SOLTEK SL-85DRV-X User Manual

Mainboard

Series SL-85DRV

User Manual V1.1

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The Soul Of Computer Technology

SL-85DRV
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SL-85DRV-X
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his Users Guide & Technical Reference is to help system manu­ facturers and end-users set up and install the mainboard.
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change without notice and does not represent a commitment on
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Copyright © 2001 Soltek Computer Inc. All Rights Reserved.

NOTICE

Product Model : Series SL-85DRV
Manual Revision : V1.1
Release Date : October 2001

• Intel Pentium 4 and Northwood are trademarks of Intel Corporation.

• VIA , VIA Apollo P4X266 and VT8233 are trademarks of VIA Technologies, Inc.

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SOLTEK AROUND THE WORLD

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CONTENT

ITEM CHECKUP ............................................. 8

Chapter 1 Specification .......................................................... 9

1-1 Mainboard Specifications ...................................................... 10

1-1.1 CPU Socket .................................................................................. 10

1-1.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 10

1-1.3 Memory ......................................................................................... 10

1-1.4 AWARD BIOS V6.0 ....................................................................... 10

1-1.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface .................................. 10

1-1.6 Advanced system Power Management, supporting: .................... 11

1-1.7 Multi-I/O Functions: ....................................................................... 11

1-1.8 Expansion Slots ............................................................................ 11

1-1.9 Hardware Monitor on board .......................................................... 12

1-1.10 AC’97 Audio Codec on board..................................................... 12

1-1.11 CNR Slot on board ..................................................................... 12

1-1.12 Disk RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) .................. 12

1-1.13 Voice Diagnostic Technology ...................................................... 12

1-1.14 Form Factor ................................................................................ 12

1-2 Series SL-85DRV -- Layout with Optional Features........... 13

1-3 Mainboard Specification Table .............................................. 14

1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram ............................................ 15

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ................................................... 17

2-1 CPU Pentium 4 Installation with Socket 478 ....................... 18

2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation:........................................... 19

2-3 Memory Installation................................................................ 20

2-3.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module for this Series : ........................... 20

2-3.2 To Remove a DIMM: ..................................................................... 21

2-3.3 Indicator ZD1 DIMM Socket On: ................................................... 21

2-4 AGP 4X (Accelerated Graphics Port) Card Installation : .. 22

2-5 HDD/FDD Installation ............................................................ 23

Content

2-6 ATX V 2.03 Power Supply Installation .................................. 25

2-7 Jumper and Switch Settings.................................................. 26

2-7.1 Switch 1 CPU Clock Select .......................................................... 27

2-7.2 JBAT1 Clear CMOS ..................................................................... 28

2-7.3 Jp12 RAID Controller Select: ....................................................... 28

2-7.4 Jp18 Voice Diagnostic Language Select...................................... 29

2-7.5 Jp16 Suspend to RAM (STR) ...................................................... 30

2-7.5 Jp11 Flash ROM Write Protection Select...................................... 30

2-8 Other Connectors Configuration ........................................... 31

2-8.1 On Board FAN Connectors (FAN1,FAN2, FAN3) .......................... 31

2-8.2 WOL1 Wake On LAN .................................................................... 32

2-8.3 CD-ROM Audio Connector (CD_IN1/CD_IN2) .............................. 33

2-8.4 Chassis Panel Connector ............................................................ 33

2-8.5 Thermal Sensor Connector (RT2)................................................. 34

2-8.6 Complex Header NJP1 ................................................................ 35

2-8.7 ATX Power Supply Connectors for Pentium 4 ............................ 37

2-8.8 Communication And Networking Riser Slot (CNR) ....................... 38

2-8.9 USB Ports and USB Headers (Header USB 2 & 3) ..................... 39

2-8.10 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard ................................................ 39

2-9 IRQ Description ...................................................................... 40

Chapter 3 Software Setup .................................................... 42

3-1 Open up the Suport CD and choose Drivers and Utilities: . 43

3-2 Proceed to VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation .......................... 44

3-3 Proceed to AC’97 AUDIO DRIVER Installation .................... 46

3-4 Proceed to HARDWARE MONITOR Installation.................. 47

3-5 Install Driver for Promise RAID Controller ........................... 49

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup ........................................................... 51

4-1 About BIOS Setup.................................................................. 52

4-2 To run BIOS Setup ................................................................. 52

4-3 About CMOS........................................................................... 52

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ......................................... 52

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4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility ................................... 57

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility ....................................................................... 57

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................. 58

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ............................................................. 61

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features.......................................................... 65

4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................... 70

4-6.6 Power Management Setup ........................................................... 76

4-6.7 PNP / PCI Configuration ............................................................... 82

4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-burn Shield (PC Health status) ............................. 85

4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control .......................................................... 87

4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults............................................................ 89

4-6.12 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD .................................. 90

4-6.13 SAVE & EXIT SETUP ................................................................. 91

4-6.14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ............................................................ 91

Chapter 5 RAID Controller................................................... 93

5-0 Before Creating Disk Array: ................................................. 94

5-1 Creating Your Disk Array ....................................................... 95

5-1.1 Creating An Array For Performance .............................................. 95

5-1.2 Creating A Security (Mirror) Array With New Drives...................... 97

5-1.3 Creating Security Array With Existing Data Drive ......................... 99

5-2 Using FASTBUILDTM Configuration Utility ........................ 102

5-2.1 Viewing FastTrak100-Lite BIOS Screen ..................................... 102

5-2.2 Navigating the FastBuildTM Setup Menu ................................... 103

5-2.3 Using the Main Menu .................................................................. 103

5-2.4 Creating Arrays Automatically ..................................................... 104

5-2.5 Viewing Drive Assignments ......................................................... 106

5-2.6 View an Array .............................................................................. 106

5-2.7 Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive ............................... 107

5-2.8 Making a FastTrak100-Lite Disk Array Bootable ......................... 108

5-2.9 Creating a “Hot” Spare Drive for Mirroring Arrays....................... 109

4-5 To upgrade BIOS.................................................................... 52

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS ................................................................ 52

4-5.2 Upgrade Process .......................................................................... 52

Content

5-2.10 How FastTrak100-Lite Orders Arrays ....................................... 110

5-2.11 How FastTrak100-Lite Saves Array Information ........................ 110

5-2.12 Deleting An Array ...................................................................... 110

5-2.13 Rebuilding A Mirroring Array ..................................................... 112

5-2.14 Viewing Controller Settings ....................................................... 114

5-2.15 Halting FastTrak BIOS On Bootup Errors ................................. 114

5-3 Installing Drivers .................................................................. 115

5-3.1 For Windows 2000 ...................................................................... 115

5-3.2 Windows 95/98 ........................................................................... 117

5-3.3 DOS/Windows 3.1x ..................................................................... 120

5-3.4 Windows NT4.0........................................................................... 121

APPENDICES ....................................................................... 124

Appendix-1 Identify BIOS Version & BIOS Part Number........ 125

Appendix-2 Identify Mainboard Model Number ....................... 126

Appendix-3 Technical Terms ...................................................... 127

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Series SL-85DRV

Mainboard
Support CD
Floppy diskette (Optional RAID Drivers)
Bundled Bonus Pack CD
Bundled Bonus Pack Manual
Temperature Sensor Cable
ATA66/100 IDE Cable
FDD Cable
User’s Manual
RS232 Cable

ITEM CHECKUP

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Chapter 1 Specification

Chapter 1 Specification

This series of mainboards features an integration of the powerful pro­cessor Intel Pentium 4 and the single-chip North Bridge VIA P4X266.
The Intel P4 processor is a rapid execution engine providing 400MHz
quadpumped system bus to allow

3.2GB data transfer rates possible, while VIA Apollo P4X266 North
Bridge plus VT8233 South Bridge support Intel P4 processor to ex­ecute the 400MHz FSB, the AGP 4X external bus, the LPC Super I/O
and the DDR SDRAM data transfer. This chapter is to introduce to
users every advanced function of this high performance integration.

Topics included in this chapter are:
1-1 Mainboard Specifications
1-2 Mainboard Layout
1-3 Mainboard Specification Table
1-4 Chipset Diagram

Introduction

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1-1.1 CPU Socket

• CPU Socket 478B on board, supporting Intel

®

Pentium 4 and Northwood

processors in the 478-pin package for :

-- 400MHz System Bus;

-- Hyper pipelined technology;

-- Advanced dynamic execution;

-- Advanced transfer cache;

1-1.2 System Chipsets

• North Bridge VT8753 (P4X266) plus South Bridge VT8233 to work with

Intel Pentium 4 Processor for managing and arbitrating operations between
all system interfaces:

1-1.3 Memory

3 DDR DIMM 184-pin sockets on board for PC2100/1600 DDR SDRAMs,
supported by 2.5V default voltage (DIMM voltage selectable in BIOS setup):

• VT8753 directly supporting pseudo-synchronous SDRAM transfer rate

100/133MHz up to 1.5GB unbuffered DDR SDRAMs or 3GB registered
DDR SDRAMs.

• Installation of mixed sizes of DDR SDRAM modules supported .

1-1.4 AWARD BIOS V6.0

• Supporting Plug & Play V1.0;

• Flash Memory for easy upgrade;

• Supporting BIOS writing protection and Year 2000 compliant;

• BIOS Setup supported (Please see Chapter 4 BIOS Setup);

1-1 Mainboard Specifications

1-1.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface

AGP Controller is embedded on VT8753, supporting:

• 1.5V/4X, 3.3V/2X power mode , AGP voltage selectable in BIOS Setup;

• 2x/ 4x AD and SBA signalling, AGP pipelined split-transection long-

burst transfers up to 1GB/sec.;

• AGP v2.0 compliant;

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1-1.7 Multi-I/O Functions:

• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:

-- 2x Ultra ATA100 / 66 / 33 IDE Connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices;

• Promise RAID IDE Controller:

-- Supporting other two Ultra ATA-100 / 66/ 33 IDE Connectors up to 2 RAID disks
(on SL-85DRV+ and SL-85DRV+-X only)

• Dedicated IR Functions:

-- Third serial port dedicated to IR function either through the two complete
serial ports or the third dedicated port Infrared-IrDA (HPSIR) and ASK
(Amplitude Shift Keyed) IR.

