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S-ATA RAID Configuration

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BIOS Configuration Utility

When the system powers on, wait for the following screen to appear and press
Tab key to enter BIOS configuration utility

The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below:

Summary of Contents for VIA K8T800

Page 1: ... VIA VIA VIA VIA VIA K8T800 K8T800 K8T800 K8T800 K8T800 mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD mainboard for AMD Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor Socket 754 based Athlon 64 processor User User User User User s s s s s Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual...

Page 2: ... EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES SHALL APPLY TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED UNDER LOCAL LAWS IN THE COUNTRY PURCHASED IN WHICH LOCAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW OR LIMIT THE EXCLUSION OF THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES ...

Page 3: ...te from the manufacturer s Web site 3 Replace mainboard 4 Remove and replace the add on card C1h C5h 1 Memory module inserted incorrectly 2 Memory compatibility problem 3 Memory module damaged 1 Reinsert memory module 2 Replace memory with correct type 3 Replace memory module 2Dh 1 Error occured in VGA BIOS 2 VGA card inserted incorrectly 1 Replace VGA card 2 Reinsert the VGA card 26h Overclock er...

Page 4: ... 3 Serial ATA 1 3 Mainboard Form Factor 1 4 I O Shield Connector 1 5 Power On Off Remote 1 5 System Block Diagram 1 6 Section 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure CPU Insertion 3 3 Jumper Settings 3 6 System Memory Configuration 3 7 Expansion Slots 3 9 Device Connectors 3 11 STR Suspend To RAM Function 3 17 CPU Overheating Protec...

Page 5: ...ures 4 24 Defaults Menu 4 26 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 27 Exit Selecting 4 28 Section 5 S ATA RAID Configuration Introduction 5 1 Key Features 5 3 BIOS Configuration Utility 5 4 Section 6 Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 6 1 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide 6 2 Appendix Appendix A Realtek Media Player User s Guide A 1 Appendix B Update Your System BIOS B 1 Appendix C EEP...

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Page 7: ... C Floppy drive cable D HDD ribbon cable E CD or diskette drivers and utilities F I O Shield G S ATA data and power cables Deluxe Pack Items H S ATA with Game port bracket for SATA3 SATA6 connector only Other Optional Items I Extra USB2 0 port cable G If you need the other optional item please contact your dealer for assistance H ...

Page 8: ...mation about all the new features AthlonTM 64 Processor deliver check out the AMD website at http www amd com Chipset Overview The board is designed with VIA chipset K8T800 as North Bridge and VT8237 as South Bridge providing a feature rich and scalable platform The K8T800 North Bridge is designed with an ultra fast HyperTransport link to the AthlonTM 64 and comes equipped with AGP 8X features for...

Page 9: ...oring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and status The features include CPU temperature voltage and fan speed in RPMs LAN Optional This mainboard is optionally mounted with LAN chipset It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub Serial ATA The evolutionary serial ATA interface replaces the standard parallel ATA physical storage ...

Page 10: ...ll help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs By integrating more I O down onto the board and better positioning the hard drive and floppy connectors material cost of cables and add in cards are reduced By reducing the number of cables and components in the system manufac turing time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability wi...

Page 11: ...A Please check the 5VSB s specification printed on the power supply s outer case Note The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your system configura tion amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed this minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or higher power supply I O Shield Connector The I O back panel for this mainb...

Page 12: ...Introduction Page 1 6 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram ...

Page 13: ... memory size BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS ACPI v2 0 compliant S3 Suspend to DRAM sleep state support SMBIOS System Management BIOS v2 2 compliant Supports Power failure recovery Supports Cool n Quiet power saving technology Able to wake the computer from specific states by LAN Power switch PME RTC alarm USB PS2 KB Mouse Modem ring on COM 1 Onboard Devices LAN Embedded 10 100Mbps Fast Ethernet...

Page 14: ...unction Audio Six channel audio with analog and digital output using Realtek ALC655 AC 97 CODEC AC 97 v2 3 compliant In 2 CH mode supports Line In Light Blue Line Out Lime and Mic In Pink at rear panel In 6 CH mode supports Rear speaker out Light Blue Front speaker out Lime and Center Subwoofer speaker out Pink at rear panel Supports CD In Aux In and S PDIF in out interface Supports Line out and M...

