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P35A Series Motherboard

User’s Manual

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Page 2: ...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 health which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product For more detailed information about recycling of this product please contact your local city office your household waste di...

Page 3: ...f radio 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 current 16A per phase EN 61000 3 3 A1 2001 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 2 Limits of voltage fluctuations and flicker in low voltage supply systems for equipment with rated...

Page 4: ...facturer 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 Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause...

Page 5: ...e 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 motherboard circuit or its components Also make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or within the computer casing If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related...

Page 6: ...in Menu 21 Standard BIOS Features 23 Fox Central Control Unit 24 Boot Configuration Features 31 Advanced BIOS Features 33 PCI PNP Resource Management 38 Power Management Features 40 Hardware Health Configure 42 BIOS Security Features 43 Load Optimal Defaults 44 Load FailSafe Defaults 44 Save Changes and Exit 44 Discard Changes and Exit 44 Chapter 4 CD Instruction Utility CD content 46 Install driv...

Page 7: ...lete RAID Volume 93 Reset Disks to Non RAID 95 Exit RAID BIOS 99 Install a New Windows XP 100 Existing Windows XP with RAID built as data storage 104 Appendix CrossFileTM Technology 108 Technical Support Website http www foxconnchannel com Support Website http www foxconnchannel com support online aspx or http www foxconnsupport com Worldwide E mail Support pcebg cisg support foxconn com CPU Memor...

Page 8: ...nly what you need for break through performance With advanced overclocking capability and a range of connectivity features for today multi media computing requirements P35A enables you to unleash more power from your computer This chapter includes the following information Product Specifications Layout Back Panel Connectors ...

Page 9: ...ess x16 slots 1 x PCI Express x1 slot 3 x PCI slots Onboard Serial ATA 6 x SATA connectors and one external SATA connector P35A S 4 x SATA connectors and one external SATA connector P35A 300MB s data transfer rate Support hot plug and NCQ Native Command Queuing Support RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 for P35A S Support Intel Matrix Storage Technology for P35A S USB Support hot plug Support up to 12 x...

Page 10: ...g P35A S only 400Mb s transmission rate Support 2 independent 1394a units synchronously at most PCI Express x1 Support 250MB s 500MB s concurrent bandwidth Low 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 Configuration and Power Interface Support S0 n...

Page 11: ...Power Connector PWR1 9 1394a Connector P35A S only 24 IDE Connector PIDE 10 TBL_EN Jumper 25 DDR2 DIMM Slots 11 SYS_FAN Header 26 CPU_FAN Header 12 WP_EN Jumper 27 North Bridge Intel P35 Chipset 13 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Header 28 LGA 775 CPU Socket 14 Front USB Connectors 29 FAN1 2 3 Connector 15 SATA Connectors 30 8 pin ATX 12V Power Connector PWR2 Note The above motherboard layout is for refer...

Page 12: ...e using this feature ensure that your audio system provides a coaxial digital audio in connector 5 External SATA Port To connect external SATA device s to your system by expanding the internal SATA port s to the chassis back panel External SATA device shall provide power by its own 6 USB Ports The USB port support the USB 2 0 1 1 specification Use these ports for USB devices such as an USB keyboar...

Page 13: ...e Right Link Status Description Status Description 1000M Off No Link Off No Link Green Blinking Data Activity Off 10Mb s Connection Green 100Mb s Connection Orange 1000Mb s Connection Active LED Link LED Port 2 channel 4 channel 5 1 channel 7 1 channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Microphone In Microphone In Micropho...

Page 14: ...fer to the motherboard layout prior to any installation and read the contents in this chapter carefully This chapter includes the following information Install the CPU and CPU Cooler Install the Memory Install an Expansion Card Install other Internal Connectors Jumpers Please visit this website for more supporting information about CPU Memory and VGA for your motherboard http www foxconnchannel co...

Page 15: ...of thermal grease on the surface of the CPU Do not turn on the computer if the CPU cooler is not installed otherwise overheating and damage of the CPU may occur Set the CPU host frequency in accordance with the CPU specifications It is not recommended that the system bus frequency be set beyond hardware specifications since it does not meet the standard requirements for the peripherals If you wish...

