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6. The screen displays a Spanned RAID array of 421.36GB, which is the total sizes of 

these three hard disks. That is, 111.79+76.69+232.88= 421.36GB. We recommend 

not setting it to bootable as it will be impossible to recover if crashed. You can then 
press [Ctrl]+[X] keys to exit the setup program, and restart your PC.

7. In above screen, you also can press [Enter] to know the detailed drive information of 

this RAID system. Press [D] here allow you to delete previous settings, and go back 

to the first time when MediaShield was started.  

MediaShield BIOS   Jul 27 2007

- Array List -

   

[Ctrl-X] Exit       [↑↓] Select        [B] Set Bootable      [N] New Array       [ENTER] Detail

Boot    Status      Vendor      Array         Size

           Healthy    NVIDIA      SPAN      421.36G

Array 4 : NVIDIA   SPAN   421.36G

- Array Detail -

  RAID Mode: Spanned

  Stripe Width :      3 

 

 

Stripe Block:      64K 

 

                   

[R] Rebuild

       [D] Delete      [C] Clear MBR     [ENTER] Return 

Port  Index    Disk Model                              Capacity

0.0 

0            WDC WD1200JD-98HBB0      111.79G

0.1 

1            HDS728080PLA380                76.69GB

0.2 

2            Hitachi HDT725025VLA380    232.88G    

Summary of Contents for 720AL Series

Page 1: ...720AL Series Motherboard User s Manual...

Page 2: ...ndicates that this product may not be treated as household waste By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human h...

Page 3: ...dio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment EN 61000 3 2 2000 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input cu...

Page 4: ...urer HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD Address 66 CHUNG SHAN RD TU CHENG INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TAIPEI HSIEN TAIWAN R O C Supplementary Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules...

Page 5: ...wer please make sure the power supply AC input voltage setting has been configured to the local standard To prevent damage to the motherboard do not allow screws to come in contact with the motherboar...

Page 6: ...etup Enter BIOS Setup 20 Main Menu 20 System Information 22 Fox Central Control Unit 24 Advanced BIOS Features 30 Advanced Chipset Features 31 Integrated Peripherals 32 Power Management Setup 37 PC He...

Page 7: ...iver Diskettes 73 RAID Enable in BIOS 75 Select a RAID Array for Use 75 Install a New Windows XP 91 Setting Up a Non Bootable RAID Array 98 Technical Support Website http www foxconnchannel com Suppor...

Page 8: ...ly what you need for break through performance With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity features for today multi media computing requirements 720AL enables you to unleash more...

Page 9: ...100 1000Mb s LAN chip Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 2 x PCI Express x1 slots 3 x PCI slots Onboard Serial ATA 4 x SATA connectors 300MB s data transfer rate Support hot plug and NCQ Native...

Page 10: ...power consumption and power management features PCI Express x16 Support 4GB s 8GB s concurrent bandwidth Low power consumption and power management features Green Function Support ACPI Advanced Confi...

Page 11: ...e 720D 12 IDE Connector 13 24 pin ATX Power Connector 14 DDR2 DIMM Slots 15 CPU_FAN Header 16 CPU Socket 17 4 pin ATX 12V Power Connector 18 SYS_FAN Header 19 USB_PWR2 Jumper 20 Chassis Intrusion Alar...

Page 12: ...nd etc 6 Audio Ports For the definition of each audio port please refer to the table below Please refer to Chapter 4 and install the Realtek audio driver in CD to assign the audio output ports for dif...

Page 13: ...ction at up to 10 100 1000Mb s data rate LAN Type Left Active Right Link Status Description Status Description 1000M Off No Link Off No Link Green Blinking Data Activity Off 10Mb s Connection Green 10...

Page 14: ...all the Memory Install an Expansion Card Install other Internal Connectors Jumpers This motherboard supports low power energy saving CPUs drawing less than 95W under normal operation This currently in...

