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BIOS Setup Utility

SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra

Hard Disks Type & Mode

Choose the type and mode for the hard disks that you have already installed.

Setting

Description

Note

IDE HDD
Auto-Detection

Press Enter To auto-detect the HDD’s size,

head… on this channel.

Auto

BIOS detects hard disk type
automatically.

Default

Manual

User defines the type of hard
disk.

IDE Primary
Slave
(User Type)

None

Auto

BIOS detects hard disk mode
automatically.

Default

CHS

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 in.

Drives A

None

Not installed

Disabled

Default

Floppy 3-Mode
Support

Drive A

Supports 3-mode
floppy diskette:
740KB/1.2MB/
1.44MB on selected
disk drive.

Special disk drive
commonly used in
Japan

Summary of Contents for SY-KT400 Dragon Ultra

Page 1: ...DDR400 incompatibilities as a result of discrepancy in memory manufacturing In an effort to provide our customers the highest product quality and performance SOYO has tested a number of memory modules to ensure compatibility Please visit our web site at http www soyousa com products proddesc php id 185 for information on Recommended Memory In some cases BIOS upgrade might be required to take advan...

Page 2: ...SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra Motherboard AMD Athlon Duron Processors Supported VIA KT400 AGP PCI Motherboard 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 3: ...ghts of third parties and not to infringe upon or to cause others to infringe upon such rights Disclaimer Please be advised that some SOYO motherboards are designed with overclocking features and may allow users to run the components beyond manufacturer s recommended specifications Overclocking beyond manufacturer s specifications is not recommended nor endorsed by SOYO Inc and will void your manu...

Page 4: ...RDWARE INSTALLATION 10 2 1 PREPARATIONS 10 2 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE 11 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP 38 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 44 3 1 SOYO COMBO SETUP 47 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 55 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 59 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 63 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 68 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 74 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 80 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 83 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 85 3 10 LOAD OPTIMI...

Page 5: ...IGHPOINT HPT372 DRIVER INSTALLATION 99 CHAPTER 7 VIA LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION 105 APPENDIX A HIGHPOINT HPT372 MANUAL 108 APPENDIX B C MEDIA 6 CHANNELAUDIO SOLUTION MANUAL 140 APPENDIX C TROUBLESHOOTINGAT FIRST START 179 APPENDIX D CONTACT INFORMATION 186 ...

Page 6: ...hnology and supports AMD Socket class processors This motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements 1 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpacking the motherboard check for the following items The SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra AGP PCI motherboard The user manual The Installation CD ROM SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM 3 IDE Device ATA 66 Flat Cable One Floppy Disk Drive ...

Page 7: ...self frequently by touching the unpainted portion 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 1 3 KEY FEATURES CPU SUPPORT The SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra supports the following AMD K7 CPUs Supports 200 266 MHz Front Side Bus Athlon XP CPU Duron Morgan CPU Newly released AMD Socket A CPUs may be ...

Page 8: ... Ultra supports a wide range of multipliers 5 0x 5 5x 6 0x 6 5x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x 8 5x 9 0x 9 5x 10 0x 10 5x 11 0x 11 5x 12 0x 12 5x 13 0x 13 5x 14 0x 15 0x 16 0x 16 5x 17 0x and 18 0x MEMORY SUPPORT The SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra supports PC1600 PC2100 and PC2700 DDR Memory module EXPANDABILITY The SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra provides all the standard expansion slots and many more additional expansion features...

Page 9: ... ON BOARD Supports 10 100 Mbps base T TX Ethernet SMART CARD READER PIN HEADER Compliant with Personal Computer Smart Card PC SC Working Group standard A smart card reader is required ADVANCED FUNCTIONS The SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra supports advanced functions such as Wake On LAN Some advanced network cards can wake the system up over the network the WOL connector is provided by the SY KT400 DRAGON Ul...

Page 10: ...ected and has low down time 5VSB Indicator This green LED gives an indication of the presence of the 5V Standby voltage This voltage is always fed into the motherboard and is used for functions such as WOL SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM COMPLIANCE The SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra complies with all important industry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra a motherboard to ...

Page 11: ...e board contact your dealer immediately 1 5 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS Be sure to ground yourself before handling the motherboard or other system components Electrostatic discharge can easily damage the components Note that you must take special precautions when handling the motherboard in dry or air conditioned environment To protect your equipment from electrostatic discharge take the f...

Page 12: ...form PRT PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector ATX Power LINE OUT LINE IN MIC GAME PORT COM 1 COM 2 USB 1_2 AGP PRO 3V Lithium Battery CD_SPDIF 1 2 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 HighPoint IDE RAID CHIP H W Audio PHY 3 1 JP44 WOL Header 1 4 VT8235 J30 1 2 P2 1 3 JP5 ...

Page 13: ...Motherboard Description SY KT400DRAGONUltra 8 1 7 SY KT400 DRAGON Ultra MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA AB AC AD AE AF AG B A C D E F ...

Page 14: ...ro Slot M CD IN Connector N Chassis Cooling Fan Connector O IDE RAID Ports P Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port Q Front Panel Connectors R HighPoint IDE RAID Chip S VIA VT8235 South Bridge Chip T CMOS Clear Jumper U 5V Stand By Indicator LED V 3V Lithium Battery W USB 2 0 Connector X Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header Y Smart Card Reader Connector Z Flash BIOS AA ITE I O Chip AB Wake On LAN WOL Header AC ...

Page 15: ...g preparations 2 1 PREPARATIONS Gather and prepare all the following hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket A processor with built in CPU cooling fan boxed type 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 Speaker s optional 8 Disk Drives HDD CD ROM Floppy drive 9 External Peri...

