Foxconn P35A User Manual

P35A Series Motherboard

User’s Manual

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User’s Manual V1.2 for P35A Series motherboard.

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All trade names are registered trademarks of respective manufacturers listed.

All images are for reference only, please refer to the physical motherboard for specic features.

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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 P35A/P35A-S

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/2007

Printed Name : James Liang

Declaration of conformity

Trade Name: FOXCONN

Model Name: P35A/P35A-S

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 : 2007

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.

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Installation Precautions

■ Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden and momentary electric current that ows between two objects at different electrical potentials. Normally it

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

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

components such as a motherboard, CPU or memory.

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

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

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

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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

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

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

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

Chapter 2 Hardware Install

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

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

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

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

Jumpers ..........................................................................................18

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup

Enter BIOS Setup ........................................................................... 21

Main Menu ......................................................................................21

Standard BIOS Features ................................................................23

Fox Central Control Unit ................................................................. 24

Boot Conguration Features .......................................................... 31

Advanced BIOS Features ...............................................................33

PCI/PNP Resource Management ...................................................38

Power Management Features ........................................................40

Hardware Health Congure ............................................................ 42

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

Load Optimal Defaults .................................................................... 44

Load FailSafe Defaults ...................................................................44

Save Changes and Exit .................................................................. 44

Discard Changes and Exit .............................................................. 44

Chapter 4 CD Instruction

Utility CD content ............................................................................46

Install driver and utility .................................................................... 47

FOX ONE

Main Page..................................................................................49

CPU Control...............................................................................53

Frequency Control .....................................................................55

Limit Setting ............................................................................... 56

Voltage Control ..........................................................................58

Fan Control ................................................................................ 59

FOX LiveUpdate

Local Update..............................................................................60

Online Update ............................................................................62

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

About & Help

..............................................................................66

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

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

Chapter 5 RAID Conguration

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

71

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager .......................................................73

Create a RAID Driver Diskette ....................................................... 74

BIOS Conguration ........................................................................ 76

Create RAID in BIOS ......................................................................76

Create RAID Volume .................................................................77

Delete RAID Volume ..................................................................93

Reset Disks to Non-RAID ..........................................................95

Exit RAID BIOS ..........................................................................99

Install a New Windows XP ........................................................... 100

Existing Windows XP with RAID built as data storage .................104

Appendix - CrossFileTM Technology ................................................ 108

Technical Support :

Website :

http://www.foxconnchannel.com

Support Website :

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

Worldwide E-mail Support :

pcebg-cisg-support@foxconn.com

CPU, Memory, VGA Compatibility Supporting Website :

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

Support

Thank you for buying Foxconn P35A series motherboard. Foxconn

products are engineered to maximize computing power, providing

only what you need for break-through performance.

With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity

features for today multi-media computing requirements, P35A

enables you to unleash more power from your computer.

This chapter includes the following information:

■ Product Specications

■ Layout

■ Back Panel Connectors

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1-1 Product Specications

CPU Support Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme processor/

Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad processor / Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor /

Intel® Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition/

Intel® Pentium® D processor / Intel® Pentium® 4 processor /

Support for Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

Front Side Bus 1333/1066/800MHz FSB

Chipset North Bridge : Intel® P35 chipset

South Bridge : Intel® ICH9 (P35A)/ICH9R (P35A-S)

Memory 4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets

Support up to 8GB of system memory

Dual channel DDR2 800/667MHz architecture

Audio Realtek ALC888 chip

High Denition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

Support for S/PDIF out

Support Jack-Sensing function

LAN On board Realtek 8111B chip

Support 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet

Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slots

1 x PCI Express x1 slot

3 x PCI slots

Onboard Serial ATA 6 x SATA connectors and one external SATA connector (P35A-S)

4 x SATA connectors and one external SATA connector (P35A) 300MB/s data transfer rate

Support hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing )

Support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (for P35A-S)

Support Intel® Matrix Storage Technology (for P35A-S)

USB Support hot plug

Support up to 12 x USB 2.0 ports (4 rear panel ports, 4 onboard USB

connectors supporting 8 extra ports)

Support 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

6 x (P35A-S) or 4 x (P35A) SATA connectors 4 x USB 2.0 connectors (supporting 8 x USB devices) 1 x CPU fan header (4-pin) 1 x System fan header (4-pin)

3 x Power fan headers (3-pin) (FAN1/2/3)

1 x Front panel connectors

1 x 1394a connector (P35A-S only)

1 x CD_IN connector

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1 x COM1 connector

1 x Chassis intrusion alarm header

Back Panel 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port

Connectors 1 x PS/2 Mouse port

1 x Parallel port

1 x Serial port

1 x Coaxial S/PDIF out connector

1 x External SATA connector

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 LAN port

6 x Audio jacks

Hardware Monitor System voltage detection

CPU/System temperature detection

CPU/System/Power fan speed detection

CPU overheating warning

CPU fan speed control

Onboard 1394a Support hot plug (P35A-S only) 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 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 FOX ONE

FOX LiveUpdate

FOX LOGO

FOX DMI

Operating System Support for Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000

Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12 inches x 9.6 inches (30.5cm x 24.3cm)

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1-2 Layout

1. IrDA Connector 16. Front Panel Connector

2. COM1 Connector 17. Power On Button

3. AUX Power Connector: PWR3 18. Reset Button

4. PCI Express x1 Slot 19. Clear CMOS Jumper

5. PCI Express x16 Slots 20. South Bridge: Intel® ICH9/ICH9R

6. PCI Slots 21. Speaker Connector

7. Front Audio Connector 22. Floppy Connector

8. CD_IN Connector 23. 24-pin ATX Power Connector : PWR1

9. 1394a Connector (P35A-S only) 24. IDE Connector : PIDE

10. TBL_EN Jumper 25. DDR2 DIMM Slots

11. SYS_FAN Header 26. CPU_FAN Header

12. WP_EN Jumper 27. North Bridge: Intel® P35 Chipset

13. Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header 28. LGA 775 CPU Socket

14. Front USB Connectors 29. FAN1/2/3 Connector

15. SATA Connectors 30. 8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector:

PWR2

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

board for detail.

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1-3 Back Panel Connectors

1. PS/2 Mouse Port

Use the upper port (green) to connect a PS/2 mouse.

2. PS/2 Keyboard Port

Use the lower port (purple) to connect a PS/2 keyboard.

3. Serial Port

Before using this port, make sure the “Serial Port2 mode” of “SuperIO Conguration” in

CMOS Setup is set to be [Normal].(Default is [Normal]).

4. Coaxial S/PDIF Out Connector

This connector provides digital audio out to an external audio system that supports

digital coaxial audio. Before using this feature, ensure that your audio system provides

a coaxial digital audio in connector.

5. External SATA Port

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.

6. USB Ports

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

External

SATA Port

Parallel Port

USB 2.0

Ports

LAN Port

Coaxial

S/PDIF Port

PS/2 Keyboard

Port

PS/2 Mouse Port

Line Out

Microphone

Subwoofer

Rear Speaker

Side Speaker

Line In

Serial

Port

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Audio Ports

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7. Audio Ports

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

8. RJ-45 LAN Port

The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at up to 1Gb/s data rate.

9. Parallel Port

Use the parallel port to connect devices such as a printer, scanner and etc. The

parallel port is also called a printer port.

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

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

Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In

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

Pink Microphone In Microphone In Microphone In Microphone In

Orange - - Center/Subwoofer Out Center/Subwoofer Out

Black - Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out

Grey - - - Side Speaker Out

This chapter introduces the hardware installation process,

including the installation of the CPU, memory, power supply,

slots, pin headers and the mounting of jumpers. Caution should

be exercised during the installation of these modules. Please

refer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read

the contents in this chapter carefully.

This chapter includes the following information:

■ Install the CPU and CPU Cooler

■ Install the Memory

■ Install an Expansion Card

■ Install other Internal Connectors

■ Jumpers

Please visit this website for more supporting information about CPU, Memory and

VGA for your motherboard :

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

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2-1 Install the CPU and CPU Cooler

Install the CPU

A. Locate the alignment keys on the motherboard CPU socket and the notches on the CPU.

LGA775 CPU Socket

Alignment Key

Pin-1 Corner of the CPU

Socket

LGA775 CPU

Notch

Pin-1 triangle marking

of CPU

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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-1 of the CPU. The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly. (Or

you may locate the notches on both sides of the CPU and alignment keys on the CPU

socket.)

■ 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 wish 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.

Hyper-Threading Technology System Requirements:

(Go to Intel's website for more information about the Hyper-Threading Technology)

■ An Intel® CPU that supports HT Technology

■ A chipset that supports HT Technology

■ An operating system that is optimized for HT Technology

■ A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled

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B. Follow the steps to install the CPU onto the CPU socket.

2. Release the CPU socket lever.1. Remove protective socket cover.

3. Lift the metal cover on the CPU

socket.

5. When CPU is properly seated,

replace the metal cover and push

the CPU socket lever back to its

locked position.

4. Check pin one marking (triangle)

with the pin one corner of the CPU

socket, align the CPU notches with

the socket alignment keys and

gently put the CPU onto the socket.

Before installing the CPU, make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power

cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the CPU.

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Install the CPU Cooler

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

1. Apply and spread an even

thermal grease on the surface of CPU.

2. Place the four bolts of the CPU cooler to the holes of the motherboard, push them straight down from the top, and the bolts will be fastened on the motherboard. That's it.

