, and user can easily select one of them for operation. The

selection of BIOS ROM can be done by hardware jumper x or by software BIOS conguration.

2-7 Onboard Button

Do not remove or plug in any device when the onboard LED is lighting on.

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.

Clear CMOS Button: CLR_CMOS1

Turn off the AC power supply, push the CLR_CMOS1 button and hold there for a couple of seconds to clear CMOS.

POWER_ON RESET CLR_CMOS1

■ Make sure the power supply is turned off before pressing the CLR_CMOS1 button to clear CMOS.

■ Push down the CLR_CMOS1 button and hold it there for a couple of seconds to clear

the CMOS completely, then release.

2-8 Onboard LED

DRAM Power LED: (Red)

The LED lights up indicating the system is on or the system is staying at S1 or S3 sleeping state.

+5V Standby LED: (Blue)

It will light whenever the power supply that connected to the motherboard is switched on.

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.

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 occur:

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

■ Advanced Chipset Features

■ Integrated Peripherals

■ Power Management Setup

■ PC Health Status

■ Quantum BIOS

■ Load Optimized Defaults

■ Set Supervisor Password

■ Set User Password

■ Save & Exit Setup

■ Exit Without Saving

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 TAB to show POST screen, DEL to enter SETUP" appears at the bottom of the screen, you can press <Del> key to enter Setup.

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 sub-menu.

Each item in the main menu is explained below:

► System Information

It displays the basic system conguration, such as BIOS version, system date, time and oppy

drive. They all can be set up through this menu.

► Advanced BIOS Features

The advanced system features 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 ports...etc.

► Power Management Setup

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

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.

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► System Information ► Quantum BIOS

► Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults

► Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password

► Integrated Peripherals

Set User Password

► Power Management Setup Save & Exit Setup

► PC Health Status

Exit Without Saving

Esc : Quit ↑↓←→ : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

► System Information

► PC Health Status

This setup enables you to read/change Fan speeds, and displays temperatures and voltages of your CPU/System.

► Quantum BIOS

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

► Load Optimized Defaults

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

► Set Supervisor Password

The supervisor password can be set up through this menu.

► Set User Password

The user password can be set up through this menu.

► Save & Exit Setup

Save setting values to CMOS and exit.

► Exit Without Saving

Do not change anything and exit the setup.

When we talk about <+> and <-> keys in this manual, they are the single-keypad keys of the numeric keypad which is located at the right hand side of your desktop keyboard. They are not the combination keys made by pressing and holding down

<Shift> key rst, then press <+ => or <-_> key the next.

System Information

This submenu 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.

► Date - <weekday><month><date><year> format

Day—weekday from Sun. to Sat., automatically displayed by BIOS (Read Only). Month—month from 1 to 12. Date—date from 1st to 31st. Year—year, set up by users.

Use <Enter>, <Tab> keys to select a eld. Use <+>, <->, <PageUp> or <PageDown> to select

a value.

► Time - <hour> : <minute> : <second> format

This item allows you to congure the desired time. Use <Enter>, <Tab> to move forward and

select a eld. Directly input a value or use <PageUp>, <PageDown>, <+> or <-> to select a

value.

► IDE Channel Master / Slave

These categories identify the hard disks connected to the PATA port in the system. In each channel’s display, you can press [Enter] to go to its submenu. You can further

congure specic drive settings. [None] and [Auto] settings allow you to enable or disable this

drive. [None] means no HDD is installed or set, and [Auto] means the system can auto-detect the hard disk when booting up. In Access Mode setting, selections of [CHS], [LBA], [Large] and [Auto] can help you to select hard drive for legacy compatibility. Award (Phoenix) BIOS can support 3 HDD modes: CHS, LBA and Large.

Note: Set to [Auto] , the system can detect the hard disk and select the HDD mode automatically. Suggest you select this option.

CHS For HDD <528MB

LBA For HDD >528MB & Supporting LBA (Logical Block Addressing)

Large For HDD>528MB but not supporting LBA

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System Information

Date (mm:dd:yy)

Sat, Apr 23 2008 Item Help

Time (hh:mm:ss)

17 : 44 : 13

Menu Level ►

► IDE Channel Master

[HDS728080PLAT20]

► IDE Channel Slave

[ None] Press [Enter] to enter

► SATA Channel 1 Master [ None] next page for detail ► SATA Channel 2 Msater [ None] hard drive settings. ► SATA Channel 3 Master [ None] ► SATA Channel 4 Master [ None]

► ESATA Channel 1 Master [ None]

► ESATA Channel 2 Master [ None] Drive A

[1.44M, 3.5 in.]

Halt On [All , But Keyboard] Model Name: Destroyer

BIOS Version: D18 Memory:

1024M

BCM5788 MAC Address 00 1C 25 3B CC AF

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

HDS728080PLAT20

► SATA Channel 1/2/3/4 Master / ESATA channel 1/2 Master

When SATA Operation Mode is set to [IDE], These items will appear. The relationships between SATA channels and SATA ports on the motherboard are : SATA Channel 1 Master is the lower SATA port of SATA_1 on the motherboard. SATA Channel 2 Master is the lower SATA port of SATA_2 on the motherboard. SATA Channel 3 Master is the upper SATA port of SATA_1 on the motherboard.

SATA Channel 4 Master is the upper SATA port of SATA_2 on the motherboard.

ESATA Channel 1 Master is the upper ESATA port of the rear panel. ESATA Channel 2 Master is the lower ESATA port of the rear panel.

► Drive A

This option allows you to select which kind of the Floppy Disk Drive is installed in your system.

It can be [None], [360KB, 5.25 in], [1.2MB, 5.25 in], [720KB, 3.5 in], [1.44MB, 3.5 in] and

[2.88 MB, 3.5in].

► Halt On

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

► Model Name

This item shows the model name.

► BIOS Version

This item shows the BIOS version.

► Memory

These are Display-Only information of the system memory, determined by POST(Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.

► BCM5788 / BCM5786 MAC Address

This item shows the onboard LAN MAC address.

► CPU Name

This item shows the CPU name installed in your system.

All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a nonfatal error, the system will stop

and you will be prompted.

No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors that may be

detected.

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; but it will stop

for all other errors.

All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a diskette error; but it will stop

for all other errors.

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but it

will stop for all other errors.

SATA_3 ports on the motherboard are working under RAID mode, AHCI mode or Linux AHCI mode. In IDE mode, these two SATA ports do not function.

Advanced BIOS Features

► Removable Device Priority

This option is used to select the priority for removable device.

► Hard Disk Boot Priority

This option is used to select the priority for HDD startup. After pressing [Enter], you can select the HDD using the Up/Down arrow keys, and change the HDD priority using [PageUp]/ [PageDown]; you can exit this menu by pressing [Esc].

► CD-ROM Boot Priority

This option is used to select the priority for CD-ROM startup. After pressing [Enter], you can select the CD-ROM using the Up/Down arrow keys, and change the CD-ROM priority using [PageUp]/[PageDown]; you can exit this menu by pressing [Esc].

► First / Second / Third Boot Device

These three options allow you to select the priority of boot sequence from different devices.

► Boot Other Device

With this function set to enable, the system will boot from some other devices provided that the

rst/second/third boot devices failed.

► Boot Up Floppy Seek

This item controls whether the BIOS will check for a oppy drive while booting up. If it cannot

detect one (either due to improper conguration or physical unavailability), it will appear an

error message. Disabling this function, then POST will not detect the oppy.

► Boot Up NumLock Status

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.

