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PM800 Series 

 

 

Configuration 

Layout of PM800 PRO-1394 

Layout of PM800 PRO-1394 

  

IrDA

COM2

USB1

1394CN1

1394CN2

SPDIF1 CD-IN

Winbond

 IO

W83697HF

VIA

VT6307

VIA

PM800

U8

CPUFAN

BAT1

IDE1

IDE2

FDC

ATX_PWR

AGP

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

DI

MM

1

DI

MM

2

VIA

VT8237

USB2

1

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

BIOS

U14

U13

CHASFAN

SPEAKER

1

1

1

2

FRONT  AUDIO

1

1

5

1

9

2

2

6

10

ATX_12V

AUXFAN

1

Codec

JP1

CASE  OPEN

1

1

PRT/COM/VGA

KB/MS

USB

GAME PORT

VIA

VT6103

SW/LED

PWRLED

1

2

9

10

1

U5

Socket 478

2

1

USB/LAN

Summary of Contents for PM800 Pro (V2.0)

Page 1: ...re 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 and found t...

Page 2: ...he 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 PM800 PRO 1394 PM800 PRO or PM800 mainboard IDE ATA 100 Cable FDC Cable USB Bracket optional 1394 Bracket only for PM800 PRO 1394 COM Port Game Port Bracket optional SPDIF FRONT AUDIO Port Bracket optional SATA Power cord optional ...

Page 3: ...ith HT Technology z Chipset An Intel Chipset that supports HT Technology z BIOS A BIOS that supports HT Technology must be enabled z OS An operating system that supports HT Technology For more information on Hyper Threading Technology go to http www intel com info hyperthreading Dimensions Micro ATX form factor z 244mm x 244mm WxL Operating System z Supports most popular operating systems Windows ...

Page 4: ...ront Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 14 Connectors 16 Headers Jumpers 17 Audio Connectors 20 Slots 21 Power Supply Attachments 21 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 22 INTRODUCTION 22 MAIN MENU 24 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 26 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 33 POWER MANAGEMENT 37 HARDWARE MONITOR 41 LOAD DEFAULTS 42 EXIT MENU 43 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 44 SOFTWARE LIST 44 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 44 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESH...

Page 5: ...uilt in Serial ATA facilities that support SATA RAID 0 or RAID 1 and transfer rate to 150 MB s per channel The PM800 series also come with a AC 97 Sound Codec which supports high quality 6 channel audio Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect It also supports Sony Philips Digital Interface output only The PM800 series support eight USB 2 0 ports and the PM800 PRO 1394 comes with two IEEE 1394 ports The PM8...

Page 6: ... VIA VT1616 z LAN Controller VIA VT6103 Only for PM800 PRO 1394 PM800 PRO z 1394 Controller VIA VT6307 Only for PM800 PRO 1394 DRAM Memory z Supports DDR400 PC3200 DDR333 PC2700 DDR266 PC2100 SDRAM z Supports 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB unbuffered non ECC DIMM z Supports memory modules with a total capacity of 2 GB see memory installation section for more details Green Functionality z Supports...

Page 7: ...ard z AC LINK protocol compliance z Compliant with AC 97 2 1 specification z 6 channel playback capability super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect z Supports Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF for output only VIA VT6103 LAN Controller on board for PM800 PRO 1394 PM800 PRO z 1 10 100 MHz full and half duplex operation z Independent 2K byte FIFOs for receive and transmit z Magic packet and wake on address...

Page 8: ...t 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 Supports one VGA port z Supports Infrared Data Transmission using IrDA z Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard z Supports 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB floppy disk drives z MIDI compatible z Game port compatible IDE Facilities z Supports Ultra...

Page 9: ...ts APM1 2 z Supports ACPI2 0 power management Watch Dog Timer z This mainboard contains a special feature called the Watch Dog Timer which is used to detect when the system is unable to handle over clocking configurations during the POST stage Once a problem is detected the system will reset the configurations and reboot the system after five seconds ...

Page 10: ...AN Auxiliary FAN CPUFAN CHASFAN AUXFAN 11 Front Panel Indicator SW LED PWRLED SPEAKER 15 Infrared Connector IrDA 18 Front Serial interface Header COM2 19 Game Port Header CN3 19 Front USB Headers USB1 USB2 17 IEEE 1394 Headers 1394 CN1 1394 CN2 17 Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 20 Case Open Warning Function CASE OPEN 18 Sony Philips Digital Interface Conn S PDIF 21 CD ROM Audio IN Header CD IN 21 Front Pan...

