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VIA RAID Installation Guide

1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide …………………………………………………………………………………….. 2

1.1 Introduction of RAID ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2

1.2 RAID Configuration Precautions ………………………………………………………………………………… 2

1.3 BIOS Configuration Utility ………………………………………………………………………………………… 3

1.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility ………………………………………………………………………….. 3

1.3.2 Create Disk Array ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3

1.3.3 Delete Disk Array ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6

1.3.4 Select Boot Array ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6

2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide ………………………………………………………………………………… 7

2.1 Create RAID Array ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8

2.2 Delete Disk Array ……………………………………………………………………………………………..…… 10

2.3 Check All Disks ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10

2.4 Verify Mirror Disk ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11

2.5 Synchronize Mirror Disk ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12

2.6 Disk Error Detection ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13

2.7 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array ………………………………………………………………………………….. 13

2.8 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 array ……………………………………………………………………………………. 13

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Summary of Contents for 4CoreDual-VSTA

Page 1: ...1 1 1 1 1 4CoreDual VSTA User Manual Version 1 0 Published October 2006 Copyright 2006 ASRock INC All rights reserved...

Page 2: ...or implied including but not limited to the implied warran ties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors officers employees or agents...

Page 3: ...pansion Slots 19 2 7 Surround Display Feature 20 2 8 Jumpers Setup 20 2 9 Onboard Headers and Connectors 21 2 10 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide 25 2 11 Serial ATA SATA Hard Disks Installation 26 2...

Page 4: ...Configuration 44 3 6 Security Screen 44 3 7 Exit Screen 45 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 4 Software Support 46 46 46 46 46 4 1 Install Operating System 46...

Page 5: ...t of this manual will be subject to change without notice In case any modifications of this manual occur the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice You may find the...

Page 6: ...logy see CAUTION 3 2 xDDRIIDIMM slots Support DDRII667 533 Max capacity 2GB 2 x DDR DIMM slots Support DDR400 333 266 Max capacity 2GB Hybrid Booster CPU Frequency Stepless Control see CAUTION 4 ASRoc...

Page 7: ...connector 2 x USB 2 0 headers support 4 USB 2 0 ports see CAUTION 9 BIOS Feature 4Mb AMI BIOS AMI Legal BIOS Supports Plug and Play ACPI 1 1 Compliance Wake Up Events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2 3 1...

Page 8: ...ck again To improve heat dissipation remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC system 6 For the information of the compatible PCI Express VGA cards plea...

Page 9: ...ows indows indows indows indows Vista Vista Vista Vista VistaTM TM TM TM TM Premium and Basic OS Premium and Basic OS Premium and Basic OS Premium and Basic OS Premium and Basic OS This motherboard ca...

Page 10: ...Slot for Windows 2000 XP XP 64 bit VistaTM Graphics Chip Model Name Vendor NVIDIA ASUS Extreme N6200GE TD ASUS Extreme N6200TC256 TD ASUS Extreme N6800GT ASUS Extreme N6800 TD ALBATRON PC6600GT GIGABY...

Page 11: ...1 CHA_FAN1 Kentsfield Conroe Quad Core CPU RAID RoHS 6 4 5 7 3 1 2 9 10 11 12 8 15 16 18 19 17 22 21 20 23 13 14 24 25 26 27 28 1 HDMI_SPDIF1 29 1 PS2_USB_PWR1 Jumper 15 Chassis Fan Connector CHA_FAN1...

Page 12: ...tion details in accordance with the type of speaker you use TABLE for Audio Output Connection Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central Bass Side Speaker No 7 No 4 No 5 No 3 2 V 4 V V 6...

Page 13: ...s 2 2 Pre installation Precautions 2 2 Pre installation Precautions 2 2 Pre installation Precautions 2 2 Pre installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherbo...

Page 14: ...will be seriously damaged Step 1 Open the socket Step 1 1 Disengaging the lever by depressing down and out on the hook to clear retention tab Step 1 2 Rotate the load lever to fully open po sition at...

Page 15: ...left hand index finger and thumb to support the load plate edge engage PnP cap with right hand thumb and peel the cap from the socket while pressing on center of PnP cap to assist in removal 1 It is...

