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RAID Setting Guide 

4-3 

 

User’s Manual 

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 four modes to 
choose. 

Note 

It is highly recommended to attach hard disks with the same brand and same model when defining a 
RAID array. 

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  Striping (RAID 0) for Performance: 

This item is recommended for high performance usage. Requires at least 2 disks. 

"

  Mirror (RAID 1) for Data Security: 

This item is recommended for data security usage. Requires at least 2 disks. 

"

  St Mirror (RAID 0+1): 

This item is recommended for data security and high performance usage. Allows Mirroring with a 
Strip Array. Require four drives. 

"

 Span (JBOD): 

This item is recommended for high capacity without redundancy or performance features usage. 
Requires at least 2 disks. 

Summary of Contents for KG7-LITE

Page 1: ...idental 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...

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Page 3: ...3 1 CPU SETUP SOFT MENU III 3 3 3 2 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 6 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 9 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 13 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 3 20 3 6 PO...

Page 4: ...WINDOWS 2000 A 1 APPENDIX B AMD AGP MINIPORT DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 98 SE WINDOWS 2000 B 1 APPENDIX C INSTALLING THE VIA HARDWARE MONITOR SYSTEM C 1 APPENDIX D BIOS UPDATE GUIDE D 1 APPENDIX...

Page 5: ...function This means that it provides speedier HDD throughput boosting overall system performance Ultra DMA 100 is the new standard for IDE devices It enhances existing Ultra DMA 33 technology by incr...

Page 6: ...bus settings Ultra DMA 100 RAID For KG7 RAID Only HighPoint HPT 370A IDE controller Supports Ultra DMA 100MB sec data transfer rate Supports RAID0 Stripping mode for boosting performance mode Supports...

Page 7: ...PT 370A IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 100 The driver for HPT 370A IDE controller supports IRQ sharing with other PCI devices But if you install a PCI card that doesn t allow IRQ sharing with other...

Page 8: ...le for master and slave Ultra DMA 100 Ultra DMA 66 or Ultra DMA 33 IDE devices KG7 Lite KG7 Only Two 80 wire 40 pin ribbon cable for master and slave Ultra DMA 100 Ultra DMA 66 or Ultra DMA 33 IDE dev...

Page 9: ...Introduction of KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID Features User s Manual 1 5 1 4 Layout Diagram for KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID Figure 1 1 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID motherboard component location...

Page 10: ...Chapter 1 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID 1 6...

Page 11: ...n cards please remember to turn the ATX power supply switch off fully turn the 5V standby power off or take the power cord off Otherwise you may cause the motherboard components or add on cards to mal...

Page 12: ...ch the motherboard with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert them into the slots After doing this to all the slots you can slide the motherboard into position aligned with the slots After th...

Page 13: ...rce socket you can easily fix the processor firmly into position Figure 2 3 shows you what the socket A looks like and how to open the lever The socket A has more pins than the socket 7 Therefore a Pe...

Page 14: ...cause circuit damage break socket hooks or damage the die on the top of processor Please follow the sequence metioned below Do Not inverse the sequence Otherwise you may have a situation like the phot...

Page 15: ...all the motherboard back into the chassis When all above procedures done you can connect the ATX power cable to the motherboard If you have different types of heatsink kit please refer to the manual t...

Page 16: ...M4 DIMM1 KG7 KG7 RAID DDR DIMM 2 1 Bank 0 1 DDR DIMM 1 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 64 MB 1 GB KG7 KG7 RAID Bank 2 3 DDR DIMM 2 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 64 MB 1 GB KG7 KG7 RAID Bank 4...

Page 17: ...2 7 DIMM DIMM1 DIMM4 DIMM DDR DIMM 2 6 DIMM DIMM DDR DIMM DIMM DDR DIMM DDR DIMM DIMM DIMM PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM...

Page 18: ...re connectors Figure 2 7 All Connectors and Headers for the KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID First Let s see the headers that KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID uses and what their functions are We will show you all the conn...

Page 19: ...ge If you reverse the polarity of AC plug it may affect the life of computer equipment or cause an electric shock when you touch the computer chassis We suggest that you plug the computer AC plug to a...

Page 20: ...osition and the orientation 5 WOL1 Wake on LAN Header If you have a network adapter that supports this feature then you can connect the specific cable from the network adapter to this header This feat...

Page 21: ...procedure decides which master gets priority You can connect the ABIT Postman to this header or other devices which utilizes the SM Bus Note Watch the pin position and the orientation 7 TCPU1 TSYS1 T...