3. Check the solder side of the

motherboard, the push pin should

be xed as depicted in the picture.

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4. Attach the 4-wire CPU cooler

connector to the CPU FAN socket on the motherboard .

Release bolts of CPU cooler from motherboard :

1. Turning the push pin (bolt) along with the direction of arrow (counterclockwise).

2. Pull the push pin straight up.

3. Turning push pin clockwise to its default position.

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.

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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 and each channel has two

memory sockets as following:

Channel 0 : DIMM1, DIMM2 Channel 1 : DIMM3, DIMM4

The combinations of DIMM modules are :

DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4

Single Channel DS/SS - - -

Single Channel DS/SS DS/SS -

Single Channel - - DS/SS -

Single Channel - - DS/SS DS/SS

Double Channel DS/SS - DS/SS -

Double Channel - DS/SS - DS/SS

Double Channel DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

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

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

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

memory 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.

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

used and installed in the same colored DDR2 sockets for optimum performance.

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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.

Notch

112-Pin128-Pin

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.

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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(s).

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:

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

PCI Express x16

PCI Express x1

PCI

■ 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.

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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.

20-Pin Power 24-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 -5V

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

10 +12V 22 +5V

11 +12V 23 +5V

12 3.3V 24 GND

PWR1

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We recommend you use 24-pin power supply. If you want to use 20-pin power supply,

you need to align the ATX power connector according to the following picture.

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8-pin ATX 12V Power Connector : PWR2

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

Exclusive Graphics power Connector : PWR3

This connector is an auxiliary power for graphics card. Exclusive power for graphics card is for better graphics performance and future upgrade usage.

IDE Connectors : PIDE

With the provided Ultra DMA133/100/66 IDE ribbon

cable, you can connect to any type of hard disk and

CD/DVD ROM/RW drive. You also can congure as a

disk array through RAID controller.

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.

Pin No. Denition Pin No. Denition

1 GND 5 +12V

2 GND 6 +12V

3 GND 7 +12V

4 GND 8 +12V

Connect a 4-pin

power plug

We recommend you use 8-pin ATX 12V power supply. If you

want to use 4-pin power supply, you need to align the ATX

power connector according to the picture on the right.

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GND

+12V

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4

5

8

PWR2

+5V

GND

+12V

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4

PWR3

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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.

IrDA Connector : IR

This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving device.

1394a Connector : F_1394 (P35A-S Only)

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.

Audio Connector : F_AUDIO

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

COM Connector : COM1

This motherboard supports another serial RS232 COM port for legacy compatibility. User must purchase a RS232 cable

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EMPTY

IRRX

GND

IRTX

IR

HDD-LED

RESET-SW

NC

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PWR-SW

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PWR-LED

EMPTY

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FP1

SENSE1_RETURN

PRESENCEJ

EMPTY SENSE2_RETURN

AUD_GND

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F_AUDIO

PORT1_L

PORT1_R

PORT2_L

PORT2_R

SENSE_SEND

GND

+12V

TPA-

TPB-

GND

TPB+

+12V

GND

TPA+

EMPTY

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9

F_1394

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with a 9-pin D-sub connector at one end to connect with external

RS232 device and another end with 10-pin female connector to

connect with COM1 connector on the motherboard.

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.

Chassis Intrusion Alarm Connector : 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.

USB Connectors : F_USB1/2/3/4

In addition to the four USB ports on the rear panel, this product

also provides four 10-pin USB headers on its motherboard. By

connecting through USB cables with them, user can quickly build another eight USB ports on the front panel .

Serial ATA Connectors :

SATA_1/2/3/5, SATA_4/6 (Optional).

The Serial ATA connector is used to connect with hard disks or CD devices which supporting this feature. The current Serial ATA II

interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer rate.

Speaker Connector : SPEAKER

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

Fan Connectors : CPU_FAN, SYS_FAN and FAN1/2/3

There are ve fan connectors on this motherboard. The fan speed can be detected and viewed in “Hardware Health Congure”

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section of the BIOS Setup. These fans will be automatically turned off after the system enters S3,

S4 and S5 mode.

2-5 Jumpers

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

Description of Jumpers

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

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

2. The following table explains different types of the jumper settings. "Closed" means placing a jumper cap on the two pins to temporarily short them. The shorting can also be done by touching two pins by a screwdriver for a few seconds, but using jumper cap is recommended. It can prevent any ESD (Electrical Static Discharge) problem.

BIOS TBL Enable Jumper: TBL_EN

Occasionally, user may go to website to look for newly updated BIOS information, and when in upgrading the BIOS, if the power happened to be shut down, or any abnormal operation during

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

1

CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN

1

GND POWER

SENSE CONTROL

FAN1/2/3

GND +12V SENSE

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BIOS upgrading process, then the system will no longer be booted. With our BIOS TBL feature, you can get away from this worry. BIOS TBL is used to lock “Top Boot Block” of BIOS code. By using this function, the system still can boot even the previous BIOS upgrade failed. In addition, more helpfully, the system will show some information to tell you how to recover the BIOS. To acquire this function, please set the jumper with pin 2 and 3 closed.

BIOS Write Protect Jumper: WP_EN

To protect the system BIOS from virus attack, there is a BIOS write-protection mechanism provided. With pins 1 and 2 closed on a WP_EN jumper, the BIOS is

unprotected and can be ashed (or upgraded). Most of this

cases happen when user wants to upgrade the BIOS. With pins 2 and 3 closed, your BIOS code is fully protected

and can not be modied, Virus such as CIH can do nothing

on your PC.

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 and 3, put it onto pins 1 and 2 to short them. This will clear CMOS data.

3. Return the setting to its original with pins 2 and 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.

BIOS Write Protected (LOCK)

1 2

3

BIOS Write Unprotected (Default)

1 2

3

WP_EN

BIOS TBL Enabled

BIOS TBL Disabled (Default)

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Clear

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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

■ Standard BIOS Features

■ Fox Central Control Unit

■ Boot Conguration Features

■ Advanced BIOS Features

■ PCI/PNP Resource Management

■ Power Management Features

■ Hardware Health Congure

■ BIOS Security Features

■ Load Optimal Defaults

■ Load FailSafe Defaults

■ Save Changes and Exit

■ Discard Changes and Exit

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

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

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

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

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Enter BIOS Setup

The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software, correctly setting up the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance. Power on the computer, when the message "Press <Del> key to enter the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility". 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:

► Standard BIOS Features

It displays the basic system conguration, such as BIOS date code, ID, CPU speed, memory

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

► Fox Central Control Unit

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

► Boot Conguration Features

This menu is used for conguring Boot up setting, such as quick boot, boot device priority...etc.

► Advanced BIOS Features

The advanced system features can be set up through this menu. There are IDE devices,

Super I/O devices such as Serial I/O, Parallel port and other USB, PCI Enhanced ports...etc.

► PCI/PNP Resource Management

PCI/PnP features, such as O/S supporting, IRQ/DMA settings and bus master enabling/

disabling...etc. can be modied through this menu.

► Standard BIOS Features ► Hardware Health Congure

► Fox Central Control Unit ► BIOS Security Features

► Boot Conguration Features Load Optional defaults

► Advanced BIOS Features Load FailSafe Defaults

► PCI/PNP Resource Management Save Changes and Exit

► Power Management Features Discard Changes and Exit

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

Configure Time and Date. Display System Information...

► Standard BIOS Features

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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► Power Management Features

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

► Hardware Health Congure

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

of your CPU/System.

► BIOS Security Features

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

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

before boot or access to Setup.

► Load Optimal Defaults

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

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.

► Load Failsafe Defaults

The Failsafe default BIOS settings can be loaded through this menu. For normal operation, it

is more reliable than optimal setting. But if your system loading becomes heavy (such as more

I/O cards, memory...etc.), we will recommend you to adjust some BIOS settings instead of

using this default.

► Save Changes and Exit

Save setting values to CMOS and exit.

► Discard Changes and Exit

Do not change anything and exit the setup.

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Standard BIOS Features

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

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

► AMIBIOS

It displays the current BIOS date code and its ID. User can check this information and discuss

with the eld service people if a BIOS upgrade is needed.

► Processor

It displays the current CPU speed.

► System Memory

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

modules were installed in your system before powering on.

► System Time

This item allows you to congure the desired time. Use [ENTER] to enter the setting, then use [TAB] to move forward a eld. Use [+] or [-] to input the value. The three elds of the setting are <hour> : <minute> : <second> respectively.

► System Date

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

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

Only).

Month—month from 1 to 12.

Date—date from 1st to 31st.

Year—year, set up by users.

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

► Floppy A

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

It can be [360KB, 51/4"], [1.2MB, 51/4"], [720KB, 31/2"], [1.44MB, 31/2"] and [2.88 MB, 31/2"].

Standard BIOS Features

System Overview Help Item

AMIBIOS Use [Enter], [TAB] Build Date:09/13/07 or [SHIFT-TAB] to ID :6B3F1P12 select a eld.

Processor Use [+] or [-] to

Intel (R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz congure system Time.

Speed :1800MHz

System Memory Size :1024MB

System Time [01:59:22] System Date [Wed 10/170/2007]

Floppy A [1.44MB 3

1

/2"]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

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Fox Central Control Unit

► Smart Power LED (Optional)

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

Power On System 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.