Page 16: ...place the metal cover and push the CPU socket lever back to its locked position 4 Check pin one marking triangle with the pin one corner of the CPU socket align the CPU notches with the socket alignment keys and gently put the CPU onto the socket Before installing the CPU make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the CPU C A U T I O N ...

Page 17: ...therboard That s it 3 Check the solder side of the motherboard the push pin should be fixed as depicted in the picture 3 2 1 4 Attach the 4 wire CPU cooler connector to the CPU FAN socket on the motherboard Release bolts of CPU cooler from motherboard 1 Turning the push pin bolt along with the direction of arrow counterclockwise 2 Pull the push pin straight up 3 Turning push pin clockwise to its d...

Page 18: ...Double Channel DS SS DS SS Double Channel DS SS DS SS DS SS DS SS DS Double Side SS Single Side No Memory Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory of the same capacity brand speed and chips be used Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installin...

Page 19: ...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 of the socket will snap into place when the memory module is securely inserted Notch 112 Pin 128 Pin Before installing a memory module make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from ...

Page 20: ...equired 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 Graphics Card Gently insert the graphics card into the PCI Express x16 slot Make sure the graphics card is locked by the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot Removing the Card Press the white latch...

Page 21: ... with the connector on the motherboard Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure 20 Pin Power 24 Pin Power Pin No 24 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON Soft On Off 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 Power Good 20 5V 9 5V SB Stand by 5V 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 3V 24 GND PWR1 24 13 12 1 We rec...

Page 22: ... any type of hard disk and CD DVD ROM RW drive You also can configure as a disk array through RAID controller Floppy Disk Drive Connector FLOPPY This motherboard includes a standard floppy disk drive FDD connector supporting 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB FDDs Pin No Definition Pin No Definition 1 GND 5 12V 2 GND 6 12V 3 GND 7 12V 4 GND 8 12V Connect a 4 pin power plug We recommend you use 8 ...

Page 23: ...irectional with sign Power Switch Connector PWR SW Connect to the power button on the front panel of the chassis Push this switch allows the system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supply button IrDA Connector IR This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving device 1394a Connector F_1394 P35A S Only The 1394a expansion cable can be connected to either the front pro...

Page 24: ...rovides four 10 pin USB headers on its motherboard By connecting through USB cables with them user can quickly build another eight USB ports on the front panel Serial ATA Connectors SATA_1 2 3 5 SATA_4 6 Optional The Serial ATA connector is used to connect with hard disks or CD devices which supporting this feature The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB s data transfer rate Speaker...

Page 25: ...beled as 1 2 The following table explains different types of the jumper settings Closed means placing a jumper cap on the two pins to temporarily short them The shorting can also be done by touching two pins by a screwdriver for a few seconds but using jumper cap is recommended It can prevent any ESD Electrical Static Discharge problem BIOS TBL Enable Jumper TBL_EN Occasionally user may go to webs...

Page 26: ...losed your BIOS code is fully protected and can not be modified Virus such as CIH can do nothing on your PC 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 etc Clear CMOS data is the fast way to go back to factory default when the BIOS settings were mistakenly modified The steps to clear CMOS...

Page 27: ... Menu Standard BIOS Features Fox Central Control Unit Boot Configuration Features Advanced BIOS Features PCI PNP Resource Management Power Management Features Hardware Health Configure BIOS Security Features Load Optimal Defaults Load FailSafe Defaults Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Since BIOS could be updated some other times the BIOS information described in this manual is for re...

Page 28: ...h as quick boot boot device priority etc Advanced BIOS Features The advanced system features can be set up through this menu There are IDE devices Super I O devices such as Serial I O Parallel port and other USB PCI Enhanced ports etc PCI PNP Resource Management PCI PnP features such as O S supporting IRQ DMA settings and bus master enabling disabling etc can be modified through this menu CMOS Set...

Page 29: ...rformance in some ways such as less I O cards less memory etc still it may cause problem if you have more memory or I O cards installed It means if your system loading is heavy set to 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 Load Failsafe Defaults The Failsaf...

