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Chapter 5: RAID configuration

5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives

The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives for RAID set

conﬁguration. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same

model and capacity when creating a disk array.
To install the SATA hard disks for RAID conﬁguration:

1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays following the

instructions in the system user guide.

2. Connect a SATA signal cable to the signal connector at the back of

each drive and to the SATA connector on the motherboard.

3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.

5.1.3 RAID configuration utility

You can create a RAID set using the utility embedded in each RAID

controller. For example, you can use the NVIDIA

RAID Utility if you installed

IDE and/or SATA hard disk drives to the IDE and/or SATA connectors

supported by the NVIDIA

nForce™ 4 SLI chip. Refer to the succeeding

sections for details on how to enter the RAID conﬁguration utility.

Summary of Contents for K8N-LR

Page 1: ...Motherboard K8N LR ...

Page 2: ...CHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN ...

Page 3: ...overview 2 2 2 2 1 Placement direction 2 2 2 2 2 Screw holes 2 2 2 2 3 Motherboard layout 2 3 2 2 4 Layout Contents 2 4 2 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 6 2 3 1 Overview 2 6 2 3 2 Installing the CPU 2 6 2 3 3 Installing the heatsink and fan 2 8 2 4 System memory 2 11 2 4 1 Overview 2 11 2 4 2 Memory Conﬁgurations 2 11 2 4 3 Installing a DIMM 2 12 2 4 4 Removing a DIMM 2 12 2 5 Expansion slots 2 1...

Page 4: ... AFUDOS utility 4 2 4 1 3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility 4 5 4 1 4 ASUS Update utility 4 7 4 2 BIOS setup program 4 10 4 2 1 BIOS menu screen 4 11 4 2 2 Menu bar 4 11 4 2 3 Navigation keys 4 11 4 2 4 Menu items 4 12 4 2 5 Sub menu items 4 12 4 2 6 Conﬁguration ﬁelds 4 12 4 2 7 Pop up window 4 12 4 2 8 Scroll bar 4 12 4 2 9 General help 4 12 4 3 Main menu 4 13 4 3 1 System Date 4 13 4 3 2 System Tim...

Page 5: ...1 Boot Device Priority 4 34 4 6 2 Boot Settings Conﬁguration 4 35 4 6 3 Security 4 36 4 7 Exit menu 4 38 Chapter 5 RAID conﬁguration 5 1 Setting up RAID 5 1 5 1 1 RAID deﬁnitions 5 1 5 1 2 Installing hard disk drives 5 2 5 1 3 RAID conﬁguration utility 5 2 5 2 NVIDIA RAID conﬁgurations 5 3 5 2 1 Setting the BIOS RAID items 5 3 5 2 2 Entering the NVIDIA RAID Utility 5 4 5 2 3 Creating a RAID 0 set ...

Page 6: ...nstallation 6 3 6 3 Support CD information 6 4 6 3 1 Running the support CD 6 4 6 3 2 Drivers menu 6 5 6 3 3 Management Software 6 6 6 3 4 Utilities 6 7 Appendix Reference information A 1 K8N LR block diagram A 1 Contents ...

Page 7: ...cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which th...

Page 8: ...cal power company If the power supply is broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operation safety Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before using the product make sure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables are not damaged If you detect any dama...

Page 9: ...ettings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided Chapter 5 RAID configuration Provides information on RAID conﬁgurations for this motherboard Chapter 6 Driver installation This chapter provides information on RAID and LAN driver installation for this motherboard Appendix Reference information This appendix includes additional information that you ...

Page 10: ... key Key1 Key2 Key3 If you must press two or more keys simultaneously the key names are linked with a plus sign Example Ctrl Alt D Command Means that you must type the command exactly as shown then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets Example At the DOS prompt type the command line format A S DANGER WARNING Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task ...

Page 11: ...ory modules Supports up to 4 GB system memory 1 x PCI Express x16 slot x8 link PCI Express 1 0a 2 x PCI slots 2 x PCI X slots NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI chipset supports 2 x Ultra DMA 133 100 66 33 IDE drives 4 x SATA II 3Gb s drives RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 RAID 5 and JBOD conﬁgurations 2 x BROADCOM BCM5721 Gigabit PCI E LAN controllers 2 x USB 2 0 ports on the rear panel 8 x USB 2 0 connector on board AS...

Page 12: ...optional 1 x BMC connector optional 1 x 24 pin ATX power connector 1 x 4 pin ATX 12 V power connector 1 x Power supply SMBUS connector 1 x Serial port COM2 8 x USB 2 0 connectors for 8 additional USB 2 0 ports 1 x SMBus header for back plane 1 x auxiliary panel connector 1 x system panel connector ATX form factor 12 in x 9 6 in 30 5 cm x 24 4 cm Device drivers ASUS Live Update utility NVIDIA Raid ...