Page 16: ...p 4 Connect cables case wires and power supply Step 5 Power on and enter BIOS setup Step 6 Install supporting software tools See Chapter 4 for more info Warning Turn off the power to the motherboard system chassis and peripheral devices before performing any work on the motherboard or system BEGIN THE INSTALLATION Step 1 Install the CPU CPU Mount Procedure To mount the AMD K7 Athlon Athlon XP Duro...

Page 17: ...0DRAGONUltra 12 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 4 Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place ...

Page 18: ... stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU Note Remember to connect the fan to the appropriate power source CPU Fan Mount Procedure To prevent scratch or damage on the motherboard please follow the instructions on how to mount the CPU fan properly 1 Apply thermal paste to the die of the CPU 2 Make sure that the retaining clip is in this position before trying...

Page 19: ...llation SY KT400DRAGONUltra 14 3 To install this clip push firmly only on the end of the clip To install the clip typically requires 12 to 24 pounds of force 4 The fans power connector should be connected to CPUFAN1 ...

Page 20: ...low for more information on FOC function When the CPU temperature exceeds the temperature set in the CPU Temp Protection in the BIOS setup SOYO s Anti burn Regulator ABR will automatically shutdown the system and beep until the power button is press for one time For more info about ABR check pages 17 For more information on CPU settings in the BIOS check page 39 DIMM3 DIMM1 ...

Page 21: ...nd send it to the BIOS 2 Auto Power Off System If the BIOS receives the information of CPU fan revolution it continues to function normally If no signal is received it will inform the system and disconnects the power supply immediately to protect the CPU from overheating Note The following must be observed to secure the normal functioning of Fan Off Control 1 FOC only works on CPUFAN 1 2 CPU fan w...

Page 22: ...ating system FOC will be disable ABR Anti Burn Regulator SOYO s ABR Anti Burn Regulator is specially designed hardware circuits that works hand in hand with the CPU s internal sensor in monitoring the temperature of the CPU and prevent it from overheating Once the heat accumulated in the CPU is over the set limit ABR will automatically shut down the system power and warns you with a beeping sound ...

Page 23: ...uffered and non ECC DIMM modules On this motherboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed If you re planning to use PC3200 module this motherboard can support 2 pcs of PC3200 memory module Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 RAM Type DDR RAM non register non ECC Memory Module Size MB 128 256 512 1024 MB ...

Page 24: ...ion card 5 Install related driver from the operating system AGP Pro Slot This motherboard supports AGP 4x 8x Pro VGA CARD DO NOT remove the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to your card slot and motherboard Remove ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card You can use a pen tip to remove t...

Page 25: ...for PCI Device PCI Device INT AGP A PCI slot 1 5 A PCI slot 2 B PCI slot 3 C PCI slot 4 D On board Audio D On board RAID C Step 4 Connect cables case wires and power supply A IDE Device Installation HDD CD ROM IDE 2 IDE 1 Pin 1 Secondary IDE Primary IDE IDE 3 IDE 4 Pin 1 ...

Page 26: ... and plug the other end to the primary IDE1 IDE3 or secondary IDE2 IDE4 directionally keyed IDE connector on the motherboard The ATA 66 100 133 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs Please note that IDE3 IDE4 only support HDD CD ROM is not supported This motherboard can support up to 8 HDDs There are four HDD connectors IDE1 IDE2 IDE3 IDE4 on motherboard IDE3 IDE4 are provided for IDE RAID ...

Page 27: ...possible 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 1 1 33 33 FDC Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ...

Page 28: ...tions Plug 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 Power LED Pin Assignment GND NC VCC Speaker Reset PWRBT Power LED HDD LED ...

Page 29: ... up 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 HDD LED Pin Assignment _ LED Anode LED Cathode Speaker out NC NC VCC Sp...

Page 30: ...r modem 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 PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 PRT PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mo...

Page 31: ...s 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 P...

Page 32: ...udio This motherboard 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 out line in and mic jack convenient to directly plug in all your external audio devices 2 channel Speaker System When using 2 channel speaker connect the speaker cable to line out 4 cha...

Page 33: ...rd check page 33 for more information E Other Connections 1 Wake On LAN WOL Attach the 3 pin connector from the LAN card that supports the Wake On LAN WOL function to the JP44 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 Line out Line in ...

Page 34: ...CON 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 GND 5VSB MP Wake Up 1 3 2 Wake On LAN JP44 Pin Assignment Standard Infrared SIRCON Connector SIRCON Pin Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 VCC IRRX GND IRTX ...

Page 35: ...fan 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 any damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPUFAN1 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN Pin Assignment SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 CPUFAN2 NC 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 36: ... 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 on this motherboard while CHAFAN is optional CHAFAN2 CHAFAN1 CHAFAN3 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 CHAFAN Pin Assignment 12V NC GND 3 1 2 12V SENSOR Control 3 1 2 NC 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 37: ...onnect 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 38: ... connector This card is optional Please check with your dealer if this card is included Please refer to Appendix B for more information on AUDIO function Note Some 5 1 speaker have different center base assignment Please use the C media Multi Channel Audio demo software to check if sounds coming from the center base speaker are correct If not short pin 2 3 of JP1 and JP2 JP1 JP2 ...

Page 39: ...llation SY KT400DRAGONUltra 34 7 CD_SPDIF 8 MIC LED Connector J30 You can connect the Line out MIC in LAN LED to the front panel of your PC case If this option is available in your PC case CD_SPDIF 1 2 SPDIF IN2 GND ...

