Soltek SL-PT880Pro-FGR User Manual

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Contents

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

1-1 PT880Pro-FGR Components Locations ............................ 10

1-2 Chipset System Block Diagram............................................11

1-3 Mainboard Specification Table ........................................... 12

1-4 Mainboard Specifications .................................................... 13

1-4.1 CPU Socket ...................................................................................13

1-4.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 13

1-4.3 Memory ......................................................................................... 13

1-4.4 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) interface ..........................13

1-4.5 BIOS............................................................................................... 14

1-4.6 Multi-I/O Functions: ................................................................... 14

1-4.7 Expansion Slots ............................................................................ 14

1-4.8 SATA RAID Interface .................................................................15

1-4.9 Hardware Monitor on board ..................................................... 15

1-4.10 AC’97 Audio Codec on board.................................................. 15

1-4.11 Advanced System Power Management ..................................15

1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on board...................................16

1-4.13 IEEE 1394 Interface..................................................................16

1-4.14 Form Factor................................................................................16

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

2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 478B .................................... 18

2-1.1 To Identify a Pentium 4 CPU.....................................................18

2-1.2 CPU Installation with Socket 478B ..........................................19

2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation: ....................................... 20

2-3 Memory Installation ............................................................. 21

2-3.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 22

2-3.2 To Remove a DIMM ....................................................................22

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2-4 AGP slot Installation ............................................................. 23

2-5 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 24

2-6 Floppy Drive Connector Installation ................................. 25

2-7 SATA RAID Connectors Installation ................................. 26

2-8 SATA RAID / Parallel ATA RAID Connectors ................. 27

2-9 ATX V2.03 Power Supply Installation ............................... 28

2-10 Jumper Settings ................................................................... 29

2-10.1 JCLK1&JCLK2: CPU Frequency Select .............................. 30

2-10.2 JBAT1: Clear CMOS ................................................................31

2-10.3 JKB1: Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up ....................................... 32

2-10.4 JP2: LAN Controller Select ..................................................... 32

2-10.5 SJP1: RAID Controller PDC20378 Select.............................32

2-11 Other Connectors Configuration ...................................... 33

2-11.1 On Board FAN Connectors ...................................................... 33

2-11.2 CD-ROM Audio Connector......................................................34

2-11.3 Chassis Panel Connector .......................................................... 34

2-11.4 Thermal Detector.......................................................................35

2-11.5 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard ............................................. 35

2-11.6 Front Panel Connector .............................................................36

2-11.7 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers ............................................38

2-11.8 RJ45 Connector.......................................................................... 39

2-11.9 External Audio Connector ......................................................39

Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 40

3-1 To Open Up Support CD:..................................................... 41

3-2 VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation .......................................... 42

3-3 To Install AC’97 Audio Driver ............................................ 44

3-3.1 Installation ................................................................................... 44

3-3.2 To verify 6-channel Audio .......................................................... 45

3-4 USB 2.0 Driver installation .................................................. 47

3-5 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation ................................. 49

3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 49

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3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 49

3-6 Install Hardware Monitor Utility ....................................... 50

3-6.1 Installation ................................................................................... 50

3-6.2 Verification .................................................................................. 51

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................. 52

4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 53

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 53

4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 53

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 53

4-5 To Upgrade BIOS .................................................................. 54

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS ............................................................. 54

4-5.2 Upgrade Process........................................................................... 54

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 58

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility ....................................................................58

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ...............................................................60

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 63

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 66

4-6.4.1 DRAM Clock/Drive Control.................................................... 67

4-6.4.2 AGP & P2P Bridge Control ..................................................... 69

4-6.4.3 CPU & PCI Bus Control .......................................................... 71

4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 72

4-6.5.1 VIA OnChip IDE Device ..........................................................73

4-6.5.2 VIA OnChip PCI Device .......................................................... 75

4-6.5.3 SuperIO Device ......................................................................... 76

4-6.6 Power Management Setup ......................................................... 78

4-6.6.1 IRQ/Event Activity Detect .......................................................81

4-6.6.2 IRQ Activity Monitoring.......................................................... 83

4-6.7 PnP / PCI Configuration ............................................................ 84

4-6.8 SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield....................................................... 86

4-6.9 CPU Ratio/Voltage Control........................................................87

4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults .........................................................88

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4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD............................. 89

4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP..............................................................90

4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ......................................................90

Chapter 5 VIA SATA RAID Setup ......................... 91

5-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 92

5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation..........................................................92

5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 92

5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by VT8237 ................................ 92

5-1 Enable SATA RAID in System BIOS (VT8237) ............... 93

5-2 To Enter VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Setup .............................. 94

5-3 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Create Disk Array ....... 95

5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to change Array mode ..... 99

5-5 To Install SATA RAID Driver............................................ 101

5-5-1 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP..........101

5-5-2 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 98SE/ME........102

Chapter 6 Promise RAID Setup ........................... 104

6-0 About Disk Array................................................................. 105

6-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation........................................................105

6-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................. 105

6-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by Promise PDC20378.......... 105

6-1. SATA and PATA RAID Layout on PT880Pro-FGR...... 106

6-2. First Step to Set up RAID - Populate Disk Drives........ 106

6-3. To Enter RAID BIOS ......................................................... 106

6-4. To Enter the Main Menu of FastBuild Utility ............... 107

6-5. View Drive Assignment before RAID Setup .................. 108

6-6. Enter “Auto Setup” for RAID Setup .............................. 108

6-7. Choose “ Security” for RAID 0+1 (Stripe/Mirror) ...... 109

6-8. Press <Ctrl-Y> to Save the Choice .................................. 109

6-9. Create RAID only / Create and Quick Initialize............ 110

6-10. Array Created and Reboot System.................................110

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6-11. Mirror/Stripe Array Detected at Reboot System......... 111

6-12 To Install Promise RAID Driver ......................................112

6-12-1 To Install RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP ................... 112

6-12-2 To Install RAID Driver on Windows 98SE/Me.................. 115

APPENDICES.........................................................117

Appendix-1 Identify BIOS Version & BIOS Part Number ..118

Appendix-2 Identify Mainboard Model Number ..................119

Appendix-3 Technical Terms .................................................... 120

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Chapter 1 Specification

Introduction

This series features an integration of the powerful processor Intel Pentium 4 and the single-chip North Bridge of VIA PT880 plus South Bridge VT8237. The Intel P4 processor is a rapid execution engine providing 800/533/400MHz quadpumped system bus, while North Bridge PT880 is a high performance integrated chipset providing Dual Cheannel DDR 400/333/266/200 SDRAM memory interface, Hub interface, and AGP interface.

Integrated with PT880, South Bridge VT8237 supports the LPC Super I/O, the USB 2.0 interface, ATA 133/100/66 data transfer rate, SATA RAID interface and AC’97 6 channel Audio interface. This chapter is to introduce to users every advanced function of this high performance integration.