Page 13: ...1 Product introduction This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports ...

Page 14: ...ASUS K8N LR Chapter summary 1 1 Welcome 1 1 1 2 Package contents 1 1 1 3 Special features 1 2 ...

Page 15: ...e you start installing the motherboard and hardware devices on it check the items in your package with the list below 1 2 Package contents Check your motherboard package for the following items Motherboard ASUS K8N LR motherboard Cables 1 x Serial ATA cable 1 x USB 2 0 cable 1 x 3 in 1 IDE cable Accessories I O shield Application CD ASUS motherboard support CD Documentation User guide If any of th...

Page 16: ... PCI speciﬁcations See page 2 14 and 2 15 for details Dual Channel DDR memory support Employing the Double Data Rate DDR memory technology the motherboard supports up to 4GB of system memory using DDR400 333 266 DIMMs The ultra fast 400MHz memory bus delivers the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics multimedia and Internet applications See page 2 11 Serial ATA 3Gb s technology The motherb...

Page 17: ...for critical components See section 4 5 4 Hardware Monitor on page 4 33 1 3 2 Innovative ASUS features CrashFree BIOS 2 This feature allows you to restore the original BIOS data from the support CD in case when the BIOS codes and data are corrupted This protection eliminates the need to buy a replacement ROM chip See details on page 4 5 ASUS MyLogo2 This new feature present in the motherboard allo...

Page 18: ...1 4 Chapter 1 Product introduction ...

Page 19: ... Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes description of the jumpers and connectors on the motherboard ...

Page 20: ...SUS K8N LR Chapter summary 2 1 Before you proceed 2 1 2 2 Motherboard overview 2 2 2 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 6 2 4 System memory 2 11 2 5 Expansion slots 2 13 2 6 Jumpers 2 16 2 7 Connectors 2 20 ...

Page 21: ...red by your system See 8 ATX power connectors on page 2 25 for details Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity Hold components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on them Whene...

Page 22: ...ct orientation The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below 2 2 2 Screw holes Place nine 9 screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Place this side towards the rear of the chassis Do not overtighten the screws Doing so can damage the motherboard Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or re...

Page 23: ...n module DDR DIMM_B1 64 bit 184 pin module 8Mb Flash BMCSOCKET1 PRI_IDE1 SEC_IDE1 FLOPPY1 USB34 USB78 USB56 USB910 PSUSMB1 BPSMB1 SB_PWR1 PANEL1 AUX_PANEL1 RECOVERY1 REAR_FAN2 CPU_WARN1 BMCCONN1 COM2 REAR_FAN1 LAN_EN2 VGA_EN1 LAN_EN1 BUZZ1 SATA3 SATA4 SATA1 SATA2 FRNT_FAN1 FRNT_FAN2 CPU_FAN1 CPU_FAN2 J1 ATXPWR1 ATX12V1 KBPWR1 KBMS1 T Mouse B Keyboard COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA1 USB12 LAN1 LAN2 K8N LR ...

Page 24: ...yboard power 3 pin KBPWR1 2 17 3 VGA graphics controller setting 3 pin VGA_EN1 2 17 4 Gigabit LAN controller setting 3 pin LAN_EN1 LAN_EN2 2 18 5 Force BIOS recovery setting 3 pin RECOVERY1 2 19 Rear panel connectors Page 1 PS 2 mouse port green 2 20 2 Parallel port 2 20 3 LAN 2 RJ 45 port 2 20 4 LAN 1 RJ 45 port 2 20 5 VGA port 2 20 6 Serial COM 1 port 2 20 7 USB 2 0 ports 1 and 2 2 20 8 PS 2 key...

Page 25: ... 23 FRONT_FAN1 2 REAR_FAN1 2 5 Back plane SMBus connector 6 1 pin BPSMB1 2 23 6 USB connectors 10 1 pin USB34 USB56 USB78 USB910 2 24 7 Serial port connector 10 1 pin COM2 2 24 8 ATX power connectors 24 pin ATXPWR1 4 pin ATX12V 2 25 9 Power supply SMBus connector 5 pin PSUSMB1 2 26 10 BMC and Mini PCI connectors 16 pin BMCCONN1 124 pin BMCSOCKET1 2 26 11 System panel auxiliary connector 20 pin AUX...

Page 26: ...Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron 64 processor The 128 bit wide data paths of these processors can run applications faster than processors with only 32 bit or 64 bit wide data paths Before installing the CPU make sure that the socket box is facing towards you and the load lever is on your left Take note of the notched corner on the CPU This corner should match a speciﬁc corner on the socket to ensure corr...

Page 27: ...then lift it up to a 90 100 angle 5 When the CPU is in place push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked Notched corner Triangle mark Socket Lever Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90 100 angle otherwise the CPU does not ﬁt in completely The CPU ﬁts only in one correct orientation DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to ...