► Security Option

When it is set to “Setup”, a password is required to enter the CMOS Setup screen. When it is set to “System”, a password is required not only to enter CMOS Setup, but also to start up your PC.

► Full Screen Logo Show

This item allows you to enable or disable full screen customer's logo.

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Advanced BIOS Features

► Removable Device Priority

[Press Enter] Item Help

► Hard Disk Boot Priority

[Press Enter]

► CD-ROM Boot Priority

[Press Enter] Menu Level ►

First Boot Device [Hard Disk]

Second Boot Device [CDROM] Select Removable Boot

Third Boot Device [Removable]

Device Priority

Boot Other Device [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek

[Disabled]

Boot Up NumLock Status

[On]

Security Option

[Setup]

Full Screen Logo Show

[Enabled]

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Press Enter

Advanced Chipset Features

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Advanced Chipset Features

x Hybrid SLI Disabled Item Help x Display Detection Enabled iGPU Frame Buffer Control [Auto] x Frame Buffer Size 64M OnBoard GPU Init Display First

Auto

[Enable If NO Ext GPU] [PCIEx]

Menu Level ►

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► Hybrid SLI

Hybrid SLI Support is based on NVIDIA’s industry-leading SLI technology, delivers multi-GPU

benets when an NVIDIA® motherboard GPU is combined with an NVIDIA discrete GPU.

Hybrid SLI increases graphics performance with GeForce® Boost and provides intelligent power management with Hybrid Power™. When the display card supports Hybrid SLI technology and the system memory size is 2GB or above, this option is supported. You can

select [Auto] to let the system control, or select [Manual] to congure the Frame Buffer Size

manually. You can ignore this setting if this option is not supported due to memory size is small or CPU is not AM2+ or display card does not support Hybrid SLI technology. For more updated information about Hybrid SLI Technology, please visit NVIDIA’s Website.

► Display Detection

When Hybrid SLI feature is turned on, it means you already have two graphics GPUs installed. You must decide which one is the primary adapter, and this option will automatically select the one with display monitor attached as the primary graphics adapter. If both two graphics ports are connected to monitors, then you must use one more option “Init Display First” to select.

If none of the monitor is connected, then the “Init Display First” setting denes which one is the

primary.

► iGPU Frame Buffer Control

This item is used to control the “Frame Buffer Size” setting. Select [Auto], BIOS will automatically reserve some of the system memory as video memory. Select [Manual], you can set the size of video memory manually.

► 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.

► OnBoard GPU

This item is used to set whether to enable the onboard GPU (Graphic Processor Unit) in the North Bridge. [Enable If No Ext GPU] means if there is no external graphics card on the motherboard, the onboard GPU will be enabled. [Always Enable] means the onboard GPU is always enabled.

► Init Display First

Select PCI-Express graphics card as the default rst display device.

This option is used to select the source of primary display device.

Integrated Peripherals

► OnChip IDE Devices / MCP SATA Mode / OnBoard Devices / SuperIO Devices / USB

Devices

Press [Enter] to go to each submenu.

OnChip IDE Devices

► OnChip IDE Channel

This option is used to enable/disable function of IDE drives connected to the PATA interface.

► SATA Controller

This option is used to enable/disable function of SATA drives connected to the SATA ports.

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OnChip IDE Devices

OnChip IDE Channel [Enabled] Item Help

SATA Controller

[Enabled]

Menu Level ►

]

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Enabled

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Integrated Peripherals

► OnChip IDE Devices

[Press Enter] Item Help

► MCP SATA Mode

[Press Enter]

► OnBoard Devices

[Press Enter] Menu Level ►

► SuperIO Devices

[Press Enter]

► USB Devices

[Press Enter]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

Press Enter

MCP SATA Mode

► SATA Operation Mode

This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports. The available options are:

[IDE] - This congures the SATA ports to support legacy PATA mode or SATA mode. [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.

[Linux AHCI] - For advanced Linux system if it supports AHCI, then you can select this optiion.

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

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MCP SATA Mode

SATA Operation Mode

[IDE] Item Help

x SATA Pri-Master RAID Disabled x SATA Pri-Slave RAID Disabled

Menu Level ►

x SATA Sec-Master RAID Disabled x SATA Sec-Slave RAID Disabled x SATA Thi-Master RAID Disabled x SATA Thi-Slave RAID Disabled

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

IDE

With your motherboard and SATA hard disk both supporting AHCI, you had better set this BIOS setting to AHCI, then install your Operating System (such as Windows XP). Later, if you ever change this BIOS setting to IDE, OS still can run.

But if you at the rst time set this setting to IDE, then install the Operating System.

Later, if you change this BIOS setting to AHCI, this operating system can not run.

The Installation procedures for AHCI and RAID drivers are the same, they are :

■ Creating a bootable drive (or RAID array).

■ Creating a non-bootable drive (or RAID array).

In Chapter 5, only RAID is introduced. AHCI installation is almost the same, the only

difference is BIOS SATA Operation Mode is set to [AHCI] instead of [RAID].

► SATA Pri-Master RAID / SATA Pri-Slave RAID / SATA Sec-Master RAID / SATA Sec-Slave

RAID / SATA Thr-Master RAID / SATA Thr-Slave RAID

These items are valid only when "SATA Operation Mode" is set to RAID. They are used to enable or disable the RAID function of each SATA port on the motherboard. The relationships between RAID settings and SATA ports on the motherboard are : SATA Pri-Master RAID is the lower SATA port of SATA_1 on the motherboard. SATA Pri-Slave RAID is the lower SATA port of SATA_2. SATA Sec-Master RAID is the upper SATA port of SATA_1. SATA Sec-Slave RAID is the upper SATA port of SATA_2. SATA Thr-Master RAID is the lower SATA port of SATA_3. SATA Thr-Slave RAID is the upper SATA port of SATA_3.

OnBoard Devices

► OnBoard JMB362 Controller

This item is used to set the operating mode of your eSATA ports. The available options are:

[Disabled] - Select this will turn off the eSATA function. [IDE Mode] - This congures the eSATA ports to support legacy PATA mode or SATA mode. [AHCI Mode] - The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specication describes the reg-

ister 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 eSATA 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.

[RAID Mode] - You can congure RAID by using the eSATA ports. When you enable RAID, it

means all your SATA drives must also support AHCI.

► OnBoard Audio Controller

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

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OnBoard Devices

OnBoard JMB362 Controller

[IDE Mode] Item Help

OnBoard Audio Controller

[Auto]

OnBoard BCM5788 Controller [Enabled]

Menu Level ►

OnBoard BCM5786 Controller

[Enabled]

OnBoard 1394 Controller

[Enabled]

BCM5788 LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

BCM5786 LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

IDE Mode

► OnBoard BCM5788 / BCM5786 Controller

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

► OnBoard 1394 Controller

This item is used to enable or disable the onboard 1394 controller.

► BCM5788 / BCM5786 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.

SuperIO Devices

► OnBoard FDC Controller

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

► OnBoard Serial Port 1

This item is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request (IRQ) for the onboard serial port COM1.

► OnBoard IrDA Port

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

► IrDA Mode Select

This item is used to congure IrDA port mode:

[IrDA]: An IrDA device for maximum baud rate of 115200 bit/s.

[ASKIR]: A faster IrDA for 1152000 bit/s.

► IrDA Duplex Mode

This item enables you to determine the transfer mode of the onboard infrared chip.