Page 30: ...second respectively System Date weekday month date year format Day weekday from Sun to Sat this message is automatically displayed by BIOS Read Only Month month from 1 to 12 Date date from 1st to 31st Year year set up by users Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to input the value Floppy A This option allows you to select which kind of the Floppy Disk Drive is installed in your sys...

Page 31: ... one entry level model may provide very limited overclocking mechanism while in value edition design the complete overclocking functions are all provided More detailed explanations of FIS feature can be found from FOX One utility of Chapter 4 If you select Manual it means FIS is disabled You have to use the following three options to configure overclocking manually CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1...

Page 32: ... we install a DDR2 667MHz memory then FOX Ratio number will be set to 1 1 CPU FSB Speed DDR2 Speed CPU Clock Memory Clock FOX Ratio Select 1333MHz 800MHz 333MHz 400MHz 1 1 2 1333MHz 667MHz 333MHz 333MHz 1 1 1066MHz 800MHz 266MHz 400MHz 1 1 5 1066MHz 667MHz 266MHz 333MHz 1 1 25 800MHz 800MHz 200MHz 400MHz 1 2 800MHz 667MHz 200MHz 333MHz 1 1 66 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megat...

Page 33: ... Now CPU FSB Type is displaying 800MHz and Memory Target Frequency is displaying 500MHz We can say at this moment the memory physically 800MHz is underclocked 3 At CPU FSB Over Clock Choice setting try increasing the CPU Speed by pressing you can see each time when CPU Speed is increased the Memory Target Frequency is also increased Try increasing CPU Speed to 1066 MHz You can read Memory Target F...

Page 34: ... go above the total physical memory Disabled Do not allow remapping of memory DRAM Frequency This item is used to manually select a DRAM speed as a reference for overclocking Select a memory speed a FOX Ratio number and try increasing CPU FSB speed then your PC can be overclocked Auto means the memory speed is decided by the SPD device on DDR2 module Configure DRAM Timing by SPD This item is used ...

Page 35: ...d in the Memory Voltage Control setting Voltage ranges from 1 894V to 2 662V NB PCIE Voltage Control This item is used to set the Northern Bridge PCI Express voltage control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Voltage Options Voltage Options Help Item Current CPU Voltage 1 272 V CPU Voltage Margining Current Memory Voltage 1 728 V offset 12 5mV x Step Current GMCH Volt...

Page 36: ...SB is 800MHz When CPU frequency 2 8GHz maximum FSB is 533MHz Disabling this feature may come out a high temperature system and system would crash CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc CPU Configuration Configure advanced CPU settings Help Item Manufacturer Intel It is available Intel R Core TM 2 CPU 4300 1 80GHz only when the CPU Frequency 1 80GHz is not the XE CPU FSB S...

Page 37: ...orm attempts to insert code in the buffer the processor disables code execution preventing damage and worm propagation Replacing older computers with Execute Disable Bit enabled systems can halt worm attacks reducing the need for virus related repairs By combining Execute Disable Bit with anti virus firewall spyware removal e mail filtering software and other network security measures IT managers ...

Page 38: ...one is available When disabled the ROM BIOS of these host adaptors will not be able to capture Interrupt 19 Therefore you will not be able to boot operating systems from any bootable disks attached to these host adaptors Nor will you be able to gain access to their ROM setup utilities If you use separate IDE SCSI host adaptors you should enable this BIOS feature if you wish to boot from any drive ...

Page 39: ...sage Display This item is used to set whether displaying the information about pressing DEL key to run the BIOS setup Boot Device Priority This option is used to select the priority for boot devices After pressing Enter you can select the device using the Up Down arrow keys and change the device priority using or you can exit this menu by pressing Esc Removable Drives This option is used to specif...

Page 40: ...ced Settings Help Item WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections Configure the IDE may cause system to malfunction device s IDE Configuration Press Enter SuperIO Configuration Press Enter OnBoardDevice Configuration Press Enter Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Previous Values F8 Fail Safe Defaults F9 Optimized Defaults Press Enter CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 198...