Page 15: ...to prevent hardware damage Locate the Pin 1 of the CPU The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly Apply an even and thin layer of thermal grease on the surface of the CPU Do not turn on the co...

Page 16: ...d an even thermal grease on the surface of CPU 2 Buckle the heatsink firmly at one side of the stand 3 Buckle the heatsink at another side and press the fasten lever down to tightly seat the cooler 4...

Page 17: ...irst to achieve optimum performance C A U T I O N Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory...

Page 18: ...ory socket Place the memory module onto the socket then put your fingers on top edge of the module and push it down firmly and seat it vertically into the memory socket Step 2 The clips at both ends o...

Page 19: ...y required BIOS changes for your expansion card s 7 Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card Installing a Gr...

Page 20: ...o the connector and make sure it is secure 4 pin ATX 12 V Power Connector PWR2 Connect the 4 pin ATX 12V power supply to PWR2 and provides power to the CPU We recommend you using a 24 pin power supply...

Page 21: ...eep state or power off mode S5 the LED is off This 2 pin connector is directional with sign Power Switch Connector PWR SW Connect to the power button on the front panel of the chassis Push this switch...

Page 22: ...pporting 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB FDDs IrDA Connector IR This connector supports infrared wireless transmitting and receiving device Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header INTR The header can be co...

Page 23: ...headers on this motherboard The fan speed can be controlled and monitored in PC Health Status section of the BIOS Setup These fans can be automatically turned off after the system enters S3 S4 and S5...

Page 24: ...dous ESD Electrical Static Discharge problem Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS The motherboard uses CMOS RAM to store the basic hardware information such as BIOS data date time information hardware password...

Page 25: ...onding setting must be set in BIOS as below Set Power Management Setup USB Resume from S3 to Enabled USB_PWR1 2 5V Default 1 2 3 5VSB 1 2 3 USBPWR1 is for the internal USB connectors USBPWR2 is for th...

Page 26: ...Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu System Information Fox Central Control Unit Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PC Health Status Load Optimized De...

Page 27: ...s overclocking can be set up through this menu Advanced BIOS Features The advanced system features can be set up through this menu Advanced Chipset Features The values for the chipset can be changed t...

Page 28: ...o optimal default may sometimes come out an unstable system What you need now is to adjust BIOS setting one by one trial and error to find out the best setting for your current system Set Supervisor P...

Page 29: ...drive None means no HDD is installed or set and Auto means the system can auto detect the hard disk when booting up In Access Mode setting selections of CHS LBA Large and Auto can help you to select...

Page 30: ...etected during powering up Model Name This item shows the model name BIOS Version This item shows the BIOS version Memory These are Display Only information of the system memory determined by POST Pow...

Page 31: ...f you enabled this function it can significantly reduce the EMI Electromagnetic Interference generated by the system so to comply with FCC regulation But if overclocking is activated you had better di...

Page 32: ...multiple boot devices user from pressing Esc key to enter boot menu Smart Power LED Smart Power LED is a feature built on your motherboard to indicate different states during Power On System Test POS...

Page 33: ...Checksum Restart Ignore Menu Level DCTs Mode Unganged CKE Base Power Down Mode Enabled Auto no user limit CKE Base Power Down Per Channel MaxMemCLK limit by Memclock Tri stating Disabled memory clock...

Page 34: ...Base Power Down Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the CKE base power down mode CKE Base Power Down CKE power down mode selection Memclock Tri stating Enables the DDR memory clocks to be t...

Page 35: ...ast data from a write operation to the memory and issuing a read command Trfc0 1 2 3 for DIMM0 1 2 3 Refresh to Refresh or Refresh to Active command interval Trfc3 auto refresh row cycle time for logi...

Page 36: ...Voltage This option is used to change the memory voltage Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Options CPU Voltage Default Item Help Memory Voltage Default Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Va...

