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Installing the Motherboard

Table A: Unbuffered DIMM Support for Socket AM2 CPU

 

DRAM 
Speed 

DIMM1

1

 DIMM2

1

 

Timing 

Mode 

Address Timing 

Control Register 

Output Driver 

Compensation 

Control Register 

DDR2-400 

- 

Any  1T 002F_2F2Fh X011_1222h 

DDR2-400 

Any  Any  2T 002F_2F2Fh X011_1322h 

DDR2-533 

- 

Any  1T 002F_2F2Fh X011_1222h 

SRx16 SRx16 
SRx16 SRx8 

 

DDR2-533 

SRx8 SRx16 

 

2T 

 

002F_2F2Fh 

 

X011_1322h 

DDR2-533 

SRx8 SRx8  2T 0000_2F2Fh X011_1322h 

DDR2-533 

DRx8 DRx8  2T 0034_2F2Fh X011_1322h 
DRx8 SRx16 

DDR2-533 

SRx16 DRx8 

2T 0038_2F2Fh X011_1322h 

DRx8 SRx8 

DDR2-533 

SRx8 DRx8 

2T 0037_2F2Fh X011_1322h 

DDR2-667 - 

Any 

1T  0020_2020h  X011_1222h 

SRx16 SRx16 
SRx16 SRx8 

 

DDR2-667 

SRx8 SRx16 

 

2T 

 

0020_2020h 

 

X011_1322h 

DDR2-667 SRx8 

SRx8 

2T 

0030_2020h 

X011_1322h 

DDR2-667 

DRx8 DRx8  2T 002B_2020h X011_1322h 
DRx8 SRx16 

DDR2-667 

SRx16 DRx8 

2T 002C_2020h X011_1322h 

DRx8 SRx8 

DDR2-667 

SRx8 DRx8 

2T 002A_2020h X011_1322h 

DDR2-800 - 

Any 

2T  0020_2520h  X011_3222h 

DDR2-800 Any 

Any 

2T 

0020_2520h 

X011_3222h 

                  1. SRx16=Single Rank x16 DIMM 
                      SRx8=Single Rank x8 DIMM 
                      DRx16=Dual Rank x16 DIMM 
                      DRx8=Dual Rank x8 DIMM 

 

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Page 3: ... radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful inter ference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encoura...

Page 4: ...et appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada AbouttheManual The manual consists of the following Chapter 1 Introducing the Motherboard Chapter 2 Installing the Motherboard Chapter 3 Using BIOS Chapter 4 Using the Motherboard Software Describes features of the motherboard Go to H page 1 Describes installation of motherboard com...

Page 5: ...8 Checking Jumper Settings 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 10 Front Panel Header 12 InstallingHardware 13 Installing the Processor 13 Installing Memory Modules 15 Installing a HardDisk Drive CD ROM SATA Hard Drive 18 Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive 19 Installing Add on Cards 20 Connecting Optional Devices 22 ConnectingI ODevices 25 Chapter 3 27 Using BIOS 27 About the Setup Utili...

Page 6: ...sword 47 Save Exit Setup 47 Exit Without Saving 47 Chapter 4 49 49 49 49 49 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 49 AbouttheSoftwareCD ROM 49 Auto installing underWindows 2000 XP Vista 49 Running Setup 50 ManualInstallation 54 UtilitySoftwareReference 54 Chapter 5 55 55 55 55 55 SettingUpNVIDIARAIDConfiguration 55 Setting Up aNon Bootable RAIDArray 55 Setting Up a Bootable RAIDArray 58 ...

Page 7: ...her single chip device controller The memory controller supports DDR2 memory DIMM frequencies of 800 667 533 400 It supports two DDR2 sockets with maximum memory size of 16 GB High resolution graphics via one PCI Express x16 slot one PCI Express x1 slot 10 USB 2 0 ports 4 USB ports and 3 USB 2 0 headers support additional 6 USB ports and SATA support with RAID function There is an advanced full se...

Page 8: ...HQL WLP 2 x audio requirements Direct Sound 3DTM compatible 5 1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec ADCs support 44 1 48k 96k sample rate Meets Microsoft WHQL WLP 3 0x audio requirements Direct Sound 3DTM compatible The onboard Audio provides the following features 7 1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec ADC support 48K 96K sample rate High quality differential CD input Power Support Digital 3 3V ...

Page 9: ...ks for microphone line in and 6 8 channel optional line out BIOS Firmware Power management Wake up alarms CPU parameters CPU and memory timing 1 Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without prior notice The onboard LAN provides the following features 10BASE T 100BASE TX IEEE 802 3u fast Ethernrt transceiver Low power mode MII and 7 wire serial interface The motherb...