► Fox Intelligent Stepping (FIS)

User can select different overcloking options by this item. Select [Auto], the system will

automatically adjust its CPU clock based on the current loading in running O/S and application

programs. Depending on series of motherboard design, one entry level model may provide

very limited overclocking mechanism, while in value edition design, the complete overclocking

functions are all provided. More detailed explanations of FIS feature can be found from FOX

One utility of Chapter 4.

If you select "Manual", it means FIS is disabled. You have to use the following three options to

congure overclocking manually.

Fox Central Control Unit

Fox Central Control Unit Help Item

Smart Power LED [Enabled] Disabled/Enabled

Fox Intelligent Stepping [Manual]

► Overclock Options

[Press Enter]

► Voltage Options

[Press Enter]

► CPU Conguration

[Press Enter]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Enabled]

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Overclock Options

Inside Intel chipset, there is a ratio number (we called it FOX Ratio here) which is dened as

the value of the memory clock divided by the CPU clock.

Normally, multiply CPU clock by 4, you can get the CPU Front Side BUS speed. While for

DDR2 memory, multiply memory clock by 2, you can get DDR2 memory speed.

In this section, we will explain how to overclock your memory or CPU.

The above table lists the Ratio numbers come with different combinations of CPUs and

memories.

A Normal, Non-overclocking System :

We set FOX Ratio to disabled, and DRAM Frequency to Auto.

In a CPU FSB 1333MHz system, if a DDR2 800MHz memory is installed, then FOX Ratio number will be set to 1:1.2. Same CPU (FSB 1333MHz), if we install a DDR2 667MHz

memory, then FOX Ratio number will be set to 1:1.

CPU FSB Speed DDR2 Speed CPU Clock Memory Clock FOX Ratio Select

1333MHz 800MHz 333MHz 400MHz 1:1.2 1333MHz 667MHz 333MHz 333MHz 1:1

1066MHz 800MHz 266MHz 400MHz 1:1.5 1066MHz 667MHz 266MHz 333MHz 1:1.25

800MHz 800MHz 200MHz 400MHz 1:2 800MHz 667MHz 200MHz 333MHz 1:1.66

Overclock Options

Overclock Options Help Item

FOX Ratio Select [Disabled] Select FSB:MEM Ratio CPU FSB Type 800MHz

Memory Target Frequency 800MHz

CPU FSB Over Clock Choice [ 800] PCIE Freq Over Clock(MHz) [100]

Spread Spectrum [Enabled]

Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] PCI MMIO Allocation: 4GB to 3072MB DRAM Frequency [Auto] Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Memory Hole [Disabled]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Disabled]

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An Overclocking System :

A CPU FSB 800MHz system with a DDR2 667MHz memory installed, from the below table you

can see, its Ratio number is set to 1:1.66 by the system. Now, we want to overclock it.

Overclocking Example 1 :

1. Select [667 MHz] at DRAM Frequency setting.

2. Select [1:1.66] at FOX Ratio Select setting.

Now, CPU FSB Type is displaying 800MHz, and Memory Target Frequency is displaying 667MHz.

3. At the setting of CPU FSB Over Clock Choice, input a new CPU FSB number, e.g., [1066

MHz].

You can read the display of Memory Target Frequency is [888MHz].

4. Press [ESC] to exit Overclock Options page, then go to Main Menu, select "Save Changes

and Exit", system will power down to change the settings and reboot again.

5. After new boot, your system will be running at 1066MHz CPU speed (physically 800MHz) together with an 888MHz memory speed (physically 667MHz).

Overclocking Example 2 :

1. Select [667 MHz] at DRAM Frequency setting.

2. Select [1:1.25] at FOX Ratio Select setting.

Now, CPU FSB Type is displaying 800MHz, and Memory Target Frequency is displaying 500MHz. We can say at this moment, the memory (physically 800MHz) is underclocked.

3. At CPU FSB Over Clock Choice setting, try increasing the CPU Speed by pressing [+], you

can see each time when CPU Speed is increased, the Memory Target Frequency is also

increased. Try increasing CPU Speed to [1066 MHz]. You can read Memory Target Frequency is [800MHz] now. This is an example telling that

only CPU is overclocked, while memory is operating in its normal state.

4. Press [ESC] to exit Overclock Options page, then go to Main Menu, select "Save Changes

and Exit", system will power down to change the settings and reboot again.

Physical DRAM DDR2 667MHz DDR2 800MHz

FOX Ratio

CPU FSB

1:1 1:1.25 1:1.66 1:1.2 1:1.5 1:2

800MHz 400MHz 500MHz 667MHz 480MHz 600MHz 800MHz

1066MHz 533MHz 667MHz 888MHz 639MHz 800MHz 1066MHz

1333MHz 667MHz 833MHz 1110MHz 800MHz 999MHz 1333MHz

All the changed settings of overclocking must be saved before exiting BIOS, then it will function. PC will hardware shut down with total power off, it does not like software shut down of which the power is still on.

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► FOX Ratio Select

FOX Ratio is a number representing memory clock divided by CPU Clock. Select a memory

speed, a FOX Ratio number, and try increasing CPU FSB speed, then your PC can be

overclocked.

► CPU FSB Type

This item displays the current CPU Front Side Bus speed.

► Memory Target Frequency

This item displays the target Memory Bus speed which we want to overclock or underclock.

► CPU FSB Over Clock Choice

This item allows you to change the CPU Front Side Bus speed. The maximum value is current

CPU FSB speed plus 2400MHz. You shall be careful not to set too high a value to damage

your CPU.

► PCIE Frequency Over Clock(MHz)

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

speed.

► Spread Spectrum

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

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

you better disable it.

► Memory Remap Feature

This item is used to set the memory remap feature.

[Enabled] : Allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory to go above the total physical memory.

[Disabled] : Do not allow remapping of memory.

► DRAM Frequency

This item is used to manually select a DRAM speed as a reference for overclocking. Select a

memory speed, a FOX Ratio number, and try increasing CPU FSB speed, then your PC can

be overclocked. [Auto] means the memory speed is decided by the SPD device on DDR2

module.

► Congure DRAM Timing by SPD

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 DDR2 memory

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

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

access the memory device.

► Memory Hole

This item is used to set the memory hole. The available values are [Disabled] and [15MB-

16MB].

Some special ISA cards require this area of memory for them to work properly. Enabling this

function reserves the memory area for the card's use. In some cases, it may also prevent the

system from accessing memory above 15MB. If you enable this function, 1MB of RAM (the

15th MB) will be reserved and is therefore not available for the OS' use. Since ISA cards are a

thing of the past, you should always disable this feature.

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Voltage Options

► CPU Voltage Margining Step

This item is used to set the CPU voltage margining offset. You can adjust CPU voltage by a

voltage step of 0.0125V * number each.

► Memory Voltage Control

This item is used to select a voltage for memory. Voltage ranges from 1.665V to 2.340V.

► 1.28X Memory Voltage Table

This item is used to raise the voltage ranged in the Memory Voltage Control setting, Higher

voltage options are provided. Voltage ranges from 2.131V to 2.995V.

► 1.13X Memory Voltage Table

This item is used to raise the voltage ranged in the Memory Voltage Control setting. Voltage

ranges from 1.894V to 2.662V.

► NB/PCIE Voltage Control

This item is used to set the Northern Bridge/PCI-Express voltage control.

Voltage Options

Voltage Options Help Item

Current CPU Voltage :1.272 V CPU Voltage Margining Current Memory Voltage :1.728 V offset = 12.5mV x Step Current GMCH Voltage :1.224 V

CPU Voltage Margining Step [0 ]

12.5mV x 0 = 0.0mV

Memory Voltage Control [Default]

1.28X Memory Voltage Table [Disabled]

1.13X Memory Voltage Table [Disabled]

NB Voltage Control [Default] PCIE Voltage Control [Default]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

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CPU Conguration

► Super Clock Free

This item is used for the Super Clock Free technology. It supports adjustable CPU Multiplier,

perform better FSB, more options for overclocking.

It is available only when the CPU is not the XE CPU and EIST is enabled.

► Intel® SpeedStep

(tm)

tech.

This item is used specically for the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology (EIST), the options

are :

[Enabled] : CPU speed is controlled by the operating system.

[Disabled] : Use default CPU speed.

► C1E Support

C1E represents Enhanced HALT State. It is a feature which Intel 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.

► CPU Thermal Meter Function

For the processor with CPUID below 04F1H, when CPU is running up to a higher frequency,

enable Thermal Meter will automatically keep Front Side Bus to run at a limited speed, so to

protect your system.

When CPU frequency >=3.6GHz, maximum FSB is 800MHz

When CPU frequency >=2.8GHz, maximum FSB is 533MHz.

Disabling this feature may come out a high temperature system, and system would crash.

CPU Conguration

Congure advanced CPU settings Help Item

Manufacturer:Intel It is available

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz only when the CPU Frequency :1.80GHz is not the XE CPU FSB Speed :800MHz and EIST is enabled Cache L1 :32 KB Cache L2 :2048 KB

Ratio Status :Unlocked (Min:06, Max:09)

Ration Actual Value:9

Super Clock Free [Disabled] Intel(R) Speedstep(tm) Tech [Enabled] CIE Support [Enabled] CPU TM Function: [Enabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Core Multi-Processing [Enabled]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Disabled]

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology (EIST) allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency, which can result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production. There are some system requirements must be met, including CPU, chipset, motherboard, BIOS and operation system. Please refer to Intel website for more information.

