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Contents
Chapter 1 Specification ............................................. 8
1-1 B9A-FGR Layout......................................................................9
1-2 Chipset System Block Diagram........................................... 10
1-3 Mainboard Specification Table ............................................11
1-4 Mainboard Specifications .................................................... 12
1-4.1 CPU ................................................................................................12
1-4.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 12
1-4.3 Memory ......................................................................................... 12
1-4.4 BIOS............................................................................................... 12
1-4.5 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) interface ..........................13
1-4.6 Multi-I/O Functions ....................................................................13
1-4.7 SATA and SATA RAID Interface ..............................................13
1-4.8 Advanced System Power Management .................................... 14
1-4.9 CMI8768 8-channel Audio controller on board ....................14
1-4.10 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 14
1-4.11 IEEE 1394 Interface..................................................................14
1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on board...................................15
1-4.13 Front Panel Connector .............................................................15
1-4.14 Form Factor................................................................................ 15
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup..................................... 16
2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 754 ....................................... 17
2-2 Socket 754 Athlon 64 Fan Installation............................... 18
2-3 Memory Installation ............................................................. 20
2-3.1 How to tackle the memory Modules: ....................................... 20
2-3.2 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 20
2-4 ATX Power Supply Installation .......................................... 21
2-5 AGP Slot Installation ............................................................ 21
2-6 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 22
2-7 Floppy Drive Connector Installation ................................. 23
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2-8 Serial ATA Connectors Installation .................................... 24
2-9 Jumper Setting ....................................................................... 25
2.9.0 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 26
2-9.1 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 27
2-9.2 JKB1 + J2 : USB Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up ...................... 27
2-10 Other Connectors Configuration...................................... 28
2-10.1 Onboard FAN Connectors ....................................................... 28
2-10.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers ............................................29
2-10.3 Chassis Panel Connectors ........................................................30
2-10.4 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard ............................................. 30
2-10.5 CD-ROM Audio Connectors.................................................... 31
2-10.6 JAUD1: External Audio Out Connector ..............................31
2-10.7 LAN Connector .......................................................................... 32
2-10.8 System Buzzer: J19 ...................................................................32
2-10.9 Front Panel Connectors............................................................33
2-10.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header ................................................. 34
2-10.11 Printer Port: LPT1 .................................................................. 35
Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 36
3-1 To Open up the Support CD ................................................ 37
3-2 To Install “nVIDIA nForce3 All-in-1 Driver” .................. 38
3-3 DirectX 9 Installation ........................................................... 40
3-4 To Install CMI8768 Audio Driver....................................... 41
3-4.1 Installation ................................................................................... 41
3-4.2 To verify 6/8-channel Audio on Volume Control.................... 43
3-5 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 45
3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 45
3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 46
3-6 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000/XP ............. 47
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................. 48
4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 49
4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 49
4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 49
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4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 49
4-5 To Upgrade BIOS .................................................................. 50
4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS ............................................................. 50
4-5.2 Upgrade Process........................................................................... 50
4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 54
4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility ....................................................................54
4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ...............................................................56
4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 58
4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 61
4-6.4.1 DRAM Configuration .............................................................. 61
4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 63
4-6.5.1 IDE Function Setup .................................................................. 64
4-6.6 Power Management Setup ......................................................... 68
4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration ............................................................ 70
4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield....................................................... 72
4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................ 73
4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults .........................................................74
4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD............................. 74
4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP.............................................................. 75
4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ......................................................75
Chapter 5 nVIDIA RAID Setup ............................. 76
5-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 77
5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 77
5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 77
5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by nForce3 250Gb...................77
5-1. SATA / IDE connectors on B9A-FGR ............................... 78
5-2. Enable RAID function in the BIOS................................... 78
5-3. About the NVRAID BIOS ................................................... 79
5-4. Configure the RAID Setup.................................................. 80
5-5. Finish the RAID Setup ........................................................ 81
5-6 Install nVIDIA RAID Driver for Windows 2000/XP ....... 83
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Chapter 1 Specification
Introduction
This mainboard features an integration of the powerful AMD Athlon
64 CPU and the single chip nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb, with which the
whole system performance supports HyperTransport Bus up to 800MHz.
nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb supports on-board AMD Athlon 64 processor
to implement HyperTransport 800MHz, the AGP 8X/4X interface, PCI
interface, IEEE 802.3 nVIDIA MAC, the LPC Super I/O, the USB 2.0
interface, ATA 133/100/66 data transfer rate, and Serial ATA RAID
interface. This chapter is to introduce to users every advanced function of this high performance integration.
Topics included in this chapter are:
1-1 Mainboard Layout
1-2 Mainboard Specifications**
1-3 Mainboard Specification Table
1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram
** If any difference is found between this manual and the Mainboard you are using, please look up the ERRATA/UPDATE Slip
enclosed inside for the correction or updated information, or
else contact the Mainboard Dealer or visit our Web Site for the
latest manual update.
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1-1 B9A-FGR Layout
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1-2 Chipset System Block Diagram
4 IDE
Devices
2 SATA ports
8 USB
Ports
CICADA
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RJ45 10/100/1000 base-T LAN
PATA RAID
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SATA RAID
USB Bus V2.0
nVIDIA MAC
Gigabit Ethernet
Socket 754
AMD Athlon64
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AGP 8X/4X
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1-3 Mainboard Specification Table
SL-B9A-FGR Specifications and Features
CPU
System chipset
BIOS
Memory
AGP interface
I/O Chip
VGA
Audio
IDE Interface
PCI Slots
I/O Connectors
IEEE 1394
Interface
Networking
SATA RAID
Interface
Socket 754 for AMD Athlon 64 CPUs
nVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb
Award BIOS
DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM, up to 2GB in 2 DDR
DIMM slots
AGP 8X/4X mode only; 1 AGP Slot on board
Winbond W83627HF
Not integrated
Single Chip C-Media CMI8768 on board supporting
8 channel output
2 ATA 133/100/66 IDE/IDE RAID Connector
1 PCI Master slot on board
8 USB V2.0, 1 FDD port, 2 COM port, 1 LPT
(optional), 1 IrDA, 1 PS/2 K/B, 1 PS/2 Mouse, 2
1394a ports
VIA VT6307 IEEE1394 Controller on board
supporting 2 IEEE1394 ports.
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T LAN;
1xRJ45 on board
2 Serial ATA connectors supporting 2 SATA Hard
Disks for SATA/SATA RAID setup
Other Common
Features
USB Keyboard/ Mouse Wake up; STR supported
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1-4 Mainboard Specifications
1-4.1 CPU
CPU Socket 754 on board, supporting AMD Athlon 64 processors, implementing up to 800MHz Hyper Transport Speed (System Bus) designed
to be capable of operating up to 1600MT/s with a resulting bandwidth
of up to 6.4 Gbytes/s and integrated Memory Controller which supports
up to DDR SDRAM at 200MHz
1-4.2 System Chipsets
Media and Communication Processor nVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb:
• HyperTranspot 800MHz to the AMD Athlon 64 processor
• AGP 3.0 8X interface at 533 MT/s (million transfers per second)
• PCI 2.3 interface
• Integrated SATA controllers supporting SATA and SATA RAID interface
• IEEE 802.3 nVIDIA MAC for Gigabit Ethernet through CICADA
CIS8201 controller
• USB 2.0 interface supporting up to eight ports
• Dual Fast ATA-133 IDE controllers
1-4.3 Memory
2 DDR DIMM 184-pin slots on board :
• Supporting unregistered, non-ECC DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM up to
2GB
• Supporting installation of mixed volumes yet same type of DDR
SDRAM modules
• SPD (Serial Presence Detect) Scheme for DIMM Detection supported
1-4.4 BIOS
Flash Memory for easy upgrade, Year 2000 compliant, and supporting
various hardware configuration during booting system (See Chapter 4
BIOS Setup):
• Standard CMOS Features (Times, Date, Hard Disk Type etc,)
• Advanced BIOS Features (Virus Protection, Boot Sequence etc.)
• Advanced Chipset Features (AT Clock, DRAM Timing etc.)
• Power Management Features (Sleep timer, Suspend Timer etc.)
• PNP/PCI Configurations (IRQ Settings, Latency Timers etc.)
• Integrated Peripherals (Onboard I/O, IRQ, DMA Assign. etc.)
• SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield (CPU/System Temp., Fan speed etc.)
• CPU Ratio/Voltage Control (Voltage of CPU, DIMM, AGP etc.)
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1-4.5 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) interface
AGP Controller is embedded on board, supporting:
• 1.5V (8x/4x) power mode
• 8X 66MHz AD and SBA signaling; AGP pipelined split-transaction
longburst transfers up to 2GB/sec.
• One AGP Slot on board, AGP v3.0 compliant
1-4.6 Multi-I/O Functions
• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:
-- 2 ATA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices
• Dedicated IR Functions:
-- 1x5 IR connector dedicated to IR function with Infrared-IrDA (HPSIR)
and ASK (Amplitude Shift Keyed) IR
• Multi-mode parallel data transfer:
-- Standard mode, high speed mode ECP and enhanced mode EPP
• Floppy Drive Connector:
-- 1 FDD connector supporting 2 floppy drives with drive swap support
• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:
-- USB V2.0 compliant, 480 MB/s USB Bus, in Windows 2000 / XP.
-- 4 built-in USB connectors and 2 more USB pin-headers which require 2
additional USB cables to provide 4 more USB ports
• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse
• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):
-- 2 complete serial ports on board
1-4.7 SATA and SATA RAID Interface
SATA and SATA RAID Interface supported by nVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb:
• Supporting 2 Serial ATA connectors for 2 Serial ATA Hard Disks with
150Mb/s transfer rate
• Supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD configuration
• Serial ATA / Serial ATA RAID Drivers enclosed in Support CD/Floppy
Diskette for user’s installation
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1-4.8 Advanced System Power Management
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface incorporated in BIOS for
reducing power consumption :
• PowerNow! compliant
• ACPI V2.0 compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
• PCI PM 1.1 specifications
• Thermal event detection (alarm)
• Power On Suspend (POS) or ACPI S1 support
• Suspend to RAM (STR) or ACPI S3 support
• Suspend to Disk (STD) or ACPI S4/S5 support
1-4.9 CMI8768 8-channel Audio controller on board
Single chip C-Media CMI8768 audio controller on board:
• Supporting 8-channel output capability with the newest Dolby
Digital EX and DTS ES DVD audio format
• Full-duplex 8CH DAC & 2CH ADC with high quility
• Sensaura CRL3D HRTF 3D positional sound enhancement
• Support most industry standards of PC 3D sound for gaming, including EAX 2.0, DirectSound 3D HW/SW and A3D 1.0
• C-Media Xear 3D 7.1 Virtual Speaker SHIFTER technology
1-4.10 Hardware Monitor on board
• Hardware Monitor supported by LPC I/O Winbond W83627HF, providing monitoring functions on hardware voltage, temperatures and
fan speeds.
• Utility Software Soltek Hardware Monitor for displaying monitor status is enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.
1-4.11 IEEE 1394 Interface
The IEEE 1394 Controller, VIA VT6307 chipset on board, providing enhanced PC connectivity for a wide range of devices, including consumer
audio/video components, storage periperals, and other portable devices.
• PCI-bus based open host controller, compliant with IEEE 1394A-2000
standard for high performance serial bus
• Supporting two fully compliant ports with Plug and Play-compatible
expansion interface. The IEEE 1394 controller provides up to 400MB/
sec transfer rate to fulfill various requirments of any multimedia
devices.
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1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on board
Gigabit Ethernet Controller CICADA CIS8201 on board:
• Supporting 10/100/1000Mb data transfer
• Supporting Wake On LAN function through the on-board RJ45 LAN
Connector
• LAN Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.
1-4.13 Front Panel Connector
• 1 S/PDIF out Port
• 1 Earphone & 1 MIC IN Port
• 2 USB 2.0/1.1 Ports
• 1 IEEE1394a Ports
1-4.14 Form Factor
• Micro-ATX Form Factor, ATX Power Supply
• Mainboard size: 180mm x 270mm
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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup
To Get Things Ready for 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 CPU Installation with Socket 754 ....................................... 17
2-2 Socket 754 Athlon 64 Fan Installation............................... 18
2-3 Memory Installation ............................................................. 20
2-3.1 How to tackle the memory Modules: ....................................... 20
2-3.2 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 20
2-4 ATX Power Supply Installation .......................................... 21
2-5 AGP Slot Installation ............................................................ 21
2-6 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 22
2-7 Floppy Drive Connector Installation ................................. 23
2-8 Serial ATA Connectors Installation .................................... 24
2-9 Jumper Setting ....................................................................... 25
2.9.0 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 26
2-9.1 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 27
2-9.2 JKB1 + J2 : USB Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up ...................... 27
2-10 Other Connectors Configuration
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2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 754
This series is built with CPU Socket 754 supporting the AMD CPUs
Athlon 64:
• Follow the steps described in this section to install CPU into the onboard Socket 754.
• After installation of CPU, you must also install a proper cooling fan
on top of the CPU and connect the Fan cable to the CPU fan
connector.
Pin 1
1. First pull sideways the lever of
Socket 754, and then turn it up
0
so as to raise the upper layer
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platform.
Socket 754
2. Configure Pin 1 of CPU to Pin 1
of the Socket, just as the way
shown in the diagram on the
right. Adjust the position of CPU
until you can feel all CPU pins
get into the pin holes of the
socket.
3. Make sure that all CPU pins have
completely entered the socket
and then lower down the lever
to lock up CPU to socket.
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2-2 Socket 754 Athlon 64 Fan Installation
When setting up Socket 754 cooling fan on B9A-FGR, the Heat Glue
should first be applied to the Heat Sink. Then locate the Fan Latch with
a Lever to the Back Panel side.
1. Note that the Socket 754 Cooling
Fan is equipped with two metal
latches.
Metal Latch with Lever.Metal Latch
without Lever.
3. Insert 754 CPU into Socket 754
before settling down cooling Fan.
2. Turn over the Fan to the Heat Sink
side. Tear away the protective
plastic foil and then apply Heat
Glue to Heat Sink.
The Heat Glue can help
disperse heat much better.
4. Settle down 754 cooling fan with
the Lever side facing the Back
Panel side.
Back Panel
The 754 Fan Base
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5. Fix the Metal Latch without Lever to Fan Base.
6. Fix the Metal Latch with Lever to Fan Base.
7. Now pull over the Metal Lever to other side and press it down so as
to lock the cooling Fan to the socket base.
Finally connect the Fan Power connector to the onboard CPU Fan
connector.
Pull over the Metal Lever to
lock the fan to Fan Base.
CPU Fan Connector
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2-3 Memory Installation
2-3.1 How to tackle 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 mainboard and the memory module.
• Pay attention to the orientation of the DIMM slots. Forcing a DIMM
into a slot improperly will damage the memory module and slot itself.
• Make sure you have the right type of memory module for your
mainboard.
2-3.2 To Install DDR SDRAM Module
• This mainboard supports up to 2GB unbuffered DDR 400/333/266/
200 SDRAM, with 2 DDR DIMM slots on board. Do not insert other
type of modules into these slots.
• DDR DIMM slot has 184-pins and one notch. Insert a DDR SDRAM
vertically into the 184-pin slot with the notch-to-rib matching. 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 slot.
If any one of the latches has not turned up completely, you should
unplug the module and press it down a bit more firmly.
184-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions
DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position
(2.5V Voltage Key)DDR Notch
DDR Rib
Module Latch
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PCI 1
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2-4 ATX Power Supply Installation
To set up Power Supply on this mainboard:
Both main Power Connector and the +12V Power Connector should all
be connected to a V2.03 ATX Power Supply so as to boot system with
sufficient power.
+12V Power Connector
+12V
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GND
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2-5 AGP Slot Installation
The AGP slot on board supports 1.5V AGP 8X/4X card only. A Rib is
specifically added to the 8X/4X slot so as to match the AGP 8X/4X card.
To insert a 3.3V AGP 2X card into the AGP 4X slot will damage the
system chip and burn the 1.5V circuitry.
An AGP 8X card will support a data transfer rate up to 2GB/sec., while
an AGP 4X card will provide 1GB/sec transfer rate.
AGP Accelerator
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2-6 IDE Connector Installation
IDE1 and IDE2 are 2 IDE connectors supporting 4 IDE devices for up to
133MB/s data transfer. IDE1 and IDE2 are also supported by nForce3
to support IDE RAID system setup with 4 IDE hard disks.