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SuperIO Devices

OnBoard FDC Controller

[Enabled] Item Help

OnBoard Serial Port 1

[3F8/IRQ4]

OnBoard IrDA Port

[2F8/IRQ3] Menu Level ►

IrDA Mode Select

[IrDA]

IrDA Duplex Mode [Half]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

Enabled

USB Devices

► USB 1.1 Controller

This item is used to enable or disable the Universal Host Controller Interface for USB.

► USB 2.0 Controller

This item is used to enable or disable the Enhanced Host Controller Interface for USB.

► USB Operation Mode

This item is used to set the USB operation mode. If you select the [High Speed], then the USB operation mode is determined by the USB device; select [Full/Low Speed], the USB device operates on full/low speed.

► USB Keyboard Support

This item is used to enable the support for USB keyboard on legacy OS. If you have a USB keyboard, set to enabled.

► USB Mouse Support

This item is used to enable the support for USB mouse on legacy OS. If you have a USB mouse, set to enabled.

► USB Storage Support

This option is used to set whether the USB Mass Storage controller is enabled in a legacy operating system (such as DOS).

***USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting***

BIOS auto detects the presence of USB Mass Storage Devices, you can congure the Boot

setting mode for the detected USB MSD. Setting Options: [Auto]; [FDD Mode]; [HDD Mode].

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USB Devices

USB 1.1 Controller

[ ] Item Help USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]

USB Operation Mode

[High Speed] Menu Level ►

USB Keyboard Support

[Enabled]

USB Mouse Support [Enabled] USB Storage Support [Enabled]

***USB Mass Storage Device Boot Settinf***

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

Enabled

[Enable] or [Disable] Open Host Controller Interface for Universal Serial Bus.

Power Management Setup

ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard that denes

power and conguration management interfaces between an operating system and the BIOS.

In other words, it is a standard that describes how computer components work together

to manage system hardware. In order to use this function the ACPI specication must be

supported by the OS (for example, Windows2000 or WindowsXP).

ACPI 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 responsible 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.

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Power Management Setup

ACPI Function

[Enabled] Item Help

ACPI Suspend Type

[S3(STR)]

Power Button [Instant-Off]

Menu Level ►

PWRON After PWR-Fail [Off]

HPET Support [Enabled]

** Power Management Events **

Resume by PCI/PCIE PME

[Disabled]

USB KB/MS Resume from S3 [Disabled] Resume by Alarm

[Disabled]

x Date of Month Alarm 0 x Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 : 0 x Power On by Button Enabled

PS/2 KB Resume from S3 [Disabled]

x KB Resume Password Enter x Hot Key Resume Ctrl-F1

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

Enabled

► ACPI Function

This item is used to enable or disable the ACPI function.

► 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.

► Power Button

This item is used to set the power down method. This function is only valid for systems using

an ATX power supply. When set to [Delay 4 Sec.], the power button will put the system in

Suspend mode if you push the power button in less than 4 Second then release. If set to

[Instant-Off], the PC powers off immediately when the power button is pressed.

► PWRON After PWR-Fail

This item is used to set which state the PC will take with when it resumes after an AC power loss.

► HPET Support

HPET stands for High Precision Even Timer. If you have the HPET disabled, then windows does not have access to it and therefore falls back to less accurate timing methods. This item is used to enable or disable the HPET Support.

** Power Management Events ** ► Resume by PCI/PCIE PME

This item is used to enable/disable PCI/PCIE PME# event to generate a wake up. PME# is a signal which can be triggered from a PCI/PCIE card. It represents Power Management Event.

► USB KB/MS Resume from S3

This item is used to set the system to be waken up by USB keyboard or mouse when it is staying at S3 (Suspend to RAM) state.

► Resume by Alarm

This item is used to set the timing of the start-up function. In order to use this function, the start-up password function must be disabled. Also, the PC power source must not be turned off.

► Date of Month Alarm

When "Resume by Alarm" is set to “Enabled”, this item can be modied. It is used to set the

timing for the start-up date.

► Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

When "Resume by Alarm" is set to “Enabled”, this item can be modied. It is used to set the

timing for the start-up time.

► Power On by Button

This feature is valid only when "PS/2 KB Resume from S3" is set to Password, Hot key or Keyboard 98. Enabling this feature allows normal powering on by pressing power button, while disabling it then pressing power button has no function.

► PS/2 KB Resume from S3

This item allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard to wake up the system from S3 mode. This feature requires an ATX power supply. The setting values: [Disabled]; [Password]; [Hot KEY]; [Any KEY], and [Keyboard 98].

► KB Resume Password

Wen "PS/2 KB Resume from S3" is set to [Password], this item allows you to input a password to wake up the system from S3 mode.

► Hot Key Resume

Wen "PS/2 KB Resume from S3" is set to [Hot KEY], this item allows you to press a [Ctrl] + Function key to wake up the system from S3 mode.

PC Health Status

► Case Open Warning

This item is used to enalbe or disable case open warning function.

► Shutdown Temperature

This item is used to set the system temperature upper limit. When the temperature exceeds the set value, the system will shut down automatically.

► CPU Vcore/+5V/+ 3.3V/+12V/DDR2(V)/5VSB(V)/Voltage of Battery

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

► CPU/System Temperature

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

► CPU Fan/System Fan 1/System Fan 2/Fan 1/Fan 2 Speed

The fan speed are automatically detected and displayed by the system.

► CPU Smart Fan Control

This option is used to enable or disable CPU smart fan function. Only when this option is enabled, you can set some correlative parameters.

► Start PWM Temperature

It allows you set a temperature value from which smart fan starts its operation.

► Start PWM Value

It allows you to set an initial PWM value to drive the fan when the temperature reaches Start PWM value and smart fan begins its operation. The higher PWM value can achieve the faster fan speed.

► Slope PWM Value

When temperature changes one degree celsius, the PWM will be increased or decreased by a step value accordingly.

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PC Health Status

Case Open Warning

[Disabled] Item Help

Shutdown Temperature

[Disabled]

CPU Vcore 1.36V Menu Level ► + 5V 5.08V

+ 3.3V 3.23V

+12V 12.37V

DDR2(V) 1.80V

5VSB(V) 5.14V

Voltage of Battery 3.05V

CPU Temperature 380C System Temperature 320C CPU Fan Speed 4272RPM System Fan 1 Speed 5818RPM

System Fan 2 Speed 3821RPM

Fan 1 Speed 4096RPM

Fan 2 Speed 2312RPM

CPU Smart Fan Control [Disabled]

x Start PWM Temperature 40

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Disabled

Quantum BIOS

► CPU Feature / Memory Timing Setting / All Voltage Control / OC Gear

Press [Enter] to get into each submenu.

► Over clock Phase Select

It allows you to select the over clock phase. Setting value: [O.C. Disabled]; [Manual O.C.]; [Instant O.C.].

***Ratio and Clock Setting***

All the usable items can be valid only when the “Over Clock Phase Select” is set to [Manual O.C.].

► CPU Clock Ratio

This item is used to set the Ratio of CPU. Using different CPU, the setting values are different.

► CPU Frequency

This item allows you to adjust the CPU clock.

► Target CPU Core Speed

This item shows the target CPU Core speed.

► CPU And NB HT Speed

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

speed of the CPU to Northbridge HT link. The settings are [Auto], [1x], [2x], [3x], [4x] and [5x].

► Memory Speed Value

This item is used to set the memory speed value. The settings are [Auto]; [DDR 400]; [DDR 533];

[DDR 667]; [DDR 800]; [DDR 1066].

► System Memory Speed

This item shows the system memory speed.

► PCIE Clock

This item allows you to adjust the PCI Express bus clock.

