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Page 3: ...to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reason able protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications...

Page 4: ...Cet 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 co...

Page 5: ...g Jumper Settings 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 10 Front Panel Header 11 InstallingHardware 12 Installing the Processor 12 Installing Memory Modules 14 Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM SATA Hard Drive 15 Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive 17 Installing Add on Cards 18 Connecting Optional Devices 19 ConnectingI ODevices 22 Chapter 3 23 23 23 23 23 Using BIOS 23 About the Setup U...

Page 6: ...ve Exit Setup Option 43 Exit Without Saving 43 Chapter 4 45 45 45 45 45 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 45 AbouttheSoftwareCD ROM 45 Auto installing underWindows 98 ME 2000 XP 45 Running Setup 46 ManualInstallation 48 UtilitySoftwareReference 48 Chapter 5 49 49 49 49 49 VIAVT8237SATARAIDSetupGuide 49 VIARAIDConfigurations 49 Installing RAID Software Drives 56 UsingVIARAIDTool 58 Multi Language Transla...

Page 7: ... power efficient and high compatibility device that includes standard intelligent peripheral controllers Serial ATA dual channel controller with RAID capability master mode en hanced IDE controller with increased reliability using UltraDMA 133 100 66 transfer pro tocols IEEE 802 3 compliant 10 100Mbps PCI bus master Ethernet MAC with standard MII interface to external PHY ceiver Universal Serial B...

Page 8: ... MB s Compliant with PCI 2 2 specification at 33 MHz supporting up to 6 PCI masters Integrated SerialATAHost Controllers supporting data trans fer rates up to 1 5Gb s Integrated Dual channel UltraDMA 133 100 66 Master Mode EIDE Controller USB 2 0 Controller supporting for 8 USB 2 0 1 1 ports Network Controller supporting enterprise class 10 100 Mb Fast Ethernet MAC Integrated keyboard Controller w...

Page 9: ...port optional Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out This motherboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to configure many system fea tures including the following Power management Wake up alarms CPU parameters CPU and memroy timing The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds BIOS Firmware Expansion Options The motherboard comes with the following ...

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

Page 11: ...or 7 IDE2 Secondary IDE connector 8 IDE1 Primary IDE connector 12 JP1 Clear CMOS jumper 16 CNR1 Communications Networking Riser slot 9 SATA1 SATA2 Serial ATA connectors 10 SJ1 Single color LED header 11 PANEL1 Front Panel switch LED header 14 USB3 USB4 Front Panel USB headers 13 AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 15 PCI1 PCI3 32 bit add on card slots 19 SPDIFO1 SPDIF out header 17 AUXIN1 Auxiliar...

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

Page 13: ...hat your case supports all the features required Secondly KM400 M2 supports one or two floppy diskette drives and four 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 the mot...

Page 14: ...ard jumpers to set system configuration options Jumpers with more 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 jum...

Page 15: ...beled Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description Setting default 3 pin CLEAR CMOS 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR 1 2 ENABLE 2 3 DISABLE Before clearing the CMOS make sure to turn the system off 3 pin BIOS FLASH CPU Frequency CPU FREQ JP8 JP9 100 MHz 1 2 1 2 133 MHz 2 3 1 2 166 MHz 2 3 2 3 200 MHz 1 2 2 3 3 pin JP1 JP3 JP8 JP9 JP8 1 1 JP3 JP9 1 JP1 1 ...

Page 16: ...onnect the case cooling fan connector to CASFAN1 3 Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 If there are 3 pins in the case LED cable connect to SJ1 4 Connect the standard power supply connector to ATX1 CPUFAN1 CASFAN1 FAN Power Connectors 1 GND System Ground 2 12V Power 12V 3 Sense Sensor Pin Signal Name SJ1 Single color LED header 1 ACPILED 2 ACPILED 3 5VSB Pin Signal Name Pin ...

Page 17: ...SGLED 3 HD_LED_N HarddiskLED 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch 7 RST_SW_P ResetSwitch 9 RSVD Reserved 4 FP PWR SLP MSGLED 6 PWR_SW_P PowerSwitch 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch 10 Key Nopin MSG LED dual color or single color ATX1 ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PWRGD 18 5V ...

