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Contents
Chapter 1 Specification ............................................. 8
1-1 K8TPro-939 Mainboard Layout ............................................9
1-2 Mainboard Specification Table ........................................... 10
1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram............................................11
1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features ............................ 12
1-4.1 CPU Socket ...................................................................................12
1-4.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 12
1-4.3 Memory ......................................................................................... 12
1-4.4 BIOS............................................................................................... 12
1-4.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface........................... 13
1-4.6 AC’97 Audio Codec on board .................................................... 13
1-4.7 Advanced System Power Management .................................... 13
1-4.8 IEEE 1394 Interface.................................................................... 13
1-4.9 Multi-I/O Functions ....................................................................14
1-4.10 SATA RAID Interface ...............................................................14
1-4.11 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 14
1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet on board.......................................................15
1-4.13 Form Factor................................................................................15
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup..................................... 16
2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 939 ....................................... 17
2-2 Memory Installation ............................................................. 18
2-2.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 18
2-2.2 Dual Channel Memory Features............................................... 18
2-2.3 DIMM Powered on ......................................................................19
2-3 AGP Slot Installation ............................................................ 19
2-4 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 20
2-5 SATA RAID / Parallel ATA RAID Connectors ................. 21
2-6 LED1: Debug LED ................................................................ 22
2-7 Floppy Drive Installation ..................................................... 24
2-8 ATX Power Supply Installation .......................................... 25
2-9 Jumper Setting ....................................................................... 26
2-9.1 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 26
2-9.2 JKB1: Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up ............................................ 27
2-9.3 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 27
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2-10 Other Connectors Configuration...................................... 28
2-10.1 On-board FAN Connectors ......................................................28
2-10.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers ............................................29
2-10.3 Chassis Back Panel Connectors ..............................................30
2-10.4 PS/2 Mouse , PS/2 Keyboard, SPDIF In/Out connector..... 30
2-10.5 RJ45 Connector ......................................................................... 31
2-10.6 CD-ROM Audio Connectors (CD_In).................................... 31
2-10.7 Thermal Detectors .....................................................................32
2-10.8 JAUD1: External Audio Connector .......................................32
2-10.9 Complex Pin-header (Front Panel Connectors)...................33
2-10.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header ................................................. 34
2-10.11 Printer Port: LTP1 .................................................................. 35
Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 36
3-1 To Open Up Support CD:..................................................... 37
3-2 VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation .......................................... 38
3-3 USB 2.0 Driver installation .................................................. 40
3-4 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation......................................... 42
3-4.1 Installing AC’97 8-channel Audio Driver ............................... 42
3-4.2 Verifying 8-channel Audio ........................................................43
3-5 LAN Driver Installation ....................................................... 45
3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 45
3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 45
3-6 Install Hardware Monitor Utility ....................................... 46
3-6.1 Installation ................................................................................... 46
3-6.2 Verification .................................................................................. 47
3-7 RAID Driver Installation ..................................................... 47
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................. 48
4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 49
4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 49
4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 49
4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 49
4-5 To Update BIOS ..................................................................... 50
4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 53
4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility ....................................................................53
4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ...............................................................55
4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 57
4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 60
4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 63
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4-6.5.1. VIA OnChip IDE Device .......................................................... 63
4-6.5.2. VIA OnChip PCI Device: .........................................................65
4-6.5.3. Super IO Device:....................................................................... 66
4-6.6 Power Management Setup ......................................................... 67
4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration ............................................................ 70
4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield....................................................... 72
4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................ 73
4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults .........................................................74
4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD............................. 74
4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP..............................................................75
4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ......................................................75
Chapter 5 VT8237R SATA RAID........................... 76
5-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 77
5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation..........................................................77
5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 77
5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by VT8237R ............................. 77
5-1 First Step to Set Up SATA RAID System .......................... 78
5-2 Enable SATA-RAID Interface with System BIOS ........... 79
5-3 To Enter VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Setup .............................. 80
5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Create Disk Array ....... 81
5-5 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to change Array mode ..... 85
5-6 To Install SATA RAID Driver.............................................. 87
5-6-1 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP............87
5-6-2 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 98SE/ME..........88
Chapter 6 PDC20579 RAID.................................... 90
6-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 91
6-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation..........................................................91
6-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 91
6-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by PDC20579 ...........................91
6-1. SATA RAID and PATA RAID with PDC20579................ 92
6-2. First Step to Set up RAID - Populate Disk Drives.......... 92
6-3. To Enter RAID BIOS ........................................................... 93
6-4. To Enter the Main Menu of FastBuild Utility ................. 94
6-5. View Drive Assignment before RAID Setup .................... 95
6-6. Enter “Auto Setup” for RAID Setup ................................ 95
6-7. Choose “ Security” for RAID 0+1 (Stripe/Mirror) ........ 96
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6-8. Press <Ctrl-Y> to Save the Choice .................................... 96
6-9. Create RAID Only / Create and Quick Initialize ........... 97
6-10. Array Created and View Drives Assignments ............... 97
6-11. Enter [Define Array] to see the RAID Mode ................. 98
6-12. After Array creation, Press [Esc] to exit ........................ 98
6-13. To Install Promise RAID Driver ...................................... 99
To Install RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP/2003 ........................ 99
6-14. To Install Promise Array Management (PAM) ........... 102
6-15. To manage Array System by PAM................................. 103
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Chapter 1 Specification
Introduction
This mainboard features an integration of the powerful AMD Athlon
64 939 processors and the North Bridge VIA K8T800Pro plus South
Bridge VT8237R, with which the whole system performance supports
HyperTransport Bus up to 1GHz.
VIA Apollo K8T800Pro plus VT8237R supports on-board AMD processors to implement HyperTransport link, running at up to 8GB/s, the
AGP 8X/4X interface, the LPC Super I/O, Dual Channel DDR 400/333/
266 SDRAM, the 6-channel AC’97 Audio interface, 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 Specification Table
1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram
1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features
** 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 K8TPro-939 Mainboard Layout
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1-2 Mainboard Specification Table
K8TPro-939 Specifications and Features
CPU
North Bridge
South Bridge
Memory
I/O Chip
AGP interface
Audio
IDE Interface
Serial ATA RAID
Interface
VGA
IEEE 1394
Interface
Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64 CPUs
VIA K8T800Pro, supporting up to 1GHz Hyper
Transport
VIA VT8237R
Supporting Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266
SDRAM, up to 4GB in 4 DDR SDIMM slots
ITE IT8705F with Hardware Monitor
AGP 8X/4X mode only
AC’97 Audio 2.3 compliant, 8 channel audio
2 ATA 133/100/66 IDE Connector and an additional
PATA IDE Connector supported by PDC20579
2 Serial ATA connectors supported by VT8237R,
another 2 supported by SATA RAID Controller
PDC20579
Not integrated on board
VIA VT6122 Gigabit Ethernet ControllerNetwork
VIA VT6307 IEEE1394 Controller on board
supporting 2 IEEE1394 ports.
PCI Slots
I/O Connectors
Other Common
Feature
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, 1 SPDIF-in, 1
SPDIF-out
PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse Wake up;
Debug LED
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1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram
AGP Slot
4 IDE
Devices
2 SATA ports
Audio Codec
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Serial Port
Printer Port
AGP 8X/4X
ATA 133/100/66
Serial ATA RAID
AC’97 2.3
8 USB
USB Bus V2.0
Ports
IR
FDD
H/Monitor
Socket 939
AMD Athlon 64
North Bridge
VIA K8T800
South Bridge
LPC I/O
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PDC 20579
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System
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2 SATA RAID
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2 IEEE1394 ports
Socket 939 + VIA K8T800 Pro + VIA VT8237R Diagram
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1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features
1-4.1 CPU Socket
CPU Socket 939 on board, supporting AMD Athlon 64 processors, implementing up to 1GHz Hyper Transport Speed (System Bus) designed to
be capable of operating up to 2000MT/s with a resulting bandwidth of
up to 8 Gbytes/s and integrated Memory Controller which supports up
to DDR SDRAM at 200MHz
1-4.2 System Chipsets
North Bridge K8T800Pro:
• 8-bit / 200 MHz operation with speed up to 16-bit, 1GHz operation (8
GB/s total bandwidth)
˚ AGP V3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode
South Bridge VIA VT8237R
• Working with North Bridge, VIA VT8237R supporting the 8X V-Link,
LPC Super I/O, PCI interface, ATA133 interface, USB V2.0 interface,
Audio interface as well as Serial ATA RAID interface
1-4.3 Memory
4 DDR DIMM 184-pin slots on board for non-ECC Dual Channel DDR
400/333/266 SDRAMs:
• DIMMs to be populated in identical pairs for Dual Channel operation
• Installation of mixed volumes yet same type of DDR SDRAM mod-
ules supported .