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

** If any difference is found between the mainboard description 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 PT880Pro-FGR Components Locations

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

IEEE1394

(port)

COM1COM2

RJ45

(on top)

(

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

JKB1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

LPT1

USB1

USB0

)

JAUD1

(

)

VT6122

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

Fan1

(port)

mPGA478B

PW2

PW1

Fan2

JCLK11JCLK2

)

JP2

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

Battery

PCI 5

Header USB2

VIA

VT8237

Header USB3

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

DIMM2

PDC20378

ITE

IT8705F

RT2

DIMM4

Fan3

SATA1

PWR

LED

HDD

PWLED

SPK RST

NJ1

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

SATA2

SJP1

BIOS

JBAT1

FDD1

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1-2 Chipset System Block Diagram

Intel Pentium 4 CPU

(Hyper-Threading and Prescott CPU included)

System Bus 800/533/400MHz

AGP Slot

2 IDE Connector

RJ45

VT6122

Keyboard & Mouse

2 SATA RAID

ports + 1 PATA

RAID port

FDD Serial Ports Printer Port Game/MIDI

H/Monitor

AGP 8X/4X

ATA 133/100/66

PDC 20378

LPC I/O IT8705F

North Bridge

VIA PT880

Ultra V-Link 1066MB/s

South Bridge

VT8237

Dual Channel

DDR 400/333/ 266/200 SDRAM

PCI Slots

PCI Bus

AC’97 2.2

(6-channel)

Audio Connectors

USB Bus V2.0/1.1 USB

SATA RAID

VIA VT6307

2 SATA Connectors

2 IEEE1394 ports

BIOS

System Memory

Ports

Intel Pentium 4 + VIA PT880 + VT8237 Diagram

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1-3 Mainboard Specification Table

PT880Pro-FGR Specifications and Features

CPU

North Bridge

South Bridge

BIOS

Memory

I/O Chip

AGP Interface

Audio

IDE Interface 2 UATA 66/100/133 IDE ports

SATA RAID Interface

PCI Slots

I/O Connectors

(Hyper Threading CPU and Prescott CPU included)

Supporting Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM, up to 4GB in 4 DIMM slots

AGP8X/4X Mode only; 1 AGP Slot on board

AC’97 Audio 2.2 compliant, 6 channel audio

2 Serial ATA connectors supported by VT8237, another 2 supported by SATA RAID Controller PDC20378

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

Socket 478 for P4 CPU

VIA PT880, 800/533/400MHz FSB

VIA VT8237

Award BIOS

ITE IT8705F

5 PCI Master slots on board

Gigabit LAN Controller VIA VT6122Networking

IEEE1394 Interface

Other common feature

2 IEEE1394 ports by VIA VT6307

Keyboard/Mouse Wake Up

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1-4 Mainboard Specifications

1-4.1 CPU Socket

CPU Socket 478B on board, supporting Intel® Pentium 4 and Northwood

processors (including Intel Hyper-Threading CPUs and Prescott CPUs) in the 478-pin package for :

-- 800/533/400MHz System Bus -- 512KB L2 Advanced Transfer Cache

-- Hyper-pipelined technology -- Advanced dynamic execution;

-- Rapid Execution Engine -- Streaming SIMD Extensions 2

-- 128 Bit Enhanced Floating Point Unit -- Execution Trace Cache

1-4.2 System Chipsets

North Bridge VIA PT880:

• Supporting 800/400/533MHz Front Side Bus officially

• Supporting Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266/200 SDRAM memory interface, HUB interface, AGP 8x/4X interface as well as Hyper Threading Technology.

• Showing Hyper Threading Logo when booting with a Hyper Threading CPU.

South Bridge VT8237:

• Supporting the Ultra V-Link, LPC Super I/O, Upstream Hub interface,

PCI interface, IDE interface, LAN interface, USB V2.0 interface, SATA RAID interface as well as the AC’97 6 channel Audio 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 modules

supported .

1-4.4 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) interface

AGP Controller is embedded on board, supporting:

• 1.5V (8x/4x) power mode

• 8X 66MHz AD and SBA signaling; AGP pipelined split-transaction

longburst transfers up to 2GB/sec.

• One AGP Slot on board, AGP v3.0 compliant

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1-4.5 BIOS

Flash Memory for easy upgrade, supporting Year 2000 compliant, and supporting various hardware configuration during booting system (See Chapter 4 BIOS Setup):

• Standard CMOS Features (Times, Date, Hard Disk Type etc,)

• Advanced BIOS Features (Password Check, Boot Sequence etc.)

• Advanced Chipset Features (AT Clock, DRAM Timing etc.)

• Power Management Features (Sleep Timer, Suspend Timer etc.)

• PNP/PCI Configurations (IRQ Settings, Latency Timers etc.)

• Integrated Peripherals (Onboard I/O, IRQ, DMA Assign. etc.)

• Hardware Monitor Status (CPU/System Temp., Fan speed etc.)

• Frequency/Voltage Control (CPU clock, Voltage of CPU, DIMM, AGP etc.)

1-4.6 Multi-I/O Functions:

• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:

-- 2x Ultra ATA 133/100 / 66 / 33 IDE Connectors supporting up to 4 IDE devices;

• Dedicated IR Functions:

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

• Multi-mode parallel Data transfer:

-- Standard mode, ECP and EPP support;

• Floppy Disk connector:

-- One FDD connector with drive swap support;

• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:

-- USB 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 USB Headers which require 2 additional USB cables to provide 4 more optional USB ports;

• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse

• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):

-- 2x Serial Ports COM1 and COM2 on board;

1-4.7 Expansion Slots

• 5 PCI Bus Master slots

• One AGP 8X/4X slot

• 4 DDR DIMM slots

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1-4.8 SATA RAID Interface

Serial ATA RAID Interface supported by VT8237:

• Supporting 2 Serial ATA RAID connectors for 2 SATA Hard Disks with

150Mb/s transfer rate

• Supporting RAID 0, 1 configuration

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

installation

Serial ATA RAID Interface supported by PDC20378:

• 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 PATA RAID 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.

1-4.9 Hardware Monitor on board

• Hardware Monitor in IT8705F, providing monitoring and alarm for flexible

desktop management of hardware voltage, temperatures and fan speeds.

• Utility Software Soltek Hardware Monitor for displaying Monitoring status

is enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.

1-4.10 AC’97 Audio Codec on board

AC’97 Audio Codec Version 2.2 compliant on board

• Supporting up to 6 channels of PCM audio output

• 6 channel audio consists of Front Left, Front Right, Back Left, Back

Right, Center and Subwoofer for complete surround sound effect

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

1-4.11 Advanced System Power Management

• ACPI 1.0B compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), in-

cluding ACPI Suspend mode support (See “Power management Features” in BIOS Setup)

• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy Power Management)

• Wake On LAN supported (See “Power Management Features” in BIOS

Setup)

• Real Time Clock (RTC) with date alarm, month alarm, and century field

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1-4.12 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on board

Gigabit Ethernet Controller VIA VT6122 on board:

• Supporting 10/100/1000Mb data transfer

• Supporting Wake On LAN function through the on-board RJ45 LAN Con-

nector

• LAN Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.

1-4.13 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 ex-

pansion interface. The IEEE 1394 controller can be up to 400MB/sec transfer rate to fulfill various requirments of any multimedia devices.

1-4.14 Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor, ATX Power Supply Version 2.03 compliant, supported

by one Main Power Connector, one +12V Power Connector

• Mainboard size: 244mm x 305mm

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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 Pentium 4 CPU Installation 2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation 2-3 Memory Installation 2-4 AGP slot Installation 2-5 IDE Connector Installation 2-6 Floppy Drive Connector Installation 2-7 SATA RAID Connectors Installation 2-8 ATX 2.03 Power Supply Installation 2-9 Jumper Settings 2-10 Other Connectors Configuration

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2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 478B

2-1.1 To Identify a Pentium 4 CPU

Intel

PENTIUM 4

2.80 GHz / 512 / 800

(Hyper-Threading & Prescott CPU included)

3) System Bus

2) CPU L2 Cache

1) CPU Working Frequency

On the heatsink side of a Pentium 4 CPU, there printed a line of figures to identify its specifications. The line consists of 4 parts:

1. CPU Working Frequency: this part depicts the working frequency of

the CPU. The Intel P4 processor with three differeent System Bus

mode provides a variety of speeds ranging from 2A Ghz to 3.2Ghz.

400MHz System Bus: 2.60, 2.50, 2.40, 2.20, 2A GHz 533MHz System Bus: 3.06, 2.80, 2.66, 2.53, 2.40, 2.26 GHz 800MHz System Bus: 3.20, 3, 2.80C, 2.60C, 2.40C GHz

2. CPU L2 Cache: this part depicts the L2 Cache size. For example,

512 stands for 512 KB L2 Cache; 256 stands for 256 KB L2 Cache

3. System Bus: this part depicts the System Bus (Front Side Bus) is

provided by CPU clock x 4. For example, 800MHz = 200MHz(CPU clock) x 4; 533MHz = 133MHz x 4 400MHz = 100MHz x 4

Note: System Bus vs CPU Clock P4 CPU is a quad-pumped CPU. The system bus is provided by the CPU clock x 4. Therefore, users can figure out the P4 CPU clock by the System Bus divided by 4.

