Soltek SL-K8AN2E-GR21 User Manual

Contents

Contents

Chapter 1 Specification ............................................. 8

1-1 SL-K8AN2-GR / K8AN2E-GR Mainboard 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 IEEE 1394A Interface (optional) ..............................................13

1-4.9 Advanced System Power Management .................................... 14

1-4.10 AC’97 Audio Codec on board................................................. 14

1-4.11 SPDIF-out interface ..................................................................14

1-4.12 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 14

1-4.13 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on board................................... 14

1-4.14 Form Factor................................................................................ 14

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 ............................................................. 19

2-3.1 How to tackle the memory Modules: ....................................... 19

2-3.2 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 19

2-4 ATX Power Supply Installation .......................................... 20

2-5 AGP Slot Installation ............................................................ 20

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2-6 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 21

2-7 Floppy Drive Connector ( FDC ) Installation................... 22

2-8 Serial ATA Connectors Installation .................................... 23

2-9 Jumper Settings ..................................................................... 24

2-9.1 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 25

2-9.2 J3: RAID Controller Select........................................................ 25

2-9.3 JKB1 & J2 (optional): KB/Mouse Wake-up ...........................26

2-9.4 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 26

2-10 Other Connectors Configuration...................................... 27

2-10.1 On-board FAN Connectors ......................................................27

2-10.2. USB Port and USB Pin-header .............................................. 28

2-10.3. Back Panel Connectors............................................................ 29

2-10.4 PS/2 Mouse , PS/2 Keyboard and SPDIF-out port .............. 29

2-10.5 LAN Connector .......................................................................... 30

2-10.6 CD-ROM Audio Connectors (CDIN) ..................................... 30

2-10.7 Connector WOL1: Wake On LAN ......................................... 31

2-10.8 Thermal Detector....................................................................... 31

2-10.9 Complex Pin-header (Front Panel Connectors)................... 32

2-10.10 Optional IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header................................ 33

2-10.11 External Audio Connector ....................................................33

Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 34

3-1 To Open up the Support CD ................................................ 35

3-2 To Install DirectX9 ................................................................ 36

3-3 To Install “nVIDIA nForce3 All-in-1 Driver” .................. 37

3-4 To Verify 6-channel Audio Configuration ......................... 38

3-5 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 40

3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 40

3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 41

3-6 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000 or XP ........ 42

3-7 RAID Driver Installation ..................................................... 43

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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................. 44

4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 45

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 45

4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 45

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 45

4-5 To Update BIOS ..................................................................... 46

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 49

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility ....................................................................49

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ...............................................................51

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 54

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 57

4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 59

4-6.6 Power Management Setup ......................................................... 64

4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration ............................................................ 67

4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield....................................................... 69

4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................ 70

4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults .........................................................71

4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD............................. 72

4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP.............................................................. 73

4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ......................................................73

Chapter 5 nVIDIA RAID Setup ............................. 75

5-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 76

5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 76

5-0-2 Disk Array Member ....................................................................76

5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by nForce3 250Gb................... 76

5-1. SATA 1/2 on SL-K8AN2-GR/K8AN2E-GR...................... 77

5-2. Enable RAID function in the BIOS................................... 77

5-3. Enter the NVRAID BIOS .................................................... 78

5-4. Configure the RAID Setup.................................................. 79

5-5. Finish the RAID Setup ........................................................ 80

5-6 Install nVIDIA RAID Driver for Windows 2000/XP ....... 82

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Chapter 6 PDC20579 RAID.................................... 87

6-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 88

6-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 88

6-0-2 Disk Array Member ....................................................................88

6-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by PDC20579 ...........................88

6-1. SATA RAID and PATA RAID with PDC20579................ 89

6-2. Enable PDC20579 and Populate Disk Drives .................. 89

6-3. To Enter RAID BIOS ........................................................... 89

6-4. To Enter the Main Menu of FastBuild Utility ................. 90

6-5. View Drive Assignment before RAID Setup .................... 91

6-6. Enter “Auto Setup” for RAID Setup ................................ 91

6-7. Choose “ Security” for RAID 0+1 (Stripe/Mirror) ........ 92

6-8. Press <Ctrl-Y> to Save the Choice .................................... 92

6-9. Create RAID Only / Create and Quick Initialize ........... 93

6-10. Array Created and View Drives Assignments ............... 93

6-11. Enter [Define Array] to see the RAID Mode ................. 94

6-12. After Array creation, Press [Esc] to exit ........................ 94

6-13. To Install Promise RAID Driver ...................................... 95

To Install RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP/2003........................ 95

6-14. To Install Promise Array Management (PAM) ............. 98

6-15. To manage Array System by PAM................................... 99

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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 SL-K8AN2-GR / K8AN2E-GR Mainboard Layout

(optional)

(optional)

J3 ( jumper to enable/
disable PDC 20579 )

SATA3

IDE3

PDC 20579

SATA4

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for K8AN2E-GR only

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1-2 Chipset System Block Diagram

4 IDE

Devices

2 SATA RAID
ports

1 Parallel ATA RAID port;

2 SATA RAID ports

ATA 133/100/66

SATA RAID
Controller

PDC20579
(optional)

CICADA
CIS8201

RJ45 10/100/1000 base-T LAN

nVIDIA MAC

Gigabit Ethernet

Socket 754

AMD Athlon64

Hyper Transport 800MHz

nVIDIA

nForce3 250Gb

LPC Super I/O

BIOS

DDR 400/333/266

AGP 8X/4X

PCI Bus

ALC 650

5 PCI Slot

VT6307S

(Optional)

USB Bus V2.0

SPDIF-out port

Keyboard
Mouse
Serial / IR
Parallel
Floppy Disk

System
Memory

AGP Slot

2x1394A
ports

6-channel
Audio output

8 USB
Ports

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1-3 Mainboard Specification Table

