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Hardware Installation

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Warning:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, proces-
sor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the
upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only.
If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protec-
tion by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal
part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish
and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any proce-
dures requiring ESD protection.

System Memory

Warning:

When the DRAM Power LED lit red, it indicates that power is
present on the DIMM sockets. Power-off the PC then unplug the
power cord prior to installing any memory modules. Failure to do so
will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components.

The 6 DIMM sockets on the system board are divided into 3
channels:

Channel A - DIMM 1 and DIMM 2
Channel B - DIMM 3 and DIMM 4
Channel C - DIMM 5 and DIMM 6

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DIMM 1
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DRAM
Power LED

DIMM 3
DIMM 4

Channel C

DIMM 5
DIMM 6

Summary of Contents for X58-T3EH6

Page 1: ...System Board User s Manual...

Page 2: ...implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any par ticular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer re serv...

Page 3: ...ticular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to cor...

Page 4: ...CPU Northbridge Heat Sink Jumper Settings Rear Panel I O Ports Internal I O Connectors Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Switchable Modes for Overclocking Award BIOS Setup Utility RAID BIOS Updating the BIOS Chap...

Page 5: ...tallation modification accidents or unau thorized repair of the product 3 Unless otherwise instructed in this user s manual the user may not under any circumstances attempt to perform service adjust m...

Page 6: ...ends Important Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your processor disk drive and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station...

Page 7: ...similar to the information listed above This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more infor mation about the standard package in your region please contact...

Page 8: ...6 4GT s Six 240 pin DDR3 DIMM sockets DDR3 800 1066 1333 1600 O C MHz DIMMs Triple channel memory architecture Supports up to 24GB system memory Delivers up to 43 2GB s bandwidth Unbuffered x8 x16 non...

Page 9: ...ector for an external IEEE 1394 port 1 front audio connector 1 CD in connector 1 IrDA connector and 1 CIR connector 8 Serial ATA connectors 1 40 pin IDE connector and 1 floppy connector 1 24 pin ATX p...

Page 10: ...ple lanes The x16 PCI Express lane supports transfer rate up to 5Gb s The onboard Realtek ALC889 is a High Definition audio codec and the 6 audio jacks at the rear I O panel pro vides 8 channel audio...

Page 11: ...ification It supports up to 63 devices that can run simultaneously on a system 1394 is a fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps In addition to its high speed it...

Page 12: ...e CPU s temperature exceeded the temperature limit pre de fined by the CPU the system will automatically shutdown This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a saf...

Page 13: ...rough an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Important T...

Page 14: ...ton or selecting Standby when you shut down the system without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operat ing system This is because the system is cap...

Page 15: ...Speaker On Off J P8 Safe boot J P1 Secondary RTC Reset J P12 PCIE 1 PCIE 3 PCIE 4 1 1 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 4 DIMM 3 DIMM 6 DIMM 5 Fan 3 SPI Flash BIOS PS 2 power select J P7 DRAM Power LED USB 6 11 sele...

Page 16: ...ailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any proce dures requiring ESD protection System Memory Warning When the DRAM Power LED lit red it indicates that power is pres...

Page 17: ...te When installing 2 modules install in DIMM1 and DIMM3 or DIMM3 and DIMM5 The system will not boot when a module is installed in DIMM2 DIMM4 or DIMM6 Channel A Channel B Channel C 3 modules 4 modules...

Page 18: ...rations are for reference only 1 Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate the DIMM socket on the system...

Page 19: ...rmly until it is com pletely seated in the socket 6 Grasping the module by its edges position the module above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket The keying mec...

Page 20: ...p and or contacts are the cap is missing or the cap and or contacts are the cap is missing or the cap and or contacts are the cap is missing or the cap and or contacts are the cap is missing or the ca...

Page 21: ...the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate the LGA 1366 CPU socket on the system board Important The CPU socket must...

Page 22: ...ever 6 Lift the load plate Load lever Load plate 7 Remove the protective cap from the CPU socket The cap is used to protect the CPU socket against dust and harmful particles Re move the protective cap...

Page 23: ...with the corner of the CPU socket shown on the right photo Gold triangular mark The CPU s notch will at the same time fit into the socket alignment key Important The CPU will fit in only one orientat...