Pentium 4 with Hyper Threading Technology : (1) P4 processors at 2.40C, 2.60C, 2.80C, 3, 3.20GHz with an advanced 800MHz system bus (2) P4 processor at 3.06Ghz with 533MHz system bus

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2-1.2 CPU Installation with Socket 478B

This mainboard is built with CPU Socket 478B (478-pin) supporting the Intel Pentium 4 CPU:

• Follow the steps described in this sec-

tion to install the 478-pin Pentium 4 CPU into the on board Socket 478.

• After installation of Pentium 4 CPU,

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

• This mainboard supports Hyper-

threading dual-in-one CPU, the function of which can be enabled by Windows XP. (See illustration on the right.)

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

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

( If Hyper Threading CPU is installed successfully with O/S Win XP, the O/S will enable the dual-in-one CPU function.)

mPGA478B

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

3. Make sure that all CPU pins have completely entered the socket and then lower down the lever to lock up CPU to socket.

Pin 1

tiu

l P

mPGA478B

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2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation:

CPU Fan Connector

Pentium 4 Fanbase

Press down 2 Spring Locks to lock fan to fanbase

Connect Fan Connector to CPU FAN connector

The above pictures are taken from sample mainboards as installation illustration. The layout in the pictures may be different from your mainboard.

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2-3 Memory Installation

How to tackle the memory Modules:

• Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing memory module.

• Pay attention to the orientation of the DIMM slots.

Dual Channel Memory Features

• Dual Channel memory configuration provides higher performance than Single Channel configurations

• 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. 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.

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

mPGA478B

Do not insert other type of

COM1COM2

RJ45

(on top)

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

Header USB3

VIA

VT8237

DDR DIMM Slots (184-pin)

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

SATA2

BIOS

JBAT1

DIMM4

SATA1

PDC20378

SJP1

IT8705F

FDD1

PWR

PWLED

ITE

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

USB1

(port)

USB0 (port)

)

(

VT6307

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

CDIN1

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

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2-3.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module

The Dual-Channel DDR SDRAM installation is quite different from the Single channel installation.

• To enable Dual-Channel memory function, tical (size and frequency) DDR module pair into the bank-pair. In this series, DIMM1 and DIMM2 is a pair, and DIMM3 and DIMM4 is another.

• DDR DIMM slot has 184 pins and one notch. Insert a DDR SDRAM vertically into the 184-pin slot with the notch-to-rib matching.

184-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definition

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

users should insert totally iden-

(2.5V Voltage Key)DDR Notch

DIMM1

Bank A

DIMM2

DDR Rib

DIMM3

Bank B

DIMM4

Module Latch

DIMM1+DIMM2 = (with identical pair) Dual Channel Memory DIMM3+DIMM4 = (with identical pair) Dual Channel Memory

2-3.2 To Remove a DIMM

Power off the system first, and then press down the holding latches on both sides of slot to release the module from the DIMM slot.

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2-4 AGP slot Installation

To install a VGA card into AGP 8X/4X slot on board, users can install a 8X or 4X AGP card with its only card driver. An AGP 8X card will support a data transfer rate up to 2GB/sec., and an 4X card supports a date transfer rate up to 1GB/sec..

AGP Accelerator

8X/4X notch

AGP 8X/4X

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

mPGA478B

COM1COM2

RJ45

(on top)

(

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

USB1

(port)

USB0 (port)

)

(

VT6307

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

CDIN1

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

Header USB3

VIA

VT8237

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

SATA2

BIOS

JBAT1

DIMM4

FDD1

SATA1

PDC20378

SJP1

IT8705F

PWR

PWLED

ITE

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

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2-5 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.

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

COM1COM2

RJ45

(on top)

(

USB2(port)

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

(

ers

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

mPGA478B

VIA

VT8237

Header USB3

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

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

DIMM4

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

PDC20378

SATA2

SJP1

ITE

BIOS

IT8705F

JBAT1

RT2

FDD1

Fan3

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

IDE1

SATA1

PWR

PWLED

SPK RST

LED

HDD

NJ1

IDE2

Black connector

(To Master Device)

Gray connector

(To Slave device)

Red line

Blue connector

(To Mainboard)

IDE Flat Cable

80-conductor cable

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2-6 Floppy Drive Connector Installation

To install FDD, you should connect the end of FDD cable with single connector to the board, and connect the other end with two connectors to the floppy drives.

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

COM1COM2

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

RJ45

(on top)

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

(

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

(

ers

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

Header USB3

mPGA478B

VIA

VT8237

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

DIMM2

DIMM4

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

SATA2

BIOS

JBAT1

SATA1

PDC20378

SJP1

FDD1

IT8705F

PWR

PWLED

Floppy Disk Drive Connector:

ITE

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

Orient the red line on the floppy

NJ1

Fan3

Flat cable to Pin1.

FDD

Signal Swap End

To 1st Floppy Drive

Red line

FDD Cable

To 2nd Floppy Drive

To Mainboard

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2-7 SATA RAID Connectors Installation

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.

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

mPGA478B

COM1COM2

LPT1

RJ45

(on top)

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

JAUD1

(

)

(

)

VIA

VT6122

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

ATA1

ATA2

SATA RAID Connector

PW2

PW1

Fan2

JCLK11JCLK2

JP2

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

Battery

PCI 5

Header USB2

Header USB3

VIA

VT8237

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

DIMM2

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

SATA2

BIOS

JBAT1

DIMM4

SATA1

PDC20378

SJP1

IT8705F

FDD1

PWR

PWLED

ITE

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

Serial ATA Hard Disk

To Power Supply

SATA Power Connector

Serial ATA Power Cable

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2-8 SATA RAID / Parallel ATA RAID Connectors

2 Serial ATA RAID and 1 Parallel ATA RAID connectors are built on board, supported by the RAID Controller PDC20378. Before we install RAID disk drives to these connectors, we must first enable the controller PDC20378 by Jumper SJP1 1-2 closed and then install the RAID Controller Driver (see Chapter 6 Disk Array Installation).

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

mPGA478B

COM1COM2

RJ45

(on top)

PATA RAID Connector IDE3

IDE3 is supported by PD20378 for PATA RAID Setup. Orient the red line on the IDE Flat Cable to Pin1.

SATA RAID Connector SATA2 SATA RAID Connector SATA1

DIMM4

SJP1:

RAID Controller PDC20378

Select

SATA1

1-2 closed (default) RAID Controller enabled

PWR

PWLED

SPK RST

LED

HDD

2-3 closed

NJ1

Fan3

RAID Controller disabled

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

Header USB3

VIA

VT8237

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

DIMM2

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

PDC20378

SATA2

SJP1

ITE

BIOS

IT8705F

JBAT1

RT2

FDD1

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

USB1

(port)

USB0 (port)

)

(

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

To Power Supply

Serial ATA Hard Disk

SATA Power Connector

Serial ATA Power Cable

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2-9 ATX V2.03 Power Supply Installation

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

IEEE1394

(port)

COM1COM2

RJ45

(on top)

(

USB2(port)

LPT1

)

JAUD1

(

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

JKB1

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

(port)

USB0

PW1

USB1

(port)

USB0 (port)

(

)

VIA

VT6122

mPGA478B

PW2

VIA

Fan2

JCLK11JCLK2

JP2

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

Battery

PCI 5

Header USB2

Header USB3

VIA

VT8237

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

PDC20378

SATA2

SJP1

ITE

BIOS

IT8705F

JBAT1

FDD1

+12V Power Connector

GND

+12V

Main Power Connector

+12V

5SB

PWR OK

DIMM4

SATA1

PWR

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

GND

+5V

GND

+5V

GND

PWLED

+3.3V

SPK RST

+3.3V +3.3V

Pin1 Pin11

GND

+12V

+5V +5V

-5V GND

GND

GND PS ON# GND

-12V

ATX V2.03 Power Supply is strongly recommended for mainboard running with 2GHz or higher CPU.