SL-K8AN2-GR / K8AN2E-GR Specifications and Features

CPU

System
Chipset

BIOS

Memory

Socket 754 for AMD Athlon 64 CPUs

Single chip nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb, supporting up to
800MHz HyperTransport Speed

Award BIOS

Supporting DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM, up to 2GB
in 2 DDR SDIMM slots

AGP interface

Audio

IEEE1394A
(optional)

IDE Interface

Serial ATA RAID
Interface

PCI Slots

I/O Connectors

Networking

Other common
features

Optional
Features

SATA RAID
(PDC20579)

AGP 8X/4X mode only

SPDIF-out supported by nForce 250 Gb;
RTL ALC650 Audio Codec, 6-channel compliant

2 x IEEE1394A ports integrated

2 IDE ports for ATA 133/100/66;
1 IDE RAID port supported by PDC20579 Controller

2 SATA RAID ports supported by nForce3 250Gb ;
2 SATA RAID ports supported by PDC20579 Controller

5 PCI Master slots on board

8 USB V2.0, 1 FDD port, 1 COM port, 1 LPT,
1 IrDA, 1 PS/2 K/B, 1 PS/2 Mouse

Gigabit Ethernet supporting 10/100/1000 Base-T LAN

Keyboard/ Mouse Wake Up;
ATX Power Supply V2.03;
ATX form factor

K8AN2-GR

K8AN2E-GR

No Yes

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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 8X interface at 533 MT/s (million transfers per second)

• PCI 2.3 interface

• Integrated SATA RAIDcontroller supporting SATA /SATA RAID

interface

• Gigabit Ethernet through CICADA CIS8201 controller

• USB 2.0 interface supporting up to 8 USB ports

• Fast ATA-133 IDE controller

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, by 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):

-- 1 complete serial port 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,configuration

• Serial ATA RAID Drivers enclosed in Support CD/Floppy Diskette for
user’s installation

1-4.8 IEEE 1394A Interface (optional)

VIA VT6307S chipset optionally on board, providing IEEE1394A 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, up to 400MB/sec transfer rate.

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1-4.9 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),

Suspend Modes supported

• PCI PM 1.1 specifications

1-4.10 AC’97 Audio Codec on board

RTL ALC 650 AC’97 Audio Codec on board:

• Supporting 6-channel playback of PCM audio output

• 6 channel audio consists of Front Left, Front Right, Back Left, Back
Right, Center and Subwoofer for complete surround sound effect.

• AC’97 Audio Codec Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s
installation

1-4.11 SPDIF-out interface

• 1xSPDIF-out port integrated in Back Panel supported by nForce3
250Gb chipset

1-4.12 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.

1-4.13 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.

1-4.14 Form Factor

• Micro-ATX Form Factor, ATX Power Supply

• Mainboard size: 305mm x 220mm

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Memo

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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 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...................................... 28

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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

90
of the socket from the lower
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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Pin 1

N

Pin 1

N

AMD Athlon 64

Socket 754

Socket 754

AMD Athlon

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2-2 Socket 754 Athlon 64 Fan Installation

1. Note that the Socket 754 Cooling
Fan is equipped with two metal
latches.

2. Turn over the Fan to the Heat Sink
side. Tear away the protective
plastic foil and then apply Heat
Glue to Heat Sink.

Metal Latch
without Lever.

Metal Latch with Lever.

3. Insert 754 CPU into Socket 754
before settling down cooling Fan.

754 Fan Base

5. Fix the Metal Latch with Lever
to Fan Base and press it down
so as to lock fan to socket base.

The Heat Glue can help
disperse heat much better.

4. Fix the Metal Latch without
Lever to Fan Base.

6. Finally connect the Fan Power
connector to the onboard CPU Fan
connector.

Lever turned over

Note: The mainboard taken in the above pictures is taken as an example illustration only.
The layout displayed in this example may be different from the one you are using.

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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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

4

2

GND

+12V

GND

3

1

+12V

5SB

PWR OK

GND

+5V

GND

+5V

GND
+3.3V
+3.3V

Pin1

+5V
+5V

-5V
GND

GND
GND

PS ON#
GND

-12V
+3.3V

Pin11

Main Power Connector

(20-pin)

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

notch

AGP 8X/4X Slot

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2-6 IDE Connector Installation

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

IDE connectors:

IDE2

Orient the red line on the IDE

IDE1

Flat Cable to Pin1.
IDE RAID is not supported by
IDE1/2

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

IDE connector supported by
PDC20579 for 2 PATA RAID

IDE3

Hard Disks setup.

Black Connector

(To Master Device)

Gray Connector

(To Slave Device)

80-conductor
Cable

Red Line

Blue Connector

(To Mainboard)

IDE Flat Cable

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2-7 Floppy Drive Connector ( FDC ) 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.

Floppy Drive Connector:

Orient the red line of the
Floppy Flat Cable to Pin1.

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

To 1st Floppy Drive

Red line

FDD Cable

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To 2nd Floppy Drive

To mainboard

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2-8 Serial ATA Connectors Installation

The Serial ATA interface improves the Parallel ATA with the capability of
Hot Plug and offer a data bandwidth of 150Mbytes/second.
4 Serial ATA RAID connectors are built on board, supported by nVidia
nForce3 250GB chipset and PDC20579 for 4 SATA RAID hard disks.

SATA1/2

SATA RAID Connectors

nVidia nForce3 supports
SATA1/2 connectors for 2
SATA hard disks to set up
RAID system.

Serial ATA Cable

SATA3/4

SATA RAID Connectors

PDC20579 supports
SATA1/2 connectors for 2
SATA hard disks to set up
RAID system.

Serial ATA Hard Disk

To Power Supply

SATA Power Connectors

Serial ATA Power Cable

(optional)

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2-9 Jumper Settings

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

JKB1 & J2:

KB/Mouse Wakeup

1

1

1

1

JKB1

JKB1 2-3 closed
J2 2-3 closed

Enabled

JKB1 1-2 closed
J2 1-2 closed

Disabled (default)

J2

JBAT1

Clear CMOS

1

1-2 closed
(default)
To hold data

(for K8AN2E-GR )

J3

PDC 20579 RAID Controller Select

1

1

1-2 closed
(default)

Controller Enabled

2-3 closed

Controller Disabled

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1

2-3 closed
To clear CMOS

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2-9.1 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 denoted by “Jp( )” .