Page 11: ...W83697HF VIA VT6307 VIA PM800 U8 CPUFAN BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM1 DIMM2 VIA VT8237 USB2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 BIOS U14 U13 CHASFAN SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 FRONT AUDIO 1 1 5 1 9 2 2 6 10 ATX_12V AUXFAN 1 Codec JP1 CASE OPEN 1 1 PRT COM VGA KB MS USB GAME PORT VIA VT6103 SW LED PWRLED 1 2 9 10 1 U5 Socket 478 2 1 USB LAN ...

Page 12: ...AN BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM1 DIMM2 VIA VT8237 USB2 1 2 2 1 1 1 BIOS U14 U13 CHASFAN SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 FRONT AUDIO 1 1 5 1 9 2 2 6 10 ATX_12V AUXFAN 1 Codec JP1 CASE OPEN 1 1 PRT COM VGA KB MS USB COM2 GAME PORT VIA VT6103 SW LED PWRLED 1 2 9 10 1 U5 Socket 478 2 1 USB LAN ...

Page 13: ...800 U8 CPUFAN BAT1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC ATX_PWR AGP PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIMM1 DIMM2 VIA VT8237 USB2 1 2 2 1 1 1 BIOS U14 U13 CHASFAN SPEAKER 1 1 1 2 FRONT AUDIO 1 1 5 1 9 2 2 6 10 ATX_12V AUXFAN 1 Codec JP1 CASE OPEN 1 1 PRT COM VGA KB MS USB SW LED PWRLED 1 2 9 10 1 U5 Socket 478 USB GAME PORT 2 1 ...

Page 14: ...te the corner that has the pin 1 receptor This corner will be near to the end of the lever Match the dot on the CPU with the pin 1 receptor on the socket and lower the CPU onto the socket The b ith the face of the socket ottom of the CPU should be flush w 3 until it snaps back into position This will lock down the CPU 4 ear thermal g and use the clasps on the e power cable from the fan and insert ...

Page 15: ...VIA PM800 U8 CPU FAN BAT 1 AT X_PW R AG P PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DIM M 1 V IA V T8 23 7 USB2 1 2 2 1 1 BIOS U1 4 SPEAKER 1 1 2 1 Codec JP1 1 IrDA 1394CN1 SPDIF1 CD IN 2 2 1 1 1 FRONT AUDIO 1 1 5 9 2 2 6 10 CASE OPEN 1 PRT C O M VG A KB MS USB V IA V T6103 SW LED PWRLED 1 2 9 10 1 U5 Socket 478 G AME PO RT 2 1 AT X_12V USB L AN ID E1 ID E2 F DC DIM M 2 U1 3 CHASFAN 1 AU XFAN 1 CO M 2 USB1 1394CN2 Winbon d ...

Page 16: ...e 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 3 for the remaining RAM modules The pictures above are for reference only and may vary slightly for your mainboard ...

Page 17: ...s mice and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into these connectors The PM800 PRO 1394 PM800 PRO also provide 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 fuse...

Page 18: ... devices for audio input If the Super 5 1 driver is installed Line In becomes the Rear Speaker Mic In is used to connect to a microphone If the Super 5 1 driver is installed the Mic In becomes the Subwoofer Center out Front Print Port COM VGA This mainboard supports Super 5 1 Channel Audio effects which turns your standard Speaker Out Lin In Mic In audio connectors into a 6 channel audio system Se...

Page 19: ...d i PWR LED 2 pin Power LED H The mainboard provides two power LED connector If there is a 2 pin power LED cable on the front panel of a computer case You can attach it to the 2 pin power LED connector The L while the computer is powered on PWR ON Power Button Header This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch The switch must pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms ...

Page 20: ...lave using the jumpers located on each drive IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 connector can also support 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 The SATA connectors support transfer rate to 150 MB s and SATA RAID 0 or 1 mode The connectors only can connect one serial ATA hard disk device each Thi...

Page 21: ...307 VIA PM800 U8 CP UF A N BA T 1 A TX _ P WR A GP PC I1 PC I2 PC I3 DI MM1 VIA V T8 2 37 1 B IOS U 14 1 2 1 Codec JP 1 1 IrDA 1394CN1 SP DIF1 CD IN 2 2 1 1 1 F RO NT AUDIO 1 1 5 9 2 2 6 10 CASE OPE N 1 P R T CO M V G A KB M S US B V IA V T6103 P WRLE D 1 U5 Socket 478 G AM E P OR T 2 1 ATX _ 12V U S B LA N DI MM2 U13 CHASFAN AU X FAN 1 S PE AKE R 1 SW LED 1 2 9 10 I DE 1 I DE 2 FD C 1 9 2 10 5VSB...