Page 16: ...or proper installation please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU fan and heatsink Below is an example to illustrate the installation of the heatsink for 775 LAND CPU Step 1 Apply ther...

Page 17: ...stall identical DDRII DIMM pair in Dual Channel A DDRII_1 and DDRII_2 Yellow slots see p 11 No 6 or identical DDR DIMM pair in Dual Channel B DDR1 and DDR2 Blue slots see p 11 No 7 so that Dual Channe...

Page 18: ...retaining clips outward Step 2 Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation It will cause permanent damage to t...

Page 19: ...h the AGP card vendors PCI Express Graphics slot PCI Express Graphics slot is used to install PCI Express expansion cards For the information of the compatible PCI Express VGA cards please refer to th...

Page 20: ...ow jumpers are setup When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is Short If no jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is Open The illustration shows a 3 pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are Short...

Page 21: ...evice on this motherboard please set the IDE device as Master Please refer to the instruction of your IDE device vendor for the details Besides to optimize compatibility and performance please connect...

Page 22: ...This connector allows you 4 pin CD1 to receive stereo audio input CD1 see p 11 No 28 from sound sources such as a CD ROM DVD ROM TV tuner card or MPEG card Front Panel Audio Header This is an interfac...

Page 23: ...to MIC2_L B Connect Audio_R RIN to OUT2_R and Audio_L LIN to OUT2_L C Connect Ground GND to Ground GND D MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only You don t need to connect them for AC 97 audio...

Page 24: ...icient power Failing to do so will cause the failure to power up 1 GND 5V SPDIFOUT C B GND 5V SPDIFOUT blue black blue black GND SPDIFOUT blue black GND SPDIFOUT A HDMI_SPDIFHeader HDMI_SPDIF header p...

Page 25: ...refer to the user manual of HDMI VGA card vendor Incorrect connection may cause permanent damage to this motherboard and the HDMI VGA card white end 2 pin B white end 3 pin C Please do not connect th...

Page 26: ...ions for SA unctions for SA unctions for SA unctions for SAT T T T TA HDDs A HDDs A HDDs A HDDs A HDDs 4CoreDual VSTA motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA Devices NOTE What is...

Page 27: ...hen a window for boot devices selection appears Please select CD ROM as the boot device C When you see the message on the screen Generate Serial ATA driver diskette YN press Y D Then you will see thes...

Page 28: ...here is no need to make a SATA driver diskette If you want to install Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions or you want to install Windows 2000 Windows XP...

Page 29: ...button on the system chassis You may also restart by turning the system off and then back on Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are...

Page 30: ...n When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview System Time Hour Minute Second Use this item to specify the system time System Date Day Month Date Y...

Page 31: ...elect Item Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Overclock Mode 200 Auto Spread Spectrum Auto Select S...

Page 32: ...Enabled a VMM Virtual Machine Architecture can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Intel R V...

Page 33: ...Precharge to Active Trp Configuration options Auto 2T 3T 4T and 5T The default value is set to Auto to set the timing by dram SPD Active to Precharge Tras Use this option to select Active to Precharg...

Page 34: ...alue is set to Auto to set the timing by dram SPD Write to Read CMD Twtr Use this option to select Write to Read CMD Twtr Configuration options Auto 1T 2T for DDRI Auto 2T 3T for DDRII The default val...

Page 35: ...AGP GADSTB Output Delay Use this option to select AGP GASSTB output delay Configuration options Auto None Delay 150 psec Delay 300 psec and Delay 450 psec The default value is Auto V Link Speed This...

Page 36: ...s allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC Power loss If Power Off is selected the AC Power remains off when the power recovers If Power On is selected the AC Power resumes and the sys...

Page 37: ...ry IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA 1 SATA 2 Both Hard Disk Not Detected Not Detected Not Detected Not Detected Not Detected Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults...

Page 38: ...Device such as MO LBA Large Mode Use this item to select the LBA Large mode for a hard disk 512 MB under DOS and Windows for Netware and UNIX user select Disabled to disable the LBA Large mode Block...

Page 39: ...Configuration Floppy Configuration In this section you may configure the type of your floppy drive BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI PnP Settings Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency tim...