• Multi-mode parallel Data transfer:

--

Standard mode, ECP and EPP support;

• Floppy Disk connector:

--

One FDD connector with drive swap support;

• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:

--

USB V1.1 compliant;

-- 2 built-in USB connectors and two USB Headers (USB2, USB3) which re­ quire two optional USB cables to provide 4 more optional USB ports;

• PS/2 Keyboard

• PS/2 Mouse

• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):

--

Two complete Serial Ports (COM1 & COM2) on board;

1-1.8 Expansion Slots

• Six PCI bus Master slots;

• One AGP 4x/2X slot;

• One CNR slot (supporting Modem / Audio Riser only);

• Three DDR DIMM slots;

1-1.6 Advanced system Power Management, supporting:

• ACPI 1.0B compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface);

• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy power management);

• ACPI STR mode (Suspend To RAM) , POS (Power On Suspend) and

STD (Suspend to Disk);

• PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse power on;

• Wake On Modem and Wake On LAN;

• Real time clock (RTC) with date alarm, month alarm, and century field.

• USB wake-up Function;

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1-1.12 Disk RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)

On SL-85DRV+ and SL-85DRV+-X only.

• Promise FastTrak100-Lite RAID controller on board.

• Supporting striping (RAID 0) and mirroring (RAID 1) Disk Arrays.

• Supporting Ultra ATA/100 / 66 /33 specification up to 100MB/sec.

• Two RAID Connectors IDE3 and IDE4 on board, compatible with Ultra

ATA/100/66/33 and EIDE, supporting up to 2 RAID disks.

1-1.13 Voice Diagnostic Technology

On SL-85DRV-X and SL-85SD+-X only:

• A Voice Diagnostic Function is incorporated in “Advanced BIOS Fea-

tures” of the “Award BIOS Setup” as “VD-Tech II Function”. With this
function enabled in “Advanced BIOS Features”, it will voice out the prob­ lems or conflicts whenever user configures the components or boots up
the PC system.

• The voice can be in Chinese or English, depending on the setting of

Jumper JP18. Changing the setting of JP18 will change the language of
the voice.

1-1.9 Hardware Monitor on board

• Programmable control, status, to provide monitoring and alarm for flex-

ible desktop management of hardware temperatures. Utility Software
is enclosed in Support CD to help display monitoring statuses of:

-- 9 voltages, 2 types of hardware temperatures, 2 Fan speeds;

1-1.10 AC’97 Audio Codec on board

• AC’97 Audio codec supported by AC97 Link on chip VT8233;

1-1.11 CNR Slot on board

• CNR Slot on board for Modem Riser card or Audio Riser Card;

1-1.14 Form Factor

• ATX form factor, ATX spec. version 2.03 compliant, supported by one

Main Power Connector, one +12V Power Connector and one Aux Power
Connector;

• Mainboard size: 305mm x 245mm;

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Chapter 1 Specification

1-2 Series SL-85DRV -- Layout with Optional Features

Optional features of Series SL-85DRV:

Feature 85DRV 85DRV-X 85DRV+ 85DRV+-X

IDE RAID No Yes

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

Jp12 (for RAID controller)

Promise RAID Controller

RAID IDE

VD-Tech II No Yes No Yes

Jp18 VD-Tech

Language

Connector

Select

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1-3 Mainboard Specification Table

Series 85DRV

85DRV 85DRV-X

Memory
Controller Hub

VIA VT8753 P4x266 North Bridge

VIA VT8233 South Bridge

ITE IT8705F

I/O
Controller Hub

I/O Chip

AGP Interface

AGP 4X Mode

Memory

Supporting Registered/3GB or unbuffered/1.5GB

DDR SDRAMs with 3 DDR DIMM Slots

Audio
Onboard IDE

Onboard IDE RAID

2 x ATA 33/66/100 IDE ports

I/O Connectors

Yes to all members

Yes to all members

Yes to all members

6 x USB ports, 1 x FDD port, 2 x COM ports,

1 x LPT port, 1 IrDA, 1 PS/2 Mouse, 1 PS/2 K/B

PCI slot

6 PCI Master Slots

CNR slot

1 x CNR slot

Hardware
Monitoring

Bilingual VD-Tech II

(Voice diagnostic Tech.)

BIOS writing
Protection

Keyboard power
on function &
USB wake up
Function

SCR Interface

85DRV

85DRV -X

AC'97 Audio Codec

No

Ye s

No

Ye s

Controller, 2xATA

33/66/100 RAID

ports for 2 RAID disks

No

Ye s

+

+

Yes to all members

CPU Socket Socket PGA478B for Intel Pentium 4 478-pin package CPU

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Chapter 1 Specification

Intel Pentium 4 + VIA VT8753 + VT8233 Diagram

1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram

Single-chip

376-pin PBGA

Pentium 4

DDR

PC2100/1600 DDR Memory Bus

ATA33/66/100

PS/2 keyboard

PCI Bus

VT8753

P4x266

North Bridge

CPU

664-pin PBGA

AGP

Slot

400MHz (100MHz QDR) FSB

SMBus

LPC

66MHz QDR, 8Bit V-Link

Super I/O

Serial / IR
Parallel
Floppy Disk

PCI Slots

478-pin package

Modem Codec

CNR Slot

Game Port

H/W Monitor

BIOS

VT8233

V-Link

Client South

Intel

AGP 2X/4X Bus

SDRAMs

6x USB

AC'97 Codec

PS/2 Mouse

(with respect to Series SL-85DRV)

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MEMO

MEMO

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

1. We recommend to install your CPU before any other components.
For detailed installation instructions of processor, you can also refer
to the pamphlet enclosed in your CPU package.

2. Installing a cooling fan with a good heatsink is a must for proper heat
dissipation for your CPU. Get ready an appropriate fan with heatsink
for proper installation. Improper fan and installation will damage your
CPU.

3. In case CPU Vcore, CPU clock or Frequency Ratio is adjustable on
board, please follow the instructions described in the User manual
for proper setup. Incorrect setting will cause damage to your CPU.

The following topics are included in this chapter:

2-1 Pentium 4 CPU Installation
2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation
2-3 Memory Installation
2-4 HDD/FDD Installation
2-5 AGP 4X (Accelerated Graphic Port) Installation
2-6 ATX 2.03 Power Supply Installation
2-7 Jumper Settings for Devices on board
2-8 Other Connectors Configuration

To Get things ready for Hardware setup !

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Pin 1

2-1 CPU Pentium 4 Installation with Socket 478

This series of mainboards is built with CPU Socket 478 (with 478 pins)
supporting the Intel Pentium 4 CPU:

• Follow the steps described in this section to install the 478-pin Pentium 4
CPU into the on board Socket 478.

• After installation of Pentium 4 CPU, you must also install the specific
Pentium 4 CPU fan designed in tandem with this CPU. This CPU Fan
installation is described in next section.

First pull sideways the lever of
Socket 478, and then turn it up
90

0

so as to raise the upper layer
of the socket from the lower
platform.

1.

Make sure that all CPU pins

have completely entered the
socket and then lower down the
lever to lock up CPU to socket.

3.

Configure Pin 1 of CPU to Pin
1 of the Socket, just as the
way shown in the diagram on
the left. Adjust the position of
CPU until you can feel all
CPU pins get into the socket
with ease.

2.

mPGA478B

Intel Pentium 4

mPGA478B

Intel Pentium 4

Pin 1

Pin 1

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation:

Connect to CPU FAN connector

Press down 4 latches to lock fan to fanbase

Pentium 4 Fanbase CPU Fan Connector

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2-3 Memory Installation

2-3.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module for this Series :

• This series of mainboards only supports up to 3GB registered DDR
SDRAM or 1.5GB unbuffered DDR SDRAM, with 3 DDR DIMM sockets
on board. Do not insert other type of modules into these sockets.

• DDR DIMM socket has 184-pins and one notch. Insert a DDR SDRAM
vertically into the 184-pin socket with the notch matching the one in the
socket. Press the Module down in a gradual way until it surely reaches
the bottom and clicks straight up the two latches on the left and right of
the socket.

Key Point: Press the module down gradually until it has totally reached
the socket bottom and clicked up both two socket latches completely. If
any one of the latches has not turned up completely, you should unplug
the module and press it down the socket a bit more firmly.

How to tackle with the memory Modules:

• Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing memory
module. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your main
board and the memory module.

• Pay attention to the orientation of the DIMM slots. Forcing a DIMM in a
socket improperly will damage the memory module and socket.

• Make sure you have the right type of memory module for your mainboard.

184-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions (2.5V)

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

2.5V

Module Latch

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2-3.2 To Remove a DIMM:

Press down the holding latches on both sides of socket and the
module will be released from the DIMM socket.

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

DDR DIMM Sock­ets (184-pin)

2-3.3 Indicator ZD1 DIMM Socket On:

An indicator ZD1 is designed on board. Whenever system is started or is
in STR status (Suspend to RAM), all the DIMM sockets on board will also
get powered on with the set voltage, resulting in ZD1 lighting up. This ZD1
indicator is to warn users that, whenever DIMM socket is powered, no
memory module should be removed from or added into it.

ZD1

DIMM Power On Indicator

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2-4 AGP 4X (Accelerated Graphics Port) Card Installation :

AGP Accelerator

AGP 4X / 2X

The AGP 4X slot on board supports 4X / 2X AGP card configuration. User
can install either a 4X or 2X AGP card.