Page 10: ...4 IntroducingtheMotherboard Motherboard Components ...

Page 11: ...5 IDE1 Primary IDE connector 6 SPK1 Speaker header 7 SATA1 4 Serial ATA connectors 8 IR1 Infrared header 9 CLR_CMOS Clear CMOS jumper 10 PANEL1 Front Panel Switch LED header 11 USBPWR_F Front Panel USB Power Select jumper 12 F_USB1 3 Front Panel USB headers 13 SYS_FAN System cooling fan connector 14 SPDIFO1 SPDIF out header 15 CD_IN Analog Audio Input header 16 F_AUDIO Front Panel Audio header 17 ...

Page 12: ...6 IntroducingtheMotherboard Memo ...

Page 13: ...t your case supports all the features required Secondly this motherboard supports one or two floppy diskette drives and two enhanced IDE drives Make sure that your case has sufficient power and space for all drives that you intend to install Most cases have a choice of I O templates in the rear panel Make sure that the I O template in the case matches the I O ports installed on the rear edge of th...

Page 14: ...than one pin are numbered When setting the jumpers ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins The illustrations show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper is SHORT If you remove the jumper cap or place the jumper cap on just one pin the jumper is OPEN This illustration shows a 3 pin jumper Pins 1 and 2 are SHORT SHORT OPEN Do not over tighten the scre...

Page 15: ...vides enough VCC5_DUAL voltage before selecting the VCC5_DUAL function 3 It is required that users place the USBPWR_F USBPWR_R cap onto 2 3 pin rather than 1 2 pin as default if you want to wake up the computer by USB PS2 KB Mouse Jumper Type Description Setting default CLR_CMOS 3 pin CLEAR CMOS 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn the system off 3 pin USBPWR_R 1 2 VCC5 ...

Page 16: ...Connect the standard power supply connector to PWR1 4 Connect the auxiliary case power supply connector to PWR2 5 Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 6 Connec the case speaker cable to SPK1 Users please note that the 24 pin power cable can be connected to the PWR1 connector With ATX v2 x power supply users please note that when installing 24 pin power cable the latches of po...

Page 17: ...3 Ground 15 Ground 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 Ground 17 Ground 6 5V 18 Ground 7 Ground 19 Ground 8 PWRGD 20 5V 9 5VSB 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 3V 24 Ground SYS_FAN System Cooling FAN Power Connector Pin Signal Name Function 1 GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor CPU_FAN FAN Power Connector Pin Signal Name 4 12V 3 12V 2 Ground 1 Ground 1 GND System Ground 3 Sense Sensor 4 Control CPU F...

Page 18: ...age waiting indication Hard Drive Activity LED Connecting pins 1 and 3 to a front panel mounted LED provides visual indication that data is being read from or written to the hard drive For the LED to function properly an IDE drive should be connected to the onboard IDE interface The LED will also show activity for devices connected to the SCSI hard drive activity LED connector Pin Signal Function ...

Page 19: ...ling the Processor This motherboard automatically determines the CPU clock frequency and system bus frequency for the processor You may be able to change these settings by making changes to jumpers on the motherboard or changing the settings in the system Setup Utility We strongly recommend that you do not over clock processors or other components to run faster than their rated speed On most mothe...

Page 20: ...ry 1 Unhook the locking lever of the CPU socket Pull the locking lever away from the socket and raising it to the upright position 2 Match the pin1 corner marked as the beveled edge on the CPU with the pin1 corner on the socket Insert the CPU into the socket Do not use force 3 Push the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket 4 Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU...

Page 21: ... slot latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 6 Install any remaining DIMM modules Installing Memory Modules This motherboard accommodates two 240 pin unbuffered DIMMs and supports DDR2 800 667 533 400 DDR2 SDRAM You must install at least one module in any of the two slots Each module can be installed with 8 GB of memory the total memory capacity is 16 GB Do not remove an...

Page 22: ...3 DRx8 DRx8 2T 0034_2F2Fh X011_1322h DRx8 SRx16 DDR2 533 SRx16 DRx8 2T 0038_2F2Fh X011_1322h DRx8 SRx8 DDR2 533 SRx8 DRx8 2T 0037_2F2Fh X011_1322h DDR2 667 Any 1T 0020_2020h X011_1222h SRx16 SRx16 SRx16 SRx8 DDR2 667 SRx8 SRx16 2T 0020_2020h X011_1322h DDR2 667 SRx8 SRx8 2T 0030_2020h X011_1322h DDR2 667 DRx8 DRx8 2T 002B_2020h X011_1322h DRx8 SRx16 DDR2 667 SRx16 DRx8 2T 002C_2020h X011_1322h DRx...