Page 24: ...and heat sink assembly If your CPU was purchased separately make sure to use only Intel certified fan and heat sink 1 Before you install the fan heat sink you must apply a thermal paste onto the top o...

Page 25: ...ound the socket Mounting hole 4 Rotate each push pin according to the direction of the arrow shown on top of the pin Push down two push pins that are diagonally across the heat sink Perform the same p...

Page 26: ...26 2 Hardware Installation 5 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board...

Page 27: ...heat sink will dissipate heat generated by the Northbridge Without the heat sink the Northbridge will overheat damaging both the Northbridge and the system board The system board comes with the heat s...

Page 28: ...r caused system boot up problems you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS JP10 is accessible from the rear panel of the system This provides convenience by allowin...

Page 29: ...Power Select X USB 6 11 JP5 X USB 0 5 JP6 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default 1 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the syst...

Page 30: ...PC s speaker By default the buzzer is on allowing you to hear the system s beep messages and warnings If you intend to use an exter nal speaker turn this function off by setting JP8 pins 1 and 2 to On...

Page 31: ...1 Power off the system then unplug the power cord 2 Set pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds then set the jumper back to its default setting pins 1 and 2 On 3 Plug the power cord then power on t...

Page 32: ...e manageability register bits in the RTC Note 1 The SRTCRST input must always be high when all other RTC power planes are on 2 In the case where the RTC battery is dead or missing on the platform the...

Page 33: ...his setting will allow the system to automatically run according to the CPU s FSB If you want to change the setting please refer to the table below JP15 JP14 JP13 By CPU 1 2 On 1 2 On 1 2 On FSB 800 3...

Page 34: ...JP26 JP27 CPU_VTT 1 2V default 1 4V 1 6V JP26 1 2 On 2 3 On 2 3 On JP27 1 2 On 2 3 On 1 2 On JP26 and JP27 are used to select the CPU s voltage PS 2 K B Optical S PDIF out USB 8 9 USB 10 11 Coaxial S...

Page 35: ...age peripherals The 10 pin connector allows you to connect an additional 1394 port Your 1394 port may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear...

Page 36: ...s may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then connect the USB port cables to these connectors LAN Port The LAN por...

Page 37: ...ers of the audio system Line in Light Blue This jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player tape player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Line out Front Right Left Jack Lime...

Page 38: ...TA 7 and SATA 8 Configuring RAID Refer to the RAID chapter in this manual for more information about creating RAID on Serial ATA drives SATA 1 2 SATA 7 8 I O Connectors SATA 5 6 SATA 3 4 Mic in Jack P...

Page 39: ...IDE disk drive connector is used to connect 2 IDE disk drives An IDE cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into this connector and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end...

Page 40: ...erating system to use the IrDA CIR function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information Serial COM Connector The serial COM connector is used to connect modems serial...

Page 41: ...ans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent over heating the CPU and system board components X X CPU fan Fan 2 System fan X NB fan Fan 1 1 3 Ground Power N C X X X Sense Power...

Page 42: ...the power switch and reset switch on the system board are user friendly especially to DIY users They provide conven ience in powering on and or resetting the system while fine tuning the system board...

Page 43: ...power on the system POST will detect the status of the system and its components Each code displayed on the LED corresponds to a certain system status Warning When the DRAM Power LED and or Standby P...

Page 44: ...ector Your power supply unit may come with an 8 pin or 4 pin 12V power connector The 12V power enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM If available i...

Page 45: ...rds peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided we strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400 Watt or greater power supply Important Insuff...

Page 46: ...stem s configuration such as the wattage of the power supply the se quence of the supplied power as well as the number of periph eral devices connected to the system Due to this reason we strongly rec...

Page 47: ...AKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ATX SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that...

Page 48: ...BT PWRBT N C N C Ground H W Reset Speaker Data N C Ground Speaker Power LED Power LED Power LED Power or Standby Signal Download Flash BIOS Connector 1 GROUND 2 8 7 SPI_VCC3 SPI_CS0B SPI_MIS0 SPI_HOLD...

Page 49: ...card into the x16 slot align the graphics card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot The retaining clip of the slot will automatically hold the graphics c...