• In the Jumper setting diagram, all 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 open

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, mainboard could be damaged.

2-9.2 J3: RAID Controller Select

J3 is designed on board as a jumper to enable/disable the RAID Con­troller on board. That means, before user has to configure RAID
system, J3 must be set to 1-2 closed enabled.

(for K8AN2E-GR )

J3

PDC 20579 RAID Controller Select

1

1

1-2 closed
(default)

Controller Enabled

2-3 closed

Controller Disabled

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2-9.3 JKB1 & J2 (optional): KB/Mouse Wake-up

JKB1 with J2 is an optional design on board for the “ Wake up system
from suspend mode” function with the PS/2 keyboard/mouse. Yet user
should still enter “BIOS Setup” to choose the Wake-up/Power-on mode.

JKB1 & J2:

KB/Mouse Wakeup

1

1

1

1

JKB1 2-3 closed
J2 2-3 closed

Enabled

JKB1 1-2 closed
J2 1-2 closed

Disabled (default)

2-9.4 JBAT1: Clear CMOS

When you have problem with rebooting your system, you can clear
CMOS data and restore it to default value. To clear CMOS with Jumper
JBAT1, please follow the steps below:

1. Power off system.

2. Set JBAT1 to Pin 2-3 closed.

3. After 2 or 3 seconds, return the JBAT1 setting to Pin1-2 closed.

4. CMOS data are restored to default. Remember never clear CMOS
when system power is on.

JBAT1

Clear CMOS

1

1

1-2 closed
(default)
To hold data

2-3 closed
To clear CMOS

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2-10 Other Connectors Configuration

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

2-10.1 On-board FAN Connectors

GND
+12V

Void

+12V

GND

SENSOR

Sensor Conn.

No Sensor

FAN1, Sensor Fan Connector
(Yellow)

FAN3, Sensor Fan Connector
(Yellow)

FAN2, Sensor Fan Connector

Both Sensor and No-sensor Fan Connectors support CPU/AGP/Sys­tem/Case cooling fan with +12V mode. A Hardware Monitor chipset is
on board, with which user can install a Hardware Monitor Utility and
read the fan speed transmitted from the sensor fan connector. Otherwise,
user can read the fan speed from the “Hardware Monitor Status” via
CMOS BIOS.

A running fan will send out 2 electric pulses per rotation of its fan
blade to a Sensor Fan Connector which in turn will count the electric
pulses and send the information to the System Hardware Monitor. The
hardware Monitor Program will work out the fan rotation speed and dis­play it on screen.

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2-10.2. USB Port and USB Pin-header

This series provides 4 USB ports USB0~3 on board supporting vari­ous USB devices. In addition, 2 USB pin-headers are added on board
to provide expansion of 4 more USB ports by using 2 optional USB
Cable. The optional USB cables can be available from the mainboard
dealer or vender.

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

All USB ports are compliant with USB 2.0 Bus. USB 2.0 drivers are
provided in Support CD for user’s installation.

USB connectors USB1 and 2(4 ports)

USB Pin-header USB3 and 4 (4 ports)

First USB Port Wiring for Front USB

Red White

+5V

USB Header

Pin Assignment

Second USB Port Wiring for Front USB

1

+5V

White

Red

D1-

D2-

Green

D1+

D2+

Green

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black
GND

GND
black

1

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2-10.3. Back Panel Connectors

L

A

B

(optional)

C

D

K

E

F

A : PS/2 MOUSE

B : LPT1 PORT

C : 1394A port(optional)

D : RJ45

E : PS/2 KEYBOARD

F : SPDIF-out port

G

HI

G : COM 1
H : 2 USB ports
I : 2 USB Ports
J : Microphone-in /
Center/Subwoofer
K : Line-out /

J

Front Speaker
L : Line-in/
Rear Speaker Out

2-10.4 PS/2 Mouse , PS/2 Keyboard and SPDIF-out port

A - PS/2 Mouse Connector

(green, on top)

6 Void

4 VCC

2 Void

6 Void

4 VCC

2 Void

E- PS/2 Keyboard Connector

(purple, underside)

5 Mouse
Clock

3 GND

1 Mouse
data

5 Keyboard
Clock

3 GND

1 Keyboard
Data

SPDIF- out port for Digital
Audio Output

F

Connect E to digital audio device
for digital audio signal output.

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2-10.5 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.

2-10.6 CD-ROM Audio Connectors (CDIN)

CDIN is an audio connector connecting CD-ROM audio to mainboard.

CD-ROM Audio Connector

CDIN

1

Pin Signal

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Pin 1

Pin 2

Pin 3

Pin 4

Left Channel

GND

GND

Right Channel

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2-10.7 Connector WOL1: Wake On LAN

1. This connector is connected to a LAN card with a Ring signal output.

The connector powers up the system when it receives a wake-up
packet or signal through the LAN card.

2. Your system must be on ATX power supply with at least 720mA / +5V

standby power.

WOL 1

GND

+5V

Standby

Connect the Wake On LAN
signal from LAN card to WOL1

Ring

2-10.8 Thermal Detector

RT1

RT1 is mounted
with Thermal Detector
by default.

Thermal Resistor RT1: A thermal Detector is mounted by default to
connector RT1 so as to detect the temperature of the chassis. What
RT1 does is to transmit the thermal signal to Hardware Monitor.

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2-10.9 Complex Pin-header (Front Panel Connectors)

This complex Pin-header consists of the following connectors for vari­ous front panel supports. When you have fixed the mainboard to the
case, join the connectors of this Complex Pin-header to the case Front
Panel.