*******Miscellaneous*******

► Auto Detect PCI Clk

This option is used to auto detect PCI slots. When enabled, the system will turn off clock of the empty PCI slot to reduce EMI (Electromagnetic Interference).

► CPU Spread Spectrum

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Quantum BIOS

► CPU Feature [Press Enter] Item Help

► Memory Timing Setting [Press Enter] ► All Voltage Control [Press Enter] Menu Level ►

► OC Gear

[Press Enter]

Over Clock Phase Select

[O.C. Disabled] ****Ratio and Clock Setting**** x CPU Clock Ratio Auto x CPU Frequency 200 Target CPU Core Speed 2000MHz x CPU And NB HT Speed Auto x Memory Speed Value Auto System Memory Speed 400MHz x PCIE Clock 100 *******Miscellaneous*******

Auto Detect PCI CIK

[Enabled]

CPU Spread Spectrum

[Disabled]

PCI Spread Spectrum [Disabled]

iGPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled] Dual BIOS Select [SPI 1]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

Press Enter

This option is used to enable or disable clock generator spread spectrum. If you enabled this func-

tion, 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.

► PCI Spread Spectrum

This option is used to enable or disable the PCI spread spectrum function. If you enabled this

function, it can signicantly reduce the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) generated by the

system, so to comply with FCC regulation. Setting values: [Disabled]; [Down Spread].

► iGPU Spread Spectrum

This option is used to enable or disable the iGPU spread spectrum function. If you enabled this

function, it can signicantly reduce the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) generated by the

system, so to comply with FCC regulation. Setting values: [Disabled]; [1%]; [2%]; [3%]; [5%].

► Dual BIOS Select

This motherboard provides two BIOS ROMs, and user can easily select one of them for operation. The selection of BIOS ROM can be done by hardware jumper x or by software BIOS conguration. you can refer to chapter 2 - BIOS Select Jumper for detail.

CPU Feature

► AMD 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.

► AMD K8 Cool&Quiet Control (Appears only when CPU support)

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. This option will be displayed only if your CPU is supporting this feature.

► CPU And NB HT Width

The CPU<->NB HT Width controls the CPU to Northbridge link bandwidth, it is highly recommended to set to [Auto] for overall performance.

► AMD Family 10h Down Core (Appears only when CPU support)

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CPU Feature

AMD C1E Support [Disabled] Item Help

AMD K8 Cool&Quiet Control [Auto] CPU And NB HT Width [Auto] Menu Level ►

AMD Family 10h Down Core [Auto]

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Disabled

At this moment, AMD family 10 series is equivalent to AM2+, and most CPU in this series are Quad Cores. This option enables shutting down portions of the circuits in core when not in load, it is a new feature of AM2+ CPU. This option will be displayed only if your CPU is supporting this feature. [Auto] : Enable entire cores, [Single Core] : Enable 1 core, Dual Core] : Enable 2 cores,

[Tri Core] : Enable 3 cores, [Quad Core] : Enable 4 cores.

Memory Timing Setting

► SLI-Ready Memory

Memory modules all have a programmable ROM chip that stores the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) information. The function of SPD is to hold the performance capabilities of the memory. This information is typically the optimal memory frequency and timings. Only one set of memory information can be stored on the SPD ROM because of JEDEC specifications. Developed as an extension to the traditional Serial Presence Detect (SPD) found on today’s high-performance DIMMS, Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP) allow memory manufacturers to integrate additional module performance data in the unused portion of the JEDEC standard SPD, allowing compatible motherboards to read and take advantage of added performance capabilities. Enhanced Performance Profiles are useful for JEDEC specified modules as manufacturers can have two predefined profiles for the memory modules—conservative and aggressive timings.SLI-Ready Memory settings become available when SLI-Ready/EPP memory modules are detected by the BIOS. The settings include CPUOC 0% to CPUOC 13% and CPUOC MAX. The various settings tells the BIOS the user wants to run the memory modules at the higher speed, and it is alright to overclock the processor by the selected percentage. With the selected option the BIOS will automatically drop the multiplier and increase the Hyper Transport reference clock accordingly. The only thing the BIOS can’t do is adjust the CPU voltage so if it goes too high you may run into stability problems if the CPU voltage isn’t increased. While memory modules with Enhanced Performance Profiles will work on any motherboard, only motherboards equipped with properly-designed BIOSes, such as those designed for NVIDIA nForce® SLI media and communications processors (MCPs), will detect the presence of these

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Memory Timing Setting

SLI-Ready Memory

[Disabled ] Not Detect Item Help

SPD Checksum Restart

[Ignore]

CKE Based Power Down Mode [Disabled] CKE Based Power Down [Per Channel] Memclock Tri-stating [Disabled]

Memory Hole Remapping [Enabled]

Auto Optimize Bottom IO

[Enabled]

x Bottom of [31:24] IO Space C0

Bottom of UMA DRAM [31:24]

[FC]

DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD x 1T/2T Memory Timing Auto x CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto x RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD) Auto x Row Precharge Time (tRP) Auto x Min RAS Active Time (tRAS) Auto x Write Recovery Time (tWR) Auto x Write to Read Delay (tWTR) Auto x RAS to RAS Delay (tRRD) Auto x Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

Disabled

Menu Level ►

"CPUOC MAX" realizes the

complete optimized memory settings when SLI-Ready memory is installed

Optimize memory settings by allowing X % CPU overclocking

CPU overclocking may require manual overvoltaging of the CPU to improve system stability

new capabilities and prompt the user to set PC boot parameters for guaranteed optimized settings. AM2+ CPU - Select [Disabled] to turn off SLI-Memory feature. Select [CPUOC 0%] to enable

using SLI-Memory SPD data to run your system. If overclock is needed, you have to adjust memory or CPU clocks from other BIOS options to overclock your system manually.

AM2 CPU - Select [Disabled] to turn off SLI-Memory feature. Select any [CPUOC] item will

enable SLI-Memory feature.

Choose [CPUOC 0%] to use SLI-Memory SPD data to run your system. In ad-

dition, you can further select from [CPUOC 1%] to [CPUOC MAX] to overclock CPU and the memory speed will change accordingly.

► SPD Checksum Restart

The Serial Presence Detect (SPD) device is a small EEPROM chip, mounted on a DDR memory module. This item allows you to check if the memory fails when booting. Select [Ignore], the system will not check memory module. Select [Exit], system will check, report error if there is any, then stop booting.

► CKE Based Power Down Mode

This item allows you to enable or disable the CKE base power down mode.

► CKE Based Power Down

CKE power down mode selection.

► Memclock Tri-stating

Enables the DDR memory clocks to be tristated when alternate VID mode is enabled.

► Memory Hole Remapping

This item is used to enable/disable memory remapping around memory hole. PCI doesn't actually care much which addresses are used, but by convention the PC platform puts them at the

top of the 32-bit address space. For many years it wasn't possible or practical to put that much

RAM into a PC. But now it is, so it's up to the memory controller and host bridge to gure out

what to do. Many systems cause that high RAM to simply be ignored, resulting in the loss of

effective RAM. More complex systems will take the RAM that would occupy that 3.5-4GB

address space and re-map it into the 4.0-4.5 address space. The RAM doesn't care because

it's just an array of storage cells, it's up to the memory controller to associate addresses with

those storage cells. Of course, that only works if you're using a 64-bit (or 32-bit physical ad-

dress extension (PAE) enabled) OS that can deal with physical addresses larger than 32 bits.

Once this option is enabled, the BIOS can see 4096MB of memory.

► Auto Optimize Bottom IO

Auto optimize maximum DRAM size when kernel assigns PCI resources done.

