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Highpoint HPT372 Driver Installation

SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra

Chapter 6

Highpoint HPT 372 Driver Installation

You can use your HPT372 as

1. Normal

IDE

function.

2. RAID

function.

To use IDE3 and IDE4 as normal IDE, please do the following steps

1. Enable on-board IDE RAID in the bios.

2. Install the HP372 driver, see driver installation instruction below.

To use IDE3 and IDE4 as RAID controller,

see

Appendix 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 all programs.
2. Click

Start

-->

Setup

-->

Control Panel

, then double-click on

Add New Hardware

icon.

3. Click

Next

in the popup window to continue.

4. A dialog box will appear and ask whether to let windows

search new hardware. Select

No, I want to select the

Summary of Contents for SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite

Page 1: ...e 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 159 for information on Recommended Memory In some cases BIOS upgrade might be required to take adv...

Page 2: ...SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 Processor supported VIA P4X400 AGP PRO PCI 400 533 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 3: ... rights 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 m...

Page 4: ...0 2 1 PREPARATIONS 10 2 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE 11 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP 34 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 36 3 1 SOYO COMBO SETUP 39 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 46 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 50 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 54 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 58 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 64 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 69 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 72 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 74 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 75 3 11 ...

Page 5: ...RAGON Ultra v CAHPTER 7 REALTEK LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION 94 APPENDIX A HIGHPOINT HPT372 MANUAL 95 APPENDIX B C MEDIA 6 CHANNELAUDIO SOLUTION MANUAL 127 APPENDIX CTROUBLE SHOOTING AT FIRST START 166 APPENDIX DCONTACT INFORMATION 173 ...

Page 6: ...IA Chipset technology and supports Socket 478 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 P4X400 DRAGON Ultra AGP PRO PCI Motherboard The user manual The Installation CD ROM SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM Three IDE Device ATA 100 Flat Cabl...

Page 7: ...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 Supports Intel mPGA Socket 478 processors Pentium 4 Northwood or Willamette 400MHz 533MHz FSB Pentium 4 Celeron CPU SETTINGS The SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra provides the user with a very complete and convenient CPU setting environment The CPU setting...

Page 8: ...pansion slots 1 x 32 bit bus master AGP PRO supports 2x 4x 8x with 1 5v only 5 x 32 bit bus master PCI slots Enhanced IO Floppy disk controller 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 devices Standard EPP ECP parallel port 2x 16550 compatible serial ports IrDA compatible infrared port 6x USB2 0 Universal Serial Bus connectors PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connecto...

Page 9: ...pports booting from devices such as CD ROM LS 120 etc Power on by modem or alarm If the SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra system is in suspend mode it can be switched back on through the modem or RTC alarm through this function This opens a lot of possibilities such as remote access that switches the system on only after the modem receives a call FAIL SAFE The SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra comes with added function...

Page 10: ...reliability of the SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra a motherboard to trust PC99 ACPI compliant WARRANTY All SOYO motherboards are back with one year manufacturer s warranty from the date of purchase Please retain your original receipt for future warranty inquiries USER FRIENDLY SOYO COMBO Setup Jumperless design You can set up the following options through the BIOS setup CPU FSB frequency CPU multiplier CPU...

Page 11: ...ealer immediately 1 5 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS Make 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 following precautions...

Page 12: ...use PS 2 Mouse Connector 3V Lithium Battery IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE 3 IDE 4 ATX Power PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 PRT COM A COM B FLP WOL Header JP10 CMOS Clear Jumper 1 JP5 CDIN1 AOUT AIN AMIC AGAME Power LED Keylock Speaker ACPI LED HDD LED PWRBT Reset J25 P1 CDIN2 4 1 Peripheral Power 1 2 9 10 SPK5 J30 2 1 5 6 REALTEK RTL8100B AGP PRO P4X400 SIRCON 1 5 USB20_1 6 10 USB20_2 6 10 ...