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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2-10 Jumper Settings

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

JCLK1&JCLK2: CPU Frequency Select

(default)

CPU

Auto-

Detection

JCLK2

JCLK1

100MHz

(FSB400)

JCLK2

JCLK1

133MHz

(FSB533)

JCLK2

JCLK1

200MHz

(FSB800)

JCLK2

JCLK1

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

COM1COM2

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

RJ45

(on top)

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

(

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

JKB1:

Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up

1-2 closed (default)

Disabled

2-3 closed

Enabled

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

Battery

PCI 5

Header USB2

mPGA478B

VT8237

Header USB3

1111

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

VIA

ATA1

ATA2

PDC20378

SATA2

SJP1

ITE

BIOS

JBAT1

IT8705F

FDD1

DIMM2

DIMM4

SATA1

PWR

PWLED

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

JBAT1:

Clear CMOS

1-2 closed (default)

To hold data

2-3 closed

To clear CMOS

JP2

LAN Controller Select

1-2 open

LAN controller Enabled

LAN controller Disabled

(default)

1-2 closed

SJP1: RAID Controller PDC20378 Select

1-2 closed (default)

Enabled

2-3 closed

Disabled

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How to tackle the Jumpers:

123

A 3-pin Jumper

If a pin-header (of 2 or more pins) is designed in such a way that its pins can be closed or linked together to set up a specific function, is called a jumper in this manual.

this header

A 2-pin Jumper Cap

The conductor inside the cap links two header-pins together.

• A Jumper is usually but not necessarily given a “JpX” legend.

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

1 13313

Jp X

Jumper with

Pin 2-3 closed

Jumper with

all Pins 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, the mainboard will be damaged.

2-10.1 JCLK1&JCLK2: CPU Frequency Select

JCLK1 and JCLK2 are designed on board for CPU frequency select.

1. Setting JCLK1 1-2 closed and JCLK2 to 1-2 closed will allow CPU on board to Auto Detect its own frequency and apply it to the System Bus.

2. Setting JCLK1 2-3 closed and JCLK2 2-3 closed is for 100 MHz CPU.

3. Setting JCLK1 2-3 closed and JCLK2 open is for 133 MHz CPU.

4. Setting JCLK1 open and JCLK2 2-3 closed is to select a CPU clock at 200 MHz for your CPU. If 200MHz is an overclock for your CPU, it may or may not boot your system. If an overclok fails to boot system, you should restore the default setting and then clear CMOS to reboot your system. (See Clear CMOS in next paragraph.)

JCLK1&JCLK2: CPU Frequency Select

(default)

CPU

Auto-

Detection

100MHz

(FSB400)

133MHz

(FSB533)

200MHz

(FSB800)

JCLK2

JCLK1

JCLK2

JCLK1

1111

JCLK1

JCLK2

JCLK1

JCLK2

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Further Notes on CPU Overclocking:

1. If you have successfully booted system, with or without CPU overclock, you still can try another CPU overclock in BIOS Setup. Please enter BIOS Setup, choose “Frequency/Voltage Control” menu, and then configure the “CPU Clock” item to raise your CPU clock.

2. CPU overclocking should take all components on board into account. If you fail in BIOS overclocking, you will not be able to restart system. In such case, Power off system and clear CMOS by JBAT1 and then restart your system. And remember to reconfigure whatever should be reconfigured.

3. If your system is already fixed in a cabinet or case, you may not like to take the trouble to clear CMOS. Then power on your system with the power button on the PC case and simultaneously press down the “Insert” key on the keyboard until you see the initial bootup screen appear. And remember you should also enter CMOS BIOS Setup instantly and choose “Load Optimized Defaults” to restore default BIOS .

2-10.2 JBAT1: Clear CMOS

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

1. Power off system;

2. Set JBAT1 to Pin 2-3 closed.

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

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

JBAT1:

Clear CMOS

1-2 closed (default) To hold data

2-3 closed To clear CMOS

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2-10.3 JKB1: Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up

JKB1 is designed on board as a jumper to enable/disable the PS/2 keyboard/mouse Wake Up from suspend mode. USB keyboard/mouse Wake Up function is

Keyboard / Mouse Wake Up

1-2 closed (default)

Disabled

not supported on this mainboard.

2-10.4 JP2: LAN Controller Select

JP2 is a 2-pin jumper for enabling or disabling the on-board LAN Controller. Users can set JP2 1-2 open to enable the on-board LAN Controller so as to set up the LAN driver, or to set JP2 1-2 closed to disable the on-board LAN Controller. No matter JP2 is enabled or disabled, us-

LAN Controller Select

1-2 open

LAN controller Enabled

1-2 closed

LAN controller Disabled

ers are free to use an add-on PCI LAN card for networking.

2-10.5 SJP1: RAID Controller PDC20378 Select

SJP1 is a 3-pin jumper for enabling or disabling the on-board RAID Controller PDC20378. Setting SJP1 1-2 CLOSED will allow users to enable onboard RAID Controller so as to allow users to set up the Disk Array.

SJP1: RAID Controller PDC20378 Select

1-2 closed (default)

Enabled

2-3 closed

Disabled

JKB1:

2-3 closed

Enabled

JP2

(default)

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2-11 Other Connectors Configuration

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

2-11.1 On Board FAN Connectors

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

IEEE1394

(port)

COM1COM2

(on top)

RJ45

(

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

LPT1

USB1

USB0

JAUD1

(

)

VT6122

VIA

Fan1

mPGA478B

PW2

PW1

Fan2

(port)

JCLK11JCLK2

)

VIA

JP2

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

Header USB3

VIA

VT8237

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

PDC20378

SATA2

SJP1

ITE

BIOS

IT8705F

JBAT1

FDD1

DIMM4

SATA1

PWR

PWLED

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

Sensor

+12V

GND

Sensor Conn.

FAN1, yellow, sensor

FAN2, white, no sensor

FAN3, yellow, sensor

Void

+12V

No Sensor

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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2-11.2 CD-ROM Audio Connector

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

COM1COM2

(

USB2(port)

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

RJ45

(on top)

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

)

(

)

(

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

mPGA478B

Header USB3

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

VIA

ATA1

VT8237

ATA2

SATA2

SJP1

BIOS

IT8705F

JBAT1

FDD1

CDIN 1

DIMM2

DIMM4

SATA1

PDC20378

PWR

PWLED

ITE

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

2-11.3 Chassis Panel Connector

B. C.

CD-ROM Audio Pin Assignment

Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4

Left

Channel

GND

Right

Channel

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

A: PS/2 Mouse B: IEEE1394 (port) C: LPT1 Port D: RJ45 E: Line in/ Rear Speaker Out F: PS/2 Keyboard

G : USB 2/3 (port) H: COM1 Connector I: COM2 Connector J: USB 0/1 (port) K: Microphone Input / Center Subwoofer Out L : Line Out / Front Speaker Out

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2-11.4 Thermal Detector

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

COM1COM2

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

RJ45

(on top)

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

(

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

(

ers

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

Detector RT2: A thermal Detector is mounted by default to connector

RT2 so as to detect the temperature of the system. What RT2 does is to transmit the thermal signal to Hardware Monitor.

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

Header USB3

mPGA478B

VIA

VT8237

Thermal Detector RT2

RT2

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

DIMM2

DIMM4

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

SATA2

BIOS

JBAT1

SATA1

PDC20378

SJP1

FDD1

IT8705F

PWR

PWLED

ITE

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

RT2 is mounted with Thermal Resistor by default for detecting system temperature.