Page 41: ...ntains two SATA controllers SATA 1 and SATA 2 1 SATA 1 controls four SATA devices they are in silkscreen SATA 3 port 0 4 port 2 5 port 1 6 port 3 on the motherboard SATA 4 6 are not populated in P35A 2 SATA 2 controls two SATA devices they are in silkscreen SATA 1 port 4 2 port 5 on the motherboard This item is used for SATA 1 configuration The available options are Disabled No function at all Com...

Page 42: ...uest IRQ for the onboard serial port Note Do not try to set the same values for serial ports 1 and 2 Serial Port2 Mode This item is used to set the serial Port2 mode The available settings are Normal IrDA 1 6us IrDA 3 16 bit Parallel Port Address This item is used to assign the base address for the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode This item is used to set the transmission mode of the paral...

Page 43: ...ss x16 graphics card PEG Port Configuration PEG Port This item is used to enable disable the PCI Express Graphics port USB Functions This item is used to set the USB functions You can select the amount of enabled USB ports HDA Controller This item is used to enable disable the High Definition Audio HDA controller on your motherboard SMBUS Controller This item is used to enable or disable the SMBUS...

Page 44: ...isable the Parallel ATA IDE PIDE drive controller on the motherboard Realtek Gigabit LAN This item is used to enable disable the gigabit Ethernet controller on the motherboard SLP_S4 Min Assertion Width SLP_S4 is a signal of Southern Bridge ICH chip It is for power plane control This signal shuts power to all non critical systems when in the S4 Suspend to Disk or S5 Soft Off state It can also be u...

Page 45: ...up Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc IRQ DMA Settings IRQ DMA Settings Help Item IRQ3 Available Available Specified IRQ4 Available IRQ is available to be IRQ5 Available used by PCI PnP IRQ7 Available devices IRQ9 Available Reserved Specified IRQ10 Available IRQ is reserved for IRQ11 Available use by Legacy ISA IRQ14 Available devices IRQ15 Available DMA Channel 0 Available DMA ...

Page 46: ... Higher values will actually reduce performance as too much time may be allocated to each PCI device to the disadvantage of other devices on the bus Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This item is used to allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Many high end graphics cards may require an IRQ to function properly Disabling this feature with such cards will cause improper operation and or poor performance Thus it is best to m...

Page 47: ...Suspend to RAM S4 The S4 sleeping state is the lowest power longest wake latency sleeping state supported by ACPI In order to reduce power to a minimum it is assumed that the hardware platform has powered off all devices Platform context is maintained also called Suspend to Disk S5 The S5 state is similar to the S4 state except that the OS does not save any context The system is in the soft off st...

Page 48: ...dling This item is used to set if add the ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list Keep it in default APIC ACPI SCI IRQ SCI System Control Interrupt This item is used to enable or disable the APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQs resources Keep it in default USB Device Wakeup From S3 S4 This item is used to enable disable the USB device wakeup from S3 S4 Restore on AC...

Page 49: ... limit When CPU detects itself staying at the highest temperature system will drive CPU FAN to run at its maximum speed Fan 1 Highest Second Third Fourth Lowest Setting These items are used to set the different levels of the fan speed 100 is its maximum speed CPU Temperature System Temperature CPU Fan Speed System Fan Speed Vcore 1 8V SUS 1 2V CORE 5V 12V 3 3V VCC VSB VBAT These items display the ...

Page 50: ...nable or disable function of intrusion detection CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Security Features Security Settings Help Item Supervisor Password Not Installed Install or Change the User Password Not Installed password Change Supervisor Password Press Enter Chassis Intrusion Disabled Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Previous Values...

Page 51: ...tion and press Enter it will pop out a dialogue box to let you load the defaults Select OK and then press Enter to load the defaults Select Cancel and press Enter it will not load The BIOS have set the basic and safest default functions to ensure the stability of your system If your computer fails to run properly then you may load this default to recover the system back to normal and carry out fai...

Page 52: ...s 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 independent so the section number will be reorganized and unique to each module please understand ...

Page 53: ...f one of your hard disks is crashed then you can recover it back by replacing a new hard disk Intel RAID driver controls the hard disks connected to SATA interfaces while JMicron RAID driver controls the hard disks connected to PATA interface A Intel Chipset Driver B Realtek HDA Audio Driver C Realtek 811X LAN Driver D Intel RAID Driver E JMicron RAID Driver 2 Software Utilities Use these options ...

