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BIOS Setup Utility

SY-K7V DRAGON Plus!

Cache Memory Options

Setting

Description

Note

Disabled

CPU Internal Cache

Enabled Enables the CPU's internal

cache.

Default

Disabled

External Cache

Enabled Enables the external

memory.

Default

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Setting

Description

Note

Disabled

Seeks disk drives during boot up.
Disabling speeds boot up.

Boot Up Floppy
Seek

Enabled

Default

Boot Up NumLock Status

Setting

Description

Note

Puts numeric keypad in
NumLock mode at boot-up.

Default

Boot Up
NumLock
Status

Off

Puts numeric keypad in arrow key
mode at boot-up.

Gate A20 Options

Setting

Description

Note

Normal

Lets chipset control GateA20.

Gate A20
Options

Fast

A pin in the keyboard controller
controls GateA20.

Default

Summary of Contents for SY-K7V DRAGON Plus

Page 1: ...SY K7V DRAGON Plus Motherboard K7 Ath1on Duron Processor supported VIA KT266AAGP PCI Motherboard 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...r amend The information contained in this manual is provided to our customers for general use Customers should be aware that the personal computer field is subject to many patents All of our customers should ensure that their use of our products does not infringe upon any patents It is the policy of Soyo Computer Inc to respect the valid patent rights of third parties and not to infringe upon or t...

Page 3: ...ROCESSOR 9 1 8 MEMORY 10 1 9 CHIPSET 11 1 10 I O INTERFACE CONTROLLER 15 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR 18 1 12 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY 18 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 19 2 1 PREPARATIONS 19 2 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD 20 2 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE 21 2 3 1 CPU Installation 22 2 3 2 DDR RAM Memory Module Installation 26 2 3 3 Motherboard Connector 27 2 3 4 Jumper Setting RAID_IDE 43 2 3 5 CMOS Clear JP5 44...

Page 4: ...LTH STATUS 89 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 91 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 92 3 11 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 93 3 12 SET USER PASSWORD 94 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 96 CHAPTER 5 VIA ONBOARD LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION 101 CHAPTER 6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION 104 CHAPTER 7 PROMISE RAID FAMILY DRIVER INSTALLATION 105 CHAPTER 8 ULTRA FAMILY DRIVER INSTALLATION 107 APPENDIXA FASTTRAK 100 LITE MANUAL 109 A...

Page 5: ... Bus DDR Double Data Rate transfer on Athlon 750MHz 1 4GHz Duron 600MHz 950MHz New released AMD Socket A CPUs will very likely be supported by the SY K7V DRAGON Plus as well CPU SETTINGS The SY K7V DRAGON Plus provides the user with a very complete and convenient CPU setting environment The CPU settings are all adjusted through the special SOYO COMBO page in the BIOS therefore rendering the use of...

Page 6: ...or up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 devices Standard EPP ECP parallel port 2x 16550 compatible serial ports IrDA compatible infrared port 6x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector IDE RAID FUNCTION The K7V DRAGON Plus supports striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 or function as regular IDE port C MEDIA HARDWARE AUDIO Supports 4 5 5 1 speakers and DLS based wave tab...

Page 7: ...s that switches the system on only after the modem receives a call FAIL SAFE The SY K7V DRAGON Plus comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe Hardware Monitor The integrated Hardware Monitor IC and Hardware doctor software enables the user to monitor system voltages temperatures and FAN speeds This makes sure that the user is full control of the system Power Failure ...

Page 8: ...U Vcore voltage DDR RAM Clock 1 3 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD To avoid damage to your Motherboard follow these simple rules while unpacking Before handling the Motherboard ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system s metal chassis Remove the Motherboard from its anti static packaging Hold the Motherboard by the edges and avoid touching its components Check the Motherboard for dama...

Page 9: ...r conditioned environment To protect your equipment from electrostatic discharge take the following precautions Do not remove the anti static packaging until you are ready to install Ground yourself before removing any system component from its protective anti static packaging To ground yourself grasp the expansion slot covers or other unpainted portions of the computer chassis Frequently ground y...

Page 10: ...PS 2 Mouse Connector ATX Power LINE OUT LINE IN MIC GAME PORT COM 1 COM 2 USB 1_2 SDRAM SDRAM AGP PRO 3V Lithium Battery JP5 RAID_IDE CD_SPDIF 1 1 1 2 3 3 PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 FDC1 IDE 1 IDE 3 IDE 4 IDE 2 Super I O Promise IDE RAID CHIP H W Audio 3 1 JP10 WOL Header 1 4 CDIN2 KT266A VT8233CE 2 13 14 SMCARDCN 1 ...

Page 11: ...Motherboard Description SY K7VDRAGONPlus 7 1 6 SY K7VDRAGON Plus MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS SDRAM SDRAM A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA AB AC AD J ...

Page 12: ...IA VT8233CE South Bridge Chip K Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port L IDE RAID Ports M IDE RAID Jumper N Promise IDE RAID Chip O CMOS Clear Jumper P Front Panel Connectors Q Chassis Cooling Fan Connector R 5V Stand By Indicator LED S 3V Lithium Battery T USB Ports U Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header V Smart Card Reader Connector W Flash BIOS X Super I O Chip Y Wake On LAN WOL Header Z CD_SPDIF Connector A...

Page 13: ...eds voltages and bus frequencies 1 7 1 Microprocessor Packaging The CPU is packaged in a 462 pin PGA package A CPU fan must be used to ensure adequate cooling 1 7 2 Second Level Cache The second level cache is located on the substrate of the CPU package The cache includes 0KB 128KB or 512 KB of synchronous pipelined burst static RAM All supported onboard memory can be cached 1 7 3 Microprocessor U...

Page 14: ...SB Concurrent CPU AGP and V Link access Supports DDR RAM memory types only Flexible row and column addresses 64 bit data width only 2 5V SSTL 2 DRAM interface for DDR RAM Optional bank by bank ECC single bit error correction and multi bit error detection or EC error checking only for DRAM integrity Supports maximum 6 bank interleave i e 8 pages open simultaneously banks are allocated based on LRU ...

Page 15: ...terface with V Link PCI and V Link LPC controllers It supports five PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus The KT266A supports eight banks of DDR SDRAM up to 4 GB The DRAM controller supports standard Synchronous DRAM SDRAM and Virtual Channel SDRAM VC SDRAM SDRAM in a flexible mix match manner or it can be configured to support Double Data Rated DDR SDRAM m...

Page 16: ...ration For V Link Host operation forty eight levels doublewords of post write buffers and sixteen levels doublewords of prefetch buffers are included for concurrent V Link bus and DRAM cache accesses When combined the V Link Host Client controllers it realizes a complete PCI sub system and supports enhanced PCI bus commands such as Memory Read Line Memory Read Multiple and Memory Write Invalid com...

Page 17: ...mic CKE control for powering down of the SDRAM A separate suspend well plane is implemented for the SDRAM control signals for Suspend to DRAM operation Coupled with the VT8233CE south bridge chip a complete power conscious PC main board can be implemented with no external TTLs The Apollo KT266A chipset is ideal for high performance high quality high energy efficient and high integration desktop an...

Page 18: ...acy software can run transparently in a non USB aware operating system environment d Keyboard controller with PS2 mouse support e Real Time Clock with 256 byte extended CMOS In addition to the standard ISA RTC functionality the integrated RTC also includes the date alarm century field and other enhancements for compatibility with the ACPI standard f Notebook class power management functionality co...

