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KM400A Series mainboard

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Game Port/ COM Port Bracket (optional)

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Page 1: ...ocument are registered by their respective owner Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested an...

Page 2: ... grounded wrist strap when working with the system 0 Do not touch the IC chips leads connectors or other components 0 Unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard Package Contents KM400A Series mainboard IDE ATA100 Cable FDC Cable Game Port COM Port Bracket optional USB Bracket optional 1394 Bracket optional SATA Power cord SATA Cable optional SPDIF Front Audio Dual F...

Page 3: ...ries VIA KM400A VT8237 Supports Socket 462 AMD Athlon XPTM AthlonTM DuronTM BartonTM Processor User Manual Dimensions Micro ATX form factor z 244 mm x 244 mm WxL Operating System z Supports Windows 98 2000 ME XP ...

Page 4: ...t Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 14 Connectors 15 Headers Jumpers Switch 16 Audio Connectors 21 Slots 22 Power Supply Attachments 22 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 23 INTRODUCTION 23 MAIN MENU 25 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 27 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 34 POWER MANAGEMENT 38 HARDWARE MONITOR 43 LOAD DEFAULTS 44 EXIT MENU 45 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 46 SOFTWARE LIST 46 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 46 CHAPTER 4 TROUB...

Page 5: ...d support SATA RAID 0 or 1 The KM400A Series also comes with an AC 97 Sound Codec VT1616 which supports high quality 6 channel audio super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect It also supports Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF The KM400A Series also comes with 8 USB 2 0 ports and the KM400A PRO 1394 comes with two IEEE 1394 ports optional The KM400A Sereis also include CPU Over Temperature Protection OTP ...

Page 6: ...A PRO 1394 DRAM Memory z Supports DDR400 PC3200 333 PC2700 266 PC2100 200 PC1600 DDR SDRAM z Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffered non ECC DIMM modules z Supports memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB z Supports x8 x16 DRAMs DDR DIMMs more details in memory installation section Green Functionality z Supports Phoenix Award BIOS power management functionality z Wakes from power ...

Page 7: ...for 1394 interface devices z Supports 400 200 100 Mbps serial date rates I O facilities z One multi mode Parallel Port capable of supporting the following specifications 1 Standard Bi direction Parallel Port 2 Enhanced Parallel Port EPP 3 Extended Capabilities Port ECP z Supports two serial ports 16550 UART one on back panel and one on front panel z Support 1 VGA port z Supports Infrared Data Tran...

Page 8: ...ectors Serial ATA Controller z Compatible with SATA Spec 1 0 z Supports Serial ATA 150 MB sec transfers z Supports RAID 0 RAID 1 software with this controller BIOS z Phoenix Award BIOS z Supports APM1 2 z Supports ACPI power management Power Management z Power On Suspend POS or ACPI S1 support z Suspend to DRAM STR or ACPI S3 support z Suspend to Disk STD or ACPI S4 S5 support z Supports C0 C1 and...

Page 9: ...Front Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 14 Infrared Connector IrDA 17 Front Serial interface Header COM2 18 Front USB Headers USB1 USB2 16 IEEE 1394 Headers optional 1394 CN1 1394 CN2 16 CPU Clock Select Jumper JP5 JP6 19 Over Temperature Protection Jumper JP4 19 Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 20 Case Open Warning Function Jumper CASE OPEN 17 Sony Philips Digital Interface Conn SPDIF 21 CD ROM Audio IN...

Page 10: ... Audio Codec CD IN 1 CASE OPEN 1 CPUFAN U3 Socket 462 ATX_PWR FRONT AUDIO 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 IrDA 1 5 2 6 1394CN1 1 9 2 10 1394CN2 2 1 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 ATX_12V USB LAN 1 USB2 IDE2 U14 JP4 JP6 JP5 IDE1 FDC SPEAKER 1 CHASFAN 9 10 SATA1 SATA2 PWRLED 1 SW LED 1 9 2 10 JP1 BAT1 1 USB1 9 10 1 2 VT6307 1 2 Winbond W83697HF SOUND1 GAME PORT 1 2 U16 U18 U11 1 VT6103 ...