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4 IDE hard disks to set up
IDE RAID system.
Hard Disk Drive Connector
Orient the red line on the
IDE Flat Cable to Pin1.
Pin 1 (to Red Line)
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80-conductor IDE Cable
(for 2 IDE devices)
This kind of cable is dedicated for Minibarebone system because the ribbon is
bundled up and will not block the air
flow in the barebone cabinet.
Gray connector
(To slave device)
Red line
Black connector
Blue connector
(To Mainboard)(To Master Device)
80-conductor IDE Cable
(dedicated for 1 IDE device)
This kind of cable is dedicated for Minibarebone system because the ribbon is
bundled up and will not block the air
flow in the barebone cabinet.
Bundle Strap
80-conductor
IDE cable
Blue connector
(To Mainboard)
Red line
Black connector
(To Master Device)
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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup
2-7 Floppy Drive Connector Installation
To install FDC, you should connect the end of FDC cable with single
connector to the board, and connect the other end with two connectors
to the floppy drives.
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Pin 1 (to Red Line)
SATA1
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HDD IR
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nVIDIA
nFORCE3
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USB3
USB4
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J2
IDE1
DDR 400/333/266/200 MHz
DIMM2
+12V Power
Fan1
Main Power
DIMM1
34-pin FDC cable
(Dedicated for Barebone)
This kind of cable is dedicated for Mini-barebone
system because the ribbon can be bundled up and
will not block the air flow in the barebone cabinet.
A dedicated cable with 2nd connector for 2nd floppy
drive is an optional item in the Mini-barebone
System.
Signal Swap End
Red line
To 1st Floppy Drive
To mainboard
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SL-B9A-FGR
2-8 Serial ATA Connectors Installation
The Serial ATA is designed to improve the Parallel ATA with the capability of Hot Plug and offer a data bandwidth of 150Mbytes/second. It also
reduce voltage and pin count and can be implemented with thin cables
which improve the inner ventilaton of PC cases.
2 Serial ATA connectors are built on board, supported by nVidia nForce3
chipset for 2 SATA hard disks to set up RAID system.
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DIMM1
+12V Power
DIMM2
Main Power
Fan1
2 SATA connectors for 2
SATA hard disks to set up
RAID system.
SATA2
SATA Connectors
SATA1
Serial ATA Hard Disk
Serial ATA Cable
To Power Supply
SATA Power Connectors
Serial ATA Power Cable
(optional)
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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup
2-9 Jumper Setting
The following diagram show the location and setting of jumper block on
the mainboard.
JBAT1:
Clear CMOS
1-2 closed
1
(default)
To hold data
1
2-3 closed
To clear CMOS
USB Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up
JKB1 + J2 :
1
1
1-2 closed (default)
Disabled
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J2
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SL-B9A-FGR
2.9.0 How to tackle the Jumpers:
123
A 3-pin Jumper
If a pin-header (of 2 or more pins) is
designed in such a way that its pins
can be closed or linked together to
set up a specific function,
is called a jumper in this manual.
this header
A 2-pin
Jumper
Cap
The conductor inside the cap
links two header-pins together.
• A Jumper is usually but not necessarily given a “JpX” legend.
• In the Jumper setting diagram, the jumper pins covered with
black marks stand for closed pins with jumper cap.
1 13313
Jp X
Jumper with
Pin 2-3 closed
Jumper with
all pins opened
Jumper with
Pin 1-2 closed
• Do not remove any jumper cap when power is on. Always
make sure the power is off before changing any jumper settings.
Otherwise, the mainboard will be damaged.
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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup
2-9.1 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, restore the JBAT1 setting to Pin1-2 closed.
4. CMOS data are restored to default now. Remember never clear
CMOS when system power is on.
JBAT1:
Clear CMOS
1-2 closed
1
(default)
To hold data
1
2-3 closed
To clear CMOS
2-9.2 JKB1 + J2 : USB Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up
JKB1 is designed on board as a
jumper to enable/disable the USB
keyboard/mouse Wake Up from suspend mode.
J2
J2
JKB1 + J2 :
1
1-2 closed (default)
Disabled
JKB1
1
JKB1
2-3 closed
Enabled
USB Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up
1
1
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SL-B9A-FGR
2-10 Other Connectors Configuration
This section lists out all connectors configurations for users’ reference.
2-10.1 Onboard FAN Connectors
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USB4
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IDE2
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Please populate the cooling fans as illustrated above.
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GND
GND
DDR 400/333/266/200 MHz
DIMM2
+12V Power
Fan1
Main Power
FD1
DIMM1
Sensor Conn.
No Sensor
Fan2: CPU Fan Connector
CPU sensor, Speed Control
FAN3:
No-sensor Fan Connector
FAN1:System Fan Connector
System sensor, Speed Control
Void
FAN2: FAN2 should be connected to CPU cooling FAN only for CPU
temperature detection and CPU Fan speed control.
FAN1: FAN1 should be connected to System cooling Fan for system
temperature detection and system Fan speed control.
FAN3 is a non-sensor Fan connector, not supporting speed control.
Wrong application will cause mal-functioning of the fan connectors.
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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup
2-10.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers
This mainboard provides 4 USB ports on board supporting various
USB devices. In addition, 2 USB pin-header are added on board to
provide expansion of four more optional USB ports by using two additional USB Cables.
When plugging the USB cable to USB Header, users must make sure
the red wire is connected to Pin 1.
All 8 USB ports are compliant with 1.0 / 2.0 USB Bus. USB 2.0 sup-
ports Windows 2000 and above. Please see Chapter 3 for USB2.0
Installation.
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JBAT1
PWR
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USB4
Battery
1
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Fan3
USB3/4
USB3
1
SATA1
nVIDIA
nFORCE3
1
250 Gb
DDR 400/333/266/200 MHz
DIMM1
DIMM2
IDE2
IDE1
+12V Power
Fan1
Main Power
Connect USB Pin-header 3/4
to Front panel USB connectors
First USB Port Wiring for Front USB
Red White
+5V
USB Header
D1-
Green
D1+
black
GND
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Pin Assignment
1
D2-
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Red
White
D2+
Green
GND
black
Second USB Port Wiring for Front USB
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2-10.3 Chassis Panel Connectors
A.
B.
C.
F. G. H. I. J.
A : PS/2 Mouse
B : COM1 Port
C : LAN Port RJ45 (Top)
D : IEEE1394 Connector
E : Center/ Subwoofer Speaker Out
F : PS/2 Keyboard
G : COM2 Port
2-10.4 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard
D.
E.
K.
L.
M.
H : USB 0 (middle)
USB 1 (underside)
I : USB 2 (middle)
USB 3 (underside)
J : Rear Speaker Out
K : Line In
L : Side Speaker Out
M : Front Speaker Out
PS/2 Mouse Connector
6 Void
4 VCC
2 Void
6 Void
4 VCC
2 Void
PS/2 Keyboard Connector
(green, on top)
5 Mouse Clock
3 GND
1 Mouse Data
5 Keyboard Clock
3 GND
1 Keyboard Data
(purple, underside)
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PCI 1
DIMM2
IDE1
IDE2
VT6307S
AGP 8X/4X
Main Power
CMI 8768
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Battery
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2-10.5 CD-ROM Audio Connectors
CDIN1 is an audio connector connecting CD-ROM audio to mainboard.
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JBAT1
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Pin 1
Pin 2
Pin 3
Pin 4
Pin Signal
Left Channel
GND
GND
Right Channel
2-10.6 JAUD1: External Audio Out Connector
External Audio Out Connector supports Front Panel S/PDIF Output,
Front Panel Mic-In and Front Panel Line-out.
This External Audio-out Connector requires an S/PDIF Audio Cable to
connect itself to Front Panel Audio Connectors.
Audio-out Pin Assignment
1
Pin 1 Reserved
11
Pin 3 GND
Pin 5 +5V
Pin 7 MIC IN
Pin 9 LINE IN R
Pin11 LINE IN L
2
12
Pin 2 GND
Pin 4 +5V
Pin 6 SPDIF OUT
Pin 8 +5VA
Pin10 GNDA
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2-10.7 LAN Connector
One RJ45 connector is on board for LAN connection, supporting GiGabit
Ethernet 10/100/1000Mb data transfer.