1-4.4 BIOS
Flash Memory for easy upgrade, 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 IO,IRQ, DMA Assign. etc.)
• SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield (CPU/System Temp.,Fan speed etc.)
• Frequency/Voltage (CPU clock, Voltage of CPU, DIMM, AGP etc.)
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1-4.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface
AGP Controller embedded on board, supporting:
• 1.5V(8X/4X) power mode only, 1 AGP Slot supported
• 8X 66MHz AD and SBA signaling; AGP pipelined split-transaction
longburst transfers up to 2GB/sec.
• AGP 8X/4X supported, AGP V3.0 compliant
1-4.6 AC’97 Audio Codec on board
AC’97 Audio Codec Realtek ALC850 on board
• Supporting 8-channel display of PCM audio output
• 8 channel audio consists of Front-Out, Surround-Out, Center-Out,
Surround-Back-Out, MIC-In, Line-In, and Front-MIC-In for complete
surround sound effect
• SPDIF In/Out connector integrated in Back Panel supported by
ALC850 for digital interface format input/out.
• AC’97 Audio Codec Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s
installation.
1-4.7 Advanced System Power Management
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface incorporated in BIOS for
reducing power consumption :
• ACPI 1.0 compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy Power Management)
• ACPI Suspend function supported
• PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Wake-up
• Real Time Clock (RTC) with date alarm, month alarm, and century
field
1-4.8 IEEE 1394 Interface
The IEEE 1394 Controller, VIA VT6307 chipset on board, providing enhanced PC connectivity for a wide range of devices, including consumer
audio/video components, storage periperals, and other portable devices.
• PCI-bus based open host controller, compliant with IEEE 1394A-2000
standard for high performance serial bus
• Supporting two fully compliant ports with Plug and Play-compatible
expansion interface. The IEEE 1394 controller provides up to 400MB/
sec transfer rate to fulfill various requirments of any multimedia
devices.
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1-4.9 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, supporting Windows 98 and
later operating systems; USB drivers provided in Support CD for installation
-- 4 built-in USB connectors and 2 more USB pin-headers which require 2
optional USB cables to provide 4 more USB ports
• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse
• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):
-- 1 complete serial port (COM1) on board.
1-4.10 SATA RAID Interface
Serial ATA RAID Interface supported by VT8237R:
• Supporting 2 Serial ATA RAID connectors for 2 SATA Hard Disks with
150Mb/s transfer rate
• Serial ATA RAID Drivers enclosed in Support CD/Floppy Diskette for
user’s installation
Serial ATA RAID Interface supported by PDC20579:
• Supporting 2 Serial ATA RAID connectors for 2 serial ATA RAID hard
disks with up to 150MB/s transfer rate and an additional Parallel ATA
RAID connector for two IDE hard disks with up to 133MB/s transfer
rate
• Supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1 configuration
• SATA RAID Controller Driver enclosed in Support CD / Floppy Disk
for user’s installation.
1-4.11 Hardware Monitor on board
• Hardware Monitor integrated in LPC I/O IT8705F, 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.
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1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet on board
PCI local bus single-chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller VT6122 on board:
• Supporting 10/100/1000Mb data transfer
• Supporting Wake On LAN function through the on-board RJ45 LAN
Connector
1-4.13 Form Factor
• ATX Form Factor, ATX Power Supply
• Mainboard size: 305mm x 245mm
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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 939
2-2 Memory Installation
2-3 AGP Slot Installation
2-4 IDE Connector Installation
2-5 Serial ATA Connectors Installation
2-6 SATA RAID / Parallel ATA RAID Connectors
2-7 Floppy Drive Installation
2-8 ATX Power Supply Installation
2-9 Jumper Settings
2-10 Other Connectors Configuration
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2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 939
This series is built with CPU Socket 939 supporting the AMD CPUs
Athlon 64:
1. Socket 939 supported by a
cooling Fan Base.
Socket 939
Pin 1 position
Socket 939 Lever
3. Insert CPU into Socket 939,
CPU Pin1 to Socket Pin1.
CPU Pin 1 to Socket Pin 1.
2. Pull up the lever to
release socket lock.
Pull up Lever
4. Pull down Lever to fix CPU
to Socket 939
Pull down Lever to fix CPU.
5. Install cooling fan into Fan Base.
Cooling Fan
Latch
Cooling Fan Latch
Connect Fan Power
connector to Mainboard
CPU Fan Power connector.
(Attention: This CPU Fan
connector is only an
example for illustration.)
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2-2 Memory Installation
2-2.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module
• 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 in
a socket improperly will damage the memory module and slot.
• Make sure you have the right type of memory module for your
mainboard.
2-2.2 Dual Channel Memory Features
• Dual Channel Memory Configuration is formed by couple of identical
DDR SDRAMs.
• Matched DIMMs need to have identical density, DRAM technology,
DRAM bus width, and equal number of memory banks.
• This series supports up to 4GB unbuffered Dual Channel DDR 400/
333/266 SDRAM, with 4 DDR DIMM slots on board.
other type of modules into these slots.
• The dual memory controller can double the DDR memory bandwidth
up to 6.4GB/s with DDR400, 5.4GB/s with DDR333 and 4.2GB/s with
DDR266.
184-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definition
Do not insert
DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position
(2.5V Voltage Key) DDR Notch
Bank A
DIMM1
DIMM2
Slot Rib
DIMM3
DIMM4
Module Latch
To Boot PC with Dual Channel Memory Configuration
Populate Bank A / Bank B / Bank A+Bank B with identical DIMMs
To Boot PC with Single Channel Memory Configuration
Populate DIMM1 / DIMM3 / DIMM1 + DIMM3 with identical DIMMs
(Note: DIMM2 / DIMM4 / DIMM2 + DIMM4 cannot boot PC.)
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2-2.3 DIMM Powered on
• LED2 is designed on board to light
up as soon as DIMM slots are powered on
• When ever LED2 lights up, it indicats
that DIMMs are powered on and no
memory module should be removed
from or inserted into the DIMM slot.
• To remove or insert a memory
module, LED2 should not be on.
2-3 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.
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2-4 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.
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ATA IDE connectors:
IDE1
Orient the red line on the IDE
IDE2
Flat Cable to Pin1.
Black connector
(To Master Device)
Gray connector
(To Slave device)
Red line
Blue connector
(To Mainboard)
IDE Flat Cable
20
80-conductor
cable
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2-5 SATA RAID / Parallel ATA RAID Connectors
2 Serial ATA connectors for 2 SATA Hard Disks with RAID mode are
supported by the South Bridge VIA VT8237R. Please see Chapter 5
Disk Array Installation for detail RAID installaion.
2 Serial ATA RAID and 1 Parallel ATA RAID connectors are built on
board, supported by the RAID Controller PDC20579.
Please see Chapter 6 Promise RAID Setup for detail RAID installaion.
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DIMM2
DIMM3
DIMM4
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SATA Connectors supported
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Hard Disks setup.
IDE3: PATA IDE RAID connector
supported by PDC20579 for 2
PATA RAID Hard Disks Setup.
Serial ATA Cable
Serial ATA Hard Disk
SATA Connectors supported
SATA2
by PDC20579 for 2 SATA/
RAID Hard Disks Setup.
SATA1
SATA Power Connectors
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To Power Supply
Serial ATA Power Cable
(optional)
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2-6 LED1: Debug LED
A Debug LED is built in on board to display various digital messages
which stand for the running status of the mainboard.