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► Execute Disable Bit

This item is used to enable/disable the Execute Disable Bit feature.

Intel's Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer

overow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system.

Execute Disable Bit allows the processor to classify areas in memory by where application

code can execute and where it cannot. When a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the

buffer, the processor disables code execution, preventing damage and worm propagation.

Replacing older computers with Execute Disable Bit-enabled systems can halt worm attacks,

reducing the need for virus-related repairs. By combining Execute Disable Bit with anti-virus,

rewall, spyware removal, e-mail ltering software, and other network security measures, IT

managers can free IT resources for other initiatives.

► Core Multi-Processing

When disabled, it will disable one execution core of each CPU die. It is going to provide

backward compatibility, any way, keep it enabled.

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Boot Conguration Features

► Quick Boot

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

time needed to boot the system.

► Quiet Boot

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

[Disabled] : Displays the normal POST messages.

[Enabled] : Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages.

► AddOn ROM Display Mode

This item is used to set the display mode for option ROM. When Quiet Boot is enabled, this

option controls whether output from the option ROM is displayed.

The available settings are : Force BIOS; Keep Current.

► Interrupt 19 Capture

Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. It is typically handled

by the motherboard BIOS although it can also be handled by the optional boot ROM BIOS in

some IDE/SCSI host adaptors.

When enabled, this BIOS feature allows the ROM BIOS of these host adaptors to "capture"

Interrupt 19 during the boot process so that drives attached to these adaptors can function as

bootable disks. In addition, it allows you to gain access to the host adaptor's ROM setup utility,

if one is available.

When disabled, the ROM BIOS of these host adaptors will not be able to "capture" Interrupt

19. Therefore, you will not be able to boot operating systems from any bootable disks attached

to these host adaptors. Nor will you be able to gain access to their ROM setup utilities.

If you use separate IDE/SCSI host adaptors, you should enable this BIOS feature if you wish

to boot from any drive attached to your host adaptors. It will also allow you to gain access to

any ROM based setup utilities.

However, if you are not using any separate IDE/SCSI host adaptors, it's recommended that

you disable this BIOS feature.

[Enabled] : Allows option ROM to trap interrupt 19.

Boot Conguration Features

Boot Settings Help Item

Quick Boot [Enabled] Allows BIOS to skip Quiet Boot [Disabled] certain tests while AddOn ROM Display Mode [Keep Current] booting. This will Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] decrease the time Wait For 'F1" If Error [Enabled] needed to boot the Hit "DEL' Message Display [Enabled] system.

► Boot Device Priority

[Press Enter]

► Hard Disk Drives

[Press Enter]

► Removable Devices

[Press Enter]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

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► Wait For ‘F1’ If Error

This item is used to enable the waiting for ‘F1’ key to be pressed if error occurs.

Enabling this option causes the system to suspend the POST operation when it encounters an

error, and wait for user to press the ‘F1’ key for resuming.

► Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display

This item is used to set whether displaying the information about pressing ‘DEL’ key to run the

BIOS setup.

► Boot Device Priority

This option is used to select the priority for boot devices. After pressing <Enter>, you can

select the device using the Up/Down arrow keys, and change the device priority using <+> or

<->; you can exit this menu by pressing <Esc>.

► Removable Drives

This option is used to specify the Boot Device priority sequence from available removable

drives.

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Advanced BIOS Features

Use the arrow keys to select the option; Press [Enter] to enter the submenu. The options are discussed below:

IDE Conguration

► SATA Mode Select

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 :

[Compatible] - Support legacy PATA modes. Old Linux system only can use this mode.

[Enhanced] - Support SATA specication mode. Old Linux system can not use this 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.

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Settings Help Item

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections Congure the IDE

may cause system to malfunction. device(s).

► IDE Conguration [Press Enter] ► SuperIO Configuration

[Press Enter]

► OnBoardDevice Configuration

[Press Enter]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Press Enter]

IDE Conguration

IDE Conguration Help Item

SATA Mode Select [IDE] Options

SATA#1 Conguration [Compatible] SATA#2 Conguration [Enhanced] Disabled

Compatible

► Primary IDE Master

[Not Detected] Enhanced

► Secondary IDE Master

[Not Detected]

► Third IDE Master

[Not Detected]

► Third IDE Slave

[Not Detected]

► Fourth IDE Master

[Not Detected]

► Fourth IDE Slave

[Not Detected]

► Fifth IDE Master

[Not Detected]

► Fifth IDE Slave

[Not Detected]

► Sixth IDE Master

[Hard Disk]

► Sixth IDE Slave

[Not Detected]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

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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 (some Intel chipsets do not support this feature), and you

have a SATA device, which also supports AHCI, then you can select IDE setting to have fair

performance (only PATA, SATA level), or you can select AHCI to get its best performance.

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

Conguring RAID on a New PC :

You can configure your new system for RAID and install the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager

driver from a floppy drive during the Windows XP installation.

Conguring RAID on an Existing PC

Intel’s RAID configuration utilities offer the flexibility to upgrade from a single Serial ATA (SATA)

hard drive to a two drive RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration when an additional SATA hard drive is

added to an existing PC. Beginning with Intel Matrix Storage Manager, you can also migrate to

a 3 or 4-drive RAID 5 or a 4-drive RAID 10 configuration.

Please refer to RAID chapter for detail.

► SATA #1 Conguration

Each Intel chipset contains two SATA controllers - SATA#1 and SATA#2 :

1). SATA#1 controls four SATA devices, they are in silkscreen SATA 3 (port 0), 4 (port 2), 5 (port 1), 6 (port 3) on the motherboard. SATA 4, 6 are not populated in P35A.

2). SATA#2.controls two SATA devices, they are in silkscreen SATA 1 (port 4), 2 (port 5) on the

motherboard.

This item is used for SATA#1 conguration. The available options are :

[Disabled] - No function at all.

[Compatible] - Support legacy Parallel ATA PIO modes. Old Linux system only can use this

mode.

[Enhanced] - Supports SATA specication mode. Old Linux system can not use this mode.

► SATA #2 Conguration

This item is used for SATA#2 conguration. The available values are : [Disabled]; [Enhanced].

SATA#2 controller does not support legacy Parallel ATA compatibility.

With your motherboard and SATA hard disk both supporting AHCI, you 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.

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driver to trigger the function. ICH9R (P35A-S) is supporting both AHCI and RAID

functions, while ICH9 (P35A ) only supports AHCI.

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► AHCI Conguration

When your motherboard supports AHCI, and you also set SATA Mode setting to [AHCI] or

[RAID], then [Press Enter], you can read the drive information of at most six SATA devices

from here.

► Primary/Secondary IDE Master, Third/Fourth/Fifth/Sixth IDE Master/Slave

While entering setup, BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices. This item

displays the drive information of IDE devices. The display information only applies when SATA

Mode Select is set to [IDE] mode.

► IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

This item is used to select the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. If the checking

time is over the set value, the system will skip it.

SuperIO Conguration

► OnBoard Floppy Controller

This item is used to enable/disable Floppy Controller.

► Serial Port 1/2 Address

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

port .

Note: Do not try to set the same values for serial ports 1 and 2.

► Serial Port2 Mode

This item is used to set the serial Port2 mode. The available settings are :

[Normal]; [IrDA 1.6us]; [IrDA 3/16 bit].

► Parallel Port Address

This item is used to assign the base address for the onboard parallel port.

► Parallel Port Mode

This item is used to set the transmission mode of the parallel port. They are :

Normal, Bi-Directional, ECP, EPP and ECP/EPP.

► Parallel Port IRQ

This item is used to determine onboard parallel port IRQ.

SuperIO Conguration

Congure F71882F Super IO Chipset Help Item

OnBoard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Allows BIOS to Enable

Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] or Disable Floppy

Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Controller Serial Port2 Mode [Normal]

Parallel Port Address [378]

Parallel Port Mode [Normal]

Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Enabled]

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OnBoardDevice Conguration

► Legacy USB Support

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

keyboard or mouse, set to auto or enabled.

► USB 2.0 Controller Mode

This item is used to set the transmission rate mode of USB 2.0. The available settings are : [HiSpeed] in 480Mbps; [Full Speed] in 12Mbps.

► BIOS EHCI Hand-Off

Windows XP supports a number of features in the Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI)

specication, but there are a few features that are not implemented. Microsoft said preliminary

support for EHCI BIOS handoff will be available in Windows XP SP2.

This item allows you to enable support for OS without EHCI hand-off feature.

This is a workaround for OS without EHCI hand-Off support .

The EHCI ownership change should claim by EHCI driver.

► Initiate Graphic Adapter

In application of multiple graphics cards, this item is used to select which graphics controller is

used as the primary display device during boot. The available values are [PEG/PCI]; [PCI/

PEG]. PEG stands for PCI-Express(x16) graphics card.

► PEG Port Conguration - PEG Port

This item is used to enable/disable the PCI Express Graphics port.

► USB Functions

This item is used to set the USB functions. You can select the amount of enabled USB ports.

► HDA Controller

This item is used to enable/disable the High Denition Audio (HDA) controller on your

motherboard.

► SMBUS Controller

This item is used to enable or disable the SMBUS controller.