Red/Orange LED blinks to indicate
that data transmission is undergoing
in 1000 Base T mode.
Yellow LED “On” to indicate
Network hub is in connection
with the system.
Green LED blinks to indicate
that data transmission is
undergoing in 10/100 Base T
mode.
2-10.8 System Buzzer: J19
A buzzer J19 is designed on board for
sending a beep at starting system as well
as warning of CPU temperature
problems.
J19: System Buzzer
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2-10.9 Front Panel Connectors
This Front Panel Connector consists of the following connectors for
various front panel supports. When you have fixed the mainboard to
the case, join the connectors of this Front Panel Connector to the case
Front Panel.
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IRRX
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PWRBT
(1)Power Switch
PWRBT#
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PCI 1
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2-10.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header
1 IEEE1394a Portis built on board for Digital Video Cameras and other
devices with 1394a interface. Another IEEE 1394a Pin-header is built
on board providing one more 1394a channel on the front Panel.
IEEE 1394a Port
J1
Pin Assignment
Pin 1 BPWR(+12V)
Pin 2 GND
Pin 3 TPB(0/1/2)Pin 4 TPB(0/1/2)+
Pin 5 TPA (0/1/2)Pin 6 TPA (0/1/2)+
16
IEEE1394 Cable (optional)
To Barebone-system
Front Panel 1394
connector
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2-10.11 Printer Port: LPT1
LPT1 is a parallel printer port.
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Pin Assignment
Pin 1 STROBE#
Pin 2 LPTDD0
Pin 3 LPTDD1
Pin 4 LPTDD2
Pin 5 LPTDD3
Pin 6 LPTDD4
Pin 7 LPTDD5
Pin 8 LPTDD6
Pin 9 LPTDD7
Pin 10 ACK#
Pin 11 BUSY
Pin 12 PE
Pin 13 SLCT
Pin 14 AUTOFD#
Pin 15 ERROR#
Pin 16 INITA#
Pin 17 SLCTIN#
Pin 18 GND
Pin 19 GND
Pin 20 GND
Pin 21 GND
Pin 22 GND
Pin 23 GND
Pin 24 GND
Pin 25 GND
Pin 26 Key
13
26
1
14
To Printer Connector
on board
Printer Cable (optional)
To Printer
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Chapter 3 Software Setup
Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation
• Support CD:
This series of mainboards will 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.
This chapter is devoted to describing the installations of all these essential drivers and utilities on Windows 9X, Windows ME, Windows
2000 and Windows XP. And installation on Windows XP as the general
illustration example hereby.
The priority of drivers to be installed should also be noted. Users are
recommended to take the following installation orders :
3-1 To Open up the Support CD ................................................ 37
3-2 To Install “nVIDIA nForce3 All-in-1 Driver” .................. 38
3-3 DirectX 9 Installation ........................................................... 40
3-4 To Install CMI8768 Audio Driver....................................... 41
3-4.1 Installation ................................................................................... 41
3-4.2 To verify 6/8-channel Audio on Volume Control.................... 43
3-5 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 45
3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 45
3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 46
3-6 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000/XP ............. 47
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3-1 To Open up the Support CD
1. Please put the Support CD enclosed in your mainboard package into
the CD-ROM drive. In a few seconds, the Main Menu will automatically appear, displaying the contents to be installed for this series:
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)
3. Drivers will be updated from time to time in our web site. If you are
installing a newer driver than the one illustrated in this chapter, please
be aware that the illustration pictures might be different.
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3-2 To Install “nVIDIA nForce3 All-in-1 Driver”
1. Before opening the Support CD, please update Windows 2000 or
Windows XP with the latest Service Pack. Otherwise, the installation
of USB2.0 driver will not take effect. Following the procedures of
opening the Support CD, click to “ Install nVIDIA nForce3 All-in-1
Driver” to proceed.
2. When the screen of “nVIDIA
Windows nForce Drivers”
appears, please press
“Next” button to continue.
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3.The nVIDIA InstallShield
Wizard will pop up to guide
you to set up nForce3
Drivers. Click “Next” to
begin installing the driver.
4. A dialog window appears to
ask if the IDE SW Driver
should be installed, click
“Next” to continue.
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4. Select “Yes” to install
nVIDIA IDE SW driver.
9. After all the setup processes
are finished, please restart
your computer by clicking on
“Finish” so as to take the
Utility into effect.
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3-3 DirectX 9 Installation
Following the installation of nFORCE3 All in 1 Driver, you have to restart system so that your system can be reconfigured with the driver
just installed. When thr restarting procedures finish, please open the
Support CD with your CD-ROM to enter the Main Installation Menu.
Then click to “Install DirectX9”.
1. When the screen of “Installing
Microsoft DirectX ” appears, please
select “ I accept the agreement” and
press “Next” button to continue.
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2.Click “Next” to start DirectX 9.0
Runtime Installation.
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3. After all the setup procedures have
completed, click to “Finish” button to
exit the Installation program and restart your system.
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3-4 To Install CMI8768 Audio Driver
Single chip C-Media CMI8768 audio controller on board, supporting up
to 8 channel audio output for PC multimedia systems. CMI8768 Audio
Driver is provided in Support CD for user’s installation.
3-4.1 Installation
1. Following the procedures of
opening the Support CD, click
to “ Audio Driver” to proceed.
Then an introduction screen
appears and press “Next”
button to continue.
2. Instantly, the “C-Media 3D
Audio Setup Program”screen
appears to guide you through
the “CMI8768 Audio Driver“
Setup, please press “Next”
button to continue.
3. On ”Destination Folder” screen,
press “Next” to continue.
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4. On ”Program Folder” screen,
press “Next” to continue.
5. Press “Next” to continue.
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6. After the setup process is
finished, please check the
radial button “Yes, I want to
restart my computer now.” And
click “OK” to restart your
system.
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3-4.2 To verify 6/8-channel Audio on Volume Control
After installation of CMI8768 Audio Driver, you must configure the 5.1
(7.1) Speaker connection to enable the 6/8-channel audio.
1. Connect your on-board Audio Connector to your 6/8-channel speakers
as depicted in the figure below:
Center/ Subwoofer
Speaker Out
To Side Speaker Out
To Front Speaker OutTo Rear Speaker Out
2. After Connection is done, start your Windows and double click the
“Xear 3D” icon in the taskbar to enter volume configuration:
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4. Instantly, the “C-Media PCI 3D Audio Configuration” screen will pop
out. Select 6 Speakers or 8 Speakers at the Main Setting and then
click ‘’OK’’ to finish configuration.
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3-5 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility
3-5.1 Installation
Hardware Monitor is built on this mainboard. Its installation is pro-
grammed to a fully automated mode on Windows 9X/Me/2000/XP.
Users can follow the model installation below for its installation on
various Windows System.
1.Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “
Hardware Monitor Utility” to proceed.
2. The Soltek Hardware
Monitor InstallShield
Wizard will pop up to guide
you to the Intel Service pack
installation. Press “Next”
button to continue.
3. The InstallShield Wizard
screen will show the current
setting, please click the
“Install” button to continue.
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4. After all the setup process
is finished, click “Finish” to
exit the Wizard.
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3-5.2 Verification
1. After installing Soltek Hardware
Monitor, double click “SoltekHM”
icon on the desktop to open the main
window of the Soltek Hardware
Doctor.
2.Then the pop-up screen will show all information about CPU
Temperature, Fan Speed and various Voltages.
Showing the Fan Speed(s) that
Showing the temperature(s), the
function of which is supported by
the mainboard.
is supported by the mainboard.
Click on “Soltek” button to
display the function menu.
Showing the Voltage(s) that is
supported by the mainboard.
Status Warning LED
*Note: Not all items or functions showing in the above picture will
show up. Only those items or functions that are supported
by the mainboard will reveal themselves in the above
screen.
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3-6 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000/XP
USB V2.0 with its 480Mb/s transfer rate supports operating system
Windows 2000 and Windows XP via the Windows 2000 and Windows
XP Service Pack. Users should install the latest Service Pack for Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
1. After installation of nVIDIA nFORCE3 All-in-1 Driver in Windows 2000
or Windows XP, start to install the latest Service Pack version into
the operating system. The installation of the latest Service Pack will
support USB2.0 in Windows 2000 or Windows XP now.(The latest
Service Pack can be found in Microsoft Web Site.)