Page 11: ...5 BIOS ROM U19 SPDIF 1 Audio Codec CD IN 1 CASE OPEN 1 CPUFAN U3 Socket 462 ATX_PWR FRONT AUDIO 1 9 2 10 IrDA 1 5 2 6 2 1 ATX_12V Winbond W83697HF SOUND1 USB GAME PORT 1 2 1 USB2 IDE2 U14 JP4 JP6 JP5 IDE1 FDC SPEAKER 1 CHASFAN 9 10 SATA1 SATA2 PWRLED 1 SW LED 1 9 2 10 JP1 BAT1 1 USB1 9 10 1 2 U16 1 VT6103 U11 7 ...

Page 12: ... U15 BIOS ROM U19 SPDIF 1 Audio Codec CD IN 1 CASE OPEN 1 CPUFAN U3 Socket 462 ATX_PWR FRONT AUDIO 1 9 2 10 IrDA 1 5 2 6 2 1 ATX_12V Winbond W83697HF SOUND1 USB GAME PORT 1 2 1 USB2 IDE2 U14 JP4 JP6 JP5 IDE1 FDC SPEAKER 1 CHASFAN 9 10 SATA1 SATA2 PWRLED 1 SW LED 1 9 2 10 JP1 BAT1 1 USB1 9 10 1 2 U16 1 8 ...

Page 13: ...the corner that has the pin 1 receptor This corner will be near to the end of the lever Match the corner on the CPU with the pin 1 receptor on the socket and lower the CPU onto the socket The bottom of the CPU should be flush with the face of the socket 3 Lower the lever until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 Smear thermal grease on top of the CPU Lower the CPU fan onto th...

Page 14: ...Series supports 64 bit channels memor GB Attention This system has a BIOS configuration feature that issues a warning during POST when the CPU fan is not plugged in or is not functioning In order to make use of this feature You must make sure that the CPU power cable is attached specifically to the CPUFAN header The BIOS configuration option is described in the Hardware Monitor section of the BIOS...

Page 15: ...white plastic tabs on each side of the slot away from the slot 2 Match the notch on the button of the RAM module with the corresponding pattern in the DIMM slot This ensures that the module is inserted properly 3 Lower the RAM module into the DIMM Slot and press firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place 4 Repeat steps 1 2 and 3 for the remaining RAM modules The pictures above are ...

Page 16: ... and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices dire this connector The KM400A PRO 1394 KM400A PRO also provides a LAN port You can plug LAN devices directly into this connector Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Data 4 5 V fused 2 No connect 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 No connect Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 TX 5 NC 2 TX 6 RX 3 RX 7 NC 4 NC 8 NC Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5 5 V fused 3 7 USBP0 P1...

Page 17: ...the Super 5 1 driver is enabled the can be connected to an external CD player ut comes e T one se ial port one parallel ort and one VGA port on th p laine P RT T p The Serial Interface COM1 The serial interface port is sometimes referred co Video Graphics Array Conn VGA T co A Speaker Out becomes the Front Speaker Line In Tape player or other audio devices for audio inp If the Super 5 1 driver is ...

Page 18: ...only applies to those IDE drives directl set Button or can be attached to a momentary SPST switch This switch is norma it will cause the mainboard to reset and run the POST Power On Self PWR LED 2 Pin Power LED Connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer le the computer is powered on Power Button can be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pull t r at lea...

Page 19: ...00 66 33 It has two IDE connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary The KM400A Series also has a Serial ATA controller and provides two serial ATA connectors IDE1 Primary IDE Connector You can connect up to two hard drives to IDE1 I with three connectors You must also configu using the jumpers located on each drive IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller can al IDE1 The second drive on thi...

Page 20: ...erial bus provides enhanced PC con audio video A V appliances storage peripherals other PCs and portable devices The KM400A PRO supports up to two IEEE 1394 devices You can connect the IEEE 1394 bracket optional to the 1394 CN1 1394 CN2 header 1 1 9 2 BIOS ROM 1 Audi o Codec 1 1 Socket 462 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 1 5 2 6 1 9 2 10 2 1 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 VIA KM400 A Wi n bo nd W8 36 97H F GAME PORT 1 2 1 U...

