Gigabyte GA-VM900MC User Manual [zh]

GA-VM900MC

TM

Intel® Core
Intel® Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D LGA775

Rev. 1002

12MC-VM900MC-1002R

2 Duo / Intel® Pentium® D /

* WEEE logo

* WEEE

Jun. 26, 2007

Motherboard

GA-VM900MC

Jun. 26, 2007

Motherboard

GA-VM900MC

© 2007

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REV : X.X X.X

REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS

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GA-VM900MC ................................................................................... 7

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1-1 ..................................................................................... 9

1-2

1-3

1-3-1 (CPU) ................................................................................. 13

1-3-2 ................................................................................................. 15

1-4 ....................................................................................... 16

1-5

1-6

1-7

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BIOS ....................................................................................... 29

2-1 ..................................................................................................... 30

2-2 BIOS

2-3 Standard CMOS Features (

2-4 Advanced BIOS Features (

2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( ) ....................................................... 38

2-6 Power Management Setup (

2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations (

2-8 PC Health Status (

2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( ) ............................................ 44

2-10 Load Optimized Defaults (

2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password (

2-12 Save & Exit Setup (

2-13 Exit Without Saving ( ) ........................... 46

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CMOS ) ........................................... 33

BIOS ) ..................................... 35

) ............................................... 40

PCI ) ............................. 42

) ............................................................. 43

) .......................................... 44

/ ) ................... 45

) ................................ 46

- 4 -

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3-1 ............................................................................... 47

3-2

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3-3 ................................................................................... 48

3-4

3-5

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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 ............................................................................... 51

4-2 BIOS .................................................................................. 56

4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS................................................................... 56

4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS ......................................................................... 59

4-3 EasyTune 5 .......................................................................................... 61

4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost

................................................................. 62

.......................................................................................................... 63

5-1 Serial ATA ........................................................................... 63

5-1-1 VIA VT8237S ................................................................... 63

5-1-2 SATA ............... 70

5-1-3 SATA ............................................................. 71

5-2 / ........................................................................ 74

5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 ............................................................................... 74

5-2-2 (S/PDIF + )( ) .................................. 77

5-2-3 ............................................................................................ 79

5-2-4 ............................................................................................ 81

5-3 ..................................................................................................... 82

5-3-1 ................................................................................................................ 82

5-3-2 ........................................................................................................... 83

- 5 -

GA-VM900MC - 1

- 1

- 1

Intel® LGA775 CPU - 1

IDE - 1 - 1

SATA 3Gb/s - 1

I/O - 1

2 USB 2.0 ( 12CR1-1UB030-51R)

2 SATA ( 12CF1-2SERPW-01R)

( 12CF1-1CM001-32R)

(S/PDIF + ) ( 12CR1-1SPINO-11R)

5.1/7.1 ( 12CF1-1AU004-01R)

- 6 -

GA-VM900MC

KB_MS

VGA

USB

AUDIO

COMA

LPT

USB

LAN

RTL8201

CD_IN

CODEC

ATX_12V

F_AUDIO

PCI1

PCI2

HDA_SUR

Winbond

PCIE_16

PCIE_1

SPDIF_IO

W83627

COMB

FDD

LGA775

BIOS

VIA

P4M900

BATTERY

CLR_CMOS

CPU_FAN

GA-VM900MC

DDRII1

F_USB2F_USB1

DDRII2

VIA

VT8237S

CI

PWR_LED

DDR1

IDE1

SYS_FAN

SATAII0

F_PANEL

ATX

IDE2

SATAII1

- 7 -

PCIe CLK

(100 MHz)

PCIe CLK

(100 MHz)

PCI Express x16

PCI Express Bus

x1

D-Sub

LGA775

Processor

Interface

VIA

P4M900

CPU CLK+/- (266/200/133 MHz)

Host

DDR2 667/533/400 MHz

DDR 400 MHz

( )

DDR2

DDR

PCI Express x1

BIOS

2 SATA 3Gb/s

ATA-133/100/66/33
IDE Channels

RJ45

LAN

RTL8201

VIA

VT8237S

8 USB Ports

PS/2 KB/Mouse

PCI Bus

Floppy

Winbond

W83627

CODEC

LPT Port

COM Ports

MIC

Line-In

Line-Out

SPDIF In

SPDIF Out

2 PCI

PCI CLK

Side Speaker Out

Surround Speaker Out

(33 MHz)

Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out

( ) DDR2 667 MHz FSB 1066/800 MHz CPU

- 8 -

1-1

•

•

•

•

• (CPU)

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

- 9 -

1-2

(CPU)  LGA775 Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 /

(FSB)  1066/800/533 MHz

USB 

Celeron® D
( )

 Intel

®

(Hyper-Threading)

 L2 CPU

 VIA P4M900
 VIA VT8237S
 2 1.8V DDR2 DIMM 4 GB

( )

 1 2.5V DDR DIMM 2 GB

( DDR DDR2 )

 DDR2 667/533/400 MHz

( )

 DDR 400 MHz

( )


 Realtek ALC883
 High Definition Audio
 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1

( )

 S/PDIF /
 CD
 Realtek 8201 (10/100 Mbit)
 1 PCI Express x16
 1 PCI Express x1
 2 PCI