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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup
Code Post Routine Description
Turn off chipset and CPU test
C0
First block memory detect
C1
Early initialize the Super I/O
03h
Initialize Mouse
Ah
Initialize onboard audio controller
Bh
Check CMOS circuitry and reset CMOS
12h
Video memory test
2Dh
Setup PS/2 Mouse and reset KB
33h
Initialize USB controller
50h
Test memory of above 1MB, using Virtual 8086 mode, page mode and clear
52h
memory
Initialize onboard super I/O
5Dh
Initialize ACPI sub-system
67h
Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drive
6Dh
Initialize hard drive controller and any drive
73h
Detect and install IDE device
75h
Detect and initialize Serial / parallel
77h
Initialize Option ROMs
85h
FFh
Boot
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2-7 Floppy Drive Installation
To install Floppy Drive, you should connect the end of Floppy Drive
cable with single connector to the board, and connect the other end
with two connectors to the floppy drives.
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DIMM1
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FAN2
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NJ1
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Signal Swap End
To 1st Floppy Drive
Red line
FDD Cable
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To 2nd Floppy Drive
To Mainboard
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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup
2-8 ATX Power Supply Installation
Main Power
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+3.3V +3.3V
Pin1 Pin11
+12V Power Connector
GND
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+5V
+5V
-5V
GND
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PS ON#
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GND
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ATX V2.03 Power Supply is strongly recommended for mainboard running with this mainboard.
To set up Power Supply on this mainboard:
1. Connect the on-board Main Power Connector (20-pin) to the Main
Power Connector (20-pin) of an ATX Power Supply which can be of
the latest version 2.03 model, and then connect the square-shaped
+12V Power Connector on board to the square-shaped +12V Power
Connector of the Power Supply.
Warning: Both the Main Power Connector and the +12V Power
Connector should be connected to Power Supply; otherwise, the
system may either not start or be damaged.
2. This ATX Power Supply should be able to provide at least 720mA/
+5V standby power for Wake On Lan function.
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2-9 Jumper Setting
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 given a “JpX” legend.
• 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.
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The following diagrams show the locations and settings of jumpers on
the mainboard.
2-9.2 JKB1: Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up
JKB1 is designed to enable / disable the
PS/2 Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Wake-up
(from suspend mode). Setting JKB1 to
1-2 closed will disable this function while
setting JKB1 to 2-3 closed will enable this
function.
Yet users still have to choose the KB/
Mouse Wake-up mode on BIOS.
USB KB/Mouse Wake-up is optionally
supported on this mainboard.
2-9.3 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.
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IDE1
IDE2
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SATA2
BIOS
FDD1
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PW1
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DIMM2
DIMM3
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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
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SPOUT1
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FAN4, No-sensor Fan Connector
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FAN1, Sensor Fan Connector
(Yellow)
FAN3, No-sensor Fan Connector
FAN2, Sensor Fan Connector
(Yellow)
No Sensor
Void
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 users can install a Hardware Monitor Utility and
read the fan speed transmitted from the sensor fan. Otherwise, users
can read the fan speed from the “Hardware Monitor Status” via BIOS.
A running Fan will send out 2 electric pulses per rotation of its fan
blade. A Sensor Fan Connector will count the electric pulses and send
the information to the System Hardware Monitor which in turn will work
out the fan rotation speed and display it on screen.
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2-10.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers
This series provides 4 USB ports on board supporting various USB
devices. In addition, 2 USB pin-headers are added on board to provide
expansion of 4 more optional USB ports by using 2 additional USB
Cables. User can order the optional USB cables from your mainboard
dealer or vender.
When plugging the USB cable to USB Header, users must make sure
the red wire is connected to Pin 1.
All 8 USB ports are compliant with 1.0 / 2.0 USB Bus. USB 2.0 supports Windows 98 and above. USB 1.0 / 2.0 drivers are provided in
Support CD for user’s installation.
4 USB ports
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SPOUT1
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Socket 939
LED2
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VT8237R
Li
LED1
Battery
USB3
USB2
JBAT1
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2 USB ports
Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz
DIMM1
DIMM2
DIMM3
DIMM4
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IDE1
IDE2
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PDC20579
SATA2
LPC I/O
BIOS
IT8705F
FDD1
HDD
LED
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FAN2
RT1
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NJ1
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USB Cable (Optional)
USB Port
Red wire
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10
1
10
First USB Port Wiring for 1 Front USB port
Red White
+5V
USB Header
D1-
Green
D1+
black
GND
10
Pin Assignment
1
D2-
+5V
Red
White
D2+
Green
GND
black
Second USB Port Wiring for another Front USB port
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Use 4-pin connector
to support 1USB port
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2-10.3 Chassis Back Panel Connectors
G
A
B
CD
E
F
M
N
O
HIJ
K(middle)
L(bottom)
A: PS/2 Mouse
B: COM1 Connector
C: S/PDIF In
D: S/PDIF Out
E: 1394A port
F: RJ45 Connector
G : Line In
H: PS/2 Keyboard
J: 2 USB ports
K: Line Out /Front Speaker
Out
L: Microphone Input
M: Rear Speaker Out
N: Center/Subwoofer Out
O: Side Speaker Out
I: 2 USB ports
2-10.4 PS/2 Mouse , PS/2 Keyboard, SPDIF In/Out connector
A - PS/2 Mouse Connector
(green, on top)
6 Void
4 VCC
2 Void
6 Void
4 VCC
2 Void
H - PS/2 Keyboard Connector
(purple, underside)
5 Mouse
Clock
3 GND
1 Mouse
data
5 Keyboard
Clock
3 GND
1 Keyboard
Data
SPDIF- in/out port for Digital
Interface Format Input / Output
Protective
Swing Plate
C - C is SPDIF-In port with pale
purple Protective Swing Plate.
D - D is SPDIF-Out port with a
gray Protective Swing Plate.
Connect C / D to digital audio
device for digital audio signal
input / output.
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2-10.5 RJ45 Connector
One RJ45 connector is on board for LAN connection, supporting 10/
100/1000Mb data transfer.
Orange LED blinks to indicate
that data transmission is
undergoing in 1000 Base T
mode.
F (in Back
Panel):
Green LED blinks to indicate
that data transmission is
undergoing in 10/100 Base T
mode.
2-10.6 CD-ROM Audio Connectors (CD_In)
Yellow LED “On” to indicate
Network hub is in connection
with the system.
Fan1
1
Mouse
JKB1
(on top)
PS/2 K/eyboard
COM1
SPDIF
SPIN1
In
SPDIF
SPOUT1
Out
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USB2
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Socket 939
LED2
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DIMM1
DIMM2
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IDE2
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VT8237R
SATA2
Li
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USB3
JBAT1
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LPC I/O
BIOS
LED1
IT8705F
FDD1
1
DIMM3
PDC20579
CD-In is an audio connector connecting CD-ROM audio to mainboard.
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1
Mouse
JKB1
(on top)
PS/2 K/eyboard
COM1
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SPIN1
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SPDIF
SPOUT1
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CD-In
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Pin 3
Pin 4
Pin Signal
Left Channel
GND
GND
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Main Power
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DIMM4
SATA1
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2-10.7 Thermal Detectors
Fan1
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JKB1
(on top)
PS/2 K/eyboard
COM1
SPDIF
SPIN1
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SPOUT1
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PCI 4
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ALC850
LTP1
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PCI 5
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USB3
USB2
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FDD1
JBAT1
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PW1
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PDC20579
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FAN2
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IR
PWR
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NJ1
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SPK RST
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RT1
RT1 is mounted with Thermal
Detector by default for detecting
system temperature.
2-10.8 JAUD1: External Audio Connector
This Mainboard is designed with a External Audio connector “JAUD1”
which provides connection to your audio connectors on the Front Panel
of the PC 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 Front Panel Audio Connector.
