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Introduction

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Chapter 1. Introduction

1-1. Features & Specifications

1. CPU

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Designed for Intel

Pentium 4 / Pentium D LGA775 processors with 1066/800/533 MHz

FSB

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Supports Intel

Hyper-Threading / XD-bit / EM64T / EIST Technology

2. Chipset

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Intel

945P / Intel

ICH7R Express Chipset (AL8)

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Intel

945P / Intel

ICH7 Express Chipset (AL8-V)

3. Memory

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Four 240-pin DIMM slots (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM)

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Supports Dual channel DDR2 667/533 (Max. 4GB)

4. PCI Express x16 Graphic

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Delivers up to 8GB/s per direction for 3.5 times more bandwidth than AGP8X

5. SATAII 3G RAID

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Intel

Matrix Storage Technology supports RAID 0/1/5/10

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Supports SATA AHCI, providing native command queuing and native hot plug

6. 2

PCIE SATAII 3G

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Onboard Silicon Image PCIE SATAII 3G RAID controller

(For model AL8 only)

7. Audio

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Onboard 7.1-Channel Intel

High Definition Audio CODEC

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Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/PDIF In/Out

(For model AL8 only)

8. IEEE

1394a

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Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394a at 100/200/400 Mb/s transfer rate

(For model AL8 only)

9. Gigabit

LAN

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Onboard PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller supports 10/100/1000M Ethernet

10. ABIT Engineered

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ABIT uGuru

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2005 Technology (ABIT OC Guru / ABIT EQ / ABIT Flash Menu / ABIT

Black Box)

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ABIT CPU ThermalGuard

™

Technology

11. Internal I/O Connectors

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1x PCI Express x16 slot

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3x PCI Express x1 slots

User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for AL8

Page 1: ...AL8 Series AL8 AL8 V Intel Pentium 4 System Board Socket 775 User s Manual 4200 0455 01 Rev 1 00 ...

Page 2: ...al or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manua...

Page 3: ...11 7 Additional IEEE1394 Port Headers 2 12 8 Additional USB Port Headers 2 13 9 GURU Clock Connection Header 2 14 10 Internal Audio Connectors 2 14 11 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors 2 15 12 POST Code Display 2 16 13 Serial ATA Connectors 2 17 14 PCI Express x16 Slot 2 18 15 PCI Express x1 Slots 2 18 16 Back Panel Connectors 2 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 3 1 µGuru Utility 3 2 3 2 Standard CMO...

Page 4: ...Technology RAID Driver B 1 Appendix C Install Audio Driver C 1 Appendix D Install BCM LAN Driver D 1 Appendix E Install Sil3132 SATA Driver AL8 E 1 Appendix F Install USB 2 0 Driver F 1 Appendix G Install ABIT µGuru Utility G 1 Appendix H POST Code Definition H 1 Appendix I Troubleshooting Need Assistance I 1 Appendix J How to Get Technical Support J 1 AL8 Series ...

Page 5: ...atrix Storage Technology supports RAID 0 1 5 10 Supports SATA AHCI providing native command queuing and native hot plug 6 2nd PCIE SATAII 3G Onboard Silicon Image PCIE SATAII 3G RAID controller For model AL8 only 7 Audio Onboard 7 1 Channel Intel High Definition Audio CODEC Supports auto jack sensing and optical S PDIF In Out For model AL8 only 8 IEEE 1394a Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394a at 100 200 4...

Page 6: ... PS 2 Mouse 1x Serial port 1x Parallel port 1x S PDIF In connector For model AL8 only 1x S PDIF Out connector For model AL8 only 1x AUDIO1 connector Surround Left Surround Right Rear Left Rear Right Center Subwoofer 1x AUDIO2 connector Mic In Line In Line Out 4x USB connectors 1x IEEE 1394a connector For model AL8 only 1x RJ 45 LAN connector 13 Miscellaneous ATX form factor 305mm x 245mm Specifica...

Page 7: ...Introduction 1 3 1 2 Layout Diagram User s Manual ...

Page 8: ...1 4 Chapter 1 1 4 Chapter 1 AL8 Series AL8 Series ...

Page 9: ...he best way to attach the board is to use with studs Only if you are unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers Line up the holes on the board with the mounting holes on the chassis If the holes line up and there are screw holes you can attach the board with studs If the holes line up and there are only slots you can only attach with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert t...

Page 10: ...ull it away from the retention tab 2 Rotate the lever to fully open position 3 Use your right thumb on the bottom right side of the load plate and lift it up to fully open position 4 Use your right thumb and forefinger to grasp the CPU package Be sure to grasp on the edge of the substrate and face the Pin 1 indicator toward the bottom left side Aim at the socket and place the CPU package vertical ...