Page 19: ...raffic of the PCI bus Special circuitry is built in to allow concurrent operation without causing dead lock even in a PCI to PCI bridge environment The chip also includes eight levels doublewords of line buffers from the PCI bus to the ISA bus to further enhance overall system performance 1 10 I O INTERFACE CONTROLLER The motherboard uses the ITE 8705 LPC Super I O controller which features Suppor...

Page 20: ...atible UARTs support data transfers at speeds up to 115 2 Kbits sec with BIOS support 1 10 2 Parallel Port The connector for the multimode bi directional parallel port is a 25 pin D Sub connector located on the back panel of the motherboard In the Setup program there are four options for parallel port operation Compatible standard mode Bi directional PS 2 compatible Bi directional EPP A driver fro...

Page 21: ...e control functions and also supports Power On Reset password protection Power On Reset password can be specified in the BIOS Setup program The keyboard controller also supports the hot key sequence Ctrl Alt Del software reset This key sequence resets the computer s software by jumping to the beginning of the BIOS code and running the Power On Self Test POST 1 10 5 Infrared Support On the front pa...

Page 22: ...ects to the SMBus 1 12 WAKE ON LAN TECHNOLOGY Wake on LAN technology enables remote wakeup of the computer through a network Wake on LAN technology requires a PCI add in network interface card NIC with remote wakeup capabilities The remote wakeup connector on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN connector The NIC monitors network traffic at the Ethernet interface upon detecting a M...

Page 23: ...e following hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket A processor with built in CPU cooling fan boxed type Note This Motherboard supports non boxed type CPUs The heavier CPU cooling fan requires the installation of a CPU support stand 2 DDR RAM module s 3 Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit 4 Monitor 5 PS 2 Keyboard 6 Pointing Device PS 2 mouse 7 S...

Page 24: ...lus KT266AAGP PCIMotherboard The M B RAID AUDIO user manual The Installation CD ROM SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM 3 IDE Device ATA 66 Flat Cable One Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable One Audio Connector Card One Flat Cable for Audio Card One Heat Sink Compound Warning Do not unpack the Motherboard from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install it ...

Page 25: ...ion of the computer chassis to drain the static charges Handle the Motherboard carefully holding it by the edges You are now ready to start the installation 2 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE We will now begin the installation of the Motherboard Please follow the step by step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation Warning Turn off the power to the Motherboard system chassis and ...

Page 26: ...unctions 1 Simultaneous Signal Follow Ups Before the system enters the O S H W will detect the signals of the CPU fan pins get their revolution information and send it to the BIOS 2 Auto Power Off System If the BIOS gets the information of CPU fan revolution it goes on working normally If not it will inform the system and have the power supply disconnected immediately Thus the CPU is protected fro...

Page 27: ...e function of H W monitoring in the BIOS This function together with the FOC provide the total protection to the CPU and allow it to maximize its performance Mark your CPU Frequency Record the working frequency of your CPU that should be clearly marked on the CPU cover 200MHz FSB DDR transfer on Athlon 750 MHz 100x7 5 800 MHz 100x8 0 850 MHz 100x8 5 900 MHz 100x9 0 950 MHz 100x9 5 1000 MHz 100x10 ...

Page 28: ...n DuronTM processor that you have purchased separately follow these instructions 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket 3 Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing ...

Page 29: ...tability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU 2 3 1 1 CPU Fan Installation Your Socket A processor kit comes with a cooling fan Mount the fan on the processor according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU Note Remember to...

Page 30: ...GB of main memory using unbuffered DIMM modules from 64MB to 1GB On this motherboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup appropriate memory modules must be used For 100MHz DRAM speed use PC1600 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC2100 memory SDRAM SDRAM 1 92 1 92 ...

Page 31: ...ard offers two primary and secondary IDE device connectors IDE1 IDE2 It can support up to four high speed Ultra DMA 33 66 100HDD or CD ROM Connect one side of the ATA66 100 flat cable to the IDE device HDD or CD ROM and plug the other end to the primary IDE1 or secondary IDE2 directionally keyed IDE connector on the Motherboard The ATA66 100 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs SDRAM SDRAM...

Page 32: ... 8 HDDs There are four HDD connectors IDE1 IDE2 IDE3 IDE4 on motherboard IDE3 IDE4 are provided for IDE RAID function Please refer to 2 3 4 on page 43 and the FASTTRAK 100 LITE Manual for more information on IDE RAID function 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 80 Conductor ...

Page 33: ...ible floppy drive types 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB and LS 120 Connect one side of the 34 pin flat cable to the floppy drive and plug the other end to the floppy drive connector on the Motherboard This Motherboard can support up to 1 floppy drives SDRAM SDRAM 1 1 33 33 FDC Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ...

Page 34: ...ug the computer case s front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the Motherboard 1 Power LED Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED SDRAM SDRAM Power LED Pin Assignment 5V 5V GND _ NC NC Speaker Reset PWRBT Power LED HDD LED ...

Page 35: ...p sequence 3 Speaker Attach the 4 pin PC speaker cable from the case to the Speaker header on the Motherboard 4 IDE LED Attach the 2 pin IDE device LED cable to the corresponding IDE LED header on the Motherboard This will cause the LED to light up when an IDE HDD CD ROM device is active Reset Pin Assignment Power Good GND 1 Speaker Pin Assignment _ 5V Speaker out NC NC HDD LED Pin Assignment _ LE...

Page 36: ...dem USB can be plugged directly onto the Motherboard back panel Only after you have fixed and locked the Motherboard to the computer case can you start connecting the external peripheral devices When connecting an external device use the following figure to locate and identify which back panel connector to plug the device to SDRAM SDRAM PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 PRT PS 2 KB Connector...

Page 37: ...is used to connect the printer or other parallel devices Plug the parallel device cable into the 25 pin female connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 3 PS 2 Keyboard Plug the keyboard jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 keyboard connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 4 PS 2 Mouse Similarly plug the mouse jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 mouse connector ...

Page 38: ... used USB devices With Win95 use the flow UHCI specifications To use USB devices under Win95 usually you have to install the device that driver comes with the USB device you have purchased USB3 USB4 USB5 and USB6 are available To make use of these USB ports purchase a USB cable from your dealer The lay out of USB3 USB4 and USB5 USB6 are as follows 1 1 5 2 2 3 3 4 4 GND Data Data Power GND GND Data...

Page 39: ...rd provides Joystick port and audio Attach the joystick cable to the 15 pin GAME port at the rear panel of you motherboard This Motherboard features three built in audio stereo ports labeled line in line out and mic jack convenient to directly plug in all your external audio devices ...

Page 40: ...connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN WOL function to the JP10 header on the Motherboard This WOL function lets users wake up the connected computer through the LAN card Please install according to the following pin assignment Wake On LAN JP10 Pin Assignment MP Wake up GND 5VSB 1 2 3 ...

Page 41: ...to the SIRCON header This will enable the infrared transfer function This Motherboard meets both the ASKIR and HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 VCC CIRRX CIRTX NC GND 5V IRRX GND NC IRTX ...