Page 13: ...Motherboard Description SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra 8 1 7 SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA AB AC ...

Page 14: ...ector J Bus Mastering EIDE ATAPI Ports K Chassis Cooling Fan Connector L Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port M IDE RAID Port N 3V Lithium Battery O Front Panel connectors P CMOS Clear Jumper Q VIA VT8235 South Bridge Chip R HighPoint IDE RAID Chip S USB 2 0 Connector T 32 bit PCI Slots U Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header V Flash BIOS W Wake On LAN WOL Header X SPK5 Connector Y CD IN Connector Z C Media On...

Page 15: ... following hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket mPGA478 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 memory module s 3 Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit 4 Monitor 5 PS 2 Keyboard 6 Pointing Device PS...

Page 16: ... Step 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Step 2 Install memory modules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 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 sy...

Page 17: ...CPU Mount Procedure To mount the Pentium 4 Socket mPGA478 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 ...

Page 18: ...ey component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU CPU Fan Installation Your Socket 478 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 l...

Page 19: ...Directly supports one DDR SDRAM channel 64b wide providing support max of 3 Double Sided DIMMs with unbuffered DDR 266 The largest memory capacity possible is 3GB 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 1 92 1 92 ...

Page 20: ...pansion Card The motherboard has 1 AGP PRO and 5 PCI slot 1 Read the related expansion card s instruction document before inserting the expansion card into the computer 2 Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard 3 Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 4 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 5 Install related driv...

Page 21: ...Remove ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card You can use a pen tip to remove the tab from the bay When 8x VGA card is used AGP mode option in the BIOS will be disabled and the DBI Output for AGP Trans option will appear Note This Motherboard supports only 1 5 volts AGP card Using 3 3v AGP card might damage your M B PCI Device Assigned Interrupt Table Device INT AGP INT A PCI slot 1 5 INT A P...

Page 22: ...our high speed Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 HDD 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 This Motherboard can support up to 4 HDDs 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 80 Conductor IDE...

Page 23: ...5 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 Pin 1 FDC Floppy Drive connector ...

Page 24: ...ome systems may feature a KeyLock function with a front panel switch for enabling or disabling the keyboard Connect the KeyLock switch to the 5 pin Keylock header on the Motherboard Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED and pin 4 5 are for Keylock Power LED Pin Assignment 5V 5V GND _ NC NC Key Lock Pin Assignment Control Pin GND 1 Power LED Key Lock Spe...

Page 25: ...t 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 lighten 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 _ ...

Page 26: ...e printer 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 PS 2 KB Connector USB...

Page 27: ...rt 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 connect...

Page 28: ...vice you have purchased USB20_1 and USB20_2 are available To make use of these USB ports purchase a USB cable from your dealer The lay out of USB20_1 and USB20_2 are as follows USB1 USB2 USB20_1 and USB20_2 support USB2 0 devices USB20_1 and USB20_2 support USB2 0 devices 6 Onboard Game port audio This Motherboard provides Joystick port and audio Attach the joystick cable to the 15 pin GAME port a...

Page 29: ...in 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 LWake GND VCC 1 2 3 ...

Page 30: ...nfrared device cable 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 2 3 4 5 VCC IRRX GND IRTX ...

Page 31: ... pin 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 damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN Pin Assignment TAC NC 12V 12V CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 GND GND 1 1 3 3 2 2 ...

Page 32: ...ctor to 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 Classis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 CHAFAN Pin Assignment CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 GND 12V TAC 3 1 2 NC 12V GND 1 3 2 GND 12V NC 3 1 2 ...

Page 33: ...nectors Please connect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either 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 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 34: ...unpacking the motherboard in Chapter 1 for more info on the audio flat cable Please refer to Appendix B C Media sound solution 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 35: ...Hardware Installation SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra 30 6 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 ...