Page 54: ...ll the other drivers left or you can click on each individual driver to install it manually 2 Install Utility You can select the specific utility to install Manual Installation Step by Step Automatic Installation by One Click Select to Install Utilities Select to Install Drivers Click to visit Foxconn s website Browse CD Exit the program Drop to System Tray ...

Page 55: ...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 Before you running the FOX ONE program the system parameters such as CPU clock voltage etc are controlled by BIOS settings After you run FOX ONE it will take over and the controlling right will be tr...

Page 56: ...in healthy state the alert lamp color is green When the system is in abnormal state the alert lamp color is red Switch Button Click this button it will simplify 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 to go back to FOX ONE full screen Click here w...

Page 57: ... Exit 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 Foxconn motherboard website http www foxconnchannel com Apply the changes Click the new skin picture to select the new skin Cancel the changes ...

Page 58: ...e 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 s loading and it may take several minutes to proceed The FOX ONE calibration process will apply different loadings to your CPU record PWM IC voltage together with the CPU clock running at these loading...

Page 59: ... 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 your CPU clock according to your system loadings Loadings are like Power Gaming Data Mining etc ...

Page 60: ...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 ONE again it will display a recommended highest CPU clock for you click Yes to apply it A message informs you to push RESET button later if the system hangs finally Click Yes to continue Press Auto b...

Page 61: ...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 Yes to apply it to your system Now your system is running at a CPU clock of 255MHz ...

Page 62: ... 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 Configuration menu Select Auto CPU will automatically adjust its clock according to current system loading 3 Frequency Page Frequency Control This page lets you set memory and PCI Express frequencies by manual ...

Page 63: ... by dragging the lever Show current system temperature value Enable alert function when the system temperature is higher than high limit value Show current high limit value of system temperature 4 Limit Setting 4 1 Limit Setting CPU Temperature This page lets you to set CPU high limit temperature and enable the alert function 4 2 Limit Setting System Temperature This page lets you to set system hi...

Page 64: ...w limit rpm by dragging the lever Show current system fan rpm value Enable alert function when the system fan runs slower than low limit rpm value Show current low limit rpm value of system fan 4 3 Limit Setting CPU Fan This page lets you to set CPU fan low limit rpm and enable the alert function 4 4 Limit Setting System Fan This page lets you to set system fan low limit rpm and enable the alert f...

Page 65: ...ge 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 Enable alert function when the FAN1 fan runs slower than low limit rpm value Show current low limit rpm value of FAN1 fan Go to Voltage page Select the option you want to set Adjust by manual Reset the c...

Page 66: ...s 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 disable smart fan function Apply the changes ...

Page 67: ...nline Supporting Operating 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 you know your system BIOS information Exit Toolbar Minimum Show current BIOS information Link to website ...

Page 68: ...sure 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 file with an extension of BIN for Award BIOS ROM for AMI BIOS before the setup wizard starts Key in a BIOS name Click here FOX LiveUpdate can automatically backup old BIOS before update This feature can...

Page 69: ...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 operation Click here Current information Search new BIOS from Internet Browse detailed information Update BIOS Close the window Select BIOS to update Click here Current information Search new drivers f...

Page 70: ...is page lets you update your system drivers from Internet Click start it will search all new BIOS drivers utilities from Internet Then follow the wizard to finish the update operation Browse detailed information Install the selected drivers Close the window Select the driver to update Click here Current information Search new utilities from Internet Click here Current information Search all new BI...

Page 71: ...art its searching from 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 the icon on the system bar you can see the detailed information Click here Set auto search options Select search which kind of versions Apply the changes Reset to default value Double click here ...

Page 72: ...us and without any interruption C A U T I O N We recommend that you should better keep the default setting unchanged to avoid any damage Click here Set the location of download files or auto backup BIOS Determine if the FOX LiveUpdate can auto run when the system starts up Select different skin of the software Apply the changes Reset to default value Click here Select which BIOS ROM to flash Only ...

Page 73: ...66 4 4 About Help This page shows some information about FOX LiveUpdate Click here Show information about FOX LiveUpdate ...