Page 42: ...n cable to the CPUFAN connector on the Motherboard The fan will stop when the system enters into Suspend Mode Suspend mode can be enabled from the BIOS Setup Utility POWER MANAGEMENT menu To avoid damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN Pin Assignment SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 43: ...provide 12V power to the chassis fan Connect the cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3 pin connector Install according to the following pin assignment Note CPUFAN must be installed for this Motherboard CHAFAN is optional CHAFAN2 CHAFAN1 CHAFAN3 SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 CHAFAN Pin Assignment 12V SENSOR GND 3 1 2 SENSOR 12V GND 3 1 2 ...

Page 44: ...nect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CDIN1 or CDIN2 It fits in only one depending on the cable that came with your CD ROM drive Please install according to the following pin assignment 5 Smart Card Reader CDIN1 Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 CDIN2 CDIN1 CDIN2 CD Line in Pin Assigment Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 45: ...RAGONPlus 41 6 SPK5 Please refer to the c media 6 channel Audio solution Manual for more information on AUDIO function 7 CD_SPDIF CD_SPDIF 1 2 SPDIF IN2 GND CENTER BASS REAR_L R OPTICAL_INPUT SPDIF_INPUT SPDIF_OUTPUT OPTICAL_OUTPUT ...

Page 46: ...ve ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card You can use a pen tip to remove the tab from the bay 2 3 3 7 ATX Power Supply Plug the connector from the power directly into the 20 pin male ATX PW connector on the Motherboard as shown in the following figure Warning Follow these precautions to preserve your Motherboard from any remnant currents when connecting to ATX power supply Turn off the power...

Page 47: ...on make sure the ATX power supply can support at least 720 mA on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment Pay special care to the directionality 2 3 4 Jumper Setting RAID_IDE IDE3 4 Function Selector 1 Short pin 1 2 enables RAID function on IDE 3 4 port 2 Short pin 2 3 enables regular IDE RAID function is disabled IDE 3 4 will function as norm...

Page 48: ...etting Short pin 2 3 for at least 5 seconds to clear the CMOS Short pin 1 2 to retain new settings Note You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation 2 3 6 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your Motherboard successfully 1 Turn the power on 2 To enter the BIOS Setup Utility press the DEL key while the system is p...

Page 49: ...ations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage 2 3 7 Quick BIOS Setup This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency Instead CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS SOYO COMBO FEATURE The SOYO COMBO FEATURE combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS After...

Page 50: ...MBO FEATURE Set the CPU Frequency Select to 100 133MHz depending on the Front Side Bus of your CPU To overclock your CPU s Front Side Bus Frequency 1MHz Stepping enables you to overclock your CPU Front Side Bus in 1MHz increment or you can input the desired FSB value of the CPU Note The maximum FSB you can overclock for a 100MHz FSB CPU is 132MHz and 233MHz for 133MHz FSB CPU Step 4 Select SAVE EX...

Page 51: ...at your CPU and motherboard do not work at all It could be that the CPU is not seated correctly or that a component on the M B is grounded shorted with the case Also make sure to check the voltage setting switch 110V 220V on the back of the power supply To isolate the problem do the following 1 Press and hold down on the Ins insert key while turning on the computer until you get video If you do no...

Page 52: ...have to unscrew the AGP card to allow the card to go further down Do take care not to damage the card by using too much force I get distorted video with my AGP card right after I save my bios Why is that The cause is likely that your AGP card is not running at the correct bus speed To fix this please clear the CMOS via JP5 and if it still does not work please upgrade your motherboard bios to the l...

Page 53: ...t use middle one Modem issues I get an I O Conflict message when I turn on my system and I can not get my modem to work What you need to do is to disable COM2 or UART2 or serial port 2 in the bios under integrated peripheral setup I have installed my modem drivers several times and I still cannot get my modem to work Why If you are sure that the modem driver has been installed correctly then you n...

Page 54: ...lay CD music from the CD ROM I do not get any sound What is wrong This is because the 3 wire audio cable from the CD ROM to the sound card is not connected or it is loose The sound and everything else works fine except that the recorder and microphone do not work What is wrong This is because the recorder and microphone in the Windows are not enabled Please go to sound properties and enable them L...

Page 55: ...E 3 4 First you need to short pin 2 3 of the RAID_IDE jumper Can I use IDE 3 4 to boot from CD ROM No I can not use RAID function on IDE 3_4 Please check RAID_IDE jumper setting on page 43 2 3 9 Power Off There are two possible ways to turn off the system 1 Use the Shutdown command in the Start Menu of Windows 95 98 to turn off your computer 2 Press the mechanical power button and hold down for ov...

Page 56: ...tus Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Selecting items Use the arrow keys to move between items and ...

Page 57: ...t the user started the current session with F6 Load Fail Safe Defaults Loads all items with the most conservative values F7 Load Optimized Defaults Loads all options with the optimize values F10 Save Saves your changes and reboots the system Esc Exit Returns at anytime and from any location to the Main Menu Enter Select Will display a overlapping window with all options for the current item PU PD ...

Page 58: ...F A U L T S I N T E G R A T E D P E R I P H E R A L S S U P E R V I S O R P A S S W O R D U S E R P A S S W O R D I D E H D D A U T O D E T E C T I O N S A V E E X I T S E T U P E X I T W I T H O U T S A V I N G E s c F 1 0 Q u i t S a v e E x i t S e t u p S h i f t F 2 S e l e c t I t e m C h a n g e C o l o r T i m e D a t e H a r d D i s k T y p e SAVE to CMOS and EXIT R O M P C I I S A B I O ...

Page 59: ...OYO COMBO Feature Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Item Help Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Frequency Select 100 MHz Frequency 1MHz Stepping 100 CPU Ratio Select Auto CPU Vcore Select Default Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled RAID ATA SCSI Boot Order RAID ATA SCSI C I H 4 WAY Protection Enabled Onboard...

Page 60: ... Default Spread Spectrum Enabled This item allows you to Disabled Enabled the spread spectrum modulate 100 MHz Default CPU Frequency Select 133 MHz Chose 100MHz 133MHz depending on the Front Side Bus of your CPU Frequency 1MHz Stepping 100 Press Page Up Page Down key to Over Clock the CPU Front Side Bus in 1MHz increment or Press Enter key then type the desired CPU Front Side Bus Auto Default CPU ...

Page 61: ...st Setting Description Note Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POST at boot up Default System Boot Control Settings Setting Description Note Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN First Second Third Boot Device Disabled Select Your Boot Device Priority Disabled Enabled Select Your Boot Device Priority Default Boot Other Device RAID ATA SCSI Default RAID ATA SCS...

Page 62: ...tional way Default Onboard Promise IDE RAID Setting Description Note Enabled Onboard Promise IDE RAID Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard IDE H W RAID Default Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Setting Description Note Enabled Default Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio VIA OnChip LAN Setting Description Note Enabled Default VIA OnChip LAN Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard H W L...

Page 63: ...y Slave None IDE Secondary Master LTN485S IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Total Memory 131072K Menu Level Change the day month year and century Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This scree...

Page 64: ...Auto Capacity 0 MB Access Mode Auto 0 Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard disk drives Date Time Display Setting Please Note Date mm dd yyyy Type the current date You can also the PUp PDn keys ...

Page 65: ...ts hard disk mode automatically Default Normal Normal IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk 528MB Access Mode Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask your hard disk provider or previous user for details Floppy Drives Setting Description Note 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in Default 2 88MB 3 5 i...

Page 66: ...A VGA Default CGA 40 CGA 80 Video MONO Monochrome Select the video mode ALL Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette Halt On All But Disk Key When the BIOS detects system errors this function will stop the system Select which type of error will cause the system halt ...