Page 15: ... connector One Front Panel Audio connector One Game port connector Six S ATA connectors 4 optional from Silicon Image Sil3114 chip Three Fan connectors Front Panel Controller Supports Reset Soft Off switches Supports HDD Power LEDs Supports PC speaker Expansion Slots One AGP slot supporting 1 5v 4X 8X AGP cards AGP v3 0 compliant Five PCI slots with Bus Master support PCI v2 2 compliant Special Fe...

Page 16: ...y without entering CMOS setup Supports exclusive KBPO Keyboard Power On function Power BIOS for excellent over clocking capabilities through subtle voltage tuning for CPU Memory AGP subtle frequency tuning on FSB CPU Overheating Protection P80P for system debugging Form Factor 305mm x 245 mm ATX size ...

Page 17: ...Installation Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION ...

Page 18: ...Installation Page 3 2 Mainboard Layout ...

Page 19: ...em Memory Configuration 3 4 Expansion Slots 3 5 Device Connectors 3 1 CPU Installation Figure 1 Figure 2 Step 4 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Step 1 Place the back plate into the two holes around the CPU area behind the mainboard Step 2 Place the retention mechanism on the mainboard as shown Step 3 Screw in the two pan head screws Figure 3 Figure 4 ...

Page 20: ... go in easily check for mis orienta tion and reinsert the CPU Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket Figure 5 Figure 6 Step 6 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever Step 7 Apply thermal compound to the top of the CPU and install the heatsink as shown Figure 7 Figure 8 Step 8 Press the clips in the direction of the arrows shown in Figure 8 to secure the asse...

Page 21: ...ge 3 5 Step 9 Plug the CPU fan power into the mainboard s CPU fan connector The installation is complete Figure 9 Note Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage ...

Page 22: ... supervisor or user password clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To CMOS Clear data please follow the steps below 1 Turn off the system 2 Change the jumper from 1 2 to 2 3 position for a few seconds 3 Replace the jumper on to the 1 2 position 4 Turn on the system and hold down the Del key to enter BIOS setup ...

Page 23: ...rts unbuffered DIMMs with a 64 bit data bus Supports ECC checking with double bit detect with single bit correct Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification Figure 10 and Table 1 show two possible memory configurations DDR DIMM 1 DDR DIMM 2 y r o m e M l a t o T 1 M M I D R D D 2 M M I D R D D B G 1 m u m i x a M M A R D S R D D B M 2 1 5 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 1 X B G...

Page 24: ...lacing the chip firmly into the socket and pressing straight down as shown in figure 12 until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 13 Figure 11 DIMM notch Figure 13 DIMM module clip after installation To remove the DIMM module press down the white clips and the module is ejected from the socket Figure 12 DIMM module clips before installation CENTER KEY ZONE...

Page 25: ... order to remove the bracket 5 Align the card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot 6 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed in step 4 7 Replace the system unit cover 8 Power on the PC 9 Enter the BIOS step program to make the necessary settings 10 Save the settings and restart the PC 11 Install the software drivers of the expansion c...

Page 26: ... AGP card edge connector is not inserted properly 1 AGP card component is not blocked by DIMM socket lock 2 AGP slot clicker is locked 3 AGP card edge connector is inserted properly 1 AGP slot clicker is not locked 2 AGP card edge connector is not inserted properly 1 AGP slot clicker is locked 2 AGP card edge connector is inserted properly ...

Page 27: ...nd 12V Sence JCPU_FAN Ground 12V Sence JSYS_FAN JCPU_FAN JSYS_FAN S PDIF Sony Philips Digital InterFace connector This connector links digital audio between the mainboard and your audio devices such as CD player sampler or DAT recorder It allows the digital transmission of audio data in S PDIF format 1 5 2 6 VCC NC GND SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT JPWR_FAN JPWR_FAN 3 5 Device Connectors COM1 Parallel Port C...

Page 28: ... Connector PW2 4 pin ATX12V Power Connector The mainboard is equipped with a standard 20 pin ATX main power connector and a 4 pin 12V power connector for connecting an ATX12V power supply The plugs of the power cables are designed to fit in only one orientation Find the proper orientation then insert the plugs into the connectors until they fit in place Caution The PW1 and PW2 Power Connector must...