Page 23: ...821 Infineon HY818T512800AF37 33346778 Hynix HY5PS12821 Kingston Hynix HYB18T512800AF37 5PB32 D9DCN Elpida E5108AG 5C E Ramaxel PC2 4200U 444 LF 6AD11 D9GCT K4T51083QC Samsung K4T51083QF ZCD5 512 MB Twinmos Elpida E5108AB 5C E Apacer Eipida E5108AB 5C E Geil A016E2864T2AG8AKT5H120001 Infineon HY818T512800AF37 33344539 Kingmax KKEA88E4AAKG 37 DDR2 533 1 GB UMAX U2S12D30TP 5C Infineon HYS64T325001HU...

Page 24: ...board features four SATA connectors supporting a total of four drives SATA refers to Serial ATA Advanced Technology Attachment is the standard inter face for the IDE hard drives which are currently used in most PCs These connectors are well designed and will only fit in one orientation Locate the SATA connectors on the motherboard and follow the illustration below to install the SATA hard drives I...

Page 25: ...ing the single end to the onboard floppy connector connect the remaining plugs on the other end to the floppy drives correspondingly Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive The motherboard has a floppy diskette drive FDD interface and ships with a diskette drive ribbon cable that supports one or two floppy diskette drives You can install a 5 25 inch drive and a 3 5 inch drive with various capacities Th...

Page 26: ... PCI Express graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Speci fication revision 1 1 PCI1 2 Slots This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards which for the most part is a supplement of the older ISA bus standard The PCI slots on this board are PCI v2 3 compliant The PCI Express...

Page 27: ...to use 2 Install the edge connector of the add on card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 3 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case with a screw For some add on cards for example graphics adapters and network adapters you have to install drivers and software before you can begin using the add on card ...

Page 28: ... PORT1R 4 PRESENCE 5 PORT2R 6 SENSE1_RETURN 7 SENSE_SEND 8 KEY Pin Signal Name 9 PORT2L 10 SENSE2_RETURN Pin Signal Name SATA1 4 Serial ATA connectors These connectors are used to support the new Serial ATA devices for the highest date transfer rates 3 0 Gb s simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly It elimi nates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface But maintains register co...

Page 29: ...F SPDIF digital output 2 5VA 5V analog Power 3 Key No pin 4 GND Ground Pin Signal Name Function F_USB1 3 Front Panel USB headers The motherboard has four USB ports installed on the rear edge I O port array Additionally some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB connector to connect the front mounted ports to the motherboard Please ma...

Page 30: ...24 InstallingtheMotherboard CD_IN Analog Audio Input connector Pin Signal Name Function 1 CD_L CDInleftchannel 2 GND Ground 3 GND Ground 4 CD_R CDInrightchannel ...

Page 31: ...e Network USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices This concludes Chapter 2 The next chapter covers the BIOS This motherboard may adopt 8 channel audio ports that correspond to the A B C and E port respectively In addi tion all of the 3 ports B C and E provide users with both right left channels individually Users please refer to the following note for specific port function definition A...

Page 32: ...26 InstallingtheMotherboard Memo ...

Page 33: ...he settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the computer performs Before using the Setup Utility ensure that you understand the Setup Utility options This chapter provides explanations for Setup Utility options The Standard Configuration A standard configuration has already been set in the Setup Utility However we recommend that you read this chapter in case you need to make any changes in th...

Page 34: ...ility Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save ExitSetup Time Date Hard Disk Type KEY FUNCTION ESC Move PU PD F1 Enter Select Value General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit Standard CMOS Features AdvancedBIOSFeatures PowerManagementSetup Integrated Peripherals PnP PCI Configurations Load optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save ExitSetup Exit Without Saving...

Page 35: ...ve first 6 At the A prompt type the Flash Utility program name and press En ter 7 Type the filename of the new BIOS in the File Name to Program text box Follow the onscreen directions to update the motherboard BIOS 8 When the installation is complete remove the floppy diskette from the diskette drive and restart your computer If your motherboard has a Flash BIOS jumper reset the jumper to protect ...

Page 36: ...HDD s size head on this channel Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Mon Jan 8 2007 Time hh mm ss 9 14 38 Item Help MenuLevel Changetheday month yearandcentury IDE Channel 0 Master None IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 2 Master None IDE Channel 3 Master None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Video EGA VGA Halt On Setting All But Keyboard BaseMemory 640K Exte...

Page 37: ...esult in your system not recognizing the installed hard disk Press Esc to return to the Standard CMOS Features page Access Mode Auto This item defines ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA Large Block Addressing Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in This item defines the characterist...