Page 36: ...sion 2 03 for M B specification a new 4 pin receptacle header combination the 12V power connector has been defined The presence of the 12V power connector indicates that a power supply is ATX12V the absence of the 12V power connector indicates that a supply is ATX To allow for greater than 3 3V current the Aux power connector is recommended for ATX and ATX12V power supplies with 3 3V current 18A 1...

Page 37: ...otherboard requires a power supply with at least 250 Watts and a power good signal Make sure the ATX power supply can take at 1 5 A max current load on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB to meet the standard ATX specification Note ATX 12V power supply is different from the normal ATX power supply If you use the Wake On LAN WOL function make sure the ATX power supply can support at least 720 mA on the 5V Sta...

Page 38: ...ow writing of new data into the CMOS memory CMOS Clearing Clear CMOS Data Retain CMOS Data JP5 Setting 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 Step 5 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your Motherboard successfu...

Page 39: ...oad Fail Safe 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 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency Instead CPU settings are software confi...

Page 40: ...lect the LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS menu and type Y at the prompt to load the BIOS optimal setup Step 3 Select SOYO COMBO FEATURE Move the cursor to the CPU Frequency Select CPU Ratio field to set CPU Clock Ratio Note Set the CPU Frequency Select field to Manual to be able to change the CPU frequency 1 MHz stepping Step 4 Select SAVE EXIT SETUP Press Enter to save the new configuration to the CMOS me...

Page 41: ...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 Selecting items Use the arrow keys to move between items a...

Page 42: ...that 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 ...

Page 43: ... E 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...

Page 44: ... Performance Normal Item Help Frequency 1MHz Stepping 100 MHz CPU Ratio Select 8X DRAM Clock By SPD Auto Detect PCI Dimm Clk Disabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Vcore Select Default AGP 1 5 Voltage Select Default DDR 2 5 Voltage Select Default Advance Tune Up Settings Press Enter Onboard IDE RAID Enabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Enabled Onboard 10 100 Lan Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Fi...

Page 45: ...nt Side Bus Auto Default CPU Clock Ratio 10X 24X The available CPU ratio you can select will depends on your CPU ID By SPD Default 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz DRAM Clock 200 MHz This item allows you to control the DRAM speed Disabled Default Auto Detect PCI DIMM 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 device...

Page 46: ...700V 1 725V 1 750V 1 775V 1 800V 1 825V 1 850V This function adjust the CPU voltage AGP Voltage Adjust Setting Description Note Default Default 1 6V 1 7V AGP 1 5V Voltage Select 1 8V This function allow to adjust the AGP voltage DDR Voltage Adjust Setting Description Note Default Default 2 6V 2 7V DDR 2 5V Voltage Select 2 8V This function allow to adjust the DDR voltage Onboard IDE RAID Setting D...

Page 47: ...ard 6Ch H W Audio Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Onboard 10 100 LAN Setting Description Note Enabled Default Onboard 10 100 LAN Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Quick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POST at boot up Default ...

Page 48: ...CDROM 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 49: ...s Current FSB Frequency 100 MHz Current DRAM Frequency 133 MHz DRAM Timing By SPD x SDRAM CAS Latency 3 x Bank Interleave Disabled x Precharge to Active Trp 3T x Active to precharge Tras 7T x Active to CMD Trcd 3T x DRAM Command Rate 2T Command DRAM Burst Len 4 Write Recovery Time 3T Dram Access Time 3T Item Help Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6...

Page 50: ...epends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer Disabled Default Bank Interleave 2 Bank 4 Bank Increase DRAM performance 2T Precharge to Active Trp 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 6T Active to Precharge Tras 7T Increase DRAM performance Default 3T Default Active to CMD Trcd 2T Increase DRAM performance 1T Command DRAM Command Rate 2T C...

Page 51: ... None IDE Secondary Master None IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None 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 sc...

Page 52: ...Capacity 0 MB Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 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...

Page 53: ...l IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk 528MB Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Access Mode Auto BIOS detects hard disk mode automatically Default 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 Floppy Drives Setting Description Note 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in Def...