Page 18: ...ircuitry After receiving a power on off signal at least two seconds elapses before the power supply recognizes another on off signal InstallingHardware Installing the Processor Caution When installing a CPU heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you DO NOT scratch the motherboard or any of the surface mount resistors with the clip of the cooling fan If the clip of the cooling fan scrapes across t...

Page 19: ...dule and snap the four retention legs of the cooling fan into place 5 Flip the levers over to lock the heat sink in place and connect the CPU cooling Fan power cable to the CPUFAN connector This completes the installation CPU Installation Procedure The following illustration shows CPU installation components To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation we suggest that you use a high qualit...

Page 20: ...r a grounding strap when you handle the modules Installation Procedure Refer to the following to install the memory modules 1 This motherboard supports unbuffered DDR SDRAM only 2 Push the latches on each side of the DIMM slot down 3 Align the memory module with the slot The DIMM slots are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly 4 Check ...

Page 21: ...scribes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD ROM drive About IDE Devices Your motherboard has a primary and secondary IDE channel interface IDE1 and IDE2 An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled with the motherboard You must orient the cable connector so that the pin1 color edge of the cable correspoinds to the pin 1 of the I O port connector IDE1 Primary ...

Page 22: ...drives Installing Serial ATA Hard Drives To install the Serial ATA SATA hard drives use the SATA cable that supports the Serial ATA protocol This SATA cable comes with an SATA power cable You can connect either end of the SATA cable to the SATA hard drive or the connector on the motherboard SATA cable optional SATA power cable optional Refer to the illustration below for proper installation This m...

Page 23: ...rive The motherboard has a floppy diskette drive FDD1 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 The floppy diskette drive cable has one type of connector for a 5 25 inch drive and another type of connector for a 3 5 inch drive You must orient the cable connect...

Page 24: ...card check the documentation for the card carefully If the card is not Plug and Play you may have to manually configure the card before installation AGP Slot PCI Slots CNR Slot The AGP slot is used to install a graphics adapter that supports the 8X 4X AGP specification It is AGP 3 0 compliant This motherboard is equipped with three standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnec...

Page 25: ... 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 adapt ers you have to install drivers and software before you can begin using the add on card Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mot...

Page 26: ...r SATA1 SATA2 SerialATAconnectors These connectors are use to support the new Serial ATA devices for the highest date transfer rates 150 MB s simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface But maintains register compatibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 ...

Page 27: ...sed by Analog Audio Circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS MicrophonePower 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5V used by Analog Audio Circuits 5 AUD_F_R Right Channel audio signal to Front Panel 6 AUD_RET_R RightChannelAudiosignaltoReturnfromFrontPanel 7 REVD Reserved 8 Key NoPin 9 AUD_F_L Left Channel Audio signal to Front Panel 10 AUD_RET_L Left ChannelAudiosignaltoReturnfromFrontPanel 1 AUX_L AXU In left channel 2 GND Ground...

Page 28: ...ces Serial Ports COM1 Use the COM1 port to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems VGA Port Connect your monitor to the VGA port LAN Port optional Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to connect your com puter to the Network USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Audio Ports This concludes Chapter 2 The next chapter covers the BIOS Use the three audio ports to connect audio ...

Page 29: ... features The 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 ch...

Page 30: ...ads a minimum configuration for troubleshooting F7 Loads an optimum set of values for peak performance BIOS Navigation Keys The BIOS navigation keys are listed below AdvancedBIOSFeatures Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility fStandard CMOS Features f f f f f f f PowerManagementSe...

Page 31: ... At the A prompt type the Flash Utility program name and press Enter 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 the newly i...

Page 32: ... Date and Time Properties utility fIDE Devices None Your computer has two IDE channels Primary and Secondary and each channel can be installed with one or two devices Master and Slave Use these items to configure each device on the IDE channel Press Enter to display the IDE submenu IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter while this item is highlighted to prompt the Setup Utility to automatically detect...

Page 33: ...tem 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 Drive B 1 44M 3 5 in None These items define the characteristics of any diskette drive attached to the system You can connect one or two diskette drives Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Fl...

Page 34: ...On Self Test Enabled Enable this item to shorten the power on testing POST and have your system start up faster You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly First Second Third Boot Device Floppy HDD 0 CDROM Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system at start up...