Page 74: ...ed if you enable the BIOS Quiet Boot setting in Boot Configuration 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 and 64 bit Using FOX LOGO Main Page When you change Logo or delete current Logo the system will flash BIOS file auto matically During this time please DO NOT shut down the application and the syst...

Page 75: ...n easily analyze and troubleshoot your mother board 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 32 bit and 64 bit Using FOX DMI Please operate this utility as the comments shows Click here to select the DMI Data format you need Click here to select the type you want to view ...

Page 76: ... Configuration Create RAID in BIOS Install a New Windows XP Existing Windows XP with RAID built as data storage You need to install Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver for the following conditions 1 P35A is selecting AHCI in its BIOS setting of SATA Mode Select 2 P35A S is selecting AHCI or RAID in its BIOS setting of SATA Mode Select Please refer to page 33 102 for detail The RAID BIOS Setup pict...

Page 77: ...CD To create RAID driver diskette if it is not bundled 6 Windows XP or Vista Install CD Existing Windows XP Vista system with new RAID built as data storage Follow 5 5 to go through the processes to build a new RAID data storage in your existing Windows XP system it includes 1 Copy RAID driver setup program to your hard disk Vista can skip 2 Follow 5 2 to set BIOS setting SATA mode to RAID or AHCI...

Page 78: ...or where speed is important 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 is more likely that one will go wrong but by using error checking the total system can be made more reliable by being able to survive and repair the failure Basic mirroring can...

Page 79: ...an be attached Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored array Due to the fault tolerance if any RAID 1 drive fails data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array RAID 5 Parity RAID 5 provides data striping at the byte level and also stripes error correction information This results in excellent performance and good...

Page 80: ...e introduced 1 Installing a new Windows XP in a brand new RAID system 2 Existing Windows XP system with new RAID built as data storage Steps to Install Serial ATA Hard Disks 1 Install SATA hard disks into the drive bays 2 Connect one end of the SATA cable to motherboard s SATA connector and the other end to SATA hard disk 3 Connect SATA power cable to the power connector of SATA hard disk Before i...

Page 81: ... your XP system is normally it is a 32 bit system Use Windows explorer and go to CD Driver Intel RAID Floppy Win2K_XP click on F6flpy32 exe to start the creation 4 Asking you to insert a diskette into floppy drive A 5 1 Create a RAID driver diskette If you want to install a brand new Windows XP on a RAID system you need to configure the SATA Mode in BIOS to either AHCI or RAID first You also need ...

Page 82: ...ur RAID system it will ask you to use this floppy diskette to provide driver for additional specific devices for example a RAID device 8 Install Serial ATA Hard Disks 8 1 Shut down your computer 8 2 Install SATA hard disks into the drive bays 8 3 Connect one end of the SATA cable to motherboard s SATA connector and the other end to SATA hard disk 8 4 Connect SATA power cable to the power connector...

Page 83: ...ID 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Non RAID Disk 2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Non RAID Disk 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Non RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Non RAID Disk Select ESC Exit Enter Select Menu Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved DISC VOLUME INFORMATION Main Menu 1 Create R...

Page 84: ...rror RAID 5 Stripes data and parity Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved HELP Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity TryRAID0 RAID0 Stripe Select Disks 128KB 0 0 GB Create Volume RAID0 Stripe Change TAB Next ESC Previous Menu Enter Select CREATE VOLUME MENU Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 10...

Page 85: ...0S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Non RAID Disk 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Non RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Non RAID Disk Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume Prev Next SPACE SelectDisk Enter Done SELECT DISKS 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Non RAID Disk CREATE VOLUME MENU Creating RAID 1 Name RAID Level Volume0 RAID0 Stripe Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0...

Page 86: ...ght C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved The default value indicates the maximum capacity using the selected disks Entering a lower capacity allows you to create a second volume on these disks Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity TryRAID0 RAID0 Stripe Select ...

Page 87: ...C865380 232 9GB Member Disk 0 2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Member Disk 0 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Non RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Non RAID Disk Select ESC Exit Enter Select Menu Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved DISC VOLUME INFORMATION Main Menu 1 Create RAID Volume Intel R Matrix Sto...