Page 54: ... EGA 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 55: ...ed Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Full Screen LOGO Show 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 Gener...

Page 56: ...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 Fast A pin in t...

Page 57: ...ec 12 Char sec 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 Msec 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 des...

Page 58: ...DD S M A R T Capability Enabled Enabled 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 from RAM Default ...

Page 59: ... 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 changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving The following table describes each field in the Advanced Chipset Features Menu and how to configure eac...

Page 60: ...GP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled DBI Output for 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 De...

Page 61: ...AGP Driving Value Min 0000 Max 00FF This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Disabled Default AGP Fast Write Enabled Enabled Disabled AGP fast write capability 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 Gra...

Page 62: ...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 CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Enabled the CPU to PCI Write Buffer Default Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled This item allows you to enabled disa...

Page 63: ...002 Award Software 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 change...

Page 64: ...and 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 s...

Page 65: ...ware 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 Pre...

Page 66: ...e 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 support Defau...

Page 67: ...board FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Item Help Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal x RxD TxD Active Hi Lo x IR Transmission Delay Enabled x UR2 Duplex Mode Half x Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x EPP Mode Select EPP1 7 x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Hel...

Page 68: ...e second serial port offers these InfraRed interface modes Defanlt 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 IRQ7 Choose the printer I O address SPP ...

Page 69: ...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 2002 Award Software IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key Item Help PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 Disabled VGA OFF LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Modem Ring Resume Disabled ...

Page 70: ...n 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 Always On Video Off Option Suspend Off When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power sa...

Page 71: ...requires to load VGA BIOS after resume from S3 On The system 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 PWRON After Power Failure Former Sts 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...

Page 72: ...ne of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system LPT COM OFF HDD FDD ON When On of HDD FDD any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system 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 int...

Page 73: ...5 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 Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving IRQs Activity Monitoring Wake Up Events Setting Description Note ON Default Primary INTR OFF When set to On...

Page 74: ...NT 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 disap...

Page 75: ...A PnP manually IRQ 3 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 Default Recommended If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI Device Choose IRQ assigned to PCI ISA PnP card Default IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 IRQ Resource Press Enter Reserved Reserved I...

Page 76: ...abled IRQ 4 IRQ 4 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 1 disabled IRQ 3 IRQ 3 PCI ISA PnP Onboard Serial port 2 disabled 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 MULTI I O ADDRESSES Defaul...

Page 77: ...1 Speed 4856 RPM Current CHAFAN1 Speed 4411 RPM 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 your screen to save your settings or exit without saving CPU Device Monitoring Setting Description Note Disabled Default Shutdown Te...

Page 78: ...ue Setting Description Note Vcore 3 3V 12V V Show the current voltage status CPU Temperature C F Show the current status of CPU temperature CHA Temperature C F Show the current status of the System temperature CPUFAN1 CHAFAN1 Speed RPM Show the current status of CPU CHA Fan ...

Page 79: ...ture PC Health 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 b...

Page 80: ... 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 Menu and keep current values Warning If you ru...

Page 81: ...em 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 jump...

Page 82: ...er 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 T...

Page 83: ...ice 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 84: ...tion 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 use Windows 2000 NT or XP 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 you use ...

Page 85: ...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 your system a...

Page 86: ...th your motherboard The Start Up program displays the drivers available for the particular model of motherboard you own We recommend that you only install those drivers Driver Installation Menu A short description of all available drivers follows VIA 4 in 1 Driver Package for Win 9x ME NT 2000 XP VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve the performance driver revision VIA 4 in 1 D...

Page 87: ... device VIAGART VXD will provide service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to hardware providing fast graphical access VIA Chipset Functions Registry VIA Registry INF Driver is to be installed under Windows The 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 Windo...

Page 88: ... set values VIA USB2 0 Driver for Win 98 98SE ME 2000 XP This setup program will install the driver 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 inst...

Page 89: ...Drivers Installation SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra 84 After Windows XP installation your device manager should look like this ...