Page 40: ...ply Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cord of the ATX power supply before connecting to ATX PW connector The KT400 DRAGON Ultra requires a power supply that is approved by AMD Go to www amd com for more info on approved power supply Make sure the ATX power supply can take at least 720 mA load on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB to meet the standard ATX specification Note If you use the Wake O...

Page 41: ...12V GND PS ON GND GND GND 5V 5V 5V 3 3V 3 3V GND 5V GND 5V GND PW OK 5VSB 12V ATX Power Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment Pay special care to the directionality P2 is for AGP PRO use only 12V GND GND NC Pin1 Pin4 P2 ...

Page 42: ...t least 5 seconds to clear the CMOS Note You must unplug the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation Step 5 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your KT400 DRAGON Ultra successfully 1 Turn the power on 2 It takes awhile to boot up to the system You will hear 3 beeps before seeing a display on the screen 3 To enter the BIOS Setup...

Page 43: ...s Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage 2 3 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 the ha...

Page 44: ...onents Selecting CPU Frequency Mode to AUTO Manual To set the CPU frequency Mode to Manual highlight the option using up and down key Press Enter and a pop up manual will show the desire settings Move the up or down arrow key to set Manual then hit enter The CPU frequency mode is now set to Manual setting which means you can change the frequency of the CPU from the actual frequency Refer to pictur...

Page 45: ...SB until it started to lock your system up To change the CPU Frequency highlight the Frequency 1MHz Stepping and a pop up screen will show You can key in the frequency your CPU can run follow by the Enter key Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility SOYO COMBO Feature System Performance Normal CPU Frequency Mode Manual Item Help Frequency 1MHz Stepping 100 CPU To PCI Divider 3 DRAM AGP PCI Clock SPD ...

Page 46: ...r the PCI bus is between 30 37 5 MHz Changing CPU ratio Multiplier The ratio or multiplier of the CPU can be changed depends on the CPU Some CPUs are unlocked which mean the ratio can be changed through the BIOS settings Some CPU ratio can be higher or lower than the predefined value Other can only be set to lower than the predefined value Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility SOYO COMBO Feature S...

Page 47: ...de Manual Item Help Frequency 1MHz Stepping 100 CPU To PCI Divider 3 DRAM AGP PCI Clock SPD 66 33 DRAM Clock 133 CPU Ratio Select Auto CPU Voltage Select Default DDR 2 5V Voltage Select Default AGP 1 5V Voltage Select Default Advanced Tune up Settings Press Enter C I H 4 WAY Protection Disabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Enabled Menu Level Once the above settings are set the rest of the settings are pr...

Page 48: ...Frequency mode in the BIOS DDRAM clock speed should not be lower than the CPU speed 13 0x or above multiplier option in the CPU Ratio Select will only work with CPU with 13 0x or above multiplier SOYO is not responsible for damage done in your CPU or system instability due to overclocking You are now ready to configure your system with the BIOS setup program Go to Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP ...

Page 49: ...dard 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 select f...

Page 50: ...at 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 51: ... 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 52: ...ity SOYO COMBO Feature System Performance Normal CPU Frequency Mode Auto Item Help x Frequency 1MHz Stepping 100 x CPU To PCI Divider 3 x DRAM AGP PCI Clock SPD 66 33 DRAM Clock 133 CPU Ratio Select Auto CPU Voltage Select Default DDR 2 5V Voltage Select Default AGP 1 5V Voltage Select Default Advanced Tune up Settings Press Enter C I H 4 WAY Protection Disabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Enabled Onboa...

Page 53: ...uto CPU Freq detects For experienced overclocker set the field to Manual to overclock the CPU Freq by 1 MHz stepping Don t forget to set the correct CPU to PCI divider Frequency 1MHz Stepping 100 255 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 3 Default 4 5 CPU To PCI Divider 6 This option determines...

Page 54: ... 0x 16 0x 16 5x 17 0x 18 0x Allows youtoselect yourCPU Ratio CPU Voltage Select Setting Description Note Default Default 1 475V 1 675V 1 500V 1 700V 1 525V 1 725V 1 550V 1 750V 1 575V 1 775V 1 600V 1 800V 1 625V 1 825V CPU Voltage Select 1 650V 1 850V This function allow to adjust the CPU voltage DDR Vcore Select Setting Description Note Default Default 2 6V 2 7V DDR Vcore Select 2 8V This functio...

Page 55: ... is unable to program the system BIOS Set to disable the BIOS can be programmed the traditional way Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Setting Description Note Enabled Default Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Onboard IDE RAID Setting Description Note Enabled Default Onboard IDE RAID Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard IDE RAID OnChip LAN Setting Description Note Enabled Defau...

Page 56: ...ROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD 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 SCSI Boot Order SCSI RAID ATA Select Your RAID ATA SCSI Boot Device Priority ...

Page 57: ...AM CAS Latency 2 5 Item Help Bank Interleave Disabled Precharge to Active Trp 3T Active to Precharge Tras 6T Active to CMD Trcd 3T DRAM Burst Length 4 DRAM Command Rate 2T Command DRAM Access Time 3T DRAM Queue Depth 4 Level DRAM tWTR 3T Write Recovery Time 3T AGP Performance Normal AGP Fast Write Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Value...

Page 58: ...esigner Disabled Default Bank Interleave 2 Bank 4 Bank Increase DRAM performance 2T Precharge to Active Trp 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 5T Active to Precharge Tras 6T Increase DRAM performance Default 2T Active to CMD Trcd 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 4 Default DRAM Burst Length 8 Increase DRAM performance 2T Command Default DRAM Command Rate 1T Command Increase DRAM performance 2...

Page 59: ...ite Recovery Time 3T Increase DRAM performance Default AGP Control Setting Description Note Normal Default AGP Performance Fast Increase AGP performance 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 ...