The System Management Bus (abbreviated to SMBus) is a simple two-wire bus, derived from

I²C and used for communication with low-bandwidth devices on a motherboard, especially

OnBoardDevice Conguration

JMicron 36x ATA Controller [Enabled] ▲ Help Item OnBoardDevice Conguration █ █ Select ATA Controller Legacy USB Support [Enabled] █ Operate Mode USB 2.0 Controller Mode [FullSpeed] █ BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled] █ █ █ Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] █ █ PEG Port Conguration █ PEG Port [Auto] █ █ USB Functions [12 USB Ports] ▒

USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] ▒

HDA Controller [Enabled] ▒ SMBUS Controller [Enabled] ▒ Onboard 1394 Control [Enabled] ▒ JMicron e-SATA&IDE [Enabled] ▼

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

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power related chips. Other devices might include temperature, fan, or voltage sensors; and lid

switches. PCI add-in cards may connect to an SMBus segment.

► Onboard 1394 Control

This item is used to enable or disable the 1394 devices. In some motherboards, 1394 is optional and need a specic hardware chip to fulll its functions.

► JMicron e-SATA&IDE

This item is used to enable/disable the Parallel ATA IDE (PIDE) drive controller on the

motherboard.

► Realtek Gigabit LAN

This item is used to enable/disable the gigabit Ethernet controller on the motherboard.

► SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width

SLP_S4# is a signal of Southern Bridge (ICH) chip. It is for power plane control. This signal shuts power to all non-critical systems when in the S4 (Suspend to Disk) or S5 (Soft Off) state.

It can also be used to control the DRAM power.

This item is used to set the SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width. The available values are : [4 to 5 seconds]; [3 to 4 seconds]; [2 to 3 seconds]; [1 to 2 seconds](Default).

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PCI/PNP Resource Management

IRQ and DMA Settings

The BIOS has the capability to automatically congure all of the boot and Plug & Play compatible

devices. Normally, you should set them as [Available], so that the BIOS can automatically assign the IRQs and DMA channels. In the old days, you might assign each IRQ or DMA channel to a Legacy ISA card, and you had to change the setting to [Reserved] to reserve IRQ/DMA for this ISA card. This happened mostly on the ISA bus sound cards. Legacy ISA devices are compliant

with the original PC AT bus specication and require a specic interrupt / DMA channel to function

properly. Now, ISA bus is disappeared on the motherboard, only PCI PnP devices are considered. PCI PnP devices, on the other hand, adhere to the Plug & Play standard and can use any interrupt / DMA channel. The IRQ/DMA assignments here are just to reserve some particular resources for them, and you can go to Device Manager for the assignments.

IRQ & DMA Settings

IRQ & DMA Settings Help Item

IRQ3 [Available] Available: Specied IRQ4 [Available] IRQ is available to be

IRQ5 [Available] used by PCI/PnP

IRQ7 [Available] devices. IRQ9 [Available] Reserved: Specied IRQ10 [Available] IRQ is reserved for

IRQ11 [Available] use by Legacy ISA

IRQ14 [Available] devices.

IRQ15 [Available]

DMA Channel 0 [Available]

DMA Channel 1 [Available] DMA Channel 3 [Available] DMA Channel 5 [Available] DMA Channel 6 [Available]

DMA Channel 7 [Available]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Available]

PCI/PNP Resource Management

Advanced PCI/PnP Settings Help Item

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections IRQ & DMA Settings may cause system to malfunction.

► IRQ & DMA Settings [Press Enter]

Plug & Play O/S [No]

PCI Latency Timer [64]

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Press Enter]

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►IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15, DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7

These items are used to set if the PCI/PnP card assign IRQ/DMA automatically.

[Available] : Specied IRQ/DMA is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices. [Reserved] : Specied IRQ/DMA is reserved for use by legacy ISA or PCI PnP devices.

► Plug & Play O/S

This item is used to set the plug and play function for your OS.

[No] : Let the BIOS congure all the devices in the system. [Yes] : Let the operating system congure plug and play devices not required for boot if your

system has a plug and play operating system.

► PCI Latency Timer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

to the disadvantage of other devices on the bus.

►Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

This item is used to allocate IRQ to PCI VGA.

Many high-end graphics cards may require an IRQ to function properly. Disabling this feature

with such cards will cause improper operation and/or poor performance. Thus, it is best to

make sure you enable this feature if you are having problems with your graphics card. Check

your graphics card's manual. If it states that the card does not require an IRQ, then you can

disable this feature to release an IRQ for other uses. It is best to leave this setting enabled (i.e.

Yes) unless you really need the IRQ for other purposes.

[Yes] : Assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if it requires an IRQ.

[No] : Does not assign an IRQ to PCI VGA card.

► Palette Snooping

This option is only useful if you use an MPEG card or an add-on card that makes use of the

graphics card's Feature Connector. It corrects incorrect color reproduction by "snooping"

into the graphics card's frame buffer memory and modifying (synchronizing) the information

delivered from the graphics card's Feature Connector to the MPEG or add-on card. It will also

solve the problem of display inversion to a black screen after using the MPEG card. Graphics

card's Feature Connector normally stays at top edge of the graphics card.

► PCI IDE BusMaster

This item is used to control whether the PCI IDE bus master is enabled. If enabled, the PCI

IDE bus mastering controller can access the PCI bus directly to achieve a faster throughput.

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Power Management Features

ACPI (Advanced Conguration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard interfaces enabling OS-directed conguration, power management, and thermal management of mobile, desktop, and server platforms. It denes ve sleeping states, they are :

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

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

Power On Suspend)

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

the S1 sleeping state except that the CPU and system cache context is lost (the OS

is 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.

Power Management Features

Power Management Features Help Item

Suspend mode [S1 (POS)] Select the ACPI

ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0] state used for

ACPI APIC support [Enabled] System Suspend. APIC ACPI SCI IRQ [Disabled]

USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4 [Enabled]

Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] High Performance Event Timer [Disabled] Enable KB MS wake from S5 [Disabled] Resume On Ring [Disabled] Resume on PME# [Disabled] Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

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► Suspend mode

This item is used to select the ACPI state used for system suspend. Options are :

[S1 - Power On Standby]; [S3 - Suspend to RAM]; [Auto].

Auto is the mode in that system will check the driver of each device, if they all support S3, then

system can go to S3 suspend, otherwise, only S1 state will be used.

► ACPI Version Features

This item is used to select the ACPI version. Keep it in default.

► ACPI APIC Support

The original IBM PC and its immediate successor, the PC XT dened a rather simple PIC

scheme with a number of limitations. So an Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

(APIC) was dened, that can cope with more devices and share them evenly among multiple

processors. The APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faster interrupt

handling.

This item is used to set if add the ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list. Keep it in

default.

► APIC ACPI SCI IRQ

SCI - System Control Interrupt

This item is used to enable or disable the APIC ACPI SCI IRQ. Enabling APIC mode will

expand available IRQs resources. Keep it in default.

► USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4

This item is used to enable/disable the USB device wakeup from S3/S4.

► Restore on AC Power Loss

The options are :

[Last State]; [Power On]; [Power Off]. Keep it in default.

► High Performance Event Timer

The options are :

[Enable]; [Disable]. Keep it in default.

► Enable KB MS Wake from S5

This item is used to enable/disable keyboard and mouse wake up from S5.

► Resume On Ring / PME# / RTC Alarm

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

Ring is alarm event from external modem connected to RS232 port.

PME# is a signal which can be triggered from a PCI card. It represents Power Management

Event.

RTC is system real time clock.

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Hardware Health Congure

► Fan 1 Mode Setting (CPU FAN)

This item is used to support SMART CPU FAN feature which allows system to adjust its fan

speed according to CPU temperature. The lower the CPU temperature, the slower the FAN

speed. The options of this setting are :

Auto Fan by RPM :

Control CPU FAN by delivering a PWM signal, which supports SMART FAN feature. You

must use 4-wire FAN for this setting. Also, if you are using 3-wire CPU FAN, we recommend

you to choose this setting so it can run at its full speed.

Auto Fan by DutyCycle :

Control CPU FAN by using linear voltage, only supports 3-wire CPU FAN. DO NOT

recommend to use this setting for 3-wire CPU FAN, as some old 3-wire FANs may fail to run

by this setting.

Manual Fan by RPM :

Manually x 4-wire CPU FAN running at one particular speed.

Manual Fan by DutyCycle :

Manually x 3-wire CPU Fan running at one particular speed based on a percentage ratio to

the maximum speed. DO NOT recommend.

► Temperature 1 Limit of Highest / Second / Third / Lowest

These items are used to set the CPU temperature limit. When CPU detects itself staying at the

highest temperature, system will drive CPU FAN to run at its maximum speed.

► Fan 1 Highest / Second / Third / Fourth / Lowest Setting

These items are used to set the different levels of the fan speed, 100 is its maximum speed.

► CPU Temperature / System Temperature / CPU Fan Speed / System Fan Speed /

Vcore / 1.8V SUS / 1.2V CORE / +5V / +12V / +3.3V / VCC / VSB / VBAT

These items display the information of current CPU / chipset / system temperature, fan speeds

and voltages, all these messages are automatically detected and displayed by the system.

Hardware Health Congure

Hardware Health Congure ▲ Help Item █ FAN 1 Mode Setting [Auto Fan by RPM] █ Fan conguration Temperature 1 Limit of Hig [050] █ mode setting Temperature 1 Limit of Sec [040] █ Temperature 1 Limit of Thi [030] █ Temperature 1 Limit of Low [020] █ Fan 1 Highest setting [100] █ Fan 1 Second setting [080] █ Fan 1 Third setting [070] █ Fan 1 Fourth setting [060] █ Fan 1 Lowest setting [050] █

CPU Temperature :44°C/111°F █

SYS Temperature :40°C/104°F █

CPU Fan Speed :1174 RPM ▒

SYSTEM Fan Speed :N/A ▒

Vcore :1.304 V ▼

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Auto Fan by RPM]

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BIOS Security Features

►Change Supervisor / User Password

This item is used to install or change supervisor / user password.