Page 35: ...t up or if it is only required when a user tries to enter the Setup Utility APIC Mode Enabled This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller mode APIC provides symmetric multi processing SMP for systems allowing support for up to 60 processors OS Select For DRAM 64 MB Non OS2 This item is only required if you have installed more than 64 MB of memory a...

Page 36: ... Optimized Defaults DRAM Clock Timing Control Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen f Current FSB Frequency This item displays the frontside bus FSB frequency This is a display only item You cannot make changes to this field Current DRAM Frequency This item displays the memory DRAM frequency This is a display only item You cannot make changes to this field f ...

Page 37: ...e is being refreshed Precharge to Active 3T This item is used to designate the minimum Row Precharge time of the SDRAM devices on the module DRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data Normally DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request This option allows you to determine the number of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe RAS to accumulate its charge be...

Page 38: ... If it is set to disabled then the AGP bus is only allowed to use the AGP 1X or AGP 2X transfer protocol AGP Driving Control Auto This item is used to signal driving current on AGP cards to auto or manual Some AGP cards need stronger than normal driving current in order to operate We recommend that you set this item to the default AGP Driving Value When AGP Driving Control is set to Manual use thi...

Page 39: ... CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Item Help MenuLevel VGA Share Memory Size 32M This item allows you to select the shared memory size for VGA usage fVIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device Item Help MenuLevel ff OnChip SATA Enabled OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Ch...

Page 40: ...a PIO mode from 0 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Auto Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device This motherboard supports UltraDMA technology which provides faster access to IDE devices If you install a device that supports UltraDMA change the appropriate item on this list to Auto You may have to install the UltraDMA driver supplied with this motherboard in order to use a...

Page 41: ...chip Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Use this item to enable and disable the booting from the onboard LAN or a network add in card with a remote boot ROM installed fSuperIO Device Press Enter Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode ECP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Phoenix Awa...

Page 42: ...modes including powering down the hard disk turning off the video suspending to RAM and software power down that allows the system to be automatically resumed by certain events The power saving modes can be controlled by timeouts If the system is inactive for a time the timeouts begin counting If the inactivity continues so that the timeout period elapses the system enters a power saving mode If a...

Page 43: ... mode Video Off Method DPMS Support This item defines how the video is powered down to save power This item is set to DPMS Display Power Management Software by default MODEM Use IRQ 3 If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically resume the system from a power saving mode use this item to specify the interrupt request line IRQ that is used by the modem You might have to connect the fax ...

Page 44: ... LPT COM LPT COM When this item is enabled the system will restart the power saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on the serial ports or the parallel port HDD FDD ON When this item is enabled the system will restart the power saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on the hard disk drive or the floppy diskette drive PCI Master OFF When set to Off any PCI device set a...

Page 45: ...ards operate in your system Both the ISA and PCI buses on the motherboard use system IRQs Interrupt ReQuests and DMAs Direct Memory Access You must set up the IRQ and DMA assign ments correctly through the PnP PCI Configurations Setup utility for the motherboard to work properly Selecting PnP PCI Configurations on the main program screen displays this menu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ES...

Page 46: ...alette snooping so you must leave this item disabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Names the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the USB if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system PC Health Status On motherboards that support hardware monitoring this item lets you monitor the param eters for critical voltages critical temperatures and fan speeds Shutdown Temperatu...

Page 47: ...um Enabled If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic Interference generated by the system CPU Clock 100MHz Use the CPU Host Clock to set the frontside bus frequency for the installed processor usually 200MHz 133 MHz or 100MHz Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Item Help f MenuLevel Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled SpreadSpectrum ...

Page 48: ...aults for a specific option select and display that option and then press F7 Set Password When this function is selected the following message appears at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm ...

Page 49: ...ight this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Saving dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit or press N to return to the main menu If you have made settings that you do not want to save use the Exit Without Saving item and press Y to discard any changes you have made This concludes Chapt...

Page 50: ...44 Using BIOS Memo ...

Page 51: ... README TXT INSTALL TXT or something similar These files may contain important information that is not included in this manual Auto installing under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP The Auto install CD ROM makes it easy for you to install the drivers and software for your motherboard If the Auto install CD ROM does not work on your system you can still install drivers through the file manager for your OS for...