Page 22: ...V T6103 P WRLE D 1 U5 Socket 4 78 G AM E P OR T 2 1 ATX _ 12V U S B LA N DI MM2 U13 C HASFAN AU X FAN 1 S PE AKE R 1 SW LED 1 2 9 10 I DE 1 I DE 2 FD C USB1 USB2 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 6 IrDA NC NC 5V Ground IR_TX IR_RX IrDA 1 5 2 6 Winbon d IO W83697HF VIA VT 6307 VIA PM800 U8 CP U F AN BAT 1 ATX _ P WR A GP PC I1 PC I2 PC I3 DI MM1 VI A V T8 2 37 1 B IOS U 14 1 Codec SP DIF1 CD IN 1 F RO NT AUDIO 1 9 2...

Page 23: ...tting the BIOS password It is important to follow these instructions closely CO M 2 1394CN2 Winbon d IO W83697HF VIA VT 6307 VIA PM800 U8 CP UF AN BAT 1 ATX _ P WR A GP PC I1 PC I2 PC I3 DI MM1 VIA V T8 2 37 1 B IOS U 14 1 2 1 Codec JP 1 1 1394CN1 SP DIF1 CD IN 2 2 1 1 1 F RO NT AUDIO 1 9 2 10 P R T CO M V G A KB M S US B V IA V T6103 P WRLE D 1 U5 Socket 4 78 G AM E P OR T 2 1 ATX _ 12V U S B LA ...

Page 24: ...oard is capable of delivering audio output through the SPDIF header The SPDIF devices that are sending information from this header must be compliant for optimal effect Attention If the jumper caps are in place jumper cap 1 is on pin 5 pin 6 and jumper cap2 is on pin 9 pin 10 Winb ond IO W 83697HF VIA VT6307 VIA PM800 U8 CP U FAN BAT 1 AT X _P W R AG P PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 DI MM1 V IA V T8 23 7 1 BI OS ...

Page 25: ...VIA PM800 U8 CP U FAN BAT 1 AT X _P W R DI MM1 V IA V T8 2 37 1 Codec P RT CO M V G A KB M S U S B VI A VT6103 U 5 S ocket 478 AT X _12 V US B L AN DI MM2 U13 CHAS FAN A UX FA N 1 S PE AKE R 1 I DE 1 I DE 2 P WRLE D 1 SW LED 1 2 9 10 FD C US B1 US B2 1 2 1 JP 1 1 G AM E P O RT 2 1 IrDA 1 5 2 6 CAS E OP EN 1 1394CN1 2 2 1 1 1 S PDIF1 CD IN 1 FRONT AUDIO 1 9 2 10 VIA VT6307 BIOS U1 4 2 1 CO M 2 1 2 ...

Page 26: ...d 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 Note When you boot up the computer the BIOS version will appear at upper left portion of the POST screen Plug and Play Support This PHOENIX AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0...

Page 27: ...nu 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 Key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes Es...

Page 28: ...e 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 29: ...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 30: ...Device Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device Options Floppy default for first boot device LS120 HDD 0 default for third boot device SCSI CDROM default for second boot device HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN Disabled Boot Other Device Setting to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails t...

Page 31: ...CPU internal cache active or inactive System performance may degrade if you disable this item Options Enabled default Disable CPU L3 Cache Make CPU internal cache active or inactive System performance may degrade if you disable this item This item can only display with the CPU that has L3 cache Options Enabled default Disable Hyper Threading Technology This option allows you to enable disable Hype...

Page 32: ...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 64 MB of RAM Options Non OS2 default OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a ...

Page 33: ...lly determined by the system Options 6T 7T 8T 9T Active to CMD Trcd Select the DRAM delay time when being read This field is adjustable only when DRAM Timing set to Manual This field is locked when DRAM Timing is set to By SPD and automatically determined by the system Options 2T 3T 4T 5T DRAM Command Rate This item determines DRAM Command Rate Options 2T Command default 1T Command AGP P2P Bridge ...

Page 34: ... CPU PCI Bus Control PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states Options Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit post write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to comply with PCI specifications Options Disabled default Enabled Memory Hole When enabled you can reserve an area of system m...

Page 35: ...rrupt This is only configurable when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to PCI device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some graphic controllers that are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility Options Disabled default Enabled PCI Latency Timer CLK This item allow...

Page 36: ...You can set it from 100 to 233 The default depends on your CPU frequency Default By CPU speed DRAM Clock This item will automatic detect the DRAM Clock or allows you to select the DDR frequency DRAM speed DRAM Clock 2 Options By SPD default 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz 200 MHz 32 ...

Page 37: ...with the following options OnChip SATA This item allows you to enabled disabled onchip SATA function Options Enabled default Disabled SATA Mode This item allows you to select the SATA mode Options RAID default IDE 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 interface Select Disabled to d...