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97

Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

To install HDD (Hard Disk Drive), you may connect the connector of
IDE cable to the primary (IDE1) or secondary (IDE2) connector on board,
and then connect the gray connector to your slave device and the black
connector to your master device. If you install two hard disks, you must
configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers
correctly. Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper
settings.

Hard Disk Drive Connector:
Orient the red line on the IDE
ribbon cable to Pin1.

2-5 HDD/FDD Installation

Gray connector

Blue connector

IDE Cable

Black connector

red line

IDE2 IDE1

IDE4

IDE3

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

IDE3 and IDE4 are for IDE
RAID Arrays only.

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FDD Cable

To install FDD (Floppy Disk Drive), you should connect the end of cable
with single connector to the board , and connect the other end with two
plugs to the floppy drives.

To 1st Floppy Drive

To mainboard

To 2nd Floppy Drive

Floppy Disk Drive Connector:
Orient the red line on the
floppy ribbon cable to Pin1.

red line

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97
Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

FDC

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

2-6 ATX V 2.03 Power Supply Installation

Aux ATX
Connector
(6-pin)

Main ATX
Power
(20-pin)

ATX+12V

Intel Pentium 4 requires ATX V2.03 Power Supply. To set up ATX2.03
Power Supply on this series, 3 ATX power connectors are needed:

1. Main ATX Power Connector to Main Power DC output of Power Supply;

2. Aux ATX Connector to Aux Power DC output of Power Supply;

3. ATX +12V Connector to +12V DC output of Power Supply;

AC to DC Power Supply

+12V Power

Main Power

Connector

Aux Power

Connector

Connector

Connector

(4-pin)

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2-7 Jumper and Switch Settings

The following diagrams show the locations and settings of jumper blocks
on the mainboard.

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

1

1-2 closed

JBAT1

1

closed

To clear CMOS

To return to

normal status

2-3

(default)

Jp12

RAID Controller Select

Enabled

Disabled

1

1-2

closed

1

2-3

closed

(default)

1

1

2-3

closed

1-2

closed

Jp11

Disabled

(default)

Flash ROM Write

Protection

Enabled

Chinese

English

(default)

1

1

2-3

closed

1-2

closed

Jp18

VD-Tech II

Language Select

ON

DIP

SW1

On

Off

1234

CPU Clock Select

S1

S2

S3

S4

CPU clock

(MHz)

103
107
110

133

off

on
on

on

on

off

off

off

off

off

off

Off On On On

(Default)

on

on

on

on

off

on

on

on

off

100

(default)

Jp16

Disabled

Enabled

Suspend

1

2-3

closed

1

1-2

closed

to RAM

(default)

*Jp15

1

2-3

closed

*Jp15 is for engineering

(Default)

this default setting.

not allowed to change

upgrade only; user is

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How to tackle with Jumpers:

• Do not remove the jumper when power is on. Always make sure the power
is off before changing any jumper settings. Otherwise, mainboard
could be damaged.

• In the Jumper setting diagram, all jumper pins covered with black marks
stand for closed pins by jumper caps.

2-7.1 Switch 1 CPU Clock Select

This Series of mainboards are shipped to users with a 5-DIP Switch 1,
by which user can select a CPU clock to match with the Pentium 4 proces­sor selected on board. So users are not recommended to take Switch 1
as a tool for overclocking. It is saver and more advisable for users to
select the CPU clock as close as possible to the one marked on the se­lected CPU.

• Advice from our Engineering Team:

CPU Overclocking should always take all other components on board into
account. No matter what Host clock your CPU has , any attempt to set
your CPU to higher clock than the host one will get no guaranty of success.
Instead, you are taking the risk of breaking the stability of your CPU as
well as the mainboard.

ON

DIP

SW1

On

Off

1234

CPU Clock Select

S1

S2

S3

S4

CPU clock

(MHz)

103
107

110
133

off

on
on

on

on

off

off

off

off

off
off

Off On On On

(Default)

on

on

on

on

off

on

on

on

off

100

(default)

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2-7.2 JBAT1 Clear CMOS

When you have problem with rebooting your
system, you can clear CMOS data and restore
it to default value. To clear CMOS with Jumper
JBAT1, please follow the steps below:
(1) Power off system;
(2) Set JBAT1 to Pin 2-3 closed.
(3) After 2 or 3 seconds, return the
JBAT1 setting to Pin1-2 closed.
(4) CMOS data are restored to default.
Remember never clear CMOS when
system power is on.

2-7.3 Jp12 RAID Controller Select:

For the mainboards carrying Promise RAID
controller, JP12 at Pin1-2 closed is to enable
the RAID functions so that users can start to in­stall the RAID arrays and RAID drivers. If JP12
is set at Pin2-3 closed, the RAID controller is
disabled.

On board SL-85DRV

+

and SL-85DRV+-X only.

1

1-2 closed

JBAT1

1

closed

To clear CMOS

To return to

normal status

2-3

(default)

Jp12

RAID Controller Select

Enabled

Disabled

1

1-2

closed

1

2-3

closed

(default)

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

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2-7.4 Jp18 Voice Diagnostic Language Select

On board SL-85DRV-X, and 85DRV+-X.

• A Voice Diagnostic Function is incorporated in “Advanced BIOS Features”
of the “Award BIOS Setup” as “VD-Tech II Function”. With this function
enabled in “Advanced BIOS Features”, it will voice out the problems or
conflicts whenever user configures the components or boots up the PC
system.

• The voice can be in Chinese or English, depending on the setting of Jumper
JP18. Changing the setting of JP18 will change the language of the voice.

1.The Processor might be damaged or not installed properly.

2.The memory module might be damaged or not installed
properly.

3.The VGA card might be damaged or not installed properly.

4.The IDE cable might be damaged or not installed properly.

5.Please clear CMOS setting.

6.System available.

Chinese

English

(default)

1

1

2-3

closed

1-2

closed

Jp18

VD-Tech II

Language Select

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97

Codec

AC'97
Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

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2-7.5 Jp16 Suspend to RAM (STR)

2-7.5 Jp11 Flash ROM Write Protection Select

Jp16 is designed to support the S3 mode (Suspend to RAM) of ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power interface) which is usually inte­grated in such operating systems as Win 98se or Win 2000.

• To enable the STR function, you must first set up Jp16, and then enter
“BIOS Setup”, then “Power management Setup” to choose the item

“ACPI Suspend Type”. In this item, choose S3(STR) mode to enable
Suspend to RAM function.

Jp11 is designed to support the
“Flash ROM write Protection”
function when you boot your system.
Setting Jp11 1-2 closed will protect
your Flash ROM from virus attack
every time you boot your system.

• With STR enabled, you power off your system with Standby mode, and

you can reboot your system directly to the screen of power-off without
going through the reboot procedures.

1

1

2-3

closed

1-2

closed

Jp11

Disabled

(default)

Flash ROM Write

Protection

Enabled

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O
Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

Jp16

Disabled

Enabled

Suspend

1

2-3

closed

1

1-2

closed

to RAM

(default)

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97
Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

These fan connectors support CPU/System/AGP/Chassis cooling fan with
+12V. When connecting the wire to FAN connectors, users should make
sure that the red wire is for the positive current and should be connected
to pin +12V, and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to
pin GND. If your mainboard has Hardware Monitor chipset on board, you
must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage
of the monitoring function.
For fans with speed sensors, each rotation of the fan blades will send out
2 electric pulses, by which System Hardware Monitor will work out the
fan rotation speed by counting the pulses.

NOTE : 2 “Yellow” fan connectors are used on this series to mark that

they support fan speed sensor function. The other two white fan connectors
do not support sensor function.

CPU FAN Connector
(FAN1, yellow, sensor):

2-8.1 On Board FAN Connectors (FAN1,FAN2, FAN3)

2-8 Other Connectors Configuration

This section lists out all connectors configurations for users’ reference.

System FAN Connector
(FAN2, yellow, sensor):

Chassis FAN Connector
(FAN4, white, no sensor):

GND
+12V
SENSOR

AGP FAN Connector (FAN3,
white, no sensor):

FAN1

FAN2

FAN3

CPU FAN

SYSTEM FAN

Chassis FAN

FAN4

AGP FAN

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

2-8.2 WOL1 Wake On LAN

This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output. The
connector powers up the system when it receives a wake-up packet or
signal through the LAN card.
This feature requires that Wake On LAN feature is enabled in the BIOS
setting called “Power Management Setup” and that your system must
be on ATX power supply with at least 720mA / +5V standby power.

GND

PME

+5V

Standby

Wake On LAN:

Connect the Wake¤
On LAN signal from¤
LAN card to JWOL1

WOL1

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

2-8.3 CD-ROM Audio Connector (CD_IN1/CD_IN2)

CD-ROM Audio
Pin Assignment

CD_IN1

1

PIN NO.

PIN 1

GND

PIN 2

GNDPIN 3

Right

PIN 4

Left

CD_IN1

Channel

Channel

A.

E. F. G. H. I. J. K.

B. C. D.

2-8.4 Chassis Panel Connector

A : PS/2 MOUSE PORT
B : USB 0 PORT
C : LPT1 PORT
D : GAME/MIDI PORT
E : PS/2 KEYBOARD PORT
F : USB 1 PORT

G : COM1 PORT
H : COM2 PORT
I : LINE/SPEAKER OUT
J : LINE IN
K : MICROPHONE INPUT

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97
Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

2-8.5 Thermal Sensor Connector (RT2)

a: Connect to RT2.
b: Connect this thermal sensor
to particular device which
generates lots of heat such
as Hard Driver, VGA chip, etc.
When connected, user could
observe the temperature
change from the BIOS
program.

RT2: THERMAL SENSOR CONNECTOR

We provide a thermal cable in the mainboard package. This thermal cable
is to monitor device generating a lot of heat, such as HDD, Graphics card
etc. Please connect the end (a) of the thermal cable to mainboard RT2
header, and tape another end (b) of thermal cable on to the device which
you want to monitor. After you have finished the thermal cable installation,
you will see the detected temperature in BIOS setup or Hardware

monitor utility.