Page 38: ...F5 Previous Values F6 Fail SafeDefaults F7 OptimizedDefaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp Virtualization Enabled Hardware Virtualization Technology enables processor feature for running multiple simultaneous Virtual Machines allowing specialized software applica tions to run in full isolation of each other AMD K8 Cool Quiet Control Auto This item helps the system ...

Page 39: ...e following screen Press Esc to return to Advanced BIOS Features page F5 PreviousValues F6 Fail SafeDefaults F7 OptimizedDefaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 2 Bootable Add in Cards Item Help MenuLevel 1 Ch2 M WDC WD1600JS 22MHB0 Use or to select a device then press to move it up or to move ...

Page 40: ... up time Network Boot Prioritiy Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen 1 Network 0 NVIDIA Boot Agent 227 0524 Item Help MenuLevel Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Network Boot Priority Use or to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu F5 PreviousValues F6 Fail SafeDefaults F7 OptimizedDef...

Page 41: ...ed more than 64 MB of memory and you are running the OS 2 operating system Otherwise leave this item at the default Small Logo EPA Show Disabled Enables or disables the display of the EPA logo during boot Summary Screen Show Enabled Enables or disables the display of the summary screen during boot APIC Mode Enabled This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Inter rupt...

Page 42: ...isabled SATASpread Spectrum Disabled HT Spread Spectrum Disabled PCIE Clock 100Mhz SSE SSE2 Instructions Enabled SystemBIOSCacheable Disabled Frame Buffer Size Auto This item enables users to specify the Onboard VGA share memory size GPU Bank Flip Disabled This item enables or disables GPU Bank flip PMU Disabled This item enables or disables ACPI power management unit function CPU Frequency 200 0 ...

Page 43: ... are closed then these parts are placed in power down mode Only pre charge power down mode is supported not active power down mode CKE based powerdown Per Channel The DRAM channel is placed in power down when all chip selects associated with the channel are idle Memclock tri stating Disabled This item enables or disables memclock tri stating function Auto Optimize Bottom IO Enabled This item is us...

Page 44: ...erence generated by the SATA HT Spread Spectrum Disabled This item when enabled can significantly reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Inter ference generated by the HT PCIE Clock 100Mhz This item is used to set the frequency of PCIE clock SSE SSE2 Instructions Enabled This item enables or disables SSE SSE2 instructions System BIOS Cacheable Disabled This item enables users to enable or disable the syst...

Page 45: ... Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE DMA transfer access Enabled Serial ATAController All Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled On Chip IDE Channel 0 Enabled Use these items to enable or disable the PCI IDE channels that are integrated on the motherboard Primary Master Slave PIO Auto Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave d...

Page 46: ...he UltraDMA driver supplied with this motherboard in order to use an UltraDMA device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Enables this field if your IDE hard drive supports block mode Block mode enables BIOS to automatically detect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the drive can support and improves the speed of access to IDE devices RAID Config Press Enter Scroll to this item and ...

Page 47: ...abled Enable this item if you plan to use a mouse connected through the USB port in a legacy operating system such as DOS that does not support Plug and Play USB Storage Support Enabled Use this item to enable or disable the USB Storage function HD Audio Auto Enables and disables the onboard audio chip Disable this item if you are going to install a PCI audio add in card Onboard Lan Enabled Enable...

Page 48: ...IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Press Esc to return to the Integrated Peripherals page F5 PreviousValues F6 Fail SafeDefaults F7 OptimizedDefaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp x Parallel Port Mode SPP Use this item to select the parallel port mode You can select Normal Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ...

Page 49: ...m suspends In the default S3 STR the suspend mode is a suspend to RAM i e the system shuts down with the exception of a refresh current to the system memory Soft Off by PBTN Instant Off Under ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface you can create a software power down In a software power down the system can be resumed by Wake Up Alarms This item lets you install a software power...

Page 50: ... After Power Fail Off This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its last oper ating status Time hh mm ss Alarm Use this item to define the time when using the RTC alarm to resume the system Press Esc to return to the main menu setting page PNP PCI Configurations These options configure how PnP Plug and Play and PCI expansion cards operate in your system Both the the ISA...

Page 51: ...8V CPU Tcontrol 40 C SystemTemperature 29 C CPU Fan Speed 5532 RPM CPU Vcore 1 31V VDIMM 1 87V F5 PreviousValues F6 Fail SafeDefaults F7 OptimizedDefaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 GeneralHelp Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Smart Fan Function Smart Fan Function Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Item Help MenuLeve...