Fan1
1
Mouse
JKB1
(on top)
PS/2 K/eyboard
COM1
SPDIF
SPIN1
In
SPDIF
SPOUT1
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JAUD1: External Audio Connector
PW1
10
6
2
1
9
5
Pin 1 Mic In
Pin 3 Mic VREF
Pin 5 FPOUT R
SATA1
Pin 7 (Key)
FAN2
Pin 9 FPOUT L
RT1
IR
PWR
NJ1
+
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PWLED
Pin 2 Aud GND
Pin 4 Aud Vcc
Pin 6 RET R
Pin 8 (Void)
Pin10 RET L
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PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3
PCI 4
PCI 5
VIA
K8T800
IDE1
IDE2
Li
Battery
VIA
VT8237R
FDD1
AGP 8X/4X
JBAT1
DIMM1
Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz
PS/2 K/eyboard
Mouse
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USB2
1
CD-IN
JAUD1
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ALC850
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SPIN1
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LED1
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USB port
USB port
USB port
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.
Connect these connectors
to PC Front Panel.
(1)Power Switch
(2)Infrared(IR)
PWRBT#
PWRBT
IR_VCC
NC
IRRX
IRGND
IRTX
HDLEDHDLED+
(3)HDD LED
PLEDNC
PLED+
RSTGND
RST1
SP1
NC
SP3
SPVCC
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Power LED (4)
Reset Switch(5)
Speaker (6)
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PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3
PCI 4
PCI 5
VIA
K8T800
IDE1
IDE2
Li
Battery
VIA
VT8237R
FDD1
AGP 8X/4X
JBAT1
DIMM1
Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz
PS/2 K/eyboard
Mouse
(on top)
Fan1
USB2
1
CD-IN
JAUD1
1
1
ALC850
Fan3
DIMM2
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LPC I/O
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NJ1
LED
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ATA1
LTP1
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FAN2
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SPIN1
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LED1
In
USB port
USB port
USB port
2-10.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header
Two IEEE1394a Ports are built on board for Digital Video Cameras
and other devices with 1394a interface. Another IEEE 1394a Pin-header
is built on board providing one more 1394a channel on the front Panel.
IEEE 1394 Header
Pin Assignment
Pin 1 TPA+ Pin 2 TPAPin 3 Gnd Pin 4 Gnd
Pin 5 TPB+ Pin 6 TPBPin 7 +12V(Fused) Pin 8 +12V(Fused)
Pin 9 Key (no pin) Pin10 Gnd
12
10
Connect this Pin-header
to 1394A Cable
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IEEE 1394a Port
(directly to 1394A device)
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2-10.11 Printer Port: LTP1
LTP1 is a parallel printer port.
Fan1
1
Mouse
JKB1
(on top)
PS/2 K/eyboard
COM1
SPDIF
SPIN1
In
SPDIF
SPOUT1
Out
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Battery
USB3
USB2
JBAT1
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DIMM1
DIMM2
DIMM3
DIMM4
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IDE1
IDE2
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IDE3
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PDC20579
SATA2
LPC I/O
BIOS
IT8705F
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Fan4
Main Power
PW1
SATA1
FAN2
RT1
IR
PWR
NJ1
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LTP1: Printer Port
Pin Assignment
Pin 1 STROBE#
Pin 2 LPTDD0
Pin 3 LPTDD1
Pin 4 LPTDD2
Pin 5 LPTDD3
Pin 6 LPTDD4
Pin 7 LPTDD5
Pin 8 LPTDD6
Pin 9 LPTDD7
Pin 10 ACK#
Pin 11 BUSY
Pin 12 PE
Pin 13 SLCT
14
1
Pin 14 AUTOFD#
Pin 15 ERROR#
Pin 16 INITA#
Pin 17 SLCTIN#
Pin 18 GND
Pin 19 GND
Pin 20 GND
Pin 21 GND
Pin 22 GND
Pin 23 GND
Pin 24 GND
Pin 25 GND
Pin 26 Key
26
13
To Printer Connector
on board
Printer Cable (optional)
To Printer
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Chapter 3 Software Setup
Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation
Support CD:
This mainboard 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. The installation procedures for all these
operating systems are programed into an auto-run mode. What users
have to do is read and follow the pop-up instructions. We therefore
take the installation on Windows XP as the general illustration hereby.
The priority of driver installation should also be noted. Users are recommended to take the following installation order:
3-1 To Open Up Support CD:..................................................... 37
3-2 VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation .......................................... 38
3-3 USB 2.0 Driver installation .................................................. 40
3-4 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation......................................... 42
3-4.1 Installing AC’97 6-channel Audio Driver ............................... 42
3-4.2 Verifying 6-channel Audio ........................................................43
3-5 LAN Driver Installation ....................................................... 45
3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 45
3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 45
3-6 Install Hardware Monitor Utility ....................................... 46
3-6.1 Installation ................................................................................... 46
3-6.2 Verification .................................................................................. 47
3-7 RAID Driver Installation ..................................................... 47
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3-1 To Open Up 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 recommand that drivers installation should be started from top to
bottom of main menu.
4. Drivers may 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 VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation
1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “ VIA 4-
in-1 Drivers” to proceed.
2.The VIA Service Pack
InstallShield Wizard will pop up
to guide you to the VIA Service
pack installation. Click “Next”
button to continue.
Next
4. On the screen below, check
”Normally Install” and click
“Next” to continue. (If you
check “Quick Install”, you will
skip the detailed procedures of
the VIA 4-in-1 Setup.)
3. “VIA Service Pack README”
screen will appear, please click
the “Yes” button to agree with
the Licence Agreement and
continue.
Ye s
5. Select the checkbox as below
and click “Next” to continue:
VIA PCI IDE Bus Driver
AGP Driver (AGP 3.0 Supported)
VIA INF Driver 1.90b
Next
Next
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6. Select “Install VIA PCI IDE
Driver” checkbox, then click the
“Next” button to continue.
Next
8. After all these setup procedures have finished, you should restart
your computer by clicking on “OK” so as to put VIA 4-in-1drivers
into effect and proceed to next driver installation.
7. Select “Install VIA AGP Driver”
in turbo mode and press “Next”
button to continue.
Next
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3-3 USB 2.0 Driver installation
VIA USB V2.0 is already integrated on board. Its 480Mb/s transfer rate
supports operating systems Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP. USB2.0
Driver is typically for Windows 98SE/ME. For Windows 2000/XP, users
can install their latest Service Pack instead of the USB2.0 driver to gain
the USB2.0 support. For the Windows system which is not installed
with its latest Service Pack, users must install the USB2.0 driver to
activate the USB2.0 support:
1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to choose
“VIA USB 2.0 Driver” to proceed. Please notice that the USB card
driver is different from the USB 2.0 driver typically for the on-board
USB. Do not use the USB card driver here.
2. Instantly the “USB 2.0 Setup Program” will pop up on screen. Click
“Next” to continue.
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3. Instantly, next screen will pop up to prompt you to select component.
Select “Install USB Driver” and click “Next” button to continue.
Next
4. The USB 2.0 Setup Program will then guide you through the whole
driver setup until the “Finish” screen appears to prompt you to restart
your system. Please click “Finish” button to restart system to put the
new driver into effect.
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3-4 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation
RTL ALC850 8-channel AC97 Audio Codec on board, AC’97 2.3 compatible stereo audio code for PC multimedia systems. AC’97 Audio Codec Driver
is provided in Support CD for user’s installation.
3-4.1 Installing AC’97 8-channel Audio Driver
1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “ AC’97
Audio Driver” to proceed.
2. Instantly, the “installShield
Wizard” screen appears to
guide you through the “AC’97
Audio Setup””.
Next
3. instantly, the Setup program
proceeds to install the
softwares. (If you want to stop
setup, click the “Cancel”
button.)
4. After the setup process is
finished, please check the radial
button “Yes, I want to restart my
computer now.” And click
“Finish” to restart your system.
Finish
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3-4.2 Verifying 8-channel Audio
After installation of AC’97 8-channel Codec, you must configure the 7.1
Speaker connection to enable the 8-channel audio.
1. Connect your on-board Audio Connector to your 8-channel speakers
as depicted in the figure below:
Blue Connector
Line In
Light Green Connector
Front Speaker
Pink Connector
Microphone In
Black Connector
To Rear Speaker Out
Pink Connector
Center/ Subwoofer
Speaker Out
Gray Connector
to Side Speaker
Back Panel Audio Connectors
2. After Connection is done, start your Windows system and double
click the Sound manager icon to enter 8-channel configuration:
Sound Effect
Manager icon on
Windows XP
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3. The AC’97 Audio Configuration” screen will pop out. Clikc the “Speaker
Configuration” bar with your mouse.