2-11.5 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard

PS/2 Mouse Connector

6 Void

4 VCC

2 Void

6 Void

4 VCC

2 Void

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

(green, on top)

5 Mouse Clock

3 GND

1 Mouse Data

5 Keyboard Clock

3 GND

1 Keyboard Data

(purple, underside)

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2-11.6 Front Panel Connector

This Front Panel Connector consists of 6 connectors providing various supports:

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

mPGA478B

COM1COM2

LPT1

PW1

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

1394_2

Fan2

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

JAUD1

VIA

JCLK11JCLK2

(

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

RJ45

(on top)

(

VT1616

(1)Power Switch

(2)Infrared(IR)

(3)HDD LED

PW2

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

PWRBT#

PWRBT

IR_VCC

IRRX

IRGND

IRTX HDLEDHDLED+

VT8237

Battery

Header USB3

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

DIMM2

SJP1

FDD1

ITE

IT8705F

PDC20378

DIMM4

SATA1

PWR

PWLED

To PC Front

Panel

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

VIA

ATA1

ATA2

SATA2

BIOS

JBAT1

PLEDNC

Power LED (4)

PLED+

RSTGND

RST1

Reset Switch (5)

SP1 NC SP3

Speaker (6)

SPVCC

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(1) Power Switch Connector:

Connection: Connected to a momentary button or switch.

Function: Manually switching the system between “On” and “Soft Off”. Pressing the momentary button for more than 4 seconds will also turn the system off.

(2) IR Connector (Infrared Connector):

Connection: Connected to Connector IR on board.

Function: Supporting wireless transmitting and receiving module

on board.

(3) HDD LED Connector:

Connection: Connected to HDD LED.

Function: To supply power to HDD LED.

(4) Power LED Connector:

Connection: Connected to System Power LED.

Function: To supply power to “System Power LED”.

(5) Reset Switch Connector:

Connection: Connected to case-mounted “Reset Switch”.

Function: To supply power to “Reset Switch” and support system reboot function.

(6) Speaker Connector:

Connection: Connected to the case-mounted Speaker.

Function: To supply power to the case-mounted Speaker.

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2-11.7 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers

This series provides four USB ports USB0 to USB3 on board supporting various USB devices. In addition, two USB pin-headers are added on board to provide expansion of four more optional USB ports by using two additional USB Cables. Users 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 up . USB 1.0 / 2.0 drivers are provided in Support CD for user’s installation.

USB Ports USB 0 to USB 3

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

COM1COM2

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

RJ45

(on top)

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

(

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

(

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

Header USB2 for USB4/5 ports

mPGA478B

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

Battery

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

VIA

ATA1

VT8237

ATA2

SATA2

BIOS

JBAT1

Header USB3

Header USB3 for USB6/7 ports

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM1

DIMM3

SJP1

ITE

IT8705F

FDD1

PDC20378

DIMM2

DIMM4

SATA1

PWR

PWLED

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

USB Cable (Optional)

USB Port

Red wire

First USB Port Wiring for Front USB

USB Header

Pin Assignment

Second USB Port Wiring for Front USB

Red White

+5V

Red

D1-

D2-

White

Green

D1+

D2+

Green

black

GND

black

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2-11.8 RJ45 Connector

One RJ45 connector is on board for LAN connection, supporting GiGabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mb data transfer.

Red/Orange LED blinks to indicate that data transmission is undergoing in 1000 Base T mode.

Green LED blinks to indicate that data transmission is undergoing in 10/100 Base T mode.

2-11.9 External Audio Connector

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

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 your chassis.

JAUD1: External Audio Connector

Pin 10 RET L

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

Pin 9 FPOUT L

Pin 7 (Key) Pin 5 FPOUT R

Pin 3 Mic VREF Pin 1 Mic In

Yellow LED “On” to indicate Network hub is in connection with the system.

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

(

COM1COM2

RJ45

(on top)

USB2(port)

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

(

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

COM1COM2

LPT1

PW1

Fan2

RJ45

(on top)

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

(

JAUD1

(

)

(

)

VIA

VT6122

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

mPGA478B

VIA

PT880

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

AGP 8X/4X

DIMM1

DIMM3

JBAT1

mPGA478B

VIA

VT8237

Header USB3

DIMM2

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

PDC20378

SATA2

SJP1

ITE

BIOS

IT8705F

FDD1

DIMM1

DIMM3

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

ATA1

ATA2

SATA2

SJP1

BIOS

IT8705F

JBAT1

FDD1

PCI 1

PCI 2

VIA

PCI 3

VT8237

PCI 4

Battery

PCI 5

Header USB2

Header USB3

PW2

VIA

PT880

JCLK11JCLK2

AGP 8X/4X

JP2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

Battery

PCI 5

Header USB2

DIMM4

SATA1

PWR

PWLED

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM2

DIMM4

SATA1

PDC20378

PWR

PWLED

ITE

SPK RST

LED

RT2

HDD

NJ1

Fan3

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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 Support CD 3-2 VIA 4-in-1 Drivers Installation 3-3 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation 3-4 USB 2.0 Driver Installation 3-5 Hardware Monitor Utility Installation 3-6 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation

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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. Users are recommended to install all the drivers and utilities at a

time, though they can be installed separately.

Also, we should take “VIA 4-in-1 Drivers” as first installation priority

to optimize the VIA system. From next section, we provide detailed descriptions of all these installations with graphical illustrations.

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3-2 VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation

1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “ VIA 4in-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.

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 1.70a

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6. Select “Install VIA PCI IDE Driver” checkbox, then click the “Next” button to continue.

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.

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3-3 To Install AC’97 Audio Driver

VIA AC97 Audio Codec VT1616 on board, AC’97 2.2 compatible, supporting 6 channel audio codec for PC multimedia systems. VIA AC’97 Audio Codec Driver is provided in Support CD for user’s installation.

3-3.1 Installation

1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “ AC’97 Audio Driver” to proceed.

2. Instantly, the “VIA Audio Driver Setup Program”screen appears to guide you through the “VIA Audio Driver“ Setup, please press “Next” button to continue.

3. Instantly, check ” Install Driver” and click “Next” to continue. (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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3-3.2 To verify 6-channel Audio

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

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

Pale Blue Connector to Rear Speaker

Pale Green Connector to Front Speaker

Pale Pink Connector to Center/Subwoofer Speaker

2. After Connection is done, start your Windows system and double click “volume” icon at the taskbar to enter 6-channel configuration:

“Volume” icon

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

4. At the “Other Controls”, pick the item “Smart 5.1 Enable” to activiate 6 channel configuration. Then click “Close” to finish configuration.

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3-4 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.

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.

Finish

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3-5 Gigabit Ethernet 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.

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.

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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup

THE BIOS

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

BIOS performs the following functions:

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

2. Loading and running your operating system.

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

This Chapter includes the following topics : 4-1 About BIOS Setup 4-2 To run BIOS Setup 4-3 About CMOS 4-4 The POST (Power On Self Test) 4-5 To upgrade BIOS 4-6 BIOS Setup

Attention: The BIOS Setup is subject to constant update without further notice to users. It is necessary for users to update the onboard BIOS by the latest BIOS version provided in our web site: www.soltek.com.tw

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4-1 About BIOS Setup

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

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

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

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

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup

First access BIOS setup menu by pressing < DEL > key after “POST” is complete ( before OS is loaded ). BIOS will then display the following message:

Press “DEL” to enter “SETUP”

4-3 About CMOS

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

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test )

POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test. This program will test all things the BIOS does before the operating system is started. Each of POST routines is assigned a POST code, a unique number which is sent to I/O port 080h before the routine is executed.

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4-5 To Upgrade BIOS

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

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

• The Upgrade Utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette to execute saving,

verifying, and updating the system BIOS. The Upgrade Utility can also be run from a hard disk drive or a network drive.