-2IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 4
IDE

-2SATA 3Gb/s 2 SATA 3Gb/s

- SATA RAID 0 RAID 1

 Winbond W83627

- 1 1

 8 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 4

USB )

GA-VM900MC - 10 -

 1 24-pin ATX
 1 4-pin ATX 12 V
 1
 2 IDE
 2 SATA 3Gb/s
 1 CPU
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1 S/PDIF /
 1
 2 USB 2.0/1.1
 1
 1
 1
 1 PS/2
 1 PS/2
 1
 1
 1
 4 USB 2.0/1.1
 1 RJ-45
 3 ( / / )

I/O  Winbond W83627


 CPU/
 CPU/
 CPU
 CPU/
 CPU

BIOS  1 4 Mbit flash

 AWARD BIOS
 PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.3 ACPI 1.0b

- 11 -

 @BIOS
 Download Center
 Q-Flash
 EasyTune

( )

 Xpress Install
 Xpress Recovery2
 Norton Internet Security (OEM )
 Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP/2000
 Micro ATX 24.4 x 24.4

( ) Windows® XP 32-bit 4 GB

4 GB
( ) DDR2 667 MHz FSB 1066/800 MHz CPU
( ) 7.1 5.1/7.1 (

)

( ) EasyTune

GA-VM900MC - 12 -

1-3

(CPU)

• CPU
( CPU )

• CPU

• CPU CPU CPU (

CPU CPU )

• CPU

• CPU CPU

• CPU

(HT)

( Intel

• HT Intel® CPU

• HT Intel

• HT

• HT BIOS ( BIOS

Advanced BIOS Features )

1-3-1 (CPU)

A. CPU CPU

®

®

)

CPU

LGA775 CPU

LGA775 CPU

- 13 -

CPU

B. CPU CPU

CPU CPU

CPU

CPU

CPU

CPU

CPU

CPU CPU

( ) CPU

( CPU

)

GA-VM900MC - 14 -

1-3-2

CPU

CPU CPU ( Intel

CPU

(

' '

(

)

®

)

)

CPU (CPU_FAN)

CPU

CPU CPU

CPU CPU

- 15 -

1-4

•

( )

•

•

• DDR DDR2

DDRII1

DDR2/DDR

GA-VM900MC - 16 -

DDR1

DDRII2

DDR2

DDR

1-5

•

•

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. BIOS

7.

/ PCI Express x16

PCI Express x16

PCI Express x1

PCI

•

PCI Express x16

PCI Express

x16

•

- 17 -

1-6

PS/2 PS/2

PS/2

15-pin D-Sub D-Sub

USB

USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB

/ USB USB

(RJ-45)

100 Mbps

/

( ) ( )

(Fast Ethernet) 10/

/

( )

( )

4/5.1/7.1

•

•

GA-VM900MC - 18 -

100 Mpbs

10 Mpbs

2

1-7

( )

7.1 5.1/7.1 (
)

2/4/5.1/7.1

1

11

12

3

2

6
4
7

18
9

1) ATX_12V

2) ATX (Power Connector)

3) CPU_FAN

4) SYS_FAN

5) FDD

6) IDE1 / IDE2

7) SATAII0 / SATAII1

8) PWR_LED

9) BATTERY

•

•

•

10

151413

175

816

10) F_PANEL

11) F_AUDIO

12) CD_IN

13) HDA_SUR

14) SPDIF_IO

15) COMB

16) F_USB1 / F_USB2

17) C I

18) CLR_CMOS

- 19 -

1/2) ATX_12V / ATX (2x2-pin 12V 2x12-pin )

12V CPU 12V

• (400 )

• 2x10-pin

2x12-pin 2x10­pin

ATX_12V

3

1

ATX

12

24

1 3.3V

4

2

ATX_12V

2 3.3V

3

4 +5V

5

6 +5V

7

8 Power Good

9 5V SB(stand by +5V)

10 +12V

2x12-pin

2x12-pin

ATX

11 +12V (

131

12 3.3V (

1

2

3 +12V

4 +12V

13 3.3V

14 -12V

15

16 PS_ON(soft On/Off)

17

18

19

20 -5V

21 +5V

22 +5V

23 +5V (

)

24

)

2x12-pin

)

( 2x12-pin

)

GA-VM900MC - 20 -

3/4) CPU_FAN / SYS_FAN ( )

+12V CPU_FAN 4-pin SYS_FAN 3-pin

+12V CPU

CPU

CPU_FAN

• CPU

•

5) FDD ( )

1.44 MB 2.88 MB

1

CPU_FAN

SYS_FAN

1

2 +12V /

3

4

SYS_FAN

1

1

2 +12V

3

CPU

360 KB 720 KB 1.2 MB

33

34

1

2

- 21 -

6) IDE1 / IDE2 (IDE )

IDE IDE ( )

(Master/Slave) ( IDE )

IDE

40

2

IDE1

7) SATAII0 / SATAII1 (SATA 3Gb/s VIA VT8237S )

SATA SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA

SATA VIA VT8237S RAID 0 RAID 1

RAID Serial ATA

SATAII1

7

1

17

SATAII0

39

1

IDE2

1

2 TXP

3 TXN

4

5RXN

6 RXP

7

RAID 0 RAID 1

GA-VM900MC - 22 -

8) PWR_LED ( )

(S3/S4) (S5)

(S1)

9) BATTERY ( )

1

1 MPD+

2 MPD-

3 MPD-

S0

S1

S3/S4/S5

CMOS ( BIOS )

CMOS

CMOS

1.