To Case
Front Panel

(1)Power Switch

(2)Infrared(IR)

(3)HDD LED

PWRBT#

PWRBT

IR_VCC

NC

IRRX

IRGND

IRTX

HDLED­HDLED+

PLED-

NC

PLED+

RSTGND
RST1

SP1
NC
SP3
SPVCC

Power LED (4)

Reset Switch (5)

Speaker (6)

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2-10.10 Optional IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header

1xIEEE1394a Port and 1x1394a Pin-header are designed as optional
connectors for User’s choice, providing Digital interface for Digital Video
Cameras and other digital devices.

2-10.11 External Audio Connector

This Mainboard is designed with an External Audio connector “JAUD1”
which provides connection to the case.

1. When JAUD1 is set to 5-6 closed and 9-10 closed, this default setting

disables this connector and leaves the Back Panel Audio enabled.

2. To use this External Audio Connector, please open all pins of JAUD1

and connect it to the PC case.

JAUD1: External Audio Connector

Pin 1 Mic In

Pin 3 Mic VREF
Pin 5 FPOUT R

Pin 7 (Key)

Pin 9 FPOUT L

Pin 2 Aud GND
Pin 4 Aud Vcc
Pin 6 RET R

Pin 10 RET L

Connect this IEEE 1394 pin-header
to the Front Panel 1394a Port

IEEE 1394 Header Pin-assignment

Pin 1 TPA+
Pin 3 Gnd
Pin 5 TPB+
Pin 7 +12V(Fused)
Pin 9 Key (no pin)

Connect this 1394a port
directly to digital device.

1

2

Pin 2 TPA­Pin 4 Gnd
Pin 6 TPB­Pin 8 +12V(Fused)
Pin10 Gnd

10

9

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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 98SE, 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 ................................................ 35

3-2 To Install DirectX9 ................................................................ 36

3-3 To Install “nVIDIA nForce3 All-in-1 Driver” .................. 37

3-4 To Verify 6-channel Audio Configuration ......................... 38

3-5 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 40

3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 40

3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 41

3-6 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000 or XP ........ 42

3-6 RAID Driver Installation ..................................................... 43

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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. We should take “nVIDIA nForce3 All in 1 Driver” as first installation

priority to optimize the Intel system.

From next section, we provide detailed descriptions of all these

installations with graphical illustrations.

4. 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 DirectX9

Please open the Support CD with your CD-ROM to enter the Main In­stallation Menu.
Then click to “Install DirectX9”. DirectX 9 should be installed before
installing other drivers.

1. When the screen of “Installing

Microsoft DirectX ” appears, please
select “ I accept the agreement” and
press “Next” button to continue.

Next

2.Click “Next” to start DirectX 9.0

Runtime Installation.

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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3-3 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.

2. Following the procedures of opening
the Support CD, click to “ Install
nVIDIA nForce3 All-in-1 Driver” to
proceed.

3.The nVIDIA InstallShield Wizard will pop up to guide you to set up
nForce3 Drivers. This All-in-1 Driver will first start to install GART
Driver, and then System management Bus driver, LAN driver and
Audio driver.

Next

8. After all the setup processes are
finished, please restart your computer
by clicking on “Finish” so as to put the
just installed drivers into effect.

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3-4 To Verify 6-channel Audio Configuration

After installation of AC’97 6-channel Codec, you must configure the 5.1
Speaker connection to enable the 6-channel audio.

1. Connect your on-board Audio Connector to your 6-channel speakers
as depicted in the figure below:

Pale Blue Connector
to Rear Speaker

Pale Green Connector
to Front Speaker

Pale Pink Connector to
Center/Subwoofer Speaker

2. After Connection is done, start your Windows system and right click
the Speaker icon to enter nVidia 6-channel configuration:

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Right Click

Click on
“Adjust Audio
Properties”

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3. Again click “Advanced” button to enter 6 channel configuration.

Choose
“Audio”

Click on
“Advanced”
button”

4. Instantly, the Advanced Audio Properties” screen will pop out. Pick
the items “5.1 Surround Sound Speakers” and then click on “OK”
button to enable the 6-channel speakers configuration.

Click on
“5.1 Surround
Sound Speakers”

Click on
“OK” to enable 6­channel speakers.

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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-

gramed 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 Hardware Monitor
InstallShield Wizard will pop
up to guide you to the Intel
Service pack installation.
Press “Next” button to
continue.

3. In a few seconds,
installation completes.
After all the setup process

is finished, click “Finish” to

exit the wizard.

Next

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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 or 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. Please note that USB2.0 does not support
windows 9X on nVidia mainboard.

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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3-7 RAID Driver Installation

1. RAID Driver should be intalled into a RAID system. That is, user
should first configure a RAID system and then install the RAID driver
into it.

2. Chapter 5/6 of this User Manual introduces the configuration of RAID
system and then the installation of RAID Driver. Please refer to
Chapter 5/6 for the RAID Driver installation.

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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
Configurations with nForce3 250Gb :

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 1/2 on SL-K8AN2-GR/K8AN2E-GR...................... 78

5-2. Enable RAID function in the BIOS................................... 78

5-3. Enter 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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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.

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.

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5-1. SATA 1/2 on SL-K8AN2-GR/K8AN2E-GR

SATA RAID connectors SATA1
supported by nFORCE3 250Gb

Chipset nFORCE3 250Gb supporting
SATA/PATA RAID Interfaces

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

Item Help

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.)

3. Then press F10 to save the change and exit the BIOS. The PC reboots.

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5-3. Enter 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 ?

[Y] YES [N] NO

[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

[ ] 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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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 Update BIOS

• System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component. Flash

BIOS allows user to update BIOS without the need to replace an EPROM
component.

• The Update Utility should be loaded on a floppy diskette for updating,

saving, and verifying the system BIOS.

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

Step 1. Please visit Soltek website: www.soltek.com.tw, download the
.zip files of the latest BIOS and BIOS-update utility into your
hard disk for your mainboard.

Choose the Model you want to update here.

Click on “Go” to download the BIOS and BIOS­update Utility to your hard disk first.