Page 28: ...retention module base is already installed on the motherboard upon purchase You do not have to remove the retention module base when installing the CPU or installing other motherboard components If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly make sure that a Thermal Interface Material is properly applied to the CPU heatsink or CPU before you install the heatsink and fan assembly Your bo...

Page 29: ...ock to the retention module base A clicking sound denotes that the retention bracket is in place 4 Push down the retention bracket lock on the retention mechanism to secure the heatsink and fan to the module base Make sure that the fan and heatsink assembly perfectly ﬁts the retention mechanism module base otherwise you cannot snap the retention bracket in place ...

Page 30: ...fan cable to the appropriate connector on the motherboard CPU_FAN1 or CPU_FAN2 Do not forget to connect the CPU fan connector Hardware monitoring errors can occur if you fail to plug this connector K8N LR R CPU_FAN2 CPU_FAN2 CPU_FAN1 K8N LR CPU Fan Connectors CPU_FAN1 GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V ...

Page 31: ...ed ECC DDR DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory conﬁgurations in this section For dual channel conﬁguration the total size of memory module s installed per channel must be the same for better performance DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 Due to chipset resource allocation the system may detect less than 4 GB of system memory when you installed four 1 GB DDR memory modules When using single c...

Page 32: ...MM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the socket Locked Retaining Clip Unlocked retaining clip DDR DIMM notch 1 2 1 DDR DIMM notch 1 2 1 Make sure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the components A DDR DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it ﬁts in ...

Page 33: ...d press ﬁrmly until the riser card is completely seated on the slot 5 Align the card connector with the slot on the riser card and press ﬁrmly until the card is completely seated on the riser card slot 6 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier 7 Replace the system cover 2 5 2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card conﬁgure it by adjusting the so...

Page 34: ...ontroller 7 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 IRQ holder for PCI steering 10 5 IRQ holder for PCI steering 11 6 IRQ holder for PCI steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel 2 5 4 PCI Express x16 slot This motherboard supports PCI Express x16 graphic cards that comply with the PCI Express speciﬁca...

Page 35: ...ows a LAN card installed on a 32 bit PCI slot and a RAID card on a 64 bit PCI X slot 32 bit PCI slot 64 bit PCI X slot PCI X Frequency PCI X 1 slot PCI X 2 slot Frequency PCIX1 PCIX2 populated 133MHz populated 133MHz populated populated 100MHz The PCI X frequency vary depending on the PCI X slot conﬁguration Refer to the table below for PCI X slot setup and corresponding frequency ...

Page 36: ...RAM 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the onboard battery 3 Move the jumper cap from pins 1 2 default to pins 2 3 Keep the cap on pins 2 3 for about 5 10 seconds then move the cap back to pins 1 2 4 Re install the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data Except when clearing...

Page 37: ...t is the Space Bar This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 1A on the 5VSB lead and a corresponding setting in the BIOS K8N LR R K8N LR Keyboard Power Setting KBPWR1 Default 5V 5VSB 2 3 2 1 K8N LR R VGA_EN1 K8N LR VGA Setting Enable Default Disable 2 1 2 3 3 VGA Graphics controller setting 3 pin VGA_EN1 These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the onboard ATI Rage XL ...

Page 38: ...llow you to enable or disable the onboard Broadcom BCM5721 Gigabit LAN controllers The LAN_EN1 jumper controls the LAN1 port The LAN_EN2 iumper controls the LAN2 port K8N LR R K8N LR LAN_EN1 Setting Enable Default Disable LAN_EN1 2 1 2 3 K8N LR LAN_EN2 Setting LAN_EN2 Enable Default Disable 2 1 2 3 K8N LR R ...

Page 39: ...lt to pins 1 2 3 Insert a ﬂoppy disk with the original or updated BIOS ﬁle 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 5 The system searches for the BIOS ﬁle in the ﬂoppy then reﬂashes the BIOS 6 When ﬁnished shut down your computer 7 Replace the jumper cap from pins 1 2 to pins 2 3 8 Reboot your computer 9 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data K8N ...

Page 40: ...ws Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub Refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications 5 VGA port This port is for a VGA monitor or other VGA compatible devices 6 Serial COM 1 port This 9 pin communication port is for pointing devices or other serial devices 7 USB 2 0 ports 1 and 2 These two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connectin...

Page 41: ... documentation for the jumper settings 2 7 2 Internal connectors 1 Floppy disk drive connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY1 This connector is for the provided ﬂoppy disk drive FDD signal cable Insert one end of the cable to this connector then connect the other end to the signal connector at the back of the ﬂoppy disk drive The Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the Ultra DMA ...