Page 67: ...A LOGO SELECT LOGO 0 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized...

Page 68: ...Description Note Disabled Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speeds boot up Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Default Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Note On Puts numeric keypad in NumLock mode at boot up Default Boot Up NumLock Status Off Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up Gate A20 Options Setting Description Note Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 Gate A20 Options Fas...

Page 69: ...15 Char sec 20 Char sec 24 Char sec 30 Char sec Choose the rate at which a character is repeated when holding down a key Default Typematic Delay 250 msec 500 msec 750 msec 1000 msec Choose how long after you press a key down the character begins repeating Default Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes the security ...

Page 70: ...on Consult your HDD provider for details Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled The BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and if it has BIOS present These 16 segments can be shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM Default LOGO 0 Default EPA LOGO SELECT LOGO 1 Allows user to display SOYO logo or own logo Logo 0 Show...

Page 71: ... Software Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Clock Driver Control Press Enter AGP P2P Bridge Control Press Enter Item Help CPU PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the c...

Page 72: ... to this area If this occurs select 15M 16M in this field Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled The ROM area F0000H FFFFFH is cacheable Default Disabled Default Video RAM Cacheable Enabled When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer ...

Page 73: ...tware DRAM Clock Drive Control Current FSB Frequence 100 MHz Current DRAM Frequency 133 MHz Item Help DRAM Clock By SPD DRAM Timing Manual SDRAM Cycle Length 2 5 Bank Interleave Disabled Precharge to Active Trp 3T DRAM Queue Depth 4 Level DRAM Command Rate 2T Command Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Def...

Page 74: ...t Length 2 When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Disabled Bank Interleave 2 Bank Default 4 Bank Increase DRAM performance 2T Precharge to Active Trp 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 2 Level 4 Level Default DRAM Queue Depth 3 Level Increase DRAM perfo...

Page 75: ...984 2001 Award Software AGP P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP Mode 4X Item Help AGP Driving Control Auto x AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled AGP Post Write Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have ...

Page 76: ...he AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system AGP Driving Value Min 0000 Max 00FF This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Disabled Default AGP Fast Write Enabled The VIA chipset will use fast write to AGP if this item is enabled Not all AGP cards support fast write D...

Page 77: ...ve ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving CPU PCI Bus Control Setting Description Note Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states Default Disabled PCI...

Page 78: ... Award Software Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter SuperIO Device Press Enter Item Help Init Display First AGP OnChip USB Controller 1 USB Port USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes pr...

Page 79: ...stem board and you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Port 1 means USB1 2 Port 2 means USB3 4 Port 3 means USB5 6 USB Keyboard Disabled Default Support Enabled Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Invokes multi se...

Page 80: ...e VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Item Help IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previo...

Page 81: ... 4 0 is the slowest speed 4 is the fastest speed IDE Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Auto For better performance and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing Default Disabled IDE Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Ultra DMA Mode support Default ...

Page 82: ...oard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Item Help Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal x UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructi...

Page 83: ...nlt UART Mode SCR SCR mean Smart Card Reader If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR Half Default UR2 Function Duplex Full Choose Half or Duplex to set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode respectively Refer to your IR device specifications to select the suitable mode Disabled 378 IRQ7 Default 278 IRQ5 Onboard Parallel Port 3BC IRQ 7 Choose the printer I O address SPP Default EPP ECP Paral...

Page 84: ...ter Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Disabled Item Help VGA OFF LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Wake Up On LAN Ring Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled x Date of ...

Page 85: ...lt 1Min 2Min 3Min 4Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min Lets you define the system power down times HDD Power Down Disabled Default Suspend Mode 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Lets you define the system power down times Suspend Off Default Video Off Option Always On All Modes Off When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a po...

Page 86: ...ystem will switch on when power comes back after a power failure Off The system will remain off when power comes back after a power failure Default State After Power Failure Auto The system will return to the state it was in before the power failure when power returns i e If the system was on it will switch on again if it was off it will remain off IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter Select item...

Page 87: ...up the system OFF PCI Master ON When On of PCI Master any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system Default Disabled Default PowerOn by PCI Card Enabled If enabled any PCI interrupt will wake up the system Disabled Default Wake Up On LAN Ring Enabled An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem LAN awakens the...

Page 88: ...k Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes ...

Page 89: ...en set to On any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Enabled IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 IRQ5 LPT2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 HardDsik IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter Disabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ15 Reserved ...

Page 90: ...Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto Menu Level Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Starred items will disappea...

Page 91: ... 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to _ DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to _ Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD The Plug and Play BIOS auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically Recommended If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI Device Choose IRQ assigned to PCI ISA PnP card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 IRQ Resource Press Enter Reserved Choose IRQ assigned to Legacy ISA card IRQ 3 4 5...

Page 92: ... 4 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT Disabled BIOS will assign IRQ for VGA USB port Assign IRQ For VGA USB Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for VGA USB port Default 5 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT INT Pin ...

Page 93: ...12 16 V 12 V 12 19 V 5 V 5 05 V 5VSB 4 94V Current CPU Temp 44 º C Current SYS Temp 37 º C Current CPUFAN1 Speed 4440 RPM Current CHAFAN1 Speed 0 RPM FOC Fan Off Control Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on yo...

Page 94: ...CPU temperature Current SYS Temp C F Show the current status of the System temperature Current CPUFAN1 CHAFAN1 Speed RPM Show the current status of CPU CHA Fan Disabled FOC Fan Off Control Enabled If enable this function protect user s CPU from overheating in an event there s a problem with the CPU FAN The user should also plug the CPU FAN power on the CPU FAN1 pin If not system will auto shutdown...

Page 95: ... Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Main...

Page 96: ...s Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Mai...

Page 97: ...The password is required every time the system is booted This means only a person who knows the password can use this computer b Setup The password is required only when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 2 Choose SUPERVISOR PASSWORD from the Main Menu and press Enter The following prompt appear Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to set jumper ...

Page 98: ...to section 3 9 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc F10 Quit Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Select Item Change Color Time...

Page 99: ...vice without going into the BIOS setup To enable boot Menu press ESC after memory initialization user will see a device menu in which user can choose the device they wish to boot from Boot Menu Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Move ENTER Accept F4 Exit ...

Page 100: ...r installation and 3 a database in HTML format with information on SOYO Motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive If you use Windows 2000 or NT the SOYO CD will not detect your motherboard type In that case the following dialog will pop up please choose your motherboard and press OK Now the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be shown SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu If y...

Page 101: ...your system Note The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present in your system and otherwise prompts you on whether or not you want to install it You must install the Acrobat Reader utility to be able to read the user s manual file Follow the instructions on your screen during installation then once the installation is completed restart your system and ...

Page 102: ...ng VIA chipsets These four drivers are VIA Registry INF Driver VIAAGP VxD driver VIAATAPI Vendor Support Driver and VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver For Windows NT users the VIA IDE Bus Mastering driver is the only driver to be installed in your system A description of 4 drivers follows Bus Master PCI IDE Driver The ATAPI IDE driver enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA capab...

Page 103: ...nal audio 2 The application is include CD Player MIDI Player MP3 Wave Player Mixer with the control over your PC s audio functions K7V DRAGON Plus ITE Hardware Doctor for Win 9x ME 2000 NT Your motherboard comes with a hardware monitoring IC By installing this utility Temperature Fan speed and Voltages can be monitored It is also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall bel...