Page 50: ...all front panel cables from the chassis to the front panel smart connector Connect according to the pin definition shown on the smart connector Front Panel Connectors USB 1394 Front Panel 2 Connect th...

Page 51: ...simply pressing F9 in the main menu of the Award BIOS utility then pressing Y to select Advance Mode The Advance mode will display a wide range of fields useful in overclocking the board Phoenix Award...

Page 52: ...ppear on the screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by press ing the Ctrl Alt and Del...

Page 53: ...in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for refer ence only Your version may not be identical to this one Date mm dd yy...

Page 54: ...quire that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical t...

Page 55: ...ming Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track Drive A and Drive B These f...

Page 56: ...d during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error All...

Page 57: ...5 7 3 BIOS Setup Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system...

Page 58: ...ty Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select for DRAM 64MB Report No FDD For WIN 95 Full Screen LOGO Show Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level X...

Page 59: ...n the list Press ESC to exit this menu Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit 1 Floppy Disks Hard Disk Boot Priority This field is used to select the boot sequence of the hard drives Move the cu...

Page 60: ...ctor table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this field CD ROM Boot Priority This field is used to select the boot sequence...

Page 61: ...s booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You must have two floppy drives to use this function Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk driv...

Page 62: ...lding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a moment and if the key is still...

Page 63: ...the promp APIC Mode This field is used to enable or disable the APIC mode MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using OS Select for DRAM 64M...

Page 64: ...field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of...

Page 65: ...cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Util...

Page 66: ...oins are Enabled and Disabled VT d The optioins are Enabled and Disabled VT d Isoch Enable The optioins are Enabled and Disabled VT d ATS Enable The optioins are Enabled and Disabled VT d Interrupt Re...

Page 67: ...ptimized Defaults X OnChip IDE Device X Onboard Device X SuperIO Device X USB Device Setting Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter OnChip IDE Device The settings on the screen are for refere...

Page 68: ...tion allows you to create RAID or Intel Matrix Storage configuration on Serial ATA devices AHCI This option allows the Serial ATA devices to use AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface Legacy Mode Sup...

Page 69: ...used to enable or disable the onboard HD audio The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Onboard LAN Onboard 1394 Onboard HD Audio Phoenix AwardBI...

Page 70: ...ot Key Power On field Any Key Press any key to power on the system Keyboard 98 When this option is selected press the wake up key of the Windows 98 compatible key board to power on the system Super IO...

Page 71: ...ey that you would like to use to power on the system Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port...

Page 72: ...failure the system will automatically power on Former Sts When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system...

Page 73: ...e available it will be able to support more advanced features as well as provide compatibility to a wide variety of peripheral devices If a PS 2 keyboard is not available and you need to use a USB key...

Page 74: ...be able to support more advanced features as well as provide compatibility to a wide variety of peripheral devices If a PS 2 mouse is not available and you need to use a USB mouse to install Windows...

Page 75: ...nts Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D HPET Support HPET Mode Enable S3 STR Auto User Define DPMS Yes Stop Grant 3 Disabled Disabled Instant Off...

Page 76: ...ld is set to S3 STR When this feature is disabled the system resume time is shortened but system will need an AGP driver to initialize the VGA card Therefore if the AGP driver of the card does not sup...

Page 77: ...feature when the system enters the Suspend mode The options are Yes and No Suspend Type The options are Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to select an IRQ channel for the...

Page 78: ...power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system Wake Up by PCI Card Enabled This field should be set to Enabled only if you...

Page 79: ...me hh mm ss Alarm field 1 31 Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field Time hh mm ss of Alarm This is u...

Page 80: ...he Extended System Configuration Data ESCD once It will then recreate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data The settings on the screen are for referen...

Page 81: ...the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG IS...

Page 82: ...e identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help Menu Level X Shutdown Temperature CPUFan Fully ON If CPUTemp CPUFan Turn OFF If CPUTemp SYSFan Fully ON If CHSTe...

Page 83: ...low the CPU fan to rotate full speed at the selected lower temperature SYSFan Fully On If CHSTemp This field is used to select the system s temperature at which the chassis fan will rotate at full spe...