Page 42: ...u installed Serial ATA hard disk drives you can create a RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 JBOD or RAID 5 conﬁguration The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of Serial ATA hard disks installed K8N LR SATA Connectors GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND SAT...

Page 43: ...e motherboard components These are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors All fan features the ASUS Smart Fan technology 5 Backplane SMBus connector 6 1 pin BPSMB1 This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus devices Devices communicate with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices using the SMBus interface K8N LR R CPU_FAN2 CPU_FAN2 CPU_FAN1 FRNT_FAN2 REAR_...

Page 44: ...s for a serial COM port Connect the serial port module cable to this connector then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis K8N LR R K8N LR USB 2 0 Connector USB34 USB 5V USB_P4 USB_P4 GND NC USB 5V USB_P3 USB_P3 GND USB78 USB 5V USB_P4 USB_P4 GND NC USB 5V USB_P3 USB_P3 GND USB56 USB 5V USB_P4 USB_P4 GND NC USB 5V USB_P3 USB_P3 GND USB910 USB 5V USB_P4 USB_P4 GND NC...

Page 45: ...ended when conﬁguring a system with more power consuming devices The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate Make sure that your power supply unit PSU can provide at least the minimum power required by your system See the table below for details K8N LR ATX Power Connectors For Power Supply with 20 pin Power Connector 24 pin Power Connector 3 Volts 3 Volts Ground 5 ...

Page 46: ... SMBus interface K8N LR R K8N LR Power Supply SMBus Connector PSUSMB1 3 3V Remote Sense GND NC PSU_I2CDATA PSU_I2CCLK 10 BMC and Mini PCI connectors 16 pin BMCCONN 124 pin BMCSOCKET1 optional These connectors are for the ASUS server management cards K8N LR BMC Connector BMCCONN1 5VSB 5VSB BMC SMBCLK 12CCLK1 PSON BMC_RST PWROK PSONEN 5VSB 5VSB BMC SMBDATA 12CDATA1 FP_PWRBTN BMC_PRESENT BMC_SMI GND ...

Page 47: ...N2 Activity LED cable to this connector This LED blinks during a network activity and lights up when linked Locator LED 1 2 pin LOCATORLED1 This 2 pin connector is for the Locator LED 1 Connect the Locator LED 1 cable to this connector This LED lights up when the Locator button is pressed Locator LED 2 2 pin LOCATORLED2 This 2 pin connector is for the Locator LED 2 Connect the Locator LED 2 cable ...

Page 48: ...d causes this LED to light up System warning speaker Orange 4 pin SPKROUT This 4 pin connector is for the chassis mounted system warning speaker The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings Power Soft off button Yellow 2 pin POWERBTN This connector is for the system power button Pressing the power button turns the system ON or puts the system in SLEEP or SOFT OFF mode depending on the ...

Page 49: ...3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence the POST messages and ways of shutting down the system ...

Page 50: ...ASUS K8N LR Chapter summary 3 1 Starting up for the ﬁrst time 3 1 3 2 Powering off the computer 3 2 ...

Page 51: ...se lights up For systems with ATX power supplies the system LED lights up when you press the ATX power button If your monitor complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature the monitor LED may light up or switch between orange and green after the system LED turns on The system then runs the power on self test or POST While the tests are running the BIOS beeps or additional mess...

Page 52: ...hat the Planned check box is checked 5 Select shutdown option from the list box 6 If necessary key in comments 7 Click OK 3 2 2 Using the dual function power switch While the system is ON pressing the power switch for less than four seconds puts the system to sleep mode or to soft off mode depending on the BIOS setting Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds lets the system enter the ...

Page 53: ...4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided ...

Page 54: ...ASUS K8N LR Chapter summary 4 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4 1 4 2 BIOS setup program 4 10 4 3 Main menu 4 13 4 4 Advanced menu 4 18 4 5 Power menu 4 30 4 6 Boot menu 4 34 4 7 Exit menu 4 38 ...

Page 55: ...ther one of the following to create a bootable ﬂoppy disk DOS environment a Insert a 1 44MB ﬂoppy disk into the drive b At the DOS prompt type format A S then press Enter Windows XP environment a Insert a 1 44 MB ﬂoppy disk to the ﬂoppy disk drive b Click Start from the Windows desktop then select My Computer c Select the 3 1 2 Floppy Drive icon d Click File from the menu then select Format A Form...

Page 56: ... ﬁeld type D bootdisk makeboot a assuming that D is your optical drive letter e Press Enter then follow screen instructions to continue 2 Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS ﬁle to the bootable ﬂoppy disk Main filename Extension name 1 Copy the AFUDOS utility afudos exe from the motherboard support CD to the bootable ﬂoppy disk you created earlier 2 Boot the system in DOS mode then at...