Page 52: ...efaults The fail safe defaults place no great demands on the system and are generally stable If your system is not functioning correctly try installing the fail safe defaults as a first step in getting your system working properly again If you only want to install fail safe defaults for a specific option select and display that option and then press F6 Load Optimized Defaults This option opens a d...

Page 53: ... menu you will be prompted for the password only when you enter BIOS Setup Supervisor Password has higher priority than User Password You can use Supervisor Password when booting the system or entering BIOS Setup to modify all settings Also you can use User Password when booting the system or entering BIOS Setup but can not modify any setting if Supervisor Password is enabled Save Exit Setup Highl...

Page 54: ...48 Using BIOS Memo ...

Page 55: ...f Intel HD audio installation optional The Intel High Defi nition audio functionality unexpectedly quits working in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Users need to download and install the update packages from the Microsoft Download Center before installing HD audio driver bundled in the Driver CD Please log on to http support microsoft com default aspx scid...

Page 56: ...l be different according to the motherboard you are installing The motherboard identification is located in the upper left hand corner The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allows you to open Windows Explorer and show the contents of the support CD Before installing the software from Windows Explorer look for a file named README TXT INSTALL TXT or something simi lar This file m...

Page 57: ...creen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items mended 1 Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence Follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart a few times to complete the installation 2 During the Windows Vista Driver Auto Setup Procedure users should use one of the following two methods to install the driver aft...

Page 58: ...all the next driver until you finish all drivers installation Method 2 Disable UAC User Account Control For administrator account only Standard user account can only use Method 1 Disable Vista UAC function before installing drivers then use CD driver to install drivers it will continue to install drivers after system restart without running blocked programs Follow these instructions to Disable Vis...

Page 59: ...53 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 2 Select Classic View 3 Set User Account 4 Select Turn User Account Control on or off and press Continue ...

Page 60: ...ate the readme text file README TXT or README DOC for information on installing the driver or software for your oper ating system Utility Software Reference All the utility software available from this page is Windows compliant They are provided only for the convenience of the customer The following software is fur nished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of...

Page 61: ...ootable RAID Array for instructions on configuring the RAID array in BIOS See sections on using the MediaShield RAID Manager for details on configuring non bootable RAID from Windows Setting Up the BIOS Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals see Figure 2 1 then press Enter The Integrated Peripherals window appears Figure 2 2 Integrated Peripherals Window Figure 2 1 BIOS CMOS Setup Uti...

Page 62: ...ort can only be used for non RAID applications In the example in Figure 2 3 three SATA ports are enabled so the non bootable RAID array can include up to 3 SATA disks If there is a disk Connected to SATA 2 Secondary it can not be used for RAID Press F10 to save the configuration and exit Installing the NVIDIA RAID Software Under Windows This section describes how to run the setup application and i...

Page 63: ...lected You must install the NVIDIA IDE driver in order to enable NVIDIA RAID If you do not install the NVIDIA IDE driver NVIDIA RAID will not be enabled Click Next and then follow the instructions After the installation is com pleted be sure to reboot the PC After the reboot initialize the newly created array 3 4 5 ...

Page 64: ...d Peripherals see Figure 2 5 then press Enter The Integrated Peripherals screen or a screen similar to it appears Figure 2 6 Integrated Peripherals Screen Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config see Figure 2 6 Press Enter Start your computer then press Delete to enter the BIOS setup The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility screen appears Figure 2 5 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 65: ...a disk Connected to SATA 2 Secondary it can not be used for RAID 7 Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F10 when prompted and proceed to set up the NVIDIA RAID BIOS as described in the next section The PC reboots Press F10 to save the configuration and exit Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS The NVIDIA RAID BIOS set up lets you choose the RAID type and which hard drives you want to make part of the...

Page 66: ...OS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk By default this is set to Mirroring To change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box either Mirroring Striping Spanning Stripe Mirroring or RAID 5 Selecting the ...

Page 67: ...rray screen after two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks Figure 2 9 MediaShield Utility Array Disks Assigned Completing the RAID BIOS Setup Figure 2 10 Clear Disk Data Prompt After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk array prompt appears 1 ...

Page 68: ...ping Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents press C At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press F10 to exit the RAID setup 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press B to specify the array as bootable Press En...

Page 69: ...nt If that is not the case or you are trying to install a new version of Windows then you will need an NVIDIA RAID driver F6 install floppy Check to see if one came with your system If not you can create one by downloading the appropriate driver package and following the steps in this section Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appear The Windows Setup program starts a ...

Page 70: ... XP Installation Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed then take out the floppy Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is completely installed it is recommended that you install the ForceWare software in order to access the MediaShield RAID Management tool Note Each time you...

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