2. To verify USB2.0 installation, please enter “Device Manager” of “My
Computer”. On the “Device Manager” screen, you should be able to
see the item “Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller”,
verifying USB2.0 Driver is installed successfully.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup
THE BIOS
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 RunTime Service.
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
Attention: The BIOS Setup is subject to constant update without further
notice to users. It is necessary for users to update the onboard BIOS
by the latest BIOS version provided in our web site: www.soltek.com.tw
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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.
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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 Windows 95/98, ME, NT, WINDOWS
2000 or Windows XP environment.
• Please follow the steps below for upgrading the system BIOS:
Step 1. Please visit the board maker’s website, download the zip file
which contains the latest BIOS file and Award Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.
EXE”. After unzipping, 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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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.
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 users
to leave parameters alone unless you fully understand their
function.
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BIOS Update Illustration:
(1) Executing the “awdflash.exe pt880.bin” in DOS system, Award Flash
Memory Writer Start Screen appears: To input BIOS file name.
AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8.24F
(C)Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved
For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003
File Name to Program : PT880.BIN
Message: Input the (BIOS) file name
(2) Press Y if you want to back up your old BIOS. Otherwise, press N to go
on without saving.
AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8.24F
(C)Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved
For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003
File Name to Program : PT880.BIN
Message: Do You Want To Save BIOS (Y/N)
(3) Press Y to write the latest BIOS into system.
AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8.24F
(C)Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved
For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003
File Name to Program : PT880.BIN
Message: Press “Y” to Program or “N” to Exit
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(4) Updating is in progress. Do not turn off power at this moment.
AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8.24F
(C)Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved
For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003
Flash Type - SST 39SF020 /5V
File Name to Program : pt880.bin
Writing Flash Memory - 0FE00 OK
Write OK No Update Write Fail
Warning: Don’t Turn Off Power Or Reset System !
(5) When the process is complete, remove the Floppy Diskette and press
F1 to restart the system to put the new BIOS into effect.
AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8.24F
(C)Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved
For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003
Flash Type - SST 39SF020 /5V
File Name to Program : pt880.bin
Flashing Complete
Remove Floppy Diskette & Hit <F1> to Continue
Write OK No Update Write Fail
F1 Reset
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4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility
Warning and Tips: If changing CMOS Configuration causes difficulty in
rebooting system, you can take the following measures:
1. At pressing the power button to reboot, press the “Insert” key at the
same time. As soon as the screen displays the booting message,
release the “Insert” key and press “Delete” key to enter CMOS Setup
Utility . Then choose the “Load Optimized (Optimal) Defaults” menu
to restore the default values for a new start. Or,
2. Open your machine cabinet and clear CMOS with jumper setting.
Please refer to the Jumper Setting Section of this User manual.
4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility
1. Power on your system.
2. At the initial screen, enter CMOS Setup Utility by pressing < Del >
key before POST(Power on Self Test) is complete and the main program screen will appear as follows.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Standard CMOS Features
Advanced BIOS Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Integrated Peripherals
Power Management Setup
PnP/PCI Configurations
SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield
Esc: Quit : Select Item
F10: Save & Exit Setup
Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...
Frequency/Voltage Control
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
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3. When one main item of the Main Menu is chosen and clicked on, its
submenu will appear to display the related items and options. On the
other hand, a list of operation guide will appear at the end of the
submenu as below:
:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
(1) 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.
(2) Press <Enter> to select item or option.
(3) +/- /PU/PD: To adjust or select value.
(4) F10: Save configuration.
(5) Esc: Press <Esc> key to get out of the menu on screen.
(6) F1: Press F1 to display General Help List.
(7) F5: Press F5 to restore the Previous Value.
(8) F6: Press F6 to load the Fail-Safe default values.
(9) F7: Press F7 to load the Optimized Default Values.
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.
Attention: The BIOS Setup is subject to constant update without further
notice to users. It is necessary for users to update the onboard BIOS
by the latest BIOS version provided in our web site: www.soltek.com.tw
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4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup
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 hardware configuration or when the data stored in
the CMOS memory gets lost or damaged.
Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows:
Choose “Standard CMOS Setup” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Standard CMOS Features
Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Dec 14 2003
Time (hh:mm:ss) 9 : 41 : 11
IDE Channel 0 Master WDC WD400BB-00DEA0
IDE Channel 0 Slave None
IDE Channel 1 Master None
IDE Channel 1 Slave None
IDE Channel 2 Master None
IDE Channel 3 Master None
Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None
Video EGA/VGA
Halt On All Errors
Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 261120K
Total Memory 262144K
:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level
Change the day,
month, year and
century
Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the
other date information. This field is for information
only.
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.
Channel 0-3
Master / Slave
This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI
hard disk drives installed in your system.
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Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter
IDE Primary Master Auto
Access Mode Auto
Capacity 40022MB
Cylinder 19158
Head 16
Precomp 0
Landing Zone 19157
Sector 255
:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
IDE Primary Master
Item Help
Menu Level
To auto-detect the
HDD’s size, head...
on this channel
Drive A / Drive B Select this field to the type(s) of floppy disk drive(s)
installed in your system. The choices are:
360KB, 5.25 in.
1.2MB, 5.25 in.
720KB, 3.5 in.
1.44MB, 3.5 in.
2.88MB, 3.5 in.
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.
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.
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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:
Choose “Advanced BIOS Features” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Advanced BIOS Features
Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter
Virus Warning Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
Hyper Threading Technology 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 Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status On
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
x Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6
x Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option Setup
APIC Mode Enabled
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level
Allows you to choose
the VIRUS warning
feature for IDE Hard
Disk boot sector
protection. If this
functions is enabled
and someone attempt
to write data into this
area, BIOS will show a
warning message on
screen and alarm beep
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Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to decide the priority of Bootable
Hard Disks. Press enter to get into the submenu to
choose the prior bootable Hard Disk.
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.
CPU Internal & Exter-
nal Cache
Hyper Threading
Technology
Quick Power On Self
Test
First/Second/Third/
Boot Other Device
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.
If a P4 CPU with Hyper Threading technology is installed on board, this item will appear and allow you
to enable/disable the function. If not, this item will
not appear.
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.
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from
the devices in the sequence selected in these items.
Choices: Floppy; LS/ZIP; HDD; SCSI; CDROM;
USB; LAN; Disabled
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Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be ex-
changing without any physical connection and modification on the cables.
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.
Boot Up NumLock
Status
Typematic Rate Setting When Disabled, the following two items (Typematic
Typematic Rate (Chars
Typematic Delay
(Msec)
Security Option
APIC Mode Allows you to enable/disable APIC mode.
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.
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.
When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can
/ Sec)
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.
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.
If you have set a password, select whether the
password is required every time the System
boots, or only when you enter setup.
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.
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4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features
Choose “Advanced Chipset Features” from the Main Menu and a list of
option will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Advanced Chipset Features
DRAM Clock/Drive Control Press Enter
CPU OverClock in MHz 200
AGP OverClock in MHz 66
AGP Aperture Size (MB) 64MB
AGP 3.0 Speed Auto
x AGP 2.0 Speed Auto
AGP Fast Write Auto
AGP Sideband Address Auto
HT Frequency 4x
Special I/O for PCI Card Disabled
x Base I/O Address 0000
x I/O Length 1 Byte
System BIOS Cacheable Enabled
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level
4-6.4.1 DRAM Configuration
Choose “DRAM Configuration” in “Advanced Chipset Features” and
press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for DRAM Control
configuration:
Max MemClock (Mhz) 200
CAS# Latency 2,5
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) Auto
Min RAS# active time (tRAS) Auto
Row precharge Time (tRP) Auto
Max MemClock (Mhz) This item allows you to set the DRAM Clock if “DRAM
CAS# Latency
RAS# to CAS# delay
(tRCD)
DRAM Configuration
Item Help
Menu Level
Timing Setting by” is set to Manual.
Choices: 100MHz; 133MHz; 166MHz; 200MHz
With “DRAM Timing Setting by” setting to Manual,
you can select the SDRAM CAS# (Column Address
Strode) latency manually.