► Bottom of [31:24] IO Space

Select bottom of [31:24] IO space manually when "Auto Optimize Bottom IO" option is disabled.

► Bottom of UMA DRAM [31:24]

This is a memory allocation method addition to the Unied Memory Architecture (UMA) concept. Normally, select the default value.

► DRAM Timing Selectable

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, sizze, addressing mode and various other pa-

rameters, so that the motherboard memory controller (chipset) can better access the memory. This item can be valid only when the “Over Clock Phase Select” is set to [Manual O.C.].

The following items can be valid only when the “DRAM Timing Selectable” is set to [Manual].

► 1T/2T Memory Timing

This item is used for memory timing. 1T/2T timing setup is a memory optimizing technology, it

can improve the memory performance by reducing the read delay of memory controller.

► CAS# Latency Time (tCL)

The number of memory clocks it takes a DRAM to return data after the read CAS_L is asserted depends on the memory clock frequency. The value that BIOS programs into the memory controller is a function of the target clock frequency. The target clock frequency is determined from the supported CAS latencies at given clock frequencies of each DIMM.

► RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD)

This item allows you to select a delay time (in clock cycles) between the CAS and RAS strobe signals.

► Row Precharge Time (tRP)

This item allows you to select the DRAM RAS precharge time (in clock cycles).

► Min RAS Active Time (tRAS)

This item allows you to set the minimum RAS# active time (in clock cycles).

► Write Recovery Time (tWR)

This item allows you to select the write recovery time (in clock cycles).

► Write to Read Delay (tWTR)

This item allows you to select a delay time (in clock cycles) between sending the last data from a write operation to the memory and issuing a read command.

► RAS to RAS Delay (tRRD)

This item allows you to select a delay time (in clock cycles) between the RAS and RAS strobe signals.

► Read to Precharge (tRTP)

Internal READ Command to PRECHARGE Command delay (in clock cycles).

► Row Cycle Time (tRC)

This item allows you to set the row cycle time (in clock cycles). tRC = tRAS + tRP.

► Trfc0/1/2/3 for DIMM0/1/2/3

Refresh to Refresh or Refresh to Active command interval. Trfc0: auto-refresh row cycle time for logical DIMM 0. Trfc1: auto-refresh row cycle time for logical DIMM 1. Trfc2: auto-refresh row cycle time for logical DIMM 2. Trfc3: auto-refresh row cycle time for logical DIMM 3.

All Voltage Control

All the useable items can be valid only when the “Over Clock Phase Slect” is set to [Manual O.C.].

► CPU Voltage Setting

This item is used to change the CPU voltage in a step of 0.025V. The voltage can be incremented

from 0.7500V to 1.8000V. According to the installed CPU the default value is different.

► CPU Current / Default Voltage

These items show the Target/Current/Default CPU Voltage.

► CPU HT Voltage Setting

This item is used to change the CPU HT voltage in a step of 0.03V. The voltage can be incre-

mented from 1.1100V to 1.5600V. The default voltage is 1.2000V.

► DRAM Voltage Multiplier

This item allows you to set the DRAM voltage multiplier. The voltage multiplier can be incremented

from +1 step to +15 step.

► DRAM Voltage Setting

This item is used to set DRAM voltage. The default voltage is 1.8267V. The voltage can be

incremented from 1.6897V to 2.3747V.

► DRAM Target / Current Voltage

These items show the Target/Current DRAM Voltage.

► Chipset Voltage Setting

This item is used to set Chipset voltage in a step of 0.04V. The default voltage is 1.1000V. The

voltage can be incremented from 0.9800V to 1.5800V.

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All Voltage Control

x CPU Target Voltage 1.3500V Item Help CPU Current Voltage 1.2960V CPU Default Voltage 1.3500V Menu Level ►

x CPU HT Voltage Setting 1.2000V x DRAM Voltage Multiplier Default x DRAM Voltage Setting 1.8267V DRAM Target Voltage

1.8267V

DRAM Current Voltage 1.8240V

x Chipset Voltage Setting 1.1000V

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

F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults

OC Gear

*************OC Gear**************

► Current Storage Gear

We have more spaces in CMOS to allow you to store up to 8 sets of BIOS conguration data.

You can change any setting of BIOS, including the overclocking information, and save the whole BIOS settings to one of eight storage area. Later, you can retrieve BIOS settings by restore it. This item is used to choose storage section to store your BIOS settings. Setting values: [Not

Use It]; [Storage Gear 1]; [Storage Gear 2]; [Storage Gear 3]; [Storage Gear 4]; [Storage Gear

5]; [Storage Gear 6]; [Storage Gear 7]; [Storage Gear 8].

► Store/Restore/Clear My Setting

This item allows you to Store/Restore/Clear the BIOS settings. See the help string in “Item Help” table for detail.

********Foxconn Function********

► 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.

► Smart Boot Menu

When PC starts, if [Enabled] is selected, a Boot Menu will be automatically displayed to inform

you to select a boot device. If no device is selected, the rst device will be used. If [Disabled] is selected, then PC will ask you to press [Esc] key to get into Boot Menu. This setting simplies

multiple boot devices user from pressing [Esc] key to enter boot menu.

► 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.

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OC Gear

*************** OC Gear *************** Item Help Current Storage Gear

[Not Use It]

x Store My Setting Store

x Restore My Setting Restore x Clear My Setting Clear

********** Foxconn Function ********** Super BIOS Protect

[Disabled]

Smart Boot Menu

[Disabled]

Smart Power LED

[Enabled]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

Not Use It

Menu Level ►

Choose storage section

1 or 2 or 3 or 4 to

store your over clock setting. If you store your setting to Current Storage Gear successfully, then the Storage Gear will turn to Green color If you clear the Current Storage Gear successfully, then the color will turn back to normal.

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

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

Enter Setup or Skip

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

Load Optimized Defaults

Select this option and press <Enter>. A dialogue pops out, select <Y> then press <Enter> to load the defaults; press <N> to skip. By this default, BIOS have set the optimized performance parameters of system to improve the performances of system components. But if the optimized performance parameters to be set cannot be supported by your hardware devices, the system may fail to work. It may happen on when you installed too many add-on cards on your system, or overloaded the hardware until it can not afford.

Set Supervisor Password

The access rights and permissions associated with the Supervisor password are higher than those of a regular User password. The Supervisor password can be used to start the system or modify the CMOS settings, while User password can only be used to start the system, view the CMOS settings, but modify CMOS settings is not allowable.

When you select the Set Supervisor/User Password option, the Enter Password message will appear :

The supervisor password can be set up through this menu. Key in a password, not exceeding 8 characters, save the change and exit. The next time, when you enter the BIOS, it will ask you

to input this password to conrm your access right. After you get

the right to access the BIOS, you then can select this setting again, and press <Enter> to disable this function or input a new password to replace the original one.

If you select “System” for the Security Option in “Advanced BIOS Features” menu, then you will be asked to enter a password when the system is started or when you try to enter the CMOS setting program. If an incorrect password is entered, you will be hold there. If you select “Setup” for the Security Option in “Advanced BIOS Features” menu, you will be asked to enter a password only when you enter the CMOS setting program.

Set User Password

The user password can be set up through this menu. Only when there exists a Supervisor password, then this setting can be activated.

Save & Exit Setup

When you select this option and press <Enter>, Select <Y> to save your changes to CMOS and exit the program; Select <N> or <ESC> to return to the main menu.

Exit Without Saving

If you select this option and press <Enter>,

Select <Y> to exit CMOS without saving your modications;

Select <N> or <ESC> to return to the main menu.