Page 84: ...ridge chip s temperature runs between the highest set in the NB Fan Fully On If NB Temp field and lowest set in the NB Fan Turn Off If NB Temp field temperature the system will automatically adjust th...

Page 85: ...ain menu of the Award BIOS utility then pressing Y to select Advance Mode The Advance mode will display a wide range of fields useful in overclocking the board Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc...

Page 86: ...bled Enabled 22 X 21 X 21 X 21 X 20 X Enabled Enabled Auto 133 MHz Auto 100MHz Auto Auto Disabled Disabled Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Sa...

Page 87: ...I Control Settings The options are Enabled and Disabled QPI Link Fast Mode The options are Enabled and Disabled QPI Frequency The options are Auto 4 800 GT s 5 866 GT s and 6 400 GT s CPU Base Clock B...

Page 88: ...disable the Intel Enhanced SpeedStep Technology F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Item Help Menu Level X Move PU PD Change...

Page 89: ...the XD feature flag to always return to 0 Virtualization Technology When this field is set to Enabled the VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology Intel H...

Page 90: ...evel XX Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto 1536M Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto...

Page 91: ...ions are Auto and 1 to 31 REF to ACT Delay tRFC The options are Auto and 16 to 33 Write to PRE Delay tWR The options are Auto and 6 to 31 Rank Write to Read tWTR The options are Auto and 1 to 31 ACT t...

Page 92: ...CPU Core DQ DQSTB Bus VREF CPU QPI Drive Strength IOH QPI Drive Strength CPU Core Voltage DRAM Bus Voltage IOH Core Voltage CPU VTT Voltage Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Setting Item H...

Page 93: ...age because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage Vcore Droop Loadline Scale The options are 50 75 and 100 Vcore Mode The options are Ignore VID and Watch VID Vcore Auto...

Page 94: ...re 1 80V to 2 15V IOH ICH 1 1V Voltage The options are 1 11V to 1 73V IOH Analog Voltage The options are 1 10V to 1 45V ICH 1 5 Voltage The options are 1 5V to 2 1V ICH 1 05V Voltage The options are 1...

Page 95: ...The options are Normal and Strong CPU Core Voltage This field will show the CPU s current voltage DRAM Voltage This field will show the DRAM s current voltage IOH Core Voltage This field will show th...

Page 96: ...bank Load from this bank Hotkey 1 Options Description User Defined Setting Bank 2 Description Options Bank description Save to this bank Load from this bank Hotkey 1 Options Description User Defined S...

Page 97: ...ble Setting If during the trial and error process the setting resulted to the sys tem s instability or worse yet not being able to boot up the system please follow the steps below to use the Load func...

Page 98: ...ng Bank Last BIOS Setting This option will save the last saved BIOS set ting to the User Defined Setting Bank User Defined Setting Bank 1 2 3 4 Bank Description To name the BIOS setting move the curso...

Page 99: ...save before you exit the BIOS setup utility by selecting Y in the Save Exit Setup submenu Hotkey You can now load a BIOS setting during system boot up bypassing the lengthy process of entering the BIO...

Page 100: ...he Setup default values X Genie BIOS Setting X CMOS Reloaded Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility...

Page 101: ...ppear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disa...

Page 102: ...rd Press the Esc key to return to the main menu Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not t...

Page 103: ...Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status X Genie BIOS Setting X CMOS Reloaded Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving...

Page 104: ...ss Ctrl Alt Del simultaneously after memory testing is done Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BI...

Page 105: ...on RAID BIOS The JMicron RAID BIOS utility is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives connected to SATA 7 and SATA 8 When the system powers up and all hard disk drives have been detecte...

Page 106: ...e system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility...

Page 107: ...OS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press Y then enter the file name of the current...

Page 108: ...ilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the DVD into an optical drive The screen shown below will appear If after inserting the DVD Autorun did...

Page 109: ...are Intel Chipset Device Software On the top row of the screen click the 1st icon to open the Chipset Driver menu 2 The setup program is now ready to install the utility Click Next 1 Click Intel R Chi...

Page 110: ...ftware 4 Go through the readme document for system requirements and instal lation tips then click Next 5 The setup program is now installing the driver Click Next to continue 3 Read the license agree...