Step 2. Create a bootable diskette. Then copy the BIOS file and BIOS­ Update utility (an execution file) into the diskette.

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

Step 4. Under “ A “ prompt, type on the DOS screen the BIOS-Update
Execution file name and the BIOS file name with a space
between them and then press <Enter> to run BIOS update
program.

A:\> BIOS-update Execution file name BIOS file name.Extension

Should type a space here

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BIOS Update Illustration:
(1) Executing the “awdflash.exe k8AV2008.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 K8T800-8237-6A7L0SAAC-00 Date: 09/18/2003

File Name to Program : K8AV2008.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 K8T800-8237-6A7L0SAAC-00 Date: 09/18/2003

File Name to Program : K8AV2008.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 K8T800-8237-6A7L0SAAC-00 Date: 09/18/2003

File Name to Program : K8AV2008.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 K8T800-8237-6A7L0SAAC-00 Date: 09/18/2003
Flash Type - SST 39SF020 /5V

File Name to Program : k8av2008.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 K8T800-8237-6A7L0SAAC-00 Date: 09/18/2003
Flash Type - SST 39SF020 /5V

File Name to Program : k8av2008.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

This mainboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software
Inc. Enter the CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu by:

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

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

2. Press <DEL> key 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 Passward

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. A screen with a

list of options will appear:

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Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm:dd:yy) Fri, Sep 5 2003
Time (hh:mm:ss) 9 : 41 : 11

IDE Channel 0 Master None
IDE Channel 0 Slave None
IDE Channel 1 Master None
IDE Channel 1 Slave None
IDE Channel 2 Master None
IDE Channel 3 Master None

Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None

Video EGA/VGA
Halt On All, But Keyboard

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 252928K
Total Memory 253952K

: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

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

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

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 / 1/2

Master / Slave

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

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IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter

IDE Channel 0 Master Auto
Access Mode Auto

Capacity 40022MB

Cylinder 19158
Head 16
Precomp 0
Landing Zone 19157
Sector 255

IDE Primary Master

Item Help

Menu Level

To auto-detect the
HDD’s size, head...
on this channel

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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.
Choose “Advanced BIOS Features” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:

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Advanced BIOS Features

Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter
CD-ROM Boot Priority Press Enter
Virus Warning Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device Hard Disk
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

Item Help

Menu Level

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

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Press <Enter> to reveal the hard disk list. Then press
Up/Down Arrow key to select a hard disk, and then
press<+>/<-> key to move it up or down the list so
as to set up the boot priority.

1. Ch1 M. : Maxtor xxxxxxx

2. Chi S. : STxxxxxxxxxxx

3. Bootable Add-in Cards

CD-ROM Boot Priority

Press <Enter> to reveal the CD-ROM list. Then press
Up/Down Arrow key to select a a CD-ROM, and then
press<+>/<-> key to move it up or down the list so
as to set up the boot priority.

1. Ch0 S.M. : Piomeer DVD-ROM

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Menu Level

Item Help

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Virus Warning If enabled, BIOS will show a warning message on screen

whenever anyone attempts to write data into HDD boot
sector.

CPU Internal / External

Cache

CPU L2 Cache ECC

Checking

Quick Power On Self

First/Second/Third/

Boot Other Device

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

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.

To enable/disable CPU L2 Cache Error Correcting Code
Checking .

Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to

Test

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.
The choices: Floppy; LS120; ZIP100; HDD;
CDROM; USB-FDD; USB-ZIP; USB-CDROM; LAN;
Disabled

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.

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Boot Up NumLock

Status

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

X Typematic Rate

(Chars / Sec)

X Typematic Delay

(Msec)

Security Option

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
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(default)

APIC Mode To enable / disable the APIC mode.

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

Advanced Chipset Features is used to modify the values of chipset
buffers. These buffers control the system options.

Run the Advanced Chipset Features as follows:

Choose “Advanced Chipset Features” from the Main Menu and a
list of option will appear:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Advanced Chipset Features

DRAM Configuration Press Enter

CPU Overclock in MHz 200

AGP Overclock in MHz 66

AGP Aperture Size (MB) 128M

x AGP 3.0 Speed Auto

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 Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level

DRAM timing and control

DRAM Configuration:

To press< Enter > on DRAM Configuration will reveal the following items.

Max Memclock (Mhz) Choose the max. memory clock.

Choice: 100; 133; 166; Auto

1T/2T Memory Timing Choose the memory timing mode.

Choice: 1T; 2T; Auto

CAS# latency (Tcl)

RAS# to CAS# delay

(Trcd)

Min RAS# active time

Row Precharge Time

Choose the CAS# latency feature.
Choices: Auto; 2.0; 2.5; 3.0

Choose the RAS to CAS delay time.
Choices: Auto; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7

Choose the minimum RAS active time.
Choices: Auto; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15

Choose the Row Precharge time.
Choices: Auto; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6

(Trp)

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CPU OverClock in MHz

AGP OverClock in MHz

AGP Aperture Size

(MB)

AGP 3.0 Speed

AGP 2.0 Speed To auto/manual set AGP 2.0 speed.

AGP Fast Write To auto-enable / disable the support of AGP Fast

AGP Sideband Ad-

dress

HT Frequency Allows you to set the ratio of HyperTransport.

To select the CPU Overclock.
Choices: 200~250MHz in 1MHz stepping

To select the CPU Overclock.
Choices: 66~100MHz in 1MHz stepping

Options: 32; 64; 128; 256M; 512M. 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.

To auto/manually set AGP speed.
Choices: Auto; 4X; 4X/8X

Write.

To auto-enable / disable the Sideband address

Choices: 1X; 2X; 3X; 4X; 5X

Special I/O for PCI

x Base I/O Address If Special I/O is enabled, use this item to set the

X I/O LENGTH IF Special I/O is enabled, use this item to set the I/O

System BIOS

Cacheable

To enable/disable the Special I/O for PCI card.