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

Enter Password:

PASSWORD DISABLED !!! Press any key to continue...

The utility CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features.

This chapter includes the following information:

■ Utility CD content

■ Install driver and utility

■ FOX ONE

■ FOX LiveUpdate

■ FOX DMI

■ FOX LOGO

Note : Because each module is independent, so the section number will be reorganized and unique to each module, please understand.

Utility CD introduction

This motherboard comes with a Utility CD. To begin with, simply insert the CD into your DVD-ROM. The CD will automatically run and display the main menu on the screen.

1. Install Driver

Click on "Install Driver", then use these options to install all the necessary drivers for your

motherboard. You need to restart your computer after nishing all the installations of drivers.

Chipset driver

Use it to install the chipset driver.

Realtek Audio drivers

Use it to install Realtek Audio driver.

Broadcom LAN driver

Use it to install Broadcaom LAN driver.

JMicron Raid drivers

Use it to install JMicron RAID driver. JMircon provides two external SATA ports. Due to limitation of RAID interface on JMircon, we recommend you building RAID system by using onboard SATA

ports instead of JMicron.

Microsoft DirectX 9.0C

Use it to install Microsoft DirectX 9.0C driver.

Hybrid Driver

Use it to install Hybrid driver.

2. Software

Use these options to install additional software programs.

AEGIS PANEL

Foxconn new utility software for monitoring system information. See “AEGIS PANEL” for details.

FOX LiveUpdate

The Fox LiveUpdate allows you to backup or update the system BIOS, drivers and utilities in Windows® environment. See “Fox LiveUpdate” for details.

FOX DMI

The FOX DMI is a full Desktop Management Interface viewer, and it provides three DMI data formats. See “FOX DMI” for details.

Adobe Reader

Installs Adobe® Acrobat® Reader that is used for viewing and printing the PDF document.

FOX LOGO

The FOX LOGO is a simple and useful utility to backup, change and delete the boot time Logo. See “FOX LOGO” for details.

Norton Internet Security

Installs Norton® Internet Security to protect your PC from being affected by viruses.

3. Create RAID Driver Floppy

When you are establishing a brand new Windows XP operating system on a new RAID system,

during installation, Windows XP needs a RAID driver in oppy drive to help the installation.

The two items listed in this section is used for Jmicron SATA RAID, for the NVIDIA SATA RAID Driver Floppy, please go to chapter 5 "5-1 Create RAID Driver Diskette" for details. You need to create this diskette from another PC.

Depending on different 32-bit/64-bit Windows platforms you are using, you can choose

appropriate driver for the diskette.

Create (32bit) Jmicron SATA RAID Floppy

Allows you to create (32bit) JMicron SATA RAID Floppy.

Create (64bit) Jmicron SATA RAID Floppy

Allows you to create (64bit) JMicron SATA RAID Floppy.

For the usage of the created RAID driver oppy, please go to Chapter 5, "5-4 Creating a Bootable

Array-Install a New Windows XP" for more detail.

4. Foxconn Website

Click it to visit Foxconn’s Website.

5. Browse CD

Click it to browse the CD content.

AEGIS PANEL

This is Foxconn’s new utility software. Aegis Panel is a Windows innovation tool to provide fan control, alarm function and system monitoring information such as fan speed, temperature, voltage and CPU clock etc..

The powerful features are: Overclocking (OC)

HWM INFO. (Hardware Monitor Information) ALARM CONFIG

Supported 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)

Using AEGIS PANEL:

1. Main Panel

Hazard Light

Open/Close main panel to view CPU clock

Open/Close control panel for detail operation

Open/Close the left panel

Open/Close the right panel

Minimize Aegis Panel to taskbar

Visit Foxconn's

website

Get help

Hide Aegis Panel and put it to the System Tray

Aegis is a very important system monitoring program, so when

you click cross icon on it, Aegis only goes to notication area of

the system tray, but does not stop running. If you really want to

close it, you must right click on it on the notication area, and

select exit to make it.

Open : Open Aegis Panel main panel on the screen.

Congure : Open Aegis Panel and directly enter congure mode.

Exit : Close Aegis program.

2. Overclocking

Click on "Foxconn" button to open/close the display screen. The information of CPU, memory, and PCIE clocks are displayed.

Click on Control Panel button, and its panel appears. Then click on OC button to visit Overclocking menu which allows you to overclock your CPU and PCIE bus manually.

Open/Close screen

Control Panel button

OC button

3. HWM INFO. (Hardware Monitor Information)

Click on "HWM INFO." button to display the fan's information. In this fan control panel, you can congure ve different fan's speeds.

Fan Operations

Click on fan icon to congure each fan's function.

ON/OFF Mode:

Only ON/OFF is available for fan speed choice.

SmartGuardian Mode :

Software: You can set the fan's speed by adjusting

a PWM Value. This value can be selected from 0 to 127. Automatic: The fan operates by following the

below dened values.

Start Temperature:

It allows you set a value from which the smart fan starts its operation.

Start PWM Value:

It allows you to set an initial PWM value to drive the fan when the Start Temperature value is reached and smart fan begins its operation. The higher the PWM value can achieve the faster fan speed.

Full-Speed Temperature:

When the temperature gets over this value, the fan will run at its full speed.

Fan icon

HWM INFO button

Close this page

The Smart CPU Fan Feature only works with a cooler which accompanies 4-wire cable.

Slope PWM Value:

To dene the slope of PWM when the temperature changes. The higher the slope is, the faster the fan speed changes.

FAN1 and FAN2 only copy their working models from one of CPU FAN, SYS_FAN1 and SYS_FAN2, and they do not own their detailed settings.

4. ALARM

Click "ALARM" button to trigger the warning events. It allows you to set the low/high limits of the monitoring sensors. You can select a particular sensor to be watched carefully, or choose them all.

If the monitoring value is lower than the low limit or higher than the high limit, and the Action item in the CONFIG menu is set to "Ask Me", then you can hear a buzzer sounds and the hazard light is blinking. Click OK/Cancel button in the popped up HMW Alarm screen to acknowledge/cancel the warning. If OK is pressed, the relative item will be displayed by red on the "HWM INFO" screen.

Hazard light

ALARM button

5. CONFIG

Click "CONFIG" button to congure Aegis function. (Recommend using default values if possible).

Fahrenheit / Celsius scales :

You can select temperature scales between them.

External / OnBoard Speaker :

It allows you to choose the warning tone devices.

Refresh Interval :

It is used to select the interval of refreshing the current monitoring information such as the CPU clock, temperature, voltage etc.. (Unit: second per times)

Action when exceed the limitations :

It provides you four action items to handle events. Ask Me : Default. Pop out HWM Alarm screen, and red mark item on HWM INFO. display. Ignore : Just red mark current item, no HMW Alarm screen is displayed. Disable : No HMW Alarm screen and no red mark. Shutdown : The computer will be shut down after 10 seconds if selected.

Launch "Aegis Panel" on startup :

The Aegis Panel will be automatically started after the Windows operating system is activated.

Hidden tray icon :

Hide Aegis from the system tray display.

CONFIG button

Go to System Tray

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)

Using FOX LiveUpdate :

1. Local Update

1-1 Local Update - BIOS Information

This page lets you know your system BIOS information.

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

Exit

Toolbar

Minimum

Show current BIOS information

Link to website

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

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.

Key in a BIOS name

Click here

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.

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 BIOS from Internet

Browse detailed information

Update BIOS

Close the window

Select BIOS to update

Click here

Current information

Search new drivers from Internet

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.