Page 21: ...evice After the IrDA interface is configured you can use this connector for connectionless data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops and PDAs C en Warning Jumper CASE OPEN T OPEN warning functionality in the BIOS tem will display alert messages upon boo cable 1 1 9 2 BIOS ROM U19 1 Audio Codec 1 1 Socket 462 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 I rD A 1 5 2 6 1 9 2 10 2 1 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 VIA KM400...

Page 22: ...s mainboard supports a front game port header To use this header you can Game port bracket optional with a Game port wire extending to this header You can then attach gaming devices to the game port on the bracket F rial Port Header COM2 T o p 1 2 COM 1 2 9 BIOS ROM 1 Audi o Codec 1 1 Socket 462 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 1 5 2 6 1 9 2 10 2 1 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 VIA KM400 A Win bon W 836 97H d F 1 2 1 1 9 10...

Page 23: ...he jumper JP5 JP6 to select the CPU Clock If you are installing a CPU that has a 133 MHz y The mainboard supports a special design for CPU Over T Enabled and the CPU temperature rises above the normal range the system will automatically shut down and you have to unplug the ATX_PWR connector Remove and reinstall the CPU heat sink also check to make s C U CPU clock you also have to set the FSB Frequ...

Page 24: ...JP1 to ON 1 2 closed 5 Connect the AC power cable and turn on your system 6 Reset your desired password or clear CMOS data The following procedures are for resetting the BIOS password It is important to follow these instructions closely 1 1 9 2 BIOS ROM 1 Audi o Codec 1 1 Socket 462 1 9 2 1 0 1 9 2 1 0 1 5 2 6 1 9 2 1 0 2 1 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 VIA KM400 A Winbond W836 97 HF 1 1 2 1 9 10 1 1 9 2 10 J...

Page 25: ... remove the jumper caps The front p nel audio effect and the back panel audio effect cannot simultaneous function S PDIF Header SPDIF S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is an audio transfer file format which provides high quality audio using optical fiber and digital signal This mainboard is capable of delivering audio output through the SPDIF header The SPDIF devices that are sending informati...

Page 26: ...ectors a 20 pin connector and a 4 pin connector Your power supply must have both connectors Attach the 4 pin connector first then attach the 20 pin connector Make sure the connectors are secure before applying power 1 1 9 2 BIOS ROM 1 Audi o Cod ec 1 1 Socket 462 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 1 0 1 5 2 6 1 9 2 1 0 2 1 1 9 2 10 1 9 2 10 VIA KM400 A Win bo nd W8 36 97 HF 1 2 1 1 9 10 1 1 9 2 1 0 BAT1 1 9 10 1 2 VT...

Page 27: ...cial configurations for fine tuning the system chipset The defaults up the computer the BIOS version will appear at up left of the POST ersion 1 0A specification as well as emented using the System anagement Interrupt SMI CI Bus Support his PHOENIX AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2 2 of the Intel PCI Peripheral Component terconnect local bus specification troduction T fi co af T an ex T st This v...

Page 28: ... item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desire PgUp key Increase the numeric value or enter changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Key Increase the numeric value or enter changes Ke...

Page 29: ...he left right arrow keys ation screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access ion below ain Menu When you enter the PHOENIX AWARD BIOS Utility the Main Menu will appear on the een he Main menu allows T to select a particular configur and configure the informat ...

Page 30: ...menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu Drive A Drive B 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5 in None Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST proce...

Page 31: ... in order to find a boot device Options Remova oot device ice Hard Disk default for third Disabled er De e Set to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from o fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot dev Options Enabled default ed BIOS Features o Device iority ice priority J riority priority nd Third ce which devices will ble default for first b boot device CD ROM default for second boot dev Boo...

Page 32: ...PU to enhance performance Options Enabled default Disabled isabled Enabled default uick Power On Self Test llow the system to skip certain tests while booting This will speed up the boot process ptions Enabled default Disabled wap Floppy Drive the system has two floppy drives choose Enabled to assign physical drive B to logical drive A d vice versa Options Disabled default Enabled oot Up NumLock S...

Page 33: ...keystrokes begin to repeat Options 250 default 500 750 1000 APIC Mode By enabling this option MPS version control for OS can be configured Options Disabled Enabled default M T Choose the new 1 4 version for Windows Options 1 4 default 1 1 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running the Options Non OS2 default OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Self Monitoring Analysis and R predict the po...