Page 60: ... 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 screen allow...

Page 61: ... Cylinder 39704 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 39703 Sector 63 Menu Level To auto detect the HDD s size head on this channel 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 ca...

Page 62: ...etects hard disk mode automatically Default CHS 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 ...

Page 63: ...GA 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 64: ...sabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled EPA 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...

Page 65: ...or checking 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 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 L...

Page 66: ...ar sec 20 Char sec 24 Char sec Typematic Rate 30 Char sec Choose the rate at which a character is repeated when holding down a key 250 msec Default 500 msec 750 msec Typematic Delay 1000 msec Choose how long after you press a key down the character begins repeating Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes the securit...

Page 67: ...sabled Default HDD S M A R T Capability Enabled Enable this field when your HDD supports the S M A R T function 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 fr...

Page 68: ...PCI Bus Control Press Enter Item Help System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Disabled Spread Spectrum 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 press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your se...

Page 69: ...ng Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Disabled Default Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled When enabled this item will auto detect if the DIMM and PCI socket have devices and will send clock signal to DIMM and PCI devices When disabled it will send the clock signal to all DIMM and PCI socket Disabled Default Spread Spectrum Enabled This item allows you to ...

Page 70: ...or AGP Trans 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 press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving AGP P2P Bridge Control Setting Description Note 64M Default 32M 128M AGPAperture Size 256M Select the siz...

Page 71: ...o 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 Master 1 WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states Disabled Default AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait state...

Page 72: ...C 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 PCI1 2 Master 0 WS Write Enabled When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states Default Disabled PCI1 ...

Page 73: ...Utility Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter SuperIO Device Press Enter Item Help Init Display First AGP OnChip USB Controller All Enabled 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 press Esc...

Page 74: ...nd you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Default 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 sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs su...

Page 75: ...nChip 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 Previous Valu...

Page 76: ...ault mode 0 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 suppo...

Page 77: ...ial 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 instructions on y...

Page 78: ...Default UART Mode SCR SCR mean Smart Card Reader If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR Half Default UR2 Duplex Mode 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 IRQ7 Choose the printer I O address SPP Default EPP ECP Parall...

Page 79: ...ent Activity Detect Press Enter 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 Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key Item Help PS2KB Wakeup from S1 S5 Wake PS2MS Wakeup from S1 S5 Enabled VGA OFF LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Ca...

Page 80: ...times 1 Min Disabled Default 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 When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to ope...

Page 81: ...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 items that will wake up your system when in one of sleep modes Press enter to go the select item page IRQ Event Activity Detect Setting Description Note Hot key Default PS2KB Wakeup S...

Page 82: ...tem Default OFF Default PCI Master ON When On of PCI Master any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system 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 s...

Page 83: ...d 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 press Es...

Page 84: ...hen 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 85: ...ssignment 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 disappear when ...

Page 86: ...4 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 ...

Page 87: ...d 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 88: ...s CPU from overheating in an event there s a problem with the CPUFAN The user should also plug the CPUFAN power on the CPUFAN1 pin If not system will auto shutdown 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 your screen to save your se...

Page 89: ... 65 C 149 F 60 C 140 F 55 C 131 F 50 C 122 F Default 85 C Default ABR Anti Burn Regulator Disabled Set the CPU temperature for the system to shutdown CPU Temp External C F Show the current status of CPU temperature CHA Temperature C F Show the current status of the System temperature CPU Temp On Die C F Show the current status of CPU Die temperature Current CPUFAN1 CHAFAN1 Speed RPM Show the curre...

Page 90: ...alth Status 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 Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or...

Page 91: ...ized 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 Menu and keep current values Warning If you run into any ...

Page 92: ... 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 93: ... to section 3 11 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 Ti...

Page 94: ...e 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 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD ...

Page 95: ... format b The drivers software available for installation and c 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 are running Windows NT 2K XP the SOYO CD will not detect your motherboard type In that case the following dialog will pop up Please choose your motherboard model number and press OK Now the SOYO CD ...

Page 96: ...be installed in 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 ...

Page 97: ...Driver Installation Menu A short description of all available drivers follows VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package for Win 9x ME NT 2k XP VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve the performance and maintain the stability of systems using VIA chipsets These four drivers are VIA Registry INF Driver VIA AGP VxD driver VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver and VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver For Windows ...

Page 98: ...e driver will enable the VIA Power Management function IRQ remapping utility This driver is installed automatically VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver is to be installed under Windows 98 only it sets the system s PCI IRQ routing sequence C MEDIA 6 channel Onboard Audio Driver Application for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP 1 The driver supports 2 4 6 speakers 3D positional audio 2 The application is include CD Play...

Page 99: ...iver for VIA USB 2 0 Host Controller Select which driver you want to install and click OK or click Cancel to abort the driver installation and return to the main menu Note Once you have selected a driver the system will automatically exit the SOYO CD to begin the driver installation program When the installation is complete most drivers require to restart your system before they can become active ...

Page 100: ...Drivers installation SY KT400DRAGONUltra 95 After Windows XP installation your device manager should look like this ...

Page 101: ...Drivers installation SY KT400DRAGONUltra 96 After driver installation your Windows XP device manager should look like this ...

Page 102: ...Drivers installation SY KT400DRAGONUltra 97 Drivers directory list in the CD driver ...

Page 103: ...estarted it may look for windows driver from your Win98CD and ask you to insert your Win98 98se CD to your CD drive At this point you need to insert the Win98 CD to your CD drive and type in D win98 assuming your CD ROM in driver D How to setup speakers using SPDIF out 1 Go to start program PCI audio applicattion audio rack audio rack 2 Click on the advance Icon 3 Click on speakers 4 Choose the 2 ...