Page 90: ...Drivers Installation SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra 85 After driver installation your Windows XP device manager should look like this ...

Page 91: ...Drivers Installation SY P4X400 DRAGON Ultra 86 Drivers directory list in the CD driver ...

Page 92: ...D to your CD drive and type in D win98 assuming your CD ROM in driver D Audio Driver Installation for Windows NT 1 Double click my computer 2 Double click control panel 3 Double click multimedia and select devices 4 Select ADD and select OK 5 Click on Browse then point it to the SOYO CD for the Audio driver 6 The audio driver path is in d audio cmi8738_6ch Win_NT40 drv where D is your CD ROM How t...

Page 93: ...d 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 all programs 2 Click St...

Page 94: ...em 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 Hot372 WinNT then click OK 5 In the follow on window select HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ...

Page 95: ...o 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 Win XP 8 During installation Win XP will prom...

Page 96: ...ecify 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 devices...

Page 97: ...I 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 98: ... 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 99: ...ces tab and press the Add button 2 Select Unlisted or Updated Drivers from the list of drivers in the Add window by placing the mouse pointer over it and clicking the left mouse button Press the OK button 3 The Install Driver dialog box will appear and request the path of the location of the drivers to be installed Enter D lan Realteklan WinNT4 where D is your CDROM drive 4 After installation Wind...

Page 100: ...95 APPENDIX A HighPoint HPT 372 ...

Page 101: ...n 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 trouble shooting Plug and play Gettin...

Page 102: ...rom 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 syste...

Page 103: ... 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 104: ... 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 105: ...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 106: ... 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 107: ... 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 108: ... 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 109: ... 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 window the Delete RAID window appears 2 Select an array from the...

Page 110: ...e 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 Click OK to delete the array Click Cancel to cancel this operation ...

Page 111: ...tion 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 time To add remove a disk to from t...

Page 112: ...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 113: ...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 114: ...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 115: ...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 116: ...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 117: ... 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 118: ...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 119: ...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 120: ...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 121: ...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 122: ...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 123: ...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 124: ... 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 125: ...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 126: ...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 127: ...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 128: ...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 129: ...2 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 Verify Installation on Windows 2000 When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon select Property item in the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware item and then click Dev...

Page 130: ...r has been successfully installed Otherwise please reinstall the driver Verify Installation on Windows XP After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon then select Property item from the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button ...

Page 131: ...e 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 devices and reinstall the drivers ...

Page 132: ...olution 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 redu...

Page 133: ...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 134: ...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 135: ... 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 136: ...131 User can choose favorite language This dialog box was reminded you some information about agreement ...

Page 137: ...132 Select folder to set up program Recommend select as default setting ...

Page 138: ...133 Proceeding install procedure Include components copy and device search Setup program will extract Microsoft DirectX and Direct media components ...

Page 139: ...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 140: ...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 141: ...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 142: ...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 143: ...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 144: ... 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 145: ...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 147: ...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 148: ...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 149: ...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 150: ...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 151: ...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 152: ... 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 153: ...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 154: ...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 155: ...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 156: ... 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 157: ...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 158: ...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 159: ...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 160: ...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 161: ...156 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 162: ...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 163: ... 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 164: ...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 165: ... 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 166: ... 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 167: ... 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 168: ...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 169: ...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 171: ... be shorted 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 ...

Page 172: ...or more info on how to clear the CMOS 4 Make sure the power supply you have on your system support the 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 ...

Page 173: ... 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 optimized default 2 Check we...

Page 174: ...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 175: ...e line out connector in the M B 2 Check 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 C...

Page 176: ...Check if Microphone is ok The sound coming from my Center and Base speaker is interchange what should I do Set the JP1 and JP2 of the small audio card to pin2 3 Hard disk FDD CD ROM 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 s...

Page 177: ...tall the driver check Chapter 6 for more info I cannot get the HDD to boot from 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 pro...

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