Browse detailed information

Install the selected driver

Close the window

Select the driver to update

Click here

Current information

Search new utilities from Internet

Browse detailed information

Install the selected utility

Close the window

Select the utility to update

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

Close the window

Browse detailed driver information

Browse detailed utility information

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.

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

Double click here

Apply the changes

Reset to default value

Click here

Set auto search options

Select search which kind of versions

Set auto search the latest FOX LiveUpdate

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.

3-2 Congure - System

This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the FOX LiveUpdate utility.

Click here

Set the location of

download les or

auto backup BIOS

Determine if the FOX LiveUpdate can auto run when the system starts up

Select different skin of the software

Apply the changes

Reset to default value

Prompt you to install the new FOX LiveUpdate

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.

4. About & Help

This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate.

We recommend that you should better keep the default setting unchanged to avoid any damage.

Click here

Select which BIOS ROM

to ash(Only available to

motherboard with backup BIOS ROM )

Apply the changes

Reset to default value

Select to ash Boot Block

Select to clear CMOS

Click here

Show information about FOX LiveUpdate

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 motherboard 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)

Using FOX DMI:

Please operate this utility as the comments shows.

Click here to select the DMI Data format you need

Click here to select the type you want to view.

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 "Full Screen Logo Show" 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)

Using FOX LOGO:

Main Page

When you change Logo or delete current Logo, the system will ash BIOS le automatically. During this time, please DO NOT shut down the application and the system,

or the motherboard will be damaged seriously.

Minimize

Exit

Website

About

Backup

Change

Delete

Main screen

This chapter will cover two topics :

■ Creating a Bootable Array - Installing a new Windows XP

(Vista) in a brand new RAID system.

■ Creating a Non-Bootable Array - Existing Windows XP

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

It includes the following information :

■ RAID Conguration Introduction

■ NVIDIA MediaShield Driver

■ Create 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 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. Two RAID driver diskettes. (Can be created by using motherboard driver CD)

5. A motherboard driver CD.

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 NVIDIA 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 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 0+1 (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.

Spanning (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 N-1 Read faster

Write slower

Good Limited budget

RAID0+1 >=4

(Even number)

Smallest

High Excellent Unlimited budget

Span >=1 All none Dangerous Big disk space

NVIDIA

MediaShield Driver

The NVIDIA® MediaShield driver supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 0+1 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 how to select your RAID system. Assume four hard disks are connected to the motherboard : Lower SATA port of SATA_1 - WDC WD1200JD-98HBBO, 111.79GB

Lower SATA port of SATA_2 - Hitachi HDT725025VLA, 232.88GB

Upper SATA port of SATA_1 - HDS728080PLA380, 76.69GB Upper SATA port of SATA_2 - ST3320620AS, 298.09GB

The relationships between RAID settings and SATA ports on the motherboard are : SATA Pri-Master RAID is the lower SATA port of SATA_1 on the motherboard. SATA Pri-Slave RAID is the lower SATA port of SATA_2. SATA Sec-Master RAID is the upper SATA port of SATA_1. SATA Sec-Slave RAID is the upper SATA port of SATA_2. SATA Thr-Master RAID is the lower SATA port of SATA_3. SATA Thr-Slave RAID is the upper SATA port of SATA_3.

In section 5-3 later, you will know the relationships between port numbers in the

MediaShield BIOS and SATA ports on the motherboard. We put their descriptions here for better arrangement. They are : Port 0.0 is the lower SATA port of SATA_1 on the motherboard. Port 0.2 is the lower SATA port of SATA_2. Port 0.1 is the upper SATA port of SATA_1.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

MCP SATA Mode

SATA Operation Mode

[RAID] Item Help

SATA Pri-Master RAID [Enabled] SATA Pri-Slave RAID [Enabled] Menu Level ► SATA Sec-Master RAID [Enabled] SATA Sec-Slave RAID [Enabled]

SATA Thr-Master RAID

[Enabled]

SATA Thr-Slave RAID

[Enabled]

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RAID

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.

Port 0.3 is the upper SATA port of SATA_2.

Port 0.4 is the lower SATA port of SATA_3.

Port 0.5 is the upper SATA port of SATA_3.

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.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1

HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Striped

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

5-1 Create RAID Driver Diskette

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

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

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

drive A:, put the driver CD into DVD-ROM

drive. Suggest you format the diskette rst.

Right click Floppy (A:) to select Format.

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

message.

3. Click on "OK" to nish the format.

4. Depending on which platform your XP

system is, normally, it is a 32-bit system. In Windows, browse CD content, and go to CD:\Driver\Chipset\xp\IDE\WinXP\ sataraid\Floppy\Disk1, copy all the

content to the rst diskette.

5. Check if the rst diskette contains the

driver les.

6. Go to CD:\Driver\Chipset\xp\IDE\

WinXP\sataraid\floppy\Disk2, coppy all the content to the second diskette.

Repeat the steps from step 1 to step 5.

Later, when in the process of installing

Windows XP in your RAID system, it will

ask you to use these oppy diskettes

to provide driver for additional specic

devices, for example, a RAID device.

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 “MCP

SATA Mode” 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.

5-3 select a RAID Array for Use

When BIOS is restarted, it will display a message asking you to press [F10] key to enter the main menu of MediaShield BIOS. Press [F10], the screen appears. At the bottom of each screen displayed, there is one line listing each key’s function, such as [Tab], [Enter], [ESC]...etc. It is helpful to make your choice easier.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [Enter] Popup

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Mirrored

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

MCP SATA Mode

SATA Operation Mode

[RAID] Item Help

SATA Pri-Master RAID [Enabled] SATA Pri-Slave RAID [Enabled] Menu Level ► SATA Sec-Master RAID [Enabled] SATA Sec-Slave RAID [Enabled]

SATA Thr-Master RAID

[Enabled]

SATA Thr-Slave RAID

[Enabled]

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RAID

Create RAID 0 (striped)

1. Select "striped" from the RAID Mode. The menu appears :

2. Select two hard disks to build our RAID0 system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard

disks to the right drive panel.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Striped

Optimal

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Striped

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

4. The stripe value should be selected based on different applications. It ranges from

4KB to 128KB. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.

64K - Good general purpose strip size.

128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations.

Keep it at Optimal default value. Press [F7] to nish the setting.

5. Press [Y] to continue, and press [Y] again to select "Clear MBR".

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Striped

Optimal

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.79GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

All data on new (or added) disks will be overwritten. Continue?

[Y] YES [N] NO

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Striped

Optimal

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Clear MBR?

[Y] YES [N] NO

6. The screen displays a STRIPE array of 153.38GB, which is twice the size of the smallest

hard disk. That is, 2*76.69GB = 153.38GB.

If you want to build a new Operating System (such as Windows XP) in this RAID system, please press [B] to select it as bootable. You can then press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

7. In above screen, you also can press [Enter] to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system. Press [D] here allow you to delete previous settings, and go back

to the rst time when MediaShield was started.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Array List -

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Boot Status Vendor Array Size

Healthy NVIDIA STRIPE 153.38G

Array 4 : NVIDIA STRIPE 153.38G

- Array Detail-

RAID Mode: Striped

Stripe Width : 2 Stripe Block: 64K

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] remove Vol [ENTER] Return

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

0.0 0 WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 111.79G

0.1 1 HDS728080PLA380 76.69GB

Create RAID 1 (Mirrored)

1. Select “Mirrored” from the RAID Mode.

2. Select two hard disks to build our RAID1 system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard

disks to the right drive panel.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Mirrored

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Mirrored

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

4. The stripe block value is xed and not changeable.

Press [F7] to nish the setting.