Page 22: ...make sure this jumper is set for normal operation pin 1 and 2 shorted See Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 CCMOS1 jumper setting Note Before you clear the CMOS you have to first turn the power off including the...

Page 23: ...correctly Note Watch the power LED pin position and orientation PN1 Pin 6 7 HDD LED Header Attach the cable from the case s front panel HDD LED to this header If you install it in the wrong direction...

Page 24: ...r data PIN 8 Ground PIN 8 No connection PIN 9 Power On Off signal PIN 9 LED power PIN 10 Ground PIN 10 Suspend active PN1 PIN 11 Suspend signal PN2 PIN 11 No connection 11 FDC1 Connector This 34 pin c...

Page 25: ...DE3 and IDE4 See the Chapter 4 for detailed information about RAID settings If you want to connect two hard drives together through one IDE channel you must configure the second drive to Slave mode af...

Page 26: ...adapter then you can connect your AT keyboard to this connector We suggest you use a PS 2 keyboard for best compatibility 14 PS 2 Mouse Connector Attach a PS 2 mouse to this 6 pin Din connector 15 US...

Page 27: ...nd COM2 Each COM port can only have one device connected at a time 17 Parallel Port Connector This parallel port is also called an LPT port because it usually connects to the printer You can connect o...

Page 28: ...Chapter 2 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID 2 18...

Page 29: ...omputer will crash and sometimes you will even not be able to boot the computer after it has crashed We recommend that you do not change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you are very familiar wit...

Page 30: ...OS version may change periodically However most of the functions covered in this manual will work We suggest that you go to our WEB site often to see if there are new manual releases Then you can chec...

Page 31: ...y time to display all the items that can be chosen for that option Figure 3 2 CPU SOFT MENU III CPU Name Is AMD Athlon tm XP AMD Athlon tm AMD Duron tm CPU Operating Speed This option sets the CPU spe...

Page 32: ...nts on the motherboard or peripherals is not our responsibility Multiplier Factor Three are several settings shown as below x5 x5 5 x6 x6 5 x7 x7 5 x8 x8 5 x9 x9 5 x10 x10 5 x11 x11 5 x12 x13 Above x1...

Page 33: ...d for its brand Turn the power supply off and change the CPU Then turn the system on again and set up the CPU parameters through SOFT MENU III Method 2 Since you have to open the computer case when yo...

Page 34: ...Standard CMOS Setup Screen Shot Date mm dd yy You can set the date in this item month mm date dd and year yy Time hh mm ss You can set the time in this item hour hh minute mm and second ss IDE Primary...

Page 35: ...capacities no bigger than 528MB any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem you can according to your operating system choose four operating modes NO...

Page 36: ...you can enter is 65536 Warning Setting a value of 65536 means no hard disk exists Landing Zone This is a non data area on the disk s inner cylinder where the heads can rest when the power is turned of...

Page 37: ...your system memory list in the lower right box it shows the Base Memory Extended Memory and total Memory size configurations in your system It is detected by the system during boot up procedure 3 3 A...

Page 38: ...mpts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items floppy disk drive A LS120 ZIP100 devices hard drive C SCSI hard disk drive or CD ROM There are ten options fo...

Page 39: ...ot and will choose the right settings for you The default is Enabled Typematic Rate Setting This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate When set to Enabled you can set the two keyboard ty...

Page 40: ...o BIOS Shadow This option is used to define whether the BIOS on the video card uses the shadow feature or not You should set this option to Enabled otherwise the display performance of the system will...

Page 41: ...Figure 3 5A Advanced Chipset Features Setup Upper Screen Figure 3 5B Advanced Chipset Features Setup Lower Screen You can use the arrow keys to move between the items Use PgUP PgDn or key to change th...

Page 42: ...are available Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Disabled This option is used to free up the memory block 15M 16M Some special peripherals need to use a memory block located between 15M and 1...

Page 43: ...ows the AGP driving value to be automatically set according to your display card When you choose Manual the following six items will available to set by yourself It is recommended this field be set at...

Page 44: ...tions are available 0 1 2 3 The default setting is 2 This item can control the N transistor drive strength of the MA Memory Address DDR CMD Configuration Two options are available Auto or Manual The d...

Page 45: ...device The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory addresses Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation See ww...

Page 46: ...d after all reads with errors Super Bypass Mode Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Enabled When set to Enabled IGD4 internally bypasses certain memory to CPU pipe sta...

