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KX18DS PRO/ KX18DS PRO II

 

 

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 C2 states 

z

 

ACPI 2.0 compliant 

 

Sophisticated OTP (Over Temperature Protection): 

z

 

Special design for CPU Over Temperature Protection 

z

 

OTP is functional when using an Athlon XP

TM

 or Barton

TM

 CPU 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for KX18DS PRO II

Page 1: ...his document 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 test...

Page 2: ...nded 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 KX18DS Series mainboard 1 IDE ATA100 Cable FDC Cable COM Port Game Port Bracket optional USB Bracket optional 1394 Bracket optional SPDIF Front Audio Dual Function Bracket optional SATA Power cor...

Page 3: ...O II NVIDIA nForce TM 2 SPP MCP RAID Supports Socket 462 AMD AthlonTM XP AthlonTM DuronTM BartonTM Processors User Manual Dimensions ATX form factor z 230 mm x 305 mm WxL Operating System z Supports Windows 98 2000 ME XP ...

Page 4: ...or SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 13 Connectors 14 Headers Jumpers Switch 15 Audio Connectors 20 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 40 HARDWARE MONITOR 42 LOAD DEFAULTS 43 EXIT MENU 44 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 45 SOFTWARE LIST 45 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 45 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 47 A...

Page 5: ...DIF The KX18DS series also comes with eight USB 2 0 ports and the KX18DS PRO II comes with two IEEE 1394 ports The KX18DS series also includes an infrared header The KX18DS series also include CPU Over Temperature Protection OTP When CPU temperature rises above normal values the system will automatically shut down to protect your system from overheating But the OTP is only functional when using an...

Page 6: ...HY Chip Realtek RTL8201CL z GB LAN Controller Marvell MV8001 only for KX18DS PRO II z 1394 Controller VIA VT6307 only for KX18DS PRO II DRAM Memory z Supports DDR400 PC3200 DDR333 PC2700 DDR266 PC2100 DDR200 PC1600 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 3 GB z Supports 128 bit DualDDR Memory Architecture t...

Page 7: ...Supports IrDA Version 1 0 SIR Protocol with a maximum baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps z Supports SHARP ASK IR Protocol with maximum baud rate of up to 57600 bps Universal Serial Bus z Supports USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controller Interface EHCI and dual USB 1 1 Open Host Controller Interface OHC1 z Supports up to eight USB ports for USB interface devices IEEE 1394 Serial Bus for KX18DS PRO II only z Sup...

Page 8: ...nd PS 2 keyboard z Supports 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB floppy disk drives z Game port compatible LAN PHY Chip z Supports 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Marvell MV8001 LAN Controller on board for KX18DS PRO II only z Supports 10 100 1000 Mbps triple speed operation IDE Facilities z Supports Ultra ATA 133 100 66 33 Ultra 6 0 DMA 2 0 and PIO 4 0 modes z Supports IDE interface with CD ROM z Suppor...

Page 9: ...pend to DRAM STR or ACPI S3 support z Suspend to Disk STD or ACPI S4 S5 support z Supports C0 C1 and C2 states z ACPI 2 0 compliant Sophisticated OTP Over Temperature Protection z Special design for CPU Over Temperature Protection z OTP is functional when using an Athlon XPTM or BartonTM CPU ...

Page 10: ...PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 nVIDIA nFORCE 2 MCP RAID 1 2 2 1 1 U25 U24 SW LED JP4 SPEAKER CASE OPEN 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 9 9 9 9 2 2 10 10 10 FRONT AUDIO COM2 GAME PORT IrDA 1 1 1 1 9 5 9 2 2 2 2 10 6 10 10 AUXFAN 1 JP1 U16 1 JP3 1 1 BIOS ROM BIOS ROM 1 SATA2 SATA1 CHASFAN PWRLED 1 2 10 1 USB LAN PRT COM USB GBLAN SOUND KB MS Voice Genie Chip SW1 1 ON 2 3 4 IDE1 IDE2 Marvell MV8001 VIA VT6307 Codec ...