2. (

)

3.

4.

•

•

•

• (+) (-) ( )

•

- 23 -

10) F_PANEL ( )

Message/Power/

Sleep LED

2
1

MSG+

HD+

MSG-

HD-

Power
Switch

PW+

RES-

PW-

RES+

NC

Speaker
Connector

SPEAK+

SPEAK-

20
19

(+/-)

• MSG (Message/Power/Sleep LED)

S0

S1

S3/S4/S5

• PW (Power Switch)

( BIOS Power Management Setup

)

• SPEAK (Speaker Connector)

• HD (IDE Hard Disk Active LED)

• RES (Reset Switch)

• NC

IDE Hard Disk

Active LED

(S3/S4) (S5)

(Reset)

Reset
Switch

(S1)

BIOS

GA-VM900MC - 24 -

11) F_AUDIO ( )

HD (High Definition ) AC'97

10 9

1

2

HD

AC'97

• HD AC'97

• AC'97

•

12) CD_IN ( )

1 MIC2_L

2

3 MIC2_R

4 -ACZ_DET

5 LINE2_R

6 FSENSE1

7 FAUDIO_JD

8

9 LINE2_L

10 FSENSE2

1

1 MIC

2

3 MIC

4

5 Line Out (R)

6

7

8

9 Line Out (L)

10

2/4/5.1/7.1

1

2

3

4

- 25 -

13) HDA_SUR ( )

7.1 5.1/7.1

5.1/7.1

14) SPDIF_IO (S/PDIF / )

S/PDIF (S/PDIF

+ )

2

1

1

56

14

13

2

1 LEF_P

2 SURR_RR

3 CEN_P

4 SURR_LL

5 CEN_JD

6 SURR_JD

7

8 -SUR_DET

9

10

11

12 S_SURR_JD

13 S_SURR_LL

14 S_SURR_RR

1

2

3 SPDIF

4 SPDIFI

5

6

GA-VM900MC - 26 -

15) COMB ( )

2

1

16) F_USB1 / F_USB2 (USB )

USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB

USB

1 NDCD B-

10

9

2 NSIN B

3 NSOUT B

4 NDTR B-

5

6 NDSR B-

7 NRTS B-

8 NCTS B-

9 NRI B-

10

10

129

1 (5V)

2 (5V)

3 USB DX-

4 USB DY-

5 USB DX+

6 USB DY+

7

8

9

10

• 2x5-pin IEEE 1394 USB

• USB

USB

- 27 -

17) C I ( )

18) CLR_CMOS ( CMOS )

CMOS ( BIOS )

CMOS

1

1

2

• CMOS

• CMOS

• BIOS (Load Optimized Defaults)

( BIOS )

GA-VM900MC - 28 -

CMOS

BIOS

BIOS (Basic Input and Output System ) CMOS

(POST Power-On

Self-Test) BIOS BIOS

CMOS

BIOS BIOS POST <Delete>

BIOS BIOS BIOS

<Ctrl> + <F1>

BIOS BIOS Q-Flash @BIOS

Q-Flash BIOS BIOS

BIOS

@BIOS Windows BIOS

BIOS

Q-Flash @BIOS BIOS

• BIOS BIOS
BIOS BIOS

•

• BIOS

CMOS BIOS

( CMOS Load Optimized Defaults

CLR_CMOS )

- 29 - BIOS

2-1

POST

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc.

VM900MC E3
.
.

BIOS

<DEL> BIOS Setup/Q-Flash

<Delete> BIOS BIOS Q-Flash

<F9> XpressRecovery2

Xpress Recovery2

<F12> Boot Menu

Boot Menu BIOS < >

< > <Enter> <Esc>

.
.

<DEL>: BIOS Setup/Q-Fl ash <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <End>: Qflash
05/29/2007-P4M900-8237S-6A7L8G11C-00

Xpress Recovery2

Xpress Recovery2 POST <F9>

Boot Menu

BIOS

<End> Q-Flash

<End> BIOS Q-Flash

- 30 -GA-VM900MC

2-2 BIOS

BIOS

(BIOS E3)

<Enter>

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

BIOS /

< >
<Enter>
<Esc> BIOS
<Page Up>
<Page Down>
<F1>
<F2> (Item Help)
<F5> ( )
<F6> ( )
<F7> ( )
<F8> Q-Flash
<F9>
<F10> BIOS

BIOS

<F1>
(General Help) <Esc>
(Item Help)

• <Ctrl>
+ <F1>

• Load Optimized Defaults

• BIOS BIOS BIOS

- 31 - BIOS



 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )



/ POST



 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )



/ CPU



 Integrated Peripherals ( )



IDE SATA USB



 Power Management Setup ( )





 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )



PnP PCI



 PC Health Status ( )





 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( )



BIOS



 Load Optimized Defaults ( )



BIOS



 Set Supervisor Password ( )



BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS



 Set User Password ( )



BIOS

BIOS BIOS



 Save & Exit Setup ( )



CMOS BIOS <Y>

BIOS <F10>



 Exit Without Saving ( )



<Esc>

- 32 -GA-VM900MC

2-3 Standard CMOS Features ( CMOS )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