Page 104: ...le to warn of possible problems with the disk array or controller Step 3 Check the Latest Releases Click the Check the latest Releases button to go the SOYO Website to automatically find the latest BIOS manual and driver releases for your motherboard This button will only work if your computer is connected to the internet through a network or modem connection Make sure to get your modem connection...

Page 105: ...ry is in SOYO CD LAN VIA W98 then click ok and you will need windows 98 second Edition CD to complete the installation put it in your CD ROM 10 After informing windows of the driver directory the driver will be installed Restart your system after installation Installing the VIA Onboard LAN Drivers under Windows ME Because Windows ME can detect VIA LAN driver automatic so this installation is for u...

Page 106: ...uest the path of the location of the drivers to be installed Enter D LAN VIA WNT40 where D is your CD ROM then press ok 6 You will need the windows NT CD to complete the installation 7 After informing windows NT will display a dialog box asking your to restart your system click Yes right now Installing the VIA Onboard LAN Drivers under Windows 2000 1 Move the cursor to my computer icon 2 Click mou...

Page 107: ...3 Click Device Manager 4 Double click other devices 5 Double click PCI Ethernet Controller 6 You will see the Driver item click it 7 Click Update Driver 8 Click on Next 9 Select other Locations click it 10 Click Browse 11 The LAN driver directory is in SOYO CD LAN VIA W95OSR2 then press ok 12 You need windows 95OSR2 CD to complete the installation 13 When you finish installing LAN card driver Rest...

Page 108: ...ter 6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION Audio Driver Installation for Windows NT 1 Click my computer 2 Click control panel 3 Click multimedia and select devices then press 4 Click ADD and press OK 5 The audio driver path is in SOYO CD audio cmi8738_6ch NT40 drv ...

Page 109: ... see an exclamation mark of yellow color at PCI RAID Controller 5 Click it 6 Press driver then press update driver 7 Press next then press next 8 The RAID driver path is in SOYO CD Raid Promise Raid Family Driver Win9x ME Promise RAID Family Drivers for Windows ME 1 Move cursor to my computer icon 2 Press mouse right button then press properties 3 Press Device Manager 4 You will see an exclamation...

Page 110: ...nter to continue 5 Select Win2000 Promise Fasttrak 100 tm Lite Controller then press Enter 6 Press Enter to continue 2000 setup Promise RAID Family Drivers for Windows NT 4 0 1 First please copy all files of folder under SOYO CD Raid promise Raid Family Driver NT4 and Fasttrak readme txt and txtsetup oem 3 files under SOYO CD Raid promise Raid Family Driver to floppy disk for WinNT Raid install 2 ...

Page 111: ... Driver button 7 Press next then press next 8 The ultra family driver path is in SOYO CD Raid Promise ultra family Driver Win95 98 9 Click OK then restart your system Ultra Family Driver for Windows NT4 0 1 First please copy all files of folder under SOYO CD Raid promise Ultra Family Driver NT4 and Ultra readme txt and txtsetup oem 3 files under SOYO CD Raid promise Ultra Family Driver to floppy d...

Page 112: ...ily driver path is in SOYO CD Raid Promise ultra family Driver WINME 9 Click finish then restart your system Ultra Family Driver for Windows 2000 1 First please copy all files of folder under SOYO CD Raid promise Ultra Family Driver Win2000 and Ultra readme txt and txtsetup oem 3 files under SOYO CD Raid promise Ultra Family Driver to floppy disk for Win2000 Ultra100 install 2 When you into the sy...

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Page 114: ...ves FastTrak100 Lite fully supports Ultra ATA 100 specification of up to 100 MB sec per drive depending on individual drive specifications FastTrak100 Lite also offers fault tolerant data redundancy for entry level network file servers or simply for desktop PC users wanting to continually protect valuable data on their PC FastTrak100 Lite offers RAID 1 mirroring for two drives to protect data Shou...

Page 115: ...e FastTrak100 Lite while still supporting 4 devices on motherboard ATA controller Supports concurrent dual IDE controller operation Drive workload is distributed in parallel between members of the array Supports IDE bus master operation Allows multitasking during disk transfers which increase CPU efficiency The CPU is free to process tasks during IDE data transfers through the PCI Bus to from syst...

Page 116: ... to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss INSTALLING THE HARD DRIVES WARNING If you wish to include your current bootable drive using the Windows NT 4 x or Windows 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak100 Lite do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver softwar...

Page 117: ...ATA cable to each hard drive Then attach one cable to the IDE port on the FastTrak100 Lite The colored edge of the cable s indicates pin 1 and the blue cable connector must be attached to the FastTrak100 Lite IDE port NOTE You must use an 80 wire 40 pin cable when connecting an Ultra ATA 100 hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite IDE port Checking CMOS Settings For the FastTrak100 Lite to be the boota...

Page 118: ... 1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved No array defined Press Ctrl F to enter FastBuild tm Utility Or press ESC key to continue booting the system 2 Press Ctrl F keys to display the FastBuild tm Utility Main Menu 3 Press 1 to display the Auto Setup Menu below This is the fastest and easiest method to creating your first array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 P...

Page 119: ...ith New Drives NOTE FastTrak100 Lite permit only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup To create an array for data protection using new hard drives follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save your selection 3 The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes ...

Page 120: ...00 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak100 Lite do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver first to this drive while it is still attached to the regular IDE port For all other Operating Systems proceed here Follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Arr...

Page 121: ...be copied 5 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save selection and start duplication The following progress screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort 6 Select Y to continue If you choose N you will be returned to step 1 7 Once complete the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Ar...

Page 122: ...FastTrak BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Scanning IDE drives If an array exists already the BIOS will display the following screen showing the card s BIOS version and status of the array FastTrak100 Lite tm BIOS Version 1 xx Build xxxx c 1995 2000 Promise Technol...

Page 123: ... replace the failed drive s then restore data from a backup source NAVIGATING THE FASTBUILD SETUP MENU When using the menus these are some of the basic navigation tips Arrow keys highlights through choices Space bar key allows to cycle through options Enter key selects an option ESC key is used to abort or exit the current menu Using the Main Menu This is the first option screen when entering the ...

Page 124: ...you are using new blank drives Depending on the type of array you are using CREATING ARRAYS AUTOMATICALLY The Auto Setup 1 selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array It will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating After making all selections use Ctrl Y to Save selections FastBuild will automatically build the array FastBuild tm Util...

Page 125: ...fining Typical Application Usage Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize how FastTrak100 Lite handles data blocks to enhance performance Your choice will determine the block size used You may choose from A V Editing for audio video applications or any similar application that requires large file transfers Server for numerous small file transfers o...

Page 126: ...R8 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 Keys Available Up Down ESC Exit Mode U UDMA P PIO D DMA MANUALLY CREATING AN ARRAY The Define Array 3 option from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or multiple disk arrays attached to FastTrak100 Lite Users will commonly create one or two drive arrays with FastTrak100 Lite though this can support a ...

Page 127: ...manually create an array from the Define Array Menu use the arrow keys to highlight the array number you wish to define and press Enter to select 2 The Define Array Menu will next appear that allows drive assignments to the disk array see next page Selecting Array Type 1 Under the Definition section of this menu highlight the Array for which you want to assign a RAID level 2 Use the Space key to c...