Page 11: ...USB2 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI2 PCI1 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 nVIDIA nFORCE 2 MCP RAID 1 2 2 1 1 U24 JP4 SPEAKER CASE OPEN 1 1 1 9 9 10 FRONT AUDIO COM2 GAME PORT IrDA 1 1 1 1 9 5 9 2 2 2 2 10 6 10 10 AUXFAN 1 JP1 U16 1 JP3 1 1 BIOS ROM 1 SATA2 SATA1 CHASFAN PWRLED 1 1 USB LAN PRT COM USB SOUND KB MS IDE1 IDE2 Codec SW LED 1 9 2 10 ...

Page 12: ...ate 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 ont...

Page 13: ...ATX_ PWR AGP PCI2 PCI1 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 D IM M1 D IM M2 D IM M3 n VIDI A n FO RC E 2 MC P RA ID 1 2 2 1 U25 U24 SW LED JP4 SPEAKER CASEOPEN 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 9 9 9 9 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 FRONT A UDI O COM2 GAME PORT IrD A 1 1 1 1 9 5 9 2 2 2 2 10 6 10 1 0 JP1 U1 6 1 JP3 1 1 BIOS ROM BIOS ROM 1 SATA2 SATA1 PWRLED 2 1 0 1 US B LAN PRT COM KB MS US B GBLAN SOUND Voi ce Ge nie Chip SW1 1 ON 2 3 4 IDE1 IDE2 Mar v...

Page 14: ... DDR SDRAM memory modules to enable dual channels facility the 9 means that a DIMM module is present DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 9 9 9 9 RAM Module Installation 1 Pull the 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 will ensures that the module will be inserted with the proper orientatio...

Page 15: ... can plug the USB devices directly into this connector The KX18DS series provides a 10 100 Mb sec LAN port and the KX18DS PRO II also provides secondary LAN port that supports 10 100 1000 Mb sec connectivity 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...

Page 16: ...r peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port Audio Port Connectors Speaker Out is used to connect to speakers or headphones If the Super 5 1 driver is enabled the Speaker Out becomes the Front Speaker Line In can be connected to an external CD player Tape player or other audio devices for audio input If the Super 5 1 driver is enabled Line In becomes the Rear Speaker Mic In is used to co...

Page 17: ...another on off signal PWRLED 3 Pin Power LED green If there is a 3 pin power LED cable on the front panel of a computer case You can attach it to the 3 pin power LED connector SPEAKER Speaker Header violet A front panel speaker can be connected to this connector When you boot your computer the speaker sounds a short beep If there is something wrong during the Power On Self Test the speaker sounds ...

Page 18: ...ort a Master and a Slave drive The configuration is similar to IDE1 The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode SATA1 SATA2 These SATA connectors support Serial ATA 150 These connectors only can connect to one serial ATA hard disk each Note With most storage devices there is a power cable that you need attach to a power source power supply This mainboard has a southbridge chip th...

Page 19: ...ED 2 1 0 1 U SB L AN PR T COM K B MS USB GBL AN SOU ND Vo ic e G en ie Ch ip SW 1 1 ON 2 3 4 Marv ell MV 80 01 V IA V T 6307 Codec CPUF AN 1 AU XFAN 1 C HA SFAN 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 FD C IDE1 IDE2 USB2 3 5VSB 5VSB DATA_B DATA_A DATA_B DATA_A Ground Ground NC NC 1 9 2 10 US B3 US B2 1 2 2 1 9 9 1 0 1 0 If you are using USB 2 0 devices with Windows 2000 XP you will need to install the USB 2 0 driver ...

Page 20: ...MM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 FD C IDE1 IDE2 US B3 2 1 9 1 0 US B2 1 2 9 1 0 1394 CN2 1394 CN1 1 1 9 9 2 2 1 0 1 0 IrDA NC NC Ground 5V IR_RX IR_TX 1 5 2 6 I rDA 1 5 2 6 Winbond IO W 83627HF U7 Sock et 462 n VIDIA nFo rce 2 SPP U9 BAT 1 C D IN SPDIF ATX_PW R A GP PC I2 PC I1 PC I3 PC I4 PC I5 nV I DIA nF O RC E 2 MCP RA ID U2 5 U2 4 SPEAKER 1 1 F RO NT A UDI O G AM E P O RT 1 1 9 2 2 1 0 JP1 U16 1 JP3 1 B IOS R...