Date (mm:dd:yy) Thu, May 31 2007
Time (hh:mm:ss) 22:31:24

` IDE Channel 0 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 0 Slave [None]
` IDE Channel 1 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 1 Slave [None]
` IDE Channel 2 Master [None]
` IDE Channel 3 Master [None]

Drive A [1.44M, 3.5"]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]

Halt On [All, But Keyboard]

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 447M

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Default F7: Optimized Defaults

Date (mm:dd:yy) ( )

Time (hh:mm:ss) ( )

IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave ( / IDE/SATA )

IDE HDD Auto-Detection <Enter> IDE/SATA
IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave IDE/SATA

• Auto BIOS POST IDE/SATA ( )

• None IDE/SATA None

Standard CMOS Features

( )/ / /

Item Help

Menu Level`

13 0 0

• Manual Access Mode ( ) CHS

Access Mode Auto ( )/CHS/LBA/Large

IDE Channel 2, 3 Master ( IDE/SATA )

IDE Auto-Detection <Enter> IDE/SATA
Extended IDE Drive IDE/SATA

• Auto BIOS POST IDE/SATA ( )

• None IDE/SATA None

Access Mode Large/Auto ( Auto)

- 33 - BIOS

(

)
Capacity

Cylinder
Head
Precomp (Precompensation)
Landing Zone
Sector

Drive A ( )

None

None 360K, 5.25" 1.2M, 5.25" 720K, 3.5" 1.44M, 3.5" 2.88M, 3.5"

Floppy 3 Mode Support ( 3 Mode )

3 Mode Disabled

( ) Drive A ( A 3 Mode )

Halt on ( )

POST
No Errors
All Errors
All, But Keyboard ( )
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key

Memory ( )

BIOS POST (Power On Self Test)

Base Memory PC 640 KB MS-DOS

Extended Memory

- 34 -GA-VM900MC

2-4 Advanced BIOS Features ( BIOS )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

Init Display First [PEG]
Dual display function [Disabled]
VGA Share Memory Size [64M]

` Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [Floppy]
Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device [CDROM]
Password Check [Setup]
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability [Disabled]
CPU Hyper-Threading
Limit CPUID Max. to 3
No-Execute Memory Protect
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)
CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2)
CPU EIST Function
Virtualization Technology

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

( )

( )

( )

( )

( )

( )

Init Display First ( )

PCI Slot PCI
Onboard VGA
PEG PCI Express ( )

VGA Share Memory Size ( )

VGA Share Memory Size

256M

Hard Disk Boot Priority ( )

Advanced BIOS Features

( )

[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]

Item Help

Menu Level`

PCI PCIe

MS-DOS

64M( ) 128M

<Enter> < > < > <+>/

<PageUp> <->/<PageDown> <Esc>

First / Second / Third Boot Device ( / / )

< > < >

<Enter>

( ) Intel CPU

Intel

- 35 - BIOS

Floppy
LS120 LS120
Hard Disk
CDROM
ZIP ZIP
USB-FDD USB
USB-ZIP USB ZIP
USB-CDROM USB
USB-HDD USB
Legacy LAN
Disabled

Password Check ( )

BIOS Set Supervisor/

User Password

Setup BIOS ( )
System BIOS

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability ( )

S.M.A.R.T.

( Disabled)

( )

( )

( )

)

CPU Hyper-Threading ( CPU )

Intel® CPU

( Enabled)

Limit CPUID Max. to 3 ( CPUID )

CPUID

Windows® XP Disabled

Windows® NT 4.0 Enabled ( Disabled)

No-Execute Memory Protect (Intel

®

Intel® Execute Disable Bit

BIOS

(buffer overflow) ( Enabled)

CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Intel® C1E )

( )

Intel® CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ( CPU

) CPU

( Enabled)

CPU Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) (Intel® TM2 )

( )

Intel® Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) (CPU )

CPU CPU ( Enabled)

( ) Intel CPU

Intel

- 36 -GA-VM900MC

CPU EIST Function (Intel® EIST )

Enhanced Intel® Speed Step (EIST) EIST

CPU CPU

( Enabled)

Virtualization Technology (Intel

( Enabled)

®

Intel® Virtualization Technology ( ) Intel

( )

( )

)

®

( ) Intel CPU

Intel

- 37 - BIOS

2-5 Integrated Peripherals ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

SATA Controller [Enabled]
SATA Controller Mode [IDE]
IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled]
OnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
OnChip IDE Channel1 [Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled]
Azalia HDA Controller [Auto]
LAN Controller [Enabled]
USB 1.1 Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
Legacy USB storage detect [Enabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

x EPP Mode Select EPP1.7

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

SATA Controller ( SATA )

SATA ( Enabled)

SATA Controller Mode ( SATA )

SATA
RAID SATA RAID
IDE SATA IDE ( )

IDE DMA transfer access (DMA

IDE DMA (Direct Memory Access)

IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) ( Enabled)

OnChip IDE Channel0 ( IDE )

IDE ( Enabled)

OnChip IDE Channel1 ( IDE )

IDE ( Enabled)

IDE Prefetch Mode (IDE )

IDE IDE

( Enabled)

Azalia HDA Controller ( )

( Auto)

Disabled

LAN Controller ( )

( Enabled)

Disabled

USB 1.1 Controller ( USB 1.1 )