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS

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

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

4-5.2 Upgrade Process

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

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

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

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

utility can not be executed in Windows 95/98, ME, NT, WINDOWS 2000 or Windows XP environment.

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

Step 1. Please visit the board maker’s website, download the zip file which contains the latest BIOS file and Award Flash Utility “AWDFLASH. EXE”. After unzipping, the BIOS file format will be *.bin, of which “ * ” stands for the specific BIOS file name.

Step 2. Create a bootable diskette. Then copy the BIOS file and Award Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.EXE” into the diskette.

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

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

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

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

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

The parameters of AWDFLASH.EXE

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

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

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

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BIOS Update Illustration: (1) Executing the “awdflash.exe pt880.bin” in DOS system, Award Flash

Memory Writer Start Screen appears: To input BIOS file name.

For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003

File Name to Program : PT880.BIN

Message: Input the (BIOS) file name

(2) Press Y if you want to back up your old BIOS. Otherwise, press N to go

on without saving.

For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003

File Name to Program : PT880.BIN

Message: Do You Want To Save BIOS (Y/N)

(3) Press Y to write the latest BIOS into system.

For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003

File Name to Program : PT880.BIN

Message: Press “Y” to Program or “N” to Exit

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(4) Updating is in progress. Do not turn off power at this moment.

AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8.24F

For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003 Flash Type - SST 39SF020 /5V

File Name to Program : pt880.bin

Writing Flash Memory - 0FE00 OK

Write OK No Update Write Fail

Warning: Don’t Turn Off Power Or Reset System !

(5) When the process is complete, remove the Floppy Diskette and press

F1 to restart the system to put the new BIOS into effect.

AwardBIOS Flash Utility V8.24F

For PT880-8237-6A7L2SN9C-00 Date: 09/18/2003 Flash Type - SST 39SF020 /5V

File Name to Program : pt880.bin

Flashing Complete

Remove Floppy Diskette & Hit <F1> to Continue

Write OK No Update Write Fail

F1 Reset

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4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility

Warning and Tips: If changing CMOS Configuration causes difficulty in rebooting system, you can take the following measures:

1. At pressing the power button to reboot, press the “Insert” key at the same time. As soon as the screen displays the booting message, release the “Insert” key and press “Delete” key to enter CMOS Setup Utility . Then choose the “Load Optimized (Optimal) Defaults” menu to restore the default values for a new start. Or,

2. Open your machine cabinet and clear CMOS with jumper setting. Please refer to the Jumper Setting Section of this User manual.

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility

1. Power on your system.

2. At the initial screen, enter CMOS Setup Utility by pressing < Del > key before POST(Power on Self Test) is complete and the main program screen will appear as follows.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield

Esc: Quit : Select Item F1: General Help F10: Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

CPU Ratio/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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3. When one main item of the Main Menu is chosen and clicked on, its submenu will appear to display the related items and options. On the other hand, a list of operation guide will appear at the end of the submenu as below:

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

(1) Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select an option, and press

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

(2) Press <Enter> to select item or option. (3) +/- /PU/PD: To adjust or select value. (4) F10: Save configuration.

(5) Esc: Press <Esc> key to get out of the menu on screen. (6) F1: Press F1 to display General Help List.

(7) F5: Press F5 to restore the Previous Value. (8) F6: Press F6 to load the Fail-Safe default values.

(9) F7: Press F7 to load the Optimized Default Values.

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

5. In the Main Menu, “SAVE AND EXIT SETUP” saves your changes and reboots the system, and “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” ignores your changes and exits the program.

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4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup

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

Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows: Choose “Standard CMOS Setup” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Dec 14 2003 Time (hh:mm:ss) 9 : 41 : 11

IDE Primary Master WDC WD400BB-00DEA0 IDE Primary Slave None IDE Secondary Master None IDE Secondary Slave None

Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in. Drive B None

Video EGA/VGA Halt On All, But Keyboard

Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 261120K Total Memory 262144K

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

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

Menu Level

Change the day, month, year and century

Item Help

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

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

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

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

Primary / Secondary

Master / Slave

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

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter

IDE Primary Master Auto Access Mode Auto

Capacity 40022MB

Cylinder 19158 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 19157 Sector 255

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

IDE Primary Master

Item Help

Menu Level

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

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

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

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

1.44MB, 3.5 in.

2.88MB, 3.5 in. None

Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your

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

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

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

Base Memory Typically 640KB. Also called conventional memory.

The DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area.

Extended Memory Above the 1MB boundary. Early IBM personal

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

Total Memory This option shows system memory capacity.

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4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features improves your system performance or sets up system features according to your preference.

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

Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 & L2 Cache Enabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD-0 Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Typematic Rate Setting Disabled x Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6 x Typematic Delay (Msec) 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled

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

Item Help

Menu Level

Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this functions is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep

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

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

NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot

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

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

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

Hyper Threading

Technology

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-

If a P4 CPU with Hyper Threading technology is installed on board, this item will appear and allow you to enable/ disable the function. If not, this item will not appear.

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

Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time re-

Test

quired to run the power-on self-test (POST). A quick POST skips certain steps. We recommend that you normally enable quick POST.

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

changing without any physical connection and modification on the cables.

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

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

Boot Up NumLock

Status

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

Typematic Rate (Chars

Typematic Delay

(Msec)

Security Option

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

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

When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can

/ Sec)

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

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

If you have set a password, select whether the password is required every time the System boots, or only when you enter setup. Choices: System; Setup

OS Select For DRAM >

Video BIOS Shadow Selecting Enabled allows copying Video BIOS to

Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating

64MB

system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system.

shadow RAM, resulting in better video 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

DRAM Clock/Drive Control Press Enter AGP & P2P Bridge Control Press Enter CPU & PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Init Display First AGP

: 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

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4-6.4.1 DRAM Clock/Drive Control

Choose “DRAM Clock/Drive Control” in “Advanced Chipset Features” and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for DRAM Control configuration:

Current FSB Frequency 133MHz Current DRAM Frequency 133MHz DRAM Clock By SPD DRAM Timing Auto By SPD x SDRAM CAS Latency 2,5 x Bank Interleave Disabled x Precharge to Active(Trp) 3T x Active to Precharge(Tras) 6T x Active to CMD(Trcd) 3T x REF to ACT/REF to REF(Trfc) 15T x ACT(0) to ACT(1) (TRRD) 3T DRAM BUS Selection Auto DRAM Command Rate 2T Command

Current FSB

Frequency

Current DRAM

Frequency

DRAM Clock This item allows you to set the DRAM Clock.

DRAM Timing This item allows you to set the DRAM Timing.

SDRAM CAS Latency

DRAM Clock/Drive Control

Item Help

Menu Level

This item is to show the current FSB Frequency.

This item is to show the current DRAM Frequency.

SPD (Serial Presence Detect) is located on the memory modules, BIOS reads information coded in SPD during system boot up. Choices: By SPD; 100MHz;133MHz; 166MHz; 200MHz

Choices: Auto By SPD; Manual; Turbo; Ultra With SDRAM Timing by SPD disabled, you can se-

lect the SDRAM CAS# (Column Address Strode)latency manually. Choices: 1.5; 2.0; 2.5; 3.0

Bank Interleave

Precharge to Active

(Trp)

Active to Precharge

(Tras)

Active to CMD(Trcd)

This value appears when “DRAM Timing” is set at “Manual”. Choices: 2 Bank; 4 Bank; Disabled

This value appears when “DRAM Timing” is set at “Manual”. Choices: 2T; 3T; 4T; 5T

This value appears when “DRAM Timing” is set at “Manual”. Choices: 6T; 7T; 8T; 9T

This value appears when “DRAM Timing” is set at “Manual”. Choices: 2T; 3T; 4T; 5T

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REF to ACT/REF to

REF(Trfc)

ACT(0) to ACT(1)

(TRRD)

DRAM Bus Selection Allows you to select DRAM Bus.