Page 21: ... I2 PC I1 PC I3 PC I4 PC I5 nVI DIA nF O RC E 2 MCP RA ID U2 5 U2 4 SPEAKER 1 1 F RO NT A UDI O C O M2 G AM E P O RT 1 1 1 9 9 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 JP1 U16 1 JP3 1 B IOS ROM B IOS ROM 1 SATA 2 SATA 1 PWRLED 1 U SB LAN PR T COM K B MS USB GBLAN SOU ND Vo ic e G en ie Ch ip SW 1 1 ON 2 3 4 Marv ell MV80 01 VIA VT 6307 Codec CPUF AN 1 AU XFAN 1 C HA SFAN 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 FD C IDE1 IDE2 1394 CN2 1394 CN1 ...

Page 22: ... B IOS ROM 1 SATA 2 SATA 1 PWRLED 1 U SB L AN K B MS Vo ic e G en ie Ch ip SW 1 1 ON 2 3 4 M arv ell M V 80 01 V IA V T 6307 Codec CPUF AN 1 AU XFAN ATX_PW R PR T COM USB GBL AN SOU ND 1 C HA SFAN 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 FD C IDE1 IDE2 1394 CN2 1394 CN1 1 1 S W LE D 1 9 2 1 0 US B3 2 1 9 1 0 US B2 1 2 9 1 0 9 9 2 2 1 0 1 0 I rDA 1 5 2 6 CASE OPEN 1 C O M 2 1 9 2 1 0 JP4 1 JP3 2 1 Short means to cover ...

Page 23: ...man OFF OFF BIOS Mirror BIOS Mirror SW1 3 Enable default ON Main BIOS U24 Disable rescue OFF Backup BIOS U25 Winbond IO W83627HF U7 Soc ket 4 62 nVIDIA nF or ce 2 SPP U 9 B AT1 C D IN SPD IF AGP PC I2 PC I1 PC I3 PC I4 PC I5 n V ID IA n F OR CE 2 M CP R AI D U 25 U 24 SPEAKER 1 1 F RO NT A UDI O G AM E P O RT 1 1 9 2 2 1 0 U 16 BIOS ROM BIOS ROM 1 SATA 2 SATA 1 PWRLE D 1 U SB L AN K B M S Voice Ge...

Page 24: ...ction If the jumper caps are in place jumper cap 1 is on pin 5 pin 6 and jumper cap 2 is on pin 9 pin 10 Winbond IO W83627HF U7 Socket 462 nVIDIA n For ce 2 SPP U 9 B AT1 SPD IF AGP PCI2 PCI1 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 n V ID IA nF O RCE 2 MCP RAI D U 25 U2 4 SPEAKER 1 1 G AM E P O RT 1 2 U 16 B IOS ROM B IOS ROM SATA 2 SATA 1 PWRLED 1 USB L AN KB M S Vo ic e G enie Ch ip M a rvel l M V 8001 V IA V T6 307 Cod...

Page 25: ... you can attach to the SPDIF header This bracket will also have an RCA connector similar to that used with most consumer audio products Using the RCA connector the data can then be output to and input from an S PDIF device The devices that are receiving and sending information from this header must be S PDIF compliant for optimal effect Note that the SPDIF bracket is optional in the packaging that...

Page 26: ... G en ie Ch ip M a rvel l M V8001 VIA VT6 307 Codec C PUFA N 1 A UXFA N ATX_PWR PR T C OM U SB GBL AN SOU ND 1 CHA SFAN 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 F D C IDE1 IDE2 1 394C N2 1 394C N1 1 1 S W LE D 1 9 2 1 0 U S B3 2 1 9 1 0 U S B2 1 2 9 1 0 9 9 2 2 1 0 1 0 IrD A 1 5 2 6 CA SE OPEN 1 CO M2 1 9 2 1 0 J P4 1 JP3 1 JP1 1 SW 1 1 ON 2 3 4 AGP PCI1 5 CD IN F RO N T A UD IO 1 9 2 1 0 1 Winbond IO W 83627HF U7 Soc...

Page 27: ...AWARDTM BIOS includes additional features such as virus and password protection as well as special configurations for fine tuning the system chipset The defaults for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification as well as ESCD Extended System...

Page 28: ...uit 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 Key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Esc key Main Menu Quit and do not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup ...

Page 29: ...ity the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main menu allows you to select from several configuration options Use the left right arrow keys to select a particular configuration screen from the top menu bar or use the down arrow key to access and configure the information below ...

Page 30: ...ntained in sub 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...