Page 104: ...ppendix A getting started section for installation procedure To boot from the HPT372 controller IDE 3 or IDE 4 1 Go to the BIOS setup and set the First Boot device to SCSI 2 Set the RAID ATA SCSI boot order to RAID ATA SCSI Installing RAID Driver on an Existing System Windows 9x ME Installation If Windows can not find new hardware the driver can be installed through the following steps 1 Shut down...

Page 105: ... need to install please just click Next to continue 9 Follow the system prompt to install driver When finished restart the computer Windows NT 4 0 1 Click Start Setup Control Panel then double click SCSI Adapter icon 2 In the follow on window select Driver item then click Add button 3 In the follow on window select Have Disk 4 Insert the SOYO CD of driver input the path of driver D Raid Hpt372_234...

Page 106: ...er click next 12 Follow the system prompt to finish the installation Windows XP 1 Click Start Setup Control Panel Switch to classic View system hardware device manager 2 You will see a RAID Controller under unknown device 3 Double click RAID controller 4 Re install driver 5 Choose install from a list or specific location 6 Check search removable media and then click next 7 Choose the driver for Wi...

Page 107: ...pecify other devices Please press S key 4 In the follow up Device Type window select Other item then press Enter to confirm 5 The installation program will prompt users to insert the floppy disk of driver Please insert it and then press Enter to confirm 6 In the follow on window select HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller then press Enter to confirm 7 The follow on interface will list the device...

Page 108: ...SI or RAID driver appears 3 Press S key to specify additional devices when the Windows 2000 Setup window appears 4 Insert the floppy disk of driver then press Enter to continue 5 The system will ask whether to install driver under WinNT or under Windows 2000 please select to install driver under Windows 2000 6 In the follow on window of device type please select Other and press Enter to continue 7...

Page 109: ...r to install driver under WinNT or under Windows XP please select to install driver under Windows XP 5 Insert the floppy disk of driver then press Enter to continue 6 In the follow on window of device type please select HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller for Windows XP to continue 7 Win XP will prompt you that a message that the driver is newer than the default driver press S to continue 8 The...

Page 110: ...ctory 9 The directory is in SOYO CD D LAN VIALAN where D is your CD ROM 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 LAN Drivers under Windows ME 1 Move the cursor to my computer icon 2 Click mou...

Page 111: ...h of the location of the drivers to be installed Enter D LAN VIALAN 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 LAN Drivers under Windows 2000 1 Move the cursor to my computer icon 2 Click mouse right button then se...

Page 112: ...rsor to my computer icon 2 Press mouse right button select properties then click it 3 Click Hardware then click Device Manager 4 Double click Network adapters 5 Double click VIA PCI 10 100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter 6 Click Driver 7 Click Update Driver 8 Select Install from a list or specific locations click it 9 Click on Next 10 Click Browse 11 The LAN driver directory is in SOYO CD D LAN VIALAN whe...

Page 113: ...108 APPENDIX A HighPoint HPT 372 ...

Page 114: ...Allowed maximum 4 disks connection to every controller Does not support ATAPI devices Hot swapping failed hard disk in mirror array Support independent use of hard disk Support hot spare disk Support Operating Systems DOS Windows 3 x Windows 98 Me Windows NT4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows based software for RAID management compatible with BIOS Disk error alarm mechanism Event log for easy trou...

Page 115: ...ot from the HPT372 controller IDE 3 or IDE 4 go to the BIOS setup and set the First Boot device to SCSI When setting up the RAID 0 or RAID 1 please use the IDE 3 master and IDE4 master We do not recommend configuring the RAID array on the same IDE Create a Disk Array You can create a disk array using 1 HPT372 BIOS Utility Configuration Need to use this utility if you plan to install an operating s...

Page 116: ... all items of the operating command Help It displays the illustrating information of the current selection and the available operation prompts Channel Status It displays the status information of all devices in connection When it is active users can select the device to be operated I Create RAID The following steps shall be taken to create RAID in BIOS 1 Use the arrow key to select 1 Create RAID 2...

Page 117: ... 2 If user is creating RAID 0 1 then user must select four single disks All data on these disks will be destroyed after creation of RAID 0 1 3 Different warning messages appear according to different RAID levels II Delete RAID The following steps shall be taken to delete RAID 1 In the menu zone select 2 Delete RAID press Enter to confirm this operation and go to next 2 In the validated channel sta...

Page 118: ...he second step and rebuild cannot continue IV Add Spare Disk The following steps shall be taken to add the spare disk 1 In the menu select 4 Add Spare Disk and press Enter to confirm 2 In menu select 1 Select Mirror Array None and press Enter to confirm 3 In the validated channel status select the mirror array and press Enter to confirm 4 In the menu select 2 Select Spare Drive None and press Ente...

Page 119: ... set in the popup selection box and press Enter to confirm VII Set Boot Disk The following steps shall be taken to set the boot disk 1 In the menu select 7 Set Boot Disk item press Enter to confirm 2 In the validated channel status zone use the arrow key to select the boot device and press Enter to confirm Note 1 The Set Boot Disk item appears on condition that no hard disk is connected to IDE on ...

Page 120: ... setup exe After the installation is complete restart the computer With the implicit option the setup program will create program group Start Program HighPoint This program group contains the following contents Highpoint ATA RAID Management Software Readme Uninstall Highpoint ATA RAID Management Software Creating a RAID Array Click on the Configuration tab the Configuration window appears There ar...

Page 121: ... array only not copying data So it is usually for two new disks Available Disks All the auto detected available disks of your computer are listed in this pane Selected Disks Select the physical disks from the Available Disks list box and click the right hand button to add them to the Selected Disks list box You may cancel your selection First click the disks from the Selected Disks list box Next c...