After you input Supervisor password, it then will ask you to input user password optionally.

► Chassis Intrusion

This item is used to enable or disable function of intrusion detection.

BIOS Security Features

Security Settings Help Item

Supervisor Password :Not Installed Install or Change the User Password :Not Installed password.

Change Supervisor Password [Press Enter]

Chassis Intrusion [Disabled]

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[Press Enter]

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Load Optimal Defaults

Optimal defaults are the best settings of this mainboard. Always load the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS values. Select this option and press Enter, it will pop out a dialogue box to let you load the defaults. Select <OK> and then press <Enter> to load the defaults. Select <Cancel> and press <Enter>, it will not load. By this default, BIOS have set the optimal performance parameters of system to improve the performances of system components. But if the optimal performance parameters to be set cannot be supported by your hardware devices (for example, too many expansion cards were installed), the system might fail to work.

Load Failsafe Defaults

If you encounter any system unstable problem, you may try to load FailSafe defaults, which are the safest and most stable BIOS settings for the motherboard. Select this option and press Enter, it will pop out a dialogue box to let you load the defaults. Select <OK> and then press <Enter> to load the defaults. Select <Cancel> and press <Enter>, it will not load. The BIOS have set the basic and safest default functions to ensure the stability of your system. If your computer fails to run properly, then you may load this default to recover the system back to normal, and carry out failure analysis in next step.

Save Changes and Exit

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

Discard Changes and Exit

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

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

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

Load Optimal Defaults?

[OK] [Cancel]

[OK]

Load FailSafe Defaults?

[OK] [Cancel]

[OK]

Save configuration changes and exit setup?

[OK] [Cancel]

[OK]

Discard changes and exit setup?

[OK] [Cancel]

[OK]

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 LOGO

■ FOX DMI

Note : Because each module is independent, so the section

number will be reorganized and unique to each module, please

understand.

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Utility CD content

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

1. Install Driver

Use these options to install all the drivers for your system. You should install the drivers in order, and you need to restart your computer after all the drivers have been installed. Drivers A, B, C must be installed to take the advantage of the basic motherboard features. While

drivers D, E is related with your hard drives which can be congured as a RAID system to ensure

that, occasionally, if one of your hard disks is crashed, then you can recover it back by replacing a new hard disk. Intel RAID driver controls the hard disks connected to SATA interfaces, while JMicron RAID driver controls the hard disks connected to PATA interface.

A. Intel Chipset Driver B. Realtek HDA Audio Driver C. Realtek 811X LAN Driver D. Intel RAID Driver E. JMicron RAID Driver

2. Software Utilities

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

A. FOX ONE B. FOX LiveUpdate C. FOX LOGO D. FOX DMI

E. Microsoft DirectX 9.0

F. Adobe Acrobat Reader G. Norton Internet Security H. Create RAID Driver Floppy

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Install driver and utility

1. Install Driver

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

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

2. Install Utility

You can select the specic utility to install.

Manual Installation Step by Step

Automatic Installation by One Click.

Select to Install

Utilities

Select to

Install Drivers

Click to visit

Foxconn's

website

Browse CD

Exit the program

Drop to System

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FOX ONE

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

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

any time.

With FOX ONE, you can :

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

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

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

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 ONE :

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

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

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

CPU clock based on your current system loading.

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

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

take over, and the controlling right will be transferred to FOX ONE. Later, if you exit

FOX ONE, then BIOS control will be back again.

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

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

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

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Show CPU

Information

Toolbar

Alert Lamp

Switch Button

Exit

Minimum

Homepage

Monitor Frequency/Voltage/Fan

speed/Temperature value

Conguration

Skin Button

1. Main Page

Toolbar

Use the toolbar to navigate to other pages.

Alert Lamp

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

in abnormal state, the alert lamp color is red.

Switch Button

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

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

place on your screen to help you monitoring system status.

Click here to go back to

FOX ONE full screen

Click here will drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray

Exit FOX ONE

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Skin Button

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

can select your favorite skin (FOX ONE Panel).

Exit

Click this button to exit the program.

Minimum

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

right corner of your screen.

Homepage

Click this button to visit Foxconn motherboard website :

http://www.foxconnchannel.com

Apply the changes

Click the new skin

picture to select

the new skin

Cancel the changes

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Conguration

This menu allows you to congure :

1). Monitor interval (ms) :

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

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

2). Simple Mode :

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

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

by one in Simple Mode.

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

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

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

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

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

what the CPU clock should be.

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

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

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

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

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

Mining...etc.)

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2. CPU Page - CPU Control

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

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

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

Manual :

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

Auto :

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

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

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

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

A message informs you to

push RESET button later if

the system hangs nally.

Click Yes to continue.

Press Auto button to let FOX

ONE check the highest CPU

clock you can use.

Go to CPU page

FIS Features :

Select the different

benchmarks

Adjust by manual

Apply the

changes

Reset the

changes

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You can see the system is

raising CPU clock until the

system hangs.

Push RESET button on the

front panel of your system to

restart the computer.

Run FOX ONE program

again, it will inform you

the previous test found

that 255MHz is the

recommended CPU clock for

your system.

Click Yes to apply it to your

system.

Now, your system is running

at a CPU clock of 255MHz.

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

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

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

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

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

Gaming, Data Mining, Ofce and Energy Saving, the references of their system loading were calculated and dened in the FIS Calibration option of Conguration menu. Select

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

3. Frequency Page - Frequency Control

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

Go to Freq. page

Close this page

Reset the changes

Apply the changes

Select the option

you want to set

Adjust by manual

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Go to Limit

Setting page

Set high limit by

dragging the lever

Show current CPU

temperature value

Enable alert function

when the CPU

temperature is higher

than high limit value

Show current high

limit value of the CPU

temperature

Set high limit by

dragging the lever

Show current system

temperature value

Enable alert function

when the system

temperature is higher

than high limit value

Show current high

limit value of system

temperature

4. Limit Setting

4.1 Limit Setting - CPU Temperature

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

4.2 Limit Setting - System Temperature

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

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Set low limit rpm by

dragging the lever

Show current CPU

fan rpm value

Enable alert function

when the CPU fan runs

slower than the low

limit rpm value

Show current low limit

rpm value of CPU fan

Set low limit rpm by

dragging the lever

Show current system

fan rpm value

Enable alert function

when the system fan

runs slower than low

limit rpm value

Show current low limit

rpm value of system

fan

4.3 Limit Setting - CPU Fan

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

4.4 Limit Setting - System Fan

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

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4.5 Limit Setting - FAN1 Fan

This page lets you to set FAN1 fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function.

5. Voltage Page - Voltage Control (Optional)

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

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

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

Set low limit rpm by

dragging the lever

Show current FAN1

fan rpm value

Enable alert function

when the FAN1 fan

runs slower than low

limit rpm value

Show current low limit

rpm value of FAN1 fan

Go to Voltage page

Select the option

you want to set

Adjust by manual

Reset the changes Apply the changes

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6. Fan Page - Fan Control

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

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

Go to Fan page

Set fan speed by

dragging the lever

Enable or disable

smart fan function

Apply the changes

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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.

Exit

Toolbar

Minimum

Show current

BIOS information

Link to website

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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.

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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

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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.

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.

Browse detailed

information

Install the selected

drivers

Close the window

Select the driver to update

Click here

Current information

Search new utilities

from Internet

Click here

Current information

Search all new BIOS/

drivers/utilities from

Internet

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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 the icon on the system bar, you can see the detailed information.

Click here

Set auto

search options

Select search

which kind of

versions

Apply the changes

Reset to default value

Double click here

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3-2 Congure - System

This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the Fox LiveUpdate

utility.

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.

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

damage.

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

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

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4. About & Help

This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate.

Click here

Show information about

FOX LiveUpdate

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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 bitmap image (640x480) le, then use FOX LOGO to open it and

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

"Quiet Boot" setting in "Boot Conguration 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 auto-

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

or the motherboard will be damaged seriously.

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Minimize

Exit

Website

About

Backup

Change

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FOX DMI

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

formats : Report, Data Fields and Memory Dump.

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

board if there is any problem occurred.

Supporting Operating Systems :

■ Windows 2000

■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

■ Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

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.

This chapter will cover two topics :

■ Installing a new Windows XP (Vista) in a brand new RAID

system.

■ Existing Windows XP (Vista) system with new RAID built as

data storage.

It includes the following information :

■ RAID Conguration Introduction

■ Intel® Matrix Storage Manager

■ Create a RAID Driver Diskette

■ BIOS Conguration

■ Create RAID in BIOS

■ Install a New Windows XP

■ Existing Windows XP with RAID built as data storage.

You need to install Intel® Matrix Storage Manager driver for the following conditions :

1). P35A is selecting AHCI in its BIOS setting of SATA Mode Select.

2). P35A-S is selecting AHCI or RAID in its BIOS setting of SATA Mode Select .

Please refer to page 33, 102 for detail.

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

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Installing a new Windows XP (Vista) in a brand new RAID

system.