USB 1.1 ( Enabled)

Item Help

Menu Level`

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USB 2.0 Controller ( USB 2.0 )

USB 2.0 ( Enabled)

USB Keyboard Support ( USB )

MS-DOS USB

( Disabled)

USB Mouse Support ( USB )

MS-DOS USB

( Disabled)

Onboard LAN Boot ROM ( )

( Disabled)

Legacy USB storage detect ( USB )

POST USB USB

USB ( Enabled)

Onboard Serial Port 1 ( )

Auto BIOS Disabled BIOS

Auto 3F8/IRQ4( ) 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4

2E8/IRQ3 Disabled

Onboard Serial Port 2 ( )

Auto BIOS Disabled BIOS

Auto 3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3( ) 3E8/IRQ4

2E8/IRQ3 Disabled

Onboard Parallel Port ( )

Boot ROM

Disabled BIOS 378/IRQ7 ( ) 278/IRQ5

3BC/IRQ7 Disabled

Parallel Port Mode ( )

SPP ( )
EPP EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)
ECP ECP (Extended Capabilities Port)
ECP+EPP EPP ECP

EPP Mode Select(EPP )

Parallel Port Mode EPP ECP+EPP

EPP EPP 1.7 ( ) EPP 1.9

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2-6 Power Management Setup ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

USB Resume from S3 [Enabled]
ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)]
Soft-Off by PWRBTN [Instant-Off]
AC BACK Function [Soft-Off]
PS2KB Power On Select [Disabled]
PS2 Mouse Power On [Disabled]
PME Event Wake Up [Enabled]
Modem Ring Resume [Enabled]

Resume by Alarm [Disabled]

x Date (of Month) Everyday
x Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) 0 : 0 : 0

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

USB Resume from S3 ( USB )

USB ( Enabled)

ACPI Suspend Type ( )

S1(POS) ACPI S1 (POS Power On Suspend) ( )

S1

S3(STR) ACPI S3 (STR Suspend To RAM) S3

Power Management Setup

S1

S3

Item Help

Menu Level`

Soft-Off by PWRBTN ( )

MS-DOS
Instant-Off ( )
Delay 4 Sec. 4 4

AC Back Function ( )

Soft-Off

( )
Full-On
Memory

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PS2KB Power On Select ( )

PS/2 /

+5VSB 1 ATX
Disabled ( )
Password 1~5
Keyboard 98 Windows 98
Any Key

PS2 Mouse Power On ( )

PS/2 /

+5VSB 1 ATX
Disabled ( )
Double Click PS/2

PME Event Wake Up ( )

ACPI PCI PCIe

/ +5VSB

1 ATX ( Enabled)

Modem Ring Resume ( )

ACPI

/ ( Enabled)

Resume by Alarm ( )

( Disabled)

Date (of Month) : Everyday ( ) 1~31 ( )
Resume Time (hh: mm: ss) : (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59) ( )

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2-7 PnP/PCI Configurations ( PCI )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

PCI1 IRQ Assignment [Auto]
PCI2 IRQ Assignment [Auto]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

PCI1 IRQ Assignment ( PCI IRQ )

Auto BIOS ( )
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI IRQ 3 4 5 7 9

PCI2 IRQ Assignment ( PCI IRQ )

Auto BIOS ( )
3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 PCI IRQ 3 4 5 7 9

PnP/PCI Configurations

PCI IRQ

10 11 12 14 15

PCI IRQ

10 11 12 14 15

Item Help

Menu Level`

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2-8 PC Health Status ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

Reset Case Open Status [Disabled]

Case Opened Yes
Vcore OK
DDRII 1.8V/DDR 2.6V OK
+3.3V OK
+12V O K
System Temperature 46oC/114oF
CPU Temperature 47oC/116oF
Current SYS FAN Speed 0 RPM
Current CPU FAN Speed 2880 RPM

System Warning Temp. [Disabled]
CPU Warning Temp. [Disabled]
SYS FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]
CPU FAN Fail Warning [Disabled]
CPU Smart FAN Control [Enabled]

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Reset Case Open Status ( )

Disabled ( )
Enabled

Case Opened ( )

Yes

Reset Case Open Status Enabled

Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDRII 1.8V/DDR 2.6V / +3.3V / +12V ( )

CI

PC Health Status

No

Item Help

Menu Level`

Current System/CPU Temperature ( /CPU )

/CPU

Current SYS/CPU FAN Speed (RPM) ( /CPU )

/CPU

System/CPU Warning Temp. ( /CPU )

/CPU

/CPU Disabled (

CPU ) 60oC / 140oF 70oC / 158oF 80oC / 176oF 90oC / 194oF

SYS/CPU FAN Fail Warning ( /CPU )

( Disabled)

CPU Smart FAN Control (CPU )

CPU
Disabled CPU
Enabled CPU CPU

EasyTune ( )

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2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Enter> <Y> BIOS

2-10 Load Optimized Defaults ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N

Load Optimized Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

BIOS

<Enter> <Y> BIOS
BIOS BIOS
CMOS

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2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password ( / )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Enter Password:

Change/Set/Disable Password

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Enter> 8 <Enter>

BIOS

Supervisor ( )

Advanced BIOS Features Password Check

Setup BIOS

System BIOS

User ( )