Card

Base I/O address between 0000 and FFFF.

length.
Choices: 1 byte to 256 bytes in 2x stepping

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
Promise Function select(K8AN2E-GR) SATA
Serial-ATA 2(Internal PHY) Enabled
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
AC97 Audio Auto
MAC Lan(nVIDIA) Auto
MAC Media Interface RGMII
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 EPP1.9
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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IDE Function Setup:

To press< Enter > on this option will reveal the following items.

IDE RAID To enable / disable IDE RAID feature.

IDE Channel 0 /1

Master/Slave RAID

SATA Primary/Second-

ary Master RAID

On-Chip IDE Channel

Promise Function

Select

Serial-ATA (Internal

Primary

Master / Slave PIO

Secondary

Master / Slave PIO

Primary

Master / Slave UDMA

Secondary

Master / Slave UDMA

IDE Prefetch Mode The on-board IDE drive supports IDE prefetching

To enable/disable IDE channel 0/1 RAID.

To enable/disable SATA Primary/Secondary Master
RAID

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with

0/1

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

To select RAID or IDE mode for onboard Promise.
The choices: RAID; SATA; Disabled

To enable/disable the Serial ATA (Internal PHY)

PHY)

support.
Choose Auto or Mode 0~4. The BIOS will detect the

HDD mode type automatically when you choose
Auto. You need to set to a lower mode than Auto
when your hard disk becomes unstable.
The choices: Auto(default); Mode 0; Mode 1; Mode
2; Mode 3; Mode 4

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.
The choices: Auto(default); Disabled

for faster drive accesses. If the IDE device doesn’t
support prefetching, set this field to Disabled.
The choices: Enabled(default); Disabled

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Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any

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

OnChip USB Allows you to select the USB transfer rate mode.

Usually USB2.0 is up to 480Mb/s, while USB1.1 is
up to 12Mb/s.
Choices: Disabled, V1.1+V2.0(default), V1.1

USB KB Storage

Support

AC97 Audio Select “Enabled” to use the on-chip audio capability

MAC LAN(nVIDIA) This option allows you to enable/disable the Onboard

MAC Media Interface This option allows you to MAC Media interface.

IDE DMA transfer

access

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

To enable/disable the USB Keyboard/Storage de­vice support.

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

LAN Controller.
The choices: Auto(default); Disabled

The choices: Pin Strap; MII; RGMII

To enable/disable the IDE DMA transfer access
function.

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

POWER ON Function Allows you to set the way to boot up the system.

Choices: Password; Hot KEY; Mouse Left; Mouse
Right; Any KEY; BUTTON ONLY(default); 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.

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-

RxD , TxD Active The option controls the speed between receiving and

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.
The 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

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.
The 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

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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:

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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
Power-On by Alarm Disabled
x Day of Month Alarm 0
x Time(hh:mm:ss) of Alarm 0 : 0 : 0
AMD KB 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

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ACPI Function Select Enabled(default) only if your computer’s op-

erating system supports the Advanced Configura­tion and Power Interface (ACPI) specification.
Currently, Windows NT 5.0 ( Windows 2000 )sup­ports ACPI.

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

type. You can select S3(STR) for Suspending To
RAM if your system supports this mode. Or you can
select S1(POS) for Power On Suspend under ACPI
mode.
Choices: S1(POS)(default);S3(optional); S1&S3
(Optional)

Power Management This option allows you to select the type (or degree)

of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend
modes.
This table describes each power management
mode:

Max Saving

User Define

Min Saving

Video Off Method

Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.

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

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

This determines the manner by which the monitor is
blanked.

V/H
SYNC+Blank

Blank Screen

DPMS Support

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

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

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.

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

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

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HDD Down In Suspend Allows you to enable / disable(default) to power down

HDD when suspend.

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

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

WOL(PME#) From

Soft-Off

WOR(RI#) From Soft-

Power-On by Alarm

Day of Month Alarm If Resume On Power-On by Alarm is enabled, this

Time of Alarm (Hour /

Minute / Second)

AMD K8 Cool’n’ Quiet

Control

Allows you to enable / disable(default) the Wake
on Lan(PME#) function.

Allows you to enable / disable(default) the Wake
on Ring Signal function.

Off

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.

Allows you to enable / disable(default) the Power­On by Alarm function.

field allows you to set the Alarm Day of Month.
Day Choices: 1 ~ 31

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

To enable/disable AMD K8 cool and quiet control.
Choices: Auto; Disabled

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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:

1. 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

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the
selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation
of the <F> keys follows:

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

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

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up
all items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick
guide to your setup.

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PNP OS Installed Allows you to configure the PNP devices by BIOS

or O/S.
Choices: No(by BIOS); Yes(by O/S)

Reset Configuration

Normally, you leave this Disabled(default). Select

Data

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

Resource ControlledByThe Plug and Play Award BIOS can automatically

configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible
devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt request
(IRQ) and DMA assignment fields will not appear,
as the BIOS automatically assigns them. If you se­lect Manual, the IRQ Resources item will appear for
your configuration (see below).

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

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
IRQ Resources

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

: 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

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.

Run the “SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield” as follows:

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

Item Help

CPU Internal Temp. 50˚C/ 122˚F
System Temp. 25˚C/ 75˚F
FAN1 Speed 5232 RPM
FAN2 Speed 0 RPM
FAN3 Speed 0 RPM
CPU Vcore 1.79 V

3.3V 3.26 V
+5V 5.02V
+12V 11.75V

-12V -11.74V

-5V -5.25V
VBAT(V) 3.0V
5VSB(V) 5.05V

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

CPU Internal Temp. Shows current CPU internal temperature.

System Temp. Shows current system temperature.

FAN 1/2/3 Speed These fields display the current speed of the CPU /

System fan.

CPU Vcore Shows CPU core actual voltage value.

3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V,

-5V, 5VSB

Shows actual voltage value of all these default volt­age value on board.

VBAT Shows voltage value of the battery on board.