Page 11: ...an assembly onto the socket Align the four fasteners toward the four mounting holes on the motherboard For detailed information on how to install your heatsink and fan assembly please refer to the instruction manual came packed with the heatsink and fan assembly you bought 10 Press each of the four fasteners down into the mounting holes 11 Rotate the fastener clock wise to lock the heatsink and fa...

Page 12: ...tibility obtain memory modules from the same vendor Due to chipset resource allocation the system may detect less than 4GB of system memory in the installation of four 1GB DDR2 memory modules Due to chipset limitation 128MB DIMM modules or double sided x16 memory chips are not supported There are several methods of different DDR2 configurations depending on how the DIMMs are populated on each syst...

Page 13: ...B 512MB 256MB 10 256MB 512MB 256MB 512MB Power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before installing or removing memory modules 1 Locate the DIMM slot on the board 2 Hold two edges of the DIMM module carefully keep away of touching its connectors 3 Align the notch key on the module with the rib on the slot 4 Firmly press the module into the slots until the ejector tabs at both sides of t...

Page 14: ...board that you may refer to WARNING Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or component Failing to so may cause severe damage to your motherboard and or peripherals Plug in the AC power cord only after you have carefully checked everything 1 ATX Power Input Connectors This motherboard provides two power connectors to connect ATX12V power...

Page 15: ...he cooling fans installed in your system CPUFAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector NBFAN1 Chipset Fan Power Connector SYSFAN1 System Fan Power Connector AUXFAN1 Auxiliary Fan Power Connector WARNING These fan connectors are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors User s Manual ...

Page 16: ... clear the CMOS memory Pin 1 2 shorted default Normal operation Pin 2 3 shorted Clear CMOS memory WARNING Turn the power off first including the 5V standby power before clearing the CMOS memory Failing to do so may cause your system to work abnormally or malfunction AL8 Series ...

Page 17: ...nction USB PWR2 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB1 port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB1 port USB PWR3 Pin 1 2 shorted default Disable wake up function support at USB2 port Pin 2 3 shorted Enable wake up function support at USB2 port User s Manual ...

Page 18: ...nel Audio Connection Header This header provides the connection to audio connector at front panel Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 MIC2 L 2 AGND 3 MIC2 R 4 AVCC 5 FRO R 6 MIC2_JD 7 F_IO_SEN 9 FRO L 10 LINE2_JD AL8 Series ...

Page 19: ...ation will only cause the LED not lighting but a wrong connection of the switches could cause system malfunction HLED Pin 1 3 Connects to the HDD LED cable of chassis front panel RST Pin 5 7 Connects to the Reset Switch cable of chassis front panel SPKR Pin 13 15 17 19 Connects to the System Speaker cable of chassis SLED Pin 2 4 Connects to the Suspend LED cable if there is one of chassis front pa...

Page 20: ...4 Port Headers This header provides one additional IEEE1394 port connection through an extension cable and bracket Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 TPA0 2 TPA0 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB0 6 TPB0 7 12V 8 12V 9 NC 10 Ground AL8 Series ...

Page 21: ...rs These headers each provide 2 additional USB 2 0 ports connection through an USB cable designed for USB 2 0 specifications Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 NC 10 NC User s Manual ...

Page 22: ...GURU Clock Connection Header This header is reserved for connecting ABIT s exclusive GURU Clock 10 Internal Audio Connectors This connector connects to the audio output of internal CD ROM drive or add on card AL8 Series ...

Page 23: ...e FDC1 port and the floppy connector Each of the IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA 100 mode by one 40 pin 80 conductor and 3 connector Ultra ATA 66 ribbon cables Connect the single end blue connector at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port of this board the other two ends gray and black connector at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the connectors of your har...

Page 24: ... memory presence test is an important checkpoint and its POST Code is C1 When the BIOS execute any POST item it will write the corresponding POST Code into the address 80h If the POST passes the BIOS will process the next POST item and write the next POST Code into the address 80h If the POST fails we can check the POST Code in address 80h to find out where the problem lies This LED device also di...

Page 25: ...through the Intel ICH7 ICH7R chipset You may configure a disk array by the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Driver option ROM utility For model AL8 two additional SATA connectors SATA5 and SATA6 are provided You may configure a disk array by the Sil3132 SATA Driver option ROM utility For more information on how to configure the function mode for SATA please refer to the item SATA Mode in the B...

Page 26: ...pter 2 14 PCI Express x16 Slot This slot is used to attach the next generation of graphics architecture 15 PCI Express x1 Slots These slots are used to attach the next generation of I O architecture AL8 Series ...