Advanced BIOS Features Password Check

System

BIOS

BIOS BIOS

<Enter> BIOS

<Enter> PASSWORD DISABLED

BIOS

- 45 - BIOS

2-12 Save & Exit Setup ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

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

Save Data to CMOS

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Enter> <Y> BIOS

<N> <Esc>

2-13 Exit Without Saving ( )

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

Abandon all Data

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Enter> <Y> BIOS BIOS

<N> <Esc>

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3-1

•

( Windows XP )

•

(

Run.exe)

Xpress Install

Install

Xpress Install Xpress Install

• Xpress Install

•

• Windows XP USB 2.0 Windows XP Ser-

vice Pack 1 " \

" "?" ( " ")

( USB 2.0 )

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3-2

3-3

Install

GA-VM900MC - 48 -

3-4

3-5

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GA-VM900MC - 50 -

4-1 Xpress Recovery2

Xpress Recovery2

NTFS FAT32 FAT16

PATA SATA

• Xpress Recovery2 *

• Xpress Recovery2

( 10 GB

)

• Xpress Recovery2

•

•

• Intel® x86

• 64 MB

• VESA

• Windows® 2000 SP3( ) Windows® XP SP1( )

• Xpress Recovery Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery

Xpress Recovery2

• USB

• RAID/AHCI

(*) PATA IDE1/IDE2... SATA port0/port1/

port2... PATA IDE1 SATA
port0 PATA IDE1 SATA port0
SATA port1 SATA port0

- 51 -

Xpress Recovery2

( Windows XP )

A. Windows XP

1. BIOS Advanced BIOS Features CD-ROM

2. ( 1) ( ) Xpress Recovery2

10 GB ( 2)

1 2

3. NTFS ( 3)

3

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4. ( 4)

Xpress Recovery2 Xpress
Recovery2( 5)

5

4

5.

( 6 7)

Xpress Recovery2

6

Xpress Recovery2

7

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B. Xpress Recovery2

1. Xpress Recovery2 "Press

any key to startup XpressRocovery2" ( 8) Xpress Recovery2

.
.
Boot from CD/DVD:

Press any key to startup XpressRecovery2.....

2. Xpress Recovery2 Xpress Recovery2

BIOS POST <F9> ( 9)

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc.

VM900MC E3
.
.
.
.

<DEL>: BIOS Setup/Q-Flash <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <End>: Qflash
05/29/2007-P4M900-8237S-6A7L8G11C-00

C. Xpress Recovery2 (Backup)

1. BACKUP ( 10)

2. Xpress Recovery2 Windows

( 11)

8

9

10 11

3.

Xpress Recovery2

12

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D. Xpress Recovery2 (Restore)

RESTORE

( 13 14)

13 14

E. Xpress Recovery2 (Remove)

1. Xpress Recovery2 REMOVE ( 15)

2.

( 16)

15 16

F. Xpress Recovery2

REBOOT

17

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4-2 BIOS

BIOS Q-FlashTM@BIOS

TM

DOS BIOS

TM

Q-Flash

Q-Flash BIOS

BIOS BIOS

DOS Windows

®

Q-Flash Q-Flash

BIOS BIOS

TM

@BIOS

@BIOS Windows

®

@BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS

4-2-1 Q-Flash BIOS

A. BIOS ...

1. BIOS

2. BIOS BIOS ( VM900MC.F1)

USB ( USB FAT32/

16/12 )

3. BIOS POST <End> Q-Flash (

POST <End> BIOS Setup <F8> Q-Flash

BIOS RAID/AHCI IDE/SATA

POST <End> Q-Flash )

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-2007, Award Software, Inc.

VM900MC E3
.
.
.
.

<DEL>: BIOS Setup/Q-Flash <F9>: XpressRecovery2 <F12>: Boot Menu <End>: Qflash
05/29/2007-P4M900-8237S-6A7L8G11C-00

BIOS

BIOS BIOS

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B. BIOS

BIOS BIOS

1. BIOS Q-Flash Q-Flash

Update BIOS from Drive <Enter>

• BIOS Save BIOS to Drive

• FAT32/16/12

• BIOS RAID/AHCI IDE/SATA

POST <End> Q-Flash

2. Floppy A <Enter>

Flash Type/Size.................................Winbond 25X40 512K

Keep DMI Data Enable
Update BIOS from Drive

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Floppy A <Drive>

Total size : 0 Free size : 0

Q-Flash Utility v2.02

Save BIOS to Drive

0 file(s) found

3. BIOS <Enter>

BIOS

BIOS "Are you sure

to update BIOS?" <Enter> BIOS

• BIOS BIOS

• BIOS /USB

BIOS Q-Flash

Flash Type/Size.................................Winbond 25X40 512K

Keep DMI Data Enable

Enter : Run KL:Move ESC:Reset F10:Power Off

Q-Flash Utility v2.02

Update BIOS from Drive

!! Copy BIOS completed - Pass !!

Save BIOS to Drive

Please press any key to continue

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<Esc> <Enter> Q-Flash

POST BIOS

POST <Delete> BIOS Load Optimized
Defaults <Enter> BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

` Standard CMOS Features
` Advanced BIOS Features
` Integrated Peripherals
` Power Management Setup
` PnP/PCI Configurations
` PC Health Status

ESC: Quit KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash F10: Save & Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Y

Load Optimized Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

<Y>

Save & Exit Setup <Y> CMOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS

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4-2-2 @BIOS BIOS

A. BIOS ...

1. Intel® Hyper-Threading BIOS

2. Windows

3. BIOS ( )

4. C.O.M.(Corporate Online Management)

5. BIOS BIOS

B. @BIOS

• @BIOS • @BIOS

®

BIOS

BIOS

@BIOS

/ /Gigabyte/@BIOS

@BIOS

C.