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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 Vcore Select Default
AGP Voltage Select 1.50V
DIMM Voltage Select 2.60V
Chipset Vcore 1.60V

: 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

CPU Ratio To choose CPU frequency ratio.

Choices: Startup; X4 ~ X20 with 200MHz

CPU Vcore

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 step­ping

AGP Voltage

Select

DIMM 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: 2.60V; 2.70V; 2.80V

VDD Voltage

Select

Allows you to configure the VDD Voltage.
Choices: 1.60 V; 1.70 V; 1.80 V; 1.90 V

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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

Frequence/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.

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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.)

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.

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.

EPP Mode Select Select EPP Mode when you choose EPP or

ECP+EPP mode in the Parallel Port Mode.
Choices: EPP1.7; EPP1.9

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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 6 PDC20579 RAID

Promise RAID Controller PDC20579

Promise RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) Controller PDC
20579 is to provide RAID configuration of RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID
0+1 modes, while it also support. RAID Drivers are enclosed in a
Driver CD as well as a Floppy diskette to support various RAID systems
(Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP) setup.

This Chapter is to introduce the SATA RAID / SATA +
PATA RAID Configurations with PDC20579 :

6-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 89

6-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 89

6-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 89

6-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by PDC20579 ...........................89

6-1. SATA RAID and PATA RAID with PDC20579................ 90

6-2. First Step to Set up RAID - Populate Disk Drives.......... 90

6-3. To Enter RAID BIOS ........................................................... 90

6-4. To Enter the Main Menu of FastBuild Utility ................. 91

6-5. View Drive Assignment before RAID Setup .................... 92

6-6. Enter “Auto Setup” for RAID Setup ................................ 92

6-7. Choose “ Security” for RAID 0+1 (Stripe/Mirror) ........ 93

6-8. Press <Ctrl-Y> to Save the Choice .................................... 93

6-9. Create RAID Only / Create and Quick Initialize ........... 94

6-10. Array Created and View Drives Assignments ............... 94

6-11. Enter [Define Array] to see the RAID Mode ................. 95

6-12. After Array creation, Press [Esc] to exit ........................ 95

6-13. To Install Promise RAID Driver ...................................... 96

To Install RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP/2003........................ 96

6-14. To Install Promise Array Management (PAM) ............. 99

6-15. To manage Array System by PAM................................. 100

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6-0 About Disk Array

6-0-1 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.

6-0-2 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.

6-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by PDC20579

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 drive to set up the RAID 0+1 configuration.

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6-1. SATA RAID and PATA RAID with PDC20579

PDC20579 is on board. It supports 2xSATA RAID Disk Drives and
2xPATA (IDE) RAID Disk Drives (and that is why PDC20579 supports
RAID 0+1). First enable PDC20579 with J3 1-2 closed.

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J3

PDC 20579 RAID Controller Select

1

1

SATA3 supported by PDC20579

Chipset Promise PDC20579
supporting SATA RAID/PATA
RAID Interfaces

J3 to enable/disable PDC20579

IDE3 supported by PDC20579

SATA4 supported by PDC20579

1-2 closed
(default)

Controller Enabled

2-3 closed

Controller Disabled

6-2. Enable PDC20579 and Populate Disk Drives

1. Enable PDC20579 with Jumper J3 1-2 closed. You may also enter

BIOS setup and enable PDC20579 with the main menu “Integrated
Peripherals”

2. Connect 1 SATA Disk Drive to ATA1 and 1 SATA Disk Drive to ATA2.

3. Connect 1 or 2 PATA Disk Drives to IDE3.

4. 3 Disk drives can be set up into RAID 0 or 1 or 0+1 Array.

6-3. To Enter RAID BIOS

At booting system, the following screen will appear after “POST”.

FastTrak 378 (tm) BIOS Version 1.00.1.34
(c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology. Inc. All rights reserved.

No Array is defined...................

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility or
Press <ESC> to continue booting...

Following the instruction on the screen, press <Ctrl-F> to enter the
FastBuild (tm) Utility.

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6-4. To Enter the Main Menu of FastBuild Utility

The Main Menu will pop out as below:

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.01 (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ Main Menu ]

Auto Setup..............................[1]

View Drive Assignemnts..........[2]

Define Array............................[3]

Delete Array............................[4]

Rebuild Array..........................[5]

[ Keys Available ]

Press 1~5 to Select Option [Esc] Exit

1. Auto Setup.........[1]

Press figure “1” on keyboard to enter Auto Setup of RAID.”Auto Setup”

is available only if there are free disk drive detected in system.

2. View Drive Assignment.........[2]

Press figure “2” on keyboard to view the drive assignment detected

in system.

3. Define Array.........[3]

Press figure “3” on keyboard to view the defined Array already set up

in system.

4. Delete Array.........[4]

Press figure “4” on keyboard to enter the “Delete Array” field for

deleting Array already set up in system.

5. Rebuild Array.........[5]

Press figure “5” on keyboard to enter the “Rebuild Array” field for

rebuilding a defective array or RAID member. “Rebuild Array” is
available for “RAID 1 (Mirror)” or “RAIA 0+1 (Mirror/Stripe)” mode.

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6-5. View Drive Assignment before RAID Setup

Press “2” to enter “View Drive Assignment” so that you can see the
status of all disk drives detected by RAID BIOS.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.02 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ View Drives Assignments ]

Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) Assignment Mode

1: Mas ST380023AS 80026 Free U5
2: Mas ST380023AS 80026 Free U5
3: Mas QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS3 30020 Free U2
3: Mas ST330620A 30020 Free U2

[ Keys Available ]

[Esc] Exit MODE (D = DMA, U = UDMA)

Press Esc key to return to Main Menu

Two drives are detected in one channel 3
as free drives (available for RAID setup)

Two drives are detected in channel 1 and 2
as free drives (available for RAID setup)

Totally 4 drives are
detected by RAID BIOS

6-6. Enter “Auto Setup” for RAID Setup

On the Main Menu press “1” to enter “Auto Setup” and choose your
RAID mode. If you choose “Performance” and save your choice now,
your RAID is Stripe mode. Since 4 drives are installed, you can also
choose “Security” for your RAID mode.