4. Instantly, the “Speaker Configuration” screen will pop out. Pick the
items “8-channelSpeaker” and then click on the Auto Test button.
Instantly, the Speaker Auto-test starts until all speakers installed are
tested.
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3-5 LAN Driver Installation
3-5.1 Installation
1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “
Onboard LAN Driver” to proceed.
2. Instantly, “The installation is
completed” screen appears,
indicating that LAN Driver
setup is finished.
3-5.2 Verification
1. After LAN Driver setup, a new networking icon will appear at the
corner of the “Start” screen of your system, indicating that a network
channel has been set up.
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3-6 Install Hardware Monitor Utility
3-6.1 Installation
Hardware Monitor is built on this mainboard. Its installation is pro-
grammed to a fully automated mode on Windows 9X/Me/NT4/2000/
XP. Users can follow the model installation below for its installation
on various Windows System.
1.Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “
Hardware Monitor Utility” to proceed.
2.The Soltek Hardware
Monitor InstallShield
Wizard will pop up to guide
you to the Intel Service pack
installation. Press “Next”
button to continue.
3. The InstallShield Wizard
screen will show the current
setting, please click the
“Install” button to continue.
Next
4. After all the setup process
is finished, click “Finish” to
exit the wizard.
Install
Finish
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3-6.2 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.
3-7 RAID Driver Installation
For SATA RAID Driver Setup, please refer to Chapter 5/6 for detailed
installation guide.
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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 themselves to update onboard
BIOS with the latest BIOS version provided in our web site:
http://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.
• Please follow the steps below for updating the system BIOS:
Step 1. Please visit Soltek website: www.soltek.com.tw, download the
.zip file of the latest BIOS into your hard disk, and then
decompress it into a Floppy disk. The decompressed files are
(1) .exe file(execution file), (2) BIOS file, (3) Readme file.
Choose the Model which you want to update.
Click on “Go” to download the BIOS and BIOSupdate Utility to your hard disk first.
Step 2. Create a bootable diskette.
Step 3. Insert the diskette into drive A, boot your system with the
diskette.
Step 4. Insert the diskette with the BIOS-update Execution file and the
BIOS file into drive A.
Step 5. Under “ A “ prompt, type on the DOS screen the BIOS-Update
Execution file name
Step 6. Then press the Space bar to key in a space after the .exe file
name.
Step 7. Then type key in the BIOS file name (with extension) right after
the space.
Step 8. Then press <Enter> to run BIOS update program.
A:\> BIOS-update Execution file name BIOS file name.Extension
Should type a space here
Step 9. When the message “Flash ROM Update Completed - Pass.”
appears, please restart your system.You have now updated
the system BIOS successfully.
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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 themselves to update onboard
BIOS with the latest BIOS version provided in our web site:
http://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:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Standard CMOS Features
Date (mm:dd:yy) Fri, Sep 5 2003
Time (hh:mm:ss) 9 : 41 : 11
IDE Channel 0 Master WDC WD400BB-00DEA0
IDE Channel 0 Slave None
IDE Channel 1 Master None
IDE Channel 1 Slave None
Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None
Video EGA/VGA
Halt On All Errors
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
Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the
other date information. This field is for reference
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.
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Channel 0 / Channel 1
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.
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
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
Drive A / Drive B Select this field to the type(s) of floppy disk drive(s)
installed in your system. The choices are:
360KB, 5.25 in.; 1.2MB, 5.25 in.;
720KB, 3.5 in.; 1.44MB, 3.5 in.;
2.88MB, 3.5 in.; None
Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your
computer. The BIOS usually detects the correct video
type automatically. The BIOS supports a secondary
video subsystem, but you do not select it in setup.
Halt On During the power-on self-test (POST), the computer
stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error. You can
tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST
and continue the boot-up process.
Base Memory Typically 640KB. Also called conventional memory.
The DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area.
Extended Memory Above the 1MB boundary. Early IBM personal
computers could not use memory above 1MB, but
current PCs and their software can use extended
memory.
Total Memory This option shows system memory capacity.
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4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features
Advanced BIOS Features improves your system performance or sets
up system features according to your preference.
Run the Advanced BIOS Features as follows:
Choose “Advanced BIOS Features” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Advanced BIOS Features
Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter
Virus Warning Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
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
Video BIOS Shadow Enabledf
: 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
1. Ch1 M. : Maxtor xxxxxxx
2. Chi S. : STxxxxxxxxxxx
3. Bootable Add-in Cards
Item Help
Menu Level
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.
Item Help
Menu Level
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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 If you have set a password, select whether the
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.
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
Video BIOS Shadow
Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating
system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your
system.
To enable / disable Video BIOS Shadow function.
To enable the function will copy Video BIOS to
shadow RAM to improve performance.
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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
AGP & P2P Bridge Control Press Enter
DRAM Configuration Press Enter
LDT & PCI Bus Control Press Enter
Memory Hole Disabled
VLink DATA Rate 8X
Init Display First AGP
System BIOS Cacheable 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
Menu Level
DRAM timing and control
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AGP & P2P Bridge Control:
To press< Enter > on AGP & P2P Bridge will reveal the following item.
AGP Aperture Size Options: 32; 64; 128; 256M. 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.
AGP 3.0 mode
AGP Driving Control
To sh ow the AGP onboard mode.
To automatically/manually set AGP Driving Control.
AGP Driving Value
AGP Fast Write This item will enable the AGP mode into fast write
AGP Master 1 WS
AGP Master 1 WS
AGP3.0 Calibration To enable / disable of support
DBI Output for AGP
To input AGP Driving Value if you have set “Manual”
in above item.
Choices: 00~FF in 01 stepping
mode. If your graphics card does not support this
function, please do not enable this function.
To enable / disable the support of AGP Master 1
Write
Waite State Write.
To enable / disable the support of AGP Master 1
Read
Waite State Read.
To auto-detect / disable the DBI Output for AGP
Trans
transfer.
DRAM Configuration:
To press< Enter > on DRAM Configuration will reveal the following item(s).
Current FSB Frequency
Current DRAM Frequency
Max Memclock (Mhz) To manually set the memory clock if you have set
1T/2T Memory Timing To manually/ automatically set the DDR Timing.
CAS# LATENCY(Tcl)
RAS# to CAS# delay
(Trcd)
Min RAS# active time
Row Precharge Time
BIOS shows the actual Front Side Bus frequency.
BIOS shows the actual DRAM frequency.
“by manual” in above option.
Choice: 100; 133; 166
Automatically set CAS# latency.
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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LDT & PCI Bus Control:
To press< Enter > on LDT & PCI Bus Control will reveal the following
item(s).
Upstream LDT Bus
Width
To set Upstream LDT BUS Width.
Choices: 8 bit; 16 bit
Downstream LDT Bus
Width
LDT Bus Frequency
PCI1 Master 0 WS
PCI2 Master 0 WS
PCI1 Post Write To enable (default) / disable the support of PCI1 Post
PCI2 Post Write To enable (default) / disable the support of PCI2
Memory Hole To enabled / disabled (default) the support of
VLink Data Rate To set VLink Data Rate.
To set Downstream LDT BUS Width.
Choices: 8 bit; 16 bit
To set LDT Bus Frequency.
Choices: 200MHz; 400MHz; 600MHz; 800MHz;1G
To enable (default) / disable the support of PCI1
Write
Master 0 Wait State Write.
To enable (default) / disable the support of PCI2
Write
Master 0 Wait State Write.
Write.
Post Write.
Memory Hole which is reserved for ISA card.
Choices: Disabled; 15MB-16MB
Choices: 8X; 4X
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.
System BIOS
Cacheable
Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system
BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better
system performance.
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4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals
Integrated Peripherals option allows you to get some information inside
your system when it is working.