DRAM Command Rate Allows you to set the DRAM Command Rate.

This value appears when “DRAM Timing” is set at “Manual”. Choices: 12T; 13T; 14T; 15T

This value appears when “DRAM Timing” is set at “Manual”. Choices: 2T; 3T

Choices: Auto; Single Channel; Dual Channel

Choices: 1T Command; 2T Command

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4-6.4.2 AGP & P2P Bridge Control

Choose “AGP & P2P Bridge Control” in “Advanced Chipset Features” and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for AGP & P2P Bridge Control configuration:

AGP & P2P Bridge Control

AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP3.0 Mode 4X AGP Driving Control Auto x AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled AGP 3.0 Calibration cycle Disabled DBI Output for AGP Trans. Disabled DBI Output for Frame Trans Disabled

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

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

Item Help

Menu Level

AGP3.0 Mode

This item allows you to select AGP Mode. Choices: 1X; 2X; 4X; 8X

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

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

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

Choices: Min=0000 ~ Max=00FF

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

mode.

AGP Master 1 WS

Leave this field at default.

Write

AGP Master 1 WS

Leave this field at default.

Read

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AGP 3.0 Calibration

cycle

DBI Output for AGP

Trans.

DBI Output for Fame

Trans.

This item is only for AGP 8X card. Leave this field at default.

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4-6.4.3 CPU & PCI Bus Control

Choose “CPU & PCI Bus Control” in “Advanced Chipset Features” and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for CPU & PCI Bus Control configuration:

CPU & PCI Bus Control

PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled VLink mode selection Mode 1 x VLink 8X Support Enabled

PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled, writing to the PCI bus are executed

with zero wait states. Choices: Enabled, Disabled

VLink mode selection Allows you select VLink mode.

Choices: By Auto; Mode 0; Mode 1; Mode 2; Mode 3; Mode 4

VLink 8X Support Default is enabled to improve the system

performance.

Item Help

Menu Level

○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

Memory Hole In order to improve performance, certain space in

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

System BIOS

Cacheable

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

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.

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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 SuperIO 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

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4-6.5.1 VIA OnChip IDE Device

Choose “VIA OnChip IDE Device” in “Integrated Peripherals” and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for VIA OnChip IDE Device configuration:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device

OnChip SATA/RAID Enabled IDE DMA transfer access Enabled OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 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

On-Chip SATA/RAID South Bridge VT8237 supports Serial ATA and

RAID function. This item allows you to enable/ disable onboard SATA/RAID function.

Item Help

IDE DMA transfer

access

This item is to improved the whole system performance with DMA mode of IDE devices enabled.

On-Chip IDE Channel

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with

0/1

support from two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the first and/or the second IDE interface. Select Disabled to inactivate an interface if you install a primary and/or second addon IDE interface.

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

for faster drive accesses. If the IDE device doesn’t support prefetching, set this field to Disabled.

Primary

Master / Slave PIO

Secondary

Master / Slave PIO

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

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Primary

Master / Slave UDMA

Secondary

Master / Slave UDMA

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

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.

commands, or multiple sector read/write.Select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/write per sector the drive can support.

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4-6.5.2 VIA OnChip PCI Device

Choose “VIA OnChip PCI Device” in “Integrated Peripherals” and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for VIA OnChip PCI Device configuration:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device

VIA-3058 AC97 Audio Auto OnChip USB Controller All Enabled OnChip EHCI Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled

VIA-3058 AC’97 Audio Select “Auto” to use the on-chip audio capability of

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

Item Help

OnChip USB

Controller

OnChip EHCI

Controller

USB Keyboard

Support

USB Mouse

Support

Allows you to enable/disable the Onchip USB controller. Choices: All Disabled; All Enabled

Allows you to enable/disable the Onchip EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface) controller.

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

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

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4-6.5.3 SuperIO Device

Choose “SuperIO Device” in “Integrated Peripherals” and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for SuperIO Device configuration:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperIO Device

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 DM A 3

Item Help

Onboard FDC

Controller

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

Onboard Serial

Port 1 / Port 2

Select a logical COM port name and matching address for the first and second serial ports. Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. Choices: Disabled; Auto;

3F8/IRQ4; 2F8/IRQ3; 3E8/IRQ4; 2E8/IRQ3

UART Mode Select The serial port 2 on your system may offer a va-

riety of infrared port modes. Click here for a description of various modes. The choices: Normal; IrDA; ASKIR; SCR

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UR2 Duplex Mode This options controls the operating mode between

receiving and transmitting of IrDA or ASKIR. The operating mode will be synchronous bi-directional transmission and reception when Full mode is selected. Nevertheless, the operating mode will be asynchronous bi-directional transmission and reception when Half mode is selected. Choices: Half; Full

Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel

port controller I/O address setting. Choices: 378H/IRQ7; 278H/IRQ5; 3BC/IRQ7; Dis abled

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

(printer) port. Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP unless you are sure your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes. Choices: SPP; EPP; ECP; ECP+EPP;

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 PWRBTN Instant-off AC Loss Auto Restart Off Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min IRQ/Event Activity Detect Press Enter

Item Help

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

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

erating system supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification. Currently, Windows 98SE/ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP supports ACPI.

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

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

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Power Management

Option

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

Suspend Mode Allows you to set a suspend time for HDD inactivity.

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

Video Off Method

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

User Define: To set the Suspend mode time by user. Max Saving: Maximum power savings. Inactivity

period is 1 minute in each mode.

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

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

to operate in a power saving mode.

Always On: Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.

Suspend -> Off: Monitor blanked when the system enter the suspend mode.

This determines the manner by which the monitor is

blanked. V/H SYNC+Blank: To turn off the vertical and horizontal snchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen: To write blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS Support: Select this option if your monitor

supports the Display Power Management Singaling

(DPMS) standard of the Video Electronics Standards

to select video power management values.

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

the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the

selected IRQ always awakens the system.

The choices: 3; 4; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11; NA.

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

the on/off button places the system in a very low-

power-usage state.

AC Loss Auto Restart Allows you to automatically restart from AC/Power

Loss.

Choices: On; Off; Former-Sts

Delay Prior to Thermal This item allows the system to send the signal to

detect the temperature of the mainboard under DOS

mode in a regular time.

Choices: 4 mins; 8 mins; 16 mins; 32 mins

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4-6.6.1 IRQ/Event Activity Detect

Choose “IRQ/Event Activity Detect” in “Power Management Setup” and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for IRQ/Event Activity Detect configuration:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ/Event Activity Detect

PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key PS2KB Wakeup Disable x Power Button Lock Disabled PS2MS Wakeup Disabled VGA Off LPT & COM LPT/COM HDD & FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled x Date (of Month) 0 x Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) 0: 0: 0 IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter

PS2KB Wakeup Select Allows you to set the way to wake up the system by

PS/2 keyboard.

Item Help

PS2KB Wakeup Allows you to wake up the system by PS/2 keyboard.

Power Button Lock Allows you to enable/disable to lock the power but-

ton when the system is set to wake up by PS/2

keyboard.

PS2MS Wakeup Allows you to wake up the system by PS/2 mouse.

VGA When Enabled, you can set the VGA awakens the

system

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

the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes

up the system.

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

the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the

system.

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

the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the

system.

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

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

(in other words, an incoming call on the modem)

Awakens the system from a soft off state.

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

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

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

option is Enabled to awaken the system. This

option is concurrent with Resume Time option.

Resume Time (hh:mm:

ss)

Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume

option is Enabled to awaken the system. This

option is concurrent with Date option.