Page 31: ...ot priority First Second Third Boot Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device Options Floppy LS120 CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD SCSI LAN Disabled Note You have to set to SCSI when you want to boot from SATA device Boot Other Device The setting allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1s...

Page 32: ...sage on the screen and sound an audio alarm beep Options Disabled default Enabled CPU Internal Cache Make CPU internal cache active or inactive System performance may degrade if you disable this item Options Enabled default Disable External Cache This item allows you to enable or disable Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU to enhance performance Options Disabled default Enabled Quick Power On Self ...

Page 33: ... for OS can be configured Options Disabled Enabled default MPS Version Control For OS The 1 1 version is the older version that supports 8 more IRQs in the Windows NT environment Choose the new 1 4 version for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Options 1 4 default 1 1 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM Options Non OS2 default...

Page 34: ...rformance set to Expert the options range will be 100 300 MHz CPU Interface When the System Performance set to Expert this item allows you to set the CPU FSB parameters Options Optimal Use most stable CPU FSB parameters Aggressive Use overclocked CPU FSB parameters DDR CPU Ratio When the System Performance set to Expert this item allows you to adjust your DDR CPU Ratio and overclock the DDR speeds...

Page 35: ...M s manufacturer Options 1 7 CAS Latency Time This item determines CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system engineer This field is adjustable only when Memory Timing is set to Aggressive Options 2 5 3 and By SPD default Memory Auto Precharge This item al...

Page 36: ...isabled Enabled default System BIOS Cacheable When enabled accesses to system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled Options Enabled Disabled default Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled to allow caching of the video RAM which may improve performance If any other program writes to this memory area a system error may result Options Enabled Disable...

Page 37: ...peed CPU Clock Ratio This field allows you to adjust the CPU clock ratio When the CPU clock ratio is locked by the CPU manufacturer you will not be able to adjust this field Options Available options will depend on the CPU installed Default CPU Voltage Volt This item displays the CPU default Voltage CPU Voltage Volt This item allows you to adjust your CPU core voltage AGP Voltage Volt This item al...

Page 38: ...to enable or disable the Voice Genie function Option Enabled default Disabled IDE Function Setup If you highlight the IDE Function Setup label and then press the enter key it will take you to a submenu with the following options OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interfac...

Page 39: ...ess If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching Options Enabled default Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Select the Enabled option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do The system will automat...

Page 40: ...Disabled default SATA Primary Master RAID This allows you to enable or disable the RAID function for the SATA Primary Master device Options Enabled Disabled default SATA Secondary Master RAID This allows you to enable or disable the RAID function for the SATA Secondary Master device Options Enabled Disabled default Onboard Device If you highlight the Onboard Device label and then press the enter k...

Page 41: ...owing options Power On Function This field allows you to select a way to power on your computer Options Password Hot KEY Mouse Left Mouse Right Any KEY BUTTON ONLY default and Keyboard 98 KB Power ON Password This field allows you to set the password to power on your system This field is only configurable when Power On Function is set to Password Hot Key Power ON This field allows you to use the C...

Page 42: ...transmission delay This field only configurable if UART Mode Select is set to ASKIR or IrDA Options Enabled default Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Select the transmission mode used by the IR interface Full duplex mode permits simultaneous bi directional transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in only one direction at a time This field only configurable if UART Mode Select is set to ASKIR or I...

Page 43: ...sing the ECP mode This field is only configurable if Parallel Port Mode is set to ECP Options 3 default 1 PWRON After PWR Fail This field will determine whether your system will boot after restoring power after a power failure If you select On the system will boot whether or not the system was on before power failure If you select Former Sts the system will be restored to the status before the pow...

Page 44: ... POS and STR Power Management There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Power Saving Minimum power management HDD Power Down 15 minutes 2 Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs HDD Power Down 1 minute 3 User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When this option is enabled each of the ranges are from 1 minute to 1 hour except for HDD Power D...

Page 45: ... Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15Min HDD Down In Suspend This allows you to enable disable the hard driver power down in the suspend state Options Disabled default Enabled Soft Off by PWRBTN In situations where the system enters a hung state you can configure the BIOS so that you are required to pre the power button for more than 4 seconds before the system enters the Soft Off state Optio...

Page 46: ...nfigurable when RTC Wake Up is set to Enabled Resume Time hh mm ss This item select the alarm time Hardware Monitor Case Open Warning If this function is set to Enabled and the case had been previously opened the system will automatically display alert messages on the screen when you power on your computer If this function is set to Disabled the system will not show alert messages when you power o...