Thermal Sensor Connector
(RT2):

RT2

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2

3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤
RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97

Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

2-8.6 Complex Header NJP1

This complex Header consists of 9 connectors providing various supports:

(+)

(+)

(-)

(-)

(+)

(-)

Logic High

Logic High

SPEAKER SIGNAL

NO CONNECTION

GND

RESET SIGNAL

GND

Vcc

NO CONNECTION

GND

SUSPEND LED SIGNAL

GND

Vcc

Vcc

ATX POWER SWITCH

Vcc

SMI SIGNAL

GND

HDD LED SIGNAL

HDD LED SIGNAL

GND

NO CONNECTION

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

1st HDD LED

2nd HDD LED

INFRARED(IR)

POWER SWITCH

SMI

SPEAKER

RESET SWITCH

POWER LED

SUSPEND LED

6

¤

8

7

5

4

4

3

2

1

NJP1

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6. Power LED Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to System Power LED.
FUNCTION: To supply power to “System Power LED”.

7. Reset Switch Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to the case-mounted “Reset Switch”.
FUNCTION: To supply power to “Reset Switch” and support system

reboot function.

8. Speaker Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to the case-mounted Speaker.
FUNCTION: To supply power to the case-mounted Speaker.

1. SMI Connector (System Management Interrupt):
CONNECTION: This 2-pin connector is connected to the case-mounted

Suspend Switch.
FUNCTION: Manually placing the system into a Suspend mode or “Green”
mode.

2. Power Switch Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to a momentary button or switch.
FUNCTION: Manually switching the system between “On” and “Soft Off”.

Pressing the momentary button for more than 4 seconds
will also turn the system off.

3. IR Connector (Infrared Connector):
CONNECTION: Connected to Connector IR on board.
FUNCTION: Supporting wireless transmitting and receiving module on

board.

4. 1st HDD LED Connector / 2nd HDD LED Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to HDD LED.
FUNCTION: To supply power to HDD LED.

5. Suspend LED Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to Suspend indicator.
FUNCTION: To supply power to “Suspend indicator”.

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2-8.7 ATX Power Supply Connectors for Pentium 4

• ATX 2.03 Power supply connectors consists of 3 main connectors:
(1) Main ATX Power Connector;
(2) Aux Power Connector: a 6-pin connector supporting +3.3V and
+5V;
(3) +12V Power Connector: a 4-pin connector supporting +12V;

• All these three connectors should be connected to an AC to DC Power
Supply which supports ATX Power version 2.03.

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

ATX12V

1

2

3

4

Main ATX POWER

Aux ATX

Pin11

GND
GND
GND
+3.3V
+3.3V
+5V

Pin 1

Pin 6

+12V

GND

GND

+12V

+3.3V

+3.3V

GND

+5V

GND

+5V

GND

PWR_OK

5SB

+12V

+3.3V

-12V

GND

PS_ON#

GND

GND

GND

-5V

+5V

+5V

PIN1

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

CNR slot

2-8.8 Communication And Networking Riser Slot (CNR)

This slot on this series of mainboards allows you to use modem or audio
riser card only.

Note:

1. If modem CNR card is installed, it must be set as “primary” mode.

2. LAN CNR is not supported on this series of mainboards.

3. If audio CNR card is installed and the on chip AC’97 is enabled at
the same time, the Audio CNR must be set as “secondary”.

4. CNR card is not to be included in the package of this series.

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1

16

Red
VCC

Green

DO+

Green

DO+

White

DO-

White

DO-

Black

GND

Black

GND

Red

VCC

GND
Black

GND
Black

1

16

1

Additional USB Cable
(Optional)

Red wire

USB Header
Pin Assignment

USB Port

PIN 6 : Void
PIN 5 : Mouse Clock
PIN 4 : Vcc
PIN 3 : GND
PIN 2 : Void
PIN 1 : Mouse Data

PS/2 MOUSE

PIN 6 : Void
PIN 5 : Keyboard Clock
PIN 4 : Vcc
PIN 3 : GND
PIN 2 : Void
PIN 1 : Keyboard Data

PS/2 KEYBOARD

When plugging the USB cable into Header USB2 / 3, user must make
sure the red wire is connected to Pin 1.

2-8.9 USB Ports and USB Headers (Header USB 2 & 3)

This series of mainboards provides two USB ports USB0 and USB1 on
board supporting various USB devices. In addition, 2 USB headers
are added on board to provide four additional USB ports by using two
additional USB Cables. User can order the additional USB cables from
your mainboard dealers or venders.

2-8.10 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard

Header USB 2 & 3

USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

4

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

USB Ports USB 0 & 1

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IRQ 0 System Timer 1

IRQ Function Description Priority

IRQ 1 Keyboard Controller 2
IRQ 2 Programmable Interrupt N/A
IRQ 3 Serial Port (COM 2) 11
IRQ 4 Serial Port (COM 1) 12
IRQ 5 Free 13
IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller 14
IRQ 7 Parallel Port (LPT1) 15
IRQ 8 Real Time Clock (RTC) 3
IRQ 9 Free 4
IRQ 10 Free 5
IRQ 11 Free 6
IRQ 12 PS/2 Mouse Port 7
IRQ 13 Coprocessor 8
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel 9
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel 10

2-9 IRQ Description

• Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require IRQs. System IRQs are
available to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first, then any
remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards. Currently, there are two types
of ISA cards.

• The original ISA expansion card design, now referred to as “Legacy” ISA
card, requires you to configure the card’s jumpers manually and then install
it in any available slot on the ISA bus. To see a map of your used and free
IRQs in Windows 98, the Control Panel in My Computer, contains a
System icon, which gives you a Device Manager tab. Double-Clicking on a
specific hardware device gives you a Resources tab which shows the
Interrupt number and address. Double-Clicking Computers to see all the
interrupts and addresses for your system. Make sure that each ISA device
should be assigned to one IRQ respectively. If ISA device share IRQ with
any other device, your computer will easily get into trouble.

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Chapter 3 Software Setup

3-1 Open Support CD and choose your drivers
3-2 4-in-1 Drivers Installation
3-3 AC’97 Audio CODEC Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Monitor Utility Installation
3-5 Promise RAID Drivers Installation

This chapter is devoted to describing the installations of all these essential
drivers and utilities on Windows 9X, Windows ME and Windows 2000. The
installation procedures for all these operating sistems are programed into
an auto-run mode. What users have to do is read and follow the pop-up
instructions to carry out the installation. We therefore take the installation
on Windows 98 as the general illustration hereby. On occasion of RAID
Drivers installation where different status of your operating systems re­quires different installation procedures, we also insert respective installa­tion procedures for various operating systems.
The priority of driver installation should also be noted. Users are recom­mended to take the following installation order:

Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation

• Support CD:

This series of mainboards will always be shipped with a Support CD
which contains those necessary driver files, Application Softwares and
some helpful utilities. It is a user-friendly, auto-run CD which will open
itself up in a CD-ROM automatically.

• Contents of Support CD:

For this series, user will be able to find in the Support CD the following
drivers and utilities supported by Chipset VIA Apollo P4X266:

1. VIA 4-in-1 Drivers;

2. AC’97 Drivers;

3. Hardware Monitor Utility;

• Optional Floppy Diskette:

For SL-85DRV

+

and SL-85DRV

+

-X, a floppy diskette containing Prom-

ise RAID Drivers will also be added to the package for the IDE RAID
setup.

( for SL-85DRV

+

and SL-85DRV

+

-X only )

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3-1 Open up the Suport CD and choose Drivers and Utilities:

(3) Users are recommended to install all the drivers and utilities at a
time, though they can be installed separately.
Also, we should take “VIA 4in1 Driver” as first installation priority to
optimize the VIA system.

From next section, we provide detailed descriptions of all these
installations with graphical illustrations.

(1) Please put the Support CD enclosed in your mainboard package into
the CD-ROM drive. In a few seconds, the Main Menu will automatic­ ally appear, displaying the contents to be installed for this series:

Install VIA 4in1 Driver
Install VIA AC’97 Audio Driver
Install Hardware Monitor Utility
Install Acrobat Reader
Browse CD-ROM
Exit

(2) In case your system does not open the Support CD automatically,
please click to the following path to enter the Main Installation Menu:

D:\ Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM Drive is Drive D)

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VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver
AGP VxD Driver
IRQ Routing Miniport Driver
VIA Chipset Function’s Registry

Select the checkbox as below
and click “Next” to continue:

Next

3-2 Proceed to VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation

5.

“VIA Service Pack README”
screen will appear, please click
the “Yes” button to agree with the
Licence Agreement and continue.

3.

4.

Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “ VIA 4in1
Drivers” to proceed.

1.

2.

The VIA Service Pack InstallShield
Wizard will pop up to guide you to
the VIA Service pack installation.
Click “Next” button to continue.

Next

Yes

On the screen below, check
”Normally Install” and click “Next”
to continue. (If you check “Quickly
Install”, you will skip the detailed
procedures of the VIA 4in1 Setup.)

Next

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Select “Install VIA AGP VxD” in
turbo mode and press “Next”
button to continue.

Click on “Click to enable DMA
Mode” checkbox to enable DMA
function, then click the “Next”
button to continue.

10.

9.

8.

7.

6.

Select “Install VIA ATAPI
Vendor Support Driver”

checkbox, then click the “Next”
button to continue.

Next

Next

Next

Select “Install VIA IRQ Routing
Miniport Driver” checkbox, then

click the “Next” button to continue.

After all these setup procedures
have finished, you should restart
your computer by clicking on
“Finish” so as to put VIA 4in1
drivers into effect and proceed to
second driver installation.