Page 37: ...lability it will appear an error message Disabling this function then POST will not detect the floppy Boot Up NumLock Status This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system i...

Page 38: ...lect PCI Express graphics card as the default first display device This option is used to select the source of primary display device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features MCP...

Page 39: ...ill use PIO mode instead SATA Controller This option is used to enable disable function of SATA drives connected to the SATA ports Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Devices OnChip IDE Ch...

Page 40: ...ystem if it supports AHCI then you can select this option SATA Pri Master RAID SATA Pri Slave RAID SATA Sec Master RAID SATA Sec Slave RAID These items are valid only when SATA Operation Mode is set t...

Page 41: ...station on the network By installing a boot ROM in the network board you can enable a client PC system on the network to be booted remotely Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnBoard Devices OnBoard...

Page 42: ...d infrared chip OnBoard Parallel Port This item is used to assign the I O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard parallel or Printer port Parallel Port Mode This item is used to select the...

Page 43: ...on legacy OS If you have a USB mouse set to enabled USB Storage Support This option is used to set whether the USB Mass Storage controller is enabled in a legacy operating system such as DOS USB Mass...

Page 44: ...onfiguration context Control starts from the processor s reset vector after the wake event also called Suspend to RAM S4 The S4 sleeping state is the lowest power longest wake latency sleeping state s...

Page 45: ...to enable or disable the HPET Support Power Management Events Wake Up by PCI PCIE PME This item is used to set the system to be waken up by PCI PCIE card USB Resume from S3 This item is used to set t...

Page 46: ...KB Resume from S3 is set to Password this item allows you to input a password to wake up the system from S3 mode Hot Key Resume Wen PS 2 KB Resume from S3 is set to Hot KEY this item allows you to pre...

Page 47: ...PWM Temperature It allows you set a temperature value from which smart fan starts its operation Start PWM Value It allows you to set an initial PWM value to drive the fan when the temperature reaches...

Page 48: ...he next time when you enter the BIOS it will ask you to input this password to confirm your access right After you get the right to access the BIOS you then can select this setting again and press Ent...

Page 49: ...that enhance the motherboard features This chapter includes the following information Utility CD content Install driver and utility FOX ONE FOX LiveUpdate FOX LOGO FOX DMI Note Because each module is...

Page 50: ...r after all the drivers have been installed A NVIDIA MCP78 Chipset Driver B Realtek HDA Audio Driver C Realtek 811X LAN Driver 2 Software Utilities Use these options to install additional software pro...

Page 51: ...individual driver to install it manually 2 Install Utility You can select the specific utility to install Manual Installation Step by Step Exit the program Select to Install Utilities Select to Insta...

Page 52: ...ll require you to calibrate the CPU s loading Click OK to proceed and start the Utility F I S is a feature of FOX ONE which can automatically adjust your CPU clock based on your current system loading...

Page 53: ...mplify the whole FOX ONE control panel to a smaller information bar i e Simple Mode as depicted below you can drag this bar to any place on your screen to help you monitoring system status Click here...

Page 54: ...t Click this button to exit the program Minimum Click this button to drop the FOX ONE to Windows system tray located at the lower right corner of your screen Homepage Click this button to visit Foxcon...

Page 55: ...he Simple Mode Messages such as CPU frequency voltage etc they can be displayed one by one in Simple Mode 3 F I S Calibration FOX Intelligent Stepping Optional This function will re calibrate the CPU...

Page 56: ...2 After data is collected it will ask you to restart your computer now Later on when the FOX ONE program is activated and F I S feature in CPU Page is also enabled FOX ONE will automatically adjust yo...

Page 57: ...eck the highest CPU clock you can use System will raise the CPU clock step by step until it hangs you can then push the RESET button on your PC panel to restart the system When system restarts run FOX...

Page 58: ...ET button on the front panel of your system to restart the computer Run FOX ONE program again it will inform you the previous test found that 255MHz is the recommended CPU clock for your system Click...