Page 57: ...y afudos exe from the motherboard support CD to the bootable ﬂoppy disk you created earlier 3 Boot the system in DOS mode then at the prompt type afudos i ﬁlename where ﬁlename is the latest or the original BIOS ﬁle on the bootable ﬂoppy disk Updating the BIOS file To update the BIOS ﬁle using the AFUDOS utility 1 Visit the ASUS website www asus com and download the latest BIOS ﬁle for the motherb...

Page 58: ...one Reading ﬂash done Advance Check Erasing ﬂash done Writing ﬂash 0x0008CC00 9 4 The utility veriﬁes the ﬁle and starts updating the BIOS Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure A afudos iK8N LR ROM pbnc AMI Firmware Update Utility Version 1 19 ASUS V2 07 03 11 24BB Copyright C 2002 American Megatrends Inc All rights reserved WARNING Do not turn...

Page 59: ...following message and automatically checks the ﬂoppy disk for the original or updated BIOS ﬁle Bad BIOS checksum Starting BIOS recovery Checking for ﬂoppy 4 Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process Bad BIOS checksum Starting BIOS recovery Checking for ﬂoppy Floppy found Reading ﬁle K8N LR ROM Completed Start ﬂashing When found the utility reads the BIOS ﬁle and starts ﬂa...

Page 60: ...omatically checks the ﬂoppy disk for the original or updated BIOS ﬁle 4 Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS Doing so can cause system boot failure Bad BIOS checksum Starting BIOS recovery Checking for ﬂoppy Floppy not found Checking for CD ROM CD ROM found Reading ﬁle K8N LR ROM Completed Start ﬂashing Whe...

Page 61: ... the motherboard BIOS in Windows environment The ASUS Update utility allows you to Save the current BIOS file Download the latest BIOS file from the Internet Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file Update the BIOS directly from the Internet and View the BIOS version information This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard package ASUS Update requires an Internet co...

Page 62: ...Next Updating the BIOS through the Internet To update the BIOS through the Internet 1 Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows desktop by clicking Start Programs ASUS ASUSUpdate ASUSUpdate The ASUS Update main window appears 2 Select Update BIOS from the Internet option from the drop down menu then click Next ...

Page 63: ...BIOS from a ﬁle option from the drop down menu then click Next 4 From the FTP site select the BIOS version that you wish to download Click Next 5 Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet Always update the utility to avail all its features 3 Locate the BIOS ﬁle from the Open window then click Save 4 Foll...

Page 64: ...am Press Del during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Del or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on Do this last option only if the ﬁrst two failed The Setup program is designed...

Page 65: ... advanced system settings Power For changing the advanced power management APM conﬁguration Boot For changing the system boot conﬁguration Exit For selecting the exit options and loading default settings To select an item on the menu bar press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 4 2 3 Navigation keys At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the ...

Page 66: ...ﬁc items for that menu For example selecting Main shows the Main menu items The other items Advanced Power Boot and Exit on the menu bar have their respective menu items 4 2 5 Sub menu items A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that the iteam has a sub menu To display the sub menu select the item and press Enter 4 2 6 Configuration fields These ﬁelds show the values for the m...

Page 67: ... 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Refer to section 4 2 1 BIOS menu screen for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them System Time 11 51 19 System Date Fri 01 6 2006 Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B Disabled Primary IDE Master ST320413A Primary IDE Slave ASUS CD S520 A Secondary IDE Master Not Detected Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected Third IDE Master Not...

Page 68: ...a ZIP LS 120 or MO drive Conﬁguration options Not Installed Auto CDROM ARMD LBA Large Mode Auto Enables or disables the LBA mode Setting to Auto enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled Conﬁguration options Disabled Auto Block Multi sector Transfer Auto Enables or disables data multi sectors transfers When set to Au...

Page 69: ...roller BOTH enables both IDE Controllers IDE Conﬁguration OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Both SATA0 IDE Interface Enabled SATA1 IDE Interface Enabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled IDE Dectect Time Out Sec 35 ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection Host First Boot Device from P ATA Conﬁguration nVidia RAID ROM OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Both Enables or disables any or both the primary and or secondary IDE cont...

Page 70: ...on ROM Disabled Disable Enable nVidia ROM RAID Option ROM Disabled Enables or disables the NVIDIA RAID option ROM Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled The following items appear when the RAID Option ROM is Enabled Third Master as RAID Disabled Sets the third master interface as RAID Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Fourth Master as RAID Disabled Sets the fourth master interface as RAID Conﬁg...

Page 71: ...ly detects the items in this menu AMI BIOS Displays the auto detected BIOS information Processor Displays the auto detected CPU speciﬁcation System Memory Displays the auto detected system memory AMIBIOS Version 08 00 12 Build Date 01 06 06 Processor Type AMD Opteron tm Processor 146 Speed 2000 MHz Count 1 System Memory Size 256MB ...