5. Press [Y] to continue, and press [Y] again to select "Clear MBR".

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Mirrored

Optimal

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.79GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

All data on new (or added) disks will be overwritten. Continue?

[Y] YES [N] NO

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Mirrored

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

Clear MBR?

[Y] YES [N] NO

6. The screen displays a MIRRORED array of 232.88GB, which is the size of the smallest hard disk. That is, 232.88GB. If you want to build a new Operating System (such as Windows XP) in this RAID system, please press [B] to select it as bootable. You can then press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

7. In above screen, you also can press [Enter] to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system. Press [D] here allow you to delete previous settings, and go back

to the rst time when MediaShield was started.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Array List -

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Boot Status Vendor Array Size Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 232.88G

Array 4 : NVIDIA MIRROR 232.88G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Mirrored

Stripe Width : 1 Stripe Block: 64K

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] remove Vol [ENTER] Return

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

0.2 0 Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 232.88G

0.3 1 ST3320620AS 298.09G

Create RAID 0+1 (striped Mirror)

1. Select “striped Mirror” from the RAID Mode. The menu appears :

2. Select four hard disks to build our RAID 0+1 system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard

disks to the right drive panel.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Striped Mirror

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Striped Mirror

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

4. The stripe value should be selected based on different applications. It ranges from

4KB to 128KB. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.

64K - Good general purpose strip size.

128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations.

Keep it at Optimal default value. Press [F7] to nish the setting.

5. Press [Y] to continue, and press [Y] again to select "Clear MBR".

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Striped Mirror

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.79GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

All data on new (or added) disks will be overwritten. Continue?

[Y] YES [N] NO

Striped Mirror

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

Clear MBR?

[Y] YES [N] NO

6. The screen displays a RAID 0+1 array of 153.38GB, which is twice the size of the

smallest hard disk. That is, 2*76.69= 153.38GB.

7. In above screen, you also can press [Enter] to know the detailed drive information of

this RAID system. Press [D] here allow you to delete previous settings, and go back

to the rst time when MediaShield was started.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Array List -

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Boot Status Vendor Array Size

Healthy NVIDIA RAID 0+1 153.38G

Array 4 : NVIDIA RAID 0+1 153.38G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Striped Mirror

Stripe Width : 2 Stripe Block: 64K

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] remove Vol [ENTER] Return

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

0.0 0 WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 111.79G

0.1 1 HDS728080PLA380 76.69GB

0.2 2 Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 232.88G

0.3 3 ST3320620AS 298.09G

Create RAID 5

1. Select “RAID5” from the RAID Mode.

The menu appears :

2. Select three SATA hard disks to build our RAID5 system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard

disks to the right drive panel.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

RAID5

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

RAID5

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

4. The stripe value should be selected based on different applications. It ranges from

4KB to 128KB. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.

64K - Good general purpose strip size.

128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations.

Keep it at Optimal default value. Press [F7] to nish the setting.

5. Press [Y] to continue, and press [Y] again to select "Clear MBR".

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

RAID5

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

All data on new (or added) disks will be overwritten. Continue?

[Y] YES [N] NO

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

RAID5

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Clear MBR?

[Y] YES [N] NO

6. The screen displays a RAID5 array of 153.38GB, which is twice the size of the smallest

hard disk. That is, 2*76.69= 153.38GB. Another hard disk is used for parity check.

7. In above screen, you also can press [Enter] to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system. Press [D] here allow you to delete previous settings, and go back

to the rst time when MediaShield was started.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Array List -

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Boot Status Vendor Array Size

Healthy NVIDIA RAID5 153.38G

Array 4 : NVIDIA RAID5 153.38G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: RAID5 Stripe Width : 2 Stripe Block: 64K

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] remove Vol [ENTER] Return

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

0.0 0 WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 111.79G

0.1 1 HDS728080PLA380 76.69GB

0.2 2 Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 232.88G

Create spanned RAID

1. Select “spanned” from the RAID Mode. The menu appears :

2. Select three SATA hard disks to build our Spanned RAID system.

3. Press [TAB] to navigate to left drive panel, then use [→] and [↓] keys to add the hard

disks to the right drive panel.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Spanned

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Spanned

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

Optimal

4. The stripe block value is xed and not changeable.

Press [F7] to nish the setting.

5. Press [Y] to continue, and press [Y] again to select "Clear MBR".

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Spanned

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

All data on new (or added) disks will be overwritten. Continue?

[Y] YES [N] NO

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Dene a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirrored Stripe Block: Optimal Free Disks Array Disks

Port Disk Model Capacity Port Disk Model Capacity

[+] Add

[-] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup

Spanned

Optimal

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.1 HDS728080PLA38 76.69GB

0.2 Hitachi HDT725 232.88GB

0.0 WDC WD1200JD-9 111.79GB

0.3 ST3320620AS 298.09GB

Clear MBR?

[Y] YES [N] NO

6. The screen displays a Spanned RAID array of 421.36GB, which is the total sizes of

these three hard disks. That is, 111.79+76.69+232.88= 421.36GB. We recommend

not setting it to bootable as it will be impossible to recover if crashed. You can then press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

7. In above screen, you also can press [Enter] to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system. Press [D] here allow you to delete previous settings, and go back

to the rst time when MediaShield was started.

MediaShield BIOS Mar 31 2008

- Array List -

[Ctrl-X] Exit [↑↓] Select [B] Set Bootable [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Boot Status Vendor Array Size

Healthy NVIDIA SPAN 421.36G

Array 4 : NVIDIA SPAN 421.36G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Spanned

Stripe Width : 3 Stripe Block: 64K

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear MBR [V] remove Vol [ENTER] Return

Port Index Disk Model Capacity

0.0 0 WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0 111.79G

0.1 1 HDS728080PLA380 76.69GB

0.2 2 Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 232.88G

5-4 Creating a Bootable Array- Install a New Windows XP

Assume a Mirrored array (232.88GB) 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 “First Boot Device” to “CDROM”, save changes and exit BIOS.

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 forgot 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.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced BIOS Features

► Removable Device Priority

[Press Enter] Item Help

► Hard Disk Boot Priority

[Press Enter]

► CD-ROM Boot Priority

[Press Enter] Menu Level ►

First Boot Device [CDROM]

Second Boot Device [CDROM] Select Removable Boot

Third Boot Device [Removable]

Device Priority

Boot Other Device [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek

[Disabled]

Boot Up NumLock Status

[on]

Security Option

[Setup]

Full Screen Logo Show

[Enabled]

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

CDROM

5. After some les are copied to your system, the following picture appears, press [S]

to continue the specic driver installation.

6. It will ask you to insert the RAID driver diskette 1 into your oppy drive. Press [Enter]

after it is done.

Windows Setup

Please insert the disk labeled

manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk

into Drive A:

* Press ENTER when ready

Enter=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit

Windows Setup

Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

<none> * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drivers, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

7. There are two drivers, all these two drivers must be installed. Press [Enter] to select

the rst driver - "NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)".

8. A conrmation message appears to double check if the driver is really what we

wanted. As we need to install both two drivers, so we will press [S] again to select

the second driver. It will ask you to insert the RAID driver diskette into your oppy

drive again, press [Enter] to continue.

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen.

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)

NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drivers, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

9. Use [↓] key to select "NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)", then press

[Enter]. Still, The RAID oppy diskette 1 is inside the oppy drive.

10. Two drivers are displayed. Press [Enter] to continue.

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)

NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drivers, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen.

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)

NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)

NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)

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