Page 59: ...s speed to a minimum The four benchmarks Power Gaming Data Mining Office and Energy Saving the references of their system loading were calculated and defined in the FIS Calibration option of Configura...

Page 60: ...ert function Go to Limit Setting page Set high limit by dragging the lever Show current CPU temperature value Enable alert function when the CPU temperature is higher than high limit value Show curren...

Page 61: ...lert function Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever Show current CPU fan rpm value Enable alert function when the CPU fan runs slower than the low limit rpm value Show current low limit rpm value of...

Page 62: ...age manually CPU voltage can be stepped up down by a unit of 12 5mV while memory is 0 05V step and North Bridge is 0 04V step Set low limit rpm by dragging the lever Show current FAN1 fan rpm value En...

Page 63: ...ts you enable Smart Fan function or set the fan speed by manual When Smart Fan is selected you must use a 4 pin CPU cooler in your system Go to Fan page Set fan speed by dragging the lever Enable or d...

Page 64: ...g Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit Using FOX LiveUpdate 1 Local Update 1 1 Local Update BIOS Information This page lets...

Page 65: ...nsure if you really want to continue click Yes to confirm A setup wizard will guide you to load a local BIOS file to finish the operation You must remember from which directory to load your new BIOS f...

Page 66: ...ation 2 2 Online Update Update Driver This page lets you update your system drivers from Internet Click start it will search the new drivers from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update o...

Page 67: ...rom Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Browse detailed information Install the selected driver Close the window Select the driver to update Click here Current information S...

Page 68: ...ill search all new BIOS drivers utilities from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Click here Current information Search all new BIOS drivers utilities from Internet Browse...

Page 69: ...om Internet and if any qualified item found it will pop out a message on the task bar to inform you to do the next step Double click on the icon as show below you can see the detailed information Doub...

Page 70: ...gure System This page lets you set the backup BIOS location and change different skin of the FOX LiveUpdate utility Click here Set the location of download files or auto backup BIOS Determine if the F...

Page 71: ...hout any interruption 4 About Help This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate Click here Select which BIOS ROM to flash Only available to motherboard with backup BIOS ROM Apply the changes...

Page 72: ...ayed if you enable the BIOS Quiet Boot setting in Advanced BIOS Features menu Supporting Operating Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit...

Page 73: ...an easily analyze and troubleshoot your motherboard if there is any problem occurred Supporting Operating Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista...

Page 74: ...with new RAID built as data storage It includes the following information RAID Configuration Introduction NVIDIA MediaShield Driver Create two RAID Driver Diskettes RAID Enable in BIOS Select a RAID A...

Page 75: ...ng motherboard driver CD 5 A motherboard driver CD 6 Windows XP or Vista Install CD Creating a Non Bootable Array Existing Windows XP or Vista system with new RAID built as data storage Follow 5 5 to...

Page 76: ...tant for example a system that delivers video on demand TV programs to many viewers The configuration affects reliability and performance in different ways The problem with using more disks is that it...

Page 77: ...f striping and mirroring This configuration provides optimal speed and reliability but you need four SATA hard disks Spanning JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks Each drive is accessed as if it...

Page 78: ...TA Pri Master RAID is the SATA port 1 of the motherboard SATA Pri Slave RAID is the SATA port 2 SATA Sec Master RAID is the SATA port 3 SATA Sec Slave RAID is the SATA port 4 In section 5 3 later you...

Page 79: ...rand size and model number Though we are using four different hard disks as an example to describe RAID function in this chapter it is only helpful in explaining what the final disk volume of the RAID...

Page 80: ...et WinXP 32bit IDE WinXP sataraid Floppy Disk1 click on RaidTool icon to start the creation 3 Click GO to start 4 Select the desired destination FDD drive It can be the default drive A or any USB FDD...

