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Preface

Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
conditions:

This device may not cause harmful interference, and

This device must accept any interference received, including interference

that may cause undesired operation.

Canadian Department of Communications

This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-causing
Equipment Regulations.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le
matériel brouilieur du Canada.

About the Manual

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.

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Describes installation of motherboard
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Provides information on using the BIOS
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Describes the motherboard software

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Provides information about SATA RAID
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Chapter 5

VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide

Summary of Contents for PM800-M2

Page 1: ...ound 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 residenti...

Page 2: ...ons Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilieur du Canada AbouttheManual The manual consists of the following Chapter 1 Introducing the...

Page 3: ...Jumper Settings 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 10 Front Panel Connector 11 InstallingHardware 12 Installing the Processor 12 Installing Memory Modules 13 Installing a Hard Disk Drive C...

Page 4: ...d 45 Save Exit Setup Option 46 Exit Without Saving 46 Chapter 4 47 47 47 47 47 UsingtheMotherboardSoftware 47 AbouttheSoftwareCD ROM 47 Auto installing underWindows 98 ME 2000 XP 47 Running Setup 48 M...

Page 5: ...plications The PM800 supports asyn chronous AGP and CPU interface for flexible system configuration The Northbridge interfaces to the Southbridge through a high speed 8 x 66 MHz Data Transfer intercon...

Page 6: ...capacity 2 GB Chipset Memory VT8237 SB Supports 16bit 66 MHz V Link Client interface with peak bandwidth of 1 GB sec Compliant with PCI 2 2 specification at 33 MHz Integrated SerialATAHost Controller...

Page 7: ...isk drive interface Two 7 pin SATA connectors One optional CNR Communication Networking Riser slot This motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133 100 66 33 MB s Onboard L...

Page 8: ...4 IntroducingtheMotherboard Motherboard Components...

Page 9: ...5 CASFAN1 Case cooling fan connector 17 SPDIFO1 SPDIF out header 18 AUXIN1 Auxiliary in header 19 CDIN1 CD in connector 20 PCI1 PCI3 32 bit add on card slots 21 AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 22...

Page 10: ...6 IntroducingtheMotherboard Memo...

Page 11: ...at your case supports all the features required Secondly PM800 M2 supports one or two floppy diskette drives and four enhanced IDE drives Make sure that your case has sufficient power and space for al...

Page 12: ...han 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...

Page 13: ...following illustration shows the location of the motherboard jumpers Pin 1 is labeled Jumper Type Description Setting default JP1 3 pin CLEAR CMOS 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR Before clearing the CMOS make su...

Page 14: ...e LED cable connect to SJ1 5 Connect the standard power supply connector to ATX1 6 Connect the auxiliary case power supply connector to ATX2 SJ1 Single color LED header ATX1 ATX 20 pin Power Connector...

Page 15: ...l color front panel mounted LED provides power on off sleep and message waiting indication ATX2 ATX 12V Power Connector Front Panel Connector The front panel connector PANEL1 provides a standard set o...

Page 16: ...ot over clock processors or other components to run faster than their rated speed Warning Over clocking components can adversely affect the reliability of the system and introduce errors into your sys...

Page 17: ...heat dissipation we suggest that you use a high quality fan with 4800 rpm at least CPU fan and heatsink installa tion procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan heatsink supplied The form and size...

Page 18: ...dule 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 that the cutouts on the DIMM module edge connector ma...

Page 19: ...MT8VDDT1664AG 403B2 NANYA NT128D64SH4B1G 5 Infineon HYS64D16301GU 5 B NANYA NT128D64SH4B1G 5T 256MB SAMSUNG M368L3223DTM CC4 NANYA NT256D64S88B1G 5 Micron MT16VDDT3264AG 403B2 Infineon HYS64D32300GU 5...

Page 20: ...ort UDMA and use 80 pin IDE cables that support UDMA 133 100 66 Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM SATAHard Drive This section describes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD...

Page 21: ...rives 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 conne...

Page 22: ...ribbon cable After connecting 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 mo...

Page 23: ...for expansion cards which for the most part is a supplement of the older ISA bus stan dard The PCI slots on this board are PCI v2 2 compliant The AGP slot is used to install a graphics adapter that s...

Page 24: ...output 2 5VA 5V analog Power 3 Key No pin 4 GND Ground Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard s optional devices Pin Signal Name Function 1 A...

Page 25: ...Ground 9 Key Nopin 10 NC Notconnected Pin Signal Name Function SATA1 SATA2 SerialATAconnectors These connectors are use to support the new Serial ATA devices for the highest date transfer rates 150 M...