Page 72: ...onﬁguration Hyper Transport Conﬁguration 4 4 1 CPU Configuration The items in this menu show the CPU related information that the BIOS automatically detects CPU Conﬁguration Module Version 14 08 Physical Count 1 Logical Count 1 AMD Opteron tm Processor 146 Revision CG Cache L1 128KB Cache L2 1024KB Speed 2000MHz Current FSB Multiplier 10x Maximum FSB Multiplier 9X Able to Change Freq Yes uCode Pat...

Page 73: ...to display the sub menu NorthBridge Conﬁguration SouthBridge Conﬁguration Options for NB NorthBridge Configuration The NorthBridge Conﬁguration menu allows you to change the Northbridge settings Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit NorthBridge Chipset Conﬁguration Memory Conﬁguration ECC Conﬁguration Power Down Control Auto Memory CLK 200 MHz CAS Laten...

Page 74: ...ck Value 100 MHz Sets the memory clock mode limit This item appears only when the Memory Mode item is set to Limit Conﬁguration options 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz 183 MHz 200 MHz CMD ADDR Timing Mode 1T Sets the CMD ADDR Timing Mode Conﬁguration options 1T 2T Burst Length 4 Beats Sets the burst length Conﬁguration options 8 Beats 4 Beats 2 Beats HardWare Memory Hole Disabled Enables or disables the h...

Page 75: ...ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us 655 4us 1 31ms 2 62ms 5 24ms 10 49ms 20 97ms 42 00ms 84 00ms L2 Cache BG Scrub Disabled Disables or sets the L2 Cache BG Scrub This item allows the L2 data cache RAM to be corrected when idle Conﬁguration options Disabled 40ns 80ns 160na 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us 655 4us 1 3...

Page 76: ...nﬁguration SMBus Interface Enabled IOAPIC Enabled CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled PCI Express Spread Spectrum Disabled Enable or Disable SMBus Controller SMBus Interface Enabled Enable or disable the SMBus controller Conﬁguration options Enabled Disabled IOAPIC Enabled Enable or disable the IO APIC Conﬁguration options Enabled Disabled CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled Sets o...

Page 77: ...you to select the Serial Port1 base address Conﬁguration options Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port2 Address 2F8 IRQ3 Allows you to select the Serial Port2 base address Conﬁguration options Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode Normal Allows you to set the BIOS selection mode for Serial Port2 Conﬁguration options Normal IrDA ASK IR The following items appear when the S...

Page 78: ... LAN Enabled Enable or disable the Onboard BCM5721 LAN Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Allows you to enable or disable the option ROM in the onboard LAN controller Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled The following items appear when the Parallel Port Mode is set to EPP EPP Version 1 9 Allows you to select the Parallel Port EPP version Conﬁguration options 1 9 1...

Page 79: ... can cause the system to malfunction NO Lets the BIOS conﬁgue all the devices in the system YES Lets the operating system conﬁgure Plug and Play PnP devices not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating system Plug And Play O S No When set to No BIOS conﬁgures all the devices in the system When set to Yes and if you install a Plug and Play operating system the operating system...

Page 80: ...m revision Conﬁguration options 1 1 1 4 MPS Conﬁguration MPS Revision 1 4 Select MPS Revision 4 4 6 Remote Access Configuration The items in this menu allows you to conﬁgure the Remote Access features Select an item then press Enter to display the conﬁguration options Conﬁgure Remote Access type and parameters Remote Access Enabled Serial port number COM1 Base Address 3F8h 4 Serial Port Mode 11520...

Page 81: ...re Redirection After BIOS POST Always Sets the redirection mode after the BIOS Power On Self Test POST Some operating systems may not work when this item is set to Always Conﬁguration options Disabled Boot Loader Always Terminal Type ANSI Allows you to select the target terminal type Conﬁguration options ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Enabled Enables or disables the VT UTF8 combo key...

Page 82: ...port Enabled Allows you to enable or disable support for legacy USB devices Setting to Auto allows the system to detect the presence of USB devices at startup If detected the USB controller legacy mode is enabled If no USB device is detected the legacy USB support is disabled Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Auto USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed Allows you to set the USB 2 0 controller mode to...

Page 83: ...per Transport Configuration Hyper Transport Conﬁguration CPU HT Link Speed Auto CPU HT Link Width Auto CPU HT Link Speed Auto Allows you to set the Hyper Transport Link speed Conﬁguration options Auto 200 MHz 400 MHz 600 MHz 800 MHz 1 GHz CPU HT Link Width Auto Allows you to set the Hyper Transport Link width Conﬁguration options Auto 8 Bit 16 Bit The Hyper Transport link will run at this speed if...

Page 84: ...nabled the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the RSDT pointer list Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Do not change the ACPI APIC support after you have installed the operating system OS otherwise a boot failure may occur 4 5 3 ACPI MCFG Support Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Memory Mapped Conﬁguration MCFG support When set to Enabled the MCFG table pointer is included in the ...