Choices: Auto; 2.0; 2.5; 3.0
This value appears when “DRAM Timing Setting by”
is set at “Manual”. Choices: Auto; 2~7 Bus Clocks
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Min RAS# active time
(tRAS)
Precharge to Active
CPU Over Clock in
AGP Over Clock in
AGP Aperture Size Series of options are available: 32, 64, 128, 256 or
AGP 3.0 Speed
X AGP 2.0 Speed
AGP Fast Write This item will enable the AGP model into fast write
AGP Sideband
Address
HT Frequency Allows you to set the ratio of HyperTransport.
Special I/O for PCI
This value appears when “DRAM Timing Setting by”
is set at “Manual”. Choices: Auto; 5~15 Bus Clocks
This value appears when “DRAM Timing Setting by”
(Trp)
is set at “Manual”. Choices: Auto; 2~6 Bus Clocks
Allows you to set CPU clock manually
MHz
Choices; 200~250MHz
Allows you to set AGP clock manually
MHz
Choices; 66~100MHz
512MB. 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.
This item allows you to select AGP 3.0 Speed for
AGP 8X card.
Choices: Auto; 4x; 4x8x
This item allows you to select AGP 2.0 Speed for
AGP 4X card.
Choices: Auto; 1x; 1x2x; 1x2x4x
mode.
This item will enable/disable AGP Sideband Address
Choices: 1X; 2X; 3X; 4X; 5X
This item allows you to enable/disable the particu-
Card
lar I/O address for PCI cards.
X Base I/O Address This item allows you to set the desired I/O address
for PCI cards.
Choices: Min=0000 ~ Max=FFFF
X I/O Length This item allows you to set the I/O length.
Choices: 1 Byte; 4 Bytes; 8 Bytes; 16 Bytes; 32
Bytes; 64 Bytes; 128 Bytes; 256 Bytes
System BIOS
Cacheable
Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system
BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better
system performance.
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4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals
Integrated Peripherals option allows you to get some information inside
your system when it is working.
Run the Integrated Peripherals as follows:
Choose “Integrated peripherals” from the Main Menu and a list of options
will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Integrated Peripherals
IDE Function Setup Press Enter
OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled
Secondary Master PIO Auto
Secondary Slave PIO Auto
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled
Init Display First AGP
OnChip USB V1.1+V2.0
USB KB/Storage Support Disabled
USB Mouse Support Disabled
Serial-ATA (internal PHY) Enabled
MAC Lan (nVIDIA) Auto
IDE DMA transfer access Enabled
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY
x KB Power ON Password Enter
x Hot Key Power ON Ctrl-F1
Onboard FDC Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto
Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto
UART Mode Select Normal
x RxD , TxD Active Hi,Lo
x IR Transmission Delay Enabled
x UR2 Duplex Mode Half
x Use IR Pins IR-Rx2Tx2
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode SPP
x EPP Mode Select EPP 1.9
x ECP Mode Use DMA 3
PWRON After PWR-Fail Off
Item Help
: 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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4-6.5.1 IDE Function Setup
Choose “IDE Function Setup” in “Integrated Peripherals” and press
<Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for RAID device
configuration:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
IDE Function Setup
IDE RAID Disabled
x IDE Channel0 Master RAID Disabled
x IDE Channel0 Slave RAID Disabled
x IDE Channel1 Master RAID Disabled
x IDE Channel1 Slave RAID Disabled
x SATA Primary Master RAID Disabled
x SATA Secondary Master RAID Disabled
IDE RAID This item allows you to enable/disable onboard
RAID function.
Item Help
IDE Channel 0/1
Master/Slave RAID
SATA
Primary/Secondary
Master/Slave RAID
On-Chip IDE Channel
0/1
Primary
Master / Slave PIO
Secondary
Master / Slave PIO
If IDE RAID is enabled, users can choose which
IDE device to enable RAID function. nForce3 250
Gb supports RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 funciton.
If IDE RAID is enabled, users can choose which
SATA device to enable RAID function. nForce3
250 Gb supports RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 funciton.
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.
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.
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Primary
Master / Slave UDMA
Secondary
Master / Slave UDMA
IDE Prefetch Mode The on-board IDE drive supports IDE prefetching
Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any
OnChip USB Allows you to enable/disable the Onchip USB
USB Keyboard/Storage
Support
USB Mouse
Support
Serial-ATA (Internal
Ultra DMA33/66/100/133 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 DMA33/66/100/133.
Select “Auto” to enable BIOS support.
for faster drive accesses. If the IDE device doesn’t
support prefetching, set this field to Disabled.
other display device on the system. Thus the AGP
display becomes the primary display.
Choices: PCI Slot; AGP
controller.
Choices: Disabled; V1.1+V2.0; V1.1
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal
Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB
keyboard.
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal
Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB
mouse.
Allows you to enable/disable onboard SATA / SATA
PHY)
RAID function.
MAC Lan(nVIDIA) Allows you to enable/disable onboard LAN function.
IDE DMA transfer
access
IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple
POWER ON Function Allows you to set the way to boot up the system.
This item is to improved the whole system performance with DMA mode of IDE devices
enabled.
commands, or multiple sector read/write.Select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number
of block read/write per sector the drive can support.
Choices: Password; Hot KEY; Mouse Left; Mouse
Right; Any KEY; BUTTON ONLY; Keyboard 98
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KB Power On Pass-
Hot Key Power ON Allows you to set the hot key to boot up the system.
Onboard FDC
Controller
Onboard Serial
Port 1 / Port 2
UART Mode Select The serial port 2 on your system may offer a va-
If Keyboard Power-on function is set at “Password”,
word
this item shows up to allow you to type a password
for the power-On function.
Choices: N/A; Password
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.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled
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.
Choices: Disabled; Auto;
3F8/IRQ4; 2F8/IRQ3;
3E8/IRQ4; 2E8/IRQ3
riety of infrared port modes. Click here for a description of various modes.
The choices: Normal(default); IrDA; ASKIR
RxD , TxD Active The option controls the speed between receiving and
transmitting of IrDA or ASKIR when using.
Choices: Hi,Hi; Hi,Lo; Lo,Hi; Lo,Lo
IR Transmission Delay When UART Mode is selected in IrDA or ASKIR
mode, it allows you to enable / disable IR Transmission Delay.
UR2 Duplex Mode This options controls the operating mode between
receiving and transmitting of IrDA or ASKIR. The
operating mode will be synchronous bi-directional
transmission and reception when Full mode is
selected. Nevertheless, the operating mode will be
asynchronous bi-directional transmission and reception when Half mode is selected.
Choices: Half; Full
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Use IR Pins When UART Mode is selected in IrDA or ASKIR
mode, this item allows you to select the IR Pins
signal selection.
The choices: IR-Rx2Tx2; RxD2, TxD2
Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel
port controller I/O address setting.
The choices: 378H/IRQ7(default); 278H/IRQ5; 3BC/
IRQ7; Disabled
Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the on-board parallel
(printer) port. Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP
unless you are sure your hardware and software
both support one of the other available modes.
Choices: SPP(default); EPP; ECP; ECP+EPP; Nor mal
EPP Mode Select Select EPP Mode when you choose EPP or
ECP+EPP mode in the Parallel Port Mode.
Choices: EPP1.7; EPP1.9
ECP mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port when you choose
ECP or ECP+EPP mode for the Parallel Port Mode.
Choices: 1; 3
PWRON After PWR-
Fail
This item is to set the mode to power on when power
resumes after power fails.
Choices: Off(default) ; On; Former-Sts
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4-6.6 Power Management Setup
Power Management Setup allows you to set the system’s power saving
functions.
Run the Power Management Setup as follows:
Choose “Power Management Setup” from the Main Menu and a list of
options will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
ACPI function Enabled
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
Power Management User Define
Video Off Method DPMS Support
HDD Power Down Disabled
HDD Down In Suspend Disabled
Soft-off by PBTN Instant-off
WOL(PME#) From Soft-off Disabled
WOR(RI#) From Soft-off Disabled
USB Device Wake Up Disabled
Power-On by Alarm Disabled
x Day of Month Alarm 0
x Time(hh:mm:ss) of Alarm 0 : 0 : 0
AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet control Auto
Item Help
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
ACPI Function Select Enabled(default) only if your computer’s op-
erating system supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification.
Currently, Windows 98SE/ME, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP supports ACPI.
ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the ACPI Suspend
type. You can select S3(STR)(Optional) for Suspending To RAM if your system supports this mode. Or
you can select S1(POS) for Power On Suspend
under ACPI mode.