Finish

Next

Should restart system

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3-3 Proceed to AC’97 AUDIO DRIVER Installation

Following the installation of VIA 4in1 drivers, you have to restart system
so that your system can be reconfigured with VIA 4in1. When restarting
procedures finish, please open the Support CD with your CD-ROM to
enter the Main Installation Menu.
Then click to “Install VIA AC’97 Audio Driver”.

1.

2.

When asked to install or remove
the audio driver, please select
“Install” and press “Next” button to
continue.

3.

4.

Next

Next

Finish

The VIA Audio Driver Setup
InstallShield Wizard will pop up
to guide you to the VIA Audio
Driver installation. Press “Next”
button to continue.

After all these setup procedures
have completed, click to “Finish”
button to exit the Installation
program.

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3-4 Proceed to HARDWARE MONITOR Installation

1.

2.

3.

Following the installation of AC’97 driver, you have to install Hardware
Monitor manually. Please click to the following path to execute Hardware
Monitor installation:

D: \ Hardwaremonitor\ ITE2 \ Install.exe

In case you are already on the Installation Main Menu of the Support
CD, please click to the “Install Hardware Monitor”. Instantly, a
message shows up to inform you of the correct path of installing
“Hardware Monitor”. Please Exit the message and follow the path as
instructed:

Once you enter the path and click to the file “Install.exe”. Instantly the
“ITE SmartGuardian Install” pops up. Please click to “Install” to
continue.

(assuming that your CD-ROM Drive is Drive D)

For user who wants to install Hardware monitor
utility, please install it through this path:

D:\hardwaremonitor\ITE2\install.exe
(assuming that your CD-ROM Drive is Drive D)

Install

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In a few seconds, installation of Hardware Monitor is complete. Please
click on the “OK” Dialog Box to finish installation.

To display the Hardware Monitor Utility, just click on the “ITE
SMARTGUARDIAM” icon in your program file, and the following screen
of Smartguardian Control Panel will show up, displaying the information
about system temperatures, voltages and Fan speed. Clicking to the
“Option” menu of the Control Panel, you can also change some Value
settings for your system to optimize its performance.

“Exit”

“Option”

4.

5.

OK

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97

Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

4

Promise RAID Controller is built on SL-85DRV+ and SL-85DRV+-X.
Before installing the driver for Promise RAID Controller, please check the
following points:

(1) Set up Jumper Jp12 on board to enable Promise RAID Controller.

(2) Get ready the floppy diskette containing the FastTrak100-Lite Drivers
for various Windows systems.
(3) The RAID Controller Drivers installation procedures will differ among
different operating systems and situations. Please refer to Chapter 5
of this manual to install your RAID drivers and disk arrays.

3-5 Install Driver for Promise RAID Controller

Jp12

RAID Controller Select

Enabled

Disabled

1

1-2

closed

1

2-3

closed

(default)

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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup

This Chapter includes the following topics :

4-1 About BIOS Setup
4-2 To run BIOS Setup
4-3 About CMOS
4-4 The POST (Power On Self Test)
4-5 To upgrade BIOS
4-6 BIOS Setup

• BIOS stands for Basic Input and Output System. It was once called

ROM BIOS when it was stored in a Read-Only Memory(ROM) chip
Now manufacturers would like to store BIOS in EEPROM which means
Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory. BIOS used in this series
of mainboard is stored in EEPROM, and is the first program to run when
you turn on your computer.

• BIOS performs the following functions:

1. Initializing and testing hardware in your computer (a process called
“POST”, for Power On Self Test).

2. Loading and running your operating system.

3. Helping your operating system and application programs manage
your PC hardware by means of a set of routines called BIOS Run­ Time Service.

THE BIOS

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4-1 About BIOS Setup

• BIOS setup is an interactive BIOS program that you need to run when:

1. Changing the hardware of your system. (For example: installing a
new Hard Disk etc.)

2. Modifying the behavior of your computer. (For example: changing
the system time or date, or turning special features on or off etc.)

3. Enhancing your computer’s behavior. (For example: speeding up
performance by turning on shadowing or cache)

4-2 To run BIOS Setup

• First access BIOS setup menu by pressing < DEL > key after “POST” is

complete ( before OS is loaded ). BIOS will then display the following
message:

Press “DEL” to enter “SETUP”

4-3 About CMOS

• CMOS is the memory maintained by a battery. CMOS is used to

store the BIOS settings you have selected in BIOS Setup. CMOS
also maintains the internal clock. Every time you turn on your
computer, the BIOS Looks into CMOS for the settings you have
selected and configures your computer accordingly. If the battery
runs out of power, the CMOS data will be lost and POST will issue
a “CMOS invalid” or “CMOS checksum invalid” message. If this
happens, you have to replace the battery and do some proper settings in
BIOS Setup.

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test )

• POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test. This program will test all

things the BIOS does before the operating system is started. Each of
POST routines is assigned a POST code, a unique number which is
sent to I/O port 080h before the routine is executed.

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup

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4-5 To upgrade BIOS

• System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component.
Flash BIOS allows user to upgrade BIOS without the need to
replace an EPROM component.

• The Upgrade Utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette to execute
saving, verifying, and updating the system BIOS.
The Upgrade Utility can also be run from a hard disk drive or a network
drive.

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS

• It is highly recommended that you save a copy of the original

mainboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility
(AWDFLASH.EXE) to a bootable floppy disk so that you can reinstall
the BIOS when needed.

4-5.2 Upgrade Process

• Normally, to upgrade BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working fine

Users should only upgrade the BIOS when you experience incompatible
problems or need to create new features.

• “AWDFLASH.EXE” is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that up

dates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable
flash ROM on the mainboard. This program only works in DOS

environment, the utility can not be executed in win95/98, ME, NT
or WINDOWS 2000 environment.

• Please follow the steps below for upgrading the system BIOS:

Step 1. Please visit the board maker’s website, download latest BIOS file
and award flash utility “AWDFLASH.EXE”. The BIOS file format will be *.bin,
of which “ * ” stands for the specific BIOS file name.

Step 2. Create a bootable diskette. Then copy the BIOS file and award flash
utility “AWDFLASH.EXE” into the diskette.

Step 3. Insert the diskette into drive A, reboot your system and boot from
the diskette.

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The parameters of AWDFLASH.EXE

/sn: No original BIOS backup
/py: Program flash memory
/cc: Clear CMOS data (and update data automatically) after pro­ gramming

Users can type AWDFLASH /? to get further details about the parameters. Incorrect
usage of the parameter will damage the BIOS information, so we strongly
recommend user to leave parameters alone unless you fully understand their

Step 4. Type awdflash *.bin /sn/py/cc and then press <Enter> to run
BIOS upgrade program. (*.bin depends on your mainboard model and
version code. Instead of typing “*”, you should type specific file name for
your specific mainboard).

Step 5. Please press <F1> or <F10> to exit or reset your system.

Warning ! If the message “ Write Fail ” appears while Award “FLASH
MEMORY WRITER” is verifying Flash memory, just repeat the process. Please
DO NOT reset or turn off the system. If the award memory flash utility is not
able to update the BIOS successfully, your system may not be able to boot
up.

Step 6. You will need a message “CMOS checksum error-Default loaded”
during booting the system. Press <Del> to run CMOS setup utility, then reload
“LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” or “Load Optimized Defaults” and save this
change.

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Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen

Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen

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The parameters of AWDFLASH.EXE

/sn: No original BIOS backup
/py: Program flash memory
/cc: Clear CMOS data (and update data automatically) after pro­ gramming

NOTE: Users can type AWDFLASH /? to get further details about the

parameters. Incorrect usage of the parameter will damage the BIOS
information, so we strongly recommend user to leave parameters alone unless
you fully understand their function.

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4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility

• This Series of mainboards comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD

Software
Inc. Enter the CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu by:

1. Turn on or reboot your system. After a series of diagnostic checks, the
following message will appear:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

2. Press the <DEL> key and the main program screen will appear as follows.

3. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select an option, and press

<Enter>. Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in
your system.

4. You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing <ESC>.

5. In the Main Menu, “SAVE AND EXIT SETUP” saves your changes and

reboots the system, and “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” ignores your changes
and exits the program.

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility

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Standard CMOS Features¤

Advanced BIOS Features¤

Advanced Chipset Features¤

Integrated Peripherals¤

Power Management Setup¤

PnP/PCI Configurations¤

SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield

Esc¤: Quit
F10¤: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

: Select Item

¤

F9 : Menu in BIOS

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save and Exit Setup

Exit without Saving

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• Standard CMOS Setup records some basic system hardware configuration

and sets the system clock and error handling. You only need to modify the
configuration values of this option if you want to change your system hard­ ware configuration or when the data stored in the CMOS memory gets lost
or damaged.

Run the STANDARD CMOS SETUP as follows:

1. Choose “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen

with a list of options will appear:

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup

Date (mm:dd:yy) Wed, Aug 22 2001
Time (hh:mm:ss) 9 : 52 : 15

IDE Primary Master Press Enter 13022 MB
IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None
IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None
IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None

Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None

Video EGA/VGA
Halt On All, but Keyboard

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 65472K
Total Memory 66112K

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month, year and
century

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Standard CMOS Features

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to
your setup.

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Primary / Secondary

Master / Slave

This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI
hard disk drives installed in your system. Refer to
the respective documentation on how to install the
drives.

Time (hh:mm:ss) The time format is based on the 24-hour military-time

clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Press the
left or right arrow key to move to desired field. Press
the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or
type the desired value into the field.

Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the

other date information. This field is for information
only.
Press the left or right arrow key to move to the
desired field (date, month, year). Press the PgUp
or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the
desired value into the field.

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter

IDE Primary Master Auto
Access Mode Auto

Capacity 13022 MB

Cylinder 25232
Head 16
Precomp 0
Landing Zone 25231
Sector 63

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Base Memory Typically 640KB. Also called conventional memory.