Page 85: ...anagement APM feature Conﬁguration options Enabled Disabled Power Button Mode On Off Allows the system to go into On Off mode or suspend mode when the power button is pressed Conﬁguration options On Off Suspend Video Power Down Mode Suspend Allows you to select the video power down mode Conﬁguration options Disabled Standby Suspend PME Resume Enabled When set to Enabled the system enables the PME ...

Page 86: ...e 5VSB lead Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled RTC Resume Disabled Allows you to enable or disable RTC to generate a wake event When this item is set to Enabled the items RTC Alarm Date RTC Alarm Hour RTC Alarm Minute and RTC Alarm Second appear with set values Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Restore on AC Power Loss Power Off When set to Power Off the system goes into off state after an ...

Page 87: ...Speed xxxxRPM or Ignored Front Fan1 Fan2 Speed xxxxRPM or Ignored Rear Fan1 Fan2 Speed xxxxRPM or Ignored The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU front and rear fan speed in rotations per minute RPM If the fan is not connected to the motherboard the ﬁeld shows N A Select Ignored if you do not wish to display the detected temperatures Smart Fan Control Enabled Allows...

Page 88: ...Boot Settings Conﬁguration Security 4 6 1 Boot Device Priority 1st xxth Boot Device 1st Floppy Drive These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system Conﬁguration options xxxxx Drive Disabled Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub screen F1 General Help ...

Page 89: ...n options Disabled Enabled Auto Wait for ʻF1ʼ If Error Enabled When set to Enabled the system waits for the F1 key to be pressed when error occurs Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Hit ʻDELʼ Message Display Enabled When set to Enabled the system displays the message Press DEL to run Setup during POST Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Interrupt 19 Capture Disabled When set to Enabled this f...

Page 90: ... screen shows the default Not Installed After you set a password this item shows Installed To set a Supervisor Password 1 Select the Change Supervisor Password item then press Enter 2 From the password box type a password composed of at least six letters and or numbers then press Enter 3 Conﬁrm the password when prompted The message Password Installed appears after you successfully set your passwo...

Page 91: ...ange User Password item and press Enter 2 On the password box that appears type a password composed of at least six letters and or numbers then press Enter 3 Conﬁrm the password when prompted The message Password Installed appears after you set your password successfully To change the user password follow the same steps as in setting a user password Select Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 Genera...

Page 92: ...ly exit this menu Select one of the options from this menu or F10 from the legend bar to exit 4 7 Exit menu The Exit menu items allow you to load the optimal or failsafe default values for the BIOS items and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items Exit Save Changes Once you are ﬁnished making your selections choose this option from the Exit menu to ensure the values you selected are saved t...

Page 93: ...ard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a conﬁrmation appears Select Ok to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Load Setup Defaults Allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus When you select this option or if you press F5 a conﬁrmation window appears Select Ok to load default values...

Page 94: ...4 40 Chapter 4 BIOS setup ...

Page 95: ...5 RAID conﬁguration This chapter provides instructions for setting up creating and conﬁguring RAID sets using the available utilities ...

Page 96: ...ASUS K8N LR Chapter summary 5 1 Setting up RAID 5 1 5 2 NVIDIA RAID conﬁgurations 5 3 ...

Page 97: ...oring combined without parity redundancy data having to be calculated and written With the RAID 0 1 conﬁguration you get all the beneﬁts of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 conﬁgurations Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup JBOD Spanning stands for Just a Bunch of Disks and refers to hard disk drives that are not yet conﬁgured as a RAID set This conﬁgura...

Page 98: ...the system user guide 2 Connect a SATA signal cable to the signal connector at the back of each drive and to the SATA connector on the motherboard 3 Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive 5 1 3 RAID configuration utility You can create a RAID set using the utility embedded in each RAID controller For example you can use the NVIDIA RAID Utility if you installed IDE and or S...

Page 99: ...ID items in the BIOS before setting your RAID conﬁguration To set the BIOS RAID items 1 Enter the BIOS Setup during POST 2 Go to the Main Menu select IDE Conﬁguration then press Enter 3 Set the RAID Option ROM item to Enabled then press Enter The master and slave drive list appears 4 Enable the drives you want to set as RAID 5 Save your changes then exit the BIOS Setup Refer to Chapter 4 for detai...

Page 100: ...4 Deﬁne a New Array RAID Mode Striping Striping Block Optimal Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name 1 0 M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 1 M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Add 2 0 M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2 1 M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Del At the bottom section of the screen are the navigation keys These keys allow you to move through and select menu options F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Po...