Page 88: ...R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved HELP Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Volume0 RAID0 Stripe Select Disks 128KB 0 0 GB Create Volume Volume0 CREATE VOLUME MENU Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Choose the RAID level...

Page 89: ... 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Non RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Non RAID Disk Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume Prev Next SPACE SelectDisk Enter Done 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Member Disk CREATE VOLUME MENU SELECT DISKS Creating RAID 1 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Intel R ...

Page 90: ... The following are typical values RAID0 128KB RAID10 64KB RAID5 64KB Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity TryRAID0 1 RAID0 Stripe Select Disks 128KB 265 8 GB Create Volume Change TAB Next ESC Previous Menu Enter Select HELP 128KB CREATE VOLUME MENU Intel R Matrix Storag...

Page 91: ...pe Size Status Bootable 0 TryRAID0 RAID0 Stripe 128KB 200 0GB Normal Yes 1 TryRAID0 1 RAID0 Stripe 128KB 265 8GB Normal Yes Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Member Disk 0 1 2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Member Disk 0 1 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Non RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Non RAID Disk Select ESC Exit...

Page 92: ...trix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved HELP Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Volume0 RAID0 Stripe Select Disks 128KB 0 0 GB Create Volume TryRAID1 CREATE VOLUME MENU Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Choose the RAID level RA...

Page 93: ...L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Non RAID Disk 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Non RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Non RAID Disk Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume Prev Next SPACE SelectDisk Enter Done 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Non RAID Disk CREATE VOLUME MENU SELECT DISKS Name RAID Level Volume0 RAID0 Stripe Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R...

Page 94: ...l ID 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Non RAID Disk 2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Member Disk 0 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Member Disk 0 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Non RAID Disk Select ESC Exit Enter Select Menu Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved DISC VOLUME INFORMATION Main Menu 1 Create...

Page 95: ... Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved HELP Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Volume0 RAID0 Stripe Select Disks 128KB 0 0 GB Create Volume TryRAID10 CREATE VOLUME MENU Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Choose the RAID leve...

Page 96: ...e Level Stripe Size Status Bootable 0 TryRAID10 RAID10 RAID0 1 N A 232 9GB Normal Yes Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Member Disk 0 2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Member Disk 0 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Member Disk 0 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Member Disk 0 Select ESC Exit Enter Select Menu Intel R Matrix Storage ...

Page 97: ... Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved HELP Name RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Volume0 RAID0 Stripe Select Disks 128KB 0 0 GB Create Volume TryRAID5 CREATE VOLUME MENU Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Choose the RAID level...

Page 98: ...axtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Non RAID Disk 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Non RAID Disk 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Non RAID Disk Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume Prev Next SPACE SelectDisk Enter Done 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Non RAID Disk CREATE VOLUME MENU SELECT DISKS Name RAID Level Volume0 RAID0 Stripe Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 101...

Page 99: ...5 8GB Normal Yes Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Non RAID Disk 2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Member Disk 0 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Member Disk 0 5 ST3300831AS 3NF02XH2 279 5GB Member Disk 0 Select ESC Exit Enter Select Menu Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel...

Page 100: ...Corporation All Rights Reserved HELP DELETE VOLUME MENU TryRAID5 RAID5 Parity 3 465 8GB Normal Yes Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID 2 Delete RAID Volume 4 Exit RAID Volume ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable 0 TryRAID5 RAID5 Parity 64KB 465 8GB Normal Yes...

Page 101: ... MENU ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST Are you sure you want to delete TryRAID5 Y N DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID 2 Delete RAID Volume 4 Exit RAID Volume None Defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status V...

Page 102: ... 5GB Non RAID Disk Select ESC Exit Enter Select Menu Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v7 6 0 1006 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 07 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved DISC VOLUME INFORMATION Main Menu 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to...

Page 103: ...d revert it to a non RAID disk WARNING Resetting a disk causes all data on the disk to be lost Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Member Disk 2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9GB Member Disk Are you sure you want to reset RAID data on selected disks Y N Previous Next SPACE Selects Enter Selection Complete RESET RAID DATD 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232...