Page 128: ...u may manually select the stripe block size Use the Spacebar to scroll through choices progressing as follows 1 2 4 8 16 1024 The size selected affects how FastTrak100 Lite sends and retrieves data blocks from the drives You will need to perform your own testing to determine how the data block size is affecting your particular use of the array In general a larger block size is better when handling...

Page 129: ...this you will use either two brand new drives or one drive that contains existing data that you wish to mirror Creating A Mirrored Array Using New Drives As described in the Drive Assignments Option section above if you selected a mirroring array and wish to use two new assigned drives follow the directions here 1 After assigning new drives to a Mirroring array and saving the information with Ctrl...

Page 130: ...em as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak100 Lite do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak100 Lite controller yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software first see page 133 to this drive while it is still attached to the regular IDE port For all other Operating Systems proceed here 1 After assigning the drives to a Mirroring array press Ctrl Y keys to Sa...

Page 131: ...ive 4 Press Ctrl Y keys to Save selection and start duplication The following confirmation screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort 5 Select Y to continue If you choose N you will be returned to step 1 6 Once Y is selected the following progress screen will appear The process will take a few minutes Please Wait While Duplicating The Image 10...

Page 132: ...ch previously defined array will be used as the bootable array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx DELL c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 13044 Functional Note Bootable Array Up Down ESC Exit Enter Select Space Change Boot Drive 2 Highlight the array which you want to boot from using the Up Down keys 3 Press the Space bar ke...

Page 133: ... normally be recovered by defining the array identically as the deleted array WARNING Deleting an existing disk array could result in its data loss Make sure to record all array information including the array type the disk members and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Delete Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Ca...

Page 134: ...TUMCR8 4A 8063 Y 3 Confirm yes to the following warning message with the Ctrl Y key to continue array deletion Are you sure you want to delete this array Press Ctrl Y to Delete others to Abort 4 After deleting the array you should create a new array using Auto Setup or the Define Array menu from the FastBuild Main Menu REBUILDING A MIRRORED ARRAY The Rebuild Array 5 Menu option is necessary to rec...

Page 135: ...he failed drive 6 Replace the drive with an identical model 7 Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu 8 Select the 5 Rebuild Array option The following screen will appear FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1995 2000 Promise Technology Inc Rebuild Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Mirror 2 16126 Critical Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 Keys Available Up Down ESC Exit E...

Page 136: ...data will be copied on to the selected drive All data on the replacement drive will be written over with mirrored information from the array drive A progress bar will appear as below Please Wait While Duplicating The Image 10 Complete 13 Once the rebuild process is complete the user will be asked to reboot the system VIEWING CONTROLLER SETTINGS The Controller Configuration 6 menu selection allows ...

Page 137: ...r be detected This is the only option that can be changed on this screen Installing Drivers This section details the FastTrak100 Lite driver installation when used with various operating systems The software includes the driver necessary to identify FastTrak100 Lite to the operating system For Windows 2000 see below For Windows 95 98 see page 136 For Windows 4 x see page 139 WINDOWS 2000 Installin...

Page 138: ...r key 5 Choose Win2000 FastTrak100 Lite from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key 6 The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Promise FastTrak100 Lite NOTE If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified continue to st...

Page 139: ...ialog box choose Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer button 2 In the CD Rom drive insert the SOYO CD Driver 3 Type D RAID promise Driver Win2000 in the text box Press Enter Assuming the D is your CD Rom 4 Choose Win2000 FastTrak100 Lite Controller from the list that appears on screen then press the Enter key 5 The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load su...

Page 140: ...trol Panel window double click on the System icon 6 In the System window choose the Device Manager tab 7 In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI RAID Controller Choose it and then press the Properties button 8 Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window choose Update Driver and then press Next 9 Choose Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now...

Page 141: ...it and then press the Properties button 8 Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window and then press the Update Driver button 9 When asked if you want Windows to search for the driver choose Yes recommended 10 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD Rom drive then press Next 11 When Windows informs you that it was unable to find the drivers press Other Locations 12 In the Select Other Location dialog bo...

Page 142: ... Type D RAID promise Driver Win9x ME in the text box Assuming that D is your CD Rom 5 Insert the SOYO CD in the CD Rom drive 6 Click on Next The Add New Hardware wizard will say it has found Win95 98 FastTrak100 Lite controller 7 Click on Next and then on Finish 8 Choose Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer Windows 95 1 After making an array and configuring the hard drives power up ...

Page 143: ...boot the system with the Windows NT installa tion diskettes b Floppyless install boot from floppy and type WINNT B After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspect ing your computer s hardware configuration appears c CD ROM disk install boot from the CD ROM disk and press the F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your com pu...

Page 144: ...iver has been installed Copy the Windows NT drivers from the SOYO CD to a floppy disk Installing Driver with Existing Windows NT 4 0 WARNING If you plan to move your boot drive to a mirrored RAID 1 FastTrak array hard drives should NOT be connected to the FastTrak100 Lite controller before performing the following procedure The FastTrak100 Lite drivers must be loaded on the system hard drive runni...

Page 145: ...rs press Install 10 After a successful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the Win NT FastTrak100 Lite Controller has been installed 11 Power off your system and install the hard disk in the FastTrack 100 Lite Controller Removing the Driver from Windows NT 4 x 1 In Start Button choose Control Panel in Setup group 2 In Control Panel select SCSI Adapter next choose Drivers label 3...

Page 146: ...It also displays which drives are included as part of individual arrays Administrators can customize FastCheck to maintain operating logs and event notification set Password access to the utility and schedule maintenance on Mirrored RAID 1 or a Striped Mirrored RAID 0 1 arrays INSTALLING FASTCHECK 1 From the Start Button on the Windows Taskbar choose Run 2 Insert Promise FastCheck Utility Diskette...

Page 147: ...T4 2000 Millennium see below To start FastCheck double click on the FastCheck icon on the taskbar above or you may also use the Taskbar Start Promise FastTrak FastCheck menus shown below CLOSING FASTCHECK Once FastCheck is opened either automatically on startup or manually the monitoring utility remains running in the background even if the user closes the FastCheck window To completely shut down ...

Page 148: ...The Array Window is the active screen by default as shown below The Array Window see above displays information about the arrays configured on your FastTrak100 Lite through the FastBuild BIOS From this window you can also perform data Synchronization of mirrored arrays or Rebuild data from one drive to a replacement drive within a mirrored array While the Array Window does not allow you to change ...

Page 149: ... detected in one of the drives of the array and the drive has been taken offline However a critical array will continue to save and retrieve data from the remaining working drive s SOYO recommends replacing the failed drive as soon as possible since a Critical array offers no data redundancy Offline This would appear most commonly within a RAID 0 or Spanning array The Offline results from a drive ...

Page 150: ...ore data from a backup source Offline Drives that are NOT identified as bad may be taken offline if part of a Striping or Spanning array containing a bad drive These drives do NOT need to be replaced however S M A R T Status Indicates whether attached hard drive implements Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology to predict drive failure Size Indicates capacity of individual drive Location Sh...

Page 151: ... down Menu At the bottom of the Array window it indicates to right click on an Array to perform synchronization or rebuild operations Right clicking displays the following pull down menu From this menu users may choose to have the Window Always Appear on Top of applications Minimize Synchronize mirrored drives Rebuild a mirrored array use About to check FastCheck version or Exit the onscreen windo...

Page 152: ...ll mirrored drives will contain the exact information NOTE You may instead choose to schedule array synchronization automatically under the Options Tab view versus manually initiating synchronization 1 To synchronize choose the Array Tab View see figure on previous page 2 Right click on the array you wish to synchronize and choose Synchronize from the context menu 3 Click Yes to initiate Synchroni...