Run the Integrated Peripherals as follows:
Choose “Integrated peripherals” from the Main Menu and a list of options
will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Integrated Peripherals
VIA onChip IDE Device Press Enter
VIA onChip PCI Device Press Enter
Super IO Device Press Enter
: 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
4-6.5.1. VIA OnChip IDE Device
To press< Enter > on VIA OnChip IDE Device will reveal the following
item(s).
OnChip SATA Enabled
SATA Mode IDE
Promise 579 Mode SATA
IDE DMA transfer access Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel10 Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel11 Enabled
IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Secondary Master PIO Auto
Secondary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
Item Help
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VIA OnChip IDE Device:
To press< Enter > on VIA OnChip IDE Device will reveal following item.
OnChip SATA To enable/disable the SATA interface.
SATA Mode To select the SATA Mode.
Choices: IDE; RAID
Promise 579 Mode To select the SATA mode of the Promise 579 chip.
Choices: SATA; RAID; Disabled
IDE DMA transfer
access
On-Chip IDE Channel
IDE Prefetch Mode The on-board IDE drive supports IDE prefetching
Primary
Master / Slave PIO
Secondary
Master / Slave PIO
Primary
Master / Slave UDMA
Secondary
Master / Slave UDMA
IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple
To enable/disable the IDE direct memory access
transfer function.
The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with
10/11
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.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled
for faster drive accesses. If the IDE device doesn’t
support prefetching, set this field to Disabled.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled
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.
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.
Choices: Auto(default); Disabled
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.
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4-6.5.2. VIA OnChip PCI Device:
To press< Enter > on VIA OnChip PCI Device will reveal the following
item(s).
AC97 Audio Enabled
1394 Enabled
GigaLAN Enabled
OnChip USB Controller All Enabled
OnChip EHCI Controller Enabled
USB Emulation Off
x USB Keyboard Support Disabled
x USB Mouse Support
Item Help
AC97 Audio Select “Auto” to use the on-chip audio of your
system. If user wants to use add-on sound card,
this item must be disabled.
1394 To enable/disable the onboard 1394 interface.
GigaLAN To enable/disable the onboard GigaLAN (10/100/
1000) interface.
OnChip USB
Controller
OnChip EHCI
To enable/disable the onchip USB controller.
Choices: All Enabled; All Disabled
To enable/disable the onchip EHCI controller.
Controller
USB Emulation To enable/disable the USB emulation on DOS.
Choices: off; K/B/Ms; On
USB Keyboard/Mouse
Support
If USB Emulation is set at K/B / Mouse, this item
allows you to enable/disable the USB keyboard
support.
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4-6.5.3. Super IO Device:
To press< Enter > on Super IO Device will reveal the following items.
Onboard FDC Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto
Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto
UART Mode Select Normal
x UR2 Duplex Mode Half
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode SPP
x ECP Mode Use DMA 3
Onboard FDC
Controller
Onboard Serial
Port 1 / Port 2
To enable/disable the onboard Floppy Disk Drive
Controller.
Select an address and corresponding interrupt
for the first/second serial port.
Item Help
Choices: Disabled; Auto;
3F8/IRQ4; 2F8/IRQ3;
3E8/IRQ4; 2E8/IRQ3
UART Mode Select The serial port on your system may offer a vari-
ety of infrared port modes. Click here for a description of various modes.
The choices: Normal; IrDA; ASKIR; SCR
x UR2 Duplex Mode This options controls the operating mode between
receiving and transmitting of IrDA or ASKIR or SCR.
Choices: Half (asynchronous); Full (synchronous)
Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel
port controller I/O address setting.
Choices: 378H/IRQ7; 278H/IRQ5; 3BC/
IRQ7; Disabled
Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the on-board parallel
(printer) port.
Choices: SPP; EPP; ECP; ECP+EPP
x 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
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4-6.6 Power Management Setup
Power Management Setup allows you to set the system’s power saving
functions.
Run the Power Management Setup as follows:
Choose “Power Management Setup” from the Main Menu and a list of
options will appear:
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
ACPI function Enabled
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
Power Management Option User Define
HDD Power Down Disabled
Suspend Mode Disabled
Video Off Option Suspend -> Off
Video Off Method V/H SYNC+Blank
MODEM Use IRQ 3
Soft-off by PBTN Instant-off
Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto
AC Loss Auto Restart Off
AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet control Auto
IRQ/Event Activity Detect Press Enter
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
ACPI Function Select Enabled(default) only if your computer’s op-
erating system supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification.
Currently, Windows 98SE/ME, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP supports ACPI.
Item Help
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(STR); S1&S3
Power Management
Option
To select the type (or degree) of power saving for
Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes.
Choices: User Define:- Time length defined by user;
Min Saving:- Minimum power saving mode;
Max Saving: Maximum power saving mode;
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HDD Power Down When enabled after the set time of system inactivity,
the hard disk drive will be powered down while all
other devices remain active.
Suspend Mode When enabled after the set time of system inactivity,
the whole system will be suspended.
Video Off Option
Video Off Method
MODEM Use IRQ
Soft-Off by PWRBTN To turn off the system instantly or after 4 seconds
Run VGABIOS if S3
Resume
AC Loss Auto restart To enable/disable to run VGABIOS if S3 Resume.
To set Video Off mode of the system.
Choices: Always On; Suspend -> Off
This determines the manner by which the monitor is
blanked.
Choices:
Blank Screen:- Blank signal to the Video buffer;
V/H sync+Blank:- Blank signal to Video buffer, with
Vertical and Horizontal ports off;
DPMS Support:- To select video power management
values with Display Power management Signaling
support;
To set IRQ Modem should use. If users do not have
a modem, please set NA.
by power button.
To enable/disable to run VGABIOS if S3 Resume.
Choices: Auto; Yes; No
Choices: Auto; Yes; No
AMD K8 Cool ‘n’ Quiet
Control
To disable /Autorun the AMD K8 CPU cool and quiet
control.
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IRQ/Event Activity Detect:
To press< Enter > on IRQ/Event Activity Detect will reveal following
items.
PS2KB Wakeup Select To select the PS/2 KB Wake-up mode.
Choices: Hot key; Password
PS2KB/Ms Wakeup
from S3/S4/S5
x Power Button Lock If the above item is not “Disabled”, this item can be
PS2Ms Wakeup from
S3/S4/S5
(Optional)USB Resume
from S3
LPT & COM To enable/disable LPT & COM Wakeup function.
HDD & FDD To enable/disable HDD & FDD Wakeup function.
PCI Master To enable/disable PCI Master Wakeup function.
Power On by PCI Card
Wake Up On LAN/Ring
RTC Alarm Resume
x Date (of Month)
x Resume Time (Hour /
Minute / Second)
To set the hot key to wake up the system by PS/2
KB/Ms from S3/S4/S5.
Choices: Disabled; Power; Wake; Any Key;
Ctrl-F1~12
set enabled/disabled.
This item allows you to enable / disable the PS/2
Mouse Wake-up from S3/S4/S5.
To enable/disable USB Resume from S3
VGA To enable/disable VGA Wakeup function.
To enable / disable(default) the Power On by PCI
Card.
To enable / disable the wake on ring signal function.
An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) Line
(in other words, an incoming call on the modem)
awakens the system from a soft off state.
To enable / disable the RTC Alarm Resume
function.
If RTC Alarm Resume is enabled, this field allows
you to set the Alarm Date, Hour, Minute and
Second.
Date Choices: 01 ~ 31; Hour : 00 ~ 23
Minute Choices: 00 ~ 59; Second: 00 ~ 59
IRQs Activity Monitoring:
To press< Enter > on IRQs Activity Monitoring will reveal following items.
Primary Intr. To turn on/off the Interrupt configuration.
IRQ3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,
13,14,15
To enable/disable IRQ Assignment.
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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:
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
PNP OS Installed No
Reset Configuration Data Disabled
Resources Controlled by Auto(ESCD)
x IRQ Resources Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled
Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled
Assign IRQ For USB Enabled
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Item Help
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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.
Assign IRQ For VGA To enable/disable to assign IRQ for VGA.
Assign IRQ For USB To enable/disable to assign IRQ for USB.