Page 104: ...ON Main Menu 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1011 ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID 3 Delete RAID Volume 4 Exit RAID Volume ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable 0 TryRAID0 RAID0 Stripe 128KB 465 8GB Normal Yes Phiysical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Ststus V...

Page 105: ...DISC VOLUME INFORMATION Main Menu Degraded volume and disk available for rebuilding detected Selecting a disk initiates a rebuild rebuild completes in the operating system Select the port of the destination disk for rebuilding ESC to exit Port Drive Model Serial Size 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NCB1 WD WCANKC865380 232 9GB 4 ST3320620SV 9QF4YJGQ 298 1GB Previous Next Enter Select ESC Exit DEGRADED VOLUME DET...

Page 106: ... ICH9R wRAID5 Copyright C 2003 04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID 2 Delete RAID Volume 4 Exit RAID Volume ID Name Level Stripe Size Status Bootable 0 TryRAID5 RAID5 Parity 64KB 465 8GB Normal Yes Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID 0 WDC WD2500JS 60NWD WCANKC865380 232 9GB Non RAID Disk 2 Maxtor 6L250S0 L50SKP4G 232 9G...

Page 107: ... next screen displays Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver When you set the SATA Mode in BIOS to either AHCI or RAID you need to follow these steps to install your Windows XP system C A U T I O N CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Boot Device Priority Boot Device Priority Help Item 1st Boot Device CD DVD P2 TSSTcorp Specifies t...

Page 108: ...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 none To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drivers or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer...

Page 109: ...AHCI Controller Mobile ICH8M E M Intel R ICH8R ICH9R SATA RAID Controller Intel R ICH8R ICH9R SATA RAID Controller Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s Intel R ICH8R ICH9R SATA RAID Controller To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drivers or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a ma...

Page 110: ...from the floppy drive please remember 11 Follow the Windows XP install processes to finish the set up Windows XP Professional Setup The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP ad DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list To set up Windows XP on the selected item press ENTER To create a partition in the unpartitioned space press C To dele...

Page 111: ...set to AHCI or RAID 2 You d better have an IDE CD drive If you have a SATA CD drive and the BIOS SATA mode was set to AHCI or RAID in Windows XP platform this CD drive can not be recognized if Intel Matrix Storage Manager has not been installed If the system can not recognize it how can the driver be installed This is the reason why we need to come out a standard procedure for SATA CD drive users ...

Page 112: ... Cancel to skip this Wizard Click to exit CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc IDE Configuration IDE Configuration Help Item SATA Mode Select RAID Select SATA Work Mode Max Ports on SATA 6 Ports AHCI Configuration Press Enter Intel Matrix Storage Primary IDE Master Not Detected Manager driver only Primary IDE Slave Not Detected support on Secondary IDE Master Not Detect...

Page 113: ...106 5 5 Use Explorer to get into the Intel driver directory which was previously copied to the desktop 6 Click on Setup exe to install Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver ...

Page 114: ...107 5 7 Install complete 8 In Windows Explorer right click on My Computer click on Manage then click on Disk Management to format these new RAID disks Follow the Wizard to finish the job ...

Page 115: ... graphics card that works as the master graphics card CrossFireTM Ready graphics card from the same brand family that works as the slave graphics card For the detailed CrossFire Graphic Card support list on this motherboard please visit the website http www foxconnchannel com Using CrossFireTM Technology 1 Please uninstall any existing graphics card drivers which would possibly create a conflict b...

Page 116: ...dows XP 32 bit with SP2 or Windows XP Professional 64 bit Edition 7 Install Microsoft s NET Framework Version 1 1 Without it The ATI CatalystTM Control Center can not launch properly 8 Install the ATI graphics card drivers and restart your computer Then you will find ATI Catalyst Control Center on your desktop Power Extension Cable Connect to monitor Connect to slave graphics card DVI connector Co...

Page 117: ...anced CrossFireTM technology It is recommended using 400 450 Watt power supply or above to enjoy the benefit of CrossFireTM technology One PCI Express x16 slot will work at x16 mode and the other will work at x4 mode when you are using CrossFireTM technology The all new Radeon X1300 and X1600 graphics cards do not need a Cross FireTM Edition co processor or external cable C A U T I O N ...

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