Page 153: ...rray Synchronization users may continue to access the working array and perform normal PC functions However system performance will be slightly degraded and the process will take longer 5 A progress bar will appear at the bottom of the FastCheck Monitoring window showing synchronization in progress and the percentage that has been completed ...

Page 154: ... array number and choose Rebuild from the context menu 3 Once Rebuild is selected you will be asked to Initialize Rebuild process on Array by clicking OK Using Rebuild Wizard 1 Initiating rebuild array will open the Rebuild Wizard Step 1 screen shown below 2 Select the Target drive which will receive data Make sure you select the blank new or replacement drive The unselected drive will contain goo...

Page 155: ... 3 Click the Next button to proceed to Rebuild Wizard Step 2 see next page or Cancel button to stop 4 Rebuild Wizard Step 2 confirms the Target or Rebuild disk by Array and drive ID 5 Click Finish button to initiate physical Rebuild Back button to review Step 2 or Cancel button to Stop A final confirmation window appears as below ...

Page 156: ...l be slightly degraded and the process will take longer 7 Once Array Rebuild has begun users are returned to the FastCheck Monitoring window A progress bar showing the rebuild progress in percentage will appear at the bottom of the FastCheck Monitoring window NOTE When a spare unassigned drive is present on the FastTrak100 Lite a rebuild will automatically be performed from the remaining working d...

Page 157: ...s interrupt request assigned to PCI slot Bus Master Base Shows base address in hex numbering for board s bus master Input Output function ROM Base Address Shows base address in hex numbering for FastTrak s Flash ROM chip Driver Version Identifies which version of the Promise FastTrak100 Lite driver you have installed Hardware Type Identifies which FastTrak model is installed ...

Page 158: ...e left pane will show the Base IO addresses of the channel in the right pane used for troubleshooting Viewing Drive Information Left clicking on a given Drive icon or ID in the left pane will show similar information categories as the Array Window Drive Information in the right pane ...

Page 159: ...hether attached hard drive implements Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology to predict drive failure Size Indicates capacity of individual drive Location Shows physical location of drive Indicates on which IDE channel 1 or 2 and whether drive is Master or Slave on cable This allows user to identify drives for removal replacement Mapping Indicates physical parameters of drive cylinders head...

Page 160: ...s allows users to select how they are notified of a system event A System Event includes driver initiated Rebuilds automatic rebuild using a hot spare standby drive user initiated manual Rebuilds or manual Synchronization and Error Handling reporting for these processes ...

Page 161: ...98 2000 Millennium automatically Under Windows NT4 it permits user to write array logging to NT s own event log 1 To view FastCheck events under Windows NT go to Start Programs Adminstrative Tools Event Viewer 2 In the Event Viewer choose Log from the menu bar then check Application Any events generated by FastCheck will appear under the Source column as FastCheck On Errors section offers four rad...

Page 162: ...out the error s detected WARNING This may result in mismatched drives under RAID 1 Interactive By checking this option a selection window will appear each time an error is detected asking the user whether they want to Abort Fix or Ignore the error see Troubleshooting section Dismiss Error Dialogs designates the length of time in seconds that a Message box or Error Dialog box appears on screen Sche...

Page 163: ...on the type of error see Appendix under Error Correction Methodology Ignore FastTrak100 Lite will log the event error and continue the synchronization process Warning this may result in mismatched drives under RAID 1 Use this setting if you want to detect the presence of errors but do not want to fix these errors at the time The user may then decide what to do about the error s detected Interactiv...

Page 164: ... setting gives priority to ongoing read write data requests by the operating system at the expense of the rebuild process and will typically result in longer rebuild times The setting shown above is the default Setting PCI Bus Utilization Option NOTE In most cases a user does not need to change this setting since FastTrak100 Lite s data handling rarely conflicts with another PCI device However cer...

Page 165: ...changes immediately Setting Disk Param eters Option Enable Write Cache checkbox allows user to enable disable write cache for hard drives that include this performance feature FastCheck automatically recognizes such drives and enables the feature as the default setting For drives that do not use write caching this option is automatically greyed out Enable S M A R T Check checkbox tells FastCheck t...

Page 166: ...d checkbox in the Preferences section turns on off use of a Password every time the FastCheck Monitoring Utility icon is selected or the program is run from the Start menu Disabling use of a current password requires password entry see Creating Password on next page Creating Password 1 To create a password check the Enable Password checkbox in the Preferences section The Set Password window will a...

Page 167: ...d you first created to gain access to FastCheck 2 Click on Options tab then click on the Change button in the Password section The Set Password screen will appear see figure in step 3 above 3 Type the password you want to use Press the Tab key or click to retype the same password in the Confirm New Password section 4 Click OK button Disabling Password 1 Input the original password you first create...

Page 168: ... with HDDs on the FastTrak100 Lite A APM will not work with HDDs on the FastTrak100 Lite This is because the system sees the card as a SCSI card Q Can I use ATAPI devices on the FastTrak100 Lite controller A No There is no driver layer on the FastTrak100 Lite controller which will support ATAPI packet messages Q Will the FastTrak100 Lite work with a 37Mhz or 41Mhz PCI bus speed A The current PCI 2...

Page 169: ... controller provide storage and or data protection with their arrays A FastTrak100 Lite implements three different types of RAID levels as follows RAID 0 stripe For capacity The FastTrak100 Lite array will be as big as the smallest HDD in the array times however many HDDs are in the array Any larger HDDs will simply be truncated The truncated space on the bigger HDDs will then be unusable For sust...

Page 170: ... compatible Basically it will truncate the bigger HDD so the sizes match Any unused space that results from this is unusable so don t use HDDs that differ too much It ll work but it s a waste Q Can I take a set of drives which make up an array created on one FastTrak100 Lite server and move it to another FastTrak100 Lite server A Yes All FastTrak100 Lite controllers read the arrays the same way On...

Page 171: ... storage capacity of drives A No Disk management software would only complicate things The array should be fully addressable by your O S as it is Remember that some operating systems have varying limits on the sizes of partitions and logical drives that can be defined Consult your O S documentation about partitioning larger drives Q What system BIOS CMOS settings do I use for the drives on the Fas...

Page 172: ...system BIOS As far as the system BIOS is concerned the FastTrak100 Lite controller and defined arrays are categorized as a SCSI device even though the BIOS will not attempt to access the FastTrak100 Lite as any type of SCSI device This allows you to set the boot sequence in your BIOS CMOS setup utility to boot from SCSI an add in controller like the FastTrak100 Lite first rather than IDE an IDE co...

Page 173: ...e at all POST INSTALLATION Memory Managers FDISK Q Why does my system reboot after the QEMM driver loads from CONFIG SYS A The problem lies in the QEMM Stealth feature This feature places the drive information from the DOS System area into the upper reaches of RAM where Windows resides This causes the FastTrak100 Lite to lose track of its drives when asked to execute the next line in the CONFIG SY...

Page 174: ...vide at the side card are line in rear speaker jack microphone jack audio output jack SPDIF OUT jack and 15pin D SUB multiplexed joystick MIDI connector Special Features 1 Full duplex playback and recording Built in 16 bit CODEC 2 HRTF 3D positional audio supporting both DirectSound 3D A3D interfaces Also supports earphones 2 4 6 channel speakers mode 3 Support Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Windows ...