Page 26: ...a line in cable when your rear line in jack is set as line out port for 4 channel function CD in CD Audio Input header Pin Signal Name Function 1 CD in_L CD In left channel 2 GND Ground 3 GND Ground 4...

Page 27: ...he COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or COM1 fax modems COM1 is identified by the system as COM1 3 VGA1 port Connect your monitor to the VGA port LAN Port optional Connect an RJ 45 jack...

Page 28: ...24 InstallingtheMotherboard Memo...

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...

Page 30: ...efaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password PowerManagementSetup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup KEY FUNCTION ESC Exits the current menu Scrolls through the items o...

Page 31: ...e first 6 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 moth...

Page 32: ...n 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 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Ex...

Page 33: ...aphics system you must leave this item at the default value Press Esc to return to the Standard CMOS Features page Base Memory Extended Memory and Total Memory These items are automatically detected b...

Page 34: ...adow Enabled Small Logo EPA Show Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level ATA 66 100 IDE Cable Msg Enabled Enables or disables the ATA 66 100 IDE Cable...

Page 35: ...ing 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 and you are running the OS 2 operating system Otherwise...

Page 36: ...ontrol Press Enter CPU PCI Bus Control Press Enter SystemBIOSCacheable Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Feature Item Help Menu Level Move Ente...

Page 37: ...s item to increase memory speed When enabled separate memory banks are set for odd and even addresses and the next byte of memory can be accessed while the current byte is being refreshed Precharge to...

Page 38: ...g Value When AGP Driving Control is set to Manual use this item to set the AGP current driving value AGP Fast Write Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the caching of display data for the vi...

Page 39: ...aults F7 Optimized Defaults System BIOS Cacheable Enabled This item allow the system to be cached in memory for faster execution Leave the item at the default value for better performance Init Display...

Page 40: ...e IDE DMA then burst onto the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions do not OnChip IDE Channel0 1 Enabled Use these items to enable or disable the PCI IDE channels that are integrated on the mainboard...

Page 41: ...rsal Serial Bus ports on this motherboard USB 2 0 Supports Enabled Enable this item if your system supports USB 2 0 USB Legacy Support Enabled This item allows the BIOS to interact with a USB keyboard...

Page 42: ...lel Port EPP are bi directional modes allowing both data input and output ECP and EPP modes are only supported with EPP and ECP aware peripherals USB Mouse Support Enabled Enables this item if you pla...

Page 43: ...em Help Menu Level HDD Power Down Disable SuspendMode Disable Video Off Option Suspend Off Video Off Method DPMS Support MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off Ac Loss Auto Restart Off IRQ Eve...

Page 44: ...ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Enabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled Date of Month 0 Resume Time hh mm ss 0 22 0 IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter Phoenix AwardBIOS CM...

Page 45: ...Monitoring Press Enter This screen enables you to set IRQs that will resume the system from a power saving mode Set any IRQ to Enabled to allow activity at the IRQ to wake up the system from a power...

Page 46: ...ch a serious conflict that theOScannotboot Reset Configuration Data Disabled If you enable this item and restart the system any Plug and Play configuration data stored in the BIOS Setup is cleared fro...

Page 47: ...ystem can reach before powering down System Component Characteristics These items allow end users and technicians to monitor data provided by the BIOS on this motherboard You cannot make changes to th...

Page 48: ...bled When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM and PCI slots Spread Spectrum Enabled If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic...

Page 49: ...a specific option select and display that option and then press F6 Set Supervisor User Password When this function is selected the following message appears at the center of the screen to assist you...

Page 50: ...ght 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 e...

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...

Page 52: ...rs for different operating systems 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...

Page 53: ...you want to install The default optionsare 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...

Page 54: ...e at anytime without prior notice Please refer to the support CD for available software AWARD Flash Memory Utility This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the moth...

Page 55: ...re 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 SAT...

Page 56: ...d 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...

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...

Page 58: ...icate 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...

Page 59: ...Array 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...

Page 60: ...n 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...

Page 61: ...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...

Page 62: ...n 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 speci...

Page 63: ...erating 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 cli...

Page 64: ...D Tool After the software is finished installation it will automati cally started every time Windows is initiated You may double click on the icon shown in the system tray of the tool bar to launch th...

Page 65: ...AID 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 th...

Page 66: ...62 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: ...63 VIAVT8237SATARAIDSetupGuide Click on the plus symbol next to Array 0 RAID 1 to see the details of each disk...

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