Page 27: ...rround Right Connects to the surround left and surround right channel in the 7 1 channel audio system R L R R Rear Left Rear Right Connects to the rear left and rear right channel in the 7 1 channel audio system Cen Sub Center Subwoofer Connects to the center and subwoofer channel in the 7 1 channel audio system AUDIO2 Mic In Connects to the plug from external microphone Line In Connects to the li...

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Page 29: ...mory count begins and then the following message appears on the screen PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP If this message disappears before you respond restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Del keys or by pressing the Reset button on computer chassis Only when it failed by these two methods can you restart the system by powering it off and then back on After pressing Del key the main menu screen appears N...

Page 30: ...option User Define WARNING The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage Setting the working frequency higher than the PCI chipset or processor specs may cause abnormal memory module functioning system hangs hard disk drive data lose abnormal functioning of the VGA card or abnormal functioning with other add on cards Using non specification s...

Page 31: ...d to MCH Memory Controller Hub The options are PSB1066 PSB533 PSB800 and By CPU The default setting is By CPU To set this option manually Select PSB1066 for CPU of 266MHz FSB frequency Select PSB533 for CPU of 133MHz FSB frequency Select PSB800 for CPU of 200MHz FSB frequency DRAM Frequency This item determines the DRAM frequency Voltages Control This option allows you to switch between the defaul...

Page 32: ...ts submenu These items display the power cycle statistics for each element ABIT EQ Click right arrow key to switch from OC Guru setup menu to ABIT EQ setup menu ABIT EQ Beep Control This item allows you to enable or disable ABIT EQ Beep Control function AL8 Series ...

Page 33: ...temperature limit the system would shutdown automatically Shutdown Temp This items sets the temperature that would shutdown the system automatically in order to prevent system overheats Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function Once the system has detected that the CPU System PWM s temperature exceeded the beep temperature limit warning beeps will sound Beep Temp This item selects...

Page 34: ...e of corresponding element is higher lower than the high low limit the system would automatically shutdown Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function If the voltage of corresponding element is higher lower than the high low limit warning beeps will sound High Low Limit These items set the high and low voltage limit NOTE The value of high limit must be set above the one of low limit...

Page 35: ...ble system shutdown function Once the system has detected that the fan speed is lower than the low limit value system will shutdown automatically Beep Enable Use Space key to enable warning beeps function If the fan speed is lower than the low limit value warning beeps will sound Low Limit These items set the low limit of fan speed NOTE Only the fans with 3 pin plugs provide the speed monitoring f...

Page 36: ...SYS and PWM Temperature but there is only one CPU Temperature item to choose for the CPU FanEQ Control Control Temperature High Low These items set the high and low temperature limit that you want to do the fan speed control Fan PWM Duty Cycle High Low These items set the high and low limit of PWM duty cycle that you want to provide the fan with DC Fan Voltage High Low These items set the high and...

Page 37: ...ng temperature among the available options of CPU SYS and PWM Temperature but there is only one CPU Temperature item to choose for the CPU FanEQ Control Control Temperature High Low These items set the high and low temperature limit that you want to do the fan speed control DC Fan Voltage High Low These items set the high and low voltage limit that you want to provide the fan with NOTE The value o...

Page 38: ...of Hour Minute and Second IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master Slave Click Enter key to enter its submenu NOTE The items IDE Channel 2 Master Slave and IDE Channel 3 Master Slave appear only when the item On Chip Serial ATA in the OnChip IDE Device menu is set to Enhanced Mode or set to Auto Mode when SATA ports are connected with de...

Page 39: ...of cylinders at which to change the write timing Landing Zone This item displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This item configures the numbers of sectors per track Back to Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu Drive A Drive B This item sets the type of floppy drives usually only Drive A installed Floppy 3 Mode Support This item allows you to use...

Page 40: ... The value of the base memory is typically 640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard Extended Memory This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot up Total Memory This item displays the total memory available in the system AL8 Series ...

Page 41: ...the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot Limit CPUID MaxVal When set to Enabled this item limits the CPUID maximum value to 3 which is usually required for older OS like Windows NT4 0 Leave this item to its default Disabled settings for OS like Windows XP C1E Function This item appears only for certain processors with the...

Page 42: ... such processor The Hyper Threading Technology helps your PC work more efficiently by maximizing processor resources and enabling a single processor to run two separate threads of software simultaneously bringing forth greater performance and system responsiveness when running multiple applications at once Quick Power On Self Test When set to Enabled this item speeds up the Power On Self Test POST...