Page 111: ...111 4 Supported Software 6 Click Yes I want to restart this computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect...

Page 112: ...open the Graphics Driver menu The DVD provides both ATI and nVidia graphics drivers Select the driver according to the graphics card that you are using ATi Radeon Drivers 1 Click ATi Radeon Drivers 2...

Page 113: ...113 4 Supported Software 3 Select the language you like Catalyst Install Manager to display then click Next 4 You are now ready to install the driver Click Install...

Page 114: ...114 4 Supported Software 5 Select the component Express or Custom you want to install then click Next 6 Read the license agreement then click Accept...

Page 115: ...4 Supported Software 7 Click Yes to create the ATI Technologies folder 8 Follow the remainder of the steps shown on the screen then restart the system to allow the new driver installation to take eff...

Page 116: ...Series Drivers 2 Read the license agree ment then click I accept the terms in the license agreement Click Next 3 Click Next to install to the destination folder or click Change to select another folde...

Page 117: ...install the driver on your computer After all files have been extracted click Next 5 You are now ready to install the driver Click Next 6 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finis...

Page 118: ...Drivers On the top row of the screen click the 3rd icon to open the Audio Driver menu 1 Click Realtek Audio Drivers 2 The setup program is now ready to install the driver Click Next 3 The setup progr...

Page 119: ...119 4 Supported Software 4 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new driver installation to take effect...

Page 120: ...the top row of the screen click the 4th icon to open the Network Driver menu 1 Click Marvell LAN Drivers 2 The setup program is currently preparing the installation wizard to install the driver 3 Setu...

Page 121: ...greement then click I accept the terms in the license agreement Click Next 5 Click Install to begin the installation 6 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup Reboot your system for...

Page 122: ...open the RAID Driver menu 1 Click RAID Floppy Driver 2 Windows Explorer will appear showing the folder where the driver files are located in the DVD 3 Run the appropriate execution file 4 Insert a bl...

Page 123: ...ings values are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the D...

Page 124: ...ted Software 4 Click Next to install or click Browse to select another folder 3 Fill in the necessary information then click Next 5 Select an option in accordance to the system that you are using then...

Page 125: ...125 4 Supported Software 6 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup Restarting the system will allow the utility to take effect...

Page 126: ...ed Software 2 Click Next to continue 3 Setup is now ready to install Click Next Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 05 On the top row of the screen click the last icon to open the Manuals menu 1 Click Adobe Acroba...

Page 127: ...127 4 Supported Software 6 Click Finish to exit installaion 5 Click Install to begin installation 4 Click Next to install or click Change Destination Folder to select another folder...

Page 128: ...d double click Setup 2 The drivers for Windows 2000 are also included in the CD however Autorun is not supported for this operating system Therefore you must manually install the drivers from the resp...

Page 129: ...Mirroring Disk Array with Fault Tolerance RAID 1 copies and maintains an identical image of the data from one drive to the other drive If a drive fails to function the disk array management software d...

Page 130: ...the entire installation process and operating system The system will not boot and you will lost all data in the hard drives Please give special attention to this warning because there is no way of re...

Page 131: ...ng from the installation CD 2 Press F6 when prompted in the status line with the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver message 3 Press S to Specify Additional Device 4 At t...

Page 132: ...and RAID volume information The user interface tray icon service and monitor service allow you to monitor the current status of the RAID volume and or SATA drives It enables enhanced performance and p...

Page 133: ...ment to view system requirements and installation information then click Next 5 Read the warning carefully then click Next 8 Follow the remainder of the steps shown on the screen clicking next each ti...

Page 134: ...MB36X Drivers 2 Setup is now ready to install the driver Click Next 3 Click Install to begin the installation Step 6 Install the JMB36X Driver On the top row of the screen click the 5th icon to open t...

Page 135: ...ver 5 Follow the remainder of the steps listed on the screen clicking next each time you finish a step 6 Click Yes I want to restart my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow...

Page 136: ...hieved by dividing the rendering workload to each of the two GPUs When each GPU has completed its assigned tasks for a given frame the Compositing Engine on the CrossFire Edition graphics card combine...