Page 38: ...quires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 133 select Auto to enable BIOS support Options Auto 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 ...

Page 39: ... then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Options Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and correspondi...

Page 40: ... to determine the parallel port interrupt and address Options 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This option allows you to select an operating mode for the on board parallel port Options ECP default Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port SPP Standard Printer Port ECP EPP ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Options EPP 1 7 E...

Page 41: ...llows you to select the suspend type using the ACPI operating system Options S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 POS and STR Power Management Option There are three options of Power Management 1 Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1hour HDD Power Down 30 minutes 2 Max Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPUs Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 6...

Page 42: ...fault 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management Options Suspend Off default Always On Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor goes blank Options V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchroniza...

Page 43: ...PS2KB Wake Up from S3 S4 S5 This option is used when PS2KB Wake Up Select is configured as HOT KEY Options Disable default Ctrl F1 to F12 Power Wake Anykey USB Wake Up from S3 This item allows you to awaken the system from suspend mode using a USB keyboard Options Enabled Disabled default VGA When set to On any event occurring at a VGA Port will awaken a system which had been previously powered do...

Page 44: ...onth the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Wake Up is set to Enabled Resume Time hh mm ss You can choose the hour minute and second the system will boot up This field is only configurable when RTC Wake Up is set to Enabled IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to access a sub menu used to configure the different wake up events i e wake on LPT COMM activity Primary INTR On...

Page 45: ...ou power on your computer If this function is set to Disabled the system will not show alert messages when you power on your computer even if the case is opened by others Options Disabled default Enabled CPU Warning Temperature When the CPU temperature is higher than this setting the warning mechanism will be activated Options Disabled default 50 120 53 127 56 133 60 140 63 145 66 151 70 158 41 ...

Page 46: ...Settings Load System Default Settings Load System turbo Settings Load System Turbo Settings Load CMOS From BIOS Load defaults from flash ROM for systems without batteries Save CMOS To BIOS Save defaults to flash ROM for systems without batteries 42 ...

Page 47: ...guration 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 43 ...

Page 48: ...rst screen Main Screen will display several buttons Choose by your mainboard model 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 Windows 9X ME 2000 XP Microsoft DirectX Windows 9X ME...

Page 49: ...y the screen as left Please follow the description to complete the installation 4 Back to the first page click the Tool page button and you can choose the software to install Note If you click the Browse CD button from the screen in step 1 you can browse all the files in the Driver CD New installation of Windows 2000 XP using a Serial ATA drive as the 45 ...

Page 50: ... setup asks if you want to specify an additional device Insert the floppy disk which includes the VIA Serial ATA Driver into the floppy drive Press Enter and select the appropriate OS device driver 5 Press Enter again to continue the setup process 6 Follow the setup instructions and select your choice for partition and file system 7 After setup examines your disks it will copy files to the Windows...

Page 51: ... 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 Damaged hard...

Page 52: ... 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 power con...

Page 53: ...d 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 other drives...

Page 54: ...es The screen below will display First check the Place volume icon in the taskbar in the Device volume block Then press the Advanced button to configure the speaker settings 2 At the Advanced Audio Properties screen use the drop down box to select the 5 1 surround sound speakers Click Apply to enable the 5 1 channel audio effect 3 On your desktop double click the volume icon that is on the desk ba...

Page 55: ...s Æ Advanced Controls 6 Next click the Advanced button of the Front Speaker then check the Smart5 1 Enable 7 Finally click the Advanced button of the Rear Speaker then check the Magic5 1 Enable This is the final step in configuring Super 5 1 Channel Audio Effect If you broadcast a DVD with a DVD ROM please skip this step 51 ...

Page 56: ...ype it actually does not provide fault tolerance Disk Mirroring RAID 1 With Disk Mirroring there is a redundant disk that mirrors the main disk Data that is written to the main disk is also written to the redundant disk 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 d...

Page 57: ...ording to the type of array you created 2 Next choose the Auto Setup for Data Security option and press Enter The screen will display a c 3 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 you...

Page 58: ...ete 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 59: ... 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 warning confirmation message will display as shown below Press Y to confirm 3 After the array is successfully deleted the screen will display as shown below ...

Page 60: ...reate a array with RAID 0 oolbar Button 5 Delete the array that you created before oolbar Button 6 View the devices status oolbar Button 7 View the event log oolbar Button 8 Help topics the Serial serial number is assigned to the device by the manufacturer VIA RA VIA Raid Tool icon The VIA RAID Tool allows the user to configure and monitor RAID arrays from the Windows environment After booting you...

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