1. BIOS

@BIOS Save Current BIOS BIOS

2. BIOS

"3"

Find BIOS From Gigabyte

Update New BIOS

"Update New BIOS"

OK

- 59 -

@BIOS

• ( )

• @BIOS BIOS

BIOS

<Delete> BIOS Load Optimized

Defaults <Enter> BIOS

3. BIOS

"Update New BIOS"

Update New BIOS

OK

BIOS

BIOS

All Files (*.*)

BIOS

( VM900MC.E3)

BIOS

<Delete> BIOS Load Optimized

Defaults <Enter> BIOS

BIOS

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4-3 EasyTune 5

EasyTuneTM 5 BIOS

Windows

EasyTune 5

®

( )

C.I.A. M.I.B.

( )

(

\ \ )

/

1. OVER CLOCKING

2. C.I.A. / M.I.B. C.I.A. M.I.B.

3. SMART FAN

4. PC HEALTH

5. GO

6. EAZY MODE / ADVANCED MODE

7. CPU

8. LEDs

9. GIGABYTE Logo

10. Help EasyTuneTM 5

11. EasyTuneTM 5

EasyTune 5

( ) EasyTune 5
( ) C.I.A. M.I.B. CPU

CPU

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4-4 Windows Vista ReadyBoost

Windows Vista ReadyBoost Windows Vista USB

ReadyBoost

ReadyBoost

USB

ReadyBoost

ReadyBoost

ReadyBoost

• ReadyBoost USB 256 MB

• ReadyBoost

(RAM)

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5-1 Serial ATA

SATA

A. SATA
B. BIOS SATA
C. RAID BIOS RAID
D. SATA
E. SATA

• SATA ( SATA
RAID )

•

• Windows Vista XP 2000

•

5-1-1 VIA VT8237S

A. SATA

SATA SATA

SATA

( )

( )

( )

( ) RAID
( ) SATA RAID

- 63 -

B. BIOS SATA

BIOS SATA

BIOS POST <Delete> BIOS Setup

Integrated Peripherals SATA Controller Enabled SATA Controller

Mode RAID ( 1) RAID IDE

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software

SATA Controller [Enabled]
SATA Controller Mode [RAID]
IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled]
OnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
OnChip IDE Channel1 [Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled]
Azalia HDA Controller [Auto]
LAN Controller [Enabled]
USB 1.1 Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]
USB Mouse Support [Disabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
Legacy USB storage detect [Enabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

x EPP Mode Select EPP1.7

KLJI: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help
Menu Level`

1

BIOS

BIOS

BIOS

GA-VM900MC - 64 -

C. RAID BIOS RAID

SATA RAID BIOS SATA RAID

RAID

BIOS POST (

2) <Ctrl> + <Z> VIA VT8237S V-RAID utility

VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT8237S V-RAID CDROM BOOT BIOS V1.20
Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All Right reserved.
237SR120.ROM-FOR RAID

Scan Devices, Please wait...
No Raid

Press Ctrl+Z into User Window!

3 VIA VT8237S V-RAID utility ( 3)

XX

X Create Array

XX

XX

X Delete Array

XX
XX

X Select/Clear Boot Array

XX

XX

X Serial Number View

XX

Channel0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd

Channel0 Master ST3120026AS --SATA mode
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS --SATA mode

2

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

Dev. Posi. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

3

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(Create Array)

Create Array <Enter> RAID ( 4)

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

XX

X Auto Setup For Data Security

XX
XX

X Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)

XX
XX

X Select Disk Drives

XX

XX

X Start Create Process

XX

Dev. Posi. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

Channel0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd

Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

4

Array Mode <Enter>

( 5) <Enter>

RAID 0 for performance RADI 1 for data protection RAID SPAN for capacity

RAID 0

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

XX

X Auto Setup For Data Security

XX

RAID 0 for performance

XX

X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

XX

RAID 1 for data protection

XX

X Select Disk Drives

XX

RAID SPAN for capacity

XX

X Start Create Process

XX

Dev. Posi. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

Channel0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd

Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

5

GA-VM900MC - 66 -

(Auto Setup) Auto Setup

(Select Disk Drives) Select Disk Drives

<Enter> <Enter>

[*] ( 6)

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

XX

X Auto Setup For Performance

XX
XX

X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

XX

XX

X Select Disk Drives

XX

XX

X Stripe Size 64K

XX
XX

X Start Create Process

XX

Dev. Posi. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

[*] Channel0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe0
[*] Channel1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe1

Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

6

RAID 0 Stripe Size ( )
Stripe Size <Enter> 4 K 64 K
( 7)

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

XX

X Auto Setup For Performance

XX
XX

X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

XX
XX

X Select Disk Drives

XX

XX

X Stripe Size 64K

XX

XX

X Start Create Process

XX

[*] Channel0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe0
[*] Channel1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Stripe1

4K

8K
16K
32K
64K

Dev. Posi. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

7

Start Create Process <Enter>

[ The data on the selected disks will be destroyed. Continue? (Y/N) ] <Y>

RAID <N> RAID

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<F1>

( 8)

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

XX

X Create Array

XX

XX

X Delete Array

XX
XX

X Select/Clear Boot Array

XX
XX

X Serial Number View

XX

View Array/Disks Status..