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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
Vcore 1.56V
VDIMM 2.51V
+3.3V 3.26 V
+5V 5.02V
+12V 11.75V
-12V -11.74V
-5V -5.10V
+5VSB 5.05V
Voltage Battery 3.24V
System Temp. 33˚C
CPU Internal Temp. 27˚C
CPU FAN Speed 5232 RPM
System FAN Speed 0 RPM
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Vcore Shows CPU core actual voltage value.
VDD Shows North Bridge actual voltage value.
3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V,
-5V, 5VSB
Shows actual voltage value of all these default voltage value on board.
Voltage Battery Shows voltage value of the battery on board.
CPU Internal Temp. Shows current CPU internal temperature.
System Temp. Shows current system temperature.
CPU FAN Speed These fields display the current speed of the CPU
fan.
System FAN Speed These fields display the current speed of the Sys-
tem fan.
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4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control
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
Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled
Spread Spectrum Disabled
Async AGP/PCI clock Enabled
CPU Clock 200MHz
CPU Vcore Select Default
AGP Voltage Select Default
DIMM Voltage Select Default
2.5V Select Default
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
CPU Ratio To select the CPU clock ratio.
Choices: Startup; 200MHz x4~11;
Item Help
PCI Clock Auto
Detection
Spread
Spectrum
To enable / disablethis auto detection function on
PCI clock.
This function will reduce the EMI (Electromagnetic
Interference) in your system. If you do not have an
EMI problem, leave this item disabled.
Async AGP/PCI
To enable / disablethis Asynchronous AGP/PCI
clock
clock.
CPU Clock This item allows you to set CPU Clock.
Choices: 200MHz ~300MHz in 1MHz stepping.
(Key in a decimal number to select CPU clock.)
CPU Vcore
Select
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 0.25V stepping
AGP Voltage
Select
DIMM Voltage
Select
2.5V Voltage
Select
To configure the AGP Voltage.
Choices: 1.5V; 1.6V; 1.7V; 1.8V
To configure the DIMM Voltage.
Choices: 2.6V; 2.7V; 2.8V;
To configure the VDD Voltage.
Choices: 2.5V; 2.6V; 2.7V; 2.8V
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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
Load Optimized Defaults
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.
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 : “
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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.
4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP
SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have
specified into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu
and the following message appears:
“SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ? Y “
“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.
Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes.
4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility
without saving the modifications that you have specified. Highlight this
option on the Main Menu and the following message appears:
“Quit Without Saving (Y/N) ? N “
“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.
You may change the prompt to “Y” and press <Enter> key to leave this
option .
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Chapter 5 VT8237 SATA RAID
THE VIA SATA RAID Controller VT8237 & RAID Driver
VIA RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) Controller is built in
the South Bridge VT8237. With this RAID Controller, the VIA SATA RAID
BIOS is built into the system to help configure the Redundant Disk Array.
VT8237 supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 configuration.
This mainboard is integrated with VT8237 SATA RAID as well as Promise PDC20378 SATA RAID interface. But they cannot be configured into
one RAID system. They should be configured separately as two RAID
systems.
This Chapter is to introduce the VT8237 SATA RAID
Configurations :
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 VT8237R ............................. 77
5-1 First Step to Set Up SATA RAID System .......................... 78
5-2 Enable SATA-RAID Interface with System BIOS ........... 79
5-3 To Enter VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Setup .............................. 80
5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Create Disk Array ....... 81
5-5 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to change Array mode ..... 85
5-6 To Install SATA RAID Driver.............................................. 87
5-6-1 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP............87
5-6-2 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 98SE/ME..........88
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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 VT8237
Different types or modes of Disk Array have different formation models
and functions. The South Bridge on this mainboard supports only two
types of Disk Arrays: RAID 0 and RAID 1, but not 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.
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5-1 First Step to Set Up SATA RAID System
2 Serial ATA connectors for 2 SATA Hard Disks with RAID mode are
supported by the South Bridge VIA VT8237. Please see Chapter 5 Disk
Array Installation for detail RAID installaion.
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5-2 Enable SATA-RAID Interface with System BIOS
(1) Boot system and watch for the following initial screen to appear:
VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 RAID BIOS Setting Utility v (xxx)
Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All right reserved.
Scan Devices, please wait ....
Press < Tab > key into User Windows!
Channel 0 Master: ST3120023AS
Channel 1 Master: ST380023AS
(The above message indicates that the SATA hard disks on board are
detected by the RAID BIOS.)
(2) As soon as the above screen appears, press < Delete > key (not the
<Tab> key) to enter CMOS BIOS Setup. Choose “Integrated
Peripheral” and “VIA OnChip PCI Device”. As soon as you click on
the “VIA OnChip PCI Device”, a list of events appears for you to
configure their values. Choose “Enabled” for the “OnChip SATA” so
as to enable the SATA RAID interface.
OnChip SATA Enabled
AC97 Audio Enabled
1394 Enabled
GigaLAN Enabled
Promise 579 Mode RAID
OnChip USB Controller All Enabled
OnChip EHCI Controller Enabled
USB Emulation Off
x USB Keyboard Support Disabled
Item Help
OnChip SATA To enable/disable the South Bridge SATA interface.
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5-3 To Enter VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Setup
Reboot the system with “OnChip SATA” enabled in system BIOS Setup
and watch for the following initial screen to appear:
VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial RAID BIOS Setting Utility
V2.10 Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All right reserved.
Scan Devices, Please wait ....
Press < Tab > key into User Window!
Channel 0 Master: ST380023AS
Channel 1 Master: ST380023AS
(The above message indicates that the SATA hard disks on board are
detected by the RAID BIOS.)
As soon as the above screen appears,
press < Tab > key to enter VIA
Tech. RAID BIOS Setup.
In a few seconds, the VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Setup Utility appears as
shown below:
Press <Enter> to create Array.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Delete Array
Create/Delete
Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
Channel
Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
Create A RAID array with the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
ATA 133
ATA 133
Size(GB)
74.53 Hdd
74.53 Hdd
Status
The Hard Disks connected to
SATA connectors are detected by
RAID BIOS.
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5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Create Disk Array
(5-4-1) When you press <Enter> on the “Create Array” bar, the following screen shows up. Press <Enter>on this bar to select the RAID mode.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Auto Setup For Data Security
Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)
Select Disk Drives
Start Create Process
Create A RAID array with the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ATA 133
ATA 133
Size(GB)
74.53 Hdd
74.53 Hdd
Status
(5-4-2) When you press <Enter> on the “Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)
” bar, the following screen shows up. Press <Enter>on either RAID0 or
RAID1 bar to select the RAID mode.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
RAID 0 for performance
RAID 1 for data protection
RAID 0/1
RAID SPAM for capacity
Create A RAID array with the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ATA 133
ATA 133
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(5-4-3) The following screen shows that RAID 0 (Striping) is selected.
Now, use the “Arrow” key to mark up the “Auto Setup For Performance”
bar.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
Create A RAID array with the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ATA 133
ATA 133
Size(GB)
74.53 Hdd
74.53 Hdd
Status
(5-4-4) Press <Enter> on the “Auto Setup for Performance” bar, and
the following screen shows up to ask you to confirm the RAID Creation.
Press <Y> key to continue.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
You will create array
automatically, Are you sure?
Continue? Press Y/N
Create A RAID array with the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ATA 133
ATA 133
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74.53 Hdd
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(5-4-5) Instantly, the RAID 0 Striping mode is set up and shown on the
screen. Then press <Escape> key to exit the screen.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Set/Clear bootable array
Delete Array
Create/Delete Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
[ ]Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
[ ]Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ARRAY 0
ARRAY 0
ATA 133
ATA 133
Size(GB)
74.53 Stripe 0
74.53 Stripe 1
Status
(5-4-6) On the next screen, press the “Arrow” key to mark up the “Select Boot Array” bar and press <Enter> key to set up “Boot Disk” for the
system.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Delete Array
Create/Delete Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
Set/Clear bootable array
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ARRAY 0
ARRAY 0
ATA 133
ATA 133
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74.53 Stripe 1
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(5-4-7) Instantly, the Master Hard Disk is marked up. Press <Enter> on
the screen to set up the “Boot Disk”.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Set/Clear bootable array
Delete Array
Create/Delete
Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
[ ]Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
[ ]Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ARRAY 0
ARRAY 0
ATA 133
ATA 133
Size(GB)
74.53 Stripe 0
74.53 Stripe 1
Status
(5-4-8) Instantly, the bootable hard disks are marked with an “asterisk
(star)” , indicating that those hard disks are bootable. You can exit from
this screen by pressing the “Escape” key now.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Delete Array
Create/Delete Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
Set/Clear bootable array
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
[*] Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
[*]Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ARRAY 0
ARRAY 0
ATA 133
ATA 133
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5-5 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to change Array mode
(5-5-1) If you wants to change the RAID mode, say, from RAID 0 to
RAID 1, you must return to the Initial RAID BIOS Setup screen. Then,
press the “Arrow” key to mark the “Delete Array” bar and press <Enter>.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Delete Array
Create/Delete Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
Delete a RAID array contain the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ARRAY 0
ARRAY 0
ATA 133
ATA 133
Size(GB)
74.53
74.53
Status
Boot
Boot
(5-5-2) Instantly, the Bootable Hard Disk(s) is marked up for deletion.