Page 34: ...You can set the time to precharge Option Active to Precharge Tras This item allows y o select DR M Active to Precharge Delay O Active to CMD Trcd Select the DRAM delay time when being read Options 5T 2T 3T DRAM Command Rate This item determines DRAM Command Rate Options 2T Command default 1T Command AGP P2P Bridge Contr Press Enter to enter next page for AGP P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Select ...

Page 35: ...ite When enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated G Options Disabled default Enabled AGP Master 1 W When enabled reads from AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are execut led Options Disabled default Enab AGP3 0 Calibration c This item will appear when you install the 8X VGA card Options Enabled default Disabled VGA Share Memory Size Select the size of the onboard VGA po C Press Enter to enter the next pag...

Page 36: ...S will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 95 When t to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards For non PnP operating syst se this option must be set to NO Options No default Yes Reset Configur Select Enabled to reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD if you have install...

Page 37: ...l optimize 32 default PCI speeds Options 0 255 Frequency Voltage Control CPU Speed Detected This item displays the CPU speed inform Spread Spectrum T Options 1 50 1 00 0 70 0 25 CPU Clock This item displays the CPU Host Clock You can set it from 100 to 233 The default depends on your CPU frequency If you over clock the CPU clock ratio and the DDR CPU ratio items can be adjusted Default By CPU spee...

Page 38: ...t Disabled tegrated Peripherals Init Display First With systems that have multiple video card a vice VIA OnChip IDE De If you highlight the VIA OnChip IDE Device label and then press th a submenu with the following options OnChip SATA This item allows you to enable or disable on chip SATA function Options Enabled default Disabled SATA Mode This item allows you to select the SATA Mode Options RAID ...

Page 39: ...ocks to read and write per sector Options Enabled default Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device If you highlight the VIA OnChip PCI Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options AC 97 Audio This option allows you to control the onboard AC 97 audio Options Enabled default Disabled Onboard 1394 Device only for KM400A PRO 1394 This option allows you to contr...

Page 40: ... it will take you a submenu with the following options in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled nabled default Disabled elect an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port 3F8 IRQ4 default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto elect an address and corresponding interrupt for the second serial port RQ3 default 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled O...

Page 41: ...t ECP EPP ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Options EPP 1 7 EPP1 9 default ame Port I O Address Options 201 default 209 Disabled idi Port IRQ use Options 5 default 7 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port Options 3 default 1 Game Port Address G Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address Options 330 default 300 290 Disabled M This determines the IRQ t...

Page 42: ...management ximum power management only available for sl CPUs T conservation features as well as ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspen Options S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS and ST Power Management There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Saving M Suspend Mode 1hour HDD Power Down 30 minutes 2 Max Saving Ma Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power ...

Page 43: ...tor goes blank Options V H SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Modem Use IRQ This determines the modem s IRQ Options 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA HDD Power Down wh...

Page 44: ...efore power failure Choose Former Sts to store the system to the status before the power failure ptions Off default On eyboard Wake Up feature he system awakens ee PS2KB Wake Up from S3 S5 to is configured as HOT KEY er Wake Anykey ower button Options Enabled Disabled default elect SB devices to awaken the system from suspend mode Enabled S R S O W If w P T boot th re O S2KB Wake Up Select P Use t...

Page 45: ... can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable hen RTC Wake Up is set to Enabled previously powered down Options OFF default On LPT COM W system which has been suspended Options LPT COM default COM LPT NONE HDD FDD When set to On any event occurring on a hard drive a th PCI Master When set to On support the wake up on LAN jumper Options OFF default O...

Page 46: ...on LPT rimary INTR On Enabled Enabled Q6 Floppy Disk Enabled Enabled Q10 Reserved Disabled Disabled Disabled COMM activity P IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT2 IR IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IR IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Disabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved ...

Page 47: ... you power on your se is opened by others emperature e is higher than this setting the warning mechanism will be activated CPU FAN Warnin This item is used to monitor POST if the CPU fan is not operational or not plugged in If you are not using the CPUFAN power header to supply power to your CPU fa O Case Open Warning If this function is set to Enabled and au function is set to Dis computer even i...

Page 48: ...stem Turbo Settings oad CMOS From BIOS oad defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries ave CMOS To BIOS ave defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries oad Defaults Load System Default Settings oad System Default Settings L L L L L S S ...