Page 137: ...te the PCIE 1 and PCIE 4 slots then remove the brackets Note Uninstall all existing graphics card drivers before installing the ATI CrossFireX graphics cards Use identical ATI CrossFireX graphics card...

Page 138: ...graphics cards by using the provided CrossFireX bridge 3 Align the ATI CrossFireX graphics cards above the PCIE 1 and PCIE 4 slots then press them down firmly until they are completely seated in the s...

Page 139: ...at are at the ends of the cable to the connectors on top of the graphics cards CrossFireX bridge 7 Connect auxiliary power source from the power supply unit to the graphics cards 8 Connect a display d...

Page 140: ...hat came with the graphics cards for instructions on installing the drivers 11 After restarting the system you will notice the ATI Catalyst Control Center icon already added in the Windows notificatio...

Page 141: ...ia utilities Dual GPUs provide increased 3D graphics and doubles graphics performance NVIDIA SLI Setup 1 Power off the system and monitor then unplug the power cord 2 Remove the screw of the bracket t...

Page 142: ...nect the graphics cards by using the provided SLI bridge SLI bridge Top view SLI bridge Bottom view 3 Align the NVIDIA SLI graphics cards above the PCIE 1 and PCIE 4 slots then press them down firmly...

Page 143: ...have installed the nVidia GForce 8 Series Drivers Refer to chapter 4 of this manual for more information 10 Install the graphics cards drivers Refer to the user s manual or documentation that came wi...

Page 144: ...an Auto Boost your system by simply pressing the F1 key ABS provides the following functions that are easy for users to operate Backup OC profile Load OC profile Exchange OC profile Installing ABS 1 T...

Page 145: ...the destination folder or click Change to select another folder 4 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next 3 The installation wizard is extracting the files needed to install the utility...

Page 146: ...A 146 ABS Auto Boost System 6 Click Install to begin the installation 7 The installation wizard will copy all the necessary files and optimize the ABS features 8 Click Finish to exit setup...

Page 147: ...then press F1 The screen will show the CPU upgrade information Press Any Key to continue 2 When the system enters the operating system the ABS utility will appear and display the system s information...

Page 148: ...A 148 ABS Auto Boost System 5 Click Confirm 7 Click Backup 8 The default settings will appear on the screen Click Save 6 ABS supports Win Reloaded and Auto Upgrade features Click Auto Upgrade...

Page 149: ...e default setting then click Save You have just created a backup file of the board s default setting 10 If in any case a new OC setting causes system instability you can always retrieve the backup fil...

Page 150: ...t System 12 Select the backup file then click Open 13 Click Write to load Banks 1 4 into the BIOS If you want the system to auto upgrade the setting the next time you boot the system click Enable Auto...

Page 151: ...tting If in any case your overclock setting causes system instability you can always retrieve the default setting by reloading the backup file 2 Everytime you change the BIOS settings remember to alwa...

Page 152: ...the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted prop erly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slo...

Page 153: ...ing happens 1 Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the...

Page 154: ...nter doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line 2 Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 3 V...

Page 155: ...there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process System Board 1 Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in car...

Page 156: ...utton short circuited PSU does not comply with the system s requirement 1 Incompatible memory modules 2 Mixed up BIOS data 1 Mixed up BIOS data 2 Incompatible memory modules 3 Incompatible PCI devices...

Page 157: ...ing 3 One of the memory modules is defective 1 Tight DRAM timing system is unstable 2 Insufficient DRAM voltage 3 Overclocking issue 1 Insufficient DRAM voltage 2 Incompatible memory modules 3 Overclo...

Page 158: ...hics card was not installed properly 1 Defective graphics card 2 Initialized wrong BIOS process Clock gen circuit Super IO circuit Detected floppy error Mixed up BIOS data could be one of the causes t...

Page 159: ...some devices 2 Incompatible SATA or PATA device 3 CD ROM s spin took too long 1 Checksum error occured Change add devices such as CPU DRAM 2 Error occured after clearing the CMOS 3 Onboard battery is...

Page 160: ...therefore showing the wrong POST code Possible Cause 1 Mixed up BIOS data 2 MB is defective NB chip may be defective 1 Mixed up BIOS data 2 MB is defective NB chip may be defective 1 Mixed up BIOS dat...

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