Page 101: ...t 1 From the Deﬁne a New Array menu select RAID Mode then press Enter A pop up menu appears 2 Use the up or down arrow keys to select Striping then press Enter Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning RAID 5 3 Press TAB to move to the Striping Block option then press Enter 4 Use the up or down arrow keys to select the stripe block size appropriate to your drive usage then press Enter The avail...

Page 102: ... or N to continue creating the RAID set without deleting the data on the disks You will lose all data on the drives if you clear the disk data 9 The utility displays the created RAID 0 set Press Ctrl X to save your settings and exit the utility Ctrl X Exit Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 Array List Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name No 4 Healthy NVIDIA...

Page 103: ...disk drives press F7 to create the RAID 1 set A pop up window appears 8 Press Y to delete all data from the hard disk drives and continue creating the RAID set Press N to backup exisitng data to a target hard disk drive You will lose all data on the drives if you clear the disk data 9 The utility displays the created RAID 1 set Press Ctrl X to save your settings and exit the utility 0 F6 Back F7 F...

Page 104: ...ng the array or Esc to cancel The Array List screen displays the RAID set after rebuilding Rebuild array Enter OK Esc Cancel Ctrl X Exit Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 Array List Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name No 4 Healthy NVIDIA STRIPING XXX XXG No 3 Healthy NVIDIA MIRRORING XXX XXG Select F6 Back F7 Finish Array 1 NVIDIA MIRROR XXX XXG Array Det...

Page 105: ...XXXXXX XXX XXGB 1 0 Master 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXGB 2 When the array details appear press D to delete the RAID set A conﬁrmation message appears 3 Press Y to delete the array or press N to cancel 4 The Deﬁne a New Array menu appears when you press Y Create a new RAID set following the instructions in the previous sections R Rebuild D Delete C Clear Disk ENTER Return NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2...

Page 106: ...N New Array ENTER Detail NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 Array List Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name No 4 Healthy NVIDIA STRIPING XXX XXG No 3 Healthy NVIDIA MIRRORING XXX XXG R Rebuild D Delete C Clear Disk ENTER Return Array 1 NVIDIA MIRROR XXX XXG Array Detail RAID Mode Striping Striping Width 1 Striping Block 64K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Name Capacity 2 1 Master 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX...

Page 107: ...6 Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components ...

Page 108: ...ASUS K8N LR Chapter summary 6 1 RAID driver installation 6 1 6 2 LAN driver installation 6 3 6 3 Support CD information 6 4 ...

Page 109: ...e that is included in a RAID set You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS using the Makedisk application in the support CD or in Windows environment To create a RAID driver disk in DOS 1 Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive 2 Restart the computer then enter the BIOS Setup 3 Select the optical drive as the ﬁrst boot priority to boot from the support CD Save your changes then exit t...

Page 110: ...omputer prompts you to press the F6 key if you are installing a third party RAID driver 2 Press F6 then insert the RAID driver disk to the ﬂoppy disk drive 3 Follow screen instructions to install the RAID drivers 6 Type the letter of the option you like to select then press Enter For example if you want to create an NVIDIA nForce TM SATA RAID driver disk for Windows 2003 system press C then press ...

Page 111: ...omatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer Windows automatically detects the LAN controllers and displays a New Hardware Found window Click Cancel to close this window If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support CD to locate the ﬁle ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the CD 3 Click the Broadcom 5721...

Page 112: ...optical drive The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer Click an icon to display support CD motherboard information Click an item to install If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support CD to locate the ﬁle ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the CD The contents of the support CD are subjec...

Page 113: ...rial ATA RAID controller NVIDIA CK8 04 SLI Installs the driver for the NVIDIA CK8 04 SLI chip ATI Rage XL Display Driver Installs the driver for the ATI Rage XL display controller Broadcom 5721 Driver Installs the Broadcom 5721 driver See page 6 3 for details Broadcom 5721 NetXtreme Software Utility Installs the Broadcom NetXtreme software application Refer to the application help ﬁle for details ...

Page 114: ...tware menu shows the available server management software applications Install ASUS Network Utility Installs the ASUS Network Utility Refer to the application help ﬁle for details ASWM Installs the ASWM ASUS Server Web based Managment Refer to the application help ﬁle for details ...

Page 115: ...ching TV and movies capturing videos or playing games in your computer Visit the Microsoft website www microsoft com for updates ADOBE Acrobat Reader The Adobe Acrobat Reader V7 0 is for opening viewing and printing documents in Portable Document Format PDF ASUS Screen Saver Bring life to your idle screen by installing the ASUS screen saver ASUS Update The ASUS Update utility that allows you to up...

Page 116: ...6 8 Chapter 6 Driver installation ...

Page 117: ...A Reference information This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when conﬁguring the motherboard ...

Page 118: ...ASUS K8N LR Appendix summary A 1 K8N LR block diagram A 1 ...

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Page 120: ...A 2 Appendix A Reference information ...

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