[ Auto Setup Options Menu ]

Optimize Array for: Performance

[ Array Setup Configuration ]

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

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

Drive(s) Used in Array..........................4

Array Disk Capacity (size in MB)..........120080

[ Keys Available ]

[ , ,Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

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6-7. Choose “ Security” for RAID 0+1 (Stripe/Mirror)

Inside Auto Setup menu Press “ ” key to choose “Security” mode for
your RAID.

[ Auto Setup Options Menu ]

Security (0+1) mode is

Optimize Array for: Security

Security (0+1) mode is
selected.

selected.

[ Array Setup Configuration ]

Mode ................................................Mirror/Stripe

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

Drive(s) Used in Array..........................4

Array Disk Capacity (size in MB)..........60000

[ Keys Available ]

[ , ,Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

6-8. Press <Ctrl-Y> to Save the Choice

When a RAID mode is chosen, press < Ctrl-Y> to save the choice.
Then select Y for “Create and Quick Initialize; or select N for “Create
only”.

[ Auto Setup Options Menu ]

Optimize Array for: Security

[ Array Setup Configuration ]

Mode ................................................Mirror/Stripe

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

Drive(s) Used in Array..........................4

Array Disk Capacity (size in MB)..........60000

Do you want to do quick initialize or
create only? (Yes/No)
Y - Create and Quick Initialize
N - Create Only

[ Keys Available ]

[ , ,Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

Press <Ctrl-Y> to save choice.

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6-9. Create RAID Only / Create and Quick Initialize

“Create Only” is for creating RAID without changing the disk data.
“Create and Quick Initialize” will create the RAID with clearing disk data.

[ Auto Setup Options Menu ]

Optimize Array for: Security

[ Array Setup Configuration ]

Mode ................................................Mirror/Stripe

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

Drive(s) Used in Array..........................4

Array Disk Capacity (size in MB)..........60000

Choose Quick Initialize will delete
any existing data on your hard
disks.
Y - Continue, Others - Cancel

[ Keys Available ]

[ , ,Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

6-10. Array Created and View Drives Assignments

After choosing “Create Only” or Create and Quick Initialize”, next screen
will return to the Main Menu. You can now press “2” to view drives
assignments. You can see that all drives have already been set to
RAID 1.

[ View Drives Assignments ]

Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) Assignment Mode

1: Mas ST380023AS 80026 RAID 1 U5
2: Mas ST380023AS 80026 RAID 1 U5
3: Mas QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS3 30020 RAID 1 U2
3: Mas ST330620A 30020 RAID 1 U2

[ Keys Available ]

[Esc] Exit MODE (D = DMA, U = UDMA)

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6-11. Enter [Define Array] to see the RAID Mode

You can also press “3” on the Main Menu to enter the [Define Array}] so
that you can see the RAID mode just set up by yourself.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.02 (c) 2003-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ Define Array Menu ]

Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity(MB) Status

Array 1 Mirror/Stripe 4 120080 Functional
Array 2
Array 3
Array 4

Halt On Error : Disable

6-12. After Array creation, Press [Esc] to exit

After Array creation, you can now press “Esc” on the Main Mrenu and
exit RAID setup.

Congratulation!
Your system is now ready for operating system installation and RAID
Driver Setup.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.01 (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ Main Menu ]

Auto Setup..............................[1]

View Drive Assignemnts..........[2]

Define Array............................[3]

Delete Array............................[4]

Rebuild Array..........................[5]

This will EXIT FastBuild!
Are You Sure?
Y - Yes / Any key - Back

[ Keys Available ]

Press 1~5 to Select Option [Esc] Exit

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6-13. To Install Promise RAID Driver

Promise RAID Driver is incorporated in Support CD/Floppy Diskette for
user’s installation.

To Install RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP/2003

(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/2003 CD to CD-

ROM for operating system installation.

(5) On the Windows 2000/XP/2003 Setup screen, press “F6” key for

RAID driver setup.

Windows Setup

This driver is intended for Windows 2000/XP/2003.

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 next screen, choose the driver suitable for your operating system

and press <Enter> to continue.

Windows Setup

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

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

Win 2003 Promise SATAII150 579/518 (tm) Controller
WinXP Promise SATAII150 579/518 (tm) Controller
Win2000 Promise SATAII150 579 (tm) Controller
Win2000 Promise SATAII150 518 (tm) Controller

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Select F3=Exit

Choose the 579 Controller driver for your system and press<Enter>

After selecting the proper driver for your system, the Installation Pro­gram will then guide you through the rest of system setup. The RAID
driver will then be installed into your system.

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6-14. To Install Promise Array Management (PAM)

Promise Array Management utility is incorporated in Support CD for
user’s installation.
Windows 98se/Me/2000/XP/2003.

(1) Get ready the Support CD for PAM installation.

(2) Open the Support CD and take the following path to start PAM setup:

(Support CD) Driver\Promise\PDC20579\PAM 400\Setup.exe

(3) Mouse click on Setup.exe to start PAM setup.
Instantly, the Install wizard for Promise Array Management pops

out. ClickNext button to continue.

Windows Setup

This utility is intended for disk array management in

(4) If your system prompts you to create a User account and a password

for it, you should follow the instructions to do so.

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(5) After creating a User Account for PAM, click Next to continue setup.
Follow the instructions on the subsequent screens and get on the

PAM setup until you see the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen
appear. You can create the PAM Program shortcut on your desktop
before clicking on the Finish button.

6-15. To manage Array System by PAM

(1) If you have installed PAM and created a shortcut on your desktop,

click on the PAM icon on your desktop to start PAM.

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(2) After you have entered your account password, you would be able

to enter Fastrak 579 and then enter Disk View and Array View.

(3) If you have added an additional hard disk into your system, you

can also click on Array View to create a new array.

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