The DOS operating system and conventional appli­cations use this area.

Extended Memory Above the 1MB boundary. Early IBM personal

computers could not use memory above 1MB, but
current PCs and their software can use extended
memory.

Total Memory This option shows system memory capacity.

Drive A / Drive B Select this field to the type(s) of floppy disk drive(s)

installed in your system. The choices are:
360KB, 5.25in;

1.2MB, 5.25in;
720KB, 3.5in;

1.44MB, 3.5in;

2.88MB, 3.5in;
None.

Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your

computer. The BIOS usually detects the correct video
type automatically. The BIOS supports a secondary
video subsystem, but you do not select it in setup.

Halt On During the power-on self-test (POST), the computer

stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error. You can
tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST
and continue the boot-up process.

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

VD-Tech II Enabled
Virus Warning Disabled
CPU L1 & L2 Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device  HDD-0
Third Boot Device CDROM
Boot Other Device Enabled
Swap Floppy Drive Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status On
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6
Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option Setup
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2
video BIOS Shadows Enabled
Small Logo (EPA) Show Disabled

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4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features

• ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES improves your system performance or

sets
up system features according to your preference.

Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as follows:

1. Choose “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear:

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2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

CPU L1 & L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much

faster than conventional DRAM (system memory).
CPUs from 486-type up contain internal cache
memory (L1), and most, but not all, modern PCs
have additional (external) cache memory (L2).
When the CPU requests data, the system transfers
the requested data from the main DRAM into cache
memory, for faster access by the CPU.

Virus Warning When enabled, you receive a warning message if a

program (specifically, a virus) attempts to write to
the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk
drive.
You should then run an antivirus program. Keep in
mind that this feature protects only the boot sector,
not the entire hard drive.

NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector

table can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a
program, we recommend that you disable the virus warning.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to
your setup.

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Boot Up NumLock

Status

Toggle between On or Off to control the state of
the NumLock key when the system boots. If On,
the numeric keypad is in numeric mode. If off, the
numeric keypad is in cursor control mode.

Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives

to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only
360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; drives with
270KB, 1.2MB, and 1.44MB capacity all have 80
tracks. Because very few modern PCs have 40-track
floppy drives, we recommend that you set this field
to disabled to save time.

Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be exchanging

without any physical connection and modification on the
cables.

Quick Power On Self

Test

Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to
run the power-on self-test (POST). A quick POST skips
certain steps. We recommend that you normally enable
quick POST.

First/Second/Third/

Other Boot Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from
the devices in the sequence selected in these items.
The choices: Floppy; LS/ZIP; HDD; SCSI; CDROM;
Disabled.

CPU L2 Cache ECC

Checking

When you select Enabled, it will speed up memory
checking when the external cache contains ECC
SRAMs.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

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Typematic Rate Setting When Disabled, the following two items (Typematic Rate

and Typematic Delay) are irrelevant. Keystroke repeats
at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your
system.
When Enabled, you can select a typematic rate and
typematic delay.

Typematic Rate (Chars

/ Sec)

When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can
select a typematic rate (the rate at which character
repeats when you hold down a key) of 6, 8, 10, 12,
15, 20, 24, or 30 characters per second.

Typematic Delay

(Msec)

Choices: 250; 500; 750; 1000. This option sets the
time interval for displaying the first and the second
characters. If enabled, the time interval is optional.

Security Option If you have set a password, select whether the

password is required every time the System
boots, or only when you enter setup.
The choices: system; setup.

OS Select For DRAM >

64MB

Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating
system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your
system.

Video BIOS Shadow Performance will be improved by copying Video

BIOS to Shadow RAM.

Small Logo(EPA) Show Enable this item to display the EPA logo

(Environmental Protection Association) on the boot
up screen.
Default: Disabled.

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• ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES is used to modify the values of chipset

buffers. These buffers control the system options.

Run the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES as follows:

1. Choose “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a
list of option will appear:

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features

DRAM Colck/Drive Control
AGP & P2P Bridge Control
CPU & PCI Bus Control
Memory Hole
System BIOS Cacheable
Video RAM Cacheable
Delay Prior to Thermal

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Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
16 Min

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the
user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to
your setup.

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* DRAM Clock The value represents the performance parameters

of the installed memory chips (DRAM). Do not
change the value from the factory setting unless you
install new memory that has a different performance
rating.

* DRAM Timing When this item Enabled, DRAM Timing is set by

SPD.
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) is located on the
memory modules, BIOS reads information coded in
SPD during system boot up.

* Current FSB / DRAM

Frequency

This item is to show the current FSB / SDRAM
Frequency.

DRAM CLOCK/DRIVE CONTROL

Current FSB Frequency
Current DRAM Frequency
DRAM Clock
DRAM Timing
SDRAM CAS Latency
Bank interleave
Precharge to Active(Trp)
Active to Precharge 6T
Active to CMD(Trcd) 3T
DRAM Burst Len 4
DRAM Command Rate 2T Command

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By SPD
By SPD
2
Disabled
3T

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s

configuration.

* DRAM Command

Rate

The choices: 1T Command; 2T Command.

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* AGP Driving Value This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force.

The choices: Min=0000 ~ Max=00FF.

* AGP Aperture Size Series of options are available: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128

or 256 MB. Memory mapped and graphics data
structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture. This
area is like a linear buffer. BIOS will automatically
report the starting address of this buffer to the O.S.
The default setting is 64MB.

* AGP Driving Control This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force.

Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the
next selection. This field is recommended to set in
Auto for avoiding any error in your system.
The choices: Manual; Auto.

* AGP Mode This item allows you to select AGP Mode.

The choices: 1x, 2x, 4x.

AGP & P2P BRIDGE CONTROL

AGP Aperture Size
AGP Mode
AGP Driving Control
AGP Driving Value
AGP Fast Write
AGP Master 1 WS Write
AGP Master 1 WS Read

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64M
2X
Auto
DA
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s

configuration.

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* AGP Fast Write This item will enable the AGP model into fast write

mode. If your graphics card does not support this
function, please do not enable this function.

* AGP Master 1 ws

read

Leave this field at default.

* AGP Master 1 ws

write

Leave this field at default.

* CPU to PCI Write

Buffer

When this field is Enabled, writes from the CPU to
the PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the
speed differences between the CPU and the PCI
bus. When Disabled, the writes are not buffered and
the CPU must wait until the write is complete before
starting another write cycle.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

CPU & PCI BUS CONTROL

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

CPU to PCI Write Buffer
PCI Master 0 WS Write
PCI Delay Transaction

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Enabled
Enabled
Enabled

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System BIOS

Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system
BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better
system performance.

Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory

(RAM) at A0000h-AFFFFh, resulting in better video
performance. However, check your AGP manual to
find out if any compatibility problem exists.

Memory Hole In order to improve performance, certain space in

memory is reserved for ISA cards. This memory must
be mapped into the memory space below 16MB.
The choices: 15M-16M; Disabled

* PCI Master 0 WS

Write

When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed
with zero wait states.
The choices: Enabled, Disabled

* PCI Delay Transac-

tion

Leave this field at default

Delay Prior to Thermal This item is to set the delay time before the function

of CPU Therm-Throttling is to be executed.
Choices: 4min; 8min; 16min (default); 32min

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• INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some informa-

tion inside your system when it is working.

Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as follows:

1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main Menu and a list

of options will appear:

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals

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VIA OnChip IDE Device
VIA OnChip PCI Device
SuperIO Device
Init Display First
OnChip USB Controller
USB keyboard Support
IDE HDD Block Mode

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Integrated Peripherals

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Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter
PCI Slot
All Enabled
Disabled
Enabled

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to
your setup.

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* On-Chip IDE channel

0/1

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with
support from two IDE channels. Select Enabled
to activate the first and/or the second IDE
interface. Select Disabled to inactivate an inter­face if you install a primary and/or second add­on IDE interface.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

VIA ONCHIP IDE DEVICE

* IDE Prefetch Mode The on-board IDE drive supports IDE perfecting for

faster drive accesses. If the IDE device doesn’t sup­port perfecting, set this field to Disabled.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

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OnChip IDE Channel0
OnChip IDE Channel1
IDE Prefetch Mode
Primary Master PIO
Primary Slave PIO
Secondary Master PIO
Secondary Slave PIO
Primary Master UDMA
Primary Slave UDMA
Secondary Master UDMA
Secondary Slave UDMA

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Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
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* Primary

Master / Slave UDMA

Secondary

Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA33/66/100 implementation is possible only
if your IDE hard drive supports it, if the operating
environment includes a DMA drive, and if your sys­tem software supports Ultra DMA33/66/100. Select
“Auto” to enable BIOS support.
The choices: Auto; Disabled.

VIA ONCHIP PCI DEVICE

* VIA-3058 AC’97

Audio

Select “Disabled” to use the on-chip audio capability of
your system. Most of the field do not appear when this
field is “Disabled”, for user who wants to use add-on sound
card, this item must be disabled.

* VIA-3068 MC97

Modem

This option allows you to decide to enable/disable
the Onchip Modem.
The choices: Auto; Disabled.

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s

configuration.

* Primary

Master / Slave PIO

Secondary

Master / Slave PIO

Choose Auto or Mode 0~4. The BIOS will detect the
HDD mode type automatically when you choose
Auto. You need to set to a lower mode than Auto
when your hard disk becomes unstable.
The choices: Auto; Mode 0; Mode 1; Mode 2; Mode
3; Mode 4.

VIA-3058 AC'97 Audio
VIA-3068 MC97 Modem

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VIA SUPER IO DEVICE

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s

configuration.