Page 122: ...e you have rebooted your system your main window will display your built arrays Click No to reboot later Warning If you have created an array and try to use it without first rebooting you can get possible data corruption Deleting a RAID Array Warning Deleting an existing disk array could result in its data loss To delete an array follow these steps 1 Click Configuration Delete RAID in the main win...

Page 123: ...right pane shows the information categories for that array including Name Type and Capacity The Array Structure pane shows the device information in the selected array such as Model Number and Location If you want to unselect the array just click the left hand button to return it from the Selected Array list box back to the Available Array list box 3 Click Delete A warning will be displayed ...

Page 124: ...ew window See the System View section Managing a Spare Pool With a spare disk you can enhance security of RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 array If one of the disks in the array fails the system will rebuild the array using a spare disk automatically HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software provides you the function of managing a spare pool You can add one disk to the spare pool or remove it from the pool one ti...

Page 125: ...ck Yes to continue or No to cancel the addition To remove a disk from the spare pool select a disk from the Pool list box and click the left hand button to return it back to the Available Disks list box Or double click a disk in the Pool list box A confirmation screen will pop up inquiring you if you are sure to remove the selected disk from the spare pool Click Yes to continue or No to cancel Yes...

Page 126: ...help information at the bottom of the Spare Pool Management window Note 1 When a disk is added removed to from the spare pool the software will ask you to reboot the system you can reboot at once or later 2 When there is no RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array if you want to add a disk to spare pool the spare disk will not take effect when the array is broken Yes No If the Disk Maxtor 33073H3 is removed from ...

Page 127: ...y Duplicating will copy data from the source disk to the target disk to ensure data consistency on the mirroring array This operation will be performed when a failed array member is replaced Only RAID 1 array and RAID 0 1 array can be duplicated To duplicate an array follow these steps 1 Click Configuration Duplicate in the main window the Duplicate window appears ...

Page 128: ...ays from the Array List box The array information will display on the right pane including Name Type and Capacity 3 Click Start A progress indicator will appear showing duplicating in progress Click Abort to abort the duplication ...

Page 129: ...tware supports event notification function When a specified event occurs the administrator will receive an email in time To set an event notification follow these steps 1 Click on the Management tab in the main window the Management window appears There are two sub tabs in this screen The Event Notification window is the active screen by default ...

Page 130: ... option to send a warning event to the administrator Error Select this option to send a critical event to the administrator You may also select one or more of the three options at one time 4 Set the other layout options as follows SMTP Server You will type the name of your outgoing mail server SMTP This setting is provided to you by your Internet Service Provider ISP Port You will type the server ...

Page 131: ...be displayed Fail to send the mail to the administrator Click OK to return to the Event Notification window to modify the options in it You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the Event Notification window Refresh When you click on the Refresh tab in the Management window the Refresh window will not appear The system will rescan all devices and jump to the System View win...

Page 132: ...fault And the System View window is the default screen in it The devices that the system auto detected show in this window including the logical devices the physical devices and the controllers The status bar displays information about Chip count Logical device count etc You ll get additional info when moving you mouse over an icon for a while You can perform the following operations in this windo...

Page 133: ...wing items with their corresponding descriptions and the structure information for that array Those items include Array Name Array Type Array Capacity and Status The structure displays the member disks of the array with their Model Number and Location information Click OK to return to the System View window ...

Page 134: ...ons will invoke the Physical Device Information window listing the following items with their relevant descriptions Those items include Model Number Location Capacity Type Status Transfer Mode and Array Name Click OK to return to the System View window 3 Viewing Controller Information ...

Page 135: ...vices are the array members 2 Viewing Relationship between Physical Device and Controller The blue lines represent data channels between the physical devices and the controllers 3 Deleting a RAID array Right click the array icon you want to delete you will activate a drop down menu Choose the Delete item on the menu A warning message box appears prompting you all data will be deleted Click Yes to ...

Page 136: ...he new array name and then click OK Note If the array is broken or disabled or being duplicated it can not be renamed 5 Refreshing System Devices Right click your mouse on the blank place in the System View window will appear the Refresh menu Click the menu to refreshing the system devices You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the System View window ...

Page 137: ... The filter divides them into three types Information Warning and Error Select the Information check box to view common events Select the Warning check box to view warning events Select the Error check box to view critical events Or you may select all the three check boxes to view all events info at one time ...

Page 138: ...or Clear to clear all events logs in the system You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the Event View window Note You can enable mail notification function when an event occurs See the Setting Event Notification section Viewing Icon Legend Each icon has its unique meaning in HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software You can get its meaning from the Icon View window Click Vi...

Page 139: ...nning I O operations or when some I O errors occur in this disk users will be informed When the disk doesn t run read write operations users can use the refresh function to scan the system Similarly when you insert a new disk refresh it the software will find the disk Auto rebuild RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software supports the auto rebuild function in the sense that d...

Page 140: ...disk is added to a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array and the array resumes normal the auto rebuild function will be started Add disks to broken arrays If a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array is broken and there is an idle physical disk you can add it to the array The system will auto rebuild the array at the same time You can use the above 3 features together For example insert a hard disk refresh the system the sof...

Page 141: ...er icon on desktop and then select Property item from the popup menu 2 Select Device Manager item from the popup window If there is an HPT370 HPT372 item under SCSI Controllers it indicates that the driver has been installed properly If you cannot find these two above mentioned device items or there are or on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and needs reins...

Page 142: ...led and the computer restarted 1 Click Start Setup Control Panel and then double click SCSI Adapter item 2 If there is HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item in the popup window it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise users need to reinstall the driver ...