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4-6.6.2 IRQ Activity Monitoring

Choose “IRQ Activity Monitoring” in “IRQ/Event Activity Detect” and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for IRQ Activity Monitoring configuration:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring

Primary INTR ON IRQ3 (COM 2 ) Disabled IRQ4 (COM 1 ) Enabled IRQ5 ( LPT 2 ) Enabled IRQ6 ( Floppy Disk ) Enabled IRQ7 ( LPT 1 ) Enabled IRQ8 ( RTC Alarm ) Disabled IRQ9 ( IRQ2 Redir ) Disabled IRQ10 ( Reserved ) Disabled IRQ11 ( Reserved ) Disabled IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse ) Enabled IRQ13 ( Coprocessor ) Disabled IRQ14 ( Hard Disk ) Enabled IRQ15 (Reserved ) Disabled

Item Help

IRQ Activity Monitor-

ing

The following is a list of IRQ’s (Interrupt Requests),

which can be exempted much as the COM ports

and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device wants

to gain the attention of the operating system, it sig-

nals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the op-

erating system is ready to respond to the request, it

interrupts itself and performs the service. When set

On, activity will neither prevent the system from go-

ing into a power management mode nor awaken it.

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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

PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is

Plug-and-Play system (e.g., Windows98).

Item Help

NOTE: BIOS will automatically disable all PnP resources except

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

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 in-

stalled a new add-on and the system reconfiguration

has caused such a serious conflict that the operat-

ing system cannot boot.

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Resource ControlledByThe Plug and Play Award BIOS can automatically

configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible

devices. If you select Auto(default), all the interrupt

request (IRQ) and DMA assignment fields will not

appear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them. If

you select Manual, the IRQ Resources item will ap-

pear for your configuration (see below).

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

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

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.

Item Help

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

and you have one or more VGA devices connected.

If you are not using your system’s VGA controller,

select Disabled to free the IRQ resource.

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

and you have one or more USB devices connected.

If you are not using your system’s USB controller,

select Disabled to free the IRQ resource.

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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

Vcore 1.45V VDIMM 2.57V +3.3V 3.20V +5V 5.13V +12V 11.64V

-12V -10.96V

-5V 1.45V +5Vsb 5.08V Voltage Battery 3.10V CPU Internal Temp. 55˚C SYSTEM Temp. 36˚C CPU Fan Speed 3068 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

Item Help

Vcore Shows actual CPU core actual voltage value.

VDIMM, +3.3V, +5V,

+12V, -12V, -5V, +5Vsb,

Shows actual voltage value of all these default volt-

age value on board.

Voltage Battery

CPU Internal Temp. Shows current CPU temperature.

System Temp. Shows current system temperature.

CPU/System Fan

Speed

These fields display the current speed of the CPU /

System fan.

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4-6.9 CPU Ratio/Voltage Control

Run the “CPU Ratio/Voltage Control” as following:

Choose “CPU Ratio/Voltage Control” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Ratio/Voltage Control

CPU Clock Ratio 10X Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Clock 100MHz CPU Vcore Select Default AGP Voltage Select 1.5V DIMM Voltage Select 2.6V

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

Item Help

CPU Clock

If CPU onboard is one with an adjustable or un-

Ratio

locked CPU ratio, this item allows you user to ad-

just the CPU Ratio. If your CPU is one with the

CPU Ratio locked, this item will be invalid.

Auto Detect PCI

To enable / disable the Auto-detect PCI clock

CLK

function.

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

treme values of the pulse generate excess EMI.

Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation

changes the extreme values from spikes to flat

curves, thus reducing EMI.

CPU Clock This items allows users to adjust CPU frequency.

CPU Vcore

Select

Allows you to configure the CPU Voltage. Usually,

to raise CPU voltage will raise the chance of CPU

overclocking and yet risk damage of CPU.

Choices: Auto; 0.8375V ~1.8000V in 0.0125V step-

ping

AGP Voltage

Select

DIMM Voltage

Select

Allows you to configure the AGP Voltage.

Choices: 1.5V; 1.6V; 1.7V; 1.8V

Allows you to configure the DIMM Voltage.

Choices: 2.6V; 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

Change CPU Clock & Voltage

CPU Ratio/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Passward

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.

Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS Optimized default values to restore the BIOS to its original status.

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4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD

These two options allow you to set your system passwords. Normally, the supervisor has a higher priority to change the CMOS setup option than the users. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and Users are as follows:

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

“Enter Password : “

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password up to 8 characters and press <Enter>. (The screen does not display the entered characters.)

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

“Confirm Password : “

4. Enter the same password “exactly” the same as you have just typed to confirm the password and press <Enter>.

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

6. If you need to delete the password entered before, choose the Supervisor Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password that you have entered before.

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

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

NOTE: If you forget or lose the password, the only way to access the system is to clear the CMOS RAM. All setup information will be lost and you need to run the BIOS setup program again.

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4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have specified into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears:

“SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ? Y “

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

4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility without saving the modifications that you have specified. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears:

“Quit Without Saving (Y/N) ? N “

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

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Chapter 5 SATA RAID Setup

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 SATA RAID Configurations : 5-0 About Disk Array 5-1 Enable SATA RAID in System BIOS (VT8237) 5-2 To Enter VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Setup 5-3 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Create Disk Array 5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Change Array mode 5-5 To Install SATA RAID Driver

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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 Enable SATA RAID in System BIOS (VT8237)

PS/2 Mouse

JKB1

(on top)

Fan1

PS/2 Keyboard (underside)

IEEE1394

(port)

USB0

USB2(port)

COM1COM2

LPT1

PW2

PW1

Fan2

RJ45

(on top)

USB1

(port)

USB0

(port)

)

(

JCLK11JCLK2

JAUD1

(

)

(

)

VIA

VT6122

JP2

VIA

VT6307

CDIN1

VIA

VT1616

1394_2

To enable SATA RAID controller, boot the PT880Pro-FGR system and watch for the following initial screen to appear:

mPGA478B

VIA

PT880

AGP 8X/4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Header USB2

PT880Pro-FGR

Battery

DIMM1

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

VIA

ATA1

VT8237

ATA2

SATA2

BIOS

JBAT1

Header USB3

Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266MHz

DIMM3

DIMM2

DIMM4

PDC20378

SJP1

ITE

IT8705F

RT2

FDD1

Fan3

Chipset VT8237 supporting SATA RAID Interfaces.

SATA1

2 SATA connectors supporting

PWR

PWLED

2 SATAHard Disks for RAID

SPK RST

mode.

LED

HDD

NJ1

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 RAID BIOS Setup.

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5-2 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

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

Drive Name Array Name Mode

ST380023AS No Drive ST380023AS No Drive

The Hard Disks connected to

ATA 133

SATA connectors are detected by RAID BIOS.

Size(GB)

74.53 Hdd

Status

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5-3 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to Create Disk Array

(5-3-1) 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

Size(GB)

74.53 Hdd

Status

(5-3-2) 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

Size(GB)

74.53 Hdd

Status

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(5-3-3) 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

Size(GB)

74.53 Hdd

Status

(5-3-4) 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

Size(GB)

74.53 Hdd

Status

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(5-3-5) 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

ATA 133

Size(GB)

74.53 Stripe 0

74.53 Stripe 1

Status

(5-3-6) 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

ATA 133

Size(GB)

74.53 Stripe 0

74.53 Stripe 1

Status

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(5-3-7) 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

ATA 133

Size(GB)

74.53 Stripe 0

74.53 Stripe 1

Status

(5-3-8) 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

ATA 133

Size(GB)

74.53 Boot

Status

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5-4 Using VIA RAID BIOS Setup to change Array mode

(5-4-1) 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

ATA 133

Size(GB)

74.53

Status

Boot

(5-4-2) 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

ATA 133

Size(GB)

74.53 Boot

Status

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(5-4-3) 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

ATA 133

74.53 Boot

Status

(5-4-4) 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

100

Size(GB)

74.53

Status

Hdd

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5-5 To Install SATA RAID Driver

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

5-5-1 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2000/XP

(1) Get ready the Floppy Diskette holding the RAID Driver. (This Driver Diskette should have been enclosed in the mainboard

Package.)

(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

This driver is intended for both SATA and SATA RAID

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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5-5-2 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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