* Onboard FDC

Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive
controller (FDC) installing in the system board and
you want to use it. If you install add-in FDC or the
system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this
field.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

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Onboard FDC Controller
Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
UART Mode Select
UR2 Duplex Mode
Onboard Parallel Port
Parallel Port Mode
ECP Mode Use DMA
Game Port Address
Midi Port Address
Midi Port IRQ

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Enabled
Auto
Auto
Normal
Half
378/IRQ7
SPP
3
201
330
10

* Onboard Serial

Port 1 / Port 2

Select a logical COM port name and matching
address for the first and second serial ports.
Select an address and corresponding interrupt
for the first and second serial ports.

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* ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port.

* Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the on-board parallel

(printer) port. Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP
unless you are certain your hardware and software
both support one of the other available modes.

* Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel

port controller I/O address setting.
The choices: 378H/IRQ7; 278H/IRQ5; 3BC/IRQ7;
Disabled.

* UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half / full

duplex function.
The choices: Half; Full.

* MIDI Port IRQ This item allows you to select the MIDI Port IRQ.

The choices: 5, 10

* Game Port Address This item allows you to select the Game Port

Address.
The choices: Disabled, 201, 209

* MIDI Port Address Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use

during ECP mode.
The choices: Disabled, 330, 300

* UART Mode Select The second serial port on your system may offer

a variety of infrared port modes. Click here for a
description of various modes. (Click your
browser’s Back button, or your right mouse
button, to return to this page.)
The choices: Standard; HPSIR; ASKIR

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Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any

other display device on the system. Thus the AGP
display becomes the primary display.

OnChip USB Control-

ler

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal
Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB
peripherals.

IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple

commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE
hard drive supports block mode (most new drives
do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the
optimal number of block read/write per sector the
drive can support.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

USB Keyboard Sup-

port

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal
Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB
keyboard.

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• POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP allows you to set the system’s power

saving functions.

Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as follows:

1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the Main Menu and a

list of options will appear:

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the

<F> keys follows:
<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

4-6.6 Power Management Setup

ACPI Function

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Enabled

ACPI Suspend Type

IRQ/Event Activity Detect

Power Management Option
HDD Power Down

Suspend Mode
Video Off Option
Video Off Method

MODEM Use IRQ
Soft-Off by PWRBTN

PWRON After PWR-Fail

S1(POS)
User Define
Disabled
Disabled
Suspend->Off
V/H SYNC+Blank

3

Instant-Off

Off

Press Enter

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to
your setup.

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HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system

inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down
while all other devices remain active.

ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the ACPI suspend

type. You can select S3(STR) for suspending to
DRAM or S1(POS) for power on suspend under
Windows 98 ACPI mode.
The choices: S1(POS), S3(STR).

ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your computer’s operating

system supports the Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI) specification. Currently,
Windows NT 5.0 supports ACPI.

Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity, the

chipset enters a hardware suspend mode, stopping
the CPU clock and possibly causing other system
devices to enter power management modes.

Video Off Option When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter

to operate in a power saving mode.

Power Management

Option

This option allows you to select the type (or degree)
of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend
modes.
This table describes each power management
mode:

Max Saving

User Define

Min Saving

Maximum power savings. Only Available for SL CPUs.
Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.

Set each mode individually. Select time-out period in
the section for each mode stated below.

Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in
each mode (except the hard drive).

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MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to

the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the
selected IRQ always awakens the system.
The choices: 3; 4; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11; NA.

Soft-Off by PWRBTN When Enabled, turning the system off by pressing

the on/off button places the system in a very low­power-usage state.

All Modes --> Off

Suspend --> Off

Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.

Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend
mode.

Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or
Standby modes.

Always On

Video Off Method This determines the manner by which the monitor is

blanked.

V/H SYNC + Blank

DPMS Supports

Blank Screen

This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical
and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the
video buffer.

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

Select this option if you monitor supports the Display Power
Management Signaling (DPMS) standard of the Video Elect­ronics Standards to select video power management values.

State After Power

Failure

This field lets you determine the state that your PC
returns to after a power failure.
The choices: On, Off, Auto

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Item Help

Menu Level

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

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

OFF
LPT/COM
ON
OFF
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
0
0 0 0
Press Enter

VGA
LPT & COM
HDD & FDD
PCI Master
PowerOn by PCI Card
Modem Ring Resume
RTC Alarm Resume
Date (of Month)
Resume (hh:mm:ss)
IRQs Activity Monitoring

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IRQ/Event Activity Detect

IRQ/EVENT ACTIVITY DETECT

* VGA When Enabled, you can set the VGA awakens the

system

* LPT & COM When LPT & COM is ON, any activity from one of

the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes
up the system.

* HDD & FDD When HDD & FDD is ON, any activity from one of

the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the
system.

* PCI Master When PCI Master is ON, any activity from one of

the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the
system.

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s

configuration.

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* RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled, you can set the data and time at

which the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm awakens
the system from suspend mode.
The choices: Disabled (default); Enabled.

* Date (of Month) Set a certain date when RTC Alarm Resume

option is Enabled to awaken the system. This
option is concurrent with Resume Time option.

* Resume Time (hh:

mm:ss)

Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume
option is Enabled to awaken the system. This
option is concurrent with Date option.

* Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) Line

(in other words, an incoming call on the modem)
Awakens the system from a soft off state.

* PowerOn by PCI Card This item allows system wake up by PCI Device.

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IRQ Activity Monitor-

ing

The following is a list of IRQ’s (Interrupt Requests),
which can be exempted much as the COM ports
and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device wants
to gain the attention of the operating system, it sig­nals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the op­erating system is ready to respond to the request, it
interrupts itself and performs the service. When set
On, activity will neither prevent the system from go­ing into a power management mode nor awaken it.

Primary INTR
IRQ-3 (COM2)
IRQ-4 (COM1)
IRQ-5 (LPT2)
IRQ-6 (Floppy Disk)
IRQ-7 (LPT1)
IRQ-8 (RTC Alarm)
IRQ-9 (IRQ2 Redir)
IRQ-10 (Reserved)
IRQ-11 (Reserved)
IRQ-12 (PS/2 Mouse)
IRQ 13 (Coprocessor)
IRQ 14 (Hard Disk)
IRQ 15 (Reserved)

Item Help

Menu Level

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IRQ Activity Monitoring

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

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

ON
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled

* IRQ ACTIVITY MONITORING

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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• PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to modify the system’s power

saving functions.

Run the PNP/PCI Configuration as follows:

1. Choose “PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION” from the Main Menu and a screen

with a list of options will appear:

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the

<F> keys follows:
<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

4-6.7 PNP / PCI Configuration

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to
your setup.

PNP OS Installed
Reset Configuration Data

Resources Controlled By
IRQ Resources

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Assign IRQ For VGA
Assign IRQ For USB
PCI Latency Timer(Clk)

Item Help

Menu Level

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PnP/PCI Configurations

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

No
Disabled

Auto(ESCD)
Press Enter

Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
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Reset Configuration

Data

Normally, you leave this Disabled. Select Enabled
to reset Extended System Configuration Data
(ESCD), when you exit Setup if you have installed
a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has
caused such a serious conflict that the operating
system cannot boot.

Resource ControlledByThe Plug and Play Award BIOS can automatically

configure all the boot and Plug and Play-compat­ible devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt re­quest (IRQ) and DMA assignment fields disappear,
as the BIOS automatically assigns them.

NOTE: BIOS will automatically disable all PnP resources except the

boot device card when you select Yes on Non-PnP operating system.

PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is

Plug-and-Play aware (e.g., Windows95).

IRQ RESOURCES Press Enter. Please refer to the list below:

IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-15 assigned to PCI Device

Item Help

Menu Level

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

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PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA status,

and to modify the information delivered from the
feature Connector of the VGA card to MPEG card.
This option can solve the display inversion to black
after you have used MPEG card.

Assign IRQ for USB Select Enabled if you system has a USB controller

and you have one or more USB devices connected.
If you are not using your system’s USB controller,
select Disabled to free the IRQ resource.

Assign IRQ for VGA Select Enabled if you system has a VGA controller

and you have one or more VGA devices connected.
If you are not using your system’s VGA controller,
select Disabled to free the IRQ resource.

PCI Latency Timer(Clk) This item is to set the PCI Latency clock. Default is

“32”.
Choices: 0~255

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• This section helps you to get more information about your system including

CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltage. It is recommended that you contact
your mainboard supplier to get proper values about the setting of the CPU
temperature.

Run the “SMARTDOC ANTI-BURN SHIELD” as follows:

1. Choose “SMARTDOC ANTI-BURN SHIELD” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear:

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

Shutdown Temperature Disabled
CPU Vcore
DDR DIMM

3.3V
+5V
+12V

-12V

-5V
5VSB
Voltage Battery
Temperature 1
Temperature 2
Temperature 3
Fan 1 Speed
Fan 2 Speed

Item Help

Menu Level

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SmartDOC Anti-Burn shield

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

0
1

3

2

4
5
6
7

4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-burn Shield (PC Health status)

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to
your setup.

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Shutdown Tempera-

ture

This feature prevents your CPU from damage by
over heat. If the CPU’s temperature is higher than
“CPU warning temperature” that you select in this
field, the BIOS will shut down your system within 3
seconds.

FAN 1 Speed These fields display the current speed of the CPU

fan, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

System Temperature Shows current system temperature.

Voltage Shows power supply actual voltage value.

CPU Vcore Shows CPU core actual voltage value.

DDR DIMM Shows DDR DIMM actual voltage value.

CPU Temperature Shows current CPU temperature.

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Run the “FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL” as following:

1. Choose “FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL” from the Main Menu and

a screen with a list of options will appear:

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control

CPU Vcore Select
AGP Vcore Select
DIMM Vcore Select
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK
Spread Spectrum
CPU Clock
CPU Ratio

Default

1.5V

2.5V
Enabled
Disabled
100MHz
X 8

Item Help

Menu Level

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Frequency / Voltage Control

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

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick guide to
your setup.

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CPU Clock This items allows users to adjust CPU frequency.

CPU Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU ratio, if CPU

clock Ratio is locked, the function will have no effect.