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

(Windows Vista has in-box driver by its own and can skip this step).

2. Follow 5-2 to set BIOS setting SATA mode to RAID or AHCI.

3. Follow 5-3 to create RAID in BIOS.

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

What kinds of hardware and software you need here :

1. A oppy drive.

2. A CD-ROM drive.

3. Several SATA hard disks.

4. A RAID driver diskette. (Could be bundled in motherboard package.)

5. P35A Series CD. (To create RAID driver diskette if it is not bundled.)

6. Windows XP or Vista Install CD.

Existing Windows XP (Vista) system with new RAID built as

data storage.

Follow 5-5 to go through the processes to build a new RAID data storage in your existing Windows XP system, it includes :

1. Copy RAID driver setup program to your hard disk. (Vista can skip)

2. Follow 5-2 to set BIOS setting SATA mode to RAID or AHCI.

3. Follow 5-3 to create RAID in BIOS.

4. Run setup program to install Intel® Matrix Storage Manager driver into your current

Windows XP system. (Vista can skip this step)

5. Format new RAID partitions.

What kinds of hardware and software you need here :

1. A CD-ROM drive.

2. Several SATA hard disks.

3. A P35A Series driver CD.

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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 motherboard comes with the Intel ICH9R. 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.

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RAID 0 (Stripe)

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. The striping

block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB. 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. Under a RAID 1 setup, an extra drive

called the “spare drive” can be attached. Such a drive will be activated to replace a

failed drive that is part of a mirrored array. Due to the fault tolerance, if any RAID 1

drive fails, data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in

the array.

RAID 5 (Parity)

RAID 5 provides data striping at the byte level and also stripes error correction

information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Level 5 is

one of the most popular implementations of RAID.

RAID 10 (0+1)

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

speed and reliability, but you need four SATA 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

RAID10 >=4

(Even number)

Smallest

*2

High Excellent Unlimited budget

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Intel® Matrix Storage Manager

The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supports RAID 0 ,RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 (0+1) functions. It allows you to get high performance with fault tolerance, big capacity,

or data safety provided by different RAID functions.

In this section, we will use four SATA hard disks as an example to guide you how

to congure your RAID system. There are two 232.9GBs, one 298.1GB, and one

279.5GB. A creation of second volume will also be well described.

In each screen, there is also a message bar about each key’s function, such as <Tab>,

<Enter>, <Del>...etc. it is to help making your selection easier.

Two topics will be introduced :

1). Installing a new Windows XP in a brand new RAID system.

2). Existing Windows XP system with new RAID built as data storage.

Steps to Install Serial ATA Hard Disks :

1. Install SATA hard disks into the drive bays.

2. Connect one end of the SATA cable to motherboard’s SATA connector, and the

other end to SATA hard disk.

3. Connect SATA power cable to the power connector of SATA hard disk.

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

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

hardware.

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■ Both AHCI and RAID modes need to install Intel® Matrix Storage driver.

■ Set SATA mode in BIOS to AHCI, you can skip RAID BIOS creation steps,

but the software driver installation of Intel® Matrix Storage Manager shall

follow the same rule as described for RAID.

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1. Find another PC, put a diskette into

its oppy drive A:, this diskette will be

formatted later. Put the P35A driver CD

into CD-ROM drive, after the screen

comes out, click on "Utility" icon, then

click on "Create RAID Driver Floppy"

icon.

2. A message pops out telling you where to

nd the routine in driver CD to create the

driver diskette.

3. Depending on which platform your XP

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

Use Windows explorer, and go to CD:\

Driver\Intel\RAID\Floppy\Win2K_XP,

click on F6py32.exe to start the creation.

4. Asking you to insert a diskette into oppy

drive A:.

5-1 Create a RAID driver diskette

If you want to install a brand new Windows XP on a RAID system, you need to congure the SATA Mode in BIOS to either AHCI or RAID rst. You also need to create a RAID driver oppy diskette which will be used during Windows XP installation later.

Windows Vista has native RAID driver in itself, you can skip these steps.

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5. Double conrm if you really want to format this

diskette. Click on "Yes" to continue.

6. Format and writing are in processing.

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

Later, when in the process of installing Windows XP in your RAID system, it will ask

you to use this oppy diskette to provide driver for additional specic devices, for

example, a RAID device.

8. Install Serial ATA Hard Disks :

8-1. Shut down your computer.

8-2. Install SATA hard disks into the drive bays.

8-3. Connect one end of the SATA cable to motherboard’s SATA connector, and the

other end to SATA hard disk.

8-4. Connect SATA power cable to the power connector of SATA hard disk.

Go to section 5-2.

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5-2 BIOS Conguration

1. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing <DEL> key during the POST(Power On Self Test).

2. Select the “Advanced BIOS Features” from the “Main menu”, then select the “IDE

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

3. Set the “SATA Mode Select” option to [RAID].

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

5-3 Create RAID in BIOS

Enter RAID BIOS Setup

When BIOS is restarted, it will display a message asking you to press <Ctrl><I> keys

simultaneously to enter the main menu of Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM

Utility. Press the <Ctrl+I> to enter Conguration Utility.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

RAID Volume : None Dened.

Physical Disks: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB

Non-RAID Disk

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB

Non-RAID Disk

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB

Non-RAID Disk

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB

Non-RAID Disk

[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [Enter]-Select Menu

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ DISC/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

[ Main Menu ]

1. Create RAID Volume

IDE Conguration

IDE Conguration Help Item

SATA Mode Select [RAID] Select SATA Work Mode Max Ports on SATA [6 Ports]

► AHCI Configuration

[Press Enter]

Intel Matrix Storage

► Primary IDE Master

[Not Detected] Manager driver only

► Primary IDE Slave [Not Detected]

support on

► Secondary IDE Master [Not Detected]

ICH9R( P35A-S ),

► Secondary IDE Slave [Not Detected]

not ICH9. ( P35A ) So if your MB is with IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

ICH9 chip, then you can't enable AHCI in

Windows XP, Windows Vista has in-box driver. So it's ok.

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults

[RAID]

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Create RAID Volume

Create RAID 0 (1st Volume)

1. Select “1. Create RAID Volume” from the menu and press <Enter>.

The menu appears :

2. In "Name" item, you can input a device name for the RAID0 system and press <Enter>

to apply it. Here, we name it as TryRAID0 to replace the default Volume0.

3. In “RAID Level” item, you can use Up or Down arrow key to make a selection from

one of RAID0, 1, 5, 10 items. Select RAID0 (Stripe) and press <Enter>.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Choose the RAID level:

RAID 0: Stripes data (performance).

RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy).

RAID 10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror.

RAID 5: Stripes data and parity.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

RAID0(Stripe)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is

16 characters or less.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

Volume0

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

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4. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to choose the hard disks for this RAID0

system.

5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down arrow key to reach the hard disks you want

to combine them as RAID0, then press <Space> key to select them. A triangle sign

will appear to indicate the drive selected. Here, we select two 232.9GB hard disks as

an example. Press <Enter> key to nish the selection.

Creating RAID 1

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

TryRAID0 RAID0(Stripe)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [Enter]-Done

[ SELECT DISKS ]

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Creating RAID 1

Name:

RAID Level:

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe)

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

►0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

►2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [Enter]-Done

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ SELECT DISKS ]

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6. It is now entering “Strip Size” menu. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired

strip size. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should be

selected based on different applications. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.

64K - Good general purpose strip size.

128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations .

The default value is 128K for RAID0. Press <Enter>.

7. In “Capacity” line, it displays there are maximum 232.9GB * 2 = 465.8GB available.

As we want to introduce how to create two disk volumes (like logical devices C: and

D:) in a RAID0 system, so we only key in 200GB here to build the rst volume. Later, we will also describe how the second volume is generated. Input 200GB, and press

<Enter>.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

The default value indicates the maximum capacity using the selected

disks. Entering a lower capacity allows you to create a second

volume on these disks

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

465.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ HELP ]

465.8

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

The following are typical values:

RAID0 - 128KB

RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

465.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ HELP ]

128KB

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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8. In “Create Volume” item, press <Enter>.

A warning message will appear :

9. Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main menu, a 200GB RAID0 system is normally congured.

WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

Are you sure you want to create this volume ? (Y/N) :

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

RAID Volume : ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable

0 TryRAID0 RAID0(Stripe) 128KB 200.0GB

Normal Yes

Physical Disks: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB

Member Disk(0)

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB

Member Disk(0)

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB

Non-RAID Disk

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB

Non-RAID Disk

[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [Enter]-Select Menu

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ DISC/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

[ Main Menu ]

1. Create RAID Volume

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Press ENTER to create the specified volume.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

200 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ HELP ]

Create Volume

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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Create RAID0 (2nd Volume)

1. Select “1. Create RAID Volume” from the menu and press <Enter>.

The menu appears :

2. In "Name" item, we name it as TryRAID0-1 for second volume.

3. In “RAID Level” item, you can use Up or Down arrow key to make a selection, only

RAID0, 1 can be selected. Select RAID0 (Stripe) and press <Enter>.

(Note : You also can try to select RAID1 for the second volume as an experiment here)

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is

16 characters or less.

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

Volume0

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Choose the RAID level:

RAID 0: Stripes data (performance).

RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy).

RAID 10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror.

RAID 5: Stripes data and parity.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0-1 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

RAID0(Stripe)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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4. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to choose the hard disks for this RAID0

second volume system.