Page 29: ...ont Panel Audio Connector When the jumpers are removed this connec tor can be used for front panel audio The front panel line out phone jack should have a normal close switch Without a phone plug inserted the rear panel audio is enabled With phone plug inserted the rear panel audio will be disabled Rear Line out FR Front Line out R Rear Line out FL Front Line out L MIC_In NC 5V Key GND In 2 Channe...

Page 30: ...ct Serial ATA devices that conform to the Serial ATA specification SATA2 1 GND A B B GND A GND SATA1 GAME1 Game MIDI connector This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick SATA3SATA4 SATA5 SATA6 There is an optional S ATA with Game port bracket for external storage connection This bracket connects to SATA3 SATA4 STAT5 SATA6 connector only ...

Page 31: ...bles to this 10 pin connector USB2 0 allows data transfer speed up to 480Mbps CUSB3CUSB4 CAUTION Please make sure the USB cable has the same pin assignment A different pin assignment may cause damage to the system If you need the USB cable please contact our retailer LED 80 Port Debug LED Provides two digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot Allows quick and easy optimization 80 Port De...

Page 32: ...ystem PW_ON This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose either Instant Off turn off system immediately or 4 sec delay push the button for 4 seconds to turn off the system When the system is in 4 sec delay mode suspend mode is enabled by pushing the button momentarily CIR IR connector Connect your IrDA cable to the IR connector 1 VCC 4 GND...

Page 33: ...Enabled c Install Windows XP 2000 ME 98SE d Restart the system e When in Windows open the Control Panel Power Management application and click the Advanced tab In the Power buttons section select Stand By from the drop down lists 2 To activate the STR function a Click the START button and choose Shut Down b In the Shut Down Windows dialog box select the Stand By option to enter STR mode The follow...

Page 34: ...setup is required To power on your system again Step 1 Unplug the ATX power cord or turn off the ATX power supply switch Step 2 Wait a few minutes for the CPU to cool Step 3 Check that the CPU heatsink and cooling fan assembly is properly installed Be careful when touching the heatsink as it may be hot Step 4 Plug back the ATX power cord or turn on the ATX power supply switch and power on the syst...

Page 35: ...in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail causing CMOS data loss If this happens you will need install a new CMOS battery and reconfigure your BIOS settings The BIOS setup screen and description are for reference only and may not exactly match what you see on your screen The contents of BIOS are subject to change without notice Pl...

Page 36: ...ed item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose STANDARD CMOS FEATURES in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 Standard CMOS Features Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time type of hard disk drive installed floppy drive type and display type Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and ...

Page 37: ...is a mode used to support a special 3 5 inch drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 inch disk that stores 1 2 MB The default setting for this is disabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the board Pressin...

Page 38: ...k Power On Self Test This category speeds up the Power On Self Test POST The default is Enabled Enabled This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST Disabled NormalPOST First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Options Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDRO...

Page 39: ...epeated by a keyboard press The default is 6 Options 6 30 characters per second Typematic Delay msec This setting controls the time between the first and the second character displayed by typematic auto repeat The default is 250 Options 250 500 750 1000 msec Gate A20 Option This refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB extended memory Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyb...

Page 40: ...bus definitions Enable this for Windows NT or Linux For older operating systems select Version 1 1 Options 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64 MB Some operating systems require special handling Use this option only if your system has greater than 64 MB of memory The default is Non OS2 OS2 Select this if you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM Non OS2 Select this for all ...

Page 41: ...k Data Rate This item allows you to select VLink Data Rate Options 4X 8X Init Display First If two video cards are used 1 AGP and 1 PCI this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter The default is PCI Slot Options PCI Slot AGP System BIOS Cacheable This item allows the system to be cached in memory for faster execution The default is Enabled Options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 42: ...formation DDR Timing Selecting by This option sets DRAM access timing parameters Select Auto to follow SPD Serial Presence Detect information on DRAM module or set to Manual to set by next item selection Options Manual Auto Max Memclock Mhz This item sets the memory clock By placing an artificial memory clock limit on the system Memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency Example 2...