Page 43: ... computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But by doing this you will have to reset all previously set options MPS Version Ctrl For OS This item specifies which version of MPS Multi Processor Specification this motherboard will use Leave this item to its default setting Report No FDD For OS When set to Yes this item allows you to run some older operatin...

Page 44: ...rols the latency between the DRAM read command and the time that the data becomes actually available DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This item controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read write command DRAM RAS Precharge This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM Precharge Delay tRAS This item controls the number of DRAM clocks used for the DRAM par...

Page 45: ... 1 PCI Express Slot 3 This option enables or disables the PCI Express port function PCI E Compliancy Mode This item selects the mode for PCI Express add on card Back to Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu PEG Force X1 When set to Enabled this item forces the PEG port down to x1 mode User s Manual ...

Page 46: ...MA transfer access This item allows you to enable the transfer access of the IDE DMA On Chip Primary PCI IDE This item selects whether to enable or disable the Primary PCI IDE controller On Chip Secondary PCI IDE This item selects whether to enable or disable the Secondary PCI IDE controller AL8 Series ...

Page 47: ...Mode IDE Channel 0 Master IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 2 Slave IDE Channel 3 Master IDE Channel 3 Slave Enhanced IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave None None SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 Combined IDE1 Master IDE1 Slave SATA2 SATA4 None None None None SATA Only SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 None None None None NOTE The option Enhanced Mode does not support ...

Page 48: ...Chip Serial ATA is set to Combined Mode SATA Port This item displays the variety modes for SATA Port Onboard Device Click Enter key to enter its submenu PCIe Lan Controller This item allows you to enable the PCIe Lan controller PCIe SATA Controller This item allows you to enable the PCIe SATA controller USB Controller This option enables or disables the USBcontroller USB 2 0 Controller This option...

Page 49: ...p to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm and then press Enter Hot KEY Use any of the function keys between F1 to F12 to power on the system Mouse Left Double click the mouse left button to power on the system Mouse Right Double click the mouse right button to power on the system Any KEY Use any keyboard keys to power on the system Button Only Use only the power button to powe...

Page 50: ... Serial Port Disabled Disables the onboard Serial Port Onboard Parallel Port This item specifies the I O address used by the parallel port Disabled This option prevents the parallel port from accessing any system resources When the value of this option is set to Disabled the printer port becomes unavailable 378 IRQ7 This option allows the parallel port to use 378 IRQ7 as its I O port address The m...

Page 51: ...annel of the parallel port PWRON After PWR Fail This item sets the system action after a power failure Back to Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly User s Manual ...

Page 52: ...u ACPI Suspend Type This item selects the type of Suspend mode S1 PowerOn Suspend Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 Suspend To RAM Enables the Suspend to RAM function Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Three options are available Auto Yes No The default setting is Auto This item can let you choose when S3 resume active the VGA BIOS need to be initiative or not AL8 Series ...

Page 53: ...tely wake up a PC in Soft Off condition via a LAN card that support the wake up function WakeUp On 1394 When set to Enabled this item allows you to use a 1394 device to wake up a system USB KB Wake Up From S3 When set to Enabled this item allows you to use a USB device to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state This item can be configured only if the item ACPI Suspend Type is s...

Page 54: ...ttings Manual Choose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Resources menu IRQ Resources Click Enter key to enter its submenu This item sets each system interrupt to either PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards do not work wi...

Page 55: ...ads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 3 10 Set Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself 3 11 Save Exit Setup This option saves your selections and exits the BIOS setup menu 3 12 Exit Without Saving This option exits the BIOS setup menu without saving any change User s Manual ...

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Page 57: ... other OS please follow its on screen instruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility The following screen app...

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Page 59: ...lity CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Driver The following screen appears NOTE To install this program you have to enable the item RAID Func...

Page 60: ...B 2 Appendix B 5 Click Next 6 Click Finish to complete setup AL8 Series ...

Page 61: ...m or to modify Press Enter to confirm the selection Press Esc to return to previous menu Create RAID Volume This item allows you to create a RAID array Name This item displays the name of the RAID array You can enter up to 16 characters in length This name is case sensitive and cannot contain special characters Strip Size This item displays the strip value RAID Level This item displays the RAID ty...

Page 62: ...evious menu NOTE After you have made and confirmed this selection all the data stored in the hard disk will be lost The entire partition configuration will be deleted too Reset Disks to Non RAID This item allows you to reset all RAID data Type Y if you want to reset all RAID data Exit This item allows you to exit the Intel Serial ATA RAID Configuration Utility Type Y if you want to exit AL8 Series...

Page 63: ...t the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Audio Driver The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to c...

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Page 65: ...rt the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click BCM LAN Driver The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish t...