Page 47: ...is 3 Cycle Trcd timing value RAS to CAS latency rd wr command delay Read Wait State Two options are available 0 Cycle and 1 Cycle The default setting is 1 Cycle This item bit determines whether a wait...

Page 48: ...1 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled Master Drive PIO Mode Auto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Default You can select th...

Page 49: ...IDE Prefetch Mode Two options are available Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Enabled The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses If you install a pri...

Page 50: ...IRQ3 If you choose Disabled then item Onboard IR Function will disappear Onboard IR Function Three options are available Disable IrDA ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR The default setting is Disabled Wh...

Page 51: ...m power state when power recovers If you set it to Off when power returns whatever state your computer was in before the power failure the system will always turn off If you set it to On when power re...

Page 52: ...you should notice two things One is your operating system must support ACPI as of now only Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows 2000 supports these functions The second thing is that all devices and add...

Page 53: ...state The table below describes which devices or specific events can wake the computer from specific states Table 3 6 1 Wake Up Device and Events These device events can wake up the computer from thi...

Page 54: ...ON state for a given device state can be in that device state In all other cases the device is in the D3 off state Devices that are enabled to wake the system and that can do so from their current dev...

Page 55: ...f the screen select Blank Screen If your monitor and video card support DMPS standard select DPMS Support Soft Off by PBTN Two items available Delay 4 Sec or Instant Off The default setting is Instant...

Page 56: ...tivity during this time period any event will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Resume events are operations or signals that cause the computer to resume time counting IRQ Wakeup Events...

Page 57: ...etting is Off When set to On any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system that has powered down LPT COM Four items are available None LPT COM LPT COM The default setting is LPT COM When set...

Page 58: ...I O port memory information of the system This is a specification and a feature specific to the Plug Play BIOS Resources Controlled By When resources are controlled manually assign each system interr...

Page 59: ...Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Default setting is Auto This item allows the system to automatically specify the IRQ number for the device installed on PCI slots Which means the system can specify the...

Page 60: ...ou must make sure that your OS and PCI devices driver support IRQ sharing function PCI slot 5 shares IRQ signals with the HPT 370A IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 100 The driver for HPT 370A IDE con...

Page 61: ...system to shutdown If the CPU fan is working well the system will operate normally If the CPU fan suddenly stops rotating during use the BIOS is unable to shutdown the system Therefore it is still bes...

Page 62: ...ll clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter...

Page 63: ...n your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again 3 13 Exit...

Page 64: ...Chapter 3 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID 3 36...

Page 65: ...ring RAID 0 1 operation For the striping operation the identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance The Mirroring operation creates a complete backup of your files Stri...

Page 66: ...Enter to confirm the selection Press Esc to return to top menu NOTE If you want to create a RAID 0 striping array or RAID 0 1 array all data in your hard disk will first be erased Please backup the h...

Page 67: ...d and same model when defining a RAID array Striping RAID 0 for Performance This item is recommended for high performance usage Requires at least 2 disks Mirror RAID 1 for Data Security This item is r...

Page 68: ...options 4K 8K 16K 32K and 64K Start Creation Process After you have made your selection choose this item and press Enter to start creation 4 3 2 OPTION 2 Delete RAID This item allows you to remove a R...

Page 69: ...In the menu zone of the pop up subinterface select 2 Select Spare Drive None and press Enter to confirm 5 In the validated channel status zone select the spare disk to be added and press Enter to conf...

Page 70: ...sk s Note This item will appear when necessary not always appear Use the up down arrow to select the menu option to Set Boot Disk and press Enter In the Channel Status select the channel you would lik...

Page 71: ...Panel System Properties Device Manager You can see the driver is not yet installed and there is a device named PCI Mass Storage Controller under Other devices Step 2 Insert the KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID C...

Page 72: ...s installed Step 7 Windows has completed installing the driver Click Finish to end the installation Step 8 Choose Yes I want to restart my computer now in the check box and click Finish restart your c...

Page 73: ...After it has been executed you will see the screen below Step 2 Move the cursor to HPT 37X Driver and click on it You will go to the next screen Step 3 The InstallShield Wizard shows up and it will go...

Page 74: ...uring a fresh Windows 2000 installation Note Follow the standard procedures for installing Windows 2000 1 During the first part of the setup procedure Windows 2000 will prompt you to press F6 key to s...

Page 75: ...in a Windows environment making it easier and more user friendly than creating the RAID function in BIOS mode Please insert the KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID CD into your CD ROM drive It should execute the pr...