Page 40: ...efault value is ECP EPP If this option is set to ECP EPP it will show the EPP version in the following item EPP Version Configuration options Normal Bi Directional and ECP EPP EPP Version Use this ite...

Page 41: ...rt Use this item to enable or disable the USB 2 0 support Legacy USB Support Use this item to enable or disable the support to emulate legacy I O devices such as mouse keyboard etc Or you may select A...

Page 42: ...C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc CPU Temperature M B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed Vcore 3 30V 5 00V 12 00V 37 C 98 F 3400 RPM N A 1 629V 3 306V 5 067V 11 890V 31 C 87 F Mai...

Page 43: ...ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Boot Boot Settings Configuration 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives 1st Floppy Device HDD P...

Page 44: ...e Option F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 54 C Copyright 1985 2003 American Megatrends Inc Boot Boot From Onboard LAN VIA SATA Raid Utility Bootup Num Lock Disabled Enab...

Page 45: ...creen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message Save configuration changes and exit setup Select OK to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY Di...

Page 46: ...vailable devices drivers if the system detects installed devices Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 Utilities Menu Utilities Menu Utilities Menu...

Page 47: ...OS Configuration Utility 3 1 3 2 Create Disk Array 3 1 3 3 Delete Disk Array 6 1 3 4 Select Boot Array 6 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 7 2 1 Create RAID Array 8 2 2 Delete Disk Array 10 2 3 Ch...

Page 48: ...Ds of the RAID 0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss RAID 1 Data Mirroring RAID 1 is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive It...

Page 49: ...of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID array 1 3 BIOS Configuration Utility 1 3 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility After the system powers on the following information will appear on the s...

Page 50: ...ives method the channel column will be activated Just highlight the target drives that you want to use and press Enter to select them respectively When all drives have been selected press Esc to go ba...

Page 51: ...source and the mirror drive Press y to copy data of source to mirror drive There is a limitation when using this feature The capacity of mirror drive must be greater or equal to the source drive other...

Page 52: ...ng message will appear Press Y to delete a specific array or press N to cancel Delete a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 When a RAID 1 is deleted the data on these...

Page 53: ...user an easy operation tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to VT8237 SATA controller After GUI software is installed it will automatically start every time when your Wind...

Page 54: ...on The Creating Array window will pop up If you select Custom the Available Disks window will list the available disk drives for array creating Select a disk drive and click right arrow button to add...

Page 55: ...rray There is a limitation if user wants to keep the data on the source drive the capacity of the mirror drive must be greater or equal to the source drive otherwise the RAID 1 can t be created If use...

Page 56: ...r or click No to skip the restarting New setting will take effect only after restarting Warning Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 When a RAID is deleted t...

Page 57: ...appear Click Verify Mirror to verify whether the source and the mirror disks are identical 2 After executing verify mirror command a dialog will show the verifying process You can pause or cancel this...

Page 58: ...e mode So the exact meaning of Synchronize Mirror is to keep the data on a pair of the source and the mirror disks identical RAID software always marks the mirror disk with a need sync icon even thoug...

Page 59: ...corresponding source disk again You may click Yes to synchronize now or click No to synchronize later When the synchronization starts a dialog will show the process You can pause or cancel this proce...

Page 60: ...up If the source or the mirror disk drive is unplugged only click Cancel to stop rebuilding step Shut down the system Plug the absent disk drive and then reboot the system If the original disk drive...

Page 61: ...RAID by using the disk drive that you selected in the previous step click Next Warning The data on the selected disk drive will be lost 5 Reboot the system 6 This RAID is marked as a critical RAID The...

Page 62: ...0 STEP1 Install the AGP card into the AGP slot Please follow the procedures below 1 Before installing the expansion card please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unp...

Page 63: ...d the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation 2 Remove the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use Keep the screw...

Page 64: ...the PCI Express VGA card drivers Install the drives and any related software which are provided by the graphics card vender Please make sure the drivers are successfully installed to your computer STE...

Page 65: ...the number three and four 3 4 2 1 STEP8 Set up a multi monitor display Right click the desktop choose Properties and select the Settings tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi monitor...

Page 66: ...ound Display Click and drag the display icons to positions representing the physical setup of your monitors that you wwould like to use The placement of display icons determines how you move items fro...

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