Page 43: ...This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto to avoid any error to your system Options Auto Manual AGP Fast Write Selecting Enabled allows to use Fast Write Protocol for 4X AGP card Options Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled Writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port...

Page 44: ... size bus Options Auto 800MHz 600MHz 400MHz 200MHz PCI1 2 Master 0 WS Write When Enabled Writes to the PCI bus are commanded with zero wait states Options Enabled Disabled PCI1 2 Post Write Enables CPU to PCI bus POST write Options Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance ...

Page 45: ...5 IntegratedPeripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Scroll to VIA Onchip IDE Device and press Enter The following screen appears SATA Mode This allows you to set RAID mode for Serial ATA devices Refer to section 5 for more RAID information Options RAID IDE ...

Page 46: ...nabled Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 to 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automati cally determines the best mode for each device Options Auto Mode 0 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Select ...

Page 47: ...ess for the Game port Options 201 209 Disabled Midi Port Address Select an address for the Midi port Options 290 300 330 Disabled Midi Port IRQ Select an interrupt for the Midi port Options 5 10 VIA Onchip LAN Optional Enables the onboard LAN feature Options Auto Disabled VIA 6102 MAC Address Input Optional Allwos you to input MAC address Onboard Lan Boot ROM Optional Enable disable the onboard LA...

Page 48: ...or USB mouse under DOS Options Enabled Disabled Super IO Device Scroll to Super IO Deivce and press Enter The following screen appears Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller FDC If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Options Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Select an address and corresp...

Page 49: ... Duplex Mode This item allows you to select IR half full duplex function Options Half Full Use IR Pins This item allows you to select IR transmission routes one is RxD2 TxD2 COM Port and the other is IR Rx2Tx2 Options IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port Options 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows the us...

Page 50: ...ACPIFunction Enables the APCI function Options Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1 Power On Suspend or S3 Suspend To RAM function Options S1 POS S3 STR S1 S3 Power Management Option Use this to select your Power Management selection The default is User define Max saving Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode Min saving Minimum power saving...

Page 51: ... is V H Sync Blank V H Sync Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied by your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen ...

Page 52: ... Event Activity Detect and press Enter The following screen appears PS2KB Wakeup Select This item allows you to select Hot Key or Password to wake up the system by PS2 Keyboard If Password is selected press Enter key to change a password with max 8 numbers Options Hot key Password PS2KB Wakeup form S3 S4 S5 This item allows you to set a Hot Key to wake up the system by PS2 Keyboard Options Disable...

Page 53: ... Enabled Disabled PowerOn by OnBoard LAN This item allows you to power on the system by onboard LAN from soft off state Options Enabled Disabled Modem Ring Resume When set to Enabled any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken the system from suspend state Options Enabled Disabled RTC Alarm Resume When set to Enable rtc alarm resume you can set the date of month and time hh mm ss that will a...

Page 54: ...you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have ever plugged Legacy cards to the system and their data remains recorded into ESCD Extended System Configuration Data you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD data Resources Controlled By Determines what controls system PNP PCI resources The default is Auto ESCD Manual PNP Card s resources are...

Page 55: ...Disabled will free the IRQ for use by other devices Options Enabled Disabled Interrupt requests are shared as shown below IMPORTANT When using PCI cards on shared IRQ slots make sure its drivers support Shared IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments IRQ conflicts between the two PCI groups will make the system unstable or cards inoperable A T N I B T N I C T N I D T N I 1 I C P V 2 I C P...

Page 56: ... Enabled CPU Warning Temperature Sets the temperature at which the computer will respond to an overheating CPU Options Disabled 50O C 122O F 70O C 158O F Current System CPU Temperature Displays the current system CPU temperature Current CPU Chassis FAN Speed Displays the current speed of the CPU and chassis fan speed in RPMs Vcore The voltage level of the CPU Vcore VDIMM The voltage level of the D...

Page 57: ... the switching power supply Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system The default is Disabled Options available are 60o C 140o F to 75o C 167o F in increments of 5o C ...