Page 47: ...KX18DS PRO KX18DS PRO II 43 Load Defaults Load System Default Settings Load System Default Settings Load System turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings ...

Page 48: ...all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup A confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding ...

Page 49: ...driver installation buttons For the most optimal conditions we suggest that you that you first select the Microsoft Direct X 9 0b installation button more recent versions may appear on the button depending on your installation software Category Platform Microsoft DirectX 9 0b Windows 9X ME 2000 XP nForce Chipset Driver Windows 9X ME 2000 XP USB 2 0 Driver Windows 9X ME Marvell Lan Driver Windows 9...

Page 50: ...ll display as shown left If your system is Windows 9X or ME click the USB 2 0 Driver for Windows 9X ME button Otherwise click on http windowsupdate microsoft com Marvell Lan Driver only for KX18DS PRO II Provides the driver for Marvell Gb Networking installation 2 Click the Tool Menu button and the screen will display as below This screen displays all of the software that you can install from the ...

Page 51: ... drive is active but system 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 unplugged 2 Dam...

Page 52: ...data Then performs low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solutions Check the ...

Page 53: ... connected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility problems with oth...

Page 54: ...nel Setup 1 On your desktop double click the NVIDIA NVMixer icon that is located on the desk bar 2 When the NVIDIA NVMixer screen displays select the second one button on the screen below left 3 On the next screen you can choose 2 4 or 5 1 speakers ...

Page 55: ...lume screen select Options Æ Advanced Controls 6 Next click the Advanced button 7 In the Other Controls section of the Advanced Controls of Master Volume screen check the Rear Speaker connected to Line In and Center speaker and subwoofer connected to Microphone This is the final step in configuring 5 1 Channel Audio Effect ...

Page 56: ...so written to the redundant disks This redundancy provides fault tolerant protection from a single disk failure If a read write failure occurs on one drive the system can still read and write data using the other drive The minimum number of drives for a RAID 1 configuration is 2 You are required to use an even number of drives Disk Striping Mirroring RAID 0 1 This mode combines both the performanc...

Page 57: ...ainboard This becomes important when identifying drives that need to be replaced or changed Channel Controller Master Slave Located here are 3 identifiers separated by periods These identifiers represent the Channel Controller and Master Slave ID for a drive With these identifiers you can associate the drives on this screen with a physical connector and drive on the board Channel 0 Represents one ...

Page 58: ...to select Optimal option for automatic configuration Press Enter Attention The Loc and Disk Model Name located on this screen reflect the disk drives installed on the PATA or SATA connectors The example disk drive information may differ with the information that displays on your screen F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup NVIDIA RAID Utility Jun 03 2004 Define a New Array Array Disks ...

Page 59: ...n will display as shown below left You can press the Enter key to view the RAID details in the Array Detail screen F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup NVIDIA RAID Utility Jun 03 2004 Define a New Array Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Add Del Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name RAID Mode Mirroring Striping Block Optimal RAID 1 mode Array List Ctrl X Exit Select ENTER Detail B Set Boot N Ne...

Page 60: ...w R Rebuild D Delete ENTER Detail C Clear Disk Array 1 NVIDIA STRIPE 223 58G Array Detail RAID Mode Mirroring Striping Width 1 Striping Bolck 32K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Name Capacity 1 1 Master 1 ST31200023AS 111 79GB 1 0 Master 0 ST31200023AS 111 79GB Add F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup NVIDIA RAID Utility Jun 03 2004 Define a New Array Array Disks Loc Disk Model Nam...

Page 61: ...4 24 IDE WIN2K or WINXP NvRaidMan exe 1 To rebuild a mirrored array bring up the NVIDIA RAID Utility From the Array List screen select the array with the newly installed drive Then go to the Array Detail screen press Enter Then press the R key and use the up down arrow keys to select the hard drive that you just installed Then press F7 A confirmation message will display as shown below Press Y to ...

Page 62: ...ring Windows installation the Windows Setup screen will prompt you with Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver Press F6 2 Press s when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device Insert the floppy disk which includes the RAID Driver into the floppy drive Press Enter and select the appropriate OS device driver 3 Press Enter again to continue the setup process 4 F...

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