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Page 67: ...ruction Insert the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to Drivers tab Click Sil3132 SATA Driver The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Click No 3 Click OK 4 Click Next 5 Click Next ...

Page 68: ...E 2 Appendix E 7 Choose I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next 8 Click Next 9 Click Finish 10 Click Finish to complete setup AL8 Series ...

Page 69: ... configuration utility Option 1 Create RAID set This item allows you to create a RAID array After you had selected the function from the main menu press the Enter key to enter the sub menu as shown below Array Mode This item allows you to select the appropriate RAID mode for the desired array There are two modes to choose When you choose a Striped or Mirrored RAID set the utility will ask Are You ...

Page 70: ...iguration will be deleted too Option 3 Rebuild Raid1 set This item allows you to rebuild only Raid1 RAID set You need to check which hard disk is the source disk and which one is the destination disk when you decide to rebuild the RAID set Option 4 Low Level Format This item allows you to do the Low Level Format for each single HDD one at a time Option 5 Logical Drive Info This item displays the d...

Page 71: ...iver NOTE The USB 2 0 Driver packed in the Driver Utility CD is currently available for Windows 9x and ME only To install this driver for Windows XP or Windows 2000 you have to download their latest service pack first from Microsoft s web site User s Manual ...

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Page 73: ...the Driver Utility CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this CD to enter the installation menu After entering the installation menu move your curser to ABIT Utility tab Click ABIT uGuru The following screen appears 1 Click Next 2 Click Next 3 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and cli...

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Page 75: ...terface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0E Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker 10 Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD DMI support 12 Use walking 1 s algorit...

Page 76: ...t according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 2B Invoke Video BIOS 2D 1 Initialize double byte language font Optional 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed full screen logo 33 Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is defined e g Winbond 977 series Super I O chips See also POST 63 35 Test DMA Channel 0 37 Test DMA Channel 1 39 Test DM...

Page 77: ...ard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6F 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 75 Detect install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76 Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 77 Detect serial ports parallel ports 7A Detect install co processor 7C Init HDD write protect 7F Switch bac...

Page 78: ... Enable L2 cache 2 Program Daylight Saving 3 Program boot up speed 4 Chipset final initialization 5 Power management final initialization 6 Clear screen display summary table 7 Program K6 write allocation 8 Program P6 class write combining 95 Update keyboard LED typematic rate 96 1 Build MP table 2 Build update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIR...

Page 79: ...D VDDA 2 5V voltage ready 8 D GMCHVTT voltage ready 8 E Check CPU fan speed 8 F Assert all power ready 9 0 Complete uGuru initial process AWARD BIOS take over booting job Power Off Sequence 9 1 Start power off sequence 9 2 De Assert all power 9 3 Se Assert power on 9 4 De Assert LDT Bus power 9 5 De Assert PWM for CPU core voltage 9 6 De Assert CPU core voltage 9 7 Check CPU core voltage 9 8 De As...

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Page 81: ...est the following three troubleshooting methods to discharge CMOS data recover the hardware default status and then make the motherboard working again No need to bother returning the motherboard to where you bought from or go through an RMA process Step 1 Switch off the power supply unit and then switch it on again after one minute If there is no power switch on the power supply unit disconnect it...

Page 82: ...y to start the system each time you insert a card until the system will not start Keep the VGA card and the interface card that caused the problem inserted on the motherboard remove any other cards or peripheral and start again If you still cannot start note the information related to both cards in the add on Card space provided and don t forget to indicate the motherboard model version BIOS ident...

Page 83: ...Example In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ST31621A 1 6GB 8 CD ROM Drive Indicate the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive Specify if it uses IDE1 or IDE2 and check in case you give no indication we will consider that your CD ROM is IDE2 Master Example In the CD ROM drive space check the box in the Brand space write Mitsumi in...

Page 84: ...me Phone Number Contact Person Fax Number E mail Address Model BIOS ID Motherboard Model No DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications CPU HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory ADD ON CARD Problem Description AL8 Series ...

Page 85: ...ts have the best quality and compatibility In case you need service or technical support please understand the constraint we have and always check with the reseller who sold the product to you first To expedite service we recommend that you follow the procedures outlined below before contacting us With your help we can meet our commitment to provide the best service to the greatest number of ABIT ...

Page 86: ... or refund policies How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase 6 Contacting ABIT If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department First please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you They will be more familiar with local conditions and problems and will have better insight as to which resell...

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Page 88: ...p www abit com tw 8 Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others For this reason any compatibility problem that is reported to us giving detailed system configuration information and error symptoms will receive the highest priority For the other questions...

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