Page 143: ...ck My Computer icon select Property item in the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware item and then click Device Manager button If there is HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item in the popup Device Manager window it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise please reinstall the driver ...

Page 144: ...lick Device Manager button If an HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller and HighPoint RCM Device item exists in the popup Device Manager window see above it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise if user cannot find these four device items or there is or markings on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user needs to delete the d...

Page 145: ...lution in the way sound is heard and enjoyed in the multi channel audio environment Simply via an open aired ear headphone like structure device C Media XeaR technology is capable of providing virtual rear sound effect compensation for the multi channel audio system For other virtues C Media XeaR technology helps to eliminate installation works for example speaker placement and installations reduc...

Page 146: ...major vintage benefits provide by the multi channel audio system accurate HRTF 3D impressive EAXTM effects to name a few By way of software technology XeaR supply all customers of C Media Audio solution to enjoy this function Moreover its can unrestricted any brand of headphone and base on your budget to choice any device what you like Special Features Full duplex playback and recording Built in 1...

Page 147: ...PCI 6CH with XeaR technology support Digital Audio SPDIF IN OUT Up to 24 bit stereo 44KHz sampling rate voice playback recording Full duplex playback and recording 120dB audio quality measured Auto detectable SPDIF IN signal level from 0 5V to 5V 120dB audio quality in playback recording and bypass modes Stereo Mixer Stereo analog mixing from CD Audio and Line in Stereo digital mixing from Voice F...

Page 148: ... type INSTALL Enter Type the DOS utilities path you want to install the file in Program will expand the file to the path you ve specified Install program will add initial drivers into AUTOEXEC BAT file WIN95 98 98SE ME 2000 XP INSTALLATION C Media audio device driver and software media application provide much more than your imagination When you insert installation CD set up program will automatic...

Page 149: ...144 User can choose favorite language This dialog box was reminded you some information about agreement ...

Page 150: ...145 Select folder to set up program Recommend select as default setting ...

Page 151: ...146 Proceeding install procedure Include components copy and device search Setup program will extract Microsoft DirectX and Direct media components ...

Page 152: ...gram will install device driver and this step will take some time please be patient When finished set up the program will pop up a dialog picture to show multi channel speaker environment User should select which speaker mode he or she wants ...

Page 153: ...s finish you will need to restart your computer for enable driver and application functions 3 3 WIN95 98 98SE ME 2000 XP UN INSTALLATION If you want to remove audio driver or application you can use uninstall function on PCI Audio Application ...

Page 154: ...NT 4 0 INSTALLATION We recommend that you install Windows NT 4 0 before you install this PCI audio card and you not install any other sound card device drivers in your current system 1 Click Start move the highlight bar to Setting and select the Control Panel 2 Double click Multimedia 3 Select Devices and press Add 4 Select Unlisted or Updated Driver in List of Drivers ...

Page 155: ...tion program are in for example D Audio cmi8738_6Ch NT40 Drv APP SETUP EXE 14 Click OK to start the installation procedure and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation When all of application software has been installed shut down the Windows NT system and then reboot your system C Media Power Mixer Volume Control For each output signal the control slider regulates the loudnes...

Page 156: ...gulates the Auxiliary input play level LINE IN Regulates the Line In levels Advanced Regulates the advanced settings Recording Control For each input signal a control slider regulates the loudness whereas a horizontal slider the balance between the two channels The select button can temporarily select input signal without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means it is available and ...

Page 157: ... multi channels audio through SPDIF users should choose AC 3 Dolby encoded format or DTS like DVD titles Users can choose 44 1K or 48K Hz sampling rate of PCM data when using SPDIF Out 2 SPDIF Input Loopback is used for digital in to digital out 3 Monitoring is used for digital in to analog out 4 Validity Detection is for data validity correction check 5 Format option is reserved for input digital...

Page 158: ...onfiguration tag shows the speakers figure corresponding to your setting 2 The Phone Jacks tag shows the correct phone jack configuration for your Motherboard sound card First you should make sure what type your speakers are and what the correct configurations are You can always refer to this to make sure whether or not the connections of your speakers and plugs are correct ...

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Page 160: ...hnology It will be also convenient for gamers to enjoy multi channel 3D sound effect when playing games especially in Internet Cafés which usually have less space By clicking Using XeaR option you can enter into XeaR Mode When choosing XeaR Mode the driver will exchange the output channels of Front Out and Rear Out since the Rear Out channels do not have earphone driving power Therefore users need...

Page 161: ...our machine and then enjoy your XeaR listening experience To reduce the inconvenience of manual changing plugs it s recommended for users to always choose XeaR mode to enjoy personal listening environment and do not need to adjust plugging Front Out Line Out Earphone Rear Out Phone Jacks Panel Front Speakers Earphone XeaR Mode ...

Page 162: ...hannels digital output You can adjust the volume of sounds from your respective speakers in this dialog It will be also useful in XeaR mode to optimize the best 3D sound effects Please note that the volume of analog path is not controlled by this function Channels Exchanged In XeaR Mode ...

Page 163: ...ayback their music Virtual 5 1 option will try to simulate surround sounds even your digital audio sources are only 2 channels Advanced Options Options dialog provides a hot key setting to control the Mixer in an easy way Please note that this might affect other applications if you use the same hot key setting Please use Load Mixer Defaults to change all settings to default values Enable Microphon...

Page 164: ...reo 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 output control Control Center Control Center Controls the display of the PCI Audio Rack components This Audio Rack consists of several major components ...