Press <Enter> key on this screen to delete the set-up array.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Delete Array
Create/Delete Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
Delete a RAID array contain the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
[ ] Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
[ ]Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ARRAY 0
ARRAY 0
ATA 133
ATA 133
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(5-5-3) When the message “The selected array will be destroied.....”
appears on screen, press <Y> key to continue.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Delete Array
Create/Delete Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
The selected array will be
destoried. Are you sure?
Continue? Press Y/N
Channel
[*] Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
[*]Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
Delete a RAID array contain the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Size(GB)
ARRAY 0
ARRAY 0
ATA 133
ATA 133
74.53 Boot
74.53 Boot
Status
(5-5-4) Instantly, the selected array is deleted. You can see that the
“Boot” marking on the Hard Disk is changed to HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
Only after you have deleted the selected array, are you able to set up a
new array mode.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.10
Create Array
Delete Array
Create/Delete Spare
Select Boot Array
Serial Number View
Delete a RAID array contain the
hard disks attatched to VIA RAID
controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Channel
Channel0 Master
Channel0 Slave
Channel1 Master
Channel1 Slave
Drive Name Array Name Mode
ST380023AS
No Drive
ST380023AS
No Drive
ATA 133
ATA 133
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74.53
Status
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5-6 To Install SATA RAID Driver
SATA-RAID Driver is incorporated in Support CD/Floppy Disk for user’s
installation.
tion on Windows 2K/XP. If you cannot find this Driver Floppy Disk in the
mainboard package, you can make one by copying the driver from the
Driver CD into a Floppy Disk.
5-6-1 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP
(1) Get ready the Floppy Diskette holding the RAID Driver.
(2) Check that SATA Hard Disks are connected properly to the SATA
Connectors.
(3) Start your PC system and use RAID BIOS Setup Utility to configure
RAID 0 or RAID 1 to the hard disks. (For SATA Interface, skip the
RAID configuration.)
(4) Restart System and format the bootable hard disks.
(5) Now, apply the Windows 2000/XP CD to CD-ROM for operating
system installation.
(6) On the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press “F6” key to set up RAID
driver for Windows 2000/XP.
Windows Setup
The Driver Floppy Disk is needed for SATA RAID installa-
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver....
(7) On next screen when you are instructed to insert the RAID Driver
Diskette into Floppy drive, follow the instruction to continue and
complete the installation.
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5-6-2 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 98SE/ME
(1) Get ready the Floppy Diskette holding the SATA RAID Driver.
(2) Check that SATA Hard Disks are connected properly to the SATA
Connectors.
(3) Start your system and use RAID BIOS Setup Utility to configure
RAID 0 or RAID 1 to the hard disks. (For SATA Interface, skip the
RAID configuration.)
(4) Restart System and format the bootable hard disks.
(5) Now, apply the Windows 98SE/Me CD to CD-ROM for operating
system installation.
(6) Start the Windows 98SE/Me system.
(7) On the “Start” screen of your system, please click to the following
path:
\My Computer\properties\Device manager
(8) In the “Device manager” screen, you can see the item “ PCI RAID
Controller” with a yellow question mark on its left side, which indicates
that the RAID controller is already detected by system but the driver
is not installed yet. Please point to this item with your mouse and
double click on it (or click the “Properties” button).
The question mark here
indicates that RAID
Controller Driver
is not installed yet.
(9) Instantly, the “PCI RAID Controller Properties“ screen shows up.
Please click the “General” bar to continue.
(10) In the “General” screen, click “Reinstall
Driver” button to continue. Please note that
the status of “Device Usage” should stay at
“Exists in all hardware profiles”.
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(11) In the “Update device Driver Wizard” screen, click “Next” to continue
until you see a dialog box asking you to “Specify a location” for the
driver.
into CD-ROM/Drive A.
(12) As illustrated in the picture below, check the item “Specify a location”
and click the “Browse” button to find out the correct path for the
driver. As the RAID Driver is in Drive A, please type into the blank
bar the correct path and click “Next” to continue:
D:\Driver\VIA\VIA_serial\SATA\Win98-me
or
A:\Win98-me
You should now insert the SATARAID Driver CD/Diskette
(13) The Update Device Driver Wizard will then go on installing the
driver. In a few seconds, installation completes. Please click the “Finish” button on the screen to complete the installation.
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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................................................................... 91
6-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 91
6-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 91
6-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by PDC20579 ...........................91
6-1. SATA RAID and PATA RAID with PDC20579................ 92
6-2. First Step to Set up RAID - Populate Disk Drives.......... 92
6-3. To Enter RAID BIOS ........................................................... 93
6-4. To Enter the Main Menu of FastBuild Utility ................. 94
6-5. View Drive Assignment before RAID Setup .................... 95
6-6. Enter “Auto Setup” for RAID Setup ................................ 95
6-7. Choose “ Security” for RAID 0+1 (Stripe/Mirror) ........ 96
6-8. Press <Ctrl-Y> to Save the Choice .................................... 96
6-9. Create RAID Only / Create and Quick Initialize ........... 97
6-10. Array Created and View Drives Assignments ............... 97
6-11. Enter [Define Array] to see the RAID Mode ................. 98
6-12. After Array creation, Press [Esc] to exit ........................ 98
6-13. To Install Promise RAID Driver ...................................... 99
To Install RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP/2003 ........................ 99
6-14. To Install Promise Array Management (PAM) ........... 102
6-15. To manage Array System by PAM................................. 103
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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
2 Serial ATA RAID and 1 Parallel ATA RAID connectors are built on
board, supported by the RAID Controller PDC20579.
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6-2. First Step to Set up RAID - Populate Disk Drives
1. Connect 1 SATA Disk Drive to ATA1 and 1 SATA Disk Drive to ATA2.
2. Connect 1 or 2 PATA Disk Drives to IDE3.
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6-3. To Enter RAID BIOS
(1) Boot system and watch for the following initial screen to appear:
FastTrak 579 (tm) BIOS version xxxxxxxxx
Scan Devices, please wait ....
Press < Tab > key into User Windows!
Channel 0 Master: ST3120023AS
Channel 1 Master: ST380023AS
(The above message indicates that the SATA hard disks on board are
detected by the RAID BIOS.)
(2) As soon as the above screen appears, press < Delete > key (not the
<Tab> key) to enter CMOS BIOS Setup. Choose “Integrated
Peripheral” and “VIA OnChip IDE Device”. As soon as you click on
the “VIA OnChip IDE Device”, a list of events appears for you to
configure their values. Choose “RAID” for the “Promise 579 Mode”
so as to enable the PDC20579 SATA RAID interface.
VIA OnChip IDE Device
OnChip SATA Enabled
SATA Mode RAID
Promise 579 Mode RAID
IDE DMA transfer access Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel10 Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel11 Enabled
IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Secondary Master PIO Auto
Secondary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
Item Help
Promise 579 Mode To select RAID mode for RAID Setup.
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(3)Now reboot system, and the following screen will appear after “POST”.
FastTrak 579 (tm) BIOS Version xxxxxxx
(c) 2003-2005 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.
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.
3. Define Array.........[3]
Press figure “3” on keyboard to view defined Array already set up.
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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