Array No. Array Type Stripe Size Cap. (GB) Status

Array 0 Stripe 64K 223.58 Normal

Channel0 Master ST3120026AS 111.79 Stripe0
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS 111.79 Stripe1

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

8

(Select Boot Array)

Select/Clear Boot Array <Enter> <Enter>

"[b]" ( 9)

<Enter> "[b]"

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

XX

X Create Array

XX

XX

X Delete Array

XX

XX

X Select/Clear Boot Array

XX

XX

X Serial Number View

XX

Set Boot OK!

Array No. Array Type Stripe Size Cap. (GB) Status

(b) Array 0 Stripe 64K 223.58 Normal

Channel0 Master ST3120026AS 111.79 Stripe0
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS 111.79 Stripe1

Set/Clear bootable array

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

9

GA-VM900MC - 68 -

(Serial Number View)

Serial Number View <Enter>

( 10)

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

XX

X Create Array

XX

XX

X Delete Array

XX
XX

X Select/Clear Boot Array

XX

XX

X Serial Number View

XX

Dev. Posi. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status

Channel0 Master ST3120026AS Array0 SATA 111.79 Stripe
Channle1 Master ST3120026AS Array0 SATA 111.79 Stripe1

Serial Number: 3JT329JX

View the serial number of
hard disks, it is userful for
identify same model disks.

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

10

(Delete Array)

Delete Array <Enter>

<Enter>

<Y> <N> ( 11)

VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20

XX

X Create Array

XX

XX

X Delete Array

XX
XX

X Select/Clear Boot Array

XX
XX

X Serial Number View

XX

Data on the raid will be destroyed.
Continue? (Y/N)

Array No. Array Type Stripe Size Cap. (GB) Status

(b) Array 0 Stripe 64K 223.58 Normal

Channel0 Master ST3120026AS 111.79 Stripe0
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS 111.79 Stripe1

Delete a RAID array contain
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller

F1 : View Array/disk Status

KK

LL

K ,

L : Move to next item

KK

LL

Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit

11

RAID 1 RAID 1

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5-1-2 SATA

SATA SATA

SATA

DOS

D:\> <Enter> ( 1)

cd bootdrv

menu

2

( )

MS-DOS D:\>

2 1 1) VT8237S_Raid

<0>

MS-

1 2

( )

BootDrv MENU.exe ( 3) MS-DOS

2

3

GA-VM900MC - 70 -

5-1-3 SATA

SATA BIOS

Windows Vista XP 2000 SATA (

Windows XP )

Windows XP "Press F6 if you need

to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" <F6> ( 1)

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.

1

SATA <S> ( 2)

Windows Setup

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

<none>

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

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

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

2

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RAID Controller Series (Windows XP/SRV2003)

SATA

Windows Setup

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

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

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

SATA

4 <Enter>

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

VIA V-RAID Controller Series (Windows XP/SRV2003)

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

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

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

( )

<Enter> ( 3)

3

Windows XP VIA V-

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

4

( ) 64-bit Windows VIA V-RAID Controller Series(Windows

XP/SRV2003-x64)

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SATA ( 5) <Enter>

WindowsXP Professional

Windows (R) XP

ENTER= R= F3=

Microsoft(R)

Windows XP

R

Windows XP F3

Windows XP

5

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5.1/7.1

(High Definition Audio)

Retasking

/

/

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(HD)

(DAC) 44.1KHz 48KHz

96KHz 192KHz (Multi-Streaming)

/ MP3

B.

( Windows XP )

/

5.1/7.1

"Microsoft UAA Bus

driver for High Definition Audio" Service Pack

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/

2CH

4CH 6CH 8CH

C.

D. AC'97

AC'97 /

AC'97

AC'97

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5-2-2 (S/PDIF + )( )

(S/PDIF + ) S/PDIF S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIFS/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF

S/PDIF
S/PDIF

A. (S/PDIF + )

SPDIF_IO

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S/PDIF

S/PDIF

B. S/PDIF

S/PDIF S/PDIF

( ) S/PDIF

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5-2-3

( ) ( )

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Pink In Front Green In

In Rear Blue In

( )

\ \

Realtek HD Audio Input

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Front

Rear Pink

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5-3

5-3-1

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BIOS <Ctrl> + <F1>

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A /

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A Clear CMOS (CLR_CMOS) CLR_CMOS

CMOS

CMOS

CMOS

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Optimized Defaults) BIOS

BIOS BIOS ( Save & Exit Setup )

)

Q
A

Q
A Award BIOS

1
2 CMOS
1 1
1 2
1 3
1 9 BIOS

GA-VM900MC - 82 -

5-3-2

CPU CPU

CPU_FAN

ATX 12V

POST <Delete> BIOS Load

Fail-Safe Defaults

& Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults Save

A

( )

CPU

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A

CPU

POST <Delete> BIOS Load

Fail-Safe Defaults

& Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults Save

IDE/SATA

CPU CPU

IDE/SATA

\

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