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Power Management This option allows you to select the type (or degree)
of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend
modes. Choices:
User Define: To set the Suspend mode time by user.
Max Saving: Maximum power savings. Inactivity
period is 1 minute in each mode.
Min Saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode (except the hard drive).
Video Off Method
HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system
HDD Down In Suspend Allows you to enable / disable(default) to power down
Soft-Off by PBTN When Enabled, turning the system off by pressing
WOL(PME#) From
Soft-Off
This determines the manner by which the monitor is
blanked.
V/H SYNC+Blank: To turn off the vertical and horizontal snchronization ports and write blanks to the
video buffer.
Blank Screen: To write blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS Support: Select this option if your monitor
supports the Display Power Management Singaling
(DPMS) standard of the Video Electronics Standards
to select video power management values.
inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down
while all other devices remain active.
Choices: Disabled; 1~7 Min. in 1 min. stepping
HDD when suspend.
the on/off button places the system in a very low-
power-usage state.
Choices: Delay 4 Sec.; Instant-off
Allows you to enable / disable(default) the Wake
on Lan(PME#) function.
WOR(RI#) From Soft-
Off
Allows you to enable / disable(default) the Wake
on Ring Signal function.
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.
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USB Device Wake Up
Allows you to enable / disable USB Device Wake
Up function.
Power-On by Alarm
Allows you to enable / disable(default) the PowerOn by Alarm function.
Day of Month Alarm If Resume On Power-On by Alarm is enabled, this
field allows you to set the Alarm Day of Month.
Day Choices: 00 ~ 31
Time of Alarm (Hour /
Minute / Second)
If Resume On Power-On by Alarm is enabled, this
field allows you to set the Alarm Hour, Minute and
Second.
Hour Choices: 00 ~ 23
Minute Choices: 00 ~ 59
Second Choices: 00 ~ 59
AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet
control
This function intends to low down CPU temperature and save the power.
4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration
PnP/PCI Configuration allows you to modify the system’s power saving
functions.
Run the PnP/PCI Configuration as follows:
Choose “PnP/PCI Configuration” from the Main Menu and a screen with
a list of options will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
PnP PCI Configurations
Reset Configuration Data Disabled
Resources Controlled by Auto(ESCD)
x IRQ Resources Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
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Reset Configuration
Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configu-
Data
ration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have
installed a new add-on and the system
reconfiguration has caused such a serious confilict
that the OS 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(default), all the interrupt
request (IRQ) and DMA assignment fields will not
appear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them. If
you select Manual, the IRQ Resources item will ap-
pear for your configuration (see below).
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
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 a MPEG card.
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4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield
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.
Choose “SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield
CPU Temperature 62˚C/143˚F
System Temperature 46˚C/144˚F
CPU Fan Speed 1130 RPM
System Fan Speed 0 RPM
Vcore 1.45V
VDimm 2.57V
12V 11.64V
VCC 5.21V
5VSB 5.08V
VBAT 3.26V
CPU Target Temperature 60˚C/140˚F
CPU Temp Tolerance Value 5
System Target Temperature 40˚C/104˚F
System Temp Tolerance Valu 5
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
CPU Temperature Shows current CPU temperature.
Item Help
System Temperature Shows current system temperature.
CPU/System Fan
Speed
These fields display the current speed of the CPU /
System fan.
VcoreA Shows actual CPU core actual voltage value.
VDimm, 12V, VCC,
+5VSB, VBAT
CPU/System Target
Temperature
Shows actual voltage value of all these default volt-
age value on board.
Allows user to set target CPU temperature so that
the system will increase FAN speed accordingly.
System: disabled; 40˚C/104˚F; 35˚C/95˚F; 30˚C/
86˚F;
CPU: disabled; 60˚C/140˚F; 55˚C/131˚F; 50˚C/122˚F
CPU/System Temp
Tolerance Value
Allows user to set the CPU/System temperature tol-
erance value.
Choices: Min: 1; Max: 5
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4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control
Run the “Frequency/Voltage Control” as following:
Choose “Frequency/Voltage Control” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Frequency/Voltage Control
CPU Ratio StartUp
CPU Voltage Select Default
AGP Voltage Select 1.5V
DIMM Voltage Select 2.6V
VDD Voltage Select 1.6V
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
CPU Ratio If CPU onboard is one with an adjustable or un-
locked CPU ratio, this item allows you user to ad-
just the CPU Ratio. If your CPU is one with the
CPU Ratio locked, this item will be invalid.
CPU Voltage
Select
Allows you to configure the CPU Voltage. Usually,
to raise CPU voltage will raise the chance of CPU
overclocking and yet risk damage of CPU.
Choices: Default; 0.800V ~1.550V in 0.025V step-
ping
AGP Voltage
Select
DIMM Voltage
Select
VDD Voltage
Select
Allows you to configure the AGP Voltage.
Choices: 1.5V; 1.6V; 1.7V; 1.8V
Allows you to configure the DIMM Voltage.
Choices: 2.6V; 2.7V; 2.8V
Allows you to configure the VDD Voltage.
Choices: 1.6V; 1.7V; 1.8V; 1.9V
Item Help
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4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults
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 ”
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Standard CMOS Features
Advanced BIOS Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Integrated Peripherals
Power management Setup
PnP/PCI Configurations
SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield
Esc: Quit : Select Item
F10: Save & Exit Setup
Load Optimized Defaults [Y/N] Y
Change CPU Clock & Voltage
Frequency/Voltage Control
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Passward
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
“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.
4-6.11 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.)
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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 Supervisor Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password
that you have entered before.
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.
NOTE: If you forget or lose the password, the only way to access
the system is to clear the CMOS RAM. All setup information will
be lost and you need to run the BIOS setup program again.
4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP
SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have
specified 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.
4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility
without 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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Chapter 5 nVIDIA RAID Setup
nVIDIA RAID Controller nForce3 250Gb & RAID Driver
nVIDIA RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) Controller
nForce3 250Gb is built in this series of mainboards to provide RAID
configuration of RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD modes. RAID
Drivers are enclosed in a Driver CD as well as a Floppy diskette to
support various RAID systems (Windows 2000/XP) setup.
This Chapter is to introduce the SATA RAID / SATA +
PATA RAID Configurations :
5-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 81
5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 81
5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 81
5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by nForce3 250Gb...................81
5-1. SATA / IDE connectors on B9A-FGR ............................... 82
5-2. Enable RAID function in the BIOS................................... 82
5-3. About the NVRAID BIOS ................................................... 83
5-4. Configure the RAID Setup.................................................. 84
5-5. Finish the RAID Setup ........................................................ 85
5-6 Install nVIDIA RAID Driver for Windows 2000/XP ....... 87
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5-0 About Disk Array
5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation
A “Disk Array” is formed from a group of 2 or more disk drives with the
RAID (Redundent Array of Independent Disks) technology. The aim of
a Disk Array is to provide better perfornance and/or data fault tolerance.
5-0-2 Disk Array Member
The individual disk drive in an array is called a “member”. Each member
of a specific disk array is coded in their “reserved sector” with
configuration information that identifies the drive as a member. All disk
members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical
drive to the system.
5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by nForce3 250Gb
nForce3 250Gb on this mainboard supports four types of Disk Arrays:
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD modes.
1. RAID 0 (or Striping mode):
RAID 0 is a group of 2 to 4 Disk Drives configured together with
RAID technology to provide better data transfer performance than a
single drive since the workload is balanced between the array
members. Reads and Writes of RAID 0 data are interleaved between
multiple drives. When any disk member fails, it affects the entire array.
The disk array size is equal to the number of drive members times
the smallest member capacity. For example, one 1GB and three 1.
2GB drives will form a 4GB (4x1GB) disk array.
2. RAID 1 (or Mirroring mode):
RAID 1 is a group of 2 Disk Drives configured together with RAID
Technology to provide the fault tolerance function. Writes duplicate
data on to RAID 1 while reads are performed in parallel. If one of the
mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure (e.g. spindle failure) or
does not respond , the remaining drive will continue to function. This
is called Fault Tolerance.
The drive capacity of RAID 1 is half the total drive capacity of two
equal-size drive.