Page 49: ...nfiguration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding xit Without Saving E Abandon all changes made during the displayed before proceeding current session and exit setup A confirmation message will be ...

Page 50: ...OM drive launch the Driver CD Installation Utility manually by executi CD These examples below are the driver CD with Windows st Category Platform VIA 4 IN 1 Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP VIA LAN Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP VIA Audio Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP VIA VGA Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP VIA Serial ATA Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP VIA USB 2 0 Driver Windows 9X ME Trend PC Cillin 2002 Wi...

Page 51: ...l 3 If you click the VIA USB2 0 Driver from the screen in step 2 it will display the screen as left 4 Back to the main screen click the Tool Page button you can choose the software to install Note You can click the Finish Program button on any screen to exit the Driver CD utility ...

Page 52: ...es regional settings networking settings Follow the instructions in this sec and you wish to boot from a drive attached 1 Copy the VIA Serial ATA 2 of the SATA 3 dows 2000 XP CD in ROM DVD drive When the Windo s press F6 4 setup asks if you wa y an additional device Insert the f the VIA Serial ATA Driver r and select the appropriate O the floppy drive driver 5 again to continue the setup 6 setup i...

Page 53: ... seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board unp 2 Damaged hard disk or disk controller...

Page 54: ...is enabled olutions Disable screen saver booting from the hard disk is impossible Causes Hard Disk boot sector has been corrupted Solutions Back up data and applications files Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and using backup disks blem 5 Error message reading SECTOR NOT FOUND displays and the system does not allow certain data to b accessed es There are many reasons f Solutions Bac...

Page 55: ... on screen Causes 1 Faulty Monitor 2 CMOS incorrectly set up Solutions 1 If possible connect monitor to another system If 2 Call technical support Problem 12 The screen displays C drive failure Causes Hard driv Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boo Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly UP program and select the correc...

Page 56: ... Audio wn box to select the 5 1 surround k Apply to enable the 5 1 channel audio effect p double click the volume icon that is on the desk bar n with this step if your system has Windows 98 ME 2000 operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 go dire 1 Beginning with the Start button select Setting Æ Control Panel Æ Sounds Speech and Audio Devices Æ Sounds and Audio Devices v configure the speaker 2 At ...

Page 57: ... Effect p this step and click OK 5 Also on the Front Speaker screen select Options Æ Advanced Controls 6 Next click the Advanced button of the Front Speaker then check the Sma 7 Finally click the Advanced button of the Rear Speaker then check the M is the final step in configuring Super 5 1 Chann If you broadcast a DVD with a DVD ROM please ski ...

Page 58: ...t actually does not provide fault tolerance isk Mirroring RAID 1 ith Disk Mirroring there is a redundant disk that mirrors the main disk Data that is written to the ain disk is also ult tolerant protection a single disk failure If a read write failure occurs on one drive the system can still read and rite data using the other drive AID SPAN is not one of the standard RAID levels It is however cons...

Page 59: ... and press Enter a confirmation message as shown below Press Y to continue ay Attention The Channel Drive Name Mode Size GB located at the bottom portion of the screen above reflect the devices that are currently installed on the SATA connectors The example information above may therefore differ with the information that displays on your screen Attention For RAID 1 Mirrored Arrays you can manually...

Page 60: ...as according to the type of array you created shown below RAID 1 mode The RAID 0 screen above contains the option Block Size 64K With this option you can manually select the block size for your array However we recommend that you to select the 64K for optimal performance RAID 0 mode RAID SPAN mode ...

Page 61: ...ain and the system will mark all the existing SATA devices with an asterisk as shown below in the bottom section Note that the example information below may differ slightly depending on the RAID type you are configuring 2 Press Enter A firmation message will display as shown below Press Y to confirm After th warning con 3 e array is successfully deleted the screen will display as shown below ...

Page 62: ...lay You can simply click on one of the toolbar buttons menu bar to execute their respective functions Button 1 View the controller status Button 2 Create a array with RAID 1 Button 3 Create a array with SPAN Button 4 Create a array with RAID 0 Button 5 Delete the array that you created before Button 6 View the devices status Toolbar Button 7 View the event log Toolbar Button 8 Help topics serial n...

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