Page 58: ...9 Frequency VoltageControl Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the mainboard automatically disables the clock source for a PCI slot which does not have a module in it reducing EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference Options Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference generated by the system Options Disabled Enabeld CPU Clock...

Page 59: ...Vcore voltage Options Default 1 350V to 1 550V in 0 025V increment and 1 550V to 1 750V in 0 050V increment We recommend that you leave this at the default value DIMM Voltage This item allows you to adjust the DIMM slot voltage Options 0 00V to 0 30V in 0 10V increments We recommend that you leave this at the default value AGP Voltage This item allows you to adjust the AGP slot voltage Options 0 0...

Page 60: ... get a confirmation dialog box LoadFail SafeDefaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box LoadOptimizedDefaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor mance system operations ...

Page 61: ... to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to key in each time you enter Setup This prevents an unauthor...

Page 62: ...your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits...

Page 63: ... the reserved sector that identifies the drive as a member All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few different methods The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels Different RAID levels represent different performance levels security levels and implementation co...

Page 64: ...e will continue to function Due to redundancy the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive Under a RAID 1 setup an extra drive called the spare drive can 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 workin...

Page 65: ... VIA SATA RAID 1 Support two SATA hard disk drives 2 Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB 48 bits LBA 3 Supports RAID 0 1 and JBOD 4 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support 5 Bootable disk or disk array support 6 Windows based RAID configure and management software tool Compatible withBIOS 7 Real time monitoring of device status and error alarm with popup message box and beeping 8 Support...

Page 66: ... BIOS Configuration Utility BIOS Configuration Utility BIOS Configuration Utility BIOS Configuration Utility When the system powers on wait for the following screen to appear and press Tab key to enter BIOS configuration utility The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below ...

Page 67: ...r a list of array modes will appear High light the target array mode that you want to create and press Enter to confirm the selection If RAID 1 is selected an option list will popup and enable the users to select Create only or Create and duplicate Create only will allow BIOS to only create an array The data on the mirroring drive may be different from the source drive Create and duplicate lets BI...

Page 68: ...drives are new ones when wanting to create an array Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements When using Select Disk Drives the channel column will be activated Highlight the target drives that you want to use and press Enter to select them After all drives have been selected press Esc to go back to the creation steps menu 4 If user selects a RAID 0 array in st...

Page 69: ...AID can be deleted after it has been created To delete a RAID use the following steps 1 Select Delete Array in the main menu and press Enter The channel column will be activated 2 Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press Enter A warning message will show up press Y to delete or press N to cancel Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 ar...

Page 70: ...ower screen If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array When booting up the system BIOS will detect if the RAID 1 array has any incon sistencies between user data and backup data If BIOS detects any inconsistencies the status of the disk array will be marked as critical and BIOS will prompt the user to duplicate the RAID 1 in order to en...

Page 71: ... user to duplicate the array after booting into operating system If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 array but there is no spare hard drive available for rebuilding the array BIOS will provide several operations to solve such problem 1 Power off and Check the Failed Drive This item turns off the computer and replaces the failed hard drive with a good one If your computer does not support APM you must ...

Page 72: ...choosing a hard drive the channel column will be activated Highlight the target hard drive and press Enter a warning message will appear Press Y to use that hard drive to rebuild or press N to cancel Please note selecting option Y will destroy all the data on the selected hard drive 4 Continuetoboot This item enables BIOS to skip the problem and continue booting into OS ...

Page 73: ...supported drivers utilities and software Step 1 Click SERVICE PACK 4IN1 DRIVER to install all components recommended Step 2 Click AC 97 AUDIO DRIVER to install audio driver Step 3 Click VIA 6103 LAN DRIVER to install VIA LAN driver Optional Step 4 Click 3COM LAN DRIVER to install 3COM LAN driver Optional Step 5 Click USB V2 0 DRIVER to install USB2 0 driver Step 6 If your mainboard is equipped wit...

Page 74: ... For more detailed information refer to Sound Manager manual in the CD Sound Effect 1 Right click Sound Effect button on the task bar and select Sound Manager 2 Select Sound Effect page to set the desired audio environment from the pull down menu There are in total 23 kinds of sound effect a For Karaoke function Voice Cancellation only for 2 channels mode removes the human voice Key lets you adjus...