Page 165: ... a wave file as well Mixer controls the volume level of your audio inputs and outputs Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components To show or hide a component from the display click the component button s listed on the top CD Player CD Player Plays standard audio CDs and allows you to create your own playlist Current Track field shows the number of the currently selected CD track CD title and track nam...

Page 166: ...e last track will become the current track Next song Loads the next track of playlist If current track is the last track the 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...

Page 167: ...led 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 File name field shows the file name Total length field displays the total length of the selected file in minu...

Page 168: ...rent 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 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 10 seconds Playback the current to...

Page 169: ... 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 MP3 Wave Player can record input signals and save it into a wave file as well Current file field shows the number of the currently selected audio files in the playlist Frequency display field shows the frequency distribution Total length field displays the to...

Page 170: ...les include wave MP3 and MPEG 1 encoding files Previous song Loads the previous audio file of playlist If current file is the first file the last one will become the current selection Next song Loads the next audio file 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...

Page 171: ...ct of the song being played Currently these effectors can only be used for 44 1 KHz 16 bit format Recording You can use this function to record a wave file from any recording channel 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 172: ...D 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 4 CH speakers mode including Demo1 and Demo...

Page 173: ...e correct If not short pin 2 3 of JP1 and JP2 How to Enable 4 5 5 1 Speakers You have to activate the Mixer program and click Advanced button Then you can open speakers page and selected 4 Speaker 5 Speakers or 5 1 Speakers mode to let the audio driver recognize your rear or center subwoofer speakers and have the front rear center subwoofer speakers work The audio driver will activate the audio ch...

Page 174: ...169 Beside this you can open multi channel audio program and click the TV on home theater graphic picture The program will pop up a dialog box to set up advanced setting ...

Page 175: ...ers 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 the microphone volume in both recording and playback Sometimes you might have to adjust the main and Wave volume as well Please left click the mouse to adjust the microphone MIC in both Volume and Recording Control ...

Page 176: ... Each music output is different for distinction You can move your mouse on any speaker which at the graphic user interface When you click speaker then its will sound from correct channel Demonstrations C Media provided three music melodies which are specially designed for Multi channel speakers system demonstration Select Music by left clicking the mouse Sit back and relax and let the music take c...

Page 177: ...ve 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 activated this Demo and feel the differences ...

Page 178: ... in three 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 simply shooting fire missile and fly helicopter ...

Page 179: ... 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 180: ... The following 4 steps can help you create your album into Mini Disc easily STEP 1 Using optical fiber to connect the sound card and the MD player MD player will start to do the recording and turning on the SYNC mode See above 1 Output A PC to MD player STEP 2 To execute MP3 Wave Player and modify the playlist You should select those files whose format can be recognized by the MD Player You can al...

Page 181: ...eet all type of MD player requirements STEP 4 Start to play the songs You will see that the MD player starts to do the recording as well Recording From SPDIF In The optical module can be connected to SPDIF IN device such as the portable CD ROM player the CD ROM drive the MD Player to name a few The Windows application and the MP3 Wave player can be used to do the recording of the signal from SPDIF...

Page 182: ...l 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 device and start to playback Finally press Record to start the recording process ...

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Page 184: ...d to the case The system power up no video no beeping sound heard but the CPU fan is turning 1 Clear CMOS battery JP5 connector see Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS 2 Check all the jumper settings on the M B if the M B have any 3 Check if the CPU is ok by using another CPU check the Quick start guide for CPU supported on this M B 4 Check if the power supply is ok The minimu...

Page 185: ... M B specification Example If you have a P4 M B you need to use a P4 power supply 5 If you already checked the power supply specification change the power supply it might be defective The minimum is 250 watts When I boot up my system everything works fine it sees my CPU and memory detects my hard drive floppy drive and CD ROM but locks up at Verify DMI pool data Don t go any further What should I ...

Page 186: ...te for latest BIOS update 6 Check website for FAQ s regarding instability issue 7 Change the memory module or CPU 8 The power supply might not have enough wattage to support all the peripherals If your system has other peripherals connected like CD RW extra HDD etc disconnect them 9 Install VIA 4 in 1 driver My system intermittently locks up during Windows installation 1 Go to BIOS and load load o...

Page 187: ...lash the BIOS 1 Download the BIOS on our support website 2 Make a bootable floppy disk with out any memory manager loaded i e himem emm386 etc 3 Copy the BIOS file and awdflash utility to the diskette 4 Type awdflash biosname bin sn py 5 Then reboot After flashing the BIOS my system will not boot up 1 Try clearing the CMOS 2 The BIOS chip is defected due to unsuccessful flash contact your nearest ...

Page 188: ...eck if the speaker power is powered on 3 Install the audio driver supplied on our driver disc 4 Check BIOS setup if onboard 6CH H W audio is enabled 5 If sound already installed check our website for audio driver update I cannot get the sound working on the 5 1 channel speaker 1 Install the audio driver and application Check driver installation for more info 2 Check if the settings in the 5 1 spea...

Page 189: ...OM issue My Western digital HDD is not detected during boot up Change the jumper settings to cable select or single Sometimes the system finds my CD ROM sometimes not 1 Check CD ROM if it is working properly 2 The power supply might not have enough wattage to support all the peripherals If your system has other peripherals connected like CD RW extra HDD etc disconnect them When I boot up my new co...

Page 190: ...rom IDE 3 or IDE 4 why Make sure that the 1st boot device in the BIOS is set to SCSI Boot up from my IDE3 4 I get blue screen upon entering Windows system Make sure the raid option in the BIOS is enabled LAN Issues During LAN driver installation the system hangs on 75 why Enable the onboard LAN in the BIOS setup I have problem installing Novell NetWare v 50 Disable the APIC option in the BIOS For ...

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