5. From the hard disk list, select the previously congured RAID0 hard disks, and press

<Space> key to select them. Two triangle signs will appear to indicate the selections.

Press <Enter> to continue.

Creating RAID 1

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

TryRAID0-1 RAID0(Stripe)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Member Disk

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB

Member Disk

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [Enter]-Done

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Member Disk

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ SELECT DISKS ]

Creating RAID 1

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

TryRAID0-1 RAID0(Stripe)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

► 0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Member Disk

►2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Member Disk

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [Enter]-Done

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Member Disk

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ SELECT DISKS ]

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6. It goes to “Strip Size” menu directly. Capacity automatically displays 265.8GB, and

at this time, you can not input any value in capacity as there is no additional volume

available.

The available values of Strip Size range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should be

selected based on different applications. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.

64K - Good general purpose strip size.

128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations .

The default value is 128K. Press <Enter>.

7. Select “Create Volume” and press <Enter>.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

The following are typical values:

RAID0 - 128KB

RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0-1 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

265.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ HELP ]

128KB

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Press ENTER to create the specified volume.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0-1 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

265.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ HELP ]

Create Volume

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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A message will appear :

Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main menu. Two RAID0 volumes were congured.

Are you sure you want to create this volume ? (Y/N) :

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

RAID Volume : ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable

0 TryRAID0 RAID0(Stripe) 128KB 200.0GB

Normal Yes

1 TryRAID0-1 RAID0(Stripe) 128KB 265.8GB

Normal Yes

Physical Disks: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB

Member Disk(0,1)

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB

Member Disk(0,1)

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB

Non-RAID Disk

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB

Non-RAID Disk

[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [Enter]-Select Menu

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ DISC/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

[ Main Menu ]

1. Create RAID Volume

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Create RAID 1

1. Select “1.Create RAID Volume” from the main menu and press <Enter>.

2. In "Name" item, you can input a device name for the RAID1 system and press

<Enter> to apply it. Here, we name it as TryRAID1 to replace the default Volume0.

3. In “RAID Level” item, you can use Up or Down arrow key to make a selection from

one of RAID0, 1, 5, 10 items. Select RAID1 (Mirror) and press <Enter>.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is

16 characters or less.

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

TryRAID1

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Choose the RAID level:

RAID 0: Stripes data (performance).

RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy).

RAID 10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror.

RAID 5: Stripes data and parity.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID1

RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

RAID1(Mirror)

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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4. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to choose the hard disks for this RAID1

system.

5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down arrow key to reach the hard disks you want

to combine them as RAID1, then press <Space> key to select them. A triangle sign

will appear to indicate the drive selection. Here, we select one 232.9GB and one

298.1GB hard disks. Press <Enter> key to nish the selection.

Creating RAID 1

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

TryRAID1 RAID1(Mirror)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [Enter]-Done

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ SELECT DISKS ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe)

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Creating RAID 1

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

►2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk ►4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [Enter]-Done

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ SELECT DISKS ]

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6. It will skip “Strip Size” menu for RAID1.

7. In “Capacity” item, use the default value, and press <Enter>. The size of the smaller

hard disk 232.9GB is becoming the default value, and it indicates the maximum

capacity.

8. Select “Create Volume” and press <Enter>. A warning message will appear :

Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main menu.

WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

Are you sure you want to create this volume ? (Y/N) :

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

RAID Volume : ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable

0 TryRAID1 RAID1(Mirror) N/A 232.9GB

Normal Yes

Physical Disks: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB

Non-RAID Disk

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB

Member Disk(0)

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB

Member Disk(0)

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB

Non-RAID Disk

[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [Enter]-Select Menu

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ DISC/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

[ Main Menu ]

1. Create RAID Volume

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

The default value indicates the maximum capacity using the selected

disks. Entering a lower capacity allows you to create a second

volume on these disks

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks N/A

465.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ HELP ]

232.9

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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Create RAID 10 (0+1)

1. Select “1.Create RAID Volume” from the main menu and press <Enter>.

2. In "Name" item, you can input a device name for the RAID10 system and press

<Enter> to apply it. Here, we name it as TryRAID10 to replace the default Volume0.

3. In “RAID Level” item, you can use Up or Down arrow key to make a selection from

one of RAID0, 1, 5, 10 items. Select RAID10(RAID0+1) and press <Enter>.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is

16 characters or less.

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

TryRAID10

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Choose the RAID level:

RAID 0: Stripes data (performance).

RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy).

RAID 10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror.

RAID 5: Stripes data and parity.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID10 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks

64KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

RAID10(RAID0+1)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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4. After exiting from "RAID Level", it goes directly to "Stripe Size" item. Because all four disks are selected for RAID10, so there is no need to go to Disks option.

5. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired strip size when entering “Strip

Size” menu. The default value is 64K.

6. In “Capacity” item, use the default value, and press <Enter>. The default value is

twice the smallest hard disk size, that is, 232.9GB * 2 = 465.8GB.

7. Select “Create Volume” and press <Enter>. A warning message will appear :

Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main menu.

WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

Are you sure you want to create this volume ? (Y/N) :

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

RAID Volume : ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable

0 TryRAID10 RAID10(RAID0+1) N/A 232.9GB

Normal Yes

Physical Disks: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB

Member Disk(0)

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB

Member Disk(0)

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB

Member Disk(0)

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB

Member Disk(0)

[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [Enter]-Select Menu

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ DISC/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

[ Main Menu ]

1. Create RAID Volume

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

The following are typical values:

RAID0 - 128KB

RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID10 RAID10(RAID0+1)

Select Disks

64KB

465.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ HELP ]

64KB

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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Create RAID5 (Parity)

1. Select “1.Create RAID Volume” from the main menu and press <Enter>.

2. In "Name" item, you can input a device name for the RAID5 system and press

<Enter> to apply it. Here, we name it as TryRAID5 to replace the default Volume0.

3. In “RAID Level” item, you can use Up or Down arrow key to make a selection from

one of RAID0, 1, 5, 10 items. Select RAID5(Parity) and press <Enter>.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is

16 characters or less.

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks 128KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

TryRAID5

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Choose the RAID level:

RAID 0: Stripes data (performance).

RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy).

RAID 10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror.

RAID 5: Stripes data and parity.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID5

RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks

64KB

0.0 GB

Create Volume

RAID5(Parity)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

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4. It then goes to “Disks” item. Press <Enter> to choose the hard disks for this RAID5

system.

5. From the hard drive list, use Up or Down arrow key to reach the hard disks you want

to combine them as RAID5, then press <Space> key to select them. A triangle sign

will appear to indicate the drive selection. Here, we select 232.9GB, 298.1GB and

279.5GB hard disks for an example. Press <Enter> key to nish the selection.

Creating RAID 1

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

TryRAID5 RAID5(Parity)

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [Enter]-Done

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ SELECT DISKS ]

Name:

RAID Level:

Volume0 RAID0(Stripe)

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Creating RAID 1

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk

►2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB Non-RAID Disk ►4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB Non-RAID Disk

►5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume

[↑↓]-Prev/Next [SPACE]-SelectDisk [Enter]-Done

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB Non-RAID Disk

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

[ SELECT DISKS ]

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6. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired strip size when entering “Strip

Size” menu. The default value is 64K. Press <Enter>.

7. In “Capacity” item, use the default value, and press <Enter>. The default value is twice that of the smallest hard disk size, that is, 232.9GB * 2 = 465.8GB.

8. Select “Create Volume” and press <Enter>. A warning message will appear :

Press <Y> to create the volume and return to the main menu.

WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

Are you sure you want to create this volume ? (Y/N) :

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

RAID Volume : ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable

0 TryRAID5 RAID5(Parity) 64KB 465.8GB

Normal Yes

Physical Disks: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB

Non-RAID Disk

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB

Member Disk(0)

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB

Member Disk(0)

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB

Member Disk(0)

[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [Enter]-Select Menu

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ DISC/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

[ Main Menu ]

1. Create RAID Volume

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

The following are typical values:

RAID0 - 128KB

RAID10 - 64KB

RAID5 - 64KB

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID5 RAID5(Parity) Select Disks

64KB

465.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

[ HELP ]

64KB

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

93

5

Delete RAID Volume

1. Take TryRAID5 for example. Select “2. Delete RAID Volume” in main menu and

press <Enter>.

2. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the RAID set you want to delete. Here only one

RAID5 is seen, so press <DEL> key to continue.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Name Level Drives Capacity Status Bootable TryRAID0 ID0(Stripe) 2 465.8GB Normal Yes

Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non-RAID.

WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED.

[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu [DEL]-Delete Volume

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ HELP ]

[ DELETE VOLUME MENU ]

TryRAID5 RAID5(Parity) 3 465.8GB Normal Yes

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

1. Create RAID Volume 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

2. Delete RAID Volume 4. Exit

RAID Volume : ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable

0 TryRAID5 RAID5(Parity) 64KB 465.8GB

Normal Yes

Physical Disks: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)

0 WDC WD2500JS-60N WD-WCANKC865380 232.9GB

Non-RAID Disk

2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232.9GB

Member Disk(0)

4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298.1GB

Member Disk(0)

5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279.5GB

Member Disk(0)

[↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [Enter]-Select Menu

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7.6.0.1006 ICH9R wRAID5

[ DISC/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

[ Main Menu ]

2. Delete RAID Volume

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