Page 175: ...d Digital CD Audio 3 Mono mixing from MIC Software adjustable volume Game and MIDI Interface 1 Fully compatible with MPU 401 Midi UART and Sound Blaster Midi mode Standard IBM PC joystick game port dual channels Driver Install Un installation WIN95 98 ME 2000 INSTALLATION Check page 98 for installation procedure WIN95 98 ME 2000 UN INSTALLATION 1 Click Start 2 Select Program ...

Page 176: ... NT 4 0 INSTALLATION Check page 104 for installation procedure Windows Applications AUDIO RACK FOR WDM DRIVER By means of a user friendly interface as easy as operating your home stereo system this PCI audio rack provides you with control over your PC s audio functions including the advantage of 4 6 speakers mode enable disable and perfect digital sound SPDIF input input output control ...

Page 177: ...eate your own playlist MIDI Player can play MIDI files mid rmi and allow you to create your own playlist MP3 Wave Player can play mp3 wave and MPEG 1 files It provides EAX and equalizer to improve the sound effects when you playback the audio files If you want to sing a song MP3 Wave Player also provides a Karaoke function MP3 Wave Player can record input signals and save it in a wave file as well...

Page 178: ...n Playlist function Total length field displays the total length of the selected track in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time Button Function Playlist You can select or move tracks of audio CD from and into the playlist The title of CD and the name of tracks can be modified as well Playlist dialog will save and show them automatically when you want to play th...

Page 179: ...he first track will become the current track Playback Starts to playback the current track Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after Loop Playbacks the tracks over and over again Eject Opens the CD ROM drive to ch...

Page 180: ... device manager to change the property of your CD ROM Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions About Shows software version and copyright information Exit Stops and leaves the CD player MIDI Player MIDI Player can play MIDI files mid rmi and allow you to create your own playlist Current file field shows the number of the currently selected MIDI files ...

Page 181: ... and from the playlist You can save the playlist into a file as well Previous song Loads the previous MIDI file of playlist If current file is the first MIDI file the last one will become the current selection Next song Loads the next MIDI file of playlist If current file is the last one the first file will become the current selection Playback Starts to playback the current MIDI file Pause Restar...

Page 182: ...nt to 10 seconds after Loop Playbacks the MIDI files of the playlist over and over again Setting Selects the output device you want to use to playback the MIDI files Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions About Shows software version and copyright information Exit Stops and leaves the MIDI Player ...

Page 183: ...playlist Frequency display field shows the frequency distribution Total length field displays the total length of the currently selected file in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time File name and status field displays the file name audio format sound effects selection playback mode Karaoke mode and SPDIF status Button Function Playlist Playlist allows you to i...

Page 184: ...le of playlist If current file is the last one the first file will become the current selection Playback Starts to playback the current audio file Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after ...

Page 185: ...l effect of the song being played Currently these effectors can only be used for 44 1 KHz 16 bit format Setting You can use this dialog to set the playback parameters and the status of SPDIF IN OUT For more information of SPDIF please refer to the Appendixes C and D ...

Page 186: ...182 Recording You can use this function to record a wave file from any recording channel ...

Page 187: ...tput without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means the output is available and vice versa Several output signals can usually be enabled at once Volume This is the master control over all outputs The power of an outputRe signal is determined by both of the volume slider and the slider for the individual output To modify all the outputs adjust the volume slider To change individual...

Page 188: ...hannels The select button can temporarily select input signal without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means it is available and vice versa CD Regulates the CD drive audio input level MIC Regulates the input level of microphone WAVE Regulates wave voice playback level FM Regulates the FM music play level AUX IN Regulates the Auxiliary input play level LINE IN Regulates the Line In...

Page 189: ...er to the Appendixes C and D Advanced Speakers Speakers dialog provides an interface allowing you to set your speakers configurations First You should make sure what model type your speakers are and what the correct configurations are And this dialog also shows the current status and functions of the phone jacks of your audio device You can always refer to this to make sure whether or not the conn...

Page 190: ...olume dialog provides a full control over the volume of the six channels digital output You can adjust the volume of your speakers in this dialog Please note that the volume of analog path is not controlled by this function ...

Page 191: ...ffects dialog allows you to modify the special effects of the song and game being played Currently these effectors can only be used for the player or the game which utilizes DirectSound 2D and 3D to playback their music Advanced Options ...

Page 192: ...audio in 4 6CH speakers mode 5 1 CH DVD AC 3 home theater available Compatible with EAXTM Environment Audio eXtention KARAOKE ascending descending keys Echo Supports Center Subwoofer side speakers for chip model 039 and the following models To let everyone avail himself herself of the above functions a user friendly interface Multi Channel Audio Demo was designed with the following functions 1 4 C...

Page 193: ...9 Speakers and Microphone Connection Before running this demo program you have to connect the speakers to the correct phone jacks CENTER BASS REAR_L R OPTICAL_INPUT SPDIF_INPUT SPDIF_OUTPUT OPTICAL_OUTPUT ...

Page 194: ... For more information please refer to the 5 1 5 Mixer Advanced Speakers dialog How to Adjust the Microphone Volume You have to use the microphone when availing yourself of the Echo function If the microphone is on and is very close to the speakers it will cause feedback between the two Also unusual high frequencies or buzzing sounds might be heard from the speakers To avoid this you have to adjust...

Page 195: ...program to testify individual speaker output Move cursor to whichever speaker you want to test and left click the mouse If the setup is correct you can hear music coming from that speaker alone Each music output is different for distinction The Center and Subwoofer speakers are only supported by chip model 039 and the following models ...

Page 196: ...w was it like Isn t it fantastic If you don t have 4 speaker system hurry up and buy yourself one right away EAX Monotonous footsteps generate distinctive sound effects in different environments In this Demo you can hear a lady wearing high heels walk in different surroundings generic environment bathroom sewer pipe and underwater Left click the mouse to activate this Demo and feel the differences...

Page 197: ...ree dimension measured from the listener s eardrum This technology and special digital signal processing are used to recreate spatial hearing cues making our ears hear realistic and three dimensional sounds coming from a pairs of loud speakers or headphones When you activate this Demo you can hear a helicopter fly around you clockwise for three times ...

Page 198: ... solve this problem this demo is designed to include the Echo function Please left click the upper right of the demo screen as shown below and choose your own music file to play Please note the file type has to be MP3 file Please left click Echo to activate the function For pitch adjustment please use and keys on the keyboard For microphone pitch adjustment please use and keys on the numeric keybo...

Page 199: ...turning on the SYNC mode See above 1 Output A PC to MD player STEP 2 To execute MP3 Wave Player and modify the play list You should select those files whose format can be recognized by the MD Player You can also change the sound effects if you like See also 5 1 4 STEP 3 In Setting dialog check Enable SPDIF OUT input the playback delay time and select 5 Vp p Optical Please note that in playback if ...

Page 200: ...196 STEP 4 Start to play the songs You will see that the MD player starts to do the recording as well ...

Page 201: ...rding steps are as follows STEP 1 Use optical fiber or coaxial to connect the sound card and SPDIF IN device See also Appendix C 2 Input STEP 2 Execute MP3 Wave Player In Setting dialog select 5 Vp p Optical or 0 5 Vp p Coaxial STEP 3 In Wave Recording dialog you should select the recording format and SPDIF IN recording channel Then input the file name Before recording please turn on your SPDIF IN...

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