Page 81: ...nished Click OK then click Close to continue copying of RAID driver into this diskette 9 Check if the first diskette contains the driver files 10 Go to CD Driver NVIDIA MCP78 Chipset WinXP 32bit IDE W...

Page 82: ...ne listing each key s function such as Tab Enter ESC etc It is helpful to make your choice easier MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Define a New Array RAID Mode Mirrored Stripe Block Optimal Free Disks Arr...

Page 83: ...nd keys to add the hard disks to the right drive panel Striped Optimal 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 11...

Page 84: ...Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Striped Optimal 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 79GB 0 0 WDC W...

Page 85: ...Enter to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul 27...

Page 86: ...ack F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB Mirrored 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB M...

Page 87: ...T3320620AS 298 09GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 79GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB All data on new or added disks will be overwritten Continue Y YES N NO M...

Page 88: ...to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Ar...

Page 89: ...ty Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Striped Mirror Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB...

Page 90: ...t value Press F7 to finish the setting 5 Press Y to continue and press Y again to select Clear MBR MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Define a New Array RAID Mode Mirrored Stripe Block Optimal Free Disks Ar...

Page 91: ...ormation of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Array List Ctrl X Exit Select B...

Page 92: ...el then use and keys to add the hard disks to the right drive panel Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB RAID5 0 0 WDC WD...

Page 93: ...y Port Disk Model Capacity Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup RAID5 Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 0 WDC W...

Page 94: ...ess Enter to know the detailed drive information of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul...

Page 95: ...pacity Add Del ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Spanned Optimal 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB...

Page 96: ...WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 1 HDS728080PLA38 76 69GB 0 2 Hitachi HDT725 232 88GB 0 0 WDC WD1200JD 9 111 79GB 0 3 ST3320620AS 298 09GB All data on new or added disks will be overwritten Continue Y YES N NO...

Page 97: ...d drive information of this RAID system Press D here allow you to delete previous settings and go back to the first time when MediaShield was started MediaShield BIOS Jul 27 2007 Array List Ctrl X Exi...

Page 98: ...may need to reboot the system again PC may not respond to your F6 input immediately and it keeps loading files until the next screen displays Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party...

Page 99: ...mine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s n...

Page 100: ...er manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen ENTER Select F3 Exit NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller required NVIDIA RAID Driver...

Page 101: ...ve a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass s...

Page 102: ...st To set up Windows XP on the selected item press ENTER To create a partition in the unpartitioned space press C To delete the selected partitions press D 238473 MB Disk 0 at id 1 on bus 0 on nvrd32...

Page 103: ...matted Setup will now format the partition Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select the file system you want and then press ENTER If you want to select a different partition for Windows XP press ESC F...

Page 104: ...n will ask you to insert the second RAID diskette into floppy drive Press Enter to continue when it is done 17 Setup will be coping files to the RAID disk array to create your new Windows XP system Yo...

Page 105: ...menu Enable the RAID function together with the SATA ports which have the hard disks and DVD drive connected Press F10 to save the settings and reboot To achieve the best performance and reliability w...

Page 106: ...ess Ctrl X keys to exit and go to Windows 4 In Windows click Cancel to skip any Found New Hardware Wizard Use driver CD and click on NVIDIA MCP78 Chipset Driver to install the NVIDIA RAID driver The R...

Page 107: ...allation of driver may take a while after the NVIDIA driver is installed it will ask you to click Finish to restart your computer 6 When Windows starts a Found New Hardware Wizard appears Click on Can...

Page 108: ...and Convert Disk Wizards appears Click Next to continue The RAID array is named as Disk1 and its status is unknown and not Initialized 8 A Select Disks to Initialize window will appear The disks liste...

Page 109: ...fore using it Right click Unallocated space select New Partition and follow the Wizard instructions 12 When New Partition Wizard appears click Next to continue 13 When Primary partition screen appears...

Page 110: ...5 103 17 The format of disk array Disk1 is in processing 18 Format completed now you can start using your RAID array...

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