Page 76: ...ystem will start copying files You can see the percentage bar on the screen Step 8 When the installation is completed choose Yes I want to restart my computer now in the check box and click Finish to...

Page 77: ...ut each HDD The screen below shows you how to get more detailed information about RAID You can choose the Help folder and then choose the Index to read more information about RAID operation settings e...

Page 78: ...6 4 Chapter 6 KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID...

Page 79: ...SP2 or latest service pack to get the best system performance You can download SP2 at Microsoft WEB site Note Details of the Windows 98 SE or Windows 2000 operating system will not be mentioned in th...

Page 80: ...s who are upgrading VIA Drivers we recommend installing the 4 in 1 using the Quickly Install mode as it will automatically detect and update the necessary drivers The following step we will describe t...

Page 81: ...utton to go on Windows 2000 Step 8 Choose Click to enable DMA Mode then click Next button Windows 98 SE Step 9 Choose Install VIA AGP VxD in Turbo mode and then click the Next button Windows 98 SE Not...

Page 82: ...sh the driver updates Windows 98 SE Step 10 When the installation is complete the installer will ask you to restart your computer We suggest that you choose Yes I want to restart my computer now Then...

Page 83: ...SE Windows 2000 A 5 User s Manual Step 13 You can then check the System Properties see that the devices are properly installed Windows 98 SE Step 11 You can then check the Device Manager to see that t...

Page 84: ...A 6 Appendix A KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID...

Page 85: ...n install VIA Service Pack first then install AMD AGP Miniport driver or you wan to reverse the sequence Step 1 Move the cursor to AMD AGP Miniport Driver and click on it You will go to the next scree...

Page 86: ...B 2 Appendix B KG7 Lite KG7 KG7 RAID Step 4 When the installation is complete the installer will ask you to restart your computer Click OK to restart your computer and load the driver Windows 2000...

Page 87: ...nent damage to the PC Once any item is out of its normal range a warning message will pop up and remind the user to take proper measures The following description will tell you how to install the VIA...

Page 88: ...der for the destination location you want to install the drivers We suggest you use the default folder as the destination location After checking the folder click Next button You can choose the name o...

Page 89: ...automatically terminate the install process When the installation is complete the installer will ask you to restart your computer Click OK to restart your computer and load the driver Windows 2000 onl...

Page 90: ...This screen show the VIA hardware monitor system screen It shows the information about system temperature voltages and fan speed Some items can let you set the warning range you can accordance your s...

Page 91: ...ou can find it on one slot or at the back of the motherboard Each motherboard always has the label at the same place as shown in the photo below You will find the model name and version on the white s...

Page 92: ...te Go to our Web site and choose the correct BIOS file and download it 4 Double click the download file it will self extract to bin file 5 Make a bootable floppy disk and copy the necessary files onto...

Page 93: ...3 User s Manual After formatting and transferring the system to the floppy disk copy two files into it One is the BIOS flash utility awdflash exe and the other is the decompressed BIOS binary file 6 B...

Page 94: ...erboard don t flash with the wrong BIOS file Otherwise you may cause system malfunctions Note Please do not use the Award flash memory writer version that earlier than Version 7 52C to flash your KG7...

Page 95: ...it on the form Fax this form to your dealer or to the company where you bought the hardware in order to benefit from our technical support You can refer to the examples given below Example 1 With a sy...

Page 96: ...FFERS 36 REM DEVICEHIGH C PLUGPLAY DWCFGMG SYS LASTDRIVE Z Restart the system If the system starts and does not reset you can be sure that the problem is due to the Sound Card Driver Write down the So...

Page 97: ...uses 1 IDE1 or 1IDE2 and check 2 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 the...

Page 98: ...cable build a striping array Then create a mirror array by these two striping arrays See Chapter 4 for detailed information 1 Press Ctrl H to setup configuration 2 Choose item 1 to Create RAID 3 Choos...

Page 99: ...characteristic thus may somewhat decrease the RAID performance 2 If you have two drives do connect them on two different channels as master drive please 3 When attach drives to the RAID card do make...

Page 100: ...Company Name 3 Phone Number Contact Person Fax Number 4 E mail Address Model BIOS ID Motherboard Model No DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications CPU HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive I...

Page 101: ...ritten and thorough manual It is full of information that doesn t only pertain to motherboards The CD ROM included with your board will have the manual as well as drivers If you don t have either one...

Page 102: ...ls and don t have the resources to serve every end user However we will try to do our best to help every customer Please also remember that for many of our technical support team English is a second l...

Page 103: ...patibility 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 com...

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