Spread Spetrum When the system clock generator pulses, the ex-

treme values of the pulse generate excess EMI.
Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation
changes the extreme values from spikes to flat
curves, thus reducing EMI. This benefit may in some
cases be outweighed by problems with timing-criti­cal devices, such as a clock-sensitive SCSI device.

CPU Vcore

Select

This item allows you to adjust the CPU core Voltage.
Using higher CPU core Voltage may help CPU
overclocking but may shorten the life of your
processor. It is strongly recommended that you
leave this item at default.
Choices: 1.100V ~ 1.850V in 0.025 stepping.

Auto Detect

DIMM/PCI CLK

To reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic inter­ference (EMI), the BIOS detects the presence or
absence of components in DIMM and PCI slots and
turns off system clock generator pulses to empty
slots.

AGP Vcore

Select

This item allows you to adjust the AGP core Volt­age so as to match with the higher voltage need
(such as CPU overclocking), when the default 1.
5V is considered not enough.
Choices: 1.5V ~ 1.8V in 0.1V stepping.

DIMM Vcore

Select

This item allows you to adjust the DIMM core Volt­age so as to match with the higher voltage need (
such as CPU overclocking ), when the default 2.5V
is considered not enough.
Choices: 2.5V ~ 2.8V in 0.1v stepping.

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• When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog

box with a message similar to:

“ Load Optimized Defaults (Y / N) ? N ”

“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.
Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS Optimized default values to restore the BIOS

to its original status.

4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults

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Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configuration

SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield

Esc : Quit
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

: Select Item

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save and Exit Setup

Exit without Saving

F9 : Menu in BIOS

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) Y

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4-6.12 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD

• These two options allow you to set your system passwords. Normally, the

supervisor has a higher priority to change the CMOS setup option than
the users. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and
Users are as follows:

1. Choose “Change Password” in the Main Menu and press <Enter>. Then

following message appears:

“Enter Password : “

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password up to 8 characters

and press <Enter>. (The screen does not display the entered characters.)

3. After you enter the password, the following message appears prompting

you to confirm the password:

“Confirm Password : “

4. Enter the same password “exactly” the same as you have just typed to

confirm the password and press <Enter>.

5. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the password.

6. If you need to delete the password entered before, choose the Supervi-

sor Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password that you
have entered before.

NOTE: If you forget or lose the password, the only way to access the

system is to clear the CMOS RAM. All setup informations will be lost
and you need to run the BIOS setup program again.

7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option you have just
configured; otherwise the old password will still be there the next time

you turn your system on.

8. Press <Enter> to exit to the Main Menu.

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4-6.13 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

• SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have speci-

fied into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and
the following message appears:

“SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ? Y “

“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.
Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes.

4-6.14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

• EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility with-

out saving the modifications that you have specified. Highlight this option
on the Main Menu and the following message appears:

“Quit Without Saving (Y/N) ? N “

“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.
You may change the prompt to “Y” and press <Enter> key to leave this
option .

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MEMO

MEMO

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Chapter 5 RAID Controller

5-0 Before Creating Disk Array
5-1 Creating your Disk Array
5-2 Using FASTBUILDTM Configuration Utility
5-3 Installing FAST TRAK100-LITE Driver

The following topics and Appendices are included in
this chapter:

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USB1

COM1

COM2

MIC

LINE¤

OUT

LINE¤

IN

DIM 3

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

SCR1

CNR

Li

Battery

FLASH BIOS

FAN3

1 3

FAN4

AGP 4X

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

VT8753

VT8233

1

CD_IN1

NJP1

SPK RST

SMI

HDD/LED IR PWR

1

30

WOL1

1 3

1

16

USB3USB2

1

16

ZD1

CN2

RT2

RT1

J4 ATX12V

1 2
3 4

CN3 Aux ATX

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4

JBAT1

1

¤

mPGA478B

Promise¤

RAID

1 3

JP12

IDE3

IDE4

1 3

1 3

JP11

AC'97
Codec

AC'97
Codec

SUS LED

PWR LED

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

PS/2 K/B

Mouse

(on top)

PS/2

(underside)

1

1

1 3

1 3

1 3

JP15 JP16 JP18

USB0

(on top)

(underside)

DIM 1

DIM 2

VIA

P4X266

VIA

4

5-0 Before Creating Disk Array:

(1) Please locate the Promise RAID Controller on your mainboard to make
sure that you are using the right board.
(2) Locate the RAID Controller Select Jumper JP12 on board, and make
sure this Jumper is set at Pin 1-2 closed for enabling IDE RAID controller.
Please refer to the following Setup illustration of JP12 on board:

On-Board RAID Controller

Jp12

RAID Controller Select

Enabled

Disabled

1

1-2

closed

1

2-3

closed

(default)

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5-1.1 Creating An Array For Performance

FastTrak100-Lite allows users to create striped arrays with 1 or 2
drives.

To create your disk array, you have to open the FastBuild Utility, which
should have already been built in your system BIOS through the Promise
Controller. You can create two types of array with the help of FastBuild
Utility.
(1) An array for Performance in Striping type with 1 or 2 drives (or called
RAID 0).
(2) An array for Data Security in Mirroring type with 2 drives treated as one
disk array (or called RAID 1).

2. Press <Ctrl-F> keys to display the FastBuild (tm) Utility Main Menu.

5-1 Creating Your Disk Array

1. Boot your system with FastTrak100-Lite Controller enabled by JP12
and your hard drive(s) connected to IDE3/IDE4. Suppose this is
the first time to create a Disk Array. The Promise BIOS on board with
FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result
as below:

WARNING :

WARNING :

To create a Security array using an existing hard drive,
backup any necessary data. Failure to follow this could result in data
loss.

FastTrak100-Lite (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

No array is defined...

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility
Or press <ESC> key to continue booting the system.

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4. Using Spacebar, choose “Performance” under “Optimize Array for “
section.

5. Select how you will use your PC under the Typical Application usage
section The choices are A/V Editing, Server, and Desktop (the default).

6. Press <Ctrl-Y> keys to save and create the array.

7. Reboot your system.

8. Once the array has been created on new drive(s), you would need to
FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive.

9. Also proceed to “Installing Drivers” section of this Chapter (see Section
5-3) for system and FastTrak100 Driver setup.

3. Press “1” to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the fastest and
easiest method to create your first array.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Optimize Array for: Performance
Typical Application usage: Desktop

[Array Setup Configuration]

Mode ............................................... Stripe

Spare Drive .............................................0

Drives used in Array ................................1

Array Disk Capacity .........................38166

[Keys Available]

[] Up [] Down [,, Space] Change Option

[ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

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5-1.2 Creating A Security (Mirror) Array With New Drives

FastTrak100-Lite on board permits only two drives to be used for a
single Mirroring array with FastBuild Utility.

2. Press <Ctrl-F> keys to display the FastBuild (tm) Utility Main Menu.

FastTrak100-Lite (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

No array is defined...

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility
Or press <ESC> key to continue booting the system.

3. Press “1” to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the fastest and
easiest method to create your first array.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Optimize Array for: Performance
Typical Application usage: Desktop

[Array Setup Configuration]

Mode ............................................... Stripe

Spare Drive .............................................0

Drives used in Array ................................1

Array Disk Capacity .........................38166

[Keys Available]

[] Up [] Down [,, Space] Change Option

[ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

1. Boot your system with FastTrak100-Lite Controller enabled by JP12
and your hard drive(s) connected to IDE3/IDE4. Suppose this is
the first time to create a Disk Array. The Promise BIOS on board with
FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result
as below:

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4. Using the Spacebar, choose “Security” under the “Optimize Array
for ” section.

5. Press <Ctrl-Y> keys to save and create the array.

6. The window below will appear:

7. Press “N” for the Create Only option.

8. A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security
array has been created. Press any key to reboot the system.

Array has been created.

<Press Any key to Reboot>

Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to anther? (Yes/No)

Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only

9. Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just
installed a new hard drive.

10. Once the arrayed drives have been formatted, proceed to Section 5-3
“Installing Driver” to install your operating system and FastTrak100­ Lite driver.

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5-1.3 Creating Security Array With Existing Data Drive

FastTrak100-Lite on board permits only two drives to be used for a
single Mirroring (Security) array with FastBuild Utility.

Checkpoints before creating a Security Array:

(1) You may use a drive that is containing data or a bootable O/S.
Then you will need another new drive of identical or larger
storage capacity.
(2) Backup any necessary data before proceeding. Failure to follow
this accepted PC practice could result in data loss.
(3) If you wish to include your current bootable drive holding Window
NT 4.x or Windows 2000 O/S as part of a bootable Mirroring
(RAID 1) array on your FastTrak100-Lite controller , you SHOULD
first install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software to this drive
while it is still attached to your system hard drive controller (e.g.
IDE1/IDE2). For all other Operating Systems except Win NT4.0
and 2000, you can proceed with your hard driver(s) connected
to IDE3/DIE4.

2. Press <Ctrl-F> keys to display the FastBuild (tm) Utility Main Menu.

1. Boot your system with FastTrak100-Lite Controller enabled by JP12
and your hard drive(s) connected to IDE3/IDE4. Suppose this is
the first time to create a Disk Array. The Promise BIOS on board with
FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result
as below:

FastTrak100-Lite (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

No array is defined...

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility
Or press <ESC> key to continue booting the system.

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4. Using the Spacebar, choose “Security” under the Optimize Array for
section.

5. Press <Ctrl-Y> keys to Save your selection. The window below will appear:

Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to anther? (Yes/No)

Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only

3. Press “1” to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the fastest and
easiest method to create your first array.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Optimize Array for: Performance
Typical Application usage: Desktop

[Array Setup Configuration]

Mode ............................................... Stripe

Spare Drive .............................................0

Drives used in Array ................................1

Array Disk Capacity .........................38166

[Keys Available]

[] Up [] Down [,, Space] Change Option

[ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save