Page 52: ...such as DOS WIN NT or WIN98 95 Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using In install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking the file and then following the instructions on the screen Exit The EXIT button closes the Auto Setup window Application Tab Lists the software utilities that are available on the CD Read Me Tab Displays the path fo...

Page 53: ...ons are recommended 4 Click Next run the Installation Wizard An item installation screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence Follow the onscreen instruc tions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart a few times to complete the installation ...

Page 54: ...venience of the customer The following software is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of the license These software s are subject to change at anytime without prior notice Please refer to the support CD for available software AMI AWARD Flash Memory Utility This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the motherboard a...

Page 55: ...are simply hooked up in series This expands the capacity of your drive and results in a useable total capacity However JBOD will not increase any performance or data security Install the Serial ATA SATA hard disks The VIA VT8237 Southbridge chipset supports Serial ATA hard disk drives For optimal performance install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set If you ar...

Page 56: ... to section Entering VIA Tech RAID BIOS Utility for the next proce dure Entering VIA Tech RAID BIOS Utility 1 Boot up your computer 2 During POST press TAB to enter VIA RAID configuration utility The follow ing menu options will appear The RAID BIOS information on the setup screen shown is for reference only What you see on your screen may not by exactly the same as shown On the upper right side o...

Page 57: ... or manually configure the RAID array for stripped sets If you want to manually configure the RAID array continue with next step otherwise proceed to step 5 3 Select Select Disk Drives then press Enter Use arrow keys to select disk drive s then press Enter to mark selected drive An asterisk is placed before the selected drive 4 Select Block Size then press Enter to set array block size Lists of va...

Page 58: ...licate creates both mirrored set and backup 3 Select task and press Enter The screen returns to Create Array menu items From this point you may choose to auto configure the RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Data Security or manually configure the RAID array for mirrored sets If you want to manually configure the RAID array continue with next step otherwise proceed to step 5 4 Select Select Di...

Page 59: ...tArray then press the Enter key The focus is directed to the list of channel used for IDE RAID arrays 2 Press the Enter key to select a RAID array for boot The Status of the selected array will change to Boot Press ESC key to go return to menu items Follow the same procedure to deselect the boot array Serial Number View 1 In the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu select Serial Number View then press ...

Page 60: ...en booting up the system BIOS will detect if any member disk drives of RAID has failed or is absent If BIOS detects any disk drive failures or missing disk drives the status of the array will be marked as broken If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 array but there is a spare hard drive available for rebuilding the broken array the spare hard drive will automatically become the mirroring drive BIOS will...

Page 61: ...l remain after the destroy operation However Destroy the Mirroring Relationship is not recommended because the data on the remaining disk will be lost when the hard drive is used to create another RAID 1 array 3 Choose Replacement Drive and Rebuild This item enables users to select an already connected hard drive to rebuild the broken array After choosing a hard drive the channel column will be ac...

Page 62: ...on Windows XP Setup screen press the Enter key 5 Press Enter to continue with installation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and the continue the Windows XP installation Existing Window...

Page 63: ...perating system This version of VIA SATA RAID Utility contains the following key features Serial ATA RAID driver for Windows XP VIA SATA RAID utility RAID0 and RAID1 functions Insert the ECS CD and click on the Setup to install the software The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window ...

Page 64: ...ID Tool Put a check mark in the check box to install the feature you want Then click Next button to proceed the installation After the software is finished installation it will automatically started every time Windows is initiated You may double click on the icon shown in the system tray of the tool bar to launch the VIA RAID Tool utility ...

Page 65: ...RAID 0 The main interface is divided into two windows and the toolbar above contain the main functions Click on these toolbar buttons to execute their specific functions The left windowpane displays the controller and disk drives and the right windowpane displays the details of the controller or disk drives The available features are as following View by Controller View by Devices View Event log H...

Page 66: ...60 VIAVT8237SATARAIDSetupGuide You may also use the same or button to view the statuses of Array 0 RAID 1 Click on the plus symbol next to Array 0 RAID 0 to see the details of each disk ...

Page 67: ...61 VIAVT8237SATARAIDSetupGuide Click on the plus symbol next to Array 0 RAID 1 to see the details of each disk ...

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