3. RAID 0+1 (Mirror/Stripe):
RAID 0+1 is formed by a RAID 0 member mirrored to another RAID
member to establish a RAID 0+1 Array. RAID 0+1 requires at least 4
disk drives to set up the RAID 0+1 configuration.
4. JBOD (Spanning):
JBOD stands for “just a Bunch of Disks”. JBOD combines odd size
drives into a single big drive. However, it will decrease performance
because of the difficulty in using drives concurrently.
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5-2. Enable RAID function in the BIOS
1. Start the system, press < Delete > key to enter BIOS Setup. Choose
“Integrated Peripherals” and select “IDE function Setup”, then press
enter. The IDE function Setup windows appears.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
IDE Function Setup
IDE RAID Enabled
x IDE Channel0 Master RAID Enabled
x IDE Channel0 Slave RAID Enabled
x IDE Channel1 Master RAID Enabled
x IDE Channel1 Slave RAID Enabled
x SATA Primary Master RAID Enabled
x SATA Secondary Master RAID Enabled
2. Enable “IDE RAID” and enable the disks that you want to set as
RAID disks. ( If RAID 0+1 mode is to be set, please enable SATA drives.)
Item Help
3. Then press F10 to save the change and exit the BIOS. The PC reboots.
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5-3. About the NVRAID BIOS
1. Enter the RAID BIOS by pressing F10 when prompted after rebooting
the system.
2. The NVIDIA RAID Utility - Defind A New Array windows appears.
NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 7 2004
- Define a New Array -
RAID Mode : Striping
Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Name
1.1.M ST3120026AS
1.0.M ST3120026AS
[F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup
Definiton of New Array
Typically a system contains a controller and multiple channels, and each
channel has a slave and a master except for SATA drives.
The status of the new array lists the information as below.
1.0.M
M: Master S: Slave
Controller
Channel - Channel 0 stands
for Parallel ATA drives while
Channel 1 stands for Serial
ATA drives.
[ ] Add
[ ] Del
0.0.M Channel 0, Controller 0, Master
0.0.S Channel 0, Controller 0, Slave
0.1.M Channel 0, Controller 1, Master
0.1.S Channel 0, Controller 1, Slave
1.0.M Channel 1, Controller 0, Master
1.1.M Channel 1, Controller 1, Master
Striping Block : Optimal
Array Disks
Loc Disk Model Name
Parallel ATA
Serial ATA
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5-4. Configure the RAID Setup
The RAID Mode Selection
There are four modes to choose - Striping (RAID 0), Mirroring (RAID 1),
Stripe Mirroring (RAID 0+1), Spanning (JBOD). To change to a different
RAID mode, press the arrow key up or down until the mode you want
appears in the screen.
The Striping Block Size Selection
Striping Block Size affects how data is arranged on the disk. It is
recommand to leave this value at default.
Create the New Array
1. Press tab key to Free Disks section.
2. Move the disks appearing in this block (the disks are enabled from
the IDE Function Setup of BIOS) to the Array Disks block by pressing
the right arrow key.
NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 7 2004
NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 7 2004
- Define a New Array -
- Define a New Array -
RAID Mode : Striping
RAID Mode : Striping
Free Disks
Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Name
Loc Disk Model Name
[ ] Add
[ ] Add
[ ] Del
[ ] Del
[F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup
[F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup
Striping Block : Optimal
Striping Block : Optimal
Array Disks
Array Disks
Loc Disk Model Name
Loc Disk Model Name
1.1.M ST3120026AS
1.1.M ST3120026AS
1.0.M ST3120026AS
1.0.M ST3120026AS
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5-5. Finish the RAID Setup
1. Press F7 after configuring the RAID array disks. A dialog windows
appears.
NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 7 2004
- Define a New Array -
RAID Mode : Striping
Free Disks
Loc Disk Model Name
Clear Disk Data ?
[F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup
2. Press Y to delete all the disk data from the RAID array you have
just built, otherwise press N. Then the Array List windows appears,
from which you can view the information about the RAID arrays you
have configured.
NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 7 2004
NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 7 2004
- Define a New Array -
RAID Mode : Striping
Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name
No 2 Healthy NVIDIA Striping 223.58G
[ ] Add
[Y] YES [N] NO
[ ] Del
- Array List -
Striping Block : Optimal
Array Disks
Loc Disk Model Name
1.1.M ST3120026AS
1.0.M ST3120026AS
Striping Block : Optimal
[F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup
[Ctrl-X] Exit [ ] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail
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3. Press Enter to show the RAID array details from the respective
disks such as RAID mode, Striping Block, Striping Width, Disk Model
Name, and Disk Capacity.
4. Finally press Enter again to return the previous screen and press
[Ctrl+X] to exit and reboot the system.
NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 7 2004
Array 2 : NVIDIA STRIPE 223.58G
- Define a New Array -
RAID Mode : Striping
Striping Width: 2
- Array Detail -
Striping Block: 32K
RAID Mode : Striping
Adapt Channel M/S Index Disk Model Name Capacity
1 1 Master 0 ST3120026AS 111.79GB
1 0 Master 1 ST3120026AS 111.79GB
[F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [ ] Select [ENTER] Popup
[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return
Note:
In the above screen, you can press [R] to rebuild the disk data if you
have built the RAID array as Mirroring Mode. Also, you can press [D]
to delete the RAID array or press [C] to clear disk data.
Striping Block : Optimal
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5-6 Install nVIDIA RAID Driver for Windows 2000/XP
nVIDIA RAID Driver is incorporated in Support CD/Floppy Diskette for
user’s installation.
(1) Get ready the Floppy Diskette holding the RAID Driver.
(This Driver Diskette should have been enclosed in the mainboard
Package.)
(2) Check that Hard Disks are connected properly to the RAID conn tors.
(3) Start your PC system and use RAID BIOS Setup Utility to configure
RAID 0 / 1/ 0+1 to the hard disks.
(4) Restart System and apply the Windows 2000/XP CD to CD-ROM
for operating system installation.
(5) On the Windows 2000/XP Setup screen, press “F6” key for RAID
driver setup.
Windows Setup
This driver is intended for Windows 2000/XP.
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver....
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(6) On next screen press “S” to confirm the mass storage device setup.
Windows Setup
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage
devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually
specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the
following mass storage devices(s):
<none>
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or
special disk controllers for use with Windows, including
those for which you have a device support disk from a
mass storage device manufacturer, press S.
* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass
storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify
additional mass storage devices for use with Windows,
press ENTER.
S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit
(7) On next screen apearing, insert the RAID Driver Diskette to Drive
“A” and then press <Enter>.
Windows Setup
Please insert the disk labeled
Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk
into Drive A:
* Press ENTER when ready.
Enter=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit
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(8) On the next screen, you are prompted to install the “NVIDIA RAID
CLASS DRIVER” and “NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller”.
Please note that you should install both items. So, first press <Enter>
on “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER” to continue.
Windows Setup
You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.
Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press
ESC to return to the previous screen.
NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER
NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller
S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit
(9) When the following screen appears , press S again to specify an
additional device and press <Enter> to continue.
Windows Setup
Setup will load support for the following mass storage driver(s):
NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or
special disk controllers for use with Windows, including
those for which you have a device support disk from a
mass storage device manufacturer, press S.
* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass
storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify
additional mass storage devices for use with Windows,
press ENTER.
S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit
(10) You will be promted to insert the driver disk into CD_ROM drive
again. After you have inserted the driver disk, press Enter to
continue.
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(11) You will be promted to insert the driver disk into CD_ROM drive
again. After you have inserted the driver disk, press Enter to
continue.
(12) On the next screen, press Enter on the marked-up item to continue.
Windows Setup
You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.
Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press
ESC to return to the previous screen.
NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER
NVIDIA NForce Storage Controllerr
S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit
(13) Next screen will show that you have chosen two device drivers to
set up. Press Enter to continue, and the Installation Program will
then guide you through the rest of system setup.
Windows Setup
Setup will load support for the following mass storage driver(s):
NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER
NVIDIA NFORCE STORAGE CONTROLLER
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or
special disk controllers for use with Windows, including
those for which you have a device support disk from a
mass storage device manufacturer, press S.
* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass
storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify
additional mass storage devices for use with Windows,
press ENTER.
S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit
(14) When the system is completely installed, the RAID driver will also
be installed into the system.
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