Page 75: ... There are 10 bands of equalizer control check ON when you want to adjust the equalizer Figure 4 4 This page displays the mainboards s phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode no of speaker is selected Figure 4 above shows the phone jack setup for 2 channel mode ...

Page 76: ...age 6 4 Figure 5 5 For 6 channel mode the audio combination is shown above Figure 6 6 To test the speaker select the Speaker Test page and click directly on the speakers shown on the screen Speaker Test Speaker Configuration ...

Page 77: ...ur system a Click Auto Lock to detect S PDIF input and display its information b Check Real time S PDIF In monitor to listen to the S PDIF IN signal through Line out connector Figure 8 SPDIF Out 8 This page lets you choose the type of audio source that will appear on the S PDIF out connector ...

Page 78: ...ensing 9 Push Start button to start the sensing Please remember to terminate all audio applications before starting the sensing 10 EZ Connection shows the result of the detection Audio Connector column reflects the settings used in the Speaker Configuration page Current Connection column shows the type of device detected If the results do not match an exclamation mark will appear on the right side...

Page 79: ... After closing EZ Connector this page will show the latest connector status as above Figure 12 12 This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software To remove Sound Manager icon from Windows Task bar uncheck Show icon in system tray General ...

Page 80: ...Drivers Installation Page 6 8 ...

Page 81: ... Playback Windows Display Playback windows displays the following mode information 1 Playback Time Display 2 Voice Cancellation Mode Display 3 Pitch Mode Display 4 Surround Sound Mode Display Realtek Media Player Platform A B C D E 06 Reo Speedwagon K 03 31 F G H I J H K 06 Reo Speedwagon ...

Page 82: ... below e d o m d n u o r r u S e d o m d n u o r r u S c i r e n e G r o d i r r o c e n o t S d e d d a P y e l l A m o o R t s e r r o F m o o r h t a B y t i C m o o r g n i v i L n i a t n u o M e n o t S y r r a u Q m u i r o t i d u A n i a l P t r e c n o C t o l g n i k r a P e v a C e p i p r e w e S a n e r A r e t a w r e d n U r a g n a H g u r D t e p r a C y z z i D y a w l l a H l a...

Page 83: ...ear Clear the Title Play List 4 Load Load Title Play List 5 Store Save Title Play List G Title Play List Scroll bar Scroll Up Down the Title Play List H Recording Function Controls The recording function controls include Input Save New Rec Stop Play 1 Input Input soruce select 2 Save Save to file 3 New Open new file select format includes Sampling Rate Sampling bit Mono or Stereo 4 Rec Start Rec 5...

Page 84: ... control include Minimize Close 1 Minimize Minimize Platform Display Panel 2 Close Close Exit Platform Display Panel K EqualizerControlPanel The Equalizer Control Panel include On Off Preset 1 On Off Enable Disable Equalizer 2 Preset Clear Equalizer setting to default value ...

Page 85: ...and it will self extract Copy these extracted files to a bootable DOS floppy disk Note The DOS floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs 1 Type A AWDFLASH and press Enter Key 2 You will see the following setup screen 3 Please key in the xxxxx bin BIOS file name 4 If you want to save the previous BIOS data to the diskette please key in Y otherwise please key in N xxxxx bin XXXX...

Page 86: ...ame to save previous BIOS to file 6 To confirm and proceed please key in Y to start the programming 7 The BIOS update is finished xxxxx bin F1 Reset F10 Exit XXXXX XXXX xxxxx bin xxxxx bin XXXXX XXXX xxxxx bin xxxxx bin XXXXX XXXX ...

Page 87: ... C 1 EEPROM BIOS Remover Do not remove the BIOS chip unless instructed by a technician and only with a PLCC IC extractor tool The BIOS socket is fragile may be damaged if an improper method to replace the BIOS chip is applied ...

Page 88: ...Appendix C 2 ...

Page 89: ...t special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0B 0Dh Reserved 0Eh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beepin...

Page 90: ...y information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory I O resource Search for a valid VGA device VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 24 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC f...

Page 91: ...56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch 5E 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utilit...

Page 92: ... not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure 3 Switch screen back to text mode 4 Set up ACPI table at top of memory 5 Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot...

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